Scott M. Fischer

Exalted Sunborn

Flying, lifelink
If one or more tokens would be created under your control, twice that many of those tokens are created instead.
Warp {1}{W} (You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)

Gonti, Night Minister

Whenever a player casts a spell they don't own, that player creates a Treasure token.
Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller looks at the top card of that opponent's library and exiles it face down. They may play that card for as long as it remains exiled. Mana of any type can be spent to cast a spell this way.

Imposing Sovereign

Creatures your opponents control enter tapped.

Kiora, the Crashing Wave

[+1]: Until your next turn, prevent all damage that would be dealt to and dealt by target permanent an opponent controls.
[−1]: Draw a card. You may play an additional land this turn.
[−5]: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of your end step, create a 9/9 blue Kraken creature token."

Time Stop

End the turn. (Exile all spells and abilities, including this spell. The player whose turn it is discards down to their maximum hand size. Damage heals and "this turn" and "until end of turn" effects end.)

In a culture of beauty, the most beautiful are worshipped as gods.

Imperious Perfect

Other Elves you control get +1/+1.
{G}, {T}: Create a 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature token.

Diabolic Servitude

When this enchantment enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
When the creature put onto the battlefield with this enchantment dies, exile it and return this enchantment to its owner's hand.
When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, exile the creature put onto the battlefield with this enchantment.

Necrologia

Cast this spell only during your end step.
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
Draw X cards.

Mother of Runes

{T}: Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Ancient Silverback

{G}: 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.)

Even when the flesh grows cold, knowledge waits in the bones for a master to release it.

Corpse Augur

When this creature dies, you draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the number of creature cards in target player's graveyard.

Echo Tracer

Morph {2}{U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When this creature is turned face up, return target creature to its owner's hand.

When a strong mind moves, form and energy shift to heed it.

Freed from the Real

Enchant creature
{U}: Tap enchanted creature.
{U}: Untap enchanted creature.

Aphetto Exterminator

Morph {3}{B} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When this creature is turned face up, target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn.

Books are like crops—they must be thinned for best yield.

Careful Study

Complicate

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.
Cycling {2}{U} ({2}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, you may counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.

Ancient Hydra

Fading 5 (This creature enters with five fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)
{1}, Remove a fade counter from this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

Burning Cloak

Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Burning Cloak deals 2 damage to that creature.

Because the elves are so in touch with Mirrodin's nature, they understand best how to dismantle it.

Viridian Shaman

When this creature enters, destroy target artifact.

The only thing worse than a minotaur with an axe is an angry minotaur with an axe.

Raging Minotaur

Each player loses a third of their life, then discards a third of the cards in their hand, then sacrifices a third of the creatures they control, then sacrifices a third of the lands they control. Round up each time.

Each player loses a third of their life, then discards a third of the cards in their hand, then sacrifices a third of the creatures they control of their choice, then sacrifices a third of the lands they control of their choice. Round up each time.

Reckless Charge

Target creature gets +3/+0 and gains haste until end of turn.
Flashback {2}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

"Loyalty guides me. Pride compels me. Anger sustains me. And the pay isn't bad."

Royal Trooper

Whenever this creature blocks, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Rune of Protection: Lands

{W}: The next time a land source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Jolrael, Voice of Zhalfir

At the beginning of combat on your turn, up to one target land you control becomes an X/X green and blue Bird creature with flying and haste until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand. It's still a land.
Whenever a land creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Spark Rupture

When Spark Rupture enters the battlefield, draw a card.
Each planeswalker with one or more loyalty counters on it loses all abilities and is a creature with power and toughness each equal to the number of loyalty counters on it.

When this enchantment enters, draw a card.
Each planeswalker with one or more loyalty counters on it loses all abilities and is a creature with power and toughness each equal to the number of loyalty counters on it.

Phyrexian Scuta

Kicker—
Pay 3 life. (You may pay 3 life in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell.)
If Phyrexian Scuta was kicked, it enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it.

Kicker—Pay 3 life. (You may pay 3 life in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell.)
If this creature was kicked, it enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.

Radha was born in Skyshroud, but her temper is undeniably Keldon.

Undying Rage

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and can't block.
When Undying Rage is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Undying Rage to its owner's hand.

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and can't block.
When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return it to its owner's hand.

The vedalken order their Neurok sentinels to watch over the shores of the Quicksilver Sea, as if they know of intruders yet to come.

Lumengrid Sentinel

Flying
Whenever an artifact enters the battlefield under your control, you may tap target permanent.

Flying
Whenever an artifact you control enters, you may tap target permanent.

Though she is rightly feared, there are relatively few tales of her deeds in battle, for few survive her raids.

Borderland Marauder

Whenever Borderland Marauder attacks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Phyrexia had tried to take Urza's soul. He was relieved that Shiv tried to claim only his soles.

Acidic Soil

Acidic Soil deals damage to each player equal to the number of lands they control.

A sojourn through time gave dark inspiration to one gifted young mind.

Mishra, Artificer Prodigy

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you may search your graveyard, hand, and/or library for a card with the same name as that spell and put it onto the battlefield. If you search your library this way, shuffle.

Rampant Growth

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Figure of Destiny

{GU}: Figure of Destiny becomes a Kithkin Spirit with base power and toughness 2/2.
{GU}{GU}{GU}: If Figure of Destiny is a Spirit, it becomes a Kithkin Spirit Warrior with base power and toughness 4/4.
{GU}{GU}{GU}{GU}{GU}{GU}: If Figure of Destiny is a Warrior, it becomes a Kithkin Spirit Warrior Avatar with base power and toughness 8/8, flying, and first strike.

{R/W}: This creature becomes a Kithkin Spirit with base power and toughness 2/2.
{R/W}{R/W}{R/W}: If this creature is a Spirit, it becomes a Kithkin Spirit Warrior with base power and toughness 4/4.
{R/W}{R/W}{R/W}{R/W}{R/W}{R/W}: If this creature is a Warrior, it becomes a Kithkin Spirit Warrior Avatar with base power and toughness 8/8, flying, and first strike.

Ziatora, the Incinerator

Flying
At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice another creature. When you do, Ziatora, the Incinerator deals damage equal to that creature's power to any target and you create three Treasure tokens.

Flying
At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice another creature. When you do, Ziatora deals damage equal to that creature's power to any target and you create three Treasure tokens.

Giada, Font of Hope

Flying, vigilance
Each other Angel you control enters the battlefield with an additional +1/+1 counter on it for each Angel you already control.
{T}: Add {W}. Spend this mana only to cast an Angel spell.

Flying, vigilance
Each other Angel you control enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it for each Angel you already control.
{T}: Add {W}. Spend this mana only to cast an Angel spell.

Oxidize

Destroy target artifact. It can't be regenerated.

Tameshi, Reality Architect

Whenever one or more noncreature permanents are returned to hand, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
{X}{W}, Return a land you control to its owner's hand: Return target artifact or enchantment card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.

Only in mirrors do heroes find their equal.

Mirror Gallery

Bogardan Hellkite

Flash
Flying
When Bogardan Hellkite enters the battlefield, it deals 5 damage divided as you choose among any number of targets.

Flash
Flying
When this creature enters, it deals 5 damage divided as you choose among any number of targets.

Those who lead others to wisdom become the wisest themselves.

Riptide Director

{2}{U}{U}, {T}: Draw a card for each Wizard you control.

Solitary Confinement

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this enchantment unless you discard a card.
Skip your draw step.
You have shroud. (You can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you.

Guardian Archon

Flying
As Guardian Archon enters the battlefield, secretly choose an opponent.
Reveal the player you chose: You and target permanent you control each gain protection from the chosen player until end of turn. Activate only once.

Flying
As this creature enters, secretly choose an opponent.
Reveal the player you chose: You and target permanent you control each gain protection from the chosen player until end of turn. Activate only once.

"Those who endure in the face of suffering, those whose faith shines long in evil days, they shall see salvation."
—*Song of All*, canto 904

Serra Avenger

You can't cast this spell during your first, second, or third turns of the game.
Flying, vigilance

You can't cast Serra Avenger during your first, second, or third turns of the game.
Flying, vigilance

Sengir Nosferatu

Flying
{1}{B}, Exile Sengir Nosferatu: Create a 1/2 black Bat creature token with flying. It has "{1}{B}, Sacrifice this creature: Return an exiled card named Sengir Nosferatu to the battlefield under its owner's control."

Flying
{1}{B}, Exile this creature: Create a 1/2 black Bat creature token with flying. It has "{1}{B}, Sacrifice this token: Return an exiled card named Sengir Nosferatu to the battlefield under its owner's control."

He loved his cities in the clouds. When he traveled to the lands below, he brought many reminders of his home.

Meloku the Clouded Mirror

Flying
{1}, Return a land you control to its owner's hand: Create a 1/1 blue Illusion creature token with flying.

Dark Confidant

At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its converted mana cost.

At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value.

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.

"I serve only justice. But through that duty, I serve all of Ravnica."

Isperia, Supreme Judge

Flying
Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, you may draw a card.

Zur's Weirding

Players play with their hands revealed.
If a player would draw a card, they reveal it instead. Then any other player may pay 2 life. If a player does, put that card into its owner's graveyard. Otherwise, that player draws a card.

Patron of the Moon

Moonfolk offering (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant by sacrificing a Moonfolk and paying the difference in mana costs between this and the sacrificed Moonfolk. Mana cost includes color.)
Flying
{1}: Put up to two land cards from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.

Fiery Gambit

Flip a coin until you lose a flip or choose to stop flipping. If you lose a flip, Fiery Gambit has no effect. If you win one or more flips, Fiery Gambit deals 3 damage to target creature. If you win two or more flips, Fiery Gambit deals 6 damage to each opponent. If you win three or more flips, draw nine cards and untap all lands you control.

"Until the world unites in vengeful fury and Phage is destroyed, I will not stay my hand."
—Akroma, angelic avenger

Righteous Cause

Whenever a creature attacks, you gain 1 life.

Coat of Arms

Each creature gets +1/+1 for each other creature on the battlefield that shares at least one creature type with it. (For example, if two Goblin Warriors and a Goblin Shaman are on the battlefield, each gets +2/+2.)

Pristine Angel

Flying
As long as Pristine Angel is untapped, it has protection from artifacts and from all colors.
Whenever you cast a spell, you may untap Pristine Angel.

Flying
As long as this creature is untapped, it has protection from artifacts and from each color.
Whenever you cast a spell, you may untap this creature.

The law is meant to ensure that people kill each other with only the utmost fairness.

Rule of Law

Each player can't cast more than one spell each turn.

Disrupting Shoal

You may exile a blue card with converted mana cost X from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell if its converted mana cost is X.

You may exile a blue card with mana value X from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell if its mana value is X.

Mastery is achieved when "telling time" becomes "telling time what to do."

Telling Time

Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand, one on top of your library, and one on the bottom of your library.

"I wrecked your metal guy, boss. But look! I made you an ashtray."

Goblin Welder

{T}: Choose target artifact a player controls and target artifact card in that player's graveyard. If both targets are still legal as this ability resolves, that player simultaneously sacrifices the artifact and returns the artifact card to the battlefield.

"The only action worth taking is one with an unknown outcome."

Nivix Guildmage

{1}{U}{R}: Draw a card, then discard a card.
{2}{U}{R}: Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Teleportal

Target creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.
Overload {3}{U}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")

Target creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.
Overload {3}{U}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

She wished for a weapon, but not for the skill to wield it.

Burning Wish

You may choose a sorcery card you own from outside the game, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Exile Burning Wish.

You may reveal a sorcery card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand. Exile Burning Wish.

Counterflux

Counterflux can't be countered by spells or abilities.
Counter target spell you don't control.
Overload {1}{U}{U}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")

This spell can't be countered.
Counter target spell you don't control.
Overload {1}{U}{U}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Shivan Wurm

Trample
When Shivan Wurm enters the battlefield, return a red or green creature you control to its owner's hand.

Trample
When this creature enters, return a red or green creature you control to its owner's hand.

Izzet Staticaster

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Haste
{T}: Izzet Staticaster deals 1 damage to target creature and each other creature with the same name as that creature.

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Haste
{T}: This creature deals 1 damage to target creature and each other creature with the same name as that creature.

"I will trade life for life with the insurgents. Our resources, unlike theirs, are limitless."
—Davvol, Evincar of Rath

Attrition

{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Destroy target nonblack creature.

"Fortune does not side with the fainthearted."
—Sophocles, Phaedra

Whenever Royal Trooper blocks, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

"Some say she hid the sun herself, a desperate act to save it from its ultimate extinction."
—*The Seer's Parables*

Oversoul of Dusk

Protection from blue, from black, and from red

Redeem the Lost

Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. Clash with an opponent. If you win, return Redeem the Lost 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.)

Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. Clash with an opponent. If you win, return Redeem the Lost 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.)

A viashino's overlapping scales form a buffer against Shiv's ash-flecked winds and a slippery target for goblin pikes.

Viashino Sandscout

Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.)
At the beginning of the end step, return this creature to its owner's hand. (Return it only if it's on the battlefield.)

One glimpse of an elf's home lasts her weeks away in the wild.

Sylvan Scrying

Search your library for a land card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

"Nature's most raw beauty is the circle: perfect in its continuance, with no break between death and life."

Savra, Queen of the Golgari

Whenever you sacrifice a black creature, you may pay 2 life. If you do, each other player sacrifices a creature.
Whenever you sacrifice a green creature, you may gain 2 life.

Whenever you sacrifice a black creature, you may pay 2 life. If you do, each other player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Whenever you sacrifice a green creature, you may gain 2 life.

Such power protects the body with the strength of the soul.

Holy Strength

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+2.

"Getting people to do what you want is merely a matter of telling them what they want to hear."

Puppeteer

{U}, {T}: You may tap or untap target creature.

Shinen of Flight's Wings

Flying
Channel {U}, Discard Shinen of Flight's Wings: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Flying
Channel — {U}, Discard this card: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.