Three Steps Ahead

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.)
+ {1}{U} — Counter target spell.
+ {3} — Create a token that's a copy of target artifact or creature you control.
+ {2} — Draw two cards, then discard a card.

Chart a Course

Draw two cards. Then discard a card unless you attacked this turn.

Compulsive Research

Target player draws three cards. Then that player discards two cards unless they discard a land card.

Beast Within

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.

Imprisoned in the Moon

Enchant creature, land, or planeswalker
Enchanted permanent is a colorless land with "{T}: Add {C}" and loses all other card types and abilities.

Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh

The first activated ability of an artifact you activate each turn costs {2} less to activate.
+1: Draw two cards. Then discard two cards unless you discard an artifact card.
−2: Target artifact becomes an artifact creature. If it isn't a Vehicle, it has base power and toughness 4/4.
−6: You get an emblem with "Whenever an artifact you control becomes tapped, draw a card."

Jwari Disruption

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.

Jwari Ruins

Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins

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.)

Rapid Hybridization

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

Reverse Engineer

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.)
Draw three cards.

Erdwal Illuminator

Flying
Whenever you investigate for the first time each turn, investigate an additional time.

Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy

Flying, vigilance
Whenever Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy attacks, destroy up to one target artifact. If you controlled that permanent, draw a card.

Tail the Suspect

Investigate. You may play an additional land this turn. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy // Tail the Suspect

Transmutation Font

{T}: Create your choice of a Blood token, a Clue token, or a Food token.
{3}, {T}, Sacrifice three artifact tokens with different names: Search your library for an artifact card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.

Piper Wright, Publick Reporter

Whenever Piper Wright deals combat damage to a player, investigate that many times. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")
Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Ethereal Investigator

Flying
When Ethereal Investigator enters, investigate X times, where X is the number of opponents you have. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.

Thought Monitor

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Flying
When Thought Monitor enters, draw two cards.

Tireless Tracker

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")
Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, put a +1/+1 counter on Tireless Tracker.

Adrix and Nev, Twincasters

Ward {2} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.)
If one or more tokens would be created under your control, twice that many of those tokens are created instead.

Five Hundred Year Diary

Five Hundred Year Diary enters tapped.
{T}: Add {U} for each Clue you control.
{2}, Sacrifice Five Hundred Year Diary: Draw a card.

Inspiring Statuary

Nonartifact spells you cast have improvise. (Your artifacts can help cast those spells. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.)

Thoughtcast

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Draw two cards.

Tangletrove Kelp

Ward {2}
At the beginning of each combat, other Clues you control become 6/6 Plant creatures in addition to their other types until end of turn.
{2}, Sacrifice Tangletrove Kelp: Draw a card.

Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender

Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender has trample, hexproof, and haste as long as an opponent controls a planeswalker.
Whenever another artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on Syr Ginger and scry 1.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Syr Ginger: You gain life equal to its power.

Daring Sleuth

When you sacrifice a Clue, transform Daring Sleuth.

Bearer of Overwhelming Truths

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Whenever Bearer of Overwhelming Truths deals combat damage to a player, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Daring Sleuth // Bearer of Overwhelming Truths

Ulvenwald Mysteries

Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")
Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.

Forensic Gadgeteer

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")
Activated abilities of artifacts you control cost {1} less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.

Dreamroot Cascade

Dreamroot Cascade enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
{T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Tangled Islet

({T}: Add {G} or {U}.)
Tangled Islet enters tapped.

Rimewood Falls

({T}: Add {G} or {U}.)
Rimewood Falls enters tapped.

Fabled Passage

{T}, Sacrifice Fabled Passage: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.

Hinterland Harbor

Hinterland Harbor enters tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island.
{T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Yavimaya Coast

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {G} or {U}. Yavimaya Coast deals 1 damage to you.

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.

Rise and Shine

Target noncreature artifact you control becomes a 0/0 artifact creature. Put four +1/+1 counters on each artifact that became a creature this way.
Overload {4}{U}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Cyberdrive Awakener

Flying
Other artifact creatures you control have flying.
When Cyberdrive Awakener enters, until end of turn, each noncreature artifact you control becomes an artifact creature with base power and toughness 4/4.

Three Visits

Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Academy Manufactor

If you would create a Clue, Food, or Treasure token, instead create one of each.

Nature's Lore

Search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Rampant Growth

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Emrakul's Messenger

Devoid (This card has no color.)
Flying
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token with "Sacrifice this creature: Add {C}."

Kozilek, the Great Distortion

When you cast this spell, if you have fewer than seven cards in hand, draw cards equal to the difference.
Menace
Discard a card with mana value X: Counter target spell with mana value X.

On the Trail

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.

Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 2/2 green Cat creature token.
{4}{G}{G}: Until end of turn, creatures you control have base power and toughness X/X, where X is the number of cards in your hand.

Farseek

Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Pongify

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

An Offer You Can't Refuse

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Counterspell

Negate

Emry, Lurker of the Loch

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.
When Emry, Lurker of the Loch enters, mill four cards.
{T}: Choose target artifact card in your graveyard. You may cast that card this turn. (You still pay its costs. Timing rules still apply.)

Alandra, Sky Dreamer

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.
Whenever you draw your fifth card each turn, Alandra, Sky Dreamer and Drakes you control each get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand.

The Antiquities War

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I, II — Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal an artifact card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
III — Artifacts you control become artifact creatures with base power and toughness 5/5 until end of turn.

Worldwalker Helm

If you would create one or more artifact tokens, instead create those tokens plus an additional Map token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.")
{1}{U}, {T}: Create a token that's a copy of target artifact token you control.

Forest

Island

Brainstorm

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

Sol Ring

Arcane Signet

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

Talisman of Curiosity

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

Briarbridge Patrol

Whenever Briarbridge Patrol deals damage to one or more creatures, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")
At the beginning of each end step, if you sacrificed three or more Clues this turn, you may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Mystic Remora

Cumulative upkeep {1} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {4}.

Growth Spiral

Draw a card. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Hall of Oracles

{T}: Add {C}.
{1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color.
{T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery and only if you've cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn.

Hydroid Krasis

When you cast this spell, you gain half X life and draw half X cards. Round down each time.
Flying, trample
Hydroid Krasis enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.

Mox Amber

{T}: Add one mana of any color among legendary creatures and planeswalkers you control.

Frantic Search

Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.

Cephalid Coliseum

{T}: Add {U}. Cephalid Coliseum deals 1 damage to you.
Threshold — {U}, {T}, Sacrifice Cephalid Coliseum: Target player draws three cards, then discards three cards. Activate only if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Archway of Innovation

Archway of Innovation enters tapped unless you control an Island.
{T}: Add {U}.
{U}, {T}: The next spell you cast this turn has improvise. (Your artifacts can help cast that spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.)

Sink into Stupor

Return target spell or nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand.

Soporific Springs

As Soporific Springs enters, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
{T}: Add {U}.

Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs

Tamiyo Meets the Story Circle

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Until your next turn, whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, it gets -2/-0 until end of turn.
II — Discard any number of cards, then investigate twice for each card discarded this way.
III — Shuffle up to three target cards from your graveyard into your library.

Brainsurge

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

Command Tower

Flare of Denial

You may sacrifice a nontoken blue creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.

Shifting Woodland

Shifting Woodland enters tapped unless you control a Forest.
{T}: Add {G}.
Delirium — {2}{G}{G}: Shifting Woodland becomes a copy of target permanent card in your graveyard until end of turn. Activate only if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard.

Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student

Flying
Whenever Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student attacks, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")
When you draw your third card in a turn, exile Tamiyo, then return her to the battlefield transformed under her owner's control.

Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar

+2: Until your next turn, whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, it gets -1/-0 until end of turn.
−3: Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. If it's a green card, add one mana of any color.
−7: Draw cards equal to half the number of cards in your library, rounded up. You get an emblem with "You have no maximum hand size."

Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar

Twenty-Toed Toad

Your maximum hand size is twenty.
Whenever you attack with two or more creatures, put a +1/+1 counter on Twenty-Toed Toad and draw a card.
Whenever Twenty-Toed Toad attacks, you win the game if there are twenty or more counters on it or you have twenty or more cards in hand.

Desynchronization

Return each nonland permanent that's not historic to its owner's hand. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Pull from Tomorrow

Dreamtide Whale

Vanishing 2 (This creature enters with two time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter from it. When the last is removed, sacrifice it.)
Whenever a player casts their second spell each turn, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

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