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Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle · W · 100 cards · 34 lands
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Bracket 3 - UpgradedCommander 1Creatures 50Instants 3Sorceries 2Artifacts 10Lands 34
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Strategy
Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle leads a deck built from the cards players most often run with it, building an artifact board and cashing it in. The list holds 12 ramp pieces, 9 pieces of targeted interaction, 2 board wipes and 9 sources of card draw, at an average mana value of 2.29.
Early: Use the early turns on mana. Ashnod's Altar and the rest of the 12 ramp pieces are what let the deck cast Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle on curve and keep casting after it.
Mid: Once the commander is down, the deck wants to be doing two things at once: advancing its own board and answering everyone else's. Blasting Station is the first answer you will usually reach for, and Skullclamp keeps the hand full while you do it.
Late: Hold Dusk // Dawn for the turn the table gets ahead of you - with 2 in the deck you can afford to use one early and still have an answer later. At 2.29 average mana value the top end is cheap, so expect to deploy several spells a turn.
Win conditions: Wins through artifact payoffs and the damage or mana they produce.
- Myr Retriever - Core to the plan
- Scrap Trawler - Core to the plan
- Junk Diver - Core to the plan
- Workshop Assistant - Core to the plan
- Ornithopter - Core to the plan
- Ashnod's Altar - Ramp
- Salvager of Ruin - Core to the plan
- Foundry Inspector - Core to the plan
~$548.49
estimated to build this deck
Commander (1)
Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle
Legendary Creature — Bird Cleric
Flying
Whenever you cast a historic spell, return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Creatures (50)
Myr Retriever
Artifact Creature — Myr
$1.94
When this creature dies, return another target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.
Scrap Trawler
Artifact Creature — Construct
$1.46
Whenever this creature dies or another artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return to your hand target artifact card in your graveyard with lesser mana value.
Junk Diver
Artifact Creature — Bird
$0.27
Flying
When this creature dies, return another target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.
Workshop Assistant
Artifact Creature — Construct
$0.08
When this creature dies, return another target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.
Salvager of Ruin
Artifact Creature — Construct
$0.25
Sacrifice this creature: Choose target permanent card in your graveyard that was put there from the battlefield this turn. Return it to your hand.
Foundry Inspector
Artifact Creature — Construct
$0.36
Artifact spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Oswald Fiddlebender
Legendary Creature — Gnome Artificer
$2.11
Magical Tinkering — {W}, {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Search your library for an artifact card with mana value equal to 1 plus the sacrificed artifact's mana value, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.
Skyscanner
Artifact Creature — Thopter
$0.17
Flying
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Salvage Scout
Creature — Human Scout
$0.13
{W}, Sacrifice this creature: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.
Cathodion
Artifact Creature — Construct
$0.09
When this creature dies, add {C}{C}{C}.
Cathar Commando
Creature — Human Soldier
$0.21
Flash
{1}, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Glaring Fleshraker
Creature — Eldrazi Drone
$1.21
Whenever you cast a colorless spell, create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token with "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."
Whenever another colorless creature you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Glint Hawk
Creature — Bird
$1.52
Flying
When this creature enters, sacrifice it unless you return an artifact you control to its owner's hand.
Recruiter of the Guard
Creature — Human Soldier
$6.63
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a creature card with toughness 2 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Arcbound Ravager
Artifact Creature — Beast
$2.34
Sacrifice an artifact: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Modular 1 (This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it. When it dies, you may put its +1/+1 counters on target artifact creature.)
Walking Ballista
Artifact Creature — Construct
$5.22
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
{4}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.
Esper Sentinel
Artifact Creature — Human Soldier
$60.54
Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn, draw a card unless that player pays {X}, where X is this creature's power.
Filigree Familiar
Artifact Creature — Fox
$0.1
When this creature enters, you gain 2 life.
When this creature dies, draw a card.
Circuit Mender
Artifact Creature — Insect
$0.17
When this creature enters, you gain 2 life.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, draw a card.
Shimmer Myr
Artifact Creature — Myr
$0.34
Flash
You may cast artifact spells as though they had flash.
Trusty Packbeast
Creature — Beast
$0.11
When this creature enters, return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.
Ingenious Smith
Creature — Human Artificer
$0.15
When this creature enters, look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal an artifact card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Whenever one or more artifacts you control enter, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Restoration Specialist
Creature — Dwarf Artificer
$0.17
{W}, Sacrifice this creature: Return up to one target artifact card and up to one target enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand.
Grand Abolisher
Creature — Human Cleric
$17.41
During your turn, your opponents can't cast spells or activate abilities of artifacts, creatures, or enchantments.
Ethersworn Canonist
Artifact Creature — Human Cleric
$1.82
Each player who has cast a nonartifact spell this turn can't cast additional nonartifact spells.
Ranger-Captain of Eos
Creature — Human Soldier Ranger
$38.83
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a creature card with mana value 1 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Sacrifice this creature: Your opponents can't cast noncreature spells this turn.
Mentor of the Meek
Creature — Human Soldier
$0.19
Whenever another creature you control with power 2 or less enters, you may pay {1}. If you do, draw a card.
Millikin
Artifact Creature — Construct
$0.23
{T}, Mill a card: Add {C}. (Activate only as an instant. To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)
Benevolent Bodyguard
Creature — Human Cleric
$0.28
Sacrifice this creature: Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Perilous Myr
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Myr
$0.14
When this creature dies, it deals 2 damage to any target.
Samwise the Stouthearted
Legendary Creature — Halfling Peasant
$0.24
Flash
When Samwise enters, choose up to one target permanent card in your graveyard that was put there from the battlefield this turn. Return it to your hand. Then the Ring tempts you.
Skyclave Apparition
Creature — Kor Spirit
$0.28
When this creature enters, exile up to one target nonland, nontoken permanent you don't control with mana value 4 or less.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, the exiled card's owner creates an X/X blue Illusion creature token, where X is the mana value of the exiled card.
Loran of the Third Path
Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
$4.91
Vigilance
When Loran enters, destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment.
{T}: You and target opponent each draw a card.
Jhoira's Familiar
Artifact Creature — Bird
$1.41
Flying
Historic spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Treasure Hunter
Creature — Human
$0.1
When this creature enters, you may return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.
Starnheim Courser
Creature — Pegasus
$0.28
Flying
Artifact and enchantment spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Burnished Hart
Artifact Creature — Elk
$0.14
{3}, Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
Legendary Artifact Creature — Thopter
$7.45
Flash
Flying
You may cast colorless spells and artifact spells as though they had flash.
Whenever you cast a spell, if the amount of mana spent to cast that spell is greater than Liberator's power, put a +1/+1 counter on Liberator.
Voyager Quickwelder
Artifact Creature — Robot Artificer
$0.38
Artifact spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Hope of Ghirapur
Legendary Artifact Creature — Thopter
$2.9
Flying
Sacrifice Hope of Ghirapur: Until your next turn, target player who was dealt combat damage by Hope of Ghirapur this turn can't cast noncreature spells.
Market Gnome
Artifact Creature — Gnome
$0.27
When this creature dies, you gain 1 life and draw a card.
When this creature is exiled from the battlefield while you're activating a craft ability, you gain 1 life and draw a card.
Ornithopter of Paradise
Artifact Creature — Thopter
$0.44
Flying
{T}: Add one mana of any color.
Welcoming Vampire
Creature — Vampire
$2.53
Flying
Whenever one or more other creatures you control with power 2 or less enter, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Archivist of Oghma
Creature — Halfling Cleric
$6.06
Flash
Whenever an opponent searches their library, you gain 1 life and draw a card.
Boromir, Warden of the Tower
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
$6.16
Vigilance
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, if no mana was spent to cast it, counter that spell.
Sacrifice Boromir: Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. The Ring tempts you.
Instants (3)
Swords to Plowshares
Instant
$1.42
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
Path to Exile
Instant
$1.01
Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Enlightened Tutor
Instant
$21.89
Search your library for an artifact or enchantment card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
Sorceries (2)
Dusk // Dawn
Sorcery // Sorcery
$0.3
Destroy all creatures with power 3 or greater.
//
Aftermath (Cast this spell only from your graveyard. Then exile it.)
Return all creature cards with power 2 or less from your graveyard to your hand.
Austere Command
Sorcery
$0.33
Choose two —
• Destroy all artifacts.
• Destroy all enchantments.
• Destroy all creatures with mana value 3 or less.
• Destroy all creatures with mana value 4 or greater.
Artifacts (10)
Blasting Station
Artifact
$11.59
{T}, Sacrifice a creature: This artifact deals 1 damage to any target.
Whenever a creature enters, you may untap this artifact.
Mishra's Bauble
Artifact
$1.24
{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Look at the top card of target player's library. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
Altar of Dementia
Artifact
$19.24
Sacrifice a creature: Target player mills cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.
Skullclamp
Artifact — Equipment
$4.82
Equipped creature gets +1/-1.
Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards.
Equip {1}
Grinding Station
Artifact
$11.85
{T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Target player mills three cards.
Whenever an artifact enters, you may untap this artifact.
Mana Vault
Artifact
$87.86
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}.
Wayfarer's Bauble
Artifact
$0.3
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Lands (34)
Buried Ruin
Land
$0.44
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.
Inventors' Fair
Legendary Land
$18.95
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.
Urza's Saga
Enchantment Land — Urza's Saga
$36.03
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — This Saga gains "{T}: Add {C}."
II — This Saga gains "{2}, {T}: Create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with 'This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control.'"
III — Search your library for an artifact card with mana cost {0} or {1}, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Monumental Henge
Land
$0.49
This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains.
{T}: Add {W}.
{2}{W}{W}, {T}: Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a historic card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Emergence Zone
Land
$3.79
{T}: Add {C}.
{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: You may cast spells this turn as though they had flash.
War Room
Land
$5.32
{T}: Add {C}.
{3}, {T}, Pay life equal to the number of colors in your commanders' color identity: Draw a card.
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
Legendary Land
$5.66
{T}: Add {W}.
Channel — {2}{W}, Discard this card: It deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Basic lands: 23 Plains
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