John Stanko

"We fight not for Avacyn, but for her ideals; not for the church, but for its people."
—Thalia, Guardian of Thraben

Strength of Arms

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If you control an Equipment, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.

Town Gossipmonger // Incited Rabble

{T}, Tap an untapped creature you control: Transform Town Gossipmonger.

"Let those idiot priests tremble! A new era in unlife begins here and now. Oglor, raise the lightning vane!"
—Stitcher Geralf

Rooftop Storm

You may pay {0} rather than pay the mana cost for Zombie creature spells you cast.

Killing Wave

For each creature, its controller sacrifices it unless they pay X life.

"As long as I learn from it, it's still science!"

Laboratory Maniac

If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, you win the game instead.

Good archers kill in one shot. Great archers confirm with two.

Young Wolf

Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Possessed Skaab

When Possessed Skaab enters, return target instant, sorcery, or creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
If Possessed Skaab would die, exile it instead.

A word of vengeance, and her arrows awaken in flame.

Firebrand Archer

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Pirate's Cutlass

When this Equipment enters, attach it to target Pirate you control.
Equipped creature gets +2/+1.
Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

"Lightning in a bottle? That's not where I need it."

Weaver of Lightning

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Weaver of Lightning deals 1 damage to target creature an opponent controls.

"It's not magic. I read the writing on the House's walls. I listen to its sighs. I smell the changes in its air. It tells me where danger lies."

Hardened Escort

Whenever Hardened Escort attacks, another target creature you control gets +1/+0 and gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Though he needed to know what lay beyond the intersection, Harp couldn't suppress a shiver of disquiet as his glimmer disappeared into the darkness ahead.

Tunnel Surveyor

When Tunnel Surveyor enters, create a 1/1 white Glimmer enchantment creature token.

"I'm not saying I'm sure it's a trap. I'm just saying it wasn't there yesterday and I'm pretty sure I heard it whisper my name. If you're so curious, you touch it."
—Angus, survivor scout

Sol Ring

Fear of Missing Out

When Fear of Missing Out enters, discard a card, then draw a card.
Delirium — Whenever Fear of Missing Out attacks for the first time each turn, if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, untap target creature. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.

Obsessive Skinner

When Obsessive Skinner enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Delirium — At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Baseball Bat

When Baseball Bat enters, attach it to target creature you control.
Equipped creature gets +1/+1.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, tap up to one target creature.
Equip {3} ({3}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Some protection requires a bit of finesse.

Containment Priest

Flash
If a nontoken creature would enter the battlefield and it wasn't cast, exile it instead.

Flash
If a nontoken creature would enter and it wasn't cast, exile it instead.

Right before his demise, he experienced a shattering revelation.

Prismatic Ending

Converge — Exile target nonland permanent if its mana value is less than or equal to the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell.

"I've analyzed the vault schematic. Do you want the fast way, the easy way, or the secret way in?"

Raffine's Informant

When Raffine's Informant enters, it connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)

Portable Hole

When Portable Hole enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls with mana value 2 or less until Portable Hole leaves the battlefield.

The Capitoline Triad

Those Who Came Before — This spell costs {1} less to cast for each historic card in your graveyard.
Exile any number of historic cards from your graveyard with total mana value 30 or greater: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control have base power and toughness 9/9."

Those Who Came Before — This spell costs {1} less to cast for each historic card in your graveyard. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Exile any number of historic cards from your graveyard with total mana value 30 or greater: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control have base power and toughness 9/9."

Havi, the All-Father

Havi, the All-Father has indestructible as long as there are four or more historic cards in your graveyard.
Sage Project — Whenever Havi or another legendary creature you control dies, return target legendary creature card with lesser mana value from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Havi, the All-Father has indestructible as long as there are four or more historic cards in your graveyard. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Sage Project — Whenever Havi or another legendary creature you control dies, return target legendary creature card with lesser mana value from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Shaun & Rebecca, Agents

Vigilance
When Shaun & Rebecca, Agents enters the battlefield, search your graveyard, hand, and library for a card named The Animus and put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
{T}: Add {C}. When you do, mill two cards.

Vigilance
When Shaun & Rebecca, Agents enters, search your graveyard, hand, and library for a card named The Animus and put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
{T}: Add {C}. When you do, mill two cards.

"There are dark, ancient arts that fascinate even me."
—Sorin Markov

Ophiomancer

At the beginning of each upkeep, if you control no Snakes, create a 1/1 black Snake creature token with deathtouch.

Abstruse Appropriation

Devoid
Exile target nonland permanent. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend colorless mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.

Devoid (This card has no color.)
Exile target nonland permanent. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend colorless mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.

Dr. Madison Li

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you get {E}.
{T}, Pay {E}: Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains trample and haste until end of turn.
{T}, Pay {E}{E}{E}: Draw a card.
{T}, Pay {E}{E}{E}{E}{E}: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you get {E} (an energy counter).
{T}, Pay {E}: Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains trample and haste until end of turn.
{T}, Pay {E}{E}{E}: Draw a card.
{T}, Pay {E}{E}{E}{E}{E}: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Lord of the Undead

Other Zombie creatures get +1/+1.
{1}{B}, {T}: Return target Zombie card from your graveyard to your hand.

"Grab an axe and defend the gate! Your despair is an extravagance we can ill afford."
—Thalia, Knight-Cathar

Burden of Guilt

Enchant creature
{1}: Tap enchanted creature.

Inside Source

When Inside Source enters the battlefield, create a 2/2 white and blue Detective creature token.
{3}, {T}: Target Detective you control gets +2/+0 and gains vigilance until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.

When Inside Source enters, create a 2/2 white and blue Detective creature token.
{3}, {T}: Target Detective you control gets +2/+0 and gains vigilance until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.

Master of Death

When Master of Death enters the battlefield, surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, if Master of Death is in your graveyard, you may pay 1 life. If you do, return it to your hand.

When Master of Death enters, surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, if Master of Death is in your graveyard, you may pay 1 life. If you do, return it to your hand.

In matters of life and death, he trusts his gut.

Viscera Seer

Sacrifice a creature: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Legion Vanguard

{1}, Sacrifice another creature: Legion Vanguard explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)

Raff Capashen, Ship's Mage

Flash
Flying
You may cast historic spells as though they had flash. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Sigiled Sword of Valeron

Equipped creature gets +2/+0, has vigilance, and is a Knight in addition to its other types.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, create a 2/2 white Knight creature token with vigilance that's attacking.
Equip {3}

Feeling of Dread

Tap up to two target creatures.
Flashback {1}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Biting Rain

All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.
Madness {2}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

She paints pictures with words, though not all pictures show the truth.

Chronicler of Heroes

When Chronicler of Heroes enters the battlefield, draw a card if you control a creature with a +1/+1 counter on it.

When Chronicler of Heroes enters, draw a card if you control a creature with a +1/+1 counter on it.

Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion

If you would put one or more counters on a creature or planeswalker you control or on yourself, put that many plus one of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead.
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Syr Branigan always remembered to kiss his good luck charm, having lost his foot to wolverines the last time he forgot.

Lucky Clover

Whenever you cast an Adventure instant or sorcery spell, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Seasoned Dungeoneer

When Seasoned Dungeoneer enters the battlefield, you take the initiative.
Whenever you attack, target attacking Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, or Wizard gains protection from creatures until end of turn. It explores.

When Seasoned Dungeoneer enters, you take the initiative.
Whenever you attack, target attacking Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, or Wizard gains protection from creatures until end of turn. It explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on the creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)

Nalia de'Arnise

You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may cast Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard spells from the top of your library.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you have a full party, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control and those creatures gain deathtouch until end of turn.

Drown in the Loch

Choose one —
• Counter target spell with mana value less than or equal to the number of cards in its controller's graveyard.
• Destroy target creature with mana value less than or equal to the number of cards in its controller's graveyard.

Ballroom Brawlers

Whenever Ballroom Brawlers attacks, Ballroom Brawlers and up to one other target creature you control both gain your choice of first strike or lifelink until end of turn.

The Obscura reserve their keenest blades for traitors in their midst.

Illuminator Virtuoso

Double strike
Whenever Illuminator Virtuoso becomes the target of a spell you control, it connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)

Duelcraft Trainer

First strike
Coven — At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control three or more creatures with different powers, target creature you control gains double strike until end of turn.

Covert Cutpurse // Covetous Geist

When Covert Cutpurse enters, destroy target creature you don't control that was dealt damage this turn.
Disturb {4}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard transformed for its disturb cost.)

Magister of Worth

Flying
Will of the council — When Magister of Worth enters the battlefield, starting with you, each player votes for grace or condemnation. If grace gets more votes, each player returns each creature card from their graveyard to the battlefield. If condemnation gets more votes or the vote is tied, destroy all creatures other than Magister of Worth.

Flying
Will of the council — When Magister of Worth enters, starting with you, each player votes for grace or condemnation. If grace gets more votes, each player returns each creature card from their graveyard to the battlefield. If condemnation gets more votes or the vote is tied, destroy all creatures other than Magister of Worth.

Lingering Souls

Create two 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying.
Flashback {1}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

"Margaret has traveled with me to the end of the world and back."
—Hewen Frit, merchant

Trusty Packbeast

When Trusty Packbeast enters the battlefield, return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

When Trusty Packbeast enters, return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Conviction

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+3.
{W}: Return Conviction to its owner's hand.

Nightshade Peddler

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.)
As long as Nightshade Peddler is paired with another creature, both creatures have deathtouch.

Censor

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.
Cycling {U} ({U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Funerary masks help the newly dead resist the erosion of memory and identity in the Underworld.

Funeral Rites

You draw two cards, lose 2 life, then mill two cards.

Like all jungle plants, the vines must fight and claw for sunlight. Once their place is secured, they grow strong, sharp, and impenetrable.

Wall of Vines

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)

"Swarms of the unhallowed claw at Thraben's gates! Do you still deny the end approaches?"

Thraben Doomsayer

{T}: Create a 1/1 white Human creature token.
Fateful hour — As long as you have 5 or less life, other creatures you control get +2/+2.

"I see destruction, suffering, and one tormented glimmer of hope."

Sage of Mysteries

Constellation — Whenever an enchantment enters the battlefield under your control, target player puts the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.

Constellation — Whenever an enchantment you control enters, target player mills two cards.

Discordant Piper

When Discordant Piper dies, create a 0/1 white Goat creature token.

Pheres-Band Brawler

When Pheres-Band Brawler enters the battlefield, it fights up to one target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

When Pheres-Band Brawler enters, it fights up to one target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

Her mind was quite gone, yet she spoke nothing but truth.

Desperate Ravings

Draw two cards, then discard a card at random.
Flashback {2}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Thakolides the Mighty
Slayer of minotaurs
Vanquisher of giants
Killed by a scorpion
—Inscription on an Akroan grave

Sedge Scorpion

Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Unsettled Mariner

Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
Whenever you or a permanent you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter that spell or ability unless its controller pays {1}.

Raising the bones of Hekjek the Mad proved far easier than getting them to lie back down.

Tenacious Dead

When Tenacious Dead dies, you may pay {1}{B}. If you do, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control.

"The sun's strength sings in our hearts! I have never been more proud of my home and my people."
—Huatli

Rallying Roar

Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. Untap them.

Pockets full of gold, lungs full of brine.

Depths of Desire

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Create a colorless Treasure artifact token with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool."

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

In the Rite of Redemption, nobles take the same vows as Elenda, the first vampire, and make the same eternal sacrifice.

Hierophant's Chalice

When Hierophant's Chalice enters the battlefield, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
{T}: Add {C} to your mana pool.

When Hierophant's Chalice enters, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
{T}: Add {C}.

Magus of the Mind

{U}, {T}, Sacrifice Magus of the Mind: Shuffle your library, then exile the top X cards, where X is one plus the number of spells cast this turn. Until end of turn, you may play cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.

{U}, {T}, Sacrifice Magus of the Mind: Shuffle your library, then exile the top X cards, where X is one plus the number of spells cast this turn. Until end of turn, you may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.

The correct answer to a barbarian's riddle is to choke on your cleverness and die.

Stranglehold

Your opponents can't search libraries.
If an opponent would begin an extra turn, that player skips that turn instead.

Though they are held in high regard as symbols of the god Oketra, cats often lack her sense of solidarity.

Graceful Cat

Whenever Graceful Cat attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Renegade Firebrand

As long as you control a Chandra planeswalker, Renegade Firebrand gets +1/+0 and has first strike. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

Choking Restraints

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block.
{3}{W}{W}, Sacrifice Choking Restraints: Exile enchanted creature.

Ironwright's Cleansing

"There was a time when the purpose of the church was to heal and protect. I would see that time return."

Chaplain's Blessing

Consecrated by Blood

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying and "Sacrifice two other creatures: Regenerate this creature." (The next time the creature would be destroyed this turn, it isn't. Instead tap it, remove all damage from it, and remove it from combat.)

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying and "Sacrifice two other creatures: Regenerate this creature." (The next time the creature would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)

Paragon of New Dawns

Other white creatures you control get +1/+1.
{W}, {T}: Another target white creature you control gains vigilance until end of turn. (Attacking doesn't cause it to tap.)

Rouse the Mob

Strive — Rouse the Mob costs {2}{R} more to cast for each target beyond the first.
Any number of target creatures each get +2/+0 and gain trample until end of turn.

Strive — This spell costs {2}{R} more to cast for each target beyond the first.
Any number of target creatures each get +2/+0 and gain trample until end of turn.

The greatest heroes are the first to stand, the first to take up arms, and the first to meet the enemy.

Chariot of Victory

Equipped creature has first strike, trample, and haste.
Equip {1}