Flare

Flare (Fifth Edition)
Andrew Robinson

Flare deals 1 damage to any target. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

The secret of destruction is simple: everything burns.

Flare (Ice Age)
Drew Tucker

Flare deals 1 damage to any target. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

"I strive for elegance and speed in my work." —Jaya Ballard, Task Mage

Dragon Blood (Urza's Saga)
Greg Simanson

{3}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Fire in the blood, fire in the belly.

Urza's Engine (Alliances)
Greg Simanson

Trample {3}: This creature gains banding until end of turn. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.) {3}: Attacking creatures banded with this creature gain trample until end of turn.

"Humans and machines working together can be fearsome indeed!" —Arcum Dagsson

Insidious Bookworms (Alliances)
Greg Simanson

When this creature dies, you may pay {1}{B}. If you do, target player discards a card at random.

Cold Storage (Tempest)
Greg Simanson

{3}: Exile target creature you control. Sacrifice this artifact: Return each creature card exiled with this artifact to the battlefield under your control.

Insidious Bookworms (Alliances)
Greg Simanson

When this creature dies, you may pay {1}{B}. If you do, target player discards a card at random.

Insidious Bookworms (Coldsnap Theme Decks)
Greg Simanson

When this creature dies, you may pay {1}{B}. If you do, target player discards a card at random.

Benthic Explorers (Alliances)
Greg Simanson

{T}, Untap a tapped land an opponent controls: Add one mana of any type that land could produce.

Distant Atlantis charged these Explorers with the task of venturing into unknown waters to track the despised Viscerids.

Recantation (Urza's Saga)
Greg Simanson

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a verse counter on this enchantment. {U}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Return up to X target permanents to their owners' hands, where X is the number of verse counters on this enchantment.

Annul (Urza's Saga)
Greg Simanson

Counter target artifact or enchantment spell.

The most effective way to destroy a spell is to ensure it was never cast in the first place.

Grindstone (World Championship Decks 1998)
Greg Simanson

{3}, {T}: Target player mills two cards. If two cards that share a color were milled this way, repeat this process.

"Memory is a burden that wears at the soul as weather wears at stone." —Crovax

Whetstone (World Championship Decks 2000)
Greg Simanson

{3}: Each player mills two cards.

To hone swords and dull minds. —Whetstone inscription

Chill (Arena League 2000)
Greg Simanson

Red spells cost {2} more to cast.

"Temper, temper." —Ertai, wizard adept

Chill (Tempest)
Greg Simanson

Red spells cost {2} more to cast.

"Temper, temper." —Ertai, wizard adept

Bone Harvest (Beatdown Box Set)
Greg Simanson

Put any number of target creature cards from your graveyard on top of your library. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

"Only fools believe they will face my armies but once." —Kaervek

Flickering Ward (Tempest)
Greg Simanson

Enchant creature As this Aura enters, choose a color. Enchanted creature has protection from the chosen color. This effect doesn't remove this Aura. {W}: Return this Aura to its owner's hand.

Flickering Ward (Mystery Booster 2)
Greg Simanson

Enchant creature As this Aura enters, choose a color. Enchanted creature has protection from the chosen color. This effect doesn't remove this Aura. {W}: Return this Aura to its owner's hand.

Chill (World Championship Decks 2000)
Greg Simanson

Red spells cost {2} more to cast.

"Temper, temper." —Ertai, wizard adept

Benthic Explorers (Alliances)
Greg Simanson

{T}, Untap a tapped land an opponent controls: Add one mana of any type that land could produce.

The rising oceans brought new lakes—and new terrors—to Terisiare. The Explorers found their ancient enemies spawning everywhere.

Wild Aesthir (Alliances)
Greg Simanson

Flying, first strike {W}{W}: This creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Activate only once each turn.

"High in the Karplusans, death is swift and razor-clawed." —Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain

Cold Storage (The List)
Greg Simanson

{3}: Exile target creature you control. Sacrifice this artifact: Return each creature card exiled with this artifact to the battlefield under your control.

Bone Harvest (Mirage)
Greg Simanson

Put any number of target creature cards from your graveyard on top of your library. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

"Only fools believe they will face my armies but once." —Kaervek

Manabarbs (Fifth Edition)
Greg Simanson

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

Glacial Wall (Fifth Edition)
Greg Simanson

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

"As we neared, Belfar proclaimed the wall to be made of glass and went forward to prove it. We had no choice but to pull his hands free from where he had touched it, leaving flesh palmprints on the icy wall." —Tross, Vainus Expedition leader

Grindstone (Tempest)
Greg Simanson

{3}, {T}: Target player mills two cards. If two cards that share a color were milled this way, repeat this process.

"Memory is a burden that wears at the soul as weather wears at stone." —Crovax

Dragon Blood (Dominaria Remastered)
Greg Simanson

{3}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Fire in the blood, fire in the belly.

Chill (Classic Sixth Edition)
Greg Simanson

Red spells cost {2} more to cast.

"Temper, temper." —Ertai, wizard adept

Spell Blast (Classic Sixth Edition)
Greg Simanson

Counter target spell with mana value X. (For example, if that spell's mana cost is {3}{U}{U}, X is 5.)

Call it the thinking mage's version of brute force.

Annul (World Championship Decks 2000)
Greg Simanson

Counter target artifact or enchantment spell.

The most effective way to destroy a spell is to ensure it was never cast in the first place.

Panic (Fifth Edition)
Greg Simanson

Cast this spell only during combat before blockers are declared. Target creature can't block this turn. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Rejuvenate (Urza's Saga)
Greg Simanson

You gain 6 life. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Shauku's Minion (Mirage)
Greg Simanson

{B}{R}, {T}: This creature deals 2 damage to target white creature.

"My minions serve me in the light; I serve no one." —Shauku, Endbringer

Wind Drake (Tempest)
Greg Simanson

Flying

Orim regarded Gerrard coolly. "You are like the drake," she said, her expression unchanging. "It works hard to maintain its position, but to us it seems to glide along effortlessly. You *must* do the same."

Whetstone (Urza's Saga)
Greg Simanson

{3}: Each player mills two cards.

To hone swords and dull minds. —Whetstone inscription

Wild Aesthir (Alliances)
Greg Simanson

Flying, first strike {W}{W}: This creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Activate only once each turn.

"What Barbarian secrets do they spy from their lofty perch?" —General Varchild

Chill (World Championship Decks 2000)
Greg Simanson

Red spells cost {2} more to cast.

"Temper, temper" —Ertai, wizard adept

Spell Blast (Fifth Edition)
Greg Simanson

Counter target spell with mana value X. (For example, if that spell's mana cost is {3}{U}{U}, X is 5.)

Gargantuan Gorilla (Alliances)
Greg Simanson

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may sacrifice a Forest. If you sacrifice a snow Forest this way, this creature gains trample until end of turn. If you don't sacrifice a Forest, sacrifice this creature and it deals 7 damage to you. {T}: This creature deals damage equal to its power to another target creature. That creature deals damage equal to its power to this creature.