Jace, Unraveler of Secrets

+1: Scry 1, then draw a card.
−2: Return target creature to its owner's hand.
−8: You get an emblem with "Whenever an opponent casts their first spell each turn, counter that spell."

Counterbalance

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may reveal the top card of your library. If you do, counter that spell if it has the same mana value as the revealed card.

Deep-Sea Kraken

Deep-Sea Kraken can't be blocked.
Suspend 9—{2}{U} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {2}{U} and exile it with nine time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, if Deep-Sea Kraken is suspended, remove a time counter from it.

Dragonlair Spider

Reach
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token.

Kambal, Consul of Allocation

Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, that player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Mind's Dilation

Whenever an opponent casts their first spell each turn, that player exiles the top card of their library. If it's a nonland card, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.

Perplexing Chimera

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may exchange control of Perplexing Chimera and that spell. If you do, you may choose new targets for the spell. (If the spell becomes a permanent, you control that permanent.)

Soldier of the Pantheon

Protection from multicolored
Whenever an opponent casts a multicolored spell, you gain 1 life.

Isolation Cell

Whenever an opponent casts a creature spell, that player loses 2 life unless they pay {2}.

Painful Quandary

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player loses 5 life unless they discard a card.

Infested Roothold

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Protection from artifacts
Whenever an opponent casts an artifact spell, you may create a 1/1 green Insect creature token.

Hunting Grounds

Threshold — As long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard, Hunting Grounds has "Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield."

Yawgmoth's Edict

Whenever an opponent casts a white spell, that player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Rewards of Diversity

Whenever an opponent casts a multicolored spell, you gain 4 life.

Snake Pit

Whenever an opponent casts a blue or black spell, you may create a 1/1 green Snake creature token.

Aether Sting

Whenever an opponent casts a creature spell, Aether Sting deals 1 damage to that player.

Insight

Whenever an opponent casts a green spell, you draw a card.

Opal Acrolith

Whenever an opponent casts a creature spell, if Opal Acrolith is an enchantment, Opal Acrolith becomes a 2/4 Soldier creature.
{0}: Opal Acrolith becomes an enchantment.

Predatory Hunger

Enchant creature
Whenever an opponent casts a creature spell, put a +1/+1 counter on enchanted creature.

Soul Barrier

Whenever an opponent casts a creature spell, Soul Barrier deals 2 damage to that player unless they pay {2}.

Reparations

Whenever an opponent casts a spell that targets you or a creature you control, you may draw a card.

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}.

Leshrac's Sigil

Whenever an opponent casts a green spell, you may pay {B}{B}. If you do, look at that player's hand and choose a card from it. The player discards that card.
{B}{B}: Return Leshrac's Sigil to its owner's hand.

Freyalise's Charm

Whenever an opponent casts a black spell, you may pay {G}{G}. If you do, you draw a card.
{G}{G}: Return Freyalise's Charm to its owner's hand.

Ichneumon Druid

Whenever an opponent casts an instant spell other than the first instant spell that player casts each turn, Ichneumon Druid deals 4 damage to that player.

Citanul Druid

Whenever an opponent casts an artifact spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Citanul Druid.

Assassin's Trophy

Destroy target permanent an opponent controls. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Cindervines

Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, Cindervines deals 1 damage to that player.
{1}, Sacrifice Cindervines: Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Cindervines deals 2 damage to that permanent's controller.

Bloom Tender

{T}: For each color among permanents you control, add one mana of that color.

Birds of Paradise

Memory Erosion

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player mills two cards.

Chancellor of the Annex

You may reveal this card from your opening hand. If you do, when each opponent casts their first spell of the game, counter that spell unless that player pays {1}.
Flying
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, counter it unless that player pays {1}.

Arasta of the Endless Web

Reach
Whenever an opponent casts an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/2 green Spider creature token with reach.

Spelltithe Enforcer

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player sacrifices a permanent of their choice unless they pay {1}.

Deflecting Swat

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
You may choose new targets for target spell or ability.

Fierce Guardianship

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

Mangara, the Diplomat

Lifelink
Whenever an opponent attacks with creatures, if two or more of those creatures are attacking you and/or planeswalkers you control, draw a card.
Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, draw a card.

Rhystic Study

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {1}.

Lurking Predators

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, put it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, you may put that card on the bottom of your library.

Noble Hierarch

Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
{T}: Add {G}, {W}, or {U}.

Voice of Resurgence

Whenever an opponent casts a spell during your turn and when Voice of Resurgence dies, create a green and white Elemental creature token with "This creature's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures you control."

Kraum, Ludevic's Opus

Flying, haste
Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, draw a card.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker

Flying
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Nezahal, Primal Tide

This spell can't be countered.
You have no maximum hand size.
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, draw a card.
Discard three cards: Exile Nezahal, Primal Tide. Return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Lavinia, Azorius Renegade

Each opponent can't cast noncreature spells with mana value greater than the number of lands that player controls.
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, if no mana was spent to cast it, counter that spell.

Kaervek the Merciless

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, Kaervek the Merciless deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to any target.

Abrupt Decay

This spell can't be countered.
Destroy target nonland permanent with mana value 3 or less.

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

Mage Hunter

Whenever an opponent casts or copies an instant or sorcery spell, they lose 1 life.

Silverquill Silencer

As Silverquill Silencer enters, choose a nonland card name.
Whenever an opponent casts a spell with the chosen name, they lose 3 life and you draw a card.

Monologue Tax

Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, you create a Treasure token.

Sunscorch Regent

Flying
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Sunscorch Regent and you gain 1 life.

Ignoble Hierarch

Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
{T}: Add {B}, {R}, or {G}.

Esper Sentinel

Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn, draw a card unless that player pays {X}, where X is Esper Sentinel's power.

Brainstorm

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

Thundering Mightmare

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.)
As long as Thundering Mightmare is paired with another creature, each of those creatures has "Whenever an opponent casts a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature."

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.

Howling Moon

At the beginning of combat on your turn, target Wolf or Werewolf you control gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, create a 2/2 green Wolf creature token.

Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant

Whenever you cast an artifact, instant, or sorcery spell, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. This ability triggers only once each turn. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)
Whenever an opponent casts an artifact, instant, or sorcery spell, counter that spell. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Fellwar Stone

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Taurean Mauler

Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Arcane Signet

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

Esika, God of the Tree

Vigilance
{T}: Add one mana of any color.
Other legendary creatures you control have vigilance and "{T}: Add one mana of any color."

The Prismatic Bridge

At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature or planeswalker card. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

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