David A. Cherry

Giant Albatross

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

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.

Brimstone Dragon

Veteran Explorer

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

Serrated Arrows

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

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

Sengir Autocrat

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

Phantasmal Terrain

Enchant land
As this Aura enters, choose a basic land type.
Enchanted land is the chosen type.

Urza's Contact Lenses

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

Ricochet

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.

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

Path of Peace

Destroy target creature. Its owner gains 4 life.

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

Ogre Berserker

After a while, ships stopped sailing within his reach.

Obsidian Giant

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

Blaze

"Ever proud, ever vigilant."
—Grenadier motto

Alaborn Grenadier

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

Revered Unicorn

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 this creature leaves the battlefield, you gain life equal to the number of age counters on it.

Mistmoon Griffin

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

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

Primal Order

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

"'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

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

Shimmer

As this enchantment 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.)

Mangara's Blessing

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

Hall of Gemstone

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.

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

Ekundu Griffin

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

Benevolent Unicorn

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

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

Narwhal

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

Headstone

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

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

Black Carriage

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