The Whims of Fate (Calix +1/+1 Counters and Auras)

Commander / EDH Archon Aura Hexproof Casual Counters Enchant Enchantment GW (Selesnya)

Optimator

Land (38)

• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Branchloft Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 8x Forest
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Khalni Ambush  ^Flip
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Ondu Inversion  ^Flip
• 1x Overgrown Farmland
• 8x Plains
• 1x Radiant Grove
• 1x Razorverge Thicket
• 1x Scattered Groves
• 1x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1x Strength of the Harvest  ^Flip
• 1x Sungrass Prairie
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of Plenty
• 1x Wooded Bastion

Counters (10)

• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Hydra's Growth
• 1x Kami of Whispered Hopes
• 1x Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
• 1x Resourceful Defense
• 1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 1x Sovereign Okinec Ahau
• 1x Virtue of Loyalty

Ramp (8)

• 1x Fertile Ground
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Kami of Whispered Hopes
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Sanctum Weaver
• 1x Utopia Sprawl
• 1x Wild Growth

Recursion (6)

• 1x Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip
• 1x Brilliant Restoration
• 1x Danitha, New Benalia's Light
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Silent Sentinel
• 1x What Must be Done

EnchantmentRamp (4)

• 1x Danitha Capashen, Paragon
• 1x Golden-Tail Trainer
• 1x Jukai Naturalist
• 1x Strong Back

Wrath (3)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Ondu Inversion  ^Flip
• 1x What Must be Done

Aura (19)

• 1x All That Glitters
• 1x Almost Perfect
• 1x Ancestral Mask
• 1x Angelic Destiny
• 1x Animal Friend
• 1x Armadillo Cloak
• 1x Bear Umbra
• 1x Celestial Archon
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Ellivere of the Wild Court
• 1x Ethereal Armor
• 1x Gylwain, Casting Director
• 1x Hydra's Growth
• 1x Idolized
• 1x Shield of the Oversoul
• 1x Strength of the Harvest  ^Flip
• 1x Strong Back
• 1x Timely Ward
• 1x Unflinching Courage

Enchantment (15)

• 1x Banishing Light
• 1x Buried in the Garden
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Enchantress's Presence
• 1x Fertile Ground
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Karmic Justice MP
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Resourceful Defense
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Utopia Sprawl
• 1x Virtue of Loyalty
• 1x Wild Growth

EnchantmentCreature (7)

• 1x Celestial Archon
• 1x Eidolon of Blossoms
• 1x Jukai Naturalist
• 1x Nyxborn Behemoth
• 1x Sanctum Weaver
• 1x Sythis, Harvest's Hand
• 1x Weaver of Harmony

Protection (6)

• 1x Almost Perfect
• 1x Bear Umbra
• 1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 1x Shield of the Oversoul
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Timely Ward

Utility (5)

• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Karmic Justice MP
• 1x Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
• 1x Weaver of Harmony
• 1x Yenna, Redtooth Regent *f-pre*

Anthem (2)

• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Weaver of Harmony

Commander (1)

Creature (17)

• 1x Danitha Capashen, Paragon
• 1x Danitha, New Benalia's Light
• 1x Ellivere of the Wild Court
• 1x Golden-Tail Trainer
• 1x Gylwain, Casting Director
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Kami of Whispered Hopes
• 1x Krond the Dawn-Clad
• 1x Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
• 1x Mesa Enchantress
• 1x Satyr Enchanter
• 1x Setessan Champion
• 1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 1x Silent Sentinel
• 1x Sovereign Okinec Ahau
• 1x Verduran Enchantress
• 1x Yenna, Redtooth Regent *f-pre*

Draw (9)

• 1x Eidolon of Blossoms
• 1x Ellivere of the Wild Court
• 1x Enchantress's Presence
• 1x Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
• 1x Mesa Enchantress
• 1x Satyr Enchanter
• 1x Setessan Champion
• 1x Sythis, Harvest's Hand
• 1x Verduran Enchantress

Removal (7)

• 1x Banishing Light
• 1x Buried in the Garden
• 1x Creeping Corrosion
• 1x Darksteel Mutation
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Krond the Dawn-Clad
• 1x Oblivion Ring

Evasion (5)

• 1x Angelic Destiny
• 1x Armadillo Cloak
• 1x Celestial Archon
• 1x Shield of the Oversoul
• 1x Unflinching Courage

LateRamp (3)

• 1x Bear Umbra
• 1x Buried in the Garden
• 1x Mirari's Wake

Fight (1)

• 1x Khalni Ambush  ^Flip

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Maybeboard

Creature (95)

• 1x Abzan Battle Priest SL
• 1x Abzan Falconer SL
• 1x Ajani's Chosen SL
• 1x Angelic Overseer
• 1x Archon of Sun's Grace SL
• 1x Archon of Valor's Reach SL
• 1x Argothian Enchantress
• 1x Aura Gnarlid SL
• 1x Auramancer SL
• 2x Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
• 1x Byrke, Long Ear of the Law
• 1x Carnage Tyrant
• 1x Codsworth, Handy Helper
• 1x Collector Ouphe
• 1x Composer of Spring
• 2x Conclave Mentor SL
• 1x Copper Host Crusher SL
• 1x Cragplate Baloth
• 1x Danitha, Benalia's Hope
• 2x Dauntless Escort
• 1x Defiler of Vigor SL
• 2x Destiny Spinner SL
• 1x Dowsing Shaman
• 1x Dromoka, the Eternal SL
• 1x Dusk Legion Duelist *f-pre* SL
• 1x Elderwood Scion SL
• 2x Emissary Green SL
• 1x Enduring Scalelord SL
• 1x Envoy of the Ancestors
• 1x Essence Warden SL
• 1x Fang of Shigeki SL
• 2x Femeref Enchantress SL
• 1x Fleecemane Lion SL
• 2x Forgotten Ancient SL
• 1x Ghostly Dancers SL
• 1x Guardian Augmenter
• 1x Hamza, Guardian of Arashin SL
• 1x Heliod's Pilgrim SL
• 1x Herald of the Pantheon SL
• 2x Kalonian Hydra SL
• 1x Knickknack Ouphe SL
• 1x Kodama of the West Tree
• 1x Kor Spiritdancer SL
• 1x Kurbis, Harvest Celebrant SL
• 2x Leinore, Autumn Sovereign SL
• 1x Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice
• 1x Managorger Hydra SL
• 2x Molder Slug SL
• 1x Moon-Blessed Cleric SL
• 1x Nomad Mythmaker
• 2x Ondu Spiritdancer
• 1x Optimistic Scavenger SL
• 1x Paradise Druid SL
• 2x Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor
• 1x Plated Crusher
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade SL
• 1x Saryth, the Viper's Fang
• 2x Selfless Spirit
• 2x Sigarda, Host of Herons
• 1x Siona, Captain of the Pyleas SL
• 1x Sram, Senior Edificer SL
• 1x Starfield Mystic SL
• 1x Steelbane Hydra SL
• 1x Sun Titan SL
• 1x Sungold Sentinel
• 1x Tanglespan Lookout SL
• 2x Thrun, Breaker of Silence SL
• 1x Thrun, the Last Troll
• 1x Timber Paladin SL
• 1x Transcendent Envoy SL
• 1x Trickster's Elk SL
• 1x Troll Ascetic SL
• 1x Tuskguard Captain SL
• 1x Umbra Mystic SL
• 1x Vine Mare
• 1x Vorinclex SL  ^Flip
• 2x Witch Enchanter  ^Flip
• 1x Yavimaya Enchantress SL
• 1x Zetalpa, Primal Dawn SL

Removal (33)

• 1x Act of Authority SL
• 2x Archdruid's Charm SL
• 1x Aura Shards SL
• 1x Beast Within SL
• 1x Borrowed Time SL
• 1x Calming Verse SL
• 1x Cast Out SL
• 1x Deglamer SL
• 1x Elspeth Conquers Death SL
• 1x Generous Gift SL
• 2x Kenrith's Transformation SL
• 1x Krosan Grip SL
• 2x Molder Slug SL
• 1x Ossification
• 2x Seal from Existence
• 2x Seeds of Innocence SL
• 2x Sheltered by Ghosts SL
• 1x Steelbane Hydra SL
• 1x Stroke of Midnight SL
• 1x Swords to Plowshares SL
• 1x Sylvan Reclamation SL
• 2x Trapped in the Screen
• 1x Trickster's Elk SL
• 1x Unravel the Aether SL
• 2x Witch Enchanter  ^Flip

EnchantmentCreature (17)

• 1x Arasta of the Endless Web SL
• 1x Archetype of Courage
• 2x Archetype of Endurance SL
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Eidolon of Countless Battles SL
• 1x Heliod, Sun-Crowned
• 1x Karametra, God of Harvests SL
• 1x Nylea's Colossus SL
• 1x Nyxbloom Ancient
• 1x Overlord of the Hauntwoods
• 1x Renata, Called to the Hunt SL
• 1x Shigeki, Jukai Visionary SL
• 2x Soaring Lightbringer
• 1x Spirited Companion SL
• 1x Springheart Nantuko

Cheat (14)

• 1x Composer of Spring
• 1x Fight Rigging SL
• 1x Holy Avenger SL
• 2x Invasion of Shandalar SL  ^Flip
• 1x Knickknack Ouphe SL
• 1x Mosswort Bridge SL
• 1x Rabble Rousing SL
• 2x Rishkar's Expertise SL
• 1x Songbirds' Blessing SL
• 1x Turntimber Symbiosis SL  ^Flip
• 1x Vault 101: Birthday Party SL
• 1x Vorinclex SL  ^Flip

Anthem (5)

• 1x Always Watching SL
• 1x Beastmaster Ascension SL
• 1x Boon of the Spirit Realm
• 1x Dictate of Heliod SL
• 1x Starlight Spectacular SL

Stax (5)

• 1x Archon of Valor's Reach SL
• 1x Collector Ouphe
• 1x Nevermore SL
• 1x Null Rod
• 1x Stony Silence

Wrath (5)

• 3x Damning Verdict SL
• 1x Farewell SL
• 1x Winds of Rath SL

Enchantment (48)

• 1x Act of Authority SL
• 1x Always Watching SL
• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Aura Shards SL
• 1x Beastmaster Ascension SL
• 1x Blind Obedience SL
• 1x Boon of the Spirit Realm
• 1x Borrowed Time SL
• 1x Caretaker's Talent
• 1x Carpet of Flowers SL
• 1x Cast Out SL
• 1x Cathars' Crusade SL
• 1x Citadel Siege SL
• 1x City of Death
• 1x Collective Blessing SL
• 2x Concord with the Kami SL
• 2x Destiny Spinner SL
• 1x Dictate of Heliod SL
• 1x Elspeth Conquers Death SL
• 1x Fang of Shigeki SL
• 1x Felidar Retreat SL
• 1x Fight Rigging SL
• 1x Fight or Flight SL
• 1x Ghostly Prison SL
• 1x Guardian Project SL
• 2x Myth Unbound SL
• 1x Nevermore SL
• 1x New Horizons SL
• 1x Ossification
• 1x Rabble Rousing SL
• 1x Reconnaissance SL
• 1x Roots of Life SL
• 1x Sandwurm Convergence SL
• 2x Seal from Existence
• 2x Sigil of the Empty Throne SL
• 1x Starlight Spectacular SL
• 1x Stony Silence
• 1x Surgical Suite / Hospital Room
• 2x Trapped in the Screen
• 1x Unnatural Growth SL
• 2x Viridian Revel SL

Protection (44)

• 2x Alpha Authority SL
• 2x Archetype of Endurance SL
• 1x Blossoming Defense SL
• 1x Broken Fall SL
• 2x Canopy Cover SL
• 2x Dauntless Escort
• 1x Dawn's Truce SL
• 2x Flawless Maneuver SL
• 1x Flickering Ward
• 1x Ghostly Prison SL
• 1x Gift of Immortality SL
• 1x Grand Crescendo SL
• 1x Guardian Augmenter
• 3x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Indestructibility SL
• 2x Inspiring Call SL
• 1x Invasion of Gobakhan SL  ^Flip
• 1x Kurbis, Harvest Celebrant SL
• 1x Lion Umbra
• 1x Saryth, the Viper's Fang
• 2x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Shardmage's Rescue
• 2x Sheltered by Ghosts SL
• 1x Shielded by Faith SL
• 2x Silkguard SL
• 1x Snake Umbra SL
• 1x Snakeskin Veil SL
• 1x Spectra Ward SL
• 2x Tamiyo's Safekeeping SL
• 1x Umbra Mystic SL
• 1x Unbreakable Formation SL
• 1x Wrap in Vigor SL

Recursion (28)

• 1x Ascend from Avernus *f-pre* SL
• 1x Auramancer SL
• 1x Cosmic Rebirth SL
• 2x Creeping Renaissance SL
• 1x Danitha, Benalia's Hope
• 1x Dowsing Shaman
• 1x Elspeth Conquers Death SL
• 1x Ghostly Dancers SL
• 2x Invasion of Shandalar SL  ^Flip
• 1x Invoke Justice SL
• 1x Mantle of the Ancients SL
• 1x Nomad Mythmaker
• 1x One Last Job
• 1x Open the Vaults
• 1x Relive the Past *f-pre* SL
• 2x Replenish HP
• 1x Resurgent Belief SL
• 1x Retether SL
• 1x Shigeki, Jukai Visionary SL
• 1x Spectral Steel SL
• 1x Sun Titan SL
• 1x Surgical Suite / Hospital Room
• 1x The Aesir Escape Valhalla
• 1x Unfinished Business SL
• 1x Vault 101: Birthday Party SL

Utility (25)

• 1x Abzan Battle Priest SL
• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Archetype of Courage
• 1x Blind Obedience SL
• 1x City of Death
• 1x Codsworth, Handy Helper
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 2x Destiny Spinner SL
• 1x Envoy of the Ancestors
• 1x Essence Warden SL
• 1x Fight or Flight SL
• 1x Gift of the Viper SL
• 2x Ondu Spiritdancer
• 1x Rabble Rousing SL
• 1x Reconnaissance SL
• 1x Roots of Life SL
• 1x Sandwurm Convergence SL
• 1x Saryth, the Viper's Fang
• 2x Sigil of the Empty Throne SL
• 1x Spawning Grounds SL
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Unnatural Growth SL

Tutor (10)

• 2x Archdruid's Charm SL
• 3x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Heliod's Pilgrim SL
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice
• 1x Moon-Blessed Cleric SL
• 1x Worldly Tutor SL

LateRamp (7)

• 1x Defiler of Vigor SL
• 1x Karametra, God of Harvests SL
• 1x Kodama of the West Tree
• 1x Nyxbloom Ancient
• 2x Open the Way SL
• 1x Vastwood Surge SL

Land (7)

• 1x Minas Tirith SL
• 1x Mosswort Bridge SL
• 1x Turntimber Symbiosis SL  ^Flip
• 2x Valgavoth's Lair
• 2x Witch Enchanter  ^Flip

Other (5)

• 2x Giggling Skitterspike
• 1x Harnessed Snubhorn *f-etch*
• 1x Secret Arcade / Dusty Parlor
• 1x Soaring Lightbringer

Aura (43)

• 2x Alpha Authority SL
• 1x Angelic Gift
• 2x Canopy Cover SL
• 1x Celestial Mantle
• 1x Daybreak Coronet SL
• 1x Eidolon of Countless Battles SL
• 1x Epic Proportions SL
• 1x Feather of Flight SL
• 1x Flickering Ward
• 1x Giant Inheritance SL
• 1x Gift of Immortality SL
• 1x Gleam of Authority SL
• 1x Gryff's Boon SL
• 1x Indestructibility SL
• 1x Lion Umbra
• 1x Mantle of the Ancients SL
• 2x Overgrowth SL
• 2x Rancor SL
• 1x Sage's Reverie SL
• 1x Shardmage's Rescue
• 2x Sheltered by Ghosts SL
• 1x Shielded by Faith SL
• 1x Sixth Sense SL
• 1x Snake Umbra SL
• 1x Songbirds' Blessing SL
• 1x Spawning Grounds SL
• 1x Spectra Ward SL
• 1x Spectral Steel SL
• 1x Spirit Link
• 1x Spirit Loop
• 2x Spirit Mantle SL
• 1x Springheart Nantuko
• 1x Trickster's Elk SL
• 1x Unquestioned Authority SL
• 1x Verdant Embrace SL
• 2x Well Rested

Counters (47)

• 2x Archdruid's Charm SL
• 2x Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
• 1x Byrke, Long Ear of the Law
• 1x Case of the Trampled Garden SL
• 1x Citadel Siege SL
• 2x Conclave Mentor SL
• 2x Concord with the Kami SL
• 2x Court of Garenbrig
• 1x Defiler of Vigor SL
• 1x Dromoka, the Eternal SL
• 2x Emissary Green SL
• 1x Enduring Scalelord SL
• 1x Fangs of Kalonia SL
• 1x Felidar Retreat SL
• 1x Fight Rigging SL
• 2x Forgotten Ancient SL
• 1x Gift of the Viper SL
• 1x Hamza, Guardian of Arashin SL
• 1x Heliod, Sun-Crowned
• 1x Invasion of Gobakhan SL  ^Flip
• 1x Invoke Justice SL
• 2x Kalonian Hydra SL
• 2x Leinore, Autumn Sovereign SL
• 1x Managorger Hydra SL
• 1x Optimistic Scavenger SL
• 1x Primeval Bounty
• 1x Renata, Called to the Hunt SL
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade SL
• 2x Silkguard SL
• 1x Snakeskin Veil SL
• 1x Surgical Suite / Hospital Room
• 1x The Aesir Escape Valhalla
• 2x Tribute to the World Tree SL
• 1x Unbreakable Formation SL
• 1x Vastwood Surge SL
• 1x Vorinclex SL  ^Flip

Draw (39)

• 1x Angelic Gift
• 1x Argothian Enchantress
• 1x Caretaker's Talent
• 1x Case of the Locked Hothouse SL
• 2x Concord with the Kami SL
• 1x Dusk Legion Duelist *f-pre* SL
• 2x Femeref Enchantress SL
• 1x Garruk's Uprising SL
• 1x Glorious Sunrise SL
• 1x Guardian Project SL
• 1x Hunter's Talent
• 2x Inspiring Call SL
• 2x Kenrith's Transformation SL
• 1x Kor Spiritdancer SL
• 2x Leinore, Autumn Sovereign SL
• 1x Minas Tirith SL
• 2x Myth Unbound SL
• 2x Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor
• 2x Rishkar's Expertise SL
• 1x Sage's Reverie SL
• 1x Sixth Sense SL
• 1x Snake Umbra SL
• 1x Soul's Majesty SL
• 1x Spirited Companion SL
• 1x Sram, Senior Edificer SL
• 1x Tanglespan Lookout SL
• 2x Tribute to the World Tree SL
• 1x Unquestioned Authority SL
• 2x Viridian Revel SL

Evasion (21)

• 1x Abzan Falconer SL
• 2x Canopy Cover SL
• 1x Epic Proportions SL
• 1x Feather of Flight SL
• 1x Flickering Ward
• 1x Garruk's Uprising SL
• 1x Giant Inheritance SL
• 1x Glorious Sunrise SL
• 1x Gryff's Boon SL
• 1x Kodama of the West Tree
• 2x Rancor SL
• 2x Soaring Lightbringer
• 1x Spectra Ward SL
• 2x Spirit Mantle SL
• 1x Sungold Sentinel
• 1x Tuskguard Captain SL
• 1x Unquestioned Authority SL

Ramp (17)

• 1x Arcane Signet SL
• 1x Carpet of Flowers SL
• 1x Case of the Locked Hothouse SL
• 1x Composer of Spring
• 2x Emissary Green SL
• 1x Entish Restoration SL
• 1x Glorious Sunrise SL
• 2x Myth Unbound SL
• 1x New Horizons SL
• 2x Overgrowth SL
• 1x Paradise Druid SL
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade SL
• 1x Shigeki, Jukai Visionary SL
• 1x Sol Ring SL

EnchantmentRamp (6)

• 1x Codsworth, Handy Helper
• 1x Herald of the Pantheon SL
• 2x Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor
• 1x Starfield Mystic SL
• 1x Transcendent Envoy SL

Fight (4)

• 2x Archdruid's Charm SL
• 1x Hunter's Talent
• 1x Vorinclex SL  ^Flip

GraveyardHate (1)

• 1x Farewell SL

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- - - Version 1.1 - - - 07/28/24

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The Wheel of Fate keeps turning!

My take on Calix, Guided by Fate. My good friend Darkrai073 gave me a Doubling Season for Christmas and I wanted to utilize it to the fullest, so I built this Calix deck. I also didn't have a true Enchantress deck in my collection yet.

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I tried to lean into the +1/+1 counters much more than auras, but after building half the deck I realized that Calix's second ability requires an enchanted creature and not an enchantment creature or enchanted creature. Still, I'm aiming for lots of +1/+1 counter synergy. I may reduce the aura count in the future.

I avoided Spirit Mantle and Unquestioned Authority because they prevent adding counters, but getting Calix unblockable might be worth it.

I'm trying to include a lot of the auras from the Fallout set.

As a bit of a gimmick, almost all my removal is enchantment-based, like Oblivion Ring. I know it's inferior, and it sure felt weird cutting Swords to Plowshares, Path to Exile, Stroke of Midnight, Generous Gift, and Beast Within.

I would like to squeeze in more protective things like Heroic Intervention and Inspiring Call,

I'd maybe like to add one or two hexproof auras like Canopy Cover and Alpha Authority. I currently have more indestructibility effects for the combat utility. Creatures with innate hexproof would be good too.

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Cards to likely add: Show

Owned:

Molder Slug - Emissary Green - Ghostly Dancers - Optimistic Scavenger -

Damning Verdict -

Canopy Cover - Spirit Mantle - Unquestioned Authority - Sheltered by Ghosts

Not owned:

Giggling Skitterspike - Soaring Lightbringer -

Enlightened Tutor -

Well Rested -

Valgavoth's Lair -

Cards to maybe add: Show

Owned:

Conclave Mentor - Thrun, Breaker of Silence - Sigarda, Host of Herons

Alpha Authority - Viridian Revel

Not owned:

Seal from Existence -

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Cards with an SL are cards I own. Cards with an MP are potential cuts.

Audited: 7/25/24

Date added	9 months
Last updated	1 month
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.36
Tokens	Copy Clone, Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance, Monster, On an Adventure, Royal, Sorcerer, Squirrel 1/1 G
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