Grixis Combo
A spell-slinger combo deck that chains together cantrips and rituals to find game-winning combos. Uses Kess to replay instants and sorceries from the graveyard for double value.
Creatures (5)
| Card | Details | Qty | |
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 Kess, Dissident Mage1 + Blue + Black + Red
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Legendary Creature — Human Wizard Flying Once during each of your turns, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your graveyard. If a spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. P/T: 3/4 |
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 Thassa's Oracle2 Blue
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Creature — Merfolk Wizard When this creature enters, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is your devotion to blue. Put up to one of them on top of your library and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. If X is greater than or equal to the number of cards in your library, you win the game. (Each {U} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.) P/T: 1/3 |
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 Laboratory Maniac2 + Blue
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Creature — Human Wizard If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, you win the game instead. P/T: 2/2 |
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 Notion Thief2 + Blue + Black
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Creature — Human Rogue Flash If an opponent would draw a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, instead that player skips that draw and you draw a card. P/T: 3/1 |
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 Dark Confidant1 + Black
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Creature — Human Wizard At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value. P/T: 2/1 |
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Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Flying Once during each of your turns, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your graveyard. If a spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
P/T: 3/4
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Creature — Merfolk Wizard
When this creature enters, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is your devotion to blue. Put up to one of them on top of your library and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. If X is greater than or equal to the number of cards in your library, you win the game. (Each {U} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)
P/T: 1/3
Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Creature — Human Wizard
If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, you win the game instead.
P/T: 2/2
Creature — Human Wizard
Creature — Human Rogue
Flash If an opponent would draw a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, instead that player skips that draw and you draw a card.
P/T: 3/1
Creature — Human Rogue
Creature — Human Wizard
At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value.
P/T: 2/1
Creature — Human Wizard
Instants (19)
| Card | Details | Qty | |
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 Brain Freeze1 + Blue
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Instant Target player mills three cards. Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.) |
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 Demonic ConsultationBlack
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Instant Choose a card name. Exile the top six cards of your library, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a card with the chosen name. Put that card into your hand and exile all other cards revealed this way. |
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 Tainted Pact1 + Black
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Instant Exile the top card of your library. You may put that card into your hand unless it has the same name as another card exiled this way. Repeat this process until you put a card into your hand or you exile two cards with the same name, whichever comes first. |
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 Vampiric TutorBlack
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Instant Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life. |
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 Mystical TutorBlue
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Instant Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top. |
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 BrainstormBlue
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Instant Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order. |
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 Frantic Search2 + Blue
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Instant Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands. |
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 Ad Nauseam3 + 2 Black
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Instant Reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value. You may repeat this process any number of times. |
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 Force of Will3 + 2 Blue
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Instant You may pay 1 life and exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target spell. |
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 Force of Negation1 + 2 Blue
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Instant If it's not your turn, you may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target noncreature spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. |
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 Counterspell2 Blue
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Instant Counter target spell. |
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 Mana Drain2 Blue
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Instant Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of {C} equal to that spell's mana value. |
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 Pact of Negation{0}
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Instant Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay {3}{U}{U}. If you don't, you lose the game. |
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 Swan SongBlue
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Instant Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying. |
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 Mental Misstep(U/P)
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Instant ({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.) Counter target spell with mana value 1. |
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 Daze1 + Blue
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Instant You may return an Island you control to its owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}. |
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 Lightning BoltRed
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Instant Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target. |
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 Dismember1 + 2 (B/P)
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Instant ({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.) Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn. |
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 Snuff Out3 + Black
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Instant If you control a Swamp, you may pay 4 life rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. |
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Instant
Target player mills three cards. Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Instant
Instant
Choose a card name. Exile the top six cards of your library, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a card with the chosen name. Put that card into your hand and exile all other cards revealed this way.
Instant
Instant
Exile the top card of your library. You may put that card into your hand unless it has the same name as another card exiled this way. Repeat this process until you put a card into your hand or you exile two cards with the same name, whichever comes first.
Instant
Instant
Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.
Instant
Instant
Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
Instant
Instant
Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
Instant
Instant
Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.
Instant
Instant
Reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value. You may repeat this process any number of times.
Instant
Instant
You may pay 1 life and exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target spell.
Instant
Instant
If it's not your turn, you may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target noncreature spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
Instant
Instant
Counter target spell.
Instant
Instant
Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of {C} equal to that spell's mana value.
Instant
Instant
Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay {3}{U}{U}. If you don't, you lose the game.
Instant
Instant
Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.
Instant
Instant
({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.) Counter target spell with mana value 1.
Instant
Instant
You may return an Island you control to its owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.
Instant
Instant
Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.
Instant
Instant
({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.) Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.
Instant
Instant
If you control a Swamp, you may pay 4 life rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.
Instant
Sorceries (13)
| Card | Details | Qty | |
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 Doomsday3 Black
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Sorcery Search your library and graveyard for five cards and exile the rest. Put the chosen cards on top of your library in any order. You lose half your life, rounded up. |
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 Wheel of Fortune2 + Red
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Sorcery Each player discards their hand, then draws seven cards. |
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 Windfall2 + Blue
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Sorcery Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way. |
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 Timetwister2 + Blue
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Sorcery Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards. (Then put Timetwister into its owner's graveyard.) |
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 Echo of Eons4 + 2 Blue
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Sorcery Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards. Flashback {2}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.) |
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 Time Spiral4 + 2 Blue
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Sorcery Exile Time Spiral. Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards. You untap up to six lands. |
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 Demonic Tutor1 + Black
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Sorcery Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle. |
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 Imperial SealBlack
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Sorcery Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life. |
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 PonderBlue
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Sorcery Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle. Draw a card. |
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 PreordainBlue
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Sorcery Scry 2, then draw a card. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.) |
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 Night's Whisper1 + Black
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Sorcery You draw two cards and lose 2 life. |
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 Sign in Blood2 Black
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Sorcery Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life. |
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 Toxic Deluge2 + Black
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Sorcery As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life. All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn. |
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Sorcery
Search your library and graveyard for five cards and exile the rest. Put the chosen cards on top of your library in any order. You lose half your life, rounded up.
Sorcery
Sorcery
Each player discards their hand, then draws seven cards.
Sorcery
Sorcery
Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.
Sorcery
Sorcery
Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards. (Then put Timetwister into its owner's graveyard.)
Sorcery
Sorcery
Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards. Flashback {2}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Sorcery
Sorcery
Exile Time Spiral. Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards. You untap up to six lands.
Sorcery
Sorcery
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Sorcery
Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.
Sorcery
Sorcery
Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle. Draw a card.
Sorcery
Sorcery
Scry 2, then draw a card. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
Sorcery
Sorcery
You draw two cards and lose 2 life.
Sorcery
Sorcery
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
Sorcery
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life. All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.
Sorcery
Enchantments (2)
| Card | Details | Qty | |
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 Underworld Breach1 + Red
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Enchantment Each nonland card in your graveyard has escape. The escape cost is equal to the card's mana cost plus exile three other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast cards from your graveyard for their escape cost.) At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this enchantment. |
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 Necropotence3 Black
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Enchantment Skip your draw step. Whenever you discard a card, exile that card from your graveyard. Pay 1 life: Exile the top card of your library face down. Put that card into your hand at the beginning of your next end step. |
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Enchantment
Each nonland card in your graveyard has escape. The escape cost is equal to the card's mana cost plus exile three other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast cards from your graveyard for their escape cost.) At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this enchantment.
Enchantment
Enchantment
Skip your draw step. Whenever you discard a card, exile that card from your graveyard. Pay 1 life: Exile the top card of your library face down. Put that card into your hand at the beginning of your next end step.
Enchantment
Artifacts (8)
| Card | Details | Qty | |
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 Aetherflux Reservoir4
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Artifact Whenever you cast a spell, you gain 1 life for each spell you've cast this turn. Pay 50 life: This artifact deals 50 damage to any target. |
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 Lion's Eye Diamond{0}
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Artifact Discard your hand, Sacrifice this artifact: Add three mana of any one color. Activate only as an instant. |
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 Sol Ring1
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Artifact {T}: Add {C}{C}. |
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 Mana Crypt{0}
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Artifact At the beginning of your upkeep, flip a coin. If you lose the flip, this artifact deals 3 damage to you. {T}: Add {C}{C}. |
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 Mana Vault1
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Artifact This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {4}. If you do, untap this artifact. At the beginning of your draw step, if this artifact is tapped, it deals 1 damage to you. {T}: Add {C}{C}{C}. |
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 Chrome Mox{0}
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Artifact Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile a nonartifact, nonland card from your hand. {T}: Add one mana of any of the exiled card's colors. |
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 Mox Diamond{0}
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Artifact If this artifact would enter, you may discard a land card instead. If you do, put this artifact onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard. {T}: Add one mana of any color. |
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 Mox Opal{0}
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Legendary Artifact Metalcraft — {T}: Add one mana of any color. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts. |
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Artifact
Whenever you cast a spell, you gain 1 life for each spell you've cast this turn. Pay 50 life: This artifact deals 50 damage to any target.
Artifact
Artifact
Discard your hand, Sacrifice this artifact: Add three mana of any one color. Activate only as an instant.
Artifact
Artifact
{T}: Add {C}{C}.
Artifact
Artifact
At the beginning of your upkeep, flip a coin. If you lose the flip, this artifact deals 3 damage to you. {T}: Add {C}{C}.
Artifact
Artifact
This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {4}. If you do, untap this artifact. At the beginning of your draw step, if this artifact is tapped, it deals 1 damage to you. {T}: Add {C}{C}{C}.
Artifact
Artifact
Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile a nonartifact, nonland card from your hand. {T}: Add one mana of any of the exiled card's colors.
Artifact
Artifact
If this artifact would enter, you may discard a land card instead. If you do, put this artifact onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard. {T}: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact
Legendary Artifact
Metalcraft — {T}: Add one mana of any color. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts.
Legendary Artifact
Planeswalkers (1)
| Card | Details | Qty | |
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 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries1 + 3 Blue
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Legendary Planeswalker — Jace 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. |
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Legendary Planeswalker — Jace
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.
Legendary Planeswalker — Jace
Other (52)
| Card | Details | Qty | |
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Arcane Signet
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Dimir Signet
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1 | ||
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Izzet Signet
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1 | ||
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Rakdos Signet
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1 | ||
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Talisman of Dominance
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1 | ||
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Talisman of Indulgence
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1 | ||
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Talisman of Creativity
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1 | ||
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Jeweled Lotus
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1 | ||
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Lotus Petal
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1 | ||
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Snapcaster Mage
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1 | ||
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Young Pyromancer
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1 | ||
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Baleful Strix
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1 | ||
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Sensei's Divining Top
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1 | ||
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Scroll Rack
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1 | ||
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Crucible of Worlds
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1 | ||
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Bolas's Citadel
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1 | ||
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Command Tower
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1 | ||
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City of Brass
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1 | ||
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Mana Confluence
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1 | ||
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Underground Sea
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1 | ||
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Volcanic Island
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1 | ||
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Badlands
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1 | ||
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Watery Grave
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1 | ||
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Steam Vents
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1 | ||
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Blood Crypt
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1 | ||
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Polluted Delta
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1 | ||
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Bloodstained Mire
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1 | ||
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Scalding Tarn
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1 | ||
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Misty Rainforest
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1 | ||
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Flooded Strand
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1 | ||
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Marsh Flats
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1 | ||
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Wooded Foothills
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1 | ||
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Verdant Catacombs
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1 | ||
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Ancient Tomb
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1 | ||
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Cavern of Souls
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1 | ||
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Otawara, Soaring City
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1 | ||
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Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
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1 | ||
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Sulfurous Springs
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1 | ||
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Underground River
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1 | ||
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Shivan Reef
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1 | ||
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Reflecting Pool
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1 | ||
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Exotic Orchard
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1 | ||
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Island
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Swamp
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Mountain
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