Shore Up

Shore Up (Bloomburrow)
Raph Lomotan

Target creature you control gets +1/+1 and gains hexproof until end of turn. Untap it. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

"Is that all you've got? Put some mussel into it!"

Luminous Bonds (Guilds of Ravnica)
Mark Behm

Enchant creature Enchanted creature can't attack or block.

"Article 5.8.2. Ensure proper restraint of any and all arms, legs, claws, jaws, tails, tentacles, and tendrils as appropriate." —*Azorius Arrester Procedure*, Appendix B

Etherium Spinner (Modern Horizons 2)
Mark Behm

Whenever you cast a spell with mana value 4 or greater, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.

"Thopters from a foundry always lack that personal touch."

Smothering Tithe (Ravnica Allegiance)
Mark Behm

Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay {2}. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

"I await your donation." —Dasha, Orzhov priest

Lavabelly Sliver (Commander Masters)
Mark Behm

Sliver creatures you control have "When this creature enters, it deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker and you gain 1 life."

Warm enough to incubate eggs or incinerate those who would eat them.

Cindervines (Ravnica Allegiance)
Mark Behm

Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player. {1}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Destroy target artifact or enchantment. This enchantment deals 2 damage to that permanent's controller.

Polyraptor (Rivals of Ixalan)
Mark Behm

Enrage — Whenever this creature is dealt damage, create a token that's a copy of this creature.

An innumerable pack is concealed in a single reflection.

Grothama, All-Devouring (The List)
Mark Behm

Other creatures have "Whenever this creature attacks, you may have it fight Grothama, All-Devouring." When Grothama leaves the battlefield, each player draws cards equal to the amount of damage dealt to Grothama this turn by sources they controlled.

Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin (Neon Dynasty Commander)
Mark Behm

Whenever Krenko attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it, then create a number of 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens equal to Krenko's power.

"After the people flee, but before the enemy arrives—that's grabbin' time."

Lavabelly Sliver (Secret Lair Drop)
Mark Behm

Sliver creatures you control have "When this creature enters, it deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker and you gain 1 life."

Warm enough to incubate eggs or incinerate those who would eat them.

Lavabelly Sliver (Modern Horizons)
Mark Behm

Sliver creatures you control have "When this creature enters, it deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker and you gain 1 life."

Warm enough to incubate eggs or incinerate those who would eat them.

Cindervines (Ravnica Remastered)
Mark Behm

Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player. {1}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Destroy target artifact or enchantment. This enchantment deals 2 damage to that permanent's controller.

Polyraptor (Rivals of Ixalan Promos)
Mark Behm

Enrage — Whenever this creature is dealt damage, create a token that's a copy of this creature.

An innumerable pack is concealed in a single reflection.

Cindervines (Ravnica Allegiance Promos)
Mark Behm

Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player. {1}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Destroy target artifact or enchantment. This enchantment deals 2 damage to that permanent's controller.

Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin (Dominaria United Commander)
Mark Behm

Whenever Krenko attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it, then create a number of 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens equal to Krenko's power.

"After the people flee, but before the enemy arrives—that's grabbin' time."

Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin (War of the Spark Promos)
Mark Behm

Whenever Krenko attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it, then create a number of 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens equal to Krenko's power.

"After the people flee, but before the enemy arrives—that's grabbin' time."

Contraband Livestock (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Mark Behm

Exile target creature, then roll a d20. 1—9 | Its controller creates a 4/4 green Ox creature token. 10—19 | Its controller creates a 2/2 green Boar creature token. 20 | Its controller creates a 0/1 white Goat creature token.

Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin (The List)
Mark Behm

Whenever Krenko attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it, then create a number of 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens equal to Krenko's power.

"After the people flee, but before the enemy arrives—that's grabbin' time."

Grothama, All-Devouring (Bloomburrow Commander)
Mark Behm

Other creatures have "Whenever this creature attacks, you may have it fight Grothama, All-Devouring." When Grothama leaves the battlefield, each player draws cards equal to the amount of damage dealt to Grothama this turn by sources they controlled.

Grothama, All-Devouring (Battlebond)
Mark Behm

Other creatures have "Whenever this creature attacks, you may have it fight Grothama, All-Devouring." When Grothama leaves the battlefield, each player draws cards equal to the amount of damage dealt to Grothama this turn by sources they controlled.

Lavabelly Sliver (Modern Horizons 1 Timeshifts)
Mark Behm

Sliver creatures you control have "When this creature enters, it deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker and you gain 1 life."

Warm enough to incubate eggs or incinerate those who would eat them.

Khorvath's Fury (Battlebond)
Mark Behm

For each player, choose friend or foe. Each friend discards all cards from their hand, then draws that many cards plus one. Khorvath's Fury deals damage to each foe equal to the number of cards in their hand.

Hired Blade (The List)
Mark Behm

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)

"If you want them dead, buy some poison. If you want them to have the worst day of their life before dying, then let's talk price."

Cindervines (Ravnica Remastered)
Mark Behm

Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player. {1}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Destroy target artifact or enchantment. This enchantment deals 2 damage to that permanent's controller.

Gempalm Incinerator (The List)
Mark Behm

Cycling {1}{R} ({1}{R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.) When you cycle this card, you may have it deal X damage to target creature, where X is the number of Goblins on the battlefield.

Cindervines (Ravnica Remastered)
Mark Behm

Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player. {1}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Destroy target artifact or enchantment. This enchantment deals 2 damage to that permanent's controller.

Court Cleric (Core Set 2019)
Mark Behm

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) This creature gets +1/+1 as long as you control an Ajani planeswalker.

"The healers of Bant are second to none. I owe then a great deal for their tutelage." —Ajani Goldmane

Dispossess (Amonkhet)
Mark Behm

Choose an artifact card name. Search target opponent's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with the chosen name and exile them. Then that player shuffles.

Capture Sphere (The List)
Mark Behm

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Enchant creature When this Aura enters, tap enchanted creature. Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

Swooping Protector (Streets of New Capenna)
Mark Behm

Flash Flying This creature enters with a shield counter on it. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)

Discovery (Murders at Karlov Manor Commander)
Mark Behm

Slimebind (Foundations Jumpstart)
Mark Behm

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets -4/-0.

"Relax. It's quite harmless. And it will dissolve completely in a month or two." —Navona, Simic field tester

Myr Custodian (Phyrexia: All Will Be One)
Mark Behm

When this creature enters, scry 2. Then each opponent may scry 1. (To scry X, a player looks at the top X cards of their library, then puts any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

"Myr will go where the work is. We always have. We always will." —Urtet, Remnant of Memnarch

Smothering Tithe (Ravnica Allegiance Promos)
Mark Behm

Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay {2}. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

"I await your donation." —Dasha, Orzhov priest

Thornvault Forager (Bloomburrow)
Mark Behm

{T}: Add {G}. {T}, Forage: Add two mana in any combination of colors. (To forage, exile three cards from your graveyard or sacrifice a Food.) {3}{G}, {T}: Search your library for a Squirrel card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Bat- (Unsanctioned)
Mark Behm

Flying At the beginning of each end step, if an opponent lost 3 or more life this turn, Augment {1}{B} ({1}{B}, Reveal this card from your hand: Combine it with target host. Augment only as a sorcery.)

Barge In (Throne of Eldraine)
Mark Behm

Target attacking creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Each attacking non-Human creature gains trample until end of turn.

The giant had heard of locks, but he had yet to discover a door he couldn't open.

Smothering Tithe (Double Masters 2022)
Mark Behm

Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay {2}. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

"I await your donation." —Dasha, Orzhov priest

Discovery (Ravnica: Clue Edition)
Mark Behm

Hired Blade (Core Set 2019)
Mark Behm

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)

"If you want them dead, buy some poison. If you want them to have the worst day of their life before dying, then let's talk price."

Arcane Adaptation (Ixalan Promos)
Mark Behm

As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type. Creatures you control are the chosen type in addition to their other types. The same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield.

Arcane Adaptation (Ixalan)
Mark Behm

As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type. Creatures you control are the chosen type in addition to their other types. The same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield.

Goblin Locksmith (The List)
Mark Behm

Whenever this creature attacks, creatures with defender can't block this turn.

"He's got more finesse than most goblins. He smashes windows with his fist rather than his forehead." —Arrester Polgar

Queen's Commission (Ixalan)
Mark Behm

Create two 1/1 white Vampire creature tokens with lifelink.

"Let the blood of the impure flow through you. Only the blessings of the golden city will purge its acrid taste from your mouth." —High Marshal Arguel

Mer Man (Unstable)
Mark Behm

When this creature enters, you may draw a card.

Inner Demon (Battlebond)
Mark Behm

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2, has flying, and is a Demon in addition to its other types. When this Aura enters, all non-Demon creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.

Lawmage's Binding (The List)
Mark Behm

Flash Enchant creature Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.

Goblin Locksmith (Guilds of Ravnica)
Mark Behm

Whenever this creature attacks, creatures with defender can't block this turn.

"He's got more finesse than most goblins. He smashes windows with his fist rather than his forehead." —Arrester Polgar

Sticky Fingers (Streets of New Capenna)
Mark Behm

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has menace and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token." (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures. The token is an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") When enchanted creature dies, draw a card.

Diligent Excavator (Dominaria)
Mark Behm

Whenever you cast a historic spell, target player mills two cards. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Archaeologists don't just dig in the dirt. They excavate time, scraping off the years grain by grain.

Finders, Keepers (Unstable)
Mark Behm

Destroy target creature, then assemble a Contraption. (Put the top card of your Contraption deck face up onto one of your sprockets.)

The S.N.E.A.K. Code clearly permits looting corpses for parts. That just meant Agent 47.3 had to make sure her target was dead first.

Magmatic Sinkhole (Modern Horizons)
Mark Behm

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.) Magmatic Sinkhole deals 5 damage to target creature or planeswalker.

Opening like the maw of a hellion, the earth swallowed the traveler whole.

Riveteers Requisitioner (Streets of New Capenna)
Mark Behm

When this creature dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Blitz {2}{R} (If you cast this spell for its blitz cost, it gains haste and "When this creature dies, draw a card." Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.)

Ramunap Excavator (Hour of Devastation)
Mark Behm

You may play lands from your graveyard.

"This world was once so much more than the confines of Naktamun."

Component Collector (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Mark Behm

If it's neither day nor night, it becomes day as this creature enters. Whenever day becomes night or night becomes day, you may tap or untap target nonland permanent.

"Keep master busy with new bits or else maybe she wonders if I'm made of bits too."

Alpine Houndmaster (Core Set 2021)
Mark Behm

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a card named Alpine Watchdog and/or a card named Igneous Cur, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle. Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of other attacking creatures.

Flummoxed Cyclops (Theros Beyond Death)
Mark Behm

Reach Whenever two or more creatures your opponents control attack, this creature can't block this combat.

"A cyclops thinks slowly but strikes quickly. Try to keep it thinking." —Brigone, soldier of Meletis

Crafty Octopus (Unstable)
Mark Behm

When this creature enters, this creature assembles a Contraption. (Put the top card of your Contraption deck face up onto one of your sprockets.)

Mer Man (Unsanctioned)
Mark Behm

When this creature enters, you may draw a card.

Crashing Drawbridge (Throne of Eldraine)
Mark Behm

Defender {T}: Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.

"The Northern Beacon flared, and even before the drawbridge finished its descent, the knights charged out." —*Legend of the Gilded Knights*

Smothering Tithe (Commander Masters)
Mark Behm

Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay {2}. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

"I await your donation." —Dasha, Orzhov priest

Contraband Livestock (The List)
Mark Behm

Exile target creature, then roll a d20. 1—9 | Its controller creates a 4/4 green Ox creature token. 10—19 | Its controller creates a 2/2 green Boar creature token. 20 | Its controller creates a 0/1 white Goat creature token.

Treasure (Ravnica Allegiance Tokens)
Mark Behm

{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.

Sticky Fingers (The List)
Mark Behm

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has menace and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token." (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures. The token is an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") When enchanted creature dies, draw a card.

Cutthroat Contender (Streets of New Capenna)
Mark Behm

Pay 1 life: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate only once each turn.

The fights may sometimes be rigged, but the front-row spectators know the wounds are real.

Slimebind (Ravnica Allegiance)
Mark Behm

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets -4/-0.

"Relax. It's quite harmless. And it will dissolve completely in a month or two." —Navona, Simic field tester

Cindervines (Ravnica Allegiance Promos)
Mark Behm

Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player. {1}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Destroy target artifact or enchantment. This enchantment deals 2 damage to that permanent's controller.

Humming- (Unsanctioned)
Mark Behm

Flying Whenever you attack with two or more creatures, Augment {3}{W} ({3}{W}, Reveal this card from your hand: Combine it with target host. Augment only as a sorcery.)

Arcane Adaptation (Ixalan Promos)
Mark Behm

As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type. Creatures you control are the chosen type in addition to their other types. The same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield.

Rabid Gnaw (Bloomburrow)
Mark Behm

Target creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Then it deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control.

Unbeknownst to the hosts, the foraged seeds they served at dinner had been touched by a Calamity Beast. The results were ... disturbing.

Capture Sphere (Core Set 2021)
Mark Behm

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Enchant creature When this Aura enters, tap enchanted creature. Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin (War of the Spark)
Mark Behm

Whenever Krenko attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it, then create a number of 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens equal to Krenko's power.

"After the people flee, but before the enemy arrives—that's grabbin' time."

Inner Demon (Jumpstart 2022)
Mark Behm

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2, has flying, and is a Demon in addition to its other types. When this Aura enters, all non-Demon creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.

Crash the Ramparts (Ixalan)
Mark Behm

Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains trample until end of turn.

The Legion's conquistadors could endure Ixalan's sun. Their forts could withstand a charging ceratops. But nothing can stop a ceratops strengthened by the sun.

Component Collector (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt)
Mark Behm

If it's neither day nor night, it becomes day as this creature enters. Whenever day becomes night or night becomes day, you may tap or untap target nonland permanent.

"Keep master busy with new bits or else maybe she wonders if I'm made of bits too."

Gempalm Incinerator (Duel Decks: Merfolk vs. Goblins)
Mark Behm

Cycling {1}{R} ({1}{R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.) When you cycle this card, you may have it deal X damage to target creature, where X is the number of Goblins on the battlefield.

Thornvault Forager (Bloomburrow)
Mark Behm

{T}: Add {G}. {T}, Forage: Add two mana in any combination of colors. (To forage, exile three cards from your graveyard or sacrifice a Food.) {3}{G}, {T}: Search your library for a Squirrel card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Capture Sphere (Double Masters 2022)
Mark Behm

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Enchant creature When this Aura enters, tap enchanted creature. Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

Guild Artisan (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Mark Behm

Commander creatures you own have "Whenever this creature attacks a player, if no opponent has more life than that player, you create two Treasure tokens." (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Your discerning eye for value makes you nearly impossible to swindle.

Cement Shoes (Streets of New Capenna)
Mark Behm

Equipped creature gets +3/+3 and has "At the beginning of your end step, tap this creature." Equipped creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step. Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Lawmage's Binding (Ravnica Allegiance)
Mark Behm

Flash Enchant creature Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.

Capture Sphere (Guilds of Ravnica)
Mark Behm

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Enchant creature When this Aura enters, tap enchanted creature. Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

Ramunap Excavator (Modern Horizons 3 Commander)
Mark Behm

You may play lands from your graveyard.

"This world was once so much more than the confines of Naktamun."

Lawmage's Binding (Jumpstart)
Mark Behm

Flash Enchant creature Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.

Goblin (War of the Spark Tokens)
Mark Behm

Ramunap Excavator (Commander Legends)
Mark Behm

You may play lands from your graveyard.

"This world was once so much more than the confines of Naktamun."

Dispossess (Amonkhet Promos)
Mark Behm

Choose an artifact card name. Search target opponent's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with the chosen name and exile them. Then that player shuffles.

Kindly Cognician (Unstable)
Mark Behm

Spells you cast that refer to artifacts or Contraptions in their rules text cost {1} less to cast.

"What's wrong, dear? Nothing a 44-to-22 bronze spur gear and reducer pairing couldn't fix, I bet."

Furtive Courier (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Mark Behm

This creature can't be blocked as long as you've sacrificed an artifact this turn. Whenever this creature attacks, draw a card, then discard a card.

"Glad to see you made it in one piece. Next time, try not looking so obviously nervous." —Linghu of the Foundway Associates

Thornvault Forager (Bloomburrow Promos)
Mark Behm

{T}: Add {G}. {T}, Forage: Add two mana in any combination of colors. (To forage, exile three cards from your graveyard or sacrifice a Food.) {3}{G}, {T}: Search your library for a Squirrel card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Graveyard Marshal (Core Set 2019)
Mark Behm

{2}{B}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

"Rise and shine, my dears. We have work to do." —Isareth the Awakener

Crashing Drawbridge (Commander Masters)
Mark Behm

Defender {T}: Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.

"The Northern Beacon flared, and even before the drawbridge finished its descent, the knights charged out." —*Legend of the Gilded Knights*

Capture Sphere (Foundations Jumpstart)
Mark Behm

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Enchant creature When this Aura enters, tap enchanted creature. Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

Graveyard Marshal (Core Set 2019 Promos)
Mark Behm

{2}{B}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

"Rise and shine, my dears. We have work to do." —Isareth the Awakener

Ramunap Excavator (Hour of Devastation Promos)
Mark Behm

You may play lands from your graveyard.

"This world was once so much more than the confines of Naktamun."

Humming- (Unstable)
Mark Behm

Flying Whenever you attack with two or more creatures, Augment {3}{W} ({3}{W}, Reveal this card from your hand: Combine it with target host. Augment only as a sorcery.)

Ramunap Excavator (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander)
Mark Behm

You may play lands from your graveyard.

"This world was once so much more than the confines of Naktamun."

Sparring Construct (Dominaria)
Mark Behm

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

The trainers were a gift of gratitude from the wizards of Tolaria West to the knights of New Benalia for their aid during the Talas Incursion.

Teacher's Pet (Unstable)
Mark Behm

{2}{W}, Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for a card with augment, combine it with target host you control, then shuffle.

"First attempt: unsuccessful. Instead of an amphibious chicken, hybridization produced an aquaphobic fish."

Discovery (Guilds of Ravnica)
Mark Behm

Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin (War of the Spark Promos)
Mark Behm

Whenever Krenko attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it, then create a number of 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens equal to Krenko's power.

"After the people flee, but before the enemy arrives—that's grabbin' time."

Magmatic Sinkhole (Modern Horizons 1 Timeshifts)
Mark Behm

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.) Magmatic Sinkhole deals 5 damage to target creature or planeswalker.

Opening like the maw of a hellion, the earth swallowed the traveler whole.

Thornvault Forager (Bloomburrow Promos)
Mark Behm

{T}: Add {G}. {T}, Forage: Add two mana in any combination of colors. (To forage, exile three cards from your graveyard or sacrifice a Food.) {3}{G}, {T}: Search your library for a Squirrel card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.