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4c topdeck manipulation
Deck Size: 123
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Est deck cost: $1230.05
Salt Sum: 58.25
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Commander

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Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder

Trample Whenever Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder deals combat damage to a player, as you cast spells from your hand this turn, they gain cascade. (When you cast the 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.)

Creature
Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder (c16) 50
1

Deck Stacking

Quantity: 9Price: $101.47
Diabolic Vision

Look at the top five cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on top of your library in any order.

Sorcery
Diabolic Vision (btd) 67
1
Elemental Augury

{3}: Look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put them back in any order.

Enchantment
Elemental Augury (ice) 286
1
Mirri's Guile

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

Enchantment
Mirri's Guile (tmp) 236
1
Omen

Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Omen (por) 62
1
Ponder

Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Ponder (m12) 73
1
Sensei's Divining Top

{1}: Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. {T}: Draw a card, then put Sensei's Divining Top on top of its owner's library.

Artifact
Sensei's Divining Top (ema) 232
1
Soothsaying

{3}{U}{U}: Shuffle your library. {X}: Look at the top X cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

Enchantment
Soothsaying (plst) MMQ-104
1
Spy Network

Look at target player's hand, the top card of that player's library, and any face-down creatures they control. Look at the top four cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

Instant
Spy Network (ons) 115
1
Sylvan Library

At the beginning of your draw step, you may draw two additional cards. If you do, choose two cards in your hand drawn this turn. For each of those cards, pay 4 life or put the card on top of your library.

Enchantment
Sylvan Library (ema) 187
1

Future Sights

Quantity: 5Price: $12.15
Bolas's Citadel

You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost. {T}, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.

Artifact
Bolas's Citadel (war) 79
1
Experimental Frenzy

You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. You can't play lands or cast spells from your hand. {3}{R}: Destroy Experimental Frenzy.

Enchantment
Experimental Frenzy (pgrn) 99p
1
Future Sight

Play with the top card of your library revealed. You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library.

Enchantment
Future Sight (mh1) 53
1
Magus of the Future

Play with the top card of your library revealed. You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library.

Creature
Magus of the Future (fut) 40
1
Mystic Forge

You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may cast artifact spells and colorless spells from the top of your library. {T}, Pay 1 life: Exile the top card of your library.

Artifact
Mystic Forge (m20) 233
1

Land

Quantity: 39Price: $584.33
Academy Ruins

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{U}, {T}: Put target artifact card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land
Academy Ruins (mma) 219
1
Arid Mesa

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

Land
Arid Mesa (mm3) 229
1
Blood Crypt

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

Land
Blood Crypt (rna) 245
1
Bloodstained Mire

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

Land
Bloodstained Mire (ktk) 230
1
Breeding Pool

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

Land
Breeding Pool (prna) 246p
1
City of Brass

Whenever City of Brass becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to you. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Land
City of Brass (md1) 15
1
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (eld) 333
1
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (c19) 242
1
Flooded Strand

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Flooded Strand: Search your library for a Plains or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Flooded Strand (ktk) 233
1
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (6ed) 349
3
Halimar Depths

Halimar Depths enters the battlefield tapped. When Halimar Depths enters the battlefield, look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. {T}: Add {U}.

Land
Halimar Depths (c18) 253
1
Inventors' Fair

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control three or more artifacts, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}, Sacrifice Inventors' Fair: Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts.

Land
Inventors' Fair (kld) 247
1
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (s99) 158
3
Luxury Suite

Luxury Suite enters the battlefield tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Luxury Suite (bbd) 82
1
Mana Confluence

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Mana Confluence (jou) 163
1
Marsh Flats

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Marsh Flats: Search your library for a Plains or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Marsh Flats (mm3) 239
1
Misty Rainforest

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

Land
Misty Rainforest (mm3) 240
1
Morphic Pool

Morphic Pool enters the battlefield tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Morphic Pool (bbd) 83
1
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (rqs) 62
2
Overgrown Tomb

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

Land
Overgrown Tomb (pgrn) 253p
1
Polluted Delta

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Polluted Delta: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Polluted Delta (ktk) 239
1
Prismatic Vista

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Prismatic Vista: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Prismatic Vista (mh1) 244
1
Reflecting Pool

{T}: Add one mana of any type that a land you control could produce.

Land
Reflecting Pool (cns) 210
1
Scalding Tarn

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Scalding Tarn: Search your library for an Island or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Scalding Tarn (mm3) 244
1
Spire Garden

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

Land
Spire Garden (bbd) 85
1
Steam Vents

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

Land
Steam Vents (pgrn) 257p
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
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (2ed) 295
3
Verdant Catacombs

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

Land
Verdant Catacombs (mm3) 249
1
Watery Grave

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) As Watery Grave enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Watery Grave (pgrn) 259p
1
Windswept Heath

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

Land
Windswept Heath (ktk) 248
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

Lanterns

Quantity: 6Price: $93.82
Field of Dreams

Players play with the top card of their libraries revealed.

Enchantment
Field of Dreams (leg) 55
1
Lantern of Insight

Players play with the top card of their libraries revealed. {T}, Sacrifice Lantern of Insight: Target player shuffles.

Artifact
Lantern of Insight (5dn) 135
1
Orcish Spy

{T}: Look at the top three cards of target player's library.

Creature
Orcish Spy (8ed) 208
1
Rootwater Mystic

{1}{U}: Look at the top card of target player's library.

Creature
Rootwater Mystic (exo) 44
1
Wizened Snitches

Flying Players play with the top card of their libraries revealed.

Creature
Wizened Snitches (rav) 75
1
Zur's Weirding

Players play with their hands revealed. If a player would draw a card, they reveal it instead. Then any other player may pay 2 life. If a player does, put that card into its owner's graveyard. Otherwise, that player draws a card.

Enchantment
Zur's Weirding (9ed) 114
1

Misc. & Locks

Quantity: 11Price: $82.99
Counterbalance

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may reveal the top card of your library. If you do, counter that spell if it has the same mana value as the revealed card.

Enchantment
Counterbalance (csp) 31
1
Crucible of Worlds

You may play lands from your graveyard.

Artifact
Crucible of Worlds (m19) 229
1
Isochron Scepter

Imprint — When Isochron Scepter enters the battlefield, you may exile an instant card with mana value 2 or less from your hand. {2}, {T}: You may copy the exiled card. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

Artifact
Isochron Scepter (ema) 223
1
Library of Leng

You have no maximum hand size. If an effect causes you to discard a card, discard it, but you may put it on top of your library instead of into your graveyard.

Artifact
Library of Leng (5ed) 387
1
Narset, Parter of Veils

Each opponent can't draw more than one card each turn. −2: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a noncreature, nonland card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Planeswalker
Narset, Parter of Veils (war) 61
1
Omen Machine

Players can't draw cards. At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player exiles the top card of their library. If it's a land card, the player puts it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, the player casts it without paying its mana cost if able.

Artifact
Omen Machine (nph) 148
1
Possibility Storm

Whenever a player casts a spell from their hand, that player exiles it, then exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a card that shares a card type with it. That player may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then they put all cards exiled with Possibility Storm on the bottom of their library in a random order.

Enchantment
Possibility Storm (dgm) 34
1
Praetor's Counsel

Return all cards from your graveyard to your hand. Exile Praetor's Counsel. You have no maximum hand size for the rest of the game.

Sorcery
Praetor's Counsel (cma) 134
1
Psychic Battle

Whenever a player chooses one or more targets, each player reveals the top card of their library. The player who reveals the card with the highest mana value may change the target or targets. If two or more cards are tied for highest, the target or targets remain unchanged. Changing targets this way doesn't trigger abilities of permanents named Psychic Battle.

Enchantment
Psychic Battle (inv) 68
1
Timesifter

At the beginning of each upkeep, each player exiles the top card of their library. The player who exiled the card with the highest mana value takes an extra turn after this one. If two or more players' cards are tied for highest, the tied players repeat this process until the tie is broken.

Artifact
Timesifter (mrd) 262
1
Volrath's Dungeon

Pay 5 life: Destroy Volrath's Dungeon. Any player may activate this ability but only during their turn. Discard a card: Target player puts a card from their hand on top of their library. Activate only as a sorcery.

Enchantment
Volrath's Dungeon (exo) 78
1

Ramp

Quantity: 8Price: $26.04
Clear the Land

Each player reveals the top five cards of their library, puts all land cards revealed this way onto the battlefield tapped, and exiles the rest.

Sorcery
Clear the Land (mmq) 235
1
Coiling Oracle

When Coiling Oracle enters the battlefield, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a land card, put it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, put that card into your hand.

Creature
Coiling Oracle (plst) MM3-157
1
Explorer's Scope

Whenever equipped creature attacks, look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card, you may put it onto the battlefield tapped. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Explorer's Scope (ddp) 28
1
Farseek

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

Sorcery
Farseek (plst) C17-149
1
Into the Wilds

At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card, you may put it onto the battlefield.

Enchantment
Into the Wilds (m14) 180
1
Oracle of Mul Daya

You may play an additional land on each of your turns. Play with the top card of your library revealed. You may play lands from the top of your library.

Creature
Oracle of Mul Daya (zen) 172
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
Sword of the Animist

Equipped creature gets +1/+1. Whenever equipped creature attacks, you may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Equip {2}

Artifact
Sword of the Animist (c17) 227
1

Removal

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Assassin's Trophy

Destroy target permanent an opponent controls. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Instant
Assassin's Trophy (grn) 152
1
Beast Within

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

Instant
Beast Within (plst) BBD-190
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 (plst) C17-131
1
Cyclonic Rift

Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand. Overload {6}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Instant
Cyclonic Rift (mm3) 35
1
Damnation

Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.

Sorcery
Damnation (mm3) 63
1
Toxic Deluge

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life. All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.

Sorcery
Toxic Deluge (ema) 108
1
Vandalblast

Destroy target artifact you don't control. Overload {4}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorcery
Vandalblast (c15) 170
1

Rocks & Dorks

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (eld) 331
1
Birds of Paradise

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature
Birds of Paradise (cn2) 176
1
Chromatic Lantern

Lands you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color." {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Chromatic Lantern (pgrn) 233p
1
Deranged Assistant

{T}, Mill a card: Add {C}. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)

Creature
Deranged Assistant (uma) 49
1
Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (cm2) 189
1
Millikin

{T}, Mill a card: Add {C}. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)

Creature Artifact
Millikin (plst) EMA-226
1
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (pf19) 7
1

Shredders

Quantity: 7Price: $4.05
Cathartic Adept

{T}: Target player mills a card.

Creature
Cathartic Adept (ala) 34
1
Codex Shredder

{T}: Target player mills a card. (They put the top card of their library into their graveyard.) {5}, {T}, Sacrifice Codex Shredder: Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.

Artifact
Codex Shredder (rtr) 228
1
Dakra Mystic

{U}, {T}: Each player reveals the top card of their library. You may put the revealed cards into their owners' graveyards. If you don't, each player draws a card.

Creature
Dakra Mystic (jou) 35
1
Ghoulcaller's Bell

{T}: Each player mills a card.

Artifact
Ghoulcaller's Bell (isd) 224
1
Psychic Surgery

Whenever an opponent shuffles their library, you may look at the top two cards of that library. You may exile one of those cards. Then put the rest on top of that library in any order.

Enchantment
Psychic Surgery (nph) 44
1
Pyxis of Pandemonium

{T}: Each player exiles the top card of their library face down. {7}, {T}, Sacrifice Pyxis of Pandemonium: Each player turns face up all cards they own exiled with Pyxis of Pandemonium, then puts all permanent cards among them onto the battlefield.

Artifact
Pyxis of Pandemonium (ths) 220
1
Syr Konrad, the Grim

Whenever another creature dies, or a creature card is put into a graveyard from anywhere other than the battlefield, or a creature card leaves your graveyard, Syr Konrad, the Grim deals 1 damage to each opponent. {1}{B}: Each player mills a card. (They each put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)

Creature
Syr Konrad, the Grim (eld) 107
1

Tutors

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Demonic Tutor

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Demonic Tutor (plst) DDC-49
1
Gamble

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, discard a card at random, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Gamble (uma) 132
1
Lim-Dûl's Vault

Look at the top five cards of your library. As many times as you choose, you may pay 1 life, put those cards on the bottom of your library in any order, then look at the top five cards of your library. Then shuffle and put the last cards you looked at this way on top in any order.

Instant
Lim-Dûl's Vault (c13) 197
1
Mystical Tutor

Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Instant
Mystical Tutor (ema) 62
1
Scheming Symmetry

Choose two target players. Each of them searches their library for a card, then shuffles and puts that card on top.

Sorcery
Scheming Symmetry (m20) 113
1
Vampiric Tutor

Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Vampiric Tutor (ema) 112
1
Worldly Tutor

Search your library for a creature card, reveal it, then shuffle and put the card on top.

Instant
Worldly Tutor (6ed) 269
1

Voltron

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Bloodforged Battle-Axe

Equipped creature gets +2/+0. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, create a token that's a copy of Bloodforged Battle-Axe. Equip {2}

Artifact
Bloodforged Battle-Axe (c17) 50
1
Champion's Helm

Equipped creature gets +2/+2. As long as equipped creature is legendary, it has hexproof. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) Equip {1}

Artifact
Champion's Helm (cmd) 244
1
Civic Saber

Equipped creature gets +1/+0 for each of its colors. Equip {1}

Artifact
Civic Saber (rtr) 227
1
Conqueror's Flail

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each color among permanents you control. As long as Conqueror's Flail is attached to a creature, your opponents can't cast spells during your turn. Equip {2}

Artifact
Conqueror's Flail (c16) 53
1
Embercleave

Flash This spell costs {1} less to cast for each attacking creature you control. When Embercleave enters the battlefield, attach it to target creature you control. Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has double strike and trample. Equip {3}

Artifact
Embercleave (eld) 120
1
Fireshrieker

Equipped creature has double strike. (It deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.) Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Fireshrieker (cns) 199
1
Hero's Blade

Equipped creature gets +3/+2. Whenever a legendary creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may attach Hero's Blade to it. Equip {4} ({4}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Hero's Blade (c17) 214
1
Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) Equip {1}

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (c18) 225
1
Sword of Vengeance

Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has first strike, vigilance, trample, and haste. Equip {3}

Artifact
Sword of Vengeance (c17) 228
1

Wincon

Quantity: 7Price: $24.09
Cloud Key

As Cloud Key enters the battlefield, choose artifact, creature, enchantment, instant, or sorcery. Spells you cast of the chosen type cost {1} less to cast.

Artifact
Cloud Key (fut) 160
1
Etherium Sculptor

Artifact spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature Artifact
Etherium Sculptor (c18) 90
1
Helm of Awakening

Spells cost {1} less to cast.

Artifact
Helm of Awakening (vis) 145
1
Herald of Kozilek

Devoid (This card has no color.) Colorless spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature
Herald of Kozilek (bfz) 205
1
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries

If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, you win the game instead. +1: Target player mills two cards. Draw a card. −8: Draw seven cards. Then if your library has no cards in it, you win the game.

Planeswalker
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries (war) 54
1
Laboratory Maniac

If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, you win the game instead.

Creature
Laboratory Maniac (plst) UMA-61
1
Ugin, the Ineffable

Colorless spells you cast cost {2} less to cast. +1: Exile the top card of your library face down and look at it. Create a 2/2 colorless Spirit creature token. When that token leaves the battlefield, put the exiled card into your hand. −3: Destroy target permanent that's one or more colors.

Planeswalker
Ugin, the Ineffable (war) 2
1

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Description

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