Hard-Hitting Question

Hard-Hitting Question (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Nicholas Gregory

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature or planeswalker you don't control.

"Keen eyes and an analytical mind are some of a detective's most important tools. As is a mean left hook." —Senior Inspector Holjo

Capricopian (Commander 2020)
Nicholas Gregory

This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. {2}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then you may reselect which player this creature is attacking. Only the player this creature is attacking may activate this ability and only during the declare attackers step. (It can't attack its controller.)

Pyre Spawn (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Nicholas Gregory

When this creature dies, it deals 3 damage to any target.

Memories of the Harvesttide tragedy festered until they grew into an incarnate rage that set the world ablaze.

Plague Reaver (Commander Legends)
Nicholas Gregory

At the beginning of your end step, sacrifice each other creature you control. Discard two cards, Sacrifice this creature: Choose target opponent. Return this creature to the battlefield under that player's control at the beginning of their next upkeep.

Crabomination (Modern Horizons 3)
Nicholas Gregory

Emerge from artifact {5}{B}{B} (You may cast this spell by sacrificing an artifact and paying the emerge cost reduced by that artifact's mana value.) When this creature enters, target opponent exiles the top card of their library, a card at random from their graveyard, and a card at random from their hand. You may cast a spell from among cards exiled this way without paying its mana cost.

Swift Reconfiguration (Neon Dynasty Commander)
Nicholas Gregory

Flash Enchant creature or Vehicle Enchanted permanent is a Vehicle artifact with crew 5 and it loses all other card types. (It's not a creature unless it's crewed.)

Winged Portent (Innistrad: Crimson Vow)
Nicholas Gregory

Cleave {4}{G}{U} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.) Draw a card for each creature [with flying] you control.

Eaten Alive (Jumpstart 2022)
Nicholas Gregory

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or pay {3}{B}. Exile target creature or planeswalker.

"If you hear a groaning noise in the cellar, don't investigate. Don't split up. Just lock the door and barricade it." —Emili, guard captain

Plague Engineer (The List)
Nicholas Gregory

Deathtouch As this creature enters, choose a creature type. Creatures of the chosen type your opponents control get -1/-1.

"The lasting effects are invariably fatal." —Phyrexian progress notes

Moldering Karok (Strixhaven: School of Mages)
Nicholas Gregory

Trample, lifelink

Necroluminescence is common among the undead creatures of Sedgemoor, giving the midnight swamp an eerie glow. It's comforting—from a distance.

Plummet (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Nicholas Gregory

Destroy target creature with flying.

"A creature of stone was never meant to fly. And I see the Ulvenwald agrees with me." —Halana, Kessig ranger

Biomass Mutation (Fallout)
Nicholas Gregory

Creatures you control have base power and toughness X/X until end of turn.

Vault 87's Evolutionary Experimentation Program exposed subjects to an airborne version of FEV. Rapid physical enhancements accompanied sharp mental regression, and the oldest mutants would become almost feral.

Hearth Elemental (Wilds of Eldraine)
Nicholas Gregory

Immersturm Predator (Kaldheim)
Nicholas Gregory

Flying Whenever this creature becomes tapped, exile up to one target card from a graveyard and put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Sacrifice another creature: This creature gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it.

Garenbrig Paladin (Throne of Eldraine)
Nicholas Gregory

Adamant — If at least three green mana was spent to cast this spell, this creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it. This creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.

Sudden Spinnerets (Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths)
Nicholas Gregory

Target creature gets +1/+3 until end of turn. Put a reach counter on it. Untap it.

"What's natural on Ikoria continues to delight me." —Vivien Reid

Spirit (Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Tokens)
Nicholas Gregory

Ichor Shade (March of the Machine)
Nicholas Gregory

At the beginning of your end step, if an artifact or creature was put into a graveyard from the battlefield this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

As oil seeped into their funeral shrouds, Tolvada's dead rose to join the invaders' ranks.

Feed the Serpent (Kaldheim)
Nicholas Gregory

Exile target creature or planeswalker.

He spent the final moments of his existence tumbling down the length of the serpent's jaws, driven mad by the magnitude of the Cosmos.

Rise of the Ants (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Nicholas Gregory

Create two 3/3 green Insect creature tokens. You gain 2 life. Flashback {6}{G}{G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Rank Officer (Modern Horizons)
Nicholas Gregory

When this creature enters, you may discard a card. If you do, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. {1}{B}, {T}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Each opponent loses 2 life.

It recruits the fresh and tosses the rotten.

Unhallowed Phalanx (Innistrad: Crimson Vow)
Nicholas Gregory

This creature enters tapped.

"In case any of you new recruits were wondering, this is why we don't use mass graves anymore." —Kerren of the Mausoleum Guards

Shambling Suit (Throne of Eldraine)
Nicholas Gregory

Shambling Suit's power is equal to the number of artifacts and/or enchantments you control.

"The young squire gripped her sword as the clanking stranger emerged. It was no knight that had come to challenge her." —*Beyond the Great Henge*

Grief (Modern Horizons 2 Promos)
Nicholas Gregory

Menace When this creature enters, target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. Evoke—Exile a black card from your hand.

Rust Goliath (The Brothers' War)
Nicholas Gregory

Prototype {3}{G}{G} — 3/5 (You may cast this spell with different mana cost, color, and size. It keeps its abilities and types.) Reach, trample

"You know those seedpods cluttering the eastern approach? I've got an idea . . . ." —Calle, Urzan sergeant

Surtland Elementalist (Kaldheim)
Nicholas Gregory

As an additional cost to cast this spell, reveal a Giant card from your hand or pay {2}. Whenever this creature attacks, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand without paying its mana cost.

Necrogoyf (Modern Horizons 2)
Nicholas Gregory

Necrogoyf's power is equal to the number of creature cards in all graveyards. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player discards a card. Madness {1}{B}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Entrapment Maneuver (Fallout)
Nicholas Gregory

Target player sacrifices an attacking creature of their choice. You create X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens, where X is that creature's toughness.

Every squad of deathclaw hunters had a role for the newbies: bait.

Lightning Skelemental (The List)
Nicholas Gregory

Trample, haste Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player discards two cards. At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this creature.

Turntimber Ascetic (Zendikar Rising)
Nicholas Gregory

When this creature enters, you gain 3 life.

"For so long, this land cried out in pain. Now, as the flow returns to its balance point, a new harmony echoes in the trees."

Feasting Troll King (Throne of Eldraine)
Nicholas Gregory

Vigilance, trample When this creature enters, if you cast it from your hand, create three Food tokens. (They're artifacts with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.") Sacrifice three Foods: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only during your turn.

Swarm Shambler (Jumpstart 2022)
Nicholas Gregory

This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it. Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it becomes the target of a spell an opponent controls, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token. {1}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Eaten Alive (Innistrad Remastered)
Nicholas Gregory

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or pay {3}{B}. Exile target creature or planeswalker.

"If you hear a groaning noise in the cellar, don't investigate. Don't split up. Just lock the door and barricade it." —Emili, guard captain

Mirelurk Queen (Fallout)
Nicholas Gregory

Vigilance When this creature enters, target player gets two rad counters. Whenever one or more nonland cards are milled, draw a card, then put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Shambling Suit (Jumpstart 2022)
Nicholas Gregory

Shambling Suit's power is equal to the number of artifacts and/or enchantments you control.

"The young squire gripped her sword as the clanking stranger emerged. It was no knight that had come to challenge her." —*Beyond the Great Henge*

Amphin Mutineer (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander)
Nicholas Gregory

When this creature enters, exile up to one target non-Salamander creature. That creature's controller creates a 4/3 blue Salamander Warrior creature token. Encore {4}{U}{U} ({4}{U}{U}, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)

Reservoir Kraken (Streets of New Capenna Promos)
Nicholas Gregory

Trample, ward {2} At the beginning of each combat, if this creature is untapped, any opponent may tap an untapped creature they control. If they do, tap this creature and create a 1/1 blue Fish creature token with "This token can't be blocked."

Feasting Troll King (Throne of Eldraine Promos)
Nicholas Gregory

Vigilance, trample When this creature enters, if you cast it from your hand, create three Food tokens. (They're artifacts with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.") Sacrifice three Foods: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only during your turn.

Putrefy (Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander)
Nicholas Gregory

Destroy target artifact or creature. It can't be regenerated.

Julie thought getting trapped in a doll was the worst fate imaginable. She was wrong.

Swarm Shambler (Zendikar Rising Promos)
Nicholas Gregory

This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it. Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it becomes the target of a spell an opponent controls, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token. {1}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Break the Ice (Modern Horizons 2)
Nicholas Gregory

Destroy target land that is snow or could produce {C}. Overload {4}{B}{B} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Webweaver Changeling (Modern Horizons)
Nicholas Gregory

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) Reach When this creature enters, if there are three or more creature cards in your graveyard, you gain 5 life.

Eight legs carrying endless phobias.

Amphin Mutineer (Murders at Karlov Manor Commander)
Nicholas Gregory

When this creature enters, exile up to one target non-Salamander creature. That creature's controller creates a 4/3 blue Salamander Warrior creature token. Encore {4}{U}{U} ({4}{U}{U}, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)

Batterbone (Modern Horizons 2)
Nicholas Gregory

Living weapon (When this Equipment enters, create a 0/0 black Phyrexian Germ creature token, then attach this to it.) Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has vigilance and lifelink. Equip {5}

Undercover Crocodelf (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Nicholas Gregory

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") Disguise {3}{G/U}{G/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.)

Uurg, Spawn of Turg (Dominaria United)
Nicholas Gregory

Uurg's power is equal to the number of land cards in your graveyard. At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.) {B}{G}, Sacrifice a land: You gain 2 life.

Fungal Rebirth (Ravnica: Clue Edition)
Nicholas Gregory

Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. If a creature died this turn, create two 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens.

"We're all food for something in the end." —Cevraya, Golgari shaman

Synchronized Eviction (Jumpstart 2022)
Nicholas Gregory

This spell costs {2} less to cast if you control at least two creatures that share a creature type. Put target nonland permanent into its owner's library second from the top.

"I told you this one would be a handful."

Amphin Mutineer (Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander)
Nicholas Gregory

When this creature enters, exile up to one target non-Salamander creature. That creature's controller creates a 4/3 blue Salamander Warrior creature token. Encore {4}{U}{U} ({4}{U}{U}, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)

Amphin Mutineer (Commander Legends)
Nicholas Gregory

When this creature enters, exile up to one target non-Salamander creature. That creature's controller creates a 4/3 blue Salamander Warrior creature token. Encore {4}{U}{U} ({4}{U}{U}, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)

Kalamax, the Stormsire (Commander 2020 Oversized)
Nicholas Gregory

Whenever you cast your first instant spell each turn, if Kalamax is tapped, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. Whenever you copy an instant spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Kalamax.

Its mood changes with the weather, and vice versa.

Gary Clone (Fallout)
Nicholas Gregory

Squad {2} (As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may pay {2} any number of times. When this creature enters, create that many tokens that are copies of it.) Whenever this creature attacks, each creature you control named Gary Clone gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

"Gary!"

Gary Clone (Fallout)
Nicholas Gregory

Squad {2} (As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may pay {2} any number of times. When this creature enters, create that many tokens that are copies of it.) Whenever this creature attacks, each creature you control named Gary Clone gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

"Gary!"

Skull Skaab (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Nicholas Gregory

Exploit (When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature.) Whenever a creature you control exploits a nontoken creature, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Vault 12: The Necropolis (Fallout)
Nicholas Gregory

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Each player gets three rad counters. II — Create X 2/2 black Zombie Mutant creature tokens, where X is the total number of rad counters among players. III — Put two +1/+1 counters on each creature you control that's a Zombie or Mutant.

Spore Crawler (Innistrad Remastered)
Nicholas Gregory

When this creature dies, draw a card.

"Remember to come back in a few years when that fungus has died off. Then we'll see what's in the chest." —Old Rutstein

Pitiless Plunderer (Fallout)
Nicholas Gregory

Whenever another creature you control dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

"You won't need this. I made sure of that."

Spore Crawler (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Nicholas Gregory

When this creature dies, draw a card.

"Remember to come back in a few years when that fungus has died off. Then we'll see what's in the chest." —Old Rutstein

Thunderfoot Baloth (Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander)
Nicholas Gregory

Trample Lieutenant — As long as you control your commander, this creature gets +2/+2 and other creatures you control get +2/+2 and have trample.

"Odd. I didn't see any lightning . . . ." —Herreth, poacher, last words

Rootless Yew (Kaldheim)
Nicholas Gregory

When this creature dies, search your library for a creature card with power or toughness 6 or greater, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

"We are bound to wander this forest forever. Sometimes I think it wanders with us." —Ogni, Kannah scout

Bedevil (Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander)
Nicholas Gregory

Destroy target artifact, creature, or planeswalker.

Whenever Valgavoth sheds his old form, a Harrowing courses through the House like a malevolent wave, spawning new horrors and inciting its inhabitants to frenzy.

Copper Longlegs (Phyrexia: All Will Be One)
Nicholas Gregory

Reach {1}{G}, Sacrifice this creature: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Its webs are not true silk, but woven from thousands of delicate mycosynth strands.

Plague Engineer (Modern Horizons)
Nicholas Gregory

Deathtouch As this creature enters, choose a creature type. Creatures of the chosen type your opponents control get -1/-1.

"The lasting effects are invariably fatal." —Phyrexian progress notes

Necrogoyf (Modern Horizons 3 Commander)
Nicholas Gregory

Necrogoyf's power is equal to the number of creature cards in all graveyards. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player discards a card. Madness {1}{B}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Elder Gargaroth (Aetherdrift Commander)
Nicholas Gregory

Vigilance, reach, trample Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, choose one — • Create a 3/3 green Beast creature token. • You gain 3 life. • Draw a card.

Vilespawn Spider (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Nicholas Gregory

Reach At the beginning of your upkeep, mill a card. (Put the top card of your library into your graveyard.) {2}{G}{U}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Create a 1/1 green Insect creature token for each creature card in your graveyard. Activate only as a sorcery.

Organ Hoarder (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Nicholas Gregory

When this creature enters, look at the top three cards of your library, then put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.

The stitcher died years ago, but her dutiful assistant still keeps the laboratory well stocked.

Cankerbloom (Phyrexia: All Will Be One)
Nicholas Gregory

{1}, Sacrifice this creature: Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Destroy target enchantment. • Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Death Tyrant (Forgotten Realms Commander)
Nicholas Gregory

Menace Negative Energy Cone — Whenever an attacking creature you control or a blocking creature an opponent controls dies, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. {5}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Kamahl's Will (Commander Legends)
Nicholas Gregory

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead. • Until end of turn, any number of target lands you control become 1/1 Elemental creatures with vigilance, indestructible, and haste. They're still lands. • Choose target creature you don't control. Each creature you control deals damage equal to its power to that creature.

Fierce Witchstalker (Foundations Jumpstart)
Nicholas Gregory

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) When this creature enters, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

While the realm has laws, in the wilds there are other ways of balancing power.

Fertilid (Jumpstart 2022)
Nicholas Gregory

This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it. {1}{G}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Target player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffles.

Carrion Grub (Commander Masters)
Nicholas Gregory

This creature gets +X/+0, where X is the greatest power among creature cards in your graveyard. When this creature enters, mill four cards. (Put the top four cards of your library into your graveyard.)

Extract Brain (Forgotten Realms Commander)
Nicholas Gregory

Target opponent chooses X cards from their hand. Look at those cards. You may cast a spell from among them without paying its mana cost.

Skull Skaab (Innistrad: Crimson Vow)
Nicholas Gregory

Exploit (When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature.) Whenever a creature you control exploits a nontoken creature, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Kalamax, the Stormsire (The List)
Nicholas Gregory

Whenever you cast your first instant spell each turn, if Kalamax is tapped, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. Whenever you copy an instant spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Kalamax.

Its mood changes with the weather, and vice versa.

Skullwinder (Modern Horizons 3 Commander)
Nicholas Gregory

Deathtouch When this creature enters, return target card from your graveyard to your hand, then choose an opponent. That player returns a card from their graveyard to their hand.

Amphin Mutineer (Commander Legends)
Nicholas Gregory

When this creature enters, exile up to one target non-Salamander creature. That creature's controller creates a 4/3 blue Salamander Warrior creature token. Encore {4}{U}{U} ({4}{U}{U}, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)

Undercover Crocodelf (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Nicholas Gregory

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") Disguise {3}{G/U}{G/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.)

Utter End (Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander)
Nicholas Gregory

Exile target nonland permanent.

For a razorkin, painless dissolution is a far worse fate than agonizing death.

Ethereal Forager (Commander 2020)
Nicholas Gregory

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.) Flying Whenever this creature attacks, you may return an instant or sorcery card exiled with this creature to its owner's hand.

Invasion of Pyrulea (March of the Machine)
Nicholas Gregory

Feasting Troll King (Throne of Eldraine)
Nicholas Gregory

Vigilance, trample When this creature enters, if you cast it from your hand, create three Food tokens. (They're artifacts with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.") Sacrifice three Foods: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only during your turn.

Basilica Stalker (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Nicholas Gregory

Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you gain 1 life and surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) Disguise {4}{B} (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.)

Oakhame Adversary (Throne of Eldraine)
Nicholas Gregory

This spell costs {2} less to cast if an opponent controls a green permanent. Deathtouch Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

The elves remember every secret path from the days when they ruled the realm.

Winged Portent (Innistrad: Crimson Vow Promos)
Nicholas Gregory

Cleave {4}{G}{U} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.) Draw a card for each creature [with flying] you control.

"No, no, it's just a murder of crows, not an omen of murder . . . I think." —York, Kessig tracker

Blitz Leech (Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths)
Nicholas Gregory

Flash When this creature enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-2 until end of turn. Remove all counters from that creature.

"Fools wear armor against it as if the worst it could take is your blood." —Gavi, nest warden

Organ Hoarder (Foundations Jumpstart)
Nicholas Gregory

When this creature enters, look at the top three cards of your library, then put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.

The stitcher died years ago, but her dutiful assistant still keeps the laboratory well stocked.

Death Tyrant (Forgotten Realms Commander)
Nicholas Gregory

Menace Negative Energy Cone — Whenever an attacking creature you control or a blocking creature an opponent controls dies, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. {5}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Loxodon Lifechanter (Core Set 2020)
Nicholas Gregory

When this creature enters, you may have your life total become the total toughness of creatures you control. {5}{W}: This creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is your life total.

Elvish Vatkeeper (March of the Machine)
Nicholas Gregory

When this creature enters, incubate 2. (Create an Incubator token with two +1/+1 counters on it and "{2}: Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.) {5}: Transform target Incubator token you control. Double the number of +1/+1 counters on it.

Elder Gargaroth (Core Set 2021)
Nicholas Gregory

Vigilance, reach, trample Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, choose one — • Create a 3/3 green Beast creature token. • You gain 3 life. • Draw a card.

Drowner of Truth (Modern Horizons 3)
Nicholas Gregory

Fertilid (Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths)
Nicholas Gregory

This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it. {1}{G}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Target player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffles.

Kamahl's Will (Commander Legends)
Nicholas Gregory

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead. • Until end of turn, any number of target lands you control become 1/1 Elemental creatures with vigilance, indestructible, and haste. They're still lands. • Choose target creature you don't control. Each creature you control deals damage equal to its power to that creature.

Nested Shambler (Modern Horizons 2)
Nicholas Gregory

When this creature dies, create X tapped 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens, where X is this creature's power.

Home is where the heart was.

Big Play (Foundations Jumpstart)
Nicholas Gregory

Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains reach until end of turn. Put a +1/+1 counter on it. (A creature with reach can block creatures with flying.)

"Quandrix is running out of time. If they're going to capture the Witherbloom mascot, they need something big here." —Cremik, Mage Tower commentator

Lightning Skelemental (Modern Horizons)
Nicholas Gregory

Trample, haste Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player discards two cards. At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this creature.

Boot Nipper (Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths)
Nicholas Gregory

This creature enters with your choice of a deathtouch counter or a lifelink counter on it.

"I have a number of hyper-specific phobias and this somehow hits all of them." —Aaru, Zagoth lumberjack

Ancient Lumberknot (Innistrad: Crimson Vow)
Nicholas Gregory

Each creature you control with toughness greater than its power assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.

The soft creak of trees in the wind is not always cause for comfort.

Reservoir Kraken (Streets of New Capenna Promos)
Nicholas Gregory

Trample, ward {2} At the beginning of each combat, if this creature is untapped, any opponent may tap an untapped creature they control. If they do, tap this creature and create a 1/1 blue Fish creature token with "This token can't be blocked."

Eaten Alive (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Nicholas Gregory

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or pay {3}{B}. Exile target creature or planeswalker.

"If you hear a groaning noise in the cellar, don't investigate. Don't split up. Just lock the door and barricade it." —Emili, guard captain

Crabomination (Modern Horizons 3)
Nicholas Gregory

Emerge from artifact {5}{B}{B} (You may cast this spell by sacrificing an artifact and paying the emerge cost reduced by that artifact's mana value.) When this creature enters, target opponent exiles the top card of their library, a card at random from their graveyard, and a card at random from their hand. You may cast a spell from among cards exiled this way without paying its mana cost.

Eaten Alive (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt)
Nicholas Gregory

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or pay {3}{B}. Exile target creature or planeswalker.

"If you hear a groaning noise in the cellar, don't investigate. Don't split up. Just lock the door and barricade it." —Emili, guard captain

Pyre Spawn (Innistrad: Crimson Vow)
Nicholas Gregory

When this creature dies, it deals 3 damage to any target.

Memories of the Harvesttide tragedy festered until they grew into an incarnate rage that set the world ablaze.

Sage of the Falls (Throne of Eldraine)
Nicholas Gregory

Whenever this creature or another non-Human creature you control enters, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Ask a merfolk even a simple question and the answer is a journey far beyond the known.

Vilespawn Spider (Innistrad Remastered)
Nicholas Gregory

Reach At the beginning of your upkeep, mill a card. (Put the top card of your library into your graveyard.) {2}{G}{U}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Create a 1/1 green Insect creature token for each creature card in your graveyard. Activate only as a sorcery.

Plummet (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt)
Nicholas Gregory

Destroy target creature with flying.

"A creature of stone was never meant to fly. And I see the Ulvenwald agrees with me." —Halana, Kessig ranger

Idol of False Gods (Modern Horizons 3)
Nicholas Gregory

{1}{C}, {T}: Create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token with "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}." Whenever another Eldrazi you control dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this artifact. As long as this artifact has eight or more +1/+1 counters on it, it's a 0/0 creature in addition to its other types and it has annihilator 2.

Hobblefiend (Core Set 2021)
Nicholas Gregory

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) {1}, Sacrifice another creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Bedbugs aren't the only things you need to worry about biting you at night.

Ancient Lumberknot (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Nicholas Gregory

Each creature you control with toughness greater than its power assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.

The soft creak of trees in the wind is not always cause for comfort.

Loxodon Lifechanter (Core Set 2020 Promos)
Nicholas Gregory

When this creature enters, you may have your life total become the total toughness of creatures you control. {5}{W}: This creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is your life total.

Hard-Hitting Question (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Nicholas Gregory

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature or planeswalker you don't control.

"Keen eyes and an analytical mind are some of a detective's most important tools. As is a mean left hook." —Senior Inspector Holjo

Growth Spiral (Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander)
Nicholas Gregory

Draw a card. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Hidden within the infinite, protean rooms of the House are strange pockets of power that only the bravest dare access.

Sudden Spinnerets (The List)
Nicholas Gregory

Target creature gets +1/+3 until end of turn. Put a reach counter on it. Untap it.

"What's natural on Ikoria continues to delight me." —Vivien Reid

Thunderfoot Baloth (Starter Commander Decks)
Nicholas Gregory

Trample Lieutenant — As long as you control your commander, this creature gets +2/+2 and other creatures you control get +2/+2 and have trample.

"Odd. I didn't see any lightning . . . ." —Herreth, poacher, last words

Mirelurk Queen (Fallout)
Nicholas Gregory

Vigilance When this creature enters, target player gets two rad counters. Whenever one or more nonland cards are milled, draw a card, then put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Skycrash (Aetherdrift)
Nicholas Gregory

Destroy target artifact. Cycling {R} ({R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Under moonfall conditions, there's nothing you can do but drive and hope for the best.

Feasting Troll King (Throne of Eldraine Promos)
Nicholas Gregory

Vigilance, trample When this creature enters, if you cast it from your hand, create three Food tokens. (They're artifacts with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.") Sacrifice three Foods: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only during your turn.

Immersturm Predator (Kaldheim Promos)
Nicholas Gregory

Flying Whenever this creature becomes tapped, exile up to one target card from a graveyard and put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Sacrifice another creature: This creature gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it.

Ancient Lumberknot (The List)
Nicholas Gregory

Each creature you control with toughness greater than its power assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.

The soft creak of trees in the wind is not always cause for comfort.

Spore Crawler (Innistrad: Crimson Vow)
Nicholas Gregory

When this creature dies, draw a card.

"Remember to come back in a few years when that fungus has died off. Then we'll see what's in the chest." —Old Rutstein

Kalamax, the Stormsire (Commander 2020)
Nicholas Gregory

Whenever you cast your first instant spell each turn, if Kalamax is tapped, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. Whenever you copy an instant spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Kalamax.

Its mood changes with the weather, and vice versa.

Herd Baloth (Modern Horizons 2)
Nicholas Gregory

Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on this creature, you may create a 4/4 green Beast creature token.

Baloth social structure is simple: the biggest one's the leader.

Stingblade Assassin (Wilds of Eldraine)
Nicholas Gregory

Flash Flying When this creature enters, destroy target creature an opponent controls that was dealt damage this turn.

Wicked Visitor (Wilds of Eldraine)
Nicholas Gregory

Whenever an enchantment you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life.

Amalgamations of many childhood nightmares stalked the realm of dreams, feeding on the collective terror of all those trapped in the Wicked Slumber.

Mirelurk Queen (Fallout)
Nicholas Gregory

Vigilance When this creature enters, target player gets two rad counters. Whenever one or more nonland cards are milled, draw a card, then put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Thunderfoot Baloth (New Capenna Commander)
Nicholas Gregory

Trample Lieutenant — As long as you control your commander, this creature gets +2/+2 and other creatures you control get +2/+2 and have trample.

"Odd. I didn't see any lightning . . . ." —Herreth, poacher, last words

Battle Mammoth (Kaldheim)
Nicholas Gregory

Trample Whenever a permanent you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, you may draw a card. Foretell {2}{G}{G} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Unhallowed Phalanx (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Nicholas Gregory

This creature enters tapped.

"In case any of you new recruits were wondering, this is why we don't use mass graves anymore." —Kerren of the Mausoleum Guards

Vilespawn Spider (Innistrad: Crimson Vow)
Nicholas Gregory

Reach At the beginning of your upkeep, mill a card. (Put the top card of your library into your graveyard.) {2}{G}{U}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Create a 1/1 green Insect creature token for each creature card in your graveyard. Activate only as a sorcery.

Grief (Modern Horizons 2)
Nicholas Gregory

Menace When this creature enters, target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. Evoke—Exile a black card from your hand.

Immersturm Predator (Foundations)
Nicholas Gregory

Flying Whenever this creature becomes tapped, exile up to one target card from a graveyard and put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Sacrifice another creature: This creature gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it.

Introduction to Annihilation (Strixhaven: School of Mages)
Nicholas Gregory

Exile target nonland permanent. Its controller draws a card.

"I've never seen a student fail quite so spectacularly. There's potential in that." —Hostram, professor of arcanochemistry

Steelbane Hydra (Throne of Eldraine)
Nicholas Gregory

This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. {2}{G}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Many an ancient treasure has been reduced to jagged caltrops by its snapping jaws.

Slogurk, the Overslime (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt)
Nicholas Gregory

Trample Whenever a land card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, put a +1/+1 counter on Slogurk. Remove three +1/+1 counters from Slogurk: Return it to its owner's hand. When Slogurk leaves the battlefield, return up to three target land cards from your graveyard to your hand.

Nested Shambler (Bloomburrow Commander)
Nicholas Gregory

When this creature dies, create X tapped 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens, where X is this creature's power.

Home is where the heart was.

Fertilid (Neon Dynasty Commander)
Nicholas Gregory

This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it. {1}{G}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Target player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffles.

Necrogoyf (Modern Horizons 2 Promos)
Nicholas Gregory

Necrogoyf's power is equal to the number of creature cards in all graveyards. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player discards a card. Madness {1}{B}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Mirelurk Queen (Fallout)
Nicholas Gregory

Vigilance When this creature enters, target player gets two rad counters. Whenever one or more nonland cards are milled, draw a card, then put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Iron Golem (Adventures in the Forgotten Realms)
Nicholas Gregory

Vigilance This creature attacks or blocks each combat if able.

Once an iron golem is set to a task, it won't turn aside until that task is complete or it has been destroyed.

Elder Gargaroth (Core Set 2021)
Nicholas Gregory

Vigilance, reach, trample Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, choose one — • Create a 3/3 green Beast creature token. • You gain 3 life. • Draw a card.

Webweaver Changeling (Double Masters 2022)
Nicholas Gregory

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) Reach When this creature enters, if there are three or more creature cards in your graveyard, you gain 5 life.

Eight legs carrying endless phobias.

Steelbane Hydra (New Capenna Commander)
Nicholas Gregory

This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. {2}{G}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Many an ancient treasure has been reduced to jagged caltrops by its snapping jaws.

Immersturm Predator (Kaldheim)
Nicholas Gregory

Flying Whenever this creature becomes tapped, exile up to one target card from a graveyard and put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Sacrifice another creature: This creature gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it.

Swift Reconfiguration (Neon Dynasty Commander)
Nicholas Gregory

Flash Enchant creature or Vehicle Enchanted permanent is a Vehicle artifact with crew 5 and it loses all other card types. (It's not a creature unless it's crewed.)

On the bright side, the bear now had cupholders.

Drowner of Hope (Modern Horizons 3 Commander)
Nicholas Gregory

Devoid (This card has no color.) When this creature enters, create two 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature tokens. They have "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}." Sacrifice an Eldrazi Scion: Tap target creature.

Rise of the Ants (The List)
Nicholas Gregory

Create two 3/3 green Insect creature tokens. You gain 2 life. Flashback {6}{G}{G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Craven Hulk (Kaldheim)
Nicholas Gregory

This creature can't block alone.

Abandoned at birth, the giant was raised by goats. Ironically, it grew up to be the most cautious member of the herd.

Entrapment Maneuver (Fallout)
Nicholas Gregory

Target player sacrifices an attacking creature of their choice. You create X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens, where X is that creature's toughness.

Every squad of deathclaw hunters had a role for the newbies: bait.

Impulsive Pilferer (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander)
Nicholas Gregory

When this creature dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Encore {3}{R} ({3}{R}, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)

Winged Portent (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Nicholas Gregory

Cleave {4}{G}{U} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.) Draw a card for each creature [with flying] you control.

"No, no, it's just a murder of crows, not an omen of murder . . . I think." —York, Kessig tracker

Swarm Shambler (Zendikar Rising)
Nicholas Gregory

This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it. Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it becomes the target of a spell an opponent controls, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token. {1}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Organ Hoarder (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt)
Nicholas Gregory

When this creature enters, look at the top three cards of your library, then put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.

The stitcher died years ago, but her dutiful assistant still keeps the laboratory well stocked.

Entrapment Maneuver (Fallout)
Nicholas Gregory

Target player sacrifices an attacking creature of their choice. You create X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens, where X is that creature's toughness.

Every squad of deathclaw hunters had a role for the newbies: bait.

Tidal Terror (March of the Machine)
Nicholas Gregory

Whenever this creature attacks, you may tap two other untapped creatures you control. If you do, this creature can't be blocked this turn. Islandcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for an Island card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Zombie Ogre (Adventures in the Forgotten Realms)
Nicholas Gregory

At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died this turn, venture into the dungeon. (Enter the first room or advance to the next room.)

"On the plus side, Throg no longer thinks he's clever." —Xanathar

Carrion Grub (Core Set 2021)
Nicholas Gregory

This creature gets +X/+0, where X is the greatest power among creature cards in your graveyard. When this creature enters, mill four cards. (Put the top four cards of your library into your graveyard.)

Plague Reaver (Commander Legends)
Nicholas Gregory

At the beginning of your end step, sacrifice each other creature you control. Discard two cards, Sacrifice this creature: Choose target opponent. Return this creature to the battlefield under that player's control at the beginning of their next upkeep.

Colossal Skyturtle (Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty)
Nicholas Gregory

Flying, ward {2} Channel — {2}{G}, Discard this card: Return target card from your graveyard to your hand. Channel — {1}{U}, Discard this card: Return target creature to its owner's hand.

Plague Engineer (Modern Horizons 1 Timeshifts)
Nicholas Gregory

Deathtouch As this creature enters, choose a creature type. Creatures of the chosen type your opponents control get -1/-1.

"The lasting effects are invariably fatal." —Phyrexian progress notes

Entrapment Maneuver (Fallout)
Nicholas Gregory

Target player sacrifices an attacking creature of their choice. You create X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens, where X is that creature's toughness.

Every squad of deathclaw hunters had a role for the newbies: bait.

Nested Shambler (Modern Horizons 2)
Nicholas Gregory

When this creature dies, create X tapped 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens, where X is this creature's power.

Home is where the heart was.

Scream Puff (Wilds of Eldraine)
Nicholas Gregory

Deathtouch Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

Too much sugar is bad for your health.

Runaway Trash-Bot (Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty)
Nicholas Gregory

Trample This creature gets +1/+0 for each artifact and/or enchantment card in your graveyard.

One day it might roll over your foot, the next day your entire house.

Eaten Alive (Foundations)
Nicholas Gregory

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or pay {3}{B}. Exile target creature or planeswalker.

"If you hear a groaning noise in the cellar, don't investigate. Don't split up. Just lock the door and barricade it." —Emili, guard captain

Ageless Guardian (Strixhaven: School of Mages)
Nicholas Gregory

Ancient ruins dot the world of Arcavios, most older than Strixhaven itself and many still guarded by soldiers from the Blood Age, centuries after their deaths.

Fungal Rebirth (Ravnica Remastered)
Nicholas Gregory

Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. If a creature died this turn, create two 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens.

"We're all food for something in the end." —Cevraya, Golgari shaman

Reservoir Kraken (Streets of New Capenna)
Nicholas Gregory

Trample, ward {2} At the beginning of each combat, if this creature is untapped, any opponent may tap an untapped creature they control. If they do, tap this creature and create a 1/1 blue Fish creature token with "This token can't be blocked."

Reservoir Kraken (Streets of New Capenna)
Nicholas Gregory

Trample, ward {2} At the beginning of each combat, if this creature is untapped, any opponent may tap an untapped creature they control. If they do, tap this creature and create a 1/1 blue Fish creature token with "This token can't be blocked."

Vilespawn Spider (Innistrad Remastered)
Nicholas Gregory

Reach At the beginning of your upkeep, mill a card. (Put the top card of your library into your graveyard.) {2}{G}{U}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Create a 1/1 green Insect creature token for each creature card in your graveyard. Activate only as a sorcery.

Fuel the Flames (Aetherdrift)
Nicholas Gregory

Fuel the Flames deals 2 damage to each creature. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

"Our world died, but we survived. Funny how it's the opposite for you." —Rido, Endrider

Mutant Surveyor (Aetherdrift)
Nicholas Gregory

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.) {2}: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Max speed — {3}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Draw a card.

Sage of the Falls (Jumpstart 2022)
Nicholas Gregory

Whenever this creature or another non-Human creature you control enters, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Ask a merfolk even a simple question and the answer is a journey far beyond the known.

Biomass Mutation (Fallout)
Nicholas Gregory

Creatures you control have base power and toughness X/X until end of turn.

Vault 87's Evolutionary Experimentation Program exposed subjects to an airborne version of FEV. Rapid physical enhancements accompanied sharp mental regression, and the oldest mutants would become almost feral.

Crimson Caravaneer (Fallout)
Nicholas Gregory

Double strike, trample Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Junk token. (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.")

Biomass Mutation (Fallout)
Nicholas Gregory

Creatures you control have base power and toughness X/X until end of turn.

Vault 87's Evolutionary Experimentation Program exposed subjects to an airborne version of FEV. Rapid physical enhancements accompanied sharp mental regression, and the oldest mutants would become almost feral.

Fierce Witchstalker (Jumpstart 2022)
Nicholas Gregory

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) When this creature enters, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

While the realm has laws, in the wilds there are other ways of balancing power.

Slogurk, the Overslime (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos)
Nicholas Gregory

Trample Whenever a land card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, put a +1/+1 counter on Slogurk. Remove three +1/+1 counters from Slogurk: Return it to its owner's hand. When Slogurk leaves the battlefield, return up to three target land cards from your graveyard to your hand.

Elder Gargaroth (Core Set 2021 Promos)
Nicholas Gregory

Vigilance, reach, trample Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, choose one — • Create a 3/3 green Beast creature token. • You gain 3 life. • Draw a card.

Vault 12: The Necropolis (Fallout)
Nicholas Gregory

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Each player gets three rad counters. II — Create X 2/2 black Zombie Mutant creature tokens, where X is the total number of rad counters among players. III — Put two +1/+1 counters on each creature you control that's a Zombie or Mutant.

Fierce Witchstalker (Throne of Eldraine)
Nicholas Gregory

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) When this creature enters, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

While the realm has laws, in the wilds there are other ways of balancing power.

Fierce Witchstalker (The List)
Nicholas Gregory

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) When this creature enters, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

While the realm has laws, in the wilds there are other ways of balancing power.

Crabomination (Modern Horizons 3 Promos)
Nicholas Gregory

Emerge from artifact {5}{B}{B} (You may cast this spell by sacrificing an artifact and paying the emerge cost reduced by that artifact's mana value.) When this creature enters, target opponent exiles the top card of their library, a card at random from their graveyard, and a card at random from their hand. You may cast a spell from among cards exiled this way without paying its mana cost.

Colossal Whale (Tales of Middle-earth Commander)
Nicholas Gregory

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.) Whenever this creature attacks, you may exile target creature defending player controls until this creature leaves the battlefield. (That creature returns under its owner's control.)

"And in the night from Otherworld beyond the Sea there strong and free a storm arose . . ." —*Song of Eärendil*

Vault 87: Forced Evolution (Fallout)
Nicholas Gregory

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Gain control of target non-Mutant creature for as long as you control this Saga. II — Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It becomes a Mutant in addition to its other types. III — Draw cards equal to the greatest power among Mutants you control.

Necrogoyf (Modern Horizons 2)
Nicholas Gregory

Necrogoyf's power is equal to the number of creature cards in all graveyards. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player discards a card. Madness {1}{B}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Rise of the Ants (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt)
Nicholas Gregory

Create two 3/3 green Insect creature tokens. You gain 2 life. Flashback {6}{G}{G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Biomass Mutation (Fallout)
Nicholas Gregory

Creatures you control have base power and toughness X/X until end of turn.

Vault 87's Evolutionary Experimentation Program exposed subjects to an airborne version of FEV. Rapid physical enhancements accompanied sharp mental regression, and the oldest mutants would become almost feral.

Necrogoyf (Modern Horizons 2)
Nicholas Gregory

Necrogoyf's power is equal to the number of creature cards in all graveyards. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player discards a card. Madness {1}{B}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Gouged Zealot (Modern Horizons 2)
Nicholas Gregory

Reach Delirium — Whenever this creature attacks, if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, this creature deals 1 damage to each creature defending player controls.

He can't fear what he can't see.

Carrion Grub (Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander)
Nicholas Gregory

This creature gets +X/+0, where X is the greatest power among creature cards in your graveyard. When this creature enters, mill four cards. (Put the top four cards of your library into your graveyard.)

Knight of the Keep (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth)
Nicholas Gregory

Now the cries of clear strong voices came ringing over the fields. They rode in: a long line of mail-clad Men, swift, shining, fell and fair to look upon. Suddenly they swept up with a noise like thunder, and the foremost horseman swerved.

Hangarback Walker (Love Your LGS 2020)
Nicholas Gregory

This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. When this creature dies, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying for each +1/+1 counter on this creature. {1}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

All-Seeing Arbiter (Game Day Promos)
Nicholas Gregory

Flying Whenever this creature enters or attacks, draw two cards, then discard a card. Whenever you discard a card, target creature an opponent controls gets -X/-0 until your next turn, where X is the number of different mana values among cards in your graveyard.

Big Play (Strixhaven: School of Mages)
Nicholas Gregory

Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains reach until end of turn. Put a +1/+1 counter on it. (A creature with reach can block creatures with flying.)

"Quandrix is running out of time. If they're going to capture the Witherbloom mascot, they need something big here." —Cremik, Mage Tower commentator

Phyrexian Tower (Secret Lair Drop)
Nicholas Gregory

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Add {B}{B}.

There was one great tomb more lordly than all the rest; huge it was, and nobly proportioned. On it was but one word DRACULA.

Immersturm Predator (Kaldheim Promos)
Nicholas Gregory

Flying Whenever this creature becomes tapped, exile up to one target card from a graveyard and put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Sacrifice another creature: This creature gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it.

Fertilid (Zendikar Rising Commander)
Nicholas Gregory

This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it. {1}{G}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Target player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffles.

Vault 87: Forced Evolution (Fallout)
Nicholas Gregory

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Gain control of target non-Mutant creature for as long as you control this Saga. II — Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It becomes a Mutant in addition to its other types. III — Draw cards equal to the greatest power among Mutants you control.

Swarm Shambler (Zendikar Rising Promos)
Nicholas Gregory

This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it. Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it becomes the target of a spell an opponent controls, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token. {1}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Loxodon Lifechanter (Core Set 2020 Promos)
Nicholas Gregory

When this creature enters, you may have your life total become the total toughness of creatures you control. {5}{W}: This creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is your life total.

Extract Brain (Forgotten Realms Commander)
Nicholas Gregory

Target opponent chooses X cards from their hand. Look at those cards. You may cast a spell from among them without paying its mana cost.

No thought is as succulent as a secret.

Winged Portent (Innistrad: Crimson Vow)
Nicholas Gregory

Cleave {4}{G}{U} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.) Draw a card for each creature [with flying] you control.

"No, no, it's just a murder of crows, not an omen of murder . . . I think." —York, Kessig tracker

Slogurk, the Overslime (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos)
Nicholas Gregory

Trample Whenever a land card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, put a +1/+1 counter on Slogurk. Remove three +1/+1 counters from Slogurk: Return it to its owner's hand. When Slogurk leaves the battlefield, return up to three target land cards from your graveyard to your hand.

Spore Crawler (Foundations Jumpstart)
Nicholas Gregory

When this creature dies, draw a card.

"Remember to come back in a few years when that fungus has died off. Then we'll see what's in the chest." —Old Rutstein

Gnottvold Recluse (Kaldheim)
Nicholas Gregory

Reach

Fed up with webs impeding travelers in other realms, Kolvori banished the giant spiders to Gnottvold, where their webs snare only the occasional rampaging troll.

Copper Host Crusher (March of the Machine)
Nicholas Gregory

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

Walls built to withstand assaults even from Ikoria's apex monsters were quickly deemed tactically irrelevant by Vorinclex's forces.

Grief (Modern Horizons 2 Timeshifts)
Nicholas Gregory

Menace When this creature enters, target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. Evoke—Exile a black card from your hand.

Tuktuk Rubblefort (Zendikar Rising)
Nicholas Gregory

Defender, reach Creatures you control have haste.

As with everything else, goblins believe fortifications benefit from as many spiky bits as possible.

Pitiless Plunderer (Fallout)
Nicholas Gregory

Whenever another creature you control dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

"You won't need this. I made sure of that."

Swarm Shambler (Zendikar Rising)
Nicholas Gregory

This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it. Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it becomes the target of a spell an opponent controls, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token. {1}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Crimson Caravaneer (Fallout)
Nicholas Gregory

Double strike, trample Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Junk token. (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.")

Illuna, Apex of Wishes (Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths)
Nicholas Gregory

Mutate {3}{R/G}{U}{U} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Flying, trample Whenever this creature mutates, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland permanent card. Put that card onto the battlefield or into your hand.

Slogurk, the Overslime (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Nicholas Gregory

Trample Whenever a land card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, put a +1/+1 counter on Slogurk. Remove three +1/+1 counters from Slogurk: Return it to its owner's hand. When Slogurk leaves the battlefield, return up to three target land cards from your graveyard to your hand.

Rampaging Ceratops (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
Nicholas Gregory

This creature can't be blocked except by three or more creatures.

Anticipating tight spaces and trivial fauna, the first Dusk Legion expeditions were small, mobile, and lightly armored. Hundreds of casualties later, they started sending plate-clad platoons.

Malamet War Scribe (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
Nicholas Gregory

When this creature enters, creatures you control get +2/+1 until end of turn.

The glyph is mightier than the sword.

Terrian, World Tyrant (Aetherdrift)
Nicholas Gregory

The Fang Druids call it the World Tyrant, for it has consumed entire ecosystems that it keeps suspended in its core. To look upon it is to see the world as it was eons ago.

Oakhame Adversary (The List)
Nicholas Gregory

This spell costs {2} less to cast if an opponent controls a green permanent. Deathtouch Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

The elves remember every secret path from the days when they ruled the realm.

Winged Portent (Innistrad: Crimson Vow Promos)
Nicholas Gregory

Cleave {4}{G}{U} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.) Draw a card for each creature [with flying] you control.

"No, no, it's just a murder of crows, not an omen of murder . . . I think." —York, Kessig tracker

Fungal Rebirth (Core Set 2021)
Nicholas Gregory

Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. If a creature died this turn, create two 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens.

"We're all food for something in the end." —Cevraya, Golgari shaman

Elder Gargaroth (Core Set 2021 Promos)
Nicholas Gregory

Vigilance, reach, trample Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, choose one — • Create a 3/3 green Beast creature token. • You gain 3 life. • Draw a card.