Obeka, Splitter of Seconds

Menace
Whenever Obeka, Splitter of Seconds deals combat damage to a player, you get that many additional upkeep steps after this phase.

Blood Crypt

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

Bloodstained Mire

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Bloodstained Mire: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Command Tower

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

Crumbling Necropolis

Crumbling Necropolis enters tapped.
{T}: Add {U}, {B}, or {R}.

Dragonskull Summit

Dragonskull Summit enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain.
{T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Drowned Catacomb

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

Escape Tunnel

{T}, Sacrifice Escape Tunnel: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
{T}, Sacrifice Escape Tunnel: Target creature with power 2 or less can't be blocked this turn.

Exotic Orchard

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

Fiery Islet

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {U} or {R}.
{1}, {T}, Sacrifice Fiery Islet: Draw a card.

Haunted Ridge

Haunted Ridge enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
{T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Inventors' Fair

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control three or more artifacts, you gain 1 life.
{T}: Add {C}.
{4}, {T}, Sacrifice Inventors' Fair: Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts.

Island

Luxury Suite

Luxury Suite enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
{T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress

Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress enters tapped.
{T}: Add {B}.
{3}{B}, {T}: Put a shadow counter on target creature. For as long as that creature has a shadow counter on it, it's a Wraith in addition to its other types. (A creature with shadow can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)

Morphic Pool

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

Otawara, Soaring City

{T}: Add {U}.
Channel — {3}{U}, Discard Otawara, Soaring City: Return target artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker to its owner's hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

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.

Raucous Theater

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

Rogue's Passage

{T}: Add {C}.
{4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Scalding Tarn

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

Shipwreck Marsh

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

Shivan Reef

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {U} or {R}. Shivan Reef deals 1 damage to you.

Shizo, Death's Storehouse

{T}: Add {B}.
{B}, {T}: Target legendary creature gains fear until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Steam Vents

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

Stormcarved Coast

Stormcarved Coast enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
{T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Sulfur Falls

Sulfur Falls enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Mountain.
{T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Sulfurous Springs

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {B} or {R}. Sulfurous Springs deals 1 damage to you.

Swamp

The Black Gate

As The Black Gate enters, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
{T}: Add {B}.
{1}{B}, {T}: Choose a player with the most life or tied for most life. Target creature can't be blocked by creatures that player controls this turn.

Thundering Falls

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

Training Center

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

Undercity Sewers

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

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.

Xander's Lounge

({T}: Add {U}, {B}, or {R}.)
Xander's Lounge enters tapped.
Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Blood Tyrant

Flying, trample
At the beginning of your upkeep, each player loses 1 life. Put a +1/+1 counter on Blood Tyrant for each 1 life lost this way.
Whenever a player loses the game, put five +1/+1 counters on Blood Tyrant.

Creeping Bloodsucker

At the beginning of your upkeep, Creeping Bloodsucker deals 1 damage to each opponent. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.

Doomwake Giant

Constellation — Whenever Doomwake Giant or another enchantment you control enters, creatures your opponents control get -1/-1 until end of turn.

Dragonmaster Outcast

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control six or more lands, create a 5/5 red Dragon creature token with flying.

Plargg and Nassari

At the beginning of your upkeep, each player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card. An opponent chooses a nonland card exiled this way. You may cast up to two spells from among the other cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.

Silent Arbiter

No more than one creature can attack each combat.
No more than one creature can block each combat.

Skyline Despot

Flying
When Skyline Despot enters, you become the monarch.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you're the monarch, create a 5/5 red Dragon creature token with flying.

Sphinx of the Second Sun

Flying
At the beginning of each of your postcombat main phases, there is an additional beginning phase after this phase. (The beginning phase includes the untap, upkeep, and draw steps.)

The Rani

Whenever The Rani enters or attacks, create a red Aura enchantment token named Mark of the Rani attached to another target creature. That token has enchant creature and "Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and is goaded."
Whenever a goaded creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, investigate.

Twilight Prophet

Flying
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have the city's blessing, reveal the top card of your library and put it into your hand. Each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is that card's mana value.

Auramancer's Guise

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 for each Aura attached to it and has vigilance.

Combat Research

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card."
As long as enchanted creature is legendary, it gets +1/+1 and has ward {1}. (Whenever enchanted creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {1}.)

Convenient Target

Enchant creature
When Convenient Target enters, suspect enchanted creature. (It has menace and can't block.)
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.
{2}{R}: Return Convenient Target from your graveyard to your hand.

Copy Enchantment

You may have Copy Enchantment enter as a copy of any enchantment on the battlefield.

Court of Ambition

When Court of Ambition enters, you become the monarch.
At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 3 life unless they discard a card. If you're the monarch, instead each opponent loses 6 life unless they discard two cards.

Court of Cunning

When Court of Cunning enters, you become the monarch.
At the beginning of your upkeep, any number of target players each mill two cards. If you're the monarch, each of those players mills ten cards instead. (To mill a card, a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.)

Court of Embereth

When Court of Embereth enters, you become the monarch.
At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 3/1 red Knight creature token. Then if you're the monarch, Court of Embereth deals X damage to each opponent, where X is the number of creatures you control.

Court of Ire

When Court of Ire enters, you become the monarch.
At the beginning of your upkeep, Court of Ire deals 2 damage to any target. If you're the monarch, it deals 7 damage instead.

Court of Locthwain

When Court of Locthwain enters, you become the monarch.
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of target opponent's library. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast it. If you're the monarch, until end of turn, you may cast a spell from among cards exiled with Court of Locthwain without paying its mana cost.

Court of Vantress

When Court of Vantress enters, you become the monarch.
At the beginning of your upkeep, choose up to one other target enchantment or artifact. If you're the monarch, you may create a token that's a copy of it. If you're not the monarch, you may have Court of Vantress become a copy of it, except it has this ability.

Curiosity

Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.

Demonic Embrace

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+1, has flying, and is a Demon in addition to its other types.
You may cast Demonic Embrace from your graveyard by paying 3 life and discarding a card in addition to paying its other costs.

Descent into Avernus

At the beginning of your upkeep, put two descent counters on Descent into Avernus. Then each player creates X Treasure tokens and Descent into Avernus deals X damage to each player, where X is the number of descent counters on Descent into Avernus.

Dragon Mantle

Enchant creature
When Dragon Mantle enters, draw a card.
Enchanted creature has "{R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn."

Drake Umbra

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has flying.
Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Eel Umbra

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.
Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Estrid's Invocation

You may have Estrid's Invocation enter as a copy of an enchantment you control, except it has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may exile this enchantment. If you do, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control."

Extravagant Replication

At the beginning of your upkeep, create a token that's a copy of another target nonland permanent you control.

Followed Footsteps

Enchant creature
At the beginning of your upkeep, create a token that's a copy of enchanted creature.

Fool's Demise

Enchant creature
When enchanted creature dies, return that card to the battlefield under your control.
When Fool's Demise is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Fool's Demise to its owner's hand.

Fungal Fortitude

Flash
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+0.
When enchanted creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control.

Glistening Oil

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has infect.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a -1/-1 counter on enchanted creature.
When Glistening Oil is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Glistening Oil to its owner's hand.

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.

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.

Mirrormade

You may have Mirrormade enter as a copy of any artifact or enchantment on the battlefield.

Mist of Stagnation

Permanents don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player chooses a permanent for each card in their graveyard, then untaps those permanents.

No Mercy

Whenever a creature deals damage to you, destroy it.

Octopus Umbra

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has base power and toughness 8/8 and has "Whenever this creature attacks, you may tap target creature with power 8 or less."
Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Oubliette

When Oubliette enters, target creature phases out until Oubliette leaves the battlefield. Tap that creature as it phases in this way. (Auras and Equipment phase out with it. While permanents are phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist.)

Palace Siege

As Palace Siege enters, choose Khans or Dragons.
• Khans — At the beginning of your upkeep, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
• Dragons — At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Paradox Haze

Enchant player
At the beginning of enchanted player's first upkeep each turn, that player gets an additional upkeep step after this step.

Recantation

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a verse counter on Recantation.
{U}, Sacrifice Recantation: Return up to X target permanents to their owners' hands, where X is the number of verse counters on Recantation.

Security Bypass

Enchant creature
As long as enchanted creature is attacking alone, it can't be blocked.
Enchanted creature has "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, it connives." (Its controller draws a card, then discards a card. If they discarded a nonland card, they put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)

Sleeper's Robe

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
Whenever enchanted creature deals combat damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.

The Sound of Drums

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature is goaded.
If enchanted creature would deal combat damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage instead.
{2}{R}: Return The Sound of Drums from your graveyard to your hand.

Triskaidekaphobia

At the beginning of your upkeep, choose one —
• Each player with exactly 13 life loses the game, then each player gains 1 life.
• Each player with exactly 13 life loses the game, then each player loses 1 life.

Vile Requiem

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a verse counter on Vile Requiem.
{1}{B}, Sacrifice Vile Requiem: Destroy up to X target nonblack creatures, where X is the number of verse counters on Vile Requiem. They can't be regenerated.

Virtue of Persistence

At the beginning of your upkeep, put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

Locthwain Scorn

Target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn. You gain 2 life.

Virtue of Persistence // Locthwain Scorn

Arcane Signet

Dimir Signet

Helm of the Gods

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each enchantment you control.
Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Izzet Signet

Portal to Phyrexia

When Portal to Phyrexia enters, each opponent sacrifices three creatures of their choice.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It's a Phyrexian in addition to its other types.

Rakdos Signet

Replicating Ring

{T}: Add one mana of any color.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a night counter on Replicating Ring. Then if it has eight or more night counters on it, remove all of them and create eight colorless snow artifact tokens named Replicated Ring with "{T}: Add one mana of any color."

Sol Ring

Talisman of Creativity

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

Talisman of Dominance

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

Talisman of Indulgence

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

Aetherize

Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.

Not Dead After All

Until end of turn, target creature you control gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control, then create a Wicked Role token attached to it." (Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. When this Aura is put into a graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life.)

Jeska, Thrice Reborn

Jeska, Thrice Reborn enters with a loyalty counter on her for each time you've cast a commander from the command zone this game.
0: Choose target creature. Until your next turn, if that creature would deal combat damage to one of your opponents, it deals triple that damage to that player instead.
−X: Jeska, Thrice Reborn deals X damage to each of up to three targets.
Jeska, Thrice Reborn can be your commander.
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