Consuming Vapors

Consuming Vapors (Forgotten Realms Commander)
Trevor Claxton

Target player sacrifices a creature of their choice. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness. Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)

Consuming Vapors (Commander 2017)
Trevor Claxton

Target player sacrifices a creature of their choice. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness. Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)

Consuming Vapors (Forgotten Realms Commander)
Trevor Claxton

Target player sacrifices a creature of their choice. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness. Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)

Chain Reaction (Commander 2011)
Trevor Claxton

Chain Reaction deals X damage to each creature, where X is the number of creatures on the battlefield.

"We train for the improbable, like lightning striking the same place twice, or striking everywhere at once." —Nundari, Sea Gate militia captain

Angelic Edict (Jumpstart)
Trevor Claxton

Exile target creature or enchantment.

The Boros built a prison in the sky where Azorius statutes couldn't restrict their sense of justice.

Consuming Vapors (Commander 2017)
Trevor Claxton

Target player sacrifices a creature of their choice. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness. Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)

Chaos Warp (Starter Commander Decks)
Trevor Claxton

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Angelic Edict (Foundations)
Trevor Claxton

Exile target creature or enchantment.

The Boros built a prison in the sky where Azorius statutes couldn't restrict their sense of justice.

Drastic Revelation (Alara Reborn)
Trevor Claxton

Discard your hand. Draw seven cards, then discard three cards at random.

Every disaster holds mystery, for lack of a sane witness.

Savage Hunger (Shards of Alara)
Trevor Claxton

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 and has trample. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Warmonger Hellkite (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Trevor Claxton

Flying All creatures attack each combat if able. {1}{R}: Attacking creatures get +1/+0 until end of turn.

Its wings beat to the howls of war and fan the fires of rage.

Bonescythe Sliver (Magic 2014)
Trevor Claxton

Sliver creatures you control have double strike. (They deal both first-strike and regular combat damage.)

"Their appendages are sharper than our swords and quicker than our bows." —Hastric, Thunian scout

Mnemonic Wall (The List)
Trevor Claxton

Defender When this creature enters, you may return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

"It augments anamnesis. What is so confusing about that?" —Perisophia the philosopher

Nylea's Disciple (Theros)
Trevor Claxton

When this creature enters, you gain life equal to your devotion to green. (Each {G} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to green.)

Drainpipe Vermin (Jumpstart)
Trevor Claxton

When this creature dies, you may pay {B}. If you do, target player discards a card.

When times are tough, the poor eat the rats. When times are tougher, the rats eat the poor.

Bloodpyre Elemental (Shards of Alara)
Trevor Claxton

Sacrifice this creature: It deals 4 damage to target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.

Elementals born of Jund are as cruel and unstable as the plane itself.

Chaos Warp (Commander Anthology Volume II)
Trevor Claxton

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Volcanic Submersion (Shards of Alara)
Trevor Claxton

Destroy target artifact or land. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

A dragon's death is almost as feared as its life. Old, dying dragons throw themselves into volcanoes, causing massive upheaval and widespread disaster.

Manaweft Sliver (Magic 2014)
Trevor Claxton

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

"I see in their interconnectedness a strange embodiment of the natural order." —Dionus, elvish archdruid

Ball Lightning (Jumpstart)
Trevor Claxton

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.) At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this creature.

The most frightening storms are those not woven by nature's hand.

Ogre Slumlord (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander)
Trevor Claxton

Whenever another nontoken creature dies, you may create a 1/1 black Rat creature token. Rats you control have deathtouch.

"His tenement is filled with the most vile, disgusting vermin. It's infested with rats, too." —Branko One-Ear

Angelic Edict (Jumpstart 2022)
Trevor Claxton

Exile target creature or enchantment.

The Boros built a prison in the sky where Azorius statutes couldn't restrict their sense of justice.

Chaos Warp (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander)
Trevor Claxton

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Kharasha Foothills (Planechase Anthology Planes)
Trevor Claxton

Whenever a creature you control attacks a player, for each other opponent, you may create a token that's a copy of that creature, tapped and attacking that opponent. Exile those tokens at the beginning of the next end step. Whenever chaos ensues, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. If you do, Kharasha Foothills deals that much damage to target creature.

Gluttonous Slime (Planechase Anthology)
Trevor Claxton

Flash Devour 1 (As this creature enters, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. It enters with that many +1/+1 counters on it.)

On Jund, everything eventually ends up in something else's stomach.

Drainpipe Vermin (Return to Ravnica)
Trevor Claxton

When this creature dies, you may pay {B}. If you do, target player discards a card.

When times are tough, the poor eat the rats. When times are tougher, the rats eat the poor.

Chain Reaction (Neon Dynasty Commander)
Trevor Claxton

Chain Reaction deals X damage to each creature, where X is the number of creatures on the battlefield.

"We train for the improbable, like lightning striking the same place twice, or striking everywhere at once." —Nundari, Sea Gate militia captain

Ant Queen (Magic 2010)
Trevor Claxton

{1}{G}: Create a 1/1 green Insect creature token.

"Kill the queen first, or we'll be fighting her drones forever. It is not in a queen's nature to have enough servants." —Borzard, exterminator captain

Chaos Warp (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander)
Trevor Claxton

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Chaos Warp (Commander 2020)
Trevor Claxton

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Nest Invader (The List)
Trevor Claxton

When this creature enters, create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."

It nurtures its masters' glorious future.

Diffusion Sliver (Magic 2015)
Trevor Claxton

Whenever a Sliver creature you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter that spell or ability unless its controller pays {2}.

"The hive shimmered, and its walls seemed a living mirror." —Hastric, Thunian scout

Thorncaster Sliver (Secret Lair Drop)
Trevor Claxton

Sliver creatures you control have "Whenever this creature attacks, it deals 1 damage to any target."

Every inch of a sliver's body is a potential claw, appendage, or projectile.

Barrage of Expendables (Magic 2014)
Trevor Claxton

{R}, Sacrifice a creature: This enchantment deals 1 damage to any target.

Goblin generals don't distinguish between troops and ammunition.

Manaweft Sliver (Secret Lair Drop)
Trevor Claxton

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

"I see in their interconnectedness a strange embodiment of the natural order." —Dionus, elvish archdruid

Suffer the Past (Commander 2021)
Trevor Claxton

Exile X target cards from target player's graveyard. For each card exiled this way, that player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Ulamog's tentacles, their touch like burning ice, rummaged through his soul and stung his memories one by one.

Scavenger Drake (Modern Masters 2015)
Trevor Claxton

Flying Whenever another creature dies, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Dragons consider drakes to be mockeries of their perfection, destroying them on sight.

Chaos Warp (Commander 2018)
Trevor Claxton

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Chain Reaction (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Trevor Claxton

Chain Reaction deals X damage to each creature, where X is the number of creatures on the battlefield.

"We train for the improbable, like lightning striking the same place twice, or striking everywhere at once." —Nundari, Sea Gate militia captain

Gitaxian Probe (Friday Night Magic 2012)
Trevor Claxton

({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.) Look at target player's hand. Draw a card.

"My flesh holds no secrets, monster. The spirit of Mirrodin will fight on." —Vy Covalt, Mirran resistance

Chaos Warp (The List)
Trevor Claxton

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Chaos Warp (Neon Dynasty Commander)
Trevor Claxton

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Chain Reaction (Commander 2021)
Trevor Claxton

Chain Reaction deals X damage to each creature, where X is the number of creatures on the battlefield.

"We train for the improbable, like lightning striking the same place twice, or striking everywhere at once." —Nundari, Sea Gate militia captain

Necrogenesis (Commander 2011)
Trevor Claxton

{2}: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.

"Those may be the squirms of one life ending or of another beginning. Either way, I'd leave it alone." —Rakka Mar

Forced Adaptation (Ravnica Remastered)
Trevor Claxton

Enchant creature At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on enchanted creature.

"We're planting the seeds of change. Sometimes, we plant them in people." —Vorel of the Hull Clade

Morbid Bloom (Alara Reborn)
Trevor Claxton

Exile target creature card from a graveyard, then create X 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens, where X is the exiled card's toughness.

"From the damned I make my garden." —Jorshu of Clan Nel Toth

Ball Lightning (Foundations)
Trevor Claxton

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.) At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this creature.

Vapor Snare (Worldwake)
Trevor Claxton

Enchant creature You control enchanted creature. At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this Aura unless you return a land you control to its owner's hand.

Chaos Warp (Commander 2019)
Trevor Claxton

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Kharasha Foothills (March of the Machine Commander)
Trevor Claxton

Whenever a creature you control attacks a player, for each other opponent, you may create a token that's a copy of that creature, tapped and attacking that opponent. Exile those tokens at the beginning of the next end step. Whenever chaos ensues, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. If you do, Kharasha Foothills deals that much damage to target creature.

Drag Down (Modern Masters)
Trevor Claxton

Domain — Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each basic land type among lands you control.

The barbarians of Jund believe the bottomless tar pits extend forever into other, darker worlds.

Warmonger Hellkite (Commander 2014)
Trevor Claxton

Flying All creatures attack each combat if able. {1}{R}: Attacking creatures get +1/+0 until end of turn.

Its wings beat to the howls of war and fan the fires of rage.

Diffusion Sliver (Secret Lair Drop)
Trevor Claxton

Whenever a Sliver creature you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter that spell or ability unless its controller pays {2}.

"The hive shimmered, and its walls seemed a living mirror." —Hastric, Thunian scout

Gatecreeper Vine (Return to Ravnica)
Trevor Claxton

Defender When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card or a Gate card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Every inch of Ravnica is home to something.

Ogre Slumlord (Bloomburrow Commander)
Trevor Claxton

Whenever another nontoken creature dies, you may create a 1/1 black Rat creature token. Rats you control have deathtouch.

"His tenement is filled with the most vile, disgusting vermin. It's infested with rats, too." —Branko One-Ear

Necrogenesis (Shards of Alara)
Trevor Claxton

{2}: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.

"Those may be the squirms of one life ending or of another beginning. Either way, I'd leave it alone." —Rakka Mar

Bonescythe Sliver (Secret Lair Drop)
Trevor Claxton

Sliver creatures you control have double strike. (They deal both first-strike and regular combat damage.)

"Their appendages are sharper than our swords and quicker than our bows." —Hastric, Thunian scout

Mycoid Shepherd (Alara Reborn)
Trevor Claxton

Whenever this creature or another creature you control with power 5 or greater dies, you may gain 5 life.

As pure mana flooded across the shards, it brought a sense of unity even to Jund's vicious food chain.

Ogre Slumlord (Commander Masters)
Trevor Claxton

Whenever another nontoken creature dies, you may create a 1/1 black Rat creature token. Rats you control have deathtouch.

"His tenement is filled with the most vile, disgusting vermin. It's infested with rats, too." —Branko One-Ear

Chaos Warp (Commander 2017)
Trevor Claxton

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Chaos Warp (Commander 2016)
Trevor Claxton

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Gatecreeper Vine (Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska)
Trevor Claxton

Defender When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card or a Gate card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Every inch of Ravnica is home to something.

Chaos Warp (Murders at Karlov Manor Commander)
Trevor Claxton

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Demonic Rising (Avacyn Restored)
Trevor Claxton

At the beginning of your end step, if you control exactly one creature, create a 5/5 black Demon creature token with flying.

Which is the greater folly, summoning the demon or expecting gratitude from it?

Ball Lightning (Premium Deck Series: Fire and Lightning)
Trevor Claxton

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.) At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this creature.

Nest Invader (Modern Masters 2015)
Trevor Claxton

When this creature enters, create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."

It nurtures its masters' glorious future.

Vengevine (World Magic Cup Qualifiers)
Trevor Claxton

Haste Whenever you cast a spell, if it's the second creature spell you cast this turn, you may return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Leave but a shred of root and it will return, bursting with vigor.

Chain Reaction (Commander 2015)
Trevor Claxton

Chain Reaction deals X damage to each creature, where X is the number of creatures on the battlefield.

"We train for the improbable, like lightning striking the same place twice, or striking everywhere at once." —Nundari, Sea Gate militia captain

Chaos Warp (Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander)
Trevor Claxton

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Shoal Serpent (Zendikar)
Trevor Claxton

Defender Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, this creature loses defender until end of turn.

"It's like a reef that runs aground on ships." —Jaby, Silundi Sea nomad

Chaos Warp (Commander 2014)
Trevor Claxton

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Forced Adaptation (Gatecrash)
Trevor Claxton

Enchant creature At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on enchanted creature.

"We're planting the seeds of change. Sometimes, we plant them in people." —Vorel of the Hull Clade

Chain Reaction (Commander 2018)
Trevor Claxton

Chain Reaction deals X damage to each creature, where X is the number of creatures on the battlefield.

"We train for the improbable, like lightning striking the same place twice, or striking everywhere at once." —Nundari, Sea Gate militia captain

Chaos Warp (Forgotten Realms Commander)
Trevor Claxton

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Chaos Warp (The List)
Trevor Claxton

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Chain Reaction (Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander)
Trevor Claxton

Chain Reaction deals X damage to each creature, where X is the number of creatures on the battlefield.

"We train for the improbable, like lightning striking the same place twice, or striking everywhere at once." —Nundari, Sea Gate militia captain

Chain Reaction (Worldwake)
Trevor Claxton

Chain Reaction deals X damage to each creature, where X is the number of creatures on the battlefield.

"We train for the improbable, like lightning striking the same place twice, or striking everywhere at once." —Nundari, Sea Gate militia captain

Chaos Warp (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Trevor Claxton

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Angelic Edict (Gatecrash)
Trevor Claxton

Exile target creature or enchantment.

The Boros built a prison in the sky where Azorius statutes couldn't restrict their sense of justice.

Nest Invader (Planechase Anthology)
Trevor Claxton

When this creature enters, create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."

It nurtures its masters' glorious future.

Saproling (Shards of Alara Tokens)
Trevor Claxton

Chain Reaction (Starter Commander Decks)
Trevor Claxton

Chain Reaction deals X damage to each creature, where X is the number of creatures on the battlefield.

"We train for the improbable, like lightning striking the same place twice, or striking everywhere at once." —Nundari, Sea Gate militia captain

Ant Queen (Modern Masters 2015)
Trevor Claxton

{1}{G}: Create a 1/1 green Insect creature token.

"Kill the queen first, or we'll be fighting her drones forever. It is not in a queen's nature to have enough servants." —Borzard, exterminator captain

Necrogenesis (Commander 2016)
Trevor Claxton

{2}: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.

"Those may be the squirms of one life ending or of another beginning. Either way, I'd leave it alone." —Rakka Mar

Nest Invader (Planechase 2012)
Trevor Claxton

When this creature enters, create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."

It nurtures its masters' glorious future.

Ogre Slumlord (Forgotten Realms Commander)
Trevor Claxton

Whenever another nontoken creature dies, you may create a 1/1 black Rat creature token. Rats you control have deathtouch.

"His tenement is filled with the most vile, disgusting vermin. It's infested with rats, too." —Branko One-Ear

Kharasha Foothills (Planechase 2012 Planes)
Trevor Claxton

Whenever a creature you control attacks a player, for each other opponent, you may create a token that's a copy of that creature, tapped and attacking that opponent. Exile those tokens at the beginning of the next end step. Whenever chaos ensues, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. If you do, Kharasha Foothills deals that much damage to target creature.

Chaos Warp (The Brothers' War Commander)
Trevor Claxton

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Gluttonous Slime (Planechase 2012)
Trevor Claxton

Flash Devour 1 (As this creature enters, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. It enters with that many +1/+1 counters on it.)

On Jund, everything eventually ends up in something else's stomach.

Angelic Edict (Foundations Jumpstart)
Trevor Claxton

Exile target creature or enchantment.

The Boros built a prison in the sky where Azorius statutes couldn't restrict their sense of justice.

Ogre Slumlord (Zendikar Rising Commander)
Trevor Claxton

Whenever another nontoken creature dies, you may create a 1/1 black Rat creature token. Rats you control have deathtouch.

"His tenement is filled with the most vile, disgusting vermin. It's infested with rats, too." —Branko One-Ear

Chaos Warp (Commander 2011)
Trevor Claxton

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Chaos Warp (New Capenna Commander)
Trevor Claxton

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Necrogenesis (Modern Masters 2015)
Trevor Claxton

{2}: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.

"Those may be the squirms of one life ending or of another beginning. Either way, I'd leave it alone." —Rakka Mar

Ball Lightning (30th Anniversary Play Promos)
Trevor Claxton

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.) At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this creature.

The most frightening storms are those not woven by nature's hand.

Chain Reaction (Forgotten Realms Commander)
Trevor Claxton

Chain Reaction deals X damage to each creature, where X is the number of creatures on the battlefield.

"We train for the improbable, like lightning striking the same place twice, or striking everywhere at once." —Nundari, Sea Gate militia captain

Suffer the Past (Modern Horizons 3 Commander)
Trevor Claxton

Exile X target cards from target player's graveyard. For each card exiled this way, that player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Ulamog's tentacles, their touch like burning ice, rummaged through his soul and stung his memories one by one.

Suffer the Past (Rise of the Eldrazi)
Trevor Claxton

Exile X target cards from target player's graveyard. For each card exiled this way, that player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Ulamog's tentacles, their touch like burning ice, rummaged through his soul and stung his memories one by one.

Grixis Grimblade (Alara Reborn)
Trevor Claxton

As long as you control another multicolored permanent, this creature gets +1/+1 and has deathtouch. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy that creature.)

Chaos Warp (Commander's Arsenal)
Trevor Claxton

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Chaos Warp (The List)
Trevor Claxton

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Chaos Warp (March of the Machine Commander)
Trevor Claxton

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Mnemonic Wall (Theros)
Trevor Claxton

Defender When this creature enters, you may return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

"It augments anamnesis. What is so confusing about that?" —Perisophia the philosopher

Goblin Outlander (Conflux)
Trevor Claxton

Protection from white

Egbol stared in wonder at Naya's landscape. So much to eat. So much to steal.

Ogre Slumlord (Jumpstart)
Trevor Claxton

Whenever another nontoken creature dies, you may create a 1/1 black Rat creature token. Rats you control have deathtouch.

"His tenement is filled with the most vile, disgusting vermin. It's infested with rats, too." —Branko One-Ear

Chaos Warp (Double Masters 2022)
Trevor Claxton

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Tanglesap (Zendikar)
Trevor Claxton

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by creatures without trample.

"The blood of the forest is beholden to no one." —Nissa Revane

Scavenger Drake (Shards of Alara)
Trevor Claxton

Flying Whenever another creature dies, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Dragons consider drakes to be mockeries of their perfection, destroying them on sight.

Nest Invader (Rise of the Eldrazi)
Trevor Claxton

When this creature enters, create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."

It nurtures its masters' glorious future.

Gluttonous Slime (Conflux)
Trevor Claxton

Flash Devour 1 (As this creature enters, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. It enters with that many +1/+1 counters on it.)

On Jund, everything eventually ends up in something else's stomach.

Hellion Crucible (Magic 2013)
Trevor Claxton

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{R}, {T}: Put a pressure counter on this land. {1}{R}, {T}, Remove two pressure counters from this land and sacrifice it: Create a 4/4 red Hellion creature token with haste. (It can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.)

Burning Oil (Dark Ascension)
Trevor Claxton

Burning Oil deals 3 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. Flashback {3}{W} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Every now and then, a devil's prank can give you a good idea.

Thallid (Modern Masters)
Trevor Claxton

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a spore counter on this creature. Remove three spore counters from this creature: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.

Ogre Slumlord (Gatecrash)
Trevor Claxton

Whenever another nontoken creature dies, you may create a 1/1 black Rat creature token. Rats you control have deathtouch.

"His tenement is filled with the most vile, disgusting vermin. It's infested with rats, too." —Branko One-Ear

Warmonger Hellkite (Commander Anthology Volume II)
Trevor Claxton

Flying All creatures attack each combat if able. {1}{R}: Attacking creatures get +1/+0 until end of turn.

Its wings beat to the howls of war and fan the fires of rage.

Chain Reaction (New Capenna Commander)
Trevor Claxton

Chain Reaction deals X damage to each creature, where X is the number of creatures on the battlefield.

"We train for the improbable, like lightning striking the same place twice, or striking everywhere at once." —Nundari, Sea Gate militia captain

Spawning Breath (Rise of the Eldrazi)
Trevor Claxton

Spawning Breath deals 1 damage to any target. Create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."

Death by death, Kozilek's lineage spread.

Barrage of Expendables (Jumpstart)
Trevor Claxton

{R}, Sacrifice a creature: This enchantment deals 1 damage to any target.

Goblin generals don't distinguish between troops and ammunition.

Mnemonic Wall (Iconic Masters)
Trevor Claxton

Defender When this creature enters, you may return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

"It augments anamnesis. What is so confusing about that?" —Perisophia the philosopher

Drag Down (Conflux)
Trevor Claxton

Domain — Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each basic land type among lands you control.

The barbarians of Jund believe the bottomless tar pits extend forever into other, darker worlds.

Ball Lightning (Magic 2010)
Trevor Claxton

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.) At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this creature.

Ball Lightning (Masters 25)
Trevor Claxton

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.) At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this creature.

The most frightening storms are those not woven by nature's hand.

Manaweft Sliver (The List)
Trevor Claxton

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

"I see in their interconnectedness a strange embodiment of the natural order." —Dionus, elvish archdruid

Thorncaster Sliver (Magic 2014)
Trevor Claxton

Sliver creatures you control have "Whenever this creature attacks, it deals 1 damage to any target."

Every inch of a sliver's body is a potential claw, appendage, or projectile.