The List of Free Spells and Similar Effects (Custom MTG Deck)

The List of Free Spells and Similar Effects

Custom Affinity Delver Discard Madness Reanimator Theme/Gimmick

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EDH (358)

Pauper (92)

Green (60)

Black (58)

White (56)

Removal (32)

Sacrifice (17)

Affinity (12)

Phyrexian Mana (9)

Standard (7)

Commander Check (5)

Flashback (5)

Land Check And Creature Tap (5)

Land Check And Opponent (4)

Cast And Graveyard Check (2)

Improvise (2)

Removal And Life (2)

Legacy (350)

Colorless (93)

Convoke (86)

Zero Cost (57)

Red (48)

Opening Hand (25)

X Cost (16)

Land Check (11)

Creature ETB Trigger (8)

Discard (6)

Grandeur (6)

Graveyard Check And Sacrifice (5)

Return (5)

Trap (4)

Creature Check (2)

Land Check And Life (2)

1x Rouse
1x Snuff Out

Sneak (2)

Attraction and Graveyard Check (1)

1x "Lifetime" Pass Holder

Discard And Life (1)

1x Street Wraith

Face Up Check (1)

1x Deathmist Raptor

Graveyard Check And Creature Death (1)

1x Bridge from Below

Land Check And Scry (1)

1x Council's Deliberation

Lifegain And Graveyard Check (1)

1x Silversmote Ghoul

Power Target Check (1)

1x Not of this World

Scavenge (1)

1x Slitherhead

Vintage (344)

Modern (245)

Blue (46)

Begins In Play (17)

Gold (17)

Vintage Restricted (14)

Casual (10)

Opponent Discard (7)

Graveyard Check (6)

Graveyard and Land Check (5)

Splice (5)

Madness (3)

Artist Check (2)

Graveyard Check And Creature Tap (2)

Land Check And Sacrifice (2)

Suspend (2)

Discard And Sacrifice (1)

1x Edge of Autumn

First Spell Cast Check (1)

1x Once Upon a Time

Hand Check And Sacrifice (1)

1x Akuta, Born of Ash

Land ETB Trigger (1)

1x Bloodghast

Modified Check (1)

1x Walking Skyscraper

Spell Cast Check (1)

1x Patrician's Scorn

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Other (28)

There is always a price to pay for freedom, but how far are you willing to go?

My definition of "playing cards for free" means not needing to tap lands for mana in order to cast them or use the cards ability. Whether you have to remove/discard cards, begin the with them in play, pay life, tap creatures, or cards that straight up cost 0 mana, then I consider it to be free. I'm not going to include every land because that is not only a given, but there is already a list of every land stated here.

A big thanks to rshizzle, Caes, Sinist3r, and shuflw for helping me complete my list.

If there any cards that I have missed, suggest them and I'll add them to the list. Should I add suspend cards? Cards that untap lands like Cloud of Faeries, Frantic Search, or Snap? Should dredge be included? What about contraptions? Should I include other MTGA only formats such as Historic, Brawl, or Explorer? And lastly, what about other formats such as Oathbreaker or Pioneer? Let me know down in the comments on your thoughts about the definition of free cast/similar effect and what should or shouldn't be allowed. And lastly, if there were any bans of any of these cards in any of the formats, let me know. I don't really keep up to date with a lot of the formats.

If you want to check out more 'Guides to Building', check out this folder for more lists put together by the wonderful people of the community.

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Revision 65 See all

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+1	Calamity of Cinders	main
+1	Leyline of Hope	main
+1	Leyline of Mutation	main
+1	Leyline of Resonance	main
+1	Leyline of Transformation	main
+1	Order of Sacred Dusk	main
+1	The Wandering Rescuer	main

Top Ranked	Achieved #31 position overall 8 years ago Achieved #1 position in Unknown 3 years ago
Date added	9 years
Last updated	2 months
Legality	This deck is Custom legal.
Rarity (main - side)	24 - 0 Mythic Rares 155 - 0 Rares 97 - 0 Uncommons 102 - 0 Commons
Cards	378
Avg. CMC	3.51
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Avatar 4/4 W, Beast 3/3 G, Bird 1/1 W, Construct 6/12 C, Elemental 1/1 R w/ Pinging, Elemental 3/1 R w/ Trample, haste, Elf Knight 2/2 GW, Food, Giant 4/4 R, Gnome 1/1 C, Goblin 1/1 R, Morph 2/2 C, Saproling 1/1 G, Snake 1/1 G, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Spirit 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 W, Thopter 1/1 C, Wurm / G, Zombie 2/2 B
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