Sleight of Hand

Sleight of Hand (Wilds of Eldraine)
Scott Murphy

Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other on the bottom of your library.

Sleight of Hand (Ultimate Masters)
Jim Murray

Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other on the bottom of your library.

"Gambling with mages never is." —Remin, venerable monk

Sleight of Hand (Secret Lair Showdown)
Helvetica Blanc

Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other on the bottom of your library.

Sleight of Hand (Seventh Edition)
Christopher Moeller

Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other on the bottom of your library.

"Most people believe magic is only a trick. Why change their minds?"

Sleight of Hand (Ninth Edition)
Jim Murray

Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other on the bottom of your library.

"Gambling with mages never is." —Remin, venerable monk

Sleight of Hand (Portal Second Age)
Phil Foglio

Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other on the bottom of your library.

Sleight of Hand (Starter 1999)
Phil Foglio

Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other on the bottom of your library.

Patch Up (Streets of New Capenna)
Scott Murphy

Return up to three target creature cards with total mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

"Don't tell me who sent you or who you work for. The less I know, the better."

Jacked Rabbit (Bloomburrow Commander)
Scott Murphy

Ravenous (This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. If X is 5 or more, draw a card when it enters.) Whenever this creature attacks, create a number of 1/1 white Rabbit creature tokens equal to this creature's power.

"Squash. What it is and what it does."

Jungleborn Pioneer (Rivals of Ixalan)
Scott Murphy

When this creature enters, create a 1/1 blue Merfolk creature token with hexproof. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

"We fought so long to hide this place. Let us be first to learn its wonders!"

Inkling Summoning (Strixhaven: School of Mages)
Scott Murphy

Create a 2/1 white and black Inkling creature token with flying.

"Think of an insult so vicious, so vulgar, that you hesitate to speak it aloud. The strongest, most aggressive inklings are born from such scorn." —Embrose, Silverquill dean

Stinging Shot (The List)
Scott Murphy

Put three -1/-1 counters on target creature with flying. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Initiates must train to resist the natural toxins they use as weapons.

Moodmark Painter (Jumpstart 2022)
Scott Murphy

Undergrowth — When this creature enters, target creature gains menace and gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

Ghirapur Guide (Foundations Jumpstart)
Scott Murphy

{2}{G}: Target creature you control can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less this turn.

Fairgoers were delighted to find that even outside the fairgrounds, Ghirapur was a city of wonders.

Ghirapur Guide (Jumpstart 2022)
Scott Murphy

{2}{G}: Target creature you control can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less this turn.

Fairgoers were delighted to find that even outside the fairgrounds, Ghirapur was a city of wonders.

Act of Treason (Ravnica Allegiance)
Scott Murphy

Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. (It can attack and {T} this turn.)

Seen through Rakdos eyes, a cruel betrayal is a hilarious stunt.

Spellbook Vendor (Wilds of Eldraine Promos)
Scott Murphy

Vigilance At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may pay {1}. When you do, create a Sorcerer Role token attached to target creature you control. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has "Whenever this creature attacks, scry 1.")

Ancestral Blade (The List)
Scott Murphy

When this Equipment enters, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token, then attach this Equipment to it. Equipped creature gets +1/+1. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Revolutionist (Modern Horizons 2)
Scott Murphy

When this creature enters, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. Madness {3}{R} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Eagle of the Watch (Magic Origins)
Scott Murphy

Flying, vigilance

"Even from miles away, I could see our eagles circling. That's when I knew we were needed at home." —Kanlos, Akroan captain

Treasure Chest (Adventures in the Forgotten Realms)
Scott Murphy

{4}, Sacrifice this artifact: Roll a d20. 1 | Trapped! — You lose 3 life. 2—9 | Create five Treasure tokens. 10—19 | You gain 3 life and draw three cards. 20 | Search your library for a card. If it's an artifact card, you may put it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, put that card into your hand. Then shuffle.

Merchant Scroll (Judge Gift Cards 2018)
Scott Murphy

Search your library for a blue instant card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

A rare find, suitable for the most discerning collector.

Storm Fleet Spy (Ixalan)
Scott Murphy

Raid — When this creature enters, if you attacked this turn, draw a card.

"They're searching in the same direction we are. And for the same thing, I'll wager."

Rigo, Streetwise Mentor (Streets of New Capenna Promos)
Scott Murphy

Rigo enters with a shield counter on it. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.) Whenever you attack a player or planeswalker with one or more creatures with power 1 or less, draw a card.

Dubious Challenge (Kaladesh)
Scott Murphy

Look at the top ten cards of your library, exile up to two creature cards from among them, then shuffle. Target opponent may choose one of the exiled cards and put it onto the battlefield under their control. Put the rest onto the battlefield under your control.

Kolaghan Stormsinger (The List)
Scott Murphy

Haste Megamorph {R} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.) When this creature is turned face up, target creature gains haste until end of turn.

Prismatic Lens (The List)
Scott Murphy

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color.

A capable mage can tune its focus, refracting mana through each disk in turn to cast any spell they desire.

Swaggering Corsair (Jumpstart 2022)
Scott Murphy

Raid — This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it if you attacked this turn.

"I'm about to make you famous. From the golden city to High and Dry, they'll talk about how fast you died!"

Dubious Challenge (Kaladesh Promos)
Scott Murphy

Look at the top ten cards of your library, exile up to two creature cards from among them, then shuffle. Target opponent may choose one of the exiled cards and put it onto the battlefield under their control. Put the rest onto the battlefield under your control.

Meteorite (The List)
Scott Murphy

When this artifact enters, it deals 2 damage to any target. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

"And if I'm lying," he began . . .

Windfall (Iconic Masters)
Scott Murphy

Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

"Rich" is a relative term.

Llanowar Tribe (Game Night: Free-for-All)
Scott Murphy

{T}: Add {G}{G}{G}.

"Llanowar remembers the Ice Age, the Phyrexian Invasion, and the Rift Era. So long as we draw breath, we will ensure such disasters never threaten our world again."

Valkyrie's Call (Foundations)
Scott Murphy

Whenever a nontoken, non-Angel creature you control dies, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it. It has flying and is an Angel in addition to its other types.

"Welcome, worthy one."

Minotaur (League Tokens 2014)
Scott Murphy

Dryad of the Ilysian Grove (Theros Beyond Death)
Scott Murphy

You may play an additional land on each of your turns. Lands you control are every basic land type in addition to their other types.

Banewhip Punisher (Hour of Devastation)
Scott Murphy

When this creature enters, you may put a -1/-1 counter on target creature. {B}, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target creature that has a -1/-1 counter on it.

"If I die, it will not be alone."

Storm Fleet Spy (Foundations)
Scott Murphy

Raid — When this creature enters, if you attacked this turn, draw a card.

"They're searching in the same direction we are. And for the same thing, I'll wager."

Reyav, Master Smith (Commander Legends)
Scott Murphy

Whenever a creature you control that's enchanted or equipped attacks, that creature gains double strike until end of turn.

"There's always room for improvement."

Gray Merchant of Asphodel (Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander)
Scott Murphy

When this creature enters, each opponent loses X life, where X is your devotion to black. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

Heart-Piercer Manticore (Amonkhet Tokens)
Scott Murphy

When Heart-Piercer Manticore enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice another creature. When you do, Heart-Piercer Manticore deals damage equal to that creature's power to any target.

Persistent Specimen (Innistrad: Crimson Vow)
Scott Murphy

{2}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

"The jaw bone's connected to the skull bone. The skull bone's connected to the . . . uh . . . hook thingy." —Garl, sticher's assistant

Alley Evasion (The List)
Scott Murphy

Choose one — • Target creature you control gets +1/+2 until end of turn. • Return target creature you control to its owner's hand.

"Sure, you know the law. But I know the streets."

Inspiring Veteran (Throne of Eldraine)
Scott Murphy

Other Knights you control get +1/+1.

"I fight for my daughter, who may not set foot on a battlefield for many years. Remember who you fight for."

Heart-Piercer Manticore (Commander 2019)
Scott Murphy

When this creature enters, you may sacrifice another creature. When you do, this creature deals damage equal to that creature's power to any target. Embalm {5}{R} ({5}{R}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Manticore with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)

Breakneck Berserker (Kaldheim)
Scott Murphy

Haste

"Go for the knees! The last giant who tried to get past us got rolled back down the mountain in a dozen pieces."

Ancestral Blade (Game Night: Free-for-All)
Scott Murphy

When this Equipment enters, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token, then attach this Equipment to it. Equipped creature gets +1/+1. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Llanowar Tribe (Modern Horizons)
Scott Murphy

{T}: Add {G}{G}{G}.

"Llanowar remembers the Ice Age, the Phyrexian Invasion, and the Rift Era. So long as we draw breath, we will ensure such disasters never threaten our world again."

Insatiable Avarice (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Promos)
Scott Murphy

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.) + {2} — Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. + {B}{B} — Target player draws three cards and loses 3 life.

Akul didn't know what lay inside Tarnation's great vault, but the mystery fueled his obsession.

Moodmark Painter (Guilds of Ravnica)
Scott Murphy

Undergrowth — When this creature enters, target creature gains menace and gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

Kolaghan Stormsinger (Dragons of Tarkir)
Scott Murphy

Haste Megamorph {R} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.) When this creature is turned face up, target creature gains haste until end of turn.

Aetherstorm Roc (Kaladesh)
Scott Murphy

Flying Whenever this creature or another creature you control enters, you get {E} (an energy counter). Whenever this creature attacks, you may pay {E}{E}. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on it and tap up to one target creature defending player controls.

Call the Cavalry (Dominaria)
Scott Murphy

Create two 2/2 white Knight creature tokens with vigilance.

Benalish citizens born under the same constellations share a star-clan. Their loyalty to one another interlaces the Seven Houses.

Bishop's Soldier (Foundations Jumpstart)
Scott Murphy

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

Vampires, the noble class of old Torrezon, are guided by their dual loyalties to church and crown.

Ghirapur Guide (Kaladesh)
Scott Murphy

{2}{G}: Target creature you control can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less this turn.

Fairgoers were delighted to find that even outside the fairgrounds, Ghirapur was a city of wonders.

Ghirapur Guide (Jumpstart)
Scott Murphy

{2}{G}: Target creature you control can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less this turn.

Fairgoers were delighted to find that even outside the fairgrounds, Ghirapur was a city of wonders.

Prismatic Lens (Ultimate Masters)
Scott Murphy

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color.

A capable mage can tune its focus, refracting mana through each disk in turn to cast any spell they desire.

Jungleborn Pioneer (The List)
Scott Murphy

When this creature enters, create a 1/1 blue Merfolk creature token with hexproof. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

"We fought so long to hide this place. Let us be first to learn its wonders!"

Heart-Piercer Manticore (Amonkhet Promos)
Scott Murphy

When this creature enters, you may sacrifice another creature. When you do, this creature deals damage equal to that creature's power to any target. Embalm {5}{R} ({5}{R}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Manticore with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)

Malakir Blood-Priest (Zendikar Rising)
Scott Murphy

When this creature enters, each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the number of creatures in your party. (Your party consists of up to one each of Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard.)

"From your veins to mine."

Tribute Mage (Modern Horizons)
Scott Murphy

When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card with mana value 2, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Tribute Mage (Modern Horizons 1 Timeshifts)
Scott Murphy

When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card with mana value 2, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Thornhide Wolves (Shadows over Innistrad)
Scott Murphy

"Halana grew brambles to create a barricade around our camp, hoping that it would keep the wolves out. That was a mistake for which we almost paid dearly." —Alena, trapper of Kessig

Rigo, Streetwise Mentor (Streets of New Capenna)
Scott Murphy

Rigo enters with a shield counter on it. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.) Whenever you attack a player or planeswalker with one or more creatures with power 1 or less, draw a card.

Stalwart Aven (The List)
Scott Murphy

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) Renown 1 (When this creature deals combat damage to a player, if it isn't renowned, put a +1/+1 counter on it and it becomes renowned.)

Spellbook Vendor (Wilds of Eldraine)
Scott Murphy

Vigilance At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may pay {1}. When you do, create a Sorcerer Role token attached to target creature you control. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has "Whenever this creature attacks, scry 1.")

Aven Reedstalker (Foundations Jumpstart)
Scott Murphy

Flash Flying

"Our best chance against the Eternals will be tactics they've never seen and styles they've never trained in."

Stalwart Aven (Magic Origins)
Scott Murphy

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) Renown 1 (When this creature deals combat damage to a player, if it isn't renowned, put a +1/+1 counter on it and it becomes renowned.)

Tribute Mage (The List)
Scott Murphy

When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card with mana value 2, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Windfall (Commander 2016)
Scott Murphy

Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

Llanowar Tribe (Kaldheim Commander)
Scott Murphy

{T}: Add {G}{G}{G}.

"Llanowar remembers the Ice Age, the Phyrexian Invasion, and the Rift Era. So long as we draw breath, we will ensure such disasters never threaten our world again."

Meteorite (Core Set 2021)
Scott Murphy

When this artifact enters, it deals 2 damage to any target. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

"And if I'm lying," he began . . .

Thornhide Wolves (The List)
Scott Murphy

"Halana grew brambles to create a barricade around our camp, hoping that it would keep the wolves out. That was a mistake for which we almost paid dearly." —Alena, trapper of Kessig

Eagle of the Watch (Journey into Nyx)
Scott Murphy

Flying, vigilance

"Even from miles away, I could see our eagles circling. That's when I gave the command to pick up the pace. I knew we were needed at home." —Kanlos, Akroan captain

Heroic Reinforcements (Foundations)
Scott Murphy

Create two 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens. Until end of turn, creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain haste. (They can attack and {T} this turn.)

Cries of anguish quickly spurred cries of action.

Forest (Throne of Eldraine)
Scott Murphy

({T}: Add {G}.)

Valkyrie's Call (Foundations Promos)
Scott Murphy

Whenever a nontoken, non-Angel creature you control dies, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it. It has flying and is an Angel in addition to its other types.

"Welcome, worthy one."

Insatiable Avarice (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Promos)
Scott Murphy

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.) + {2} — Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. + {B}{B} — Target player draws three cards and loses 3 life.

Akul didn't know what lay inside Tarnation's great vault, but the mystery fueled his obsession.

Brood Keeper (Magic 2015)
Scott Murphy

Whenever an Aura becomes attached to this creature, create a 2/2 red Dragon creature token with flying. It has "{R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn."

"Come, little one. Unfurl your wings, fill your lungs, and release your first fiery breath."

Sleight of Hand (Wilds of Eldraine)
Scott Murphy

Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other on the bottom of your library.

Highway Robbery (Outlaws of Thunder Junction)
Scott Murphy

You may discard a card or sacrifice a land. If you do, draw two cards. Plot {1}{R} (You may pay {1}{R} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)

The fires weren't even out before the backstabbing began.

Wight of the Reliquary (Modern Horizons 3)
Scott Murphy

Vigilance This creature gets +1/+1 for each creature card in your graveyard. {T}, Sacrifice another creature: Search your library for a land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Her new demonic overlords prized her knowledge of Bant's landscape.

Spellbook Vendor (Wilds of Eldraine Promos)
Scott Murphy

Vigilance At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may pay {1}. When you do, create a Sorcerer Role token attached to target creature you control. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has "Whenever this creature attacks, scry 1.")

Salt Road Patrol (Khans of Tarkir)
Scott Murphy

Outlast {1}{W} ({1}{W}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Outlast only as a sorcery.)

"Soldiers win battles, but supplies win wars." —Kadri, Abzan caravan master

Burn Bright (Ravnica Allegiance)
Scott Murphy

Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn.

"From a great bonfire at the dawn of time, the first Gruul kindled their rage. The same flame burns in you." —Kroshkar, Gruul shaman

Gray Merchant of Asphodel (Starter Commander Decks)
Scott Murphy

When this creature enters, each opponent loses X life, where X is your devotion to black. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

Angelic Field Marshal (Commander 2014)
Scott Murphy

Flying Lieutenant — As long as you control your commander, this creature gets +2/+2 and creatures you control have vigilance.

Her presence on the battlefield can transform an unruly mob into a disciplined army.

Ancestral Blade (Commander Legends)
Scott Murphy

When this Equipment enters, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token, then attach this Equipment to it. Equipped creature gets +1/+1. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Setessan Training (Theros Beyond Death)
Scott Murphy

Enchant creature you control When this Aura enters, draw a card. Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 and has trample. (It can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

In the heart of Setessa, the warriors of Leina Tower defend the polis and train its daughters.

Nimbleclaw Adept (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Scott Murphy

Bigby's Hand — {T}: Untap two other target permanents. Activate only as a sorcery and only once each turn.

"Don't worry, I can reach it."

Windfall (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander)
Scott Murphy

Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

"Rich" is a relative term.

Battlefield Promotion (Double Masters 2022)
Scott Murphy

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. That creature gains first strike until end of turn. You gain 2 life. (A creature with first strike deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

"Welcome to the Legion. You saved a district—now let's go save the world."

Meteorite (Magic 2015)
Scott Murphy

When this artifact enters, it deals 2 damage to any target. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

"And if I'm lying," he began . . .

Act of Treason (Ravnica Remastered)
Scott Murphy

Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. (It can attack and {T} this turn.)

Seen through Rakdos eyes, a cruel betrayal is a hilarious stunt.

Imperial Outrider (Core Set 2020)
Scott Murphy

Her mount's hollow crest can produce a trumpeting warning that carries for miles, summoning more knights to her aid.

Dryad of the Ilysian Grove (The List)
Scott Murphy

You may play an additional land on each of your turns. Lands you control are every basic land type in addition to their other types.

"Vine-wreathed, he nurtures life among the dead." —Psemilla, Meletian poet

Dispersal Technician (The List)
Scott Murphy

When this creature enters, you may return target artifact to its owner's hand.

As renegade forces closed in on the Aether Spire, Consulate blockades failed one by one.

Sword of Forge and Frontier (Phyrexia: All Will Be One Promos)
Scott Murphy

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from red and from green. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, exile the top two cards of your library. You may play those cards this turn. You may play an additional land this turn. Equip {2}

Angelic Field Marshal (The List)
Scott Murphy

Flying Lieutenant — As long as you control your commander, this creature gets +2/+2 and creatures you control have vigilance.

Her presence on the battlefield can transform an unruly mob into a disciplined army.

Mirage Phalanx (Crimson Vow Commander)
Scott Murphy

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.) As long as Mirage Phalanx is paired with another creature, each of those creatures has "At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a token that's a copy of this creature, except it has haste and loses soulbond. Exile it at end of combat."

Deadly Visit (Guilds of Ravnica)
Scott Murphy

Destroy target creature. 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.)

Windfall (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander)
Scott Murphy

Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

"To fill your mind with knowledge, we must start by emptying it." —Barrin, master wizard

Ghirapur Guide (Core Set 2019)
Scott Murphy

{2}{G}: Target creature you control can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less this turn.

Fairgoers were delighted to find that even outside the fairgrounds, Ghirapur was a city of wonders.

Forebear's Blade (Commander Masters)
Scott Murphy

Equipped creature gets +3/+0 and has vigilance and trample. Whenever equipped creature dies, attach this Equipment to target creature you control. Equip {3}

Windfall (Kaldheim Commander)
Scott Murphy

Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

"Rich" is a relative term.

Insatiable Avarice (Outlaws of Thunder Junction)
Scott Murphy

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.) + {2} — Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. + {B}{B} — Target player draws three cards and loses 3 life.

Akul didn't know what lay inside Tarnation's great vault, but the mystery fueled his obsession.

Gray Merchant of Asphodel (Theros Beyond Death)
Scott Murphy

When this creature enters, each opponent loses X life, where X is your devotion to black. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

Benefactor's Draught (Commander 2016)
Scott Murphy

Untap all creatures. Until end of turn, whenever a creature an opponent controls blocks, draw a card. Draw a card.

Mimic (Adventures in the Forgotten Realms)
Scott Murphy

{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color. {2}: This artifact becomes a Shapeshifter artifact creature with base power and toughness 3/3 until end of turn.

Sphinx's Insight (Ravnica Allegiance)
Scott Murphy

Draw two cards. Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, you gain 2 life.

"Do not think me blind to your true mission...or your true master, Grand Arbiter."

Dryad of the Ilysian Grove (Theros Beyond Death)
Scott Murphy

You may play an additional land on each of your turns. Lands you control are every basic land type in addition to their other types.

"Vine-wreathed, he nurtures life among the dead." —Psemilla, Meletian poet

Reyav, Master Smith (The List)
Scott Murphy

Whenever a creature you control that's enchanted or equipped attacks, that creature gains double strike until end of turn.

"There's always room for improvement."

Twisted Sewer-Witch (Wilds of Eldraine)
Scott Murphy

When this creature enters, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token with "This creature can't block." Then for each Rat you control, create a Wicked Role token attached to that Rat. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. When this token is put into a graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life.)

Fanatic of Rhonas (Modern Horizons 3 Promos)
Scott Murphy

{T}: Add {G}. Ferocious — {T}: Add {G}{G}{G}{G}. Activate only if you control a creature with power 4 or greater. Eternalize {2}{G}{G} ({2}{G}{G}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Snake Druid with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)

Call the Cavalry (Game Night)
Scott Murphy

Create two 2/2 white Knight creature tokens with vigilance.

Benalish citizens born under the same constellations share a star-clan. Their loyalty to one another interlaces the Seven Houses.

Fanatic of Rhonas (Modern Horizons 3)
Scott Murphy

{T}: Add {G}. Ferocious — {T}: Add {G}{G}{G}{G}. Activate only if you control a creature with power 4 or greater. Eternalize {2}{G}{G} ({2}{G}{G}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Snake Druid with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)

Persistent Specimen (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Scott Murphy

{2}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

"The jaw bone's connected to the skull bone. The skull bone's connected to the . . . uh . . . hook thingy." —Garl, stitcher's assistant

Aetherstorm Roc (Modern Horizons 3 Commander)
Scott Murphy

Flying Whenever this creature or another creature you control enters, you get {E} (an energy counter). Whenever this creature attacks, you may pay {E}{E}. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on it and tap up to one target creature defending player controls.

Bishop's Soldier (Ixalan)
Scott Murphy

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

Vampires, the noble class of old Torrezon, are guided by their dual loyalties to church and crown.

Sword of Forge and Frontier (Phyrexia: All Will Be One)
Scott Murphy

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from red and from green. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, exile the top two cards of your library. You may play those cards this turn. You may play an additional land this turn. Equip {2}

Heart-Piercer Manticore (Amonkhet)
Scott Murphy

When this creature enters, you may sacrifice another creature. When you do, this creature deals damage equal to that creature's power to any target. Embalm {5}{R} ({5}{R}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Manticore with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)

Dryad of the Ilysian Grove (Commander Masters)
Scott Murphy

You may play an additional land on each of your turns. Lands you control are every basic land type in addition to their other types.

"Vine-wreathed, he nurtures life among the dead." —Psemilla, Meletian poet

Dryad of the Ilysian Grove (Theros Beyond Death Promos)
Scott Murphy

You may play an additional land on each of your turns. Lands you control are every basic land type in addition to their other types.

Windfall (Commander 2020)
Scott Murphy

Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

"Rich" is a relative term.

Burn Bright (Core Set 2021)
Scott Murphy

Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn.

"From a great bonfire at the dawn of time, the first Gruul kindled their rage. The same flame burns in you." —Kroshkar, Gruul shaman

Dark Bargain (Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths)
Scott Murphy

Look at the top three cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the other into your graveyard. Dark Bargain deals 2 damage to you.

"The poacher's trade isn't monster parts. It's myth. People pay to be part of the fantasy." —Kelsien, the Plague

Bishop's Soldier (Foundations)
Scott Murphy

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

Vampires, the noble class of old Torrezon, are guided by their dual loyalties to church and crown.

Touch of Moonglove (The List)
Scott Murphy

Target creature you control gets +1/+0 and gains deathtouch until end of turn. Whenever a creature dealt damage by that creature dies this turn, its controller loses 2 life. (Any amount of damage a creature with deathtouch deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Windfall (Commander Masters)
Scott Murphy

Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

"Rich" is a relative term.

Angelic Field Marshal (Commander Masters)
Scott Murphy

Flying Lieutenant — As long as you control your commander, this creature gets +2/+2 and creatures you control have vigilance.

Her presence on the battlefield can transform an unruly mob into a disciplined army.

Mirrodin Avenged (March of the Machine)
Scott Murphy

Destroy target creature that was dealt damage this turn. Draw a card.

"You were my mistake. I will forever bear the weight of your horrors, and of your end."

Maulfist Revolutionary (Aether Revolt)
Scott Murphy

Trample When this creature enters or dies, for each kind of counter on target permanent or player, give that permanent or player another counter of that kind.

Secure the Wastes (March of the Machine Commander)
Scott Murphy

Create X 1/1 white Warrior creature tokens.

"The Shifting Wastes provide our clan eternal protection. It is our duty to return the favor." —Kadri, Dromoka warrior

Opposition Agent (Commander Legends Promos)
Scott Murphy

Flash You control your opponents while they're searching their libraries. While an opponent is searching their library, they exile each card they find. You may play those cards for as long as they remain exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast them.

Forebear's Blade (Dominaria Promos)
Scott Murphy

Equipped creature gets +3/+0 and has vigilance and trample. Whenever equipped creature dies, attach this Equipment to target creature you control. Equip {3}

Setessan Training (Core Set 2021)
Scott Murphy

Enchant creature you control When this Aura enters, draw a card. Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 and has trample. (It can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

Dispersal Technician (Aether Revolt)
Scott Murphy

When this creature enters, you may return target artifact to its owner's hand.

As renegade forces closed in on the Aether Spire, Consulate blockades failed one by one.

Jacked Rabbit (Bloomburrow Commander)
Scott Murphy

Ravenous (This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. If X is 5 or more, draw a card when it enters.) Whenever this creature attacks, create a number of 1/1 white Rabbit creature tokens equal to this creature's power.

"Squash. What it is and what it does."

Act of Treason (Jumpstart)
Scott Murphy

Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. (It can attack and {T} this turn.)

Seen through Rakdos eyes, a cruel betrayal is a hilarious stunt.

Battlefield Promotion (War of the Spark)
Scott Murphy

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. That creature gains first strike until end of turn. You gain 2 life. (A creature with first strike deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

"Welcome to the Legion. You saved a district—now let's go save the world."

Sergeant-at-Arms (Dominaria)
Scott Murphy

Kicker {2}{W} (You may pay an additional {2}{W} as you cast this spell.) When this creature enters, if it was kicked, create two 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens.

Knights get the glory. Soldiers get things done.

Speakeasy Server (Streets of New Capenna)
Scott Murphy

Flying When this creature enters, you gain 1 life for each other creature you control.

"Whatever ails you, friends, this will cure it for tonight! And leave you with a little inspiration for tomorrow."

Burn Bright (Ravnica Remastered)
Scott Murphy

Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn.

"From a great bonfire at the dawn of time, the first Gruul kindled their rage. The same flame burns in you." —Kroshkar, Gruul shaman

Savvy Trader (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander)
Scott Murphy

When this creature enters, exile target permanent card from your graveyard. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled. Spells you cast from anywhere other than your hand cost {1} less to cast.

"A little dirt doesn't indicate quality with goods or with people."

Wight of the Reliquary (Modern Horizons 3 Promos)
Scott Murphy

Vigilance This creature gets +1/+1 for each creature card in your graveyard. {T}, Sacrifice another creature: Search your library for a land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Her new demonic overlords prized her knowledge of Bant's landscape.

Owlbear Shepherd (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Scott Murphy

At the beginning of your end step, if creatures you control have total power 8 or greater, draw a card.

When your pack is nowhere to be found, you form a new one.

Aven Reedstalker (Hour of Devastation)
Scott Murphy

Flash Flying

"Our best chance against the Eternals will be tactics they've never seen and styles they've never trained in."

Brinebarrow Intruder (Kaldheim)
Scott Murphy

Flash When this creature enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-0 until end of turn.

Locked in the ice of Karfell, the treasures of ancient nobles await in ruins guarded by the dead.

Forebear's Blade (Dominaria)
Scott Murphy

Equipped creature gets +3/+0 and has vigilance and trample. Whenever equipped creature dies, attach this Equipment to target creature you control. Equip {3}

Abzan Beastmaster (Friday Night Magic 2015)
Scott Murphy

At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card if you control the creature with the greatest toughness or tied for the greatest toughness.

His beasts move the great siege towers of the Abzan across the endless sands.

Ancestral Blade (Foundations Jumpstart)
Scott Murphy

When this Equipment enters, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token, then attach this Equipment to it. Equipped creature gets +1/+1. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Surveillance Monitor (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Scott Murphy

When this creature enters, you may collect evidence 4. (Exile cards with total mana value 4 or greater from your graveyard.) Whenever you collect evidence, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.

Thopters don't take breaks, and neither does he.

Llanowar Tribe (Modern Horizons 1 Timeshifts)
Scott Murphy

{T}: Add {G}{G}{G}.

"Llanowar remembers the Ice Age, the Phyrexian Invasion, and the Rift Era. So long as we draw breath, we will ensure such disasters never threaten our world again."

The Lady of Otaria (Dominaria United Commander)
Scott Murphy

You may tap three untapped Dwarves you control rather than pay this spell's mana cost. At the beginning of each end step, if a land you controlled was put into a graveyard from the battlefield this turn, reveal the top four cards of your library. You may put any number of Dwarf cards from among them into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Secure the Wastes (Dragons of Tarkir)
Scott Murphy

Create X 1/1 white Warrior creature tokens.

"The Shifting Wastes provide our clan eternal protection. It is our duty to return the favor." —Kadri, Dromoka warrior

Dryad of the Ilysian Grove (Theros Beyond Death Promos)
Scott Murphy

You may play an additional land on each of your turns. Lands you control are every basic land type in addition to their other types.

Burn Bright (Jumpstart 2022)
Scott Murphy

Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn.

"From a great bonfire at the dawn of time, the first Gruul kindled their rage. The same flame burns in you." —Kroshkar, Gruul shaman

Ultimate Price (Friday Night Magic 2015)
Scott Murphy

Destroy target monocolored creature.

"He's paid his price. Now you pay mine."

Mirage Phalanx (Crimson Vow Commander)
Scott Murphy

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.) As long as Mirage Phalanx is paired with another creature, each of those creatures has "At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a token that's a copy of this creature, except it has haste and loses soulbond. Exile it at end of combat."

Attuned Hunter (Tarkir: Dragonstorm)
Scott Murphy

Trample Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard during your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

"Sokran is no mere bear. She is friend, family, and confidante—and more intelligent than some of my blood relatives."

Heroic Reinforcements (Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander)
Scott Murphy

Create two 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens. Until end of turn, creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain haste. (They can attack and {T} this turn.)

Cries of anguish quickly spurred cries of action.

Mind Carver (Zendikar Rising)
Scott Murphy

When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control. Equipped creature gets +1/+0. It gets +3/+1 instead as long as an opponent has eight or more cards in their graveyard. Equip {2}{B}

Sword of Forge and Frontier (Phyrexia: All Will Be One Promos)
Scott Murphy

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from red and from green. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, exile the top two cards of your library. You may play those cards this turn. You may play an additional land this turn. Equip {2}

Fortifying Provisions (The List)
Scott Murphy

Creatures you control get +0/+1. When this enchantment enters, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

"To the king, to the Circle, and to the realm! And to not dying."

Gray Merchant of Asphodel (Theros Beyond Death)
Scott Murphy

When this creature enters, each opponent loses X life, where X is your devotion to black. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

Pompous Gadabout (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Scott Murphy

During your turn, this creature has hexproof. This creature can't be blocked by creatures that don't have a name.

"Stand aside, nobodies."

Severance Priest (Tarkir: Dragonstorm)
Scott Murphy

Deathtouch When this creature enters, target opponent reveals their hand. You may choose a nonland card from it. If you do, exile that card. When this creature leaves the battlefield, the exiled card's owner creates an X/X white Spirit creature token, where X is the mana value of the exiled card.

Expedition Map (Double Masters)
Scott Murphy

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

"Let's see. I've been here, here, here, here, and here. Where next?" —Olenn, tireless traveler

Roots (Eternal Masters)
Scott Murphy

Enchant creature without flying When this Aura enters, tap enchanted creature. Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

Malakir Blood-Priest (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Scott Murphy

When this creature enters, each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the number of creatures in your party. (Your party consists of up to one each of Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard.)

"From your veins to mine."

Setessan Oathsworn (Born of the Gods)
Scott Murphy

Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets this creature, put two +1/+1 counters on this creature.

"Setessa is not the city of my birth, but it is the place I fight for, and the place I'm willing to die for. Does that not make it my home?"

Ancestral Blade (Double Masters)
Scott Murphy

When this Equipment enters, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token, then attach this Equipment to it. Equipped creature gets +1/+1. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Inkling (Strixhaven: School of Mages Tokens)
Scott Murphy

Flying

Persistent Specimen (Foundations Jumpstart)
Scott Murphy

{2}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

"The jaw bone's connected to the skull bone. The skull bone's connected to the . . . uh . . . hook thingy." —Garl, stitcher's assistant

Rigo, Streetwise Mentor (Streets of New Capenna Promos)
Scott Murphy

Rigo enters with a shield counter on it. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.) Whenever you attack a player or planeswalker with one or more creatures with power 1 or less, draw a card.

Wight of the Reliquary (Modern Horizons 3)
Scott Murphy

Vigilance This creature gets +1/+1 for each creature card in your graveyard. {T}, Sacrifice another creature: Search your library for a land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Her new demonic overlords prized her knowledge of Bant's landscape.

Thornhide Wolves (Core Set 2019)
Scott Murphy

"Halana grew brambles to create a barricade around our camp, hoping that it would keep the wolves out. That was a mistake for which we almost paid dearly." —Alena, trapper of Kessig

Fanatic of Rhonas (Modern Horizons 3)
Scott Murphy

{T}: Add {G}. Ferocious — {T}: Add {G}{G}{G}{G}. Activate only if you control a creature with power 4 or greater. Eternalize {2}{G}{G} ({2}{G}{G}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Snake Druid with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)

Aetherstorm Roc (Kaladesh Promos)
Scott Murphy

Flying Whenever this creature or another creature you control enters, you get {E} (an energy counter). Whenever this creature attacks, you may pay {E}{E}. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on it and tap up to one target creature defending player controls.

Opposition Agent (Commander Legends)
Scott Murphy

Flash You control your opponents while they're searching their libraries. While an opponent is searching their library, they exile each card they find. You may play those cards for as long as they remain exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast them.

Forebear's Blade (The List)
Scott Murphy

Equipped creature gets +3/+0 and has vigilance and trample. Whenever equipped creature dies, attach this Equipment to target creature you control. Equip {3}

Prismatic Lens (Commander Masters)
Scott Murphy

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color.

A capable mage can tune its focus, refracting mana through each disk in turn to cast any spell they desire.

Swaggering Corsair (Rivals of Ixalan)
Scott Murphy

Raid — This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it if you attacked this turn.

"I'm about to make you famous. From the golden city to High and Dry, they'll talk about how fast you died!"

Heroic Reinforcements (Double Masters 2022)
Scott Murphy

Create two 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens. Until end of turn, creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain haste. (They can attack and {T} this turn.)

Cries of anguish quickly spurred cries of action.

Insatiable Avarice (Outlaws of Thunder Junction)
Scott Murphy

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.) + {2} — Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. + {B}{B} — Target player draws three cards and loses 3 life.

Akul didn't know what lay inside Tarnation's great vault, but the mystery fueled his obsession.

Spellbook Vendor (Wilds of Eldraine)
Scott Murphy

Vigilance At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may pay {1}. When you do, create a Sorcerer Role token attached to target creature you control. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has "Whenever this creature attacks, scry 1.")

Ancestral Blade (Commander Masters)
Scott Murphy

When this Equipment enters, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token, then attach this Equipment to it. Equipped creature gets +1/+1. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Meteorite (Magic Origins)
Scott Murphy

When this artifact enters, it deals 2 damage to any target. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

"And if I'm lying," he began . . .

Savvy Trader (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander)
Scott Murphy

When this creature enters, exile target permanent card from your graveyard. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled. Spells you cast from anywhere other than your hand cost {1} less to cast.

"A little dirt doesn't indicate quality—with goods or with people."

Drannith Healer (Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths)
Scott Murphy

Whenever you cycle another card, you gain 1 life. Cycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

"The glowstones shine and dinosaurs roar to the south. Business will be brisk tonight."

Dark Deal (Fate Reforged)
Scott Murphy

Each player discards all the cards in their hand, then draws that many cards minus one.

The first khans of the Sultai relied on the magic of the rakshasa to ensure the survival of the clan.

Heroic Reinforcements (Core Set 2019)
Scott Murphy

Create two 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens. Until end of turn, creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain haste. (They can attack and {T} this turn.)

Cries of anguish quickly spurred cries of action.

Forebear's Blade (Dominaria Promos)
Scott Murphy

Equipped creature gets +3/+0 and has vigilance and trample. Whenever equipped creature dies, attach this Equipment to target creature you control. Equip {3}

Stinging Shot (Amonkhet)
Scott Murphy

Put three -1/-1 counters on target creature with flying. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Initiates must train to resist the natural toxins they use as weapons.

Roots (The List)
Scott Murphy

Enchant creature without flying When this Aura enters, tap enchanted creature. Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

Inspiring Veteran (Throne of Eldraine)
Scott Murphy

Other Knights you control get +1/+1.

"I fight for my daughter, who may not set foot on a battlefield for many years. Remember who you fight for."

Sphinx (Ravnica Allegiance Tokens)
Scott Murphy

Flying, vigilance

Minotaur Younghorn (Battle the Horde)
Scott Murphy

Haste Minotaur Younghorn attacks each turn if able.

Act of Treason (The List)
Scott Murphy

Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. (It can attack and {T} this turn.)

Seen through Rakdos eyes, a cruel betrayal is a hilarious stunt.

Fortifying Provisions (Throne of Eldraine)
Scott Murphy

Creatures you control get +0/+1. When this enchantment enters, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

"To the king, to the Circle, and to the realm! And to not dying."

Powerstone Engineer (The Brothers' War)
Scott Murphy

When this creature dies, create a tapped Powerstone token. (It's an artifact with "{T}: Add {C}. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.")

"Well there's your problem—resonance leak lowering output by thirty percent. I can patch that up."

Moodmark Painter (Foundations Jumpstart)
Scott Murphy

Undergrowth — When this creature enters, target creature gains menace and gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

Valkyrie's Call (Foundations)
Scott Murphy

Whenever a nontoken, non-Angel creature you control dies, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it. It has flying and is an Angel in addition to its other types.

"Welcome, worthy one."

Track Down (Core Set 2021)
Scott Murphy

Scry 3, then reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature or land card, draw a card. (To scry 3, look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Scents fade and footprints wash away, but some trails can never be erased.

Opposition Agent (Commander Legends)
Scott Murphy

Flash You control your opponents while they're searching their libraries. While an opponent is searching their library, they exile each card they find. You may play those cards for as long as they remain exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast them.

Speakeasy Server (Foundations Jumpstart)
Scott Murphy

Flying When this creature enters, you gain 1 life for each other creature you control.

"Whatever ails you, friends, this will cure it for tonight! And leave you with a little inspiration for tomorrow."

Battlefield Promotion (Jumpstart)
Scott Murphy

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. That creature gains first strike until end of turn. You gain 2 life. (A creature with first strike deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

"Welcome to the Legion. You saved a district—now let's go save the world."

Stalwart Aven (Iconic Masters)
Scott Murphy

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) Renown 1 (When this creature deals combat damage to a player, if it isn't renowned, put a +1/+1 counter on it and it becomes renowned.)

Touch of Moonglove (Magic Origins)
Scott Murphy

Target creature you control gets +1/+0 and gains deathtouch until end of turn. Whenever a creature dealt damage by that creature dies this turn, its controller loses 2 life. (Any amount of damage a creature with deathtouch deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Surveillance Monitor (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Scott Murphy

When this creature enters, you may collect evidence 4. (Exile cards with total mana value 4 or greater from your graveyard.) Whenever you collect evidence, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.

Thopters don't take breaks, and neither does he.

Battlefield Promotion (Foundations Jumpstart)
Scott Murphy

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. That creature gains first strike until end of turn. You gain 2 life. (A creature with first strike deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

"Welcome to the Legion. You saved a district—now let's go save the world."

Ancestral Blade (Core Set 2020)
Scott Murphy

When this Equipment enters, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token, then attach this Equipment to it. Equipped creature gets +1/+1. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Alley Evasion (Aether Revolt)
Scott Murphy

Choose one — • Target creature you control gets +1/+2 until end of turn. • Return target creature you control to its owner's hand.

"Sure, you know the law. But I know the streets."