Volo, Guide to Monsters

Whenever you cast a creature spell that doesn't share a creature type with a creature you control or a creature card in your graveyard, copy that spell. (A copy of a creature spell becomes a token.)

Calculating Lich

Menace
Whenever a creature attacks one of your opponents, that player loses 1 life.

Sanctum Seeker

Whenever a Vampire you control attacks, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Pemmin's Aura

Enchant creature
{U}: Untap enchanted creature.
{U}: Enchanted creature gains flying until end of turn.
{U}: Enchanted creature gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
{1}: Enchanted creature gets +1/-1 or -1/+1 until end of turn.

Victimize

Choose two target creature cards in your graveyard. Sacrifice a creature. If you do, return the chosen cards to the battlefield tapped.

Glen Elendra Archmage

Flying
{U}, Sacrifice Glen Elendra Archmage: Counter target noncreature spell.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

Instill Energy

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can attack as though it had haste.
{0}: Untap enchanted creature. Activate only during your turn and only once each turn.

Master Biomancer

Each other creature you control enters with a number of additional +1/+1 counters on it equal to Master Biomancer's power and as a Mutant in addition to its other types.

Fallen Shinobi

Ninjutsu {2}{U}{B} ({2}{U}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Whenever Fallen Shinobi deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles the top two cards of their library. Until end of turn, you may play those cards without paying their mana costs.

Master Chef

Commander creatures you own have "This creature enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it" and "Other creatures you control enter with an additional +1/+1 counter on them."

Risen Reef

Whenever Risen Reef or another Elemental you control enters, look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card, you may put it onto the battlefield tapped. If you don't put the card onto the battlefield, put it into your hand.

Vulturous Zombie

Flying
Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, put a +1/+1 counter on Vulturous Zombie.

Extravagant Replication

At the beginning of your upkeep, create a token that's a copy of another target nonland permanent you control.

Zagoth Triome

({T}: Add {B}, {G}, or {U}.)
Zagoth Triome enters tapped.
Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Fertile Ground

Enchant land
Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional one mana of any color.

Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest

Flying
Whenever a player sacrifices another permanent, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

Sol Ring

Thousand-Year Elixir

You may activate abilities of creatures you control as though those creatures had haste.
{1}, {T}: Untap target creature.

Deceiver Exarch

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
When Deceiver Exarch enters, choose one —
• Untap target permanent you control.
• Tap target permanent an opponent controls.

Irenicus's Vile Duplication

Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control, except the token has flying and it isn't legendary.

Rite of Replication

Kicker {5} (You may pay an additional {5} as you cast this spell.)
Create a token that's a copy of target creature. If this spell was kicked, create five of those tokens instead.

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.)
Mosswort Bridge 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.

Sword of the Paruns

As long as equipped creature is tapped, tapped creatures you control get +2/+0.
As long as equipped creature is untapped, untapped creatures you control get +0/+2.
{3}: You may tap or untap equipped creature.
Equip {3}

Phyrexian Obliterator

Trample
Whenever a source deals damage to Phyrexian Obliterator, that source's controller sacrifices that many permanents.

Corridor Monitor

When Corridor Monitor enters, untap target artifact or creature you control.

Halimar Depths

Halimar Depths enters tapped.
When Halimar Depths enters, look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
{T}: Add {U}.

Death Tyrant

Menace
Negative Energy Cone — Whenever an attacking creature you control or a blocking creature an opponent controls dies, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
{5}{B}: Return Death Tyrant from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Blood Artist

Whenever Blood Artist or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Freed from the Real

Enchant creature
{U}: Tap enchanted creature.
{U}: Untap enchanted creature.

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.

Kelpie Guide

{T}: Untap another target permanent you control.
{T}: Tap target permanent. Activate only if you control eight or more lands.

Vigean Graftmage

Graft 2 (This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it. Whenever another creature enters, you may move a +1/+1 counter from this creature onto it.)
{1}{U}: Untap target creature with a +1/+1 counter on it.

Mystic Reflection

Choose target nonlegendary creature. The next time one or more creatures or planeswalkers enter this turn, they enter as copies of the chosen creature.
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.)

Vineglimmer Snarl

As Vineglimmer Snarl enters, you may reveal a Forest or Island card from your hand. If you don't, Vineglimmer Snarl enters tapped.
{T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Timeless Witness

When Timeless Witness enters, return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Eternalize {5}{G}{G} ({5}{G}{G}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Human Shaman with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)

Golgari Rot Farm

Golgari Rot Farm enters tapped.
When Golgari Rot Farm enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
{T}: Add {B}{G}.

Vein Ripper

Flying
Ward—Sacrifice a creature.
Whenever a creature dies, target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Selesnya Eulogist

{2}{G}: Exile target creature card from a graveyard, then populate. (Create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

Aggressive Biomancy

Create X tokens that are copies of target creature you control, except they have "When this creature enters, it fights up to one target creature you don't control."

Junk Winder

Affinity for tokens (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each token you control.)
Whenever a token you control enters, tap target nonland permanent an opponent controls. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Illusionist's Bracers

Whenever an ability of equipped creature is activated, if it isn't a mana ability, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Equip {3}

Vorapede

Vigilance, trample
Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Merfolk Skyscout

Flying
Whenever Merfolk Skyscout attacks or blocks, untap target permanent.

Fleeting Reflection

Target creature you control gains hexproof until end of turn. Untap that creature. Until end of turn, it becomes a copy of up to one other target creature.

Zulaport Cutthroat

Whenever Zulaport Cutthroat or another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Callidus Assassin

Flash
Polymorphine — You may have Callidus Assassin enter tapped as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it has "When this creature enters, destroy up to one other target creature with the same name as this creature."

Eternal Witness

When Eternal Witness enters, you may return target card from your graveyard to your hand.

Full Flowering

Populate X times. (To populate, create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control. Do this X times.)

Iron League Steed

Haste
Fabricate 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it or create a 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature token.)

Fathom Mage

Evolve (Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Whenever a +1/+1 counter is put on Fathom Mage, you may draw a card.

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 Faerie Artisans.

Progenitor Mimic

You may have Progenitor Mimic enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it has "At the beginning of your upkeep, if this creature isn't a token, create a token that's a copy of this creature."

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.

Diregraf Captain

Deathtouch
Other Zombie creatures you control get +1/+1.
Whenever another Zombie you control dies, target opponent loses 1 life.

Foul Rebirth

Sacrifice a non-Demon creature. If you do, create a 4/3 white and black Vampire Demon creature token with flying.

Promise of Aclazotz

At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice a non-Demon creature. If you do, populate. (Create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

Promise of Aclazotz // Foul Rebirth

Terramorphic Expanse

{T}, Sacrifice Terramorphic Expanse: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Purestrain Genestealer

Purestrain Genestealer enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
Vanguard Species — Whenever Purestrain Genestealer attacks, you may remove a +1/+1 counter from it. If you do, search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Intruder Alarm

Creatures don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.
Whenever a creature enters, untap all creatures.

River Kelpie

Whenever River Kelpie or another permanent enters from a graveyard, draw a card.
Whenever a player casts a spell from a graveyard, draw a card.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

Retreat to Coralhelm

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, choose one —
• You may tap or untap target creature.
• Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Bojuka Bog

Bojuka Bog enters tapped.
When Bojuka Bog enters, exile target player's graveyard.
{T}: Add {B}.

Peregrin Took

If one or more tokens would be created under your control, those tokens plus an additional Food token are created instead. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.")
Sacrifice three Foods: Draw a card.

Choked Estuary

As Choked Estuary enters, you may reveal an Island or Swamp card from your hand. If you don't, Choked Estuary enters tapped.
{T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Command Tower

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

Primeval Herald

Trample
Whenever Primeval Herald enters or attacks, you may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Adrix and Nev, Twincasters

Ward {2} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.)
If one or more tokens would be created under your control, twice that many of those tokens are created instead.

Woodfall Primus

Trample
When Woodfall Primus enters, destroy target noncreature permanent.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

Arcane Signet

Forest

Golgari Signet

Clone Legion

For each creature target player controls, create a token that's a copy of that creature.

Rampaging Baloths

Trample
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may create a 4/4 green Beast creature token.

Infectious Horror

Whenever Infectious Horror attacks, each opponent loses 2 life.

Aura of Dominion

Enchant creature
{1}, Tap an untapped creature you control: Untap enchanted creature.

Witherbloom Apprentice

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Blade of Shared Souls

For Mirrodin! (When this Equipment enters, create a 2/2 red Rebel creature token, then attach this to it.)
Whenever Blade of Shared Souls becomes attached to a creature, for as long as Blade of Shared Souls remains attached to it, you may have that creature become a copy of another target creature you control.
Equip {2}

Xavier Sal, Infested Captain

{T}, Remove a counter from another permanent you control: Populate. Activate only as a sorcery. (Create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)
{T}, Sacrifice another creature: Proliferate. Activate only as a sorcery. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

See Double

This spell can't be copied.
Choose one. If an opponent has eight or more cards in their graveyard, you may choose both instead.
• Copy target spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)
• Create a token that's a copy of target creature.

Esix, Fractal Bloom

Flying
The first time you would create one or more tokens during each of your turns, you may instead choose a creature other than Esix, Fractal Bloom and create that many tokens that are copies of that creature.

Nyx Lotus

Nyx Lotus enters tapped.
{T}: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to your devotion to that color. (Your devotion to a color is the number of mana symbols of that color in the mana costs of permanents you control.)

Poison-Tip Archer

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Whenever another creature dies, each opponent loses 1 life.

Tidewater Minion

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
{4}: Tidewater Minion loses defender until end of turn.
{T}: Untap target permanent.

Baleful Strix

Flying, deathtouch
When Baleful Strix enters, draw a card.

Creakwood Liege

Other black creatures you control get +1/+1.
Other green creatures you control get +1/+1.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may create a 1/1 black and green Worm creature token.

Swamp

Simic Signet

Opulent Palace

Opulent Palace enters tapped.
{T}: Add {B}, {G}, or {U}.

Geralf's Messenger

Geralf's Messenger enters tapped.
When Geralf's Messenger enters, target opponent loses 2 life.
Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Grave Titan

Deathtouch
Whenever Grave Titan enters or attacks, create two 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.

Rampant Growth

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

Mimic Vat

Imprint — Whenever a nontoken creature dies, you may exile that card. If you do, return each other card exiled with Mimic Vat to its owner's graveyard.
{3}, {T}: Create a token that's a copy of a card exiled with Mimic Vat. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.

Biovisionary

At the beginning of the end step, if you control four or more creatures named Biovisionary, you win the game.

Evolving Wilds

{T}, Sacrifice Evolving Wilds: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Nullmage Shepherd

Tap four untapped creatures you control: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Frost Titan

Whenever Frost Titan becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter that spell or ability unless its controller pays {2}.
Whenever Frost Titan enters or attacks, tap target permanent. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Elder Brain

Menace
Whenever Elder Brain attacks a player, exile all cards from that player's hand, then they draw that many cards. You may play lands and cast spells from among the exiled cards for as long as they remain exiled. If you cast a spell this way, you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.

Thornbite Staff

Equipped creature has "{2}, {T}: This creature deals 1 damage to any target" and "Whenever a creature dies, untap this creature."
Whenever a Shaman creature enters, you may attach Thornbite Staff to it.
Equip {4}

Ravenloft Adventurer

When Ravenloft Adventurer enters, you take the initiative.
If a creature an opponent controls would die, instead exile it and put a hit counter on it.
Whenever Ravenloft Adventurer attacks, if you've completed a dungeon, defending player loses 1 life for each card they own in exile with a hit counter on it.

Rakshasa Debaser

Whenever Rakshasa Debaser attacks, put target creature card from defending player's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
Encore {6}{B}{B} ({6}{B}{B}, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)

Dimir Aqueduct

Dimir Aqueduct enters tapped.
When Dimir Aqueduct enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
{T}: Add {U}{B}.

Rise from the Grave

Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.

Mortis Dogs

Whenever Mortis Dogs attacks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
When Mortis Dogs dies, target player loses life equal to its power.