Seijo-ki
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Zethi, Arcane Blademaster
Multikicker
When Zethi, Arcane Blademaster enters, exile up to X target instant cards from your graveyard, where X is the number of times Zethi was kicked. Put a kick counter on each of them.
Whenever Zethi attacks, copy each exiled card you own with a kick counter on it. You may cast the copies.
When Zethi, Arcane Blademaster enters, exile up to X target instant cards from your graveyard, where X is the number of times Zethi was kicked. Put a kick counter on each of them.
Whenever Zethi attacks, copy each exiled card you own with a kick counter on it. You may cast the copies.
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
Commander
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Immortal Obligation
Return target creature card from an opponent's graveyard to the battlefield under their control with a duty counter on it. For as long as that creature has a duty counter on it, it is goaded, can't attack you or a permanent you control, and can't block creatures you control.
Instant
Kykar, Zephyr Awakener
Flying
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, choose one —
• Exile another target creature you control. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
• Create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, choose one —
• Exile another target creature you control. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
• Create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Bird
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.
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.
Instant
The Eagles Are Coming!
Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Choose target creature you own. If this spell was kicked, instead choose any number of target creatures you own. Return each chosen creature to your hand. At the beginning of the next upkeep, create a 4/4 white Bird Soldier creature token with flying for each creature returned to your hand this way.
Choose target creature you own. If this spell was kicked, instead choose any number of target creatures you own. Return each chosen creature to your hand. At the beginning of the next upkeep, create a 4/4 white Bird Soldier creature token with flying for each creature returned to your hand this way.
Instant
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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 (During your turn, you may pay and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)
Foretell (During your turn, you may pay and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)
Instant
ALL STARS
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Cost reduction
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Boreas Charger
Flying
When this creature leaves the battlefield, choose an opponent who controls more lands than you. Search your library for a number of Plains cards equal to the difference, reveal those cards, put one of them onto the battlefield tapped and the rest into your hand, then shuffle.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, choose an opponent who controls more lands than you. Search your library for a number of Plains cards equal to the difference, reveal those cards, put one of them onto the battlefield tapped and the rest into your hand, then shuffle.
Creature - Pegasus
Creature
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Swiftfoot Boots
Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Haste enabler
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Land
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Populate/Token
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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
Removal
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Suspend
Exile target creature and put two time counters on it. If it doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend. (At the beginning of its owner's upkeep, they remove a time counter. When the last is removed, they may play it without paying its mana cost. If it's a creature, it has haste.)
Instant
THE ARCANE
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Divine Resilience
Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Target creature you control gains indestructible until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, instead any number of target creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)
Target creature you control gains indestructible until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, instead any number of target creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)
Instant
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Perch Protection
Gift an extra turn (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they take an extra turn after this one.)
Create four 2/2 blue Bird creature tokens with flying. If the gift was promised, all permanents you control phase out, and until your next turn, your life total can't change and you gain protection from everything.
Exile Perch Protection.
Create four 2/2 blue Bird creature tokens with flying. If the gift was promised, all permanents you control phase out, and until your next turn, your life total can't change and you gain protection from everything.
Exile Perch Protection.
Instant
$Cards to CUT
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Dreamtide Whale
Vanishing 2 (This creature enters with two time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter from it. When the last is removed, sacrifice it.)
Whenever a player casts their second spell each turn, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Whenever a player casts their second spell each turn, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Creature - Whale
Keeper of the Accord
At the beginning of each opponent's end step, if that player controls more creatures than you, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.
At the beginning of each opponent's end step, if that player controls more lands than you, you may search your library for a basic Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
At the beginning of each opponent's end step, if that player controls more lands than you, you may search your library for a basic Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Creature - Human Soldier
$Priority Maybeboard
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Cut for the first draft
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Aligned Heart
Flurry — Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, put a rally counter on this enchantment. Then create a 1/1 white Monk creature token with prowess for each rally counter on it. (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, the token gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Enchantment
Dream Tides
Creatures don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player may choose any number of tapped nongreen creatures they control and pay for each creature chosen this way. If the player does, untap those creatures.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player may choose any number of tapped nongreen creatures they control and pay for each creature chosen this way. If the player does, untap those creatures.
Enchantment
Dust Elemental
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Flying; fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
When this creature enters, return three creatures you control to their owner's hand.
Flying; fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
When this creature enters, return three creatures you control to their owner's hand.
Creature - Elemental
Fortune Teller's Talent
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
: Level 2
As long as you've cast a spell this turn, you may play cards from the top of your library.
: Level 3
Spells you cast from anywhere other than your hand cost less to cast.
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
: Level 2
As long as you've cast a spell this turn, you may play cards from the top of your library.
: Level 3
Spells you cast from anywhere other than your hand cost less to cast.
Enchantment - Class
Lazotep Plating
Amass Zombies 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also a Zombie. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.)
You and permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn. (You and they can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
You and permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn. (You and they can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Instant
Rally the Monastery
This spell costs less to cast if you've cast another spell this turn.
Choose one —
• Create two 1/1 white Monk creature tokens with prowess.
• Up to two target creatures you control each get +2/+2 until end of turn.
• Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater.
Choose one —
• Create two 1/1 white Monk creature tokens with prowess.
• Up to two target creatures you control each get +2/+2 until end of turn.
• Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater.
Instant
Thunderclap Drake
Flying
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost less to cast.
, Sacrifice this creature: When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy it for each time you've cast your commander from the command zone this game. You may choose new targets for the copies.
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost less to cast.
, Sacrifice this creature: When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy it for each time you've cast your commander from the command zone this game. You may choose new targets for the copies.
Creature - Drake
Veil of Secrecy
Target creature gains shroud until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn. (A creature with shroud can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Splice onto Arcane—Return a blue creature you control to its owner's hand. (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)
Splice onto Arcane—Return a blue creature you control to its owner's hand. (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)
Instant - Arcane
Maybeboard
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