Sandra Everingham

Dark Ritual

"The warm rain of grease on my face immediately made it clear I had entered Phyrexia."
—Jarsyl, Diary

Gate to Phyrexia

Sacrifice a creature: Destroy target artifact. Activate this ability only during your upkeep and only once each turn.

Sacrifice a creature: Destroy target artifact. Activate only during your upkeep and only once each turn.

Sinkhole

Giant Growth

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

Book of Rass

Dance of Many

When Dance of Many enters the battlefield, put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of target nontoken creature.
When Dance of Many leaves the battlefield, exile the creature token.
When the creature token leaves the battlefield, sacrifice Dance of Many.
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Dance of Many unless you pay {U}{U}.

When this enchantment enters, create a token that's a copy of target nontoken creature.
When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, exile the token.
When the token leaves the battlefield, sacrifice this enchantment.
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this enchantment unless you pay {U}{U}.

Evil Presence

Chain Lightning

Chain Lightning deals 3 damage to target creature or player. Then that player or that creature's controller may pay {R}{R}. If the player does, he or she may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.

Chain Lightning deals 3 damage to any target. Then that player or that permanent's controller may pay {R}{R}. If the player does, they may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.

"I do not remember what he said to her. I remember her fiery eyes, fixed upon him for an instant. I remember a flash, and the hot breath of sudden flames made me turn away. When I looked again, Angus was gone."
—A Wayfarer, on meeting Lady Orca

Lady Orca

Voodoo Doll

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a pin counter on Voodoo Doll.
At the beginning of your end step, if Voodoo Doll is untapped, sacrifice it and it deals damage equal to the number of pin counters on it to you.
{X}{X}, {T}: Voodoo Doll deals X damage to target creature or player. X is the number of pin counters on Voodoo Doll.

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a pin counter on this artifact.
At the beginning of your end step, if this artifact is untapped, destroy this artifact and it deals damage to you equal to the number of pin counters on it.
{X}{X}, {T}: This artifact deals damage equal to the number of pin counters on it to any target. X is the number of pin counters on this artifact.

Energy Storm

Cumulative upkeep {1}
Prevent all damage that would be dealt by instant and sorcery spells.
Creatures with flying don't untap during their controller's untap step.

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.)
Prevent all damage that would be dealt by instant and sorcery spells.
Creatures with flying don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.

"Be open to the blessings, whatever their form."
—Kaysa, elder druid of the Juniper Order

Nature's Blessing

{G}{W}: Discard a card: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or that creature gains banding, first strike, or trample.

{G}{W}, Discard a card: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or that creature gains banding, first strike, or trample. (This effect lasts indefinitely. Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding a player controls are blocking or being blocked by a creature, that player divides that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

Gustha's Scepter

{T}: Remove a card in your hand from the game face down. You may look at it as long as it remains removed from the game.
{T}: Return a card you own removed from the game with Gustha's Scepter to your hand.
When you lose control of Gustha's Scepter, put all cards removed from the game with Gustha's Scepter into their owners' graveyards.

{T}: Exile a card from your hand face down. You may look at it for as long as it remains exiled.
{T}: Return a card you own exiled with this artifact to your hand.
When you lose control of this artifact, put all cards exiled with this artifact into their owner's graveyard.

What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?

Petra Sphinx

{T}: Target player names a card, then reveals the top card of his or her library. If that card is the named card, that player puts it into his or her hand. If it isn't, the player puts it into his or her graveyard.

{T}: Target player chooses a card name, then reveals the top card of their library. If that card has the chosen name, that player puts it into their hand. If it doesn't, the player puts it into their graveyard.

"I will go to any length to achieve my goal. Eternal life is worth any sacrifice."
—Zur the Enchanter

Zuran Orb

Mouths and wings beyond numbering, but a single mind to guide them.

The Hive

o5, oc
T: Put a 1/1 Wasp artifact creature token into play. That creature has flying.

{5}, {T}: Create a 1/1 colorless Insect artifact creature token with flying named Wasp. (It can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

After years of training, the druid becomes one with nature, drawing power from the land and returning it when needed.

Ley Druid

"It tells you that the worst is coming. Do you listen?"
—Lovisa Coldeyes, Balduvian Chieftain

Storm Crow

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

"Watch for it! Right on its tailfeathers will be a storm from your nightmares."
—Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain

Scarab of the Unseen

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T: Sacrifice Scarab of the Unseen to return all enchantments on target permanent you own to their owners' hand. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Return all Auras attached to target permanent you own to their owners' hands. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Puppet Master

If target creature is put into the graveyard, return it to its owner's hand.
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Uo
Uoo
U Return Puppet Master to its owner's hand. Use this ability only when the creature Puppet Master enchants returns to its owner's hand.

Enchant creature
When enchanted creature dies, return that card to its owner's hand. If that card is returned to its owner's hand this way, you may pay {U}{U}{U}. If you do, return this card to its owner's hand.

You might leave here, Chenndra, should another take your place . . . .

Hell's Caretaker

oc
T: Sacrifice a creature to take target creature from your graveyard and put it directly into play as though it were just summoned. Use this ability only during your upkeep.

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

Yawgmoth Demon

Flying, first strike
During your upkeep, sacrifice an artifact or Yawgmoth Demon deals 2 damage to you. If Yawgmoth Demon deals damage to you in this way, tap it.

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may sacrifice an artifact. If you don't, tap this creature and it deals 2 damage to you.

Primordial Ooze

Must attack each turn if possible.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on Primordial Ooze. At the end of your upkeep, pay X, where X is equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on Primordial Ooze, or Primordial Ooze deals X damage to you. If Primordial Ooze deals damage to you in this way, tap it.

This creature attacks each combat if able.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Then you may pay {X}, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on it. If you don't, tap this creature and it deals X damage to you.

Circle of Protection: Black

o1: Prevent all damage against you from one black source. If a source deals damage to you more than once in a turn, you may pay o1 each time to prevent the damage.

{1}: The next time a black source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.

Circle of Protection: Green

o1: Prevent all damage against you from one green source. If a source deals damage to you more than once in a turn, you may pay o1 each time to prevent the damage.

{1}: The next time a green source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.

Circle of Protection: White

o1: Prevent all damage against you from one white source. If a source deals damage to you more than once in a turn, you may pay o1 each time to prevent the damage.

{1}: The next time a white source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.

Red Scarab

Target creature gets +2/+2 as long as any opponent controls any red cards. That creature cannot be blocked by red creatures.

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't be blocked by red creatures.
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 as long as an opponent controls a red permanent.

Onyx Talisman

o3: Untap target permanent.
Use this ability only when a black spell is successfully cast and only once for each black spell cast.

Whenever a player casts a black spell, you may pay {3}. If you do, untap target permanent.

River Delta

If there are any depletion counters on River Delta, it does not untap during your untap phase. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a depletion counter from River Delta.
oc
T: Add o
U to your mana pool. Put a depletion counter on River Delta.
oc
T: Add o
B to your mana pool. Put a depletion counter on River Delta.

This land doesn't untap during your untap step if it has a depletion counter on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a depletion counter from this land.
{T}: Add {U} or {B}. Put a depletion counter on this land.

Purelace

Change the color of target spell or target permanent to white. Costs to cast, tap, maintain, or use a special ability of target remain unchanged.

Target spell or permanent becomes white. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.)

Deathlace

Change the color of target spell or target permanent to black. Costs to cast, tap, maintain, or use a special ability of target remain unchanged.

Target spell or permanent becomes black. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.)

Bones scattered around us joined to form misshapen bodies. We struck at them repeatedly—they fell, but soon formed again, with the same mocking look on their faceless skulls.

Drudge Skeletons

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

While it possesses potent venom, the Giant Spider often chooses not to paralyze its victims. Perhaps the creature enjoys the gentle rocking motion caused by its captives' struggles to escape its web.

Giant Spider

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)

Even the most conservative generals revised their tactics after the Battle of Sarinth, during which a handful of peasant-pikemen held off a trio of rampaging Craw Wurms.

Wall of Spears

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
First strike

Tidal Flats

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U All your creatures that are blocking any non-flying creatures gain first strike until end of turn. The attacking player may pay o1 for each attacking creature to prevent Tidal Flats from giving that creature's blockers first strike.

{U}{U}: For each attacking creature without flying, its controller may pay {1}. If that player doesn't, creatures you control blocking that creature gain first strike until end of turn.

Tourach's Gate

Can only be played on a target land you control. Sacrifice a Thrull to put three time counters on Tourach's Gate. During your upkeep, remove a time counter from Tourach's Gate. If there are no time counters on Tourach's Gate, bury it.
o0: Tap land Tourach's Gate enchants. All attacking creatures you control get +2/-1 until end of turn.

Enchant land you control
Sacrifice a Thrull: Put three time counters on this Aura.
At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter from this Aura. If there are no time counters on this Aura, sacrifice it.
Tap enchanted land: Attacking creatures you control get +2/-1 until end of turn. Activate only if enchanted land is untapped.

Some said killing the Thallids only encouraged them.

Night Soil

o1: Remove two creatures in any graveyard from the game to put a Saproling token into play. Treat this token as a 1/1 green creature.

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

Standing Stones

o1, oc
T: Pay 1 life and add 1 mana of any color to your mana pool. This ability is played as an interrupt. Effects that prevent or redirect damage may not be used to counter this loss of life.

{1}, {T}, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.

Great Wall

Creatures with plainswalk may be blocked as if they did not have this ability.

Creatures with plainswalk can be blocked as though they didn't have plainswalk.

"Then inch by inch out of the grass rose up the head and spread hood of Nag, the big black cobra, and he was five feet long from tongue to tail."
—Rudyard Kipling, *The Jungle Books*

Hornet Cobra

Everyone knew Walid was a pious man, for he had been blessed with many sons, many jewels, and a great many Camels.

Camel

Bands
All creatures attacking in a band with Camel are immune to damage done by Deserts.

Banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)
As long as this creature is attacking, prevent all damage Deserts would deal to this creature and to creatures banded with this creature.

Raging River

When you attack, non-flying defending creatures must be divided as opponent wishes between the left and right sides of the River. You then choose on which side of the River to place each attacking creature, and attacking creatures can only be blocked by flying creatures or those on the same side of the River.

Whenever one or more creatures you control attack, each defending player divides all creatures without flying they control into a "left" pile and a "right" pile. Then, for each attacking creature you control, choose "left" or "right." That creature can't be blocked this combat except by creatures with flying and creatures in a pile with the chosen label.

Bird

Wasp

Graveyard Dig

Return up to two target [black or green] creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.
You may cast this spell for {2}{B/G}{B/G}. If you do, ignore the bracketed text.