Virtue of Persistence

At the beginning of your upkeep, put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

Locthwain Scorn

Target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn. You gain 2 life.

Virtue of Persistence // Locthwain Scorn

Kaalia of the Vast

Flying
Whenever Kaalia of the Vast attacks an opponent, you may put an Angel, Demon, or Dragon creature card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking that opponent.

Dragonskull Summit

Dragonskull Summit enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain.
{T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Isolated Chapel

Isolated Chapel enters tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Clifftop Retreat

Clifftop Retreat enters tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Plains.
{T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Command Tower

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

Godless Shrine

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

Savai Triome

({T}: Add {R}, {W}, or {B}.)
Savai Triome enters tapped.
Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Sacred Foundry

({T}: Add {R} or {W}.)
As Sacred Foundry enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Nomad Outpost

Nomad Outpost enters tapped.
{T}: Add {R}, {W}, or {B}.

Blood Crypt

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

Shattered Landscape

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}, Sacrifice Shattered Landscape: Search your library for a basic Mountain, Plains, or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Cycling {R}{W}{B} ({R}{W}{B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Vault of Champions

Vault of Champions enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Boros Garrison

Boros Garrison enters tapped.
When Boros Garrison enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
{T}: Add {R}{W}.

Rakdos Carnarium

Rakdos Carnarium enters tapped.
When Rakdos Carnarium enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
{T}: Add {B}{R}.

Spectator Seating

Spectator Seating enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
{T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Arid Mesa

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Arid Mesa: Search your library for a Mountain or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Marsh Flats

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Marsh Flats: Search your library for a Plains or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Luxury Suite

Luxury Suite enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
{T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Exotic Orchard

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

Temple of Triumph

Temple of Triumph enters tapped.
When Temple of Triumph enters, scry 1.
{T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Temple of Silence

Temple of Silence enters tapped.
When Temple of Silence enters, scry 1.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Smoldering Marsh

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.)
Smoldering Marsh enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Orzhov Basilica

Orzhov Basilica enters tapped.
When Orzhov Basilica enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
{T}: Add {W}{B}.

Mountain

Rogue's Passage

{T}: Add {C}.
{4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Arena of Glory

Arena of Glory enters tapped unless you control a Mountain.
{T}: Add {R}.
{R}, {T}, Exert Arena of Glory: Add {R}{R}. If that mana is spent on a creature spell, it gains haste until end of turn. (An exerted permanent won't untap during your next untap step.)

Reliquary Tower

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

Vault of the Archangel

{T}: Add {C}.
{2}{W}{B}, {T}: Creatures you control gain deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.

Swamp

Brotherhood Regalia

Equipped creature has ward {2}, is an Assassin in addition to its other types, and can't be blocked.
Equip legendary creature {1}
Equip {3} ({3}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Plains

Sol Ring

Arcane Signet

Jet Medallion

Black spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Pearl Medallion

White spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Chromatic Lantern

Lands you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color."
{T}: Add one mana of any color.

Thought Vessel

Helm of the Host

At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a token that's a copy of equipped creature, except the token isn't legendary. That token gains haste.
Equip {5}

Mithril Coat

Flash
Indestructible
When Mithril Coat enters, attach it to target legendary creature you control.
Equipped creature has indestructible.
Equip {3}

Whispersilk Cloak

Equipped creature can't be blocked and has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip {2}

Dihada, Binder of Wills

+2: Up to one target legendary creature gains vigilance, lifelink, and indestructible until your next turn.
−3: Reveal the top four cards of your library. Put any number of legendary cards from among them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. Create a Treasure token for each card put into your graveyard this way.
−11: Gain control of all nonland permanents until end of turn. Untap them. They gain haste until end of turn.
Dihada, Binder of Wills can be your commander.

Strionic Resonator

{2}, {T}: Copy target triggered ability you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A triggered ability uses the words "when," "whenever," or "at.")

Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip {0}

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.

Master of Cruelties

First strike, deathtouch
Master of Cruelties can only attack alone.
Whenever Master of Cruelties attacks a player and isn't blocked, that player's life total becomes 1. Master of Cruelties assigns no combat damage this combat.

Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Boros Charm

Choose one —
• Boros Charm deals 4 damage to target player or planeswalker.
• Permanents you control gain indestructible until end of turn.
• Target creature gains double strike until end of turn.

Angel of Despair

Flying
When Angel of Despair enters, destroy target permanent.

Drana and Linvala

Flying, vigilance
Activated abilities of creatures your opponents control can't be activated.
Drana and Linvala has all activated abilities of all creatures your opponents control. You may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to activate those abilities.

Balefire Dragon

Flying
Whenever Balefire Dragon deals combat damage to a player, it deals that much damage to each creature that player controls.

Isshin, Two Heavens as One

If a creature attacking causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.

Vilis, Broker of Blood

Flying
{B}, Pay 2 life: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Whenever you lose life, draw that many cards. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Archfiend of Depravity

Flying
At the beginning of each opponent's end step, that player chooses up to two creatures they control, then sacrifices the rest.

Akroma's Will

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.
• Creatures you control gain flying, vigilance, and double strike until end of turn.
• Creatures you control gain lifelink, indestructible, and protection from each color until end of turn.

Vampiric Tutor

Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.

Flawless Maneuver

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.

Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Terminate

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.

Demonic Tutor

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Teferi's Protection

Until your next turn, your life total can't change and you gain protection from everything. All permanents you control phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. They phase in before you untap during your untap step.)
Exile Teferi's Protection.

Plague Wind

Destroy all creatures you don't control. They can't be regenerated.

Diabolic Tutor

Ruinous Ultimatum

Destroy all nonland permanents your opponents control.

Overpowering Attack

Freerunning {2}{R} (You may cast this spell for its freerunning cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with an Assassin or commander.)
Untap all creatures you control that attacked this turn. If it's your main phase, there is an additional combat phase after this phase, followed by an additional main phase.

Primevals' Glorious Rebirth

(You may cast a legendary sorcery only if you control a legendary creature or planeswalker.)
Return all legendary permanent cards from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Jeska's Will

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.
• Add {R} for each card in target opponent's hand.
• Exile the top three cards of your library. You may play them this turn.

Earthquake

Earthquake deals X damage to each creature without flying and each player.

Shilgengar, Sire of Famine

Flying
Sacrifice another creature: Create a Blood token. If you sacrificed an Angel this way, create a number of Blood tokens equal to its toughness instead.
{W/B}{W/B}{W/B}, Sacrifice six Blood tokens: Return each creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. Those creatures are Vampires in addition to their other types.

Terror of the Peaks

Flying
Spells your opponents cast that target Terror of the Peaks cost an additional 3 life to cast.
Whenever another creature you control enters, Terror of the Peaks deals damage equal to that creature's power to any target.

Bloodletter of Aclazotz

Flying
If an opponent would lose life during your turn, they lose twice that much life instead. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Angelic Arbiter

Flying
Each opponent who cast a spell this turn can't attack with creatures.
Each opponent who attacked with a creature this turn can't cast spells.

Serra's Emissary

Flying
As Serra's Emissary enters, choose a card type.
You and creatures you control have protection from the chosen card type.

Angel of Serenity

Flying
When Angel of Serenity enters, you may exile up to three other target creatures from the battlefield and/or creature cards from graveyards.
When Angel of Serenity leaves the battlefield, return the exiled cards to their owners' hands.

Blast-Furnace Hellkite

Artifact offering (You may cast this spell as thought it had flash by sacrificing an artifact and paying the difference in mana costs between this and the sacrificed artifact. Mana cost includes color.)
Flying, double strike
Creatures attacking your opponents have double strike.

Hellkite Tyrant

Flying, trample
Whenever Hellkite Tyrant deals combat damage to a player, gain control of all artifacts that player controls.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control twenty or more artifacts, you win the game.

Akroma, Angel of Wrath

Flying, first strike, vigilance, trample, haste, protection from black and from red

Ancient Gold Dragon

Flying
Whenever Ancient Gold Dragon deals combat damage to a player, roll a d20. You create a number of 1/1 blue Faerie Dragon creature tokens with flying equal to the result.

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.

Ancient Copper Dragon

Flying
Whenever Ancient Copper Dragon deals combat damage to a player, roll a d20. You create a number of Treasure tokens equal to the result.

Phyrexian Arena

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

Rising of the Day

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

Bloodthirster

Flying, trample
Whenever Bloodthirster deals combat damage to a player, untap it. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.
Bloodthirster can't attack a player it has already attacked this turn.

Land Tax

At the beginning of your upkeep, if an opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for up to three basic land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.

Echoing Assault

Creature tokens you control have menace.
Whenever you attack a player, choose target nontoken creature that's attacking that player. Create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it's 1/1. The token enters tapped and attacking that player. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

Platinum Angel

Flying
You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game.

Rune-Scarred Demon

Flying
When Rune-Scarred Demon enters, search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sephara, Sky's Blade

You may pay {W} and tap four untapped creatures you control with flying rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Flying, lifelink
Other creatures you control with flying have indestructible. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)

Gisela, Blade of Goldnight

Flying, first strike
If a source would deal damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, that source deals double that damage to that player or permanent instead.
If a source would deal damage to you or a permanent you control, prevent half that damage, rounded up.

Avacyn, Angel of Hope

Flying, vigilance, indestructible
Other permanents you control have indestructible.

Rakdos, Patron of Chaos

Flying, trample
At the beginning of your end step, target opponent may sacrifice two nonland, nontoken permanents. If they don't, you draw two cards.

Liesa, Forgotten Archangel

Flying, lifelink
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, return that card to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.
If a creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead.

Lord of the Void

Flying
Whenever Lord of the Void deals combat damage to a player, exile the top seven cards of that player's library, then put a creature card from among them onto the battlefield under your control.

Reya Dawnbringer

Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Aurelia, the Warleader

Flying, vigilance, haste
Whenever Aurelia, the Warleader attacks for the first time each turn, untap all creatures you control. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.

Kaalia, Zenith Seeker

Flying, vigilance
When Kaalia, Zenith Seeker enters, look at the top six cards of your library. You may reveal an Angel card, a Demon card, and/or a Dragon card from among them and put them into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

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