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Durnan the Archaeologist
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $458.59
Salt Sum: 30.08
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Commander

Quantity: 2Price: $22.99
Durnan of the Yawning Portal

Whenever Durnan attacks, look at the top four cards of your library. You may exile a creature card from among them. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. For as long as that card remains exiled, you may cast it. That spell has undaunted. (It costs {1} less to cast for each opponent.) Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Creature
Durnan of the Yawning Portal (clb) 657
1
Passionate Archaeologist

Commander creatures you own have "Whenever you cast a spell from exile, this creature deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to target opponent."

Enchantment
Passionate Archaeologist (clb) 656
1

Adventurer

Quantity: 6Price: $3.62
Beanstalk Giant

Creature
Beanstalk Giant // Fertile Footsteps (clb) 819
1
Bonecrusher Giant

Creature
Bonecrusher Giant // Stomp (clb) 781
1
Dread Linnorm

Creature
Dread Linnorm // Scale Deflection (clb) 225
1
Emerald Dragon

Creature
Emerald Dragon // Dissonant Wave (clb) 229
1
Tlincalli Hunter

Creature
Tlincalli Hunter // Retrieve Prey (clb) 682
1
Two-Handed Axe

Artifact
Two-Handed Axe // Sweeping Cleave (clb) 203
1

Creature

Quantity: 14Price: $139.92
Apex Devastator

Cascade, cascade, cascade, cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom of your library in a random order. Multiple instances of cascade each trigger separately.)

Creature
Apex Devastator (cmr) 217
1
Arrogant Wurm

Trample Madness {2}{G} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Arrogant Wurm (tor) 120
1
Aurora Phoenix

Flying Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom of your library in a random order.) Whenever you cast a spell with cascade, return Aurora Phoenix from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Aurora Phoenix (clb) 778
1
Earthquake Dragon

This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the total mana value of Dragons you control. Flying, trample {2}{G}, Sacrifice a land: Return Earthquake Dragon from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Earthquake Dragon (clb) 228
1
Fauna Shaman

{G}, {T}, Discard a creature card: Search your library for a creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
Fauna Shaman (bro) 179
1
Ghalta, Primal Hunger

This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the total power of creatures you control. Trample

Creature
Ghalta, Primal Hunger (jmp) 399
1
Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient

Flying, haste Whenever Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient attacks, add X mana in any combination of colors, where X is the total power of attacking creatures. Spend this mana only to cast spells. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end.

Creature
Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient (afc) 50
1
Moraug, Fury of Akoum

Each creature you control gets +1/+0 for each time it has attacked this turn. Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, if it's your main phase, there's an additional combat phase after this phase. At the beginning of that combat, untap all creatures you control.

Creature
Moraug, Fury of Akoum (znr) 150
1
Nalfeshnee

Flying Whenever you cast a spell from exile, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy. If it's a permanent spell, the copy gains haste and "At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this permanent." (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)

Creature
Nalfeshnee (clb) 678
1
Old Gnawbone

Flying Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, create that many Treasure tokens.

Creature
Old Gnawbone (afr) 197
1
Reckless Wurm

Trample Madness {2}{R} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Reckless Wurm (tsr) 181
1
Scourge of the Throne

Flying Dethrone (Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.) Whenever Scourge of the Throne attacks for the first time each turn, if it's attacking the player with the most life or tied for most life, untap all attacking creatures. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.

Creature
Scourge of the Throne (plst) CNS-35
1
Thrasta, Tempest's Roar

This spell costs {3} less to cast for each other spell cast this turn. Trample, haste Trample over planeswalkers (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the controller of the planeswalker it's attacking.) Thrasta, Tempest's Roar has hexproof as long as it entered the battlefield this turn.

Creature
Thrasta, Tempest's Roar (mh2) 178
1
Wild-Magic Sorcerer

The first spell you cast from exile each turn has cascade. (When you cast your first spell from exile, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom of your library in a random order.)

Creature
Wild-Magic Sorcerer (clb) 816
1

Exiler

Quantity: 15Price: $83.47
Breeches, Brazen Plunderer

Menace Whenever one or more Pirates you control deal damage to your opponents, exile the top card of each of those opponents' libraries. You may play those cards this turn, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Breeches, Brazen Plunderer (cmr) 165
1
Caves of Chaos Adventurer

Trample When Caves of Chaos Adventurer enters the battlefield, you take the initiative. Whenever Caves of Chaos Adventurer attacks, exile the top card of your library. If you've completed a dungeon, you may play that card this turn without paying its mana cost. Otherwise, you may play that card this turn.

Creature
Caves of Chaos Adventurer (clb) 167
1
Conspiracy Theorist

Whenever Conspiracy Theorist attacks, you may pay {1} and discard a card. If you do, draw a card. Whenever you discard one or more nonland cards, you may exile one of them from your graveyard. If you do, you may cast it this turn.

Creature
Conspiracy Theorist (stx) 94
1
Containment Construct

Whenever you discard a card, you may exile that card from your graveyard. If you do, you may play that card this turn.

Creature Artifact
Containment Construct (neo) 243
1
Etali, Primal Storm

Whenever Etali, Primal Storm attacks, exile the top card of each player's library, then you may cast any number of spells from among those cards without paying their mana costs.

Creature
Etali, Primal Storm (dmc) 121
1
Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald

Whenever you cast a spell from exile or a land enters the battlefield under your control from exile, create a 2/2 green Wolf creature token. {1}, {T}, Discard a card: Exile the top card of your library. You may play it this turn.

Creature
Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald (clb) 647
1
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.

Creature
Grenzo, Havoc Raiser (cn2) 54
1
Kami of Celebration

Whenever a modified creature you control attacks, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.) Whenever you cast a spell from exile, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Creature
Kami of Celebration (nec) 20
1
Laelia, the Blade Reforged

Haste Whenever Laelia, the Blade Reforged attacks, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. Whenever one or more cards are put into exile from your library and/or your graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on Laelia.

Creature
Laelia, the Blade Reforged (clb) 801
1
Mezzio Mugger

Whenever Mezzio Mugger attacks, exile the top card of each player's library. You may play those cards this turn, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells. Blitz {2}{R} (If you cast this spell for its blitz cost, it gains haste and "When this creature dies, draw a card." Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.)

Creature
Mezzio Mugger (ncc) 49
1
Professional Face-Breaker

Menace Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. Sacrifice a Treasure: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.

Creature
Professional Face-Breaker (snc) 116
1
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer

Whenever Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token and exile the top card of that player's library. Until end of turn, you may cast that card. Dash {1}{R} (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)

Creature
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer (mh2) 138
1
Stromkirk Occultist

Trample Whenever Stromkirk Occultist deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of your library. Until end of turn, you may play that card. Madness {1}{R} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Stromkirk Occultist (voc) 151
1
Syr Carah, the Bold

Whenever Syr Carah, the Bold or an instant or sorcery spell you control deals damage to a player, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. {T}: Syr Carah deals 1 damage to any target.

Creature
Syr Carah, the Bold (eld) 145
1
Urabrask, Heretic Praetor

Haste At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library. You may play it this turn. At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, the next time they would draw a card this turn, instead they exile the top card of their library. They may play it this turn.

Creature
Urabrask, Heretic Praetor (snc) 129
1

Land

Quantity: 37Price: $144.35
Cinder Glade

({T}: Add {R} or {G}.) Cinder Glade enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Cinder Glade (scd) 295
1
Cragcrown Pathway

Land
Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway (znr) 261Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway (znr) 261
1
Fabled Passage

{T}, Sacrifice Fabled Passage: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.

Land
Fabled Passage (m21) 246
1
Fire-Lit Thicket

{T}: Add {C}. {R/G}, {T}: Add {R}{R}, {R}{G}, or {G}{G}.

Land
Fire-Lit Thicket (2xm) 317
1
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (scd) 349
5
Game Trail

As Game Trail enters the battlefield, you may reveal a Mountain or Forest card from your hand. If you don't, Game Trail enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Land
Game Trail (scd) 302
1
Gruul Turf

Gruul Turf enters the battlefield tapped. When Gruul Turf enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {R}{G}.

Land
Gruul Turf (2x2) 325
1
Karplusan Forest

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {R} or {G}. Karplusan Forest deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Karplusan Forest (dmu) 250
1
Kessig Wolf Run

{T}: Add {C}. {X}{R}{G}, {T}: Target creature gets +X/+0 and gains trample until end of turn.

Land
Kessig Wolf Run (clb) 898
1
Mossfire Valley

{1}, {T}: Add {R}{G}.

Land
Mossfire Valley (clb) 901
1
Mosswort Bridge

Hideaway 4 (When this land enters the battlefield, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.) Mosswort Bridge enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {G}. {G}, {T}: You may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost if creatures you control have total power 10 or greater.

Land
Mosswort Bridge (clb) 902
1
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (scd) 345
11
Raging Ravine

Raging Ravine enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {R} or {G}. {2}{R}{G}: Until end of turn, Raging Ravine becomes a 3/3 red and green Elemental creature with "Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it." It's still a land.

Land
Raging Ravine (clb) 910
1
Rockfall Vale

Rockfall Vale enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Land
Rockfall Vale (mid) 266
1
Rootbound Crag

Rootbound Crag enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Forest. {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Land
Rootbound Crag (xln) 256
1
Sheltered Thicket

({T}: Add {R} or {G}.) Sheltered Thicket enters the battlefield tapped. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Sheltered Thicket (akh) 248
1
Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep

{T}: Add {R}. {R}, {T}: Target legendary creature gains first strike until end of turn.

Land
Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep (plst) CHK-282
1
Skarrg, the Rage Pits

{T}: Add {C}. {R}{G}, {T}: Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.

Land
Skarrg, the Rage Pits (plst) PCA-127
1
Spinerock Knoll

Hideaway 4 (When this land enters the battlefield, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.) Spinerock Knoll enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {R}. {R}, {T}: You may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost if an opponent was dealt 7 or more damage this turn.

Land
Spinerock Knoll (clb) 916
1
Spire Garden

Spire Garden enters the battlefield tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Land
Spire Garden (clb) 361
1
Stomping Ground

({T}: Add {R} or {G}.) As Stomping Ground enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Stomping Ground (rna) 259
1
Witch's Clinic

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Target commander gains lifelink until end of turn.

Land
Witch's Clinic (c21) 81
1
Wooded Foothills

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Wooded Foothills: Search your library for a Mountain or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Wooded Foothills (ktk) 249
1

Permanents

Quantity: 14Price: $40.32
Birgi, God of Storytelling

Creature
Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty (khm) 123Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty (khm) 123
1
Curse of Hospitality

Enchant player Creatures attacking enchanted player have trample. Whenever a creature deals combat damage to enchanted player, that player exiles the top card of their library. Until end of turn, that creature's controller may play that card and they may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.

Enchantment
Curse of Hospitality (vow) 152
1
Gruul Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {R}{G}.

Artifact
Gruul Signet (afc) 207
1
Keen Sense

Enchant creature Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.

Enchantment
Keen Sense (tsr) 213
1
Muse Vessel

{3}, {T}: Target player exiles a card from their hand. Activate only as a sorcery. {1}: Choose a card exiled with Muse Vessel. You may play that card this turn.

Artifact
Muse Vessel (dis) 163
1
Oracle's Vault

{2}, {T}: Exile the top card of your library. Until end of turn, you may play that card. Put a brick counter on Oracle's Vault. {T}: Exile the top card of your library. Until end of turn, you may play that card without paying its mana cost. Activate only if there are three or more brick counters on Oracle's Vault.

Artifact
Oracle's Vault (ncc) 374
1
Snake Umbra

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has "Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card." Totem armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Enchantment
Snake Umbra (nec) 130
1
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (onc) 140
1
Stolen Strategy

At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of each opponent's library. Until end of turn, you may cast spells from among those exiled cards, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells.

Enchantment
Stolen Strategy (clb) 807
1
Talisman of Impulse

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {R} or {G}. Talisman of Impulse deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Impulse (scd) 281
1
Tavern Brawler

Commander creatures you own have "At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library. This creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is that card's mana value. You may play that card this turn."

Enchantment
Tavern Brawler (clb) 200
1
Trailblazer's Boots

Equipped creature has nonbasic landwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a nonbasic land.) Equip {2}

Artifact
Trailblazer's Boots (onc) 144
1
Uba Mask

If a player would draw a card, that player exiles that card face up instead. Each player may play lands and cast spells from among cards they exiled with Uba Mask this turn.

Artifact
Uba Mask (chk) 272
1
Wand of Wonder

{4}, {T}: Roll a d20. Each opponent exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile an instant or sorcery card, then shuffles the rest into their library. You may cast up to X instant and/or sorcery spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs. 1—9 | X is one. 10—19 | X is two. 20 | X is three.

Artifact
Wand of Wonder (clb) 204
1

Planeswalker

Quantity: 4Price: $6.76
Chandra, Fire Artisan

Whenever one or more loyalty counters are removed from Chandra, Fire Artisan, she deals that much damage to target opponent or planeswalker. +1: Exile the top card of your library. You may play it this turn. −7: Exile the top seven cards of your library. You may play them this turn.

Planeswalker
Chandra, Fire Artisan (war) 119
1
Chandra, Torch of Defiance

+1: Exile the top card of your library. You may cast that card. If you don't, Chandra, Torch of Defiance deals 2 damage to each opponent. +1: Add {R}{R}. −3: Chandra, Torch of Defiance deals 4 damage to target creature. −7: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast a spell, this emblem deals 5 damage to any target."

Planeswalker
Chandra, Torch of Defiance (ss3) 1
1
Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast

+1: Exile the top three cards of your library. Creature cards exiled this way gain "You may cast this card from exile as long as you control a Lukka planeswalker." −2: Exile target creature you control, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card with higher mana value. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. −7: Each creature you control deals damage equal to its power to each opponent.

Planeswalker
Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast (plst) IKO-125
1
Vivien, Champion of the Wilds

You may cast creature spells as though they had flash. +1: Until your next turn, up to one target creature gains vigilance and reach. −2: Look at the top three cards of your library. Exile one face down and put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. For as long as it remains exiled, you may look at that card and you may cast it if it's a creature spell.

Planeswalker
Vivien, Champion of the Wilds (clb) 838
1

Spells

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Alchemist's Greeting

Alchemist's Greeting deals 4 damage to target creature. Madness {1}{R} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Sorcery
Alchemist's Greeting (plst) EMN-116
1
Arc Blade

Arc Blade deals 2 damage to any target. Exile Arc Blade with three time counters on it. Suspend 3—{2}{R} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {2}{R} and exile it with three 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
Arc Blade (tsr) 152
1
Creative Technique

Demonstrate (When you cast this spell, you may copy it. If you do, choose an opponent to also copy it.) Shuffle your library, then reveal cards from the top of it until you reveal a nonland card. Exile that card and put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. You may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost.

Sorcery
Creative Technique (c21) 49
1
Cyclical Evolution

Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. Exile Cyclical Evolution with three time counters on it. Suspend 3—{2}{G} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {2}{G} and exile it with three 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
Cyclical Evolution (fut) 125
1
Fiery Temper

Fiery Temper deals 3 damage to any target. Madness {R} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Instant
Fiery Temper (plst) SOI-156
1
Rousing Refrain

Add {R} for each card in target opponent's hand. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end. Exile Rousing Refrain with three time counters on it. Suspend 3—{1}{R} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {1}{R} and exile it with three 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
Rousing Refrain (c21) 56
1
Venture Forth

Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a land card. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. Exile Venture Forth with three time counters on it. Suspend 3—{1}{G}

Sorcery
Venture Forth (clb) 683
1
World at War

After the first postcombat main phase this turn, there's an additional combat phase followed by an additional main phase. At the beginning of that combat, untap all creatures that attacked this 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.)

Sorcery
World at War (roe) 172
1

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