Stephen Daniele

Tawnos brings a childlike wonder and an inherent skill to Urza's studio and bridges the wizardry of the workshop with the grandeur of the royal court. His speed and flexibility quickly earned him promotion from apprentice to master artificer.

Tawnos

You may play artifact, creature, and enchantment spells any time you could play an instant.

You may cast artifact, creature, and enchantment spells as though they had flash.

Ambiguity

Whenever a player plays a spell that counters a spell that has been played or a player plays a spell that comes into play with counters, that player may counter the next spell played or put an additional counter on a permanent that has already been played, but not countered.

Slippery Karst

This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {G}.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Polluted Mire

This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {B}.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

After a hundred failed experiments, Urza was stunned to find that common silver passed through the portal undamaged. He immediately designed a golem made of the metal.

Stroke of Genius

"No fair! Since when does a bug get ta munch on *me*?"
—Squee, goblin cabin hand

Pincher Beetles

Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

"Boss told us to try and train 'em. Trained it to attack—it ate Flugg. Trained it to run fast—it got away. Success!"
—Dlig, goblin spelunker

Duct Crawler

{1}{R}: Target creature can't block this creature this turn.

They brandish their latest theories as warriors would wield weapons.

Academy Researchers

When this creature enters, you may put an Aura card from your hand onto the battlefield attached to this creature.

Number Crunch

Return target permanent to its owner's hand.
Gotcha — If an opponent says a number, you may say "Gotcha!" When you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

Spreading Algae

Enchant Swamp
When enchanted land becomes tapped, destroy it.
When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return it to its owner's hand.

The academy worked with time—until time ran out.

Tolarian Academy

{T}: Add {U} for each artifact you control.

The flow of time was disrupted; like a flooding river it rose from its banks. Tolaria was drowned in an instant that stretched toward infinity.

Sunder

"When I say it rained, it was not small drops, but a thick, greasy drool pouring from the heavens."
—Urza, journal

Rain of Filth

Until end of turn, lands you control gain "Sacrifice this land: Add {B}."

The forest grew back so quickly that lumbering machines were suspended in the treetops.

Gaea's Bounty

Search your library for up to two Forest cards, reveal those cards, put them into your hand, then shuffle.

Contamination

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this enchantment unless you sacrifice a creature.
If a land is tapped for mana, it produces {B} instead of any other type and amount.

It soon became obvious that some experiments were best overseen by fireproof teachers.

Arcane Laboratory

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

If you're smaller than the anaconda, it considers you food. If you're larger than the anaconda, it considers you a lot of food.

Anaconda

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

Volrath's Dungeon

Pay 5 life: Destroy this enchantment. Any player may activate this ability but only during their turn.
Discard a card: Target player puts a card from their hand on top of their library. Activate only as a sorcery.

Spike Hatcher

This creature enters with six +1/+1 counters on it.
{2}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
{1}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Regenerate this creature.

Subduing and skinning an alligator is the first rite of maturity adolescent merfolk must pass.

Rootwater Alligator

Sacrifice a Forest: Regenerate this creature.

Manabond

At the beginning of your end step, you may reveal your hand and put all land cards from it onto the battlefield. If you do, discard your hand.

Hunger is like the sea: deep, endless, and unforgiving.

Killer Whale

{U}: This creature gains flying until end of turn.

Only a matter as vital as destroying Volrath could bring together the reclusive Kor people.

Warrior en-Kor

{0}: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to this creature this turn is dealt to target creature you control instead.

Cross the eyes of a hammerhead and you'll dot its teeth.

Hammerhead Shark

This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.

Brush with Death

Buyback {2}{B}{B} (You may pay an additional {2}{B}{B} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Target opponent loses 2 life. You gain 2 life.

Stalking Stones

{T}: Add {C}.
{6}: This land becomes a 3/3 Elemental artifact creature that's still a land. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

"I used to describe something stable as 'rock solid.' So much for *that* expression."
—Gerrard of the *Weatherlight*

Sandstone Warrior

First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
{R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

"Where I come from, stone stays on the ground."
—Tahngarth of the *Weatherlight*

Flowstone Wyvern

Flying
{R}: This creature gets +2/-2 until end of turn.

"If they don't pinch, they burn. Can't ya eat any of da bugs here?"
—Squee, goblin cabin hand

Firefly

Flying
{R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

"It was probably a lousy spell in the first place."
—Ertai, wizard adept