David A. Cherry

Veteran Explorer

When Veteran Explorer dies, each player may search their library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Brimstone Dragon

Mistmoon Griffin

Flying
When Mistmoon Griffin dies, exile Mistmoon Griffin, then return the top creature card of your graveyard to the battlefield.

"Who needs a spear? Ya break off the horn, and ya stab the fish with it. Easy!"
—Kakra, sea troll

Narwhal

"A thankless job, and a death sentence besides."
—Eron the Relentless

Sengir Autocrat

When Sengir Autocrat comes into play, put three 0/1 black Serf creature tokens into play.
When Sengir Autocrat leaves play, remove all Serf tokens from the game.

When Sengir Autocrat enters, create three 0/1 black Serf creature tokens.
When Sengir Autocrat leaves the battlefield, exile all Serf tokens.

Serrated Arrows

Serrated Arrows comes into play with three arrowhead counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are no arrowhead counters on Serrated Arrows, sacrifice it.
{T}, Remove an arrowhead counter from Serrated Arrows: Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.

Serrated Arrows enters with three arrowhead counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are no arrowhead counters on Serrated Arrows, sacrifice it.
{T}, Remove an arrowhead counter from Serrated Arrows: Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.

"My goat was a small price to pay for the chance to see the hunting griffin dive and seize it."
—Suq'Ata trader

Ekundu Griffin

Phantasmal Terrain

Enchanted land is a basic land type of your choice.

Enchant land
As Phantasmal Terrain enters, choose a basic land type.
Enchanted land is the chosen type.

"I felt unworthy even to dream of it."
—Hanna, *Weatherlight* navigator

Revered Unicorn

Cumulative upkeep o1
If Revered Unicorn leaves play, its controller gains life equal to Revered Unicorn's last paid cumulative upkeep.

Cumulative upkeep {1} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
When Revered Unicorn leaves the battlefield, you gain life equal to the number of age counters on it.

"'Do you know, I always thought Unicorns were fabulous monsters, too? I never saw one alive before!' 'Well, now that we have seen each other,' said the Unicorn, 'if you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you.'"
—Lewis Carroll,
*Through the Looking-Glass*

Pearled Unicorn

"My sorrow: to dream of simple times, and wake in mine . . . ."
—Ola DaRiol, "Regrets"

Primal Order

During each player's upkeep, Primal Order deals to that player an amount of damage equal to the number of nonbasic lands he or she controls.

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, Primal Order deals damage to that player equal to the number of nonbasic lands they control.

The best use for a unicorn's horn is to adorn a unicorn.
—Femeref adage

Benevolent Unicorn

Whenever a spell assigns damage to a creature or player, that damage is reduced by 1.

If a spell would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals that much damage minus 1 to that permanent or player instead.

Mangara's Blessing

Gain 5 life.
When a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard Mangara's Blessing, you gain 2 life and return Mangara's Blessing from your graveyard to your hand at end of turn.

You gain 5 life.
When a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard Mangara's Blessing, you gain 2 life, and you return Mangara's Blessing from your graveyard to your hand at the beginning of the next end step.

To buy unseen land, pay in unseen coin.
—Suq'Ata maxim

Shimmer

When you play Shimmer, choose a land type.
All lands of the chosen type gain phasing.

As Shimmer enters, choose a land type.
Each land of the chosen type has phasing. (It phases in or out before its controller untaps during each of their untap steps. While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist.)

Hall of Gemstone

During each player's upkeep, that player chooses a color.
Until end of turn, each mana-producing land produces mana of the chosen color instead of its normal color.

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player chooses a color. Until end of turn, lands tapped for mana produce mana of the chosen color instead of any other color.

Giant Albatross

Flying
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U Bury all creatures that damaged Giant Albatross this turn. The controller of any of those creatures may pay 2 life to prevent that creature from being buried. Effects that prevent or redirect damage cannot be used to counter this loss of life. Use this ability only when Giant Albatross is put into the graveyard from play.

Flying
When Giant Albatross dies, you may pay {1}{U}. If you do, for each creature that dealt damage to Giant Albatross this turn, destroy that creature unless its controller pays 2 life. A creature destroyed this way can't be regenerated.

"The Baron's drivers are also driven."
—Chandler

Black Carriage

Trample
Does not untap during your untap phase.
o0: Sacrifice a creature to untap Black Carriage. Use this ability only during your upkeep.

Trample
Black Carriage doesn't untap during your untap step.
Sacrifice a creature: Untap Black Carriage. Activate only during your upkeep.

"Your headstone is the last page in the book of your life."
—Murat, Death Speaker

Headstone

Remove from the game target card in any graveyard.
Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Exile target card from a graveyard.
Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Checks and Balances

Whenever any spell is played, counter that spell if each player, other than the caster and his or her teammates, agrees to choose and discard a card. Those players must discard those cards after agreeing.
Checks and Balances may be played only in a game with three or more players.

Cast this spell only if there are three or more players in the game.
Whenever a player casts a spell, each of that player's opponents may discard a card. If they do, counter that spell.

Ricochet

Whenever any spell targets a single player, each player rolls a six-sided die. That spell is redirected to the player or players with the lowest die roll. If two or more players tie for the lowest die roll, they reroll until there is no tie.

Whenever a player casts a spell that targets a single player, each player rolls a six-sided die. Change the target of that spell to the player with the lowest result. Reroll to break ties, if necessary.

Urza's Contact Lenses

Urza's Contact Lenses comes into play tapped and does not untap during its controller's untap phase.
All players play with their hands face up.
Clap your hands twice: Tap or untap Urza's Contact Lenses.

Urza's Contact Lenses enters tapped.
Urza's Contact Lenses doesn't untap during your untap step.
As long as Urza's Contact Lenses is untapped, all players play with their hands revealed.
Clap your hands twice: You may tap or untap Urza's Contact Lenses.

"Ever proud, ever vigilant."
—Grenadier motto

Alaborn Grenadier

Attacking doesn't cause Alaborn Grenadier to tap.

"You could die famous or you could die old. I chose old."
—Former soldier

Path of Peace

Destroy any one creature. That creature's owner gains 4 life.

Destroy target creature. Its owner gains 4 life.

"This isn't what I meant by 'facing the heat of battle!'"
—Jefan, Talas ship captain

Blaze

Blaze deals X damage to any one creature or player.

After a while, ships stopped sailing within his reach.

Obsidian Giant

The machine does the growling, so the ogre's free to smile.

Ogre Berserker

Ogre Berserker is unaffected by summoning sickness.