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9/17/2024
Sounds Fair on Paper
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $35.67
Salt sum: 29.23
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Commander

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Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher

Flying Whenever a player sacrifices a permanent, put a +1/+1 counter on Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher and you gain 1 life. Whenever Carmen attacks, return up to one target permanent card with mana value less than or equal to Carmen's power from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher (lcc) 5

Commander

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Boardwipes

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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 (blc) 148
Single Combat

Each player chooses a creature or planeswalker they control, then sacrifices the rest. Players can't cast creature or planeswalker spells until the end of your next turn.

Sorcery
Single Combat (pip) 172
Tragic Arrogance

For each player, you choose from among the permanents that player controls an artifact, a creature, an enchantment, and a planeswalker. Then each player sacrifices all other nonland permanents they control.

Sorcery
Tragic Arrogance (ori) 38

Boardwipes

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Draw

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Norn's Wellspring

Whenever a creature you control dies, scry 1 and put an oil counter on Norn's Wellspring. {1}, {T}, Remove two oil counters from Norn's Wellspring: Draw a card.

Artifact
Norn's Wellspring (one) 24
Read the Bones

Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Sorcery
Read the Bones (cmm) 182
Welcoming Vampire

Flying Whenever one or more other creatures you control with power 2 or less enter, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Creature
Welcoming Vampire (mkc) 91

Draw

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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
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 (blc) 302
Orzhov Guildgate

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Orzhov Guildgate (clu) 242
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (dsk) 278
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (dsk) 281
Terramorphic Expanse

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

Land
Terramorphic Expanse (blc) 345

Land

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Marauders

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Accursed Marauder

When Accursed Marauder enters, each player sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice.

Creature
Accursed Marauder (mh3) 80
Chain Devil

Animate Chains — When Chain Devil enters, each player sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice.

Creature
Chain Devil (clb) 120
Demon's Disciple

When Demon's Disciple enters, each player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice.

Creature
Demon's Disciple (j22) 399
Fleshbag Marauder

When Fleshbag Marauder enters, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Creature
Fleshbag Marauder (clu) 111
Gravelighter

Flying When Gravelighter enters, draw a card if a creature died this turn. Otherwise, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Creature
Gravelighter (neo) 98
Merciless Executioner

When Merciless Executioner enters, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Creature
Merciless Executioner (frf) 76
Plaguecrafter

When Plaguecrafter enters, each player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice. Each player who can't discards a card.

Creature
Plaguecrafter (j22) 72
Slum Reaper

When Slum Reaper enters, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Creature
Slum Reaper (uma) 114

Marauders

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Non-Creature Removal

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Cathar Commando

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) {1}, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Creature
Cathar Commando (mid) 10
Return to Dust

Exile target artifact or enchantment. If you cast this spell during your main phase, you may exile up to one other target artifact or enchantment.

Instant
Return to Dust (lcc) 136
Seal of Cleansing

Sacrifice Seal of Cleansing: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Enchantment
Seal of Cleansing (mkc) 80

Non-Creature Removal

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Protection

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Ajani's Presence

Strive — This spell costs {2}{W} more to cast for each target beyond the first. Any number of target creatures each get +1/+1 and gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)

Instant
Ajani's Presence (jou) 2
Armor of Shadows

Until end of turn, target creature gets +1/+0 and gains indestructible. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Instant
Armor of Shadows (clb) 112
Blacksmith's Skill

Target permanent gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. If it's an artifact creature, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Instant
Blacksmith's Skill (mh2) 6
Blessed Breath

Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. Splice onto Arcane {W} (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

Instant
Blessed Breath (chk) 1
Crumb and Get It

Gift a Food (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they create a Food token before its other effects. It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.") Target creature you control gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If the gift was promised, that creature also gains indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Crumb and Get It (blb) 8
Emerge Unscathed

Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)

Instant
Emerge Unscathed (ima) 19
Faith's Shield

Target permanent you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. Fateful hour — If you have 5 or less life, instead you and each permanent you control gain protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Instant
Faith's Shield (dka) 7
Gods Willing

Target creature you control 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.) Scry 1.

Instant
Gods Willing (clu) 63
Loran's Escape

Target artifact or creature gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. Scry 1.

Instant
Loran's Escape (bro) 14
Mirror Shield

Equipped creature gets +0/+2 and has hexproof and "Whenever a creature with deathtouch blocks or becomes blocked by this creature, destroy that creature." Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Mirror Shield (thb) 234
Professor's Warning

Choose one — • Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. • Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Instant
Professor's Warning (stx) 84
Sheltering Light

Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn. Scry 1. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy the creature.)

Instant
Sheltering Light (xln) 35

Protection

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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 (dsc) 92
Charcoal Diamond

Charcoal Diamond enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}.

Artifact
Charcoal Diamond (clb) 442
Charitable Levy

Noncreature spells cost {1} more to cast. Whenever a player casts a noncreature spell, put a collection counter on Charitable Levy. Then if there are three or more collection counters on it, sacrifice it. If you do, draw a card, then you may search your library for a Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Enchantment
Charitable Levy (mh3) 21
Commander's Sphere

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. Sacrifice Commander's Sphere: Draw a card.

Artifact
Commander's Sphere (dsc) 244
Fellwar Stone

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (blc) 269
Life Insurance

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.) Whenever a nontoken creature dies, you lose 1 life and create a Treasure token.

Enchantment
Life Insurance (ncc) 74
Marble Diamond

Marble Diamond enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}.

Artifact
Marble Diamond (clb) 446
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice Mind Stone: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (dsc) 248
Orzhov Signet

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

Artifact
Orzhov Signet (otc) 261

Ramp

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Recursion

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Angelic Renewal

Whenever a creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may sacrifice Angelic Renewal. If you do, return that card to the battlefield.

Enchantment
Angelic Renewal (uma) 10
Call a Surprise Witness

Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Put a flying counter on it. It's a Spirit in addition to its other types.

Sorcery
Call a Surprise Witness (mkm) 6
Call of the Death-Dweller

Return up to two target creature cards with total mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Put a deathtouch counter on either of them. Then put a menace counter on either of them.

Sorcery
Call of the Death-Dweller (iko) 78
Can't Stay Away

Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains "If this creature would die, exile it instead." Flashback {3}{W}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Can't Stay Away (mid) 213
Dread Return

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Flashback—Sacrifice three creatures. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Dread Return (cmm) 153
Helping Hand

Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Sorcery
Helping Hand (lci) 17
Immortal Servitude

Return each creature card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Sorcery
Immortal Servitude (gtc) 220
Late to Dinner

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.")

Sorcery
Late to Dinner (mh2) 19
Necropanther

Mutate {2}{W/B}{W/B} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Whenever this creature mutates, return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Necropanther (iko) 196
No Rest for the Wicked

Sacrifice No Rest for the Wicked: Return to your hand all creature cards in your graveyard that were put there from the battlefield this turn.

Enchantment
No Rest for the Wicked (plst) 10E-165
Postmortem Lunge

({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.) Return target creature card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.

Sorcery
Postmortem Lunge (nph) 70
Priest of Fell Rites

{T}, Pay 3 life, Sacrifice Priest of Fell Rites: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery. Unearth {3}{W}{B} ({3}{W}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Priest of Fell Rites (mh2) 208
Profane Command

Choose two — • Target player loses X life. • Return target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. • Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. • Up to X target creatures gain fear until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Sorcery
Profane Command (scd) 99
Rally the Ancestors

Return each creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Exile those creatures at the beginning of your next upkeep. Exile Rally the Ancestors.

Instant
Rally the Ancestors (frf) 22
Recommission

Return target artifact or creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. If a creature enters this way, it enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.

Sorcery
Recommission (bro) 22
Resurrection

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Sorcery
Resurrection (plst) UMA-30
Return Triumphant

Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Create a Young Hero Role token attached to it. (Enchanted creature has "Whenever this creature attacks, if its toughness is 3 or less, put a +1/+1 counter on it." If you put another Role on the creature later, put this one into the graveyard.)

Sorcery
Return Triumphant (woe) 26
Sevinne's Reclamation

Return target permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. If this spell was cast from a graveyard, you may copy this spell and may choose a new target for the copy. Flashback {4}{W} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Sevinne's Reclamation (mkc) 83
Stir the Grave

Return target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Sorcery
Stir the Grave (bok) 85
Unearth

Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Sorcery
Unearth (2x2) 96
Wake the Dead

Cast this spell only during combat on an opponent's turn. Return X target creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield. Sacrifice those creatures at the beginning of the next end step.

Instant
Wake the Dead (cmm) 197
Zombify

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Sorcery
Zombify (a25) 116

Recursion

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Recursion Engine

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Bishop of Rebirth

Vigilance Whenever Bishop of Rebirth attacks, you may return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Bishop of Rebirth (xln) 5
Sigil of the New Dawn

Whenever a creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay {1}{W}. If you do, return that card to your hand.

Enchantment
Sigil of the New Dawn (uma) 35
Sun Titan

Vigilance Whenever Sun Titan enters or attacks, you may return target permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Sun Titan (blc) 157

Recursion Engine

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Deck Info

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45 pips - 36 cards
23 mana - 23 cards
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0 mana - 4 cards
31 pips - 26 cards
23 mana - 23 cards
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0 mana - 4 cards
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1 mana - 1 card
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Description

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