Ben Thompson

Fire finds its form in the heat of the forge.

Volcanic Hammer

Volcanic Hammer deals 3 damage to any target.

Flash of Insight

Look at the top X cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Flashback—{1}{U}, Exile X blue cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost, then exile it. You can't exile Flash of Insight to pay for its own flashback cost.)

Chainer's Edict

Target player sacrifices a creature.
Flashback {5}{B}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

No circle has a beginning, but many have foreseeable ends.

Swelter

Swelter deals 2 damage to each of two target creatures.

Edgewalker

Cleric spells you cast cost {W}{B} less to cast. This effect reduces only the amount of colored mana you pay. (For example, if you cast a Cleric spell with mana cost {1}{W}, it costs {1} to cast.)

Serum Visions

Draw a card. Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Assault // Battery

Wax // Wane

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

March of the Machines

Each noncreature artifact is an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its mana value. (Equipment that's a creature can't equip a creature.)

Starlit Sanctum

{T}: Add {C}.
{W}, {T}, Sacrifice a Cleric creature: You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness.
{B}, {T}, Sacrifice a Cleric creature: Target player loses life equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

Staff of Domination

{1}: Untap Staff of Domination.
{2}, {T}: You gain 1 life.
{3}, {T}: Untap target creature.
{4}, {T}: Tap target creature.
{5}, {T}: Draw a card.

Long-Term Plans

Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card third from the top.

Lymph, the fluid essence of blinkmoths, is prized by wizards for the rush of intellect it provides.

Thirst for Knowledge

Draw three cards. Then discard two cards unless you discard an artifact card.

Bottle Gnomes

Sacrifice Bottle Gnomes: You gain 3 life.

The orcs' banner sends a clear message: "Stand against us and meet the same fate as the goblins."

Orcish Oriflamme

Attacking creatures you control get +1/+0.

On every plane in the Multiverse, there is magic, and someone is using it to fly.

Defy Gravity

Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
Flashback {U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Like a meteor, it strikes from above without warning. Unlike a meteor, it then carries you off and eats you.

Razorfoot Griffin

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

Mistbind Clique

Flash
Flying
Champion a Faerie (When this comes into play, sacrifice it unless you remove another Faerie you control from the game. When this leaves play, that card returns to play.)
When a Faerie is championed with Mistbind Clique, tap all lands target player controls.

Flash
Flying
Champion a Faerie (When this enters, sacrifice it unless you exile another Faerie you control. When this leaves the battlefield, that card returns to the battlefield.)
When a Faerie is championed with Mistbind Clique, tap all lands target player controls.

"No matter how adept our artistic skill, our effigies can never hope to capture the vibrant beauty of a living elf. Perhaps that is truly why we mourn."

Elvish Eulogist

Sacrifice Elvish Eulogist: You gain 1 life for each Elf card in your graveyard.

"Steel rusts. Arrows break. But righteousness is always strong, always sharp."

Sinstriker's Will

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "{T}: This creature deals damage equal to its power to target attacking or blocking creature."

All that remains when the fog finishes are neat piles of polished bones, like acid-etched glass. Orzhov servants collect them to make altar chimes.

Hissing Miasma

Whenever a creature attacks you, its controller loses 1 life.

A skilled decoy can throw your enemies off your trail. A master decoy can survive to do it again.

Master Decoy

The elves had the edge in guile, skill, and valor. But in the end, only sheer numbers mattered.

Slay

Destroy target green creature. It can't be regenerated.
Draw a card.

"What's better than smashing things with a rock? A rock that gets up and smashes things for you."
—Toggo, goblin weaponsmith

Flowstone Crusher

{R}: Flowstone Crusher gets +1/-1 until end of turn.

Akuta, Born of Ash

Haste
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have more cards in hand than each opponent, you may sacrifice a Swamp. If you do, return Akuta, Born of Ash from your graveyard to play.

Haste
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have more cards in hand than each opponent, you may sacrifice a Swamp. If you do, return Akuta, Born of Ash from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Kashi-Tribe Elite

Legendary Snakes you control can't be the targets of spells or abilities.
Whenever Kashi-Tribe Elite deals combat damage to a creature, tap that creature and it doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Legendary Snakes you control have shroud. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities.)
Whenever Kashi-Tribe Elite deals combat damage to a creature, tap that creature and it doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Patron of the Kitsune

Fox offering (You may play this card any time you could play an instant by sacrificing a Fox and paying the difference in mana costs between this and the sacrificed Fox. Mana cost includes color.)
Whenever a creature attacks, you may gain 1 life.

Fox offering (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant by sacrificing a Fox and paying the difference in mana costs between this and the sacrificed Fox. Mana cost includes color.)
Whenever a creature attacks, you may gain 1 life.

Shining Shoal

You may remove a white card with converted mana cost X in your hand from the game rather than pay Shining Shoal's mana cost.
The next X damage that a source of your choice would deal to you or a creature you control this turn is dealt to target creature or player instead.

You may exile a white card with mana value X from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
The next X damage that a source of your choice would deal to you and/or creatures you control this turn is dealt to any target instead.

Konda's servants dared not neglect their duties for a moment under Masako's icy gaze, knowing that what she saw, Lord Konda would hear.

Masako the Humorless

You may play Masako the Humorless any time you could play an instant.
Tapped creatures you control may block as though they were untapped.

Flash
Tapped creatures you control can block as though they were untapped.

When the Honden of Cleansing Fire was abandoned, its attendants swarmed Kamigawa to erode mortal will.

Silent-Chant Zubera

When Silent-Chant Zubera is put into a graveyard from play, you gain 2 life for each Zubera put into a graveyard from play this turn.

When Silent-Chant Zubera dies, you gain 2 life for each Zubera that died this turn.

Hankyu

Equipped creature has "{T}: Put an aim counter on Hankyu" and "{T}, Remove all aim counters from Hankyu: This creature deals damage to target creature or player equal to the number of aim counters removed."
Equip {4} ({4}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Equipped creature has "{T}: Put an aim counter on Hankyu" and "{T}, Remove all aim counters from Hankyu: This creature deals damage to any target equal to the number of aim counters removed this way."
Equip {4} ({4}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Before the Kami War, the shishi were symbolic guardians, protecting the shrines where they stood. But after the kami turned on the material world, shishi began pouncing from their perches to attack would-be supplicants.

Jade Idol

Whenever you play a Spirit or Arcane spell, Jade Idol becomes a 4/4 Spirit artifact creature until end of turn.

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, Jade Idol becomes a 4/4 Spirit artifact creature until end of turn.

Early Frost

Souls and steel, the essence of Mirrodin. Memnarch lacks one but has an abundance of the other.

Avarice Totem

{5}: Exchange control of Avarice Totem and target nonland permanent.

Chromescale Drake

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to play for each artifact you control.)
Flying
When Chromescale Drake comes into play, reveal the top three cards of your library. Put all artifact cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Flying
When Chromescale Drake enters, reveal the top three cards of your library. Put all artifact cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.

Surestrike Trident

Equipped creature has first strike and "{T}, Unattach Surestrike Trident: This creature deals damage equal to its power to target player."
Equip {4} ({4}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery. This card comes into play unattached and stays in play if the creature leaves play.)

Equipped creature has first strike and "{T}, Unattach Surestrike Trident: This creature deals damage equal to its power to target player or planeswalker."
Equip {4} ({4}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery. This card enters unattached and stays on the battlefield if the creature leaves.)

It turns the adversity of the moment into the knowledge of a lifetime.

Farsight Mask

Whenever a source an opponent controls deals damage to you, if Farsight Mask is untapped, you may draw a card.

Mindstorm Crown

At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card if you had no cards in hand at the beginning of this turn. If you had a card in hand, Mindstorm Crown deals 1 damage to you.

"The simplest way to plan ahead is merely to be ready for everything."
—Pontifex, elder researcher

Myr Adapter

Myr Adapter gets +1/+1 for each Equipment attached to it.

Parallel Thoughts

When Parallel Thoughts comes into play, search your library for seven cards, remove them from the game in a face-down pile, and shuffle that pile. Then shuffle your library.
If you would draw a card, you may instead put the top card of the pile you removed into your hand.

When Parallel Thoughts enters, search your library for seven cards, exile them in a face-down pile, and shuffle that pile. Then shuffle your library.
If you would draw a card, you may instead put the top card of the pile you exiled into your hand.

Daru Mender

Morph {W} (You may play this face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When Daru Mender is turned face up, regenerate target creature.

Morph {W} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When Daru Mender is turned face up, regenerate target creature.

"Now that I have your attention, perhaps I can tell you of the Order."

Whipgrass Entangler

{1}{W}: Until end of turn, target creature gains "This creature can't attack or block unless its controller pays {1} for each Cleric in play. (This cost is paid as attackers or blockers are declared.)"

{1}{W}: Until end of turn, target creature gains "This creature can't attack or block unless its controller pays {1} for each Cleric on the battlefield."

Taking the form of a junior researcher, the first sliver slipped out of Riptide.

Mistform Sliver

All Slivers have "{1}: This creature's type becomes the creature type of your choice in addition to its other types until end of turn."

All Slivers have "{1}: This permanent becomes the creature type of your choice in addition to its other types until end of turn."

"Their blood is the nectar that nourishes the Cabal."
—Phage the Untouchable

Blood Celebrant

{B}, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.

{B}, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.

"It is from Phage that this evil springs, and to her it shall return."
—Akroma, angelic avenger

Infest

All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.

"Family plots are so convenient."
—Cabal Patriarch

Patriarch's Bidding

Each player chooses a creature type. Each player returns all creature cards of a type chosen this way from his or her graveyard to play.

Each player chooses a creature type. Each player returns all creature cards of a type chosen this way from their graveyard to the battlefield.

Lost in Thought

Enchanted creature can't attack or block and its activated abilities can't be played. Its controller may remove three cards in his or her graveyard from the game to ignore this ability until end of turn.

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated. Its controller may exile three cards from their graveyard for that player to ignore this effect until end of turn.

Plagiarize

Until end of turn, if target player would draw a card, instead that player skips that draw and you draw a card.

Hallowed Healer

oc
T: Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.
Threshold oc
T: Prevent the next 4 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. (Play this ability only if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.)

{T}: Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
Threshold — {T}: Prevent the next 4 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn. Activate only if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Tattoo Ward

Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has protection from enchantments. This effect doesn't remove Tattoo Ward.
Sacrifice Tattoo Ward: Destroy target enchantment.

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has protection from enchantments. This effect doesn't remove Tattoo Ward.
Sacrifice Tattoo Ward: Destroy target enchantment.

Cabal Shrine

Whenever a player plays a spell, that player discards X cards from his or her hand, where X is the number of cards in all graveyards with the same name as that spell.

Whenever a player casts a spell, that player discards X cards, where X is the number of cards in all graveyards with the same name as that spell.

His reputation precedes him—and so does his weapon.

Halberdier

Island

Dega Sanctuary

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control a black or red permanent, you gain 2 life. If you control a black permanent and a red permanent, you gain 4 life instead.

Sisay discovered that the mirrored hull of the *Weatherlight* could be used as a defensive weapon.

Captain's Maneuver

The next X damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn is dealt to another target creature or player instead.

The next X damage that would be dealt to target creature, planeswalker, or player this turn is dealt to another target creature, planeswalker, or player instead.

Just as leaves fall from the branches of a living tree, so too do the dead leave the elfhame.

Llanowar Dead

"Dig. Dig. Dig. Dig. Dig. Dig. Die!"
—Goblin chant

Goblin Digging Team

{T}, Sacrifice Goblin Digging Team: Destroy target Wall.

Pollen Remedy

Kicker—
Sacrifice a land. (You may sacrifice a land in addition to any other costs as you play this spell.)
Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt this turn to any number of target creatures and/or players, divided as you choose. If you paid the kicker cost, prevent the next 6 damage this way instead.

Kicker—Sacrifice a land. (You may sacrifice a land in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell.)
Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt this turn to any number of targets, divided as you choose. If this spell was kicked, prevent the next 6 damage this way instead.

Urborg would just as soon steal your memories as your life.

Noxious Vapors

Each player reveals his or her hand and chooses one card of each color from it, then discards all other nonland cards from it.

Each player reveals their hand, chooses one card of each color from it, then discards all other nonland cards.

Overabundance

Whenever a player taps a land for mana, that player adds one additional mana to his or her mana pool of the same type, and Overabundance deals 1 damage to him or her.

Whenever a player taps a land for mana, that player adds one mana of any type that land produced, and Overabundance deals 1 damage to the player.

Plains

Our war is against suffering, not against those who cause it.
—Samite creed

Samite Sanctuary

o2: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn. Any player may play this ability.

{2}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn. Any player may activate this ability.

Latulla's Orders

You may play Latulla's Orders any time you could play an instant.
Whenever enchanted creature deals combat damage to defending player, you may have it destroy target artifact that player controls.

Flash
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature deals combat damage to defending player, you may destroy target artifact that player controls.

Crovax hungered for power, and the stronghold devoured the sky.

Flame Rift

Flame Rift deals 4 damage to each player.

Hired Giant

When Hired Giant comes into play, each other player may search his or her library for a land card, put that card into play, then shuffle that library.

When Hired Giant enters, each other player may search their library for a land card and put that card onto the battlefield. Then each player who searched their library this way shuffles.

The return of Ramos was foretold by devastating natural disasters and unnatural storms.

Stone Rain

Dust Bowl

oc
T: Add one colorless mana to your mana pool.
o3, oc
T, Sacrifice a land: Destroy target nonbasic land.

{T}: Add {C}.
{3}, {T}, Sacrifice a land: Destroy target nonbasic land.

Tember City

Whenever a player taps a land for mana, Tember City deals 1 damage to that player.
Whenever you roll {Chaos}, each other player sacrifices a nonland permanent.

Whenever a player taps a land for mana, Tember City deals 1 damage to that player.
Whenever chaos ensues, each other player sacrifices a nonland permanent.

Judge's ruling: The interior of the face still counts as the face, so a nose-pick is legitimate grounds for saying "Gotcha!"

Touch and Go

Destroy target land.
Gotcha Whenever an opponent touches his or her face, you may say "Gotcha" If you do, return Touch and Go from your graveyard to your hand.

Destroy target land.
Gotcha — If an opponent touches their face, you may say "Gotcha!" When you do, return Touch and Go from your graveyard to your hand.