Octavia, Living Thesis

This spell costs {8} less to cast if you have eight or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard.
Ward {8}
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, target creature has base power and toughness 8/8 until end of turn.

Reins of Power

Untap all creatures you control and all creatures target opponent controls. You and that opponent each gain control of all creatures the other controls until end of turn. Those creatures gain haste until end of turn.

Decoy Gambit

For each opponent, choose up to one target creature that player controls, then return that creature to its owner's hand unless its controller has you draw a card.

Flood of Tears

Return all nonland permanents to their owners' hands. If you return four or more nontoken permanents you control this way, you may put a permanent card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Coastal Breach

Undaunted (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each opponent.)
Return all nonland permanents to their owners' hands.

Crush of Tentacles

Surge {3}{U}{U} (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)
Return all nonland permanents to their owners' hands. If this spell's surge cost was paid, create an 8/8 blue Octopus creature token.

Sapphire Medallion

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

High Tide

Until end of turn, whenever a player taps an Island for mana, that player adds an additional {U}.

Gitaxian Probe

({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)
Look at target player's hand.
Draw a card.

Mental Misstep

({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)
Counter target spell with mana value 1.

Bribery

Search target opponent's library for a creature card and put that card onto the battlefield under your control. Then that player shuffles.

Merchant Scroll

Search your library for a blue instant card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Time Spiral

Exile Time Spiral. Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards. You untap up to six lands.

Mystic Remora

Cumulative upkeep {1} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {4}.

Spellseeker

When Spellseeker enters, you may search your library for an instant or sorcery card with mana value 2 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Careful Study

Capsize

Buyback {3} (You may pay an additional {3} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Return target permanent to its owner's hand.

Snapcaster Mage

Flash
When Snapcaster Mage enters, target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost. (You may cast that card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sleight of Hand

Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other on the bottom of your library.

Shimmer of Possibility

Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Archmage's Charm

Choose one —
• Counter target spell.
• Target player draws two cards.
• Gain control of target nonland permanent with mana value 1 or less.

Impulse

Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Archaeomancer

When Archaeomancer enters, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Mission Briefing

Surveil 2, then choose an instant or sorcery card in your graveyard. You may cast it this turn. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. (To surveil 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Fierce Guardianship

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Counter target noncreature spell.

Mana Crypt

At the beginning of your upkeep, flip a coin. If you lose the flip, Mana Crypt deals 3 damage to you.
{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Chart a Course

Draw two cards. Then discard a card unless you attacked this turn.

Academy Ruins

{T}: Add {C}.
{1}{U}, {T}: Put target artifact card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Cyclonic Rift

Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.
Overload {6}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Force of Will

You may pay 1 life and exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.

Ancient Tomb

{T}: Add {C}{C}. Ancient Tomb deals 2 damage to you.

Temporal Manipulation

Inventors' Fair

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control three or more artifacts, you gain 1 life.
{T}: Add {C}.
{4}, {T}, Sacrifice Inventors' Fair: Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts.

Cryptic Command

Choose two —
• Counter target spell.
• Return target permanent to its owner's hand.
• Tap all creatures your opponents control.
• Draw a card.

Preordain

Scry 2, then draw a card. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size.
{T}: Add {C}.

Mana Drain

Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of {C} equal to that spell's mana value.

Whelming Wave

Return all creatures to their owners' hands except for Krakens, Leviathans, Octopuses, and Serpents.

Mystical Tutor

Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Snow-Covered Island

Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Draw a card.

Mystic Confluence

Choose three. You may choose the same mode more than once.
• Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.
• Return target creature to its owner's hand.
• Draw a card.

Trinket Mage

When Trinket Mage enters, you may search your library for an artifact card with mana value 1 or less, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Baral, Chief of Compliance

Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Whenever a spell or ability you control counters a spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Mystic Sanctuary

({T}: Add {U}.)
Mystic Sanctuary enters tapped unless you control three or more other Islands.
When Mystic Sanctuary enters untapped, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Counterspell

Time Warp

Target player takes an extra turn after this one.

Island

Arcane Signet

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

Sol Ring

Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}.
{1}, {T}, Sacrifice Mind Stone: Draw a card.

Treasure Cruise

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.)
Draw three cards.

Ponder

Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle.
Draw a card.

Wharf Infiltrator

Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.)
Whenever Wharf Infiltrator deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.
Whenever you discard a creature card, you may pay {2}. If you do, create a 3/2 colorless Eldrazi Horror creature token.

Thada Adel, Acquisitor

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
Whenever Thada Adel, Acquisitor deals combat damage to a player, search that player's library for an artifact card and exile it. Then that player shuffles. Until end of turn, you may play that card.

Gilded Drake

Flying
When Gilded Drake enters, exchange control of Gilded Drake and up to one target creature an opponent controls. If you don't or can't make an exchange, sacrifice Gilded Drake. This ability still resolves if its target becomes illegal.

Ghostly Pilferer

Whenever Ghostly Pilferer becomes untapped, you may pay {2}. If you do, draw a card.
Whenever an opponent casts a spell from anywhere other than their hand, draw a card.
Discard a card: Ghostly Pilferer can't be blocked this turn.

Hypnotic Sprite

Mesmeric Glare

Counter target spell with mana value 3 or less. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

Hypnotic Sprite // Mesmeric Glare

Sea Gate Stormcaller

Kicker {4}{U}
When Sea Gate Stormcaller enters, copy the next instant or sorcery spell with mana value 2 or less you cast this turn when you cast it. If Sea Gate Stormcaller was kicked, copy that spell twice instead. You may choose new targets for the copies.

Thieving Skydiver

Kicker {X}. X can't be 0. (You may pay an additional {X} as you cast this spell.)
Flying
When Thieving Skydiver enters, if it was kicked, gain control of target artifact with mana value X or less. If that artifact is an Equipment, attach it to Thieving Skydiver.

Glasspool Mimic

You may have Glasspool Mimic enter as a copy of a creature you control, except it's a Shapeshifter Rogue in addition to its other types.

Glasspool Shore

Glasspool Shore enters tapped.
{T}: Add {U}.

Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore

Brazen Borrower

Flash
Flying
Brazen Borrower can block only creatures with flying.

Petty Theft

Return target nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand.

Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft

Ascendant Spirit

{S}{S}: Ascendant Spirit becomes a Spirit Warrior with base power and toughness 2/3.
{S}{S}{S}: If Ascendant Spirit is a Warrior, put a flying counter on it and it becomes a Spirit Warrior Angel with base power and toughness 4/4.
{S}{S}{S}{S}: If Ascendant Spirit is an Angel, put two +1/+1 counters on it and it gains "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card."

Spellstutter Sprite

Flash
Flying
When Spellstutter Sprite enters, counter target spell with mana value X or less, where X is the number of Faeries you control.

Looter il-Kor

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Whenever Looter il-Kor deals damage to an opponent, draw a card, then discard a card.

Vedalken Shackles

You may choose not to untap Vedalken Shackles during your untap step.
{2}, {T}: Gain control of target creature with power less than or equal to the number of Islands you control for as long as Vedalken Shackles remains tapped.

Strategic Planning

Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.

Tempted by the Oriq

For each opponent, gain control of up to one target creature or planeswalker that player controls with mana value 3 or less.

Muse Vortex

Exile the top X cards of your library. You may cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value X or less from among them without paying its mana cost. Then put the exiled instant and sorcery cards that weren't cast this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Frantic Search

Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.

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