Sigil Captain

Sigil Captain (Alara Reborn)
Howard Lyon

Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature is 1/1, put two +1/+1 counters on it.

"One sigil awarded for valor, the other awarded for surviving Hellkite's Pass."

Silverchase Fox (The List)
Howard Lyon

{1}{W}, Sacrifice this creature: Exile target enchantment.

"Be careful in your hunt. The clever little creature can steal your wards and lead you right into the werewolf's den." —Britta, midwife of Gatstaf

Sigarda's Splendor (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos)
Howard Lyon

As this enchantment enters, note your life total. At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card if your life total is greater than or equal to the last noted life total for this enchantment. Then note your life total. Whenever you cast a white spell, you gain 1 life.

Bojuka Bog (Dominaria United Commander)
Howard Lyon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Fabled Passage (Core Set 2021)
Howard Lyon

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.

Minsc, Beloved Ranger (Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos)
Howard Lyon

When Minsc enters, create Boo, a legendary 1/1 red Hamster creature token with trample and haste. {X}: Until end of turn, target creature you control has base power and toughness X/X and becomes a Giant in addition to its other types. Activate only as a sorcery.

Boros Reckoner (GRN Guild Kit)
Howard Lyon

Whenever this creature is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to any target. {R/W}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn.

"Imagine a thunderstorm that's also a tactical genius. That's him." —Dars Gostok, Firefist captain

Dream Fracture (Eventide)
Howard Lyon

Counter target spell. Its controller draws a card. Draw a card.

"Creation is a paradox. It hatches from its opposite." —Olka, Mistmeadow witch

Surrender Your Thoughts (Archenemy Schemes)
Howard Lyon

When you set this scheme in motion, target opponent chooses self or others. If that player chooses self, that player discards four cards. If the player chooses others, each of your other opponents discards two cards.

"Or, if you prefer, just surrender."

Mangara, the Diplomat (Bloomburrow Commander)
Howard Lyon

Lifelink Whenever an opponent attacks with creatures, if two or more of those creatures are attacking you and/or planeswalkers you control, draw a card. Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, draw a card.

Thalia and The Gitrog Monster (March of the Machine Promos)
Howard Lyon

First strike, deathtouch You may play an additional land on each of your turns. Creatures and nonbasic lands your opponents control enter tapped. Whenever Thalia and The Gitrog Monster attacks, sacrifice a creature or land, then draw a card.

Narcomoeba (Guilds of Ravnica)
Howard Lyon

Flying When this card is put into your graveyard from your library, you may put it onto the battlefield.

"What bait do you cast to catch a dream?" —Ravnican riddle

Fog Bank (Commander 2013)
Howard Lyon

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Flying Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by this creature.

"The union of sea and sky makes a perfect cover." —Talrand, sky summoner

Oketra's Last Mercy (Hour of Devastation Promos)
Howard Lyon

Your life total becomes equal to your starting life total. Lands you control don't untap during your next untap step.

To the end, all Oketra did was for others.

Sigarda's Splendor (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt)
Howard Lyon

As this enchantment enters, note your life total. At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card if your life total is greater than or equal to the last noted life total for this enchantment. Then note your life total. Whenever you cast a white spell, you gain 1 life.

Wall of Denial (Commander 2011)
Howard Lyon

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

It provides what every discerning mage requires—time to think.

The Great Forest (Planechase Planes)
Howard Lyon

Each creature assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power. Whenever chaos ensues, creatures you control get +0/+2 and gain trample until end of turn.

Ordeal of Thassa (Theros)
Howard Lyon

Enchant creature Whenever enchanted creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it. Then if it has three or more +1/+1 counters on it, sacrifice this Aura. When you sacrifice this Aura, draw two cards.

Fabled Passage (Wizards Play Network 2021)
Howard Lyon

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.

Crystal Slipper (Throne of Eldraine)
Howard Lyon

Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has haste. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

"After the death of her mother, Cassia found that things that appear fragile can be very strong indeed." —*Beyond the Great Henge*

Perhaps You've Met My Cohort (DCI Promos)
Howard Lyon

When you set this scheme in motion, search your library for a planeswalker card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library.

"I'm calling in a favor from an old friend. Once you're all dead, I'll consider the matter settled."

Wall of Omens (Friday Night Magic 2011)
Howard Lyon

Defender When this creature enters, draw a card.

"I search for a vision of Zendikar that does not include the Eldrazi." —Expedition journal entry

Vivid Grove (Lorwyn)
Howard Lyon

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

Nimbus Swimmer (Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora)
Howard Lyon

Flying This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.

The Simic soon discovered that the sky offered as few constraints on size as the sea.

Sign in Blood (Magic 2011)
Howard Lyon

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Little agonies pave the way to greater power.

Hyena Umbra (Ultimate Masters)
Howard Lyon

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has first strike. Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Orchard Spirit (Innistrad)
Howard Lyon

This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.

"Pick not the rotten fruit, but neither touch the best. Leave those as an offering for our unseen guests." —Radwick, farmer of Gatstaf

Bojuka Bog (Commander 2017)
Howard Lyon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Ghastly Discovery (Shadowmoor)
Howard Lyon

Draw two cards, then discard a card. Conspire (As you cast this spell, you may tap two untapped creatures you control that share a color with it. When you do, copy it.)

Korrigans, spirits bound to sources of water, shriek when they come upon their own drowned corpses.

Minsc, Beloved Ranger (Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos)
Howard Lyon

When Minsc enters, create Boo, a legendary 1/1 red Hamster creature token with trample and haste. {X}: Until end of turn, target creature you control has base power and toughness X/X and becomes a Giant in addition to its other types. Activate only as a sorcery.

Reality Shift (Commander 2017)
Howard Lyon

Exile target creature. Its controller manifests the top card of their library. (That player puts the top card of their library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)

Harmless Offering (Eldritch Moon Promos)
Howard Lyon

Target opponent gains control of target permanent you control.

"Such an adorable face!"

Fabled Passage (Throne of Eldraine)
Howard Lyon

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.

From here, the path to anywhere may be found.

Mana Leak (Iconic Masters)
Howard Lyon

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

The fatal flaw in every plan is the assumption that you know more than your enemy.

Adventuring Gear (Foundations)
Howard Lyon

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, equipped creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

An explorer's essentials in a wild world.

Righteousness (Throne of Eldraine)
Howard Lyon

Target blocking creature gets +7/+7 until end of turn.

Syr Damon looked at the dragon and saw the faces of every innocent it had devoured. Suddenly, his sword blazed like the sun.

Bojuka Bog (Mystery Booster 2)
Howard Lyon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Mangara, the Diplomat (Core Set 2021)
Howard Lyon

Lifelink Whenever an opponent attacks with creatures, if two or more of those creatures are attacking you and/or planeswalkers you control, draw a card. Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, draw a card.

Selesnya Guildgate (Return to Ravnica)
Howard Lyon

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

Enter and rejoice! The Conclave stands united, open to one and all.

Nissa, Steward of Elements (Modern Horizons 3 Commander)
Howard Lyon

+2: Scry 2. 0: Look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card or a creature card with mana value less than or equal to the number of loyalty counters on Nissa, you may put that card onto the battlefield. −6: Untap up to two target lands you control. They become 5/5 Elemental creatures with flying and haste until end of turn. They're still lands.

Fog Bank (The List)
Howard Lyon

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Flying Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by this creature.

"The union of sea and sky makes a perfect cover." —Talrand, sky summoner

Make a Wish (Innistrad)
Howard Lyon

Return two cards at random from your graveyard to your hand.

In Gavony wishing is taken as a sign of weakness, yet the wells usually brim with silver.

Path of Discovery (Bloomburrow Commander)
Howard Lyon

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

Thalia and The Gitrog Monster (March of the Machine)
Howard Lyon

First strike, deathtouch You may play an additional land on each of your turns. Creatures and nonbasic lands your opponents control enter tapped. Whenever Thalia and The Gitrog Monster attacks, sacrifice a creature or land, then draw a card.

Mana Confluence (Zendikar Expeditions)
Howard Lyon

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.

Wall of Denial (Modern Masters 2017)
Howard Lyon

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

It provides what every discerning mage requires—time to think.

Grapple with the Past (Innistrad Remastered)
Howard Lyon

Mill three cards, then you may return a creature or land card from your graveyard to your hand. (To mill three cards, put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.)

Emrakul does not grant wishes. Desires simply align to her will.

Cream of the Crop (Morningtide)
Howard Lyon

Whenever a creature you control enters, you may look at the top X cards of your library, where X is that creature's power. If you do, put one of those cards on top of your library and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Time Reversal (Magic 2012)
Howard Lyon

Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards. Exile Time Reversal.

"Any oaf can conquer a kingdom. It takes true power to conquer time." —Shai Fusan, archmage

Plains (Magic 2015)
Howard Lyon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Death's Shadow (Mystery Booster 2)
Howard Lyon

This creature gets -X/-X, where X is your life total.

The shadow of the candle looms tall even as its light grows dim.

Divination (Magic 2012)
Howard Lyon

Draw two cards.

"The key to unlocking this puzzle is within you." —Doriel, mentor of Mistral Isle

Nimbus Swimmer (Gatecrash)
Howard Lyon

Flying This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.

The Simic soon discovered that the sky offered as few constraints on size as the sea.

Cloudshift (The List)
Howard Lyon

Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.

"Even storm clouds bow to worship Avacyn." —Elder Rimheit

Goldenglow Moth (Magic 2011)
Howard Lyon

Flying Whenever this creature blocks, you may gain 4 life.

"Little moth, fluttering bright, What luck will you bring tonight?" —Benalish children's rhyme

Path of Discovery (Rivals of Ixalan Promos)
Howard Lyon

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

Fog Bank (Modern Horizons 3 Commander)
Howard Lyon

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Flying Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by this creature.

"The union of sea and sky makes a perfect cover." —Talrand, sky summoner

New Blood (Commander 2017)
Howard Lyon

As an additional cost to cast this spell, tap an untapped Vampire you control. Gain control of target creature. Change the text of that creature by replacing all instances of one creature type with Vampire.

"Now isn't that better?" —Olivia Voldaren

Ashcloud Phoenix (Murders at Karlov Manor Commander)
Howard Lyon

Flying When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield face down under your control. Morph {4}{R}{R} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) When this creature is turned face up, it deals 2 damage to each player.

Vivid Grove (New Capenna Commander)
Howard Lyon

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

Basilisk Collar (Forgotten Realms Commander)
Howard Lyon

Equipped creature has deathtouch and lifelink. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it. Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

During their endless travels, the mages of the Goma Fada caravan have learned ways to harness both life and death.

Reality Shift (March of the Machine Commander)
Howard Lyon

Exile target creature. Its controller manifests the top card of their library. (That player puts the top card of their library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)

Boros Reckoner (Modern Masters 2017)
Howard Lyon

Whenever this creature is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to any target. {R/W}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn.

"Imagine a thunderstorm that's also a tactical genius. That's him." —Dars Gostok, Firefist captain

Basilisk Collar (Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander)
Howard Lyon

Equipped creature has deathtouch and lifelink. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it. Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

During their endless travels, the mages of the Goma Fada caravan have learned ways to harness both life and death.

Dream Fracture (Conspiracy)
Howard Lyon

Counter target spell. Its controller draws a card. Draw a card.

"Creation is a paradox. It hatches from its opposite." —Olka, Mistmeadow witch

Grapple with the Past (The List)
Howard Lyon

Mill three cards, then you may return a creature or land card from your graveyard to your hand. (To mill three cards, put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.)

Emrakul does not grant wishes. Desires simply align to her will.

Harmless Offering (Eldritch Moon)
Howard Lyon

Target opponent gains control of target permanent you control.

"Such an adorable face!"

Selesnya Guildgate (Commander Anthology)
Howard Lyon

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

Enter and rejoice! The Conclave stands united, open to one and all.

Minsc, Beloved Ranger (Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos)
Howard Lyon

When Minsc enters, create Boo, a legendary 1/1 red Hamster creature token with trample and haste. {X}: Until end of turn, target creature you control has base power and toughness X/X and becomes a Giant in addition to its other types. Activate only as a sorcery.

Bojuka Bog (The List)
Howard Lyon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Diamond Lion (Modern Horizons 2)
Howard Lyon

{T}, Discard your hand, Sacrifice this creature: Add three mana of any one color. Activate only as an instant.

"The merchant asked for riches no one had ever dreamed of. The djinn, smiling, granted his wish." —Afari, *Tales*

Peema Aether-Seer (Aether Revolt)
Howard Lyon

When this creature enters, you get an amount of {E} (energy counters) equal to the greatest power among creatures you control. Pay {E}{E}{E}: Target creature blocks this turn if able.

"The Great Conduit connects us all."

Death's Shadow (Worldwake)
Howard Lyon

This creature gets -X/-X, where X is your life total.

The shadow of the candle looms tall even as its light grows dim.

Sign in Blood (The List)
Howard Lyon

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

"You know I accept only one currency here, and yet you have sought me out. Why now do you hesitate?" —Xathrid demon

Silverchase Fox (Battlebond)
Howard Lyon

{1}{W}, Sacrifice this creature: Exile target enchantment.

"Be careful in your hunt. The clever little creature can steal your wards and lead you right into the werewolf's den." —Britta, midwife of Gatstaf

Sigarda, Champion of Light (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos)
Howard Lyon

Flying, trample Humans you control get +1/+1. Coven — Whenever Sigarda attacks, if you control three or more creatures with different powers, look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a Human creature card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Bojuka Bog (Wilds of Eldraine Commander)
Howard Lyon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Dream Salvage (Shadowmoor)
Howard Lyon

Draw cards equal to the number of cards target opponent discarded this turn.

Awylla tried hard to forget the horrors she had seen, but someone else had developed a keen interest in them.

Amphin Cutthroat (Magic 2012)
Howard Lyon

"The amphin have long built their society in secret. While surface dwellers squabbled over trivial borders, they patiently expanded, building their ammonite temple-caves. Now amphin priests eye the shore, and amphin hunters gird for war." —Gor Muldrak, *Cryptohistories*

Back to Nature (Magic 2011)
Howard Lyon

Destroy all enchantments.

"Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same." —Ralph Waldo Emerson, *Essays*

Sign in Blood (Magic 2010)
Howard Lyon

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

"You know I accept only one currency here, and yet you have sought me out. Why now do you hesitate?" —Xathrid demon

Boros Reckoner (Gatecrash)
Howard Lyon

Whenever this creature is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to any target. {R/W}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn.

"Imagine a thunderstorm that's also a tactical genius. That's him." —Dars Gostok, Firefist captain

Mystic Meditation (Dragons of Tarkir)
Howard Lyon

Draw three cards. Then discard two cards unless you discard a creature card.

"Still the mind and quiet the heart. Only then will you hear the Multiverse's great truths." —Narset

Beloved Princess (Throne of Eldraine)
Howard Lyon

Lifelink This creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 3 or greater.

Sometimes a gentle slipper can travel where an armored boot's been denied.

Nissa, Steward of Elements (Commander 2020)
Howard Lyon

+2: Scry 2. 0: Look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card or a creature card with mana value less than or equal to the number of loyalty counters on Nissa, you may put that card onto the battlefield. −6: Untap up to two target lands you control. They become 5/5 Elemental creatures with flying and haste until end of turn. They're still lands.

Rise to Glory (Theros Beyond Death)
Howard Lyon

Choose one or both — • Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. • Return target Aura card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

A hero dies, and a legend arises.

Bojuka Bog (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Howard Lyon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Nissa, Steward of Elements (Amonkhet)
Howard Lyon

+2: Scry 2. 0: Look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card or a creature card with mana value less than or equal to the number of loyalty counters on Nissa, you may put that card onto the battlefield. −6: Untap up to two target lands you control. They become 5/5 Elemental creatures with flying and haste until end of turn. They're still lands.

Bojuka Bog (Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander)
Howard Lyon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Cathartic Reunion (Double Masters)
Howard Lyon

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard two cards. Draw three cards.

The chasm of years and worlds collapsed under the power of their embrace.

Tatyova, Steward of Tides (Dominaria United)
Howard Lyon

Land creatures you control have flying. Whenever a land you control enters, if you control seven or more lands, up to one target land you control becomes a 3/3 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.

Death's Shadow (Double Masters)
Howard Lyon

This creature gets -X/-X, where X is your life total.

The shadow of the candle looms tall even as its light grows dim.

Eel Umbra (Rise of the Eldrazi)
Howard Lyon

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Basilisk Collar (The List)
Howard Lyon

Equipped creature has deathtouch and lifelink. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it. Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

During their endless travels, the mages of the Goma Fada caravan have learned ways to harness both life and death.

Enlightened Tutor (Dominaria Remastered)
Howard Lyon

Search your library for an artifact or enchantment card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

"Organization is often undervalued but rarely unjustified." —Frasio, royal archivist

Ethereal Whiskergill (Lorwyn)
Howard Lyon

Flying This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.

Fallowsages debate whether the whiskergill is native to the Dark Meanders or merely dreamstuff made real.

Sigarda, Champion of Light (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt)
Howard Lyon

Flying, trample Humans you control get +1/+1. Coven — Whenever Sigarda attacks, if you control three or more creatures with different powers, look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a Human creature card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Time Reversal (Magic 2011)
Howard Lyon

Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards. Exile Time Reversal.

"Optimists see the world as they wish it to be. Pessimists see the world as it is. Must these roles be mutually exclusive?" —Evo Ragus

Hyena Umbra (Planechase Anthology)
Howard Lyon

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has first strike. Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Sigarda's Splendor (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt)
Howard Lyon

As this enchantment enters, note your life total. At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card if your life total is greater than or equal to the last noted life total for this enchantment. Then note your life total. Whenever you cast a white spell, you gain 1 life.

Eel Umbra (The List)
Howard Lyon

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Eel Umbra (Ultimate Masters)
Howard Lyon

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Fabled Passage (Throne of Eldraine Promos)
Howard Lyon

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.

From here, the path to anywhere may be found.

Hyena Umbra (Rise of the Eldrazi)
Howard Lyon

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has first strike. Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Renegade Krasis (Dragon's Maze)
Howard Lyon

Evolve (Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.) Whenever this creature evolves, put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it.

Ashcloud Phoenix (Khans of Tarkir)
Howard Lyon

Flying When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield face down under your control. Morph {4}{R}{R} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) When this creature is turned face up, it deals 2 damage to each player.

Bojuka Bog (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander)
Howard Lyon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Sentinels of Glen Elendra (Jumpstart 2022)
Howard Lyon

Flash Flying

Some say the valley of Glen Elendra is mythical, and that rumors of its existence are nothing but a faerie prank. Others say it is the fae's most fiercely guarded secret.

Valeron Wardens (Magic Origins)
Howard Lyon

Renown 2 (When this creature deals combat damage to a player, if it isn't renowned, put two +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes renowned.) Whenever a creature you control becomes renowned, draw a card.

Reality Shift (Wilds of Eldraine Commander)
Howard Lyon

Exile target creature. Its controller manifests the top card of their library. (That player puts the top card of their library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)

Scepter of Dominance (Conflux)
Howard Lyon

{W}, {T}: Tap target permanent.

"Whether or not you will bow to me is not open to debate. The question is, will I ever let you rise?" —Fridius, telemin master

Diamond Lion (Modern Horizons 2)
Howard Lyon

{T}, Discard your hand, Sacrifice this creature: Add three mana of any one color. Activate only as an instant.

Hyena Umbra (Double Masters 2022)
Howard Lyon

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has first strike. Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Basilisk Collar (Worldwake)
Howard Lyon

Equipped creature has deathtouch and lifelink. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it. Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

During their endless travels, the mages of the Goma Fada caravan have learned ways to harness both life and death.

Mana Leak (The List)
Howard Lyon

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

The fatal flaw in every plan is the assumption that you know more than your enemy.

Sign in Blood (Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana)
Howard Lyon

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

"You know I accept only one currency here, and yet you have sought me out. Why now do you hesitate?" —Xathrid demon

Adventuring Gear (Zendikar)
Howard Lyon

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, equipped creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

An explorer's essentials in a wild world.

Avacyn, Angel of Hope (Judge Gift Cards 2017)
Howard Lyon

Flying, vigilance, indestructible Other permanents you control have indestructible.

A golden helix streaked skyward from the Helvault. A thunderous explosion shattered the silver monolith and Avacyn emerged, free from her prison at last.

Basilisk Collar (Modern Masters 2017)
Howard Lyon

Equipped creature has deathtouch and lifelink. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it. Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

During their endless travels, the mages of the Goma Fada caravan have learned ways to harness both life and death.

Sigarda, Champion of Light (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Howard Lyon

Flying, trample Humans you control get +1/+1. Coven — Whenever Sigarda attacks, if you control three or more creatures with different powers, look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a Human creature card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Sigarda's Aid (Commander Legends)
Howard Lyon

You may cast Aura and Equipment spells as though they had flash. Whenever an Equipment you control enters, you may attach it to target creature you control.

The Order of Saint Traft found new strength with Sigarda's support.

Mangara, the Diplomat (Core Set 2021 Promos)
Howard Lyon

Lifelink Whenever an opponent attacks with creatures, if two or more of those creatures are attacking you and/or planeswalkers you control, draw a card. Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, draw a card.

Fabled Passage (Core Set 2021)
Howard Lyon

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.

From here, the path to anywhere may be found.

Trostani's Summoner (Dragon's Maze)
Howard Lyon

When this creature enters, create a 2/2 white Knight creature token with vigilance, a 3/3 green Centaur creature token, and a 4/4 green Rhino creature token with trample.

Memory Erosion (The List)
Howard Lyon

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player mills two cards.

"The Filigree Texts do not compel you to act in accordance with their precepts. They only specify the consequences should you fail." —Lodus of the Ethersworn

Grapple with the Past (Modern Horizons 3 Commander)
Howard Lyon

Mill three cards, then you may return a creature or land card from your graveyard to your hand. (To mill three cards, put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.)

Emrakul does not grant wishes. Desires simply align to her will.

Mammoth Umbra (Rise of the Eldrazi)
Howard Lyon

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has vigilance. Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Bojuka Bog (Commander 2018)
Howard Lyon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Sigarda's Aid (Eldritch Moon)
Howard Lyon

You may cast Aura and Equipment spells as though they had flash. Whenever an Equipment you control enters, you may attach it to target creature you control.

The Order of Saint Traft found new strength with Sigarda's support.

Fabled Passage (Core Set 2021 Promos)
Howard Lyon

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.

From here, the path to anywhere may be found.

Mana Leak (Magic 2012)
Howard Lyon

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

The fatal flaw in every plan is the assumption that you know more than your enemy.

Darklit Gargoyle (Conflux)
Howard Lyon

Flying {B}: This creature gets +2/-1 until end of turn.

It shines in the darkness of its master's ambitions.

Angel of Finality (Forgotten Realms Commander)
Howard Lyon

Flying When this creature enters, exile target player's graveyard.

"Better the dead depart utterly than be enslaved."

Grapple with the Past (Innistrad Remastered)
Howard Lyon

Mill three cards, then you may return a creature or land card from your graveyard to your hand. (To mill three cards, put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.)

Emrakul does not grant wishes. Desires simply align to her will.

Narcomoeba (Ravnica Remastered)
Howard Lyon

Flying When this card is put into your graveyard from your library, you may put it onto the battlefield.

"What bait do you cast to catch a dream?" —Ravnican riddle

Svyelun of Sea and Sky (Modern Horizons 2)
Howard Lyon

Svyelun has indestructible as long as you control at least two other Merfolk. Whenever Svyelun attacks, draw a card. Other Merfolk you control have ward {1}. (Whenever another Merfolk you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {1}.)

Angel of Finality (March of the Machine Commander)
Howard Lyon

Flying When this creature enters, exile target player's graveyard.

"Better the dead depart utterly than be enslaved."

Sign in Blood (Duel Decks Anthology: Garruk vs. Liliana)
Howard Lyon

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

"You know I accept only one currency here, and yet you have sought me out. Why now do you hesitate?" —Xathrid demon

Bojuka Bog (The List)
Howard Lyon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Cradle of Safety (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Howard Lyon

Flash Enchant creature you control When this Aura enters, enchanted creature gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.

Basilisk Collar (The List)
Howard Lyon

Equipped creature has deathtouch and lifelink. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it. Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

During their endless travels, the mages of the Goma Fada caravan have learned ways to harness both life and death.

Grapple with the Past (Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander)
Howard Lyon

Mill three cards, then you may return a creature or land card from your graveyard to your hand. (To mill three cards, put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.)

Emrakul does not grant wishes. Desires simply align to her will.

Divination (Magic 2013)
Howard Lyon

Draw two cards.

"The key to unlocking this puzzle is within you." —Doriel, mentor of Mistral Isle

Hyena Umbra (The List)
Howard Lyon

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has first strike. Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Mana Cylix (Conflux)
Howard Lyon

{1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Those who dismiss the cylix as an ordinary wooden bowl are blind to the true measure of its worth.

Personal Sanctuary (Magic 2012)
Howard Lyon

During your turn, prevent all damage that would be dealt to you.

"There is a place deep within my soul where no foe can intrude and no tyrant can conquer." —Sarlena, paladin of the Northern Verge

Memory Erosion (Commander Anthology Volume II)
Howard Lyon

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player mills two cards.

"The Filigree Texts do not compel you to act in accordance with their precepts. They only specify the consequences should you fail." —Lodus of the Ethersworn

Eel Umbra (Commander 2018)
Howard Lyon

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Bojuka Bog (The Brothers' War Commander)
Howard Lyon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Sentinels of Glen Elendra (Lorwyn)
Howard Lyon

Flash Flying

Some say the valley of Glen Elendra is mythical, and that rumors of its existence are nothing but a faerie prank. Others say it is the fae's most fiercely guarded secret.

Bear Umbra (Commander 2018)
Howard Lyon

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has "Whenever this creature attacks, untap all lands you control." Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Taste of Blood (Magic 2012)
Howard Lyon

Taste of Blood deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker and you gain 1 life.

"How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads, to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams." —Bram Stoker, *Dracula*

Queen Kayla bin-Kroog (The Brothers' War)
Howard Lyon

{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.

Reality Shift (Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander)
Howard Lyon

Exile target creature. Its controller manifests the top card of their library. (That player puts the top card of their library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)

Sign in Blood (Magic 2015)
Howard Lyon

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Little agonies pave the way to greater power.

Bear Umbra (Neon Dynasty Commander)
Howard Lyon

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has "Whenever this creature attacks, untap all lands you control." Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Fog Bank (Commander 2014)
Howard Lyon

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Flying Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by this creature.

"The union of sea and sky makes a perfect cover." —Talrand, sky summoner

Sigil Captain (Alara Reborn)
Howard Lyon

Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature is 1/1, put two +1/+1 counters on it.

"One sigil awarded for valor, the other awarded for surviving Hellkite's Pass."

Bojuka Bog (Commander 2011)
Howard Lyon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Divination (Conspiracy: Take the Crown)
Howard Lyon

Draw two cards.

"The key to unlocking this puzzle is within you." —Doriel, mentor of Mistral Isle

Hyena Umbra (Planechase 2012)
Howard Lyon

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has first strike. Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Bojuka Bog (Bloomburrow Commander)
Howard Lyon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Wall of Denial (Commander Masters)
Howard Lyon

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

It provides what every discerning mage requires—time to think.

Sigarda's Aid (Eldritch Moon Promos)
Howard Lyon

You may cast Aura and Equipment spells as though they had flash. Whenever an Equipment you control enters, you may attach it to target creature you control.

The Order of Saint Traft found new strength with Sigarda's support.

Fog Bank (Game Night: Free-for-All)
Howard Lyon

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Flying Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by this creature.

"The union of sea and sky makes a perfect cover." —Talrand, sky summoner

Grapple with the Past (Double Masters 2022)
Howard Lyon

Mill three cards, then you may return a creature or land card from your graveyard to your hand. (To mill three cards, put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.)

Emrakul does not grant wishes. Desires simply align to her will.

Bojuka Bog (Time Spiral Remastered)
Howard Lyon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Sign in Blood (Commander 2011)
Howard Lyon

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Little agonies pave the way to greater power.

Vivid Grove (Commander 2015)
Howard Lyon

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

Mammoth Umbra (Planechase Anthology)
Howard Lyon

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has vigilance. Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Ornithopter (Kaladesh Inventions)
Howard Lyon

Flying

"Consider all confiscated items hostile until proven otherwise." —Confiscation directive

Sigarda's Splendor (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Howard Lyon

As this enchantment enters, note your life total. At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card if your life total is greater than or equal to the last noted life total for this enchantment. Then note your life total. Whenever you cast a white spell, you gain 1 life.

Selesnya Guildgate (Commander 2013)
Howard Lyon

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

Enter and rejoice! The Conclave stands united, open to one and all.

Goldenglow Moth (Shadowmoor)
Howard Lyon

Flying Whenever this creature blocks, you may gain 4 life.

Ordinary moths follow it, drawn to its light.

Bojuka Bog (Commander Anthology)
Howard Lyon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Goldenglow Moth (Salvat 2011)
Howard Lyon

Flying Whenever this creature blocks, you may gain 4 life.

Vivid Grove (Commander Anthology)
Howard Lyon

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

Plains (Game Night 2019)
Howard Lyon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Octopus Umbra (Commander 2018)
Howard Lyon

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has base power and toughness 8/8 and has "Whenever this creature attacks, you may tap target creature with power 8 or less." Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Fog Bank (Iconic Masters)
Howard Lyon

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Flying Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by this creature.

"The union of sea and sky makes a perfect cover." —Talrand, sky summoner

Fog Bank (Commander Masters)
Howard Lyon

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Flying Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by this creature.

"The union of sea and sky makes a perfect cover." —Talrand, sky summoner

Marble Chalice (Shards of Alara)
Howard Lyon

{T}: You gain 1 life.

The cup was a gift from the sphinx Tameron, who hoped that those who drank from it would live long enough to decrypt the sphinxes' wisdom.

Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist (The Brothers' War Promos)
Howard Lyon

Deathtouch Whenever Ashnod attacks, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, create a tapped Powerstone token. {5}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Create a tapped 3/3 colorless Zombie artifact creature token.

Divination (Magic 2010)
Howard Lyon

Draw two cards.

"The key to unlocking this puzzle is within you." —Doriel, mentor of Mistral Isle

Reality Shift (Ugin's Fate)
Howard Lyon

Exile target creature. Its controller manifests the top card of their library. (That player puts the top card of their library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)

Star Pupil (Foundations Jumpstart)
Howard Lyon

This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it. When this creature dies, put its counters on target creature you control.

"When I'm done here, they'll name entire buildings after me."

Path of Discovery (Rivals of Ixalan Promos)
Howard Lyon

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

Bojuka Bog (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander)
Howard Lyon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Bojuka Bog (Commander 2013)
Howard Lyon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Conclave Naturalists (Magic Origins)
Howard Lyon

When this creature enters, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment.

"Your swords and wards have no power here."

Clip Wings (The List)
Howard Lyon

Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice with flying.

It is a grim duty to save the world from those created to protect it.

Fog Bank (Magic 2013)
Howard Lyon

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Flying Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by this creature.

"The union of sea and sky makes a perfect cover." —Talrand, sky summoner

Path of Discovery (The List)
Howard Lyon

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

Sign in Blood (Commander 2014)
Howard Lyon

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Little agonies pave the way to greater power.

Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist (The Brothers' War)
Howard Lyon

Deathtouch Whenever Ashnod attacks, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, create a tapped Powerstone token. {5}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Create a tapped 3/3 colorless Zombie artifact creature token.

Bear Umbra (Rise of the Eldrazi)
Howard Lyon

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has "Whenever this creature attacks, untap all lands you control." Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Nissa, Steward of Elements (Amonkhet Promos)
Howard Lyon

+2: Scry 2. 0: Look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card or a creature card with mana value less than or equal to the number of loyalty counters on Nissa, you may put that card onto the battlefield. −6: Untap up to two target lands you control. They become 5/5 Elemental creatures with flying and haste until end of turn. They're still lands.

Fabled Passage (Throne of Eldraine)
Howard Lyon

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.

Divination (Magic 2014)
Howard Lyon

Draw two cards.

"The key to unlocking this puzzle is within you." —Doriel, mentor of Mistral Isle

Sign in Blood (Starter Commander Decks)
Howard Lyon

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Little agonies pave the way to greater power.

Angel of Finality (Commander 2020)
Howard Lyon

Flying When this creature enters, exile target player's graveyard.

"Better the dead depart utterly than be enslaved."

Rings of Brighthearth (Commander Legends)
Howard Lyon

Whenever you activate an ability, if it isn't a mana ability, you may pay {2}. If you do, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.

"Without flame, there would be no iron tools, no cooked meals, no purge of old growth to make room for new." —Brighthearth creed

Enter the Unknown (Rivals of Ixalan)
Howard Lyon

Target creature you control explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on the creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.) You may play an additional land this turn.

Aura Finesse (Rise of the Eldrazi)
Howard Lyon

Attach target Aura you control to target creature. Draw a card.

"Although armor and auras can be similar, the brains required to use them are worlds apart." —Zilan, Makindi auramancer

Bojuka Bog (Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander)
Howard Lyon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Hydroform (Gatecrash)
Howard Lyon

Target land becomes a 3/3 Elemental creature with flying until end of turn. It's still a land.

"While the sea may be our home, the sky is our destiny." —Prime Speaker Zegana

Mana Leak (Double Masters 2022)
Howard Lyon

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

The fatal flaw in every plan is the assumption that you know more than your enemy.

Diamond Lion (Modern Horizons 2 Promos)
Howard Lyon

{T}, Discard your hand, Sacrifice this creature: Add three mana of any one color. Activate only as an instant.

"The merchant asked for riches no one had ever dreamed of. The djinn, smiling, granted his wish." —Afari, *Tales*

Peema Aether-Seer (Aetherdrift Commander)
Howard Lyon

When this creature enters, you get an amount of {E} (energy counters) equal to the greatest power among creatures you control. Pay {E}{E}{E}: Target creature blocks this turn if able.

"The Great Conduit connects us all."

Feldon, Ronom Excavator (The Brothers' War)
Howard Lyon

Haste Feldon can't block. Whenever Feldon is dealt damage, exile that many cards from the top of your library. Choose one of them. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card.

Fabled Passage (Core Set 2021 Promos)
Howard Lyon

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.

From here, the path to anywhere may be found.

Sage of Shaila's Claim (Kaladesh)
Howard Lyon

When this creature enters, you get {E}{E}{E} (three energy counters).

Even now, Shaila's descendants proudly occupy the greenway that she refused to relinquish to the Consulate.

Ghostly Possession (Innistrad)
Howard Lyon

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has flying. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by enchanted creature.

Eel Umbra (Forgotten Realms Commander)
Howard Lyon

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Mirror-Mad Phantasm (Innistrad)
Howard Lyon

Flying {1}{U}: This creature's owner shuffles it into their library. If that player does, they reveal cards from the top of that library until a card named Mirror-Mad Phantasm is revealed. The player puts that card onto the battlefield and all other cards revealed this way into their graveyard.

Triton Shorethief (Theros)
Howard Lyon

At sunrise, the Champion and her companions awoke to find their supplies gone and Brygus, their sentry, dead. Carefully arranged piles of ornamental shells gave a clear warning: go no further. —*The Theriad*

Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist (The Brothers' War Promos)
Howard Lyon

Deathtouch Whenever Ashnod attacks, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, create a tapped Powerstone token. {5}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Create a tapped 3/3 colorless Zombie artifact creature token.

Cloudshift (Jumpstart)
Howard Lyon

Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.

"Even storm clouds bow to worship Avacyn." —Elder Rimheit

Angel of Finality (Kaldheim Commander)
Howard Lyon

Flying When this creature enters, exile target player's graveyard.

"Better the dead depart utterly than be enslaved."

Serra Ascendant (Iconic Masters)
Howard Lyon

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) As long as you have 30 or more life, this creature gets +5/+5 and has flying.

Faith in Serra is its own reward.

Life's Legacy (New Capenna Commander)
Howard Lyon

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Draw cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

At the instant of death, the mystery of life.

Ancient Tomb (Zendikar Expeditions)
Howard Lyon

{T}: Add {C}{C}. This land deals 2 damage to you.

Vivid Grove (Commander 2011)
Howard Lyon

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

Dream Thief (Eventide)
Howard Lyon

Flying When this creature enters, draw a card if you've cast another blue spell this turn.

Awylla's salvaged dreams would finally be put to good use.

Orchard Spirit (Magic Origins)
Howard Lyon

This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.

"Pick not the rotten fruit, but neither touch the best. Leave those as an offering for our unseen guests." —Radwick, farmer of Gatstaf

Seek the Horizon (Return to Ravnica)
Howard Lyon

Search your library for up to three basic land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.

Raked by vertical spikes of glass and stone, Ravnica's vistas offer only a rare glimpse of the horizon.

Feldon, Ronom Excavator (The Brothers' War)
Howard Lyon

Haste Feldon can't block. Whenever Feldon is dealt damage, exile that many cards from the top of your library. Choose one of them. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card.

Vivid Grove (Commander 2017)
Howard Lyon

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

Trapped in the Tower (Throne of Eldraine)
Howard Lyon

Enchant creature without flying Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.

"At least up here I have some peace and quiet."

Cathartic Reunion (Signature Spellbook: Chandra)
Howard Lyon

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard two cards. Draw three cards.

The chasm of years and worlds collapsed under the power of their embrace.

Path of Discovery (Rivals of Ixalan)
Howard Lyon

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

Plains (Magic 2012)
Howard Lyon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Sign in Blood (Archenemy)
Howard Lyon

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

"You know I accept only one currency here, and yet you have sought me out. Why now do you hesitate?" —Xathrid demon

Homunculus (Shards of Alara Tokens)
Howard Lyon

Mana Leak (Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning)
Howard Lyon

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

The fatal flaw in every plan is the assumption that you know more than your enemy.

Sign in Blood (Magic 2013)
Howard Lyon

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Little agonies pave the way to greater power.

Bojuka Bog (Worldwake)
Howard Lyon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Imperial Recruiter (Modern Horizons 2)
Howard Lyon

When this creature enters, search your library for a creature card with power 2 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

A passionate recruiter will win a war before the first arrow flies.

Idyllic Grange (Throne of Eldraine)
Howard Lyon

({T}: Add {W}.) This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Plains. When this land enters untapped, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Every hero's journey starts somewhere.

Sign in Blood (Commander Anthology Volume II)
Howard Lyon

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Little agonies pave the way to greater power.

Bojuka Bog (Forgotten Realms Commander)
Howard Lyon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Banishing Knack (Eventide)
Howard Lyon

Until end of turn, target creature gains "{T}: Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand."

Suddenly he realized that everything was connected by invisible strings, strings that could be pulled—or cut.

Adventuring Gear (Jumpstart 2022)
Howard Lyon

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, equipped creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

An explorer's essentials in a wild world.

Sigarda's Splendor (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos)
Howard Lyon

As this enchantment enters, note your life total. At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card if your life total is greater than or equal to the last noted life total for this enchantment. Then note your life total. Whenever you cast a white spell, you gain 1 life.

Eland Umbra (Rise of the Eldrazi)
Howard Lyon

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +0/+4. Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Plains (Commander 2015)
Howard Lyon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Bojuka Bog (Commander 2020)
Howard Lyon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Stoic Builder (The List)
Howard Lyon

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

Some have returned to Hollowhenge, the ruins of Avabruck, to restore the lost capital of Kessig.

Reality Shift (The List)
Howard Lyon

Exile target creature. Its controller manifests the top card of their library. (That player puts the top card of their library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)

Bojuka Bog (Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander)
Howard Lyon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Boros Reckoner (Murders at Karlov Manor Commander)
Howard Lyon

Whenever this creature is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to any target. {R/W}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn.

"Imagine a thunderstorm that's also a tactical genius. That's him." —Dars Gostok, Firefist captain

Flameblade Angel (Shadows over Innistrad Promos)
Howard Lyon

Flying Whenever a source an opponent controls deals damage to you or a permanent you control, you may have this creature deal 1 damage to that source's controller.

"You must pay for your sin in blood."

Mangara, the Diplomat (The List)
Howard Lyon

Lifelink Whenever an opponent attacks with creatures, if two or more of those creatures are attacking you and/or planeswalkers you control, draw a card. Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, draw a card.

Octopus Umbra (The List)
Howard Lyon

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has base power and toughness 8/8 and has "Whenever this creature attacks, you may tap target creature with power 8 or less." Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Oketra's Last Mercy (Hour of Devastation)
Howard Lyon

Your life total becomes equal to your starting life total. Lands you control don't untap during your next untap step.

To the end, all Oketra did was for others.

Warden of the Eye (Khans of Tarkir)
Howard Lyon

When this creature enters, return target noncreature, nonland card from your graveyard to your hand.

The wardens guard the sacred documents of Tarkir's history, though they are forbidden to read the words.

Fog Bank (Battlebond)
Howard Lyon

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Flying Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by this creature.

"The union of sea and sky makes a perfect cover." —Talrand, sky summoner

Bird (Iconic Masters Tokens)
Howard Lyon

Flying

Anthousa, Setessan Hero (Theros Promos)
Howard Lyon

Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets Anthousa, up to three target lands you control each become 2/2 Warrior creatures until end of turn. They're still lands.

The warriors she leads can rarely keep pace with her, and neither can the tales.

Selesnya Guildgate (Modern Masters 2017)
Howard Lyon

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

The Selesyna welcome all to help them heal the city's wounds. The price, however, is devotion to the guild and a selfless belief in Trostani.

Rings of Brighthearth (Commander Legends)
Howard Lyon

Whenever you activate an ability, if it isn't a mana ability, you may pay {2}. If you do, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Cathartic Reunion (The List)
Howard Lyon

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard two cards. Draw three cards.

The chasm of years and worlds collapsed under the power of their embrace.

Bear Umbra (Wilds of Eldraine Commander)
Howard Lyon

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has "Whenever this creature attacks, untap all lands you control." Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Bojuka Bog (March of the Machine Commander)
Howard Lyon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

The Great Forest (Planechase Anthology Planes)
Howard Lyon

Each creature assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power. Whenever chaos ensues, creatures you control get +0/+2 and gain trample until end of turn.

Bird (Zendikar Tokens)
Howard Lyon

Flying

Drake Umbra (Rise of the Eldrazi)
Howard Lyon

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has flying. Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Mana Leak (Modern Masters 2015)
Howard Lyon

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

The fatal flaw in every plan is the assumption that you know more than your enemy.

Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist (The Brothers' War)
Howard Lyon

Deathtouch Whenever Ashnod attacks, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, create a tapped Powerstone token. {5}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Create a tapped 3/3 colorless Zombie artifact creature token.

Fabled Passage (Throne of Eldraine Promos)
Howard Lyon

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.

From here, the path to anywhere may be found.

Grapple with the Past (Commander 2018)
Howard Lyon

Mill three cards, then you may return a creature or land card from your graveyard to your hand. (To mill three cards, put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.)

Emrakul does not grant wishes. Desires simply align to her will.

Warden of the Eye (The List)
Howard Lyon

When this creature enters, return target noncreature, nonland card from your graveyard to your hand.

The wardens guard the sacred documents of Tarkir's history, though they are forbidden to read the words.

Bojuka Bog (Commander 2019)
Howard Lyon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Angel of Flight Alabaster (Crimson Vow Commander)
Howard Lyon

Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, return target Spirit card from your graveyard to your hand.

She endures without Avacyn but secretly asks each soul she guides if they have seen her.

Stoic Builder (Shadows over Innistrad)
Howard Lyon

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

Some have returned to Hollowhenge, the ruins of Avabruck, to restore the lost capital of Kessig.

Conclave Naturalists (Double Masters)
Howard Lyon

When this creature enters, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment.

"Your swords and wards have no power here."

Fog Bank (Foundations)
Howard Lyon

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Flying Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by this creature.

The battalion thought they could escape the fog by marching in a straight line. Three days later, they began to suspect it was following them.

Star Pupil (Strixhaven: School of Mages)
Howard Lyon

This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it. When this creature dies, put its counters on target creature you control.

"When I'm done here, they'll name entire buildings after me."

Divination (Magic 2015)
Howard Lyon

Draw two cards.

"The key to unlocking this puzzle is within you." —Doriel, mentor of Mistral Isle

Sigarda, Champion of Light (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos)
Howard Lyon

Flying, trample Humans you control get +1/+1. Coven — Whenever Sigarda attacks, if you control three or more creatures with different powers, look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a Human creature card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Diamond Lion (Modern Horizons 2)
Howard Lyon

{T}, Discard your hand, Sacrifice this creature: Add three mana of any one color. Activate only as an instant.

"The merchant asked for riches no one had ever dreamed of. The djinn, smiling, granted his wish." —Afari, *Tales*

Narcomoeba (Guilds of Ravnica Promos)
Howard Lyon

Flying When this card is put into your graveyard from your library, you may put it onto the battlefield.

"What bait do you cast to catch a dream?" —Ravnican riddle

Grapple with the Past (Eldritch Moon)
Howard Lyon

Mill three cards, then you may return a creature or land card from your graveyard to your hand. (To mill three cards, put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.)

Emrakul does not grant wishes. Desires simply align to her will.

Idyllic Tutor (Morningtide)
Howard Lyon

Search your library for an enchantment card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

"If one's life is blessed, solutions to all life's problems will appear at the right moment." —*The Book of Kith and Kin*

Sign in Blood (Modern Masters 2015)
Howard Lyon

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Little agonies pave the way to greater power.

Silverchase Fox (Innistrad)
Howard Lyon

{1}{W}, Sacrifice this creature: Exile target enchantment.

"Be careful in your hunt. The clever little creature can steal your wards and lead you right into the werewolf's den." —Britta, midwife of Gatstaf

Reality Shift (The List)
Howard Lyon

Exile target creature. Its controller manifests the top card of their library. (That player puts the top card of their library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)

Bojuka Bog (Commander 2014)
Howard Lyon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Angel of Flight Alabaster (Innistrad)
Howard Lyon

Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, return target Spirit card from your graveyard to your hand.

She endures without Avacyn but secretly asks each soul she guides if it has seen her.

Angel of Flight Alabaster (Jumpstart 2022)
Howard Lyon

Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, return target Spirit card from your graveyard to your hand.

She endures without Avacyn but secretly asks each soul she guides if they have seen her.

Heroes' Reunion (Return to Ravnica)
Howard Lyon

Target player gains 7 life.

They share no bloodline, but a bond greater than family unites them. Such are the gifts of the Worldsoul.

Mangara, the Diplomat (Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander)
Howard Lyon

Lifelink Whenever an opponent attacks with creatures, if two or more of those creatures are attacking you and/or planeswalkers you control, draw a card. Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, draw a card.

Enlightened Tutor (Dominaria Remastered)
Howard Lyon

Search your library for an artifact or enchantment card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

"Organization is often undervalued but rarely unjustified." —Frasio, royal archivist

Goldenglow Moth (The List)
Howard Lyon

Flying Whenever this creature blocks, you may gain 4 life.

Ordinary moths follow it, drawn to its light.

Selesnya Guildgate (Commander 2017)
Howard Lyon

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

The Selesnya welcome all to help them heal the city's wounds. The price, however, is devotion to the guild and a selfless belief in Trostani.

Angel of Finality (Commander 2013)
Howard Lyon

Flying When this creature enters, exile target player's graveyard.

"Better the dead depart utterly than be enslaved."

Mana Leak (Magic 2011)
Howard Lyon

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

The fatal flaw in every plan is the assumption that you know more than your enemy.

Memory Erosion (Shards of Alara)
Howard Lyon

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player mills two cards.

"The Filigree Texts do not compel you to act in accordance with their precepts. They only specify the consequences should you fail." —Lodus of the Ethersworn

Bojuka Bog (Commander 2021)
Howard Lyon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

View from Above (Conflux)
Howard Lyon

Target creature gains flying until end of turn. If you control a white permanent, return View from Above to its owner's hand.

"This air feels so heavy and thick. There are no winds to speak of. I fear the knowledge that comes from a place like this."

Cloudshift (Avacyn Restored)
Howard Lyon

Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.

"Even storm clouds bow to worship Avacyn." —Elder Rimheit

Nimbus Swimmer (RNA Guild Kit)
Howard Lyon

Flying This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.

The Simic soon discovered that the sky offered as few constraints on size as the sea.

Mangara, the Diplomat (Core Set 2021 Promos)
Howard Lyon

Lifelink Whenever an opponent attacks with creatures, if two or more of those creatures are attacking you and/or planeswalkers you control, draw a card. Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, draw a card.

Etherwrought Page (Alara Reborn)
Howard Lyon

At the beginning of your upkeep, choose one — • You gain 2 life. • Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.) • Each opponent loses 1 life.

An unbound page is a riddle, free of cover and of context, a favorite token of the hegemon.

Reality Shift (Neon Dynasty Commander)
Howard Lyon

Exile target creature. Its controller manifests the top card of their library. (That player puts the top card of their library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)

Minsc, Beloved Ranger (The List)
Howard Lyon

When Minsc enters, create Boo, a legendary 1/1 red Hamster creature token with trample and haste. {X}: Until end of turn, target creature you control has base power and toughness X/X and becomes a Giant in addition to its other types. Activate only as a sorcery.

Plains (Throne of Eldraine)
Howard Lyon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Angel of Finality (Secret Lair Drop)
Howard Lyon

Flying When this creature enters, exile target player's graveyard.

"Better the dead depart utterly than be enslaved."

Lammastide Weave (Lorwyn)
Howard Lyon

Choose a card name, then target player mills a card. If a card with the chosen name was milled this way, you gain life equal to its mana value. Draw a card.

"A ribbon torn will ward away dark dreams."

Vivid Grove (Commander Legends)
Howard Lyon

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

Selesnya Guildgate (Ravnica: Clue Edition)
Howard Lyon

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

Enter and rejoice! The Conclave stands united, open to one and all.

Permafrost Trap (Worldwake)
Howard Lyon

If an opponent had a green creature enter the battlefield under their control this turn, you may pay {U} rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Tap up to two target creatures. Those creatures don't untap during their controller's next untap step.

Feldon, Ronom Excavator (The Brothers' War Promos)
Howard Lyon

Haste Feldon can't block. Whenever Feldon is dealt damage, exile that many cards from the top of your library. Choose one of them. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card.

Wall of Denial (Alara Reborn)
Howard Lyon

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

It provides what every discerning mage requires—time to think.

Mangara, the Diplomat (Commander Masters)
Howard Lyon

Lifelink Whenever an opponent attacks with creatures, if two or more of those creatures are attacking you and/or planeswalkers you control, draw a card. Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, draw a card.

Death's Shadow (Modern Masters 2017)
Howard Lyon

This creature gets -X/-X, where X is your life total.

The shadow of the candle looms tall even as its light grows dim.

Mangara, the Diplomat (Core Set 2021)
Howard Lyon

Lifelink Whenever an opponent attacks with creatures, if two or more of those creatures are attacking you and/or planeswalkers you control, draw a card. Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, draw a card.

Enshrouding Mist (Magic Origins)
Howard Lyon

Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to it this turn. If it's renowned, untap it.

True faith is letting the blade fall without parry. True cunning is using that moment to strike a deadly blow.

Stenchskipper (Morningtide)
Howard Lyon

Flying At the beginning of the end step, if you control no Goblins, sacrifice this creature.

"Many believe it to be the manifestation of all that is vile about the boggarts. I believe it should be avoided—from upwind, if possible." —Cenn Deagan

Plains (Game Night)
Howard Lyon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Selesnya Guildgate (Zendikar Rising Commander)
Howard Lyon

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

Enter and rejoice! The Conclave stands united, open to one and all.

Ajani's Pridemate (Core Set 2020 Tokens)
Howard Lyon

Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Ajani's Pridemate.

Mammoth Umbra (Planechase 2012)
Howard Lyon

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has vigilance. Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Reality Shift (Commander Masters)
Howard Lyon

Exile target creature. Its controller manifests the top card of their library. (That player puts the top card of their library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)

Verdant Eidolon (Ultimate Masters)
Howard Lyon

{G}, Sacrifice this creature: Add three mana of any one color. Whenever you cast a multicolored spell, you may return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

Vivid Grove (Commander 2013)
Howard Lyon

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

Saruli Caretaker (Ravnica Allegiance)
Howard Lyon

Defender {T}, Tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color.

"I hold the seed of our new beginning."

The Royal Scions (Throne of Eldraine)
Howard Lyon

+1: Draw a card, then discard a card. +1: Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains first strike and trample until end of turn. −8: Draw four cards. When you do, The Royal Scions deals damage to any target equal to the number of cards in your hand.

Life's Legacy (Magic 2015)
Howard Lyon

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Draw cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

At the instant of death, the mystery of life.

Sigarda's Aid (Secret Lair Drop)
Howard Lyon

You may cast Aura and Equipment spells as though they had flash. Whenever an Equipment you control enters, you may attach it to target creature you control.

All who wield the shield share a dream of creating the kind of world we all deserve to live in.

Vivid Grove (The List)
Howard Lyon

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

Thalia and The Gitrog Monster (March of the Machine Promos)
Howard Lyon

First strike, deathtouch You may play an additional land on each of your turns. Creatures and nonbasic lands your opponents control enter tapped. Whenever Thalia and The Gitrog Monster attacks, sacrifice a creature or land, then draw a card.

Reality Shift (Fate Reforged)
Howard Lyon

Exile target creature. Its controller manifests the top card of their library. (That player puts the top card of their library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)

Vivid Grove (Premium Deck Series: Slivers)
Howard Lyon

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

Winds of Qal Sisma (Fate Reforged)
Howard Lyon

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Ferocious — If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, instead prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by creatures your opponents control.

Enlightened Tutor (Eternal Masters)
Howard Lyon

Search your library for an artifact or enchantment card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

"Organization is often undervalued but rarely unjustified." —Frasio, royal archivist

Strip Mine (Zendikar Expeditions)
Howard Lyon

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

Wall of Denial (The List)
Howard Lyon

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

It provides what every discerning mage requires—time to think.

Mammoth Umbra (Ultimate Masters)
Howard Lyon

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has vigilance. Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Reality Shift (Commander 2019)
Howard Lyon

Exile target creature. Its controller manifests the top card of their library. (That player puts the top card of their library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)

Feldon, Ronom Excavator (The Brothers' War Promos)
Howard Lyon

Haste Feldon can't block. Whenever Feldon is dealt damage, exile that many cards from the top of your library. Choose one of them. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card.

Bojuka Bog (Midnight Hunt Commander)
Howard Lyon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Clip Wings (Shadows over Innistrad)
Howard Lyon

Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice with flying.

It is a grim duty to save the world from those created to protect it.

Centaur's Herald (Return to Ravnica)
Howard Lyon

{2}{G}, Sacrifice this creature: Create a 3/3 green Centaur creature token.

The farther they go from Vitu-Ghazi, the less willing the crowd is to part for them.

Naturalize (Rise of the Eldrazi)
Howard Lyon

Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

"The scholars wept when we destroyed the hedron. I had no such pity. What would this world be like had we done so sooner?" —*The War Diaries*

Conclave Naturalists (Magic Origins Promos)
Howard Lyon

When this creature enters, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Sigarda's Aid (Eldritch Moon Promos)
Howard Lyon

You may cast Aura and Equipment spells as though they had flash. Whenever an Equipment you control enters, you may attach it to target creature you control.

The Order of Saint Traft found new strength with Sigarda's support.

Ghostly Possession (Conspiracy: Take the Crown)
Howard Lyon

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has flying. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by enchanted creature.

New Blood (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander)
Howard Lyon

As an additional cost to cast this spell, tap an untapped Vampire you control. Gain control of target creature. Change the text of that creature by replacing all instances of one creature type with Vampire.

"Now isn't that better?" —Olivia Voldaren

Eel Umbra (Double Masters 2022)
Howard Lyon

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Emissary's Ploy (Conspiracy: Take the Crown)
Howard Lyon

(Start the game with this conspiracy face up in the command zone.) Before drawing your opening hand, choose 1, 2, or 3. You may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast creature spells with mana value equal to the chosen number.

Plains (Commander Anthology Volume II)
Howard Lyon

({T}: Add {W}.)

Favor of Jukai (Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty)
Howard Lyon

Enchant artifact or creature As long as enchanted permanent is a creature, it gets +3/+3 and has reach. Channel — {1}{G}, Discard this card: Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains reach until end of turn.

The land chooses its own champions.

Heartwarming Redemption (War of the Spark)
Howard Lyon

Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards plus one. You gain life equal to the number of cards in your hand.

Kytheon had known war every day of his life. Now he finally knew peace.

Boros Reckoner (The List)
Howard Lyon

Whenever this creature is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to any target. {R/W}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn.

"Imagine a thunderstorm that's also a tactical genius. That's him." —Dars Gostok, Firefist captain

Memory Erosion (Commander 2011)
Howard Lyon

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player mills two cards.

"The Filigree Texts do not compel you to act in accordance with their precepts. They only specify the consequences should you fail." —Lodus of the Ethersworn

Trostani's Summoner (Midnight Hunt Commander)
Howard Lyon

When this creature enters, create a 2/2 white Knight creature token with vigilance, a 3/3 green Centaur creature token, and a 4/4 green Rhino creature token with trample.

Filigree Fracture (Conflux)
Howard Lyon

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. If that permanent was blue or black, draw a card.

The sphinx tyrannized Bant until a rhox mage tested the hardiness of her shiny parts.

Mortal Flesh Is Weak (Archenemy Schemes)
Howard Lyon

When you set this scheme in motion, each opponent's life total becomes the lowest life total among your opponents.

"I certainly would have accepted my offer of eternal life. But if you choose death instead, who am I to argue?"

Cloudshift (Masters 25)
Howard Lyon

Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.

"Even storm clouds bow to worship Avacyn." —Elder Rimheit

Basilisk Collar (Double Masters)
Howard Lyon

Equipped creature has deathtouch and lifelink. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it. Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

During their endless travels, the mages of the Goma Fada caravan have learned ways to harness both life and death.

Silverchase Fox (Conspiracy)
Howard Lyon

{1}{W}, Sacrifice this creature: Exile target enchantment.

"Be careful in your hunt. The clever little creature can steal your wards and lead you right into the werewolf's den." —Britta, midwife of Gatstaf

Anthousa, Setessan Hero (Theros)
Howard Lyon

Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets Anthousa, up to three target lands you control each become 2/2 Warrior creatures until end of turn. They're still lands.

The warriors she leads can rarely keep pace with her, and neither can the tales.

Sign in Blood (Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander)
Howard Lyon

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Little agonies pave the way to greater power.

Cathartic Reunion (Kaladesh)
Howard Lyon

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard two cards. Draw three cards.

The chasm of years and worlds collapsed under the power of their embrace.

Makindi Shieldmate (Zendikar)
Howard Lyon

Defender Whenever this creature or another Ally you control enters, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

The more who rely on him, the more resolute he becomes.

Wall of Denial (Duel Decks: Venser vs. Koth)
Howard Lyon

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

It provides what every discerning mage requires—time to think.

Cradle of Safety (Innistrad: Crimson Vow)
Howard Lyon

Flash Enchant creature you control When this Aura enters, enchanted creature gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.

Angel of Finality (Commander Anthology)
Howard Lyon

Flying When this creature enters, exile target player's graveyard.

"Better the dead depart utterly than be enslaved."

Selesnya Guildgate (Dragon's Maze)
Howard Lyon

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

The Selesnya welcome all to help them heal the city's wounds. The price, however, is devotion to the guild and a selfless belief in Trostani.

Back to Nature (Magic 2015)
Howard Lyon

Destroy all enchantments.

There will always be those who presume to improve nature, or dare to befoul it. And nature will always have a response.

Angel of Finality (Foundations)
Howard Lyon

Flying When this creature enters, exile target player's graveyard.

"Better the dead depart utterly than be enslaved."

Harmless Offering (Foundations)
Howard Lyon

Target opponent gains control of target permanent you control.

"Such an adorable face!"

Minsc, Beloved Ranger (Adventures in the Forgotten Realms)
Howard Lyon

When Minsc enters, create Boo, a legendary 1/1 red Hamster creature token with trample and haste. {X}: Until end of turn, target creature you control has base power and toughness X/X and becomes a Giant in addition to its other types. Activate only as a sorcery.

Vivid Grove (Modern Masters)
Howard Lyon

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

The Great Forest (March of the Machine Commander)
Howard Lyon

Each creature assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power. Whenever chaos ensues, creatures you control get +0/+2 and gain trample until end of turn.

Rings of Brighthearth (Lorwyn)
Howard Lyon

Whenever you activate an ability, if it isn't a mana ability, you may pay {2}. If you do, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.

"Without flame, there would be no iron tools, no cooked meals, no purge of old growth to make room for new." —Brighthearth creed

Bojuka Bog (Murders at Karlov Manor Commander)
Howard Lyon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Sign in Blood (Game Night: Free-for-All)
Howard Lyon

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

"It's always my brightest students who make the worst decisions." —Shaile, Silverquill dean

Mind Sludge (Zendikar)
Howard Lyon

Target player discards a card for each Swamp you control.

"Guard your thoughts. You never know who might wish to take them from you." —Kalitas, Bloodchief of Ghet

Master the Way (Khans of Tarkir)
Howard Lyon

Draw a card. Master the Way deals damage to any target equal to the number of cards in your hand.

"The Way has no beginning and no end. It is simply the path." —Narset, khan of the Jeskai