Machine Over Matter

Machine Over Matter (The Brothers' War)
Tuan Duong Chu

This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control an artifact creature. Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.

The Warlord decreed that only someone who could move the statue would be strong enough to marry the princess. So Urza moved it.

Young Blue Dragon (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Tuan Duong Chu

"I see the far side of tomorrow and the lost memories of queens. What do you wish to learn?"

Machine Over Matter (The Brothers' War)
Tuan Duong Chu

This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control an artifact creature. Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.

The Warlord decreed that only someone who could move the statue would be strong enough to marry the princess. So Urza moved it.

Lethal Scheme (New Capenna Commander)
Tuan Duong Chu

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Each creature that convoked Lethal Scheme connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)

Weaver of Harmony (Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty)
Tuan Duong Chu

Other enchantment creatures you control get +1/+1. {G}, {T}: Copy target activated or triggered ability you control from an enchantment source. You may choose new targets for the copy. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

Twinblade Geist (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Tuan Duong Chu

Glint Weaver (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Tuan Duong Chu

Reach When this creature enters, distribute three +1/+1 counters among one, two, or three target creatures, then you gain life equal to the greatest toughness among creatures you control.

The spider just loved how the gems twinkled, and the high-class prey they attracted.

Ecstatic Awakener (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt)
Tuan Duong Chu

Weaver of Harmony (Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Promos)
Tuan Duong Chu

Other enchantment creatures you control get +1/+1. {G}, {T}: Copy target activated or triggered ability you control from an enchantment source. You may choose new targets for the copy. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

Peer Past the Veil (Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos)
Tuan Duong Chu

Discard your hand. Then draw X cards, where X is the number of card types among cards in your graveyard.

Those who glimpse the House's true nature firsthand are cursed to never again look away.

Craterhoof Behemoth (Tarkir: Dragonstorm)
Tuan Duong Chu

Haste When this creature enters, creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of creatures you control.

Lagomos, Hand of Hatred (Dominaria United)
Tuan Duong Chu

At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 2/1 red Elemental creature token with trample and haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step. {T}: Search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only if five or more creatures died this turn.

The Apprentice's Folly (Wilds of Eldraine)
Tuan Duong Chu

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I, II — Choose target nontoken creature you control that doesn't have the same name as a token you control. Create a token that's a copy of it, except it isn't legendary, is a Reflection in addition to its other types, and has haste. III — Sacrifice all Reflections you control.

Reckless Detective (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Tuan Duong Chu

Whenever this creature attacks, you may sacrifice an artifact or discard a card. If you do, draw a card and this creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

He's gonna crack this thing wide open.

Eater of Virtue (Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Promos)
Tuan Duong Chu

Whenever equipped creature dies, exile it. Equipped creature gets +2/+0. As long as a card exiled with Eater of Virtue has flying, equipped creature has flying. The same is true for first strike, double strike, deathtouch, haste, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, menace, protection, reach, trample, and vigilance. Equip {1}

Lethal Scheme (New Capenna Commander Promos)
Tuan Duong Chu

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Each creature that convoked Lethal Scheme connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)

Nissa, Resurgent Animist (March of the Machine: The Aftermath Promos)
Tuan Duong Chu

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, add one mana of any color. Then if this is the second time this ability has resolved this turn, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal an Elf or Elemental card. Put that card into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Bonebind Orator (Bloomburrow)
Tuan Duong Chu

{3}{B}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Return another target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

A great actor can breathe new life into old material.

Elemental (Dominaria United Tokens)
Tuan Duong Chu

Trample, haste

The Long Reach of Night (Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty)
Tuan Duong Chu

Cursed Courtier (Wilds of Eldraine)
Tuan Duong Chu

Lifelink When this creature enters, create a Cursed Role token attached to it. (Enchanted creature is 1/1.)

It was the first and last time anyone attempted to levy a tax on the witches of Dunbarrow.

Peer Past the Veil (Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos)
Tuan Duong Chu

Discard your hand. Then draw X cards, where X is the number of card types among cards in your graveyard.

Those who glimpse the House's true nature firsthand are cursed to never again look away.

Tainted Adversary (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt)
Tuan Duong Chu

Deathtouch When this creature enters, you may pay {2}{B} any number of times. When you pay this cost one or more times, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature, then create twice that many 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens with decayed. (A creature with decayed can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)

Gleeful Demolition (Phyrexia: All Will Be One)
Tuan Duong Chu

Destroy target artifact. If you controlled that artifact, create three 1/1 red Phyrexian Goblin creature tokens.

Urabrask encourages creativity in all its forms, even the destructive ones. Especially the destructive ones.

Ziatora's Envoy (Streets of New Capenna)
Tuan Duong Chu

Trample Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, look at the top card of your library. You may play a land from the top of your library or cast a spell with mana value less than or equal to the damage dealt from the top of your library without paying its mana cost. If you don't, put that card into your hand. Blitz {2}{B}{R}{G}

Scorn-Blade Berserker (March of the Machine)
Tuan Duong Chu

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.) {1}, Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card.

"Before I fall, I will taste the blood of Sarulf himself!"

Weaver of Harmony (Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty)
Tuan Duong Chu

Other enchantment creatures you control get +1/+1. {G}, {T}: Copy target activated or triggered ability you control from an enchantment source. You may choose new targets for the copy. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

Tainted Adversary (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos)
Tuan Duong Chu

Deathtouch When this creature enters, you may pay {2}{B} any number of times. When you pay this cost one or more times, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature, then create twice that many 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens with decayed. (A creature with decayed can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)

Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Tuan Duong Chu

{T}, Sacrifice another creature or an artifact: For each opponent, you mill a card, then return that card from your graveyard to your hand unless that player pays 3 life. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.) Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Mind Drill Assailant (Bloomburrow)
Tuan Duong Chu

Threshold — As long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard, this creature gets +3/+0. {2}{U/B}: Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

"If only you kept your secrets somewhere more secure than your delicate little skull."

Tainted Adversary (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Tuan Duong Chu

Deathtouch When this creature enters, you may pay {2}{B} any number of times. When you pay this cost one or more times, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature, then create twice that many 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens with decayed. (A creature with decayed can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)

Depth Defiler (Modern Horizons 3)
Tuan Duong Chu

Devoid (This card has no color.) Kicker {C} (You may pay an additional {C} as you cast this spell.) When you cast this spell, choose one. If it was kicked, choose both instead. • Return target creature to its owner's hand. • Target player draws two cards, then discards a card.

Peer Past the Veil (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
Tuan Duong Chu

Discard your hand. Then draw X cards, where X is the number of card types among cards in your graveyard.

Those who glimpse the House's true nature firsthand are cursed to never again look away.

Tainted Adversary (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt)
Tuan Duong Chu

Deathtouch When this creature enters, you may pay {2}{B} any number of times. When you pay this cost one or more times, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature, then create twice that many 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens with decayed. (A creature with decayed can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)

Lethal Scheme (Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander)
Tuan Duong Chu

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Each creature that convoked Lethal Scheme connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)

Tainted Adversary (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos)
Tuan Duong Chu

Deathtouch When this creature enters, you may pay {2}{B} any number of times. When you pay this cost one or more times, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature, then create twice that many 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens with decayed. (A creature with decayed can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)

Rulik Mons, Warren Chief (Dominaria United)
Tuan Duong Chu

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) Whenever Rulik Mons attacks, look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card, you may put it onto the battlefield tapped. If you didn't put a card onto the battlefield this way, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token.

Furnace Gremlin (March of the Machine)
Tuan Duong Chu

{1}{R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. When this creature dies, incubate X, where X is its power. (Create an Incubator token with X +1/+1 counters on it and "{2}: Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)

Ecstatic Awakener (Innistrad Remastered)
Tuan Duong Chu

Skittering Precursor (Modern Horizons 3)
Tuan Duong Chu

Devoid (This card has no color.) Menace Whenever you sacrifice a nontoken permanent, create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token with "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."

It pushes ahead, eliminating lookouts and tactically sowing spawn.

Flow of Knowledge (The Brothers' War)
Tuan Duong Chu

Draw a card for each Island you control, then discard two cards.

"Focus your mind. Do you hold a piece of the ocean or a thousand drops of rain?" —Hurkyl

Tyrranax Rex (Phyrexia: All Will Be One Promos)
Tuan Duong Chu

This spell can't be countered. Trample, ward {4}, haste Toxic 4 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get four poison counters.)

Ziatora's Envoy (Streets of New Capenna Promos)
Tuan Duong Chu

Trample Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, look at the top card of your library. You may play a land from the top of your library or cast a spell with mana value less than or equal to the damage dealt from the top of your library without paying its mana cost. If you don't, put that card into your hand. Blitz {2}{B}{R}{G}

Barrensteppe Siege (Tarkir: Dragonstorm)
Tuan Duong Chu

As this enchantment enters, choose Abzan or Mardu. • Abzan — At the beginning of your end step, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. • Mardu — At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died under your control this turn, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Will of the Mardu (Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander)
Tuan Duong Chu

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead. • Create a number of 1/1 red Warrior creature tokens equal to the number of creatures target player controls. • Will of the Mardu deals damage to target creature equal to the number of creatures you control.

Greensleeves, Maro-Sorcerer (The List)
Tuan Duong Chu

Protection from planeswalkers and from Wizards Greensleeves's power and toughness are each equal to the number of lands you control. Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, create a 3/3 green Badger creature token.

Glistening Sphere (Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander)
Tuan Duong Chu

This artifact enters tapped. When this artifact enters, proliferate. {T}: Add one mana of any color. Corrupted — {T}: Add three mana of any one color. Activate only if an opponent has three or more poison counters.

Greensleeves, Maro-Sorcerer (Dominaria United Commander)
Tuan Duong Chu

Protection from planeswalkers and from Wizards Greensleeves's power and toughness are each equal to the number of lands you control. Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, create a 3/3 green Badger creature token.

Out Cold (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Tuan Duong Chu

This spell can't be countered. (This includes by the ward ability.) Tap up to two target creatures and put a stun counter on each of them. Investigate. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

"We'll get their statements after they defrost." —Dvika of the Foundway Associates

Weaver of Harmony (Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Promos)
Tuan Duong Chu

Other enchantment creatures you control get +1/+1. {G}, {T}: Copy target activated or triggered ability you control from an enchantment source. You may choose new targets for the copy. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

Empty the Laboratory (Midnight Hunt Commander)
Tuan Duong Chu

Sacrifice X Zombies, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a number of Zombie creature cards equal to the number of Zombies sacrificed this way. Put those cards onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Tolarian Contempt (March of the Machine: The Aftermath)
Tuan Duong Chu

When this enchantment enters, put a rejection counter on each creature your opponents control. At the beginning of your end step, for each opponent, choose up to one target creature they control with a rejection counter on it. That creature's owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library.

Granite Witness (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Tuan Duong Chu

Flying, vigilance Disguise {W/U}{W/U} (You may cast this card face down for {3} as a 2/2 creature with ward {2}. Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.) When this creature is turned face up, you may tap or untap target creature.

Tyrranax Rex (Phyrexia: All Will Be One Promos)
Tuan Duong Chu

This spell can't be countered. Trample, ward {4}, haste Toxic 4 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get four poison counters.)

Eater of Virtue (Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty)
Tuan Duong Chu

Whenever equipped creature dies, exile it. Equipped creature gets +2/+0. As long as a card exiled with Eater of Virtue has flying, equipped creature has flying. The same is true for first strike, double strike, deathtouch, haste, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, menace, protection, reach, trample, and vigilance. Equip {1}

Empty the Laboratory (Midnight Hunt Commander)
Tuan Duong Chu

Sacrifice X Zombies, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a number of Zombie creature cards equal to the number of Zombies sacrificed this way. Put those cards onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Flow of Knowledge (The Brothers' War)
Tuan Duong Chu

Draw a card for each Island you control, then discard two cards.

"Focus your mind. Do you hold a piece of the ocean or a thousand drops of rain?" —Hurkyl

Greensleeves, Maro-Sorcerer (Dominaria United Commander)
Tuan Duong Chu

Protection from planeswalkers and from Wizards Greensleeves's power and toughness are each equal to the number of lands you control. Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, create a 3/3 green Badger creature token.

Sunshower Druid (Bloomburrow)
Tuan Duong Chu

When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature and you gain 1 life.

Apprentice augurs begin their studies by predicting where the rain will fall. Even those who don't succeed derive great joy from the process.

Ecstatic Awakener (Innistrad Remastered)
Tuan Duong Chu

Hoarding Ogre (Adventures in the Forgotten Realms)
Tuan Duong Chu

Whenever this creature attacks, roll a d20. 1—9 | Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") 10—19 | Create two Treasure tokens. 20 | Create three Treasure tokens.

Hoarding Ogre (The List)
Tuan Duong Chu

Whenever this creature attacks, roll a d20. 1—9 | Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") 10—19 | Create two Treasure tokens. 20 | Create three Treasure tokens.

Glistening Sphere (Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander)
Tuan Duong Chu

This artifact enters tapped. When this artifact enters, proliferate. {T}: Add one mana of any color. Corrupted — {T}: Add three mana of any one color. Activate only if an opponent has three or more poison counters.

Nissa, Resurgent Animist (March of the Machine: The Aftermath)
Tuan Duong Chu

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, add one mana of any color. Then if this is the second time this ability has resolved this turn, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal an Elf or Elemental card. Put that card into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Will of the Mardu (Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander)
Tuan Duong Chu

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead. • Create a number of 1/1 red Warrior creature tokens equal to the number of creatures target player controls. • Will of the Mardu deals damage to target creature equal to the number of creatures you control.

Hoarding Ogre (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Tuan Duong Chu

Whenever this creature attacks, roll a d20. 1—9 | Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") 10—19 | Create two Treasure tokens. 20 | Create three Treasure tokens.

Twinblade Geist (Innistrad Remastered)
Tuan Duong Chu

Riling Dawnbreaker (Tarkir: Dragonstorm)
Tuan Duong Chu

Ziatora's Envoy (Streets of New Capenna Promos)
Tuan Duong Chu

Trample Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, look at the top card of your library. You may play a land from the top of your library or cast a spell with mana value less than or equal to the damage dealt from the top of your library without paying its mana cost. If you don't, put that card into your hand. Blitz {2}{B}{R}{G}

Eater of Virtue (Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty)
Tuan Duong Chu

Whenever equipped creature dies, exile it. Equipped creature gets +2/+0. As long as a card exiled with Eater of Virtue has flying, equipped creature has flying. The same is true for first strike, double strike, deathtouch, haste, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, menace, protection, reach, trample, and vigilance. Equip {1}

Lethal Scheme (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander)
Tuan Duong Chu

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Each creature that convoked Lethal Scheme connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)

Diversion Specialist (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
Tuan Duong Chu

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) {1}, Sacrifice another creature or enchantment: Exile the top card of your library. You may play it this turn.

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Lethal Scheme (New Capenna Commander)
Tuan Duong Chu

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Each creature that convoked Lethal Scheme connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)

Roaring Earth (Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty)
Tuan Duong Chu

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or Vehicle you control. Channel — {X}{G}{G}, Discard this card: Put X +1/+1 counters on target land you control. It becomes a 0/0 green Spirit creature with haste. It's still a land.

Twinblade Geist (Innistrad Remastered)
Tuan Duong Chu

Run Over (Aetherdrift)
Tuan Duong Chu

This spell costs {1} less to cast if it targets a Mount or Vehicle you control. Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature an opponent controls.

Twinblade Geist (Innistrad: Crimson Vow)
Tuan Duong Chu

Ecstatic Awakener (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Tuan Duong Chu

The Apprentice's Folly (Wilds of Eldraine Promos)
Tuan Duong Chu

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I, II — Choose target nontoken creature you control that doesn't have the same name as a token you control. Create a token that's a copy of it, except it isn't legendary, is a Reflection in addition to its other types, and has haste. III — Sacrifice all Reflections you control.

Eater of Virtue (Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Promos)
Tuan Duong Chu

Whenever equipped creature dies, exile it. Equipped creature gets +2/+0. As long as a card exiled with Eater of Virtue has flying, equipped creature has flying. The same is true for first strike, double strike, deathtouch, haste, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, menace, protection, reach, trample, and vigilance. Equip {1}

Nissa, Resurgent Animist (March of the Machine: The Aftermath)
Tuan Duong Chu

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, add one mana of any color. Then if this is the second time this ability has resolved this turn, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal an Elf or Elemental card. Put that card into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Tyrranax Rex (Phyrexia: All Will Be One)
Tuan Duong Chu

This spell can't be countered. Trample, ward {4}, haste Toxic 4 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get four poison counters.)

The Apprentice's Folly (Wilds of Eldraine Promos)
Tuan Duong Chu

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I, II — Choose target nontoken creature you control that doesn't have the same name as a token you control. Create a token that's a copy of it, except it isn't legendary, is a Reflection in addition to its other types, and has haste. III — Sacrifice all Reflections you control.