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Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus · U · 100 cards · 36 lands
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Strategy
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus leads a deck built from the cards players most often run with it, putting +1/+1 counters on things and growing them out of range. 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 2.79.
Early: Use the early turns on mana. Plague Myr and the rest of the 12 ramp pieces are what let the deck cast Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus 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. Serum Snare is the first answer you will usually reach for, and Tezzeret's Gambit keeps the hand full while you do it.
Late: Hold Contagion Engine 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 2.79 average mana value the top end is cheap, so expect to deploy several spells a turn.
Win conditions: Wins by growing a threat past what the table can answer and connecting with it.
- Flux Channeler - Core to the plan
- Thrummingbird - Core to the plan
- Tezzeret's Gambit - Card draw
- Experimental Augury - Card draw
- Inexorable Tide - Core to the plan
- Contentious Plan - Core to the plan
- Dreamtide Whale - Core to the plan
- Serum Snare - Interaction
~$412.39
estimated to build this deck
Commander (1)
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Horror
Flying
If you would proliferate, proliferate twice instead.
{1}{U/P}{U/P}, Remove three counters from among other artifacts, creatures, and planeswalkers you control: Put an indestructible counter on Tekuthal. ({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)
Creatures (35)
Flux Channeler
Creature — Human Wizard
$2.15
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Thrummingbird
Creature — Phyrexian Bird Horror
$0.24
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Dreamtide Whale
Creature — Whale
$3.76
Vanishing 2 (This creature enters with two time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter from it. When the last is removed, sacrifice it.)
Whenever a player casts their second spell each turn, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Guildpact Informant
Creature — Faerie Rogue
$0.54
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Deepglow Skate
Creature — Fish
$0.35
When this creature enters, double the number of each kind of counter on any number of target permanents.
Viral Drake
Creature — Phyrexian Drake
$0.58
Flying
Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
{3}{U}: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Lulu, Stern Guardian
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
$0.35
Whenever an opponent attacks you, choose target creature attacking you. Put a stun counter on that creature.
{3}{U}: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Surge Conductor
Artifact Creature — Robot
$0.29
Whenever another nontoken artifact you control enters, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Blighted Agent
Creature — Phyrexian Human Rogue
$1.32
Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
This creature can't be blocked.
Spark Double
Creature — Illusion
$4.49
You may have this creature enter as a copy of a creature or planeswalker you control, except it enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it if it's a creature, it enters with an additional loyalty counter on it if it's a planeswalker, and it isn't legendary.
Chasm Skulker
Creature — Squid Horror
$0.31
Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature dies, create X 1/1 blue Squid creature tokens with islandwalk, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
Myojin of Cryptic Dreams
Legendary Creature — Spirit
$0.36
Myojin of Cryptic Dreams enters with an indestructible counter on it if you cast it from your hand.
Remove an indestructible counter from Myojin of Cryptic Dreams: Copy target permanent spell you control three times. (The copies become tokens.)
Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
Legendary Creature — Siren Pirate
$2.27
Flash
Flying
Whenever Malcolm deals combat damage to a player, put a chorus counter on it. Draw a card, then discard a card. If there are four or more chorus counters on Malcolm, you may cast the discarded card without paying its mana cost.
Ingenious Prodigy
Creature — Human Wizard
$0.28
Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.)
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if this creature has one or more +1/+1 counters on it, you may remove a +1/+1 counter from it. If you do, draw a card.
Chrome Host Seedshark
Creature — Phyrexian Shark
$0.27
Flying
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, incubate X, where X is that spell's mana value. (Create an Incubator token with X +1/+1 counters on it and "{2}: Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)
Plague Myr
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Myr
$2.09
Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
{T}: Add {C}.
Pensive Professor
Creature — Human Wizard
$0.47
Increment (Whenever you cast a spell, if the amount of mana you spent is greater than this creature's power or toughness, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on this creature, draw a card.
Myr Convert
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Myr
$0.25
Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.)
{T}, Pay 2 life: Add one mana of any color.
Gitaxian Anatomist
Creature — Phyrexian Wizard
$0.28
When this creature enters, you may tap it. If you do, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Pollywog Prodigy
Creature — Frog Wizard
$5.47
Evolve (Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell with mana value less than this creature's power, draw a card.
Vexing Radgull
Creature — Bird Mutant
$0.98
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player gets two rad counters if they don't have any rad counters. Otherwise, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Mercurial Spelldancer
Creature — Phyrexian Rogue
$0.37
This creature can't be blocked.
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, put an oil counter on this creature.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may remove two oil counters from it. If you do, when you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Hangarback Walker
Artifact Creature — Construct
$0.3
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
When this creature dies, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying for each +1/+1 counter on this creature.
{1}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this 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.
Benthic Biomancer
Creature — Merfolk Wizard Mutant
$0.2
{1}{U}: Adapt 1. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on this creature, draw a card, then discard a card.
Core Prowler
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
$0.49
Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
When this creature dies, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Lighthouse Chronologist
Creature — Human Wizard
$25.68
Level up {U} ({U}: Put a level counter on this. Level up only as a sorcery.)
LEVEL 4-6
2/4
LEVEL 7+
3/5
At the beginning of each end step, if it's not your turn, take an extra turn after this one.
Phyrexian Metamorph
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter
$2.1
({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any artifact or creature on the battlefield, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types.
Twenty-Toed Toad
Creature — Frog Wizard
$6.52
Your maximum hand size is twenty.
Whenever you attack with two or more creatures, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and draw a card.
Whenever this creature attacks, you win the game if there are twenty or more counters on it or you have twenty or more cards in hand.
Coretapper
Artifact Creature — Myr
$0.22
{T}: Put a charge counter on target artifact.
Sacrifice this creature: Put two charge counters on target artifact.
Simic Manipulator
Creature — Mutant Wizard
$0.42
Evolve (Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
{T}, Remove one or more +1/+1 counters from this creature: Gain control of target creature with power less than or equal to the number of +1/+1 counters removed this way.
Mindless Automaton
Artifact Creature — Construct
$0.16
This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
{1}, Discard a card: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Remove two +1/+1 counters from this creature: Draw a card.
Necropede
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Insect
$0.37
Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
When this creature dies, you may put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
Solemn Simulacrum
Artifact Creature — Golem
$0.27
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
When this creature dies, you may draw a card.
Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
$8.2
Whenever you cast an artifact, instant, or sorcery spell, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. This ability triggers only once each turn. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)
Whenever an opponent casts an artifact, instant, or sorcery spell, counter that spell. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Instants (12)
Experimental Augury
Instant
$0.22
Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Serum Snare
Instant
$0.29
Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. If that permanent had mana value 3 or less, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Steady Progress
Instant
$0.27
Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Draw a card.
Reject Imperfection
Instant
$0.32
Counter target spell. If that spell's mana value was 3 or less, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Ripples of Potential
Instant
$3.35
Proliferate, then choose any number of permanents you control that had a counter put on them this way. Those permanents phase out. (To proliferate, choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there. Treat phased-out permanents and anything attached to them as though they don't exist until their controller's next turn.)
Prologue to Phyresis
Instant
$0.56
Each opponent gets a poison counter.
Draw a card.
Cyclonic Rift
Instant
$30.27
Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.
Overload {6}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Fuel for the Cause
Instant
$0.32
Counter target spell, then proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Pongify
Instant
$2
Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Ape creature token.
High Tide
Instant
$0.81
Until end of turn, whenever a player taps an Island for mana, that player adds an additional {U}.
Mana Drain
Instant
$51.22
Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of {C} equal to that spell's mana value.
Sorceries (2)
Tezzeret's Gambit
Sorcery
$0.18
({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)
Draw two cards, then proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Contentious Plan
Sorcery
$0.34
Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Draw a card.
Artifacts (8)
Contagion Engine
Artifact
$13.19
When this artifact enters, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature target player controls.
{4}, {T}: Proliferate twice. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there. Then do it again.)
Contagion Clasp
Artifact
$0.35
When this artifact enters, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
{4}, {T}: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Ichormoon Gauntlet
Artifact
$7.41
Planeswalkers you control have "[0]: Proliferate" and "[−12]: Take an extra turn after this one."
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, choose a counter on target permanent. Put an additional counter of that kind on that permanent.
Lost Jitte
Legendary Artifact — Equipment
$5.39
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage, put a charge counter on Lost Jitte.
Remove a charge counter from Lost Jitte: Choose one —
• Untap target land.
• Target creature can't block this turn.
• Put a +1/+1 counter on equipped creature.
Equip {1}
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.
Everflowing Chalice
Artifact
$0.25
Multikicker {2} (You may pay an additional {2} any number of times as you cast this spell.)
This artifact enters with a charge counter on it for each time it was kicked.
{T}: Add {C} for each charge counter on this artifact.
Enchantments (3)
Inexorable Tide
Enchantment
$1.12
Whenever you cast a spell, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Rhystic Study
Enchantment
$67.53
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {1}.
Imprisoned in the Moon
Enchantment — Aura
$0.31
Enchant creature, land, or planeswalker
Enchanted permanent is a colorless land with "{T}: Add {C}" and loses all other card types and abilities.
Planeswalkers (3)
Narset, Parter of Veils
Legendary Planeswalker — Narset
$0.95
Each opponent can't draw more than one card each turn.
−2: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a noncreature, nonland card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Teferi, Temporal Archmage
Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi
$0.68
+1: Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other on the bottom of your library.
−1: Untap up to four target permanents.
−10: You get an emblem with "You may activate loyalty abilities of planeswalkers you control on any player's turn any time you could cast an instant."
Teferi, Temporal Archmage can be your commander.
Tezzeret the Seeker
Legendary Planeswalker — Tezzeret
$25.64
+1: Untap up to two target artifacts.
−X: Search your library for an artifact card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
−5: Artifacts you control become artifact creatures with base power and toughness 5/5 until end of turn.
Lands (36)
Karn's Bastion
Land
$2.37
{T}: Add {C}.
{4}, {T}: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Mystic Sanctuary
Land — Island
$1.11
({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.
Nesting Grounds
Land
$0.27
{T}: Add {C}.
{1}, {T}: Move a counter from target permanent you control onto a second target permanent. Activate only as a sorcery.
Mage-Ring Network
Land
$0.27
{T}: Add {C}.
{1}, {T}: Put a storage counter on this land.
{T}, Remove any number of storage counters from this land: Add {C} for each storage counter removed this way.
Saprazzan Skerry
Land
$0.66
This land enters tapped with two depletion counters on it.
{T}, Remove a depletion counter from this land: Add {U}{U}. If there are no depletion counters on this land, sacrifice it.
Academy Ruins
Legendary Land
$5.19
{T}: Add {C}.
{1}{U}, {T}: Put target artifact card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Otawara, Soaring City
Legendary Land
$26.49
{T}: Add {U}.
Channel — {3}{U}, Discard this card: 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.
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Legendary Land
$53.08
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to your devotion to that color. (Your devotion to a color is the number of mana symbols of that color in the mana costs of permanents you control.)
Inkmoth Nexus
Land
$11.5
{T}: Add {C}.
{1}: This land becomes a 1/1 Phyrexian Blinkmoth artifact creature with flying and infect until end of turn. It's still a land. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
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.
Buried Ruin
Land
$0.44
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.
Basic lands: 24 Island
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