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Landon Crispens
Dec 8, 2025
Landon Crispens
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59%inclusion442 decks755 decks
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55%inclusion415 decks755 decks
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44xlift
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21%inclusion160 decks755 decks
43xlift
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6.0%inclusion45 decks755 decks
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7.0%inclusion53 decks755 decks
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26%inclusion196 decks755 decks
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6.8%inclusion51 decks755 decks
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36%inclusion269 decks755 decks
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6.2%inclusion47 decks755 decks
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51%inclusion384 decks755 decks
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22%inclusion167 decks755 decks
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22%inclusion166 decks755 decks
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Unhallowed Phalanx
20%inclusion149 decks755 decks
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Dreamborn Muse
19%inclusion147 decks755 decks
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Merfolk Secretkeeper
19%inclusion142 decks755 decks
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Captain N'ghathrod
16%inclusion124 decks755 decks
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Soulless Jailer
16%inclusion119 decks755 decks
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Riddlekeeper
15%inclusion116 decks755 decks
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Avatar of Woe
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14%inclusion109 decks755 decks
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The Master of Lake-town
14%inclusion15 decks109 decks
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Disciple of Deceit
13%inclusion95 decks755 decks
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Mirelurk Queen
12%inclusion88 decks755 decks
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Wrexial, the Risen Deep
12%inclusion88 decks755 decks
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11%inclusion80 decks755 decks
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Shadow Kin
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Jace's Archivist
10%inclusion76 decks755 decks
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Wall of Mist
10%inclusion73 decks755 decks
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Drift of Phantasms
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Baleful Strix
8.6%inclusion65 decks755 decks
0.4xlift
Solemn Simulacrum
8.2%inclusion62 decks755 decks
0.6xlift
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Counterspell
48%inclusion363 decks755 decks
1.0xlift
Dramatic Reversal
41%inclusion307 decks755 decks
20xlift
Visions of Beyond
39%inclusion291 decks755 decks
11xlift
Didn't Say Please
36%inclusion271 decks755 decks
6.7xlift
Thought Collapse
32%inclusion245 decks755 decks
10xlift
Psychic Strike
32%inclusion241 decks755 decks
9.2xlift
Negate
29%inclusion222 decks755 decks
0.9xlift
Into the Story
27%inclusion203 decks755 decks
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Grisly Spectacle
24%inclusion181 decks755 decks
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Thought Scour
21%inclusion160 decks755 decks
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Archive Trap
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20%inclusion150 decks755 decks
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19%inclusion145 decks755 decks
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15%inclusion116 decks755 decks
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Diabolic Tutor
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Nuclear Fallout
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Read the Bones
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0.9xlift
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5.0%inclusion38 decks755 decks
5.8xlift
Scheming Symmetry
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2.7xlift
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6.1xlift
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39%inclusion292 decks755 decks
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Thousand-Year Elixir
32%inclusion241 decks755 decks
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Mesmeric Orb
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7.0xlift
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Lightning Greaves
21%inclusion157 decks755 decks
0.9xlift
Riverchurn Monument
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Keening Stone
19%inclusion146 decks755 decks
17xlift
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
15%inclusion116 decks755 decks
6.6xlift
Wayfarer's Bauble
15%inclusion113 decks755 decks
0.8xlift
Swiftfoot Boots
14%inclusion109 decks755 decks
0.6xlift
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
10%inclusion77 decks755 decks
14xlift
Tormod's Crypt
8.5%inclusion64 decks755 decks
5.4xlift
Folio of Fancies
7.8%inclusion59 decks755 decks
10xlift
Grindstone
7.4%inclusion56 decks755 decks
11xlift
Profane Memento
7.3%inclusion55 decks755 decks
12xlift
Slagwurm Armor
6.9%inclusion52 decks755 decks
33xlift
Altar of Dementia
6.8%inclusion51 decks755 decks
2.0xlift
Sapphire Medallion
6.2%inclusion47 decks755 decks
1.1xlift
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6.0%inclusion45 decks755 decks
10xlift
Soul-Guide Lantern
5.7%inclusion43 decks755 decks
2.4xlift
Nihil Spellbomb
5.3%inclusion40 decks755 decks
6.2xlift
Enchantments
Psychic Corrosion
45%inclusion340 decks755 decks
7.5xlift
Fraying Sanity
43%inclusion326 decks755 decks
12xlift
Memory Erosion
41%inclusion311 decks755 decks
10xlift
Court of Cunning
34%inclusion253 decks755 decks
5.1xlift
Sphinx's Tutelage
33%inclusion250 decks755 decks
11xlift
Propaganda
32%inclusion243 decks755 decks
2.1xlift
Intruder Alarm
27%inclusion207 decks755 decks
23xlift
Unstoppable Plan
22%inclusion137 decks622 decks
15xlift
Freed from the Real
20%inclusion152 decks755 decks
22xlift
Phyrexian Arena
19%inclusion147 decks755 decks
1.4xlift
Bloodchief Ascension
19%inclusion143 decks755 decks
5.5xlift
Teferi's Tutelage
19%inclusion141 decks755 decks
8.4xlift
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17%inclusion131 decks755 decks
14xlift
Pemmin's Aura
10%inclusion76 decks755 decks
16xlift
Drowned Secrets
9.4%inclusion71 decks755 decks
10xlift
Animate Dead
8.5%inclusion64 decks755 decks
0.8xlift
Leyline of the Void
8.2%inclusion62 decks755 decks
2.6xlift
Jace's Erasure
8.1%inclusion61 decks755 decks
7.5xlift
Mystic Remora
7.4%inclusion56 decks755 decks
1.7xlift
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25%inclusion188 decks755 decks
12xlift
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14%inclusion108 decks755 decks
6.9xlift
Jace Beleren
10%inclusion79 decks755 decks
15xlift
Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
6.6%inclusion50 decks755 decks
3.8xlift
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
6.6%inclusion50 decks755 decks
4.3xlift
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6.4%inclusion48 decks755 decks
5.2xlift
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6.1%inclusion46 decks755 decks
1.9xlift
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Bojuka Bog
44%inclusion333 decks755 decks
1.1xlift
Nephalia Drownyard
42%inclusion316 decks755 decks
3.5xlift
Reliquary Tower
26%inclusion200 decks755 decks
1.0xlift
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22%inclusion109 decks490 decks
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Restless Reef
21%inclusion157 decks755 decks
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Mystic Sanctuary
17%inclusion132 decks755 decks
1.2xlift
Scavenger Grounds
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13%inclusion100 decks755 decks
1.1xlift
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0.4xlift
Mortuary Mire
10%inclusion75 decks755 decks
1.0xlift
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1.0xlift
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8.1%inclusion61 decks755 decks
1.0xlift
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7.9%inclusion60 decks755 decks
1.5xlift
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7.3%inclusion55 decks755 decks
4.8xlift
Creeping Tar Pit
6.5%inclusion49 decks755 decks
0.7xlift
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6.2%inclusion47 decks755 decks
0.8xlift
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6.0%inclusion45 decks755 decks
1.5xlift
Castle Locthwain
5.6%inclusion42 decks755 decks
1.5xlift
Lonely Sandbar
5.3%inclusion40 decks755 decks
1.5xlift
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81%inclusion615 decks755 decks
1.0xlift
Arcane Signet
78%inclusion587 decks755 decks
0.9xlift
Dimir Signet
63%inclusion475 decks755 decks
1.0xlift
Talisman of Dominance
46%inclusion351 decks755 decks
0.8xlift
Mind Stone
32%inclusion238 decks755 decks
0.9xlift
Commander's Sphere
27%inclusion203 decks755 decks
1.4xlift
Fellwar Stone
23%inclusion175 decks755 decks
0.8xlift
Thought Vessel
20%inclusion150 decks755 decks
0.7xlift
Sky Diamond
12%inclusion91 decks755 decks
1.1xlift
Charcoal Diamond
11%inclusion86 decks755 decks
1.0xlift
Midnight Clock
11%inclusion85 decks755 decks
1.4xlift
Dimir Locket
8.7%inclusion66 decks755 decks
2.5xlift
Altar of the Pantheon
8.6%inclusion65 decks755 decks
29xlift
Dimir Cluestone
6.9%inclusion52 decks755 decks
3.0xlift
Worn Powerstone
6.1%inclusion46 decks755 decks
1.4xlift
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95%inclusion716 decks755 decks
1.0xlift
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95%inclusion714 decks755 decks
1.0xlift
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0.9xlift
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63%inclusion473 decks755 decks
0.9xlift
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55%inclusion414 decks755 decks
1.2xlift
Drowned Catacomb
53%inclusion403 decks755 decks
1.1xlift
Temple of Deceit
48%inclusion359 decks755 decks
1.1xlift
Choked Estuary
46%inclusion349 decks755 decks
0.8xlift
Darkwater Catacombs
41%inclusion306 decks755 decks
0.8xlift
Shipwreck Marsh
34%inclusion255 decks755 decks
1.0xlift
Tainted Isle
34%inclusion253 decks755 decks
0.7xlift
Watery Grave
33%inclusion252 decks755 decks
1.0xlift
Evolving Wilds
32%inclusion245 decks755 decks
1.6xlift
Dismal Backwater
30%inclusion226 decks755 decks
1.4xlift
Underground River
28%inclusion215 decks755 decks
0.9xlift
Terramorphic Expanse
22%inclusion169 decks755 decks
1.6xlift
Myriad Landscape
22%inclusion166 decks755 decks
0.8xlift
Exotic Orchard
22%inclusion166 decks755 decks
0.6xlift
Morphic Pool
20%inclusion154 decks755 decks
0.9xlift
Fetid Pools
20%inclusion152 decks755 decks
1.0xlift
Clearwater Pathway
20%inclusion150 decks755 decks
1.1xlift
Dimir Guildgate
18%inclusion139 decks755 decks
2.1xlift
Polluted Delta
18%inclusion137 decks755 decks
1.0xlift
Gloomlake Verge
18%inclusion133 decks755 decks
1.0xlift
Jwar Isle Refuge
14%inclusion102 decks755 decks
1.9xlift
Submerged Boneyard
11%inclusion86 decks755 decks
1.8xlift
Sunken Ruins
11%inclusion84 decks755 decks
0.9xlift
Undercity Sewers
11%inclusion82 decks755 decks
0.7xlift
Darkslick Shores
11%inclusion82 decks755 decks
0.9xlift
River of Tears
10%inclusion78 decks755 decks
0.7xlift
Fabled Passage
9.1%inclusion69 decks755 decks
1.2xlift
Contaminated Aquifer
8.9%inclusion67 decks755 decks
1.1xlift
Waterlogged Teachings
8.7%inclusion66 decks755 decks
0.8xlift
Fell the Profane
8.1%inclusion61 decks755 decks
0.7xlift
Ice Tunnel
8.1%inclusion61 decks755 decks
1.2xlift
Boggart Trawler
7.0%inclusion53 decks755 decks
1.4xlift
Snow-Covered Island
6.9%inclusion52 decks755 decks
1.7xlift
Path of Ancestry
6.9%inclusion52 decks755 decks
0.2xlift
Port of Karfell
6.9%inclusion52 decks755 decks
0.6xlift
Snow-Covered Swamp
6.8%inclusion51 decks755 decks
1.7xlift
Sink into Stupor
6.5%inclusion49 decks755 decks
0.6xlift
Hydroelectric Specimen
6.1%inclusion46 decks755 decks
1.0xlift
Waterfront District
6.0%inclusion45 decks755 decks
1.2xlift
Underground Sea
5.6%inclusion42 decks755 decks
1.2xlift
Mistvault Bridge
5.0%inclusion38 decks755 decks
0.9xlift
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