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Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer · R · 100 cards · 37 lands
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Bracket 3 - UpgradedCommander 1Creatures 41Instants 10Sorceries 6Artifacts 4Enchantments 1Lands 37
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Strategy
Ragavan costs one mana, so this is not a deck that ramps into its commander - it is a deck that starts on turn one and converts early damage into treasure. The treasures are the real deck: they pay for things far above the curve, and half the list exists to either make more of them or cash them in. Ragavan itself is disposable; dash it back when someone points removal at it.
Early: Lead with the commander and swing. A single connection is a Treasure and a free card, and Sticky Fingers or Breeches make that hit harder. Ruby Medallion and the treasure makers - Captain Lannery Storm, Crime Novelist, Professional Face-Breaker - are what turn a one-mana monkey into a real mana advantage. If Ragavan is answered, Faithless Looting and Light Up the Stage keep the cards flowing.
Mid: Now the treasures multiply. Xorn makes every one into two, Academy Manufactor adds Clues and Food alongside, and Storm-Kiln Artist turns every spell into more. Magda converts them into dragons and artifacts outright. This is also where the interaction lives: Chaos Warp, Abrade, Vandalblast and Deflecting Swat protect the engine rather than the commander.
Late: Cash in. Hellkite Tyrant steals the table's artifacts and wins on its own if unanswered. Ancient Copper Dragon and Cavern-Hoard Dragon produce absurd treasure counts, and The One Ring refills from empty. Blasphemous Act is the wipe, and it is deliberately cheap here because artifacts survive it. Note that Kiki-Jiki with Combat Celebrant is an infinite combat loop - fine at bracket 4, worth cutting at bracket 3.
Win conditions: Wins by building an oversized treasure pile and spending it on threats the table cannot answer, or by stealing the board with Hellkite Tyrant.
- Xorn - Doubles every Treasure the deck makes
- Academy Manufactor - Turns Treasures into three artifact types
- Professional Face-Breaker - Combat damage into Treasures and cards
- Storm-Kiln Artist - Treasure per spell, scales with the deck
- Hellkite Tyrant - Steals artifacts and threatens a win
- Goldspan Dragon - Treasures that tap for two
- The One Ring - Refills the hand from empty
- Blasphemous Act - Wipe the deck survives better than opponents
~$830.08
estimated to build this deck
Commander (1)
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
Legendary Creature — Monkey Pirate
Whenever Ragavan deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token and exile the top card of that player's library. Until end of turn, you may cast that card.
Dash {1}{R} (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)
Creatures (41)
Breeches, Eager Pillager
Legendary Creature — Goblin Pirate
$0.54
First strike
Whenever a Pirate you control attacks, choose one that hasn't been chosen this turn —
• Create a Treasure token.
• Target creature can't block this turn.
• Exile the top card of your library. You may play it this turn.
Xorn
Creature — Elemental
$9.34
If you would create one or more Treasure tokens, instead create those tokens plus an additional Treasure token.
Goldspan Dragon
Creature — Dragon
$10.17
Flying, haste
Whenever this creature attacks or becomes the target of a spell, create a Treasure token.
Treasures you control have "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add two mana of any one color."
Professional Face-Breaker
Creature — Human Warrior
$5.23
Menace
Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token.
Sacrifice a Treasure: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.
Academy Manufactor
Artifact Creature — Assembly-Worker
$7.86
If you would create a Clue, Food, or Treasure token, instead create one of each.
Magda, Brazen Outlaw
Legendary Creature — Dwarf Berserker
$9.83
Other Dwarves you control get +1/+0.
Whenever a Dwarf you control becomes tapped, create a Treasure token.
Sacrifice five Treasures: Search your library for an artifact or Dragon card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Etali, Primal Storm
Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
$0.45
Whenever Etali attacks, exile the top card of each player's library, then you may cast any number of spells from among those cards without paying their mana costs.
Captain Lannery Storm
Legendary Creature — Human Pirate
$0.29
Haste
Whenever Captain Lannery Storm attacks, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Whenever you sacrifice a Treasure, Captain Lannery Storm gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Crime Novelist
Creature — Goblin Bard
$2.91
Whenever you sacrifice an artifact, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and add {R}.
Hellkite Tyrant
Creature — Dragon
$2.21
Flying, trample
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, gain control of all artifacts that player controls.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control twenty or more artifacts, you win the game.
Lizard Blades
Artifact Creature — Equipment Lizard
$3.27
Double strike
Equipped creature has double strike.
Reconfigure {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)
Goblin Engineer
Creature — Goblin Artificer
$9.32
When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card, put it into your graveyard, then shuffle.
{R}, {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Return target artifact card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Breeches, Brazen Plunderer
Legendary Creature — Goblin Pirate
$0.2
Menace
Whenever one or more Pirates you control deal damage to your opponents, exile the top card of each of those opponents' libraries. You may play those cards this turn, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
Treasure Nabber
Creature — Goblin Rogue
$2.16
Whenever an opponent taps an artifact for mana, gain control of that artifact until the end of your next turn.
Ancient Copper Dragon
Creature — Elder Dragon
$120.63
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, roll a d20. You create a number of Treasure tokens equal to the result.
Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
Legendary Creature — Goblin Rogue
$0.25
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, choose one —
• Goad target creature that player controls.
• Exile the top card of that player's library. Until end of turn, you may cast that card and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.
Reckless Fireweaver
Creature — Human Artificer
$0.42
Whenever an artifact you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Imperial Recruiter
Creature — Human Advisor
$13.51
When this creature enters, search your library for a creature card with power 2 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Port Razer
Creature — Orc Pirate
$1.37
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, untap each creature you control. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.
This creature can't attack a player it has already attacked this turn.
Knuckles the Echidna
Legendary Creature — Echidna Warrior
$22.16
Double strike, trample, haste
Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token.
Treasure Hunter — At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control thirty or more artifacts, you win the game.
Hexing Squelcher
Creature — Goblin Sorcerer
$19.89
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."
Vaan, Street Thief
Legendary Creature — Human Scout
$0.35
Whenever one or more Scouts, Pirates, and/or Rogues you control deal combat damage to a player, exile the top card of that player's library. You may cast it. If you don't, create a Treasure token.
Whenever you cast a spell you don't own, put a +1/+1 counter on each Scout, Pirate, and Rogue you control.
Dire Fleet Daredevil
Creature — Human Pirate
$0.21
First strike
When this creature enters, exile target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard. You may cast it this turn, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell. If that spell would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.
Cavern-Hoard Dragon
Creature — Dragon
$22.44
This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the greatest number of artifacts an opponent controls.
Flying, trample, haste
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you create a Treasure token for each artifact that player controls.
Bonehoard Dracosaur
Creature — Dinosaur Dragon
$14.8
Flying, first strike
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top two cards of your library. You may play them this turn. If you exiled a land card this way, create a 3/1 red Dinosaur creature token. If you exiled a nonland card this way, create a Treasure token.
Goblin Welder
Creature — Goblin Artificer
$22.12
{T}: Choose target artifact a player controls and target artifact card in that player's graveyard. If both targets are still legal as this ability resolves, that player simultaneously sacrifices the artifact and returns the artifact card to the battlefield.
Coercive Recruiter
Creature — Orc Pirate
$0.33
Whenever this creature or another Pirate you control enters, gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. Until end of turn, it gains haste and becomes a Pirate in addition to its other types.
Simian Spirit Guide
Creature — Ape Spirit
$3.1
Exile this card from your hand: Add {R}.
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Legendary Creature — Goblin Shaman
$13.43
Haste
{T}: Create a token that's a copy of target nonlegendary creature you control, except it has haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
Anger
Creature — Incarnation
$0.47
Haste
As long as this card is in your graveyard and you control a Mountain, creatures you control have haste.
Subira, Tulzidi Caravanner
Legendary Creature — Human Shaman
$0.14
Haste
{1}: Another target creature with power 2 or less can't be blocked this turn.
{1}{R}, {T}, Discard your hand: Until end of turn, whenever a creature you control with power 2 or less deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Swashbuckler Extraordinaire
Creature — Dragon Rogue Warrior
$0.33
When this creature enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Whenever you attack, you may sacrifice one or more Treasures. When you do, up to that many target creatures gain double strike until end of turn.
Combat Celebrant
Creature — Human Warrior
$1.15
If this creature hasn't been exerted this turn, you may exert it as it attacks. When you do, untap all other creatures you control and after this phase, there is an additional combat phase. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
Legendary Creature — Dwarf Noble
$5.29
If a red source you control would deal damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, it deals that much damage plus 2 instead.
Storm-Kiln Artist
Creature — Dwarf Shaman
$1.62
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.")
Laelia, the Blade Reforged
Legendary Creature — Spirit Warrior
$0.29
Haste
Whenever Laelia attacks, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.
Whenever one or more cards are put into exile from your library and/or your graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on Laelia.
Generous Plunderer
Creature — Human Rogue
$14.96
Menace
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may create a Treasure token. When you do, target opponent creates a tapped Treasure token.
Whenever this creature attacks, it deals damage to defending player equal to the number of artifacts they control.
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.
Fury
Creature — Elemental Incarnation
$0.48
Double strike
When this creature enters, it deals 4 damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures and/or planeswalkers.
Evoke—Exile a red card from your hand.
Magda, the Hoardmaster
Legendary Creature — Dwarf Berserker
$1.83
Whenever you commit a crime, create a tapped Treasure token. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)
Sacrifice three Treasures: Create a 4/4 red Scorpion Dragon creature token with flying and haste. Activate only as a sorcery.
Instants (10)
Chaos Warp
Instant
$0.3
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.
Abrade
Instant
$0.18
Choose one —
• Abrade deals 3 damage to target creature.
• Destroy target artifact.
Deflecting Swat
Instant
$69.7
If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
You may choose new targets for target spell or ability.
Tibalt's Trickery
Instant
$10.93
Counter target spell. Choose 1, 2, or 3 at random. Its controller mills that many cards, then exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card with a different name than that spell. They may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then they put the exiled cards on the bottom of their library in a random order.
Untimely Malfunction
Instant
$8.86
Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.
• One or two target creatures can't block this turn.
Pyroblast
Instant
$3.37
Choose one —
• Counter target spell if it's blue.
• Destroy target permanent if it's blue.
Red Elemental Blast
Instant
$1.91
Choose one —
• Counter target blue spell.
• Destroy target blue permanent.
Demand Answers
Instant
$0.47
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or discard a card.
Draw two cards.
Vision of Love
Instant
$0.23
You may sacrifice an artifact or discard a card. If you do, draw two cards.
Sorceries (6)
Blasphemous Act
Sorcery
$0.86
This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield.
Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.
Vandalblast
Sorcery
$1.45
Destroy target artifact you don't control.
Overload {4}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Faithless Looting
Sorcery
$0.34
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.)
Jeska's Will
Sorcery
$40.12
Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.
• Add {R} for each card in target opponent's hand.
• Exile the top three cards of your library. You may play them this turn.
Gamble
Sorcery
$15.59
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, discard a card at random, then shuffle.
Light Up the Stage
Sorcery
$0.29
Spectacle {R} (You may cast this spell for its spectacle cost rather than its mana cost if an opponent lost life this turn.)
Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.
Artifacts (4)
Swiftfoot Boots
Artifact — Equipment
$1.93
Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Commander's Plate
Artifact — Equipment
$42.55
Equipped creature gets +3/+3 and has protection from each color that's not in your commander's color identity.
Equip commander {3}
Equip {5}
The One Ring
Legendary Artifact
$110.35
Indestructible
When The One Ring enters, if you cast it, you gain protection from everything until your next turn.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life for each burden counter on The One Ring.
{T}: Put a burden counter on The One Ring, then draw a card for each burden counter on The One Ring.
Enchantments (1)
Sticky Fingers
Enchantment — Aura
$0.22
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has menace and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token." (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures. The token is an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
When enchanted creature dies, draw a card.
Lands (37)
Rogue's Passage
Land
$0.39
{T}: Add {C}.
{4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
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.
Arena of Glory
Land
$7.51
This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain.
{T}: Add {R}.
{R}, {T}, Exert this land: Add {R}{R}. If that mana is spent on a creature spell, it gains haste until end of turn. (An exerted permanent won't untap during your next untap step.)
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.
Mines of Moria
Legendary Land
$3.33
Mines of Moria enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature.
{T}: Add {R}.
{3}{R}, {T}, Exile three cards from your graveyard: Create two Treasure tokens.
Access Tunnel
Land
$0.35
{T}: Add {C}.
{3}, {T}: Target creature with power 3 or less can't be blocked this turn.
Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
Land
$11.73
This land enters tapped.
Whenever a Mountain you control enters, if you control at least five other Mountains, you may have this land deal 3 damage to any target.
{T}: Add {R}.
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.)
Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
Legendary Land
$16.57
{T}: Add {R}.
{R}, {T}: Target legendary creature gains first strike until end of turn.
Treasure Vault
Artifact Land
$1.35
{T}: Add {C}.
{X}{X}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Create X Treasure tokens.
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.
Basic lands: 25 Mountain
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