Potential Cuts

Retraction Helix

Until end of turn, target creature gains "{T}: Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand."

Deep Analysis

Target player draws two cards.
Flashback—{1}{U}, Pay 3 life. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Missing

Cathedral Sanctifier

When this creature enters, you gain 3 life.

Workshop Assistant

When this creature dies, return another target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Otherworldly Journey

Exile target creature. At the beginning of the next end step, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.

Insectile Aberration

Top Picks

Delver of Secrets

At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. You may reveal that card. If an instant or sorcery card is revealed this way, transform this creature.

Delver of Secrets // Insectile Aberration

Skyscanner

Flying
When this creature enters, draw a card.

Ephemerate

Exile target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)

Azorius Arrester

When this creature enters, detain target creature an opponent controls. (Until your next turn, that creature can't attack or block and its activated abilities can't be activated.)

Path of Ancestry

This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Vapor Snag

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Its controller loses 1 life.

Siren's Ruse

Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. If a Pirate was exiled this way, draw a card.

Eagles of the North

Flying
When this creature enters, creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain first strike until end of turn.
Plainscycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Plains card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Alabaster Host Intercessor

When this creature enters, exile target creature an opponent controls until this creature leaves the battlefield.
Plainscycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Plains card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Cloud of Faeries

Flying
When this creature enters, untap up to two lands.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Pilgrim's Eye

Flying
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Alexi's Cloak

Flash
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Merchant of Secrets

Arcane Signet

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

Plains

Oblivion Ring

When this enchantment enters, exile another target nonland permanent.
When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Aqueous Form

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't be blocked.
Whenever enchanted creature attacks, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Teferi's Time Twist

Exile target permanent you control. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step. If it enters as a creature, it enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.

Journey to Nowhere

When this enchantment enters, exile target creature.
When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Kiora's Dambreaker

When this creature enters, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Ulamog's Crusher

Annihilator 2 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices two permanents of their choice.)
This creature attacks each combat if able.

Skybridge Towers

This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {W} or {U}.
{2}{W}{U}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.

Settle Beyond Reality

Choose one or both —
• Exile target creature you don't control.
• Exile target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Cloudkin Seer

Tranquil Cove

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

Militia Bugler

Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)
When this creature enters, look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a creature card with power 2 or less from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Inspiring Overseer

Flying
When this creature enters, you gain 1 life and draw a card.

Aviation Pioneer

When this creature enters, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.

Lonely Sandbar

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

Floodchaser

This creature enters with six +1/+1 counters on it.
This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.
{U}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Target land becomes an Island until end of turn.

Goliath Paladin

Vigilance
When this creature enters, you take the initiative.

Azorius Chancery

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

Umara Raptor

Flying
Whenever this creature or another Ally you control enters, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Displace

Exile up to two target creatures you control, then return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control.

Saltskitter

Whenever another creature enters, exile this creature. Return this creature to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Palace Sentinels

When this creature enters, you become the monarch.

Starnheim Courser

Flying
Artifact and enchantment spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Whispersilk Cloak

Equipped creature can't be blocked and has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip {2}

Scrivener

When this creature enters, you may return target instant card from your graveyard to your hand.

Spirited Companion

Island

Planar Incision

Exile target artifact or creature, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.

Razortide Bridge

This land enters tapped.
Indestructible
{T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Village Bell-Ringer

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
When this creature enters, untap all creatures you control.

Archaeomancer

When this creature enters, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Steel of the Godhead

Enchant creature
As long as enchanted creature is white, it gets +1/+1 and has lifelink. (Damage dealt by the creature also causes its controller to gain that much life.)
As long as enchanted creature is blue, it gets +1/+1 and can't be blocked.

Peregrine Drake

Flying
When this creature enters, untap up to five lands.

Azorius Signet

Icewind Stalwart

Protection Fighting Style — When this creature enters, exile up to one target non-Warrior creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Flicker of Fate

Exile target creature or enchantment, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Command Tower

Dawnbringer Cleric

When this creature enters, choose one —
• Cure Wounds — You gain 2 life.
• Dispel Magic — Destroy target enchantment.
• Gentle Repose — Exile target card from a graveyard.

Enlightened Maniac

When this creature enters, create a 3/2 colorless Eldrazi Horror creature token.

Stonehorn Dignitary

When this creature enters, target opponent skips their next combat phase.

Gallant Cavalry

Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)
When this creature enters, create a 2/2 white Knight creature token with vigilance.

Aethersnipe

When this creature enters, return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
Evoke {1}{U}{U} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters.)

Salvager of Secrets

Fellwar Stone

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Sea Gate Oracle

When this creature enters, look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other on the bottom of your library.

Aether Adept

When this creature enters, return target creature to its owner's hand.

Commander's Sphere

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Arcane Denial

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Myr Retriever

Ornithopter of Paradise

Cloudshift

Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.

Ravenform

Exile target artifact or creature. Its controller creates a 1/1 blue Bird creature token with flying.
Foretell {U} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Canal Courier

When this creature enters, you become the monarch.
Whenever this creature and another creature attack different players, this creature can't be blocked this combat.

Counterspell

Ivory Giant

When this creature enters, tap all nonwhite creatures.
Suspend 5—{W} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {W} and exile it with five time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)

Acrobatic Maneuver

Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.
Draw a card.

Priest of Ancient Lore

When this creature enters, you gain 1 life and draw a card.

Sailor of Means

When this creature enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Haunted Cloak

Equipped creature has vigilance, trample, and haste.
Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Soulherder

Whenever a creature is exiled from the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
At the beginning of your end step, you may exile another target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Lone Missionary

When this creature enters, you gain 4 life.

Dwarven Lightsmith

Assist (Another player can pay up to {5} of this spell's cost.)
When this creature enters, creatures your team controls get +1/+1 until end of turn.

Mulldrifter

Flying
When this creature enters, draw two cards.
Evoke {2}{U} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters.)

Justiciar's Portal

Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. It gains first strike until end of turn.

Banishing Knack

Thought Vessel

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

Sunscape Familiar

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Green spells and blue spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Man-o'-War

Blur

Azorius Guildgate

This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Glacial Floodplain

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.)
This land enters tapped.

Pondering Mage

When this creature enters, look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle. Draw a card.

Kor Cartographer

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Rescue the Foal

Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

Pegasus Guardian

Flying
At the beginning of your end step, if a permanent you controlled left the battlefield this turn, create a 1/1 white Pegasus creature token with flying.

Pegasus Guardian // Rescue the Foal

Idyllic Beachfront

Scion of Stygia

Flash
Cone of Cold — When this creature enters, choose target creature an opponent controls, then roll a d20.
1—9 | Tap that creature.
10—20 | Tap that creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Momentary Blink

Exile target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.
Flashback {3}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Mirage Mesa

This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color.
{T}: Add one mana of the chosen color.

Sensor Splicer

When this creature enters, create a 3/3 colorless Phyrexian Golem artifact creature token.
Golem creatures you control have vigilance.

Mnemonic Wall

Defender
When this creature enters, you may return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Shipwreck Dowser

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
When this creature enters, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Deputy of Acquittals

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
When this creature enters, you may return another target creature you control to its owner's hand.

Ghostly Flicker

Exile two target artifacts, creatures, and/or lands you control, then return those cards to the battlefield under your control.

Turn to Mist

Exile target creature. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Cloak of the Bat

Equipped creature has flying and haste.
Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)