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Sleeping in the Cold Below
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $340.76
Salt Sum: 33.89
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Commander

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Araumi of the Dead Tide

{T}, Exile cards from your graveyard equal to the number of opponents you have: Target creature card in your graveyard gains encore until end of turn. The encore cost is equal to its mana cost. (Exile the creature card and pay its mana cost: 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
Araumi of the Dead Tide (cmr) 267
1

Bigger Fish

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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
Hullbreaker Horror (clb) 724
1
Junji, the Midnight Sky

Flying, menace When Junji, the Midnight Sky dies, choose one — • Each opponent discards two cards and loses 2 life. • Put target non-Dragon creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose 2 life.

Creature
Junji, the Midnight Sky (neo) 102
1
Kairi, the Swirling Sky

Flying, ward {3} When Kairi, the Swirling Sky dies, choose one — • Return any number of target nonland permanents with total mana value 6 or less to their owners' hands. • Mill six cards, then return up to two instant and/or sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Kairi, the Swirling Sky (neo) 60
1
Kokusho, the Evening Star

Flying When Kokusho, the Evening Star dies, each opponent loses 5 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Creature
Kokusho, the Evening Star (ima) 95
1
Rite of Replication

Kicker {5} (You may pay an additional {5} as you cast this spell.) Create a token that's a copy of target creature. If this spell was kicked, create five of those tokens instead.

Sorcery
Rite of Replication (c21) 128
1
Serpent of Yawning Depths

Krakens, Leviathans, Octopuses, and Serpents you control can't be blocked except by Krakens, Leviathans, Octopuses, and Serpents.

Creature Enchantment
Serpent of Yawning Depths (thb) 291
1
Spawning Kraken

Whenever a Kraken, Leviathan, Octopus, or Serpent you control deals combat damage to a player, create a 9/9 blue Kraken creature token.

Creature
Spawning Kraken (c21) 33
1
Wrexial, the Risen Deep

Islandwalk, swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island or a Swamp.) Whenever Wrexial, the Risen Deep deals combat damage to a player, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from that player's graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.

Creature
Wrexial, the Risen Deep (ncc) 359
1

Board wipe

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Scourge of Fleets

When Scourge of Fleets enters the battlefield, return each creature your opponents control with toughness X or less to its owner's hand, where X is the number of Islands you control.

Creature
Scourge of Fleets (cmr) 403
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 (cmm) 191
1
Whelming Wave

Return all creatures to their owners' hands except for Krakens, Leviathans, Octopuses, and Serpents.

Sorcery
Whelming Wave (cmr) 409
1

Draw

Quantity: 15Price: $15.19
Aquitect's Will

Put a flood counter on target land. That land is an Island in addition to its other types for as long as it has a flood counter on it. If you control a Merfolk, draw a card.

Sorcery Tribal
Aquitect's Will (ddt) 2
1
Deep Analysis

Target player draws two cards. Flashback—{1}{U}, Pay 3 life. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Deep Analysis (cmm) 86
1
Fact or Fiction

Reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Instant
Fact or Fiction (gn3) 27
1
Hostile Negotiations

Exile the top three cards of your library in a face-down pile, then exile the top three cards of your library in another face-down pile. Look at the cards in each pile, then turn a pile of your choice face up. An opponent chooses one of those piles. Put all cards in the chosen pile into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. You lose 3 life.

Instant
Hostile Negotiations (bro) 105
1
Merfolk Looter

{T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Creature
Merfolk Looter (afc) 86
1
Mulldrifter

Flying When Mulldrifter enters the battlefield, draw two cards. Evoke {2}{U} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters the battlefield.)

Creature
Mulldrifter (2x2) 60
1
Mystic Remora

Cumulative upkeep {1} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.) Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {4}.

Enchantment
Mystic Remora (dmr) 59
1
Notion Rain

Surveil 2, then draw two cards. Notion Rain deals 2 damage to you. (To surveil 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Sorcery
Notion Rain (grn) 193
1
Riverwise Augur

When Riverwise Augur enters the battlefield, draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Creature
Riverwise Augur (afc) 93
1
Sage of the Falls

Whenever Sage of the Falls or another non-Human creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Creature
Sage of the Falls (eld) 63
1
Sea-Dasher Octopus

Mutate {1}{U} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Flash Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Sea-Dasher Octopus (iko) 66
1
Silvergill Adept

As an additional cost to cast this spell, reveal a Merfolk card from your hand or pay {3}. When Silvergill Adept enters the battlefield, draw a card.

Creature
Silvergill Adept (rix) 53
1
Tainted Indulgence

Draw two cards. Then discard a card unless there are five or more mana values among cards in your graveyard.

Instant
Tainted Indulgence (snc) 227
1
Thirst for Discovery

Draw three cards. Then discard two cards unless you discard a basic land card.

Instant
Thirst for Discovery (vow) 85
1
Thirst for Meaning

Draw three cards. Then discard two cards unless you discard an enchantment card.

Instant
Thirst for Meaning (thb) 74
1

Graveyard Stuff

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Dread Return

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Flashback—Sacrifice three creatures. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Dread Return (cmm) 153
1
Salvager of Secrets

When Salvager of Secrets enters the battlefield, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Salvager of Secrets (gn2) 25
1
Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator

{T}: Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded an instant or sorcery card this way, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. {2}, Sacrifice Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator: You may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard this turn. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator (dmu) 226
1

Land

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Barren Moor

Barren Moor enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {B}. Cycling {B} ({B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Barren Moor (c21) 277
1
Bojuka Bog

Bojuka Bog enters the battlefield tapped. When Bojuka Bog enters the battlefield, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Land
Bojuka Bog (moc) 391
1
Clearwater Pathway

Land
Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway (plst) ZNR-260Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway (plst) ZNR-260
1
Dark Depths

Dark Depths enters the battlefield with ten ice counters on it. {3}: Remove an ice counter from Dark Depths. When Dark Depths has no ice counters on it, sacrifice it. If you do, create Marit Lage, a legendary 20/20 black Avatar creature token with flying and indestructible.

Land
Dark Depths (dmr) 244
1
Dimir Aqueduct

Dimir Aqueduct enters the battlefield tapped. When Dimir Aqueduct enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {U}{B}.

Land
Dimir Aqueduct (2x2) 322
1
Dismal Backwater

Dismal Backwater enters the battlefield tapped. When Dismal Backwater enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Dismal Backwater (mom) 269
1
Drowned Catacomb

Drowned Catacomb enters the battlefield tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Drowned Catacomb (xln) 253
1
Ipnu Rivulet

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Pay 1 life: Add {U}. {1}{U}, {T}, Sacrifice a Desert: Target player mills four cards.

Land
Ipnu Rivulet (hou) 180
1
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (mid) 271
12
Lonely Sandbar

Lonely Sandbar enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {U}. Cycling {U} ({U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Lonely Sandbar (c21) 298
1
Minamo, School at Water's Edge

{T}: Add {U}. {U}, {T}: Untap target legendary permanent.

Land
Minamo, School at Water's Edge (plst) CHK-279
1
Morphic Pool

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

Land
Morphic Pool (clb) 357
1
Mystic Sanctuary

({T}: Add {U}.) Mystic Sanctuary enters the battlefield tapped unless you control three or more other Islands. When Mystic Sanctuary enters the battlefield untapped, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land
Mystic Sanctuary (eld) 247
1
Nephalia Drownyard

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{U}{B}, {T}: Target player mills three cards.

Land
Nephalia Drownyard (clb) 905
1
Otawara, Soaring City

{T}: Add {U}. Channel — {3}{U}, Discard Otawara, Soaring City: Return target artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker to its owner's hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Otawara, Soaring City (neo) 271
1
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (cmm) 425
1
Shipwreck Marsh

Shipwreck Marsh enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Shipwreck Marsh (mid) 267
1
Sunken Ruins

{T}: Add {C}. {U/B}, {T}: Add {U}{U}, {U}{B}, or {B}{B}.

Land
Sunken Ruins (2xm) 326
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (mid) 272
4
Tainted Isle

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. Activate only if you control a Swamp.

Land
Tainted Isle (clb) 920
1
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

{T}: Add {B}. Channel — {3}{B}, Discard Takenuma, Abandoned Mire: Mill three cards, then return a creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire (neo) 278
1
Underground River

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. Underground River deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Underground River (bro) 267
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 (grn) 259
1

Misc ETB/LTB Stuff

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Augur of Bolas

When Augur of Bolas enters the battlefield, look at the top three cards of your library. You may reveal an instant or sorcery card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Creature
Augur of Bolas (war) 41
1
Mesmerizing Benthid

When Mesmerizing Benthid enters the battlefield, create two 0/2 blue Illusion creature tokens with "Whenever this creature blocks a creature, that creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step." Mesmerizing Benthid has hexproof as long as you control an Illusion.

Creature
Mesmerizing Benthid (rna) 43
1
Reef Worm

When Reef Worm dies, create a 3/3 blue Fish creature token with "When this creature dies, create a 6/6 blue Whale creature token with 'When this creature dies, create a 9/9 blue Kraken creature token.'"

Creature
Reef Worm (c21) 127
1
Tempest Caller

When Tempest Caller enters the battlefield, tap all creatures target opponent controls.

Creature
Tempest Caller (xln) 86
1
Tidal Courier

When Tidal Courier enters the battlefield, reveal the top four cards of your library. Put all Merfolk cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. {3}{U}: Tidal Courier gains flying until end of turn.

Creature
Tidal Courier (ddt) 19
1

Protection

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Kopala, Warden of Waves

Spells your opponents cast that target a Merfolk you control cost {2} more to cast. Abilities your opponents activate that target a Merfolk you control cost {2} more to activate.

Creature
Kopala, Warden of Waves (xln) 61
1
Svyelun of Sea and Sky

Svyelun of Sea and Sky has indestructible as long as you control at least two other Merfolk. Whenever Svyelun attacks, draw a card. Other Merfolk you control have ward {1}. (Whenever another Merfolk you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {1}.)

Creature
Svyelun of Sea and Sky (mh2) 69
1

Ramp

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (cmm) 367
1
Commander's Sphere

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. Sacrifice Commander's Sphere: Draw a card.

Artifact
Commander's Sphere (cmm) 377
1
Decanter of Endless Water

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Decanter of Endless Water (clb) 309
1
Dimir Locket

{T}: Add {U} or {B}. {U/B}{U/B}{U/B}{U/B}, {T}, Sacrifice Dimir Locket: Draw two cards.

Artifact
Dimir Locket (znc) 111
1
Dimir Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{B}.

Artifact
Dimir Signet (scd) 263
1
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (cmm) 410
1
Talisman of Dominance

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. Talisman of Dominance deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Dominance (scd) 280
1
Wayfarer's Bauble

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Wayfarer's Bauble: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Artifact
Wayfarer's Bauble (cmm) 983
1

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 (plst) CMA-30
1
Drown in the Loch

Choose one — • Counter target spell with mana value less than or equal to the number of cards in its controller's graveyard. • Destroy target creature with mana value less than or equal to the number of cards in its controller's graveyard.

Instant
Drown in the Loch (clb) 842
1
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 (cmm) 159
1
Mirrorshell Crab

Ward {3} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {3}.) Channel — {2}{U}, Discard Mirrorshell Crab: Counter target spell or ability unless its controller pays {3}.

Creature Artifact
Mirrorshell Crab (neo) 63
1
Overwhelming Remorse

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature card in your graveyard. Exile target creature or planeswalker.

Instant
Overwhelming Remorse (bro) 110
1
Pongify

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Ape creature token.

Instant
Pongify (plst) PLC-44
1
Rapid Hybridization

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. That creature's controller creates a 3/3 green Frog Lizard creature token.

Instant
Rapid Hybridization (c21) 126
1
Ravenform

Exile target artifact or creature. Its controller creates a 1/1 blue Bird creature token with flying. Foretell {U} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Sorcery
Ravenform (khm) 72
1
Reality Shift

Exile target creature. Its controller manifests the top card of their library. (That player puts the top card of their library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)

Instant
Reality Shift (cmm) 113
1

Self-Mill

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Chronic Flooding

Enchant land Whenever enchanted land becomes tapped, its controller mills three cards.

Enchantment
Chronic Flooding (rtr) 32
1
Emry, Lurker of the Loch

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control. When Emry, Lurker of the Loch enters the battlefield, mill four cards. {T}: Choose target artifact card in your graveyard. You may cast that card this turn. (You still pay its costs. Timing rules still apply.)

Creature
Emry, Lurker of the Loch (nec) 91
1
Glimpse the Unthinkable

Target player mills ten cards.

Sorcery
Glimpse the Unthinkable (2x2) 218
1
Gyruda, Doom of Depths

Companion — Your starting deck contains only cards with even mana values. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may put it into your hand from outside the game for {3} as a sorcery.) When Gyruda enters the battlefield, each player mills four cards. Put a creature card with an even mana value from among the milled cards onto the battlefield under your control.

Creature
Gyruda, Doom of Depths (iko) 221
1
Hedron Crab

Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, target player mills three cards.

Creature
Hedron Crab (plst) ZEN-47
1
Merfolk Mesmerist

{U}, {T}: Target player mills two cards.

Creature
Merfolk Mesmerist (m12) 66
1
Mire Triton

Deathtouch When Mire Triton enters the battlefield, mill two cards and you gain 2 life.

Creature
Mire Triton (cmm) 174
1
Otherworldly Gaze

Surveil 3. (Look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.) Flashback {1}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Instant
Otherworldly Gaze (mid) 67
1
Thought Scour

Target player mills two cards. Draw a card.

Instant
Thought Scour (2x2) 65
1

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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"This "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Araumi of the Dead Tide"}},{"insert":" deck is mainly built around the sea creatures that lurk beneath the ocean's surface (and other scaled creatures) coming up from the graveyard to wreak havoc. As such, I have named the deck \"Sleeping in the Cold Below\", as most creatures are meant to be played from the zone beneath the ocean floor. The deck aims to win by fishing up the creatures in the category Bigger Fish in order to gain a lot of value and deal a lot of damage. Because as one wise man once said \"There's always a bigger fish.\" \n"}]}
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