Counterspell

Quick Study

Magus of the Arena

{3}, {T}: Tap target creature you control and target creature of an opponent's choice they control. Those creatures fight each other. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

Lotus Path Djinn

Flying
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

Mana Vapors

Lands target player controls don't untap during their next untap step.

Psychic Barrier

Counter target creature spell. Its controller loses 1 life.

Center Soul

Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
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.)

Crypsis

Target creature you control gains protection from creatures your opponents control until end of turn. Untap it.

Spireside Infiltrator

Whenever Spireside Infiltrator becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Moonsnare Specialist

Ninjutsu {2}{U} ({2}{U}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
When Moonsnare Specialist enters, return up to one target creature to its owner's hand.

Cleaving Skyrider

Flash
Kicker {2}{R} (You may pay an additional {2}{R} as you cast this spell.)
Flying
When Cleaving Skyrider enters, if it was kicked, it deals X damage to any target, where X is the number of attacking creatures.

Harbor Serpent

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
Harbor Serpent can't attack unless there are five or more Islands on the battlefield.

Mighty Leap

Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains flying until end of turn.

Smash to Dust

Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Destroy target creature with defender.
• Smash to Dust deals 1 damage to each creature your opponents control.

Treason of Isengard

Put up to one target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Amass Orcs 2. (To amass Orcs 2, put two +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)

The Fall of Kroog

Choose target opponent. Destroy target land that player controls. The Fall of Kroog deals 3 damage to that player and 1 damage to each creature they control.

Gandalf the Grey

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, choose one that hasn't been chosen —
• You may tap or untap target permanent.
• Gandalf the Grey deals 3 damage to each opponent.
• Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy.
• Put Gandalf on top of its owner's library.

Scouring Sands

Scouring Sands deals 1 damage to each creature your opponents control. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Geyser Drake

Flying
During turns other than yours, spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

One Last Job

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.)
+ {2} — Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
+ {1} — Return target Mount or Vehicle card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
+ {1} — Return target Aura or Equipment card from your graveyard to the battlefield attached to a creature you control.

Stop Cold

Flash
Enchant artifact or creature
When Stop Cold enters, tap enchanted permanent.
Enchanted permanent loses all abilities and doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

Razzle-Dazzler

Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on Razzle-Dazzler. It can't be blocked this turn.

Hypothesizzle

Draw two cards. Then you may discard a nonland card. When you do, Hypothesizzle deals 4 damage to target creature.

Shepherd of the Clouds

Flying, vigilance
When Shepherd of the Clouds enters, return target permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to your hand. Return that card to the battlefield instead if you control a Mount.

Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Whenever you cast a multicolored instant or sorcery spell from your hand, exile that spell instead of putting it into your graveyard as it resolves. If you do, it becomes plotted. (You may cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost.)

Lucky Offering

Destroy target artifact with mana value 3 or less. You gain 3 life.

Jace Reawakened

You can't cast this spell during your first, second, or third turns of the game.
+1: Draw a card, then discard a card.
+1: You may exile a nonland card with mana value 3 or less from your hand. If you do, it becomes plotted.
−6: Until end of turn, whenever you cast a spell, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Gift of Wrath

Enchant artifact or creature
As long as enchanted permanent is a creature, it gets +2/+2 and has menace. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
When Gift of Wrath leaves the battlefield, create a 2/2 red Spirit creature token with menace.

Welcoming Vampire

Flying
Whenever one or more other creatures you control with power 2 or less enter, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Iron-Fist Pulverizer

Reach
Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, Iron-Fist Pulverizer deals 2 damage to target opponent. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might

Trample
If a red source you control would deal an amount of noncombat damage less than Ojer Axonil's power to an opponent, that source deals damage equal to Ojer Axonil's power instead.
When Ojer Axonil dies, return it to the battlefield tapped and transformed under its owner's control.

Temple of Power

(Transforms from Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might.)
{T}: Add {R}.
{2}{R}, {T}: Transform Temple of Power. Activate only if red sources you controlled dealt 4 or more noncombat damage this turn and only as a sorcery.

Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power

Abzan Skycaptain

Flying
When Abzan Skycaptain dies, bolster 2. (Choose a creature with the least toughness among creatures you control and put two +1/+1 counters on it.)

Fallaji Vanguard

First strike
Whenever Fallaji Vanguard or another creature you control enters, target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Pristine Talisman

Molten Rebuke

Choose one or both —
• Molten Rebuke deals 5 damage to target creature or planeswalker.
• Destroy target Equipment.

Planar Disruption

Enchant artifact, creature, or planeswalker
Enchanted permanent can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.

Swarming of Moria

Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")
Amass Orcs 2. (Put two +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)

Jeskai Sage

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
When Jeskai Sage dies, draw a card.

Blue Sun's Twilight

Gain control of target creature with mana value X or less. If X is 5 or more, create a token that's a copy of that creature.

Desperate Stand

Strive — This spell costs {R}{W} more to cast for each target beyond the first.
Any number of target creatures each get +2/+0 and gain first strike and vigilance until end of turn.

Gandalf, White Rider

Vigilance
Whenever you cast a spell, creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn. Scry 1.
When Gandalf, White Rider dies, you may put it into its owner's library fifth from the top.

Thermo-Alchemist

Defender
{T}: Thermo-Alchemist deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, untap Thermo-Alchemist.

Hazardous Blast

Hazardous Blast deals 1 damage to each creature your opponents control. Creatures your opponents control can't block this turn.

Hindering Light

Counter target spell that targets you or a permanent you control.
Draw a card.

Fall of the Hammer

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to another target creature.

Oracle's Insight

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "{T}: Scry 1, then draw a card." (To scry 1, look at the top card of your library, then you may put that card on the bottom.)

Strongarm Monk

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

Pacifism

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block.

Skewer the Critics

Spectacle {R} (You may cast this spell for its spectacle cost rather than its mana cost if an opponent lost life this turn.)
Skewer the Critics deals 3 damage to any target.

Outlaw Medic

Lifelink
When Outlaw Medic dies, draw a card.

Deadeye Duelist

Reach
{1}, {T}: Deadeye Duelist deals 1 damage to target opponent.

Take Up the Shield

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It gains lifelink and indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Fable of the Mirror-Breaker

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
I — Create a 2/2 red Goblin Shaman creature token with "Whenever this creature attacks, create a Treasure token."
II — You may discard up to two cards. If you do, draw that many cards.
III — Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield transformed under your control.

Reflection of Kiki-Jiki

{1}, {T}: Create a token that's a copy of another target nonlegendary creature you control, except it has haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki

Light the Way

Choose one —
• Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or Vehicle. Untap it.
• Return target permanent you control to its owner's hand.

Into the Maw of Hell

Destroy target land. Into the Maw of Hell deals 13 damage to target creature.

Invoke Calamity

You may cast up to two instant and/or sorcery spells with total mana value 6 or less from your graveyard and/or hand without paying their mana costs. If those spells would be put into your graveyard, exile them instead. Exile Invoke Calamity.

Second Breakfast

Up to two target creatures each get +2/+1 until end of turn. Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.")

Willow-Wind

Gandalf, Friend of the Shire

Flash
You may cast sorcery spells as though they had flash.
Whenever the Ring tempts you, if you chose a creature other than Gandalf, Friend of the Shire as your Ring-bearer, draw a card.

Temporal Firestorm

Kicker {1}{W} and/or {1}{U} (You may pay an additional {1}{W} and/or {1}{U} as you cast this spell.)
Choose up to X creatures and/or planeswalkers you control, where X is the number of times this spell was kicked. Those permanents phase out.
Temporal Firestorm deals 5 damage to each creature and each planeswalker.

Flick a Coin

Flick a Coin deals 1 damage to any target. You create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")
Draw a card.

Seismic Wave

Seismic Wave deals 2 damage to any target and 1 damage to each nonartifact creature target opponent controls.

Ephara's Enlightenment

Enchant creature
When Ephara's Enlightenment enters, put a +1/+1 counter on enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature has flying.
Whenever a creature you control enters, you may return Ephara's Enlightenment to its owner's hand.

Ride Down

Destroy target blocking creature. Creatures that were blocked by that creature this combat gain trample until end of turn.

Tale of Tinúviel

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Target creature you control gains indestructible for as long as you control Tale of Tinúviel.
II — Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
III — Up to two target creatures you control each gain lifelink until end of turn.

Phantom Interference

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.)
+ {3} — Create a 2/2 white Spirit creature token with flying.
+ {1} — Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}.

Essence Capture

Counter target creature spell. Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature you control.

Island

Ferrous Lake

Mirage Mesa

Mirage Mesa enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color.
{T}: Add one mana of the chosen color.

Inspiring Vantage

Inspiring Vantage enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
{T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Invocation of Saint Traft

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "Whenever this creature attacks, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying that's tapped and attacking. Exile that token at end of combat."

Rising of the Day

Creatures you control have haste.
Legendary creatures you control get +1/+0.

Shadowfax, Lord of Horses

Horses you control have haste. (They can attack and {T} as soon as they come under your control.)
Whenever Shadowfax, Lord of Horses attacks, you may put a creature card with lesser power from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking.

Mountain

Sage of the Inward Eye

Flying
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.

Skycloud Expanse

Swiftwater Cliffs

Swiftwater Cliffs enters tapped.
When Swiftwater Cliffs enters, you gain 1 life.
{T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Plains

Hinata, Dawn-Crowned

Flying, trample
Spells you cast cost {1} less to cast for each target.
Spells your opponents cast cost {1} more to cast for each target.

Optimus Prime, Hero

More Than Meets the Eye {2}{U}{R}{W} (You may cast this card converted for {2}{U}{R}{W}.)
At the beginning of each end step, bolster 1. (Choose a creature with the least toughness among creatures you control and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
When Optimus Prime dies, return it to the battlefield converted under its owner's control.

Optimus Prime, Autobot Leader

Living metal (During your turn, this Vehicle is also a creature.)
Trample
Whenever you attack, bolster 2. The chosen creature gains trample until end of turn. When that creature deals combat damage to a player this turn, convert Optimus Prime.

Optimus Prime, Hero // Optimus Prime, Autobot Leader

Narset of the Ancient Way

+1: You gain 2 life. Add {U}, {R}, or {W}. Spend this mana only to cast a noncreature spell.
−2: Draw a card, then you may discard a card. When you discard a nonland card this way, Narset of the Ancient Way deals damage equal to that card's mana value to target creature or planeswalker.
−6: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this emblem deals 2 damage to any target."

Curse of the Bloody Tome

Enchant player
At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, that player mills two cards.

Shire Terrace

{T}: Add {C}.
{1}, {T}, Sacrifice Shire Terrace: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Thriving Isle

Thriving Isle enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than blue.
{T}: Add {U} or one mana of the chosen color.

The Seventh Doctor

Whenever The Seventh Doctor attacks, choose a card in your hand. Defending player guesses whether that card's mana value is greater than the number of artifacts you control. If they guessed wrong, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. If you don't cast a spell this way, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

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