Showdown of the Skalds

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Exile the top four cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.
II, III — Whenever you cast a spell this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Celestial Crusader

Flash
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)
Flying
Other white creatures get +1/+1.

Bell Borca, Spectral Sergeant

Note the mana value of each card as it's put into exile.
Bell Borca's power is equal to the greatest number noted for it this turn.
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.

Forbidding Spirit

When this creature enters, until your next turn, creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless their controller pays {2} for each of those creatures.

Flameskull

Flying
This creature can't block.
Rejuvenation — When this creature dies, exile it. If you do, exile the top card of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play one of those cards. (If you cast Flameskull this way, you can't play the other card, and vice versa.)

Venerable Warsinger

Vigilance, trample
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may return target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield, where X is the amount of damage this creature dealt to that player.

Battlefield Forge

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

Boros Signet

Chaos

Order

Order // Chaos

Vanquisher's Banner

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type.
Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1.
Whenever you cast a creature spell of the chosen type, draw a card.

Plains

Ghostly Prison

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Spectral Gateguards

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.)
As long as this creature is paired with another creature, both creatures have vigilance.

Mana Geode

When this artifact enters, scry 1.
{T}: Add one mana of any color.

Fuming Effigy

Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Yosei, the Morning Star

Flying
When Yosei dies, target player skips their next untap step. Tap up to five target permanents that player controls.

Clarion Spirit

Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.

Keening Apparition

Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target enchantment.

Azamuki, Treachery Incarnate

Remove a ki counter from Azamuki, Treachery Incarnate: Gain control of target creature until end of turn.

Cunning Bandit

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may put a ki counter on Cunning Bandit.
At the beginning of the end step, if there are two or more ki counters on Cunning Bandit, you may flip it.

Cunning Bandit // Azamuki, Treachery Incarnate

Pillardrop Warden

Reach
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only as a sorcery.

Alpine Meadow

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

Laelia, the Blade Reforged

Haste
Whenever Laelia attacks, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.
Whenever one or more cards are put into exile from your library and/or your graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on Laelia.

Rally the Ancestors

Return each creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Exile those creatures at the beginning of your next upkeep. Exile Rally the Ancestors.

Drogskol Cavalry

Flying
Whenever another Spirit you control enters, you gain 2 life.
{3}{W}: Create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.

Emeria, the Sky Ruin

This land enters tapped.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control seven or more Plains, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
{T}: Add {W}.

Bygone Bishop

Flying
Whenever you cast a creature spell with mana value 3 or less, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

You Find Some Prisoners

Choose one —
• Break Their Chains — Destroy target artifact.
• Interrogate Them — Exile the top three cards of target opponent's library. Choose one of them. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.

Malignus

Malignus's power and toughness are each equal to half the highest life total among your opponents, rounded up.
Damage that would be dealt by this creature can't be prevented.

Castle Embereth

This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain.
{T}: Add {R}.
{1}{R}{R}, {T}: Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.

Karmic Guide

Flying, protection from black
Echo {3}{W}{W} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
When this creature enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Eternal Dragon

Flying
{3}{W}{W}: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only during your upkeep.
Plainscycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Plains card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Witch's Clinic

{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}: Target commander gains lifelink until end of turn.

Holy Day

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Geist of the Lonely Vigil

Defender, flying
Delirium — This creature can attack as though it didn't have defender as long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard.

Pillardrop Rescuer

Flying
When this creature enters, return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to your hand.

Aurelia, the Warleader

Flying, vigilance, haste
Whenever Aurelia attacks for the first time each turn, untap all creatures you control. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.

Rally the Ranks

As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type.
Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1.

Clifftop Retreat

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

Returned Pastcaller

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

Cathedral of War

This land enters tapped.
Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
{T}: Add {C}.

Geist of the Moors

Strict Proctor

Flying
Whenever a permanent entering causes a triggered ability to trigger, counter that ability unless its controller pays {2}.

Kami of the Honored Dead

Flying
Whenever this creature is dealt damage, you gain that much life.
Soulshift 6 (When this creature dies, you may return target Spirit card with mana value 6 or less from your graveyard to your hand.)

Patron of the Kitsune

Fox offering (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant by sacrificing a Fox and paying the difference in mana costs between this and the sacrificed Fox. Mana cost includes color.)
Whenever a creature attacks, you may gain 1 life.

Dancing Scimitar

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

Ignite the Future

Exile the top three cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards. If this spell was cast from a graveyard, you may play cards this way without paying their mana costs.
Flashback {7}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Arcane Signet

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

Moraug, Fury of Akoum

Each creature you control gets +1/+0 for each time it has attacked this turn.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, if it's your main phase, there's an additional combat phase after this phase. At the beginning of that combat, untap all creatures you control.

Darksteel Ingot

Indestructible (Effects that say "destroy" don't destroy this artifact.)
{T}: Add one mana of any color.

Light Up the Stage

Spectacle {R} (You may cast this spell for its spectacle cost rather than its mana cost if an opponent lost life this turn.)
Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.

Custodi Squire

Flying
Will of the council — When this creature enters, starting with you, each player votes for an artifact, creature, or enchantment card in your graveyard. Return each card with the most votes or tied for most votes to your hand.

Eerie Interlude

Exile any number of target creatures you control. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Disenchant

Kataki, War's Wage

All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay {1}."

Kor Haven

{T}: Add {C}.
{1}{W}, {T}: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target attacking creature this turn.

Stonerise Spirit

Flying
{4}, Exile a card from your graveyard: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Blasphemous Act

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield.
Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.

Eidolon of Rhetoric

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

Lorehold Campus

This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {R} or {W}.
{4}, {T}: Scry 1.

Ghostway

Exile each creature you control. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Kami of False Hope

Sacrifice this creature: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Hofri Ghostforge

Spirits you control get +1/+1 and have trample and haste.
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, exile it. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it's a Spirit in addition to its other types and it has "When this token leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to its owner's graveyard."

Doomskar

Destroy all creatures.
Foretell {1}{W}{W} (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.)

Outpost Siege

As this enchantment enters, choose Khans or Dragons.
• Khans — At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library. Until end of turn, you may play that card.
• Dragons — Whenever a creature you control leaves the battlefield, this enchantment deals 1 damage to any target.

Windborn Muse

Flying
Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Strip Mine

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target land.

Sphere of Safety

Creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless their controller pays {X} for each of those creatures, where X is the number of enchantments you control.

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.

Vandalblast

Destroy target artifact you don't control.
Overload {4}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Guardian of Faith

Flash
Vigilance
When this creature enters, any number of other target creatures you control phase out. (Treat them and anything attached to them as though they don't exist until their controller's next turn.)

Kami of Ancient Law

Usher of the Fallen

Boast — {1}{W}: Create a 1/1 white Human Warrior creature token. (Activate only if this creature attacked this turn and only once each turn.)

Balefire Liege

Other red creatures you control get +1/+1.
Other white creatures you control get +1/+1.
Whenever you cast a red spell, this creature deals 3 damage to target player or planeswalker.
Whenever you cast a white spell, you gain 3 life.

Semester's End

Exile any number of target creatures and/or planeswalkers you control. At the beginning of the next end step, return each of them to the battlefield under its owner's control. Each of them enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it if it's a creature and an additional loyalty counter on it if it's a planeswalker.

Angel of Jubilation

Flying
Other nonblack creatures you control get +1/+1.
Players can't pay life or sacrifice creatures to cast spells or activate abilities.

Blighted Steppe

{T}: Add {C}.
{3}{W}, {T}, Sacrifice Blighted Steppe: You gain 2 life for each creature you control.

Fate Forgotten

Magus of the Wheel

{1}{R}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Each player discards their hand, then draws seven cards.

Myojin of Cleansing Fire

Myojin of Cleansing Fire enters with a divinity counter on it if you cast it from your hand.
Myojin of Cleansing Fire has indestructible as long as it has a divinity counter on it.
Remove a divinity counter from Myojin of Cleansing Fire: Destroy all other creatures.

Eidolon of Countless Battles

Bestow {2}{W}{W} (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached to a creature.)
This creature and enchanted creature each get +1/+1 for each creature you control and +1/+1 for each Aura you control.

Paladin Class

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
Spells your opponents cast during your turn cost {1} more to cast.
{2}{W}: Level 2
Creatures you control get +1/+1.
{4}{W}: Level 3
Whenever you attack, until end of turn, target attacking creature gets +1/+1 for each other attacking creature and gains double strike.

Stone Spirit

This creature can't be blocked by creatures with flying.

Patron of the Akki

Goblin offering (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant by sacrificing a Goblin and paying the difference in mana costs between this and the sacrificed Goblin. Mana cost includes color.)
Whenever Patron of the Akki attacks, creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn.

Furycalm Snarl

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

Skyclave Apparition

When this creature enters, exile up to one target nonland, nontoken permanent you don't control with mana value 4 or less.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, the exiled card's owner creates an X/X blue Illusion creature token, where X is the mana value of the exiled card.

Commune with Lava

Exile the top X cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.

Spirit of the Labyrinth

Each player can't draw more than one card each turn.

Myojin of Infinite Rage

Myojin of Infinite Rage enters with a divinity counter on it if you cast it from your hand.
Myojin of Infinite Rage has indestructible as long as it has a divinity counter on it.
Remove a divinity counter from Myojin of Infinite Rage: Destroy all lands.

Celestial Kirin

Flying
Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, destroy all permanents with that spell's mana value.

Mountain

Revel in Silence

Your opponents can't cast spells or activate planeswalkers' loyalty abilities this turn.
Exile this creature.

Flamescroll Celebrant

Whenever an opponent activates an ability that isn't a mana ability, this creature deals 1 damage to that player.
{1}{R}: this creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Flamescroll Celebrant // Revel in Silence

Remorseful Cleric

Flying
Sacrifice this creature: Exile target player's graveyard.

Ignorant Bliss

Exile all cards from your hand face down. At the beginning of the next end step, return those cards to your hand, then draw a card.

Inspiring Vantage

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

Spear of Heliod

Creatures you control get +1/+1.
{1}{W}{W}, {T}: Destroy target creature that dealt damage to you this turn.

Stonebinder's Familiar

Whenever one or more cards are put into exile during your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Wheel of Fate

Suspend 4—{1}{R} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay {1}{R} and exile it with four 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.)
Each player discards their hand, then draws seven cards.

Scourge of the Throne

Flying
Dethrone (Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Whenever this creature attacks for the first time each turn, if it's attacking the player with the most life or tied for most life, untap all attacking creatures. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.

Oyobi, Who Split the Heavens

Flying
Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, create a 3/3 white Spirit creature token with flying.

Pilgrim of the Ages

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic Plains card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
{6}: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.