Barbarian Ring

Barbarian Ring (The List)
John Avon

{T}: Add {R}. This land deals 1 damage to you. Threshold — {R}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: It deals 2 damage to any target. Activate only if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Barbarian Ring (Odyssey)
John Avon

{T}: Add {R}. This land deals 1 damage to you. Threshold — {R}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: It deals 2 damage to any target. Activate only if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Barbarian Ring (Modern Horizons 3)
John Avon

{T}: Add {R}. This land deals 1 damage to you. Threshold — {R}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: It deals 2 damage to any target. Activate only if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Rakdos Carnarium (Dissension)
John Avon

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

Castle Vantress (Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander)
John Avon

This land enters tapped unless you control an Island. {T}: Add {U}. {2}{U}{U}, {T}: Scry 2.

Without Vantress's knowledge, the realm would lose itself in darkness.

Orzhov Basilica (Commander Masters)
John Avon

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

Mirrorworks (Mirrodin Besieged)
John Avon

Whenever another nontoken artifact you control enters, you may pay {2}. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that artifact.

The faces of Geth's corpse-dredgers are disturbingly similar.

Plains (Double Masters)
John Avon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Boros Garrison (Commander 2019)
John Avon

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

Unholy Grotto (Aetherdrift Commander)
John Avon

{T}: Add {C}. {B}, {T}: Put target Zombie card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Simic Growth Chamber (Ravnica: Clue Edition)
John Avon

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

Prophetic Prism (The Brothers' War Commander)
John Avon

When this artifact enters, draw a card. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color.

"The explorer who found it got a bad deal when he sold it. He merely got rich."

Ash Barrens (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
John Avon

{T}: Add {C}. Basic landcycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Zhalfirin Void (Dominaria Promos)
John Avon

When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {C}.

"The wind whispers, 'come home,' but I cannot." —Teferi

Barbarian Ring (The List)
John Avon

{T}: Add {R}. This land deals 1 damage to you. Threshold — {R}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: It deals 2 damage to any target. Activate only if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Plains (Rise of the Eldrazi)
John Avon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Anger (Commander Anthology)
John Avon

Haste As long as this card is in your graveyard and you control a Mountain, creatures you control have haste.

"For its time as a mortal, Anger chose a shell of boiling rock." —*Scroll of Beginnings*

Totem-Guide Hartebeest (Magic Origins)
John Avon

When this creature enters, you may search your library for an Aura card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

It is hunted, but not for the kill. The magic within draws others to its presence.

Mikokoro, Center of the Sea (Masters 25)
John Avon

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Each player draws a card.

"Center of the Sea, Eye of the World, Shrine of Enlightenment. Seek it for answers. Seek it for healing. Seek it and return transformed." —Scroll fragment from the ruins of Minamo

Hum of the Radix (Mirrodin)
John Avon

Each artifact spell costs {1} more to cast for each artifact its controller controls.

The elves learned long ago that anything left here slowly vanishes. Now it is a sacred site where the dead are laid to rest and where unnatural magic is erased forever.

Gruul Turf (Neon Dynasty Commander)
John Avon

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

Lantern-Lit Graveyard (Champions of Kamigawa)
John Avon

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {R}. This land doesn't untap during your next untap step.

Fellwar Stone (Forgotten Realms Commander)
John Avon

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

"What do you have that I cannot obtain?" —Mairsil, the Pretender

Selesnya Sanctuary (Planechase Anthology)
John Avon

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

Swamp (Double Masters)
John Avon

({T}: Add {B}.)

Darksteel Citadel (The Brothers' War Commander)
John Avon

Indestructible {T}: Add {C}.

Structures built from darksteel yield to neither assault nor age.

Sandsteppe Citadel (Magic Origins Clash Pack)
John Avon

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}, {B}, or {G}.

That which endures, survives.

Serrated Arrows (The List)
John Avon

This artifact enters with three arrowhead counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are no arrowhead counters on this artifact, sacrifice it. {T}, Remove an arrowhead counter from this artifact: Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.

Vedalken Orrery (Fifth Dawn)
John Avon

You may cast spells as though they had flash.

The model incorporated the fifth sun effortlessly, as if it had always known.

Mountain (Seventh Edition)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Selesnya Sanctuary (Planechase 2012)
John Avon

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

Dormant Volcano (Commander Anthology Volume II)
John Avon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, sacrifice it unless you return an untapped Mountain you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {C}{R}.

Orzhov Basilica (Commander Anthology)
John Avon

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

Plains (Commander 2018)
John Avon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Naya Sojourners (Alara Reborn)
John Avon

When you cycle this card and when this creature dies, you may put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Cycling {2}{G} ({2}{G}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

The elves had entered a land like an open grave—an act of fortitude or folly?

Explosive Vegetation (Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora)
John Avon

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Torching Krosa would be pointless. It grows faster than it burns.

Plains (Eighth Edition)
John Avon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Plains (Unstable)
John Avon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Dimir Aqueduct (Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander)
John Avon

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

Forest (Eighth Edition)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Azorius Chancery (Commander 2020)
John Avon

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

Mountain (Fifth Edition)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Orzhov Guildgate (Modern Masters 2017)
John Avon

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

"We do not believe in hiding our wealth in the shadows. This is Orzhov, and this is how we reward greatness." —Teysa Karlov, Grand Envoy of Orzhov

Forest (Ninth Edition)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Drownyard Temple (Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander)
John Avon

{T}: Add {C}. {3}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

"This is it! All the cryptoliths point here!" —Jace Beleren

Island (Duel Decks: Mind vs. Might)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Nemata, Grove Guardian (Planeshift)
John Avon

{2}{G}: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token. Sacrifice a Saproling: Saproling creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn.

Tectonic Rift (Core Set 2019)
John Avon

Destroy target land. Creatures without flying can't block this turn.

"You will kneel before me, even if I have to split the earth under your feet!" —Ash Kronor, Keldon warlord

Cephalid Coliseum (World Championship Decks 2002)
John Avon

{T}: Add {U}. This land deals 1 damage to you. Threshold — {U}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Target player draws three cards, then discards three cards. Activate only if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Fellwar Stone (Commander Anthology Volume II)
John Avon

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

"What do you have that I cannot obtain?" —Mairsil, the Pretender

Plains (Secret Lair Showdown)
John Avon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Demolish (Magic Origins)
John Avon

Destroy target artifact or land.

Nothing of nature nor of mortals can stand forever.

Witching Well (Throne of Eldraine)
John Avon

When this artifact enters, 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.) {3}{U}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw two cards.

It was built by the Witch of Lochmere. Most of the wishes it grants are its own.

Simic Growth Chamber (Commander 2015)
John Avon

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

Rakdos Carnarium (Archenemy)
John Avon

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

Mountain (World Championship Decks 2003)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Boros Garrison (Iconic Masters)
John Avon

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

Pyroclasm (Masters 25)
John Avon

Pyroclasm deals 2 damage to each creature.

Confessor (Odyssey)
John Avon

Whenever a player discards a card, you may gain 1 life.

"There will be gains for our losses. There will be rights for our wrongs."

Dimir Aqueduct (Iconic Masters)
John Avon

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

Canal Dredger (Conspiracy)
John Avon

Draft this card face up. Each player passes the last card from each booster pack to a player who drafted a card named Canal Dredger. {T}: Put target card from your graveyard on the bottom of your library.

Island (Ninth Edition)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Forest (Magic Origins)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Prophetic Prism (Dominaria United Commander)
John Avon

When this artifact enters, draw a card. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color.

"The explorer who found it got a bad deal when he sold it. He merely got rich."

Forest (Dominaria Remastered)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Boros Garrison (Ravnica: City of Guilds)
John Avon

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

Izzet Boilerworks (Guildpact)
John Avon

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

Drownyard Temple (Murders at Karlov Manor Commander)
John Avon

{T}: Add {C}. {3}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

"This is it! All the cryptoliths point here!" —Jace Beleren

Progenitus (Secret Lair Drop)
John Avon

Protection from everything If Progenitus would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, reveal Progenitus and shuffle it into its owner's library instead.

Extinction, the perfect tonic for rage.

Sliversmith (Future Sight)
John Avon

{1}, {T}, Discard a card: Create a 1/1 colorless Sliver artifact creature token named Metallic Sliver.

After centuries of labor, its creations outnumber those they were to mimic.

Grasslands (Duel Decks: Knights vs. Dragons)
John Avon

This land enters tapped. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Forest or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Ancestral Vision (Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander)
John Avon

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

Orzhov Guildgate (Ravnica Remastered)
John Avon

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Enter to find wealth, security, and eternal life . . . for just a small price up front.

Honden of Infinite Rage (Champions of Kamigawa)
John Avon

At the beginning of your upkeep, Honden of Infinite Rage deals damage to any target equal to the number of Shrines you control.

To the sorrow of all, its rage became focused on those who once stoked it.

Spire of Industry (Aether Revolt Promos)
John Avon

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color. Activate only if you control an artifact.

A beacon of prosperity to some, a shadow of oppression to others.

Fellwar Stone (The List)
John Avon

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

"What do you have that I cannot obtain?" —Mairsil, the Pretender

Simic Growth Chamber (March of the Machine Commander)
John Avon

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

Selesnya Sanctuary (Commander 2019)
John Avon

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

Ghitu Encampment (Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning)
John Avon

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}. {1}{R}: This land becomes a 2/1 red Warrior creature with first strike until end of turn. It's still a land. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

Mistform Mutant (Onslaught)
John Avon

{1}{U}: Choose a creature type other than Wall. Target creature becomes that type until end of turn.

Familiarity, the first myth of reality: What you know the best, you observe the least.

Flame Jet (Urza's Destiny)
John Avon

Flame Jet deals 3 damage to target player or planeswalker. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Did the land make the Keldons? Did the Keldons make the land? Or were they simply meant for each other?

Savage Twister (The List)
John Avon

Savage Twister deals X damage to each creature.

"Nature is the ultimate mindless destroyer, capable of power and ferocity no army can match, and the Gruul follow its example." —Trigori, Azorius senator

Mirrorworks (The Brothers' War Commander)
John Avon

Whenever another nontoken artifact you control enters, you may pay {2}. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that artifact.

The faces of Geth's corpse-dredgers are disturbingly similar.

Drownyard Temple (Shadows over Innistrad Promos)
John Avon

{T}: Add {C}. {3}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

"This is it! All the cryptoliths point here!" —Jace Beleren

Wall of Deceit (Duel Decks: Jace vs. Chandra)
John Avon

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {3}: Turn this creature face down. Morph {U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

Forest (Arena League 2004)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Mountain (Battle Royale Box Set)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Swamp (Duel Decks Anthology: Divine vs. Demonic)
John Avon

({T}: Add {B}.)

Island (World Championship Decks 2002)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Spectral Shift (Fifth Dawn)
John Avon

Choose one — • Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one basic land type with another. (This effect lasts indefinitely.) • Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (This effect lasts indefinitely.) Entwine {2} (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Pyroclasm (Duel Decks: Heroes vs. Monsters)
John Avon

Pyroclasm deals 2 damage to each creature.

"Who'd want to ignite things one at a time?" —Chandra Nalaar

Mountain (Magic Premiere Shop 2008)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Izzet Boilerworks (GRN Guild Kit)
John Avon

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

Forest (Seventh Edition)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Forest (Duel Decks: Heroes vs. Monsters)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Forest (Modern Horizons 2)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Izzet Boilerworks (Commander 2017)
John Avon

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

Totem-Guide Hartebeest (Rise of the Eldrazi)
John Avon

When this creature enters, you may search your library for an Aura card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

The kor track hartebeests in hopes of finding magic to help fight the Eldrazi.

Forest (World Championship Decks 2002)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Island (World Championship Decks 2001)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Barbarian Ring (Odyssey)
John Avon

{T}: Add {R}. This land deals 1 damage to you. Threshold — {R}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: It deals 2 damage to any target. Activate only if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Boros Garrison (Planechase)
John Avon

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

Island (Ninth Edition)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Quiet Speculation (World Championship Decks 2003)
John Avon

Search target player's library for up to three cards with flashback and put them into that player's graveyard. Then the player shuffles.

"The best foresight is hindsight." —Empress Llawan

Dimir Aqueduct (GRN Guild Kit)
John Avon

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

Mountain (Eighth Edition)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Mountain (Time Spiral)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Swamp (Commander Anthology)
John Avon

({T}: Add {B}.)

Forest (World Championship Decks 2003)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Izzet Boilerworks (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander)
John Avon

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

Boros Garrison (Commander 2013)
John Avon

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

Witchbane Orb (The List)
John Avon

When this artifact enters, destroy all Curses attached to you. You have hexproof. (You can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control, including Aura spells.)

Plains (Unhinged)
John Avon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Plains (Zendikar)
John Avon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Forest (Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. the Coalition)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Thespian's Stage (Mystery Booster 2)
John Avon

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: This land becomes a copy of target land, except it has this ability.

Amid rumors of war, the third act of *The Absolution of the Guildpact* was quickly rewritten as a tragedy.

Island (Classic Sixth Edition)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Forest (World Championship Decks 2004)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Spell Syphon (Shadowmoor)
John Avon

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1} for each blue permanent you control.

Warrik Brutehexer felt betrayed that his aura favored the depths of the Wanderbrine River over its rightful place, hovering around him.

Explosive Vegetation (Commander 2018)
John Avon

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Torching Krosa would be pointless. It grows faster than it burns.

Swamp (World Championship Decks 2003)
John Avon

({T}: Add {B}.)

Legacy Weapon (The List)
John Avon

{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}: Exile target permanent. If Legacy Weapon would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, reveal Legacy Weapon and shuffle it into its owner's library instead.

Crown of Empires (Magic 2012)
John Avon

{3}, {T}: Tap target creature. Gain control of that creature instead if you control artifacts named Scepter of Empires and Throne of Empires.

"With this crown, assert your authority." —Crown inscription

Rakdos Carnarium (Dominaria United Commander)
John Avon

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

Corrupted Zendikon (Worldwake)
John Avon

Enchant land Enchanted land is a 3/3 black Ooze creature. It's still a land. When enchanted land dies, return that card to its owner's hand.

Forest (World Championship Decks 2002)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Tree of Tales (World Championship Decks 2004)
John Avon

{T}: Add {G}.

Tel-Jilad, sanctum of the ancient trolls, keepers of the secret of Mirrodin's origin.

Plains (World Championship Decks 2003)
John Avon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (Planar Chaos)
John Avon

Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.

"Yawgmoth's corpse is a wound in the universe. His foul blood seeps out, infecting the land with his final curse." —Lord Windgrace

Golgari Rot Farm (Commander Anthology Volume II)
John Avon

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

Plains (Magic Premiere Shop 2007)
John Avon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Mountain (World Championship Decks 2000)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Clue (Unstable Tokens)
John Avon

Explosive Vegetation (Onslaught)
John Avon

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Torching Krosa would be pointless. It grows faster than it burns.

Tectonic Rift (Core Set 2020)
John Avon

Destroy target land. Creatures without flying can't block this turn.

"You will kneel before me, even if I have to split the earth under your feet!" —Ash Kronor, Keldon warlord

Mountain (Classic Sixth Edition)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Izzet Boilerworks (Commander 2013)
John Avon

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

Island (World Championship Decks 2003)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Moonlit Strider (Betrayers of Kamigawa)
John Avon

Sacrifice this creature: Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. Soulshift 3 (When this creature dies, you may return target Spirit card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to your hand.)

Explore (Commander 2019)
John Avon

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

An explorer's reward is a view of tomorrow's possibilities.

Forest (World Championship Decks 2003)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Castle Vantress (Throne of Eldraine)
John Avon

This land enters tapped unless you control an Island. {T}: Add {U}. {2}{U}{U}, {T}: Scry 2.

Obelisk of Alara (Conflux Promos)
John Avon

{1}{W}, {T}: You gain 5 life. {1}{U}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card. {1}{B}, {T}: Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. {1}{R}, {T}: This artifact deals 3 damage to target player or planeswalker. {1}{G}, {T}: Target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.

Plains (Kaladesh)
John Avon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Forest (World Championship Decks 2003)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Cryptolith Fragment (Innistrad Remastered)
John Avon

Anger (World Championship Decks 2003)
John Avon

Haste As long as this card is in your graveyard and you control a Mountain, creatures you control have haste.

"For its time as a mortal, Anger chose a shell of boiling rock." —*Scroll of Beginnings*

Mountain (Mirage)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Cryptolith Fragment (Eldritch Moon)
John Avon

Island (Starter 1999)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Orzhov Guildgate (Commander 2017)
John Avon

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

"We do not believe in hiding our wealth in the shadows. This is Orzhov, and this is how we reward greatness." —Teysa Karlov, Grand Envoy of Orzhov

Island (Invasion)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Mountain (Classic Sixth Edition)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Waterveil Cavern (Champions of Kamigawa)
John Avon

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. This land doesn't untap during your next untap step.

Forest (World Championship Decks 2004)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Mountain (World Championship Decks 1999)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Orzhov Basilica (Commander 2011)
John Avon

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

Timberpack Wolf (Magic Origins)
John Avon

This creature gets +1/+1 for each other creature you control named Timberpack Wolf.

Their strength is no mere numbers game. An intangible force augments the wolves when they run together.

Vivid Marsh (Commander 2015)
John Avon

This land enters tapped with two charge counters on it. {T}: Add {B}. {T}, Remove a charge counter from this land: Add one mana of any color.

Seat of the Synod (Commander 2016)
John Avon

{T}: Add {U}.

Lumengrid, site of the Knowledge Pool, source of vedalken arcana.

Pyrotechnics (Planechase)
John Avon

Pyrotechnics deals 4 damage divided as you choose among any number of targets.

"Who says lightning never strikes twice?" —Storm shaman

Azorius Chancery (Commander 2018)
John Avon

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

Boros Garrison (Commander Anthology)
John Avon

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

Plains (Ninth Edition)
John Avon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Dimir Aqueduct (Ravnica: City of Guilds)
John Avon

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

Cryptolith Fragment (Innistrad Remastered)
John Avon

Tectonic Rift (The List)
John Avon

Destroy target land. Creatures without flying can't block this turn.

"You will kneel before me, even if I have to split the earth under your feet!" —Ash Kronor, Keldon warlord

Dawntreader Elk (Jumpstart)
John Avon

{G}, Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Silent as winter snow, it seeks wild places unspoiled by the walking dead.

Grasslands (Forgotten Realms Commander)
John Avon

This land enters tapped. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Forest or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Gruul Turf (Guildpact)
John Avon

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

Fellwar Stone (Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander)
John Avon

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

"What do you have that I cannot obtain?" —Mairsil, the Pretender

Fellwar Stone (Commander 2017)
John Avon

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

"What do you have that I cannot obtain?" —Mairsil, the Pretender

Plains (Commander 2011)
John Avon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Pyroclasm (Tenth Edition)
John Avon

Pyroclasm deals 2 damage to each creature.

"When the air burns, only death breathes deep." —Bogardan mage

Mountain (Mirage)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Starlight (Portal)
John Avon

You gain 3 life for each black creature target opponent controls.

Stars are like coins dropped into the night: their light buys safe passage.

Thespian's Stage (Double Masters)
John Avon

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: This land becomes a copy of target land, except it has this ability.

Amid rumors of war, the third act of *The Absolution of the Guildpact* was quickly rewritten as a tragedy.

Clue (Shadows over Innistrad Tokens)
John Avon

{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

"Their chanting grows louder as the tide rises." —Tamiyo's journal

Grasslands (Commander 2017)
John Avon

This land enters tapped. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Forest or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Life Burst (Odyssey)
John Avon

Target player gains 4 life, then gains 4 life for each card named Life Burst in each graveyard.

As uplifting as a mystic's dreams.

Explosive Vegetation (Aetherdrift Commander)
John Avon

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Torching Krosa would be pointless. It grows faster than it burns.

Swamp (Battle Royale Box Set)
John Avon

({T}: Add {B}.)

Castle Vantress (Throne of Eldraine)
John Avon

This land enters tapped unless you control an Island. {T}: Add {U}. {2}{U}{U}, {T}: Scry 2.

Without Vantress's knowledge, the realm would lose itself in darkness.

Brainstorm (Secret Lair Drop)
John Avon

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

James would let his duck compose now and then, but never make the tea!

Gruul Turf (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
John Avon

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

Rakdos Carnarium (The Brothers' War Commander)
John Avon

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

Mikokoro, Center of the Sea (Saviors of Kamigawa)
John Avon

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Each player draws a card.

"Center of the Sea, Eye of the World, Shrine of Enlightenment. Seek it for answers. Seek it for healing. Seek it and return transformed." —Scroll fragment from the ruins of Minamo

Dominaria's Judgment (The List)
John Avon

Until end of turn, creatures you control gain protection from white if you control a Plains, from blue if you control an Island, from black if you control a Swamp, from red if you control a Mountain, and from green if you control a Forest.

Forest (Magic Premiere Shop 2007)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Mountain (Classic Sixth Edition)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Demolish (Zendikar)
John Avon

Destroy target artifact or land.

"This is why I hate settlements. They lull you into a false sense of security." —Yon Basrel, Oran-Rief survivalist

Plains (Magic 2011)
John Avon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Mountain (World Championship Decks 2003)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Pyroclasm (Eighth Edition)
John Avon

Pyroclasm deals 2 damage to each creature.

"When the air burns, only death breathes deep." —Bogardan mage

Island (Duel Decks: Jace vs. Chandra)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Explore (Archenemy: Nicol Bolas)
John Avon

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

An explorer's reward is a view of tomorrow's possibilities.

Insidious Dreams (Torment)
John Avon

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard X cards. Search your library for X cards, then shuffle and put those cards on top in any order.

Chainer dreams of ultimate knowledge.

Drownyard Temple (Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander)
John Avon

{T}: Add {C}. {3}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

"This is it! All the cryptoliths point here!" —Jace Beleren

Spire of Industry (March of the Machine Commander)
John Avon

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color. Activate only if you control an artifact.

A beacon of prosperity to some, a shadow of oppression to others.

Fellwar Stone (Commander 2011)
John Avon

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

"What do you have that I cannot obtain?" —Mairsil, the Pretender

Izzet Boilerworks (Commander 2016)
John Avon

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

Rakdos Carnarium (Double Masters 2022)
John Avon

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

Azorius Chancery (Iconic Masters)
John Avon

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

Consulate Skygate (Kaladesh)
John Avon

Defender Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)

All skyships entering or leaving the fairgrounds must pass through the security checkpoint.

Orzhov Basilica (The Brothers' War Commander)
John Avon

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

Izzet Boilerworks (Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari)
John Avon

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

Spark Elemental (Tenth Edition)
John Avon

Trample, haste (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking. This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.) At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this creature.

Fury Charm (Planar Chaos)
John Avon

Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn. • Remove two time counters from target permanent or suspended card.

Island (World Championship Decks 2003)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Darksteel Citadel (Double Masters)
John Avon

Indestructible {T}: Add {C}.

Structures built from darksteel yield to neither assault nor age.

Heap Doll (Ultimate Masters)
John Avon

Sacrifice this creature: Exile target card from a graveyard.

"I know one night it won't come back. Then I'll know it's truly done its job." —Braenna, cobblesmith

Timberpack Wolf (Magic 2013)
John Avon

This creature gets +1/+1 for each other creature you control named Timberpack Wolf.

"The need for the pack is bred in their bones. Their true strength will not show itself for any other purpose." —Garruk Wildspeaker

Mikokoro, Center of the Sea (Dominaria United Commander)
John Avon

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Each player draws a card.

"Center of the Sea, Eye of the World, Shrine of Enlightenment. Seek it for answers. Seek it for healing. Seek it and return transformed." —Scroll fragment from the ruins of Minamo

Forest (Duel Decks: Elves vs. Goblins)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Azorius Chancery (Crimson Vow Commander)
John Avon

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

Island (Arena League 2004)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Mountain (Champions of Kamigawa)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Vivid Marsh (Commander 2011)
John Avon

This land enters tapped with two charge counters on it. {T}: Add {B}. {T}, Remove a charge counter from this land: Add one mana of any color.

Tangle (World Championship Decks 2001)
John Avon

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Each attacking creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Gaea battles rampant death with abundant life.

Dawntreader Elk (The List)
John Avon

{G}, Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Silent as winter snow, it seeks wild places unspoiled by the walking dead.

Golgari Rot Farm (Commander 2016)
John Avon

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

Explore (Forgotten Realms Commander)
John Avon

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

An explorer's reward is a view of tomorrow's possibilities.

Island (Return to Ravnica)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Plains (Magic 2011)
John Avon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Island (Commander Anthology Volume II)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Seat of the Synod (Planechase)
John Avon

{T}: Add {U}.

Lumengrid, site of the Knowledge Pool, source of vedalken arcana.

Melt Terrain (Scars of Mirrodin)
John Avon

Destroy target land. Melt Terrain deals 2 damage to that land's controller.

Just as the most finely wrought metal can warp and rust, so too does Mirrodin buckle under pressures from without and within.

Gruul Turf (Double Masters 2022)
John Avon

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

Swamp (Commander 2015)
John Avon

({T}: Add {B}.)

Mountain (Fifth Edition)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Swamp (Planechase Anthology)
John Avon

({T}: Add {B}.)

Gruul Turf (Zendikar Rising Commander)
John Avon

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

Esper Sojourners (Alara Reborn)
John Avon

When you cycle this card and when this creature dies, you may tap or untap target permanent. Cycling {2}{U} ({2}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

The wilder the frontier, the greater the need for a controlling hand.

Mountain (Battle Royale Box Set)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Azorius Chancery (Murders at Karlov Manor Commander)
John Avon

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

Azorius Chancery (Double Masters 2022)
John Avon

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

Island (World Championship Decks 2001)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Moonlit Strider (The List)
John Avon

Sacrifice this creature: Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. Soulshift 3 (When this creature dies, you may return target Spirit card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to your hand.)

Thoughts of Ruin (Saviors of Kamigawa)
John Avon

Each player sacrifices a land of their choice for each card in your hand.

"In our war with the kami, we annihilate what is our own. Do they too suffer ruination in their hidden world?" —Diary of Azusa

Island (Magic Premiere Shop 2010)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Darksteel Citadel (Commander Anthology Volume II)
John Avon

Indestructible {T}: Add {C}.

Structures built from darksteel yield to neither assault nor age.

Waterlogged Grove (Modern Horizons)
John Avon

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {G} or {U}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.

The trees pull water from deep underground, filling the forest for miles.

Island (Planechase 2012)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Forest (Battle Royale Box Set)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Fellwar Stone (Commander 2015)
John Avon

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

"What do you have that I cannot obtain?" —Mairsil, the Pretender

Simic Growth Chamber (RNA Guild Kit)
John Avon

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

Forest (Portal)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Strip Mine (From the Vault: Exiled)
John Avon

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

Unlike previous conflicts, the war between Urza and Mishra made Dominaria itself a casualty of war.

Island (Seventh Edition)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Savage Twister (Commander 2018)
John Avon

Savage Twister deals X damage to each creature.

"Nature is the ultimate mindless destroyer, capable of power and ferocity no army can match, and the Gruul follow its example." —Trigori, Azorius senator

Gilded Light (Modern Horizons)
John Avon

You gain shroud until end of turn. (You can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Whoever survives the first blow lives to land the second.

Island (Portal Second Age)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Orzhov Basilica (Iconic Masters)
John Avon

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

Azorius Chancery (Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander)
John Avon

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

Dawn Charm (Ultimate Masters)
John Avon

Choose one — • Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. • Regenerate target creature. • Counter target spell that targets you.

Forest (Eighth Edition)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Blight Sickle (The List)
John Avon

Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has wither. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.) Equip {2}

Its scars cut deeper than its blade.

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (Time Spiral Remastered)
John Avon

Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.

"Yawgmoth's corpse is a wound in the universe. His foul blood seeps out, infecting the land with his final curse." —Lord Windgrace

Golgari Rot Farm (Bloomburrow Commander)
John Avon

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

Vault of the Archangel (March of the Machine Commander)
John Avon

{T}: Add {C}. {2}{W}{B}, {T}: Creatures you control gain deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.

"For centuries my creation kept this world in balance. Now only her shadow remains." —Sorin Markov

Mountain (Urza's Saga)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Mountain (Premium Deck Series: Fire and Lightning)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Orzhov Basilica (Commander 2020)
John Avon

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

Mountain (Mirrodin)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Forest (Battle Royale Box Set)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Explosive Vegetation (Dominaria United Commander)
John Avon

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Torching Krosa would be pointless. It grows faster than it burns.

Magus of the Moat (Future Sight)
John Avon

Creatures without flying can't attack.

"The spirits of the mythic ones ever circle their beloved keep, forbidding entry to all who come with the heavy tread of hate."

Gruul Turf (Commander 2019)
John Avon

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

Vessel of Endless Rest (Ultimate Masters)
John Avon

When this artifact enters, put target card from a graveyard on the bottom of its owner's library. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Mist Raven (Kaldheim Commander)
John Avon

Flying When this creature enters, return target creature to its owner's hand.

"When you see a raven, head for the hills. It knows when the ghost-tide is headed in." —Sved, fisherman of Nephalia

Swamp (Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska)
John Avon

({T}: Add {B}.)

Spark Elemental (Premium Deck Series: Fire and Lightning)
John Avon

Trample, haste (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking. This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.) At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this creature.

Vulshok shamans could never keep them alive for more than a few seconds, yet those few seconds seemed to be enough.

Island (Commander 2011)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Mountain (Starter 1999)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Forest (Arena League 2006)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Forest (World Championship Decks 2003)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Fellwar Stone (Ninth Edition)
John Avon

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

"What do you have that I cannot obtain?" —Mairsil, the Pretender

Prophetic Prism (Rise of the Eldrazi)
John Avon

When this artifact enters, draw a card. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color.

"The explorer who found it got a bad deal when he sold it. He merely got rich."

Golgari Rot Farm (Commander 2018)
John Avon

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

Dimir Aqueduct (Commander 2019)
John Avon

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

Anger (Commander 2011)
John Avon

Haste As long as this card is in your graveyard and you control a Mountain, creatures you control have haste.

"For its time as a mortal, Anger chose a shell of boiling rock." —*Scroll of Beginnings*

Fellwar Stone (Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander)
John Avon

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

"What do you have that I cannot obtain?" —Mairsil, the Pretender

Island (Beatdown Box Set)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Forest (Magic 2015)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Orzhov Basilica (Aetherdrift Commander)
John Avon

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

Dakmor Salvage (Modern Masters)
John Avon

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}. Dredge 2 (If you would draw a card, you may mill two cards instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)

Murmuring Bosk (Morningtide)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.) As this land enters, you may reveal a Treefolk card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {B}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Orzhov Guildgate (Commander 2013)
John Avon

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Enter to find wealth, security, and eternal life . . . for just a small price up front.

Fellwar Stone (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander)
John Avon

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

"What do you have that I cannot obtain?" —Mairsil, the Pretender

Plains (Magic 2014)
John Avon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Wall of Deceit (Duel Decks Anthology: Jace vs. Chandra)
John Avon

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {3}: Turn this creature face down. Morph {U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

Arrogant Wurm (World Championship Decks 2003)
John Avon

Trample Madness {2}{G} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

It's hard to be humble when the whole world is bite-size.

Seat of the Synod (Foundations Jumpstart)
John Avon

{T}: Add {U}.

Lumengrid, site of the Knowledge Pool, source of vedalken arcana.

Brainstorm (Secret Lair Drop)
John Avon

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

James would let his duck compose now and then, but never make the tea!

Mountain (Duel Decks: Mind vs. Might)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Island (Archenemy)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Mountain (Fifth Edition)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Mountain (Planechase 2012)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Decree of Annihilation (From the Vault: Annihilation)
John Avon

Exile all artifacts, creatures, and lands from the battlefield, all cards from all graveyards, and all cards from all hands. Cycling {5}{R}{R} ({5}{R}{R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.) When you cycle this card, destroy all lands.

Vault of the Archangel (Modern Event Deck 2014)
John Avon

{T}: Add {C}. {2}{W}{B}, {T}: Creatures you control gain deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.

"For centuries my creation kept this world in balance. Now only her shadow remains." —Sorin Markov

Plains (Magic 2015)
John Avon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Forest (Beatdown Box Set)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Plains (Planechase 2012)
John Avon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Panopticon (March of the Machine Commander)
John Avon

When you planeswalk to Panopticon, draw a card. At the beginning of your draw step, draw an additional card. Whenever chaos ensues, draw a card.

Ash Barrens (Mystery Booster 2)
John Avon

{T}: Add {C}. Basic landcycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Island (Zendikar)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Plains (Magic Premiere Shop 2008)
John Avon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Illusion (The List)
John Avon

Selesnya Sanctuary (Ravnica: Clue Edition)
John Avon

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

Clifftop Retreat (Innistrad)
John Avon

This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Plains. {T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Where cathars learn to fight not only demons and vampires, but ignorance as well.

Island (Magic 2011)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Izzet Boilerworks (Ravnica: Clue Edition)
John Avon

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

Anger (Judgment)
John Avon

Haste As long as this card is in your graveyard and you control a Mountain, creatures you control have haste.

"For its time as a mortal, Anger chose a shell of boiling rock." —*Scroll of Beginnings*

Plains (Salvat 2011)
John Avon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Lotus Vale (Weatherlight)
John Avon

If this land would enter, sacrifice two untapped lands instead. If you do, put this land onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard. {T}: Add three mana of any one color.

At what price beauty?

Orzhov Basilica (Guildpact)
John Avon

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

Plains (Arena League 2006)
John Avon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Forest (Unstable)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Swamp (Tenth Edition)
John Avon

({T}: Add {B}.)

Golgari Rot Farm (Iconic Masters)
John Avon

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

Bond Beetle (Magic 2013)
John Avon

When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

A beetle on your shoulder —Elvish expression meaning "a blessing of luck"

Adarkar Wastes (Tenth Edition)
John Avon

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {U}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Gruul Turf (Commander 2020)
John Avon

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

Orzhov Basilica (Dominaria United Commander)
John Avon

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

Mountain (World Championship Decks 1997)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Grasslands (Commander Masters)
John Avon

This land enters tapped. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Forest or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Panopticon (Planechase Anthology Planes)
John Avon

When you planeswalk to Panopticon, draw a card. At the beginning of your draw step, draw an additional card. Whenever chaos ensues, draw a card.

Dimir Aqueduct (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander)
John Avon

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

Vessel of Endless Rest (Avacyn Restored)
John Avon

When this artifact enters, put target card from a graveyard on the bottom of its owner's library. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Forest (World Championship Decks 1999)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Primal Amulet (Ixalan Promos)
John Avon

Azorius Chancery (Dissension)
John Avon

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

Evolution Charm (Planar Chaos)
John Avon

Choose one — • Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. • Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. • Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Mountain (Commander Anthology)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Selesnya Sanctuary (Modern Masters 2015)
John Avon

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

Spire of Industry (Neon Dynasty Commander)
John Avon

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color. Activate only if you control an artifact.

A beacon of prosperity to some, a shadow of oppression to others.

Tranquil Cove (Core Set 2021)
John Avon

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

Serrated Arrows (Friday Night Magic 2008)
John Avon

This artifact enters with three arrowhead counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are no arrowhead counters on this artifact, sacrifice it. {T}, Remove an arrowhead counter from this artifact: Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.

Swamp (Zendikar)
John Avon

({T}: Add {B}.)

Forest (Magic Premiere Shop 2010)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Explore (Dominaria United Commander)
John Avon

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

An explorer's reward is a view of tomorrow's possibilities.

Mountain (Magic Premiere Shop 2007)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Plains (Rise of the Eldrazi)
John Avon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Plains (Eighth Edition)
John Avon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Millstone (Seventh Edition)
John Avon

{2}, {T}: Target player mills two cards.

More than one mage has been driven insane by the sound of the millstone relentlessly grinding away.

Plains (Planechase 2012)
John Avon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Simic Growth Chamber (Modern Masters 2015)
John Avon

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

Simic Growth Chamber (Commander 2019)
John Avon

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

Mountain (Ninth Edition)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Mountain (Mirage)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Forest (Battle Royale Box Set)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Silent Departure (Innistrad Remastered)
John Avon

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Flashback {4}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

The same magic that lets geists pass through our realm can force them out of it.

Island (Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Mossfire Valley (Bloomburrow Commander)
John Avon

{1}, {T}: Add {R}{G}.

Lush growth spreads like a ferocious blaze across the Otarian hillsides.

Forest (Duel Decks: Zendikar vs. Eldrazi)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Orzhov Basilica (Forgotten Realms Commander)
John Avon

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

Sliversmith (Time Spiral Remastered)
John Avon

{1}, {T}, Discard a card: Create a 1/1 colorless Sliver artifact creature token named Metallic Sliver.

After centuries of labor, its creations outnumber those they were to mimic.

Plains (Kaladesh)
John Avon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Selesnya Sanctuary (Commander Anthology)
John Avon

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

Thespian's Stage (Modern Horizons 3 Commander)
John Avon

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: This land becomes a copy of target land, except it has this ability.

Amid rumors of war, the third act of *The Absolution of the Guildpact* was quickly rewritten as a tragedy.

Fog (Fifth Edition)
John Avon

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Karplusan Forest (Ninth Edition)
John Avon

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {R} or {G}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Island (World Championship Decks 2004)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Simic Growth Chamber (Murders at Karlov Manor Commander)
John Avon

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

Simic Growth Chamber (Double Masters 2022)
John Avon

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

Tower of Eons (The List)
John Avon

{8}, {T}: You gain 10 life.

Its etchings tell the ur-golems' stories of an entity able to force life into a lifeless plane.

Izzet Boilerworks (The List)
John Avon

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

Swamp (Return to Ravnica)
John Avon

({T}: Add {B}.)

Seedguide Ash (Lorwyn)
John Avon

When this creature dies, you may search your library for up to three Forest cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

"May you shade three generations of seedlings."

Plains (Rise of the Eldrazi)
John Avon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Sapling of Colfenor (Commander 2021)
John Avon

Indestructible Whenever Sapling of Colfenor attacks, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, you gain life equal to that card's toughness, lose life equal to its power, then put it into your hand.

Her plans may yet bear fruit.

Kodama's Reach (Zendikar Rising Commander)
John Avon

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

"The land grows only where the kami will it." —Dosan the Falling Leaf

Izzet Boilerworks (Commander 2020)
John Avon

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

Fellwar Stone (Murders at Karlov Manor Commander)
John Avon

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

"What do you have that I cannot obtain?" —Mairsil, the Pretender

Gruul Turf (Murders at Karlov Manor Commander)
John Avon

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

Izzet Boilerworks (Double Masters 2022)
John Avon

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

Island (Duels of the Planeswalkers)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Mountain (Eighth Edition)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Forest (World Championship Decks 2003)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Swamp (Ninth Edition)
John Avon

({T}: Add {B}.)

Selesnya Sanctuary (Commander 2011)
John Avon

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

Strength of Night (The List)
John Avon

Kicker {B} (You may pay an additional {B} as you cast this spell.) Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, Zombie creatures you control get an additional +2/+2 until end of turn.

Simic Growth Chamber (Modern Horizons 3 Commander)
John Avon

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

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (From the Vault: Realms)
John Avon

Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.

"Yawgmoth's corpse is a wound in the universe. His foul blood seeps out, infecting the land with his final curse." —Lord Windgrace

Forest (World Championship Decks 2002)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Stream of Consciousness (Betrayers of Kamigawa)
John Avon

Target player shuffles up to four target cards from their graveyard into their library.

"All things return to their beginnings. The waters that spill across the Kamitaki Falls flow to sea, only to be returned to her as the rain that joins the mighty river." —Dosan the Falling Leaf

Golgari Rot Farm (Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari)
John Avon

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

Mountain (Urza's Saga)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Island (Duel Decks Anthology: Jace vs. Chandra)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Runechanter's Pike (The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts)
John Avon

Equipped creature has first strike and gets +X/+0, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard. Equip {2}

"Harmonic resonance infusions amplify the natural abilities of the song mages of Sumifa." —Drafna, research notes

Forest (Duel Decks Anthology: Elves vs. Goblins)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Fury Charm (Modern Masters)
John Avon

Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn. • Remove two time counters from target permanent or suspended card.

Dawn Charm (Commander Legends)
John Avon

Choose one — • Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. • Regenerate target creature. • Counter target spell that targets you.

Forest (Magic Premiere Shop 2008)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Island (World Championship Decks 2001)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Fellwar Stone (Commander Masters)
John Avon

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

"What do you have that I cannot obtain?" —Mairsil, the Pretender

Mountain (World Championship Decks 1997)
John Avon

({T}: Add {R}.)

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (Magic 2015)
John Avon

Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.

"Yawgmoth's corpse is a wound in the universe. His foul blood seeps out, infecting the land with his final curse." —Lord Windgrace

Plains (Commander Anthology)
John Avon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Darksteel Citadel (World Championship Decks 2004)
John Avon

Indestructible {T}: Add {C}.

Panopticon, forge of the Darksteel Eye, home of Mirrodin's keeper.

Swamp (Urza's Saga)
John Avon

({T}: Add {B}.)

Spire of Industry (The Brothers' War Commander)
John Avon

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color. Activate only if you control an artifact.

A beacon of prosperity to some, a shadow of oppression to others.

Tectonic Rift (Magic 2012)
John Avon

Destroy target land. Creatures without flying can't block this turn.

"You will kneel before me, even if I have to split the earth under your feet!" —Ash Kronor, Keldon warlord

Tangle (The List)
John Avon

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Each attacking creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Gaea battles rampant death with abundant life.

Swamp (Unstable)
John Avon

({T}: Add {B}.)

Orzhov Basilica (The List)
John Avon

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

Forest (Zendikar)
John Avon

({T}: Add {G}.)

Darksteel Citadel (Commander 2014)
John Avon

Indestructible {T}: Add {C}.

Structures built from darksteel yield to neither assault nor age.

Opal Palace (Commander Masters)
John Avon

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. If you spend this mana to cast your commander, it enters with a number of additional +1/+1 counters on it equal to the number of times it's been cast from the command zone this game.

Evolution Charm (The List)
John Avon

Choose one — • Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. • Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. • Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Island (Commander Anthology Volume II)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Island (World Championship Decks 2001)
John Avon

({T}: Add {U}.)

Quick Sliver (Legions)
John Avon

Flash Any player may cast Sliver spells as though they had flash.

The directors of the Riptide Project wanted instant results on the sliver experiments. They got their wish.

Swamp (Battle Royale Box Set)
John Avon

({T}: Add {B}.)

Azorius Chancery (The Brothers' War Commander)
John Avon

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

Plains (Commander Anthology)
John Avon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Tranquil Path (Apocalypse)
John Avon

Destroy all enchantments. Draw a card.

Freyalise bought the planeswalkers the time they needed by clearing a path through the misshapen hell of Phyrexia.

Fellwar Stone (Commander 2016)
John Avon

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

"What do you have that I cannot obtain?" —Mairsil, the Pretender

Izzet Boilerworks (Commander 2021)
John Avon

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

Piracy Charm (The List)
John Avon

Choose one — • Target creature gains islandwalk until end of turn. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.) • Target creature gets +2/-1 until end of turn. • Target player discards a card.

Gods' Eye, Gate to the Reikai (Betrayers of Kamigawa)
John Avon

{T}: Add {C}. When Gods' Eye is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a 1/1 colorless Spirit creature token.

Listen at its walls and you will hear the whispers of gods.

Boros Garrison (GRN Guild Kit)
John Avon

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

Cloudcrest Lake (Champions of Kamigawa)
John Avon

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {U}. This land doesn't untap during your next untap step.