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Commander
Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator
: Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded an instant or sorcery card this way, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
, Sacrifice Vohar: You may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard this turn. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. Activate only as a sorcery.
, Sacrifice Vohar: You may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard this turn. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Merfolk Phyrexian
Commander
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Burn
Black Mage's Rod
Job select (When this Equipment enters, create a 1/1 colorless Hero creature token, then attach this to it.)
Equipped creature gets +1/+0, has "Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent," and is a Wizard in addition to its other types.
Equip
Equipped creature gets +1/+0, has "Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent," and is a Wizard in addition to its other types.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Burn
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Copy
Kitsa, Otterball Elite
Vigilance
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
: Draw a card, then discard a card.
, : Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. Activate only if Kitsa's power is 3 or greater.
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
: Draw a card, then discard a card.
, : Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. Activate only if Kitsa's power is 3 or greater.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Otter
Copy
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Draw
Nulldrifter
When you cast this spell, draw two cards.
Flying
Annihilator 1 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices a permanent of their choice.)
Evoke (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters.)
Flying
Annihilator 1 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices a permanent of their choice.)
Evoke (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters.)
Creature - Elemental Eldrazi
Transpose
Draw a card, then discard a card. You lose 1 life. If this spell was cast from your hand, create a 0/1 black Wizard creature token with "Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this token deals 1 damage to each opponent."
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.)
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.)
Instant
Welcome the Dead
Draw two cards, then discard a card and you lose 2 life. Create X tapped 2/2 black Zombie Druid creature tokens, where X is the number of cards that were put into your graveyard from your hand or library this turn.
Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Sorcery
Whispering Madness
Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Draw
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Land
Land
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Protection
Protection
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Ramp
Ramp
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Recursion
Grave Scrabbler
Madness (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
When this creature enters, if its madness cost was paid, you may return target creature card from a graveyard to its owner's hand.
When this creature enters, if its madness cost was paid, you may return target creature card from a graveyard to its owner's hand.
Creature - Zombie
Gurgling Anointer
Flying
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature dies, return another target creature card with mana value less than or equal to this creature's power from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature dies, return another target creature card with mana value less than or equal to this creature's power from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Creature - Horror Phyrexian
Metamorphosis Fanatic
Lifelink
When this creature enters, return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a lifelink counter on it.
Miracle (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)
When this creature enters, return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a lifelink counter on it.
Miracle (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)
Creature - Human Cleric
Recursion
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Removal
Amphibian Downpour
Flash
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies. Copies become tokens.)
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a blue Frog creature with base power and toughness 1/1.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies. Copies become tokens.)
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a blue Frog creature with base power and toughness 1/1.
Enchantment - Aura
Shadowgrange Archfiend
When this creature enters, each opponent sacrifices a creature with the greatest power among creatures they control. You gain life equal to the greatest power among creatures sacrificed this way.
Madness—, Pay 8 life. (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Madness—, Pay 8 life. (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Creature - Demon
Removal
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Tokens
Tokens
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Tutor
Beseech the Mirror
Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.)
Search your library for a card, exile it face down, then shuffle. If this spell was bargained, you may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost if that spell's mana value is 4 or less. Put the exiled card into your hand if it wasn't cast this way.
Search your library for a card, exile it face down, then shuffle. If this spell was bargained, you may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost if that spell's mana value is 4 or less. Put the exiled card into your hand if it wasn't cast this way.
Sorcery
Grim Servant
Menace
When this creature enters, search your library for a card with mana value less than or equal to your devotion to black, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. You lose 3 life. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
When this creature enters, search your library for a card with mana value less than or equal to your devotion to black, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. You lose 3 life. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
Creature - Zombie Warlock
Lim-Dûl's Vault
Look at the top five cards of your library. As many times as you choose, you may pay 1 life, put those cards on the bottom of your library in any order, then look at the top five cards of your library. Then shuffle and put the last cards you looked at this way on top in any order.
Instant
Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
Whenever an artifact you control enters, put a loyalty counter on Tezzeret.
0: Untap target artifact or creature. If it's an artifact creature, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
−3: Search your library for an artifact card with mana value 1 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
−7: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of combat on your turn, put three +1/+1 counters on target artifact you control. If it's not a creature, it becomes a 0/0 Robot artifact creature."
0: Untap target artifact or creature. If it's an artifact creature, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
−3: Search your library for an artifact card with mana value 1 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
−7: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of combat on your turn, put three +1/+1 counters on target artifact you control. If it's not a creature, it becomes a 0/0 Robot artifact creature."
Legendary Planeswalker - Tezzeret
Vedalken Aethermage
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
When this creature enters, return target Sliver to its owner's hand.
Wizardcycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a Wizard card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
When this creature enters, return target Sliver to its owner's hand.
Wizardcycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a Wizard card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
Creature - Wizard Vedalken
Tutor
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Untap
Untap
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