Righteous Authority

Righteous Authority (Return to Ravnica)
Scott Chou

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each card in its controller's hand. At the beginning of the draw step of enchanted creature's controller, that player draws an additional card.

Righteous Authority (Commander 2018)
Scott Chou

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each card in its controller's hand. At the beginning of the draw step of enchanted creature's controller, that player draws an additional card.

Swallow the Hero Whole (Face the Hydra)
Scott Chou

Each player exiles a creature they control. Until the Hydra's next turn, when a Head leaves the battlefield, return the exiled cards to the battlefield under their owners' control.

Frantic Salvage (Mirrodin Besieged)
Scott Chou

Put any number of target artifact cards from your graveyard on top of your library. Draw a card.

"We will mourn when there is time. For now, we survive."

Repel the Darkness (Foundations Jumpstart)
Scott Chou

Tap up to two target creatures. Draw a card.

A boon to those who cannot see in the dark. A bane to those who live in it.

Kor Spiritdancer (Planechase 2012)
Scott Chou

This creature gets +2/+2 for each Aura attached to it. Whenever you cast an Aura spell, you may draw a card.

She reaches beyond the physical realm, touching the ideals from which all creatures draw their power.

Demonic Tutor (Duel Decks: Divine vs. Demonic)
Scott Chou

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Liliana learned the secrets she sought, but at a price that was etched on her fate.

Horror (Commander Legends Tokens)
Scott Chou

Seacoast Drake (Magic 2014)
Scott Chou

Flying

Seacoast drakes have been known to follow ships for hundreds of miles, waiting to snap up garbage, bait, and the occasional sailor.

Veteran's Reflexes (Explorers of Ixalan)
Scott Chou

Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Untap that creature.

"Assume everything wants to kill you. At the very least, assume everything wants what's in your pack."

Mishra's Factory (Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret)
Scott Chou

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

Mystic Retrieval (Dark Ascension)
Scott Chou

Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. Flashback {2}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Traitorous Instinct (Modern Masters 2017)
Scott Chou

Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. Until end of turn, it gets +2/+0 and gains haste.

The horror lurched about like a puppet from a madman's nightmare, squeezing the life from its own kind.

Asphodel Wanderer (Theros)
Scott Chou

{2}{B}: Regenerate this creature.

He killed out of hate, so now only hate sustains him. He sought immortality, so the gods gave it to him.

Crypt Creeper (Avacyn Restored)
Scott Chou

Sacrifice this creature: Exile target card from a graveyard.

"I guess what they say is true. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Or at least stranger." —Captain Eberhart

Phyrexian Rebirth (Commander 2019)
Scott Chou

Destroy all creatures, then create an X/X colorless Phyrexian Horror artifact creature token, where X is the number of creatures destroyed this way.

As long as one drop of the oil exists, the joyous work continues.

Mishra's Factory (Dominaria Remastered)
Scott Chou

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

Repel the Darkness (Duel Decks: Zendikar vs. Eldrazi)
Scott Chou

Tap up to two target creatures. Draw a card.

A boon to those who cannot see in the dark. A bane to those who live in it.

Survival Cache (The List)
Scott Chou

You gain 2 life. Then if you have more life than an opponent, draw a card. Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)

Preordain (Duel Decks: Venser vs. Koth)
Scott Chou

Scry 2, then draw a card. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Mishra's Factory (The List)
Scott Chou

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

Mishra's Factory (Jumpstart 2022)
Scott Chou

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

Paralyzing Grasp (Return to Ravnica)
Scott Chou

Enchant creature Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

"Obviously, the Firemind's mission is worth more than a few goblins." —Pelener, chamberlain of Niv-Mizzet

Gnaw to the Bone (The List)
Scott Chou

You gain 2 life for each creature card in your graveyard. Flashback {2}{G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Stab Wound (Jumpstart)
Scott Chou

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets -2/-2. At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player loses 2 life.

Righteous Authority (Return to Ravnica)
Scott Chou

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each card in its controller's hand. At the beginning of the draw step of enchanted creature's controller, that player draws an additional card.

Demonic Tutor (Duel Decks Anthology: Divine vs. Demonic)
Scott Chou

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Liliana learned the secrets she sought, but at a price that was etched on her fate.

Phyrexian Rebirth (Mirrodin Besieged)
Scott Chou

Destroy all creatures, then create an X/X colorless Phyrexian Horror artifact creature token, where X is the number of creatures destroyed this way.

As long as one drop of the oil exists, the joyous work continues.

Metropolis Sprite (Gatecrash)
Scott Chou

Flying {U}: This creature gets +1/-1 until end of turn.

"Well, if that goblin didn't want his tongue pierced, he shouldn't have stuck it out at me."

Phyrexian Rebirth (March of the Machine Commander)
Scott Chou

Destroy all creatures, then create an X/X colorless Phyrexian Horror artifact creature token, where X is the number of creatures destroyed this way.

As long as one drop of the oil exists, the joyous work continues.

Merfolk of the Depths (Ravnica Remastered)
Scott Chou

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

When giant sinkholes opened across Ravnica, they revealed buried oceans and the merfolk, once thought to be extinct.

Divination (Dark Ascension)
Scott Chou

Draw two cards.

Even the House of Galan, who takes the most scholarly approach to the mystic traditions, has resorted to exploring more primitive methods in Avacyn's absence.

Kor Spiritdancer (Battlebond)
Scott Chou

This creature gets +2/+2 for each Aura attached to it. Whenever you cast an Aura spell, you may draw a card.

She reaches beyond the physical realm, touching the ideals from which all creatures draw their power.

Kor Spiritdancer (Rise of the Eldrazi)
Scott Chou

This creature gets +2/+2 for each Aura attached to it. Whenever you cast an Aura spell, you may draw a card.

She reaches beyond the physical realm, touching the ideals from which all creatures draw their power.

Hero of Bladehold (Mirrodin Besieged Promos)
Scott Chou

Battle cry (Whenever this creature attacks, each other attacking creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.) Whenever this creature attacks, create two 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens that are tapped and attacking.

Mishra's Factory (Forgotten Realms Commander)
Scott Chou

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

Cobra Trap (Zendikar)
Scott Chou

If a noncreature permanent under your control was destroyed this turn by a spell or ability an opponent controlled, you may pay {G} rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Create four 1/1 green Snake creature tokens.

Crushing Vines (Commander 2017)
Scott Chou

Choose one — • Destroy target creature with flying. • Destroy target artifact.

"Your veil's curse won't stop me, deathmage. I have taken down countless night hunters and this dark plane is not big enough for you to hide." —Garruk Wildspeaker, to Liliana Vess

Kor Spiritdancer (Jumpstart)
Scott Chou

This creature gets +2/+2 for each Aura attached to it. Whenever you cast an Aura spell, you may draw a card.

She reaches beyond the physical realm, touching the ideals from which all creatures draw their power.

Mizzium Skin (Return to Ravnica)
Scott Chou

Target creature you control gets +0/+1 and gains hexproof until end of turn. Overload {1}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Dying Wish (Gatecrash)
Scott Chou

Enchant creature you control When enchanted creature dies, target player loses X life and you gain X life, where X is its power.

"I wish I could rewrite my every deed and kill you with my first breath instead of my last."

Stab Wound (Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska)
Scott Chou

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets -2/-2. At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player loses 2 life.

Predatory Urge (Planechase 2012)
Scott Chou

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has "{T}: This creature deals damage equal to its power to target creature. That creature deals damage equal to its power to this creature."

Repel the Darkness (Rise of the Eldrazi)
Scott Chou

Tap up to two target creatures. Draw a card.

A boon to those who cannot see in the dark. A bane to those who live in it.

Cat (Scars of Mirrodin Tokens)
Scott Chou

Caged Sun (New Phyrexia)
Scott Chou

As this artifact enters, choose a color. Creatures you control of the chosen color get +1/+1. Whenever a land's ability causes you to add one or more mana of the chosen color, add one additional mana of that color.

Caged Sun (Commander Anthology Volume II)
Scott Chou

As this artifact enters, choose a color. Creatures you control of the chosen color get +1/+1. Whenever a land's ability causes you to add one or more mana of the chosen color, add one additional mana of that color.

Caged Sun (Commander 2014)
Scott Chou

As this artifact enters, choose a color. Creatures you control of the chosen color get +1/+1. Whenever a land's ability causes you to add one or more mana of the chosen color, add one additional mana of that color.

Preordain (Mystery Booster 2)
Scott Chou

Scry 2, then draw a card. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Mordant Dragon (Duel Decks: Knights vs. Dragons)
Scott Chou

Flying {1}{R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may have it deal that much damage to target creature that player controls.

Emancipation Angel (Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed)
Scott Chou

Flying When this creature enters, return a permanent you control to its owner's hand.

"You have done your best. I give you leave to rest."

Veteran's Reflexes (Worldwake)
Scott Chou

Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Untap that creature.

"Assume everything wants to kill you. At the very least, assume everything wants what's in your pack."

Demonic Tutor (The List)
Scott Chou

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Liliana learned the secrets she sought, but at a price that was etched on her fate.

Stab Wound (Return to Ravnica)
Scott Chou

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets -2/-2. At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player loses 2 life.

Naturalize (Innistrad)
Scott Chou

Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

"Stone and thought fade into ruin. Only the wind in the leaves will endure." —Tomb inscription

Metropolis Sprite (Core Set 2020)
Scott Chou

Flying {U}: This creature gets +1/-1 until end of turn.

"Well, if that goblin didn't want his tongue pierced, he shouldn't have stuck it out at me."

Blazing Torch (Innistrad)
Scott Chou

Equipped creature can't be blocked by Vampires or Zombies. Equipped creature has "{T}, Sacrifice Blazing Torch: Blazing Torch deals 2 damage to any target." Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Marsh Casualties (Zendikar)
Scott Chou

Kicker {3} (You may pay an additional {3} as you cast this spell.) Creatures target player controls get -1/-1 until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, those creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn instead.

Tunnel Ignus (Scars of Mirrodin)
Scott Chou

Whenever a land enters under an opponent's control, if that player had another land enter the battlefield under their control this turn, this creature deals 3 damage to that player.

Fight mischief with mischief.

Mishra's Factory (Dominaria Remastered)
Scott Chou

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

Farbog Explorer (Avacyn Restored)
Scott Chou

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

"I'd slog through a thousand swamps to help one soul find rest."

Crushing Vines (Double Masters)
Scott Chou

Choose one — • Destroy target creature with flying. • Destroy target artifact.

"Your veil's curse won't stop me, deathmage. I have taken down countless night hunters. This dark plane is not big enough for you to hide." —Garruk Wildspeaker, to Liliana Vess

Crushing Vines (Dark Ascension)
Scott Chou

Choose one — • Destroy target creature with flying. • Destroy target artifact.

"Your veil's curse won't stop me, deathmage. I have taken down countless night hunters and this dark plane is not big enough for you to hide." —Garruk Wildspeaker, to Liliana Vess

Bioshift (Gatecrash)
Scott Chou

Move any number of +1/+1 counters from target creature onto another target creature with the same controller.

"It's all right if you change your mind. There's always a chance we can rearrange parts later." —Zija, Simic mutationist

Aerial Maneuver (Gatecrash)
Scott Chou

Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains flying and first strike until end of turn.

"When you put all of yourself into an attack, without fear or hesitation, in that instant you may attain greatness." —Predak, Gateless freemage

Merfolk of the Depths (Gatecrash)
Scott Chou

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

When giant sinkholes opened across Ravnica, they revealed buried oceans and the merfolk, once thought to be extinct.

Survival Cache (Rise of the Eldrazi)
Scott Chou

You gain 2 life. Then if you have more life than an opponent, draw a card. Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)

Mystic Retrieval (Innistrad Remastered)
Scott Chou

Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. Flashback {2}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Trinket Mage (Commander 2016)
Scott Chou

When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card with mana value 1 or less, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Cat Soldier (Born of the Gods Tokens)
Scott Chou

Vigilance

Emancipation Angel (Avacyn Restored)
Scott Chou

Flying When this creature enters, return a permanent you control to its owner's hand.

"You have done your best. I give you leave to rest."

Mystic Retrieval (Commander 2015)
Scott Chou

Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. Flashback {2}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Strata Scythe (Scars of Mirrodin)
Scott Chou

Imprint — When this Equipment enters, search your library for a land card, exile it, then shuffle. Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each land on the battlefield with the same name as the exiled card. Equip {3}

Phyrexian Rebirth (Commander 2018)
Scott Chou

Destroy all creatures, then create an X/X colorless Phyrexian Horror artifact creature token, where X is the number of creatures destroyed this way.

As long as one drop of the oil exists, the joyous work continues.

Mystic Retrieval (Innistrad Remastered)
Scott Chou

Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. Flashback {2}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Cobra Trap (Commander 2015)
Scott Chou

If a noncreature permanent under your control was destroyed this turn by a spell or ability an opponent controlled, you may pay {G} rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Create four 1/1 green Snake creature tokens.

Ghostform (Core Set 2019)
Scott Chou

Up to two target creatures can't be blocked this turn.

"Picking locks is for beginners."

Mordant Dragon (Starter Commander Decks)
Scott Chou

Flying {1}{R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may have it deal that much damage to target creature that player controls.

Geistflame (Innistrad)
Scott Chou

Geistflame deals 1 damage to any target. Flashback {3}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Innistrad pyromancers find their best raw materials in the fury of the dead.

Trinket Mage (Duel Decks: Elves vs. Inventors)
Scott Chou

When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card with mana value 1 or less, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Desolate Lighthouse (Commander 2020)
Scott Chou

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{U}{R}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

A lonely sentinel facing gales, hurricanes, and tides of homicidal spirits.

Survival Cache (Iconic Masters)
Scott Chou

You gain 2 life. Then if you have more life than an opponent, draw a card. Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)

Desolate Lighthouse (Ultimate Masters)
Scott Chou

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{U}{R}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

A lonely sentinel facing gales, hurricanes, and tides of homicidal spirits.

Skarrg Goliath (Gatecrash)
Scott Chou

Trample Bloodrush — {5}{G}{G}, Discard this card: Target attacking creature gets +9/+9 and gains trample until end of turn.

"They bind us with their laws. We free ourselves with nature's fist." —Nikya of the Old Ways

Phyrexian Rebirth (The Brothers' War Commander)
Scott Chou

Destroy all creatures, then create an X/X colorless Phyrexian Horror artifact creature token, where X is the number of creatures destroyed this way.

As long as one drop of the oil exists, the joyous work continues.

Geistflame (Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt)
Scott Chou

クリーチャー１体かプレイヤー１人を対象とする。霊炎はそれに１点のダメージを与える。フラッシュバック {3}{R} （あなたはフラッシュバック・コストで、このカードをあなたの墓地からプレイしてもよい。その後、これを追放する。）

イニストラードの紅蓮術士は、死者の怒りの中から最高の燃料を見つける。

Desolate Lighthouse (Avacyn Restored)
Scott Chou

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{U}{R}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

A lonely sentinel facing gales, hurricanes, and tides of homicidal spirits.

Emancipation Angel (Ultimate Masters)
Scott Chou

Flying When this creature enters, return a permanent you control to its owner's hand.

"You have done your best. I give you leave to rest."

Hedron-Field Purists (Rise of the Eldrazi)
Scott Chou

Level up {2}{W} ({2}{W}: Put a level counter on this. Level up only as a sorcery.) LEVEL 1-4 1/4 If a source would deal damage to you or a creature you control, prevent 1 of that damage. LEVEL 5+ 2/5 If a source would deal damage to you or a creature you control, prevent 2 of that damage.

Mystic Retrieval (Ultimate Masters)
Scott Chou

Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. Flashback {2}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Mishra's Factory (The List)
Scott Chou

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

Phyrexian Rebirth (Commander 2016)
Scott Chou

Destroy all creatures, then create an X/X colorless Phyrexian Horror artifact creature token, where X is the number of creatures destroyed this way.

As long as one drop of the oil exists, the joyous work continues.

Blazing Torch (Innistrad Remastered)
Scott Chou

Equipped creature can't be blocked by Vampires or Zombies. Equipped creature has "{T}, Sacrifice Blazing Torch: Blazing Torch deals 2 damage to any target." Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Caged Sun (The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts)
Scott Chou

As this artifact enters, choose a color. Creatures you control of the chosen color get +1/+1. Whenever a land's ability causes you to add one or more mana of the chosen color, add one additional mana of that color.

Choking Fumes (Mirrodin Besieged)
Scott Chou

Put a -1/-1 counter on each attacking creature.

"Fall to your knees and welcome our embrace." —Qal-Sha, Priest of Norn

Stab Wound (Magic 2015)
Scott Chou

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets -2/-2. At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player loses 2 life.

Emancipation Angel (Jumpstart)
Scott Chou

Flying When this creature enters, return a permanent you control to its owner's hand.

"You have done your best. I give you leave to rest."

Mishra's Factory (Double Masters)
Scott Chou

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

Marsh Casualties (Duel Decks: Zendikar vs. Eldrazi)
Scott Chou

Kicker {3} (You may pay an additional {3} as you cast this spell.) Creatures target player controls get -1/-1 until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, those creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn instead.

Phyrexian Rebirth (Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander)
Scott Chou

Destroy all creatures, then create an X/X colorless Phyrexian Horror artifact creature token, where X is the number of creatures destroyed this way.

As long as one drop of the oil exists, the joyous work continues.

Dungrove Elder (DCI Promos)
Scott Chou

Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) Dungrove Elder's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Forests you control.

Mishra's Factory (Masters 25)
Scott Chou

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

Cobra Trap (Commander 2011)
Scott Chou

If a noncreature permanent under your control was destroyed this turn by a spell or ability an opponent controlled, you may pay {G} rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Create four 1/1 green Snake creature tokens.

Trinket Mage (Scars of Mirrodin)
Scott Chou

When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card with mana value 1 or less, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Predatory Urge (Zendikar)
Scott Chou

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has "{T}: This creature deals damage equal to its power to target creature. That creature deals damage equal to its power to this creature."

Gnaw to the Bone (Innistrad)
Scott Chou

You gain 2 life for each creature card in your graveyard. Flashback {2}{G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Stab Wound (Ravnica Remastered)
Scott Chou

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets -2/-2. At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player loses 2 life.

Twitch (Worldwake)
Scott Chou

You may tap or untap target artifact, creature, or land. Draw a card.

"The flow is diverted. Your path is clear. What are you waiting for—the cave to bid you welcome?" —Maizah Shere, Tazeem lullmage

Kor Spiritdancer (The List)
Scott Chou

This creature gets +2/+2 for each Aura attached to it. Whenever you cast an Aura spell, you may draw a card.

She reaches beyond the physical realm, touching the ideals from which all creatures draw their power.

Desolate Lighthouse (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Scott Chou

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{U}{R}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

A lonely sentinel facing gales, hurricanes, and tides of homicidal spirits.

Stab Wound (RNA Guild Kit)
Scott Chou

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets -2/-2. At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player loses 2 life.

Bold Defense (Zendikar)
Scott Chou

Kicker {3}{W} (You may pay an additional {3}{W} as you cast this spell.) Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, instead creatures you control get +2/+2 and gain first strike until end of turn.

Horror (Mirrodin Besieged Tokens)
Scott Chou

Righteous Authority (Commander 2018)
Scott Chou

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each card in its controller's hand. At the beginning of the draw step of enchanted creature's controller, that player draws an additional card.

Trinket Mage (The List)
Scott Chou

When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card with mana value 1 or less, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Caged Sun (The List)
Scott Chou

As this artifact enters, choose a color. Creatures you control of the chosen color get +1/+1. Whenever a land's ability causes you to add one or more mana of the chosen color, add one additional mana of that color.

Incite (Magic 2011)
Scott Chou

Target creature becomes red until end of turn and attacks this turn if able.

The veneer of rationality peeled from the mage, revealing the spite and rage beneath.

Evil Presence (New Phyrexia)
Scott Chou

Enchant land Enchanted land is a Swamp.

"The Accorders would lament the transformation of their cherished lands, had they lived to see it." —Sheoldred, Whispering One

Trespassing Souleater (New Phyrexia)
Scott Chou

{U/P}: This creature can't be blocked this turn. ({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)

"We thank the souleaters for surveilling our lives that we may be preserved from our own ignorance." —Drones' hymn of gratitude

Survival Cache (Commander 2013)
Scott Chou

You gain 2 life. Then if you have more life than an opponent, draw a card. Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)

Mishra's Factory (Modern Horizons 2)
Scott Chou

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

Mishra's Factory (Eternal Masters)
Scott Chou

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

Naturalize (Magic 2013)
Scott Chou

Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

"When your cities and trinkets crumble, only nature will remain." —Garruk Wildspeaker

Mordant Dragon (Worldwake)
Scott Chou

Flying {1}{R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may have it deal that much damage to target creature that player controls.

Natural End (Avacyn Restored)
Scott Chou

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. You gain 3 life.

The haunted blade shattered, and the geist drifted gratefully to the Blessed Sleep.

Cancel (Zendikar)
Scott Chou

Counter target spell.

Zendikar's volatile mana is the basis for many spectacular spells—and some equally astonishing failures.

Horror (Commander 2016 Tokens)
Scott Chou

Desolate Lighthouse (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander)
Scott Chou

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{U}{R}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

A lonely sentinel facing gales, hurricanes, and tides of homicidal spirits.

Predatory Urge (Planechase Anthology)
Scott Chou

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has "{T}: This creature deals damage equal to its power to target creature. That creature deals damage equal to its power to this creature."

Chronic Flooding (Return to Ravnica)
Scott Chou

Enchant land Whenever enchanted land becomes tapped, its controller mills three cards.

With the Izzet occupied elsewhere, many of their public works fell into disrepair.

Geistflame (Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt)
Scott Chou

Geistflame deals 1 damage to any target. Flashback {3}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Innistrad pyromancers find their best raw materials in the fury of the dead.

Crushing Vines (Commander Legends)
Scott Chou

Choose one — • Destroy target creature with flying. • Destroy target artifact.

"Your veil's curse won't stop me, deathmage. I have taken down countless night hunters. This dark plane is not big enough for you to hide." —Garruk Wildspeaker, to Liliana Vess

Dark Prophecy (Magic 2014)
Scott Chou

Whenever a creature you control dies, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

When the bog ran short on small animals, Ekri turned to the surrounding farmlands.

Desolate Lighthouse (The List)
Scott Chou

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{U}{R}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

A lonely sentinel facing gales, hurricanes, and tides of homicidal spirits.

Contested War Zone (Mirrodin Besieged)
Scott Chou

Whenever a creature deals combat damage to you, that creature's controller gains control of this land. {T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Attacking creatures get +1/+0 until end of turn.

Repel the Darkness (Ultimate Masters)
Scott Chou

Tap up to two target creatures. Draw a card.

A boon to those who cannot see in the dark. A bane to those who live in it.

Marsh Casualties (Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska)
Scott Chou

Kicker {3} (You may pay an additional {3} as you cast this spell.) Creatures target player controls get -1/-1 until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, those creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn instead.

Stab Wound (The List)
Scott Chou

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets -2/-2. At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player loses 2 life.

Traitorous Instinct (Rise of the Eldrazi)
Scott Chou

Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. Until end of turn, it gets +2/+0 and gains haste.

The horror lurched about like a puppet from a madman's nightmare, squeezing the life from its own kind.

Kor Spiritdancer (Planechase Anthology)
Scott Chou

This creature gets +2/+2 for each Aura attached to it. Whenever you cast an Aura spell, you may draw a card.

She reaches beyond the physical realm, touching the ideals from which all creatures draw their power.

Ghostform (Avacyn Restored)
Scott Chou

Up to two target creatures can't be blocked this turn.

"There's no such thing as 'impenetrable.'"

Strata Scythe (Commander 2014)
Scott Chou

Imprint — When this Equipment enters, search your library for a land card, exile it, then shuffle. Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each land on the battlefield with the same name as the exiled card. Equip {3}

Natural End (Core Set 2020)
Scott Chou

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. You gain 3 life.

The haunted blade shattered, and the geist drifted gratefully to the Blessed Sleep.