Ambition's Cost

Ambition's Cost (Dominaria United Commander)
Zezhou Chen

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

"Conquering your first world is the hardest, after all. My power grew as I moved from world to world, taking anything that would make the next taking easier." —Ob Nixilis

Ambition's Cost (March of the Machine Commander)
Zezhou Chen

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

"Conquering your first world is the hardest, after all. My power grew as I moved from world to world, taking anything that would make the next taking easier." —Ob Nixilis

Ambition's Cost (Starter Commander Decks)
Zezhou Chen

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

"Conquering your first world is the hardest, after all. My power grew as I moved from world to world, taking anything that would make the next taking easier." —Ob Nixilis

Ambition's Cost (Commander Anthology)
Junko Taguchi

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

The waters of wisdom are as dust in the mouth of one who thirsts for power.

Ambition's Cost (Commander 2021)
Zezhou Chen

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

"Conquering your first world is the hardest, after all. My power grew as I moved from world to world, taking anything that would make the next taking easier." —Ob Nixilis

Ambition's Cost (The List)
Junko Taguchi

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

The waters of wisdom are as dust in the mouth of one who thirsts for power.

Ambition's Cost (Kaldheim Commander)
Zezhou Chen

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

"Conquering your first world is the hardest, after all. My power grew as I moved from world to world, taking anything that would make the next taking easier." —Ob Nixilis

Ambition's Cost (Eighth Edition)
Junko Taguchi

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

"Knowledge demands sacrifice."

Ambition's Cost (Commander 2015)
Junko Taguchi

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

The waters of wisdom are as dust in the mouth of one who thirsts for power.

Ambition's Cost (Duel Decks: Nissa vs. Ob Nixilis)
Zezhou Chen

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

"Conquering your first world is the hardest, after all. My power grew as I moved from world to world, taking anything that would make the next taking easier." —Ob Nixilis

Ambition's Cost (Commander 2020)
Zezhou Chen

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

"Conquering your first world is the hardest, after all. My power grew as I moved from world to world, taking anything that would make the next taking easier." —Ob Nixilis

Ambition's Cost (Portal Three Kingdoms)
Junko Taguchi

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

"When you give offense to heaven, to whom can you pray?" —Cao Cao, quoting Confucius

Ambition's Cost (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Zezhou Chen

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

"Of course it can be yours. Anything is possible, for the right price. Speaking of which . . ."

Ambition's Cost (Commander 2017)
Zezhou Chen

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

"Conquering your first world is the hardest, after all. My power grew as I moved from world to world, taking anything that would make the next taking easier." —Ob Nixilis

Flight of Equenauts (Guilds of Ravnica)
Zezhou Chen

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.) Flying

"Yes, there's competition between our equenauts and the Boros skyjeks. At least they think it's a competition."

Slither Blade (Zendikar Rising Commander)
Zezhou Chen

This creature can't be blocked.

Some naga initiates move as silently as the suns' reflections on the water.

Cackling Counterpart (Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander)
Zezhou Chen

Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control. Flashback {5}{U}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Irene's screams of denial harmonized with its terrible laughter.

Flight of Equenauts (March of the Machine Commander)
Zezhou Chen

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.) Flying

"Yes, there's competition between our equenauts and the Boros skyjeks. At least they think it's a competition."

Spectacular Pileup (Aetherdrift)
Zezhou Chen

All creatures and Vehicles lose indestructible until end of turn, then destroy all creatures and Vehicles. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

The first four crashes were accidental. Then the Endriders joined the fun.

Mister Gutsy (Fallout)
Zezhou Chen

Whenever you cast an Aura or Equipment spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. When this creature dies, create X Junk tokens, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on it. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. Activate only as a sorcery.")

Transcendent Envoy (Jumpstart 2022)
Zezhou Chen

Flying Aura spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

"The first griffins were made by the gods to capture falling stars; they were given the keenest eyes and the swiftest wings, and sent to keep watch above the clouds." —*The Cosmogony*

Vanguard Seraph (Foundations)
Zezhou Chen

Flying Whenever you gain life for the first time each turn, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

She guides expedition parties through the perilous floating ruins of Zendikar's ancient empires.

Rose, Cutthroat Raider (Fallout)
Zezhou Chen

First strike Raid — At end of combat on your turn, if you attacked this turn, create a Junk token for each opponent you attacked. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. Activate only as a sorcery.") Whenever you sacrifice a Junk, add {R}.

Oko's Accomplices (Throne of Eldraine)
Zezhou Chen

Flying

They function as everything from assassins to jesters in the name of their fae king.

Baloth Gorger (Dominaria)
Zezhou Chen

Kicker {4} (You may pay an additional {4} as you cast this spell.) If this creature was kicked, it enters with three +1/+1 counters on it.

A baloth only cares about the many things it eats and the few things that eat it.

Dispatch (Fallout)
Zezhou Chen

Tap target creature. Metalcraft — If you control three or more artifacts, exile that creature.

"Structural weakness detected. Exploiting."

Nebelgast Herald (Innistrad Remastered)
Zezhou Chen

Flash Flying Whenever this creature or another Spirit you control enters, tap target creature an opponent controls.

Timestream Navigator (Rivals of Ixalan)
Zezhou Chen

Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.) {2}{U}{U}, {T}, Put this creature on the bottom of its owner's library: Take an extra turn after this one. Activate only if you have the city's blessing.

Mendicant Core, Guidelight (Aetherdrift Promos)
Zezhou Chen

Mendicant Core's power is equal to the number of artifacts you control. Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.) Max speed — Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you may pay {1}. If you do, copy it. (The copy becomes a token.)

Vexilus Praetor (Warhammer 40,000 Commander)
Zezhou Chen

Destello. Vigilancia. Égida del Emperador — Los comandantes que controlas tienen protección contra todo.

No hay mayor baluarte que los Pretores de los Adeptus Custodes, los guardaespaldas del Emperador de la Humanidad.

Staff of Domination (Kaladesh Inventions)
Zezhou Chen

{1}: Untap this artifact. {2}, {T}: You gain 1 life. {3}, {T}: Untap target creature. {4}, {T}: Tap target creature. {5}, {T}: Draw a card.

Ghalta and Mavren (March of the Machine Promos)
Zezhou Chen

Trample Whenever you attack, choose one — • Create a tapped and attacking X/X green Dinosaur creature token with trample, where X is the greatest power among other attacking creatures. • Create X 1/1 white Vampire creature tokens with lifelink, where X is the number of other attacking creatures.

Ashiok's Erasure (Theros Beyond Death Promos)
Zezhou Chen

Flash When this enchantment enters, exile target spell. Your opponents can't cast spells with the same name as the exiled card. When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to its owner's hand.

Knight of Sorrows (The List)
Zezhou Chen

This creature can block an additional creature each combat. Afterlife 1 (When this creature dies, create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying.)

The helmet reveals no eyes to witness your penance, no mouth to offer absolution.

Kunoros, Hound of Athreos (Theros Beyond Death Promos)
Zezhou Chen

Vigilance, menace, lifelink Creature cards in graveyards can't enter the battlefield. Players can't cast spells from graveyards.

Three sharp barks announce an attempt to escape the Underworld. Three sharp bites end it.

Nylea's Intervention (Theros Beyond Death Promos)
Zezhou Chen

Choose one — • Search your library for up to X land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle. • Nylea's Intervention deals twice X damage to each creature with flying.

"I bring a wilderness no law can tame."

Spectacular Pileup (Aetherdrift Promos)
Zezhou Chen

All creatures and Vehicles lose indestructible until end of turn, then destroy all creatures and Vehicles. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

The first four crashes were accidental. Then the Endriders joined the fun.

Ghalta and Mavren (March of the Machine)
Zezhou Chen

Trample Whenever you attack, choose one — • Create a tapped and attacking X/X green Dinosaur creature token with trample, where X is the greatest power among other attacking creatures. • Create X 1/1 white Vampire creature tokens with lifelink, where X is the number of other attacking creatures.

Sawblade Skinripper (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
Zezhou Chen

Menace {2}, Sacrifice another creature or enchantment: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. At the beginning of your end step, if you sacrificed one or more permanents this turn, this creature deals that much damage to any target.

Shapers' Sanctuary (Ixalan)
Zezhou Chen

Whenever a creature you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, you may draw a card.

Protection is woven into every vine and branch.

Baloth Gorger (The List)
Zezhou Chen

Kicker {4} (You may pay an additional {4} as you cast this spell.) If this creature was kicked, it enters with three +1/+1 counters on it.

A baloth only cares about the many things it eats and the few things that eat it.

Sacred Cat (The List)
Zezhou Chen

Lifelink Embalm {W} ({W}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Cat with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)

Consider (Wilds of Eldraine Commander)
Zezhou Chen

Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) Draw a card.

Ivold gasped in surprise. Either a very strange insect had crawled onto one of the lenses or he was seeing geists at last!

Fearless Liberator (Kaldheim)
Zezhou Chen

Boast — {2}{R}: Create a 2/1 red Dwarf Berserker creature token. (Activate only if this creature attacked this turn and only once each turn.)

"No one else had the spine for it, so I ran right between that giant's legs and hauled poor Valdir back to Axgard!"

Ghirapur Osprey (Aether Revolt)
Zezhou Chen

Flying

Many airship captains keep pets that share their love of the sky.

Roaming Ghostlight (Core Set 2021)
Zezhou Chen

Flying When this creature enters, return up to one target non-Spirit creature to its owner's hand.

Some who die senseless deaths return as formless spirits, seeking answers where there are none.

Ambition's Cost (Dominaria United Commander)
Zezhou Chen

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

"Conquering your first world is the hardest, after all. My power grew as I moved from world to world, taking anything that would make the next taking easier." —Ob Nixilis

Ambition's Cost (March of the Machine Commander)
Zezhou Chen

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

"Conquering your first world is the hardest, after all. My power grew as I moved from world to world, taking anything that would make the next taking easier." —Ob Nixilis

Barkform Harvester (Bloomburrow)
Zezhou Chen

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) Reach {2}: Put target card from your graveyard on the bottom of your library.

The farmers hide when it runs out of potatoes to harvest.

Deeproot Waters (Ixalan)
Zezhou Chen

Whenever you cast a Merfolk spell, create a 1/1 blue Merfolk creature token with hexproof. (A creature with hexproof can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

A visit to the Deeproot Tree and its ancient spring replenishes a merfolk's connection to nature.

Zalto, Fire Giant Duke (Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos)
Zezhou Chen

Trample Whenever Zalto is dealt damage, venture into the dungeon. (Enter the first room or advance to the next room.)

Fire giants love to fight on a large scale, and Duke Zalto is one of the greatest warmongers of his age.

Tempest Djinn (Dominaria Promos)
Zezhou Chen

Flying This creature gets +1/+0 for each basic Island you control.

The first to arrive on Dominaria from their distant home, the marids are the oldest tribe of djinn and the most respected by storm and sea.

Birth of the Imperium (Warhammer 40,000 Commander)
Zezhou Chen

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Create a 2/2 white Astartes Warrior creature token with vigilance for each opponent you have. II — Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. III — Draw two cards for each opponent who controls fewer creatures than you.

Prosthetic Injector (Phyrexia: All Will Be One)
Zezhou Chen

Equipped creature gets +0/+2 and has toxic 1. (Players dealt combat damage by equipped creature also get a poison counter.) Equip {1}

Why carry a subject to a surgical lab when you can bring the surgical lab to them?

Silverquill Silencer (Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos)
Zezhou Chen

As this creature enters, choose a nonland card name. Whenever an opponent casts a spell with the chosen name, they lose 3 life and you draw a card.

"I am very much in the mood to start handing out expulsions."

Ambition's Cost (Duel Decks: Nissa vs. Ob Nixilis)
Zezhou Chen

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

"Conquering your first world is the hardest, after all. My power grew as I moved from world to world, taking anything that would make the next taking easier." —Ob Nixilis

Sanguine Evangelist (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
Zezhou Chen

Battle cry (Whenever this creature attacks, each other attacking creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.) When this creature enters or dies, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying.

"Fang-brethren, we feed together."

Birth of the Imperium (Warhammer 40,000 Commander)
Zezhou Chen

(Mentre questa Saga entra e dopo la tua sottofase di acquisizione, aggiungi un segnalino sapere. Sacrifica dopo III.) I — Crea una pedina creatura Guerriero Astartes 2/2 bianca con cautela per ogni avversario che hai. II — Ogni avversario sacrifica una creatura. III — Pesca due carte per ogni avversario che controlla meno creature di te.

Timestream Navigator (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander)
Zezhou Chen

Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.) {2}{U}{U}, {T}, Put this creature on the bottom of its owner's library: Take an extra turn after this one. Activate only if you have the city's blessing.

Consider (Murders at Karlov Manor Commander)
Zezhou Chen

Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) Draw a card.

Ivold gasped in surprise. Either a very strange insect had crawled onto one of the lenses or he was seeing geists at last!

Baloth Gorger (Foundations Jumpstart)
Zezhou Chen

Kicker {4} (You may pay an additional {4} as you cast this spell.) If this creature was kicked, it enters with three +1/+1 counters on it.

A baloth only cares about the many things it eats and the few things that eat it.

Angelic Purge (Shadows over Innistrad)
Zezhou Chen

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a permanent. Exile target artifact, creature, or enchantment.

"We must save you from yourselves."

Adeliz, the Cinder Wind (Dominaria Promos)
Zezhou Chen

Flying, haste Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Wizards you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

The passionate intensity of the Ghitu tempered by the cool insight of Tolarian training.

Vexing Puzzlebox (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Zezhou Chen

Whenever you roll one or more dice, put a number of charge counters on this artifact equal to the result. {T}: Add one mana of any color. Roll a d20. {T}, Remove 100 charge counters from this artifact: Search your library for an artifact card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Consider (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt)
Zezhou Chen

Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) Draw a card.

Ivold gasped in surprise. Either a very strange insect had crawled onto one of the lenses or he was seeing geists at last!

Mendicant Core, Guidelight (Aetherdrift)
Zezhou Chen

Mendicant Core's power is equal to the number of artifacts you control. Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.) Max speed — Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you may pay {1}. If you do, copy it. (The copy becomes a token.)

Purifying Dragon (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Zezhou Chen

Flying Whenever this creature attacks, it deals 1 damage to target creature defending player controls. If that creature is a Zombie, this creature deals 2 damage to it instead.

Nebelgast Herald (Innistrad Remastered)
Zezhou Chen

Flash Flying Whenever this creature or another Spirit you control enters, tap target creature an opponent controls.

Toolcraft Exemplar (Kaladesh Promos)
Zezhou Chen

At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control an artifact, this creature gets +2/+1 until end of turn. If you control three or more artifacts, it also gains first strike until end of turn.

"If you wish to produce the finest work, you must start with the finest tools."

Ramses, Assassin Lord (Secret Lair Drop)
Zezhou Chen

Deathtouch Other Assassins you control get +1/+1. Whenever a player loses the game, if they were attacked this turn by an Assassin you controlled, you win the game.

"But a man you trust with anything . . . can take everything."

Blazing Volley (The List)
Zezhou Chen

Blazing Volley deals 1 damage to each creature your opponents control.

The arrows fell like fiery rain, and for a moment, the sky itself seemed to burn.

Vexilus Praetor (Warhammer 40,000 Commander)
Zezhou Chen

Lampo Cautela Egida dell'Imperatore — I comandanti che controlli hanno protezione da tutto.

Non esiste baluardo più insormontabile dei Pretori dell'Adeptus Custodes, le guardie del corpo dell'Imperatore dell'Umanità.

Birth of the Imperium (Warhammer 40,000 Commander)
Zezhou Chen

(Au moment où cette saga arrive sur le champ de bataille et après votre étape de pioche, ajoutez un marqueur « sapience ». Sacrifiez après III.) I — Créez un jeton de créature 2/2 blanche Astartes et Guerrier avec la vigilance pour chaque adversaire que vous avez. II — Chaque adversaire sacrifie une créature. III — Piochez deux cartes pour chaque adversaire qui contrôle moins de créatures que vous.

Birth of the Imperium (Warhammer 40,000 Commander)
Zezhou Chen

（この英雄譚が出た際とあなたのドロー・ステップの後に、伝承カウンター１個を加える。IIIの後に、生け贄に捧げる。） I — あなたは対戦相手１人につき１体の、警戒を持つ白の２/２のアスタルテス・戦士・クリーチャー・トークンを生成する。 II — 各対戦相手はそれぞれクリーチャー１体を生け贄に捧げる。 III — あなたはコントロールしているクリーチャーの数があなたより少ない対戦相手１人につき２枚のカードを引く。

Assassin (War of the Spark Tokens)
Zezhou Chen

Deathtouch Whenever this creature deals damage to a planeswalker, destroy that planeswalker.

Nylea's Intervention (Theros Beyond Death)
Zezhou Chen

Choose one — • Search your library for up to X land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle. • Nylea's Intervention deals twice X damage to each creature with flying.

"I bring a wilderness no law can tame."

Transcendent Envoy (Theros Beyond Death)
Zezhou Chen

Flying Aura spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

"The first griffins were made by the gods to capture falling stars; they were given the keenest eyes and the swiftest wings, and sent to keep watch above the clouds." —*The Cosmogony*

Dimir Locket (Guilds of Ravnica)
Zezhou Chen

{T}: Add {U} or {B}. {U/B}{U/B}{U/B}{U/B}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw two cards.

"Wear this, and take your place among the shadows—wise, lethal, and unseen." —Ivrelya, Dimir spymaster

Tempest Djinn (Foundations)
Zezhou Chen

Flying This creature gets +1/+0 for each basic Island you control.

"Oh, yes, many have come to take my power for their own. They will tell you all about their exploits when you meet them on the sea floor."

Vedalken Mesmerist (Guilds of Ravnica)
Zezhou Chen

Whenever this creature attacks, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-0 until end of turn.

"There's no need to sound the alarm. You are minding your post admirably. I am authorized. All is well."

Kunoros, Hound of Athreos (Theros Beyond Death)
Zezhou Chen

Vigilance, menace, lifelink Creature cards in graveyards can't enter the battlefield. Players can't cast spells from graveyards.

Three sharp barks announce an attempt to escape the Underworld. Three sharp bites end it.

Mister Gutsy (Fallout)
Zezhou Chen

Whenever you cast an Aura or Equipment spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. When this creature dies, create X Junk tokens, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on it. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. Activate only as a sorcery.")

Consider (Ravnica: Clue Edition)
Zezhou Chen

Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) Draw a card.

Ivold gasped in surprise. Either a very strange insect had crawled onto one of the lenses or he was seeing geists at last!

Consider (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Zezhou Chen

Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) Draw a card.

Ivold gasped in surprise. Either a very strange insect had crawled onto one of the lenses or he was seeing geists at last!

Knight of Sorrows (Ravnica Allegiance)
Zezhou Chen

This creature can block an additional creature each combat. Afterlife 1 (When this creature dies, create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying.)

The helmet reveals no eyes to witness your penance, no mouth to offer absolution.

Sanguine Evangelist (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
Zezhou Chen

Battle cry (Whenever this creature attacks, each other attacking creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.) When this creature enters or dies, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying.

"Fang-brethren, we feed together."

Slither Blade (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander)
Zezhou Chen

This creature can't be blocked.

Some naga initiates move as silently as the suns' reflections on the water.

Consider (Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander)
Zezhou Chen

Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) Draw a card.

Ivold gasped in surprise. Either a very strange insect had crawled onto one of the lenses or he was seeing geists at last!

Sanguine Evangelist (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos)
Zezhou Chen

Battle cry (Whenever this creature attacks, each other attacking creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.) When this creature enters or dies, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying.

"Fang-brethren, we feed together."

Spinal Centipede (Guilds of Ravnica)
Zezhou Chen

When this creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

The Golgari adorn themselves with the exoskeletons of iridescent insects. It's only fair the insects do likewise.

Might of the Old Ways (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Zezhou Chen

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Coven — Then if you control three or more creatures with different powers, draw a card.

Brimming with power from their disrupted ritual, the Dawnhart witches lashed out at the werewolf intruders.

Vengeful Bloodwitch (Foundations)
Zezhou Chen

Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

"Using blood to shed more blood— tell me that's not inspired!"

Sacred Cat (Amonkhet Tokens)
Zezhou Chen

Lifelink

Dispatch (Fallout)
Zezhou Chen

Tap target creature. Metalcraft — If you control three or more artifacts, exile that creature.

"Structural weakness detected. Exploiting."

Ambition's Cost (Starter Commander Decks)
Zezhou Chen

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

"Conquering your first world is the hardest, after all. My power grew as I moved from world to world, taking anything that would make the next taking easier." —Ob Nixilis

Mister Gutsy (Fallout)
Zezhou Chen

Whenever you cast an Aura or Equipment spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. When this creature dies, create X Junk tokens, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on it. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. Activate only as a sorcery.")

Ashiok's Erasure (Theros Beyond Death)
Zezhou Chen

Flash When this enchantment enters, exile target spell. Your opponents can't cast spells with the same name as the exiled card. When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to its owner's hand.

Rose, Cutthroat Raider (Fallout)
Zezhou Chen

First strike Raid — At end of combat on your turn, if you attacked this turn, create a Junk token for each opponent you attacked. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. Activate only as a sorcery.") Whenever you sacrifice a Junk, add {R}.

Angelic Purge (The List)
Zezhou Chen

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a permanent. Exile target artifact, creature, or enchantment.

"We must save you from yourselves."

Joint Exploration (Dominaria United)
Zezhou Chen

Kicker {G} (You may pay an additional {G} as you cast this spell.) Scry 2, then draw a card. If this spell was kicked, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

The Tolarians had the maps, but only the Yavimayans knew how to read them.

Angelic Purge (Innistrad Remastered)
Zezhou Chen

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a permanent. Exile target artifact, creature, or enchantment.

"We must save you from yourselves."

Wardscale Crocodile (War of the Spark)
Zezhou Chen

Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

"The Eternals had to endure Amonkhet's five trials. Let's see if they can pass the Trial of Ravnica." —Jace Beleren

Cyberdrive Awakener (Neon Dynasty Commander)
Zezhou Chen

Flying Other artifact creatures you control have flying. When this creature enters, until end of turn, each noncreature artifact you control becomes an artifact creature with base power and toughness 4/4.

Silverquill Silencer (Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos)
Zezhou Chen

As this creature enters, choose a nonland card name. Whenever an opponent casts a spell with the chosen name, they lose 3 life and you draw a card.

"I am very much in the mood to start handing out expulsions."

Swiftfoot Boots (Fallout)
Zezhou Chen

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.) Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

"I don't need brakes. I usually find that if something stops me, it's interesting enough to stop for."

Sentinel's Mark (Ravnica Allegiance)
Zezhou Chen

Flash Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+2 and has vigilance. Addendum — When this Aura enters, if you cast it during your main phase, enchanted creature gains lifelink until end of turn.

Shapers' Sanctuary (Ixalan Promos)
Zezhou Chen

Whenever a creature you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, you may draw a card.

Protection is woven into every vine and branch.

Nebelgast Herald (Crimson Vow Commander)
Zezhou Chen

Flash Flying Whenever this creature or another Spirit you control enters, tap target creature an opponent controls.

Bond of Discipline (War of the Spark)
Zezhou Chen

Tap all creatures your opponents control. Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.

"We agree that order benefits everyone, but not until you enforce it."

Goring Ceratops (Ixalan Promos)
Zezhou Chen

Double strike Whenever this creature attacks, other creatures you control gain double strike until end of turn.

"Follow her footsteps and she will show you the way." —Itzama the Crested

Silverquill Silencer (Strixhaven: School of Mages)
Zezhou Chen

As this creature enters, choose a nonland card name. Whenever an opponent casts a spell with the chosen name, they lose 3 life and you draw a card.

"I am very much in the mood to start handing out expulsions."

Migloz, Maze Crusher (Phyrexia: All Will Be One)
Zezhou Chen

Migloz enters with five oil counters on it. {1}, Remove an oil counter from Migloz: It gains vigilance and menace until end of turn. {2}, Remove two oil counters from Migloz: It gets +2/+2 until end of turn. {3}, Remove three oil counters from Migloz: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Deeproot Waters (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander)
Zezhou Chen

Whenever you cast a Merfolk spell, create a 1/1 blue Merfolk creature token with hexproof. (A creature with hexproof can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

A visit to the Deeproot Tree and its ancient spring replenishes a merfolk's connection to nature.

Bond of Discipline (The List)
Zezhou Chen

Tap all creatures your opponents control. Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.

"We agree that order benefits everyone, but not until you enforce it."

You Hear Something on Watch (The List)
Zezhou Chen

Choose one — • Rouse the Party — Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. • Set Off Traps — This spell deals 5 damage to target attacking creature.

You Hear Something on Watch (Adventures in the Forgotten Realms)
Zezhou Chen

Choose one — • Rouse the Party — Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. • Set Off Traps — This spell deals 5 damage to target attacking creature.

Tenacious Hunter (Hour of Devastation)
Zezhou Chen

As long as a creature has a -1/-1 counter on it, this creature has vigilance and deathtouch.

The crocodiles of the Broken Lands, long used to feeding on undead flesh, eagerly flooded into Naktamun for a taste of something fresher.

Spoils of Adventure (The List)
Zezhou Chen

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature in your party. (Your party consists of up to one each of Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard.) You gain 3 life and draw three cards.

Survival itself is no small reward.

Ambition's Cost (Commander 2020)
Zezhou Chen

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

"Conquering your first world is the hardest, after all. My power grew as I moved from world to world, taking anything that would make the next taking easier." —Ob Nixilis

Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin (March of the Machine: The Aftermath)
Zezhou Chen

Flying, trample Whenever one or more opponents each lose exactly 1 life, put a +1/+1 counter on Ob Nixilis. Exile the top card of your library. Until your next end step, you may play that card.

Stranded on New Capenna without a spark, he faced five families out for blood.

Ashiok's Erasure (Theros Beyond Death Promos)
Zezhou Chen

Flash When this enchantment enters, exile target spell. Your opponents can't cast spells with the same name as the exiled card. When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to its owner's hand.

Spoils of Adventure (Zendikar Rising)
Zezhou Chen

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature in your party. (Your party consists of up to one each of Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard.) You gain 3 life and draw three cards.

Survival itself is no small reward.

Slither Blade (Amonkhet)
Zezhou Chen

This creature can't be blocked.

Some naga initiates move as silently the suns' reflections on the water.

Adeliz, the Cinder Wind (Dominaria)
Zezhou Chen

Flying, haste Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Wizards you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

The passionate intensity of the Ghitu tempered by the cool insight of Tolarian training.

Frilled Sandwalla (Core Set 2020)
Zezhou Chen

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

"Even the smallest creatures are fierce in defense of their own territory." —Vivien Reid

Ghalta and Mavren (March of the Machine Promos)
Zezhou Chen

Trample Whenever you attack, choose one — • Create a tapped and attacking X/X green Dinosaur creature token with trample, where X is the greatest power among other attacking creatures. • Create X 1/1 white Vampire creature tokens with lifelink, where X is the number of other attacking creatures.

Tourach, Dread Cantor (Modern Horizons 2)
Zezhou Chen

Kicker {B}{B} (You may pay an additional {B}{B} as you cast this spell.) Protection from white Whenever an opponent discards a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Tourach. When Tourach enters, if it was kicked, target opponent discards two cards at random.

Cyberdrive Awakener (Neon Dynasty Commander)
Zezhou Chen

Flying Other artifact creatures you control have flying. When this creature enters, until end of turn, each noncreature artifact you control becomes an artifact creature with base power and toughness 4/4.

Vexilus Praetor (Warhammer 40,000 Commander)
Zezhou Chen

Flash Vigilance Aegis of the Emperor — Commanders you control have protection from everything.

There is no greater bulwark than the Praetors of the Adeptus Custodes, the bodyguards of the Emperor of Mankind.

Sky Tether (Ravnica Allegiance)
Zezhou Chen

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has defender and loses flying.

"If you can't control your mount, I will control it for you." —Mirela, Azorius hussar

Zalto, Fire Giant Duke (Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos)
Zezhou Chen

Trample Whenever Zalto is dealt damage, venture into the dungeon. (Enter the first room or advance to the next room.)

Fire giants love to fight on a large scale, and Duke Zalto is one of the greatest warmongers of his age.

Canal Monitor (Rivals of Ixalan)
Zezhou Chen

The first goblin tried to swim the canal. The second built a raft. The last and craftiest goblin launched herself from a firecannon and soared over the canal, trailing smoke. All were eaten, but only one was cooked.

Nebelgast Herald (Jumpstart)
Zezhou Chen

Flash Flying Whenever this creature or another Spirit you control enters, tap target creature an opponent controls.

Mister Gutsy (Fallout)
Zezhou Chen

Whenever you cast an Aura or Equipment spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. When this creature dies, create X Junk tokens, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on it. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. Activate only as a sorcery.")

Sunscorched Divide (Fallout)
Zezhou Chen

{1}, {T}: Add {R}{W}.

"To the Divide they came. In the Divide, they rest." —Ulysses

Charge (The List)
Zezhou Chen

Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

"Honor rides before us. All we have to do is catch up." —Danitha Capashen

Zalto, Fire Giant Duke (Adventures in the Forgotten Realms)
Zezhou Chen

Trample Whenever Zalto is dealt damage, venture into the dungeon. (Enter the first room or advance to the next room.)

Fire giants love to fight on a large scale, and Duke Zalto is one of the greatest warmongers of his age.

Consider (Wizards Play Network 2022)
Zezhou Chen

Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) Draw a card.

Sunscorched Divide (Fallout)
Zezhou Chen

{1}, {T}: Add {R}{W}.

"To the Divide they came. In the Divide, they rest." —Ulysses

Frilled Sandwalla (Hour of Devastation)
Zezhou Chen

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

It basks atop the rubble of Rhonas's monument, which still pulses with latent power.

Nebelgast Herald (Eldritch Moon)
Zezhou Chen

Flash Flying Whenever this creature or another Spirit you control enters, tap target creature an opponent controls.

Angelic Purge (Innistrad Remastered)
Zezhou Chen

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a permanent. Exile target artifact, creature, or enchantment.

"We must save you from yourselves."

Consider (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt)
Zezhou Chen

Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) Draw a card.

Ivold gasped in surprise. Either a very strange insect had crawled onto one of the lenses or he was seeing geists at last!

Lullmage's Domination (Zendikar Rising)
Zezhou Chen

This spell costs {3} less to cast if it targets a creature whose controller has eight or more cards in their graveyard. Gain control of target creature with mana value X.

"One spell to quiet the Roil, one to quash the will. The principle is the same."

Migloz, Maze Crusher (Phyrexia: All Will Be One Promos)
Zezhou Chen

Migloz enters with five oil counters on it. {1}, Remove an oil counter from Migloz: It gains vigilance and menace until end of turn. {2}, Remove two oil counters from Migloz: It gets +2/+2 until end of turn. {3}, Remove three oil counters from Migloz: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Scrounger of Souls (The List)
Zezhou Chen

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

Yell for help, and that may answer.

Wall of Runes (War of the Spark)
Zezhou Chen

Defender (This creature can't attack.) When this creature enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

"It's strangely satisfying seeing an undead killing machine from another world standing befuddled in front of a wall of text." —Lavinia

Lazotep Behemoth (War of the Spark)
Zezhou Chen

"I know I should be more concerned. But a big, blue zombie-potamus from beyond the stars? This is what they're invading us with?" —Mileva, Boros legionnaire

Citanul Hierophants (Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander)
Zezhou Chen

Creatures you control have "{T}: Add {G}."

"All who inhabit these woods are part of our ritual, whether they realize it or not."

Compelled Duel (Adventures in the Forgotten Realms)
Zezhou Chen

Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn and must be blocked this turn if able.

"You might be four times my size, but I will not be ignored!"

Migloz, Maze Crusher (Phyrexia: All Will Be One Promos)
Zezhou Chen

Migloz enters with five oil counters on it. {1}, Remove an oil counter from Migloz: It gains vigilance and menace until end of turn. {2}, Remove two oil counters from Migloz: It gets +2/+2 until end of turn. {3}, Remove three oil counters from Migloz: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Purifying Dragon (The List)
Zezhou Chen

Flying Whenever this creature attacks, it deals 1 damage to target creature defending player controls. If that creature is a Zombie, this creature deals 2 damage to it instead.

Resolute Strike (Zendikar Rising)
Zezhou Chen

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If it's a Warrior, you may attach an Equipment you control to it.

"If you practice something often enough, it becomes part of you. That's why we train, and that's why we survive." —Tasha, Graypelt veteran

Clue (Shadows over Innistrad Tokens)
Zezhou Chen

{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

"With angels came mysteries." —Tamiyo's journal

Kunoros, Hound of Athreos (Theros Beyond Death Promos)
Zezhou Chen

Vigilance, menace, lifelink Creature cards in graveyards can't enter the battlefield. Players can't cast spells from graveyards.

Three sharp barks announce an attempt to escape the Underworld. Three sharp bites end it.

Kykar, Zephyr Awakener (Foundations)
Zezhou Chen

Flying Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, choose one — • Exile another target creature you control. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step. • Create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.

Don't Make a Sound (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
Zezhou Chen

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}. If they do, surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Jace kept his mouth shut, but he couldn't shake the feeling that the strange creatures could hear the screaming in his mind.

Sacred Cat (Amonkhet)
Zezhou Chen

Lifelink Embalm {W} ({W}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Cat with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)

Might of the Old Ways (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt)
Zezhou Chen

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Coven — Then if you control three or more creatures with different powers, draw a card.

Brimming with power from their disrupted ritual, the Dawnhart witches lashed out at the werewolf intruders.

Legion Lieutenant (Rivals of Ixalan)
Zezhou Chen

Other Vampires you control get +1/+1.

"We long ago abandoned the things that make humans weak: friendship, marriage, family. All that remains is the strength of our devotion."

Fireforger's Puzzleknot (Kaladesh)
Zezhou Chen

When this artifact enters, it deals 1 damage to any target. {2}{R}, Sacrifice this artifact: It deals 1 damage to any target.

Void Beckoner (Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths)
Zezhou Chen

Deathtouch Cycling {2}{B} ({2}{B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.) When you cycle this card, put a deathtouch counter on target creature you control.

Timestream Navigator (Rivals of Ixalan Promos)
Zezhou Chen

Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.) {2}{U}{U}, {T}, Put this creature on the bottom of its owner's library: Take an extra turn after this one. Activate only if you have the city's blessing.

Transcendent Envoy (Wilds of Eldraine Commander)
Zezhou Chen

Flying Aura spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

"The first griffins were made by the gods to capture falling stars; they were given the keenest eyes and the swiftest wings, and sent to keep watch above the clouds." —*The Cosmogony*

Wall of Runes (Core Set 2021)
Zezhou Chen

Defender (This creature can't attack.) When this creature enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Ambition's Cost (Commander 2021)
Zezhou Chen

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

"Conquering your first world is the hardest, after all. My power grew as I moved from world to world, taking anything that would make the next taking easier." —Ob Nixilis

Rose, Cutthroat Raider (Fallout)
Zezhou Chen

First strike Raid — At end of combat on your turn, if you attacked this turn, create a Junk token for each opponent you attacked. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. Activate only as a sorcery.") Whenever you sacrifice a Junk, add {R}.

Silverquill Silencer (Strixhaven: School of Mages)
Zezhou Chen

As this creature enters, choose a nonland card name. Whenever an opponent casts a spell with the chosen name, they lose 3 life and you draw a card.

Risen Riptide (Zendikar Rising)
Zezhou Chen

Whenever you cast a kicked spell, this creature has base power and toughness 5/5 until end of turn.

"Most days the sea is my friend. But only most days." —Jori En, expedition leader

Ambition's Cost (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Zezhou Chen

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

"Of course it can be yours. Anything is possible, for the right price. Speaking of which . . ."

Sanguine Evangelist (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos)
Zezhou Chen

Battle cry (Whenever this creature attacks, each other attacking creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.) When this creature enters or dies, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying.

"Fang-brethren, we feed together."

Legion Lieutenant (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander)
Zezhou Chen

Other Vampires you control get +1/+1.

"We long ago abandoned the things that make humans weak: friendship, marriage, family. All that remains is the strength of our devotion."

Spectacular Pileup (Aetherdrift)
Zezhou Chen

All creatures and Vehicles lose indestructible until end of turn, then destroy all creatures and Vehicles. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Ghastly Gloomhunter (Zendikar Rising)
Zezhou Chen

Kicker {3}{B} (You may pay an additional {3}{B} as you cast this spell.) Flying, lifelink If this creature was kicked, it enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.

Stinking, silent death.

Sunscorched Divide (Fallout)
Zezhou Chen

{1}, {T}: Add {R}{W}.

"To the Divide they came. In the Divide, they rest." —Ulysses

Scrounger of Souls (Hour of Devastation)
Zezhou Chen

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

Yell for help, and that may answer.

Consider (Mystery Booster 2)
Zezhou Chen

Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) Draw a card.

Ivold gasped in surprise. Either a very strange insect had crawled onto one of the lenses or he was seeing geists at last!

Lazotep Behemoth (The List)
Zezhou Chen

"I know I should be more concerned. But a big, blue zombie-potamus from beyond the stars? This is what they're invading us with?" —Mileva, Boros legionnaire

Foundry Helix (Modern Horizons 2)
Zezhou Chen

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a permanent. Foundry Helix deals 4 damage to any target. If the sacrificed permanent was an artifact, you gain 4 life.

Steel never forgets the strike of the forge.

Dimir Locket (Zendikar Rising Commander)
Zezhou Chen

{T}: Add {U} or {B}. {U/B}{U/B}{U/B}{U/B}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw two cards.

"Wear this, and take your place among the shadows—wise, lethal, and unseen." —Ivrelya, Dimir spymaster

Purifying Dragon (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt)
Zezhou Chen

Flying Whenever this creature attacks, it deals 1 damage to target creature defending player controls. If that creature is a Zombie, this creature deals 2 damage to it instead.

Charge (Dominaria)
Zezhou Chen

Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

"Honor rides before us. All we have to do is catch up." —Danitha Capashen

Adeliz, the Cinder Wind (The List)
Zezhou Chen

Flying, haste Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Wizards you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

The passionate intensity of the Ghitu tempered by the cool insight of Tolarian training.

Swiftfoot Boots (Fallout)
Zezhou Chen

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.) Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

"I don't need brakes. I usually find that if something stops me, it's interesting enough to stop for."

Ravos, Soultender (Commander 2016)
Zezhou Chen

Flying Other creatures you control get +1/+1. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Bristling Boar (Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths)
Zezhou Chen

This creature can't be blocked by more than one creature.

"I can bring down anything in Zagoth, but for some quarry the ratio of fight to meat is too high." —Master Hunter Chevill

Rose, Cutthroat Raider (Fallout)
Zezhou Chen

First strike Raid — At end of combat on your turn, if you attacked this turn, create a Junk token for each opponent you attacked. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. Activate only as a sorcery.") Whenever you sacrifice a Junk, add {R}.

Boseiju Reaches Skyward (Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty)
Zezhou Chen

Ambition's Cost (Kaldheim Commander)
Zezhou Chen

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

"Conquering your first world is the hardest, after all. My power grew as I moved from world to world, taking anything that would make the next taking easier." —Ob Nixilis

Kestia, the Cultivator (Commander 2018)
Zezhou Chen

Bestow {3}{G}{W}{U} (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached to a creature.) Enchanted creature gets +4/+4. Whenever an enchanted creature or enchantment creature you control attacks, draw a card.

Nylea's Intervention (Theros Beyond Death Promos)
Zezhou Chen

Choose one — • Search your library for up to X land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle. • Nylea's Intervention deals twice X damage to each creature with flying.

"I bring a wilderness no law can tame."

Excavated Wall (Strixhaven: School of Mages)
Zezhou Chen

Defender {1}, {T}: Mill a card. (Put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)

"Don't be fooled by the quiet. These old stones are trying to talk to you." —Augusta, Lorehold dean

Roaming Ghostlight (Ravnica: Clue Edition)
Zezhou Chen

Flying When this creature enters, return up to one target non-Spirit creature to its owner's hand.

Some who die senseless deaths return as formless spirits, seeking answers where there are none.

Yanling's Harbinger (Core Set 2020)
Zezhou Chen

Flying When this creature enters, you may search your library and/or graveyard for a card named Mu Yanling, Celestial Wind, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you search your library this way, shuffle.

Goring Ceratops (Ixalan)
Zezhou Chen

Double strike Whenever this creature attacks, other creatures you control gain double strike until end of turn.

"Follow her footsteps and she will show you the way." —Itzama the Crested

Nylea's Intervention (Theros Beyond Death)
Zezhou Chen

Choose one — • Search your library for up to X land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle. • Nylea's Intervention deals twice X damage to each creature with flying.

Retributive Wand (Core Set 2020)
Zezhou Chen

{3}, {T}: This artifact deals 1 damage to any target. When this artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, it deals 5 damage to any target.

"The last blast is the biggest." —Sargis Haz, artificer

Birth of the Imperium (Warhammer 40,000 Commander)
Zezhou Chen

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Create a 2/2 white Astartes Warrior creature token with vigilance for each opponent you have. II — Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. III — Draw two cards for each opponent who controls fewer creatures than you.

Spectacular Pileup (Aetherdrift)
Zezhou Chen

All creatures and Vehicles lose indestructible until end of turn, then destroy all creatures and Vehicles. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

The first four crashes were accidental. Then the Endriders joined the fun.

Sunscorched Divide (Fallout)
Zezhou Chen

{1}, {T}: Add {R}{W}.

"To the Divide they came. In the Divide, they rest." —Ulysses

Tempest Djinn (The List)
Zezhou Chen

Flying This creature gets +1/+0 for each basic Island you control.

The first to arrive on Dominaria from their distant home, the marids are the oldest tribe of djinn and the most respected by storm and sea.

Spectacular Pileup (Aetherdrift Promos)
Zezhou Chen

All creatures and Vehicles lose indestructible until end of turn, then destroy all creatures and Vehicles. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

The first four crashes were accidental. Then the Endriders joined the fun.

Zalto, Fire Giant Duke (Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos)
Zezhou Chen

Trample Whenever Zalto is dealt damage, venture into the dungeon. (Enter the first room or advance to the next room.)

Fire giants love to fight on a large scale, and Duke Zalto is one of the greatest warmongers of his age.

Vedalken Mesmerist (Ravnica Remastered)
Zezhou Chen

Whenever this creature attacks, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-0 until end of turn.

"There's no need to sound the alarm. You are minding your post admirably. I am authorized. All is well."

Sky Tether (Jumpstart)
Zezhou Chen

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has defender and loses flying.

"If you can't control your mount, I will control it for you." —Mirela, Azorius hussar

Toolcraft Exemplar (Kaladesh)
Zezhou Chen

At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control an artifact, this creature gets +2/+1 until end of turn. If you control three or more artifacts, it also gains first strike until end of turn.

"If you wish to produce the finest work, you must start with the finest tools."

Bristling Boar (Jumpstart 2022)
Zezhou Chen

This creature can't be blocked by more than one creature.

"I can bring down anything in Zagoth, but for some quarry the ratio of fight to meat is too high." —Master Hunter Chevill

Shapers' Sanctuary (Ixalan Promos)
Zezhou Chen

Whenever a creature you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, you may draw a card.

Protection is woven into every vine and branch.

Tempest Djinn (Dominaria Promos)
Zezhou Chen

Flying This creature gets +1/+0 for each basic Island you control.

The first to arrive on Dominaria from their distant home, the marids are the oldest tribe of djinn and the most respected by storm and sea.

Ashiok's Erasure (Theros Beyond Death)
Zezhou Chen

Flash When this enchantment enters, exile target spell. Your opponents can't cast spells with the same name as the exiled card. When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to its owner's hand.

Ambition's Cost (Commander 2017)
Zezhou Chen

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

"Conquering your first world is the hardest, after all. My power grew as I moved from world to world, taking anything that would make the next taking easier." —Ob Nixilis

Slither Blade (The List)
Zezhou Chen

This creature can't be blocked.

Some naga initiates move as silently the suns' reflections on the water.

Tempest Djinn (Dominaria)
Zezhou Chen

Flying This creature gets +1/+0 for each basic Island you control.

The first to arrive on Dominaria from their distant home, the marids are the oldest tribe of djinn and the most respected by storm and sea.

Kunoros, Hound of Athreos (Theros Beyond Death)
Zezhou Chen

Vigilance, menace, lifelink Creature cards in graveyards can't enter the battlefield. Players can't cast spells from graveyards.

Vexilus Praetor (Warhammer 40,000 Commander)
Zezhou Chen

Flash Vigilance Aegis of the Emperor — Commanders you control have protection from everything.

There is no greater bulwark than the Praetors of the Adeptus Custodes, the bodyguards of the Emperor of Mankind.

Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin (March of the Machine: The Aftermath)
Zezhou Chen

Flying, trample Whenever one or more opponents each lose exactly 1 life, put a +1/+1 counter on Ob Nixilis. Exile the top card of your library. Until your next end step, you may play that card.

Kykar, Zephyr Awakener (Foundations)
Zezhou Chen

Flying Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, choose one — • Exile another target creature you control. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step. • Create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.

Mendicant Core, Guidelight (Aetherdrift Promos)
Zezhou Chen

Mendicant Core's power is equal to the number of artifacts you control. Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.) Max speed — Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you may pay {1}. If you do, copy it. (The copy becomes a token.)

Mendicant Core, Guidelight (Aetherdrift)
Zezhou Chen

Mendicant Core's power is equal to the number of artifacts you control. Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.) Max speed — Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you may pay {1}. If you do, copy it. (The copy becomes a token.)

Fathom Fleet Firebrand (Ixalan)
Zezhou Chen

{1}{R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

As she charges into battle, her arcane tattoos stir and crawl like fiery serpents.

Blazing Volley (Amonkhet)
Zezhou Chen

Blazing Volley deals 1 damage to each creature your opponents control.

The arrows fell like fiery rain, and for a moment, the sky itself seemed to burn.