Painted Bluffs

Painted Bluffs (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander)
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{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Centuries of scouring sands have carved and polished the rocky terrain of the Shefet.

Painted Bluffs (The List)
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{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Centuries of scouring sands have carved and polished the rocky terrain of the Shefet.

Howling Mine (Foreign Black Border)
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At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Eye for an Eye (Arabian Nights)
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The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, instead that source deals that much damage to you and Eye for an Eye deals that much damage to that source's controller.

Scarwood Bandits (The Dark)
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Forestwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.) {2}{G}, {T}: Unless an opponent pays {2}, gain control of target artifact for as long as this creature remains on the battlefield.

Island (Introductory Two-Player Set)
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({T}: Add {U}.)

Howling Mine (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
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At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Yavimaya Coast (Dominaria United)
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{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {G} or {U}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Staff of Zegon (Antiquities)
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{3}, {T}: Target creature gets -2/-0 until end of turn.

Though Mishra was impressed by the staves Ashnod had created for Zegon's defense, he understood they only hinted at her full potential.

Burrowing (Summer Magic / Edgar)
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Enchant creature Enchanted creature has mountainwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)

Balduvian Barbarians (Classic Sixth Edition)
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"Barbarian raids were a concern to those living in the northwest provinces, but the skyknights never dealt with the problem in a systematic way. They thought of the Balduvians as an 'amusing model' of their forebears' culture." —*Kjeldor: Ice Civilization*

Island (Limited Edition Beta)
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({T}: Add {U}.)

Simulacrum (30th Anniversary Edition)
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You gain life equal to the damage dealt to you this turn. Simulacrum deals damage to target creature you control equal to the damage dealt to you this turn.

Howl from Beyond (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

Natural Selection (30th Anniversary Edition)
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Look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put them back in any order. You may have that player shuffle.

Commander's Sphere (Commander Masters)
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{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Those who crave power for selfish ends find that it always floats just beyond their fingertips, forever maddeningly out of reach.

Balance (Pro Tour Collector Set)
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Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way.

Knight of Stromgald (Ice Age)
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Protection from white {B}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn. {B}{B}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

"Kjeldorans should rule supreme, and to the rest, death!" —Avram Garrisson, Leader of the Knights of Stromgald

Wild Growth (Revised Edition)
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Enchant land Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional {G}.

Phantasmal Forces (Limited Edition Beta)
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Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay {U}.

These beings embody the essence of true heroes long dead. Summoned from the dreamrealms, they rise to meet their enemies.

Stream of Life (Limited Edition Beta)
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Target player gains X life.

Island (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
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({T}: Add {U}.)

Ugin's Binding (Modern Horizons 3)
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Devoid (This card has no color.) Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand. Whenever you cast a colorless spell with mana value 7 or greater, you may exile this card from your graveyard. When you do, return each nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.

Thoughtlace (Foreign Black Border)
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Target spell or permanent becomes blue. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.)

Island Sanctuary (Unlimited Edition)
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If you would draw a card during your draw step, instead you may skip that draw. If you do, until your next turn, you can't be attacked except by creatures with flying and/or islandwalk.

Farmstead (Limited Edition Beta)
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Enchant land Enchanted land has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {W}{W}. If you do, you gain 1 life."

Mountain (Battle Royale Box Set)
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({T}: Add {R}.)

Island Sanctuary (Fourth Edition)
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If you would draw a card during your draw step, instead you may skip that draw. If you do, until your next turn, you can't be attacked except by creatures with flying and/or islandwalk.

Havenwood Battleground (Pro Tour Collector Set)
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This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Add {G}{G}.

Jump (30th Anniversary Edition)
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Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Knight of Stromgald (Pro Tour Collector Set)
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Protection from white {B}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn. {B}{B}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

"Kjeldorans should rule supreme, and to the rest, death!" —Avram Garrisson, Leader of the Knights of Stromgald

Birds of Paradise (World Championship Decks 2000)
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Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Simulacrum (Revised Edition)
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You gain life equal to the damage dealt to you this turn. Simulacrum deals damage to target creature you control equal to the damage dealt to you this turn.

Island (Limited Edition Alpha)
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({T}: Add {U}.)

Island Sanctuary (Limited Edition Beta)
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If you would draw a card during your draw step, instead you may skip that draw. If you do, until your next turn, you can't be attacked except by creatures with flying and/or islandwalk.

Fear (Summer Magic / Edgar)
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Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.) Enchanted creature has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Island (Game Night 2019)
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({T}: Add {U}.)

War-Spike Changeling (Morningtide)
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Changeling (This card is every creature type.) {R}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn.

"Aren't there boggarts enough in Lorwyn? Couldn't it turn into a sheep? Or a sunflower?" —Olly of Goldmeadow

Morale (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
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Attacking creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn.

Farmstead (Collectors' Edition)
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Enchant land Enchanted land has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {W}{W}. If you do, you gain 1 life."

Mountain (World Championship Decks 1999)
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({T}: Add {R}.)

Phantasmal Forces (Unlimited Edition)
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Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay {U}.

These beings embody the essence of true heroes long dead. Summoned from the dreamrealms, they rise to meet their enemies.

Kjeldoran Skycaptain (Ice Age)
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Flying; first strike; banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

"If we do our duty and uphold our honor, Kjeldor shall stand for a thousand years." —Arna Kennerüd, Skyknight

Island (Beatdown Box Set)
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({T}: Add {U}.)

Simulacrum (Summer Magic / Edgar)
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You gain life equal to the damage dealt to you this turn. Simulacrum deals damage to target creature you control equal to the damage dealt to you this turn.

Stream of Life (Limited Edition Alpha)
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Target player gains X life.

Stream of Life (30th Anniversary Edition)
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Target player gains X life.

Márton Stromgald (Ice Age)
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Whenever Márton Stromgald attacks, other attacking creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn for each attacking creature other than Márton Stromgald. Whenever Márton Stromgald blocks, other blocking creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn for each blocking creature other than Márton Stromgald.

Seeker (Legends)
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Enchant creature Enchanted creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or white creatures.

Gemstone Mine (Dominaria Remastered)
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This land enters with three mining counters on it. {T}, Remove a mining counter from this land: Add one mana of any color. If there are no mining counters on this land, sacrifice it.

Plains (Commander 2017)
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({T}: Add {W}.)

Kjeldoran Frostbeast (Ice Age)
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At end of combat, destroy all creatures blocking or blocked by this creature.

"Two of my Warriors found that the creature was dangerous not only in combat, but also in simple proximity." —Disa the Restless, journal entry

Forest (Game Night: Free-for-All)
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({T}: Add {G}.)

Death Ward (Revised Edition)
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Regenerate target creature.

Fear (Collectors' Edition)
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Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.) Enchanted creature has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Foul Orchard (Amonkhet)
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This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

On Amonkhet, death is an ever-present part of life.

Shatterstorm (Foreign Black Border)
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Destroy all artifacts. They can't be regenerated.

Phantasmal Forces (Foreign Black Border)
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Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay {U}.

Fastbond (Revised Edition)
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You may play any number of lands on each of your turns. Whenever you play a land, if it wasn't the first land you played this turn, this enchantment deals 1 damage to you.

Howl from Beyond (Collectors' Edition)
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Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

Natural Selection (Unlimited Edition)
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Look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put them back in any order. You may have that player shuffle.

Birds of Paradise (World Championship Decks 2000)
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Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Island (30th Anniversary Edition)
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({T}: Add {U}.)

Phantasmal Forces (30th Anniversary Edition)
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Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay {U}.

These beings embody the essence of true heroes long dead. Summoned from the dreamrealms, they rise to meet their enemies.

Howl from Beyond (30th Anniversary Edition)
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Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

Island (Pro Tour Collector Set)
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({T}: Add {U}.)

Counterspell (30th Anniversary Edition)
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Counter target spell.

Farmstead (Limited Edition Alpha)
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Enchant land Enchanted land has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {W}{W}. If you do, you gain 1 life."

Svyelunite Temple (Fallen Empires)
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This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Add {U}{U}.

Howling Mine (Secret Lair Drop)
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At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Wild Growth (Collectors' Edition)
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Enchant land Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional {G}.

Sleight of Mind (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
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Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (For example, you may change "target black spell" to "target blue spell." This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Ancestral Vision (Time Spiral Remastered)
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Suspend 4—{U} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay {U} and exile it with four time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.) Target player draws three cards.

Eye for an Eye (Fourth Edition)
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The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, instead that source deals that much damage to you and Eye for an Eye deals that much damage to that source's controller.

Island Sanctuary (Summer Magic / Edgar)
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If you would draw a card during your draw step, instead you may skip that draw. If you do, until your next turn, you can't be attacked except by creatures with flying and/or islandwalk.

Fastbond (Foreign Black Border)
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You may play any number of lands on each of your turns. Whenever you play a land, if it wasn't the first land you played this turn, this enchantment deals 1 damage to you.

Urza's Tower (Fifth Edition)
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{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Mine and an Urza's Power-Plant, add {C}{C}{C} instead.

Urza always put Tocasia's lessons on resource-gathering to effective use.

Marhault Elsdragon (Chronicles)
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Rampage 1 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)

Marhault Elsdragon follows a strict philosophy, never letting emotions cloud his thoughts. No chance observer could imagine the rage in his heart.

Howl from Beyond (30th Anniversary Edition)
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Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

Island (Fourth Edition)
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({T}: Add {U}.)

Kjeldoran Skyknight (Ice Age)
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Flying; first strike; banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

"My Aesthir is my most trusted ally. We fight as one and live as one, and we will die as one." —Arna Kennerüd, Skyknight

Death Ward (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
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Regenerate target creature.

Counterspell (Limited Edition Beta)
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Counter target spell.

Jump (Foreign Black Border)
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Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Howling Mine (Fourth Edition)
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At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Eye for an Eye (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
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The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, instead that source deals that much damage to you and Eye for an Eye deals that much damage to that source's controller.

Burrowing (30th Anniversary Edition)
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Enchant creature Enchanted creature has mountainwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)

Indestructible Aura (Legends)
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Prevent all damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.

Theodar strode the battle lines, snatching swords with his bare hands and casting them aside until all cowered before him.

Island (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
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({T}: Add {U}.)

Forest (Commander Anthology Volume II)
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({T}: Add {G}.)

Fastbond (30th Anniversary Edition)
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You may play any number of lands on each of your turns. Whenever you play a land, if it wasn't the first land you played this turn, this enchantment deals 1 damage to you.

Stream of Life (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
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Target player gains X life.

Kjeldoran Warrior (Ice Age)
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Banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

"Give me a thousand such Warriors and I could change the world." —Avram Garrisson, Leader of the Knights of Stromgald

Mountain (Game Night: Free-for-All)
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({T}: Add {R}.)

Painted Bluffs (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander)
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{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Centuries of scouring sands have carved and polished the rocky terrain of the Shefet.

Sleight of Mind (Fifth Edition)
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Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (For example, you may change "target black spell" to "target blue spell." This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Island Sanctuary (Revised Edition)
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If you would draw a card during your draw step, instead you may skip that draw. If you do, until your next turn, you can't be attacked except by creatures with flying and/or islandwalk.

Phantasmal Forces (Collectors' Edition)
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Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay {U}.

These beings embody the essence of true heroes long dead. Summoned from the dreamrealms, they rise to meet their enemies.

Eye for an Eye (Fifth Edition)
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The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, instead that source deals that much damage to you and Eye for an Eye deals that much damage to that source's controller.

Akron Legionnaire (Chronicles)
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Except for creatures named Akron Legionnaire and artifact creatures, creatures you control can't attack.

Echo Storm (March of the Machine Commander)
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When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you've cast your commander from the command zone this game. You may choose new targets for the copies. Create a token that's a copy of target artifact.

An organized and methodical reproduction.

Ashnod's Battle Gear (Renaissance)
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You may choose not to untap this artifact during your untap step. {2}, {T}: Target creature you control gets +2/-2 for as long as this artifact remains tapped.

Forest (Commander 2016)
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({T}: Add {G}.)

Simulacrum (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
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You gain life equal to the damage dealt to you this turn. Simulacrum deals damage to target creature you control equal to the damage dealt to you this turn.

Island (Game Night)
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({T}: Add {U}.)

Eye for an Eye (Foreign Black Border)
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The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, instead that source deals that much damage to you and Eye for an Eye deals that much damage to that source's controller.

Birds of Paradise (Limited Edition Alpha)
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Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Panharmonicon (Double Masters 2022)
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If an artifact or creature entering causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.

All who listen hear their own song, a unique melody played just for them.

Staunch Defenders (Friday Night Magic 2000)
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When this creature enters, you gain 4 life.

"Hold your position! Leave doubt for the dying!" —Tahngarth of the *Weatherlight*

Jump (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
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Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Ancestral Recall (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
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Target player draws three cards.

Apocalypse Chime (Pro Tour Collector Set)
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{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Destroy all nontoken permanents with a name originally printed in the Homelands expansion. They can't be regenerated.

"One day, or another, perhaps I shall ring my pretty chime . . . loudly, so that all may hear." —Grandmother Sengir

Howl from Beyond (Summer Magic / Edgar)
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Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

Wild Growth (Limited Edition Beta)
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Enchant land Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional {G}.

Martyrdom (Alliances)
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Until end of turn, target creature you control gains "{0}: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature, planeswalker, or player this turn is dealt to this creature instead." Only you may activate this ability.

"Martyrs are cheaper than mercenaries, and a far better investment." —General Varchild

Balance (Unlimited Edition)
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Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way.

Swamp (Dominaria United)
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({T}: Add {B}.)

Farmstead (30th Anniversary Edition)
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Enchant land Enchanted land has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {W}{W}. If you do, you gain 1 life."

Beast (30th Anniversary Tokens)
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Shatterstorm (Revised Edition)
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Destroy all artifacts. They can't be regenerated.

Chains of leaping fire and sizzling lightning laid waste the artificers' handiwork, sparing not a single device.

Island (Dominaria)
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({T}: Add {U}.)

Seeker (Fourth Edition)
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Enchant creature Enchanted creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or white creatures.

Dogmeat, Ever Loyal (Fallout)
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When Dogmeat enters, mill five cards, then return an Aura or Equipment card from your graveyard to your hand. Whenever a creature you control that's enchanted or equipped attacks, 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.")

The Brothers' War (The Brothers' War Commander)
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(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Create two tapped Powerstone tokens. II — Choose two target players. Until your next turn, each creature they control attacks the other chosen player each combat if able. III — This Saga deals X damage to any target and X damage to any other target, where X is the number of artifacts you control.

Wild Growth (Summer Magic / Edgar)
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Enchant land Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional {G}.

Death Ward (30th Anniversary Edition)
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Regenerate target creature.

Birds of Paradise (Revised Edition)
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Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Island (30th Anniversary Edition)
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({T}: Add {U}.)

Kudzu (30th Anniversary Edition)
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Enchant land When enchanted land becomes tapped, destroy it. That land's controller may attach this Aura to a land of their choice.

Ugin's Labyrinth (Modern Horizons 3)
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Imprint — When this land enters, you may exile a colorless card with mana value 7 or greater from your hand. {T}: Add {C}. If a card is exiled with this land, add {C}{C} instead. {T}: Return the exiled card to its owner's hand.

Death Ward (Limited Edition Beta)
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Regenerate target creature.

Phantasmal Forces (Fifth Edition)
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Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay {U}.

These beings embody the essence of true heroes long dead. Summoned from the dreamrealms, they rise to meet their enemies.

Jump (Fourth Edition)
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Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Island (Throne of Eldraine)
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({T}: Add {U}.)

Island (Collectors' Edition)
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({T}: Add {U}.)

Urza's Tower (Antiquities)
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{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Mine and an Urza's Power-Plant, add {C}{C}{C} instead.

Urza always put Tocasia's lessons on resource-gathering to effective use.

Urza's Tower (Chronicles)
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{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Mine and an Urza's Power-Plant, add {C}{C}{C} instead.

Urza always put Tocasia's lessons on resource-gathering to effective use.

Sleight of Mind (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (For example, you may change "target black spell" to "target blue spell." This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Birds of Paradise (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Phantasmal Forces (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay {U}.

These beings embody the essence of true heroes long dead. Summoned from the dreamrealms, they rise to meet their enemies.

Island Sanctuary (Fifth Edition)
Mark Poole

If you would draw a card during your draw step, instead you may skip that draw. If you do, until your next turn, you can't be attacked except by creatures with flying and/or islandwalk.

Jump (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Island (Pro Tour Collector Set)
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({T}: Add {U}.)

Desecrated Tomb (Core Set 2019 Promos)
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Whenever one or more creature cards leave your graveyard, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying.

The grave robbers were startled, for the door to the mausoleum was already open.

Fury Storm (Commander 2018)
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When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you've cast your commander from the command zone this game. You may choose new targets for the copies. Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Stream of Life (Summer Magic / Edgar)
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Target player gains X life.

Mountain (Tempest)
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({T}: Add {R}.)

Wild Growth (Unlimited Edition)
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Enchant land Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional {G}.

The Brute (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
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Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+0. {R}{R}{R}: Regenerate enchanted creature.

Balance (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way.

Ruins of Trokair (Pro Tour Collector Set)
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This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Add {W}{W}.

Simulacrum (Fourth Edition)
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You gain life equal to the damage dealt to you this turn. Simulacrum deals damage to target creature you control equal to the damage dealt to you this turn.

Island Sanctuary (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

If you would draw a card during your draw step, instead you may skip that draw. If you do, until your next turn, you can't be attacked except by creatures with flying and/or islandwalk.

Mishra's Factory (Modern Horizons 2)
Mark Poole

{T}: Add {C}. {1}: This land becomes a 2/2 Assembly-Worker artifact creature until end of turn. It's still a land. {T}: Target Assembly-Worker creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Counterspell (30th Anniversary Edition)
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Counter target spell.

Thran Forge (Weatherlight)
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{2}: Until end of turn, target nonartifact creature gets +1/+0 and becomes an artifact in addition to its other types.

"This will work," Gerrard called to the elves as he used the forge to strengthen the aboroth, "but if it doesn't, we won't survive to care."

Balance (Pro Tour Collector Set)
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Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way.

Brainstorm (Secret Lair Drop)
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Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

"The secret is simply to know what you're going to do before you even see the possibilities." —Porlema'ko, mind mage

Fear (30th Anniversary Edition)
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Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.) Enchanted creature has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Staunch Defenders (Classic Sixth Edition)
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When this creature enters, you gain 4 life.

"Hold your position! Leave doubt for the dying!" —Tahngarth of the *Weatherlight*

Mesa Falcon (Homelands)
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Flying {1}{W}: This creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn.

"Pretty Falcon, friend to Soraya. Will you send her my greetings?" —Gemma, Willow Priestess

Nexus of Becoming (The Big Score)
Mark Poole

At the beginning of combat on your turn, draw a card. Then you may exile an artifact or creature card from your hand. If you do, create a token that's a copy of the exiled card, except it's a 3/3 Golem artifact creature in addition to its other types.

Snow-Covered Wastes (Modern Horizons 3)
Mark Poole

{T}: Add {C}.

Courier Hawk (Conspiracy)
Mark Poole

Flying, vigilance

The Orzhov started using hawks as messengers in order to bypass the many toll roads and bridges that dot Ravnica. Soon the service became one of their most profitable businesses.

Storm Seeker (Legends)
Mark Poole

Storm Seeker deals damage to target player equal to the number of cards in that player's hand.

Island (Introductory Two-Player Set)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Swamp (Dominaria)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {B}.)

Howl from Beyond (Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

Island (Limited Edition Alpha)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Skull Storm (Commander 2018)
Mark Poole

When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you've cast your commander from the command zone this game. Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. Each opponent who can't loses half their life, rounded up.

A rapid and catastrophic decline.

Island (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Ayula, Queen Among Bears (Fallout)
Mark Poole

Whenever another Bear you control enters, choose one — • Put two +1/+1 counters on target Bear. • Target Bear you control fights target creature you don't control.

Staunch Defenders (Tempest)
Mark Poole

When this creature enters, you gain 4 life.

"Hold your position! Leave doubt for the dying!" —Tahngarth of the *Weatherlight*

Wild Growth (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant land Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional {G}.

Piety (Arabian Nights)
Mark Poole

Blocking creatures get +0/+3 until end of turn.

"Whoever obeys God and His Prophet, fears God and does his duty to Him, will surely find success." —The Qur'an, 24:52

Birds of Paradise (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Simulacrum (Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

You gain life equal to the damage dealt to you this turn. Simulacrum deals damage to target creature you control equal to the damage dealt to you this turn.

Knight of Stromgald (Anthologies)
Mark Poole

Protection from white {B}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn. {B}{B}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Ambush Party (Homelands)
Mark Poole

First strike, haste

"The roads to Koskun Keep are mostly safe these days. Mostly." —Joskun, An-Havva Constable

Incinerate (Ice Age)
Mark Poole

Incinerate deals 3 damage to any target. A creature dealt damage this way can't be regenerated this turn.

"Yes, I think 'toast' is an appropriate description." —Jaya Ballard, Task Mage

Forest (Commander Masters)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {G}.)

Grave Titan (Fallout)
Mark Poole

Deathtouch Whenever this creature enters or attacks, create two 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.

Farmstead (Unlimited Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant land Enchanted land has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {W}{W}. If you do, you gain 1 life."

Jump (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Mark Poole

Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Island (Amonkhet)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Island (Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Island (Fourth Edition)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Fastbond (Limited Edition Alpha)
Mark Poole

You may play any number of lands on each of your turns. Whenever you play a land, if it wasn't the first land you played this turn, this enchantment deals 1 damage to you.

Foratog (Mirage)
Mark Poole

{G}, Sacrifice a Forest: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Five hundred years to grow—barely a minute to eat.

Balance (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way.

Simulacrum (Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

You gain life equal to the damage dealt to you this turn. Simulacrum deals damage to target creature you control equal to the damage dealt to you this turn.

Howling Mine (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Thoughtlace (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

Target spell or permanent becomes blue. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.)

Ruins of Trokair (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Add {W}{W}.

Mountain (World Championship Decks 1998)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {R}.)

Piety (Renaissance)
Mark Poole

Blocking creatures get +0/+3 until end of turn.

Phantasmal Forces (Limited Edition Alpha)
Mark Poole

Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay {U}.

These beings embody the essence of true heroes long dead. Summoned from the dreamrealms, they rise to meet their enemies.

Ancestral Recall (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

Target player draws three cards.

Thoughtlace (Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Target spell or permanent becomes blue. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.)

Death Ward (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Regenerate target creature.

Fastbond (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Mark Poole

You may play any number of lands on each of your turns. Whenever you play a land, if it wasn't the first land you played this turn, this enchantment deals 1 damage to you.

Island (Unlimited Edition)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Sage Owl (Weatherlight)
Mark Poole

Flying When this creature enters, look at the top four cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

The owl asks but never answers.

Fear (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.) Enchanted creature has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Mountain (Dominaria)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {R}.)

Natural Selection (Limited Edition Beta)
Mark Poole

Look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put them back in any order. You may have that player shuffle.

Howling Mine (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Verdant Command (Modern Horizons 2)
Mark Poole

Choose two — • Target player creates two tapped 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens. • Counter target loyalty ability of a planeswalker. • Exile target card from a graveyard. • Target player gains 3 life.

Wild Growth (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant land Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional {G}.

Farmstead (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Mark Poole

Enchant land Enchanted land has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {W}{W}. If you do, you gain 1 life."

Fastbond (Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

You may play any number of lands on each of your turns. Whenever you play a land, if it wasn't the first land you played this turn, this enchantment deals 1 damage to you.

Ebon Stronghold (Fallen Empires)
Mark Poole

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Add {B}{B}.

Arctic Foxes (Ice Age)
Mark Poole

This creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or greater as long as defending player controls a snow land.

"Those Foxes are wily, swift, and ferocious. They are the warriors of the snows." —General Jarkeld, the Arctic Fox

Martyrdom (Alliances)
Mark Poole

Until end of turn, target creature you control gains "{0}: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature, planeswalker, or player this turn is dealt to this creature instead." Only you may activate this ability.

"The only true immortality is in dying for a cause." —Halvor Arensson, Kjeldoran Priest

Cancel (Time Spiral)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

Fendros gasped as he watched the spell drip from the ends of his fingers. He moved his foot, afraid to disturb the spot where it lay slain.

Dwarven Weaponsmith (Antiquities)
Mark Poole

{T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Activate only during your upkeep.

Ancestral Recall (Limited Edition Alpha)
Mark Poole

Target player draws three cards.

Urza's Tower (Rinascimento)
Mark Poole

{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Mine and an Urza's Power-Plant, add {C}{C}{C} instead.

Mountain (Throne of Eldraine)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {R}.)

Thoughtlace (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

Target spell or permanent becomes blue. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.)

Phantasmal Forces (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay {U}.

Burrowing (Unlimited Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has mountainwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)

Heroism (Fallen Empires)
Mark Poole

Sacrifice a white creature: For each attacking red creature, prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by that creature this turn unless its controller pays {2}{R}.

Balance (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way.

Transmutation Font (The Big Score)
Mark Poole

{T}: Create your choice of a Blood token, a Clue token, or a Food token. {3}, {T}, Sacrifice three artifact tokens with different names: Search your library for an artifact card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.

Death Ward (Fourth Edition)
Mark Poole

Regenerate target creature.

Mountain (World Championship Decks 1998)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {R}.)

Birds of Paradise (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Mark Poole

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Island Sanctuary (Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

If you would draw a card during your draw step, instead you may skip that draw. If you do, until your next turn, you can't be attacked except by creatures with flying and/or islandwalk.

Stonecoil Serpent (Throne of Eldraine)
Mark Poole

Reach, trample, protection from multicolored This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.

Cast out of Garenbrig for his crimes, Ennor turned to fae magic to fashion the perfect weapon for his revenge.

Urza's Tower (Antiquities)
Mark Poole

{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Mine and an Urza's Power-Plant, add {C}{C}{C} instead.

Urza always put Tocasia's lessons on resource-gathering to effective use.

Howling Mine (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Phantasmal Forces (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay {U}.

These beings embody the essence of true heroes long dead. Summoned from the dreamrealms, they rise to meet their enemies.

Howling Mine (The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts)
Mark Poole

At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

The mine's riches never end, nor do the moans of the spirits doomed to haunt them.

Birds of Paradise (Classic Sixth Edition)
Mark Poole

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Balance (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way.

Lady Evangela (Legends)
Mark Poole

{W}{B}, {T}: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target creature this turn.

"When milady was young, the sight of a rainbow would fill her soul with peace. As she grew, she learned to share her rapture with others." —*Lady Gabriella*

Ashnod's Battle Gear (Antiquities)
Mark Poole

You may choose not to untap this artifact during your untap step. {2}, {T}: Target creature you control gets +2/-2 for as long as this artifact remains tapped.

This horrid invention clearly illustrates why Mishra's lieutenant was feared as much by her troops as by her foes.

Wild Growth (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant land Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional {G}.

Island (Aetherdrift)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Balance (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way.

Island (Arena League 2002)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Ashnod's Battle Gear (Fourth Edition)
Mark Poole

You may choose not to untap this artifact during your untap step. {2}, {T}: Target creature you control gets +2/-2 for as long as this artifact remains tapped.

This invention shows why Ashnod was feared by her troops as well as her foes.

Sleight of Mind (Limited Edition Beta)
Mark Poole

Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (For example, you may change "target black spell" to "target blue spell." This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Path of Ancestry (Commander Masters)
Mark Poole

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Simulacrum (Limited Edition Beta)
Mark Poole

You gain life equal to the damage dealt to you this turn. Simulacrum deals damage to target creature you control equal to the damage dealt to you this turn.

Elven Fortress (Fallen Empires)
Mark Poole

{1}{G}: Target blocking creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn.

"Thallids are not ordinary enemies of flesh and bone and reason. They attack with no thought for our strength or of their own losses. I fear our Fortresses shall be overwhelmed." —Kyliki of Havenwood

Cancel (Tenth Edition)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

Forest (Commander 2018)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {G}.)

Island (Commander Masters)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Burrowing (Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has mountainwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)

Return to Nature (The List)
Mark Poole

Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Destroy target enchantment. • Exile target card from a graveyard.

"Long after the magic wore off, the mice still dreamed of glorious galloping." —*Tales of the Fae*

Balance (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way.

Ritual of Steel (Mirage)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature When this Aura enters, draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. Enchanted creature gets +0/+2.

"Our soldiers are blessed with lizard scales as hard and cold as steel." —Sidar Jabari

Knight of Stromgald (World Championship Decks 1997)
Mark Poole

Protection from white {B}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn. {B}{B}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

"Kjeldorans should rule supreme, and to the rest, death!" —Avram Garrisson, Leader of the Knights of Stromgald

Fastbond (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

You may play any number of lands on each of your turns. Whenever you play a land, if it wasn't the first land you played this turn, this enchantment deals 1 damage to you.

Sage Owl (Classic Sixth Edition)
Mark Poole

Flying When this creature enters, look at the top four cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

The owl asks but never answers.

Country Roads (Aetherdrift)
Mark Poole

This land enters tapped unless you control a Mount or Vehicle. {T}: Add {W}. {1}{W}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Create a 1/1 colorless Pilot creature token with "This token saddles Mounts and crews Vehicles as though its power were 2 greater." Activate only as a sorcery.

The Brute (Renaissance)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+0. {R}{R}{R}: Regenerate enchanted creature.

Havenwood Battleground (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Add {G}{G}.

Dwarven Ruins (Fallen Empires)
Mark Poole

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Add {R}{R}.

Dimir Aqueduct (Double Masters 2022)
Mark Poole

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {U}{B}.

Cathedral of Serra (Legends)
Mark Poole

White legendary creatures you control have "bands with other legendary creatures." (Any legendary creatures can attack in a band as long as at least one has "bands with other legendary creatures." Bands are blocked as a group. If at least two legendary creatures you control, one of which has "bands with other legendary creatures," are blocking or being blocked by the same creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

Balance (Fourth Edition)
Mark Poole

Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way.

Island (Commander 2017)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Stony Silence (Modern Masters 2017)
Mark Poole

Activated abilities of artifacts can't be activated.

The relic's purpose? Its design? Whatever the intent, it is now a mere curiosity that breaks up the horizon.

Birds of Paradise (Unlimited Edition)
Mark Poole

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Forest (Commander 2017)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {G}.)

Birds of Paradise (Fifth Edition)
Mark Poole

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Stony Silence (Mystery Booster 2)
Mark Poole

Activated abilities of artifacts can't be activated.

The relic's purpose? Its design? Whatever the intent, it is now a mere curiosity that breaks up the horizon.

Stonecoil Serpent (Throne of Eldraine Promos)
Mark Poole

Reach, trample, protection from multicolored This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.

Cast out of Garenbrig for his crimes, Ennor turned to fae magic to fashion the perfect weapon for his revenge.

Incinerate (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

Incinerate deals 3 damage to any target. A creature dealt damage this way can't be regenerated this turn.

"Yes, I think 'toast' is an appropriate description." —Jaya Ballard, Task Mage

Knight of Stromgald (Fifth Edition)
Mark Poole

Protection from white {B}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn. {B}{B}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

"Kjeldorans should rule supreme, and to the rest, death!" —Avram Garrisson, Leader of the Knights of Stromgald

Balance (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way.

Transmutation Font (The Big Score)
Mark Poole

{T}: Create your choice of a Blood token, a Clue token, or a Food token. {3}, {T}, Sacrifice three artifact tokens with different names: Search your library for an artifact card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.

Staunch Defenders (World Championship Decks 1998)
Mark Poole

When this creature enters, you gain 4 life.

"Hold your position! Leave doubt for the dying!" —Tahngarth of the *Weatherlight*

Wild Growth (Fourth Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant land Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional {G}.

Formless Genesis (Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander)
Mark Poole

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) Create an X/X colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling and deathtouch, where X is the number of land cards in your graveyard. Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)

Restore Balance (Time Spiral)
Mark Poole

Suspend 6—{W} Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players sacrifice creatures and discard cards the same way.

Howl from Beyond (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

Urza's Tower (Chronicles)
Mark Poole

{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Mine and an Urza's Power-Plant, add {C}{C}{C} instead.

Urza always put Tocasia's lessons on resource-gathering to effective use.

Kjeldoran Skycaptain (Fifth Edition)
Mark Poole

Flying; first strike; banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

The heartlink between soldier and steed is hatched with the aesthir struggling from its shell.

Balance (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way.

Island Sanctuary (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

If you would draw a card during your draw step, instead you may skip that draw. If you do, until your next turn, you can't be attacked except by creatures with flying and/or islandwalk.

Balance (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way.

Burrowing (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has mountainwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)

Torsten Von Ursus (Legends)
Mark Poole

"How can you accuse me of evil? Though these deeds be unsavory, no one will argue: good shall follow from them."

Howl from Beyond (Fourth Edition)
Mark Poole

Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

Bronze Horse (Chronicles)
Mark Poole

Trample As long as you control another creature, prevent all damage that would be dealt to this creature by spells that target it.

Parapet (Visions)
Mark Poole

You may cast this spell as though it had flash. If you cast it any time a sorcery couldn't have been cast, the controller of the permanent it becomes sacrifices it at the beginning of the next cleanup step. Creatures you control get +0/+1.

There is no wall that can't be improved by making it taller.

Simulacrum (Limited Edition Alpha)
Mark Poole

You gain life equal to the damage dealt to you this turn. Simulacrum deals damage to target creature you control equal to the damage dealt to you this turn.

Knight of Stromgald (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

Protection from white {B}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn. {B}{B}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

"Kjeldorans should rule supreme, and to the rest, death!" —Avram Garrisson, Leader of the Knights of Stromgald

Birds of Paradise (Dominaria Remastered)
Mark Poole

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Sages whisper of an undiscovered natural paradise, a tropical island unspoiled by war.

Urza's Tower (Chronicles)
Mark Poole

{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Mine and an Urza's Power-Plant, add {C}{C}{C} instead.

Urza always put Tocasia's lessons on resource-gathering to effective use.

Natural Selection (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

Look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put them back in any order. You may have that player shuffle.

Elite Javelineer (Eighth Edition)
Mark Poole

Whenever this creature blocks, it deals 1 damage to target attacking creature.

"Precision is frequently more valuable than force."

Ancestral Vision (Time Spiral)
Mark Poole

Suspend 4—{U} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay {U} and exile it with four time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.) Target player draws three cards.

Island (Unlimited Edition)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Island (Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Swamp (Commander Anthology Volume II)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {B}.)

Jump (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Grave Titan (Fallout)
Mark Poole

Deathtouch Whenever this creature enters or attacks, create two 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.

Urza's Tower (Rinascimento)
Mark Poole

{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Mine and an Urza's Power-Plant, add {C}{C}{C} instead.

Stream of Life (Unlimited Edition)
Mark Poole

Target player gains X life.

Ambush Party (Homelands)
Mark Poole

First strike, haste

"Call it a cost of doing business. The best way to protect against thieves is to hire better thieves." —Eron the Relentless

Ruins of Trokair (Fallen Empires)
Mark Poole

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Add {W}{W}.

Island (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Howling Mine (Classic Sixth Edition)
Mark Poole

At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Island (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Akron Legionnaire (Legends)
Mark Poole

Except for creatures named Akron Legionnaire and artifact creatures, creatures you control can't attack.

Fear (Limited Edition Alpha)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.) Enchanted creature has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Stonecoil Serpent (Throne of Eldraine Promos)
Mark Poole

Reach, trample, protection from multicolored This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.

Cast out of Garenbrig for his crimes, Ennor turned to fae magic to fashion the perfect weapon for his revenge.

Howling Mine (Limited Edition Beta)
Mark Poole

At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Courier Hawk (Ravnica: City of Guilds)
Mark Poole

Flying, vigilance

The Orzhov started using hawks as messengers in order to bypass the many toll roads and bridges that dot Ravnica. Soon the service became one of their most profitable businesses.

Wasteland (Secret Lair Drop)
Mark Poole

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land.

The library's scrolls have long since crumbled into swirling desert sands.

Verdant Command (Modern Horizons 2)
Mark Poole

Choose two — • Target player creates two tapped 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens. • Counter target loyalty ability of a planeswalker. • Exile target card from a graveyard. • Target player gains 3 life.

Island (Dominaria Remastered)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Sol Ring (Commander Masters)
Mark Poole

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

"Model? I'm insulted. It's by all reasonable metrics a fully functional planetary system, scaled down for easier study." —Urza, to Tawnos

Snow-Covered Wastes (Modern Horizons 3)
Mark Poole

{T}: Add {C}.

Ancestral Recall (Unlimited Edition)
Mark Poole

Target player draws three cards.

Ayula, Queen Among Bears (Fallout)
Mark Poole

Whenever another Bear you control enters, choose one — • Put two +1/+1 counters on target Bear. • Target Bear you control fights target creature you don't control.

Eternal Flame (The Dark)
Mark Poole

Eternal Flame deals X damage to target opponent or planeswalker and half X damage, rounded up, to you, where X is the number of Mountains you control.

Howling Mine (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Morale (The Dark)
Mark Poole

Attacking creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn.

"After Lacjsi's speech, the Knights grew determined to crush their ancient enemies clan by clan." —Tivadar of Thorn, *History of the Goblin Wars*

Svyelunite Temple (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Add {U}{U}.

Verdant Command (Modern Horizons 2 Promos)
Mark Poole

Choose two — • Target player creates two tapped 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens. • Counter target loyalty ability of a planeswalker. • Exile target card from a graveyard. • Target player gains 3 life.

Birds of Paradise (Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Fastbond (Unlimited Edition)
Mark Poole

You may play any number of lands on each of your turns. Whenever you play a land, if it wasn't the first land you played this turn, this enchantment deals 1 damage to you.

Power Sink (Beatdown Box Set)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.

Ashnod's Battle Gear (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

You may choose not to untap this artifact during your untap step. {2}, {T}: Target creature you control gets +2/-2 for as long as this artifact remains tapped.

Moon-Blessed Cleric (Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander)
Mark Poole

Divine Intervention — When this creature enters, you may search your library for an enchantment card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

"Sometimes, we must make our own path through the darkness."

Power Sink (Ice Age)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.

Power Sink (Classic Sixth Edition)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.

Natural Selection (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put them back in any order. You may have that player shuffle.

Balance (Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way.

Urza's Cave (Modern Horizons 3)
Mark Poole

{T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

No matter how deep Urza delved, he couldn't escape his regrets.

Varchild's Crusader (Alliances)
Mark Poole

{0}: This creature can't be blocked this turn except by Walls. Sacrifice this creature at the beginning of the next end step.

"We could have peace, but Varchild would rather have the maps of the new Kjeldor drawn in Balduvian blood." —King Darien of Kjeldor

Bountiful Landscape (Modern Horizons 3)
Mark Poole

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Forest, Island, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Cycling {G}{U}{R} ({G}{U}{R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Stonecoil Serpent (Throne of Eldraine Promos)
Mark Poole

Reach, trample, protection from multicolored This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.

Cast out of Garenbrig for his crimes, Ennor turned to fae magic to fashion the perfect weapon for his revenge.

Mountain (Tempest)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {R}.)

Elvish Scout (Fallen Empires)
Mark Poole

{G}, {T}: Untap target attacking creature you control. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by it this turn.

Even one whose ears were closely tuned to the sounds of Havenwood could miss hearing a Scout move past.

Restore Balance (Time Spiral Remastered)
Mark Poole

Suspend 6—{W} Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players sacrifice creatures and discard cards the same way.

Shatterstorm (Antiquities)
Mark Poole

Destroy all artifacts. They can't be regenerated.

Chains of leaping fire and sizzling lightning laid waste the artificers' handiwork, sparing not a single device.

Island (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Island (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Ugin's Labyrinth (Modern Horizons 3 Promos)
Mark Poole

Imprint — When this land enters, you may exile a colorless card with mana value 7 or greater from your hand. {T}: Add {C}. If a card is exiled with this land, add {C}{C} instead. {T}: Return the exiled card to its owner's hand.

Birds of Paradise (Secret Lair Drop)
Mark Poole

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Balance (Secret Lair Drop)
Mark Poole

Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way.

Counterspell (Dominaria Remastered)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

Counterspell (Friday Night Magic 2005)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

"It was probably a lousy spell in the first place." —Ertai, wizard adept

Counterspell (Secret Lair Drop)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

Counterspell (Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

Counterspell (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

Counterspell (Fourth Edition)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

Counterspell (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

Akron Legionnaire (Fifth Edition)
Mark Poole

Except for creatures named Akron Legionnaire and artifact creatures, creatures you control can't attack.

Island (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Library of Alexandria (Arabian Nights)
Mark Poole

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Draw a card. Activate only if you have exactly seven cards in hand.

Ancestral Vision (Duel Decks Anthology: Jace vs. Chandra)
Mark Poole

Suspend 4—{U} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay {U} and exile it with four time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.) Target player draws three cards.

Island (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Kudzu (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant land When enchanted land becomes tapped, destroy it. That land's controller may attach this Aura to a land of their choice.

Mountain (Premium Deck Series: Slivers)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {R}.)

Farmstead (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant land Enchanted land has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {W}{W}. If you do, you gain 1 life."

Indestructible Aura (Chronicles)
Mark Poole

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.

Theodar strode the battle lines, snatching swords with his bare hands and casting them aside until all cowered before him.

Mountain (Tempest)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {R}.)

Swamp (Starter Commander Decks)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {B}.)

Mountain (Tempest)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {R}.)

Painted Bluffs (The List)
Mark Poole

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

Centuries of scouring sands have carved and polished the rocky terrain of the Shefet.

Burrowing (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has mountainwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)

Illusionary Wall (Ice Age)
Mark Poole

Defender, flying, first strike Cumulative upkeep {U} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

"Let them see what is not there and feel what does not touch them. When they no longer trust their senses, that is the time to strike." —Gerda Äagesdotter, Archmage of the Unseen

Fowl Play (Unglued)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a Bird creature with base power and toughness 1/1.

"I feel like chicken tonight!"

Counterspell (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

Concordant Crossroads (Double Masters 2022)
Mark Poole

All creatures have haste.

"Realms emerge and wither like autumn leaves, but the World Tree endures eternally." —Esika, god of the Tree

Howling Mine (Fifth Edition)
Mark Poole

At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Great Defender (Legends)
Mark Poole

Target creature gets +0/+X until end of turn, where X is its mana value.

Kor Haven (30th Anniversary Play Promos)
Mark Poole

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{W}, {T}: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target attacking creature this turn.

"Find shelter where none but the angels can reach you." —Kor saying

Counterspell (Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

Ancient Cornucopia (The Big Score)
Mark Poole

Whenever you cast a spell that's one or more colors, you may gain 1 life for each of that spell's colors. Do this only once each turn. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

"I reckon that thing's trying to put me out of a job!" —Bristly Bill, cactusfolk gardener

Fear (Unlimited Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.) Enchanted creature has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Amnesia (The Dark)
Mark Poole

Target player reveals their hand and discards all nonland cards.

"When one has witnessed the unspeakable, 'tis sometimes better to forget." —Vervamon the Elder

Balduvian Barbarians (Ice Age)
Mark Poole

"Barbarian raids were a concern to those living in the northwest provinces, but the Skyknights never dealt with the problem in a systematic way. They thought of the Balduvians as an 'amusing model' of their forebears' culture." —*Kjeldor: Ice Civilization*

Dwarven Weaponsmith (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

{T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Activate only during your upkeep.

"Work with zeal as hammers peal! Melt, anneal, and pound the steel!" —Old Dwarvish forge-chant

Ali from Cairo (Arabian Nights)
Mark Poole

Damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead.

Stream of Life (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Target player gains X life.

Apocalypse Chime (Homelands)
Mark Poole

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Destroy all nontoken permanents with a name originally printed in the Homelands expansion. They can't be regenerated.

"One day, or another, perhaps I shall ring my pretty chime . . . loudly, so that all may hear." —Grandmother Sengir

Swamp (Commander 2016)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {B}.)

Burrowing (Limited Edition Beta)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has mountainwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)

Mountain (Battle Royale Box Set)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {R}.)

Swamp (2017 Gift Pack)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {B}.)

Apocalypse Chime (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Destroy all nontoken permanents with a name originally printed in the Homelands expansion. They can't be regenerated.

"One day, or another, perhaps I shall ring my pretty chime . . . loudly, so that all may hear." —Grandmother Sengir

Sleight of Mind (Limited Edition Alpha)
Mark Poole

Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (For example, you may change "target black spell" to "target blue spell." This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Island (Limited Edition Beta)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Morale (Renaissance)
Mark Poole

Attacking creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn.

Stangg (Legends)
Mark Poole

When Stangg enters, create Stangg Twin, a legendary 3/4 red and green Human Warrior creature token. Exile that token when Stangg leaves the battlefield. Sacrifice Stangg when that token leaves the battlefield.

Counterspell (Limited Edition Alpha)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

Dwarven Weaponsmith (Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

{T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Activate only during your upkeep.

Burrowing (Limited Edition Alpha)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has mountainwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)

Stream of Life (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

Target player gains X life.

Reliquary Tower (Core Set 2019 Promos)
Mark Poole

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

The most holy treasures are kept far from unclean soil.

Artifact Blast (Antiquities)
Mark Poole

Counter target artifact spell.

The first line of defense against Urza and Mishra, the Artifact Blast achieved widespread fame until an unlucky mage discovered it was useless on the devices the brothers had already created.

Birds of Paradise (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Jump (Unlimited Edition)
Mark Poole

Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Urza's Tower (Antiquities)
Mark Poole

{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Mine and an Urza's Power-Plant, add {C}{C}{C} instead.

Urza always put Tocasia's lessons on resource-gathering to effective use.

Forest (Unsanctioned)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {G}.)

Swamp (Commander 2017)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {B}.)

Mountain (World Championship Decks 1998)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {R}.)

Unholy Citadel (Legends)
Mark Poole

Black legendary creatures you control have "bands with other legendary creatures." (Any legendary creatures can attack in a band as long as at least one has "bands with other legendary creatures." Bands are blocked as a group. If at least two legendary creatures you control, one of which has "bands with other legendary creatures," are blocking or being blocked by the same creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

Mardu Shadowspear (Fate Reforged)
Mark Poole

Whenever this creature attacks, each opponent loses 1 life. Dash {1}{B} (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)

Jump (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Forest (2017 Gift Pack)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {G}.)

Natural Selection (Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put them back in any order. You may have that player shuffle.

Counterspell (Unlimited Edition)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

Rally the Troops (Portal Second Age)
Mark Poole

Cast this spell only during the declare attackers step and only if you've been attacked this step. Untap all creatures you control.

Reliquary Tower (Commander Masters)
Mark Poole

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

At a certain point, the only thing a wizard wants for is time. And after that, nothing.

Simulacrum (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

You gain life equal to the damage dealt to you this turn. Simulacrum deals damage to target creature you control equal to the damage dealt to you this turn.

Nightshade Stinger (Jumpstart)
Mark Poole

Flying This creature can't block.

"Most faeries are harmless pranksters. Every now and again, though, you get one that crosses over from mischievous to malicious." —Gaddock Teeg

Mountain (Commander 2017)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {R}.)

Echo Storm (Commander 2018)
Mark Poole

When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you've cast your commander from the command zone this game. You may choose new targets for the copies. Create a token that's a copy of target artifact.

An organized and methodical reproduction.

Mountain (Commander 2016)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {R}.)

Jedit Ojanen (Legends)
Mark Poole

Mightiest of the Cat Warriors, Jedit Ojanen forsook the forests of his tribe and took service with the Robaran Mercenaries, rising through their ranks to lead them in the battle for Efrava.

Simulacrum (Unlimited Edition)
Mark Poole

You gain life equal to the damage dealt to you this turn. Simulacrum deals damage to target creature you control equal to the damage dealt to you this turn.

Forest (Hour of Devastation)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {G}.)

Plains (Dominaria)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {W}.)

Elite Javelineer (Tempest)
Mark Poole

Whenever this creature blocks, it deals 1 damage to target attacking creature.

"Precision is frequently more valuable than force." —Gerrard of the *Weatherlight*

Swiftwater Cliffs (Aetherdrift)
Mark Poole

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

The Keelhaulers channel their prey drive into thrilling, cutthroat pursuits. Glory is all the sweeter when it's won at the expense of others.

Return to Nature (March of the Machine Commander)
Mark Poole

Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Destroy target enchantment. • Exile target card from a graveyard.

"Long after the magic wore off, the mice still dreamed of glorious galloping." —*Tales of the Fae*