Faces of the Past

Devil (Shadows over Innistrad Tokens)
Wayne England

When this creature dies, it deals 1 damage to any target.

Righteousness (Tenth Edition)
Wayne England

Target blocking creature gets +7/+7 until end of turn.

Sometimes the greatest strength is the strength of conviction.

Doubling Chant (Magic 2012)
Wayne England

For each creature you control, you may search your library for a creature card with the same name as that creature. Put those cards onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

What's scarier than one of every beast in the forest?

Machinate (Darksteel)
Wayne England

Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of artifacts you control. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

As long as there are questions to be asked, the vedalken will ask them.

Diviner's Wand (Morningtide)
Wayne England

Equipped creature has "Whenever you draw a card, this creature gets +1/+1 and gains flying until end of turn" and "{4}: Draw a card." Whenever a Wizard creature enters, you may attach this Equipment to it. Equip {3}

Dance with Devils (Jumpstart)
Wayne England

Create two 1/1 red Devil creature tokens. They have "When this token dies, it deals 1 damage to any target."

Devils sow chaos and reap panic.

Soratami Mirror-Guard (Champions of Kamigawa)
Wayne England

Flying {2}, Return a land you control to its owner's hand: Target creature with power 2 or less can't be blocked this turn.

Air Elemental (Eighth Edition)
Wayne England

Flying

Pray that it doesn't seek the safety of your lungs.

Worldgorger Dragon (The List)
Wayne England

Flying, trample When this creature enters, exile all other permanents you control. When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled cards to the battlefield under their owners' control.

Karplusan Yeti (Ninth Edition)
Wayne England

{T}: This creature deals damage equal to its power to target creature. That creature deals damage equal to its power to this creature.

Darkthicket Wolf (Innistrad)
Wayne England

{2}{G}: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Activate only once each turn.

Werewolf slayers don't know for certain how werewolves are created. So they kill all the wolves, just to be safe.

Magma Sliver (Secret Lair Drop)
Wayne England

All Slivers have "{T}: Target Sliver creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of Slivers on the battlefield."

As malleable as molten steel, but as dangerous as the finished blade.

Knight of the Holy Nimbus (Time Spiral Remastered)
Wayne England

Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.) If this creature would be destroyed, regenerate it. (Tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.) {2}: This creature can't be regenerated this turn. Only your opponents may activate this ability.

Mire Kavu (Planeshift)
Wayne England

This creature gets +1/+1 as long as you control a Swamp.

"At this rate," said Sisay, "the next kavu we see will have wings."

Moonglove Changeling (Morningtide)
Wayne England

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) {B}: This creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy that creature.)

Paradise Plume (Commander 2021)
Wayne England

As this artifact enters, choose a color. Whenever a player casts a spell of the chosen color, you may gain 1 life. {T}: Add one mana of the chosen color.

A last wisp of paradise in a fallen world.

Enlistment Officer (Apocalypse)
Wayne England

First strike When this creature enters, reveal the top four cards of your library. Put all Soldier cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Leonin Shikari (Commander 2017)
Wayne England

You may activate equip abilities any time you could cast an instant.

Her instinct is as sharp as her blade.

Tempest of Light (Magic 2010)
Wayne England

Destroy all enchantments.

"Let everything return to its true nature, so that destiny may take its course."

Cryptic Command (Modern Masters 2015)
Wayne England

Choose two — • Counter target spell. • Return target permanent to its owner's hand. • Tap all creatures your opponents control. • Draw a card.

Dance with Devils (Jumpstart 2022)
Wayne England

Create two 1/1 red Devil creature tokens. They have "When this token dies, it deals 1 damage to any target."

Devils sow chaos and reap panic.

Profane Command (Starter Commander Decks)
Wayne England

Choose two — • Target player loses X life. • Return target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. • Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. • Up to X target creatures gain fear until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Hysterical Blindness (Innistrad)
Wayne England

Creatures your opponents control get -4/-0 until end of turn.

"The panic is amusing, but the real fun comes when the spell passes and the villagers start looking for a scapegoat." —Ludevic, necro-alchemist

Devouring Swarm (Foundations Jumpstart)
Wayne England

Flying Sacrifice a creature: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Their arrival is heralded by the deafening hum of ten thousand wings. Their departure is marked by the silence of the dead.

Air Elemental (Seventh Edition)
Wayne England

Flying

Where psycho meets cyclone.

Krosan Groundshaker (Onslaught)
Wayne England

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

You know it's coming when you hear the distant thunder. You know where it's been when you see the path of broken trees.

Stone-Tongue Basilisk (Odyssey Promos)
Wayne England

أينما يقوم باسلْ ليسك — الحجر واللسان، بتوجيه ضرر قتالي لمخلوق اَخر، قم بتحطيم هذا المخلوق المضروب عند نهاية القتال. الحد — على جميع المخلوقات القادرة على سد هجوم باسلْ ليسك — الحجر واللسان، عمل ذلك. (لديك الحد طالما وجد سبع بطاقات أو أكثر في مقبرتك).

Paradise Plume (Time Spiral Remastered)
Wayne England

As this artifact enters, choose a color. Whenever a player casts a spell of the chosen color, you may gain 1 life. {T}: Add one mana of the chosen color.

A last wisp of paradise in a fallen world.

Devils' Playground (Shadows over Innistrad Promos)
Wayne England

Create four 1/1 red Devil creature tokens. They have "When this token dies, it deals 1 damage to any target."

"The city is overrun. I would say burn it to the ground, but that won't be necessary." —Inquisitor Delmund

Mogg War Marshal (Duel Decks Anthology: Elves vs. Goblins)
Wayne England

Echo {1}{R} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.) When this creature enters or dies, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token.

Mogg War Marshal (Time Spiral Remastered)
Wayne England

Echo {1}{R} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.) When this creature enters or dies, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token.

Martyr of Frost (Duel Decks: Jace vs. Chandra)
Wayne England

{2}, Reveal X blue cards from your hand, Sacrifice this creature: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}.

"Do not call the Balduvians barbaric. Their magic is as potent as it is primal." —Zur the Enchanter

Kavu Howler (Apocalypse)
Wayne England

When this creature enters, reveal the top four cards of your library. Put all Kavu cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Kessig Cagebreakers (Jumpstart 2022)
Wayne England

Whenever this creature attacks, create a 2/2 green Wolf creature token that's tapped and attacking for each creature card in your graveyard.

"They put bars on these noble beasts and then wonder why werewolves target our towns."

Dreamwinder (Odyssey)
Wayne England

This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island. {U}, Sacrifice an Island: Target land becomes an Island until end of turn.

Skybreen (Planechase Planes)
Wayne England

Players play with the top card of their libraries revealed. Spells that share a card type with the top card of a library can't be cast. Whenever chaos ensues, target player loses life equal to the number of cards in their hand.

Sylvok Explorer (Fifth Dawn)
Wayne England

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

Any creature on a druid's shoulder is his family, any land under his feet his home.

Karplusan Minotaur (Coldsnap)
Wayne England

Cumulative upkeep—Flip a coin. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.) Whenever you win a coin flip, this creature deals 1 damage to any target. Whenever you lose a coin flip, this creature deals 1 damage to any target of an opponent's choice.

Stony Silence (Innistrad)
Wayne England

Activated abilities of artifacts can't be activated.

Let moss grow over gargoyles —Gavony saying meaning "forget painful memories"

Psionic Sliver (Time Spiral)
Wayne England

All Sliver creatures have "{T}: This creature deals 2 damage to any target and 3 damage to itself."

They evolved the ability to concentrate their neural activity into a single pulse, causing a disruptive but usually suicidal blast of psionic energy.

Brightstone Ritual (The List)
Wayne England

Add {R} for each Goblin on the battlefield.

Wizards fought over the stone to exploit its power. Goblins fight over it because it's shiny.

Privileged Position (Ravnica: City of Guilds)
Wayne England

({G/W} can be paid with either {G} or {W}.) Other permanents you control have hexproof. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Psionic Sliver (Secret Lair Drop)
Wayne England

All Sliver creatures have "{T}: This creature deals 2 damage to any target and 3 damage to itself."

They evolved the ability to concentrate their neural activity into a single pulse, causing a disruptive but usually suicidal blast of psionic energy.

Petravark (Torment)
Wayne England

When this creature enters, exile target land. When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Beetleback Chief (Eternal Masters)
Wayne England

When this creature enters, create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.

Whether trained, ridden, or eaten, few goblin military innovations have rivaled the bug.

Nephalia Seakite (Dark Ascension)
Wayne England

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Flying

"Keep one eye on the cliff road or you may fall to your death. Keep one eye on the sky or your death may fall on you." —Manfried Ulmach, Elgaud Master-at-Arms

Temporal Eddy (Time Spiral)
Wayne England

Put target creature or land on top of its owner's library.

As the temporal fractures spread and time itself slowly fell apart, visitors started to appear from across the past and future, and those native to the present began to disappear.

Turn to Dust (Mirrodin)
Wayne England

Destroy target Equipment. Add {G}.

Mirrodin's inhabitants must be prepared for anything—including suddenly being unprepared.

Lim-Dûl's Vault (Mystery Booster 2)
Wayne England

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

Knight of the Holy Nimbus (The List)
Wayne England

Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.) If this creature would be destroyed, regenerate it. (Tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.) {2}: This creature can't be regenerated this turn. Only your opponents may activate this ability.

Boros Fury-Shield (Ravnica: City of Guilds)
Wayne England

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target attacking or blocking creature this turn. If {R} was spent to cast this spell, Boros Fury-Shield deals damage to that creature's controller equal to the creature's power.

Ghostly Prison (Planechase Anthology)
Wayne England

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

"May the memory of our fallen heroes ensnare the violent hearts of lesser men." —Great Threshold of Monserkat inscription

Profane Command (Lorwyn)
Wayne England

Choose two — • Target player loses X life. • Return target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. • Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. • Up to X target creatures gain fear until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Primal Command (Modern Masters 2017)
Wayne England

Choose two — • Target player gains 7 life. • Put target noncreature permanent on top of its owner's library. • Target player shuffles their graveyard into their library. • Search your library for a creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Mogg War Marshal (Duel Decks: Elves vs. Goblins)
Wayne England

Echo {1}{R} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.) When this creature enters or dies, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token.

Mulldrifter (Friday Night Magic 2009)
Wayne England

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.)

Moriok Rigger (Fifth Dawn)
Wayne England

Whenever an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

The Moriok scavenge for weapons, for armor, for food—and ultimately for their souls.

Devouring Swarm (Jumpstart 2022)
Wayne England

Flying Sacrifice a creature: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Their arrival is heralded by the deafening hum of ten thousand wings. Their departure is marked by the silence of the dead.

Battle-Mad Ronin (Champions of Kamigawa)
Wayne England

Bushido 2 (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.) This creature attacks each combat if able.

"I fought fiercely, bravely, and without mercy. Had I not struck down my captain in the heat of battle, I might have become a hero instead of an outcast."

Aven Shrine (Odyssey)
Wayne England

Whenever a player casts a spell, that player gains X life, where X is the number of cards in all graveyards with the same name as that spell.

Cephalid Shrine (Odyssey)
Wayne England

Whenever a player casts a spell, counter that spell unless that player pays {X}, where X is the number of cards in all graveyards with the same name as the spell.

Hunting Drake (Planeshift)
Wayne England

Flying When this creature enters, put target red or green creature on top of its owner's library.

Even the fiercest beast will flee when faced with the possibility of becoming dinner.

Beetleback Chief (The List)
Wayne England

When this creature enters, create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.

Whether trained, ridden, or eaten, few goblin military innovations have rivaled the bug.

Tempest of Light (Ninth Edition)
Wayne England

Destroy all enchantments.

"Let everything return to its true nature, so that destiny may take its course."

Crown of Suspicion (Onslaught)
Wayne England

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/-1. Sacrifice this Aura: Enchanted creature and other creatures that share a creature type with it get +2/-1 until end of turn.

"Darkness, hide my fear."

Cryptic Command (Magic Player Rewards 2009)
Wayne England

Choose two — • Counter target spell. • Return target permanent to its owner's hand. • Tap all creatures your opponents control. • Draw a card.

Profane Command (Commander 2014)
Wayne England

Choose two — • Target player loses X life. • Return target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. • Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. • Up to X target creatures gain fear until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Fervor (Seventh Edition)
Wayne England

Creatures you control have haste. (They can attack and {T} as soon as they come under your control.)

The intensity of their glare was soon surpassed by the intensity of their attack.

Soul Spike (Coldsnap)
Wayne England

You may exile two black cards from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Soul Spike deals 4 damage to any target and you gain 4 life.

Myr (Magic Player Rewards 2004)
Wayne England

Balshan Griffin (Odyssey)
Wayne England

Flying {1}{U}, Discard a card: Return this creature to its owner's hand.

It helps to have an extra direction in which to run.

Oblivion Ring (The List)
Wayne England

When this enchantment enters, exile another target nonland permanent. When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

A circle of sugar and a word of forbiddance.

Brightstone Ritual (Onslaught)
Wayne England

Add {R} for each Goblin on the battlefield.

Wizards fought over the stone to exploit its power. Goblins fight over it because it's shiny.

Essence Fracture (Onslaught)
Wayne England

Return two target creatures to their owners' hands. Cycling {2}{U} ({2}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

"Shaping reality is simply a matter of knowing where to apply pressure." —Ixidor, reality sculptor

Spawnbroker (Ravnica: City of Guilds)
Wayne England

When this creature enters, you may exchange control of target creature you control and target creature with power less than or equal to that creature's power an opponent controls.

"The trick isn't setting up the bad trade. It's making each side think it got the better deal."

Predatory Rampage (Magic 2013)
Wayne England

Creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn. Each creature your opponents control blocks this turn if able.

"It is the fate of the weak to fall." —Garruk Wildspeaker

Beetleback Chief (Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning)
Wayne England

When this creature enters, create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.

Whether trained, ridden, or eaten, few goblin military innovations have rivaled the bug.

Incendiary Command (Commander 2013)
Wayne England

Choose two — • Incendiary Command deals 4 damage to target player or planeswalker. • Incendiary Command deals 2 damage to each creature. • Destroy target nonbasic land. • Each player discards all the cards in their hand, then draws that many cards.

Beetleback Chief (Planechase Anthology)
Wayne England

When this creature enters, create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.

Whether trained, ridden, or eaten, few goblin military innovations have rivaled the bug.

Earth Rift (Odyssey)
Wayne England

Destroy target land. Flashback {5}{R}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Ghostly Prison (Commander 2011)
Wayne England

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

"May the memory of our fallen heroes ensnare the violent hearts of lesser men." —Great Threshold of Monserkat inscription

Pulse of the Grid (Darksteel)
Wayne England

Draw two cards, then discard a card. Then if an opponent has more cards in hand than you, return Pulse of the Grid to its owner's hand.

Before labs or lectures, there was insight.

Profane Command (New Capenna Commander)
Wayne England

Choose two — • Target player loses X life. • Return target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. • Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. • Up to X target creatures gain fear until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Battlewise Aven (Judgment)
Wayne England

Flying Threshold — As long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard, this creature gets +1/+1 and has first strike.

Experience is a good teacher, not a kind one.

Dewdrop Spy (Morningtide)
Wayne England

Flash Flying When this creature enters, look at the top card of target player's library.

Only in dew from Oona herself is there clarity enough to see a victim's mind.

Exoskeletal Armor (Judgment)
Wayne England

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +X/+X, where X is the number of creature cards in all graveyards.

"We use only what we need—but in times of strife, our need becomes great." —Centaur warrior

Beetleback Chief (Commander 2014)
Wayne England

When this creature enters, create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.

Whether trained, ridden, or eaten, few goblin military innovations have rivaled the bug.

Golgari Rotwurm (Modern Masters 2017)
Wayne England

{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Target player loses 1 life.

Like corpse-worms through a carapace, rotwurms slide through the hollowed bones of the undercity.

Crafty Pathmage (Ninth Edition)
Wayne England

{T}: Target creature with power 2 or less can't be blocked this turn.

Follow the pathmage —Otarian expression meaning "escape quickly"

Heliophial (Fifth Dawn)
Wayne England

Sunburst (This enters with a charge counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it.) {2}, Sacrifice this artifact: It deals damage equal to the number of charge counters on it to any target.

Deluge (Odyssey)
Wayne England

Tap all creatures without flying.

"From the sea came all life, and to the sea it will return. The sooner the better." —Emperor Aboshan

Ghostly Prison (Friday Night Magic 2010)
Wayne England

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

"May the memory of our fallen heroes ensnare the violent hearts of lesser men." —Great Threshold of Monserkat inscription

Ghostly Prison (Planechase 2012)
Wayne England

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

"May the memory of our fallen heroes ensnare the violent hearts of lesser men." —Great Threshold of Monserkat inscription

Ghostly Prison (Conspiracy: Take the Crown)
Wayne England

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

"May the memory of our fallen heroes ensnare the violent hearts of lesser men." —Great Threshold of Monserkat inscription

Austere Command (Commander 2011)
Wayne England

Choose two — • Destroy all artifacts. • Destroy all enchantments. • Destroy all creatures with mana value 3 or less. • Destroy all creatures with mana value 4 or greater.

Profane Command (Modern Masters 2015)
Wayne England

Choose two — • Target player loses X life. • Return target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. • Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. • Up to X target creatures gain fear until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Ghostly Prison (Commander 2019)
Wayne England

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

"May the memory of our fallen heroes ensnare the violent hearts of lesser men." —Great Threshold of Monserkat inscription

Mogg War Marshal (Modern Masters)
Wayne England

Echo {1}{R} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.) When this creature enters or dies, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token.

Ghostly Prison (Commander 2016)
Wayne England

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

"May the memory of our fallen heroes ensnare the violent hearts of lesser men." —Great Threshold of Monserkat inscription

Chamber of Manipulation (Odyssey)
Wayne England

Enchant land Enchanted land has "{T}, Discard a card: Gain control of target creature until end of turn."

Politics is just a subtle form of mind control—and cephalids are master politicians.

Putrid Imp (Torment)
Wayne England

Discard a card: This creature gains flying until end of turn. Threshold — As long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard, this creature gets +1/+1 and can't block.

Beetleback Chief (Commander Anthology Volume II)
Wayne England

When this creature enters, create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.

Whether trained, ridden, or eaten, few goblin military innovations have rivaled the bug.

Symbiotic Elf (Onslaught)
Wayne England

When this creature dies, create two 1/1 green Insect creature tokens.

The elves arriving in Wirewood had no homes, let alone weapons, but they knew that the forest would always provide.

Golgari Rotwurm (Ravnica: City of Guilds)
Wayne England

{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Target player loses 1 life.

Like corpse-worms through a carapace, rotwurms slide through the hollowed bones of the undercity.

Paradise Plume (Time Spiral)
Wayne England

As this artifact enters, choose a color. Whenever a player casts a spell of the chosen color, you may gain 1 life. {T}: Add one mana of the chosen color.

A last wisp of paradise in a fallen world.

Devils' Playground (Shadows over Innistrad)
Wayne England

Create four 1/1 red Devil creature tokens. They have "When this token dies, it deals 1 damage to any target."

"The city is overrun. I would say burn it to the ground, but that won't be necessary." —Inquisitor Delmund

Profane Command (Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas)
Wayne England

Choose two — • Target player loses X life. • Return target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. • Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. • Up to X target creatures gain fear until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Lim-Dûl's Vault (Commander 2013)
Wayne England

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

Beetleback Chief (Planechase 2012)
Wayne England

When this creature enters, create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.

Whether trained, ridden, or eaten, few goblin military innovations have rivaled the bug.

Fate Transfer (Shadowmoor)
Wayne England

Move all counters from target creature onto another target creature.

"The cinders find strength in suffering, the elves in beauty. But if you make an elf suffer, he gets weaker. I wonder what happens if you make a cinder beautiful?" —Hrugash, leech bonder

Ember Beast (Dominaria Remastered)
Wayne England

This creature can't attack or block alone.

Spot one ember beast, attack. Spot a second, best fall back. —Dwarven saying

Primal Command (Lorwyn)
Wayne England

Choose two — • Target player gains 7 life. • Put target noncreature permanent on top of its owner's library. • Target player shuffles their graveyard into their library. • Search your library for a creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Beetleback Chief (Jumpstart)
Wayne England

When this creature enters, create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.

Whether trained, ridden, or eaten, few goblin military innovations have rivaled the bug.

Privileged Position (Double Masters 2022)
Wayne England

({G/W} can be paid with either {G} or {W}.) Other permanents you control have hexproof. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

"We in the Conclave have a saying: 'When you hold a shield, lend your shield.' The strong must never forget what they owe to the weak." —Niszka, Selesnya evangel

Hundroog (Legions)
Wayne England

Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

"New links are being added to the food chain on a daily basis." —Riptide Project researcher

Artificer's Intuition (Fifth Dawn)
Wayne England

{U}, Discard an artifact card: Search your library for an artifact card with mana value 1 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Knight of the Holy Nimbus (Time Spiral)
Wayne England

Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.) If this creature would be destroyed, regenerate it. (Tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.) {2}: This creature can't be regenerated this turn. Only your opponents may activate this ability.

Ancient Grudge (Friday Night Magic 2012)
Wayne England

Destroy target artifact. Flashback {G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

If there's anything a werewolf hates, it's a collar—especially Avacyn's Collar, the symbol of her church.

Righteousness (Duel Decks: Heroes vs. Monsters)
Wayne England

Target blocking creature gets +7/+7 until end of turn.

Sometimes the greatest strength is the strength of conviction.

Worldgorger Dragon (Judgment)
Wayne England

Flying, trample When this creature enters, exile all other permanents you control. When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled cards to the battlefield under their owners' control.

Kessig Cagebreakers (Commander Anthology)
Wayne England

Whenever this creature attacks, create a 2/2 green Wolf creature token that's tapped and attacking for each creature card in your graveyard.

"They put bars on these noble beasts and then wonder why werewolves target our towns."

Profane Command (Planechase)
Wayne England

Choose two — • Target player loses X life. • Return target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. • Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. • Up to X target creatures gain fear until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Amphibious Kavu (Planeshift)
Wayne England

Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked by one or more blue and/or black creatures, this creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

Merfolk raided the shores untroubled for years . . . until the shores started fighting back.

Spectral Gateguards (Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed)
Wayne England

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.) As long as this creature is paired with another creature, both creatures have vigilance.

Spectral Gateguards (Avacyn Restored)
Wayne England

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.) As long as this creature is paired with another creature, both creatures have vigilance.

Cryptic Command (Lorwyn)
Wayne England

Choose two — • Counter target spell. • Return target permanent to its owner's hand. • Tap all creatures your opponents control. • Draw a card.

Moldervine Cloak (Ravnica: City of Guilds)
Wayne England

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +3/+3. Dredge 2 (If you would draw a card, you may mill two cards instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)

Moldervine Cloak (Ravnica Remastered)
Wayne England

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +3/+3. Dredge 2 (If you would draw a card, you may mill two cards instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)

Words of Wilding (Onslaught)
Wayne England

{1}: The next time you would draw a card this turn, create a 2/2 green Bear creature token instead.

"Instinct is undaunted by terror, unchained by logic. It is the path from which all other paths diverge." —*Volume V, The Book of Life*

Zealous Inquisitor (Scourge)
Wayne England

{1}{W}: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to this creature this turn is dealt to target creature instead.

"I only return what rightly belongs to another."

Pulse of the Tangle (Darksteel)
Wayne England

Create a 3/3 green Beast creature token. Then if an opponent controls more creatures than you, return Pulse of the Tangle to its owner's hand.

Before predators or prey, there was life.

Goblin Trenches (Apocalypse)
Wayne England

{2}, Sacrifice a land: Create two 1/1 red and white Goblin Soldier creature tokens.

The ground rose and formed into thousands of tiny warriors. This fight was far from over.

Tempest of Light (Tenth Edition)
Wayne England

Destroy all enchantments.

"Let everything return to its true nature, so that destiny may takes its course."

Yamabushi's Storm (Champions of Kamigawa)
Wayne England

Yamabushi's Storm deals 1 damage to each creature. If a creature dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead.

Moldervine Cloak (Ravnica Remastered)
Wayne England

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +3/+3. Dredge 2 (If you would draw a card, you may mill two cards instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)

Kessig Cagebreakers (Commander 2015)
Wayne England

Whenever this creature attacks, create a 2/2 green Wolf creature token that's tapped and attacking for each creature card in your graveyard.

"They put bars on these noble beasts and then wonder why werewolves target our towns."

Ember Beast (Odyssey)
Wayne England

This creature can't attack or block alone.

Spot one ember beast, attack. Spot a second, best fall back. —Dwarven saying

Crafty Pathmage (Onslaught)
Wayne England

{T}: Target creature with power 2 or less can't be blocked this turn.

The most valuable commodity in the pits is a way out.

Scaled Wurm (Ninth Edition)
Wayne England

The wurms become so big, a single scale can be used as a roof for a human dwelling.

Slinking Serpent (Invasion)
Wayne England

Forestwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)

It winds its way through undergrowth as easily as it swims through shallows.

Stone-Tongue Basilisk (Odyssey)
Wayne England

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a creature, destroy that creature at end of combat. Threshold — As long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard, all creatures able to block this creature do so.

Putrid Imp (Premium Deck Series: Graveborn)
Wayne England

Discard a card: This creature gains flying until end of turn. Threshold — As long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard, this creature gets +1/+1 and can't block.

Martyr of Frost (Coldsnap)
Wayne England

{2}, Reveal X blue cards from your hand, Sacrifice this creature: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}.

"Do not call the Balduvians barbaric. Their magic is as potent as it is primal." —Zur the Enchanter

Fervor (Magic 2013)
Wayne England

Creatures you control have haste. (They can attack and {T} as soon as they come under your control.)

"We won't sit like lazy gob-slugs waiting for death to come to us. We'll bring death, shiny sharp, to our enemies." —Krenko, mob boss

Pulse of the Grid (The List)
Wayne England

Draw two cards, then discard a card. Then if an opponent has more cards in hand than you, return Pulse of the Grid to its owner's hand.

Before labs or lectures, there was insight.

Devouring Swarm (Magic 2012)
Wayne England

Flying Sacrifice a creature: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Their arrival is heralded by the deafening hum of ten thousand wings. Their departure is marked by the silence of the dead.

Phantom Whelp (Odyssey)
Wayne England

When this creature attacks or blocks, return it to its owner's hand at end of combat. (Return it only if it's on the battlefield.)

It lurks in the mist, waiting for stragglers to fall behind. When the fog clears, nothing remains but footprints.

Counterbore (Duels of the Planeswalkers)
Wayne England

Counter target spell. Search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as that spell and exile them. Then that player shuffles.

Worldgorger Dragon (Eternal Masters)
Wayne England

Flying, trample When this creature enters, exile all other permanents you control. When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled cards to the battlefield under their owners' control.

Dance with Devils (Shadows over Innistrad)
Wayne England

Create two 1/1 red Devil creature tokens. They have "When this token dies, it deals 1 damage to any target."

Devils sow chaos and reap panic.

Grim Reminder (Mirrodin)
Wayne England

Search your library for a nonland card and reveal it. Each opponent who cast a spell this turn with the same name as that card loses 6 life. Then shuffle. {B}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only during your upkeep.

Tidal Courier (Apocalypse)
Wayne England

When this creature enters, reveal the top four cards of your library. Put all Merfolk cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. {3}{U}: This creature gains flying until end of turn.

Phantom Nantuko (Commander Anthology)
Wayne England

Trample This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it. If damage would be dealt to this creature, prevent that damage. Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature. {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Oblivion Ring (Lorwyn)
Wayne England

When this enchantment enters, exile another target nonland permanent. When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

A circle of sugar and a word of forbiddance.

Cryptic Command (Modern Masters)
Wayne England

Choose two — • Counter target spell. • Return target permanent to its owner's hand. • Tap all creatures your opponents control. • Draw a card.

Righteousness (Magic 2010)
Wayne England

Target blocking creature gets +7/+7 until end of turn.

Sometimes the greatest strength is the strength of conviction.

Eiganjo Castle (The List)
Wayne England

{T}: Add {W}. {W}, {T}: Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to target legendary creature this turn.

Since the war began, the castle's walls mark the only place on Kamigawa where no kami has ever set foot.

Ebonblade Reaper (Onslaught)
Wayne England

Whenever this creature attacks, you lose half your life, rounded up. Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses half their life, rounded up. Morph {3}{B}{B} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

Spectral Gateguards (The List)
Wayne England

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.) As long as this creature is paired with another creature, both creatures have vigilance.

Unburden (Scourge)
Wayne England

Target player discards two cards. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Cabal initiates enter training full of hopes and fears. They graduate with neither.

Primal Command (Archenemy)
Wayne England

Choose two — • Target player gains 7 life. • Put target noncreature permanent on top of its owner's library. • Target player shuffles their graveyard into their library. • Search your library for a creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Austere Command (Lorwyn)
Wayne England

Choose two — • Destroy all artifacts. • Destroy all enchantments. • Destroy all creatures with mana value 3 or less. • Destroy all creatures with mana value 4 or greater.

Aether Flash (Seventh Edition)
Wayne England

Whenever a creature enters, this enchantment deals 2 damage to it.

As the foul beast appeared, arcane lightning crackled around it.

Kessig Cagebreakers (Innistrad)
Wayne England

Whenever this creature attacks, create a 2/2 green Wolf creature token that's tapped and attacking for each creature card in your graveyard.

"They put bars on these noble beasts and then wonder why werewolves target our towns."

Kessig Cagebreakers (Midnight Hunt Commander)
Wayne England

Whenever this creature attacks, create a 2/2 green Wolf creature token that's tapped and attacking for each creature card in your graveyard.

"They put bars on these noble beasts and then wonder why werewolves target our towns."

Trench Wurm (Invasion)
Wayne England

{2}{R}, {T}: Destroy target nonbasic land.

"Their arrival marks the end of Yawgmoth's subtlety." —Urza

Sylvok Explorer (Commander 2016)
Wayne England

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

Any creature on a druid's shoulder is his family, any land under his feet his home.

Golgari Rotwurm (Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari)
Wayne England

{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Target player loses 1 life.

Like corpse-worms through a carapace, rotwurms slide through the hollowed bones of the undercity.

Betrayal of Flesh (Mirrodin)
Wayne England

Choose one — • Destroy target creature. • Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Entwine—Sacrifice three lands. (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Predatory Rampage (Commander Masters)
Wayne England

Creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn. Each creature your opponents control blocks this turn if able.

"It is the fate of the weak to fall." —Garruk Wildspeaker

Magma Sliver (Legions)
Wayne England

All Slivers have "{T}: Target Sliver creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of Slivers on the battlefield."

As malleable as molten steel, but as dangerous as the finished blade.

Eiganjo Castle (Champions of Kamigawa)
Wayne England

{T}: Add {W}. {W}, {T}: Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to target legendary creature this turn.

Since the war began, the castle's walls mark the only place on Kamigawa where no kami has ever set foot.

Martyr of Frost (Duel Decks Anthology: Jace vs. Chandra)
Wayne England

{2}, Reveal X blue cards from your hand, Sacrifice this creature: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}.

"Do not call the Balduvians barbaric. Their magic is as potent as it is primal." —Zur the Enchanter

Moldervine Cloak (Modern Masters)
Wayne England

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +3/+3. Dredge 2 (If you would draw a card, you may mill two cards instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)

Incendiary Command (Lorwyn)
Wayne England

Choose two — • Incendiary Command deals 4 damage to target player or planeswalker. • Incendiary Command deals 2 damage to each creature. • Destroy target nonbasic land. • Each player discards all the cards in their hand, then draws that many cards.

Deluge (Duels of the Planeswalkers)
Wayne England

Tap all creatures without flying.

"From the sea came all life, and to the sea it will return. The sooner the better." —Emperor Aboshan

Privileged Position (GRN Guild Kit)
Wayne England

({G/W} can be paid with either {G} or {W}.) Other permanents you control have hexproof. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

"We in the Conclave have a saying: 'When you hold a shield, lend your shield.' The strong must never forget what they owe to the weak." — Niszka, Selesnya evangel

Moonglove Changeling (The List)
Wayne England

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) {B}: This creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy that creature.)

Wings of Hope (Invasion)
Wayne England

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+3 and has flying.

Urza knew Phyrexians would come through the air and sent his soldiers to greet them.

Nephalia Seakite (Magic 2014)
Wayne England

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Flying

"Keep one eye on the cliff road or you may fall to your death. Keep one eye on the sky or your death may fall on you." —Manfried Ulmach, Elgaud Master-at-Arms

Turbulent Dreams (Torment)
Wayne England

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard X cards. Return X target nonland permanents to their owners' hands.

Laquatus dreams of seizing control.

Hisoka's Guard (Champions of Kamigawa)
Wayne England

You may choose not to untap this creature during your untap step. {1}{U}, {T}: Target creature you control other than this creature has shroud for as long as this creature remains tapped. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Mogg War Marshal (Time Spiral)
Wayne England

Echo {1}{R} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.) When this creature enters or dies, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token.

Prismwake Merrow (Shadowmoor)
Wayne England

Flash When this creature enters, target permanent becomes the color or colors of your choice until end of turn.

"Seeing is believing" is a fact the merrows ruthlessly exploit in their dealings with the other residents of Shadowmoor.

Zealous Inquisitor (Ninth Edition)
Wayne England

{1}{W}: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to this creature this turn is dealt to target creature instead.

Wine and balm for the confessions of the repentant. Razors and irons for the confessions of the unrepentant.

Phantom Nantuko (Jumpstart 2022)
Wayne England

Trample This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it. If damage would be dealt to this creature, prevent that damage. Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature. {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Gulf Squid (Prophecy)
Wayne England

When this creature enters, tap all lands target player controls.

If it could capture the power it wastes, it would be invincible.

Profane Command (Commander 2020)
Wayne England

Choose two — • Target player loses X life. • Return target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. • Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. • Up to X target creatures gain fear until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Phantom Nantuko (Commander 2013)
Wayne England

Trample This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it. If damage would be dealt to this creature, prevent that damage. Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature. {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Scaled Wurm (Conspiracy)
Wayne England

The wurms become so big, a single scale can be used as a roof for a human dwelling.

Disciple of Kangee (Planeshift)
Wayne England

{U}, {T}: Target creature gains flying and becomes blue until end of turn.

When no birds are available, Kangee's disciples fill the sky with anything that's willing to fight.

Andradite Leech (Invasion)
Wayne England

Black spells you cast cost {B} more to cast. {B}: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

"Older specimens are completely encrusted with gems, which serve as both armor and weapons." —Tolarian research notes

Titanic Bulvox (Scourge)
Wayne England

Trample Morph {4}{G}{G}{G} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

With natural laws abandoned, excess thrives.

Crafty Pathmage (Tenth Edition)
Wayne England

{T}: Target creature with power 2 or less can't be blocked this turn.

Follow the pathmage —Otarian expression meaning "escape quickly"

Leonin Shikari (Darksteel)
Wayne England

You may activate equip abilities any time you could cast an instant.

Her instinct is as sharp as her blade.

Kessig Wolf (Innistrad)
Wayne England

{1}{R}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn.

"Don't be afraid when you hear the wolves howl. Be afraid when you don't hear them at all." —Saint Trogen, the Slayer

Phantom Nantuko (Judgment)
Wayne England

Trample This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it. If damage would be dealt to this creature, prevent that damage. Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature. {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Righteousness (Jumpstart 2022)
Wayne England

Target blocking creature gets +7/+7 until end of turn.

Sometimes the greatest strength is the strength of conviction.

Austere Command (The List)
Wayne England

Choose two — • Destroy all artifacts. • Destroy all enchantments. • Destroy all creatures with mana value 3 or less. • Destroy all creatures with mana value 4 or greater.

Karplusan Minotaur (The List)
Wayne England

Cumulative upkeep—Flip a coin. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.) Whenever you win a coin flip, this creature deals 1 damage to any target. Whenever you lose a coin flip, this creature deals 1 damage to any target of an opponent's choice.

Tempest of Light (Mirrodin)
Wayne England

Destroy all enchantments.

"This world reeks of another's hand. Someone or something is defying the power of the gods and shaping this planet. I intend for it to stop." —Glissa Sunseeker

Skybreen (Planechase Anthology Planes)
Wayne England

Players play with the top card of their libraries revealed. Spells that share a card type with the top card of a library can't be cast. Whenever chaos ensues, target player loses life equal to the number of cards in their hand.

Ghostly Prison (Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander)
Wayne England

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

"May the memory of our fallen heroes ensnare the violent hearts of lesser men." —Great Threshold of Monserkat inscription

Cryptic Command (The List)
Wayne England

Choose two — • Counter target spell. • Return target permanent to its owner's hand. • Tap all creatures your opponents control. • Draw a card.

Very Cryptic Command (Unstable)
Wayne England

Choose two — • Switch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn. • Target creature can't be blocked this turn. • Draw a card. If that card's art is by Wayne England, you may reveal it and draw another card. • Assemble a Contraption.

Counterbore (Shadowmoor)
Wayne England

Counter target spell. Search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as that spell and exile them. Then that player shuffles.

Memory Sluice (Shadowmoor)
Wayne England

Target player mills four cards. Conspire (As you cast this spell, you may tap two untapped creatures you control that share a color with it. When you do, copy it and you may choose a new target for the copy.)

Betrayal of Flesh (The List)
Wayne England

Choose one — • Destroy target creature. • Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Entwine—Sacrifice three lands. (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Deluge (Tenth Edition)
Wayne England

Tap all creatures without flying.

"From the sea came all life, and to the sea it will return. The sooner the better." —Emperor Aboshan