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Kess, Dissident Mage

Kess, Dissident Mage - Built around Frantic Search, Faithless Looting and Brainstorm

Kess, Dissident Mage · BRU · 100 cards · 35 lands

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Kess, Dissident Mage
Kess, Dissident Mage
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.
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Creatures (34)

Storm-Kiln Artist
Storm-Kiln Artist
Creature — Dwarf Shaman
$1.7
This creature gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control. Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Archmage Emeritus
Archmage Emeritus
Creature — Human Wizard
$0.57
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.
Murmuring Mystic
Murmuring Mystic
Creature — Human Wizard
$0.33
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 blue Bird Illusion creature token with flying.
Baral, Chief of Compliance
Baral, Chief of Compliance
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
$4.41
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Whenever a spell or ability you control counters a spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.
Young Pyromancer
Young Pyromancer
Creature — Human Shaman
$0.25
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 red Elemental creature token.
Electrostatic Field
Electrostatic Field
Creature — Wall
$1.02
Defender Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Goblin Electromancer
Goblin Electromancer
Creature — Goblin Wizard
$0.23
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Nightscape Familiar
Nightscape Familiar
Creature — Zombie
$0.41
Blue spells and red spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. {1}{B}: Regenerate this creature.
Guttersnipe
Guttersnipe
Creature — Goblin Shaman
$0.24
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, this creature deals 2 damage to each opponent.
Talrand, Sky Summoner
Talrand, Sky Summoner
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
$0.4
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.
Thassa's Oracle
Thassa's Oracle
Creature — Merfolk Wizard
$20.51
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.)
Dualcaster Mage
Dualcaster Mage
Creature — Human Wizard
$3.56
Flash When this creature enters, copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Black Waltz No. 3
Black Waltz No. 3
Legendary Creature — Wizard
$0.36
Flying, deathtouch Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, Black Waltz No. 3 deals 2 damage to each opponent.
Stormcatch Mentor
Stormcatch Mentor
Creature — Otter Wizard
$0.33
Haste Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Vivi Ornitier
Vivi Ornitier
Legendary Creature — Wizard
$32.07
{0}: Add X mana in any combination of {U} and/or {R}, where X is Vivi Ornitier's power. Activate only during your turn and only once each turn. Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Vivi Ornitier and it deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Notion Thief
Notion Thief
Creature — Human Rogue
$1.52
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.
Cormela, Glamour Thief
Cormela, Glamour Thief
Legendary Creature — Vampire Rogue
$0.22
Haste {1}, {T}: Add {U}{B}{R}. Spend this mana only to cast instant and/or sorcery spells. When Cormela dies, return up to one target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
Archmage of Runes
Archmage of Runes
Creature — Giant Wizard
$3.67
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.
Snapcaster Mage
Snapcaster Mage
Creature — Human Wizard
$13.4
Flash When this creature enters, target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost. (You may cast that card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Hexing Squelcher
Hexing Squelcher
Creature — Goblin Sorcerer
$19.24
This spell can't be countered. Ward—Pay 2 life. Spells you control can't be countered. Other creatures you control have "Ward—Pay 2 life."
Sedgemoor Witch
Sedgemoor Witch
Creature — Human Warlock
$2.48
Menace Ward—Pay 3 life. (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays 3 life.) Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
Veyran, Voice of Duality
Veyran, Voice of Duality
Legendary Creature — Efreet Wizard
$1.62
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, Veyran gets +1/+1 until end of turn. If you casting or copying an instant or sorcery spell causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
Legendary Creature — Dragon Wizard
$5.18
This spell can't be countered. Flying Whenever you draw a card, Niv-Mizzet deals 1 damage to any target. Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, you draw a card.
Spellseeker
Spellseeker
Creature — Human Wizard
$17.24
When this creature enters, you may search your library for an instant or sorcery card with mana value 2 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Dragon's Rage Channeler
Dragon's Rage Channeler
Creature — Human Shaman
$1.3
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.
Simian Spirit Guide
Simian Spirit Guide
Creature — Ape Spirit
$3.2
Exile this card from your hand: Add {R}.
Coruscation Mage
Coruscation Mage
Creature — Otter Wizard
$1.61
Offspring {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.) Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Ledger Shredder
Ledger Shredder
Creature — Bird Advisor
$9.79
Flying Whenever a player casts their second spell each turn, this creature connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Third Path Iconoclast
Third Path Iconoclast
Creature — Human Monk
$0.37
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create a 1/1 colorless Soldier artifact creature token.
Dauthi Voidwalker
Dauthi Voidwalker
Creature — Dauthi Rogue
$3.82
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.) If a card would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, instead exile it with a void counter on it. {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Choose an exiled card an opponent owns with a void counter on it. You may play it this turn without paying its mana cost.
Prismari, the Inspiration
Prismari, the Inspiration
Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon
$3.03
Flying Ward—Pay 5 life. Instant and sorcery spells you cast have storm. (Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Faerie Mastermind
Faerie Mastermind
Creature — Faerie Rogue
$11.59
Flash Flying Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you draw a card. {3}{U}: Each player draws a card.
Hullbreaker Horror
Hullbreaker Horror
Creature — Kraken Horror
$6.03
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.
Magus of the Wheel
Magus of the Wheel
Creature — Human Wizard
$1.1
{1}{R}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Each player discards their hand, then draws seven cards.

Instants (16)

Dark Ritual
Dark Ritual
Instant
$0.44
Add {B}{B}{B}.
Frantic Search
Frantic Search
Instant
$0.78
Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.
Counterspell
Counterspell
Instant
$1.33
Counter target spell.
Brainstorm
Brainstorm
Instant
$0.57
Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
Increasing Vengeance
Increasing Vengeance
Instant
$0.92
Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. If this spell was cast from a graveyard, copy that spell twice instead. You may choose new targets for the copies. Flashback {3}{R}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Thought Scour
Thought Scour
Instant
$0.42
Target player mills two cards. Draw a card.
An Offer You Can't Refuse
An Offer You Can't Refuse
Instant
$3.05
Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Chaos Warp
Chaos Warp
Instant
$0.31
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.
Swan Song
Swan Song
Instant
$10.6
Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.
Negate
Negate
Instant
$0.16
Counter target noncreature spell.
Lightning Bolt
Lightning Bolt
Instant
$0.74
Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.
Cabal Ritual
Cabal Ritual
Instant
$14.55
Add {B}{B}{B}. Threshold — Add {B}{B}{B}{B}{B} instead if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.
Arcane Denial
Arcane Denial
Instant
$1.91
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.
Seething Song
Seething Song
Instant
$6.78
Add {R}{R}{R}{R}{R}.
Big Score
Big Score
Instant
$0.41
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Prismari Command
Prismari Command
Instant
$0.32
Choose two — • Prismari Command deals 2 damage to any target. • Target player draws two cards, then discards two cards. • Target player creates a Treasure token. • Destroy target artifact.

Sorceries (12)

Faithless Looting
Faithless Looting
Sorcery
$0.35
Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Flashback {2}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Windfall
Windfall
Sorcery
$4.91
Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.
Ponder
Ponder
Sorcery
$1.8
Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle. Draw a card.
Blasphemous Act
Blasphemous Act
Sorcery
$0.72
This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield. Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.
See the Truth
See the Truth
Sorcery
$0.53
Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. If this spell was cast from anywhere other than your hand, put each of those cards into your hand instead.
Strategic Planning
Strategic Planning
Sorcery
$0.14
Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
Serum Visions
Serum Visions
Sorcery
$0.5
Draw a card. Scry 2.
Toxic Deluge
Toxic Deluge
Sorcery
$5.15
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life. All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.
Mana Geyser
Mana Geyser
Sorcery
$0.57
Add {R} for each tapped land your opponents control.
Expressive Iteration
Expressive Iteration
Sorcery
$0.29
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.
Rite of Flame
Rite of Flame
Sorcery
$5
Add {R}{R}, then add {R} for each card named Rite of Flame in each graveyard.
Dark Petition
Dark Petition
Sorcery
$3.27
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle. Spell mastery — If there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, add {B}{B}{B}.

Artifacts (1)

Wayfarer's Bauble
Wayfarer's Bauble
Artifact
$0.31
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Planeswalkers (1)

Ral, Storm Conduit
Ral, Storm Conduit
Legendary Planeswalker — Ral
$0.8
Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, Ral deals 1 damage to target opponent or planeswalker. +2: Scry 1. −2: When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Lands (35)

Reliquary Tower
Reliquary Tower
Land
$4.19
You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.
Bojuka Bog
Bojuka Bog
Land
$0.99
This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.
Mystic Sanctuary
Mystic Sanctuary
Land — Island
$1
({T}: Add {U}.) This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Islands. When this land enters untapped, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Mistrise Village
Mistrise Village
Land
$7.41
This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Forest. {T}: Add {U}. {U}, {T}: The next spell you cast this turn can't be countered.
Cephalid Coliseum
Cephalid Coliseum
Land
$0.28
{T}: Add {U}. This land deals 1 damage to you. Threshold — {U}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Target player draws three cards, then discards three cards. Activate only if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
Legendary Land
$10.68
{T}: Add {B}. Channel — {3}{B}, Discard this card: 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.
Riptide Laboratory
Riptide Laboratory
Land
$0.71
{T}: Add {C}. {1}{U}, {T}: Return target Wizard you control to its owner's hand.
Desolate Lighthouse
Desolate Lighthouse
Land
$0.21
{T}: Add {C}. {1}{U}{R}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.
Command Tower
Command Tower
Land
$0.24
{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Steam Vents
Steam Vents
Land — Island Mountain
$10.05
({T}: Add {U} or {R}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Watery Grave
Watery Grave
Land — Island Swamp
$9.85
({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Exotic Orchard
Exotic Orchard
Land
$0.17
{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Blood Crypt
Blood Crypt
Land — Swamp Mountain
$9.04
({T}: Add {B} or {R}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Sulfur Falls
Sulfur Falls
Land
$0.25
This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Mountain. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.
Bloodstained Mire
Bloodstained Mire
Land
$14.54
{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Crumbling Necropolis
Crumbling Necropolis
Land
$0.3
This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}, {B}, or {R}.
Drowned Catacomb
Drowned Catacomb
Land
$0.47
This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.
Dragonskull Summit
Dragonskull Summit
Land
$0.44
This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.
Basic lands: 2 Swamp 8 Island 7 Mountain
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