Greg Staples

The Lord of Pain

Menace
Your opponents can't gain life.
Whenever a player casts their first spell each turn, choose another target player. The Lord of Pain deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to the chosen player.

Duskmourn never yields its secrets without exacting a brutal price.

Into the Pit

You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may cast spells from the top of your library by sacrificing a nonland permanent in addition to paying their other costs.

Electrickery

Electrickery deals 1 damage to target creature you don't control.
Overload {1}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Tourach, Dread Cantor

Kicker {B}{B} (You may pay an additional {B}{B} as you cast this spell.)
Protection from white
Whenever an opponent discards a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Tourach, Dread Cantor.
When Tourach enters, if it was kicked, target opponent discards two cards at random.

"To those who can hear it, Gaea's battle song brings power as swift as sunlight and as enduring as the deep roots of the forest."
—Gamelen, Citanul elder

Gaea's Anthem

Genju of the Fields

Enchant Plains
{2}: Until end of turn, enchanted Plains becomes a 2/5 white Spirit creature with "Whenever this creature deals damage, its controller gains that much life." It's still a land.
When enchanted Plains is put into a graveyard, you may return Genju of the Fields from your graveyard to your hand.

Radiant's Judgment

Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

"The rules are clear. If you want to leave, you need only convince another to take your place."

Hell's Caretaker

{T}, Sacrifice a creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only during your upkeep.

"Beautiful, isn't it?" crowed Crovax. "They fought together. Now they will die together."

Dead Ringers

Destroy two target nonblack creatures unless either one is a color the other isn't. They can't be regenerated.

Squawks was quick to establish the social pecking order.

Attempted Murder

Choose target creature. Roll X six-sided dice. For each even result, put two -1/-1 counters on that creature. For each odd result, create a 1/2 blue Bird creature token with flying named Storm Crow.

Punishing Fire

Punishing Fire deals 2 damage to any target.
Whenever an opponent gains life, you may pay {R}. If you do, return Punishing Fire from your graveyard to your hand.

Persistent Marshstalker

Persistent Marshstalker gets +1/+0 for each other Rat you control.
Threshold — Whenever you attack with one or more Rats, if seven or more cards are in your graveyard, you may pay {2}{B}. If you do, return Persistent Marshstalker from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped and attacking.

A single lie unleashes a tide of disbelief.

Echoing Truth

Return target nonland permanent and all other permanents with the same name as that permanent to their owners' hands.

Festival of Embers

During your turn, you may cast instant and sorcery spells from your graveyard by paying 1 life in addition to their other costs.
If a card or token would be put into your graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.
{1}{R}: Sacrifice Festival of Embers.

Blade Splicer

When Blade Splicer enters, create a 3/3 colorless Phyrexian Golem artifact creature token.
Golems you control have first strike.

Their war forgotten, the nations of Bant stood united in the face of a common threat.

Martial Coup

Create X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens. If X is 5 or more, destroy all other creatures.

"Remove their power, and their will to fight will follow."
—Tolarian wizard

Mana Short

Tap all lands target player controls and that player loses all unspent mana.

"My priests swore loyalty to the Cabal not until death, but beyond it."
—Cabal Patriarch

Shepherd of Rot

{T}: Each player loses 1 life for each Zombie on the battlefield.

"First it was plovers and mulldrifters. Now it's knitting needles the size of javelins."
—Calydd, kithkin farmer

Needle Drop

Needle Drop deals 1 damage to any target that was dealt damage this turn.
Draw a card.

So great are his wisdom and spirit that many who have met him say that they stood before a giant of a man and talked to the wisest of the four winds.

Gaddock Teeg

Noncreature spells with mana value 4 or greater can't be cast.
Noncreature spells with {X} in their mana costs can't be cast.

"Push one goblin into sight, an' run a lot. That's tactics."
—Jula, goblin raider

Outmaneuver

X target blocked creatures assign their combat damage this turn as though they weren't blocked.

Grinding Station

{T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Target player mills three cards.
Whenever an artifact enters, you may untap Grinding Station.

Solar Blast

Solar Blast deals 3 damage to any target.
Cycling {1}{R}{R} ({1}{R}{R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle Solar Blast, you may have it deal 1 damage to any target.

Ratonhnhaké꞉ton

As long as Ratonhnhaké:ton hasn't dealt damage yet, it has hexproof and can't be blocked.
Whenever Ratonhnhaké:ton deals combat damage to a player, create a 1/1 black Assassin creature token with menace. When you do, return target Equipment card from your graveyard to the battlefield, then attach it to that token.

As long as Ratonhnhaké꞉ton hasn't dealt damage yet, it has hexproof and can't be blocked.
Whenever Ratonhnhaké꞉ton deals combat damage to a player, create a 1/1 black Assassin creature token with menace. When you do, return target Equipment card from your graveyard to the battlefield, then attach it to that token.

The scrape of shovels and the tumble of cold dirt soon muffled their pleas.

Buried Alive

Search your library for up to three creature cards, put them into your graveyard, then shuffle.

Fledgling Dragon

Flying
Threshold — As long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard, Fledgling Dragon gets +3/+3 and has "{R}: Fledgling Dragon gets +1/+0 until end of turn."

"Well, there's a good day's work ruined."
—Erin Nath, Omenport gravedigger

Back in Town

Return X target outlaw creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield. (Assassins, Mercenaries, Pirates, Rogues, and Warlocks are outlaws.)

Gisa, the Hellraiser

Ward—{2}, Pay 2 life.
Skeletons and Zombies you control get +1/+1 and have menace.
Whenever you commit a crime, create two tapped 2/2 blue and black Zombie Rogue creature tokens. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Ward—{2}, Pay 2 life.
Skeletons and Zombies you control get +1/+1 and have menace.
Whenever you commit a crime, create two tapped 2/2 blue and black Zombie Rogue creature tokens. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)

Rakdos, the Muscle

Flying, trample
Whenever you sacrifice another creature, exile cards equal to its mana value from the top of target player's library. Until your next end step, you may play those cards, and mana of any type can be spent to cast those spells.
Sacrifice another creature: Rakdos, the Muscle gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it. Activate only once each turn.

Orzhov Guildmage

{2}{W}: Target player gains 1 life.
{2}{B}: Each player loses 1 life.

"Did you expect me to dodge? How quaint."
—Olka, mistmeadow witch

Turn to Mist

Exile target creature. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Leonin Relic-Warder

When Leonin Relic-Warder enters, you may exile target artifact or enchantment.
When Leonin Relic-Warder leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

"Well, this clearly didn't come from anyone I know..."

Wojek Investigator

Flying, vigilance
At the beginning of your upkeep, investigate once for each opponent who has more cards in hand than you.

Flying, vigilance
At the beginning of your upkeep, investigate once for each opponent who has more cards in hand than you. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Demonfire

Demonfire deals X damage to any target. If a creature dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead.
Hellbent — If you have no cards in hand, this spell can't be countered and the damage can't be prevented.

Scream: muffled. Pockets: emptied. Neck function: never the same again.

Mugging

Mugging deals 2 damage to target creature. That creature can't block this turn.

"It makes better use of Uncle Dragi's head than he ever did."
—Pesha, retired blacksmith

Slitherhead

Scavenge {0} ({0}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to this card's power on target creature. Scavenge only as a sorcery.)

"Should I fall, take up our standard and carry on. The Legion must always prevail."

Martyr of Dusk

When Martyr of Dusk dies, create a 1/1 white Vampire creature token with lifelink.

Steady and silent as the deep current, the reejerey guides the course of the school.

Merrow Reejerey

Other Merfolk creatures you control get +1/+1.
Whenever you cast a Merfolk spell, you may tap or untap target permanent.

Amy Pond

Partner with Rory Williams (When this creature enters, target player may put Rory into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
Whenever Amy Pond deals combat damage to a player, choose a suspended card you own and remove that many time counters from it.
Doctor's companion (You can have two commanders if the other is the Doctor.)

The Face of Boe

{T}: You may cast a spell with suspend from your hand. If you do, pay its suspend cost rather than its mana cost. Activate only as a sorcery.

The Fugitive Doctor

When The Fugitive Doctor enters, investigate.
Whenever The Fugitive Doctor attacks, you may sacrifice a Clue. When you do, target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback {2}{R}{G} until end of turn. (You may cast that card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Dalek Squadron

Menace
Myriad (Whenever this creature attacks, for each opponent other than defending player, you may create a token copy that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Exile the tokens at end of combat.)

The Second Doctor

Players have no maximum hand size.
How Civil of You — At the beginning of your end step, each player may draw a card. Each opponent who does can't attack you or permanents you control during their next turn.

"Consider not what the mask hides, but what it can reveal."

Auramancer's Guise

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 for each Aura attached to it and has vigilance.

Pemmin's Aura

Enchant creature
{U}: Untap enchanted creature.
{U}: Enchanted creature gains flying until end of turn.
{U}: Enchanted creature gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
{1}: Enchanted creature gets +1/-1 or -1/+1 until end of turn.

A single seed unleashes a flurry of growth.

Echoing Courage

Target creature and all other creatures with the same name as that creature get +2/+2 until end of turn.

He makes his home on the tallest mountain in Sejiri, where the vista is as endless as his patience.

Goliath Sphinx

Kaho, Minamo Historian

When Kaho, Minamo Historian enters the battlefield, search your library for up to three instant cards, exile them, then shuffle.
{X}, {T}: You may cast a spell with mana value X from among cards exiled with Kaho without paying its mana cost.

When Kaho, Minamo Historian enters, search your library for up to three instant cards, exile them, then shuffle.
{X}, {T}: You may cast a spell with mana value X from among cards exiled with Kaho without paying its mana cost.

"Some goblins are expendable. Some are impossible to get rid of. But he's both—at the same time!"
—Starke

Squee, Goblin Nabob

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may return Squee, Goblin Nabob from your graveyard to your hand.

"If you work at sawing up carcasses, you notice how the joints fit, how the nerves are arrayed, and how the skin peels back."
—Ashnod, to Tawnos

Ashnod's Altar

"Just as new shoots rise from winter's slumber, so too will my people rise to greatness once again."

Elvish Mystic

"Come to slay the dragon for the good of the kingdom? How terribly predictable."

Deflecting Swat

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
You may choose new targets for target spell or ability.

Ancient Spider

First strike; reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)

Abundant Maw

Emerge {6}{B} (You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's mana value.)
When you cast this spell, target opponent loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.

Divine Reckoning

Each player chooses a creature they control. Destroy the rest.
Flashback {5}{W}{W} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Puncturing Light

Destroy target attacking or blocking creature with power 3 or less.

Take Inventory

Draw a card, then draw cards equal to the number of cards named Take Inventory in your graveyard.

Gatstaf Arsonists // Gatstaf Ravagers

At the beginning of each upkeep, if no spells were cast last turn, transform Gatstaf Arsonists.

"I have become a gourmet of sorts. Each soul has its own distinctive flavor. The art is in inviting the right company to the feast."

Urborg Syphon-Mage

{2}{B}, {T}, Discard a card: Each other player loses 2 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Avarax

Haste
When Avarax enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a card named Avarax, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
{1}{R}: Avarax gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Haste
When Avarax enters, you may search your library for a card named Avarax, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
{1}{R}: Avarax gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Sulfuric Vortex

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, Sulfuric Vortex deals 2 damage to that player.
If a player would gain life, that player gains no life instead.

Urza, Lord High Artificer

When Urza, Lord High Artificer enters the battlefield, create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with "This creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control."
Tap an untapped artifact you control: Add {U}.
{5}: Shuffle your library, then exile the top card. Until end of turn, you may play that card without paying its mana cost.

When Urza, Lord High Artificer enters, create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with "This creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control."
Tap an untapped artifact you control: Add {U}.
{5}: Shuffle your library, then exile the top card. Until end of turn, you may play that card without paying its mana cost.

Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Protection from Humans
Pay 1 life, Sacrifice another creature: Put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature and draw a card.
{B}{B}, Discard a card: Proliferate.

Protection from Humans
Pay 1 life, Sacrifice another creature: Put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature and draw a card.
{B}{B}, Discard a card: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

To be counted among the warriors of Setessa's Leina Tower, you must not fear death, only failure.

Hunter's Prowess

Until end of turn, target creature gets +3/+3 and gains trample and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw that many cards."

His words echo every roar, screech, and howl of the wilds.

Voice of Many

When Voice of Many enters, draw a card for each opponent who controls fewer creatures than you.

On still nights you can hear its rotted teeth grinding tirelessly on scavenged bones.

Gnawing Zombie

{1}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Colossus of Sardia

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Colossus of Sardia doesn't untap during your untap step.
{9}: Untap Colossus of Sardia. Activate only during your upkeep.

Pentavus

Pentavus enters with five +1/+1 counters on it.
{1}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Pentavus: Create a 1/1 colorless Pentavite artifact creature token with flying.
{1}, Sacrifice a Pentavite: Put a +1/+1 counter on Pentavus.

Scion of Draco

Domain — This spell costs {2} less to cast for each basic land type among lands you control.
Flying
Each creature you control has vigilance if it's white, hexproof if it's blue, lifelink if it's black, first strike if it's red, and trample if it's green.

The priests plead for your anguish and pray for your despair.

Hymn to Tourach

Target player discards two cards at random.

Chain of Smog

Target player discards two cards. That player may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.

Search for Tomorrow

Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Suspend 2—{G} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {G} and exile it with two time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, cast it without paying its mana cost.)

Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Suspend 2—{G} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {G} and exile it with two time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.)

Her wings are the prayers of the devoted; her sword, the despair of the vile.

Empyrial Archangel

Flying
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
All damage that would be dealt to you is dealt to Empyrial Archangel instead.

Olka collected the evening mist for years, studying its secrets. Once she learned its essence, she could vanish with a thought.

Mistmeadow Witch

{2}{W}{U}: Exile target creature. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Teferi's Protection

Until your next turn, your life total can't change and you gain protection from everything. All permanents you control phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. They phase in before you untap during your untap step.)
Exile Teferi's Protection.

Aether Vial

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a charge counter on Aether Vial.
{T}: You may put a creature card with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on Aether Vial from your hand onto the battlefield.

Sensei's Divining Top

{1}: Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
{T}: Draw a card, then put Sensei's Divining Top on top of its owner's library.

Dig Up the Body

Casualty 1 (As you cast this spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power 1 or greater. When you do, copy this spell.)
Mill two cards, then you may return a creature card from your graveyard to your hand. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)

Exhibition Magician

When Exhibition Magician enters the battlefield, choose one —
• Create a 1/1 green and white Citizen creature token.
• Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

When Exhibition Magician enters, choose one —
• Create a 1/1 green and white Citizen creature token.
• Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

"Well, that's one way to scatter her ashes."
—Calvey, funeral director

Corpse Explosion

As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile a creature card from your graveyard.
Corpse Explosion deals damage equal to the exiled card's power to each creature and each planeswalker.