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Death and Taxes
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Commander

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Queza, Augur of Agonies

Whenever you draw a card, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Queza, Augur of Agonies (snc) 326

Commander

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Land

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Black Dragon Gate

This land enters tapped. As this land enters, choose a color other than black. {T}: Add {B} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Black Dragon Gate (clb) 347
Brightclimb Pathway

Land
Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway (plst) ZNR-259Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway (plst) ZNR-259
Citadel Gate

This land enters tapped. As this land enters, choose a color other than white. {T}: Add {W} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Citadel Gate (clb) 349
Clearwater Pathway

Land
Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway (plst) ZNR-260Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway (plst) ZNR-260
Concealed Courtyard

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

Land
Concealed Courtyard (otj) 268
Contaminated Landscape

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Plains, Island, or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Cycling {W}{U}{B} ({W}{U}{B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Contaminated Landscape (mh3) 218
Desert of the Mindful

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}. Cycling {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Desert of the Mindful (drc) 150
Desert of the True

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}. Cycling {1}{W} ({1}{W}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Desert of the True (drc) 151
Evolving Wilds

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Evolving Wilds (drc) 153
Flooded Strand

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Flooded Strand (mh3) 220
Floodfarm Verge

{T}: Add {W}. {T}: Add {U}. Activate only if you control a Plains or an Island.

Land
Floodfarm Verge (dsk) 259
Forlorn Flats

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, it deals 1 damage to target opponent. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Forlorn Flats (otj) 258
Gloomlake Verge

{T}: Add {U}. {T}: Add {B}. Activate only if you control an Island or a Swamp.

Land
Gloomlake Verge (dsk) 260
Heap Gate

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color. {1}, {T}, Tap an untapped Gate you control: Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Land
Heap Gate (clb) 354
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (dft) 282
Meticulous Archive

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) This land enters tapped. When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land
Meticulous Archive (mkm) 328
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (dft) 272
Scoured Barrens

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Scoured Barrens (dft) 263
Sea Gate

This land enters tapped. As this land enters, choose a color other than blue. {T}: Add {U} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Sea Gate (clb) 359
Shipwreck Marsh

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

Land
Shipwreck Marsh (inr) 284
Skybridge Towers

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {U}. {2}{W}{U}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.

Land
Skybridge Towers (snc) 256
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (dft) 274
Terramorphic Expanse

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Terramorphic Expanse (drc) 179
Thriving Isle

This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than blue. {T}: Add {U} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Thriving Isle (j25) 778
Undercity Sewers

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) This land enters tapped. When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land
Undercity Sewers (mkm) 270
Volatile Fault

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. That player may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. You create a Treasure token.

Land
Volatile Fault (lci) 286
Watery Grave

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

Land
Watery Grave (rvr) 291

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Tutor

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Demonic Counsel

Search your library for a Demon card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Delirium — If there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, instead search your library for any card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Demonic Counsel (dsk) 92
The Creation of Avacyn

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Search your library for a card, exile it face down, then shuffle. II — Turn the exiled card face up. If it's a creature card, you lose life equal to its mana value. III — You may put the exiled card onto the battlefield if it's a creature card. If you don't put it onto the battlefield, put it into its owner's hand.

Enchantment
The Creation of Avacyn (mh3) 86

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Creature

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Dreadwing Scavenger

Flying Whenever this creature enters or attacks, draw a card, then discard a card. Threshold — This creature gets +1/+1 and has deathtouch as long as there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.

Creature
Dreadwing Scavenger (fdn) 118

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Protection

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Divine Resilience

Kicker {2}{W} (You may pay an additional {2}{W} as you cast this spell.) Target creature you control gains indestructible until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, instead any number of target creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)

Instant
Divine Resilience (fdn) 10
Fake Your Own Death

Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+0 and gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control and you create a Treasure token." (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Fake Your Own Death (fdn) 174
Feat of Resistance

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. (It can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything of that color.)

Instant
Feat of Resistance (plst) KTK-10
Flare of Fortitude

You may sacrifice a nontoken white creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Until end of turn, your life total can't change, and permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible.

Instant
Flare of Fortitude (mh3) 26
Lazotep Plating

Amass Zombies 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also a Zombie. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.) You and permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn. (You and they can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Instant
Lazotep Plating (scd) 57
Orim's Chant

Kicker {W} (You may pay an additional {W} as you cast this spell.) Target player can't cast spells this turn. If this spell was kicked, creatures can't attack this turn.

Instant
Orim's Chant (mh3) 265
Psychic Impetus

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.) Whenever enchanted creature attacks, you scry 2.

Enchantment
Psychic Impetus (clu) 92
Shore Up

Target creature you control gets +1/+1 and gains hexproof until end of turn. Untap it. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Instant
Shore Up (blb) 69
Syr Elenora, the Discerning

Syr Elenora's power is equal to the number of cards in your hand. When Syr Elenora enters, draw a card. Spells your opponents cast that target Syr Elenora cost {2} more to cast.

Creature
Syr Elenora, the Discerning (j25) 64

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counterspells

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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 (fdn) 160
Dovin's Veto

This spell can't be countered. Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Dovin's Veto (war) 193
Dream Fracture

Counter target spell. Its controller draws a card. Draw a card.

Instant
Dream Fracture (clb) 66
Refute

Counter target spell. Draw a card, then discard a card.

Instant
Refute (fdn) 313
Remand

Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put it into its owner's hand instead of into that player's graveyard. Draw a card.

Instant
Remand (j25) 349

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Draw

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Archivist of Oghma

Flash Whenever an opponent searches their library, you gain 1 life and draw a card.

Creature
Archivist of Oghma (clb) 4
Commence the Endgame

This spell can't be countered. Draw two cards, then amass Zombies X, where X is the number of cards in your hand. (Put X +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also a Zombie. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.)

Instant
Commence the Endgame (war) 45
Compulsion

{1}{U}, Discard a card: Draw a card. {1}{U}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Draw a card.

Enchantment
Compulsion (plst) TOR-34
Dawn of Hope

Whenever you gain life, you may pay {2}. If you do, draw a card. {3}{W}: Create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token with lifelink.

Enchantment
Dawn of Hope (wot) 2
Indulgent Tormentor

Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card unless target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice or pays 3 life.

Creature
Indulgent Tormentor (scd) 81
Intimidation Campaign

When this enchantment enters, each opponent loses 1 life, you gain 1 life, and you draw a card. Whenever you commit a crime, you may return this enchantment to its owner's hand. (It returns only from the battlefield. Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)

Enchantment
Intimidation Campaign (otj) 208
Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel

Flash Flying Whenever Malcolm deals combat damage to a player, put a chorus counter on it. Draw a card, then discard a card. If there are four or more chorus counters on Malcolm, you may cast the discarded card without paying its mana cost.

Creature
Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel (lci) 63
Mangara, the Diplomat

Lifelink Whenever an opponent attacks with creatures, if two or more of those creatures are attacking you and/or planeswalkers you control, draw a card. Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, draw a card.

Creature
Mangara, the Diplomat (blc) 145
Marina Vendrell's Grimoire

When Marina Vendrell's Grimoire enters, if you cast it, draw five cards. You have no maximum hand size and don't lose the game for having 0 or less life. Whenever you gain life, draw that many cards. Whenever you lose life, discard that many cards. Then if you have no cards in hand, you lose the game.

Artifact
Marina Vendrell's Grimoire (dsk) 308
Nimble Brigand

This creature can't be blocked if you've committed a crime this turn. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.) Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Nimble Brigand (otj) 58
Opt

Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) Draw a card.

Instant
Opt (j25) 339
Painful Truths

Converge — You draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell.

Sorcery
Painful Truths (otc) 146
Scurrilous Sentry

Menace Whenever this creature enters or attacks, it connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)

Creature
Scurrilous Sentry (mh3) 108
Seize the Secrets

This spell costs {1} less to cast if you've committed a crime this turn. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.) Draw two cards.

Sorcery
Seize the Secrets (otj) 64
Step Between Worlds

Each player may shuffle their hand and graveyard into their library. Each player who does draws seven cards. Exile Step Between Worlds. Plot {4}{U}{U} (You may pay {4}{U}{U} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)

Sorcery
Step Between Worlds (otj) 70
Underworld Connections

Enchant land Enchanted land has "{T}, Pay 1 life: Draw a card."

Enchantment
Underworld Connections (voc) 138
Volo, Itinerant Scholar

When Volo enters, create Volo's Journal, a legendary colorless artifact token with hexproof and "Whenever you cast a creature spell, note one of its creature types that hasn't been noted for Volo's Journal." {2}, {T}: Draw a card for each creature type noted for target permanent you control named Volo's Journal. Choose a Background

Creature
Volo, Itinerant Scholar (clb) 103
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 (lcc) 102
Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom

Partner with Okaun, Eye of Chaos (When this creature enters, target player may put Okaun into their hand from their library, then shuffle.) At the beginning of combat on your turn, flip a coin until you lose a flip. Whenever a player wins a coin flip, draw a card.

Creature
Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom (bbd) 5

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Ramp

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Bandit's Haul

Whenever you commit a crime, put a loot counter on this artifact. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.) {T}: Add one mana of any color. {2}, {T}, Remove two loot counters from this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Bandit's Haul (otj) 240
Claim Jumper

Vigilance When this creature enters, if an opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for a Plains card and put it onto the battlefield tapped. Then if an opponent controls more lands than you, repeat this process once. If you search your library this way, shuffle.

Creature
Claim Jumper (otj) 8
Compass Gnome

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card or Cave card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Creature Artifact
Compass Gnome (lci) 250
Fountainport Bell

When this artifact enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top. {1}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Fountainport Bell (blb) 245
Hourglass of the Lost

{T}: Add {W}. Put a time counter on this artifact. {T}, Remove X time counters from this artifact and exile it: Return each nonland permanent card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.

Artifact
Hourglass of the Lost (m3c) 92
Navigation Orb

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for up to two basic land cards and/or Gate cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact
Navigation Orb (clb) 329
Shattered Seraph

Flying When this creature enters, you gain 3 life. {2}, Exile this card from your hand: Target land gains "{T}: Add {W}, {U}, or {B}" until this card is cast from exile. You may cast this card for as long as it remains exiled.

Creature
Shattered Seraph (snc) 221
Solar Transformer

This artifact enters tapped. When this artifact enters, you get {E}{E}{E} (three energy counters). {T}: Add {C}. {T}, Pay {E}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Solar Transformer (drc) 137
Sunbird Standard

Artifact
Sunbird Standard // Sunbird Effigy (lci) 262Sunbird Standard // Sunbird Effigy (lci) 262

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life reader

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Cat Collector

When this creature enters, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.") Whenever you gain life for the first time during each of your turns, create a 1/1 white Cat creature token.

Creature
Cat Collector (fdn) 4
Elenda, Saint of Dusk

Lifelink, hexproof from instants As long as your life total is greater than your starting life total, Elenda gets +1/+1 and has menace. Elenda gets an additional +5/+5 as long as your life total is at least 10 greater than your starting life total.

Creature
Elenda, Saint of Dusk (fdn) 119
Fiendish Panda

Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. When this creature dies, return another target non-Bear creature card with mana value less than or equal to this creature's power from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Fiendish Panda (fdn) 120

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Draw Readers

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Faerie Vandal

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Flying Whenever you draw your second card each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Faerie Vandal (j25) 311
Mischievous Mystic

Flying Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 1/1 blue Faerie creature token with flying.

Creature
Mischievous Mystic (fdn) 47
Nadir Kraken

Whenever you draw a card, you may pay {1}. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and create a 1/1 blue Tentacle creature token.

Creature
Nadir Kraken (j25) 332
Tolarian Kraken

Whenever you draw a card, you may pay {1}. When you do, you may tap or untap target creature.

Creature
Tolarian Kraken (j25) 377

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Removal

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Blasphemous Edict

You may pay {B} rather than pay this spell's mana cost if there are thirteen or more creatures on the battlefield. Each player sacrifices thirteen creatures of their choice.

Sorcery
Blasphemous Edict (fdn) 57
Disenchant

Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Instant
Disenchant (scd) 20
Fall of the First Civilization

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — You and target opponent each draw two cards. II — Exile target artifact an opponent controls. III — Each player chooses three nonland permanents they control. Destroy all other nonland permanents.

Enchantment
Fall of the First Civilization (acr) 4
Grasp of Fate

When this enchantment enters, for each opponent, exile up to one target nonland permanent that player controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield. (Those permanents return under their owners' control.)

Enchantment
Grasp of Fate (who) 208
Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Path to Exile (acr) 81
Requisition Raid

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.) + {1} — Destroy target artifact. + {1} — Destroy target enchantment. + {1} — Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature target player controls.

Sorcery
Requisition Raid (otj) 26
Sculpted Sunburst

Choose a creature you control, then each opponent chooses a creature they control with equal or lesser power. If you chose a creature this way, exile each creature not chosen by any player this way.

Sorcery
Sculpted Sunburst (clb) 42
Spreading Seas

Enchant land When this Aura enters, draw a card. Enchanted land is an Island.

Enchantment
Spreading Seas (wot) 26
Stroke of Midnight

Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Human creature token.

Instant
Stroke of Midnight (woe) 33
Utter Insignificance

Flash Enchant creature Enchanted creature loses all abilities and has base power and toughness 1/1. {2}{C}: Exile enchanted creature.

Enchantment
Utter Insignificance (mh3) 78
Vona, Butcher of Magan

Vigilance, lifelink {T}, Pay 7 life: Destroy target nonland permanent. Activate only during your turn.

Creature
Vona, Butcher of Magan (lcc) 293

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Maybeboard

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Pull from Tomorrow

Draw X cards, then discard a card.

Instant
Pull from Tomorrow (drc) 81
Sphinx's Revelation

You gain X life and draw X cards.

Instant
Sphinx's Revelation (rvr) 228

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Deck Info

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28 pips - 24 cards
23 mana - 21 cards
36 pips - 29 cards
24 mana - 22 cards
19 pips - 15 cards
23 mana - 21 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 6 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 6 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
4 mana - 4 cards
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