Leyline Binding

Leyline Binding (Dominaria United Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Flash Domain — This spell costs {1} less to cast for each basic land type among lands you control. When this enchantment enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield.

Leyline Binding (Dominaria United)
Cristi Balanescu

Flash Domain — This spell costs {1} less to cast for each basic land type among lands you control. When this enchantment enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield.

Leyline Binding (Dominaria United)
Cristi Balanescu

Flash Domain — This spell costs {1} less to cast for each basic land type among lands you control. When this enchantment enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield.

Leyline Binding (Breaking News)
Yohann Schepacz

Flash Domain — This spell costs {1} less to cast for each basic land type among lands you control. When this enchantment enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield.

Leyline Binding (Breaking News)
Yohann Schepacz

Flash Domain — This spell costs {1} less to cast for each basic land type among lands you control. When this enchantment enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield.

Howlpack Piper (Innistrad: Crimson Vow)
Cristi Balanescu

Traumatic Revelation (March of the Machine)
Cristi Balanescu

Target opponent reveals their hand. You may choose a creature or battle card from it. If you do, that player discards that card. If you don't, incubate 3. (Create an Incubator token with three +1/+1 counters on it and "{2}: Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)

"My new form must be hard to understand."

Drogskol Infantry (Innistrad: Crimson Vow)
Cristi Balanescu

Tovolar's Huntmaster (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Call the Coppercoats (New Capenna Commander)
Cristi Balanescu

Strive — This spell costs {1}{W} more to cast for each target beyond the first. Choose any number of target opponents. Create X 1/1 white Human Soldier creature tokens, where X is the number of creatures those opponents control.

When the alarm crystals flash, Drannith's finest answer the call.

Light of Promise (Core Set 2021)
Cristi Balanescu

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has "Whenever you gain life, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature."

The light washed over him, and in the wind he heard the roars of all the pridemates who had come before.

Shadow Puppeteers (Wilds of Eldraine Commander)
Cristi Balanescu

Flying, ward {2} When this creature enters, create two 1/1 black Faerie Rogue creature tokens with flying. Whenever a creature you control with flying attacks, you may have it become a red Dragon with base power and toughness 4/4 in addition to its other colors and types until end of turn.

Sudden Salvation (Crimson Vow Commander)
Cristi Balanescu

Choose up to three target permanent cards in graveyards that were put there from the battlefield this turn. Return them to the battlefield tapped under their owners' control. You draw a card for each opponent who controls one or more of those permanents.

Sage of the Beyond (Kaldheim Commander)
Cristi Balanescu

Flying Spells you cast from anywhere other than your hand cost {2} less to cast. Foretell {4}{U} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Divine Visitation (Ravnica Remastered)
Cristi Balanescu

If one or more creature tokens would be created under your control, that many 4/4 white Angel creature tokens with flying and vigilance are created instead.

Spectral Sailor (Jumpstart)
Cristi Balanescu

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Flying {3}{U}: Draw a card.

"Any ship that sails on these mean seas for long is bound to pick up a ghost or two." —Admiral Beckett Brass

Blood Beckoning (Zendikar Rising)
Cristi Balanescu

Kicker {3} (You may pay an additional {3} as you cast this spell.) Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. If this spell was kicked, instead return two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.

Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain (Modern Horizons 3)
Cristi Balanescu

Flying, lifelink Ward—Discard a card. Whenever a modified creature you control attacks, double the number of each kind of counter on it. Then for each nontoken permanent attached to it, create a token that's a copy of that permanent attached to that creature.

Replication Specialist (Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty)
Cristi Balanescu

Flying Whenever a nontoken artifact you control enters, you may pay {1}{U}. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that artifact.

"Step one is innovation. Step two is production. Sometimes step one is optional."

Seafloor Stalker (Zendikar Rising)
Cristi Balanescu

{4}{U}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each creature in your party. (Your party consists of up to one each of Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard.)

"Sunken ruins? My specialty."

Llanowar Visionary (Secret Lair Drop)
Cristi Balanescu

When this creature enters, draw a card. {T}: Add {G}.

The elves of Llanowar look to their past to determine the shape of their future.

Tomebound Lich (Core Set 2020)
Cristi Balanescu

Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) Whenever this creature enters or deals combat damage to a player, draw a card, then discard a card.

Over the Top (The Brothers' War Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Each player reveals a number of cards from the top of their library equal to the number of nonland permanents they control, puts all permanent cards they revealed this way onto the battlefield, and puts the rest into their graveyard.

Glissa, Herald of Predation (March of the Machine Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

At the beginning of combat on your turn, choose one — • Incubate 2 twice. (To incubate 2, create an Incubator token with two +1/+1 counters on it and "{2}: Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.) • Transform all Incubator tokens you control. • Phyrexians you control gain first strike and deathtouch until end of turn.

Zhentarim Bandit (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Cristi Balanescu

Whenever this creature attacks, you may pay 1 life. If you do, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

"The Zhentarim are ruthless, unscrupulous, and dishonest. But I must admit, they are effective." —Commander Liara Portyr

Kaervek, the Punisher (Outlaws of Thunder Junction)
Cristi Balanescu

Whenever you commit a crime, exile up to one target black card from your graveyard and copy it. You may cast the copy. If you do, you lose 2 life. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime. Copies of permanent spells become tokens.)

Overwhelmed Archivist (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Cristi Balanescu

Academic Probation (Strixhaven: School of Mages)
Cristi Balanescu

Choose one — • Choose a nonland card name. Opponents can't cast spells with the chosen name until your next turn. • Choose target nonland permanent. Until your next turn, it can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.

Jirina, Dauntless General (March of the Machine: The Aftermath)
Cristi Balanescu

When Jirina enters, exile target player's graveyard. Sacrifice Jirina: Humans you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

"Our strength lies not in our walls, but in our people."

Verdant Mastery (Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

You may pay {3}{G} rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Search your library for up to four basic land cards and reveal them. Put one of them onto the battlefield tapped under an opponent's control if the {3}{G} cost was paid. Put two of them onto the battlefield tapped under your control and the rest into your hand. Then shuffle.

Tovolar's Huntmaster (The List)
Cristi Balanescu

Soul-Guide Gryff (Innistrad Remastered)
Cristi Balanescu

Flying When this creature enters, exile up to one target card from a graveyard.

It conducts the souls of the righteous to their blessed rest and the spirits of the evil to justice.

Roaming Throne (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Ward {2} As this creature enters, choose a creature type. This creature is the chosen type in addition to its other types. If a triggered ability of another creature you control of the chosen type triggers, it triggers an additional time.

Entity Tracker (Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Flash Eerie — Whenever an enchantment you control enters and whenever you fully unlock a Room, draw a card.

"The readings are off the charts! Whatever it is, it's close."

Odric's Outrider (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt)
Cristi Balanescu

Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Terms like "safe route" and "cleared district" are a source of dark humor to the cathars who patrol the ruins of Thraben.

Scheming Fence (Streets of New Capenna Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

As this creature enters, you may choose a nonland permanent. Activated abilities of the chosen permanent can't be activated. This creature has all activated abilities of the chosen permanent except for loyalty abilities. You may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to activate those abilities.

Legion Loyalty (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Cristi Balanescu

Creatures you control have myriad. (Whenever a creature with myriad attacks, for each opponent other than defending player, you may create a token copy that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Exile the tokens at end of combat.)

Titania, Voice of Gaea (The Brothers' War)
Cristi Balanescu

Reach Whenever one or more land cards are put into your graveyard from anywhere, you gain 2 life. At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are four or more land cards in your graveyard and you both own and control Titania, Voice of Gaea and a land named Argoth, Sanctum of Nature, exile them, then meld them into Titania, Gaea Incarnate.

Argoth, Sanctum of Nature (The Brothers' War)
Cristi Balanescu

This land enters tapped unless you control a legendary green creature. {T}: Add {G}. {2}{G}{G}, {T}: Create a 2/2 green Bear creature token, then mill three cards. Activate only as a sorcery. (Melds with Titania, Voice of Gaea.)

Runic Shot (Dominaria United)
Cristi Balanescu

Kicker {U} (You may pay an additional {U} as you cast this spell.) Destroy target tapped creature. If this spell was kicked, scry 2.

"Target acquired."

Vantress Gargoyle (Throne of Eldraine)
Cristi Balanescu

Flying This creature can't attack unless defending player has seven or more cards in their graveyard. This creature can't block unless you have four or more cards in hand. {T}: Each player mills a card.

Squad Captain (Commander Legends)
Cristi Balanescu

Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.) This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each other creature you control.

The strength of the one is the strength of the many.

Smell Fear (Modern Horizons 2)
Cristi Balanescu

Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.) Target creature you control fights up to one target creature you don't control.

"It's fun when they run a little." —Wasitora, Nekoru queen

Sentinel of Lost Lore (Wilds of Eldraine Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

When this creature enters, choose one or more — • Return target card you own in exile that has an Adventure to your hand. • Put target card you don't own in exile that has an Adventure on the bottom of its owner's library. • Exile target player's graveyard.

Steel-Plume Marshal (Jumpstart)
Cristi Balanescu

Flying Whenever this creature attacks, other attacking creatures you control with flying get +2/+2 until end of turn.

The defenders watched in terror as the flying V split apart into a bristling battle formation.

Razorgrass Ambush (Modern Horizons 3)
Cristi Balanescu

Speaker of the Heavens (Foundations Jumpstart)
Cristi Balanescu

Vigilance, lifelink (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap. Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) {T}: Create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying. Activate only if you have at least 7 life more than your starting life total and only as a sorcery.

Scale the Heights (Jumpstart 2022)
Cristi Balanescu

Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature. You gain 2 life. You may play an additional land this turn. Draw a card.

"Ever onward, ever skyward."

Reflections of Littjara (Kaldheim)
Cristi Balanescu

As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type. Whenever you cast a spell of the chosen type, copy that spell. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)

The masks float downstream toward the Mirrorlake, where faces arise to wear them.

Brass's Tunnel-Grinder (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
Cristi Balanescu

Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Cristi Balanescu

{1}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice another creature: Draw X cards, where X is that creature's power. Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

"Shar's will shall be done. As sure as night will fall."

Vicious Battlerager (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Cristi Balanescu

When this creature enters, you take the initiative. Spiked Retribution — Whenever this creature becomes blocked by a creature, that creature's controller loses 5 life.

Contest of Claws (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander)
Cristi Balanescu

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to another target creature. If excess damage was dealt this way, discover X, where X is that excess damage. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with that mana value or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)

Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain (Modern Horizons 3 Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Flying, lifelink Ward—Discard a card. Whenever a modified creature you control attacks, double the number of each kind of counter on it. Then for each nontoken permanent attached to it, create a token that's a copy of that permanent attached to that creature.

Divine Visitation (Ravnica Remastered)
Cristi Balanescu

If one or more creature tokens would be created under your control, that many 4/4 white Angel creature tokens with flying and vigilance are created instead.

Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar (Battle for Baldur's Gate Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

{1}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice another creature: Draw X cards, where X is that creature's power. Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

"Shar's will shall be done. As sure as night will fall."

Bat Colony (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
Cristi Balanescu

When this enchantment enters, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying for each mana from a Cave spent to cast it. Whenever a Cave you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Call the Coppercoats (Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander)
Cristi Balanescu

Strive — This spell costs {1}{W} more to cast for each target beyond the first. Choose any number of target opponents. Create X 1/1 white Human Soldier creature tokens, where X is the number of creatures those opponents control.

When the alarm crystals flash, Drannith's finest answer the call.

Prophet of the Scarab (Aetherdrift Commander)
Cristi Balanescu

Vigilance When this creature enters, draw cards equal to the number of Zombies you control or the number of Zombie cards in your graveyard, whichever is greater.

"Heed the Scarab's call, or be crushed upon their return!"

Blade Historian (Strixhaven: School of Mages)
Cristi Balanescu

Attacking creatures you control have double strike.

"So you see, the reckless battle strategy of the Kathorran orcs was effective, but ultimately proved to be a double-edged sword. As did their double-edged swords."

Vantress Gargoyle (Throne of Eldraine)
Cristi Balanescu

Flying This creature can't attack unless defending player has seven or more cards in their graveyard. This creature can't block unless you have four or more cards in hand. {T}: Each player mills a card.

Tajuru Paragon (Zendikar Rising Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Tajuru Paragon is also a Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard. Kicker {3} When this creature enters, if it was kicked, reveal the top six cards of your library. You may put a card that shares a creature type with it from among them into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Over the Top (The Brothers' War Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Each player reveals a number of cards from the top of their library equal to the number of nonland permanents they control, puts all permanent cards they revealed this way onto the battlefield, and puts the rest into their graveyard.

Leyline Binding (Dominaria United)
Cristi Balanescu

Flash Domain — This spell costs {1} less to cast for each basic land type among lands you control. When this enchantment enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield.

Llanowar Visionary (Core Set 2021)
Cristi Balanescu

When this creature enters, draw a card. {T}: Add {G}.

The elves of Llanowar look to their past to determine the shape of their future.

Soothsayer Adept (Strixhaven: School of Mages)
Cristi Balanescu

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

One of the first lessons divination students learn is how to recognize the difference between a portent and a simple surface ripple.

Scale the Heights (Zendikar Rising)
Cristi Balanescu

Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature. You gain 2 life. You may play an additional land this turn. Draw a card.

"Ever onward, ever skyward."

Organic Extinction (Murders at Karlov Manor Commander)
Cristi Balanescu

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.) Destroy all nonartifact creatures.

"Technology evolves faster than a blade can swing." —Arima, lead inventor of the Futurists

Balduvian Berserker (Dominaria United)
Cristi Balanescu

Enlist (As this creature attacks, you may tap a nonattacking creature you control without summoning sickness. When you do, add its power to this creature's until end of turn.) When this creature dies, it deals damage equal to its power to any target.

Wrenn and Realmbreaker (March of the Machine Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Lands you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color." +1: Up to one target land you control becomes a 3/3 Elemental creature with vigilance, hexproof, and haste until your next turn. It's still a land. −2: Mill three cards. You may put a permanent card from among the milled cards into your hand. −7: You get an emblem with "You may play lands and cast permanent spells from your graveyard."

Farsight Adept (Zendikar Rising)
Cristi Balanescu

When this creature enters, you and target opponent each draw a card.

"I've walked every one of the Teetering Peaks and never set a foot wrong. I can get you to safety."

Raze the Effigy (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Cristi Balanescu

Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Target attacking creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

The folk of Kessig build up their courage by burning effigies of the things they fear.

Organic Extinction (Neon Dynasty Commander)
Cristi Balanescu

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.) Destroy all nonartifact creatures.

Hedge Shredder (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
Cristi Balanescu

Whenever this Vehicle attacks, you may mill two cards. Whenever one or more land cards are put into your graveyard from your library, put them onto the battlefield tapped. Crew 1 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 1 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)

Springmantle Cleric (Zendikar Rising)
Cristi Balanescu

This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it.

Hope and courage bloom in her wake.

Tovolar's Huntmaster (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Cristi Balanescu

Relic Axe (Foundations Jumpstart)
Cristi Balanescu

When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control. Equipped creature gets +1/+1. If it's a Warrior, it gets +2/+1 instead. Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

"It's light as a feather, but it hits with the force of a boulder. A very sharp boulder."

Prophet of the Scarab (Aetherdrift Commander)
Cristi Balanescu

Vigilance When this creature enters, draw cards equal to the number of Zombies you control or the number of Zombie cards in your graveyard, whichever is greater.

"Heed the Scarab's call, or be crushed upon their return!"

Sentinel of Lost Lore (Wilds of Eldraine)
Cristi Balanescu

When this creature enters, choose one or more — • Return target card you own in exile that has an Adventure to your hand. • Put target card you don't own in exile that has an Adventure on the bottom of its owner's library. • Exile target player's graveyard.

Magmatic Galleon (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
Cristi Balanescu

When this Vehicle enters, it deals 5 damage to target creature an opponent controls. Whenever one or more creatures your opponents control are dealt excess noncombat damage, create a Treasure token. Crew 2

Vulshok Factory (Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander)
Cristi Balanescu

{T}: Add {R}. Put a charge counter on this artifact. {2}{R}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Create an X/X colorless Golem artifact creature token with haste, where X is the number of charge counters on Vulshok Factory. Activate only as a sorcery.

Relic Axe (Zendikar Rising)
Cristi Balanescu

When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control. Equipped creature gets +1/+1. If it's a Warrior, it gets +2/+1 instead. Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

"It's light as a feather, but it hits with the force of a boulder. A very sharp boulder."

The Archimandrite (The Brothers' War Commander)
Cristi Balanescu

At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain X life, where X is the number of cards in your hand minus 4. Whenever you gain life, each Advisor, Artificer, and Monk you control gains vigilance and gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained. Tap three untapped Advisors, Artificers, and/or Monks you control: Draw a card.

Glissa, Herald of Predation (March of the Machine)
Cristi Balanescu

At the beginning of combat on your turn, choose one — • Incubate 2 twice. (To incubate 2, create an Incubator token with two +1/+1 counters on it and "{2}: Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.) • Transform all Incubator tokens you control. • Phyrexians you control gain first strike and deathtouch until end of turn.

Blood Burglar (Core Set 2020)
Cristi Balanescu

During your turn, this creature has lifelink.(Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

"You've heard that a vampire can't enter a home without an invitation? A lie meant to help you sleep at night." —Kerin, watch sergeant

Sage of the Beyond (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander)
Cristi Balanescu

Flying Spells you cast from anywhere other than your hand cost {2} less to cast. Foretell {4}{U} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Sentinel of Lost Lore (Wilds of Eldraine Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

When this creature enters, choose one or more — • Return target card you own in exile that has an Adventure to your hand. • Put target card you don't own in exile that has an Adventure on the bottom of its owner's library. • Exile target player's graveyard.

Verdant Mastery (Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

You may pay {3}{G} rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Search your library for up to four basic land cards and reveal them. Put one of them onto the battlefield tapped under an opponent's control if the {3}{G} cost was paid. Put two of them onto the battlefield tapped under your control and the rest into your hand. Then shuffle.

Over the Top (The Brothers' War)
Cristi Balanescu

Each player reveals a number of cards from the top of their library equal to the number of nonland permanents they control, puts all permanent cards they revealed this way onto the battlefield, and puts the rest into their graveyard.

Magmatic Galleon (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
Cristi Balanescu

When this Vehicle enters, it deals 5 damage to target creature an opponent controls. Whenever one or more creatures your opponents control are dealt excess noncombat damage, create a Treasure token. Crew 2

Blade Historian (Strixhaven: School of Mages)
Cristi Balanescu

Attacking creatures you control have double strike.

Vantress Gargoyle (Throne of Eldraine Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Flying This creature can't attack unless defending player has seven or more cards in their graveyard. This creature can't block unless you have four or more cards in hand. {T}: Each player mills a card.

Urborg Repossession (The List)
Cristi Balanescu

Kicker {1}{G} (You may pay an additional {1}{G} as you cast this spell.) Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. You gain 2 life. If this spell was kicked, return another target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.

Battalion Foot Soldier (Core Set 2020)
Cristi Balanescu

When this creature enters, you may search your library for any number of cards named Battalion Foot Soldier, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.

"With me! Break this line and the rest will fall!"

Titania, Voice of Gaea (The Brothers' War Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Reach Whenever one or more land cards are put into your graveyard from anywhere, you gain 2 life. At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are four or more land cards in your graveyard and you both own and control Titania, Voice of Gaea and a land named Argoth, Sanctum of Nature, exile them, then meld them into Titania, Gaea Incarnate.

Roaming Throne (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Ward {2} As this creature enters, choose a creature type. This creature is the chosen type in addition to its other types. If a triggered ability of another creature you control of the chosen type triggers, it triggers an additional time.

Errant and Giada (March of the Machine Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Flash Flying You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may cast spells with flash or flying from the top of your library.

Alchemist's Gift (Foundations Jumpstart)
Cristi Balanescu

Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains your choice of deathtouch or lifelink until end of turn. (Any amount of damage a creature with deathtouch deals to a creature is enough to destroy it. Damage dealt by a creature with lifelink also causes its controller to gain that much life.)

Magmatic Galleon (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

When this Vehicle enters, it deals 5 damage to target creature an opponent controls. Whenever one or more creatures your opponents control are dealt excess noncombat damage, create a Treasure token. Crew 2

Entity Tracker (Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Flash Eerie — Whenever an enchantment you control enters and whenever you fully unlock a Room, draw a card.

"The readings are off the charts! Whatever it is, it's close."

Unctus's Retrofitter (Phyrexia: All Will Be One)
Cristi Balanescu

Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.) When this creature enters, up to one target artifact you control becomes an artifact creature with base power and toughness 4/4 for as long as this creature remains on the battlefield.

Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy (Battle for Baldur's Gate Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand, you may cast up to one target card of the other type from your graveyard. If a spell cast from your graveyard this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Call the Coppercoats (Commander 2020)
Cristi Balanescu

Strive — This spell costs {1}{W} more to cast for each target beyond the first. Choose any number of target opponents. Create X 1/1 white Human Soldier creature tokens, where X is the number of creatures those opponents control.

When the alarm crystals flash, Drannith's finest answer the call.

Blood Researcher (Strixhaven: School of Mages)
Cristi Balanescu

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

"Dean Valentin warns us not to consume the samples for our safety, but I think he's just being greedy."

Verdant Mastery (Strixhaven: School of Mages)
Cristi Balanescu

You may pay {3}{G} rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Search your library for up to four basic land cards and reveal them. Put one of them onto the battlefield tapped under an opponent's control if the {3}{G} cost was paid. Put two of them onto the battlefield tapped under your control and the rest into your hand. Then shuffle.

Central Elevator (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
Cristi Balanescu

Blood Beckoning (Foundations Jumpstart)
Cristi Balanescu

Kicker {3} (You may pay an additional {3} as you cast this spell.) Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. If this spell was kicked, instead return two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.

Abandoned Campground (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
Cristi Balanescu

This land enters tapped unless a player has 13 or less life. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

They say every inhabitant vanished in a single night, leaving their belongings untouched but curiously covered in moths.

Roaming Throne (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
Cristi Balanescu

Ward {2} As this creature enters, choose a creature type. This creature is the chosen type in addition to its other types. If a triggered ability of another creature you control of the chosen type triggers, it triggers an additional time.

Jirina, Dauntless General (March of the Machine: The Aftermath)
Cristi Balanescu

When Jirina enters, exile target player's graveyard. Sacrifice Jirina: Humans you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

Kaervek, the Punisher (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Whenever you commit a crime, exile up to one target black card from your graveyard and copy it. You may cast the copy. If you do, you lose 2 life. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime. Copies of permanent spells become tokens.)

Shadow Puppeteers (Wilds of Eldraine Commander)
Cristi Balanescu

Flying, ward {2} When this creature enters, create two 1/1 black Faerie Rogue creature tokens with flying. Whenever a creature you control with flying attacks, you may have it become a red Dragon with base power and toughness 4/4 in addition to its other colors and types until end of turn.

Queen Kayla bin-Kroog (The Brothers' War)
Cristi Balanescu

{4}, {T}: Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards. You may choose an artifact or creature card with mana value 1 you discarded this way, then do the same for artifact or creature cards with mana values 2 and 3. Return those cards to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.

Will of the Sultai (Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander)
Cristi Balanescu

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead. • Target player mills three cards. Return all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. • Put X+1/+1 counters on target creature, where X is the number of lands you control. It gains trample until end of turn.

Academic Probation (Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Choose one — • Choose a nonland card name. Opponents can't cast spells with the chosen name until your next turn. • Choose target nonland permanent. Until your next turn, it can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.

Winter's Intervention (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
Cristi Balanescu

Winter's Intervention deals 2 damage to target creature. You gain 2 life.

"Can we trust him?" Niko whispered as they eyed the stranger. "I don't know," the Wanderer replied, "but he's a lot friendlier than the creature that was chasing us."

Jace Reawakened (Outlaws of Thunder Junction)
Cristi Balanescu

You can't cast Jace Reawakened during your first, second, or third turns of the game. +1: Draw a card, then discard a card. +1: You may exile a nonland card with mana value 3 or less from your hand. If you do, it becomes plotted. −6: Until end of turn, whenever you cast a spell, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Ingenious Mastery (Strixhaven: School of Mages)
Cristi Balanescu

You may pay {2}{U} rather than pay this spell's mana cost. If the {2}{U} cost was paid, you draw three cards, then an opponent creates two Treasure tokens and they scry 2. If that cost wasn't paid, you draw X cards.

Sentinel of Lost Lore (Wilds of Eldraine)
Cristi Balanescu

When this creature enters, choose one or more — • Return target card you own in exile that has an Adventure to your hand. • Put target card you don't own in exile that has an Adventure on the bottom of its owner's library. • Exile target player's graveyard.

Lightning-Core Excavator (Jumpstart)
Cristi Balanescu

{5}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: It deals 3 damage to any target.

"That's the third time this month it's exploded on site. Maybe we should switch to something a little less defective." —Kerrin, archaeologist

Blade Historian (Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Attacking creatures you control have double strike.

"So you see, the reckless battle strategy of the Kathorran orcs was effective, but ultimately proved to be a double-edged sword. As did their double-edged swords."

Jace Reawakened (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

You can't cast Jace Reawakened during your first, second, or third turns of the game. +1: Draw a card, then discard a card. +1: You may exile a nonland card with mana value 3 or less from your hand. If you do, it becomes plotted. −6: Until end of turn, whenever you cast a spell, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Stone Haven Pilgrim (The List)
Cristi Balanescu

Whenever this creature attacks, if you control an artifact or enchantment, this creature gets +1/+1 and gains lifelink until end of turn.

The persistence to overcome obstacles is the most esteemed of kor virtues.

Inevitable Defeat (Tarkir: Dragonstorm)
Cristi Balanescu

This spell can't be countered. Exile target nonland permanent. Its controller loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.

"We came seeking a challenge. It seems we must continue searching." —Zurgo, khan of the Mardu

Nocturnal Feeder (Jumpstart)
Cristi Balanescu

Flying When this creature dies, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

A living pulse is an irresistible temptation.

Eyes of Gitaxias (March of the Machine)
Cristi Balanescu

Incubate 3. (Create an Incubator token with three +1/+1 counters on it and "{2}: Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.) Draw a card.

No longer bound by the myopic limitations of flesh, Ekken would truly see the realms.

Fatal Grudge (Streets of New Capenna)
Cristi Balanescu

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a nonland permanent. Each opponent chooses a permanent they control that shares a card type with the sacrificed permanent and sacrifices it. Draw a card.

Entity Tracker (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
Cristi Balanescu

Flash Eerie — Whenever an enchantment you control enters and whenever you fully unlock a Room, draw a card.

"The readings are off the charts! Whatever it is, it's close."

Howlpack Piper (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Cristi Balanescu

Scheming Fence (Streets of New Capenna Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

As this creature enters, you may choose a nonland permanent. Activated abilities of the chosen permanent can't be activated. This creature has all activated abilities of the chosen permanent except for loyalty abilities. You may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to activate those abilities.

Orazca Puzzle-Door (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
Cristi Balanescu

{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Between Quintorius's archaeological expertise and Huatli's knowledge of ancient glyphs, the "impossible" lock finally yielded, and the door to the underground world rumbled open.

Spectral Sailor (Core Set 2020)
Cristi Balanescu

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Flying {3}{U}: Draw a card.

"Any ship that sails on these mean seas for long is bound to pick up a ghost or two." —Admiral Beckett Brass

Tajuru Paragon (Zendikar Rising)
Cristi Balanescu

Tajuru Paragon is also a Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard. Kicker {3} When this creature enters, if it was kicked, reveal the top six cards of your library. You may put a card that shares a creature type with it from among them into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Study Break (Strixhaven: School of Mages)
Cristi Balanescu

Tap up to two target creatures. Learn. (You may reveal a Lesson card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand, or discard a card to draw a card.)

"You've been cramming all night. You're taking a nap whether you like it or not."

Ingenious Mastery (Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

You may pay {2}{U} rather than pay this spell's mana cost. If the {2}{U} cost was paid, you draw three cards, then an opponent creates two Treasure tokens and they scry 2. If that cost wasn't paid, you draw X cards.

Kaervek, the Punisher (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Whenever you commit a crime, exile up to one target black card from your graveyard and copy it. You may cast the copy. If you do, you lose 2 life. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime. Copies of permanent spells become tokens.)

Squad Captain (Core Set 2020)
Cristi Balanescu

Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.) This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each other creature you control.

The strength of the one is the strength of the many.

Squad Captain (Foundations Jumpstart)
Cristi Balanescu

Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.) This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each other creature you control.

The strength of the one is the strength of the many.

Torch Breath (The List)
Cristi Balanescu

This spell costs {2} less to cast if it targets a blue permanent. This spell can't be countered. Torch Breath deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker.

"Fried squid, comin' up!"

Dragon Cultist (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Cristi Balanescu

Commander creatures you own have "At the beginning of your end step, if a source you controlled dealt 5 or more damage this turn, create a 4/4 red Dragon creature token with flying."

You know that mighty dracoliches will one day rule over this world. For you, that day can't come soon enough.

Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
Cristi Balanescu

Leyline Binding (Dominaria United Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Flash Domain — This spell costs {1} less to cast for each basic land type among lands you control. When this enchantment enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield.

Angelheart Protector (Zendikar Rising)
Cristi Balanescu

When this creature enters, target creature you control gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

"We shall persevere."

Leyline Binding (Dominaria United)
Cristi Balanescu

Flash Domain — This spell costs {1} less to cast for each basic land type among lands you control. When this enchantment enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield.

Overwhelmed Archivist (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt)
Cristi Balanescu

Blood Burglar (Foundations Jumpstart)
Cristi Balanescu

During your turn, this creature has lifelink.(Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

"You've heard that a vampire can't enter a home without an invitation? A lie meant to help you sleep at night." —Kerin, watch sergeant

Entity Tracker (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
Cristi Balanescu

Flash Eerie — Whenever an enchantment you control enters and whenever you fully unlock a Room, draw a card.

"The readings are off the charts! Whatever it is, it's close."

Magmatic Galleon (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

When this Vehicle enters, it deals 5 damage to target creature an opponent controls. Whenever one or more creatures your opponents control are dealt excess noncombat damage, create a Treasure token. Crew 2

Loran, Disciple of History (The Brothers' War)
Cristi Balanescu

Whenever Loran or another legendary creature you control enters, return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Urza and Mishra may have been Tocasia's most famous students, but Loran was the true heir to her legacy.

Raze the Effigy (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt)
Cristi Balanescu

Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Target attacking creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

The folk of Kessig build up their courage by burning effigies of the things they fear.

Spectral Sailor (Crimson Vow Commander)
Cristi Balanescu

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Flying {3}{U}: Draw a card.

"Any ship that sails on these mean seas for long is bound to pick up a ghost or two." —Admiral Beckett Brass

Central Elevator (Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Myr Kinsmith (Phyrexia: All Will Be One)
Cristi Balanescu

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

"Our resistance is like the myr: small and easily overlooked, but loyal and resilient beyond measure." —Melira

Taunting Arbormage (Zendikar Rising)
Cristi Balanescu

Kicker {3} (You may pay an additional {3} as you cast this spell.) When this creature enters, if it was kicked, all creatures able to block target creature this turn do so.

"Eyes on me!"

Innocent Traveler (Innistrad: Crimson Vow)
Cristi Balanescu

Run Afoul (Core Set 2021)
Cristi Balanescu

Target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice with flying.

"What did you catch today, my pet? Ah, it looks like a bit of vampire stuck between your teeth." —Atla Palani, nest tender

Divine Visitation (Ravnica Remastered)
Cristi Balanescu

If one or more creature tokens would be created under your control, that many 4/4 white Angel creature tokens with flying and vigilance are created instead.

Llanowar Visionary (Foundations Jumpstart)
Cristi Balanescu

When this creature enters, draw a card. {T}: Add {G}.

The elves of Llanowar look to their past to determine the shape of their future.

Llanowar Visionary (Core Set 2021)
Cristi Balanescu

When this creature enters, draw a card. {T}: Add {G}.

The elves of Llanowar look to their past to determine the shape of their future.

Wrenn and Realmbreaker (March of the Machine Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Lands you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color." +1: Up to one target land you control becomes a 3/3 Elemental creature with vigilance, hexproof, and haste until your next turn. It's still a land. −2: Mill three cards. You may put a permanent card from among the milled cards into your hand. −7: You get an emblem with "You may play lands and cast permanent spells from your graveyard."

Tovolar's Huntmaster (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt)
Cristi Balanescu

Mirrorshell Crab (Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty)
Cristi Balanescu

Ward {3} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {3}.) Channel — {2}{U}, Discard this card: Counter target spell or ability unless its controller pays {3}.

Soul-Guide Gryff (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Cristi Balanescu

Flying When this creature enters, exile up to one target card from a graveyard.

It conducts the souls of the righteous to their blessed rest and the spirits of the evil to justice.

Rift Sower (Modern Horizons 2)
Cristi Balanescu

{T}: Add one mana of any color. Suspend 2—{G} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {G} and exile it with two 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. It has haste.)

Central Elevator (Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Eager First-Year (Strixhaven: School of Mages)
Cristi Balanescu

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

Today, she learns the basics. She'll knock out advanced theory later this week.

Blade Historian (Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Attacking creatures you control have double strike.

"So you see, the reckless battle strategy of the Kathorran orcs was effective, but ultimately proved to be a double-edged sword. As did their double-edged swords."

Raze the Effigy (Jumpstart 2022)
Cristi Balanescu

Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Target attacking creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

The folk of Kessig build up their courage by burning effigies of the things they fear.

Glissa, Herald of Predation (March of the Machine Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

At the beginning of combat on your turn, choose one — • Incubate 2 twice. (To incubate 2, create an Incubator token with two +1/+1 counters on it and "{2}: Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.) • Transform all Incubator tokens you control. • Phyrexians you control gain first strike and deathtouch until end of turn.

Argoth, Sanctum of Nature (The Brothers' War Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

This land enters tapped unless you control a legendary green creature. {T}: Add {G}. {2}{G}{G}, {T}: Create a 2/2 green Bear creature token, then mill three cards. Activate only as a sorcery. (Melds with Titania, Voice of Gaea.)

Urborg Repossession (Dominaria United)
Cristi Balanescu

Kicker {1}{G} (You may pay an additional {1}{G} as you cast this spell.) Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. You gain 2 life. If this spell was kicked, return another target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.

Sudden Salvation (Crimson Vow Commander)
Cristi Balanescu

Choose up to three target permanent cards in graveyards that were put there from the battlefield this turn. Return them to the battlefield tapped under their owners' control. You draw a card for each opponent who controls one or more of those permanents.

Hedge Shredder (Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Whenever this Vehicle attacks, you may mill two cards. Whenever one or more land cards are put into your graveyard from your library, put them onto the battlefield tapped. Crew 1 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 1 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)

Academic Probation (Strixhaven: School of Mages)
Cristi Balanescu

Choose one — • Choose a nonland card name. Opponents can't cast spells with the chosen name until your next turn. • Choose target nonland permanent. Until your next turn, it can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.

Ingenious Mastery (Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

You may pay {2}{U} rather than pay this spell's mana cost. If the {2}{U} cost was paid, you draw three cards, then an opponent creates two Treasure tokens and they scry 2. If that cost wasn't paid, you draw X cards.

Spectral Sailor (Foundations Jumpstart)
Cristi Balanescu

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Flying {3}{U}: Draw a card.

"Any ship that sails on these mean seas for long is bound to pick up a ghost or two." —Admiral Beckett Brass

The Archimandrite (The Brothers' War Commander)
Cristi Balanescu

At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain X life, where X is the number of cards in your hand minus 4. Whenever you gain life, each Advisor, Artificer, and Monk you control gains vigilance and gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained. Tap three untapped Advisors, Artificers, and/or Monks you control: Draw a card.

Research Thief (Neon Dynasty Commander)
Cristi Balanescu

Flash Flying Whenever an artifact creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Drogskol Infantry (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Cristi Balanescu

Queen Kayla bin-Kroog (The Brothers' War)
Cristi Balanescu

{4}, {T}: Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards. You may choose an artifact or creature card with mana value 1 you discarded this way, then do the same for artifact or creature cards with mana values 2 and 3. Return those cards to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.

Scheming Fence (Streets of New Capenna)
Cristi Balanescu

As this creature enters, you may choose a nonland permanent. Activated abilities of the chosen permanent can't be activated. This creature has all activated abilities of the chosen permanent except for loyalty abilities. You may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to activate those abilities.

Academic Probation (Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Choose one — • Choose a nonland card name. Opponents can't cast spells with the chosen name until your next turn. • Choose target nonland permanent. Until your next turn, it can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.

Grizzled Outrider (Kaldheim)
Cristi Balanescu

"Sure, a horse might be faster. But I'd like to see a horse take the head clean off a troll in one swipe!"

Howlpack Piper (Innistrad: Crimson Vow)
Cristi Balanescu

Research Thief (Neon Dynasty Commander)
Cristi Balanescu

Flash Flying Whenever an artifact creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

The Futurists eagerly supplement their research with their rivals' closely guarded secrets.

Scion of Stygia (Adventures in the Forgotten Realms)
Cristi Balanescu

Flash Cone of Cold — When this creature enters, choose target creature an opponent controls, then roll a d20. 1—9 | Tap that creature. 10—20 | Tap that creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Tournament Grounds (Throne of Eldraine)
Cristi Balanescu

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {R}, {W}, or {B}. Spend this mana only to cast a Knight or Equipment spell.

No one knows when the tournament began. All they know is that it will never end.

Intimidation Tactics (Aetherdrift)
Cristi Balanescu

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose an artifact or creature card from it. Exile that card. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

"This is still a negotiation. We haven't broken anything... yet." —Far Fortune

Soul-Guide Gryff (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt)
Cristi Balanescu

Flying When this creature enters, exile up to one target card from a graveyard.

It conducts the souls of the righteous to their blessed rest and the spirits of the evil to justice.

Odric's Outrider (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Cristi Balanescu

Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Terms like "safe route" and "cleared district" are a source of dark humor to the cathars who patrol the ruins of Thraben.

Jungle Hollow (Tarkir: Dragonstorm)
Cristi Balanescu

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

Long-standing disagreements between the Sultai and Abzan about how to honor their dead have led to rare but fierce skirmishes.

Kaito's Pursuit (Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty)
Cristi Balanescu

Target player discards two cards. Ninjas and Rogues you control gain menace until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

Kaito knew every rooftop in the city, and closed in quickly on his quarry—but he knew nothing of the Planar Bridge until it was already too late.

Drogskol Captain (Crimson Vow Commander)
Cristi Balanescu

Flying Other Spirit creatures you control get +1/+1 and have hexproof. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Dead or alive, true leaders can inspire an entire army.

Spectral Sailor (Foundations)
Cristi Balanescu

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Flying {3}{U}: Draw a card.

"Any ship that sails on these mean seas for long is bound to pick up a ghost or two." —Admiral Beckett Brass

Organic Extinction (Neon Dynasty Commander)
Cristi Balanescu

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.) Destroy all nonartifact creatures.

"Technology evolves faster than a blade can swing." —Arima, lead inventor of the Futurists

Vulshok Factory (Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander)
Cristi Balanescu

{T}: Add {R}. Put a charge counter on this artifact. {2}{R}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Create an X/X colorless Golem artifact creature token with haste, where X is the number of charge counters on Vulshok Factory. Activate only as a sorcery.

Frost Augur (Kaldheim)
Cristi Balanescu

{S}, {T}: Look at the top card of your library. If it's a snow card, you may reveal it and put it into your hand. ({S} can be paid with one mana from a snow source.)

From the barest crack in the ice, she teases forth a swirling, living map of the Cosmos.

Hedge Shredder (Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Whenever this Vehicle attacks, you may mill two cards. Whenever one or more land cards are put into your graveyard from your library, put them onto the battlefield tapped. Crew 1 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 1 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)

Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Cristi Balanescu

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand, you may cast up to one target card of the other type from your graveyard. If a spell cast from your graveyard this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Verdant Mastery (Strixhaven: School of Mages)
Cristi Balanescu

You may pay {3}{G} rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Search your library for up to four basic land cards and reveal them. Put one of them onto the battlefield tapped under an opponent's control if the {3}{G} cost was paid. Put two of them onto the battlefield tapped under your control and the rest into your hand. Then shuffle.

Garruk, Unleashed (Core Set 2021)
Cristi Balanescu

+1: Up to one target creature gets +3/+3 and gains trample until end of turn. −2: Create a 3/3 green Beast creature token. Then if an opponent controls more creatures than you, put a loyalty counter on Garruk. −7: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of your end step, you may search your library for a creature card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle."

Ray of Distortion (Commander 2019)
Cristi Balanescu

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Flashback {4}{W}{W} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

"Now your staff is as twisted as your soul."

Invasion of Mercadia (March of the Machine)
Cristi Balanescu

Jace Reawakened (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

You can't cast Jace Reawakened during your first, second, or third turns of the game. +1: Draw a card, then discard a card. +1: You may exile a nonland card with mana value 3 or less from your hand. If you do, it becomes plotted. −6: Until end of turn, whenever you cast a spell, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Over the Top (The Brothers' War)
Cristi Balanescu

Each player reveals a number of cards from the top of their library equal to the number of nonland permanents they control, puts all permanent cards they revealed this way onto the battlefield, and puts the rest into their graveyard.

Queen Kayla bin-Kroog (The Brothers' War Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

{4}, {T}: Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards. You may choose an artifact or creature card with mana value 1 you discarded this way, then do the same for artifact or creature cards with mana values 2 and 3. Return those cards to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.

Wanderer's Intervention (Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty)
Cristi Balanescu

Wanderer's Intervention deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.

Just as Jin-Gitaxias's victory seemed certain, the Wanderer appeared, her blade already in motion. One mighty slash was enough to take the praetor out of the fight.

Deep Goblin Skulltaker (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
Cristi Balanescu

Menace At the beginning of your end step, if you descended this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. (You descended if a permanent card was put into your graveyard from anywhere.)

"Go away! I found it first!"

Spectral Sailor (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander)
Cristi Balanescu

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Flying {3}{U}: Draw a card.

"Any ship that sails on these mean seas for long is bound to pick up a ghost or two." —Admiral Beckett Brass

Spectral Sailor (The List)
Cristi Balanescu

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Flying {3}{U}: Draw a card.

"Any ship that sails on these mean seas for long is bound to pick up a ghost or two." —Admiral Beckett Brass

Tajuru Paragon (Zendikar Rising)
Cristi Balanescu

Tajuru Paragon is also a Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard. Kicker {3} When this creature enters, if it was kicked, reveal the top six cards of your library. You may put a card that shares a creature type with it from among them into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Errant and Giada (March of the Machine Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Flash Flying You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may cast spells with flash or flying from the top of your library.

Worldly Tutor (Commander Collection: Green)
Cristi Balanescu

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

"A single chord brings them to heel. A whole song, and they dance." —Yisan, the wanderer bard

Ingenious Mastery (Strixhaven: School of Mages)
Cristi Balanescu

You may pay {2}{U} rather than pay this spell's mana cost. If the {2}{U} cost was paid, you draw three cards, then an opponent creates two Treasure tokens and they scry 2. If that cost wasn't paid, you draw X cards.

Invasion of Eldraine (March of the Machine)
Cristi Balanescu

Steel-Plume Marshal (Starter Commander Decks)
Cristi Balanescu

Flying Whenever this creature attacks, other attacking creatures you control with flying get +2/+2 until end of turn.

The defenders watched in terror as the flying V split apart into a bristling battle formation.

Llanowar Visionary (The List)
Cristi Balanescu

When this creature enters, draw a card. {T}: Add {G}.

The elves of Llanowar look to their past to determine the shape of their future.

Innocent Traveler (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Cristi Balanescu

Queen Kayla bin-Kroog (The Brothers' War Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

{4}, {T}: Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards. You may choose an artifact or creature card with mana value 1 you discarded this way, then do the same for artifact or creature cards with mana values 2 and 3. Return those cards to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.

Contest of Claws (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander)
Cristi Balanescu

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to another target creature. If excess damage was dealt this way, discover X, where X is that excess damage. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with that mana value or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)

Deadly Dispute (Foundations Jumpstart)
Cristi Balanescu

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Fortune may favor the bold, but it also flattens the foolhardy.

Tajuru Paragon (Zendikar Rising Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Tajuru Paragon is also a Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard. Kicker {3} When this creature enters, if it was kicked, reveal the top six cards of your library. You may put a card that shares a creature type with it from among them into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Errant and Giada (March of the Machine)
Cristi Balanescu

Flash Flying You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may cast spells with flash or flying from the top of your library.

Coming In Hot (March of the Machine)
Cristi Balanescu

Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

"I have a reckless idea," Koth offered. Chandra grinned and cracked her knuckles.

Vantress Gargoyle (Throne of Eldraine Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Flying This creature can't attack unless defending player has seven or more cards in their graveyard. This creature can't block unless you have four or more cards in hand. {T}: Each player mills a card.

Alchemist's Gift (Core Set 2021)
Cristi Balanescu

Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains your choice of deathtouch or lifelink until end of turn. (Any amount of damage a creature with deathtouch deals to a creature is enough to destroy it. Damage dealt by a creature with lifelink also causes its controller to gain that much life.)

Stone Haven Pilgrim (Jumpstart)
Cristi Balanescu

Whenever this creature attacks, if you control an artifact or enchantment, this creature gets +1/+1 and gains lifelink until end of turn.

The persistence to overcome obstacles is the most esteemed of kor virtues.

Wrenn and Realmbreaker (March of the Machine)
Cristi Balanescu

Lands you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color." +1: Up to one target land you control becomes a 3/3 Elemental creature with vigilance, hexproof, and haste until your next turn. It's still a land. −2: Mill three cards. You may put a permanent card from among the milled cards into your hand. −7: You get an emblem with "You may play lands and cast permanent spells from your graveyard."

Howlpack Piper (Innistrad: Crimson Vow Promos)
Cristi Balanescu

Brass's Tunnel-Grinder (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
Cristi Balanescu

Wild Cantor (Ravnica Remastered)
Cristi Balanescu

({R/G} can be paid with either {R} or {G}.) Sacrifice this creature: Add one mana of any color.

They are the voice of the wild, crying out with nature's fury and bringing forth its primeval might.

Torch Breath (Streets of New Capenna)
Cristi Balanescu

This spell costs {2} less to cast if it targets a blue permanent. This spell can't be countered. Torch Breath deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker.

"Fried squid, comin' up!"