Arcane Encyclopedia

Arcane Endeavor

Roll two d8 and choose one result. Draw cards equal to that result. Then you may cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value less than or equal to the other result from your hand without paying its mana cost.

Arcane Investigator

Search the Room — {5}{U}: Roll a d20.
1—9 | Draw a card.
10—20 | Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Artificer's Assistant

Flying
Whenever you cast a historic spell, scry 1. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic. To scry 1, look at the top card of your library, then you may put that card on the bottom.)

Book of Rass

Careful Study

Chart a Course

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

Compulsive Research

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

Contact Other Plane

Roll a d20.
1—9 | Draw two cards.
10—19 | Scry 2, then draw two cards.
20 | Scry 3, then draw three cards.

Curate

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.)
Draw a card.

Curse of the Bloody Tome

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

Drafna, Founder of Lat-Nam

{1}{U}: Return target artifact you control to its owner's hand.
{3}, {T}: Copy target artifact spell you control. (The copy becomes a token.)

Catalog

Folio of Fancies

Players have no maximum hand size.
{X}{X}, {T}: Each player draws X cards.
{2}{U}, {T}: Each opponent mills cards equal to the number of cards in their hand.

Illuminated Folio

{1}, {T}, Reveal two cards from your hand that share a color: Draw a card.

Investigator's Journal

Investigator's Journal enters with a number of suspect counters on it equal to the greatest number of creatures a player controls.
{2}, {T}, Remove a suspect counter from Investigator's Journal: Draw a card.
{2}, Sacrifice Investigator's Journal: Draw a card.

Jalum Tome

{2}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Jayemdae Tome

Library of Leng

You have no maximum hand size.
If an effect causes you to discard a card, discard it, but you may put it on top of your library instead of into your graveyard.

Mangara's Tome

When Mangara's Tome enters, search your library for five cards, exile them in a face-down pile, and shuffle that pile. Then shuffle your library.
{2}: The next time you would draw a card this turn, instead put the top card of the exiled pile into its owner's hand.

Mysterious Tome

{2}, {T}: Draw a card. Transform Mysterious Tome.

Chilling Chronicle

{1}, {T}: Tap target nonland permanent. Transform Chilling Chronicle.

Mysterious Tome // Chilling Chronicle

Otherworld Atlas

{T}: Put a charge counter on Otherworld Atlas.
{T}: Each player draws a card for each charge counter on Otherworld Atlas.

Reliquary Tower

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

Sarevok's Tome

When Sarevok's Tome enters, you take the initiative.
{T}: Add {C}. If you have the initiative, add {C}{C} instead.
{3}, {T}: Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Activate only if you've completed a dungeon.

Spellbook

Suspicious Bookcase

Defender
{3}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Tamiyo's Journal

At the beginning of your upkeep, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")
{T}, Sacrifice three Clues: Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Thran Tome

{5}, {T}: Reveal the top three cards of your library. Target opponent chooses one of those cards. Put that card into your graveyard, then draw two cards.

Wizard's Spellbook

{T}: Exile target instant or sorcery card from a graveyard. Roll a d20. Activate only as a sorcery.
1—9 | Copy that card. You may cast the copy.
10—19 | Copy that card. You may cast the copy by paying {1} rather than paying its mana cost.
20 | Copy each card exiled with Wizard's Spellbook. You may cast any number of the copies without paying their mana costs.

Vhal, Candlekeep Researcher

Vigilance
{T}: Add an amount of {C} equal to Vhal, Candlekeep Researcher's toughness. This mana can't be spent to cast spells from your hand.
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Sol Ring

Wayfarer's Bauble

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Wayfarer's Bauble: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Osgood, Operation Double

When you cast this spell, create a token that's a copy of it, except it isn't legendary.
{T}: Add {C}. Spend this mana only to cast an artifact spell or activate an ability of an artifact.
Paradox — Whenever you cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Gadwick's First Duel

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Create a Cursed Role token attached to up to one target creature. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature is 1/1.)
II — Scry 2.
III — When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value 3 or less this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Letter of Acceptance

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

Thought Vessel

Muddle the Mixture

Counter target instant or sorcery spell.
Transmute {1}{U}{U} ({1}{U}{U}, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

Sky Diamond

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.

Geth's Grimoire

Whenever an opponent discards a card, you may draw a card.

Charmed Sleep

Enchant creature
When Charmed Sleep enters, tap enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

Mercurial Transformation

Until end of turn, target nonland permanent loses all abilities and becomes your choice of a blue Frog creature with base power and toughness 1/1 or a blue Octopus creature with base power and toughness 4/4.

Hold for Questioning

Enchant creature or planeswalker
When Hold for Questioning enters, tap enchanted permanent and investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")
Enchanted permanent doesn't untap during its controller's untap step and its activated abilities can't be activated.

Slickshot Lockpicker

When Slickshot Lockpicker 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.)
Plot {2}{U} (You may pay {2}{U} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)

Otherworldly Gaze

Surveil 3. (Look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Flashback {1}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Aquatic Alchemist

Whenever you cast your first instant or sorcery spell each turn, Aquatic Alchemist gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Bubble Up

Put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

Aquatic Alchemist // Bubble Up

Index

Look at the top five cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

Overwhelmed Apprentice

When Overwhelmed Apprentice enters, each opponent mills two cards. Then you 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.)

Dwindle

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -6/-0.
When enchanted creature blocks, destroy it. (The attacking creature remains blocked.)

Ninja of the Deep Hours

Ninjutsu {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Whenever Ninja of the Deep Hours deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card.

Heralds of Tzeentch

Flying
Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)

Tenacious Tomeseeker

Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.)
When Tenacious Tomeseeker enters, if it was bargained, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Mystic Redaction

At the beginning of your upkeep, scry 1.
Whenever you discard a card, each opponent mills two cards. (They put the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.)

Heirloom Epic

{4}, {T}: Draw a card. For each mana in this ability's activation cost, you may tap an untapped creature you control rather than pay that mana. Activate only as a sorcery.

Codex Shredder

{T}: Target player mills a card. (They put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
{5}, {T}, Sacrifice Codex Shredder: Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.

Metalworker

{T}: Reveal any number of artifact cards in your hand. Add {C}{C} for each card revealed this way.

Clan Crafter

Commander creatures you own have "{2}, Sacrifice an artifact: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and draw a card."

Patriar's Seal

{T}: Add one mana of any color.
{1}, {T}: Untap target legendary creature you control.

Island

Everflowing Chalice

Multikicker {2} (You may pay an additional {2} any number of times as you cast this spell.)
Everflowing Chalice enters with a charge counter on it for each time it was kicked.
{T}: Add {C} for each charge counter on Everflowing Chalice.

The Underworld Cookbook

{T}, Discard a card: Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.")
{4}, {T}, Sacrifice The Underworld Cookbook: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Stonework Packbeast

Stonework Packbeast is also a Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard.
{2}: Add one mana of any color.

Sai, Master Thopterist

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
{1}{U}, Sacrifice two artifacts: Draw a card.

Mystical Tutor

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

Solve the Equation

Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Personal Tutor

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

Stitcher's Graft

Equipped creature gets +3/+3.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, it doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Whenever Stitcher's Graft becomes unattached from a permanent, sacrifice that permanent.
Equip {2}

Mind Stone

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

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