Sam M's Tournament Decklists
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Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
Creature — Human Warlock // Land
Plains
Basic Land — Plains
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Novice Inspector
Creature — Human Detective
When this creature enters, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom
Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric
Sunpearl Kirin
Creature — Kirin
Flash Flying When this creature enters, return up to one other target nonland permanent you control to its owner's hand. If it was a token, draw a card.
Cottontail Caretaker
Creature — Rabbit Citizen
When Cottontail Caretaker enters, choose a white creature card in your hand. That card perpetually gains offspring .
Journey to Nowhere
Enchantment
When this enchantment enters, exile target creature. When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control.
Nurturing Pixie
Creature — Faerie Rogue
Flying When this creature enters, return up to one target non-Faerie, nonland permanent you control to its owner's hand. If a permanent was returned this way, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Starfield Shepherd
Creature — Angel
Flying
When this creature enters, search your library for a basic Plains card or a creature card with mana value 1 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Warp (You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)
Thought Partition
Sorcery
Target opponent reveals all nonland cards in their hand. You may choose one of those cards. If you do, it perpetually becomes white and its mana cost perpetually becomes .
Essence Reliquary
Artifact
: Return another target permanent you control and all Auras you control attached to it to their owner's hand. Activate only during your turn.
Ephemerate
Instant
Exile target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control. 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.)
Soul-Guide Lantern
Artifact
When this artifact enters, exile target card from a graveyard.
, Sacrifice this artifact: Exile each opponent's graveyard.
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, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
Leonin Relic-Warder
Creature — Cat Cleric
When this creature enters, you may exile target artifact or enchantment. When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control.
Maindeck (60 cards)
| # | Card Name | Mana Cost | Type | P/T |
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| 3 | Starfield Shepherd | Creature — Angel | 3/2 | |
| 4 | Essence Reliquary | Artifact | — | |
| 4 | Cottontail Caretaker | Creature — Rabbit Citizen | 2/2 | |
| 2 | Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom | — | Creature — Human Cleric // Creature — Spirit Cleric | — |
| 2 | Mother of Runes | Creature — Human Cleric | 1/1 | |
| 4 | Soul Warden | Creature — Human Cleric | 1/1 | |
| 1 | Novice Inspector | Creature — Human Detective | 1/2 | |
| 4 | Journey to Nowhere | Enchantment | — | |
| 2 | Dismember | Instant | — | |
| 4 | Ephemerate | Instant | — | |
| 3 | Sunpearl Kirin | Creature — Kirin | 2/1 | |
| 3 | Nurturing Pixie | Creature — Faerie Rogue | 1/1 | |
| 2 | Wall of Omens | Creature — Wall | 0/4 | |
| 4 | Ancient Tomb | — | Land | — |
| 2 | Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow | — | Creature — Human Warlock // Land | — |
| 16 | Plains | — | Basic Land — Plains | — |
Sideboard (15 cards)
| # | Card Name | Mana Cost | Type | P/T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Soul-Guide Lantern | Artifact | — | |
| 3 | Leonin Relic-Warder | Creature — Cat Cleric | 2/2 | |
| 4 | Brave the Elements | Instant | — | |
| 1 | Dryad Militant | Creature — Dryad Soldier | 2/1 | |
| 2 | Slaughter the Strong | Sorcery | — | |
| 2 | Thought Partition | Sorcery | — |
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Abzan Battle Priest
Creature — Human Cleric
Attacking tokens you control get +1/+0. Whenever you cast your first creature spell each turn, that spell gains mobilize 1.
Stock Up
Sorcery
Look at the top five cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Volatile Fjord
Snow Land — Island Mountain
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This land enters tapped.
Mountain
Basic Land — Mountain
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Seize the Spoils
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Stone of Erech
Legendary Artifact
If a creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead.
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, Sacrifice Stone of Erech: Exile target player's graveyard. Draw a card.
Fire Magic
Instant
Tiered (Choose one additional cost.)
• Fire — — Fire Magic deals 1 damage to each creature.
• Fira —
— Fire Magic deals 2 damage to each creature.
• Firaga —
— Fire Magic deals 3 damage to each creature.
First Day of Class
Instant
Whenever a creature you control enters this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on it and it gains haste until end of turn. Learn. (You may reveal a Lesson card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand, or discard a card to draw a card.)
Island
Basic Land — Island
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Arcbound Shikari
Artifact Creature — Cat Soldier
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Stormcatch Mentor
Creature — Otter Wizard
Haste
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost less to cast.
Grapeshot
Sorcery
Grapeshot deals 1 damage to any target. Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Negate
Instant
Counter target noncreature spell.
Introduction to Prophecy
Sorcery — Lesson
Scry 2, then draw a card.
Cast into the Fire
Instant
Choose one — • Cast into the Fire deals 1 damage to each of up to two target creatures. • Exile target artifact.
Maindeck (60 cards)
| # | Card Name | Mana Cost | Type | P/T |
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| 4 | Big Score | Instant | — | |
| 3 | First Day of Class | Instant | — | |
| 1 | Remand | Instant | — | |
| 4 | Seething Song | Instant | — | |
| 4 | Arcbound Shikari | Artifact Creature — Cat Soldier | 1/1 | |
| 4 | Empty the Warrens | Sorcery | — | |
| 4 | Ponder | Sorcery | — | |
| 3 | Preordain | Sorcery | — | |
| 3 | Seize the Spoils | Sorcery | — | |
| 1 | Stock Up | Sorcery | — | |
| 4 | Goblin Electromancer | Creature — Goblin Wizard | 2/2 | |
| 3 | Stormcatch Mentor | Creature — Otter Wizard | 1/1 | |
| 7 | Island | — | Basic Land — Island | — |
| 4 | Frostboil Snarl | — | Land | — |
| 9 | Mountain | — | Basic Land — Mountain | — |
| 2 | Volatile Fjord | — | Snow Land — Island Mountain | — |
Sideboard (15 cards)
| # | Card Name | Mana Cost | Type | P/T |
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| 3 | Stone of Erech | Legendary Artifact | — | |
| 2 | Abzan Battle Priest | Creature — Human Cleric | 4/5 | |
| 2 | Cast into the Fire | Instant | — | |
| 2 | Fire Magic | Instant | — | |
| 2 | Negate | Instant | — | |
| 2 | Remand | Instant | — | |
| 1 | Introduction to Prophecy | Sorcery — Lesson | — | |
| 1 | Grapeshot | Sorcery | — |
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Eddymurk Crab
Creature — Elemental Crab
Flash
This spell costs less to cast for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard.
This creature enters tapped if it's not your turn.
When this creature enters, tap up to two target creatures.
Mountain
Basic Land — Mountain
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Seething Landscape
Land
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, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Cycling
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Counterspell
Instant
Counter target spell.
Molten Tributary
Land — Island Mountain
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This land enters tapped.
Dragon's Rage Channeler
Creature — Human Shaman
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.) Delirium — As long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, this creature gets +2/+2, has flying, and attacks each combat if able.
Expressive Iteration
Sorcery
Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand, put one of them on the bottom of your library, and exile one of them. You may play the exiled card this turn.
Tolarian Terror
Creature — Serpent
This spell costs less to cast for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard.
Ward
(Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays
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Accident-Prone Apprentice // Amphibian Accident
Creature — Otter Wizard // Instant — Adventure
Brainstorm
Instant
Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
Stone of Erech
Legendary Artifact
If a creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead.
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, Sacrifice Stone of Erech: Exile target player's graveyard. Draw a card.
Hydroponics Architect
Creature — Insect
Flying Whenever this creature attacks, a random land card in your library perpetually becomes a basic Island in addition to its other types and gains "When this land enters, draw a card."
Unholy Heat
Instant
Unholy Heat deals 2 damage to target creature or planeswalker. Delirium — Unholy Heat deals 6 damage instead if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard.
Peculiar Lighthouse
Land
This land enters tapped unless a player has 13 or less life.
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Island
Basic Land — Island
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Maindeck (60 cards)
| # | Card Name | Mana Cost | Type | P/T |
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| 2 | Accident-Prone Apprentice // Amphibian Accident | Creature — Otter Wizard // Instant — Adventure | 1/1 | |
| 4 | Mishra's Bauble | Artifact | — | |
| 4 | Hydroponics Architect | Creature — Insect | 1/2 | |
| 4 | Brainstorm | Instant | — | |
| 4 | Counterspell | Instant | — | |
| 4 | Unholy Heat | Instant | — | |
| 4 | Tolarian Terror | Creature — Serpent | 5/5 | |
| 4 | Dragon's Rage Channeler | Creature — Human Shaman | 1/1 | |
| 4 | Expressive Iteration | Sorcery | — | |
| 4 | Ponder | Sorcery | — | |
| 4 | Island | — | Basic Land — Island | — |
| 4 | Frostboil Snarl | — | Land | — |
| 2 | Peculiar Lighthouse | — | Land | — |
| 4 | Seething Landscape | — | Land | — |
| 4 | Molten Tributary | — | Land — Island Mountain | — |
| 4 | Mountain | — | Basic Land — Mountain | — |
Sideboard (14 cards)
| # | Card Name | Mana Cost | Type | P/T |
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| 3 | Stone of Erech | Legendary Artifact | — | |
| 2 | Eddymurk Crab | Creature — Elemental Crab | 5/5 | |
| 4 | Crackling Drake | Creature — Drake | */4 | |
| 3 | Smash to Smithereens | Instant | — | |
| 2 | Pyroclasm | Sorcery | — |
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Counterspell
Instant
Counter target spell.
Expressive Iteration
Sorcery
Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand, put one of them on the bottom of your library, and exile one of them. You may play the exiled card this turn.
Swiftspear's Teachings
Sorcery
You get a one-time boon with "When you cast a creature spell, it gains your choice of prowess or haste." Draw a card.
Chain Lightning
Sorcery
Chain Lightning deals 3 damage to any target. Then that player or that permanent's controller may pay . If the player does, they may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.
Consider
Instant
Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) Draw a card.
Peculiar Lighthouse
Land
This land enters tapped unless a player has 13 or less life.
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Opt
Instant
Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) Draw a card.
Sprite Dragon
Creature — Faerie Dragon
Flying, haste Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Illuminating Lash
Sorcery
Illuminating Lash deals 3 damage to any target. You get a one-time boon with "When you cast a noncreature spell, draw a card."
Stone of Erech
Legendary Artifact
If a creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead.
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, Sacrifice Stone of Erech: Exile target player's graveyard. Draw a card.
Tolarian Terror
Creature — Serpent
This spell costs less to cast for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard.
Ward
(Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays
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Monastery Swiftspear
Creature — Human Monk
Haste Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Triton Wavebreaker
Enchantment Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Bestow (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)
As long as this permanent is a creature, it has prowess. (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has prowess.
Accident-Prone Apprentice // Amphibian Accident
Creature — Otter Wizard // Instant — Adventure
Island
Basic Land — Island
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Mountain
Basic Land — Mountain
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Maindeck (60 cards)
| # | Card Name | Mana Cost | Type | P/T |
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| 2 | Accident-Prone Apprentice // Amphibian Accident | Creature — Otter Wizard // Instant — Adventure | 1/1 | |
| 4 | Mishra's Bauble | Artifact | — | |
| 2 | Sprite Dragon | Creature — Faerie Dragon | 1/1 | |
| 4 | Burst Lightning | Instant | — | |
| 4 | Consider | Instant | — | |
| 4 | Opt | Instant | — | |
| 4 | Monastery Swiftspear | Creature — Human Monk | 1/2 | |
| 4 | Chain Lightning | Sorcery | — | |
| 2 | Expressive Iteration | Sorcery | — | |
| 2 | Illuminating Lash | Sorcery | — | |
| 4 | Swiftspear's Teachings | Sorcery | — | |
| 4 | Triton Wavebreaker | Enchantment Creature — Merfolk Wizard | 1/1 | |
| 6 | Island | — | Basic Land — Island | — |
| 4 | Frostboil Snarl | — | Land | — |
| 4 | Peculiar Lighthouse | — | Land | — |
| 6 | Mountain | — | Basic Land — Mountain | — |
Sideboard (15 cards)
| # | Card Name | Mana Cost | Type | P/T |
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| 3 | Stone of Erech | Legendary Artifact | — | |
| 4 | Counterspell | Instant | — | |
| 3 | Smash to Smithereens | Instant | — | |
| 3 | Tolarian Terror | Creature — Serpent | 5/5 | |
| 2 | Pyroclasm | Sorcery | — |