Dolmen Gate

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to attacking creatures you control.

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.

Echo of Eons

Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards.
Flashback {2}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Elvish Guidance

Enchant land
Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional {G} for each Elf on the battlefield.

Aspect of Hydra

Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is your devotion to green. (Each {G} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to green.)

Steely Resolve

As Steely Resolve enters the battlefield, choose a creature type.
Creatures of the chosen type have shroud. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities.)

Ruinous Intrusion

Exile target artifact or enchantment. Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature you control, where X is the mana value of the permanent exiled this way.

Phyrexian Processor

As Phyrexian Processor enters the battlefield, pay any amount of life.
{4}, {T}: Create an X/X black Phyrexian Minion creature token, where X is the life paid as Phyrexian Processor entered the battlefield.

Wheel and Deal

Any number of target opponents each discard their hands, then draw seven cards.
Draw a card.

Lignify

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature is a Treefolk with base power and toughness 0/4 and loses all abilities.

Rielle, the Everwise

Rielle, the Everwise gets +1/+0 for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard.
Whenever you discard one or more cards for the first time each turn, draw that many cards.

Abjure

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a blue permanent.
Counter target spell.

Cryptolith Rite

Creatures you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color."

Soldevi Adnate

{T}, Sacrifice a black or artifact creature: Add an amount of {B} equal to the sacrificed creature's mana value.

Bennie Bracks, Zoologist

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.)
At the beginning of each end step, if you created a token this turn, draw a card.

Mirri's Guile

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

Elemental Mastery

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "{T}: Create X 1/1 red Elemental creature tokens with haste, where X is this creature's power. Exile them at the beginning of the next end step."

Márton Stromgald

Whenever Márton Stromgald attacks, other attacking creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn for each attacking creature other than Márton Stromgald.
Whenever Márton Stromgald blocks, other blocking creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn for each blocking creature other than Márton Stromgald.

Lim-Dûl's Vault

Look at the top five cards of your library. As many times as you choose, you may pay 1 life, put those cards on the bottom of your library in any order, then look at the top five cards of your library. Then shuffle and put the last cards you looked at this way on top in any order.

Storm King's Thunder

When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell X times. You may choose new targets for the copies.

Ritual of the Machine

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Gain control of target nonartifact, nonblack creature.

Aura Shards

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Rakka Mar

Haste
{R}, {T}: Create a 3/1 red Elemental creature token with haste.

Path of Discovery

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, it explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on the creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)

Semblance Anvil

Imprint — When Semblance Anvil enters the battlefield, you may exile a nonland card from your hand.
Spells you cast that share a card type with the exiled card cost {2} less to cast.

Purity

Flying
If noncombat damage would be dealt to you, prevent that damage. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.
When Purity is put into a graveyard from anywhere, shuffle it into its owner's library.

Vexilus Praetor

Flash
Vigilance
Aegis of the Emperor — Commanders you control have protection from everything.

Sceptre of Eternal Glory

{T}: Add one mana of any color.
{T}: Add three mana of any one color. Activate only if you control three or more lands with the same name.

Blade Historian

Attacking creatures you control have double strike.

Glittering Stockpile

{T}: Add {R}. Put a stash counter on Glittering Stockpile.
{T}, Sacrifice Glittering Stockpile: Add X mana of any one color, where X is the number of stash counters on Glittering Stockpile.

Chaos Moon

At the beginning of each upkeep, count the number of permanents. If the number is odd, until end of turn, red creatures get +1/+1 and whenever a player taps a Mountain for mana, that player adds an additional {R}. If the number is even, until end of turn, red creatures get -1/-1 and if a player taps a Mountain for mana, that Mountain produces colorless mana instead of any other type.

Surestrike Trident

Equipped creature has first strike and "{T}, Unattach Surestrike Trident: This creature deals damage equal to its power to target player or planeswalker."
Equip {4} ({4}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery. This card enters the battlefield unattached and stays on the battlefield if the creature leaves.)

Herald of War

Flying
Whenever Herald of War attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
Angel spells and Human spells you cast cost {1} less to cast for each +1/+1 counter on Herald of War.

Teleportation Circle

At the beginning of your end step, exile up to one target artifact or creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Lurking Evil

Pay half your life, rounded up: Lurking Evil becomes a 4/4 Phyrexian Horror creature with flying.

Dress Down

Flash
When Dress Down enters the battlefield, draw a card.
Creatures lose all abilities.
At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice Dress Down.

Demilich

This spell costs {U} less to cast for each instant and sorcery spell you've cast this turn.
Whenever Demilich attacks, exile up to one target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard. Copy it. You may cast the copy.
You may cast Demilich from your graveyard by exiling four instant and/or sorcery cards from your graveyard in addition to paying its other costs.

Chivalric Alliance

Whenever you attack with two or more creatures, draw a card.
{2}, Discard a card: Create a 2/2 white and blue Knight creature token with vigilance.

Thalakos Deceiver

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Whenever Thalakos Deceiver attacks and isn't blocked, you may sacrifice it. If you do, gain control of target creature. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Aura Thief

Flying
When Aura Thief dies, you gain control of all enchantments. (You don't get to move Auras.)

Gaea's Herald

Culling the Weak

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Add {B}{B}{B}{B}.

Elvish Herder

{G}: Target creature gains trample until end of turn.

Dire Undercurrents

Whenever a blue creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may have target player draw a card.
Whenever a black creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may have target player discard a card.

Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus

Living weapon (When this Equipment enters the battlefield, create a 0/0 black Phyrexian Germ creature token, then attach this to it.)
Equipped creature gets +1/+1.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, you may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Equip {3}

Gemstone Mine

Gemstone Mine enters the battlefield with three mining counters on it.
{T}, Remove a mining counter from Gemstone Mine: Add one mana of any color. If there are no mining counters on Gemstone Mine, sacrifice it.

Blessed Reversal

You gain 3 life for each creature attacking you.

Phyrexian Metamorph

({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)
You may have Phyrexian Metamorph enter the battlefield as a copy of any artifact or creature on the battlefield, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types.

Path of the Pyromancer

Discard all the cards in your hand. Add {R} for each card discarded this way, then draw that many cards plus one.
Will of the Planeswalkers — Starting with you, each player votes for planeswalk or chaos. If planeswalk gets more votes, planeswalk. If chaos gets more votes or the vote is tied, chaos ensues.

Faerie Mastermind

Flash
Flying
Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you draw a card.
{3}{U}: Each player draws a card.

Echo Storm

When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you've cast your commander from the command zone this game. You may choose new targets for the copies.
Create a token that's a copy of target artifact.

Roar of Resistance

Creature tokens you control have haste.
Whenever one or more creatures attack, you may pay {1}{R}. If you do, creatures attacking your opponents and/or planeswalkers they control get +2/+0 until end of turn.

Dark Prophecy

Whenever a creature you control dies, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Minas Tirith

Minas Tirith enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a legendary creature.
{T}: Add {W}.
{1}{W}, {T}: Draw a card. Activate only if you attacked with two or more creatures this turn.

Deflecting Swat

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
You may choose new targets for target spell or ability.

Flawless Maneuver

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.

Day's Undoing

Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards. If it's your turn, end the turn. (Exile all spells and abilities from the stack, including this card. Discard down to your maximum hand size. Damage wears off, and "this turn" and "until end of turn" effects end.)

Nesting Dovehawk

Flying
At the beginning of combat on your turn, populate. (Create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)
Whenever a creature token enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on Nesting Dovehawk.

Transcendent Message

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.)
Draw X cards.

Wake the Reflections

Populate. (Create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

Entish Restoration

Sacrifice a land. Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, instead search your library for up to three basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Spiteful Banditry

When Spiteful Banditry enters the battlefield, it deals X damage to each creature.
Whenever one or more creatures your opponents control die, you create a Treasure token. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Season of Growth

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)
Whenever you cast a spell that targets a creature you control, draw a card.

Augur of Autumn

You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may play lands from the top of your library.
Coven — As long as you control three or more creatures with different powers, you may cast creature spells from the top of your library.

Angelic Shield

Creatures you control get +0/+1.
Sacrifice Angelic Shield: Return target creature to its owner's hand.

The Black Gate

As The Black Gate enters the battlefield, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield 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.

Comeuppance

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you and planeswalkers you control this turn by sources you don't control. If damage from a creature source is prevented this way, Comeuppance deals that much damage to that creature. If damage from a noncreature source is prevented this way, Comeuppance deals that much damage to the source's controller.

For the Ancestors

Choose a creature type. Look at the top six cards of your library. You may reveal any number of cards of the chosen type from among them and put the revealed cards into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Flashback {3}{G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Pearl Medallion

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

Jet Medallion

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

Crystalline Crawler

Converge — Crystalline Crawler enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it.
Remove a +1/+1 counter from Crystalline Crawler: Add one mana of any color.
{T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on Crystalline Crawler.

Make an Example

Each opponent separates the creatures they control into two piles. For each opponent, you choose one of their piles. Each opponent sacrifices the creatures in their chosen pile. (Piles can be empty.)

Backfire

Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to you, Backfire deals that much damage to that creature's controller.

Three Blind Mice

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after IV.)
I — Create a 1/1 white Mouse creature token.
II, III — Create a token that's a copy of target token you control.
IV — Creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain vigilance until end of turn.

Bitter Ordeal

Search target player's library for a card and exile it. Then that player shuffles.
Gravestorm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each permanent put into a graveyard this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

Spellweaver Volute

Enchant instant card in a graveyard
Whenever you cast a sorcery spell, copy the enchanted instant card. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost. If you do, exile the enchanted card and attach Spellweaver Volute to another instant card in a graveyard.

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