Diversionary Tactics

Diversionary Tactics (The List)
Jerry Tiritilli

Tap two untapped creatures you control: Tap target creature.

"It's the oldest trick in the book," said Guff. "And I ought to know—I wrote it."

Jalum Tome (Commander 2014)
Jerry Tiritilli

{2}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Most books simply deliver knowledge. This one expects some in return.

Wirewood Elf (Onslaught)
Jerry Tiritilli

{T}: Add {G}.

"The land belongs to nature as far as our eyes can see. The higher we climb, the more we can see."

Morality Shift (Judgment)
Jerry Tiritilli

Exchange your graveyard and library. Then shuffle your library.

The mind sings, though at times it sings a dirge.

Sneak Attack (Urza's Saga)
Jerry Tiritilli

{R}: You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Sacrifice the creature at the beginning of the next end step.

"Nothin' beat surprise—'cept rock."

Strength of Isolation (Torment)
Jerry Tiritilli

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+2 and has protection from black. Madness {W} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Don't mistake isolation for safety.

Rishadan Port (World Championship Decks 2001)
Jerry Tiritilli

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Tap target land.

Rishada is the gateway to free trade—but the key will cost you.

Elfhame Palace (Commander 2017)
Jerry Tiritilli

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G} or {W}.

Llanowar has seven elfhames, or kingdoms, each with its own ruler. Their palaces are objects of awe, wonder, and envy.

Forest (World Championship Decks 2002)
Jerry Tiritilli

({T}: Add {G}.)

Skyshooter (Odyssey)
Jerry Tiritilli

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.) {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target attacking or blocking creature with flying.

Shifting Sky (Planeshift)
Jerry Tiritilli

As this enchantment enters, choose a color. All nonland permanents are the chosen color.

Master the sky and you rule everything beneath it. —Metathran saying

Jalum Tome (Commander Anthology Volume II)
Jerry Tiritilli

{2}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Most books simply deliver knowledge. This one expects some in return.

Jalum Tome (Seventh Edition)
Jerry Tiritilli

{2}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Most books simply deliver knowledge. This one expects some in return.

Words of Waste (Onslaught)
Jerry Tiritilli

{1}: The next time you would draw a card this turn, each opponent discards a card instead.

"Terror corrupts order and paralyzes instinct." —*Volume III, The Book of Decay*

Swamp (Odyssey)
Jerry Tiritilli

({T}: Add {B}.)

Treva's Ruins (Dominaria Remastered)
Jerry Tiritilli

When this land enters, sacrifice it unless you return a non-Lair land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {G}, {W}, or {U}.

Elfhame Palace (Invasion)
Jerry Tiritilli

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G} or {W}.

Llanowar has seven elfhames, or kingdoms, each with its own ruler. Their palaces are objects of awe, wonder, and envy.

Sneak Attack (The List)
Jerry Tiritilli

{R}: You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Sacrifice the creature at the beginning of the next end step.

"Nothin' beat surprise—'cept rock."

Flight (Fifth Edition)
Jerry Tiritilli

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has flying.

Swamp (Modern Horizons 2)
Jerry Tiritilli

({T}: Add {B}.)

Elfhame Palace (Starter Commander Decks)
Jerry Tiritilli

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G} or {W}.

Llanowar has seven elfhames, or kingdoms, each with its own ruler. Their palaces are objects of awe, wonder, and envy.

Forest (Odyssey)
Jerry Tiritilli

({T}: Add {G}.)

Ice Cave (The List)
Jerry Tiritilli

Whenever a player casts a spell, any other player may pay that spell's mana cost. If a player does, counter the spell. (Mana cost includes color.)

Even the oppressive cold of the cave could not temper Eladamri's ire.

Salt Marsh (Eighth Edition)
Jerry Tiritilli

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Only death breeds in stagnant water. —Urborg saying

Salt Marsh (World Championship Decks 2001)
Jerry Tiritilli

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Only death breeds in stagnant water. —Urborg saying

Llanowar Elves (World Championship Decks 2001)
Jerry Tiritilli

{T}: Add {G}.

Llanowar covers a million square miles, yet nobody enters the forest without the elves knowing it.

Sneak Attack (Dominaria Remastered)
Jerry Tiritilli

{R}: You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Sacrifice the creature at the beginning of the next end step.

"Nothin' beat surprise—'cept rock."

Cephalid Snitch (Torment)
Jerry Tiritilli

Sacrifice this creature: Target creature loses protection from black until end of turn.

The cautious are wary of their enemies. The wise are also wary of their friends.

Risky Move (The List)
Jerry Tiritilli

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player gains control of this enchantment. When you gain control of this enchantment from another player, choose a creature you control and an opponent. Flip a coin. If you lose the flip, that opponent gains control of that creature.

Bravado (Urza's Saga)
Jerry Tiritilli

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each other creature you control.

"We drive the dragons from our home. Why should we fear you?" —Fire Eye, viashino bey

Elkin Lair (Visions)
Jerry Tiritilli

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player exiles a card at random from their hand. The player may play that card this turn. At the beginning of the next end step, if the player hasn't played the card, they put it into their graveyard.

Llanowar Elves (World Championship Decks 2002)
Jerry Tiritilli

{T}: Add {G}.

Llanowar covers a million square miles, yet nobody enters the forest without the elves knowing it.

Accursed Centaur (Onslaught)
Jerry Tiritilli

When this creature enters, sacrifice a creature.

"The Cabal mocks the natural order. For its minions, death is just a pause between duties." —Kamahl, druid acolyte

Information Dealer (Onslaught)
Jerry Tiritilli

{T}: Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of Wizards on the battlefield, then put them back in any order.

"One wizard is a suspect. Two wizards are a conspiracy." —Elvish refugee

Flight (Classic Sixth Edition)
Jerry Tiritilli

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has flying.

Skyshroud Blessing (Planeshift)
Jerry Tiritilli

All lands gain shroud until end of turn. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities.) Draw a card.

"Behold," said Freyalise to Eladamri. "Your Skyshroud home has followed you to Dominaria."

Goblin Gardener (Seventh Edition)
Jerry Tiritilli

When this creature dies, destroy target land.

Years of attempts have brought the goblins no closer to growing a sausage tree.

Rishadan Port (Mystery Booster 2)
Jerry Tiritilli

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Tap target land.

Rishada is the gateway to free trade—but the key will cost you.

Sneak Attack (Dominaria Remastered)
Jerry Tiritilli

{R}: You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Sacrifice the creature at the beginning of the next end step.

"Nothin' beat surprise—'cept rock."

Lingering Mirage (Urza's Saga)
Jerry Tiritilli

Enchant land Enchanted land is an Island. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Birds frozen in flight. Sea turned to glass. Tolaria hidden in a mirror.

Jalum Tome (The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts)
Jerry Tiritilli

{2}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Most books simply deliver knowledge. This one expects some in return.

Salt Marsh (World Championship Decks 2002)
Jerry Tiritilli

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Only death breeds in stagnant water. —Urborg saying

Goblin Cadets (Urza's Saga)
Jerry Tiritilli

Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, target opponent gains control of it. (This removes this creature from combat.)

"If you kids don't stop that racket, I'm turning this expedition around *right now!*"

Drain Power (Fifth Edition)
Jerry Tiritilli

Target player activates a mana ability of each land they control. Then that player loses all unspent mana and you add the mana lost this way.

Goblin Lackey (Urza's Saga)
Jerry Tiritilli

Whenever this creature deals damage to a player, you may put a Goblin permanent card from your hand onto the battlefield.

All bark, someone else's bite.

Llanowar Elves (Seventh Edition)
Jerry Tiritilli

{T}: Add {G}.

Llanowar covers a million square miles, yet nobody enters the forest without the elves knowing it.

Rishadan Port (Mercadian Masques)
Jerry Tiritilli

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Tap target land.

Rishada is the gateway to free trade—but the key will cost you.

Forest (World Championship Decks 2002)
Jerry Tiritilli

({T}: Add {G}.)

Llanowar Elves (World Championship Decks 2002)
Jerry Tiritilli

{T}: Add {G}.

Llanowar covers a million square miles, yet nobody enters the forest without the elves knowing it.

Elfhame Palace (Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. the Coalition)
Jerry Tiritilli

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G} or {W}.

Llanowar has seven elfhames, or kingdoms, each with its own ruler. Their palaces are objects of awe, wonder, and envy.

Shifting Sky (Eighth Edition)
Jerry Tiritilli

As this enchantment enters, choose a color. All nonland permanents are the chosen color.

Master the sky and you rule everything beneath it. —Metathran saying

Nefarious Lich (Odyssey)
Jerry Tiritilli

If damage would be dealt to you, exile that many cards from your graveyard instead. If you can't, you lose the game. If you would gain life, draw that many cards instead. When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, you lose the game.

Ironroot Treefolk (Fifth Edition)
Jerry Tiritilli

"'I'll show you how to handle the treefolk!' the giant bragged, and he strode off into the forest. Two days later he returned, his face masked in sap and a nest behind his ear. None dared ask who won." —Azeworai, "The Treeling"

Salt Marsh (Invasion)
Jerry Tiritilli

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Only death breeds in stagnant water. —Urborg saying

Rummaging Wizard (Onslaught)
Jerry Tiritilli

{2}{U}: Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)

"I've got everything you'd ever need right here. Just give me some time to find it."

Diversionary Tactics (The List)
Jerry Tiritilli

Tap two untapped creatures you control: Tap target creature.

"It's the oldest trick in the book," said Guff. "And I ought to know—I wrote it."

Rishadan Port (World Championship Decks 2000)
Jerry Tiritilli

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Tap target land.

Rishada is the gateway to free trade—but the key will cost you.

Jalum Tome (Dominaria Remastered)
Jerry Tiritilli

{2}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Most books simply deliver knowledge. This one expects some in return.

Rishadan Port (World Championship Decks 2000)
Jerry Tiritilli

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Tap target land.

Rishada is the gateway to free trade—but the key will cost you.

Rishadan Port (World Championship Decks 2001)
Jerry Tiritilli

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Tap target land.

Rishada is the gateway to free trade—but the key will cost you.

Salt Marsh (Starter Commander Decks)
Jerry Tiritilli

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Only death breeds in stagnant water. —Urborg saying

Jalum Tome (Commander Legends)
Jerry Tiritilli

{2}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Most books simply deliver knowledge. This one expects some in return.

Ice Cave (Apocalypse)
Jerry Tiritilli

Whenever a player casts a spell, any other player may pay that spell's mana cost. If a player does, counter the spell. (Mana cost includes color.)

Even the oppressive cold of the cave could not temper Eladamri's ire.

Capashen Unicorn (Invasion)
Jerry Tiritilli

{1}{W}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Capashen riders were stern and humorless even before their ancestral home was reduced to rubble.

Forest (World Championship Decks 2002)
Jerry Tiritilli

({T}: Add {G}.)

Risky Move (Onslaught)
Jerry Tiritilli

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player gains control of this enchantment. When you gain control of this enchantment from another player, choose a creature you control and an opponent. Flip a coin. If you lose the flip, that opponent gains control of that creature.

Treva's Ruins (Planeshift)
Jerry Tiritilli

When this land enters, sacrifice it unless you return a non-Lair land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {G}, {W}, or {U}.

Screams of the Damned (Odyssey)
Jerry Tiritilli

{1}{B}, Exile a card from your graveyard: This enchantment deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.

It's important to face your inner demons . . . unless they're the kind of demons that can kill you.

Rishadan Port (World Championship Decks 2000)
Jerry Tiritilli

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Tap target land.

Rishada is the gateway to free trade—but the key will cost you.

Dream Tides (Visions)
Jerry Tiritilli

Creatures don't untap during their controllers' untap steps. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player may choose any number of tapped nongreen creatures they control and pay {2} for each creature chosen this way. If the player does, untap those creatures.

Goblin Cadets (Commander 2011)
Jerry Tiritilli

Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, target opponent gains control of it. (This removes this creature from combat.)

"If you kids don't stop that racket, I'm turning this expedition around *right now!*"

Patchwork Gnomes (Odyssey)
Jerry Tiritilli

Discard a card: Regenerate this creature. (The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)

When building gnomes, dwarves adhere to the highest standards. The gnomes themselves aren't as particular.