Vizier of Deferment

Vizier of Deferment (Amonkhet)
Deruchenko Alexander

Flash When this creature enters, you may exile target creature if it attacked or blocked this turn. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Abbot of Keral Keep (Magic Origins)
Deruchenko Alexander

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) When this creature enters, exile the top card of your library. Until end of turn, you may play that card.

Fire Urchin (Guilds of Ravnica)
Deruchenko Alexander

Trample Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, this creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Rain runoff in the Smelting District is known to spontaneously burst into flame.

Geyserfield Stalker (Battle for Zendikar)
Deruchenko Alexander

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, this creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Littjara Glade-Warden (Kaldheim)
Deruchenko Alexander

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) {2}{G}, {T}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.

In every tree, a restless spirit.

Emissary of Sunrise (Ixalan)
Deruchenko Alexander

First strike When this creature enters, it explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)

Ornery Kudu (Amonkhet)
Deruchenko Alexander

When this creature enters, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature you control.

Debate rages among the viziers whether comparing the kudu's horns to the God-Pharaoh's is blasphemy or reverence.

Journey to Eternity (Rivals of Ixalan)
Deruchenko Alexander

Satyr's Cunning (Theros Beyond Death)
Deruchenko Alexander

Create a 1/1 red Satyr creature token with "This token can't block." Escape—{2}{R}, Exile two other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)

It's hard to keep a satyr down, even in the Underworld.

Desperate Lunge (War of the Spark)
Deruchenko Alexander

Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains flying until end of turn. You gain 2 life.

Ravnica held its breath as the hero of the resistance—their last hope—flew through the sky, his dark sword ready to strike a god.

Vial Smasher the Fierce (Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander)
Deruchenko Alexander

Whenever you cast your first spell each turn, choose an opponent at random. Vial Smasher deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to that player or a planeswalker that player controls. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Deadeye Tracker (Ixalan Promos)
Deruchenko Alexander

{1}{B}, {T}: Exile two target cards from an opponent's graveyard. This creature explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)

Golden Demise (Rivals of Ixalan)
Deruchenko Alexander

Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.) All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn. If you have the city's blessing, instead only creatures your opponents control get -2/-2 until end of turn.

Nether Spirit (Modern Horizons)
Deruchenko Alexander

At the beginning of your upkeep, if this card is the only creature card in your graveyard, you may return this card to the battlefield.

Four walls and a roof won't provide safety from that which is buried.

Escape Protocol (Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths)
Deruchenko Alexander

Whenever you cycle a card, you may pay {1}. When you do, exile target artifact or creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Sanctuaries harnessed the glowstones' natural reaction to monsters to create a warning system.

Mindwrack Harpy (Commander Masters)
Deruchenko Alexander

Flying At the beginning of combat on your turn, each player mills three cards.

Harpies are among the most detested creatures in all of Theros... and they thoroughly deserve it.

Dire Fleet Hoarder (Double Masters)
Deruchenko Alexander

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

Among the pirates of the Brazen Coalition, the only thing more dangerous than failure is success.

Footlight Fiend (Ravnica: Clue Edition)
Deruchenko Alexander

When this creature dies, it deals 1 damage to any target.

"This footlight's broken. Get me a stagehand!" —Judith

Oko's Hospitality (Throne of Eldraine)
Deruchenko Alexander

Creatures you control have base power and toughness 3/3 until end of turn. You may search your library and/or graveyard for a card named Oko, the Trickster, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you search your library this way, shuffle.

"My advisors recommend I let them eat you." —Oko

Vial Smasher the Fierce (Commander 2016)
Deruchenko Alexander

Whenever you cast your first spell each turn, choose an opponent at random. Vial Smasher deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to that player or a planeswalker that player controls. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Thieves' Tools (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Deruchenko Alexander

When this Equipment enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Equipped creature can't be blocked as long as its power is 3 or less. Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Seize the Storm (Innistrad Remastered)
Deruchenko Alexander

Create a red Elemental creature token with trample and "This token's power and toughness are each equal to the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard plus the number of cards with flashback you own in exile." Flashback {6}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Cacophony Unleashed (Commander Masters)
Deruchenko Alexander

When this enchantment enters, if you cast it, destroy all nonenchantment creatures. Whenever this enchantment or another enchantment you control enters, until end of turn, this enchantment becomes a legendary 6/6 Nightmare God creature with menace and deathtouch. It's still an enchantment.

Pirate's Prize (Ixalan)
Deruchenko Alexander

Draw two cards. Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Nothing warms the heart like plunder.

Goblin War Party (Modern Horizons)
Deruchenko Alexander

Choose one — • Create three 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens. • Creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain haste until end of turn. Entwine {2}{R} (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Journey to Eternity (Rivals of Ixalan Promos)
Deruchenko Alexander

Dark-Dweller Oracle (The List)
Deruchenko Alexander

{1}, Sacrifice a creature: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. (You still pay its costs. You can play a land this way only if you have an available land play remaining.)

Eyes are unnecessary for seeing the future.

Caelorna, Coral Tyrant (Aetherdrift)
Deruchenko Alexander

For centuries, she grew in her benthic home, safe from Muraganda's moonfalls, feeding on the raw leylines that run below the water. When she emerged, the coral depths she called home came with her.

Rising Miasma (Battle for Zendikar)
Deruchenko Alexander

All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn. Awaken 3—{5}{B}{B} (If you cast this spell for {5}{B}{B}, also put three +1/+1 counters on target land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.)

Thieves' Tools (Adventures in the Forgotten Realms)
Deruchenko Alexander

When this Equipment enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Equipped creature can't be blocked as long as its power is 3 or less. Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Rubblebelt Runner (Ravnica Allegiance)
Deruchenko Alexander

This creature can't be blocked by creature tokens.

The sly, stealthy warriors of the Slizt Clan survive by hiding in high ground and ambushing their enemies. Other Gruul call them skulkers and cowards, but only from a safe distance.

Drana's Chosen (Oath of the Gatewatch Promos)
Deruchenko Alexander

Cohort — {T}, Tap an untapped Ally you control: Create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

"Drana commands me. I command my nulls. And so her bidding is done."

Aspect of Lamprey (Theros Beyond Death)
Deruchenko Alexander

Enchant creature you control When this Aura enters, target opponent discards two cards. Enchanted creature has lifelink.

"Some aspire to be mighty like the lion or the hydra. I am the parasite that feeds on them all."

The Rollercrusher Ride (Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos)
Deruchenko Alexander

Delirium — If a source you control would deal noncombat damage to a permanent or player while there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, it deals double that damage instead. When The Rollercrusher Ride enters, it deals X damage to each of up to X target creatures.

Expansion (The List)
Deruchenko Alexander

Journey to Eternity (The List)
Deruchenko Alexander

Covetous Elegy (Ravnica: Clue Edition)
Deruchenko Alexander

Each player chooses up to two creatures they control, then sacrifices the rest. Then you create a tapped Treasure token for each creature your opponents control.

Wealthier than ever thanks to exorbitant interest on wartime loans, the Orzhov only grew hungrier for more.

Naga Oracle (Amonkhet)
Deruchenko Alexander

When this creature enters, surveil 3. (Look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

"All questions will be answered during the Hour of Revelation."

Gatewatch Beacon (Commander Masters)
Deruchenko Alexander

This artifact enters with three loyalty counters on it. {T}: Add {W}. Whenever a planeswalker you control enters, if this artifact has loyalty counters on it, you may move a loyalty counter from this artifact onto that planeswalker.

Whisper Agent (Guilds of Ravnica)
Deruchenko Alexander

Flash When this creature enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

He has a job to finish, and it's you.

The Rollercrusher Ride (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
Deruchenko Alexander

Delirium — If a source you control would deal noncombat damage to a permanent or player while there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, it deals double that damage instead. When The Rollercrusher Ride enters, it deals X damage to each of up to X target creatures.

Expansion (Guilds of Ravnica Promos)
Deruchenko Alexander

Desperate Lunge (The List)
Deruchenko Alexander

Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains flying until end of turn. You gain 2 life.

Ravnica held its breath as the hero of the resistance—their last hope—flew through the sky, his dark sword ready to strike a god.

Spikewheel Acrobat (Ravnica Allegiance)
Deruchenko Alexander

Spectacle {2}{R} (You may cast this spell for its spectacle cost rather than its mana cost if an opponent lost life this turn.)

"Every street's a stage, and every screaming bystander's an audience."

Drana's Chosen (Oath of the Gatewatch)
Deruchenko Alexander

Cohort — {T}, Tap an untapped Ally you control: Create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

"Drana commands me. I command my nulls. And so her bidding is done."

Deadeye Tracker (Ixalan)
Deruchenko Alexander

{1}{B}, {T}: Exile two target cards from an opponent's graveyard. This creature explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)

Desperate Lunge (Foundations Jumpstart)
Deruchenko Alexander

Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains flying until end of turn. You gain 2 life.

Ravnica held its breath as the hero of the resistance—their last hope—flew through the sky, his dark sword ready to strike a god.

Lupine Prototype (Innistrad Remastered)
Deruchenko Alexander

This creature can't attack or block unless a player has no cards in hand.

Cacophony Unleashed (Commander Masters)
Deruchenko Alexander

When this enchantment enters, if you cast it, destroy all nonenchantment creatures. Whenever this enchantment or another enchantment you control enters, until end of turn, this enchantment becomes a legendary 6/6 Nightmare God creature with menace and deathtouch. It's still an enchantment.

Bone Splinters (Battle for Zendikar)
Deruchenko Alexander

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Destroy target creature.

Vastly outnumbered, the Zendikari found creative ways to even the odds.

Mindwrack Harpy (Theros Beyond Death)
Deruchenko Alexander

Flying At the beginning of combat on your turn, each player mills three cards.

Harpies are among the most detested creatures in all of Theros... and they thoroughly deserve it.

Human Soldier (Shadows over Innistrad Tokens)
Deruchenko Alexander

Timeless Witness (Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander)
Deruchenko Alexander

When this creature enters, return target card from your graveyard to your hand. Eternalize {5}{G}{G} ({5}{G}{G}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Human Shaman with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)

Bounce Off (Aetherdrift)
Deruchenko Alexander

Return target creature or Vehicle to its owner's hand.

Control lost is adventure gained. —Keelhauler proverb

Ghitu Amplifier (Dominaria United)
Deruchenko Alexander

Kicker {2}{U} (You may pay an additional {2}{U} as you cast this spell.) When this creature enters, if it was kicked, return target creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand. Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, this creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Insolent Neonate (Shadows over Innistrad)
Deruchenko Alexander

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) Discard a card, Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card.

"Manners are for mortals."

Twists and Turns (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
Deruchenko Alexander

Sea Legs (Rivals of Ixalan)
Deruchenko Alexander

Flash Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +0/+2 as long as it's a Pirate. Otherwise, it gets -2/-0.

"When the waves pick up, either you find your feet or you lose your lunch."

Dark-Dweller Oracle (Double Masters 2022)
Deruchenko Alexander

{1}, Sacrifice a creature: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. (You still pay its costs. You can play a land this way only if you have an available land play remaining.)

Eyes are unnecessary for seeing the future.

Pirate's Prize (The List)
Deruchenko Alexander

Draw two cards. Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Nothing warms the heart like plunder.

Hornswoggle (Rivals of Ixalan)
Deruchenko Alexander

Counter target creature spell. You create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Being a merciful pirate, she saved the vampire's gold from falling overboard.

Swift Response (Commander Masters)
Deruchenko Alexander

Destroy target tapped creature.

"There's nothing quite as satisfying as delivering a good kick to the face." —Adrasteia, Akroan captain

Munda's Vanguard (Oath of the Gatewatch Promos)
Deruchenko Alexander

Cohort — {T}, Tap an untapped Ally you control: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

"Do not let yourselves fall now. Zendikar is depending on us—on you!"

Reckless Fireweaver (Aetherdrift Commander)
Deruchenko Alexander

Whenever an artifact you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Architects find inspiration in the dragon's beauty of form, while artificers are influenced by the function of its fire.

Gearsmith Guardian (Jumpstart 2022)
Deruchenko Alexander

This creature gets +2/+0 as long as you control a blue creature.

Made in its creator's image, though slightly more clangy.

Veteran Cathar (Shadows over Innistrad)
Deruchenko Alexander

{3}{W}: Target Human gains double strike until end of turn.

"Prayers can be powerful, but I prefer to put faith in my own two hands."

Emissary of Sunrise (The List)
Deruchenko Alexander

First strike When this creature enters, it explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)

Bhaal's Invoker (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Deruchenko Alexander

Scorching Ray — {8}: This creature deals 4 damage to each opponent.

"The Lord of Murder has freed me from the shackles of mortal laws and gifted me with fire to carry out his will."

Tempt with Mayhem (Modern Horizons 3 Commander)
Deruchenko Alexander

Tempting offer — Choose target instant or sorcery spell. Each opponent may copy that spell and may choose new targets for the copy they control. You copy that spell once plus an additional time for each opponent who copied the spell this way. You may choose new targets for the copies you control.

Gatewatch Beacon (Commander Masters)
Deruchenko Alexander

This artifact enters with three loyalty counters on it. {T}: Add {W}. Whenever a planeswalker you control enters, if this artifact has loyalty counters on it, you may move a loyalty counter from this artifact onto that planeswalker.

Monstrous Vortex (Modern Horizons 3)
Deruchenko Alexander

Whenever you cast a creature spell with power 5 or greater, discover X, where X is that spell's mana value. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with that mana value or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)

Return from Extinction (Modern Horizons)
Deruchenko Alexander

Choose one — • Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. • Return two target creature cards that share a creature type from your graveyard to your hand.

The First Sliver calls. The dead answer.

Swift Response (Core Set 2021)
Deruchenko Alexander

Destroy target tapped creature.

"There's nothing quite as satisfying as delivering a good kick to the face." —Adrasteia, Akroan captain

Abbot of Keral Keep (Double Masters 2022)
Deruchenko Alexander

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) When this creature enters, exile the top card of your library. Until end of turn, you may play that card.

Spiked Pit Trap (Adventures in the Forgotten Realms)
Deruchenko Alexander

Flash {5}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Choose target creature, then roll a d20. 1—9 | This artifact deals 5 damage to that creature. 10—20 | This artifact deals 5 damage to that creature. Create a Treasure token.

Gearsmith Guardian (Core Set 2019)
Deruchenko Alexander

This creature gets +2/+0 as long as you control a blue creature.

Made in its creator's image, though slightly more clangy.

Seize the Storm (Innistrad Remastered)
Deruchenko Alexander

Create a red Elemental creature token with trample and "This token's power and toughness are each equal to the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard plus the number of cards with flashback you own in exile." Flashback {6}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Disdainful Stroke (Guilds of Ravnica)
Deruchenko Alexander

Counter target spell with mana value 4 or greater.

"Laws apply only to those who lack the vision to see past them."

Bartered Cow (The List)
Deruchenko Alexander

When this creature dies and when you discard this card, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

At the market, no one heeded Hilda's frantic mooing. The fae curse was turning out even worse than she had feared.

Swift Response (Foundations Jumpstart)
Deruchenko Alexander

Destroy target tapped creature.

"There's nothing quite as satisfying as delivering a good kick to the face." —Adrasteia, Akroan captain

Expansion (Guilds of Ravnica)
Deruchenko Alexander

Catalyst Elemental (Core Set 2019)
Deruchenko Alexander

Sacrifice this creature: Add {R}{R}.

As the hyperstormic generator crept past redline, a being emerged from the arc.

Liliana's Elite (Jumpstart 2022)
Deruchenko Alexander

This creature gets +1/+1 for each creature card in your graveyard.

"You have to admit, Gideon—he has great form." —Liliana Vess

The Rollercrusher Ride (Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos)
Deruchenko Alexander

Delirium — If a source you control would deal noncombat damage to a permanent or player while there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, it deals double that damage instead. When The Rollercrusher Ride enters, it deals X damage to each of up to X target creatures.

Gloryheath Lynx (Aetherdrift)
Deruchenko Alexander

Lifelink Whenever this creature attacks while saddled, search your library for a basic Plains card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Saddle 2 (Tap any number of other creatures you control with total power 2 or more: This Mount becomes saddled until end of turn. Saddle only as a sorcery.)

Gearsmith Prodigy (Jumpstart 2022)
Deruchenko Alexander

This creature gets +1/+0 as long as you control an artifact.

Young artificers on Kaladesh let their imaginations run wild.

Illusory Wrappings (Amonkhet)
Deruchenko Alexander

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has base power and toughness 0/2.

"No amount of strength can help you overcome my trial. You must be ready to forgo your body and favor your mind." —Kefnet, god of knowledge

Volt Charge (Phyrexia: All Will Be One)
Deruchenko Alexander

Volt Charge deals 3 damage to any target. Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

"There's a war brewing between Norn and Urabrask. Exploit the chaos, and we can take them both down for good." —Koth

Entreat the Dead (Commander 2018)
Deruchenko Alexander

Return X target creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield. Miracle {X}{B}{B} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Indomitable Creativity (Aether Revolt Promos)
Deruchenko Alexander

Destroy X target artifacts and/or creatures. For each permanent destroyed this way, its controller reveals cards from the top of their library until an artifact or creature card is revealed and exiles that card. Those players put the exiled cards onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Reckless Fireweaver (Kaladesh)
Deruchenko Alexander

Whenever an artifact you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Architects find inspiration in the dragon's beauty of form, while artificers are influenced by the function of its fire.

Malicious Malfunction (Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty)
Deruchenko Alexander

All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn. If a creature would die this turn, exile it instead.

"That? A minor test, nothing more. Incompleat flesh is weak." —Jin-Gitaxias

Provoke the Trolls (Starter Commander Decks)
Deruchenko Alexander

Provoke the Trolls deals 3 damage to any target. If a creature is dealt damage this way, it gets +5/+0 until end of turn.

"I like burning and pillaging as much as anyone, but sometimes it's just easier to throw a rock and let the trolls do the work." —Urik, Tuskeri raid leader

Footlight Fiend (Ravnica Allegiance)
Deruchenko Alexander

When this creature dies, it deals 1 damage to any target.

"This footlight's broken. Get me a stagehand!" —Judith

Insolent Neonate (Foundations Jumpstart)
Deruchenko Alexander

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) Discard a card, Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card.

"Manners are for mortals."

Whisper Agent (Ravnica Remastered)
Deruchenko Alexander

Flash When this creature enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

He has a job to finish, and it's you.

Prey Upon (Explorers of Ixalan)
Deruchenko Alexander

Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

Nature exists in balance: river and jungle, sky and sea, predator and prey.

Choking Tethers (Modern Horizons)
Deruchenko Alexander

Tap up to four target creatures. Cycling {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.) When you cycle this card, you may tap target creature.

A wizard can be outnumbered but never outsmarted.

Choking Tethers (Foundations Jumpstart)
Deruchenko Alexander

Tap up to four target creatures. Cycling {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.) When you cycle this card, you may tap target creature.

A wizard can be outnumbered but never outsmarted.

Prizefight (Streets of New Capenna)
Deruchenko Alexander

Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.) Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Underweight, underpaid, underestimated.

Indomitable Creativity (Aether Revolt)
Deruchenko Alexander

Destroy X target artifacts and/or creatures. For each permanent destroyed this way, its controller reveals cards from the top of their library until an artifact or creature card is revealed and exiles that card. Those players put the exiled cards onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Dark-Dweller Oracle (Core Set 2019 Promos)
Deruchenko Alexander

{1}, Sacrifice a creature: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. (You still pay its costs. You can play a land this way only if you have an available land play remaining.)

Eyes are unnecessary for seeing the future.

Tempt with Mayhem (Modern Horizons 3 Commander)
Deruchenko Alexander

Tempting offer — Choose target instant or sorcery spell. Each opponent may copy that spell and may choose new targets for the copy they control. You copy that spell once plus an additional time for each opponent who copied the spell this way. You may choose new targets for the copies you control.

Lupine Prototype (Innistrad Remastered)
Deruchenko Alexander

This creature can't attack or block unless a player has no cards in hand.

"Ludevic saw it in a dream and set to work immediately, every detail already known. Can such genius be taught?" —Stitcher Geralf

Summary Judgment (Ravnica Allegiance)
Deruchenko Alexander

Summary Judgment deals 3 damage to target tapped creature. Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, it deals 5 damage instead.

Any challenge to Azorius authority is met with swift and potent retribution.

Seize the Storm (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Deruchenko Alexander

Create a red Elemental creature token with trample and "This token's power and toughness are each equal to the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard plus the number of cards with flashback you own in exile." Flashback {6}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Aerial Extortionist (New Capenna Commander)
Deruchenko Alexander

Flying Whenever this creature enters or deals combat damage to a player, exile up to one target nonland permanent. For as long as that card remains exiled, its owner may cast it. Whenever another player casts a spell from anywhere other than their hand, draw a card.

Fire Urchin (Ravnica: Clue Edition)
Deruchenko Alexander

Trample Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, this creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Rain runoff in the Smelting District is known to spontaneously burst into flame.

Detective's Phoenix (Modern Horizons 3 Promos)
Deruchenko Alexander

Bestow—{R}, Collect evidence 6. (To pay this bestow cost, pay {R} and exile cards with total mana value 6 or greater from your graveyard.) Flying, haste Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying and haste. You may cast this card from your graveyard using its bestow ability.

Dire Fleet Hoarder (Ixalan)
Deruchenko Alexander

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

Among the pirates of the Brazen Coalition, the only thing more dangerous than failure is success.

Whisper Agent (Ravnica: Clue Edition)
Deruchenko Alexander

Flash When this creature enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

He has a job to finish, and it's you.

Convicted Killer (Shadows over Innistrad)
Deruchenko Alexander

Timeless Witness (Modern Horizons 2)
Deruchenko Alexander

When this creature enters, return target card from your graveyard to your hand. Eternalize {5}{G}{G} ({5}{G}{G}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Human Shaman with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)

Intent: We'd like to re-imagine the Eternal Witness as an initiate on Amonkhet.

Rush of Ice (Battle for Zendikar)
Deruchenko Alexander

Tap target creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step. Awaken 3—{4}{U} (If you cast this spell for {4}{U}, also put three +1/+1 counters on target land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.)

Bone Splinters (Game Night)
Deruchenko Alexander

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Destroy target creature.

Vastly outnumbered, the Zendikari found creative ways to even the odds.

Liliana's Elite (Eldritch Moon)
Deruchenko Alexander

This creature gets +1/+1 for each creature card in your graveyard.

"You have to admit, Gideon—he has great form." —Liliana Vess

Expansion (Guilds of Ravnica Promos)
Deruchenko Alexander

Merchant Raiders (Commander Legends)
Deruchenko Alexander

Whenever this creature or another Pirate you control enters, tap up to one target creature. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as you control this creature.

"Tell you what, you keep the rope."

Dire Fleet Hoarder (Foundations Jumpstart)
Deruchenko Alexander

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

Among the pirates of the Brazen Coalition, the only thing more dangerous than failure is success.

Lupine Prototype (Eldritch Moon)
Deruchenko Alexander

This creature can't attack or block unless a player has no cards in hand.

"Ludevic saw it in a dream and set to work immediately, every detail already known. Can such genius be taught?" —Stitcher Geralf

Drag to the Roots (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
Deruchenko Alexander

Delirium — This spell costs {2} less to cast as long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard. Destroy target nonland permanent.

Seize the Storm (Jumpstart 2022)
Deruchenko Alexander

Create a red Elemental creature token with trample and "This token's power and toughness are each equal to the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard plus the number of cards with flashback you own in exile." Flashback {6}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Merchant Raiders (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander)
Deruchenko Alexander

Whenever this creature or another Pirate you control enters, tap up to one target creature. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as you control this creature.

"Tell you what, you keep the rope."

Drag to the Roots (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
Deruchenko Alexander

Delirium — This spell costs {2} less to cast as long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard. Destroy target nonland permanent.

"Valgavoth commands us to feed the trees. Let our blood be their mulch, our flesh their soil." —Victor, Valgavoth's seneschal

Timeless Witness (Modern Horizons 2 Tokens)
Deruchenko Alexander

When Timeless Witness enters the battlefield, return target card from your graveyard to your hand.

Macabre Mockery (Ravnica Allegiance)
Deruchenko Alexander

Put target creature card from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It gets +2/+0 and gains haste until end of turn. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

The Rakdos put the "fun" in "funeral."

Liliana's Elite (Double Masters 2022)
Deruchenko Alexander

This creature gets +1/+1 for each creature card in your graveyard.

"You have to admit, Gideon—he has great form." —Liliana Vess

Reckless Fireweaver (The List)
Deruchenko Alexander

Whenever an artifact you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Architects find inspiration in the dragon's beauty of form, while artificers are influenced by the function of its fire.

Deadeye Tracker (Ixalan Promos)
Deruchenko Alexander

{1}{B}, {T}: Exile two target cards from an opponent's graveyard. This creature explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)

Defiant Greatmaw (Amonkhet)
Deruchenko Alexander

When this creature enters, put two -1/-1 counters on target creature you control. Whenever you put one or more -1/-1 counters on this creature, remove a -1/-1 counter from another target creature you control.

Vizier of Deferment (Amonkhet)
Deruchenko Alexander

Flash When this creature enters, you may exile target creature if it attacked or blocked this turn. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Detective's Phoenix (Modern Horizons 3)
Deruchenko Alexander

Bestow—{R}, Collect evidence 6. (To pay this bestow cost, pay {R} and exile cards with total mana value 6 or greater from your graveyard.) Flying, haste Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying and haste. You may cast this card from your graveyard using its bestow ability.

Catalyst Elemental (Jumpstart 2022)
Deruchenko Alexander

Sacrifice this creature: Add {R}{R}.

As the hyperstormic generator crept past redline, a being emerged from the arc.

The Rollercrusher Ride (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
Deruchenko Alexander

Delirium — If a source you control would deal noncombat damage to a permanent or player while there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, it deals double that damage instead. When The Rollercrusher Ride enters, it deals X damage to each of up to X target creatures.

Dark-Dweller Oracle (Core Set 2019)
Deruchenko Alexander

{1}, Sacrifice a creature: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. (You still pay its costs. You can play a land this way only if you have an available land play remaining.)

Eyes are unnecessary for seeing the future.

Fast (Modern Horizons 2)
Deruchenko Alexander

Entreat the Dead (The List)
Deruchenko Alexander

Return X target creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield. Miracle {X}{B}{B} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Bartered Cow (Throne of Eldraine)
Deruchenko Alexander

When this creature dies and when you discard this card, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

At the market, no one heeded Hilda's frantic mooing. The fae curse was turning out even worse than she had feared.

Timeless Witness (Modern Horizons 2)
Deruchenko Alexander

When this creature enters, return target card from your graveyard to your hand. Eternalize {5}{G}{G} ({5}{G}{G}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Human Shaman with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)

Aerial Extortionist (New Capenna Commander)
Deruchenko Alexander

Vuela. Siempre que el Extorsionador aéreo entre al campo de batalla o haga daño de combate a un jugador, exilia hasta un permanente objetivo que no sea tierra. Mientras esa carta permanezca exiliada, su propietario puede lanzarla. Siempre que otro jugador lance un hechizo desde cualquier parte excepto desde su mano, robas una carta.

Prizefight (The List)
Deruchenko Alexander

Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.) Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Underweight, underpaid, underestimated.

Gearsmith Prodigy (Core Set 2019)
Deruchenko Alexander

This creature gets +1/+0 as long as you control an artifact.

Young artificers on Kaladesh let their imaginations run wild.

Dark-Dweller Oracle (Forgotten Realms Commander)
Deruchenko Alexander

{1}, Sacrifice a creature: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. (You still pay its costs. You can play a land this way only if you have an available land play remaining.)

Eyes are unnecessary for seeing the future.

Monstrous Vortex (Modern Horizons 3)
Deruchenko Alexander

Whenever you cast a creature spell with power 5 or greater, discover X, where X is that spell's mana value. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with that mana value or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)

Liliana's Elite (Jumpstart)
Deruchenko Alexander

This creature gets +1/+1 for each creature card in your graveyard.

"You have to admit, Gideon—he has great form." —Liliana Vess

Inspired Charge (Kaladesh)
Deruchenko Alexander

Creatures you control get +2/+1 until end of turn.

One dwarf on a build team ensures competence. All dwarves on the team ensures brilliance.

Thraben Foulbloods (Eldritch Moon)
Deruchenko Alexander

Delirium — This creature gets +1/+1 and has menace as long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard. (A creature with menace can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

The famed hunting hounds of House Cecani continue to prove the quality of their pedigree.

Expansion (Ravnica Remastered)
Deruchenko Alexander

Reckless Fireweaver (Jumpstart 2022)
Deruchenko Alexander

Whenever an artifact you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Architects find inspiration in the dragon's beauty of form, while artificers are influenced by the function of its fire.

Seize the Storm (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt)
Deruchenko Alexander

Create a red Elemental creature token with trample and "This token's power and toughness are each equal to the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard plus the number of cards with flashback you own in exile." Flashback {6}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Spell Pierce (Ixalan)
Deruchenko Alexander

Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}.

"A fool's fire is quickly quenched." —Shaper Kumena

Summary Judgment (Ravnica Remastered)
Deruchenko Alexander

Summary Judgment deals 3 damage to target tapped creature. Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, it deals 5 damage instead.

Any challenge to Azorius authority is met with swift and potent retribution.

Spireside Infiltrator (Kaladesh)
Deruchenko Alexander

Whenever this creature becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to each opponent.

"The Consulate promised that we would all have access to aether. I'm just keeping them honest."

Rowan's Stalwarts (Throne of Eldraine)
Deruchenko Alexander

When this creature enters, you may search your library and/or graveyard for a card named Rowan, Fearless Sparkmage, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you search your library this way, shuffle.

Detective's Phoenix (Modern Horizons 3)
Deruchenko Alexander

Bestow—{R}, Collect evidence 6. (To pay this bestow cost, pay {R} and exile cards with total mana value 6 or greater from your graveyard.) Flying, haste Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying and haste. You may cast this card from your graveyard using its bestow ability.

Thraben Foulbloods (The List)
Deruchenko Alexander

Delirium — This creature gets +1/+1 and has menace as long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard. (A creature with menace can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

The famed hunting hounds of House Cecani continue to prove the quality of their pedigree.

Aerial Extortionist (New Capenna Commander)
Deruchenko Alexander

Flying Whenever this creature enters or deals combat damage to a player, exile up to one target nonland permanent. For as long as that card remains exiled, its owner may cast it. Whenever another player casts a spell from anywhere other than their hand, draw a card.

Lupine Prototype (Eldritch Moon Promos)
Deruchenko Alexander

This creature can't attack or block unless a player has no cards in hand.

"Ludevic saw it in a dream and set to work immediately, every detail already known. Can such genius be taught?" —Stitcher Geralf

Insolent Neonate (The List)
Deruchenko Alexander

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) Discard a card, Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card.

"Manners are for mortals."

Burden of Proof (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Deruchenko Alexander

Flash Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 as long as it's a Detective you control. Otherwise, it has base power and toughness 1/1 and can't block Detectives.

"You must have known all those lies would catch up to you eventually."

Footlight Fiend (Ravnica Remastered)
Deruchenko Alexander

When this creature dies, it deals 1 damage to any target.

"This footlight's broken. Get me a stagehand!" —Judith

Skulduggery (Ixalan)
Deruchenko Alexander

Until end of turn, target creature you control gets +1/+1 and target creature an opponent controls gets -1/-1.

"They're so much more willing to parley once they're hanging from a boom by the ankle!"

Mindwrack Harpy (The List)
Deruchenko Alexander

Flying At the beginning of combat on your turn, each player mills three cards.

Harpies are among the most detested creatures in all of Theros... and they thoroughly deserve it.

Aerial Extortionist (Murders at Karlov Manor Commander)
Deruchenko Alexander

Flying Whenever this creature enters or deals combat damage to a player, exile up to one target nonland permanent. For as long as that card remains exiled, its owner may cast it. Whenever another player casts a spell from anywhere other than their hand, draw a card.

Relic Seeker (Magic Origins Promos)
Deruchenko Alexander

Renown 1 (When this creature deals combat damage to a player, if it isn't renowned, put a +1/+1 counter on it and it becomes renowned.) When this creature becomes renowned, you may search your library for an Equipment card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Abbot of Keral Keep (Magic Origins Promos)
Deruchenko Alexander

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) When this creature enters, exile the top card of your library. Until end of turn, you may play that card.

Provoke the Trolls (Kaldheim)
Deruchenko Alexander

Provoke the Trolls deals 3 damage to any target. If a creature is dealt damage this way, it gets +5/+0 until end of turn.

"I like burning and pillaging as much as anyone, but sometimes it's just easier to throw a rock and let the trolls do the work." —Urik, Tuskeri raid leader