Sudden Impact

Sudden Impact (Tenth Edition)
Wayne Reynolds

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

"Some say it's better to think before you act. While those people are considering all the options, that's usually when I kill them." —Dravus, lava mage

Sudden Impact (Premium Deck Series: Fire and Lightning)
Wayne Reynolds

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

"Some say it's better to think before you act. While those people are considering all the options, that's usually when I kill them." —Dravus, lava mage

Sudden Impact (Seventh Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

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

Caught red-handed.

Sudden Impact (Seventh Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

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

Caught red-handed.

Sudden Impact (Tempest)
Alan Pollack

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

The *Predator* roared like an unruly beast, and the *Weatherlight* suddenly listed. "No!" screamed Hanna.

Sudden Impact (Eighth Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

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

Most people know better. Goblins only know bigger.

Sudden Impact (Ninth Edition)
Simon Bisley

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

"Some say it's better to think before you act. While those people are considering all the options, that's usually when I kill them." —Dravus, lava mage

Druid's Call (Odyssey)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Enchant creature Whenever enchanted creature is dealt damage, its controller creates that many 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens.

Suffer the little creatures, for they may yet rise up and beat you senseless.

Crossbow Infantry (Mercadian Masques)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

{T}: This creature deals 1 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.

The crossbow is the ideal weapon for the lazy Mercadians: just point and shoot.

Weathered Wayfarer (Onslaught)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

{W}, {T}: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only if an opponent controls more lands than you.

Epic Struggle (Judgment)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control twenty or more creatures, you win the game.

"If our foes will not listen to words, perhaps hooves and claws will make them take notice." —Seton, centaur druid

Eager Cadet (Seventh Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

"Training? Seeing my crops burnt to cinders was all the 'training' I needed."

Moonlit Wake (Mercadian Masques)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Whenever a creature dies, you gain 1 life.

"As long as Rushwood glows, no life is ever truly lost." —Ta-Karnst, Cho-Arrim healer

Ceta Disciple (Apocalypse)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

{R}, {T}: Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. {G}, {T}: Add one mana of any color.

"The sea holds all that you need. You simply must know how to ask for it."

Simplify (Odyssey)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Each player sacrifices an enchantment of their choice.

A blossom's petals close inward to shut out the frost. —Nantuko teaching

Breath of Darigaaz (Invasion)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Kicker {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell.) Breath of Darigaaz deals 1 damage to each creature without flying and each player. If this spell was kicked, it deals 4 damage to each creature without flying and each player instead.

Healing Salve (Duel Decks Anthology: Divine vs. Demonic)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Choose one — • Target player gains 3 life. • Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.

Crossbow Infantry (The List)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

{T}: This creature deals 1 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.

The crossbow is the ideal weapon for the lazy Mercadians: just point and shoot.

Fiery Temper (Time Spiral Timeshifted)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Fiery Temper deals 3 damage to any target. Madness {R} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Akroma's Vengeance (World Championship Decks 2004)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Destroy all artifacts, creatures, and enchantments. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Ixidor had only to imagine their ruin and Akroma made it so.

Convalescent Care (Onslaught)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have 5 or less life, you gain 3 life and draw a card.

Enlightenment comes most swiftly at life's end.

Breath of Darigaaz (Duel Decks: Knights vs. Dragons)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Kicker {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell.) Breath of Darigaaz deals 1 damage to each creature without flying and each player. If this spell was kicked, it deals 4 damage to each creature without flying and each player instead.

Aven Windreader (Odyssey)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) {1}{U}: Target player reveals the top card of their library.

"The tiniest ripple tells a story ten fathoms deep."

Death Pits of Rath (Ninth Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Whenever a creature is dealt damage, destroy it. It can't be regenerated.

"Neither could I forget what I had read of these pits—that the *sudden* extinction of life formed no part of their most horrible plan." —Edgar Allan Poe, "The Pit and the Pendulum"

Sylvan Tutor (Tales of Middle-earth Commander)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Search your library for a creature card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

"That was a mighty shot in the dark, my friend!" said Gimli. "But who can say what it hit?" said Legolas.

Doran, the Siege Tower (Tales of Middle-earth Commander)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Each creature assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.

"This is an Ent house, and there are no seats, I fear. But you may sit on the table. You are thirsty, I expect. Perhaps you are also tired. Drink this!"

Second Harvest (Tales of Middle-earth Commander)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

For each token you control, create a token that's a copy of that permanent.

"Each year at summer's end, I gather water lilies, green leaves and lilies white to please my pretty lady, the last ere the year's end to keep them from the winter, to flower by her pretty feet till the snows are melted."

Final Fortune (Mystery Booster 2)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Take an extra turn after this one. At the beginning of that turn's end step, you lose the game.

A reward is worthless if you aren't around to enjoy it.

Custody Battle (Onslaught)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has "At the beginning of your upkeep, target opponent gains control of this creature unless you sacrifice a land."

Goblins resolve disputes by splitting everything straight down the middle.

Master Healer (Seventh Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

{T}: Prevent the next 4 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.

Her heart holds the pain of every soldier she's ever healed.

Deepwood Elder (Mercadian Masques)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

{X}{G}{G}, {T}, Discard a card: X target lands become Forests until end of turn.

They'd guarded the Henge so long that they were as attuned to the powerstones as they were to the trees.

Powerstone Minefield (The List)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Whenever a creature attacks or blocks, this enchantment deals 2 damage to it.

"We have fought this far and lost too much. We will not turn back." —Grizzlegom

Bomb Squad (Odyssey)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

{T}: Put a fuse counter on target creature. At the beginning of your upkeep, put a fuse counter on each creature with a fuse counter on it. Whenever a creature has four or more fuse counters on it, remove all fuse counters from it and destroy it. That creature deals 4 damage to its controller.

Goblin Warchief (World Championship Decks 2003)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Goblin spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Goblins you control have haste.

They poured from the Skirk Ridge like lava, burning and devouring everything in their path.

Piper's Melody (Odyssey)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Shuffle any number of target creature cards from your graveyard into your library.

Those who follow nature's path eventually walk in a circle.

Leaf Dancer (Odyssey)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Forestwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)

A leaf dancer sweeps through the forest like a spring breeze, evading even the sharpest eyes and ears.

Goblin Warchief (Scourge)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Goblin spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Goblins you control have haste.

They poured from the Skirk Ridge like lava, burning and devouring everything in their path.

Breath of Darigaaz (Commander 2015)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Kicker {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell.) Breath of Darigaaz deals 1 damage to each creature without flying and each player. If this spell was kicked, it deals 4 damage to each creature without flying and each player instead.

Tormented Angel (The List)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Flying

Falling from heaven is not as painful as surviving the impact.

Goblin Warchief (Friday Night Magic 2006)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Goblin spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Goblins you control have haste.

They poured from the Skirk Ridge like lava, burning and devouring everything in their path.

Goblin Warchief (Duel Decks: Elves vs. Goblins)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Goblin spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Goblins you control have haste.

They poured from the Skirk Ridge like lava, burning and devouring everything in their path.

Abyssal Persecutor (Tales of Middle-earth Commander)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Flying, trample You can't win the game and your opponents can't lose the game.

"Come not between the Nazgûl and his prey! Or he will not slay thee in thy turn. He will bear thee away to the houses of lamentation, where thy flesh shall be devoured, and thy shriveled mind be left naked to the Lidless Eye."

Ishkanah, Grafwidow (Tales of Middle-earth Commander)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Reach Delirium — When Ishkanah enters, if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, create three 1/2 green Spider creature tokens with reach. {6}{B}: Target opponent loses 1 life for each Spider you control.

Elvish Lookout (Urza's Destiny)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Like a masterful quilter, Yavimaya stitches together patches of color to warn its denizens of threats.

Anarchist (Odyssey)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

When this creature enters, you may return target sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Those who will not follow are doomed to lead.

Elvish Harbinger (Tales of Middle-earth Commander)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

When this creature enters, you may search your library for an Elf card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

"The Mirror of Galadriel shows things that were, and things that are, and things that yet may be."

Teroh's Vanguard (Torment)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Flash Threshold — As long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard, this creature has "When this creature enters, creatures you control gain protection from black until end of turn."

Downhill Charge (Duel Decks: Venser vs. Koth)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

You may sacrifice a Mountain rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of Mountains you control.

Eager Cadet (Seventh Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

"Training? Seeing my crops burnt to cinders was all the 'training' I needed."

Diabolic Intent (Tales of Middle-earth Commander)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

"Alas for Saruman! The palantir was his downfall, I now perceive. Perilous to us all are the devices of an art deeper than we possess ourselves." —Gandalf

Akroma's Vengeance (World Championship Decks 2004)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Destroy all artifacts, creatures, and enchantments. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Ixidor had only to imagine their ruin and Akroma made it so.

Stonehewer Giant (Tales of Middle-earth Commander)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Vigilance {1}{W}, {T}: Search your library for an Equipment card, put it onto the battlefield, attach it to a creature you control, then shuffle.

"Indeed," said Glóin, "if it were not for the Beornings, the passage from Dale to Rivendell would long ago have become impossible. They are valiant Men."

Braidwood Cup (Urza's Destiny)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

{T}: You gain 1 life.

"I think it no accident that every civilized people has discovered the art of distillation." —Rofellos of Llanowar

Bridge from Below (Future Sight)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Whenever a nontoken creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, if this card is in your graveyard, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. When a creature is put into an opponent's graveyard from the battlefield, if this card is in your graveyard, exile this card.

Sigil of Sleep (Duel Decks: Venser vs. Koth)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Enchant creature Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to a player, return target creature that player controls to its owner's hand.

Arrows are only one way to remove an enemy.

Hulking Ogre (Urza's Destiny)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

This creature can't block.

"The Keldons' ogre campaign provided more body parts than my meager facility could properly use." —Gatha, Tolarian renegade

Stronghold Gambit (Nemesis)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Each player chooses a card in their hand. Then each player reveals their chosen card. The owner of each creature card revealed this way with the lowest mana value puts it onto the battlefield.

Sudden Impact (Seventh Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

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

Caught red-handed.

Breath of Darigaaz (Archenemy)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Kicker {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell.) Breath of Darigaaz deals 1 damage to each creature without flying and each player. If this spell was kicked, it deals 4 damage to each creature without flying and each player instead.

Sudden Impact (Seventh Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

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

Caught red-handed.

Knighthood (Seventh Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Creatures you control have first strike.

Kings don't make knights. Actions do.

Hammerheim (Tales of Middle-earth Commander)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

{T}: Add {R}. {T}: Target creature loses all landwalk abilities until end of turn.

"In that golden hall dwells Théoden son of Thengel, King of the Mark of Rohan." —Gandalf

Reveille Squad (Prophecy)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Whenever one or more creatures attack you, if this creature is untapped, you may untap all creatures you control.

"To arms! To arms! The Lion roars!"

Goblin Warchief (Duel Decks Anthology: Elves vs. Goblins)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Goblin spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Goblins you control have haste.

They poured from the Skirk Ridge like lava, burning and devouring everything in their path.

Aven Windreader (Ninth Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) {1}{U}: Target player reveals the top card of their library.

"The tiniest ripple tells a story ten fathoms deep."

Loafing Giant (Invasion)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, mill a card. If a land card was milled this way, prevent all combat damage this creature would deal this turn.

"Forget it. I'm not getting up today."

Savage Offensive (Invasion)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Kicker {G} (You may pay an additional {G} as you cast this spell.) Creatures you control gain first strike until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, they get +1/+1 until end of turn.

Tempt with Discovery (Tales of Middle-earth Commander)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Tempting offer — Search your library for a land card and put it onto the battlefield. Each opponent may search their library for a land card and put it onto the battlefield. For each opponent who searches a library this way, search your library for a land card and put it onto the battlefield. Then each player who searched a library this way shuffles.

Master Healer (Eighth Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

{T}: Prevent the next 4 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.

Her heart holds the pain of every soldier she's ever healed.

Akroma's Vengeance (Planechase)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Destroy all artifacts, creatures, and enchantments. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Ixidor had only to imagine their ruin and Akroma made it so.

Soul's Attendant (Tales of Middle-earth Commander)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Whenever another creature enters, you may gain 1 life.

Goldberry came before them, holding a candle. "Have peace now," she said, "until the morning! Heed no nightly noises! For nothing passes door and window here save moonlight and starlight and the wind off the hilltop."

Akroma's Vengeance (Onslaught)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Destroy all artifacts, creatures, and enchantments. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Ixidor had only to imagine their ruin and Akroma made it so.

Sigil of Sleep (Urza's Destiny)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Enchant creature Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to a player, return target creature that player controls to its owner's hand.

Arrows are only one way to remove an enemy.

Druid's Call (The List)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Enchant creature Whenever enchanted creature is dealt damage, its controller creates that many 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens.

Suffer the little creatures, for they may yet rise up and beat you senseless.

Pretender's Claim (Mercadian Masques)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Enchant creature Whenever enchanted creature becomes blocked, tap all lands defending player controls.

The surest way to lose your holdings is to plead for them in Mercadia City's courts.

Aven Flock (Ninth Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) {W}: This creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn.

Just as each added feather steadies the wing, so does the flock grow stronger with each new member.

Akroma's Vengeance (Commander 2011)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Destroy all artifacts, creatures, and enchantments. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Ixidor had only to imagine their ruin and Akroma made it so.

Strongarm Tactics (Onslaught)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Each player discards a card. Then each player who didn't discard a creature card this way loses 4 life.

"If you can't pay your gambling debts, you just might be tomorrow's main attraction at the Grand Coliseum."

Skirk Fire Marshal (Duel Decks Anthology: Elves vs. Goblins)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Protection from red Tap five untapped Goblins you control: This creature deals 10 damage to each creature and each player.

He's boss because he's smart enough to get out of the way.

Sudden Impact (Eighth Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

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

Most people know better. Goblins only know bigger.

Forced March (Mercadian Masques)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Destroy all creatures with mana value X or less.

The Caterans call it a screening process. The dead are in no condition to argue.

Circle of Protection: Blue (Seventh Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

{1}: The next time a blue source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.

Reveille Squad (The List)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Whenever one or more creatures attack you, if this creature is untapped, you may untap all creatures you control.

"To arms! To arms! The Lion roars!"

Sulam Djinn (Invasion)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Trample This creature gets -2/-2 as long as green is the most common color among all permanents or is tied for most common.

Wave of Indifference (Onslaught)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

X target creatures can't block this turn.

"Darius?" "Yeah?" "There's a goblin sneaking up on you." "So?" "Just sayin'."

Eager Cadet (Eighth Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

"Training? Seeing my crops burnt to cinders was all the 'training' I needed."

Reclaim (Seventh Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Put target card from your graveyard on top of your library.

The wise pay as much attention to what they throw away as to what they keep.

Elvish Guidance (Onslaught)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Enchant land Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional {G} for each Elf on the battlefield.

"Old home never forgotten, new home ours forever."

Aven Flock (Odyssey)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) {W}: This creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn.

Just as each added feather steadies the wing, so does the flock grow stronger with each new member.

Cho-Manno, Revolutionary (Mercadian Masques)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to Cho-Manno.

"Mercadia's masks can no longer hide the truth. Our day has come at last." —Cho-Manno

Corrupt Official (Mercadian Masques)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

{2}{B}: Regenerate this creature. Whenever this creature becomes blocked, defending player discards a card at random.

His favor comes at a high price.

Noble Stand (Nemesis)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Whenever a creature you control blocks, you gain 2 life.

Soldiers will always endanger their lives to defend many other lives.

Dwarven Patrol (Apocalypse)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

This creature doesn't untap during your untap step. Whenever you cast a nonred spell, untap this creature.

Dwarves never worry about who watches their backs.

Explore (Tales of Middle-earth Commander)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

You may play an additional land this turn. Draw a card.

"Do not be afraid!" said Gandalf. "For you are not going like Frodo to Mordor, but to Minas Tirith, and there you will be as safe as you can be anywhere in these days."

Anarchist (The List)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

When this creature enters, you may return target sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Those who will not follow are doomed to lead.

Bridge from Below (The List)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Whenever a nontoken creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, if this card is in your graveyard, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. When a creature is put into an opponent's graveyard from the battlefield, if this card is in your graveyard, exile this card.

Equal Treatment (Torment)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

If any source would deal 1 or more damage to a permanent or player this turn, it deals 2 damage to that permanent or player instead. Draw a card.

Death Pits of Rath (Ninth Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Whenever a creature is dealt damage, destroy it. It can't be regenerated.

"Neither could I forget what I had read of these pits—that the *sudden* extinction of life formed no part of their most horrible plan." —Edgar Allan Poe, "The Pit and the Pendulum"

Final Fortune (Seventh Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Take an extra turn after this one. At the beginning of that turn's end step, you lose the game.

A reward is worthless if you aren't around to enjoy it.

Timber Protector (Tales of Middle-earth Commander)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Other Treefolk creatures you control get +1/+1. Other Treefolk and Forests you control have indestructible.

"I am getting very suspicious of this Forest and everything in it." —Pippin

Myriad Landscape (Tales of Middle-earth Commander)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Downhill Charge (Nemesis)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

You may sacrifice a Mountain rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of Mountains you control.

Seasons Past (Tales of Middle-earth Commander)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Return any number of cards with different mana values from your graveyard to your hand. Put Seasons Past on the bottom of its owner's library.

"How bright your garden looks!" said Gandalf. "Yes," said Bilbo. "I am very fond indeed of it, and of all the dear old Shire; but I think I need a holiday."

Silkenfist Order (Nemesis)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Whenever this creature becomes blocked, untap it.

Hands weave life and death; Intertwining spirits knit Tapestries and shrouds.

Bubbling Muck (Urza's Destiny)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Until end of turn, whenever a player taps a Swamp for mana, that player adds an additional {B}.

The muck claims a hundred living things for each meager treasure it spews forth.

Weathered Wayfarer (Double Masters 2022)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

{W}, {T}: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only if an opponent controls more lands than you.

Trenching Steed (Prophecy)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Sacrifice a land: This creature gets +0/+3 until end of turn.

The Keldons took several of the steeds as trophies of war. They'd never seen such a light beast stand so firm.

Skirk Fire Marshal (Duel Decks: Elves vs. Goblins)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Protection from red Tap five untapped Goblins you control: This creature deals 10 damage to each creature and each player.

He's boss because he's smart enough to get out of the way.

Breath of Darigaaz (The List)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Kicker {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell.) Breath of Darigaaz deals 1 damage to each creature without flying and each player. If this spell was kicked, it deals 4 damage to each creature without flying and each player instead.

Healing Salve (Duel Decks: Divine vs. Demonic)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Choose one — • Target player gains 3 life. • Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.

Urborg (Tales of Middle-earth Commander)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

{T}: Add {B}. {T}: Target creature loses first strike or swampwalk until end of turn.

Not even an eagle poised against the sun would have marked the hobbits sitting there, under the weight of doom, silent, not moving, shrouded in their thin grey cloaks.

Breath of Darigaaz (Commander Anthology Volume II)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Kicker {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell.) Breath of Darigaaz deals 1 damage to each creature without flying and each player. If this spell was kicked, it deals 4 damage to each creature without flying and each player instead.

Goblin Warchief (Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Goblin spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Goblins you control have haste.

They poured from the Skirk Ridge like lava, burning and devouring everything in their path.

Akroma's Vengeance (Commander Anthology)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Destroy all artifacts, creatures, and enchantments. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Ixidor had only to imagine their ruin and Akroma made it so.

Weathered Wayfarer (The List)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

{W}, {T}: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only if an opponent controls more lands than you.

Skirk Fire Marshal (The List)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Protection from red Tap five untapped Goblins you control: This creature deals 10 damage to each creature and each player.

He's boss because he's smart enough to get out of the way.

Breath of Darigaaz (Commander 2011)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Kicker {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell.) Breath of Darigaaz deals 1 damage to each creature without flying and each player. If this spell was kicked, it deals 4 damage to each creature without flying and each player instead.

Demoralize (Odyssey)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

All creatures gain menace until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) Threshold — If seven or more cards are in your graveyard, creatures can't block this turn.

Strength of Lunacy (Torment)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+1 and has protection from white. Madness {B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Don't confuse lunacy with courage.

War Tax (Mercadian Masques)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

{X}{U}: This turn, creatures can't attack unless their controller pays {X} for each attacking creature they control.

The worst thing about being a depraved pirate is having to work with a bunch of depraved pirates.

Fiery Temper (Torment)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Fiery Temper deals 3 damage to any target. Madness {R} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

River Kelpie (Tales of Middle-earth Commander)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Whenever this creature or another permanent enters from a graveyard, draw a card. Whenever a player casts a spell from a graveyard, draw a card. Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

Tormented Angel (Urza's Destiny)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Flying

Falling from heaven is not as painful as surviving the impact.

Hulking Ogre (Starter 1999)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

This creature can't block.

Once they realized the ogre had more size than speed, the soldiers simply went around it.

Kenrith, the Returned King (Tales of Middle-earth Commander)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

{R}: All creatures gain trample and haste until end of turn. {1}{G}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. {2}{W}: Target player gains 5 life. {3}{U}: Target player draws a card. {4}{B}: Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under its owner's control.

Circle of Protection: Blue (Eighth Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

{1}: The next time a blue source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.

Powerstone Minefield (Apocalypse)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Whenever a creature attacks or blocks, this enchantment deals 2 damage to it.

"We have fought this far and lost too much. We will not turn back." —Grizzlegom

Vodalian Zombie (Invasion)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Protection from green

"Every last one of you will become my servant. It's a shame you won't live to see the irony." —Tsabo Tavoc, Phyrexian general

Aven Flock (Eighth Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) {W}: This creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn.

Just as each added feather steadies the wing, so does the flock grow stronger with each new member.

Weathered Wayfarer (Ninth Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

{W}, {T}: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only if an opponent controls more lands than you.

Sway of Illusion (Invasion)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Any number of target creatures become the color of your choice until end of turn. Draw a card.

"I suggest you take a closer look." —Tidal visionary

Skirk Fire Marshal (Onslaught)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Protection from red Tap five untapped Goblins you control: This creature deals 10 damage to each creature and each player.

He's boss because he's smart enough to get out of the way.

Healing Salve (Seventh Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Choose one — • Target player gains 3 life. • Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.

Withering Hex (Onslaught)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Enchant creature Whenever a player cycles a card, put a plague counter on this Aura. Enchanted creature gets -1/-1 for each plague counter on this Aura.

Bubbling Muck (The List)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Until end of turn, whenever a player taps a Swamp for mana, that player adds an additional {B}.

The muck claims a hundred living things for each meager treasure it spews forth.

Llanowar Vanguard (Invasion)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

{T}: This creature gets +0/+4 until end of turn.

Llanowar rallied around Eladamri's banner and united in his name.

Circle of Solace (Onslaught)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type. {1}{W}: The next time a creature of the chosen type would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.

Pact of Negation (Tales of Middle-earth Commander)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay {3}{U}{U}. If you don't, you lose the game.

At that moment Gandalf lifted his staff, and crying aloud he smote the bridge before him.

Healing Salve (Eighth Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Choose one — • Target player gains 3 life. • Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.

Final Fortune (Seventh Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt

Take an extra turn after this one. At the beginning of that turn's end step, you lose the game.

A reward is worthless if you aren't around to enjoy it.