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Apex Predator
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Est deck cost: $65.73
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Commander

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Nihiloor

When Nihiloor enters, for each opponent, tap up to one untapped creature you control. When you do, gain control of target creature that player controls with power less than or equal to the tapped creature's power for as long as you control Nihiloor. Whenever you attack with a creature an opponent owns, you gain 2 life and that player loses 2 life.

Creature
Nihiloor (afc) 53

Commander

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Draw

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Ambition's Cost

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

Sorcery
Ambition's Cost (moc) 246
Gateway Sneak

Whenever a Gate you control enters, this creature can't be blocked this turn. Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Gateway Sneak (rna) 40
Palace Sentinels

When this creature enters, you become the monarch.

Creature
Palace Sentinels (cmm) 48
Phyrexian Arena

At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Enchantment
Phyrexian Arena (fdn) 180
Starscream, Power Hungry

Creature Artifact
Starscream, Power Hungry // Starscream, Seeker Leader (bot) 5Starscream, Power Hungry // Starscream, Seeker Leader (bot) 5
Staunch Throneguard

Vigilance When this creature enters, you become the monarch.

Creature Artifact
Staunch Throneguard (cmm) 412
Tenuous Truce

Enchant opponent At the beginning of enchanted opponent's end step, you and that player each draw a card. When you attack enchanted opponent or a planeswalker they control or when they attack you or a planeswalker you control, sacrifice this Aura.

Enchantment
Tenuous Truce (blc) 159

Draw

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Land

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Arcane Sanctum

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

Land
Arcane Sanctum (dsc) 259
Esper Panorama

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Plains, Island, or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Esper Panorama (ncc) 399
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 (j25) 765
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (dsc) 275
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (afr) 269
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (afr) 265
Shimmerdrift Vale

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

Land
Shimmerdrift Vale (j22) 821
Silverquill Campus

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {B}. {4}, {T}: Scry 1.

Land
Silverquill Campus (moc) 423
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 (afr) 273
Waterfront District

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

Land
Waterfront District (snc) 259

Land

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Arco-Flagellant

Squad {2} (As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may pay {2} any number of times. When this creature enters, create that many tokens that are copies of it.) This creature can't block. Endurant — Pay 3 life: This creature gains indestructible until end of turn.

Creature
Arco-Flagellant (40k) 29
Armguard Familiar

Ward {2} (Whenever this permanent becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.) Equipped creature gets +2/+1 and has ward {2}. Reconfigure {4} ({4}: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)

Creature Artifact
Armguard Familiar (neo) 46
Bloodtracker

Flying {B}, Pay 2 life: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. When this creature leaves the battlefield, draw a card for each +1/+1 counter on it.

Creature
Bloodtracker (lcc) 186
Chainflail Centipede

Whenever this creature or equipped creature attacks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Reconfigure {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)

Creature Artifact
Chainflail Centipede (neo) 90
Citadel Siege

As this enchantment enters, choose Khans or Dragons. • Khans — At the beginning of combat on your turn, put two +1/+1 counters on target creature you control. • Dragons — At the beginning of combat on each opponent's turn, tap target creature that player controls.

Enchantment
Citadel Siege (mic) 81
Clay Golem

{6}, Roll a d8: Monstrosity X, where X is the result. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put X +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.) Berserk — When this creature becomes monstrous, destroy target permanent.

Creature Artifact
Clay Golem (afc) 58
Consuming Aberration

Consuming Aberration's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your opponents' graveyards. Whenever you cast a spell, each opponent reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a land card, then puts those cards into their graveyard.

Creature
Consuming Aberration (fdn) 238
Cruel Sadist

{B}, {T}, Pay 1 life: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. {2}{B}, {T}, Remove X +1/+1 counters from this creature: It deals X damage to target creature.

Creature
Cruel Sadist (j22) 391
Forebear's Blade

Equipped creature gets +3/+0 and has vigilance and trample. Whenever equipped creature dies, attach this Equipment to target creature you control. Equip {3}

Artifact
Forebear's Blade (cmm) 384
Mace of the Valiant

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each charge counter on this Equipment and has vigilance. (Attacking doesn't cause it to tap.) Whenever a creature you control enters, put a charge counter on this Equipment. Equip {3}

Artifact
Mace of the Valiant (eld) 314
Magister Sphinx

Flying When this creature enters, target player's life total becomes 10.

Creature Artifact
Magister Sphinx (2x2) 247
Maul of the Skyclaves

When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control. Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has flying and first strike.(It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.) Equip {2}{W}{W}

Artifact
Maul of the Skyclaves (moc) 195
Obscura Interceptor

Flash Lifelink When this creature enters, it connives. When it connives this way, return up to one target spell to its owner's hand. (To have a creature connive, draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)

Creature
Obscura Interceptor (snc) 209
Order of Sacred Dusk

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.) Flying, lifelink, haste Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) Other Vampires you control have exalted.

Creature
Order of Sacred Dusk (lcc) 97
Possessed Goat

{3}, Discard a card: Put three +1/+1 counters on this creature and it becomes a black Demon in addition to its other colors and types. Activate only once.

Creature
Possessed Goat (dsk) 25
Vadmir, New Blood

Whenever you commit a crime, put a +1/+1 counter on Vadmir. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.) As long as Vadmir has four or more +1/+1 counters on it, it has menace and lifelink.

Creature
Vadmir, New Blood (otj) 113
Venerated Loxodon

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.) When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature that convoked it.

Creature
Venerated Loxodon (moc) 215

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Protection

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Boon of Safety

Put a shield counter on target creature. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.) Scry 1.

Instant
Boon of Safety (snc) 4
Cradle of Safety

Flash Enchant creature you control When this Aura enters, enchanted creature gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.

Enchantment
Cradle of Safety (vow) 54
Didn't Say Please

Counter target spell. Its controller mills three cards.

Instant
Didn't Say Please (eld) 42
Hindering Light

Counter target spell that targets you or a permanent you control. Draw a card.

Instant
Hindering Light (otp) 46
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
Saw It Coming

Counter target spell. Foretell {1}{U} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Instant
Saw It Coming (khm) 76
Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.) Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (blc) 286
Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts

Vigilance, protection from creatures Whenever a creature deals combat damage to you, destroy that creature. Create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying.

Creature
Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts (c21) 230

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
Azorius Chancery

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

Land
Azorius Chancery (dsc) 261
Azorius Locket

{T}: Add {W} or {U}. {W/U}{W/U}{W/U}{W/U}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw two cards.

Artifact
Azorius Locket (voc) 160
Azorius Signet

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

Artifact
Azorius Signet (dsc) 240
Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (dsc) 245
Honored Heirloom

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {2}, {T}: Exile target card from a graveyard.

Artifact
Honored Heirloom (vow) 257
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (dsc) 248
Orzhov Basilica

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

Land
Orzhov Basilica (dsc) 292
Orzhov Signet

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

Artifact
Orzhov Signet (dsc) 249
Talisman of Dominance

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

Artifact
Talisman of Dominance (pip) 246
Wayfarer's Bauble

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

Artifact
Wayfarer's Bauble (lcc) 317

Ramp

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Recursion

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Priest of Fell Rites

{T}, Pay 3 life, Sacrifice this creature: 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

Recursion

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Removal

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Demon of Loathing

Flying, trample Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Creature
Demon of Loathing (gn3) 45
Fracture

Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or planeswalker.

Instant
Fracture (stx) 188
Phyrexian Rebirth

Destroy all creatures, then create an X/X colorless Phyrexian Horror artifact creature token, where X is the number of creatures destroyed this way.

Sorcery
Phyrexian Rebirth (moc) 199
Restricted Office

Enchantment
Restricted Office // Lecture Hall (dsk) 342
Scheming Fence

As this creature enters, you may choose a nonland permanent. Activated abilities of the chosen permanent can't be activated. This creature has all activated abilities of the chosen permanent except for loyalty abilities. You may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to activate those abilities.

Creature
Scheming Fence (snc) 219
Stalking Leonin

When this creature enters, secretly choose an opponent. Reveal the player you chose: Exile target creature that's attacking you if it's controlled by the chosen player. Activate only once.

Creature
Stalking Leonin (mkc) 86

Removal

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Synergy

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Abuelo, Ancestral Echo

Flying, ward {2} {1}{W}{U}: Exile another target creature or artifact you control. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Abuelo, Ancestral Echo (lci) 219
Getaway Car

Haste Whenever this Vehicle attacks or blocks, return up to one target creature that crewed it this turn to its owner's hand. Crew 1

Artifact
Getaway Car (snc) 237
Telepathy

Your opponents play with their hands revealed.

Enchantment
Telepathy (m10) 74

Synergy

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Theft

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Ashiok, Nightmare Muse

+1: Create a 2/3 blue and black Nightmare creature token with "Whenever this token attacks or blocks, each opponent exiles the top two cards of their library." −3: Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand, then that player exiles a card from their hand. −7: You may cast up to three spells from among face-up cards your opponents own from exile without paying their mana costs.

Planeswalker
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse (thb) 208
Extract Brain

Target opponent chooses X cards from their hand. Look at those cards. You may cast a spell from among them without paying its mana cost.

Sorcery
Extract Brain (afc) 46
Hostage Taker

When this creature enters, exile another target creature or artifact until this creature leaves the battlefield. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell.

Creature
Hostage Taker (otc) 231
Predators' Hour

Until end of turn, creatures you control gain menace and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of that player's library face down. You may look at and play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell."

Sorcery
Predators' Hour (otc) 147
Sepulchral Primordial

Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.) When this creature enters, for each opponent, you may put up to one target creature card from that player's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

Creature
Sepulchral Primordial (scd) 106
Shifting Grift

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.) + {2} — Exchange control of two target creatures. + {1} — Exchange control of two target artifacts. + {1} — Exchange control of two target enchantments.

Sorcery
Shifting Grift (otj) 66
Tasha, the Witch Queen

Whenever you cast a spell you don't own, create a 3/3 black Demon creature token. +1: Draw a card. For each opponent, exile up to one target instant or sorcery card from that player's graveyard and put a page counter on it. −3: You may cast a spell from among cards in exile with page counters on them without paying its mana cost. Tasha, the Witch Queen can be your commander.

Planeswalker
Tasha, the Witch Queen (clb) 294
Tempted by the Oriq

For each opponent, gain control of up to one target creature or planeswalker that player controls with mana value 3 or less.

Sorcery
Tempted by the Oriq (stx) 58
Thief of Sanity

Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, look at the top three cards of that player's library, exile one of them face down, then put the rest into their graveyard. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell.

Creature
Thief of Sanity (otc) 243

Theft

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Maybeboard

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Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (drc) 60

Maybeboard

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Deck Info

Deck stats

24 pips - 21 cards
21 mana - 21 cards
27 pips - 21 cards
21 mana - 21 cards
27 pips - 24 cards
22 mana - 22 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 5 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 5 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
3 mana - 3 cards
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