Melek, Reforged Researcher

Melek, Reforged Researcher's power and toughness are each equal to twice the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard.
The first instant or sorcery spell you cast each turn costs {3} less to cast.

Fervent Mastery

You may pay {2}{R}{R} rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
If the {2}{R}{R} cost was paid, an opponent discards any number of cards, then draws that many cards.
Search your library for up to three cards, put them into your hand, shuffle, then discard three cards at random.

Consider

Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Draw a card.

Temple of the False God

{T}: Add {C}{C}. Activate only if you control five or more lands.

Brimstone Vandal

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
If it's neither day nor night, it becomes day as Brimstone Vandal enters the battlefield.
Whenever day becomes night or night becomes day, Brimstone Vandal deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Brainstorm

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Burn Down the House

Choose one —
• Burn Down the House deals 5 damage to each creature and each planeswalker.
• Create three 1/1 red Devil creature tokens with "When this creature dies, it deals 1 damage to any target." They gain haste until end of turn.

Leyline Tyrant

Flying
You don't lose unspent red mana as steps and phases end.
When Leyline Tyrant dies, you may pay any amount of {R}. When you do, it deals that much damage to any target.

Grabby Giant

Reach
{2}{R}, Sacrifice an artifact or land: Draw a card.

That's Mine

Create a Treasure token. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

Grabby Giant // That's Mine

Two-Handed Axe

Whenever equipped creature attacks, double its power until end of turn.
Equip {1}{R}

Sweeping Cleave

Target creature you control gains double strike until end of turn. (Then exile this card. You may cast the artifact later from exile.)

Two-Handed Axe // Sweeping Cleave

Field of Ruin

{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Field of Ruin: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. Each player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield, then shuffles.

Sol Ring

Selhoff Entomber

{T}, Discard a creature card: Draw a card.

Myriad Landscape

Myriad Landscape enters the battlefield tapped.
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Myriad Landscape: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Training Center

Training Center enters the battlefield tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
{T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Spikefield Hazard

Spikefield Hazard deals 1 damage to any target. If a permanent dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead.

Spikefield Cave

Spikefield Cave enters the battlefield tapped.
{T}: Add {R}.

Spikefield Hazard // Spikefield Cave

Vantress Transmuter

Croaking Curse

Tap target creature. Create a Cursed Role token attached to it. (Enchanted creature is 1/1.)

Vantress Transmuter // Croaking Curse

Demolish

Dissipate

Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

Geometric Nexus

Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, put a number of charge counters on Geometric Nexus equal to that spell's mana value.
{6}, {T}, Remove all charge counters from Geometric Nexus: Create a 0/0 green and blue Fractal creature token. Put X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of charge counters removed this way.

Magmatic Channeler

As long as there are four or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, Magmatic Channeler gets +3/+1.
{T}, Discard a card: Exile the top two cards of your library, then choose one of them. You may play that card this turn.

Thundering Falls

({T}: Add {U} or {R}.)
Thundering Falls enters the battlefield tapped.
When Thundering Falls enters the battlefield, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Ominous Roost

When Ominous Roost enters the battlefield or whenever you cast a spell from your graveyard, create a 1/1 blue Bird creature token with flying and "This creature can block only creatures with flying."

Bellowing Bruiser

Beat a Path

Up to two target creatures can't block this turn. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

Bellowing Bruiser // Beat a Path

Storm Skreelix

Flying
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Storm Skreelix gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Scalding Viper

Whenever an opponent casts a spell with mana value 3 or less, Scalding Viper deals 1 damage to that player.

Steam Clean

Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

Scalding Viper // Steam Clean

Johann, Apprentice Sorcerer

You may look at the top card of your library any time.
Once each turn, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from the top of your library. (You still pay its costs. Timing rules still apply.)

Witness the Future

Target player shuffles up to four target cards from their graveyard into their library. You look at the top four cards of your library, then put one of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Sword Coast Serpent

Sword Coast Serpent can't be blocked as long as you've cast a noncreature spell this turn.

Capsizing Wave

Return target creature to its owner's hand. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

Sword Coast Serpent // Capsizing Wave

Moonshae Pixie

Flying
When Moonshae Pixie enters the battlefield, draw cards equal to the number of opponents who were dealt combat damage this turn.

Pixie Dust

Up to three target creatures gain flying until end of turn. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

Moonshae Pixie // Pixie Dust

Into the Night

It becomes night. Discard any number of cards, then draw that many cards plus one.

Lacerate Flesh

Lacerate Flesh deals 4 damage to target creature. Create a number of Blood tokens equal to the amount of excess damage dealt to that creature this way. (They're artifacts with "{1}, {T}, Discard a card, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Secrets of the Key

Investigate. If this spell was cast from a graveyard, investigate twice instead. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")
Flashback {3}{U}

Serpentine Ambush

Until end of turn, target creature becomes a blue Serpent with base power and toughness 5/5.

Wash Away

Cleave {1}{U}{U} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.)
Counter target spell [that wasn't cast from its owner's hand].

Volcanic Dragon

Thirst for Discovery

Draw three cards. Then discard two cards unless you discard a basic land card.

Hearth Elemental

This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the number of cards in your graveyard that are instant cards, sorcery cards, and/or have an Adventure.

Stoke Genius

Discard your hand, then draw two cards. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius

Dragon's Fire

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may reveal a Dragon card from your hand or choose a Dragon you control.
Dragon's Fire deals 3 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If you revealed a Dragon card or chose a Dragon as you cast this spell, Dragon's Fire deals damage equal to the power of that card or creature instead.

Beluna's Gatekeeper

Entry Denied

Return target creature you don't control with mana value 3 or less to its owner's hand. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

Beluna's Gatekeeper // Entry Denied

The Apprentice's Folly

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I, II — Choose target nontoken creature you control that doesn't have the same name as a token you control. Create a token that's a copy of it, except it isn't legendary, is a Reflection in addition to its other types, and has haste.
III — Sacrifice all Reflections you control.

Stonesplitter Bolt

Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.)
Stonesplitter Bolt deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker. If this spell was bargained, it deals twice X damage to that permanent instead.

Dueling Rapier

Flash
When Dueling Rapier enters the battlefield, attach it to target creature you control.
Equipped creature gets +2/+0.
Equip {4} ({4}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Obyra's Attendants

Desperate Parry

Target creature gets -4/-0 until end of turn. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

Obyra's Attendants // Desperate Parry

Sea Hag

When Sea Hag enters the battlefield, creatures your opponents control get -4/-0 until end of turn.

Aquatic Ingress

Up to two target creatures each get +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

Sea Hag // Aquatic Ingress

Scattered Thoughts

Look at the top four cards of your library. Put two of those cards into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.

Young Blue Dragon

Sand Augury

Scry 1, then draw a card. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

Young Blue Dragon // Sand Augury

Young Red Dragon

Bathe in Gold

Young Red Dragon // Bathe in Gold

Double Vision

Whenever you cast your first instant or sorcery spell each turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Sudden Demise

Choose a color. Sudden Demise deals X damage to each creature of the chosen color.

Lightning Axe

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card or pay {5}.
Lightning Axe deals 5 damage to target creature.

Vadrik, Astral Archmage

If it's neither day nor night, it becomes day as Vadrik, Astral Archmage enters the battlefield.
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {X} less to cast, where X is Vadrik's power.
Whenever day becomes night or night becomes day, put a +1/+1 counter on Vadrik.

Lier, Disciple of the Drowned

Spells can't be countered.
Each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard has flashback. The flashback cost is equal to that card's mana cost.

Play with Fire

Play with Fire deals 2 damage to any target. If a player is dealt damage this way, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

Case the Joint

Draw two cards, then look at the top card of each player's library.

Minecart Daredevil

Ride the Rails

Target creature gets +2/+1 until end of turn. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

Minecart Daredevil // Ride the Rails

Jacob Hauken, Inspector

{T}: Draw a card, then exile a card from your hand face down. You may look at that card for as long as it remains exiled. You may pay {4}{U}{U}. If you do, transform Jacob Hauken, Inspector.

Hauken's Insight

At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library face down. You may look at that card for as long as it remains exiled.
Once during each of your turns, you may play a land or cast a spell from among the cards exiled with this permanent without paying its mana cost.

Jacob Hauken, Inspector // Hauken's Insight

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

Ardent Elementalist

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

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.

Flame-Blessed Bolt

Flame-Blessed Bolt deals 2 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If that creature or planeswalker would die this turn, exile it instead.

Frolicking Familiar

Flying
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Frolicking Familiar gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Blow Off Steam

Blow Off Steam deals 1 damage to any target. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

Frolicking Familiar // Blow Off Steam

Mana Flare

Whenever a player taps a land for mana, that player adds one mana of any type that land produced.

Two-Headed Hunter

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

Twice the Rage

Target creature gains double strike until end of turn. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

Two-Headed Hunter // Twice the Rage

Water Wings

Until end of turn, target creature you control has base power and toughness 4/4 and gains flying and hexproof. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Geistflame Reservoir

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, put a charge counter on Geistflame Reservoir.
{1}{R}, {T}, Remove any number of charge counters from Geistflame Reservoir: It deals that much damage to any target.
{1}{R}, {T}: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.

Commit

Put target spell or nonland permanent into its owner's library second from the top.

Memory

Aftermath (Cast this spell only from your graveyard. Then exile it.)
Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards.

Commit // Memory

Burn the Accursed

Burn the Accursed deals 5 damage to target creature and 2 damage to that creature's controller. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.

Smoldering Egg

Defender
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, put a number of ember counters on Smoldering Egg equal to the amount of mana spent to cast that spell. Then if Smoldering Egg has seven or more ember counters on it, remove them and transform Smoldering Egg.

Ashmouth Dragon

Flying
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Ashmouth Dragon deals 2 damage to any target.

Smoldering Egg // Ashmouth Dragon

Shock

Guttersnipe

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Guttersnipe deals 2 damage to each opponent.

Mountain

Vivisection

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw three cards.

Restless Spire

Restless Spire enters the battlefield tapped.
{T}: Add {U} or {R}.
{U}{R}: Until end of turn, Restless Spire becomes a 2/1 blue and red Elemental creature with "As long as it's your turn, this creature has first strike." It's still a land.
Whenever Restless Spire attacks, scry 1.

Spellgorger Weird

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Spellgorger Weird.

Volshe Tideturner

{T}: Add {U}. Spend this mana only to cast an instant or sorcery spell or a kicked spell.

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