Call a Surprise Witness

Call a Surprise Witness (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Greg Opalinski

Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Put a flying counter on it. It's a Spirit in addition to its other types.

"Honestly, the real surprise would be if a powerful member of the Orzhov *didn't* hang around after their demise." —Alquist Proft, case notes

Call a Surprise Witness (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Julia Metzger

Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Put a flying counter on it. It's a Spirit in addition to its other types.

"Why would a little thing like death stop me from running the Syndicate? I'm going to be here for a long, long time."

Counterspell (Secret Lair Drop)
Julia Metzger

Counter target spell.

No paparazzi allowed.

Lion Umbra (Modern Horizons 3)
Julia Metzger

Enchant modified creature (Equipment, Auras its controller controls, and counters are modifications.) Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has vigilance and reach. Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Stroke of Midnight (Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander)
Julia Metzger

Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Human creature token.

"Who was that knight, so graceful and strong? Why did she flee before the food was gone?" —*Tale of the Masked Maiden*

Toadstool Admirer (Wilds of Eldraine)
Julia Metzger

Ward {2} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.) {3}{G}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Where an ouphe makes its home, the land blooms with color and joy.

Tinker's Tote (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
Julia Metzger

When this artifact enters, create two 1/1 colorless Gnome artifact creature tokens. {W}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.

Never leave home without a gnome.

Oviya, Automech Artisan (Aetherdrift Promos)
Julia Metzger

Each creature that's attacking one of your opponents has trample. {G}, {T}: You may put a creature or Vehicle card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you put an artifact onto the battlefield this way, put two +1/+1 counters on it.

Acrobatic Cheerleader (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
Julia Metzger

Survival — At the beginning of your second main phase, if this creature is tapped, put a flying counter on it. This ability triggers only once.

"I used to cheat death every day in practice. This is nothing."

Royal Treatment (Wilds of Eldraine)
Julia Metzger

Target creature you control gains hexproof until end of turn. Create a Royal Role token attached to that creature. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has ward {1}.)

"Stay your blades, peasants."

Patron of the Arts (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Julia Metzger

When this creature enters or dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

"It's okay. My mother owns the museum."

Back for Seconds (Wilds of Eldraine)
Julia Metzger

Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.) Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand. If this spell was bargained, you may put one of those cards with mana value 4 or less onto the battlefield instead of putting it into your hand.

Bovine Intervention (Outlaws of Thunder Junction)
Julia Metzger

Destroy target artifact or creature. Its controller creates a 2/2 white Ox creature token.

No one could prove the ox did it, but no one tried to harness it again either.

Slickshot Vault-Buster (Outlaws of Thunder Junction)
Julia Metzger

Vigilance This creature gets +2/+0 as long as you've committed a crime this turn. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)

"Sure it's risky, but that's what makes it fun! That and the money. And the bankers' faces."

Survivor of Korlis (The Brothers' War)
Julia Metzger

First strike {1}{W}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Scry 2.

At first, the merchant state of Korlis saw no need to involve itself in the conflict between Yotia and the Fallaji. Mishra's dragon engines changed that.

Popular Egotist (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
Julia Metzger

{1}{B}, Sacrifice another creature or enchantment: This creature gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.) Whenever you sacrifice a permanent, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

"I know you'd want me to live, bestie!"

Stroke of Midnight (Wilds of Eldraine)
Julia Metzger

Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Human creature token.

Generous Pup (Foundations Jumpstart)
Julia Metzger

Vigilance Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control. This ability triggers only once each turn.

They communicate via the universal language of treats.

Sage of Fables (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander)
Julia Metzger

Each other Wizard creature you control enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it. {2}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control: Draw a card.

Case of the Filched Falcon (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Julia Metzger

When this Case enters, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") To solve — You control three or more artifacts. (If unsolved, solve at the beginning of your end step.) Solved — {2}{U}, Sacrifice this Case: Put four +1/+1 counters on target noncreature artifact. It becomes a 0/0 Bird creature with flying in addition to its other types.

The Princess Takes Flight (Wilds of Eldraine)
Julia Metzger

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Exile up to one target creature. II — Target creature you control gets +2/+2 and gains flying until end of turn. III — Return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Vesuvan Drifter (March of the Machine: The Aftermath)
Julia Metzger

Flying You may look at the top card of your library any time. At the beginning of each combat, you may reveal the top card of your library. If you reveal a creature card this way, this creature becomes a copy of that card until end of turn, except it has flying.

Cryptic Coat (Murders at Karlov Manor Promos)
Julia Metzger

When this Equipment enters, cloak the top card of your library, then attach this Equipment to it. (To cloak a card, put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature with ward {2}. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.) Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and can't be blocked. {1}{U}: Return this Equipment to its owner's hand.

Lion Umbra (Modern Horizons 3)
Julia Metzger

Enchant modified creature (Equipment, Auras its controller controls, and counters are modifications.) Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has vigilance and reach. Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Pick Your Poison (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Julia Metzger

Choose one — • Each opponent sacrifices an artifact of their choice. • Each opponent sacrifices an enchantment of their choice. • Each opponent sacrifices a creature with flying of their choice.

A reliable, general-purpose toxin is a handy way to save on belt space.

Oviya, Automech Artisan (Aetherdrift)
Julia Metzger

Each creature that's attacking one of your opponents has trample. {G}, {T}: You may put a creature or Vehicle card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you put an artifact onto the battlefield this way, put two +1/+1 counters on it.

Filter Out (March of the Machine: The Aftermath)
Julia Metzger

Return all noncreature, nonland permanents to their owners' hands.

The glistening oil had been rendered inert, but planes wouldn't begin to truly heal until every last drop was purged.

Talas Lookout (Dominaria United)
Julia Metzger

Flying When this creature dies, look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

"The Talas pirates are motivated by money, so we paid them twice what they could steal from us to spy for us instead." —Jhoira

Cryptic Coat (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Julia Metzger

When this Equipment enters, cloak the top card of your library, then attach this Equipment to it. (To cloak a card, put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature with ward {2}. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.) Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and can't be blocked. {1}{U}: Return this Equipment to its owner's hand.

Oviya, Automech Artisan (Aetherdrift)
Julia Metzger

Each creature that's attacking one of your opponents has trample. {G}, {T}: You may put a creature or Vehicle card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you put an artifact onto the battlefield this way, put two +1/+1 counters on it.

Oviya, Automech Artisan (Aetherdrift Promos)
Julia Metzger

Each creature that's attacking one of your opponents has trample. {G}, {T}: You may put a creature or Vehicle card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you put an artifact onto the battlefield this way, put two +1/+1 counters on it.

Stroke of Midnight (Wilds of Eldraine)
Julia Metzger

Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Human creature token.

The assembled partygoers fell silent and stared. As the helmet came to a clattering stop, the only sound was Ash's distant footsteps.

Dark Petition (Store Championships)
Julia Metzger

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle. Spell mastery — If there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, add {B}{B}{B}.

Stampeding Scurryfoot (Aetherdrift)
Julia Metzger

Exhaust — {3}{G}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Create a 3/3 green Elephant creature token. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)

All creatures great and small contribute to the stampede.

Walking Sarcophagus (Aetherdrift)
Julia Metzger

Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.) Max speed — This creature gets +1/+2.

The warrior rose in a very different world from the one he'd left behind.

Return from the Wilds (Wilds of Eldraine)
Julia Metzger

Choose two — • Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. • Create a 1/1 white Human creature token. • Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

Call a Surprise Witness (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Julia Metzger

Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Put a flying counter on it. It's a Spirit in addition to its other types.

"Why would a little thing like death stop me from running the Syndicate? I'm going to be here for a long, long time."

Candlestick (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Julia Metzger

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has "Whenever this creature attacks, 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.) {2}, Sacrifice this Equipment: Draw a card. Equip {2}

Stroke of Midnight (Foundations)
Julia Metzger

Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Human creature token.

"Who was that knight, so graceful and strong? Why did she flee before the food was gone?" —*Tale of the Masked Maiden*

Cryptic Coat (Murders at Karlov Manor Promos)
Julia Metzger

When this Equipment enters, cloak the top card of your library, then attach this Equipment to it. (To cloak a card, put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature with ward {2}. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.) Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and can't be blocked. {1}{U}: Return this Equipment to its owner's hand.

Crimestopper Sprite (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Julia Metzger

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may collect evidence 6. (Exile cards with total mana value 6 or greater from your graveyard.) Flying When this creature enters, tap target creature. If evidence was collected, put a stun counter on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Cryptic Coat (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Julia Metzger

When this Equipment enters, cloak the top card of your library, then attach this Equipment to it. (To cloak a card, put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature with ward {2}. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.) Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and can't be blocked. {1}{U}: Return this Equipment to its owner's hand.

Poison Dart Frog (Modern Horizons 3 Commander)
Julia Metzger

Reach {T}: Add one mana of any color. {2}: This creature gains deathtouch until end of turn.

"Bright as any dinosaur—and just as with other great hunters, its colors are a warning." —Huatli

Vesuvan Drifter (March of the Machine: The Aftermath)
Julia Metzger

Flying You may look at the top card of your library any time. At the beginning of each combat, you may reveal the top card of your library. If you reveal a creature card this way, this creature becomes a copy of that card until end of turn, except it has flying.

Poison Dart Frog (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
Julia Metzger

Reach {T}: Add one mana of any color. {2}: This creature gains deathtouch until end of turn.

"Bright as any dinosaur—and just as with other great hunters, its colors are a warning." —Huatli