Richard Garfield, Ph.D.

You may play cards as though they were other cards of your choice with the same mana cost. You can't choose the same card twice. (Mana cost includes color.)

Arcane Denial

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Counterspell

Mana Drain

Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of {C} equal to that spell's mana value.

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.

Dive Down

Target creature you control gets +0/+3 and gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Cyclonic Rift

Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.
Overload {6}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Ghostly Flicker

Exile two target artifacts, creatures, and/or lands you control, then return those cards to the battlefield under your control.

Rewind

Counter target spell. Untap up to four lands.

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.

Mechanized Production

Enchant artifact you control
At the beginning of your upkeep, create a token that's a copy of enchanted artifact. Then if you control eight or more artifacts with the same name as one another, you win the game.

Swan Song

Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.

Metallurgic Summonings

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create an X/X colorless Construct artifact creature token, where X is that spell's mana value.
{3}{U}{U}, Exile Metallurgic Summonings: Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only if you control six or more artifacts.

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.

Displace

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

Summary Dismissal

Exile all other spells and counter all abilities.

Daze

You may return an Island you control to its owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.

Force of Will

You may pay 1 life and exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.

Mystical Tutor

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

Essence Flux

Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. If it's a Spirit, put a +1/+1 counter on it.

Overwhelming Denial

Surge {U}{U} (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)
This spell can't be countered.
Counter target spell.

Rapid Hybridization

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. That creature's controller creates a 3/3 green Frog Lizard creature token.

Time Warp

Target player takes an extra turn after this one.

Riftwing Cloudskate

Flying
When Riftwing Cloudskate enters, return target permanent to its owner's hand.
Suspend 3—{1}{U} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {1}{U} and exile it with three time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)

Pongify

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Ape creature token.

Sapphire Medallion

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

Sky Diamond

Aetherspouts

For each attacking creature, its owner puts it on the top or bottom of their library.

Timetwister

Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards. (Then put Timetwister into its owner's graveyard.)

High Tide

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

Stifle

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

Mizzium Skin

Target creature you control gets +0/+1 and gains hexproof until end of turn.
Overload {1}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Redirect

You may choose new targets for target spell.

Power Artifact

Enchant artifact
Enchanted artifact's activated abilities cost {2} less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.

Boomerang

Return target permanent to its owner's hand.

Reset

Cast this spell only during an opponent's turn after their upkeep step.
Untap all lands you control.

Twincast

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

Ovinize

Until end of turn, target creature loses all abilities and has base power and toughness 0/1.

Acquire

Search target opponent's library for an artifact card and put that card onto the battlefield under your control. Then that player shuffles.

Last Word

This spell can't be countered.
Counter target spell.

Bribery

Search target opponent's library for a creature card and put that card onto the battlefield under your control. Then that player shuffles.

Merchant Scroll

Search your library for a blue instant card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Extract

Search target player's library for a card and exile it. Then that player shuffles.

Rhystic Study

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {1}.

Thwart

You may return three Islands you control to their owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.

Palinchron

Flying
When Palinchron enters, untap up to seven lands.
{2}{U}{U}: Return Palinchron to its owner's hand.

Grim Monolith

Grim Monolith doesn't untap during your untap step.
{T}: Add {C}{C}{C}.
{4}: Untap Grim Monolith.

Ertai, Wizard Adept

Scroll Rack

{1}, {T}: Exile any number of cards from your hand face down. Put that many cards from the top of your library into your hand. Then look at the exiled cards and put them on top of your library in any order.

Unwind

Counter target noncreature spell. Untap up to three lands.

Memorial to Genius

Memorial to Genius enters tapped.
{T}: Add {U}.
{4}{U}, {T}, Sacrifice Memorial to Genius: Draw two cards.

Mystic Archaeologist

Fellwar Stone

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

Coldsteel Heart

Coldsteel Heart enters tapped.
As Coldsteel Heart enters, choose a color.
{T}: Add one mana of the chosen color.

Mind Stone

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

Temporal Manipulation

Foil

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

Back to Basics

Nonbasic lands don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.

Clear the Mind

Target player shuffles their graveyard into their library.
Draw a card.

Narset's Reversal

Copy target instant or sorcery spell, then return it to its owner's hand. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Leyline of Anticipation

If Leyline of Anticipation is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
You may cast spells as though they had flash.

Prismite

Mystic Sanctuary

({T}: Add {U}.)
Mystic Sanctuary enters tapped unless you control three or more other Islands.
When Mystic Sanctuary enters untapped, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Island

Arcane Signet

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

Fierce Guardianship

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

Remote Isle

Remote Isle enters tapped.
{T}: Add {U}.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Lonely Sandbar

Lonely Sandbar enters tapped.
{T}: Add {U}.
Cycling {U} ({U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Halimar Depths

Halimar Depths enters tapped.
When Halimar Depths enters, look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
{T}: Add {U}.

Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Equip {1}

Windfall

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

Talrand, Sky Summoner

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.

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.

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