Ertai, the Corrupted (Commander) - Control

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Roman Milan
Sep 23, 2025
How To Be New and Not Know Magic Lore
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Dovin's Veto
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An Offer You Can't Refuse
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Generous Gift
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Frantic Search
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Negate
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Fact or Fiction
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Ertai's Scorn
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Swan Song
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Not Dead After All
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Supreme Verdict
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Wayfarer's Bauble
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Ghostly Prison
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Bitterblossom
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Hopeless Nightmare
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Standstill
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Telepathy
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Karmic Justice
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Chime of Night
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Shark Typhoon
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Launch
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Seal of Cleansing
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Court of Vantress
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Confounding Conundrum
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Elspeth, Storm Slayer
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Hall of Heliod's Generosity
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Dark Depths
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High Market
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Sol Ring
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Arcane Signet
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Mind Stone
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Charcoal Diamond
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Island
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Godless Shrine
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Hallowed Fountain
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Prairie Stream
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Sunken Hollow
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Watery Grave
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Marsh Flats
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Sea of Clouds
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Underground River
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Morphic Pool
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Isolated Chapel
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Temple of Silence
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Vault of Champions
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Contaminated Landscape
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Temple of Deceit
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Caves of Koilos
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Adarkar Wastes
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Glacial Fortress
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Drowned Catacomb
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Temple of Enlightenment
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Azorius Chancery
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Tundra
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Dimir Aqueduct
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Shipwreck Marsh
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Scrubland
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Meticulous Archive
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Choked Estuary
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Underground Sea
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Port Town
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1%synergy
Evolving Wilds
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Undercity Sewers
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Shadowy Backstreet
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Path of Ancestry
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Deserted Beach
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Darkwater Catacombs
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Skycloud Expanse
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Obscura Storefront
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City of Brass
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Reflecting Pool
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Dromar's Cavern
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9%synergy