Rise of the Hobgoblins

Rise of the Hobgoblins (Eventide)
Jeff Miracola

When this enchantment enters, you may pay {X}. If you do, create X 1/1 red and white Goblin Soldier creature tokens. {R/W}: Red creatures and white creatures you control gain first strike until end of turn.

A river even the merrow dare not cross.

Power Sink (Tempest)
Jeff Miracola

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.

Manabarbs (Tenth Edition)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever a player taps a land for mana, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player.

"I don't know why people say a double-edged sword is bad. It's a sword. With two edges." —Kamahl, pit fighter

Shock Troops (Eighth Edition)
Jeff Miracola

Sacrifice this creature: It deals 2 damage to any target.

War is a conflict that determines not who is right—but who is left.

Horn of Greed (Stronghold)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever a player plays a land, that player draws a card.

"Rath grows, and I am nourished." —Volrath

Raging Goblin (Magic 2010)
Jeff Miracola

Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.)

He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.

Might Sliver (Secret Lair Drop)
Jeff Miracola

All Sliver creatures get +2/+2.

"The colossal thing rumbled over the ridge, tree husks crumbling before it. The ones we were already fighting howled as it came, their muscles suddenly surging, and we knew it was time to flee." —Llanach, Skyshroud ranger

Necra Disciple (Apocalypse)
Jeff Miracola

{G}, {T}: Add one mana of any color. {W}, {T}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.

"The darkness merely hides the light."

Hollow Dogs (Ninth Edition)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

A hollow dog is never empty. It is filled with thirst for the hunt.

Ageless Entity (Darksteel)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever you gain life, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature.

Tel-Jilad's sworn protectors are the trolls, yet more fearsome protectors were created by the Tangle itself.

Orcish Artillery (Ninth Edition)
Jeff Miracola

{T}: This creature deals 2 damage to any target and 3 damage to you.

"So they want to kill my men? Well two can play at that game." —General Khurzog

Firestorm (World Championship Decks 1998)
Jeff Miracola

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard X cards. Firestorm deals X damage to each of X targets.

"Glok loved storms! He'd sit an' watch an' laugh through the whole thing. I miss him." —Squee, goblin cabin hand

Chainbreaker (Shadowmoor)
Jeff Miracola

This creature enters with two -1/-1 counters on it. {3}, {T}: Remove a -1/-1 counter from target creature.

Scarecrows deemed too malevolent to roam free are shackled to boulders or dolmen stones. Their animosity usually outlives the chains.

Auratog (Tempest)
Jeff Miracola

Sacrifice an enchantment: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

The auratog enjoys eating its wards.

Jagged Poppet (RNA Guild Kit)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever this creature is dealt damage, discard that many cards. Hellbent — Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, if you have no cards in hand, that player discards cards equal to the damage.

Few puppets are so willing.

Rocky Tar Pit (Mirage)
Jeff Miracola

This land enters tapped. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Fade Away (Exodus)
Jeff Miracola

For each creature, its controller sacrifices a permanent of their choice unless they pay {1}.

"Consider the fable of the greedy herder. As her flock grew, so did her weariness; she slept, and the sheep wandered off." —Karn, silver golem

Propaganda (Tempest)
Jeff Miracola

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

"You've failed Gerrard. You've failed the Legacy. You've failed yourself. I can do no more." —Volrath, to Karn

Mongrel Pack (Tempest)
Jeff Miracola

When this creature dies during combat, create four 1/1 green Dog creature tokens.

Fire Whip (Time Spiral Timeshifted)
Jeff Miracola

Enchant creature you control Enchanted creature has "{T}: This creature deals 1 damage to any target." Sacrifice this Aura: It deals 1 damage to any target.

Torii Watchward (Saviors of Kamigawa)
Jeff Miracola

Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.) Soulshift 4 (When this creature dies, you may return target Spirit card with mana value 4 or less from your graveyard to your hand.)

Wake of Vultures (Visions)
Jeff Miracola

Flying {1}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Regenerate this creature.

"So the vulture said to the griffin, 'You gonna eat that?'" —Azeworai, "The Ugly Bird"

Binding Grasp (Fifth Edition)
Jeff Miracola

Enchant creature At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this Aura unless you pay {1}{U}. You control enchanted creature. Enchanted creature gets +0/+1.

"What I want, I take." —Gustha Ebbasdotter, Kjeldoran royal mage

Familiar Ground (Weatherlight)
Jeff Miracola

Each creature you control can't be blocked by more than one creature.

"I'd rather fight on foreign soil. That way, if I lose I can blame it on the terrain." —Gerrard of the *Weatherlight*

Auratouched Mage (Planechase Anthology)
Jeff Miracola

When this creature enters, search your library for an Aura card that could enchant it. If this creature is still on the battlefield, put that Aura card onto the battlefield attached to it. Otherwise, reveal the Aura card and put it into your hand. Then shuffle.

Naturalize (Ninth Edition)
Jeff Miracola

Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

"Well, it also makes a very nice flower pot. . . ." —Arcum Dagsson, Soldevi machinist

Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Jeff Miracola

Each creature you control with a mana ability gets +2/+2. Whenever a creature you control with a mana ability attacks, untap it. Whenever you cast a spell, if at least seven mana was spent to cast it, untap target creature. It gets +7/+7 and gains trample until end of turn.

Manamorphose (Shadowmoor)
Jeff Miracola

Add two mana in any combination of colors. Draw a card.

For a moment, objects of pure mana glimmered in the wonderstruck boggart's hands. In the next moment, they were in his mouth, as he chewed contentedly.

Honorable Passage (Visions)
Jeff Miracola

The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to any target this turn, prevent that damage. If damage from a red source is prevented this way, Honorable Passage deals that much damage to the source's controller.

Unearth (Double Masters 2022)
Jeff Miracola

Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Don't dig up the past if you're not prepared for the consequences.

Fatigue (Urza's Destiny)
Jeff Miracola

Target player skips their next draw step.

"Mind if I just lie down right here for a few weeks?"

Ogre Warrior (Portal Second Age)
Jeff Miracola

Assault and battery included.

Ivory Giant (Time Spiral)
Jeff Miracola

When this creature enters, tap all nonwhite creatures. Suspend 5—{W} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {W} and exile it with five time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)

Donate (Urza's Destiny)
Jeff Miracola

Target player gains control of target permanent you control.

Campus pranksters initiate new students with the old "beeble bomb" routine.

Nausea (Exodus)
Jeff Miracola

All creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.

Any mogg will tell you there's nothing more nauseating than the smell of cute.

Frantic Search (Commander Masters)
Jeff Miracola

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

One half-written novel, a year's worth of lecture notes, and several grocery lists later, Shiori began to wonder if she'd hacked the wrong terminal.

Smothering Tithe (Commander Masters)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay {2}. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

All that glitters is yours.

Ignorant Bliss (Dissension)
Jeff Miracola

Exile all cards from your hand face down. At the beginning of the next end step, return those cards to your hand, then draw a card.

"A quick step beyond oblivion lies a place so full of thoughts that it leaves no room for your own." —Quyzl, chronarch prodigy

Changeling Hero (Lorwyn)
Jeff Miracola

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) Champion a creature (When this enters, sacrifice it unless you exile another creature you control. When this leaves the battlefield, that card returns to the battlefield.) Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

Sulfurous Springs (Classic Sixth Edition)
Jeff Miracola

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {R}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Might Sliver (Time Spiral Remastered)
Jeff Miracola

All Sliver creatures get +2/+2.

"The colossal thing rumbled over the ridge, tree husks crumbling before it. The ones we were already fighting howled as it came, their muscles suddenly surging, and we knew it was time to flee." —Llanach, Skyshroud ranger

Blurry Beeble (Unstable)
Jeff Miracola

Blurry (This creature can be blocked only if defending player was wearing glasses as it was cast.) Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Rocky Tar Pit (Duel Decks: Zendikar vs. Eldrazi)
Jeff Miracola

This land enters tapped. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Symbiosis (Battle Royale Box Set)
Jeff Miracola

Two target creatures each get +2/+2 until end of turn.

Although the elves of Argoth always considered them a nuisance, the pixies made fine allies during the war against the machines.

"Lifetime" Pass Holder (Unfinity)
Jeff Miracola

This creature enters tapped. When this creature dies, open an Attraction. Whenever you roll to visit your Attractions, if you roll a 6, you may return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Fevered Convulsions (Tempest)
Jeff Miracola

{2}{B}{B}: Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.

"Tell me again why you failed to capture Gerrard, you worthless pile of spine." —Volrath, to Greven

Fountain Watch (The List)
Jeff Miracola

Artifacts and enchantments you control have shroud. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities.)

The Cho-Arrim didn't rely only on a secret location to protect their Fountain.

Marble Diamond (Classic Sixth Edition)
Jeff Miracola

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}.

Auratog (Time Spiral Timeshifted)
Jeff Miracola

Sacrifice an enchantment: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

The auratog enjoys eating its wards.

High Tide (Dominaria Remastered)
Jeff Miracola

Until end of turn, whenever a player taps an Island for mana, that player adds an additional {U}.

"May Svyelun's waves drown your memory." —Traditional merfolk curse

Segmented Wurm (Beatdown Box Set)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, put a -1/-1 counter on it.

"If only we could so easily leave behind those parts of ourselves that pain us." —Crovax

Nameless Inversion (Lorwyn)
Jeff Miracola

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) Target creature gets +3/-3 and loses all creature types until end of turn.

Just as a changeling's influence can have dramatic effects, so too can its sudden withdrawal.

Sauté (Unhinged)
Jeff Miracola

Sauté deals 3½ damage to any target.

"Selecting the proper beeble is the key to a good sauté. The pinker the fur and the heartier the yelp, the more succulent the beeble will be when you pop it in your mouth." —Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar, *The Underworld Cookbook*

Cover the Spot (Unfinity)
Jeff Miracola

Visit — Drop three cards you own from outside the game one at a time onto the playing area from a height of at least one foot (about 0.3 meters). If those cards completely cover this Attraction, claim the prize! Prize — You get {TK}{TK}{TK}{TK}, then you may put a sticker on a nonland permanent you own. Sacrifice this Attraction, then open an Attraction.

Flowstone Wall (Nemesis)
Jeff Miracola

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {R}: This creature gets +1/-1 until end of turn.

The rebels assaulted the wall, never suspecting the wall would assault back.

Fade Away (The List)
Jeff Miracola

For each creature, its controller sacrifices a permanent of their choice unless they pay {1}.

"Consider the fable of the greedy herder. As her flock grew, so did her weariness; she slept, and the sheep wandered off." —Karn, silver golem

Suq'Ata Lancer (Dominaria Remastered)
Jeff Miracola

Haste Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.)

"Never stop 'til you see your lance come out the other side." —Telim'Tor

Sulfurous Blast (Conspiracy: Take the Crown)
Jeff Miracola

Sulfurous Blast deals 2 damage to each creature and each player. If you cast this spell during your main phase, Sulfurous Blast deals 3 damage to each creature and each player instead.

The Keldons used the toxic vents in the cracked earth to bolster their home's defenses.

Sulfurous Blast (The List)
Jeff Miracola

Sulfurous Blast deals 2 damage to each creature and each player. If you cast this spell during your main phase, Sulfurous Blast deals 3 damage to each creature and each player instead.

The Keldons used the toxic vents in the cracked earth to bolster their home's defenses.

Dogpile (Ravnica: City of Guilds)
Jeff Miracola

Dogpile deals damage to any target equal to the number of attacking creatures you control.

There is no shelter from this storm, its rain of fists, or the thunderous cackles of bloodlust.

Krark's Other Thumb (Unsanctioned)
Jeff Miracola

If you would roll a die, instead roll two of those dice and ignore one of those results.

Krark was the kind of goblin who'd lose his thumb in a wager and come right back with "Double or nothing!"

Skyshroud Elf (Tempest)
Jeff Miracola

{T}: Add {G}. {1}: Add {R} or {W}.

"It is our duty to endure." —Eladamri, Lord of Leaves

Sell-Sword Brute (Ravnica: City of Guilds)
Jeff Miracola

When this creature dies, it deals 2 damage to you.

"Killing is easy. Just wrap your hand around the haft, and wrap your enemy around the blade."

Sulfurous Blast (Time Spiral)
Jeff Miracola

Sulfurous Blast deals 2 damage to each creature and each player. If you cast this spell during your main phase, Sulfurous Blast deals 3 damage to each creature and each player instead.

The Keldons used the toxic vents in the cracked earth to bolster their home's defenses.

Soul Rend (Mirage)
Jeff Miracola

Destroy target creature if it's white. A creature destroyed this way can't be regenerated. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

"Since I cannot stop death, I choose to stop life." —Kaervek

Taunting Kobold (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Jeff Miracola

Haste Whenever this creature attacks, goad target creature an opponent controls. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)

Personal Tutor (Commander Masters)
Jeff Miracola

Search your library for a sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Jagged Poppet (Dissension)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever this creature is dealt damage, discard that many cards. Hellbent — Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, if you have no cards in hand, that player discards cards equal to the damage.

Few puppets are so willing.

Acidic Sliver (Premium Deck Series: Slivers)
Jeff Miracola

All Slivers have "{2}, Sacrifice this permanent: This permanent deals 2 damage to any target."

The first sliver burst against the cave wall, and others piled in behind to deepen the new tunnel.

Primal Forcemage (Time Spiral Remastered)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever another creature you control enters, that creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

Their calls unheeded by the withered forests, nature shamans channeled the life force of their brethren.

Well of Lost Dreams (Darksteel)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever you gain life, you may pay {X}, where X is less than or equal to the amount of life you gained. If you do, draw X cards.

Some say the knowledge lost during the Ritual of Rebuking is returned through the well's waters.

Well of Lost Dreams (Commander 2017)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever you gain life, you may pay {X}, where X is less than or equal to the amount of life you gained. If you do, draw X cards.

Some say the knowledge lost during the Ritual of Rebuking is returned through the well's waters.

Wild Griffin (Starter 2000)
Jeff Miracola

Flying

Two little goblins, out in the sun. Down came a griffin, and then there was one.

Manamorphose (The List)
Jeff Miracola

Add two mana in any combination of colors. Draw a card.

For a moment, objects of pure mana glimmered in the wonderstruck boggart's hands. In the next moment, they were in his mouth, as he chewed contentedly.

Horn of Greed (Conspiracy: Take the Crown)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever a player plays a land, that player draws a card.

"Rath grows, and I am nourished." —Volrath

Wipe Away (Time Spiral Remastered)
Jeff Miracola

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Return target permanent to its owner's hand.

An eyeblink later, all that remained of the tree-beast was the breeze of its momentum.

B.O.B. (Bevy of Beebles) (The List (Unfinity Foil Edition))
Jeff Miracola

As B.O.B. enters, create four 1/1 blue Beeble creature tokens. The number of loyalty counters on B.O.B. is equal to the number of Beebles you control. (Create or sacrifice Beebles whenever B.O.B. gains or loses loyalty.) +1: Up to X target Beebles can't be blocked this turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand. −1: Draw a card.

Rise of the Hobgoblins (Eventide)
Jeff Miracola

When this enchantment enters, you may pay {X}. If you do, create X 1/1 red and white Goblin Soldier creature tokens. {R/W}: Red creatures and white creatures you control gain first strike until end of turn.

A river even the merrow dare not cross.

Sulfurous Blast (Commander 2011)
Jeff Miracola

Sulfurous Blast deals 2 damage to each creature and each player. If you cast this spell during your main phase, Sulfurous Blast deals 3 damage to each creature and each player instead.

The Keldons used the toxic vents in the cracked earth to bolster their home's defenses.

Thermal Flux (Coldsnap)
Jeff Miracola

Choose one — • Target nonsnow permanent becomes snow until end of turn. • Target snow permanent isn't snow until end of turn. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Cover the Spot (Unfinity)
Jeff Miracola

Visit — Drop three cards you own from outside the game one at a time onto the playing area from a height of at least one foot (about 0.3 meters). If those cards completely cover this Attraction, claim the prize! Prize — You get {TK}{TK}{TK}{TK}, then you may put a sticker on a nonland permanent you own. Sacrifice this Attraction, then open an Attraction.

Symbiosis (Urza's Saga)
Jeff Miracola

Two target creatures each get +2/+2 until end of turn.

Although the elves of Argoth always considered them a nuisance, the pixies made fine allies during the war against the machines.

Marching Duodrone (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever this creature attacks, each player creates a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Frantic Search (Urza's Legacy)
Jeff Miracola

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

Motivation was high in the academy once students realized flunking their exams could kill them.

Dakmor Plague (Starter 1999)
Jeff Miracola

Dakmor Plague deals 3 damage to each creature and each player.

The tiniest cough can be deadlier than the fiercest dragon.

Kardur, Doomscourge (Kaldheim)
Jeff Miracola

When Kardur enters, until your next turn, creatures your opponents control attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able. Whenever an attacking creature dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Hollow Dogs (Ninth Edition)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

A hollow dog is never empty. It is filled with thirst for the hunt.

Ancient Brass Dragon (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Jeff Miracola

Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, roll a d20. When you do, put any number of target creature cards with total mana value X or less from graveyards onto the battlefield under your control, where X is the result.

Fountain Watch (Mercadian Masques)
Jeff Miracola

Artifacts and enchantments you control have shroud. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities.)

The Cho-Arrim didn't rely only on a secret location to protect their Fountain.

Peerless Recycling (Bloomburrow)
Jeff Miracola

Gift a card (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they draw a card before its other effects.) Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. If the gift was promised, instead return two target permanent cards from your graveyard to your hand.

Hollow Dogs (Beatdown Box Set)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

A hollow dog is never empty. It is filled with thirst for the hunt.

Elven Rite (Stronghold)
Jeff Miracola

Distribute two +1/+1 counters among one or two target creatures.

As the bough stretches, so shall you grow. As the roots spread, so shall you thrive.

Adder-Staff Boggart (Lorwyn)
Jeff Miracola

When this creature enters, clash with an opponent. If you win, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of their library, then puts that card on the top or bottom. A player wins if their card had a higher mana value.)

Goblin Soldier (Eventide Tokens)
Jeff Miracola

Raging Goblin (Battle Royale Box Set)
Jeff Miracola

Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.)

He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.

Mountain (Invasion)
Jeff Miracola

({T}: Add {R}.)

Wild Griffin (Starter 1999)
Jeff Miracola

Flying

Two little goblins, out in the sun. Down came a griffin, and then there was one.

Livaan, Cultist of Tiamat (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is that spell's mana value. Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Rocky Tar Pit (Commander 2018)
Jeff Miracola

This land enters tapped. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Mountain (Duel Decks Anthology: Elves vs. Goblins)
Jeff Miracola

({T}: Add {R}.)

Gorion, Wise Mentor (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Jeff Miracola

Vigilance Whenever you cast an Adventure spell, you may copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Raging Goblin (Portal Second Age)
Jeff Miracola

Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.)

He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.

Egon, God of Death (Kaldheim)
Jeff Miracola

Sulfurous Blast (Commander Anthology)
Jeff Miracola

Sulfurous Blast deals 2 damage to each creature and each player. If you cast this spell during your main phase, Sulfurous Blast deals 3 damage to each creature and each player instead.

The Keldons used the toxic vents in the cracked earth to bolster their home's defenses.

Segmented Wurm (Tempest)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, put a -1/-1 counter on it.

"If only we could so easily leave behind those parts of ourselves that pain us." —Crovax

Pendrell Drake (Urza's Saga)
Jeff Miracola

Flying Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

The mages of Tolaria found strange ways to spend their free time. Occasionally they had contests to see whose kite was eaten last.

Nightcreep (Dissension)
Jeff Miracola

Until end of turn, all creatures become black and all lands become Swamps.

"Please tell me I'm hallucinating. I'd rather be crazy than here." —Gorev Hadszak, Wojek investigator

Cover the Spot (Unfinity)
Jeff Miracola

Visit — Drop three cards you own from outside the game one at a time onto the playing area from a height of at least one foot (about 0.3 meters). If those cards completely cover this Attraction, claim the prize! Prize — You get {TK}{TK}{TK}{TK}, then you may put a sticker on a nonland permanent you own. Sacrifice this Attraction, then open an Attraction.

Firespout (Commander 2011)
Jeff Miracola

Firespout deals 3 damage to each creature without flying if {R} was spent to cast this spell and 3 damage to each creature with flying if {G} was spent to cast this spell. (Do both if {R}{G} was spent.)

Deep Wood (Portal Second Age)
Jeff Miracola

Cast this spell only during the declare attackers step and only if you've been attacked this step. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn by attacking creatures.

Raging Goblin (Starter 1999)
Jeff Miracola

Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.)

He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.

Opal Archangel (Urza's Saga)
Jeff Miracola

When an opponent casts a creature spell, if this permanent is an enchantment, it becomes a 5/5 Angel creature with flying and vigilance.

Overrun (World Championship Decks 1999)
Jeff Miracola

Creatures you control get +3/+3 and gain trample until end of turn. (Each of those creatures can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

"You want to know your enemy? Look at your feet while you trample him." —Tahngarth of the *Weatherlight*

Squeaking Pie Sneak (Lorwyn)
Jeff Miracola

As an additional cost to cast this spell, reveal a Goblin card from your hand or pay {3}. Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

"Why do our pies squeak? It's all the faeries, mice, and prickly-hogs we stuff inside." —Borb of the Squeaking Pie warren

Sulfurous Springs (Fifth Edition)
Jeff Miracola

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {R}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Shaman en-Kor (Stronghold)
Jeff Miracola

{0}: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to this creature this turn is dealt to target creature you control instead. {1}{W}: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to target creature this turn, that damage is dealt to this creature instead.

Righteous Aura (Visions)
Jeff Miracola

{W}, Pay 2 life: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.

"Good is not a 'thing.' You can neither touch nor own it. No, Good is a vision we all share and strive to make real." —Asmira, Holy Avenger

Nameless Inversion (The List)
Jeff Miracola

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) Target creature gets +3/-3 and loses all creature types until end of turn.

Just as a changeling's influence can have dramatic effects, so too can its sudden withdrawal.

Mindwhip Sliver (Tempest)
Jeff Miracola

All Slivers have "{2}, Sacrifice this permanent: Target player discards a card at random. Activate only as a sorcery."

"They share more than their thoughts. We must shatter their link quickly!" —Hanna, to Orim

Hidetsugu's Second Rite (Saviors of Kamigawa)
Jeff Miracola

If target player has exactly 10 life, Hidetsugu's Second Rite deals 10 damage to that player.

Hidetsugu never relinquished a grudge. He let it burn within him, gathering ever greater intensity until the final moment of vengeance.

Underground River (Fifth Edition)
Jeff Miracola

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Acidic Sliver (Stronghold)
Jeff Miracola

All Slivers have "{2}, Sacrifice this permanent: This permanent deals 2 damage to any target."

The first sliver burst against the cave wall, and others piled in behind to deepen the new tunnel.

Fresh Volunteers (Mercadian Masques)
Jeff Miracola

Every Cho-Arrim villager is a potential warrior; when they are called, they abandon their peaceful way of life and take up arms to defend it.

Sivvi's Valor (Nemesis)
Jeff Miracola

If you control a Plains, you may tap an untapped creature you control rather than pay this spell's mana cost. All damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn is dealt to you instead.

Rampant Growth (Double Masters 2022)
Jeff Miracola

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

Lord Windgrace dedicated his life to restoring Urborg to its former glory.

Well of Lost Dreams (The List)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever you gain life, you may pay {X}, where X is less than or equal to the amount of life you gained. If you do, draw X cards.

Some say the knowledge lost during the Ritual of Rebuking is returned through the well's waters.

Dakmor Plague (Portal Second Age)
Jeff Miracola

Dakmor Plague deals 3 damage to each creature and each player.

The tiniest cough can be deadlier than the fiercest dragon.

Manabarbs (Magic 2012)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever a player taps a land for mana, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player.

"I don't know why people say a double-edged sword is bad. It's a sword. With two edges." —Kamahl, pit fighter

Well of Lost Dreams (The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever you gain life, you may pay {X}, where X is less than or equal to the amount of life you gained. If you do, draw X cards.

Some say the knowledge lost during the Ritual of Rebuking is returned through the well's waters.

Seed Spark (Ravnica: City of Guilds)
Jeff Miracola

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. If {G} was spent to cast this spell, create two 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens.

"If you ask me, those root-lovers value mindless dogma over progress." —Trivaz, Izzet mage

Auratouched Mage (Ravnica: City of Guilds)
Jeff Miracola

When this creature enters, search your library for an Aura card that could enchant it. If this creature is still on the battlefield, put that Aura card onto the battlefield attached to it. Otherwise, reveal the Aura card and put it into your hand. Then shuffle.

Floodgate (Dominaria Remastered)
Jeff Miracola

Defender When this creature has flying, sacrifice it. When this creature leaves the battlefield, it deals damage to each nonblue creature without flying equal to half the number of Islands you control, rounded down.

"Quick, Rhirhok—teach me to swim!" —Makht, goblin casualty

Voice of Grace (Urza's Saga)
Jeff Miracola

Flying, protection from black

"Opposite Law is Grace, and Grace must be preserved. If the strands of Grace are unraveled, its design will be lost, and the people with it." —*Song of All*, canto 167

Fog of Gnats (Urza's Legacy)
Jeff Miracola

Flying {B}: Regenerate this creature.

You can swat a thousand gnats, but a thousand more will assail you.

Honorable Passage (Time Spiral Timeshifted)
Jeff Miracola

The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to any target this turn, prevent that damage. If damage from a red source is prevented this way, Honorable Passage deals that much damage to the source's controller.

Unnatural Hunger (Mercadian Masques)
Jeff Miracola

Enchant creature At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, this Aura deals damage equal to that creature's power to that player unless they sacrifice another creature of their choice.

Bamboozling Beeble (Unfinity)
Jeff Miracola

Protection from Robots {1}, {T}: The next time target player would roll one or more dice this turn, instead they roll that many dice plus one and you choose one of those rolls to ignore.

Myra bought beebles because they were cheaper than rubber ducks. Now the infestation is her largest expense.

Suq'Ata Lancer (World Championship Decks 1997)
Jeff Miracola

Haste Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.)

"Never stop 'til you see your lance come out the other side." —Telim'Tor

Well of Lost Dreams (The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever you gain life, you may pay {X}, where X is less than or equal to the amount of life you gained. If you do, draw X cards.

"A wish can be controlled. Dreams are far more chaotic, and ungoverned by rationale." —*Hurkyl's Metaphysics, vol. II*

Marble Diamond (The List)
Jeff Miracola

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}.

Krark's Other Thumb (Unstable)
Jeff Miracola

If you would roll a die, instead roll two of those dice and ignore one of those results.

Krark was the kind of goblin who'd lose his thumb in a wager and come right back with "Double or nothing!"

Shock Troops (Mercadian Masques)
Jeff Miracola

Sacrifice this creature: It deals 2 damage to any target.

When goblins blow themselves up, it's called stupidity. When humans do, it's called heroism.

Sek'Kuar, Deathkeeper (Coldsnap)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, create a 3/1 black and red Graveborn creature token with haste.

Karplusan legend told of an orc so cruel that he burned his own followers in rage—yet so revered that they rose from their pyres to serve him.

Weed-Pruner Poplar (Morningtide)
Jeff Miracola

At the beginning of your upkeep, target creature other than this creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

"When Byoog reached down to pull up a bit of root for the stew, he didn't expect the root to pull back." —A tale of Auntie Wort

Hollow Dogs (Starter 1999)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

A hollow dog is never empty. It is filled with thirst for the hunt.

Thoughtbound Primoc (Onslaught)
Jeff Miracola

Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, if a player controls more Wizards than each other player, the player who controls the most Wizards gains control of this creature.

Efforts to use them as spies failed when they kept reporting to the enemy.

Scavenger Folk (Fifth Edition)
Jeff Miracola

{G}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target artifact.

"Stoop, pick, turn, toss. This is the way we mourn our loss." —Scavenger dirge

Ogre Warrior (Starter 2000)
Jeff Miracola

Assault and battery included.

Legacy Weapon (Dominaria Remastered)
Jeff Miracola

{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}: Exile target permanent. If Legacy Weapon would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, reveal Legacy Weapon and shuffle it into its owner's library instead.

Whether lives or precious artifacts, no price was too high to stop the Phyrexian invasion.

Floodgate (Mirage)
Jeff Miracola

Defender When this creature has flying, sacrifice it. When this creature leaves the battlefield, it deals damage to each nonblue creature without flying equal to half the number of Islands you control, rounded down.

"Quick, Rhirhok—teach me to swim!" —Makht, goblin casualty

Mindlash Sliver (Time Spiral)
Jeff Miracola

All Slivers have "{1}, Sacrifice this permanent: Each player discards a card."

Though Dominaria's queenless slivers lack a single purpose, in some the instinct for self-sacrifice remains extremely strong.

Insurrection (Commander Masters)
Jeff Miracola

Untap all creatures and gain control of them until end of turn. They gain haste until end of turn.

"Why should our fates be decided by pompous decrees from an empty throne? Fight with me and seize the reins of your own destiny!" —Risona, leader of the Asari Uprisers

Orcish Artillery (The List)
Jeff Miracola

{T}: This creature deals 2 damage to any target and 3 damage to you.

"So they want to kill my men? Well two can play at that game." —General Khurzog

Equilibrium (The List)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever you cast a creature spell, you may pay {1}. If you do, return target creature to its owner's hand.

In Rath, there are only so many souls to go around.

Raging Goblin (Classic Sixth Edition)
Jeff Miracola

Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.)

He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.

Absolute Grace (Urza's Saga)
Jeff Miracola

All creatures have protection from black.

In pursuit of Urza, the Phyrexians sent countless foul legions into Serra's realm. Though beaten back, they left it tainted with uncleansable evil.

Firestorm (Weatherlight)
Jeff Miracola

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard X cards. Firestorm deals X damage to each of X targets.

"Glok loved storms! He'd sit an' watch an' laugh through the whole thing. I miss him." —Squee, goblin cabin hand

Lozhan, Dragons' Legacy (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Jeff Miracola

Flying Whenever you cast an Adventure or Dragon spell, Lozhan deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to any target that isn't a commander.

Valki, God of Lies (Kaldheim)
Jeff Miracola

Buoyancy (Mercadian Masques)
Jeff Miracola

Flash Enchant creature Enchanted creature has flying.

Saprazzan merfolk become legged on land, but some find it quicker to bring the water with them.

Siege-Gang Commander (Dominaria Remastered)
Jeff Miracola

When this creature enters, create three 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens. {1}{R}, Sacrifice a Goblin: This creature deals 2 damage to any target.

"You with the red shirt! You're up next."

Hidetsugu's Second Rite (The List)
Jeff Miracola

If target player has exactly 10 life, Hidetsugu's Second Rite deals 10 damage to that player.

Hidetsugu never relinquished a grudge. He let it burn within him, gathering ever greater intensity until the final moment of vengeance.

Thrashing Wumpus (Mercadian Masques)
Jeff Miracola

{B}: This creature deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.

Young wumpuses are malevolent and vicious—but they grow out of it.

Well of Lost Dreams (Commander 2021)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever you gain life, you may pay {X}, where X is less than or equal to the amount of life you gained. If you do, draw X cards.

Some say the knowledge lost during the Ritual of Rebuking is returned through the well's waters.

Changeling Hero (The List)
Jeff Miracola

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) Champion a creature (When this enters, sacrifice it unless you exile another creature you control. When this leaves the battlefield, that card returns to the battlefield.) Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

Dakmor Plague (The List)
Jeff Miracola

Dakmor Plague deals 3 damage to each creature and each player.

The tiniest cough can be deadlier than the fiercest dragon.

Wake of Vultures (The List)
Jeff Miracola

Flying {1}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Regenerate this creature.

"So the vulture said to the griffin, 'You gonna eat that?'" —Azeworai, "The Ugly Bird"

Underground River (World Championship Decks 1997)
Jeff Miracola

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Bouncing Beebles (Urza's Legacy)
Jeff Miracola

This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an artifact.

Beebles are frequently hurled against stone surfaces at high speed but always zing back into the air with a giggle.

Suq'Ata Lancer (Visions)
Jeff Miracola

Haste Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.)

"Never stop 'til you see your lance come out the other side." —Telim'Tor

Precognition (Tempest)
Jeff Miracola

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top card of target opponent's library. If you do, you may put that card on the bottom of that player's library.

A gleam like struggling sunlight penetrated Selenia's dark thoughts.

Firestorm (World Championship Decks 1998)
Jeff Miracola

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard X cards. Firestorm deals X damage to each of X targets.

"Glok loved storms! He'd sit an' watch an' laugh through the whole thing. I miss him." —Squee, goblin cabin hand

Rocky Tar Pit (Commander Masters)
Jeff Miracola

This land enters tapped. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Valor Made Real (Conspiracy)
Jeff Miracola

Target creature can block any number of creatures this turn.

"As my father taught, 'Training will raise your shield to the blow, but courage fills the gaps the shield leaves open.'"

Ageless Entity (Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever you gain life, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature.

Tel-Jilad's sworn protectors are the trolls, yet more fearsome protectors were created by the Tangle itself.

Mongrel Pack (The List)
Jeff Miracola

When this creature dies during combat, create four 1/1 green Dog creature tokens.

Saprazzan Raider (Mercadian Masques)
Jeff Miracola

When this creature becomes blocked, return it to its owner's hand.

Some quick dagger work and then back to the sea—that's the Saprazzan way.

Wipe Away (Time Spiral)
Jeff Miracola

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Return target permanent to its owner's hand.

An eyeblink later, all that remained of the tree-beast was the breeze of its momentum.

Misers' Cage (Mirage)
Jeff Miracola

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if that player has five or more cards in hand, this artifact deals 2 damage to that player.

"Let him be imprisoned while his possessions wander free." —Suq'Ata legal decree

Knight of Valor (Visions)
Jeff Miracola

Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.) {1}{W}: Each creature without flanking blocking this creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Activate only once each turn.

Cover the Spot (Unfinity)
Jeff Miracola

Visit — Drop three cards you own from outside the game one at a time onto the playing area from a height of at least one foot (about 0.3 meters). If those cards completely cover this Attraction, claim the prize! Prize — You get {TK}{TK}{TK}{TK}, then you may put a sticker on a nonland permanent you own. Sacrifice this Attraction, then open an Attraction.

Floodgate (The List)
Jeff Miracola

Defender When this creature has flying, sacrifice it. When this creature leaves the battlefield, it deals damage to each nonblue creature without flying equal to half the number of Islands you control, rounded down.

"Quick, Rhirhok—teach me to swim!" —Makht, goblin casualty

Bellowing Crier (Bloomburrow)
Jeff Miracola

When this creature enters, draw a card, then discard a card.

Glarb's court can always be found repeating his disastrous visions, even when they're unwelcome.

Flowering Field (Prophecy)
Jeff Miracola

Enchant land Enchanted land has "{T}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn."

Some lands are soothing, and their peace can be felt in the soul.

Cut the Earthly Bond (Saviors of Kamigawa)
Jeff Miracola

Return target enchanted permanent to its owner's hand.

"The more kami that passed through the veil that separated them from our world, the weaker that veil became, threatening to tear into tatters at the slightest pressure." —*The History of Kamigawa*

Whiptongue Frog (Exodus)
Jeff Miracola

{U}: This creature gains flying until end of turn.

Their favorite food? Wind dancers.

Raging Goblin (Tenth Edition)
Jeff Miracola

Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.)

He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.

B.O.B. (Bevy of Beebles) (Unsanctioned)
Jeff Miracola

As B.O.B. enters, create four 1/1 blue Beeble creature tokens. The number of loyalty counters on B.O.B. is equal to the number of Beebles you control. (Create or sacrifice Beebles whenever B.O.B. gains or loses loyalty.) +1: Up to X target Beebles can't be blocked this turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand. −1: Draw a card.

Mountain (Duel Decks: Elves vs. Goblins)
Jeff Miracola

({T}: Add {R}.)

Ivory Giant (Time Spiral Remastered)
Jeff Miracola

When this creature enters, tap all nonwhite creatures. Suspend 5—{W} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {W} and exile it with five time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)

Might Sliver (Premium Deck Series: Slivers)
Jeff Miracola

All Sliver creatures get +2/+2.

"The colossal thing rumbled over the ridge, tree husks crumbling before it. The ones we were already fighting howled as it came, their muscles suddenly surging, and we knew it was time to flee." —Llanach, Skyshroud ranger

"Lifetime" Pass Holder (Unfinity)
Jeff Miracola

This creature enters tapped. When this creature dies, open an Attraction. Whenever you roll to visit your Attractions, if you roll a 6, you may return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Thought Scour (Double Masters 2022)
Jeff Miracola

Target player mills two cards. Draw a card.

"Sleep and dream, dream and snore, While we fae complete our chore." —Fae rhyme

Overrun (Anthologies)
Jeff Miracola

Creatures you control get +3/+3 and gain trample until end of turn. (Each of those creatures can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

"You want to know your enemy? Look at your feet while you trample him." —Tahngarth of the Weatherlight

Might Sliver (Commander Masters)
Jeff Miracola

All Sliver creatures get +2/+2.

"The colossal thing rumbled over the ridge, tree husks crumbling before it. The ones we were already fighting howled as it came, their muscles suddenly surging, and we knew it was time to flee." —Llanach, Skyshroud ranger

Equilibrium (Exodus)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever you cast a creature spell, you may pay {1}. If you do, return target creature to its owner's hand.

In Rath, there are only so many souls to go around.

Robo-Piñata (Unfinity)
Jeff Miracola

When Robo-Piñata dies, choose one — • You get {TK}{TK}. • You may put a sticker on a nonland permanent you own.

"I AM FILLED WITH DELICIOUS CANDY. I AM NOT A TRICK."

Raging Goblin (Ninth Edition)
Jeff Miracola

Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.)

He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.

Comet, Stellar Pup (Unfinity)
Jeff Miracola

0: Roll a six-sided die. 1 or 2 — [+2], then create two 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens. They gain haste until end of turn. 3 — [−1], then return a card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to your hand. 4 or 5 — Comet deals damage equal to the number of loyalty counters on him to a creature or player, then [−2]. 6 — [+1], and you may activate Comet's loyalty ability two more times this turn.

Skyshroud Archer (Stronghold)
Jeff Miracola

{T}: Target creature with flying gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

In Rath, arrows are guided not by virtue but by necessity.

Topsy Turvy (Unsanctioned)
Jeff Miracola

The phases of each player's turn are reversed. (The phases are, in reverse order, ending, second main, combat, first main, and beginning.) As long as there are more than two players in the game, the turn order is reversed.

"Here on going is heck the what?"

Off Balance (Nemesis)
Jeff Miracola

Target creature can't attack or block this turn.

A heavy weapon deals plenty of damage—but it does have to hit.

Hollow Dogs (Urza's Saga)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

A hollow dog is never empty. It is filled with thirst for the hunt.

Nameless Inversion (Modern Masters 2015)
Jeff Miracola

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) Target creature gets +3/-3 and loses all creature types until end of turn.

Just as a changeling's influence can have dramatic effects, so too can its sudden withdrawal.

Robo-Piñata (Unfinity)
Jeff Miracola

When Robo-Piñata dies, choose one — • You get {TK}{TK}. • You may put a sticker on a nonland permanent you own.

"I AM FILLED WITH DELICIOUS CANDY. I AM NOT A TRICK."

Firespout (Shadowmoor)
Jeff Miracola

Firespout deals 3 damage to each creature without flying if {R} was spent to cast this spell and 3 damage to each creature with flying if {G} was spent to cast this spell. (Do both if {R}{G} was spent.)

Comet, Stellar Pup (Unfinity)
Jeff Miracola

0: Roll a six-sided die. 1 or 2 — [+2], then create two 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens. They gain haste until end of turn. 3 — [−1], then return a card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to your hand. 4 or 5 — Comet deals damage equal to the number of loyalty counters on him to a creature or player, then [−2]. 6 — [+1], and you may activate Comet's loyalty ability two more times this turn.

Sunder from Within (Saviors of Kamigawa)
Jeff Miracola

Destroy target artifact or land.

Trapped for eons within the sacred gong, the kami boomed and clanged to a deafening tempo as they destroyed their erstwhile prison.

Ageless Entity (Commander 2021)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever you gain life, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature.

Tel-Jilad's sworn protectors are the trolls, yet more fearsome protectors were created by the Tangle itself.

Violet Pall (Morningtide)
Jeff Miracola

Destroy target nonblack creature. Create a 1/1 black Faerie Rogue creature token with flying.

A faerie is the offspring of Oona and mischief.

Pious Warrior (Mercadian Masques)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever this creature is dealt combat damage, you gain that much life.

The Cho-Arrim make no distinction between healers and soldiers.

Frantic Search (World Championship Decks 2000)
Jeff Miracola

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

Motivation was high in the academy once students realized flunking their exams could kill them.

Crystal Spray (Invasion)
Jeff Miracola

Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another or one basic land type with another until end of turn. Draw a card.

Firespout (Ravnica: Clue Edition)
Jeff Miracola

Firespout deals 3 damage to each creature without flying if {R} was spent to cast this spell and 3 damage to each creature with flying if {G} was spent to cast this spell. (Do both if {R}{G} was spent.)

Manabarbs (Magic 2010)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever a player taps a land for mana, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player.

"I don't know why people say a double-edged sword is bad. It's a sword. With two edges." —Kamahl, pit fighter

Familiar Ground (Classic Sixth Edition)
Jeff Miracola

Each creature you control can't be blocked by more than one creature.

"I'd rather fight on foreign soil. That way, if I lose I can blame it on the terrain." —Gerrard of the *Weatherlight*

Stoneshaker Shaman (Ravnica: City of Guilds)
Jeff Miracola

At the beginning of each player's end step, that player sacrifices an untapped land of their choice.

There is no place in Ravnica for stagnation, no room for lands unfilled and untilled.

Fire Whip (Weatherlight)
Jeff Miracola

Enchant creature you control Enchanted creature has "{T}: This creature deals 1 damage to any target." Sacrifice this Aura: It deals 1 damage to any target.

Raging Goblin (Duel Decks Anthology: Elves vs. Goblins)
Jeff Miracola

Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.)

He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.

Bamboozling Beeble (Unfinity)
Jeff Miracola

Protection from Robots {1}, {T}: The next time target player would roll one or more dice this turn, instead they roll that many dice plus one and you choose one of those rolls to ignore.

Myra bought beetles because they were cheaper than rubber ducks. Now the infestation is her largest expense.

Primal Forcemage (Time Spiral)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever another creature you control enters, that creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

Their calls unheeded by the withered forests, nature shamans channeled the life force of their brethren.

Bubbling Beebles (Urza's Destiny)
Jeff Miracola

This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an enchantment.

"Chancellor Rayne canceled the annual beeble roast. I should have married a crueler woman." —Barrin

Sulfurous Springs (World Championship Decks 1997)
Jeff Miracola

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {R}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Sterling Grove (Invasion)
Jeff Miracola

Other enchantments you control have shroud. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities.) {1}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Search your library for an enchantment card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Honorable Passage (World Championship Decks 1997)
Jeff Miracola

The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to any target this turn, prevent that damage. If damage from a red source is prevented this way, Honorable Passage deals that much damage to the source's controller.

Rocky Tar Pit (Dominaria United Commander)
Jeff Miracola

This land enters tapped. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Overrun (Tempest)
Jeff Miracola

Creatures you control get +3/+3 and gain trample until end of turn. (Each of those creatures can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

"You want to know your enemy? Look at your feet while you trample him." —Tahngarth of the *Weatherlight*

Pendrell Drake (The List)
Jeff Miracola

Flying Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

The mages of Tolaria found strange ways to spend their free time. Occasionally they had contests to see whose kite was eaten last.

Orcish Artillery (Ninth Edition)
Jeff Miracola

{T}: This creature deals 2 damage to any target and 3 damage to you.

"So they want to kill my men? Well two can play at that game." —General Khurzog

Furnace Brood (Exodus)
Jeff Miracola

{R}: Target creature can't be regenerated this turn.

Furnace air crackles with magmatic cackles.

Valor Made Real (Dissension)
Jeff Miracola

Target creature can block any number of creatures this turn.

"As my father taught, 'Training will raise your shield to the blow, but courage fills the gaps the shield leaves open.'"

Wake of Vultures (Eternal Masters)
Jeff Miracola

Flying {1}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Regenerate this creature.

"So the vulture said to the griffin, 'You gonna eat that?'" —Azeworai, "The Ugly Bird"

Well of Lost Dreams (Commander 2013)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever you gain life, you may pay {X}, where X is less than or equal to the amount of life you gained. If you do, draw X cards.

Some say the knowledge lost during the Ritual of Rebuking is returned through the well's waters.

Raging Goblin (Eighth Edition)
Jeff Miracola

Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.)

He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.

Might Sliver (Time Spiral)
Jeff Miracola

All Sliver creatures get +2/+2.

"The colossal thing rumbled over the ridge, tree husks crumbling before it. The ones we were already fighting howled as it came, their muscles suddenly surging, and we knew it was time to flee." —Llanach, Skyshroud ranger

Steamflogger Temp (Unstable)
Jeff Miracola

{6}, {T}: This creature assembles a Contraption. (Put the top card of your Contraption deck face up onto one of your sprockets.)

When you're dumber than a hammer, every problem looks like one of those things you hit with a hammer.

Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Jeff Miracola

Flying, ward {2} Whenever another nontoken Dragon you control enters, create a token that's a copy of it, except the token isn't legendary.

Well of Lost Dreams (The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts)
Jeff Miracola

Whenever you gain life, you may pay {X}, where X is less than or equal to the amount of life you gained. If you do, draw X cards.

"A wish can be controlled. Dreams are far more chaotic, and ungoverned by rationale." —*Hurkyl's Metaphysics, vol. II*

Furnace Spirit (Stronghold)
Jeff Miracola

Haste {R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

If it can survive the Furnace, you don't want it near you.

Suq'Ata Lancer (Time Spiral Timeshifted)
Jeff Miracola

Haste Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.)

"Never stop 'til you see your lance come out the other side." —Telim'Tor

Ogre Warrior (Starter 1999)
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Assault and battery included.

Propaganda (Commander 2011)
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Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

"You've failed Gerrard. You've failed the Legacy. You've failed yourself. I can do no more." —Volrath, to Karn

Orcish Artillery (Tenth Edition)
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{T}: This creature deals 2 damage to any target and 3 damage to you.

"So they want to kill my men? Well two can play at that game." —General Khurzog

Auratouched Mage (Planechase 2012)
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When this creature enters, search your library for an Aura card that could enchant it. If this creature is still on the battlefield, put that Aura card onto the battlefield attached to it. Otherwise, reveal the Aura card and put it into your hand. Then shuffle.

Wizard Mentor (Urza's Saga)
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{T}: Return this creature and target creature you control to their owner's hand.

Although some of the students quickly grasped the concept, the others could summon only blackboards.

Wild Griffin (Portal Second Age)
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Flying

Two little goblins, out in the sun. Down came a griffin, and then there was one.

Underground River (Classic Sixth Edition)
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{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Raging Goblin (Duel Decks: Elves vs. Goblins)
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Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.)

He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.

Comet, Stellar Pup (Mystery Booster 2)
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0: Roll a six-sided die. 1 or 2 — [+2], then create two 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens. They gain haste until end of turn. 3 — [−1], then return a card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to your hand. 4 or 5 — Comet deals damage equal to the number of loyalty counters on him to a creature or player, then [−2]. 6 — [+1], and you may activate Comet's loyalty ability two more times this turn.

Topsy Turvy (Unhinged)
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The phases of each player's turn are reversed. (The phases are, in reverse order, ending, second main, combat, first main, and beginning.) As long as there are more than two players in the game, the turn order is reversed.

"Here on going is heck the what?"

Sulfurous Blast (Commander Masters)
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Sulfurous Blast deals 2 damage to each creature and each player. If you cast this spell during your main phase, Sulfurous Blast deals 3 damage to each creature and each player instead.

The Keldons used the toxic vents in the cracked earth to bolster their home's defenses.

Marble Diamond (Mirage)
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This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}.

Mulldrifter (Double Masters 2022)
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Flying When this creature enters, draw two cards. Evoke {2}{U} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters.)

Symbiosis (The List)
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Two target creatures each get +2/+2 until end of turn.

Although the elves of Argoth always considered them a nuisance, the pixies made fine allies during the war against the machines.