Baral, Chief of Compliance

Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Whenever a spell or ability you control counters a spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Divert

Change the target of target spell with a single target unless that spell's controller pays {2}.

Archaeomancer

When Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Negate

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}

Naban, Dean of Iteration

If a Wizard entering the battlefield under your control causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.

Precognition Field

You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may cast instant and sorcery spells from the top of your library.
{3}: Exile the top card of your library.

Blue Sun's Zenith

Target player draws X cards. Shuffle Blue Sun's Zenith into its owner's library.

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

Galecaster Colossus

Tap an untapped Wizard you control: Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.

Kindred Discovery

As Kindred Discovery enters the battlefield, choose a creature type.
Whenever a creature you control of the chosen type enters the battlefield or attacks, draw a card.

Arcanis the Omnipotent

{T}: Draw three cards.
{2}{U}{U}: Return Arcanis the Omnipotent to its owner's hand.

Azami, Lady of Scrolls

Tap an untapped Wizard you control: Draw a card.

Spelltwine

Exile target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard and target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard. Copy those cards. Cast the copies if able without paying their mana costs. Exile Spelltwine.

As Foretold

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a time counter on As Foretold.
Once each turn, you may pay {0} rather than pay the mana cost for a spell you cast with mana value X or less, where X is the number of time counters on As Foretold.

Pull from Tomorrow

Sphinx of Magosi

Flying
{2}{U}: Draw a card, then put a +1/+1 counter on Sphinx of Magosi.

Cackling Counterpart

Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control.
Flashback {5}{U}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Deadeye Navigator

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters the battlefield. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.)
As long as Deadeye Navigator is paired with another creature, each of those creatures has "{1}{U}: Exile this creature, then return it to the battlefield under your control."

Familiar's Ruse

As an additional cost to cast this spell, return a creature you control to its owner's hand.
Counter target spell.

Disallow

Counter target spell, activated ability, or triggered ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

Illusionist's Stratagem

Exile up to two target creatures you control, then return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control.
Draw a card.

Disappearing Act

As an additional cost to cast this spell, return a permanent you control to its owner's hand.
Counter target spell.

Insidious Will

Choose one —
• Counter target spell.
• You may choose new targets for target spell.
• Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Torrential Gearhulk

Flash
When Torrential Gearhulk enters the battlefield, you may cast target instant card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.

Desertion

Counter target spell. If an artifact or creature spell is countered this way, put that card onto the battlefield under your control instead of into its owner's graveyard.

Dismiss

Docent of Perfection

Flying
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 blue Human Wizard creature token. Then if you control three or more Wizards, transform Docent of Perfection.

Final Iteration

Flying
Wizards you control get +2/+1 and have flying.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 blue Human Wizard creature token.

Docent of Perfection // Final Iteration

Summary Dismissal

Exile all other spells and counter all abilities.

Honden of Seeing Winds

At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card for each Shrine you control.

Hydroblast

Choose one —
• Counter target spell if it's red.
• Destroy target permanent if it's red.

Aethersnatch

Gain control of target spell. You may choose new targets for it. (If that spell becomes a permanent, it enters the battlefield under your control.)

Jace's Archivist

{U}, {T}: Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

Thought Reflection

If you would draw a card, draw two cards instead.

Day's Undoing

Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards. If it's your turn, end the turn. (Exile all spells and abilities from the stack, including this card. Discard down to your maximum hand size. Damage wears off, and "this turn" and "until end of turn" effects end.)

Disciple of the Ring

{1}, Exile an instant or sorcery card from your graveyard: Choose one —
• Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}.
• Disciple of the Ring gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
• Tap target creature.
• Untap target creature.

Talent of the Telepath

Target opponent reveals the top seven cards of their library. You may cast an instant or sorcery spell from among them without paying its mana cost. Then that player puts the rest into their graveyard.
Spell mastery — If there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, you may cast up to two instant and/or sorcery spells from among the revealed cards instead of one.

Guile

Guile can't be blocked except by three or more creatures.
If a spell or ability you control would counter a spell, instead exile that spell and you may play that card without paying its mana cost.
When Guile is put into a graveyard from anywhere, shuffle it into its owner's library.

Dream Fracture

Counter target spell. Its controller draws a card.
Draw a card.

Dakra Mystic

{U}, {T}: Each player reveals the top card of their library. You may put the revealed cards into their owners' graveyards. If you don't, each player draws a card.

Hour of Need

Strive — This spell costs {1}{U} more to cast for each target beyond the first.
Exile any number of target creatures. For each creature exiled this way, its controller creates a 4/4 blue Sphinx creature token with flying.

Echo Mage

Level up {1}{U} ({1}{U}: Put a level counter on this. Level up only as a sorcery.)
LEVEL 2-3
2/4
{U}{U}, {T}: Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
LEVEL 4+
2/5
{U}{U}, {T}: Copy target instant or sorcery spell twice. You may choose new targets for the copies.

Force Spike

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.

Redirect

You may choose new targets for target spell.

Counterlash

Counter target spell. You may cast a spell that shares a card type with it from your hand without paying its mana cost.

Curse of Echoes

Enchant player
Whenever enchanted player casts an instant or sorcery spell, each other player may copy that spell and may choose new targets for the copy they control.

Lost in the Mist

Counter target spell. Return target permanent to its owner's hand.

Mind Unbound

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a lore counter on Mind Unbound, then draw a card for each lore counter on Mind Unbound.

Scattering Stroke

Counter target spell. Clash with an opponent. If you win, at the beginning of your next main phase, you may add an amount of {C} equal to that spell's mana value. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of their library, then puts that card on the top or bottom. A player wins if their card had a higher mana value.)

Gitaxian Probe

({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)
Look at target player's hand.
Draw a card.

Lighthouse Chronologist

Level up {U} ({U}: Put a level counter on this. Level up only as a sorcery.)
LEVEL 4-6
2/4
LEVEL 7+
3/5
At the beginning of each end step, if it's not your turn, take an extra turn after this one.

Recurring Insight

Draw cards equal to the number of cards in target opponent's hand.
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.)

Archmage Ascension

At the beginning of each end step, if you drew two or more cards this turn, you may put a quest counter on Archmage Ascension.
As long as Archmage Ascension has six or more quest counters on it, if you would draw a card, you may instead search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Lullmage Mentor

Whenever a spell or ability you control counters a spell, you may create a 1/1 blue Merfolk creature token.
Tap seven untapped Merfolk you control: Counter target spell.

Telepathy

Your opponents play with their hands revealed.

Twincast

Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Declaration of Naught

As Declaration of Naught enters the battlefield, choose a card name.
{U}: Counter target spell with the chosen name.

Sigil Tracer

{1}{U}, Tap two untapped Wizards you control: Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Spiketail Hatchling

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Sacrifice Spiketail Hatchling: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.

Vedalken Aethermage

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
When Vedalken Aethermage enters the battlefield, return target Sliver to its owner's hand.
Wizardcycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Wizard card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Dismal Failure

Counter target spell. Its controller discards a card.

Voidmage Prodigy

{U}{U}, Sacrifice a Wizard: Counter target spell.
Morph {U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

Commandeer

You may exile two blue cards from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Gain control of target noncreature spell. You may choose new targets for it. (If that spell is an artifact, enchantment, or planeswalker, the permanent enters the battlefield under your control.)

Kaho, Minamo Historian

When Kaho, Minamo Historian enters the battlefield, search your library for up to three instant cards, exile them, then shuffle.
{X}, {T}: You may cast a spell with mana value X from among cards exiled with Kaho without paying its mana cost.

Overwhelming Intellect

Counter target creature spell. Draw cards equal to that spell's mana value.

Time Stop

End the turn. (Exile all spells and abilities from the stack, including this card. The player whose turn it is discards down to their maximum hand size. Damage wears off, and "this turn" and "until end of turn" effects end.)

Temporal Adept

{U}{U}{U}, {T}: Return target permanent to its owner's hand.

Disruptive Pitmage

{T}: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.
Morph {U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

Spelljack

Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. You may play it without paying its mana cost for as long as it remains exiled. (If it has X in its mana cost, X is 0.)

Unifying Theory

Whenever a player casts a spell, that player may pay {2}. If the player does, they draw a card.

Power Sink

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.

Spiketail Drake

Flying
Sacrifice Spiketail Drake: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

Sunken Field

Enchant land
Enchanted land has "{T}: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}."

Disruptive Student

{T}: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.

Diplomatic Escort

{U}, {T}, Discard a card: Counter target spell or ability that targets a creature.

Diplomatic Immunity

Enchant creature
Shroud (A permanent with shroud can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Enchanted creature has shroud.

Brine Seer

{2}{U}, {T}: Reveal any number of blue cards in your hand. Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1} for each card revealed this way.

Ertai, Wizard Adept

High Tide

Until end of turn, whenever a player taps an Island for mana, that player adds an additional {U}.

Jace Beleren

+2: Each player draws a card.
−1: Target player draws a card.
−10: Target player mills twenty cards.

Trophy Mage

When Trophy Mage enters the battlefield, you may search your library for an artifact card with mana value 3, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Blade of Selves

Equipped creature has myriad. (Whenever it attacks, for each opponent other than defending player, you may create a token copy that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Exile the tokens at end of combat.)
Equip {4}

Mind's Eye

Whenever an opponent draws a card, you may pay {1}. If you do, draw a card.

Peregrine Drake

Flying
When Peregrine Drake enters the battlefield, untap up to five lands.

Dream Eater

Flash
Flying
When Dream Eater enters the battlefield, surveil 4. When you do, you may return target nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand. (To surveil 4, look at the top four cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Mission Briefing

Surveil 2, then choose an instant or sorcery card in your graveyard. You may cast it this turn. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. (To 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.)

Disrupting Shoal

You may exile a blue card with mana value X from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell if its mana value is X.

Future Sight

Play with the top card of your library revealed.
You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library.

Tale's End

Counter target activated ability, triggered ability, or legendary spell.

Bone to Ash

Counter target creature spell.
Draw a card.

Gilded Lotus

Kheru Spellsnatcher

Morph {4}{U}{U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When Kheru Spellsnatcher is turned face up, counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost for as long as it remains exiled.

Clever Impersonator

You may have Clever Impersonator enter the battlefield as a copy of any nonland permanent on the battlefield.

Hypnotic Sprite

Mesmeric Glare

Counter target spell with mana value 3 or less. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

Hypnotic Sprite // Mesmeric Glare

Gadwick, the Wizened

When Gadwick, the Wizened enters the battlefield, draw X cards.
Whenever you cast a blue spell, tap target nonland permanent an opponent controls.

Crystal Shard

{3}, {T} or {U}, {T}: Return target creature to its owner's hand unless its controller pays {1}.

Misdirection

You may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Change the target of target spell with a single target.

The Mirari Conjecture

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Return target instant card from your graveyard to your hand.
II — Return target sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
III — Until end of turn, whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Foil

You may discard an Island card and another card rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.

Select decks to compare

Deck A:

Deck B: