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The Pen is Mightier than the Sword
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Est deck cost: $1147.24
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Commander

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Sokrates, Athenian Teacher

Defender Sokrates has hexproof as long as it's untapped. Sokratic Dialogue — {T}: Until end of turn, target creature gains "If this creature would deal combat damage to a player, prevent that damage. This creature's controller and that player each draw half that many cards, rounded down."

Creature
Sokrates, Athenian Teacher (acr) 273
Sokrates, Athenian Teacher

Defender Sokrates has hexproof as long as it's untapped. Sokratic Dialogue — {T}: Until end of turn, target creature gains "If this creature would deal combat damage to a player, prevent that damage. This creature's controller and that player each draw half that many cards, rounded down."

Creature
Sokrates, Athenian Teacher (acr) 67

Commander

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Land

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Adarkar Wastes

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {U}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Adarkar Wastes (dmu) 377
Arcane Lighthouse

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Until end of turn, creatures your opponents control lose hexproof and shroud and can't have hexproof or shroud.

Land
Arcane Lighthouse (mb2) 102
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (mb2) 256
Demolition Field

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. That land's controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. You may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Demolition Field (bro) 260
Deserted Beach

This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Deserted Beach (mid) 281
Forbidden Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color. Whenever you tap this land for mana, target opponent creates a 1/1 colorless Spirit creature token.

Land
Forbidden Orchard (2x2) 405
Geier Reach Sanitarium

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Each player draws a card, then discards a card.

Land
Geier Reach Sanitarium (lcc) 335
Glacial Chasm

Cumulative upkeep—Pay 2 life. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.) When this land enters, sacrifice a land. Creatures you control can't attack. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you.

Land
Glacial Chasm (ice) 353
Glacial Fortress

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Glacial Fortress (sld) 456
Hall of Heliod's Generosity

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{W}, {T}: Put target enchantment card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land
Hall of Heliod's Generosity (h1r) 39
Hallowed Fountain

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Hallowed Fountain (clu) 277
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (acr) 104
Kor Haven

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{W}, {T}: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target attacking creature this turn.

Land
Kor Haven (nem) 141
Maze of Ith

{T}: Untap target attacking creature. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this turn.

Land
Maze of Ith (dmr) 456
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Each player draws a card.

Land
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea (dmc) 217
Minamo, School at Water's Edge

{T}: Add {U}. {U}, {T}: Untap target legendary permanent.

Land
Minamo, School at Water's Edge (ltc) 369
Mystic Sanctuary

({T}: Add {U}.) This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Islands. When this land enters untapped, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land
Mystic Sanctuary (mkc) 277
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (acr) 101
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (cmm) 663
Sea of Clouds

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Sea of Clouds (clb) 605
War Room

{T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}, Pay life equal to the number of colors in your commanders' color identity: Draw a card.

Land
War Room (who) 533
Wasteland

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land.

Land
Wasteland (sld) 178

Land

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Artifact

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (sld) 589
Azorius Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {W}{U}.

Artifact
Azorius Signet (sld) 286
Howling Mine

At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Artifact
Howling Mine (5ed) 377
Misleading Signpost

Flash When this artifact enters during the declare attackers step, you may reselect which player or permanent target attacking creature is attacking. (It can't attack its controller or their permanents.) {T}: Add {U}.

Artifact
Misleading Signpost (woc) 47
Pearl Medallion

White spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Artifact
Pearl Medallion (mh3) 347
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (sld) 1696
Sting, the Glinting Dagger

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has haste. At the beginning of each combat, untap equipped creature. Equipped creature has first strike as long as it's blocking or blocked by a Goblin or Orc. Equip {2}

Artifact
Sting, the Glinting Dagger (ltr) 701
Talisman of Progress

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {U}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Progress (sld) 1052
Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Artifact
Thought Vessel (plg22) 2
Victory Chimes

Untap this artifact during each other player's untap step. {T}: A player of your choice adds {C}.

Artifact
Victory Chimes (bbd) 80
Wedding Ring

When this artifact enters, if it was cast, target opponent creates a token that's a copy of it. Whenever an opponent who controls an artifact named Wedding Ring draws a card during their turn, you draw a card. Whenever an opponent who controls an artifact named Wedding Ring gains life during their turn, you gain that much life.

Artifact
Wedding Ring (voc) 32

Artifact

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Sorcery

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Council's Judgment

Will of the council — Starting with you, each player votes for a nonland permanent you don't control. Exile each permanent with the most votes or tied for most votes.

Sorcery
Council's Judgment (2xm) 336
Distant Memories

Search your library for a card, exile it, then shuffle. Any opponent may have you put that card into your hand. If no player does, you draw three cards.

Sorcery
Distant Memories (mbs) 24
Farewell

Choose one or more — • Exile all artifacts. • Exile all creatures. • Exile all enchantments. • Exile all graveyards.

Sorcery
Farewell (who) 1056
Fumigate

Destroy all creatures. You gain 1 life for each creature destroyed this way.

Sorcery
Fumigate (mkc) 66
Open the Vaults

Return all artifact and enchantment cards from all graveyards to the battlefield under their owners' control. (Auras with nothing to enchant remain in graveyards.)

Sorcery
Open the Vaults (2xm) 24
Promise of Loyalty

Each player puts a vow counter on a creature they control and sacrifices the rest. Each of those creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control for as long as it has a vow counter on it.

Sorcery
Promise of Loyalty (c21) 348

Sorcery

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Creature

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Consecrated Sphinx

Flying Whenever an opponent draws a card, you may draw two cards.

Creature
Consecrated Sphinx (2x2) 345
Darien, King of Kjeldor

Whenever you're dealt damage, you may create that many 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens.

Creature
Darien, King of Kjeldor (csp) 4
Eon Frolicker

Flying When this creature enters, if you cast it, target opponent takes an extra turn after this one. Until your next turn, you and planeswalkers you control gain protection from that player. (You and planeswalkers you control can't be targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything controlled by that player.)

Creature
Eon Frolicker (c20) 33
Loran of the Third Path

Vigilance When Loran enters, destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment. {T}: You and target opponent each draw a card.

Creature
Loran of the Third Path (bro) 12
Moon-Blessed Cleric

Divine Intervention — When this creature enters, you may search your library for an enchantment card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Creature
Moon-Blessed Cleric (afr) 26
Nils, Discipline Enforcer

At the beginning of your end step, for each player, put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature that player controls. Each creature with one or more counters on it can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless its controller pays {X}, where X is the number of counters on that creature.

Creature
Nils, Discipline Enforcer (c21) 20
Orzhov Advokist

At the beginning of your upkeep, each player may put two +1/+1 counters on a creature they control. If a player does, creatures that player controls can't attack you or planeswalkers you control until your next turn.

Creature
Orzhov Advokist (mkc) 77
Reveille Squad

Whenever one or more creatures attack you, if this creature is untapped, you may untap all creatures you control.

Creature
Reveille Squad (plst) PCY-18
The Council of Four

Whenever a player draws their second card during their turn, you draw a card. Whenever a player casts their second spell during their turn, you create a 2/2 white Knight creature token.

Creature
The Council of Four (clb) 271
The Second Doctor

Players have no maximum hand size. How Civil of You — At the beginning of your end step, each player may draw a card. Each opponent who does can't attack you or permanents you control during their next turn.

Creature
The Second Doctor (who) 440
Windborn Muse

Flying Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Creature
Windborn Muse (dmr) 415

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Tie the Game

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Divine Intervention

This enchantment enters with two intervention counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an intervention counter from this enchantment. When you remove the last intervention counter from this enchantment, the game is a draw.

Enchantment
Divine Intervention (leg) 8
Pariah

Enchant creature All damage that would be dealt to you is dealt to enchanted creature instead.

Enchantment
Pariah (7ed) 30
Phyrexian Vindicator

Flying If damage would be dealt to this creature, prevent that damage. When damage is prevented this way, this creature deals that much damage to any other target.

Creature
Phyrexian Vindicator (one) 27
Saving Grace

Flash Enchant creature you control When this Aura enters, all damage that would be dealt this turn to you and permanents you control is dealt to enchanted creature instead. Enchanted creature gets +0/+3.

Enchantment
Saving Grace (hou) 21
Sivvi's Valor

If you control a Plains, you may tap an untapped creature you control rather than pay this spell's mana cost. All damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn is dealt to you instead.

Instant
Sivvi's Valor (nem) 22
Stuffy Doll

Indestructible As this creature enters, choose a player. Whenever this creature is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to the chosen player. {T}: This creature deals 1 damage to itself.

Creature Artifact
Stuffy Doll (tsp) 264

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Enchantment

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Aurification

Whenever a creature deals damage to you, put a gold counter on it. Each creature with a gold counter on it is a Wall in addition to its other creature types and has defender. (Those creatures can't attack.) When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, remove all gold counters from all creatures.

Enchantment
Aurification (ons) 6
Authority of the Consuls

Creatures your opponents control enter tapped. Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you gain 1 life.

Enchantment
Authority of the Consuls (plst) KLD-5
Copy Enchantment

You may have this enchantment enter as a copy of any enchantment on the battlefield.

Enchantment
Copy Enchantment (rvr) 312
Ghostly Prison

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment
Ghostly Prison (chk) 10
Imprisoned in the Moon

Enchant creature, land, or planeswalker Enchanted permanent is a colorless land with "{T}: Add {C}" and loses all other card types and abilities.

Enchantment
Imprisoned in the Moon (sld) 1102
Intruder Alarm

Creatures don't untap during their controllers' untap steps. Whenever a creature enters, untap all creatures.

Enchantment
Intruder Alarm (sth) 34
Karmic Justice

Whenever a spell or ability an opponent controls destroys a noncreature permanent you control, you may destroy target permanent that opponent controls.

Enchantment
Karmic Justice (ody) 26
Land Tax

At the beginning of your upkeep, if an opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for up to three basic land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.

Enchantment
Land Tax (brb) 35
Lightmine Field

Whenever one or more creatures attack, this enchantment deals damage to each of those creatures equal to the number of attacking creatures.

Enchantment
Lightmine Field (roe) 32
Mystic Barrier

When this enchantment enters and at the beginning of your upkeep, choose left or right. Each player may attack only the nearest opponent in the last chosen direction and planeswalkers controlled by that opponent.

Enchantment
Mystic Barrier (c13) 18
Mystic Remora

Cumulative upkeep {1} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.) Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {4}.

Enchantment
Mystic Remora (ice) 87
Noble Heritage

Commander creatures you own have "When this creature enters and at the beginning of your upkeep, each player may put two +1/+1 counters on a creature they control. For each opponent who does, you gain protection from that player until your next turn." (You can't be targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything controlled by that player.)

Enchantment
Noble Heritage (clb) 35
Pemmin's Aura

Enchant creature {U}: Untap enchanted creature. {U}: Enchanted creature gains flying until end of turn. {U}: Enchanted creature gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) {1}: Enchanted creature gets +1/-1 or -1/+1 until end of turn.

Enchantment
Pemmin's Aura (plst) SCG-45
Propaganda

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment
Propaganda (tmp) 80
Smothering Tithe

Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay {2}. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Enchantment
Smothering Tithe (2x2) 342
Solitary Confinement

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this enchantment unless you discard a card. Skip your draw step. You have shroud. (You can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you.

Enchantment
Solitary Confinement (jud) 24
Sphere of Safety

Creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless their controller pays {X} for each of those creatures, where X is the number of enchantments you control.

Enchantment
Sphere of Safety (c16) 77
Standstill

When a player casts a spell, sacrifice this enchantment. If you do, each of that player's opponents draws three cards.

Enchantment
Standstill (ody) 102

Enchantment

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Instant

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Angel's Grace

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) You can't lose the game this turn and your opponents can't win the game this turn. Until end of turn, damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead.

Instant
Angel's Grace (mma) 4
Arcane Denial

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Instant
Arcane Denial (all) 22b
Dawn Charm

Choose one — • Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. • Regenerate target creature. • Counter target spell that targets you.

Instant
Dawn Charm (plc) 4
Enlightened Tutor

Search your library for an artifact or enchantment card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Instant
Enlightened Tutor (6ed) 19
Ethereal Haze

Prevent all damage that would be dealt by creatures this turn.

Instant
Ethereal Haze (chk) 9
Everybody Lives!

All creatures gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. Players gain hexproof until end of turn. Players can't lose life this turn and players can't lose the game or win the game this turn.

Instant
Everybody Lives! (who) 929
Generous Gift

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Elephant creature token.

Instant
Generous Gift (cmm) 624
Mystical Tutor

Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Instant
Mystical Tutor (6ed) 83
Riot Control

You gain 1 life for each creature your opponents control. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn.

Instant
Riot Control (dgm) 6
Settle the Wreckage

Exile all attacking creatures target player controls. That player may search their library for that many basic land cards, put those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Settle the Wreckage (plst) XLN-34
Siren's Call

Cast this spell only during an opponent's turn, before attackers are declared. Creatures the active player controls attack this turn if able. At the beginning of the next end step, destroy all non-Wall creatures that player controls that didn't attack this turn. Ignore this effect for each creature the player didn't control continuously since the beginning of the turn.

Instant
Siren's Call (4ed) 101
Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (slp) 20
Teferi's Protection

Until your next turn, your life total can't change and you gain protection from everything. All permanents you control phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. They phase in before you untap during your untap step.) Exile Teferi's Protection.

Instant
Teferi's Protection (sta) 11

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18 mana - 18 cards
22 pips - 18 cards
21 mana - 21 cards
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15 mana - 14 cards
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