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How They Brew It - Zada's Treasonous Desires - Treasonous Desires
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Commander

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Zada, Hedron Grinder

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets only Zada, Hedron Grinder, copy that spell for each other creature you control that the spell could target. Each copy targets a different one of those creatures.

Creature
Zada, Hedron Grinder (cmm) 268

Commander

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Sorceries

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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.

Sorcery
Ancestral Anger (vow) 142
Bloody Betrayal

Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. Create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Discard a card, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Sorcery
Bloody Betrayal (vow) 147
Daring Discovery

Up to three target creatures can't block this turn. Discover 4. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with mana value 4 or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)

Sorcery
Daring Discovery (lci) 142
Furnace Reins

Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. Until end of turn, it gains haste and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player or battle, create a Treasure token." (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Sorcery
Furnace Reins (mom) 141
Glimpse the Impossible

Exile the top three cards of your library. You may play those cards this turn. At the beginning of the next end step, if any of those cards remain exiled, put them into your graveyard, then create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token for each card put into your graveyard this way. Those tokens have "Sacrifice this creature: Add {C}."

Sorcery
Glimpse the Impossible (mh3) 124
Hijack

Gain control of target artifact or creature until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn.

Sorcery
Hijack (plst) XLN-148
Involuntary Employment

Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Sorcery
Involuntary Employment (snc) 110
Kari Zev's Expertise

Gain control of target creature or Vehicle until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn. You may cast a spell with mana value 2 or less from your hand without paying its mana cost.

Sorcery
Kari Zev's Expertise (aer) 88
Lose Calm

Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste and menace until end of turn. (A creature with menace can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

Sorcery
Lose Calm (dtk) 147
Malevolent Whispers

Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gets +2/+0 and gains haste until end of turn. Madness {3}{R} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Sorcery
Malevolent Whispers (c19) 150
Mascot Interception

This spell costs {3} less to cast if it targets a creature token. Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gets +2/+0 and gains haste until end of turn.

Sorcery
Mascot Interception (stx) 110
Molten Duplication

Create a token that's a copy of target artifact or creature you control, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types. It gains haste until end of turn. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

Sorcery
Molten Duplication (big) 14
Playful Shove

Playful Shove deals 1 damage to any target. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Playful Shove (blb) 145
Price of Loyalty

Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. If mana from a Treasure was spent to cast this spell, that creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Sorcery
Price of Loyalty (afr) 159
Renegade Tactics

Target creature can't block this turn. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Renegade Tactics (cmr) 195
Rile

Rile deals 1 damage to target creature you control. That creature gains trample until end of turn. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Rile (afc) 136
Sibling Rivalry

Gain control of target artifact or creature until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn. Create a tapped Powerstone token. (It's an artifact with "{T}: Add {C}. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.")

Sorcery
Sibling Rivalry (bro) 152
Song-Mad Treachery

Sorcery
Song-Mad Treachery // Song-Mad Ruins (znr) 165Song-Mad Treachery // Song-Mad Ruins (znr) 165
Spark of Creativity

Choose target creature. Exile the top card of your library. You may have Spark of Creativity deal damage to that creature equal to the exiled card's mana value. If you don't, you may play that card until end of turn.

Sorcery
Spark of Creativity (j22) 602
Sundering Eruption

Sorcery
Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure (mh3) 248Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure (mh3) 248
Traitorous Greed

Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. Add two mana of any one color. (The creature can attack and {T} this turn.)

Sorcery
Traitorous Greed (m21) 166
Traitorous Instinct

Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. Until end of turn, it gets +2/+0 and gains haste.

Sorcery
Traitorous Instinct (mm3) 114
Twisted Fealty

Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. Create a Wicked Role token attached to up to one target creature. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. When this Aura is put into a graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life.)

Sorcery
Twisted Fealty (woe) 154
Witch's Mark

You may discard a card. If you do, draw two cards. Create a Wicked Role token attached to up to one target creature you control. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. When this Aura is put into a graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life.)

Sorcery
Witch's Mark (woe) 158

Sorceries

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Artifacts

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Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (blc) 129
Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.) Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (blc) 286

Artifacts

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Creatures

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Alena, Kessig Trapper

First strike {T}: Add an amount of {R} equal to the greatest power among creatures you control that entered this turn. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Alena, Kessig Trapper (cmr) 160
Alloy Myr

{T}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature Artifact
Alloy Myr (plst) MM2-201
Ardent Elementalist

When Ardent Elementalist enters, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Ardent Elementalist (mid) 128
Bloodshot Trainee

{T}: Bloodshot Trainee deals 4 damage to target creature. Activate only if Bloodshot Trainee's power is 4 or greater.

Creature
Bloodshot Trainee (2xm) 119
Bronze Walrus

When Bronze Walrus enters, scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.) {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature Artifact
Bronze Walrus (clb) 302
Hedron Crawler

{T}: Add {C}. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

Creature Artifact
Hedron Crawler (ogw) 164
Herigast, Erupting Nullkite

Emerge {6}{R}{R} (You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's mana value.) When you cast this spell, you may exile your hand. If you do, draw three cards. Flying Each creature spell you cast has emerge. The emerge cost is equal to its mana cost.

Creature
Herigast, Erupting Nullkite (mh3) 8
Humble Defector

{T}: Draw two cards. Target opponent gains control of Humble Defector. Activate only during your turn.

Creature
Humble Defector (otc) 170
Iron Myr

{T}: Add {R}.

Creature Artifact
Iron Myr (plst) SOM-168
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker

Haste {T}: Create a token that's a copy of target nonlegendary creature you control, except it has haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker (j22) 79
Manakin

{T}: Add {C}.

Creature Artifact
Manakin (j22) 785
Millikin

{T}, Mill a card: Add {C}. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)

Creature Artifact
Millikin (dmr) 231
Myr Convert

Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.) {T}, Pay 2 life: Add one mana of any color.

Creature Artifact
Myr Convert (one) 234
Oasis Gardener

When Oasis Gardener enters, you gain 2 life. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature Artifact
Oasis Gardener (otj) 246
Opaline Unicorn

{T}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature Artifact
Opaline Unicorn (cn2) 213
Ornithopter of Paradise

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature Artifact
Ornithopter of Paradise (blc) 281
Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink

{1}{R}, {T}: Create a token that's a copy of another target creature you control. It gains haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery. {6}{R}{R}{R}, {T}: Create five tokens that are copies of another target creature you control. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink (mom) 334
Palladium Myr

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Creature Artifact
Palladium Myr (cmm) 967
Party Thrasher

Noncreature spells you cast from exile have convoke. (Each creature you tap while casting a noncreature spell from exile pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) At the beginning of your first main phase, you may discard a card. If you do, exile the top two cards of your library, then choose one of them. You may play that card this turn.

Creature
Party Thrasher (mh3) 129
Pinnacle Monk

Creature
Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak (mh3) 246Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak (mh3) 246
Plague Myr

Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.) {T}: Add {C}.

Creature Artifact
Plague Myr (onc) 139
Scuttlemutt

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {T}: Target creature becomes the color or colors of your choice until end of turn.

Creature Artifact
Scuttlemutt (jmp) 484
Sisters of the Flame

{T}: Add {R}.

Creature
Sisters of the Flame (4ed) 221
Storm-Kiln Artist

Storm-Kiln Artist gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control. Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, create a Treasure token.

Creature
Storm-Kiln Artist (otc) 181
Stormsplitter

Haste Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a token that's a copy of Stormsplitter. Exile that token at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Stormsplitter (blb) 154
Young Pyromancer

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 red Elemental creature token.

Creature
Young Pyromancer (otc) 185

Creatures

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Instants

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Abrade

Choose one — • Abrade deals 3 damage to target creature. • Destroy target artifact.

Instant
Abrade (blc) 191
Accelerate

Target creature gains haste until end of turn. Draw a card.

Instant
Accelerate (tor) 90
Ancestors' Aid

Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Ancestors' Aid (lci) 132
Blazing Crescendo

Target creature gets +3/+1 until end of turn. Exile the top card of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card.

Instant
Blazing Crescendo (one) 123
Chaos Warp

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Instant
Chaos Warp (blc) 115
Display of Power

This spell can't be copied. Copy any number of target instant and/or sorcery spells. You may choose new targets for the copies.

Instant
Display of Power (pltr) 119s
Expedite

Target creature gains haste until end of turn. Draw a card.

Instant
Expedite (cmr) 413
Fists of Flame

Draw a card. Until end of turn, target creature gains trample and gets +1/+0 for each card you've drawn this turn. (A creature with trample can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

Instant
Fists of Flame (cmm) 223
Flick a Coin

Flick a Coin deals 1 damage to any target. You create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.") Draw a card.

Instant
Flick a Coin (woe) 128
Kazuul's Fury

Instant
Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs (znr) 146Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs (znr) 146
Might of the Meek

Target creature gains trample until end of turn. It also gets +1/+0 until end of turn if you control a Mouse. Draw a card.

Instant
Might of the Meek (blb) 144
Pyroblast

Choose one — • Counter target spell if it's blue. • Destroy target permanent if it's blue.

Instant
Pyroblast (ema) 142
Return the Favor

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.) + {1} — Copy target instant spell, sorcery spell, activated ability, or triggered ability. You may choose new targets for the copy. + {1} — Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.

Instant
Return the Favor (otj) 142
Siege Smash

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Target creature gets +3/+2 and gains trample until end of turn.

Instant
Siege Smash (mh3) 136
Sudden Breakthrough

Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Sudden Breakthrough (j22) 610
Valakut Awakening

Instant
Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge (plst) ZNR-174Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge (plst) ZNR-174
Valley Rally

Gift a Food (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they create a Food token before its other effects. It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.") Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn. If the gift was promised, target creature you control gains first strike until end of turn.

Instant
Valley Rally (blb) 159

Instants

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Lands

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Arena of Glory

Arena of Glory enters tapped unless you control a Mountain. {T}: Add {R}. {R}, {T}, Exert Arena of Glory: Add {R}{R}. If that mana is spent on a creature spell, it gains haste until end of turn. (An exerted permanent won't untap during your next untap step.)

Land
Arena of Glory (mh3) 215
Blinkmoth Nexus

{T}: Add {C}. {1}: Blinkmoth Nexus becomes a 1/1 Blinkmoth artifact creature with flying until end of turn. It's still a land. {1}, {T}: Target Blinkmoth creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Land
Blinkmoth Nexus (2xm) 311
Den of the Bugbear

If you control two or more other lands, Den of the Bugbear enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}. {3}{R}: Until end of turn, Den of the Bugbear becomes a 3/2 red Goblin creature with "Whenever this creature attacks, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token that's tapped and attacking." It's still a land.

Land
Den of the Bugbear (afr) 254
Dwarven Mine

({T}: Add {R}.) Dwarven Mine enters tapped unless you control three or more other Mountains. When Dwarven Mine enters untapped, create a 1/1 red Dwarf creature token.

Land
Dwarven Mine (eld) 243
Foundry of the Consuls

{T}: Add {C}. {5}, {T}, Sacrifice Foundry of the Consuls: Create two 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature tokens with flying.

Land
Foundry of the Consuls (c18) 248
Frostwalk Bastion

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{S}: Until end of turn, Frostwalk Bastion becomes a 2/3 Construct artifact creature. It's still a land. ({S} can be paid with one mana from a snow source.) Whenever Frostwalk Bastion deals combat damage to a creature, tap that creature and it doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Land
Frostwalk Bastion (mh1) 240
Ghitu Encampment

Ghitu Encampment enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}. {1}{R}: Ghitu Encampment becomes a 2/1 red Warrior creature with first strike until end of turn. It's still a land. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

Land
Ghitu Encampment (ddn) 33
Hanweir Battlements

{T}: Add {C}. {R}, {T}: Target creature gains haste until end of turn. {3}{R}{R}, {T}: If you both own and control Hanweir Battlements and a creature named Hanweir Garrison, exile them, then meld them into Hanweir, the Writhing Township.

Land
Hanweir Battlements (emn) 204
High Market

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life.

Land
High Market (afc) 246
Kher Keep

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{R}, {T}: Create a 0/1 red Kobold creature token named Kobolds of Kher Keep.

Land
Kher Keep (mkc) 270
Mishra's Factory

{T}: Add {C}. {1}: Mishra's Factory becomes a 2/2 Assembly-Worker artifact creature until end of turn. It's still a land. {T}: Target Assembly-Worker creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Land
Mishra's Factory (dmr) 251
Mishra's Foundry

{T}: Add {C}. {2}: Mishra's Foundry becomes a 2/2 Assembly-Worker artifact creature until end of turn. It's still a land. {1}, {T}: Target attacking Assembly-Worker gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Land
Mishra's Foundry (bro) 265
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (blb) 375
Mutavault

{T}: Add {C}. {1}: Mutavault becomes a 2/2 creature with all creature types until end of turn. It's still a land.

Land
Mutavault (clb) 903
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (blc) 132
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance

{T}: Add {R}. Channel — {3}{R}, Discard Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance: Create two 1/1 colorless Spirit creature tokens. They gain haste until end of turn. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance (neo) 276

Lands

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