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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $0.49
Lonis, Cryptozoologist
Whenever another nontoken creature you control enters, investigate.
, Sacrifice X Clues: Target opponent reveals the top X cards of their library. You may put a nonland permanent card with mana value X or less from among them onto the battlefield under your control. That player puts the rest on the bottom of their library in a random order.
Legendary Creature - Elf Scout Snake
Lonis, Cryptozoologist (mh2) 204

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Counter Investigation

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Confirm Suspicions
Counter target spell.
Investigate three times. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Instant
Confirm Suspicions (soi) 53
Frilled Mystic
Flash
When this creature enters, you may counter target spell.
Creature - Wizard Elf Lizard
Frilled Mystic (rvr) 183
Tishana's Tidebinder
Flash
When this creature enters, counter up to one target activated or triggered ability. If an ability of an artifact, creature, or planeswalker is countered this way, that permanent loses all abilities for as long as this creature remains on the battlefield. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Tishana's Tidebinder (lci) 81

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Danger Cryptids (Removel)

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Agent of Treachery
When this creature enters, gain control of target permanent.
At the beginning of your end step, if you control three or more permanents you don't own, draw three cards.
Creature - Human Rogue
Agent of Treachery (m20) 43
Amphin Mutineer
When this creature enters, exile up to one target non-Salamander creature. That creature's controller creates a 4/3 blue Salamander Warrior creature token.
Encore
(
, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)
Creature - Pirate Salamander
Amphin Mutineer (lcc) 143
Hullbreaker Horror
Flash
This spell can't be countered.
Whenever you cast a spell, choose up to one —
• Return target spell you don't control to its owner's hand.
• Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
Creature - Horror Kraken
Hullbreaker Horror (woc) 95
Junk Winder
Affinity for tokens (This spell costs
less to cast for each token you control.)
Whenever a token you control enters, tap target nonland permanent an opponent controls. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Creature - Serpent
Junk Winder (moc) 225
Kitesail Larcenist
Flying, ward

When this creature enters, for each player, choose up to one other target artifact or creature that player controls. For as long as this creature remains on the battlefield, the chosen permanents become Treasure artifacts with "
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color" and lose all other abilities.
Creature - Human Pirate
Kitesail Larcenist (lci) 61
Kogla, the Titan Ape
When Kogla enters, it fights up to one target creature you don't control.
Whenever Kogla attacks, destroy target artifact or enchantment defending player controls.
: Return target Human you control to its owner's hand. Kogla gains indestructible until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Ape
Kogla, the Titan Ape (iko) 162
Reclamation Sage
When this creature enters, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Creature - Elf Shaman
Reclamation Sage (scd) 205
Troublemaker Ouphe
Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.)
When this creature enters, if it was bargained, exile target artifact or enchantment an opponent controls.
Creature - Ouphe
Troublemaker Ouphe (woe) 194

Danger Cryptids (Removel)

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Dangerous Clues

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Cyberdrive Awakener
Flying
Other artifact creatures you control have flying.
When this creature enters, each noncreature artifact you control becomes a 4/4 artifact creature until end of turn.
Creature Artifact - Construct
Cyberdrive Awakener (nec) 12
Displaced Dinosaurs
As a historic permanent you control enters, it becomes a 7/7 Dinosaur creature in addition to its other types. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Creature - Dinosaur
Displaced Dinosaurs (who) 100
Halsin, Emerald Archdruid
: Until end of turn, target token you control becomes a green Bear creature with base power and toughness 4/4 in addition to its other colors and types.
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)
Legendary Creature - Elf Druid
Halsin, Emerald Archdruid (clb) 234
Rise and Shine
Target noncreature artifact you control becomes a 0/0 artifact creature. Put four +1/+1 counters on each artifact that became a creature this way.
Overload
(You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Sorcery
Rise and Shine (moc) 233
Tough Cookie
When this creature enters, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
: Until end of turn, target noncreature artifact you control becomes a 4/4 artifact creature.
,
, Sacrifice this creature: You gain 3 life.
Creature Artifact - Golem Food
Tough Cookie (woe) 193

Dangerous Clues

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Drawing Conclusions

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Beast Whisperer
Whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card.
Creature - Elf Druid
Beast Whisperer (plst) GRN-123
Defiler of Dreams
Flying
As an additional cost to cast blue permanent spells, you may pay 2 life. Those spells cost
less to cast if you paid life this way. This effect reduces only the amount of blue mana you pay.
Whenever you cast a blue permanent spell, draw a card.
Creature - Sphinx Phyrexian
Defiler of Dreams (dmu) 46
Fauna Shaman
,
, Discard a creature card: Search your library for a creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Creature - Elf Shaman
Fauna Shaman (bro) 179
Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
Whenever a creature you control becomes blocked, you may return it to its owner's hand.
Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Horror
Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar (clb) 723
Guardian Project
Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, if it doesn't have the same name as another creature you control or a creature card in your graveyard, draw a card.
Enchantment
Guardian Project (rvr) 146
Idol of Oblivion
: Draw a card. Activate only if you created a token this turn.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Create a 10/10 colorless Eldrazi creature token.
Artifact
Idol of Oblivion (cmm) 392
Instrument of the Bards
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a harmony counter on Instrument of the Bards.
,
: Search your library for a creature card with mana value equal to the number of harmony counters on Instrument of the Bards, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If that card is legendary, create a Treasure token. Then shuffle.
Legendary Artifact
Instrument of the Bards (afr) 190
Shimmer Dragon
Flying
As long as you control four or more artifacts, this creature has hexproof. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Tap two untapped artifacts you control: Draw a card.
Creature - Dragon
Shimmer Dragon (moc) 236
Thought Monitor
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs
less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Flying
When this creature enters, draw two cards.
Creature Artifact - Construct
Thought Monitor (brc) 98

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Everyone Stand Back

Qty: 3 Price: $11.07
Apex Altisaur
When this creature enters, it fights up to one target creature you don't control.
Enrage — Whenever this creature is dealt damage, it fights up to one target creature you don't control.
Creature - Dinosaur
Apex Altisaur (lcc) 232
Evacuation
Return all creatures to their owners' hands.
Instant
Evacuation (lcc) 156
Flood of Tears
Return all nonland permanents to their owners' hands. If you return four or more nontoken permanents you control this way, you may put a permanent card from your hand onto the battlefield.
Sorcery
Flood of Tears (voc) 104

Everyone Stand Back

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Finding Clues

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Briarbridge Patrol
Whenever this creature deals damage to one or more creatures, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
At the beginning of each end step, if you sacrificed three or more Clues this turn, you may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield.
Creature - Human Warrior
Briarbridge Patrol (soi) 195
Erdwal Illuminator
Flying
Whenever you investigate for the first time each turn, investigate an additional time.
Creature - Spirit
Erdwal Illuminator (j22) 291
Ethereal Investigator
Flying
When this creature enters, investigate X times, where X is the number of opponents you have. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
Creature - Spirit
Ethereal Investigator (voc) 12
Ongoing Investigation
Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Investigate. You gain 2 life.
Enchantment
Ongoing Investigation (soi) 77
Tamiyo's Journal
At the beginning of your upkeep, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
, Sacrifice three Clues: Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
Legendary Artifact - Book
Tamiyo's Journal (j22) 800
Tireless Tracker
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Human Scout
Tireless Tracker (moc) 314
Ulvenwald Mysteries
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.
Enchantment
Ulvenwald Mysteries (plst) SOI-236

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Friendly Cryptids

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Eternal Witness
When this creature enters, you may return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Human Shaman
Eternal Witness (cmm) 286
Timeless Witness
When this creature enters, return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Eternalize
(
, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Human Shaman with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)
Creature - Human Shaman
Timeless Witness (mh2) 179

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Getting More Resources

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Illusionist's Bracers
Whenever an ability of equipped creature is activated, if it isn't a mana ability, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Illusionist's Bracers (rvr) 260
Kiora's Follower
: Untap another target permanent.
Creature - Merfolk
Kiora's Follower (lcc) 273
Quirion Ranger
Return a Forest you control to its owner's hand: Untap target creature. Activate only once each turn.
Creature - Elf Ranger
Quirion Ranger (mh2) 285
Rings of Brighthearth
Whenever you activate an ability, if it isn't a mana ability, you may pay
. If you do, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Artifact
Rings of Brighthearth (cmr) 335
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
: Untap another target permanent.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, untap target permanent.
Creature - Human Cleric
Vizier of Tumbling Sands (cmm) 131

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Land

Qty: 35 Price: $133.95
Alchemist's Refuge
: Add
.
,
: You may cast spells this turn as though they had flash.
Land
Alchemist's Refuge (lcc) 318
Boseiju, Who Endures
: Add
.
Channel —
, Discard this card: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or nonbasic land an opponent controls. That player may search their library for a land card with a basic land type, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. This ability costs
less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Legendary Land
Boseiju, Who Endures (neo) 266
Breeding Pool
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Island Forest
Breeding Pool (rvr) 275
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (lcc) 325
Dreamroot Cascade
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Dreamroot Cascade (vow) 262
Dryad Arbor
(This land isn't a spell, it's affected by summoning sickness, and it has "
: Add
.")
Creature Land - Dryad Forest
Dryad Arbor (tsr) 277
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (lcc) 329
Flooded Grove
: Add
.
,
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Flooded Grove (ncc) 402
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (mkm) 286
Hinterland Harbor
This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island.
: Add
or
.
Land
Hinterland Harbor (lcc) 336
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (mkm) 280
Myriad Landscape
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Myriad Landscape (lcc) 343
Rejuvenating Springs
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Rejuvenating Springs (cmm) 424
Reliquary Tower
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Land
Reliquary Tower (lcc) 348
Simic Growth Chamber
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add
.
Land
Simic Growth Chamber (lcc) 352
Temple of Mystery
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
: Add
or
.
Land
Temple of Mystery (lcc) 357
The Shire
The Shire enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature.
: Add
.
,
, Tap an untapped creature you control: Create a Food token.
Legendary Land
The Shire (ltr) 260
Vineglimmer Snarl
As this land enters, you may reveal a Forest or Island card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land
Vineglimmer Snarl (lcc) 368
Waterlogged Grove
, Pay 1 life: Add
or
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.
Land
Waterlogged Grove (mh1) 249
Yavimaya Coast
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Yavimaya Coast (dmu) 261

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Mana Mysteries

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Birds of Paradise
Flying
: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Bird
Birds of Paradise (rvr) 133
Farhaven Elf
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Creature - Elf Druid
Farhaven Elf (scd) 182
Llanowar Elves
: Add
.
Creature - Elf Druid
Llanowar Elves (plst) M19-314
Sakura-Tribe Elder
Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Creature - Shaman Snake
Sakura-Tribe Elder (scd) 208
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (lcc) 313
Solemn Simulacrum
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
When this creature dies, you may draw a card.
Creature Artifact - Golem
Solemn Simulacrum (cmm) 973
Springbloom Druid
When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a land. If you do, search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Creature - Elf Druid
Springbloom Druid (khc) 74
Topiary Stomper
Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)
When this creature enters, search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
This creature can't attack or block unless you control seven or more lands.
Creature - Dinosaur Plant
Topiary Stomper (lcc) 261
Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
Trample
Whenever you tap a land for mana, add one mana of any type that land produced.
Whenever an opponent taps a land for mana, that land doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Legendary Creature - Praetor Phyrexian
Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger (plst) NPH-127
Wood Elves
When this creature enters, search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Creature - Elf Scout
Wood Elves (moc) 316

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Ramping Investigation

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Academy Manufactor
If you would create a Clue, Food, or Treasure token, instead create one of each.
Creature Artifact - Assembly-Worker
Academy Manufactor (moc) 346
Five Hundred Year Diary
Five Hundred Year Diary enters tapped.
: Add
for each Clue you control.
, Sacrifice Five Hundred Year Diary: Draw a card.
Legendary Artifact - Clue Book
Five Hundred Year Diary (who) 357
Inspiring Statuary
Nonartifact spells you cast have improvise. (Your artifacts can help cast those spells. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for
.)
Artifact
Inspiring Statuary (cmm) 394
Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
Tokens you control have "
: Add
."
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)
Legendary Creature - Human Elf Druid
Jaheira, Friend of the Forest (clb) 237
The Enigma Jewel
The Enigma Jewel enters tapped.
: Add
. Spend this mana only to activate abilities.
Craft with four or more nonlands with activated abilities
(
, Exile this artifact, Exile the four or more from among other permanents you control and/or cards in your graveyard: Return this card transformed under its owner's control. Craft only as a sorcery.)
Legendary Artifact
The Enigma Jewel // Locus of Enlightenment (lci) 55The Enigma Jewel // Locus of Enlightenment (lci) 55
Urza, Lord High Artificer
When Urza enters, create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with "This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control."
Tap an untapped artifact you control: Add
.
: Shuffle your library, then exile the top card. Until end of turn, you may play that card without paying its mana cost.
Legendary Creature - Human Artificer
Urza, Lord High Artificer (cmm) 130

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Same Cryptids

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Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
Ward
(Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays
.)
If one or more tokens would be created under your control, twice that many of those tokens are created instead.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Adrix and Nev, Twincasters (c21) 9
Conjurer's Closet
At the beginning of your end step, you may exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.
Artifact
Conjurer's Closet (2xm) 243
Panharmonicon
If an artifact or creature entering causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
Artifact
Panharmonicon (j22) 788
Shrieking Drake
Flying
When this creature enters, return a creature you control to its owner's hand.
Creature - Drake
Shrieking Drake (vis) 43
Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to blue is less than five, Thassa isn't a creature.
At the beginning of your end step, exile up to one other target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.
: Tap another target creature.
Legendary Creature Enchantment - God
Thassa, Deep-Dwelling (thb) 71
Trusted Advisor
Your maximum hand size is increased by two.
At the beginning of your upkeep, return a blue creature you control to its owner's hand.
Creature - Human Advisor
Trusted Advisor (sok) 59

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