Elder Brain

Menace
Whenever Elder Brain attacks a player, exile all cards from that player's hand, then they draw that many cards. You may play lands and cast spells from among the exiled cards for as long as they remain exiled. If you cast a spell this way, you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.

Exotic Orchard

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

Extinction Event

Choose odd or even. Exile each creature with mana value of the chosen quality. (Zero is even.)

Extract Brain

Target opponent chooses X cards from their hand. Look at those cards. You may cast a spell from among them without paying its mana cost.

Fallen Shinobi

Ninjutsu {2}{U}{B} ({2}{U}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Whenever Fallen Shinobi deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles the top two cards of their library. Until end of turn, you may play those cards without paying their mana costs.

Feed the Swarm

Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.

Fellwar Stone

Fractured Sanity

Each opponent mills fourteen cards.
Cycling {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle Fractured Sanity, each opponent mills four cards.

Gale's Redirection

Exile target spell, then roll a d20 and add that spell's mana value.
1—14 | You may cast the exiled card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.
15+ | You may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost for as long as it remains exiled.

Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor

Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller may pay 1 life. If they do, they draw a card.
{4}{B}{B}{B}, Discard X cards: Exile the top X cards of target opponent's library. You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.

Gonti, Lord of Luxury

Deathtouch
When Gonti, Lord of Luxury enters, look at the top four cards of target opponent's library, exile one of them face down, then put the rest on the bottom of that library in a random order. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell.

Gríma, Saruman's Footman

Gríma, Saruman's Footman can't be blocked.
Whenever Gríma deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile an instant or sorcery card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then that player puts the exiled cards that weren't cast this way on the bottom of their library in a random order.

Hedron Crab

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, target player mills three cards.

Hostage Taker

When Hostage Taker enters, exile another target creature or artifact until Hostage Taker leaves the battlefield. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell.

Intellect Devourer

Devour Intellect — When Intellect Devourer enters, each opponent exiles a card from their hand until Intellect Devourer leaves the battlefield.
Body Thief — You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled with Intellect Devourer. If you cast a spell this way, you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.

Island

Kaya's Ghostform

Enchant creature or planeswalker you control
When enchanted permanent dies or is put into exile, return that card to the battlefield under your control.

King Narfi's Betrayal

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Each player mills four cards. Then you may exile a creature or planeswalker card from each graveyard.
II, III — Until end of turn, you may cast spells from among cards exiled with King Narfi's Betrayal, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells.

Maddening Cacophony

Kicker {3}{U}
Each opponent mills eight cards. If this spell was kicked, instead each opponent mills half their library, rounded up.

Maze of Ith

{T}: Untap target attacking creature. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this turn.

Memory Plunder

You may cast target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard without paying its mana cost.

Mind Stone

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

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.

Arcane Signet

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

Ashiok, Nightmare Muse

+1: Create a 2/3 blue and black Nightmare creature token with "Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, each opponent exiles the top two cards of their library."
−3: Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand, then that player exiles a card from their hand.
−7: You may cast up to three spells from among face-up cards your opponents own from exile without paying their mana costs.

Baleful Mastery

You may pay {1}{B} rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
If the {1}{B} cost was paid, an opponent draws a card.
Exile target creature or planeswalker.

Baleful Strix

Flying, deathtouch
When Baleful Strix enters, draw a card.

Bolas's Citadel

You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.
{T}, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.

Brainstealer Dragon

Flying
At the beginning of your end step, exile the top card of each opponent's library. You may play those cards for as long as they remain exiled. If you cast a spell this way, you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.
Whenever a nonland permanent an opponent owns enters the battlefield under your control, they lose life equal to its mana value.

Breach the Multiverse

Each player mills ten cards. For each player, choose a creature or planeswalker card in that player's graveyard. Put those cards onto the battlefield under your control. Then each creature you control becomes a Phyrexian in addition to its other types.

Cabal Coffers

{2}, {T}: Add {B} for each Swamp you control.

Chaos Wand

{4}, {T}: Target opponent exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile an instant or sorcery card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then put the exiled cards that weren't cast this way on the bottom of that library in a random order.

Choked Estuary

As Choked Estuary enters, you may reveal an Island or Swamp card from your hand. If you don't, Choked Estuary enters tapped.
{T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Clearwater Pathway

Murkwater Pathway

Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway

Coldsteel Heart

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

Command Tower

Consuming Aberration

Consuming Aberration's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your opponents' graveyards.
Whenever you cast a spell, each opponent reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a land card, then puts those cards into their graveyard.

Counterspell

Cunning Rhetoric

Whenever an opponent attacks you and/or one or more planeswalkers you control, exile the top card of that player's library. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.

Damnation

Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.

Dark Ritual

Darkslick Shores

Darkslick Shores enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
{T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Dazzling Sphinx

Flying
Whenever Dazzling Sphinx deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile an instant or sorcery card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then that player puts the exiled cards that weren't cast this way on the bottom of their library in a random order.

Diluvian Primordial

Flying
When Diluvian Primordial enters, for each opponent, you may cast up to one target instant or sorcery card from that player's graveyard without paying its mana cost. If a spell cast this way would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.

Dimir Aqueduct

Dimir Aqueduct enters tapped.
When Dimir Aqueduct enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
{T}: Add {U}{B}.

Dimir Signet

Drowned Catacomb

Drowned Catacomb enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp.
{T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Mindcrank

Whenever an opponent loses life, that player mills that many cards. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Morphic Pool

Morphic Pool enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
{T}: Add {U} or {B}.

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.

Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion

Ninjutsu {3}{B} ({3}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Whenever Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of each player's library. Until end of turn, you may play one of those cards. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than paying its mana cost.

Nephalia Drownyard

{T}: Add {C}.
{1}{U}{B}, {T}: Target player mills three cards.

One Ring to Rule Them All

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — The Ring tempts you, then each player mills cards equal to your Ring-bearer's power.
II — Destroy all nonlegendary creatures.
III — Each opponent loses 1 life for each creature card in that player's graveyard.

Polluted Delta

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Polluted Delta: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Power Word Kill

Destroy target non-Angel, non-Demon, non-Devil, non-Dragon creature.

Propaganda

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Reliquary Tower

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

Rod of Absorption

Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, exile it instead of putting it into a graveyard as it resolves.
{X}, {T}, Sacrifice Rod of Absorption: You may cast any number of spells from among cards exiled with Rod of Absorption with total mana value X or less without paying their mana costs.

Ruin Crab

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, each opponent mills three cards. (To mill a card, a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.)

Shipwreck Marsh

Shipwreck Marsh enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
{T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Silent-Blade Oni

Ninjutsu {4}{U}{B} ({4}{U}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Whenever Silent-Blade Oni deals combat damage to a player, look at that player's hand. You may cast a spell from among those cards without paying its mana cost.

Siphon Insight

Look at the top two cards of target opponent's library. Exile one of them face down and put the other on the bottom of that library. You may play the exiled card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.
Flashback {1}{U}{B}

Sol Ring

Solemn Simulacrum

When Solemn Simulacrum enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
When Solemn Simulacrum dies, you may draw a card.

Spark Double

You may have Spark Double enter as a copy of a creature or planeswalker you control, except it enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it if it's a creature, it enters with an additional loyalty counter on it if it's a planeswalker, and it isn't legendary.

Stolen Goods

Target opponent exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card. Until end of turn, you may cast that card without paying its mana cost.

Sunken Hollow

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.)
Sunken Hollow enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Swamp

Synthesis Pod

({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)
{1}{U/P}, {T}, Exile a spell you control: Target opponent reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a card with mana value equal to 1 plus the exiled spell's mana value. Exile that card, then that player shuffles. You may cast that exiled card without paying its mana cost.

Tainted Isle

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {U} or {B}. Activate only if you control a Swamp.

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.

Talisman of Dominance

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {U} or {B}. Talisman of Dominance deals 1 damage to you.

Temple of Deceit

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

Thief of Sanity

Flying
Whenever Thief of Sanity deals combat damage to a player, look at the top three cards of that player's library, exile one of them face down, then put the rest into their graveyard. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell.

Thought Vessel

Underground River

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {U} or {B}. Underground River deals 1 damage to you.

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.

Watery Grave

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

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.

Windfall

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

Xanathar, Guild Kingpin

At the beginning of your upkeep, choose target opponent. Until end of turn, that player can't cast spells, you may look at the top card of their library any time, you may play the top card of their library, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast spells this way.

Xander's Pact

Casualty 2 (As you cast this spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power 2 or greater. When you do, copy this spell.)
Each opponent exiles the top card of their library. You may cast spells from among those cards this turn. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to that spell's mana value rather than pay its mana cost.

Phyrexian Arena

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

Rona, Herald of Invasion

Whenever you cast a legendary spell, untap Rona, Herald of Invasion.
{T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.
{5}{B/P}: Transform Rona. Activate only as a sorcery. ({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.)

Rona, Tolarian Obliterator

Trample
Whenever a source deals damage to Rona, Tolarian Obliterator, that source's controller exiles a card from their hand at random. If it's a land card, you may put it onto the battlefield under your control. Otherwise, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.

Rona, Herald of Invasion // Rona, Tolarian Obliterator

Tasha, the Witch Queen

Whenever you cast a spell you don't own, create a 3/3 black Demon creature token.
+1: Draw a card. For each opponent, exile up to one target instant or sorcery card from that player's graveyard and put a page counter on it.
−3: You may cast a spell from among cards in exile with page counters on them without paying its mana cost.
Tasha, the Witch Queen can be your commander.

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