Rune-Tail's Essence

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to creatures you control.

Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant

When you have 30 or more life, flip Rune-Tail.

Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence

The Archimandrite

At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain X life, where X is the number of cards in your hand minus 4.
Whenever you gain life, each Advisor, Artificer, and Monk you control gains vigilance and gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained.
Tap three untapped Advisors, Artificers, and/or Monks you control: Draw a card.

Aether Swooper

Flying
When this creature enters, you get {E}{E} (two energy counters).
Whenever this creature attacks, you may pay {E}{E}. If you do, create a 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature token.

Droning Bureaucrats

{X}, {T}: Each creature with mana value X can't attack or block this turn.

Monastery Mentor

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create a 1/1 white Monk creature token with prowess.

Aviary Mechanic

When this creature enters, you may return another permanent you control to its owner's hand.

Dragon's Eye Sentry

Audacious Reshapers

{T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal an artifact card. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. This creature deals damage to you equal to the number of cards revealed this way.

Mantis Rider

Arcum Dagsson

{T}: Target artifact creature's controller sacrifices it. That player may search their library for a noncreature artifact card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Whirler Virtuoso

When this creature enters, you get {E}{E}{E} (three energy counters).
Pay {E}{E}{E}: Create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.

Pia Nalaar

When Pia Nalaar enters, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
{1}{R}: Target artifact creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
{1}, Sacrifice an artifact: Target creature can't block this turn.

Soulfire Grand Master

Lifelink
Instant and sorcery spells you control have lifelink.
{2}{U/R}{U/R}: The next time you cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand this turn, put that card into your hand instead of into your graveyard as it resolves.

Feldon of the Third Path

{2}{R}, {T}: Create a token that's a copy of target creature card in your graveyard, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types. It gains haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

Adric, Mathematical Genius

{2}{U}, {T}: Copy target activated or triggered ability you control. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Ultimate Sacrifice — {1}{U}, Sacrifice Adric: Counter target activated or triggered ability.
Doctor's companion (You can have two commanders if the other is the Doctor.)

Erebor Flamesmith

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Bastion Inventor

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.)
Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Zhuge Jin, Wu Strategist

{T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn. Activate only during your turn, before attackers are declared.

Glistener Seer

This creature enters with three oil counters on it.
{T}, Remove an oil counter from this creature: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Scholarship Sponsor

When this creature enters, each player who controls fewer lands than the player who controls the most lands searches their library for a number of basic land cards less than or equal to the difference, puts those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffles.

Serra Ascendant

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
As long as you have 30 or more life, this creature gets +5/+5 and has flying.

Grand Arbiter Augustin IV

White spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Blue spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Spells your opponents cast cost {1} more to cast.

Aether Chaser

First strike
When this creature enters, you get {E}{E} (two energy counters).
Whenever this creature attacks, you may pay {E}{E}. If you do, create a 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature token.

Monk Realist

When this creature enters, destroy target enchantment.

Master Splicer

When this creature enters, create a 3/3 colorless Phyrexian Golem artifact creature token.
Golems you control get +1/+1.

Forensic Gadgeteer

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Activated abilities of artifacts you control cost {1} less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.

Azor's Elocutors

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a filibuster counter on this creature. Then if this creature has five or more filibuster counters on it, you win the game.
Whenever a source deals damage to you, remove a filibuster counter from this creature.

Dalakos, Crafter of Wonders

{T}: Add {C}{C}. Spend this mana only to cast artifact spells or activate abilities of artifacts.
Equipped creatures you control have flying and haste.

Blade Splicer

When this creature enters, create a 3/3 colorless Phyrexian Golem artifact creature token.
Golems you control have first strike.

Reckless Fireweaver

Whenever an artifact you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Ingenious Artillerist

Whenever one or more artifacts you control enter, this creature deals that much damage to each opponent.

Omen Hawker

{T}: Add {C}{U}. Spend this mana only to activate abilities.

Kenku Artificer

Homunculus Servant — When this creature enters, put three +1/+1 counters on up to one target noncreature artifact. That artifact becomes a 0/0 Homunculus artifact creature with flying.

Geological Appraiser

When this creature enters, if you cast it, discover 3. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with mana value 3 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.)

Architect of Restoration

Vigilance
Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, create a 1/1 colorless Spirit creature token.

The Restoration of Eiganjo

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
I — Search your library for a basic Plains card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
II — You may discard a card. When you do, return target permanent card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
III — Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield transformed under your control.

The Restoration of Eiganjo // Architect of Restoration

Tomb of Horrors Adventurer

When this creature enters, you take the initiative.
Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, copy it. If you've completed a dungeon, copy that spell twice instead. You may choose new targets for the copies. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)

Monastery Swiftspear

Haste
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

Narset, Enlightened Exile

Creatures you control have prowess.
Whenever Narset attacks, exile target noncreature, nonland card with mana value less than Narset's power from a graveyard and copy it. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

Elsha of the Infinite

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may cast noncreature spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, you may cast it as though it had flash.

Aeronaut Tinkerer

This creature has flying as long as you control an artifact. (It can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

Loyal Apprentice

Haste
Lieutenant — At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control your commander, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. That token gains haste until end of turn.

Grand Architect

Other blue creatures you control get +1/+1.
{U}: Target artifact creature becomes blue until end of turn.
Tap an untapped blue creature you control: Add {C}{C}. Spend this mana only to cast artifact spells or activate abilities of artifacts.

Barbara Wright

History Teacher — Sagas you control have read ahead. (As a Saga enters, choose a chapter and start with that many lore counters. Skipped chapters don't trigger.)
Doctor's companion (You can have two commanders if the other is the Doctor.)

Denry Klin, Editor in Chief

Denry Klin enters with your choice of a +1/+1, first strike, or vigilance counter on it.
Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, if Denry Klin has counters on it, put the same number of each kind of counter on that creature.

Aerial Engineer

As long as you control an artifact, this creature gets +2/+0 and has flying.

Sai, Master Thopterist

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
{1}{U}, Sacrifice two artifacts: Draw a card.

Glóin, Dwarf Emissary

Whenever you cast a historic spell, create a Treasure token. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
{T}, Sacrifice a Treasure: Goad target creature. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)

Elusive Spellfist

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.

Gearsmith Prodigy

This creature gets +1/+0 as long as you control an artifact.

Akal Pakal, First Among Equals

At the beginning of each player's end step, if an artifact entered the battlefield under your control this turn, look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Rasaad yn Bashir

Each creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.
Whenever Rasaad yn Bashir attacks, if you have the initiative, double the toughness of each creature you control until end of turn.
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Council of the Absolute

As this creature enters, choose a noncreature, nonland card name.
Your opponents can't cast spells with the chosen name.
Spells with the chosen name you cast cost {2} less to cast.

Monk of the Open Hand

Flurry of Blows — Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Wing Splicer

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

Orzhov Advokist

At the beginning of your upkeep, each player may put two +1/+1 counters on a creature they control. If a player does, creatures that player controls can't attack you or planeswalkers you control until your next turn.

Lita, Mechanical Engineer

Vigilance
At the beginning of your end step, untap each other artifact creature you control.
{3}{W}, {T}: Create a 5/5 colorless Vehicle artifact token named Zeppelin with flying and crew 3. (It has "Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 3 or more: This token becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.")

Imperial Recruiter

When this creature enters, search your library for a creature card with power 2 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Erayo's Essence

Whenever an opponent casts their first spell each turn, counter that spell.

Erayo, Soratami Ascendant

Flying
Whenever the fourth spell of a turn is cast, flip Erayo.

Erayo, Soratami Ascendant // Erayo's Essence

Archivist of Gondor

When your commander deals combat damage to a player, if there is no monarch, you become the monarch.
At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card.

Furtive Courier

This creature can't be blocked as long as you've sacrificed an artifact this turn.
Whenever this creature attacks, draw a card, then discard a card.

Third Path Iconoclast

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create a 1/1 colorless Soldier artifact creature token.

Ledger Shredder

Flying
Whenever a player casts their second spell each turn, this creature connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)

Whirler Rogue

When this creature enters, create two 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature tokens with flying.
Tap two untapped artifacts you control: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Phyrexian Skyflayer

Harried Artisan

Haste
{3}{W/P}: Transform this creature. Activate only as a sorcery. ({W/P} can be paid with either {W} or 2 life.)

Harried Artisan // Phyrexian Skyflayer

Fleet-Footed Monk

This creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or greater.

Masako the Humorless

Flash
Tapped creatures you control can block as though they were untapped.

Aven Courier

Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, choose a counter on a permanent you control. Put a counter of that kind on target permanent you control if it doesn't have a counter of that kind on it.

Faerie Artisans

Flying
Whenever a nontoken creature an opponent controls enters, create a token that's a copy of that creature except it's an artifact in addition to its other types. Then exile all other tokens created with this creature.

Riddlesmith

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Etherium Sculptor

Artifact spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Danny Pink

Mentor (Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature with lesser power.)
Creatures you control have "Whenever one or more counters are put on this creature for the first time each turn, draw a card."

Loyal Retainers

Sacrifice this creature: Return target legendary creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only during your turn, before attackers are declared.

Persistent Petitioners

{1}, {T}: Target player mills a card. (They put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
Tap four untapped Advisors you control: Target player mills twelve cards.
A deck can have any number of cards named Persistent Petitioners.

Sensor Splicer

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

Feldon, Ronom Excavator

Haste
Feldon can't block.
Whenever Feldon is dealt damage, exile that many cards from the top of your library. Choose one of them. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card.

Urza, Lord Protector

Artifact, instant, and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
{7}: If you both own and control Urza, Lord Protector and an artifact named The Mightstone and Weakstone, exile them, then meld them into Urza, Planeswalker. Activate only as a sorcery.

Celestial Regulator

Flying
When this creature enters, choose target creature you don't control and tap it. If you control a creature with a counter on it, the chosen creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Pride Guardian

Defender
Whenever this creature blocks, you gain 3 life.

Katsumasa, the Animator

Flying
{2}{U}: Until end of turn, target noncreature artifact you control becomes an artifact creature and gains flying. If it's not a Vehicle, it has base power and toughness 1/1 until end of turn.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to three target noncreature artifacts.

Osgir, the Reconstructor

Vigilance
{1}, Sacrifice an artifact: Target creature you control gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
{X}, {T}, Exile an artifact card with mana value X from your graveyard: Create two tokens that are copies of the exiled card. Activate only as a sorcery.

Enthusiastic Mechanaut

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

Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker

Whenever a source an opponent controls deals damage to you, that player sacrifices a permanent of their choice.

Thopter Mechanic

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature dies, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.

Unctus's Retrofitter

Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.)
When this creature enters, up to one target artifact you control becomes an artifact creature with base power and toughness 4/4 for as long as this creature remains on the battlefield.

Daring Archaeologist

When this creature enters, you may return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.
Whenever you cast a historic spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Gregor, Shrewd Magistrate

Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.)
Whenever Gregor, Shrewd Magistrate deals combat damage to a player, draw cards equal to its power.

Hauken's Insight

At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library face down. You may look at that card for as long as it remains exiled.
Once during each of your turns, you may play a land or cast a spell from among the cards exiled with this permanent without paying its mana cost.

Jacob Hauken, Inspector

{T}: Draw a card, then exile a card from your hand face down. You may look at that card for as long as it remains exiled. You may pay {4}{U}{U}. If you do, transform Jacob Hauken.

Jacob Hauken, Inspector // Hauken's Insight

Dauntless Dismantler

Artifacts your opponents control enter tapped.
{X}{X}{W}, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy each artifact with mana value X.

Enlightened Ascetic

When this creature enters, you may destroy target enchantment.

Tomik, Distinguished Advokist

Flying
Lands on the battlefield and land cards in graveyards can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.
Your opponents can't play land cards from graveyards.

Urza, Lord High Artificer

When Urza enters, create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with "This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control."
Tap an untapped artifact you control: Add {U}.
{5}: Shuffle your library, then exile the top card. Until end of turn, you may play that card without paying its mana cost.

Devout Monk

When this creature enters, you gain 1 life.

Lone Missionary

When this creature enters, you gain 4 life.

Doomed Artisan

Sculptures you control can't attack or block.
At the beginning of your end step, create a colorless Sculpture artifact creature token with "This token's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Sculptures you control."

Soldevi Machinist

{T}: Add {C}{C}. Spend this mana only to activate abilities of artifacts.