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Esika: Praise the War Machine
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $483.39
Salt Sum: 34.15
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Commander

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Esika, God of the Tree

Creature
Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge (khm) 168Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge (khm) 168
1

Creatures for Opponents

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Eiganjo Uprising

Create X 2/2 white Samurai creature tokens with vigilance. They gain menace and haste until end of turn. Each opponent creates X minus one 2/2 white Samurai creature tokens with vigilance.

Sorcery
Eiganjo Uprising (neo) 217
1
Hunted Dragon

Flying, haste When Hunted Dragon enters the battlefield, target opponent creates three 2/2 white Knight creature tokens with first strike.

Creature
Hunted Dragon (plst) RAV-131
1
Life of the Party

First strike, trample, haste Whenever Life of the Party attacks, it gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of creatures you control. When Life of the Party enters the battlefield, if it's not a token, each opponent creates a token that's a copy of it. The tokens are goaded for the rest of the game. (They attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.)

Creature
Life of the Party (ncc) 48
1
Rite of the Raging Storm

Creatures named Lightning Rager can't attack you or planeswalkers you control. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player creates a 5/1 red Elemental creature token named Lightning Rager. It has trample, haste, and "At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this creature."

Enchantment
Rite of the Raging Storm (cm2) 115
1
Sylvan Offering

Choose an opponent. You and that player each create an X/X green Treefolk creature token. Choose an opponent. You and that player each create X 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature tokens.

Sorcery
Sylvan Offering (cma) 150
1

Draw

Quantity: 8Price: $32.39
Abzan Charm

Choose one — • Exile target creature with power 3 or greater. • You draw two cards and you lose 2 life. • Distribute two +1/+1 counters among one or two target creatures.

Instant
Abzan Charm (c20) 199
1
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant

Whenever you attack a player, tap target creature that player controls and goad it. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.) Whenever an opponent attacks another one of your opponents, you and the attacking player each draw a card and lose 1 life.

Creature
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant (afc) 49
1
Keep Watch

Draw a card for each attacking creature.

Instant
Keep Watch (jud) 43
1
Return of the Wildspeaker

Choose one — • Draw cards equal to the greatest power among non-Human creatures you control. • Non-Human creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn.

Instant
Return of the Wildspeaker (c21) 205
1
Shadrix Silverquill

Flying, double strike At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may choose two. Each mode must target a different player. • Target player creates a 2/1 white and black Inkling creature token with flying. • Target player draws a card and loses 1 life. • Target player puts a +1/+1 counter on each creature they control.

Creature
Shadrix Silverquill (stx) 230
1
Stinging Study

You draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the mana value of a commander you own on the battlefield or in the command zone.

Instant
Stinging Study (c21) 44
1
Vilis, Broker of Blood

Flying {B}, Pay 2 life: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Whenever you lose life, draw that many cards. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Creature
Vilis, Broker of Blood (pm20) 122p
1
Will Kenrith

+2: Until your next turn, up to two target creatures each have base power and toughness 0/3 and lose all abilities. −2: Target player draws two cards. Until your next turn, instant, sorcery, and planeswalker spells that player casts cost {2} less to cast. −8: Target player gets an emblem with "Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy." Partner with Rowan Kenrith Will Kenrith can be your commander.

Planeswalker
Will Kenrith (plst) BBD-1
1

Finisher

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Brutal Hordechief

Whenever a creature you control attacks, defending player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. {3}{R/W}{R/W}: Creatures your opponents control block this turn if able, and you choose how those creatures block.

Creature
Brutal Hordechief (c16) 108
1
Mob Rule

Choose one — • Gain control of all creatures with power 4 or greater until end of turn. Untap those creatures. They gain haste until end of turn. • Gain control of all creatures with power 3 or less until end of turn. Untap those creatures. They gain haste until end of turn.

Sorcery
Mob Rule (frf) 109
1
True Conviction

Creatures you control have double strike and lifelink.

Enchantment
True Conviction (som) 25
1

Fog

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Arachnogenesis

Create X 1/2 green Spider creature tokens with reach, where X is the number of creatures attacking you. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by non-Spider creatures.

Instant
Arachnogenesis (cmm) 272
1
Blessed Respite

Target player shuffles their graveyard into their library. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Instant
Blessed Respite (mh2) 150
1
Constant Mists

Buyback—Sacrifice a land. (You may sacrifice a land in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.) Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Instant
Constant Mists (wc99) ml104sb
1
Inkshield

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to you this turn. For each 1 damage prevented this way, create a 2/1 white and black Inkling creature token with flying.

Instant
Inkshield (c21) 71
1
Obscuring Haze

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. Prevent all damage that would be dealt this turn by creatures your opponents control.

Instant
Obscuring Haze (c20) 61
1
Take the Bait

Cast this spell only during an opponent's turn and only during combat. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to you and planeswalkers you control this turn. Untap all attacking creatures and goad them. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.

Instant
Take the Bait (mkc) 43
1

Forced/Incentivized Combat

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Angler Turtle

Hexproof Creatures your opponents control attack each combat if able.

Creature
Angler Turtle (g18) GP2
1
Avatar of Slaughter

All creatures have double strike and attack each combat if able.

Creature
Avatar of Slaughter (cma) 77
1
Blast-Furnace Hellkite

Artifact offering (You may cast this spell as though it had flash by sacrificing an artifact and paying the difference in mana costs between this and the sacrificed artifact. Mana cost includes color.) Flying, double strike Creatures attacking your opponents have double strike.

Creature
Blast-Furnace Hellkite (brc) 59
1
Breena, the Demagogue

Flying Whenever a player attacks one of your opponents, if that opponent has more life than another of your opponents, that attacking player draws a card and you put two +1/+1 counters on a creature you control.

Creature
Breena, the Demagogue (c21) 328
1
Crescendo of War

At the beginning of each upkeep, put a strife counter on Crescendo of War. Attacking creatures get +1/+0 for each strife counter on Crescendo of War. Blocking creatures you control get +1/+0 for each strife counter on Crescendo of War.

Enchantment
Crescendo of War (cmd) 12
1
Death Kiss

Whenever a creature an opponent controls attacks one of your opponents, double its power until end of turn. {X}{X}{R}: Monstrosity X. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put X +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.) When Death Kiss becomes monstrous, goad up to X target creatures your opponents control.

Creature
Death Kiss (clb) 675
1
Death Tyrant

Menace Negative Energy Cone — Whenever an attacking creature you control or a blocking creature an opponent controls dies, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. {5}{B}: Return Death Tyrant from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Creature
Death Tyrant (afc) 23
1
Frenzied Saddlebrute

Haste All creatures can attack your opponents and planeswalkers your opponents control as though those creatures had haste.

Creature
Frenzied Saddlebrute (cmr) 180
1
Gahiji, Honored One

Whenever a creature attacks one of your opponents or a planeswalker an opponent controls, that creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Creature
Gahiji, Honored One (c13) 191
1
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight

Flying, first strike If a source would deal damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, that source deals double that damage to that player or permanent instead. If a source would deal damage to you or a permanent you control, prevent half that damage, rounded up.

Creature
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight (phel) 209
1
Kardur, Doomscourge

When Kardur, Doomscourge enters the battlefield, until your next turn, creatures your opponents control attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able. Whenever an attacking creature dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Kardur, Doomscourge (khm) 324
1
Kitt Kanto, Mayhem Diva

When Kitt Kanto enters the battlefield, create a 1/1 green and white Citizen creature token. At the beginning of combat on each player's turn, you may tap two untapped creatures you control. When you do, target creature that player controls gets +2/+2 and gains trample until end of turn. Goad that creature.

Creature
Kitt Kanto, Mayhem Diva (ncc) 4
1
Marisi, Breaker of the Coil

Your opponents can't cast spells during combat. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, goad each creature that player controls. (Until your next turn, those creatures attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.)

Creature
Marisi, Breaker of the Coil (c19) 46
1
Rowan Kenrith

+2: During target player's next turn, each creature that player controls attacks if able. −2: Rowan Kenrith deals 3 damage to each tapped creature target player controls. −8: Target player gets an emblem with "Whenever you activate an ability that isn't a mana ability, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy." Partner with Will Kenrith Rowan Kenrith can be your commander.

Planeswalker
Rowan Kenrith (plst) BBD-2
1
Spectacular Showdown

Put a double strike counter on target creature, then goad each creature that had a double strike counter put on it this way. (Until your next turn, those creatures attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.) Overload {4}{R}{R}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorcery
Spectacular Showdown (clb) 679
1
Taunt from the Rampart

Goad all creatures your opponents control. Until your next turn, those creatures can't block. (Until your next turn, those creatures attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.)

Sorcery
Taunt from the Rampart (ltc) 71
1
Warmonger Hellkite

Flying All creatures attack each combat if able. {1}{R}: Attacking creatures get +1/+0 until end of turn.

Creature
Warmonger Hellkite (cm2) 128
1

Hard to Attack Me

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Blazing Archon

Flying Creatures can't attack you.

Creature
Blazing Archon (c16) 58
1
Ghostly Prison

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment
Ghostly Prison (c21) 92
1
Serra's Emissary

Flying As Serra's Emissary enters the battlefield, choose a card type. You and creatures you control have protection from the chosen card type.

Creature
Serra's Emissary (mh2) 30
1
Windborn Muse

Flying Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Creature
Windborn Muse (c21) 111
1

Land

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Agadeem's Awakening

Sorcery
Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt (znr) 90Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt (znr) 90
1
Bala Ged Recovery

Sorcery
Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary (znr) 180Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary (znr) 180
1
Canopy Vista

({T}: Add {G} or {W}.) Canopy Vista enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Canopy Vista (c20) 261
1
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (c21) 284
1
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (c21) 288
1
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (stx) 375
7
Indatha Triome

({T}: Add {W}, {B}, or {G}.) Indatha Triome enters the battlefield tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Indatha Triome (iko) 248
1
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (stx) 368
2
Jetmir's Garden

({T}: Add {R}, {G}, or {W}.) Jetmir's Garden enters the battlefield tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Jetmir's Garden (snc) 250
1
Ketria Triome

({T}: Add {G}, {U}, or {R}.) Ketria Triome enters the battlefield tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Ketria Triome (iko) 250
1
Krosan Verge

Krosan Verge enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice Krosan Verge: Search your library for a Forest card and a Plains card, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Krosan Verge (c20) 285
1
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (stx) 372
3
Path of Ancestry

Path of Ancestry enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Land
Path of Ancestry (khc) 117
1
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (stx) 367
4
Raffine's Tower

({T}: Add {W}, {U}, or {B}.) Raffine's Tower enters the battlefield tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Raffine's Tower (snc) 254
1
Raugrin Triome

({T}: Add {U}, {R}, or {W}.) Raugrin Triome enters the battlefield tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Raugrin Triome (iko) 251
1
Savai Triome

({T}: Add {R}, {W}, or {B}.) Savai Triome enters the battlefield tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Savai Triome (iko) 253
1
Sea Gate Restoration

Sorcery
Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn (znr) 76Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn (znr) 76
1
Spara's Headquarters

({T}: Add {G}, {W}, or {U}.) Spara's Headquarters enters the battlefield tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Spara's Headquarters (snc) 257
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (stx) 371
2
Xander's Lounge

({T}: Add {U}, {B}, or {R}.) Xander's Lounge enters the battlefield tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Xander's Lounge (snc) 260
1
Zagoth Triome

({T}: Add {B}, {G}, or {U}.) Zagoth Triome enters the battlefield tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Zagoth Triome (piko) 259p
1
Ziatora's Proving Ground

({T}: Add {B}, {R}, or {G}.) Ziatora's Proving Ground enters the battlefield tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Ziatora's Proving Ground (snc) 261
1

Mana Flare

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Mirari's Wake

Creatures you control get +1/+1. Whenever you tap a land for mana, add one mana of any type that land produced.

Enchantment
Mirari's Wake (wc03) dz139
1

Ramp

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Coalition Relic

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {T}: Put a charge counter on Coalition Relic. At the beginning of your precombat main phase, remove all charge counters from Coalition Relic. Add one mana of any color for each charge counter removed this way.

Artifact
Coalition Relic (tsr) 266
1
Cultivate

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Cultivate (sta) 51
1
Entish Restoration

Sacrifice a land. Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, instead search your library for up to three basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Entish Restoration (ltr) 163
1
Farseek

Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Farseek (c17) 149
1
Kodama's Reach

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Kodama's Reach (c21) 197
1
Rampant Growth

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Rampant Growth (c21) 204
1
Search for Tomorrow

Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Suspend 2—{G} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {G} 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.)

Sorcery
Search for Tomorrow (tsr) 229
1
Skyshroud Claim

Search your library for up to two Forest cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Skyshroud Claim (bbd) 213
1
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (c21) 263
1
The Weatherseed Treaty

Read ahead (Choose a chapter and start with that many lore counters. Add one after your draw step. Skipped chapters don't trigger. Sacrifice after III.) I — Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. II — Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token. III — Domain — Target creature you control gets +X/+X and gains trample until end of turn, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control.

Enchantment
The Weatherseed Treaty (dmu) 188
1
Three Visits

Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Three Visits (cmr) 261
1

Removal

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Beast Within

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.

Instant
Beast Within (c21) 186
1
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 (c19) 136
1
Mercy Killing

Target creature's controller sacrifices it, then creates X 1/1 green and white Elf Warrior creature tokens, where X is that creature's power.

Instant
Mercy Killing (shm) 231
1
Rakdos Charm

Choose one — • Exile target player's graveyard. • Destroy target artifact. • Each creature deals 1 damage to its controller.

Instant
Rakdos Charm (tsr) 384
1
Unexplained Absence

For each player, exile up to one target nonland permanent that player controls. For each permanent exiled this way, its controller cloaks the top card of their library. (To cloak a card, put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature with ward {2}. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

Instant
Unexplained Absence (mkc) 17
1

Wrath

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Farewell

Choose one or more — • Exile all artifacts. • Exile all creatures. • Exile all enchantments. • Exile all graveyards.

Sorcery
Farewell (neo) 13
1
Mythos of Snapdax

Each player chooses an artifact, a creature, an enchantment, and a planeswalker from among the nonland permanents they control, then sacrifices the rest. If {B}{R} was spent to cast this spell, you choose the permanents for each player instead.

Sorcery
Mythos of Snapdax (iko) 24
1
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 (c21) 348
1

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