Heather Hudson

Some spellcrafting mistakes go on to become spells of their own.

Pongify

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Ape creature token.

Each flower identical, every leaf and petal disturbingly exact.

Wall of Blossoms

Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.

Lonely Sandbar

Lonely Sandbar enters tapped.
{T}: Add {U}.
Cycling {U} ({U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {U}.
Cycling {U} ({U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Secluded Steppe

Secluded Steppe enters tapped.
{T}: Add {W}.
Cycling {W} ({W}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {W}.
Cycling {W} ({W}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Barren Moor

Barren Moor enters tapped.
{T}: Add {B}.
Cycling {B} ({B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {B}.
Cycling {B} ({B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Tranquil Thicket

Tranquil Thicket enters tapped.
{T}: Add {G}.
Cycling {G} ({G}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {G}.
Cycling {G} ({G}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Hand of Death

Today it flies with the flock. Tomorrow it may wake to find them gone, its body in an unfamiliar form.

Avian Changeling

Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
Flying

"Serra ruled by faith. I cannot afford that luxury."
—Radiant, archangel

Hope and Glory

Untap two target creatures. Each of them gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Crippling Fatigue

Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
Flashback—{1}{B}, Pay 3 life. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Basking Rootwalla

{1}{G}: Basking Rootwalla gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Activate only once each turn.
Madness {0}

{1}{G}: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Activate only once each turn.
Madness {0} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Viscerid Deepwalker

{U}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Suspend 4—{U} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {U} and exile it with four 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. It has haste.)

Where wasted life cries out to be reborn.

Ghost Quarter

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}, Sacrifice Ghost Quarter: Destroy target land. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target land. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Disturbed Burial

Buyback {3} (You may pay an additional {3} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

"I'll guard this fruit and its seedling until the land is healed. My life now belongs to Dominaria."

Utopia Vow

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block.
Enchanted creature has "{T}: Add one mana of any color."

Standstill

When a player casts a spell, sacrifice Standstill. If you do, each of that player's opponents draws three cards.

When a player casts a spell, sacrifice this enchantment. If you do, each of that player's opponents draws three cards.

Xantcha, Sleeper Agent

Xantcha, Sleeper Agent enters the battlefield under the control of an opponent of your choice.
Xantcha attacks each combat if able and can't attack its owner or planeswalkers its owner controls.
{3}: Xantcha's controller loses 2 life and you draw a card. Any player may activate this ability.

Xantcha enters under the control of an opponent of your choice.
Xantcha attacks each combat if able and can't attack its owner or planeswalkers its owner controls.
{3}: Xantcha's controller loses 2 life and you draw a card. Any player may activate this ability.

"The land grows only where the kami will it."
—Dosan the Falling Leaf

Kodama's Reach

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Chord of Calling

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.)
Search your library for a creature card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

It *wants* to remain a mystery, banishing the curious in favor of less inquisitive company.

Cloudstone Curio

Whenever a nonartifact permanent enters the battlefield under your control, you may return another permanent you control that shares a permanent type with it to its owner's hand.

Whenever a nonartifact permanent you control enters, you may return another permanent you control that shares a permanent type with it to its owner's hand.

"The world has enough strife as it is. Where would we be if we turned against each other?"
—Pianna, nomad captain

Earnest Fellowship

Each creature has protection from its colors.

An artificer once dropped one in a vault full of coins. She has yet to find it.

Sculpting Steel

You may have Sculpting Steel enter the battlefield as a copy of any artifact on the battlefield.

You may have this artifact enter as a copy of any artifact on the battlefield.

The book shrieks horribly until its cover is opened, granting the spirit inside a moment's rest from the painful stirrings of the book's contents.

Geth's Grimoire

Whenever an opponent discards a card, you may draw a card.

A shadowy version of its corporeal cousin, this lynx hunts souls, not meals.

Spectral Lynx

Protection from green
{B}: Regenerate Spectral Lynx. (The next time this creature would be destroyed, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)

Protection from green
{B}: Regenerate this creature.

The best cure for a big ego is a little failure.

Turnabout

Choose artifact, creature, or land. Tap all untapped permanents of the chosen type target player controls, or untap all tapped permanents of that type that player controls.

Sawtooth Loon

Flying
When Sawtooth Loon enters the battlefield, return a white or blue creature you control to its owner's hand.
When Sawtooth Loon enters the battlefield, draw two cards, then put two cards from your hand on the bottom of your library.

Flying
When this creature enters, return a white or blue creature you control to its owner's hand.
When this creature enters, draw two cards, then put two cards from your hand on the bottom of your library.

Sometimes the weight of the world on your shoulders is a literal one.

Weight of Conscience

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack.
Tap two untapped creatures you control that share a creature type: Exile enchanted creature.

Fortunately for it, Mirrodin is a plane without salt.

Molder Slug

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player sacrifices an artifact of their choice.

Graceful Antelope

Plainswalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Plains.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may have target land become a Plains until this creature leaves the battlefield.

"They can't feel pain. They just wiggle 'cause they're scared."

Seahunter

{3}, {T}: Search your library for a Merfolk permanent card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Seeking the company of plants ensures that your wits will go to seed.

Hermit Druid

{G}, {T}: Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a basic land card. Put that card into your hand and all other cards revealed this way into your graveyard.

The true strength of nature is not the raging storm or the charging rhino, but the inexorable vitality of life.

Fertile Ground

Enchant land
Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional one mana of any color.

Mountain

Pedantic Learning

Whenever a land card is put into your graveyard from your library, you may pay {1}. If you do, draw a card.

Walking Archive

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player draws a card for each +1/+1 counter on this creature.
{2}{W}{U}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Scroll Rack

{1}, {T}: Exile any number of cards from your hand face down. Put that many cards from the top of your library into your hand. Then look at the exiled cards and put them on top of your library in any order.

Disenchant

"My visions don't show me home. They show me where home is yet to be found."

Fa'adiyah Seer

{T}: Draw a card and reveal it. If it isn't a land card, discard it.

This cat has two lives and it's hunting for more.

Penumbra Bobcat

When this creature dies, create a 2/1 black Cat creature token.

Rather than sheltering her young, the female fungusaur often injures her own offspring, thereby ensuring their rapid growth.

Fungusaur

Whenever this creature is dealt damage, put a +1/+1 counter on it.

Spike Feeder

This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
{2}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: You gain 2 life.

Norin the Wary

When a player casts a spell or a creature attacks, exile Norin. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

"A shrill creature that delights in the misery of others—what's not to love?"
—Braids, dementia summoner

Screeching Buzzard

Flying
When Screeching Buzzard dies, each opponent discards a card.

Flying
When this creature dies, each opponent discards a card.

Shackles

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
{W}: Return Shackles to its owner's hand.

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
{W}: Return this Aura to its owner's hand.

"History is a potent weapon."
—Karn, silver golem

Scrivener

When Scrivener enters the battlefield, you may return target instant card from your graveyard to your hand.

When this creature enters, you may return target instant card from your graveyard to your hand.

"Carrion! Keep your distance. My blade will come to you!"
—Crovax

Deadshot

Tap target creature. It deals damage equal to its power to another target creature.

Ur-golems once dominated the plane. Even now, they maintain a deep connection to it.

Ur-Golem's Eye

Screaming Seahawk

Flying
When Screaming Seahawk enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a card named Screaming Seahawk, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you do, shuffle your library.

Flying
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a card named Screaming Seahawk, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Dirge of Dread

All creatures gain fear until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
Cycling {1}{B} ({1}{B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle Dirge of Dread, you may have target creature gain fear until end of turn.

All creatures gain fear until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
Cycling {1}{B} ({1}{B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, you may have target creature gain fear until end of turn.

"They are the finest companions in the realm. Swift, clever, and easily trained to hunt intruders."
—Almira, falconer

Suntail Hawk

"Squall, gale, hurricane—it's all a matter of size . . . and price."

Squallmonger

{2}: Squallmonger deals 1 damage to each creature with flying and each player. Any player may activate this ability.

{2}: This creature deals 1 damage to each creature with flying and each player. Any player may activate this ability.

Muskets gave the Alaborn army an advantage it had long lacked—air defense.

Alaborn Musketeer

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)

Dreams of the Dead

{1}{U}: Return target white or black creature card from your graveyard to play. That creature gains "Cumulative upkeep {2}." If the creature would leave play, remove it from the game instead.

{1}{U}: Return target white or black creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature gains "Cumulative upkeep {2}." If the creature would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else. (At the beginning of its controller's upkeep, that player puts an age counter on it, then sacrifices it unless they pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

A fallen viscerid's only tribute is to be worn by a comrade.

Viscerid Armor

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.
{1}{U}: Return Viscerid Armor to its owner's hand.

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.
{1}{U}: Return this Aura to its owner's hand.

Not all of Terisiare's flooding was natural . . . .

Viscerid Drone

{T}, Sacrifice a creature and a Swamp: Destroy target nonartifact creature. It can't be regenerated.
{T}, Sacrifice a creature and a snow Swamp: Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.

Some Krovikans find strength in the ears and eyes of their victims and wear such fetishes into battle.

Krovikan Fetish

Enchant creature
When Krovikan Fetish comes into play, draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.

Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.

The elves gathered huge piles of rot to grow fungus. Out of imitation or forethought, the thallids did the same.

Night Soil

{1}, Remove two creature cards in a single graveyard from the game: Put a 1/1 green Saproling creature token into play.

{1}, Exile two creature cards from a single graveyard: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.

"So large and so quiet—a combination best avoided."
—Disa the Restless, journal entry

Giant Trap Door Spider

{1}{R}{G}, {T}: Remove from the game Giant Trap Door Spider and target creature without flying that's attacking you.

{1}{R}{G}, {T}: Exile this creature and target creature without flying that's attacking you.

"Although fragile, the aeolipile could be quite destructive."
—*Sarpadian Empires, vol. I*

Aeolipile

{1}, {T}, Sacrifice Aeolipile: Aeolipile deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: It deals 2 damage to any target.

The forest grew fangs. The sky spread its wings.

Fable of Wolf and Owl

Whenever you play a green spell, you may put a 2/2 green Wolf creature token into play.
Whenever you play a blue spell, you may put a 1/1 blue Bird creature token with flying into play.

Whenever you cast a green spell, you may create a 2/2 green Wolf creature token.
Whenever you cast a blue spell, you may create a 1/1 blue Bird creature token with flying.

As it wandered Shadowmoor, it did not remember its crime—only its shame.

Pale Wayfarer

{2}{W}{W}, {Q}: Target creature gains protection from the color of its controller's choice until end of turn. ({Q} is the untap symbol.)

"Raven's Run has awoken, and ravens will no longer cry in its branches."
—Roon Ghastbark

Raking Canopy

Whenever a creature with flying attacks you, Raking Canopy deals 4 damage to it.

Whenever a creature with flying attacks you, this enchantment deals 4 damage to it.

Once a tool of kithkin farmers, scarecrows of all shapes now skitter and lurch across Shadowmoor, animated by residual rustic magics.

Scrapbasket

{1}: Scrapbasket becomes all colors until end of turn.

{1}: This creature becomes all colors until end of turn.

Ringskipper

Flying
When Ringskipper is put into a graveyard from play, clash with an opponent. If you win, return Ringskipper to its owner's hand. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of his or her library, then puts that card on the top or bottom. A player wins if his or her card had a higher converted mana cost.)

Flying
When this creature dies, clash with an opponent. If you win, return this card to its owner's hand. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of their library, then puts that card on their choice of the top or bottom. A player wins if their card had a greater mana value.)

Faeries hang beings that interest them as ornaments in the sky, each clique competing to outshine the prize of the last.

Zephyr Net

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has defender and flying.

Few can withstand the wrath of the righteous.

Righteous Avengers

Plainswalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Plains.)

Chains of Mephistopheles

If a player would draw a card except the first one he or she draws in his or her draw step each turn, that player discards a card instead. If the player discards a card this way, he or she draws a card. If the player doesn't discard a card this way, he or she puts the top card of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

If a player would draw a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, that player discards a card instead. If the player discards a card this way, they draw a card. If the player doesn't discard a card this way, they mill a card.

"If the air must feed, let it take the self-righteous."
—Murat, death speaker

Hungry Mist

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Hungry Mist unless you pay {G}{G}.

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay {G}{G}.