Rootha, Mercurial Artist

{2}, Return Rootha, Mercurial Artist to its owner's hand: Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Shock

Infuriate

Target creature gets +3/+2 until end of turn.

Claim the Firstborn

Gain control of target creature with mana value 3 or less until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.

Ephemerate

Exile target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.
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.)

Revitalize

Brainstorm

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Star Pupil

Star Pupil enters with a +1/+1 counter on it.
When Star Pupil dies, put its counters on target creature you control.

Strict Proctor

Flying
Whenever a permanent entering causes a triggered ability to trigger, counter that ability unless its controller pays {2}.

Leonin Lightscribe

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

Symmetry Sage

Flying
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, target creature you control has base power 2 until end of turn.

Guiding Voice

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Learn. (You may reveal a Lesson card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand, or discard a card to draw a card.)

Academic Probation

Choose one —
• Choose a nonland card name. Opponents can't cast spells with the chosen name until your next turn.
• Choose target nonland permanent. Until your next turn, it can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.

Strategic Planning

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

Counterspell

Thrill of Possibility

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards.

Lightning Helix

Lightning Helix deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.

Spell Satchel

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, put a book counter on Spell Satchel.
{T}, Remove a book counter from Spell Satchel: Add {C}.
{3}, {T}, Remove three book counters from Spell Satchel: Draw a card.

Environmental Sciences

Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. You gain 2 life.

Campus Guide

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Sudden Breakthrough

Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.
Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Prismari Apprentice

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, Prismari Apprentice can't be blocked this turn. If that spell has mana value 5 or greater, put a +1/+1 counter on Prismari Apprentice.

Expressive Iteration

Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand, put one of them on the bottom of your library, and exile one of them. You may play the exiled card this turn.

Prismari Pledgemage

Defender
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, Prismari Pledgemage can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender.

Teach by Example

({U/R} can be paid with either {U} or {R}.)
When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Thrilling Discovery

You gain 2 life. Then you may discard two cards. If you do, draw three cards.

Vodalian Illusionist

{U}{U}, {T}: Target creature phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before its controller untaps during their next untap step.)

Whirlwind Denial

For each spell and ability your opponents control, counter it unless its controller pays {4}.

Torrent Sculptor

Ward {2} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.)
When Torrent Sculptor enters, exile an instant or sorcery card from your graveyard. Put a number of +1/+1 counters on Torrent Sculptor equal to half that card's mana value, rounded up.

Flamethrower Sonata

Discard a card, then draw a card. When you discard an instant or sorcery card this way, Flamethrower Sonata deals damage equal to that card's mana value to target creature or planeswalker you don't control.

Torrent Sculptor // Flamethrower Sonata

Electrolyze

Electrolyze deals 2 damage divided as you choose among one or two targets.
Draw a card.

Compulsive Research

Target player draws three cards. Then that player discards two cards unless they discard a land card.

Increasing Vengeance

Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. If this spell was cast from a graveyard, copy that spell twice instead. You may choose new targets for the copies.
Flashback {3}{R}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Beaming Defiance

Target creature you control gets +2/+2 and gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Sparring Regimen

When Sparring Regimen enters, learn. (You may reveal a Lesson card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand, or discard a card to draw a card.)
Whenever you attack, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature and untap it.

Multiple Choice

If X is 1, scry 1, then draw a card.
If X is 2, you may choose a player. They return a creature they control to its owner's hand.
If X is 3, create a 4/4 blue and red Elemental creature token.
If X is 4 or more, do all of the above.

Resculpt

Exile target artifact or creature. Its controller creates a 4/4 blue and red Elemental creature token.

Letter of Acceptance

{T}: Add one mana of any color.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Letter of Acceptance: Draw a card.

Dream Strix

Flying
When Dream Strix becomes the target of a spell, sacrifice it.
When Dream Strix dies, learn. (You may reveal a Lesson card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand, or discard a card to draw a card.)

Show of Confidence

When you cast this spell, copy it for each other instant and sorcery spell you've cast this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It gains vigilance until end of turn.

Rip Apart

Choose one —
• Rip Apart deals 3 damage to target creature or planeswalker.
• Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Enthusiastic Study

Target creature gets +3/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.
Learn. (You may reveal a Lesson card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand, or discard a card to draw a card.)

Igneous Inspiration

Igneous Inspiration deals 3 damage to any target.
Learn. (You may reveal a Lesson card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand, or discard a card to draw a card.)

Twinscroll Shaman

Lorehold Pledgemage

First strike
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, Lorehold Pledgemage gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Grinning Ignus

{R}, Return Grinning Ignus to its owner's hand: Add {C}{C}{R}. Activate only as a sorcery.

Spectacle Mage

Flying
Instant and sorcery spells you cast with mana value 5 or greater cost {1} less to cast.

Spirit Summoning

Create a 3/2 red and white Spirit creature token.

Reduce to Memory

Exile target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 3/2 red and white Spirit creature token.

Storm-Kiln Artist

Storm-Kiln Artist gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control.
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, create a Treasure token.

Pop Quiz

Draw a card.
Learn. (You may reveal a Lesson card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand, or discard a card to draw a card.)

Approach of the Second Sun

If this spell was cast from your hand and you've cast another spell named Approach of the Second Sun this game, you win the game. Otherwise, put Approach of the Second Sun into its owner's library seventh from the top and you gain 7 life.

Reconstruct History

Return up to one target artifact card, up to one target enchantment card, up to one target instant card, up to one target sorcery card, and up to one target planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand.
Exile Reconstruct History.

Efreet Flamepainter

Double strike
Whenever Efreet Flamepainter deals combat damage to a player, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.

Wandering Archaic

Whenever an opponent casts an instant or sorcery spell, they may pay {2}. If they don't, you may copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Explore the Vastlands

Each player looks at the top five cards of their library and may reveal a land card and/or an instant or sorcery card from among them. Each player puts the cards they revealed this way into their hand and the rest on the bottom of their library in a random order. Each player gains 3 life.

Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands

Explosive Welcome

Explosive Welcome deals 5 damage to any target and 3 damage to any other target. Add {R}{R}{R}.

Practical Research

Draw four cards. Then discard two cards unless you discard an instant or sorcery card.

Maelstrom Muse

Flying
Whenever Maelstrom Muse attacks, the next instant or sorcery spell you cast this turn costs {X} less to cast, where X is Maelstrom Muse's power as this ability resolves.

Defend the Campus

Choose one —
• Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
• Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater.

Draconic Intervention

As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile an instant or sorcery card from your graveyard.
Draconic Intervention deals X damage to each non-Dragon creature, where X is the exiled card's mana value. If a creature dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead.
Exile Draconic Intervention.

Elemental Masterpiece

Create two 4/4 blue and red Elemental creature tokens.
{U/R}{U/R}, Discard Elemental Masterpiece: Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Fervent Mastery

You may pay {2}{R}{R} rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
If the {2}{R}{R} cost was paid, an opponent discards any number of cards, then draws that many cards.
Search your library for up to three cards, put them into your hand, shuffle, then discard three cards at random.

Expel

Secret Rendezvous

You and target opponent each draw three cards.

Fuming Effigy

Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, Fuming Effigy deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Tome Shredder

Haste
{T}, Exile an instant or sorcery card from your graveyard: Put a +1/+1 counter on Tome Shredder.

Mentor's Guidance

When you cast this spell, copy it if you control a planeswalker, Cleric, Druid, Shaman, Warlock, or Wizard.
Scry 1, then draw a card.

Pillardrop Warden

Reach
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Pillardrop Warden: Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only as a sorcery.

Pigment Storm

Pigment Storm deals 5 damage to target creature. Excess damage is dealt to that creature's controller instead.

Semester's End

Exile any number of target creatures and/or planeswalkers you control. At the beginning of the next end step, return each of them to the battlefield under its owner's control. Each of them enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it if it's a creature and an additional loyalty counter on it if it's a planeswalker.

Devastating Mastery

You may pay {2}{W}{W} rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
If the {2}{W}{W} cost was paid, an opponent chooses up to two nonland permanents they control and returns them to their owner's hand.
Destroy all nonland permanents.

Elemental Expressionist

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, choose target creature you control. Until end of turn, it gains "If this creature would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else" and "When this creature is put into exile, create a 4/4 blue and red Elemental creature token." (Each instance of that ability triggers separately.)

Creative Outburst

Creative Outburst deals 5 damage to any target. Look at the top five cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
{U/R}{U/R}, Discard Creative Outburst: Create a Treasure token.

Lorehold Campus

Lorehold Campus enters tapped.
{T}: Add {R} or {W}.
{4}, {T}: Scry 1.

Prismari Campus

Prismari Campus enters tapped.
{T}: Add {U} or {R}.
{4}, {T}: Scry 1.

Hall of Oracles

{T}: Add {C}.
{1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color.
{T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery and only if you've cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn.

Archway Commons

Archway Commons enters tapped.
When Archway Commons enters, sacrifice it unless you pay {1}.
{T}: Add one mana of any color.

Mountain

Plains

Island

Rowan, Scholar of Sparks

Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
+1: Rowan, Scholar of Sparks deals 1 damage to each opponent. If you've drawn three or more cards this turn, she deals 3 damage to each opponent instead.
−4: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may pay {2}. If you do, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy."

Will, Scholar of Frost

Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
+1: Up to one target creature has base power and toughness 0/2 until your next turn.
−3: Draw two cards.
−7: Exile up to five target permanents. For each permanent exiled this way, its controller creates a 4/4 blue and red Elemental creature token.

Rowan, Scholar of Sparks // Will, Scholar of Frost

Velomachus Lorehold

Flying, vigilance, haste
Whenever Velomachus Lorehold attacks, look at the top seven cards of your library. You may cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value less than or equal to Velomachus Lorehold's power from among them without paying its mana cost. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

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