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Archelos, Lagoon Mystic - Turtle Tribal
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Archelos, Lagoon Mystic

As long as Archelos is tapped, other permanents enter tapped. As long as Archelos is untapped, other permanents enter untapped.

Creature
Archelos, Lagoon Mystic (dmc) 140

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Draw

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Bident of Thassa

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. {1}{U}, {T}: Creatures your opponents control attack this turn if able.

Artifact Enchantment
Bident of Thassa (blc) 162
Brainstorm

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Instant
Brainstorm (mkc) 96
Call to the Kindred

Enchant creature At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top five cards of your library. If you do, you may put a creature card that shares a creature type with enchanted creature from among them onto the battlefield, then you put the rest of those cards on the bottom of your library in any order.

Enchantment
Call to the Kindred (dka) 30
Coastal Piracy

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.

Enchantment
Coastal Piracy (plst) MMQ-68
Combat Research

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card." As long as enchanted creature is legendary, it gets +1/+1 and has ward {1}. (Whenever enchanted creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {1}.)

Enchantment
Combat Research (dmu) 44
Curiosity

Enchant creature Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.

Enchantment
Curiosity (plst) 8ED-72
Fecund Greenshell

Reach As long as you control ten or more lands, creatures you control get +2/+2. Whenever this creature or another creature you control with toughness greater than its power enters, look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card, you may put it onto the battlefield tapped. Otherwise, put it into your hand.

Creature
Fecund Greenshell (blb) 171
Garruk's Uprising

When this enchantment enters, if you control a creature with power 4 or greater, draw a card. Creatures you control have trample. (Each of those creatures can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) Whenever a creature you control with power 4 or greater enters, draw a card.

Enchantment
Garruk's Uprising (blc) 219
Glowcap Lantern

Equipped creature has "You may look at the top card of your library any time" and "Whenever this creature attacks, it explores." (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.) Equip {2}

Artifact
Glowcap Lantern (lci) 187
Mask of Riddles

Equipped creature has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.) Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. Equip {2}

Artifact
Mask of Riddles (ncc) 347
The Key to the Vault

Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, look at that many cards from the top of your library. You may exile a nonland card from among them. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. You may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost. Equip {2}{U}

Artifact
The Key to the Vault (otj) 54
The Pride of Hull Clade

This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the total toughness of creatures you control. Defender {2}{U}{U}: Until end of turn, target creature you control gets +1/+0, gains "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw cards equal to its toughness," and can attack as though it didn't have defender.

Creature
The Pride of Hull Clade (mkm) 172
Titan of Littjara

As this creature enters, choose a creature type. This creature is the chosen type in addition to its other types. Whenever this creature enters or attacks, you may draw a card for each other creature you control that shares a creature type with it. If you do, discard a card.

Creature
Titan of Littjara (cmm) 728
Vanquisher's Banner

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1. Whenever you cast a creature spell of the chosen type, draw a card.

Artifact
Vanquisher's Banner (lcc) 316

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Protection

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Amoeboid Changeling

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) {T}: Target creature gains all creature types until end of turn. {T}: Target creature loses all creature types until end of turn.

Creature
Amoeboid Changeling (j22) 269
Bedrock Tortoise

During your turn, creatures you control have hexproof. Each creature you control with toughness greater than its power assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.

Creature
Bedrock Tortoise (lci) 176
March of Swirling Mist

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may exile any number of blue cards from your hand. This spell costs {2} less to cast for each card exiled this way. Up to X target creatures phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. Each one phases in before its controller untaps during their next untap step.)

Instant
March of Swirling Mist (neo) 61
Riptide Turtle

Flash Defender

Creature
Riptide Turtle (thb) 61

Protection

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Untap

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Curse of Bounty

Enchant player Whenever enchanted player is attacked, untap all nonland permanents you control. Each opponent attacking that player untaps all nonland permanents they control.

Enchantment
Curse of Bounty (scd) 178

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Anthem

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Blade of Selves

Equipped creature has myriad. (Whenever it attacks, for each opponent other than defending player, you may create a token copy that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Exile the tokens at end of combat.) Equip {4}

Artifact
Blade of Selves (clb) 301
Cliffhaven Kitesail

When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control. Equipped creature has flying. Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Cliffhaven Kitesail (znr) 243
Crown of Ascension

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has flying. Sacrifice this Aura: Enchanted creature and other creatures that share a creature type with it gain flying until end of turn.

Enchantment
Crown of Ascension (ons) 78
Icon of Ancestry

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1. {3}, {T}: Look at the top three cards of your library. You may reveal a creature card of the chosen type from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Artifact
Icon of Ancestry (lcc) 305
Lotus Ring

Indestructible Equipped creature gets +3/+3 and has vigilance and "{T}, Sacrifice this creature: Add three mana of any one color." Equip {3}

Artifact
Lotus Ring (big) 63

Anthem

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Evasion

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Changeling Outcast

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) This creature can't block and can't be blocked.

Creature
Changeling Outcast (otc) 128
Cover of Darkness

As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type. Creatures of the chosen type have fear. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Enchantment
Cover of Darkness (ons) 133
Mothdust Changeling

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) Tap an untapped creature you control: This creature gains flying until end of turn.

Creature
Mothdust Changeling (plst) MOR-42

Evasion

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Pump

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Assault Formation

Each creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power. {G}: Target creature with defender can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender. {2}{G}: Creatures you control get +0/+1 until end of turn.

Enchantment
Assault Formation (plst) IMA-155

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Artifact

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Obelisk of Urd

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Creatures you control of the chosen type get +2/+2.

Artifact
Obelisk of Urd (znc) 115
Quietus Spike

Equipped creature has deathtouch. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses half their life, rounded up. Equip {3}

Artifact
Quietus Spike (ncc) 377
Shell of the Last Kappa

{3}, {T}: Exile target instant or sorcery spell that targets you. (The spell has no effect.) {3}, {T}, Sacrifice Shell of the Last Kappa: You may cast a spell from among cards exiled with Shell of the Last Kappa without paying its mana cost.

Artifact
Shell of the Last Kappa (chk) 269

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Finisher

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Kappa Cannoneer

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.) Ward {4} Whenever this creature or another artifact you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and it can't be blocked this turn.

Creature Artifact
Kappa Cannoneer (mh3) 270
Sailors' Bane

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each card you own in exile and in your graveyard that's an instant card, a sorcery card, or a card that has an Adventure. Ward {4} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {4}.)

Creature
Sailors' Bane (clb) 93

Finisher

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (blc) 127
Blossoming Tortoise

Whenever this creature enters or attacks, mill three cards, then return a land card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. Activated abilities of lands you control cost {1} less to activate. Land creatures you control get +1/+1.

Creature
Blossoming Tortoise (woe) 163
Circuitous Route

Search your library for up to two basic land cards and/or Gate cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Circuitous Route (znc) 62
Elemental Resonance

Enchant permanent At the beginning of your first main phase, add mana equal to enchanted permanent's mana cost. (Mana cost includes color. If a mana symbol has multiple colors, choose one.)

Enchantment
Elemental Resonance (dis) 83
Explorer's Scope

Whenever equipped creature attacks, look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card, you may put it onto the battlefield tapped. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Explorer's Scope (cmm) 380
Explosive Vegetation

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Explosive Vegetation (dmc) 132
Farseek

Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Farseek (blc) 119
Quandrix Cultivator

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic Forest or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Creature
Quandrix Cultivator (stx) 218
Rampant Growth

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Rampant Growth (blc) 234
Relic of Legends

{T}: Add one mana of any color. Tap an untapped legendary creature you control: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Relic of Legends (dmu) 236
Snapping Voidcraw

Devoid (This card has no color.) {T}: Add {C}{C}. {3}{C}, {T}: Draw a card.

Creature
Snapping Voidcraw (mh3) 204
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (blc) 129
Urza's Incubator

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Creature spells of the chosen type cost {2} less to cast.

Artifact
Urza's Incubator (mh3) 297
Wilderness Reclamation

At the beginning of your end step, untap all lands you control.

Enchantment
Wilderness Reclamation (mkc) 196

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Copy

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Reflections of Littjara

As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type. Whenever you cast a spell of the chosen type, copy that spell. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)

Enchantment
Reflections of Littjara (lcc) 168
Trickster's Talisman

Invoke Duplicity — Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice Trickster's Talisman. If you do, create a token that's a copy of this creature." Equip {2}

Artifact
Trickster's Talisman (afr) 79

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Land

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Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (blc) 130
Dimir Aqueduct

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {U}{B}.

Land
Dimir Aqueduct (otc) 288
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (blb) 378
Golgari Rot Farm

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {B}{G}.

Land
Golgari Rot Farm (blc) 308
Holdout Settlement

{T}: Add {C}. ({C} represents colorless mana.) {T}, Tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Holdout Settlement (scd) 305
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (blb) 371
Opulent Palace

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}, {G}, or {U}.

Land
Opulent Palace (otc) 307
Path of Ancestry

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Land
Path of Ancestry (blc) 322
Simic Growth Chamber

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {G}{U}.

Land
Simic Growth Chamber (clu) 247
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (fdn) 277
Temple of Deceit

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Temple of Deceit (otc) 328
Temple of Malady

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Land
Temple of Malady (blc) 341
Temple of Mystery

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Temple of Mystery (blc) 342

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Recursion

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Colossal Skyturtle

Flying, ward {2} Channel — {2}{G}, Discard this card: Return target card from your graveyard to your hand. Channel — {1}{U}, Discard this card: Return target creature to its owner's hand.

Creature Enchantment
Colossal Skyturtle (neo) 216
Gorex, the Tombshell

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may exile any number of creature cards from your graveyard. This spell costs {2} less to cast for each card exiled this way. Deathtouch Whenever Gorex attacks or dies, choose a card at random exiled with Gorex and put that card into its owner's hand.

Creature
Gorex, the Tombshell (cmm) 164

Recursion

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Creature

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Aegis Turtle

Creature
Aegis Turtle (jmp) 138
Angler Turtle

Hexproof Creatures your opponents control attack each combat if able.

Creature
Angler Turtle (scd) 43
Armored Whirl Turtle

Creature
Armored Whirl Turtle (gs1) 7
Cold-Water Snapper

Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Creature
Cold-Water Snapper (plst) DOM-48
Meandering Towershell

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.) Whenever this creature attacks, exile it. Return it to the battlefield under your control tapped and attacking at the beginning of the declare attackers step on your next turn.

Creature
Meandering Towershell (plst) KTK-141
Moonglove Changeling

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) {B}: This creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy that creature.)

Creature
Moonglove Changeling (plst) MOR-67
Phantasmal Shieldback

When this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it. When this creature dies, draw a card.

Creature
Phantasmal Shieldback (j25) 8
Scuttlegator

Defender {6}{G/U}{G/U}: Adapt 3. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put three +1/+1 counters on it.) As long as this creature has a +1/+1 counter on it, it can attack as though it didn't have defender.

Creature
Scuttlegator (clu) 206
Taeko, the Patient Avalanche

Taeko enters tapped. Whenever another creature you control leaves the battlefield, if it didn't die, scry 1 and put a +1/+1 counter on Taeko. Whenever Taeko attacks, you may pay {U/B}. When you do, target attacking creature can't be blocked this turn.

Creature
Taeko, the Patient Avalanche (j25) 39

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Landfall

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Retreat to Kazandu

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, choose one — • Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. • You gain 2 life.

Enchantment
Retreat to Kazandu (cmr) 435

Landfall

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Removal

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An Offer You Can't Refuse

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (blc) 170
Apathy

Enchant creature Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step. At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player may discard a card at random. If the player does, untap that creature.

Enchantment
Apathy (wth) 33
Basilisk Collar

Equipped creature has deathtouch and lifelink. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it. Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Basilisk Collar (clb) 300
Bitter Chill

Enchant creature When this Aura enters, tap enchanted creature. Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step. When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay {1}. If you do, scry 1, then draw a card.

Enchantment
Bitter Chill (woe) 44
Bubble Snare

Kicker {2}{U} (You may pay an additional {2}{U} as you cast this spell.) Enchant creature When this Aura enters, if it was kicked, tap enchanted creature. Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

Enchantment
Bubble Snare (znr) 47
Dragon Turtle

Flash Drag Below — When this creature enters, tap it and up to one target creature an opponent controls. They don't untap during their controllers' next untap steps.

Creature
Dragon Turtle (afr) 56
Exhaustion

Creatures and lands target opponent controls don't untap during their next untap step.

Sorcery
Exhaustion (plst) POR-54
Opposition

Tap an untapped creature you control: Tap target artifact, creature, or land.

Enchantment
Opposition (dmr) 62
Steelbane Hydra

This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. {2}{G}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Creature
Steelbane Hydra (ncc) 313

Removal

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