Persist

Return target nonlegendary creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.

Rona, Herald of Invasion

Whenever you cast a legendary spell, untap Rona, Herald of Invasion.
{T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.
{5}{B/P}: Transform Rona. Activate only as a sorcery. ({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.)

Rona, Tolarian Obliterator

Trample
Whenever a source deals damage to Rona, Tolarian Obliterator, that source's controller exiles a card from their hand at random. If it's a land card, you may put it onto the battlefield under your control. Otherwise, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.

Rona, Herald of Invasion // Rona, Tolarian Obliterator

Reanimate

Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to its mana value.

Animate Dead

Enchant creature card in a graveyard
When Animate Dead enters, if it's on the battlefield, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with Animate Dead." Return enchanted creature card to the battlefield under your control and attach Animate Dead to it. When Animate Dead leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
Enchanted creature gets -1/-0.

Makeshift Mannequin

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a mannequin counter on it. For as long as that creature has a mannequin counter on it, it has "When this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it."

Doomed Necromancer

{B}, {T}, Sacrifice Doomed Necromancer: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Dread Return

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Flashback—Sacrifice three creatures. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Baleful Force

At the beginning of each upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Scion of Halaster

Commander creatures you own have "The first time you would draw a card each turn, instead look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your graveyard and the other back on top of your library. Then draw a card."

Jace, Vryn's Prodigy

{T}: Draw a card, then discard a card. If there are five or more cards in your graveyard, exile Jace, Vryn's Prodigy, then return him to the battlefield transformed under his owner's control.

Jace, Telepath Unbound

+1: Up to one target creature gets -2/-0 until your next turn.
−3: You may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard this turn. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
−9: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast a spell, target opponent mills five cards."

Jace, Vryn's Prodigy // Jace, Telepath Unbound

Lazav, the Multifarious

When Lazav, the Multifarious enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
{X}: Lazav, the Multifarious becomes a copy of target creature card in your graveyard with mana value X, except its name is Lazav, the Multifarious, it's legendary in addition to its other types, and it has this ability.

Ludevic, Necrogenius

Whenever Ludevic, Necrogenius enters or attacks, mill a card.
{X}{U}{U}{B}{B}, Exile X creature cards from your graveyard: Transform Ludevic. X can't be 0. Activate only as a sorcery.

Olag, Ludevic's Hubris

As this creature transforms into Olag, Ludevic's Hubris, it becomes a copy of a creature card exiled with it, except its name is Olag, Ludevic's Hubris, it's 4/4, and it's a legendary blue and black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types. Put a number of +1/+1 counters on Olag equal to the number of creature cards exiled with it.

Ludevic, Necrogenius // Olag, Ludevic's Hubris

Search for Azcanta

At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1. Then if you have seven or more cards in your graveyard, you may transform Search for Azcanta. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)

Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin

(Transforms from Search for Azcanta.)
{T}: Add {U}.
{2}{U}, {T}: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a noncreature, nonland card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin

Urza, Powerstone Prodigy

Vigilance
{1}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.
Whenever you discard one or more artifact cards, create a tapped Powerstone token. This ability triggers only once each turn. (The token is an artifact with "{T}: Add {C}. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.")

Vendilion Clique

Flash
Flying
When Vendilion Clique enters, look at target player's hand. You may choose a nonland card from it. If you do, that player reveals the chosen card, puts it on the bottom of their library, then draws a card.

Unctus, Grand Metatect

Other blue creatures you control have "Whenever this creature becomes tapped, draw a card, then discard a card."
Other artifact creatures you control get +1/+1.
{U/P}: Until end of turn, target creature you control becomes a blue artifact in addition to its other colors and types. Activate only as a sorcery. ({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)

Zellix, Sanity Flayer

Hive Mind — Whenever a player mills one or more creature cards, you create a 1/1 black Horror creature token.
{1}, {T}: Target player mills three cards.
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Viconia, Drow Apostate

At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are four or more creature cards in your graveyard, return a creature card at random from your graveyard to your hand.
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Obsessive Search

Draw a card.
Madness {U} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Dying to Serve

Whenever you discard one or more cards, create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each different mana value among cards in your graveyard.
Whenever you discard a nonland card, you may cast it from your graveyard.

Caltrops

Whenever a creature attacks, Caltrops deals 1 damage to it.

Big Game Hunter

When Big Game Hunter enters, destroy target creature with power 4 or greater. It can't be regenerated.
Madness {B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Containment Construct

Whenever you discard a card, you may exile that card from your graveyard. If you do, you may play that card this turn.

Pestilence Demon

Flying
{B}: Pestilence Demon deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.

Talion, the Kindly Lord

Flying
As Talion, the Kindly Lord enters, choose a number between 1 and 10.
Whenever an opponent casts a spell with mana value, power, or toughness equal to the chosen number, that player loses 2 life and you draw a card.

Incarnation Technique

Demonstrate (When you cast this spell, you may copy it. If you do, choose an opponent to also copy it.)
Mill five cards, then return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Boon of the Wish-Giver

Draw four cards.
Cycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Teferi's Ageless Insight

If you would draw a card except the first one you draw in each of your draw steps, draw two cards instead.

Mental Journey

Draw three cards.
Basic landcycling {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Lórien Revealed

Draw three cards.
Islandcycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Search your library for an Island card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Obsessive Stitcher

{T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.
{2}{U}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice Obsessive Stitcher: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Likeness Looter

Flying
{T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.
{X}: Likeness Looter becomes a copy of target creature card in your graveyard with mana value X, except it has flying and this ability. Activate only as a sorcery.

Ancient Brass Dragon

Flying
Whenever Ancient Brass Dragon deals combat damage to a player, roll a d20. When you do, put any number of target creature cards with total mana value X or less from graveyards onto the battlefield under your control, where X is the result.

Filter Out

Return all noncreature, nonland permanents to their owners' hands.

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.

Living Death

Each player exiles all creature cards from their graveyard, then sacrifices all creatures they control, then puts all cards they exiled this way onto the battlefield.

Archpriest of Shadows

Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following abilities until end of turn.)
Deathtouch
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player or battle, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Ancient Silver Dragon

Flying
Whenever Ancient Silver Dragon deals combat damage to a player, roll a d20. Draw cards equal to the result. You have no maximum hand size for the rest of the game.

Overseer of the Damned

Flying
When Overseer of the Damned enters, you may destroy target creature.
Whenever a nontoken creature an opponent controls dies, create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Sepulchral Primordial

Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
When Sepulchral Primordial enters, for each opponent, you may put up to one target creature card from that player's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

Geth's Summons

Return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Corrupted — For each opponent who has three or more poison counters as you cast this spell, put up to one target creature card from that player's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

Unbreakable Bond

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a lifelink counter on it.

Syr Konrad, the Grim

Whenever another creature dies, or a creature card is put into a graveyard from anywhere other than the battlefield, or a creature card leaves your graveyard, Syr Konrad, the Grim deals 1 damage to each opponent.
{1}{B}: Each player mills a card. (They each put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)

Tainted Indulgence

Draw two cards. Then discard a card unless there are five or more mana values among cards in your graveyard.

Overwhelming Remorse

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature card in your graveyard.
Exile target creature or planeswalker.

Sea Gate Restoration

Draw cards equal to the number of cards in your hand plus one. You have no maximum hand size for the rest of the game.

Sea Gate, Reborn

As Sea Gate, Reborn enters, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
{T}: Add {U}.

Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn

Graveyard Shift

This spell has flash as long as there are five or more mana values among cards in your graveyard.
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Zombify

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Connive

Gain control of target creature with power 2 or less.

Concoct

Surveil 3, then return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Connive // Concoct

Feed the Swarm

Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.

Extract from Darkness

Each player mills two cards. Then you put a creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

Thrashing Wumpus

{B}: Thrashing Wumpus deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.

Ethereal Investigator

Flying
When Ethereal Investigator enters, investigate X times, where X is the number of opponents you have. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.

Gixian Puppeteer

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
When Gixian Puppeteer dies, return another target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand, you may cast up to one target card of the other type from your graveyard. If a spell cast from your graveyard this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Bone Miser

Whenever you discard a creature card, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Whenever you discard a land card, add {B}{B}.
Whenever you discard a noncreature, nonland card, draw a card.

The Raven Man

At the beginning of each end step, if a player discarded a card this turn, create a 1/1 black Bird creature token with flying and "This creature can't block."
{3}{B}, {T}: Each opponent discards a card. Activate only as a sorcery.

Archfiend of Ifnir

Flying
Whenever you cycle or discard another card, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature your opponents control.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Cephalid Coliseum

{T}: Add {U}. Cephalid Coliseum deals 1 damage to you.
Threshold — {U}, {T}, Sacrifice Cephalid Coliseum: Target player draws three cards, then discards three cards. Activate only if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Stitch Together

Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Threshold — Return that card from your graveyard to the battlefield instead if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Talisman of Dominance

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {U} or {B}. Talisman of Dominance deals 1 damage to you.

Cuombajj Witches

{T}: Cuombajj Witches deals 1 damage to any target and 1 damage to any target of an opponent's choice.

Victimize

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

Crypt Rats

{X}: Crypt Rats deals X damage to each creature and each player. Spend only black mana on X.

Watery Grave

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.)
As Watery Grave enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

The Everflowing Well

When The Everflowing Well enters, mill two cards, then draw two cards.
Descend 8 — At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard, transform The Everflowing Well.

The Myriad Pools

(Transforms from The Everflowing Well.)
{T}: Add {U}.
Whenever you cast a permanent spell using mana produced by The Myriad Pools, up to one other target permanent you control becomes a copy of that spell until end of turn.

The Everflowing Well // The Myriad Pools

Dimir Signet

Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel

Flash
Flying
Whenever Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel deals combat damage to a player, put a chorus counter on it. Draw a card, then discard a card. If there are four or more chorus counters on Malcolm, you may cast the discarded card without paying its mana cost.

Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator

{T}: Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded an instant or sorcery card this way, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
{2}, Sacrifice Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator: You may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard this turn. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. Activate only as a sorcery.

Oversold Cemetery

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have four or more creature cards in your graveyard, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Deadly Rollick

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

Dauthi Voidwalker

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
If a card would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, instead exile it with a void counter on it.
{T}, Sacrifice Dauthi Voidwalker: Choose an exiled card an opponent owns with a void counter on it. You may play it this turn without paying its mana cost.

Dark Withering

Destroy target nonblack creature.
Madness {B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Fact or Fiction

Reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Araumi of the Dead Tide

{T}, Exile cards from your graveyard equal to the number of opponents you have: Target creature card in your graveyard gains encore until end of turn. The encore cost is equal to its mana cost. (Exile the creature card and pay its mana cost: 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.)

Sheoldred, Whispering One

Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Brainstealer Dragon

Flying
At the beginning of your end step, exile the top card of each opponent's library. You may play those 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.
Whenever a nonland permanent an opponent owns enters the battlefield under your control, they lose life equal to its mana value.

Sunken Hollow

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.)
Sunken Hollow enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Restless Reef

Restless Reef enters tapped.
{T}: Add {U} or {B}.
{2}{U}{B}: Until end of turn, Restless Reef becomes a 4/4 blue and black Shark creature with deathtouch. It's still a land.
Whenever Restless Reef attacks, target player mills four cards.

Sheoldred

Menace
When Sheoldred enters, each opponent sacrifices a nontoken creature or planeswalker of their choice.
{4}{B}: Exile Sheoldred, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery and only if an opponent has eight or more cards in their graveyard.

The True Scriptures

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
I — For each opponent, destroy up to one target creature or planeswalker that player controls.
II — Each opponent discards three cards, then mills three cards.
III — Put all creature cards from all graveyards onto the battlefield under your control. Exile The True Scriptures, then return it to the battlefield (front face up).

Sheoldred // The True Scriptures

Vizier of Tumbling Sands

{T}: Untap another target permanent.
Cycling {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle Vizier of Tumbling Sands, untap target permanent.

Beacon of Unrest

Put target artifact or creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. Shuffle Beacon of Unrest into its owner's library.

Fatestitcher

{T}: You may tap or untap another target permanent.
Unearth {U} ({U}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

Footsteps of the Goryo

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Sacrifice that creature at the beginning of the next end step.

Archon of Cruelty

Flying
Whenever Archon of Cruelty enters or attacks, target opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice, discards a card, and loses 3 life. You draw a card and gain 3 life.

Polluted Delta

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Polluted Delta: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Massacre Wurm

When this creature enters, creatures your opponents control get -2/-2 until end of turn.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, that player loses 2 life.

Call to the Netherworld

Return target black creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Madness {0} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

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