Randy Vargas

Ninja of the Deep Hours

Ninjutsu {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Whenever Ninja of the Deep Hours deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card.

The upside to not thinking about the consequences is that you'll always surprise those who do.

Frenzied Goblin

Whenever this creature attacks, you may pay {R}. If you do, target creature can't block this turn.

"Yarok's waters rush and rage
Where armies bled into the sand."
—*Lament for Bala Ged*, stanza 2

Yarok's Wavecrasher

When Yarok's Wavecrasher enters, return another creature you control to its owner's hand.

The assassins of the Ochran distill toxins from the remains of their previous victims.

Necrotic Wound

Undergrowth — Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.

Ancestral Anger

Target creature gains trample and gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is 1 plus the number of cards named Ancestral Anger in your graveyard. (A creature with trample can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Draw a card.

"Soul, flesh, even eyes—none of these are strictly necessary for deadly precision."
—Modriss of Zargoth Fen

Skeleton Archer

When this creature enters, it deals 1 damage to any target.

Charming Prince

When this creature enters, choose one —
• Scry 2.
• You gain 3 life.
• Exile another target creature you own. Return it to the battlefield under your control at the beginning of the next end step.

The shaman looked at the world through Ghalta's eyes and understood that everything else was his prey.

Primal Might

Target creature you control gets +X/+X until end of turn. Then it fights up to one target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

No one ever asked what was in Dina's concoctions, so long as they worked.

Deadly Brew

Each player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice. If you sacrificed a permanent this way, you may return another permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.

Slicing girders, rescuing trapped workers, killing
gigantic rust flies—one tool does it all!

High-Rise Sawjack

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Whenever High-Rise Sawjack blocks a creature with flying, High-Rise Sawjack gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

For hydras, most problems can be solved with the addition of a few extra heads.

Invigorating Surge

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control, then double the number of +1/+1 counters on that creature.

"I suppose we'll just hope those ancient monoliths lost to our people for centuries weren't particularly important."
—Toxayac, Sun Empire historian

Thrashing Brontodon

{1}, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

"Every footfall on the forest floor is a heartbeat sending strength into my veins."

Woodland Champion

Whenever one or more tokens you control enter, put that many +1/+1 counters on Woodland Champion.

"If you've never feasted on Zagoth terror-pig, I got the best price you'll find."

Bushmeat Poacher

{1}, {T}, Sacrifice another creature: You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness. Draw a card.

The life of a shapeshifter is one of constant change.

Mirror Image

You may have Mirror Image enter as a copy of a creature you control.

Season of Growth

Whenever a creature you control enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Whenever you cast a spell that targets a creature you control, draw a card.

"Cut the beasts out from under them and their strength is nothing."
—Vona of Iedo, Butcher of Magan

Slaughter the Strong

Each player chooses any number of creatures they control with total power 4 or less, then sacrifices all other creatures they control.

"Humans are so forgetful. Every page I steal becomes a secret they can't remember."

Tome Raider

Flying
When Tome Raider enters, draw a card.

"My ancestor Toshiro used to say, 'Life is a series of choices between bad and worse.' I'm a master of making great bad choices."

Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive

Creatures you control with power or toughness 1 or less can't be blocked.

A mage willing to dedicate his life to his craft.

Apprentice Necromancer

{B}, {T}, Sacrifice Apprentice Necromancer: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature gains haste. At the beginning of the next end step, sacrifice it.

Most monsters are more frightening when they skitter unseen in the dark. Most.

Grimdancer

Grimdancer enters with your choice of two different counters on it from among menace, deathtouch, and lifelink.

Mystic Sanctuary

({T}: Add {U}.)
Mystic Sanctuary enters tapped unless you control three or more other Islands.
When Mystic Sanctuary enters untapped, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Embereth Shieldbreaker // Battle Display

Manifold Mouse

Offspring {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.)
At the beginning of combat on your turn, target Mouse you control gains your choice of double strike or trample until end of turn.

Checking around every corner doesn't help if you forget to look up.

Nadier's Nightblade

Whenever a token you control leaves the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Meteoric Mace

Equipped creature gets +4/+0 and has trample.
Equip {4}
Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)

An Izzet experiment begins with a "what if," gets approved with a "why not," and concludes with a "eureka!"

Erratic Visionary

{1}{U}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

"Might doesn't just build empires. It protects them."
—Inti, Sun Empire knight

Colossal Majesty

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control a creature with power 4 or greater, draw a card.

Predatory Impetus

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3, must be blocked if able, and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)

"For all I have lost, for all who have fallen, I will render you to dust."
—Jared Carthalion

Vow of Lightning

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2, has first strike, and can't attack you or planeswalkers you control.

"Many have tried to subjugate Ravnica. All have failed. All will fail."
—Museum of Ravnican History

Relive the Past

Return up to one target artifact card, up to one target land card, and up to one target non-Aura enchantment card from your graveyard to the battlefield. They are 5/5 Elemental creatures in addition to their other types.

"Your arrival was expected...and unwelcome."

Frilled Mystic

Flash
When Frilled Mystic enters the battlefield, you may counter target spell.

Flash
When Frilled Mystic enters, you may counter target spell.

Bedeck // Bedazzle

Target creature gets +3/-3 until end of turn.

Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher

Flying
Whenever a player sacrifices a permanent, put a +1/+1 counter on Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher and you gain 1 life.
Whenever Carmen attacks, return up to one target permanent card with mana value less than or equal to Carmen's power from your graveyard to the battlefield.

"Now, *that's* a zombie!"
—Modriss of Zargoth Fen

Rotting Regisaur

At the beginning of your upkeep, discard a card.

"We weren't fleeing a broken world. We were running toward paradise!"

Seeker of Sunlight

{2}{G}: Seeker of Sunlight explores. Activate only as a sorcery. (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.)

"Choose, vampire: our hat on your head, or no hat, no head."

Coercive Recruiter

Whenever Coercive Recruiter or another Pirate enters the battlefield under your control, gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. Until end of turn, it gains haste and becomes a Pirate in addition to its other types.

Whenever Coercive Recruiter or another Pirate you control enters, gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. Until end of turn, it gains haste and becomes a Pirate in addition to its other types.

The Sun Empire's most sacred sites are protected by more than prayers.

Runic Armasaur

Whenever an opponent activates an ability of a creature or land that isn't a mana ability, you may draw a card.

Faerie Dreamthief

Flying
When Faerie Dreamthief enters the battlefield, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
{2}{B}, Exile Faerie Dreamthief from your graveyard: You draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Flying
When Faerie Dreamthief enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
{2}{B}, Exile Faerie Dreamthief from your graveyard: You draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Not Dead After All

Until end of turn, target creature you control gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control, then create a Wicked Role token attached to it." (Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. When this Aura is put into a graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life.)

Shrouded Shepherd // Cleave Shadows

When Shrouded Shepherd enters the battlefield, target creature you control gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

When Shrouded Shepherd enters, target creature you control gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Speaker of the Heavens

Vigilance, lifelink (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap. Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
{T}: Create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying. Activate only if you have at least 7 life more than your starting life total and only as a sorcery.

"Hunt somewhere else. This is your only warning."
—Gavi, nest warden

Fierce Guardianship

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Counter target noncreature spell.

Buckler and corslet, axe and sword,
And shining spears were laid in hoard.

Zealous Conscripts

Haste
When Zealous Conscripts enters the battlefield, gain control of target permanent until end of turn. Untap that permanent. It gains haste until end of turn.

Haste
When Zealous Conscripts enters, gain control of target permanent until end of turn. Untap that permanent. It gains haste until end of turn.

Danitha had spent her whole life preparing to lead House Capashen, but she mourned that the opportunity had come so soon.

Danitha, New Benalia's Light

Vigilance, trample, lifelink
Once during each of your turns, you may cast an Aura or Equipment spell from your graveyard.

Elenda and Azor

Flying, ward {2}
Whenever Elenda and Azor attacks, you may pay {X}{W}{U}{B}. If you do, draw X cards.
At the beginning of each end step, you may pay 4 life. If you do, create a number of 1/1 black Vampire Knight creature tokens with lifelink equal to the number of cards you've drawn this turn.

Most dismissed her love of horses as a passing childhood fancy. Years later it saved their lives.

Herald of Hoofbeats

Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
Other Knights you control have horsemanship.

First-Sphere Gargantua

When First-Sphere Gargantua enters the battlefield, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Unearth {2}{B} ({2}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

When First-Sphere Gargantua enters, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Unearth {2}{B} ({2}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

The Phyrexian juggernaut found itself crushed between a rock and a hard place.

Rampaging Geoderm

Trample, haste
Whenever you attack, target attacking creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. If it's attacking a battle, put a +1/+1 counter on it instead.

Chandra, Hope's Beacon

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy. This ability triggers only once each turn.
+2: Add two mana in any combination of colors.
+1: Exile the top five cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from among those exiled cards.
−X: Chandra, Hope's Beacon deals X damage to each of up to two targets.

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy. This ability triggers only once each turn.
[+2]: Add two mana in any combination of colors.
[+1]: Exile the top five cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from among those exiled cards.
[−X]: Chandra, Hope's Beacon deals X damage to each of up to two targets.

Wild Dogs

At the beginning of your upkeep, if a player has more life than each other player, the player with the most life gains control of Wild Dogs.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Kangee's Lieutenant

Flying
Whenever Kangee's Lieutenant attacks, attacking creatures with flying get +1/+1 until end of turn.
Encore {5}{W} ({5}{W}, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)

Marit Lage's Slumber

Whenever Marit Lage's Slumber or another snow permanent enters the battlefield under your control, scry 1.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control ten or more snow permanents, sacrifice Marit Lage's Slumber. If you do, create Marit Lage, a legendary 20/20 black Avatar creature token with flying and indestructible.

Whenever Marit Lage's Slumber or another snow permanent you control enters, scry 1.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control ten or more snow permanents, sacrifice Marit Lage's Slumber. If you do, create Marit Lage, a legendary 20/20 black Avatar creature token with flying and indestructible.

His sword sounded like a silver chime on the glass jar, and the sprite laughed with delight.

So Tiny

Flash
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -2/-0. It gets -6/-0 instead as long as its controller has seven or more cards in their graveyard.

Bogardan Dragonheart

Sacrifice another creature: Until end of turn, Bogardan Dragonheart becomes a Dragon with base power and toughness 4/4, flying, and haste.

The vines overgrew the construct, snapping gears and soaking up aether.

Force of Vigor

If it's not your turn, you may exile a green card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Destroy up to two target artifacts and/or enchantments.

Mishra, Eminent One

At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a token that's a copy of target noncreature artifact you control, except its name is Mishra's Warform and it's a 4/4 Construct artifact creature in addition to its other types. It gains haste until end of turn. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

Scholar of New Horizons

Scholar of New Horizons enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
{T}, Remove a counter from a permanent you control: Search your library for a Plains card and reveal it. If an opponent controls more lands than you, you may put that card onto the battlefield tapped. If you don't put the card onto the battlefield, put it into your hand. Then shuffle.

Scholar of New Horizons enters with a +1/+1 counter on it.
{T}, Remove a counter from a permanent you control: Search your library for a Plains card and reveal it. If an opponent controls more lands than you, you may put that card onto the battlefield tapped. If you don't put the card onto the battlefield, put it into your hand. Then shuffle.

Hurkyl, Master Wizard

At the beginning of your end step, if you've cast a noncreature spell this turn, reveal the top five cards of your library. For each card type among noncreature spells you've cast this turn, you may put a card of that type from among the revealed cards into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Simian Simulacrum

When Simian Simulacrum enters, put two +1/+1 counters on target creature you control.
Unearth {2}{G}{G} ({2}{G}{G}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

Stangg, Echo Warrior

Whenever Stangg, Echo Warrior attacks, create Stangg Twin, a legendary 3/4 red and green Human Warrior creature token. It enters the battlefield tapped and attacking. For each Aura and Equipment attached to Stangg, create a token that's a copy of it attached to Stangg Twin. Sacrifice all tokens created this way at the beginning of the next end step.

Whenever Stangg, Echo Warrior attacks, create Stangg Twin, a legendary 3/4 red and green Human Warrior creature token. It enters tapped and attacking. For each Aura and Equipment attached to Stangg, create a token that's a copy of it attached to Stangg Twin. Sacrifice all tokens created this way at the beginning of the next end step.

Threats Undetected

Search your library for up to four creature cards with different powers and reveal them. An opponent chooses two of those cards. Shuffle the chosen cards into your library and put the rest into your hand.

"Enough warm-up. I'm coming for you, Sheoldred!"

Radha, Coalition Warlord

Domain — Whenever Radha, Coalition Warlord becomes tapped, another target creature you control gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control.

A-Radha, Coalition Warlord

Domain — Whenever Radha, Coalition Warlord enters or becomes tapped, another target creature you control gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control.

Allosaurus Shepherd

This spell can't be countered.
Green spells you control can't be countered.
{4}{G}{G}: Until end of turn, each Elf creature you control has base power and toughness 5/5 and becomes a Dinosaur in addition to its other creature types.

Gathering Throng

When Gathering Throng enters the battlefield, you may search your library for any number of cards named Gathering Throng, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.

When Gathering Throng enters, you may search your library for any number of cards named Gathering Throng, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.

"Look, we both get what we want. I get your Halo. You get to keep your kneecaps."

Shakedown Heavy

Menace
Whenever Shakedown Heavy attacks, defending player may have you draw a card. If they do, untap Shakedown Heavy and remove it from combat.

Caldaia Strongarm

When Caldaia Strongarm enters the battlefield, put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.
Blitz {3}{G} (If you cast this spell for its blitz cost, it gains haste and "When this creature dies, draw a card." Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.)

When Caldaia Strongarm enters, put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.
Blitz {3}{G} (If you cast this spell for its blitz cost, it gains haste and "When this creature dies, draw a card." Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.)

He never asks why. Just who, when, and where.

Freelance Muscle

Whenever Freelance Muscle attacks or blocks, it gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the greatest power and/or toughness among other creatures you control.

Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice

Whenever an Aura you control enters, if you cast it, you may search your library for an Aura card with mana value less than or equal to that Aura and with a different name than each Aura you control, put that card onto the battlefield attached to Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice, then shuffle.

Voltage Surge

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice an artifact.
Voltage Surge deals 2 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If this spell's additional cost was paid, Voltage Surge deals 4 damage instead.

Members of the Living Historians don't simply chronicle the past; they embody it.

Bearer of Memory

{5}{G}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target enchantment creature. It gains trample until end of turn.

"You and me, we're not built for captivity."

Hound Tamer // Untamed Pup

Trample
{3}{G}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Daybound (If a player casts no spells during their own turn, it becomes night next turn.)

Outland Liberator // Frenzied Trapbreaker

{1}, Sacrifice Outland Liberator: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Daybound (If a player casts no spells during their own turn, it becomes night next turn.)

"One vampire for every family member I've lost."

Rhoda, Geist Avenger

Partner with Timin, Youthful Geist (When this creature enters the battlefield, target player may put Timin into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
Vigilance
Whenever a creature an opponent controls becomes tapped, if it isn't being declared as an attacker, put a +1/+1 counter on Rhoda, Geist Avenger.

Partner with Timin, Youthful Geist (When this creature enters, target player may put Timin into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
Vigilance
Whenever a creature an opponent controls becomes tapped, if it isn't being declared as an attacker, put a +1/+1 counter on Rhoda, Geist Avenger.