Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign (Commander) - Budget Optimized

Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
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Jeremy Rowe
Sep 23, 2026
Jeremy Rowe
Is Sphinx's Approach a New Commander Staple?
How good is Sphinx's Approach? Will it spawn its own micro deck subtype, or should it be relegated as a useless curiosity?
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Sphinx's Approach
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
12xlift
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Sphinx of the Final Word
90%inclusion9 decks10 decks
62xlift
Counterspell
90%inclusion9 decks10 decks
1.3xlift
Conspiracy Unraveler
80%inclusion8 decks10 decks
82xlift
Scholar of the Lost Trove
80%inclusion8 decks10 decks
82xlift
Defiler of Dreams
80%inclusion8 decks10 decks
11xlift
Sapphire Medallion
80%inclusion8 decks10 decks
1.7xlift
Sphinx of Enlightenment
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
84xlift
Chancellor of the Spires
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
50xlift
Prognostic Sphinx
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
126xlift
Guardian of Tazeem
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
72xlift
High Lift Cards
Argent Sphinx
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
144xlift
Sphinx Ambassador
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
124xlift
Conundrum Sphinx
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
124xlift
Master of Predicaments
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
120xlift
Eligeth, Crossroads Augur
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120xlift
Curator of Mysteries
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
115xlift
Alhammarret, High Arbiter
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
108xlift
Dream Eater
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108xlift
Glyph Keeper
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103xlift
Enigma Thief
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
96xlift
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Windreader Sphinx
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
59xlift
Sphinx of Foresight
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
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Atemsis, All-Seeing
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Consecrated Sphinx
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Sphinx of Jwar Isle
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Sphinx of Uthuun
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Sphinx of the Second Sun
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Curator of Destinies
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67xlift
Dazzling Sphinx
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90xlift
Ormos, Archive Keeper
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Arbiter of the Ideal
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Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
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Warden of Evos Isle
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Sphinx of Lost Truths
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Riddlemaster Sphinx
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Spark Double
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Laboratory Maniac
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Cloudreader Sphinx
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Serum Sovereign
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Solemn Simulacrum
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Jwar Isle Avenger
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Phyrexian Metamorph
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Watcher of Hours
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Vexing Sphinx
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Twisted Riddlekeeper
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Deadeye Navigator
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Eluge, the Shoreless Sea
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Arcum Dagsson
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Donal, Herald of Wings
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144xlift
Thassa's Oracle
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
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Labyrinth Minotaur
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
144xlift
Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
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Cerulean Sphinx
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
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Horizon Scholar
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
72xlift
Roaming Throne
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Bloodline Pretender
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Adaptive Automaton
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Siren Stormtamer
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Sphinx of the Chimes
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Fact or Fiction
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Arcane Denial
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High Tide
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Rapid Hybridization
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An Offer You Can't Refuse
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Reality Shift
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Muddle the Mixture
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
1.0xlift
Displace
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Make Disappear
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Blue Sun's Zenith
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Redirect
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Delay
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72xlift
Snap
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Karn's Temporal Sundering
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Ponder
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
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Windfall
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Preordain
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Walk the Aeons
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Spelltwine
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Time Stretch
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Temporal Trespass
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River's Rebuke
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Sleight of Hand
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Fabricate
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Devastation Tide
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Season of Weaving
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Curse of the Swine
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Serum Visions
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Call to Mind
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Finale of Revelation
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Shimmer of Possibility
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Rise of the Eldrazi
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72xlift
Irenicus's Vile Duplication
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
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Expropriate
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Mind's Desire
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Alrund's Epiphany
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Time Warp
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Maddening Cacophony
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Tasha's Hideous Laughter
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Portent
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Rite of Replication
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Kefnet's Monument
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
10xlift
Urza's Incubator
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
90xlift
Panharmonicon
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
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Herald's Horn
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
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Swiftfoot Boots
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
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Elixir of Immortality
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
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Icon of Ancestry
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
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Wayfarer's Bauble
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
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Possessed Portal
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
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Uba Mask
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Nevinyrral's Disk
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
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Proteus Staff
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Lightning Greaves
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Omen Machine
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The Water Crystal
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Mirror of Life Trapping
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Panoptic Mirror
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The Immortal Sun
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Coat of Arms
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Spellbook
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Planar Bridge
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Vanquisher's Banner
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Sword of Hearth and Home
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Semblance Anvil
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Isochron Scepter
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Bident of Thassa
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Empyrial Plate
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Venser's Journal
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Thaumatic Compass
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18xlift
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Propaganda
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
1.7xlift
Gravitational Shift
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
82xlift
Imprisoned in the Moon
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
2.8xlift
Reflections of Littjara
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
11xlift
Back to Basics
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
1.8xlift
Sphinx's Tutelage
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
3.0xlift
Wizard Class
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1.4xlift
Omniscience
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
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Kozilek's Unsealing
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
96xlift
Virtue of Knowledge
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
17xlift
Favorable Winds
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
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Monastery Siege
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
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Parallel Thoughts
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
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Shadow of the Second Sun
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Psychic Corrosion
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
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Case of the Shifting Visage
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144xlift
Mirror Mockery
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Coastal Piracy
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
3.1xlift
Mystic Remora
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
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Psychic Venom
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
48xlift
Proft's Eidetic Memory
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
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Call to the Kindred
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
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Drowned Secrets
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
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Telepathy
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
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Dream Halls
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72xlift
Medomai's Prophecy
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
144xlift
Diplomatic Immunity
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
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Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
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Narset, Parter of Veils
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
1.1xlift
Jace, Architect of Thought
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10xlift
Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
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Utility Lands
Reliquary Tower
80%inclusion8 decks10 decks
1.7xlift
Mystic Sanctuary
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
1.0xlift
Halimar Depths
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
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Remote Isle
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
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Lonely Sandbar
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
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Memorial to Genius
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
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Terrain Generator
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
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Cephalid Coliseum
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
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Castle Vantress
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
1.3xlift
Urza's Tower
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
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Urza's Mine
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
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Desert of the Mindful
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
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Crystal Vein
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
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Command Beacon
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10xlift
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
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Hidden Cataract
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
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Blasted Landscape
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
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Temple of the False God
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
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Urza's Power Plant
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
1.8xlift
Rogue's Passage
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
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Field of Ruin
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
3.1xlift
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Sol Ring
100%inclusion10 decks10 decks
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Thought Vessel
80%inclusion8 decks10 decks
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Arcane Signet
70%inclusion7 decks10 decks
1.2xlift
Thran Dynamo
50%inclusion5 decks10 decks
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Caged Sun
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
6.1xlift
Sky Diamond
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
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Gilded Lotus
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
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Mind Stone
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
1.0xlift
Gauntlet of Power
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
11xlift
Worn Powerstone
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
4.8xlift
Midnight Clock
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
1.7xlift
Extraplanar Lens
30%inclusion3 decks10 decks
12xlift
Nyx Lotus
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
7.4xlift
Replicating Ring
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
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Coldsteel Heart
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
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Hedron Archive
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Relic of Legends
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Fellwar Stone
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Island
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Myriad Landscape
40%inclusion4 decks10 decks
1.9xlift
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20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
8.7xlift
Path of Ancestry
20%inclusion2 decks10 decks
3.9xlift
Command Tower
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1.8xlift
Ash Barrens
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10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
18xlift
Silundi Vision
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
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1.5xlift
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10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
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