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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $3.49
Norman Osborn
Norman Osborn can't be blocked.
Whenever Norman Osborn deals combat damage to a player, he connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
: Transform Norman Osborn. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Creature - Human Scientist Villain
Norman Osborn // Green Goblin (spm) 39Norman Osborn // Green Goblin (spm) 39

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Cipher

Qty: 13 Price: $14.23
Arcane Heist
You may cast target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into their graveyard, exile it instead.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Arcane Heist (otc) 13
Hands of Binding
Tap target creature an opponent controls. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Hands of Binding (gtc) 37
Hidden Strings
You may tap or untap target permanent, then you may tap or untap another target permanent.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Hidden Strings (dgm) 12
Last Thoughts
Draw a card.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Last Thoughts (gtc) 40
Mental Vapors
Target player discards a card.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Mental Vapors (gtc) 72
Midnight Recovery
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Midnight Recovery (gtc) 73
Paranoid Delusions
Target player mills three cards.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Paranoid Delusions (gtc) 186
Shadow Slice
Target opponent loses 3 life.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Shadow Slice (gtc) 77
Stolen Identity
Create a token that's a copy of target artifact or creature.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Stolen Identity (ncc) 233
Trait Doctoring
Change the text of target permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another or one basic land type with another until end of turn.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Trait Doctoring (dgm) 18
Undercity Plague
Target player loses 1 life, discards a card, then sacrifices a permanent of their choice.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Undercity Plague (gtc) 83
Whispering Madness
Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Whispering Madness (c16) 229
Writ of Return
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Writ of Return (ncc) 42

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Discard

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Dauthi Mindripper
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, you may sacrifice it. If you do, defending player discards three cards.
Creature - Minion Dauthi
Dauthi Mindripper (plst) TMP-125
Stronghold Rats
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, each player discards a card.
Creature - Rat
Stronghold Rats (tsr) 142
Thalakos Drifters
Discard a card: This creature gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Creature - Thalakos
Thalakos Drifters (exo) 47
Trespasser il-Vec
Discard a card: This creature gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Creature - Human Rogue
Trespasser il-Vec (tsr) 147

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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.
,
: Creatures your opponents control attack this turn if able.
Legendary Artifact Enchantment
Bident of Thassa (blc) 162
Coastal Piracy
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.
Enchantment
Coastal Piracy (tle) 156
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller may pay 1 life. If they do, they draw a card.
, Discard X cards: Exile the top X cards of target opponent's library. You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.
Legendary Creature - Praetor Phyrexian
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor (tdc) 181
Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, choose one —
• Goad target creature that player controls.
• Exile the top card of that player's library. Until end of turn, you may cast that card and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.
Legendary Creature - Goblin Rogue
Grenzo, Havoc Raiser (tdc) 216
Looter il-Kor
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, draw a card, then discard a card.
Creature - Rogue Kor
Looter il-Kor (cmm) 102
Ludevic, Necro-Alchemist
At the beginning of each player's end step, that player may draw a card if a player other than you lost life this turn.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Ludevic, Necro-Alchemist (c16) 37
Sygg, River Cutthroat
At the beginning of each end step, if an opponent lost 3 or more life this turn, you may draw a card. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Legendary Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Sygg, River Cutthroat (plst) ZNC-103
Thalakos Seer
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
When this creature leaves the battlefield, draw a card.
Creature - Wizard Thalakos
Thalakos Seer (tmp) 94

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Land

Qty: 38 Price: $385.71
Badlands
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Land - Swamp Mountain
Badlands (vma) 291
Blood Crypt
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As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Swamp Mountain
Blood Crypt (ecl) 262
Bojuka Bog
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.
: Add
.
Land
Bojuka Bog (soc) 363
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (soc) 129
Crumbling Necropolis
This land enters tapped.
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Crumbling Necropolis (lcc) 326
Haunted Ridge
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Haunted Ridge (inr) 280
Island
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: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (sos) 274
Luxury Suite
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Luxury Suite (clb) 355
Mana Confluence
, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.
Land
Mana Confluence (jou) 163
Maze of Shadows
: Add
.
: Untap target attacking creature with shadow. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this turn.
Land
Maze of Shadows (tmp) 319
Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
Minas Morgul enters tapped.
: Add
.
,
: Put a shadow counter on target creature. For as long as that creature has a shadow counter on it, it's a Wraith in addition to its other types. (A creature with shadow can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Legendary Land
Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress (ltc) 514
Morphic Pool
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Morphic Pool (clb) 357
Mountain
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: Add
.)
Basic Land - Mountain
Mountain (sos) 278
Otawara, Soaring City
: Add
.
Channel —
, Discard this card: Return target artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker to its owner's hand. This ability costs
less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Legendary Land
Otawara, Soaring City (neo) 271
Rogue's Passage
: Add
.
,
: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Land
Rogue's Passage (soc) 400
Shipwreck Marsh
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Shipwreck Marsh (inr) 284
Shivan Reef
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Shivan Reef (soc) 404
Steam Vents
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: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Island Mountain
Steam Vents (ecl) 267
Stormcarved Coast
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Stormcarved Coast (sos) 263
Sulfurous Springs
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Sulfurous Springs (fic) 427
Swamp
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: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (sos) 276
Training Center
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Training Center (cmm) 434
Underground River
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Underground River (fic) 439
Underground Sea
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: Add
or
.)
Land - Island Swamp
Underground Sea (vma) 323
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.
Legendary Land
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (tsr) 287
Volcanic Island
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Land - Island Mountain
Volcanic Island (vma) 324
Watery Grave
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As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Island Swamp
Watery Grave (eoe) 261

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Ramp

Qty: 2 Price: $3.48
Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (soc) 127
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (soc) 128

Ramp

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Recursion

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Aphetto Dredging
Return up to three target creature cards of the creature type of your choice from your graveyard to your hand.
Sorcery
Aphetto Dredging (ons) 125

Recursion

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Removal

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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 (soc) 187
Chaos Warp
The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.
Instant
Chaos Warp (soc) 239
Counterspell
Counter target spell.
Instant
Counterspell (dsc) 114
Feed the Swarm
Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.
Sorcery
Feed the Swarm (tle) 257
Thalakos Dreamsower
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
You may choose not to untap this creature during your untap step.
Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, tap target creature. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as this creature remains tapped.
Creature - Wizard Thalakos
Thalakos Dreamsower (tmp) 92

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Shadow

Qty: 28 Price: $47.70
Aether Tunnel
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 and can't be blocked.
Enchantment - Aura
Aether Tunnel (m19) 43
Cutthroat il-Dal
Hellbent — This creature has shadow as long as you have no cards in hand. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Creature - Human Rogue
Cutthroat il-Dal (tsr) 105
Dauthi Cutthroat
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
,
: Destroy target creature with shadow.
Creature - Minion Dauthi
Dauthi Cutthroat (exo) 57
Dauthi Embrace
: Target creature gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Enchantment
Dauthi Embrace (plst) TMP-120
Dauthi Ghoul
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Whenever a creature with shadow dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Zombie Dauthi
Dauthi Ghoul (tmp) 121
Dauthi Horror
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
This creature can't be blocked by white creatures.
Creature - Horror Dauthi
Dauthi Horror (clb) 748
Dauthi Jackal
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target blocking creature.
Creature - Jackal Dauthi
Dauthi Jackal (exo) 58
Dauthi Marauder
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Creature - Minion Dauthi
Dauthi Marauder (tmp) 123
Dauthi Mercenary
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Creature - Knight Mercenary Dauthi
Dauthi Mercenary (tmp) 124
Dauthi Slayer
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
This creature attacks each combat if able.
Creature - Soldier Dauthi
Dauthi Slayer (tmp) 126
Dauthi Trapper
: Target creature gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Creature - Minion Dauthi
Dauthi Trapper (plst) STH-56
Dauthi Voidwalker
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
If a card would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, instead exile it with a void counter on it.
, Sacrifice this creature: Choose an exiled card an opponent owns with a void counter on it. You may play it this turn without paying its mana cost.
Creature - Rogue Dauthi
Dauthi Voidwalker (tdc) 176
Dauthi Warlord
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Dauthi Warlord's power is equal to the number of creatures on the battlefield with shadow.
Creature - Soldier Dauthi
Dauthi Warlord (exo) 59
Drifter il-Dal
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay
.
Creature - Human Wizard
Drifter il-Dal (tsr) 65
Dross Golem
Affinity for Swamps (This spell costs
less to cast for each Swamp you control.)
Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
Creature Artifact - Golem
Dross Golem (dst) 119
Faceless Devourer
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
When this creature enters, exile another target creature with shadow.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control.
Creature - Horror Nightmare
Faceless Devourer (tsr) 115
Infiltrator il-Kor
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Suspend 2—
(Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay
and exile it with two time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)
Creature - Rogue Kor
Infiltrator il-Kor (tsr) 71
Jodah's Avenger
: Until end of turn, this creature gets -1/-1 and gains your choice of double strike, protection from red, vigilance, or shadow. (A creature with shadow can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Creature - Shapeshifter
Jodah's Avenger (tsr) 72
Nether Traitor
Haste
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Whenever another creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay
. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Creature - Spirit
Nether Traitor (soc) 220
Phyrexian Splicer
,
, Choose flying, first strike, trample, or shadow: Until end of turn, target creature with the chosen ability loses it and another target creature gains it.
Artifact
Phyrexian Splicer (plst) TMP-303
Shadow Rift
Target creature gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Draw a card.
Instant
Shadow Rift (plst) TMP-86
Stronghold Overseer
Flying
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
: Creatures with shadow get +1/+0 until end of turn and creatures without shadow get -1/-0 until end of turn.
Creature - Demon
Stronghold Overseer (tsp) 133
Thalakos Deceiver
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, you may sacrifice it. If you do, gain control of target creature. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
Creature - Wizard Thalakos
Thalakos Deceiver (sth) 45
Thalakos Mistfolk
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
: Put this creature on top of its owner's library.
Creature - Illusion Thalakos
Thalakos Mistfolk (tmp) 93
Thalakos Scout
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Discard a card: Return this creature to its owner's hand.
Creature - Soldier Scout Thalakos
Thalakos Scout (exo) 48
Thalakos Sentry
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Creature - Soldier Thalakos
Thalakos Sentry (tmp) 95
Traitor's Clutch
Target creature gets +1/+0, becomes black, and gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Instant
Traitor's Clutch (tsp) 137
Vashta Nerada
Indestructible
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Morbid — At the beginning of each end step, if a creature died this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Horror Alien
Vashta Nerada (who) 678

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