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Commander

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Halana and Alena, Partners

First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.) Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.) At the beginning of combat on your turn, put X +1/+1 counters on another target creature you control, where X is Halana and Alena's power. That creature gains haste until end of turn.

Creature
Halana and Alena, Partners (dbl) 506

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Evasion

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Champion of Lambholt

Creatures with power less than this creature's power can't block creatures you control. Whenever another creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Champion of Lambholt (moc) 293
Greenbelt Guardian

{G}: Target creature gains trample until end of turn. Exhaust — {3}{G}: Put three +1/+1 counters on this creature. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)

Creature
Greenbelt Guardian (dft) 164
Tuskguard Captain

Outlast {G} ({G}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Outlast only as a sorcery.) Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has trample.

Creature
Tuskguard Captain (cmm) 328

Evasion

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Protection

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Bolt Bend

This spell costs {3} less to cast if you control a creature with power 4 or greater. Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.

Instant
Bolt Bend (plst) WAR-115
Gaea's Gift

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains reach, trample, hexproof, and indestructible until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Instant
Gaea's Gift (bro) 182

Protection

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Tokens

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Chishiro, the Shattered Blade

Whenever an Aura or Equipment you control enters, create a 2/2 red Spirit creature token with menace. At the beginning of your end step, put a +1/+1 counter on each modified creature you control. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)

Creature
Chishiro, the Shattered Blade (nec) 1

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Counters

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Arwen, Weaver of Hope

Each other creature you control enters with a number of additional +1/+1 counters on it equal to Arwen's toughness.

Creature
Arwen, Weaver of Hope (ltc) 35
Branching Evolution

If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, twice that many +1/+1 counters are put on that creature instead.

Enchantment
Branching Evolution (mh3) 285
Bristly Bill, Spine Sower

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. {3}{G}{G}: Double the number of +1/+1 counters on each creature you control.

Creature
Bristly Bill, Spine Sower (otj) 157
Forgotten Ancient

Whenever a player casts a spell, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may move any number of +1/+1 counters from this creature onto other creatures.

Creature
Forgotten Ancient (j25) 147
Hardened Scales

If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.

Enchantment
Hardened Scales (pip) 200
Hydra's Growth

Enchant creature When this Aura enters, put a +1/+1 counter on enchanted creature. At the beginning of your upkeep, double the number of +1/+1 counters on enchanted creature.

Enchantment
Hydra's Growth (j22) 89
Innkeeper's Talent

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.) At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. {G}: Level 2 Permanents you control with counters on them have ward {1}. {3}{G}: Level 3 If you would put one or more counters on a permanent or player, put twice that many of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead.

Enchantment
Innkeeper's Talent (blb) 180
Invigorating Hot Spring

This enchantment enters with four +1/+1 counters on it. Modified creatures you control have haste. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.) Remove a +1/+1 counter from this enchantment: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery and only once each turn.

Enchantment
Invigorating Hot Spring (neo) 223
Kalonian Hydra

Trample This creature enters with four +1/+1 counters on it. Whenever this creature attacks, double the number of +1/+1 counters on each creature you control.

Creature
Kalonian Hydra (blc) 226
Loyal Guardian

Trample Lieutenant — At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control your commander, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

Creature
Loyal Guardian (cmm) 304
Managorger Hydra

Trample Whenever a player casts a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Managorger Hydra (blc) 230
Nessian Hornbeetle

At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control another creature with power 4 or greater, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Nessian Hornbeetle (fdn) 229
Ornery Tumblewagg

At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Whenever this creature attacks while saddled, double the number of +1/+1 counters on target creature. Saddle 2 (Tap any number of other creatures you control with total power 2 or more: This Mount becomes saddled until end of turn. Saddle only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Ornery Tumblewagg (otj) 171
Ozolith, the Shattered Spire

If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on an artifact or creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead. {1}{G}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target artifact or creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Artifact
Ozolith, the Shattered Spire (mom) 198
Predatory Hunger

Enchant creature Whenever an opponent casts a creature spell, put a +1/+1 counter on enchanted creature.

Enchantment
Predatory Hunger (exo) 117
Pridemalkin

When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has trample. (It can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

Creature
Pridemalkin (j25) 700
The Ozolith

Whenever a creature you control leaves the battlefield, if it had counters on it, put those counters on The Ozolith. At the beginning of combat on your turn, if The Ozolith has counters on it, you may move all counters from The Ozolith onto target creature.

Artifact
The Ozolith (iko) 237
Treetop Snarespinner

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.) Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) {2}{G}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Treetop Snarespinner (fdn) 114
Verdurous Gearhulk

Trample When this creature enters, distribute four +1/+1 counters among any number of target creatures you control.

Creature Artifact
Verdurous Gearhulk (mic) 145

Counters

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Finisher

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Craterhoof Behemoth

Haste When this creature enters, creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of creatures you control.

Creature
Craterhoof Behemoth (cmm) 280
End-Raze Forerunners

Vigilance, trample, haste When this creature enters, other creatures you control get +2/+2 and gain vigilance and trample until end of turn.

Creature
End-Raze Forerunners (blc) 214
Pyrewood Gearhulk

Vigilance, menace When this creature enters, other creatures you control get +2/+2 and gain vigilance and menace until end of turn. Damage can't be prevented this turn.

Creature Artifact
Pyrewood Gearhulk (dft) 216

Finisher

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Pump

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Bestow Greatness

Target creature gets +4/+4 and gains trample until end of turn.

Instant
Bestow Greatness (dft) 155
Blackblade Reforged

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each land you control. Equip legendary creature {3} Equip {7}

Artifact
Blackblade Reforged (dmc) 178
Bulk Up

Double target creature's power until end of turn. Flashback {4}{R}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Instant
Bulk Up (fdn) 80

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Creature

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Prowcatcher Specialist

Haste Exhaust — {3}{R}: Put two +1/+1 counters on this creature. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)

Creature
Prowcatcher Specialist (dft) 142
Stampeding Scurryfoot

Exhaust — {3}{G}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Create a 3/3 green Elephant creature token. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)

Creature
Stampeding Scurryfoot (dft) 181

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Land

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Cinder Glade

({T}: Add {R} or {G}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Cinder Glade (blc) 299
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (drc) 60
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (dft) 290
Game Trail

As this land enters, you may reveal a Mountain or Forest card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Land
Game Trail (blc) 306
Gruul Turf

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {R}{G}.

Land
Gruul Turf (blc) 310
Karplusan Forest

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {R} or {G}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Karplusan Forest (drc) 163
Kessig Wolf Run

{T}: Add {C}. {X}{R}{G}, {T}: Target creature gets +X/+0 and gains trample until end of turn.

Land
Kessig Wolf Run (mkc) 269
Mossfire Valley

{1}, {T}: Add {R}{G}.

Land
Mossfire Valley (blc) 316
Mosswort Bridge

Hideaway 4 (When this land enters, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.) This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G}. {G}, {T}: You may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost if creatures you control have total power 10 or greater.

Land
Mosswort Bridge (dsc) 288
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (dft) 288
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G}. {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on each green creature that entered this turn.

Land
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood (blc) 320
Rockfall Vale

This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Land
Rockfall Vale (inr) 282
Rogue's Passage

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Rogue's Passage (otc) 313
Rootbound Crag

This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Forest. {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Land
Rootbound Crag (drc) 168
Rugged Highlands

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Land
Rugged Highlands (dft) 262
Skarrg, the Rage Pits

{T}: Add {C}. {R}{G}, {T}: Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.

Land
Skarrg, the Rage Pits (plst) PCA-127
Spire Garden

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Land
Spire Garden (clb) 361
Stomping Ground

({T}: Add {R} or {G}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Stomping Ground (rvr) 289
Temple of Abandon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Land
Temple of Abandon (blc) 338

Land

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Ramp

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Agatha of the Vile Cauldron

Activated abilities of creatures you control cost {X} less to activate, where X is Agatha's power. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana. {4}{R}{G}: Other creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain trample and haste until end of turn.

Creature
Agatha of the Vile Cauldron (woe) 199
Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (drc) 51
Birds of Paradise

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

Creature
Birds of Paradise (rvr) 133
Cultivate

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Cultivate (dsc) 174
Domri, Anarch of Bolas

Creatures you control get +1/+0. +1: Add {R} or {G}. Creature spells you cast this turn can't be countered. −2: Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control.

Planeswalker
Domri, Anarch of Bolas (war) 191
Fertilid

This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it. {1}{G}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Target player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffles.

Creature
Fertilid (moc) 296
Goblin Anarchomancer

Each spell you cast that's red or green costs {1} less to cast.

Creature
Goblin Anarchomancer (mh2) 200
Kami of Whispered Hopes

If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a permanent you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on that permanent instead. {T}: Add X mana of any one color, where X is this creature's power.

Creature
Kami of Whispered Hopes (mom) 196
Kodama of the West Tree

Reach Modified creatures you control have trample. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.) Whenever a modified creature you control deals combat damage to a player, search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature
Kodama of the West Tree (j25) 78
Llanowar Elves

{T}: Add {G}.

Creature
Llanowar Elves (fdn) 227
Rampant Growth

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

Sorcery
Rampant Growth (j25) 704
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds

Whenever another creature enters, its controller may draw a card if its power is greater than each other creature's power. {G}, {T}: Add X mana in any combination of colors, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.

Creature
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds (cmm) 320
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (drc) 57

Ramp

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Draw

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Armorcraft Judge

When this creature enters, draw a card for each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it.

Creature
Armorcraft Judge (j25) 629
Etali, Primal Storm

Whenever Etali attacks, exile the top card of each player's library, then you may cast any number of spells from among those cards without paying their mana costs.

Creature
Etali, Primal Storm (fdn) 194
Garruk's Uprising

When this enchantment enters, if you control a creature with power 4 or greater, draw a card. Creatures you control have trample. (Each of those creatures can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) Whenever a creature you control with power 4 or greater enters, draw a card.

Enchantment
Garruk's Uprising (blc) 219
Hunter's Insight

Choose target creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker this turn, draw that many cards.

Instant
Hunter's Insight (cmm) 296
Inspiring Call

Draw a card for each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it. Those creatures gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)

Instant
Inspiring Call (fdn) 226
Rishkar's Expertise

Draw cards equal to the greatest power among creatures you control. You may cast a spell with mana value 5 or less from your hand without paying its mana cost.

Sorcery
Rishkar's Expertise (lcc) 254
The Great Henge

This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control. {T}: Add {G}{G}. You gain 2 life. Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it and draw a card.

Artifact
The Great Henge (cmm) 294
Toski, Bearer of Secrets

This spell can't be countered. Indestructible Toski attacks each combat if able. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Toski, Bearer of Secrets (blc) 244
Tribute to the World Tree

Whenever a creature you control enters, draw a card if its power is 3 or greater. Otherwise, put two +1/+1 counters on it.

Enchantment
Tribute to the World Tree (mom) 211

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Proliferate

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Evolution Sage

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Creature
Evolution Sage (lcc) 240

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Removal

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Beast Within

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.

Instant
Beast Within (dsc) 80
Broken Wings

Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or creature with flying.

Instant
Broken Wings (dft) 156
Bushwhack

Choose one — • Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. • Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

Sorcery
Bushwhack (j25) 641
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 (drc) 48
District Mascot

This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it. {1}{G}, Remove two +1/+1 counters from this creature: Destroy target artifact. Whenever this creature attacks while saddled, put a +1/+1 counter on it. Saddle 1

Creature
District Mascot (dft) 158
Domri's Ambush

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Then that creature deals damage equal to its power to target creature or planeswalker you don't control.

Sorcery
Domri's Ambush (war) 192

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Sideboard

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Apothecary Stomper

Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.) When this creature enters, choose one — • Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature you control. • You gain 4 life.

Creature
Apothecary Stomper (fdn) 99
Bite Down

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature or planeswalker you don't control.

Instant
Bite Down (j25) 636
Boom Scholar

Exhaust abilities of other permanents you control cost {2} less to activate. Exhaust — {4}{R}{G}: Creatures and Vehicles you control gain trample until end of turn. Put two +1/+1 counters on this creature. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)

Creature
Boom Scholar (dft) 189
Felling Blow

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Then that creature deals damage equal to its power to target creature an opponent controls.

Sorcery
Felling Blow (fdn) 105
Greasewrench Goblin

Exhaust — {2}{R}: Discard up to two cards, then draw that many cards. Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)

Creature
Greasewrench Goblin (dft) 132
Lion Umbra

Enchant modified creature (Equipment, Auras its controller controls, and counters are modifications.) Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has vigilance and reach. Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Enchantment
Lion Umbra (mh3) 160
Marauding Mako

Whenever you discard one or more cards, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Creature
Marauding Mako (dft) 138
Overrun

Creatures you control get +3/+3 and gain trample until end of turn. (Each of those creatures can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

Sorcery
Overrun (scd) 201
Pacesetter Paragon

Exhaust — {2}{R}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. It gains double strike until end of turn. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)

Creature
Pacesetter Paragon (dft) 140
Triumph of the Hordes

Until end of turn, creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain trample and infect. (Creatures with infect deal damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

Sorcery
Triumph of the Hordes (plst) NPH-123

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