Flayer of Loyalties

Flayer of Loyalties (Commander Masters)
John Tedrick

When you cast this spell, gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. Until end of turn, it has base power and toughness 10/10 and gains trample, annihilator 2, and haste. Annihilator 2 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices two permanents of their choice.) Trample

Marvo, Deep Operative (Murders at Karlov Manor Commander)
John Tedrick

Whenever Marvo attacks, clash with defending player. (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.) Whenever you win a clash, draw a card. Then you may cast a spell from your hand with mana value 8 or less without paying its mana cost.

Leori, Sparktouched Hunter (Commander Masters)
John Tedrick

Flying, vigilance Whenever Leori deals combat damage to a player, choose a planeswalker type. Until end of turn, whenever you activate an ability of a planeswalker of that type, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copies.

Adipose Offspring (Doctor Who)
John Tedrick

Emerge {5}{W} (You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's mana value.) When this creature enters, create a 2/2 white Alien creature token. If this creature's emerge cost was paid, instead create X of those tokens, where X is the sacrificed creature's toughness.

Conclave Evangelist (Ravnica: Clue Edition)
John Tedrick

Myriad (Whenever this creature attacks, for each opponent other than defending player, you may create a token copy that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Exile the tokens at end of combat.) Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create a token that's a copy of this creature.

Zeriam, Golden Wind (Dominaria United Commander)
John Tedrick

Flying Whenever a Griffin you control deals combat damage to a player, create a 2/2 white Griffin creature token with flying.

"For their courage, the griffins were granted domain over all the desert skies." —Afari, *Tales*

The Balrog, Flame of Udûn (Tales of Middle-earth Deluxe Commander Kit)
John Tedrick

Trample When a legendary creature an opponent controls dies, put The Balrog on the bottom of its owner's library.

An evil of the Ancient World, both a shadow and a flame.

Sinuous Benthisaur (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
John Tedrick

When this creature enters, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of Caves you control plus the number of Cave cards in your graveyard. Put two of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Zeriam, Golden Wind (Dominaria United Commander)
John Tedrick

Flying Whenever a Griffin you control deals combat damage to a player, create a 2/2 white Griffin creature token with flying.

Soaring Sandwing (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
John Tedrick

Flying When this creature enters, you gain 3 life. Plainscycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Plains card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Voracious Fell Beast (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth)
John Tedrick

Flying When this creature enters, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. Create a Food token for each creature sacrificed this way. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

Kalakscion, Hunger Tyrant (Aetherdrift)
John Tedrick

Galadak's Scar is full of craters which are home to terrifying predators of immense size and savagery. Yet even among such company, Kalakscion—and her insatiable hunger—eclipses them all.

Ripclaw Wrangler (Aetherdrift)
John Tedrick

When this Vehicle enters, each opponent discards a card. Crew 2 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 2 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)

By the time Shantanu heard the Endriders chanting "The claw!" he was already in its grasp.

Inspiring Refrain (Doctor Who)
John Tedrick

Draw two cards. Exile Inspiring Refrain with three time counters on it. Suspend 3—{2}{U} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {2}{U} and exile it with three 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.)

Sin, Spira's Punishment (Final Fantasy)
John Tedrick

Flying Whenever Sin enters or attacks, exile a permanent card from your graveyard at random, then create a tapped token that's a copy of that card. If the exiled card is a land card, repeat this process.

Patchwork Beastie (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
John Tedrick

Delirium — This creature can't attack or block unless there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may mill a card. (You may put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)

It doesn't know it isn't real.

Thijarian Witness (Doctor Who)
John Tedrick

Flash Bear Witness — Whenever another creature dies, if it was attacking or blocking alone, exile it and investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

"We honor the lost as we cannot honor our own."

Time Beetle (Doctor Who)
John Tedrick

Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.) Parallel Universe — Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, time travel. (For each suspended card you own and each permanent you control with a time counter on it, you may add or remove a time counter.)

Nurturing Bristleback (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
John Tedrick

When this creature enters, create a 3/3 green Dinosaur creature token. Forestcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Forest card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Last March of the Ents (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth)
John Tedrick

この呪文は打ち消されない。 あなたがコントロールしているクリーチャーのタフネスの中の最大値に等しい枚数のカードを引く。その後、あなたの手札にある望む枚数のクリーチャー・カードを戦場に出す。

「アイゼンガルドに破滅をもたらしに参った！ 破滅は我らとともにあり、破滅は我らとともにあり！」

Pippin's Bravery (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth)
John Tedrick

Puoi sacrificare un Cibo. Se lo fai, una creatura bersaglio prende +4/+4 fino alla fine del turno. Altrimenti, quella creatura prende +2/+2 fino alla fine del turno.

Pipino pugnalò verso l'alto e la lama incisa di Ovesturia trafisse la spessa pelle del troll e ne raggiunse gli organi vitali.

Pippin's Bravery (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth)
John Tedrick

你可以牺牲一个食品。如果你如此作，则目标生物得+4/+4直到回合结束。若否，则该生物得+2/+2直到回合结束。

皮平向上一刺，那把刻有铭文的西方之地利刃扎穿厚皮，直刺食人妖要害。

Inspiring Refrain (Doctor Who)
John Tedrick

Draw two cards. Exile Inspiring Refrain with three time counters on it. Suspend 3—{2}{U} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {2}{U} and exile it with three 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.)

Last March of the Ents (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth)
John Tedrick

Esta mágica não pode ser anulada. Compre uma quantidade de cards igual à maior resistência entre as das criaturas que você controla e depois coloque qualquer número de cards de criatura de sua mão no campo de batalha.

"Para Isengard a ruína levamos! Ruína levamos, ruína levamos!"

Last March of the Ents (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth)
John Tedrick

This spell can't be countered. Draw cards equal to the greatest toughness among creatures you control, then put any number of creature cards from your hand onto the battlefield.

"To Isengard with doom we come! With doom we come, with doom we come!"

Mirkwood Bats (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth)
John Tedrick

Voar Toda vez que você cria ou sacrifica uma ficha, cada oponente perde 1 ponto de vida.

"O inimigo tem muitos espiões e muitas formas de escutar." — Gandalf

Woodfall Primus (Tales of Middle-earth Commander)
John Tedrick

Travolgere Quando il Primus della Foresta Caduta entra nel campo di battaglia, distruggi un permanente non creatura bersaglio. Persistere (Quando questa creatura muore, se non aveva segnalini -1/-1, rimettila sul campo di battaglia sotto il controllo del suo proprietario con un segnalino -1/-1.)

Tyrox, Saurid Tyrant (Aetherdrift)
John Tedrick

The Avishkari delegation considered their treaties with the Saurid Autocracy settled, but that was a crucial misunderstanding. To the Autocracy, diplomacy is a matter of power, not paper; testing the Grand Prix's defenses is merely their way of making a counteroffer.

Mirkwood Bats (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth)
John Tedrick

Flying Whenever you create or sacrifice a token, each opponent loses 1 life.

"The enemy has many spies and many ways of hearing." —Gandalf

Armored Kincaller (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
John Tedrick

When this creature enters, you may reveal a Dinosaur card from your hand. If you do or if you control another Dinosaur, you gain 3 life.

"She's devoted to protecting her herd. We're just lucky she considers us part of it." —Huatli

Floodpits Drowner (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
John Tedrick

Flash Vigilance When this creature enters, tap target creature an opponent controls and put a stun counter on it. {1}{U}, {T}: Shuffle this creature and target creature with a stun counter on it into their owners' libraries.

Woodfall Primus (Tales of Middle-earth Commander)
John Tedrick

Trample When this creature enters, destroy target noncreature permanent. Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

Slavering Branchsnapper (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
John Tedrick

Trample Forestcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Forest card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

"Hey, look! It made us a nice big path through the hedge maze!" —Zimone

Omnath, Locus of Creation (Store Championships)
John Tedrick

When Omnath enters, draw a card. Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you gain 4 life if this is the first time this ability has resolved this turn. If it's the second time, add {R}{G}{W}{U}. If it's the third time, Omnath deals 4 damage to each opponent and each planeswalker you don't control.

Snarling Gorehound (Murders at Karlov Manor)
John Tedrick

Menace Whenever another creature you control with power 2 or less enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

"I'd offer your dog a treat, but I'm afraid I don't have any appendages to spare." —Alquist Proft, to Judith

Flayer of Loyalties (Commander Masters)
John Tedrick

When you cast this spell, gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. Until end of turn, it has base power and toughness 10/10 and gains trample, annihilator 2, and haste. Annihilator 2 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices two permanents of their choice.) Trample

Scrabbling Skullcrab (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
John Tedrick

Eerie — Whenever an enchantment you control enters and whenever you fully unlock a Room, target player mills two cards. (They put the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.)

With sandy beaches in short supply, Duskmourn's crabs have adapted to burrow into everything from carpet to flesh.

Orchard Strider (Tales of Middle-earth Commander)
John Tedrick

When this creature enters, create two Food tokens. (They're artifacts with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.") Basic landcycling {1}{G} ({1}{G}, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Last March of the Ents (Tales of Middle-earth Promos)
John Tedrick

This spell can't be countered. Draw cards equal to the greatest toughness among creatures you control, then put any number of creature cards from your hand onto the battlefield.

"To Isengard with doom we come! With doom we come, with doom we come!"

Armored Kincaller (Foundations Jumpstart)
John Tedrick

When this creature enters, you may reveal a Dinosaur card from your hand. If you do or if you control another Dinosaur, you gain 3 life.

"She's devoted to protecting her herd. We're just lucky she considers us part of it." —Huatli

Marvo, Deep Operative (Murders at Karlov Manor Commander)
John Tedrick

Whenever Marvo attacks, clash with defending player. (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.) Whenever you win a clash, draw a card. Then you may cast a spell from your hand with mana value 8 or less without paying its mana cost.

Clammy Prowler (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
John Tedrick

Whenever this creature attacks, another target attacking creature can't be blocked this turn.

Sometimes, survivors in the Floodpits hear their own drowning voices crying out for help. Only the ones who flee immediately live to speak of it.

Strax, Sontaran Nurse (Doctor Who)
John Tedrick

Vigilance, trample Grenades! — {2}, {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Choose a player at random. When you do, Strax fights another target creature that player controls. Glory of Battle — Whenever Strax deals damage to a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on Strax.

Hauntwoods Shrieker (Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos)
John Tedrick

Whenever this creature attacks, manifest dread. (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.) {1}{G}: Reveal target face-down permanent. If it's a creature card, you may turn it face up.

Hauntwoods Shrieker (Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos)
John Tedrick

Whenever this creature attacks, manifest dread. (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.) {1}{G}: Reveal target face-down permanent. If it's a creature card, you may turn it face up.

Twitching Doll (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
John Tedrick

{T}: Add one mana of any color. Put a nest counter on this creature. {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Create a 2/2 green Spider creature token with reach for each counter on this creature. Activate only as a sorcery.

Strax, Sontaran Nurse (Doctor Who)
John Tedrick

Vigilance, trample Grenades! — {2}, {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Choose a player at random. When you do, Strax fights another target creature that player controls. Glory of Battle — Whenever Strax deals damage to a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on Strax.

Huskburster Swarm (Bloomburrow)
John Tedrick

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature card you own in exile and in your graveyard. Menace, deathtouch

Balemurk Leech (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
John Tedrick

Eerie — Whenever an enchantment you control enters and whenever you fully unlock a Room, each opponent loses 1 life.

Adapted to feed on dead flesh, it's not averse to making its own when no corpses are available.

Animist's Might (March of the Machine: The Aftermath)
John Tedrick

This spell costs {2} less to cast if it targets a legendary creature you control. Target creature you control deals damage equal to twice its power to target creature or planeswalker you don't control.

The creature was unlike any Nissa had seen, but she dealt with it as she would any threat.

Thijarian Witness (Doctor Who)
John Tedrick

Flash Bear Witness — Whenever another creature dies, if it was attacking or blocking alone, exile it and investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

"We honor the lost as we cannot honor our own."

Chomping Kavu (March of the Machine)
John Tedrick

Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following ability until end of turn.) This creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.

Leori, Sparktouched Hunter (Commander Masters)
John Tedrick

Flying, vigilance Whenever Leori deals combat damage to a player, choose a planeswalker type. Until end of turn, whenever you activate an ability of a planeswalker of that type, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copies.

Adipose Offspring (Doctor Who)
John Tedrick

Emerge {5}{W} (You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's mana value.) When this creature enters, create a 2/2 white Alien creature token. If this creature's emerge cost was paid, instead create X of those tokens, where X is the sacrificed creature's toughness.

Inspiring Refrain (Doctor Who)
John Tedrick

Draw two cards. Exile Inspiring Refrain with three time counters on it. Suspend 3—{2}{U} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {2}{U} and exile it with three 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.)

Jump Scare (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
John Tedrick

Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+2, gains flying, and becomes a Horror enchantment creature in addition to its other types.

"Boo!"

Seismic Monstrosaur (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
John Tedrick

Trample {2}{R}, Sacrifice a land: Draw a card. Mountaincycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Mountain card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Strax, Sontaran Nurse (Doctor Who)
John Tedrick

Vigilance, trample Grenades! — {2}, {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Choose a player at random. When you do, Strax fights another target creature that player controls. Glory of Battle — Whenever Strax deals damage to a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on Strax.

Mirkwood Bats (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth)
John Tedrick

Flying Whenever you create or sacrifice a token, each opponent loses 1 life.

"The enemy has many spies and many ways of hearing." —Gandalf

Adipose Offspring (Doctor Who)
John Tedrick

Emerge {5}{W} (You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's mana value.) When this creature enters, create a 2/2 white Alien creature token. If this creature's emerge cost was paid, instead create X of those tokens, where X is the sacrificed creature's toughness.

Orchard Strider (Tales of Middle-earth Commander)
John Tedrick

Quand l'Enjambeur du verger arrive sur le champ de bataille, créez deux jetons Nourriture. (Ce sont des artefacts avec « {2}, {T}, sacrifiez cet artefact : Vous gagnez 3 points de vie. ») Recyclage de terrain de base {1}{G} ({1}{G}, défaussez-vous de cette carte : Cherchez dans votre bibliothèque une carte de terrain de base, révélez-la, mettez-la dans votre main, puis mélangez.)

Pippin's Bravery (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth)
John Tedrick

You may sacrifice a Food. If you do, target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn. Otherwise, that creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Pippin stabbed upwards, and the written blade of Westernesse pierced through the hide and went deep into the vitals of the troll.

Landroval, Horizon Witness (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth)
John Tedrick

Flying Whenever two or more creatures you control attack a player, target attacking creature without flying gains flying until end of turn.

He passed over Udûn and Gorgoroth and saw all the land in ruin and tumult beneath him, and before him Mount Doom blazing, pouring out its fire.

Adipose Offspring (Doctor Who)
John Tedrick

Emerge {5}{W} (You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's mana value.) When this creature enters, create a 2/2 white Alien creature token. If this creature's emerge cost was paid, instead create X of those tokens, where X is the sacrificed creature's toughness.

Inspiring Refrain (Doctor Who)
John Tedrick

Draw two cards. Exile Inspiring Refrain with three time counters on it. Suspend 3—{2}{U} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {2}{U} and exile it with three 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.)

Time Beetle (Doctor Who)
John Tedrick

Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.) Parallel Universe — Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, time travel. (For each suspended card you own and each permanent you control with a time counter on it, you may add or remove a time counter.)

Sin, Spira's Punishment (Final Fantasy)
John Tedrick

Flying Whenever Sin enters or attacks, exile a permanent card from your graveyard at random, then create a tapped token that's a copy of that card. If the exiled card is a land card, repeat this process.

Marang River Regent (Tarkir: Dragonstorm)
John Tedrick

Voracious Fell Beast (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth)
John Tedrick

Flying When this creature enters, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. Create a Food token for each creature sacrificed this way. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

Hauntwoods Shrieker (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
John Tedrick

Whenever this creature attacks, manifest dread. (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.) {1}{G}: Reveal target face-down permanent. If it's a creature card, you may turn it face up.

Scytheclaw Raptor (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
John Tedrick

Whenever a player casts a spell, if it's not their turn, this creature deals 4 damage to them.

"She's a smart one. Noticed all on her own that the bloodsuckers wave their hands around to do their filthy magic, so she rips off their hands first." —Citamitzin, Sun Empire warrior

The Balrog, Flame of Udûn (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth)
John Tedrick

Trample When a legendary creature an opponent controls dies, put The Balrog on the bottom of its owner's library.

An evil of the Ancient World, both a shadow and a flame.

Pippin's Bravery (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth)
John Tedrick

You may sacrifice a Food. If you do, target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn. Otherwise, that creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Pippin stabbed upwards, and the written blade of Westernesse pierced through the hide and went deep into the vitals of the troll.

Landroval, Horizon Witness (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth)
John Tedrick

Flying Whenever two or more creatures you control attack a player, target attacking creature without flying gains flying until end of turn.

He passed over Udûn and Gorgoroth and saw all the land in ruin and tumult beneath him, and before him Mount Doom blazing, pouring out its fire.

Marauding Brinefang (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
John Tedrick

Ward {3} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {3}.) Islandcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for an Island card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Ancient glyphs are a lot harder to decipher when attached to an apex predator.

Rampaging Spiketail (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
John Tedrick

When this creature enters, target creature you control gets +2/+0 and gains indestructible until end of turn. Swampcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Swamp card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Last March of the Ents (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth)
John Tedrick

This spell can't be countered. Draw cards equal to the greatest toughness among creatures you control, then put any number of creature cards from your hand onto the battlefield.

"To Isengard with doom we come! With doom we come, with doom we come!"

Strax, Sontaran Nurse (Doctor Who)
John Tedrick

Vigilance, trample Grenades! — {2}, {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Choose a player at random. When you do, Strax fights another target creature that player controls. Glory of Battle — Whenever Strax deals damage to a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on Strax.

The Balrog, Flame of Udûn (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth)
John Tedrick

Trample When a legendary creature an opponent controls dies, put The Balrog on the bottom of its owner's library.

An evil of the Ancient World, both a shadow and a flame.