Maelstrom Nexus

Maelstrom Nexus (Dominaria United Commander)
Steven Belledin

The first spell you cast each turn has cascade. (When you cast your first spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)

Maelstrom Nexus (Double Masters)
Steven Belledin

The first spell you cast each turn has cascade. (When you cast your first spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)

Maelstrom Nexus (Alara Reborn)
Steven Belledin

The first spell you cast each turn has cascade. (When you cast your first spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)

Maelstrom Nexus (The List)
Steven Belledin

The first spell you cast each turn has cascade. (When you cast your first spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)

Mikaeus, the Lunarch (Double Masters 2022)
Steven Belledin

Mikaeus enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on Mikaeus. {T}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Mikaeus: Put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control.

Hinterland Hermit (Dark Ascension)
Steven Belledin

Fervent Cathar (Avacyn Restored)
Steven Belledin

Haste When this creature enters, target creature can't block this turn.

"I'll put my sword down only to die. And I don't plan on doing that today."

Abzan Falconer (Commander Anthology Volume II)
Steven Belledin

Outlast {W} ({W}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Outlast only as a sorcery.) Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has flying.

The fastest way across the dunes is above.

Forest (Jumpstart 2022)
Steven Belledin

({T}: Add {G}.)

Stampeding Rhino (Magic 2012)
Steven Belledin

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

The quickest way to get through the jungle is to agitate a rhino and run in its wake.

Evolving Wilds (The Brothers' War Commander)
Steven Belledin

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

Without the interfering hands of civilization, nature will always shape itself to its own needs.

Ichor Wellspring (Commander 2014)
Steven Belledin

When this artifact enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.

"Our glorious infection has taken hold." —Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

Syndicate Enforcer (Gatecrash)
Steven Belledin

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)

Even the darkest corners of Ravnica still lie in the shadow of the Church.

Rampant Growth (Planechase)
Steven Belledin

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Nature grows solutions to its problems.

Forest (Commander Anthology Volume II)
Steven Belledin

({T}: Add {G}.)

Great Oak Guardian (Starter Commander Decks)
Steven Belledin

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Reach When this creature enters, creatures target player controls get +2/+2 until end of turn. Untap them.

His roots reach deep and grip hard.

Goblin Dark-Dwellers (Foundations Jumpstart)
Steven Belledin

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) When this creature enters, you may cast target instant or sorcery card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.

Frilled Sea Serpent (The List)
Steven Belledin

{5}{U}{U}: This creature can't be blocked this turn.

"Reel it in. No, wait! Throw it back!" —Gertrude, deep-sea angler

Narstad Scrapper (Avacyn Restored)
Steven Belledin

{2}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

"Finally, the principles of corpse animation applied to bloodless materials!" —Ludevic, necro-alchemist

Island (Duel Decks: Merfolk vs. Goblins)
Steven Belledin

({T}: Add {U}.)

Forest (Core Set 2020)
Steven Belledin

({T}: Add {G}.)

Overwhelming Stampede (Modern Masters 2015)
Steven Belledin

Until end of turn, creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.

"I trust the instincts of any beast over the advice of any human who presumes to be an expert in the art of war." —Rinshel, elf insurgent

Evolving Wilds (Commander 2016)
Steven Belledin

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

Without the interfering hands of civilization, nature will always shape itself to its own needs.

Treacherous Urge (Planar Chaos)
Steven Belledin

Target opponent reveals their hand. You may put a creature card from it onto the battlefield under your control. That creature gains haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

Canopy Vista (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander)
Steven Belledin

({T}: Add {G} or {W}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Chuuy Kaaj, "The Hanging City," has endured for centuries as the thriving hub of Malamet art, life, and culture.

Forest (Duels of the Planeswalkers)
Steven Belledin

({T}: Add {G}.)

Exotic Orchard (The List)
Steven Belledin

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

"It was a strange morning. When we awoke, we found our trees transformed. We didn't know whether to water them or polish them." —Pulan, Bant orchardist

Searchlight Geist (Avacyn Restored)
Steven Belledin

Flying {3}{B}: This creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

It rises with the fall of darkness, seeking souls to extinguish.

Arthur, Marigold Knight (Bloomburrow Commander)
Steven Belledin

Haste Whenever Arthur and at least one other creature attack, look at the top six cards of your library. You may put a creature card from among them onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. Return that creature to its owner's hand at end of combat.

Kor Bladewhirl (Battle for Zendikar)
Steven Belledin

Rally — Whenever this creature or another Ally you control enters, creatures you control gain first strike until end of turn.

The high-pitched whirl of a hook is the only battle cry she needs.

Dragonlord Silumgar (Dragons of Tarkir Promos)
Steven Belledin

Flying, deathtouch When Dragonlord Silumgar enters, gain control of target creature or planeswalker for as long as you control Dragonlord Silumgar.

Silumgar never passes up an opportunity to add to his opulence.

Scavenger Grounds (Commander 2021)
Steven Belledin

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice a Desert: Exile all graveyards.

When the last scrap of flesh is scoured away, the Curse of Wandering ends. Then the dead may sleep.

Citadel Siege (Fate Reforged)
Steven Belledin

As this enchantment enters, choose Khans or Dragons. • Khans — At the beginning of combat on your turn, put two +1/+1 counters on target creature you control. • Dragons — At the beginning of combat on each opponent's turn, tap target creature that player controls.

Swamp (Theros)
Steven Belledin

({T}: Add {B}.)

Rampant Growth (Tenth Edition)
Steven Belledin

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Nature grows solutions to her problems.

Exotic Orchard (Commander 2019)
Steven Belledin

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

"It was a strange morning. When we awoke, we found our trees transformed. We didn't know whether to water them or polish them." —Pulan, Bant orchardist

Evolving Wilds (Modern Masters 2015)
Steven Belledin

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

Every world is an organism, able to grow new lands. Some just do it faster than others.

Exotic Orchard (Commander 2020)
Steven Belledin

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

"It was a strange morning. When we awoke, we found our trees transformed. We didn't know whether to water them or polish them." —Pulan, Bant orchardist

Phyrexian Hulk (Magic 2013)
Steven Belledin

An invasion weapon of ages past, the glistening oil contained the blueprints of countless atrocities.

Exotic Orchard (March of the Machine Commander)
Steven Belledin

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

"It was a strange morning. When we awoke, we found our trees transformed. We didn't know whether to water them or polish them." —Pulan, Bant orchardist

Knacksaw Clique (Shadowmoor)
Steven Belledin

Flying {1}{U}, {Q}: Target opponent exiles the top card of their library. Until end of turn, you may play that card. ({Q} is the untap symbol.)

Most of the Knacksaw clique's skills were hewn from the minds of others.

Scavenger Grounds (Murders at Karlov Manor Commander)
Steven Belledin

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice a Desert: Exile all graveyards.

When the last scrap of flesh is scoured away, the Curse of Wandering ends. Then the dead may sleep.

Plains (Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora)
Steven Belledin

({T}: Add {W}.)

The Akroan War (Theros Beyond Death Promos)
Steven Belledin

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Gain control of target creature for as long as this Saga remains on the battlefield. II — Until your next turn, creatures your opponents control attack each combat if able. III — Each tapped creature deals damage to itself equal to its power.

Moment of Craving (The List)
Steven Belledin

Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. You gain 2 life.

"The time of condemnation is at hand. Dusk washes over the world, and I consign you to eternal darkness!"

Moment of Triumph (The List)
Steven Belledin

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

"The time of salvation is at hand. Dusk washes over the world, and the Legion will rise immortal!"

Exotic Orchard (The List)
Steven Belledin

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

"It was a strange morning. When we awoke, we found our trees transformed. We didn't know whether to water them or polish them." —Pulan, Bant orchardist

Silumgar, the Drifting Death (The List)
Steven Belledin

Flying, hexproof Whenever a Dragon you control attacks, creatures defending player controls get -1/-1 until end of turn.

"No machinations, no puppet strings, no plots. Just pure, sweeping death." —Tasigur, the Golden Fang

Showdown of the Skalds (The List)
Steven Belledin

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Exile the top four cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards. II, III — Whenever you cast a spell this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Relic Crush (Commander Anthology Volume II)
Steven Belledin

Destroy target artifact or enchantment and up to one other target artifact or enchantment.

There are many ruins, but there used to be many more.

Abzan Falconer (Double Masters 2022)
Steven Belledin

Outlast {W} ({W}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Outlast only as a sorcery.) Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has flying.

The fastest way across the dunes is above.

Lavinia, Azorius Renegade (Ravnica Remastered)
Steven Belledin

Each opponent can't cast noncreature spells with mana value greater than the number of lands that player controls. Whenever an opponent casts a spell, if no mana was spent to cast it, counter that spell.

"I told Jace that Ravnica would fall apart if he didn't take his responsibilities seriously. I didn't want to be right."

Surgical Extraction (New Phyrexia)
Steven Belledin

({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.) Choose target card in a graveyard other than a basic land card. Search its owner's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with the same name as that card and exile them. Then that player shuffles.

Rampant Growth (Commander Legends)
Steven Belledin

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Nature grows solutions to its problems.

Forest (Salvat 2011)
Steven Belledin

({T}: Add {G}.)

Evolving Wilds (Duel Decks: Zendikar vs. Eldrazi)
Steven Belledin

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

Every world is an organism, able to grow new lands. Some just do it faster than others.

Rampant Growth (Modern Horizons 3 Commander)
Steven Belledin

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Nature grows solutions to its problems.

Dockside Chef (The List)
Steven Belledin

{1}{B}, Sacrifice an artifact or creature: Draw a card.

The squirming is how you know it's fresh.

Yorion, Sky Nomad (Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths)
Steven Belledin

Companion — Your starting deck contains at least twenty cards more than the minimum deck size. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may put it into your hand from outside the game for {3} as a sorcery.) Flying When Yorion enters, exile any number of other nonland permanents you own and control. Return those cards to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step.

Forest (Core Set 2019)
Steven Belledin

({T}: Add {G}.)

Elspeth, Undaunted Hero (Theros Beyond Death)
Steven Belledin

+2: Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures. −2: Search your library and/or graveyard for a card named Sunlit Hoplite and put it onto the battlefield. If you search your library this way, shuffle. −8: Until end of turn, creatures you control gain flying and get +X/+X, where X is your devotion to white.

Mikaeus, the Lunarch (Midnight Hunt Commander)
Steven Belledin

Mikaeus enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on Mikaeus. {T}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Mikaeus: Put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control.

Yorion, Sky Nomad (Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Promos)
Steven Belledin

Companion — Your starting deck contains at least twenty cards more than the minimum deck size. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may put it into your hand from outside the game for {3} as a sorcery.) Flying When Yorion enters, exile any number of other nonland permanents you own and control. Return those cards to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step.

Duress (Modern Event Deck 2014)
Steven Belledin

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

"It hurts more if you think about it." —Hooks, Cabal torturer

Faerie Miscreant (Core Set 2020)
Steven Belledin

Flying When this creature enters, if you control another creature named Faerie Miscreant, draw a card.

One faerie distracts the judge while a second steals the law.

Springjack Knight (Lorwyn)
Steven Belledin

Whenever this creature attacks, clash with an opponent. If you win, target creature gains double strike until end of turn. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of their library, then puts that card on the top or bottom. A player wins if their card had a higher mana value.)

Inkfathom Divers (Duel Decks: Merfolk vs. Goblins)
Steven Belledin

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.) When this creature enters, look at the top four cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

Relic Crush (Conspiracy)
Steven Belledin

Destroy target artifact or enchantment and up to one other target artifact or enchantment.

There are many ruins, but there used to be many more.

Gladehart Cavalry (Oath of the Gatewatch)
Steven Belledin

When this creature enters, support 6. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to six other target creatures.) Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it dies, you gain 2 life.

Relic Crush (Zendikar)
Steven Belledin

Destroy target artifact or enchantment and up to one other target artifact or enchantment.

There are many ruins, but there used to be many more.

Tricks of the Trade (Magic 2013)
Steven Belledin

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+0 and can't be blocked.

"Pathetic. You might as well have protected your treasures with a paper box and some string."

Fervent Cathar (Eternal Masters)
Steven Belledin

Haste When this creature enters, target creature can't block this turn.

"I'll put my sword down only to die. And I don't plan on doing that today."

Abzan Falconer (Iconic Masters)
Steven Belledin

Outlast {W} ({W}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Outlast only as a sorcery.) Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has flying.

The fastest way across the dunes is above.

Leonin Lightscribe (Strixhaven: School of Mages)
Steven Belledin

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

All who hear his inspiring words are filled with hope and pride.

Evolving Wilds (The List)
Steven Belledin

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

Without the interfering hands of civilization, nature will always shape itself to its own needs.

Archon of Redemption (Starter Commander Decks)
Steven Belledin

Flying Whenever this creature or another creature you control with flying enters, you may gain life equal to that creature's power.

Until Emeria is freed, he raises his sword in her name.

Forest (Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana)
Steven Belledin

({T}: Add {G}.)

Exotic Orchard (Commander 2016)
Steven Belledin

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

"It was a strange morning. When we awoke, we found our trees transformed. We didn't know whether to water them or polish them." —Pulan, Bant orchardist

Crimson Muckwader (Magic 2013)
Steven Belledin

This creature gets +1/+1 as long as you control a Swamp. {2}{B}: Regenerate this creature. (The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)

Perimeter Captain (Worldwake)
Steven Belledin

Defender Whenever a creature you control with defender blocks, you may gain 2 life.

"We stand between the jaws of chaos and the mantle of order."

Loran of the Third Path (Bloomburrow Commander)
Steven Belledin

Vigilance When Loran enters, destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment. {T}: You and target opponent each draw a card.

As a scholar, she saw the sylex not as a weapon, but as a key to the past.

Defiler of Instinct (Dominaria United)
Steven Belledin

First strike As an additional cost to cast red permanent spells, you may pay 2 life. Those spells cost {R} less to cast if you paid life this way. This effect reduces only the amount of red mana you pay. Whenever you cast a red permanent spell, this creature deals 1 damage to any target.

Overwhelming Stampede (Commander 2015)
Steven Belledin

Until end of turn, creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.

Ichor Wellspring (Mirrodin Besieged)
Steven Belledin

When this artifact enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.

"Our glorious infection has taken hold." —Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

Exotic Orchard (Planechase 2012)
Steven Belledin

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

"It was a strange morning. When we awoke, we found our trees transformed. We didn't know whether to water them or polish them." —Pulan, Bant orchardist

Overwhelming Stampede (Commander Anthology)
Steven Belledin

Until end of turn, creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.

Tricks of the Trade (Welcome Deck 2017)
Steven Belledin

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+0 and can't be blocked.

"Pathetic. You might as well have protected your treasures with a paper box and some string."

Joraga Warcaller (Commander Anthology)
Steven Belledin

Multikicker {1}{G} (You may pay an additional {1}{G} any number of times as you cast this spell.) This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each time it was kicked. Other Elf creatures you control get +1/+1 for each +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Evolving Wilds (Commander 2018)
Steven Belledin

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

Without the interfering hands of civilization, nature will always shape itself to its own needs.

Exotic Orchard (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander)
Steven Belledin

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

"It was a strange morning. When we awoke, we found our trees transformed. We didn't know whether to water them or polish them." —Pulan, Bant orchardist

Leonin Lightscribe (Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos)
Steven Belledin

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

All who hear his inspiring words are filled with hope and pride.

Citanul Woodreaders (Modern Masters)
Steven Belledin

Kicker {2}{G} (You may pay an additional {2}{G} as you cast this spell.) When this creature enters, if it was kicked, draw two cards.

They seek out living trees to glean age-old secrets from sap and wood.

Veteran Explorer (Battlebond)
Steven Belledin

When this creature dies, each player may search their library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Forest (Commander Anthology)
Steven Belledin

({T}: Add {G}.)

Demolish (Kaladesh)
Steven Belledin

Destroy target artifact or land.

Most came to Ghirapur for the Fair. Gremlins came for the feast.

Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen (Magic Origins Promos)
Steven Belledin

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.) Other Elf creatures you control get +1/+1. Whenever Dwynen attacks, you gain 1 life for each attacking Elf you control.

Talon Gates of Madara (Modern Horizons 3 Commander)
Steven Belledin

When this land enters, up to one target creature phases out. {T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color. {4}: Put this card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Plains (Commander 2018)
Steven Belledin

({T}: Add {W}.)

Kabira Vindicator (The List)
Steven Belledin

Level up {2}{W} ({2}{W}: Put a level counter on this. Level up only as a sorcery.) LEVEL 2-4 3/6 Other creatures you control get +1/+1. LEVEL 5+ 4/8 Other creatures you control get +2/+2.

Citanul Woodreaders (The List)
Steven Belledin

Kicker {2}{G} (You may pay an additional {2}{G} as you cast this spell.) When this creature enters, if it was kicked, draw two cards.

They seek out living trees to glean age-old secrets from sap and wood.

Dragonlord Silumgar (Dragons of Tarkir)
Steven Belledin

Flying, deathtouch When Dragonlord Silumgar enters, gain control of target creature or planeswalker for as long as you control Dragonlord Silumgar.

Silumgar never passes up an opportunity to add to his opulence.

Evolving Wilds (Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander)
Steven Belledin

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

Without the interfering hands of civilization, nature will always shape itself to its own needs.

Ichor Wellspring (The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts)
Steven Belledin

When this artifact enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.

"Should a single drop take hold, the oil begins to consume organic tissue and will multiply until it overwhelms the host." —Yawgmoth, collected writings

Abzan Falconer (Commander 2016)
Steven Belledin

Outlast {W} ({W}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Outlast only as a sorcery.) Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has flying.

The fastest way across the dunes is above.

Swamp (Foundations)
Steven Belledin

({T}: Add {B}.)

Rampant Growth (Foundations Jumpstart)
Steven Belledin

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Nature grows solutions to its problems.

Idle Thoughts (Eventide)
Steven Belledin

{2}: Draw a card if you have no cards in hand.

Inspiration strikes the uncluttered mind.

Arcades Sabboth (Dominaria Remastered)
Steven Belledin

Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Arcades Sabboth unless you pay {G}{W}{U}. Each untapped creature you control gets +0/+2 as long as it's not attacking. {W}: Arcades Sabboth gets +0/+1 until end of turn.

Gravecrawler (The List)
Steven Belledin

This creature can't block. You may cast this card from your graveyard as long as you control a Zombie.

"Innistrad's ghoulcallers are talented enough, but let me show you what someone with real power can create." —Liliana Vess

Forest (Magic 2013)
Steven Belledin

({T}: Add {G}.)

Mountain (Duel Decks: Merfolk vs. Goblins)
Steven Belledin

({T}: Add {R}.)

Duress (The List)
Steven Belledin

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

"Don't worry. I'm not going to deprive you of all your secrets. Just your most precious one." —Liliana Vess

Krosa (Planechase Planes)
Steven Belledin

All creatures get +2/+2. Whenever chaos ensues, you may add {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}.

Hearthfire Hobgoblin (Planechase)
Steven Belledin

Double strike

Hobgoblins are best left alone. They sharpen their farm implements far more than is necessary for their work in the fields.

Evolving Wilds (Rise of the Eldrazi)
Steven Belledin

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

Every world is an organism, able to grow new lands. Some just do it faster than others.

Yusri, Fortune's Flame (Modern Horizons 2)
Steven Belledin

Flying Whenever Yusri attacks, choose a number between 1 and 5. Flip that many coins. For each flip you win, draw a card. For each flip you lose, Yusri deals 2 damage to you. If you won five flips this way, you may cast spells from your hand this turn without paying their mana costs.

Bog-Strider Ash (Lorwyn)
Steven Belledin

Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.) Whenever a player casts a Goblin spell, you may pay {G}. If you do, you gain 2 life.

"If you want to test wisdom, offer it to fools and watch how they tear it up."

Grimoire of the Dead (Starter Commander Decks)
Steven Belledin

{1}, {T}, Discard a card: Put a study counter on Grimoire of the Dead. {T}, Remove three study counters from Grimoire of the Dead and sacrifice it: Put all creature cards from all graveyards onto the battlefield under your control. They're black Zombies in addition to their other colors and types.

Caterwauling Boggart (Lorwyn)
Steven Belledin

Goblins you control and Elementals you control have menace. (They can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

"As far as I can tell, that frog dangling from the stick serves absolutely no purpose whatsoever." —Gaddock Teeg

Monk (Fate Reforged Tokens)
Steven Belledin

Prowess

Forest (Magic 2010)
Steven Belledin

({T}: Add {G}.)

Brindle Shoat (Jumpstart)
Steven Belledin

When this creature dies, create a 3/3 green Boar creature token.

Hunters lure the stripling boar into the open, hoping to trap greater prey.

Duress (Magic 2013)
Steven Belledin

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

"Don't worry. I'm not going to deprive you of all your secrets. Just your most precious one." —Liliana Vess

Relic Crush (Commander 2017)
Steven Belledin

Destroy target artifact or enchantment and up to one other target artifact or enchantment.

There are many ruins, but there used to be many more.

Rampant Growth (Duels of the Planeswalkers)
Steven Belledin

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Nature grows solutions to its problems.

Grimoire of the Dead (Innistrad)
Steven Belledin

{1}, {T}, Discard a card: Put a study counter on Grimoire of the Dead. {T}, Remove three study counters from Grimoire of the Dead and sacrifice it: Put all creature cards from all graveyards onto the battlefield under your control. They're black Zombies in addition to their other colors and types.

Transcendent Master (Rise of the Eldrazi)
Steven Belledin

Level up {1} ({1}: Put a level counter on this. Level up only as a sorcery.) LEVEL 6-11 6/6 Lifelink LEVEL 12+ 9/9 Lifelink, indestructible

Exotic Orchard (Dominaria United Commander)
Steven Belledin

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

"It was a strange morning. When we awoke, we found our trees transformed. We didn't know whether to water them or polish them." —Pulan, Bant orchardist

Shield of the Oversoul (The List)
Steven Belledin

Enchant creature As long as enchanted creature is green, it gets +1/+1 and has indestructible. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it. If its toughness is 0 or less, it's still put into its owner's graveyard.) As long as enchanted creature is white, it gets +1/+1 and has flying.

Abzan Falconer (Midnight Hunt Commander)
Steven Belledin

Outlast {W} ({W}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Outlast only as a sorcery.) Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has flying.

The fastest way across the dunes is above.

Aethertide Whale (Aetherdrift Commander)
Steven Belledin

Flying When this creature enters, you get six {E} (energy counters). Pay {E}{E}{E}{E}: Return this creature to its owner's hand.

"To survive up here, I've learned when to use my harpoon and when to just enjoy the view." —Kadhu, skywhaler

Grimoire of the Dead (The List)
Steven Belledin

{1}, {T}, Discard a card: Put a study counter on Grimoire of the Dead. {T}, Remove three study counters from Grimoire of the Dead and sacrifice it: Put all creature cards from all graveyards onto the battlefield under your control. They're black Zombies in addition to their other colors and types.

Greatbow Doyen (Morningtide)
Steven Belledin

Other Archer creatures you control get +1/+1. Whenever an Archer you control deals damage to a creature, that Archer deals that much damage to that creature's controller.

"My arrows will ever find you."

Herald of the Fair (Kaladesh)
Steven Belledin

When this creature enters, target creature you control gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

"Welcome, one and all! Right this way! Open your eyes, your ears, and your imaginations to the wonders of the Inventors' Fair!"

Island (Theros)
Steven Belledin

({T}: Add {U}.)

Forest (Commander 2018)
Steven Belledin

({T}: Add {G}.)

Oswald Fiddlebender (Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos)
Steven Belledin

Magical Tinkering — {W}, {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Search your library for an artifact card with mana value equal to 1 plus the sacrificed artifact's mana value, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.

"Can't see this airship crashing in the near future. Sturdy as a rock."

Lavinia, Azorius Renegade (Ravnica Allegiance)
Steven Belledin

Each opponent can't cast noncreature spells with mana value greater than the number of lands that player controls. Whenever an opponent casts a spell, if no mana was spent to cast it, counter that spell.

"I told Jace that Ravnica would fall apart if he didn't take his responsibilities seriously. I didn't want to be right."

Rampant Growth (Forgotten Realms Commander)
Steven Belledin

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Nature grows solutions to its problems.

Geralf's Mindcrusher (Starter Commander Decks)
Steven Belledin

When this creature enters, target player mills five cards. Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Mikaeus, the Lunarch (Innistrad)
Steven Belledin

Mikaeus enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on Mikaeus. {T}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Mikaeus: Put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control.

Grimoire of the Dead (Commander 2019)
Steven Belledin

{1}, {T}, Discard a card: Put a study counter on Grimoire of the Dead. {T}, Remove three study counters from Grimoire of the Dead and sacrifice it: Put all creature cards from all graveyards onto the battlefield under your control. They're black Zombies in addition to their other colors and types.

Rampant Growth (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander)
Steven Belledin

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Nature grows solutions to its problems.

Armament Corps (The List)
Steven Belledin

When this creature enters, distribute two +1/+1 counters among one or two target creatures you control.

The Abzan avoid extended supply lines by incorporating weapons stores into their battle formations.

Duress (Iconic Masters)
Steven Belledin

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

"Don't worry. I'm not going to deprive you of all your secrets. Just your most precious one." —Liliana Vess

Evolving Wilds (Magic 2013)
Steven Belledin

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

Without the interfering hands of civilization, nature will always shape itself to its own needs.

Gravecrawler (Dark Ascension)
Steven Belledin

This creature can't block. You may cast this card from your graveyard as long as you control a Zombie.

"Innistrad's ghoulcallers are talented enough, but let me show you what someone with real power can create." —Liliana Vess

The First Eruption (Dominaria Promos)
Steven Belledin

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — This Saga deals 1 damage to each creature without flying. II — Add {R}{R}. III — Sacrifice a Mountain. If you do, this Saga deals 3 damage to each creature.

Exotic Orchard (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander)
Steven Belledin

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

"It was a strange morning. When we awoke, we found our trees transformed. We didn't know whether to water them or polish them." —Pulan, Bant orchardist

Great Oak Guardian (Commander 2019)
Steven Belledin

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Reach When this creature enters, creatures target player controls get +2/+2 until end of turn. Untap them.

His roots reach deep and grip hard.

Loxodon Wayfarer (Scars of Mirrodin)
Steven Belledin

The Mirran elders vanished with Memnarch, leaving behind a generation of wayward orphans.

Fevered Visions (Shadows over Innistrad)
Steven Belledin

At the beginning of each player's end step, that player draws a card. If the player is your opponent and has four or more cards in hand, this enchantment deals 2 damage to that player.

The mind can only expand so far before it flies apart.

Great Oak Guardian (The List)
Steven Belledin

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Reach When this creature enters, creatures target player controls get +2/+2 until end of turn. Untap them.

His roots reach deep and grip hard.

Magister Sphinx (Archenemy)
Steven Belledin

Flying When this creature enters, target player's life total becomes 10.

"These benighted worlds are thick with ignorance. I will educate them. They will listen, or they will die."

Abzan Falconer (Khans of Tarkir)
Steven Belledin

Outlast {W} ({W}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Outlast only as a sorcery.) Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has flying.

The fastest way across the dunes is above.

Sinew Sliver (Planar Chaos)
Steven Belledin

All Sliver creatures get +1/+1.

As the muscle cords of the creature twitched, Hanna saw an unsettling unanimity in the others' rippling flesh. She didn't know what it meant, but she urged Sisay to keep the ship at a safe distance.

Etched Monstrosity (Modern Masters 2015)
Steven Belledin

This creature enters with five -1/-1 counters on it. {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}, Remove five -1/-1 counters from this creature: Target player draws three cards.

Now etched only with the scars of phyresis.

Darksteel Splicer (March of the Machine Commander)
Steven Belledin

Whenever this creature or another nontoken Phyrexian you control enters, create X 3/3 colorless Phyrexian Golem artifact creature tokens, where X is the number of opponents you have. Golems you control have indestructible.

Overwhelming Stampede (Commander 2019)
Steven Belledin

Until end of turn, creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.

"I trust the instincts of any beast over the advice of any human who presumes to be an expert in the art of war." —Rinshel, elf insurgent

Forest (Commander 2015)
Steven Belledin

({T}: Add {G}.)

Relic Crush (The List)
Steven Belledin

Destroy target artifact or enchantment and up to one other target artifact or enchantment.

There are many ruins, but there used to be many more.

Island (Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora)
Steven Belledin

({T}: Add {U}.)

Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker (From the Vault: Legends)
Steven Belledin

Haste {T}: Create a token that's a copy of target nonlegendary creature you control, except it has haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

Forest (Duel Decks Anthology: Garruk vs. Liliana)
Steven Belledin

({T}: Add {G}.)

Rampant Growth (Commander Masters)
Steven Belledin

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Nature grows solutions to its problems.

Moment of Craving (Foundations)
Steven Belledin

Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. You gain 2 life.

The vampires of the Dusk Legion undertake Blood Fasts to strengthen their wills, but not all can control their hunger.

Exotic Orchard (Conflux)
Steven Belledin

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

"It was a strange morning. When we awoke, we found our trees transformed. We didn't know whether to water them or polish them." —Pulan, Bant orchardist

Skywarp Skaab (Innistrad: Crimson Vow)
Steven Belledin

Flying When this creature enters, you may exile two creature cards from your graveyard. If you do, draw a card.

"If I wanted all the parts to match, I wouldn't have become a stitcher." —Barton, stitcher

Phobian Phantasm (Coldsnap)
Steven Belledin

Flying; fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.) Cumulative upkeep {B} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

Surgical Extraction (Modern Masters 2015)
Steven Belledin

({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.) Choose target card in a graveyard other than a basic land card. Search its owner's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with the same name as that card and exile them. Then that player shuffles.

Sword of Feast and Famine (Kaladesh Inventions)
Steven Belledin

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from black and from green. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card and you untap all lands you control. Equip {2}

Geralf's Mindcrusher (Dark Ascension)
Steven Belledin

When this creature enters, target player mills five cards. Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Leonin Armorguard (Alara Reborn)
Steven Belledin

When this creature enters, creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

Well suited are the nacatl to a coat of steel and forge-tempered claws.

Benalish Veteran (Magic 2012)
Steven Belledin

Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

"One day I will rest and join my comrades in the afterlife, but not while scum like you still sully this world."

Sagu Archer (Khans of Tarkir)
Steven Belledin

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.) Morph {4}{G} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

His arrows whistle like a serpent's hiss.

Duress (Duel Decks Anthology: Divine vs. Demonic)
Steven Belledin

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

"Don't worry. I'm not going to deprive you of all your secrets. Just your most precious one." —Liliana Vess

Mikaeus, the Lunarch (March of the Machine Commander)
Steven Belledin

Mikaeus enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on Mikaeus. {T}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Mikaeus: Put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control.

Exotic Orchard (Wilds of Eldraine Commander)
Steven Belledin

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

"It was a strange morning. When we awoke, we found our trees transformed. We didn't know whether to water them or polish them." —Pulan, Bant orchardist

Evolving Wilds (Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning)
Steven Belledin

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

Without the interfering hands of civilization, nature will always shape itself to its own needs.

Surgical Extraction (Double Masters 2022)
Steven Belledin

({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.) Choose target card in a graveyard other than a basic land card. Search its owner's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with the same name as that card and exile them. Then that player shuffles.

Hero of Bladehold (March of the Machine Commander)
Steven Belledin

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

Evolving Wilds (Commander 2011)
Steven Belledin

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

Every world is an organism, able to grow new lands. Some just do it faster than others.

From Under the Floorboards (Shadows over Innistrad Promos)
Steven Belledin

Madness {X}{B}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.) Create three tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens and you gain 3 life. If this spell's madness cost was paid, instead create X of those tokens and you gain X life.

Goblin Dark-Dwellers (Commander 2020)
Steven Belledin

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) When this creature enters, you may cast target instant or sorcery card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.

Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire (The List)
Steven Belledin

Flying Whenever Vaevictis Asmadi attacks, for each player, choose target permanent that player controls. Those players sacrifice those permanents. Each player who sacrificed a permanent this way reveals the top card of their library, then puts it onto the battlefield if it's a permanent card.

Unmake (Archenemy)
Steven Belledin

Exile target creature.

A gwyllion's favorite trap is the vanity mirror. A bewitched piece of glass traps the looker's soul and does away with the body.

Greater Sandwurm (Amonkhet)
Steven Belledin

This creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

A sandwurm can lie in wait beneath the sands for years until the slightest tremor alerts it to the presence of prey.

Rampant Growth (The List)
Steven Belledin

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Nature grows solutions to its problems.

Exotic Orchard (New Capenna Commander)
Steven Belledin

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

"It was a strange morning. When we awoke, we found our trees transformed. We didn't know whether to water them or polish them." —Pulan, Bant orchardist

Etherium Sculptor (Neon Dynasty Commander)
Steven Belledin

Artifact spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

The greatest masters of the craft abandon tools altogether, shaping metal with hand and mind alone.

Kor Bladewhirl (The List)
Steven Belledin

Rally — Whenever this creature or another Ally you control enters, creatures you control gain first strike until end of turn.

The high-pitched whirl of a hook is the only battle cry she needs.

Duress (Magic 2011)
Steven Belledin

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

"Don't worry. I'm not going to deprive you of all your secrets. Just your most precious one." —Liliana Vess

Krosa (Planechase Anthology Planes)
Steven Belledin

All creatures get +2/+2. Whenever chaos ensues, you may add {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}.

Evolving Wilds (Commander Anthology)
Steven Belledin

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

Without the interfering hands of civilization, nature will always shape itself to its own needs.

Citanul Woodreaders (Time Spiral Remastered)
Steven Belledin

Kicker {2}{G} (You may pay an additional {2}{G} as you cast this spell.) When this creature enters, if it was kicked, draw two cards.

They seek out living trees to glean age-old secrets from sap and wood.

Wasteland (Judge Gift Cards 2015)
Steven Belledin

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

The land was left depleted and empty, an unsettling taste of things to come.

Etherium Sculptor (Commander 2018)
Steven Belledin

Artifact spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

The greatest masters of the craft abandon tools altogether, shaping metal with hand and mind alone.

Chief Engineer (Magic 2015)
Steven Belledin

Artifact spells you cast have convoke. (Your creatures can help cast those spells. Each creature you tap while casting an artifact spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.)

An eye for detail, a mind for numbers, a soul of clockwork.

Moment of Craving (Foundations Jumpstart)
Steven Belledin

Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. You gain 2 life.

"The time of condemnation is at hand. Dusk washes over the world, and I consign you to eternal darkness!"

Lavinia, Azorius Renegade (Ravnica Remastered)
Steven Belledin

Each opponent can't cast noncreature spells with mana value greater than the number of lands that player controls. Whenever an opponent casts a spell, if no mana was spent to cast it, counter that spell.

"I told Jace that Ravnica would fall apart if he didn't take his responsibilities seriously. I didn't want to be right."

From Under the Floorboards (Shadows over Innistrad)
Steven Belledin

Madness {X}{B}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.) Create three tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens and you gain 3 life. If this spell's madness cost was paid, instead create X of those tokens and you gain X life.

Order of Whiteclay (Shadowmoor)
Steven Belledin

{1}{W}{W}, {Q}: Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. ({Q} is the untap symbol.)

Made from the clay of burial mounds, the face paint of the priests is a sign of their respect for those whose rest they interrupt.

Hearthfire Hobgoblin (Modern Masters 2015)
Steven Belledin

Double strike

Hobgoblins are best left alone. They sharpen their farm implements far more than is necessary for their work in the fields.

Citanul Woodreaders (Duel Decks: Nissa vs. Ob Nixilis)
Steven Belledin

Kicker {2}{G} (You may pay an additional {2}{G} as you cast this spell.) When this creature enters, if it was kicked, draw two cards.

They seek out living trees to glean age-old secrets from sap and wood.

Rampant Growth (Modern Masters 2015)
Steven Belledin

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Nature grows solutions to her problems.

Dragon Whelp (Duel Decks: Knights vs. Dragons)
Steven Belledin

Flying {R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. If this ability has been activated four or more times this turn, sacrifice this creature at the beginning of the next end step.

Dragon Whelp (The List)
Steven Belledin

Flying {R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. If this ability has been activated four or more times this turn, sacrifice this creature at the beginning of the next end step.

Evolving Wilds (Magic Origins)
Steven Belledin

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

Without the interfering hands of civilization, nature will always shape itself to its own needs.

Serra's Boon (Planar Chaos)
Steven Belledin

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+2 as long as it's white. Otherwise, it gets -2/-1.

"The light of an angel's glance is warm, but her fixed stare blinds and burns." —Calexis, deacon of the New Order of Serra

Puppet Conjurer (Shards of Alara)
Steven Belledin

{U}, {T}: Create a 0/1 blue Homunculus artifact creature token. At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a Homunculus.

He scowls at his imperfect creation, then crushes it to scrap. He salvages the etherium and begins anew.

Wishing Well (Bloomburrow)
Steven Belledin

{T}: Put a coin counter on this artifact. When you do, you may cast target instant or sorcery card with mana value equal to the number of coin counters on this artifact from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. Activate only as a sorcery.

Stairs to Infinity (Planechase Promos)
Steven Belledin

Players have no maximum hand size. Whenever you roll the planar die, draw a card. Whenever chaos ensues, reveal the top card of your planar deck. You may put it on the bottom of your planar deck.

Aethertide Whale (Modern Horizons 3 Commander)
Steven Belledin

Flying When this creature enters, you get six {E} (energy counters). Pay {E}{E}{E}{E}: Return this creature to its owner's hand.

"To survive up here, I've learned when to use my harpoon and when to just enjoy the view." —Kadhu, skywhaler

Crimson Muckwader (The List)
Steven Belledin

This creature gets +1/+1 as long as you control a Swamp. {2}{B}: Regenerate this creature. (The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)

Ichor Wellspring (Commander Anthology Volume II)
Steven Belledin

When this artifact enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.

"Our glorious infection has taken hold." —Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

Ichor Wellspring (Double Masters)
Steven Belledin

When this artifact enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.

"Our glorious infection has taken hold." —Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

Exotic Orchard (Modern Horizons 3 Commander)
Steven Belledin

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

"It was a strange morning. When we awoke, we found our trees transformed. We didn't know whether to water them or polish them." —Pulan, Bant orchardist

Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist (Commander Legends)
Steven Belledin

You and permanents you control have protection from Salamanders. At the beginning of your end step, each player who controls the fewest creatures creates a 4/3 blue Salamander Warrior creature token.

"The day of reckoning is coming. Knowledge of the amphin may be our only refuge."

Yusri, Fortune's Flame (Modern Horizons 2)
Steven Belledin

Flying Whenever Yusri attacks, choose a number between 1 and 5. Flip that many coins. For each flip you win, draw a card. For each flip you lose, Yusri deals 2 damage to you. If you won five flips this way, you may cast spells from your hand this turn without paying their mana costs.

Leonin Lightscribe (Strixhaven: School of Mages)
Steven Belledin

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

Floodtide Serpent (Born of the Gods)
Steven Belledin

This creature can't attack unless you return an enchantment you control to its owner's hand. (This cost is paid as attackers are declared.)

"Pray to Thassa for *what*? A bigger monster to eat it? A wave that can wash it away? What then?" —Lindos, merchant of Meletis

Evolving Wilds (Commander 2019)
Steven Belledin

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

Without the interfering hands of civilization, nature will always shape itself to its own needs.

Ethercaste Knight (Alara Reborn)
Steven Belledin

Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

"We coat ourselves in steel every day. What is etherium but the next logical step?"

Fuel for the Cause (Mirrodin Besieged)
Steven Belledin

Counter target spell, then proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

"Your ideas will be discarded and your will repurposed."

Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire (Core Set 2019)
Steven Belledin

Flying Whenever Vaevictis Asmadi attacks, for each player, choose target permanent that player controls. Those players sacrifice those permanents. Each player who sacrificed a permanent this way reveals the top card of their library, then puts it onto the battlefield if it's a permanent card.

Puppet Conjurer (The List)
Steven Belledin

{U}, {T}: Create a 0/1 blue Homunculus artifact creature token. At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a Homunculus.

He scowls at his imperfect creation, then crushes it to scrap. He salvages the etherium and begins anew.

Maelstrom Nexus (Dominaria United Commander)
Steven Belledin

The first spell you cast each turn has cascade. (When you cast your first spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)

Maelstrom Nexus (Double Masters)
Steven Belledin

The first spell you cast each turn has cascade. (When you cast your first spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)

Ichor Wellspring (The Brothers' War Commander)
Steven Belledin

When this artifact enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.

"Our glorious infection has taken hold." —Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

Brindle Shoat (Double Masters 2022)
Steven Belledin

When this creature dies, create a 3/3 green Boar creature token.

Hunters lure the stripling boar into the open, hoping to trap greater prey.

Dockside Chef (Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty)
Steven Belledin

{1}{B}, Sacrifice an artifact or creature: Draw a card.

The squirming is how you know it's fresh.

Grand Architect (The List)
Steven Belledin

Other blue creatures you control get +1/+1. {U}: Target artifact creature becomes blue until end of turn. Tap an untapped blue creature you control: Add {C}{C}. Spend this mana only to cast artifact spells or activate abilities of artifacts.

Abzan Falconer (Zendikar Rising Commander)
Steven Belledin

Outlast {W} ({W}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Outlast only as a sorcery.) Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has flying.

The fastest way across the dunes is above.

Maelstrom Nexus (Alara Reborn)
Steven Belledin

The first spell you cast each turn has cascade. (When you cast your first spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)

Lavinia, Azorius Renegade (Ravnica Allegiance Promos)
Steven Belledin

Each opponent can't cast noncreature spells with mana value greater than the number of lands that player controls. Whenever an opponent casts a spell, if no mana was spent to cast it, counter that spell.

"I told Jace that Ravnica would fall apart if he didn't take his responsibilities seriously. I didn't want to be right."

Defiler of Instinct (Dominaria United Promos)
Steven Belledin

First strike As an additional cost to cast red permanent spells, you may pay 2 life. Those spells cost {R} less to cast if you paid life this way. This effect reduces only the amount of red mana you pay. Whenever you cast a red permanent spell, this creature deals 1 damage to any target.

Exotic Orchard (The Brothers' War Commander)
Steven Belledin

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

"It was a strange morning. When we awoke, we found our trees transformed. We didn't know whether to water them or polish them." —Pulan, Bant orchardist

Yorion, Sky Nomad (Mystery Booster 2)
Steven Belledin

Companion — Your starting deck contains at least twenty cards more than the minimum deck size. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may put it into your hand from outside the game for {3} as a sorcery.) Flying When Yorion enters, exile any number of other nonland permanents you own and control. Return those cards to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step.

Scepter of Insight (Conflux)
Steven Belledin

{3}{U}, {T}: Draw a card.

"The road to truth has many branches, and so must the cane with which I walk it." —Voln the Elder

Deathmark (Magic 2011)
Steven Belledin

Destroy target green or white creature.

There are few ways to escape the deathmark: bargaining with a demon, washing in the fabled waters of youth, and of course, death.

Hibernation's End (Coldsnap)
Steven Belledin

Cumulative upkeep {1} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.) Whenever you pay this enchantment's cumulative upkeep, you may search your library for a creature card with mana value equal to the number of age counters on this enchantment, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Evolving Wilds (Commander 2014)
Steven Belledin

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

Without the interfering hands of civilization, nature will always shape itself to its own needs.

Seedcradle Witch (Shadowmoor)
Steven Belledin

{2}{G}{W}: Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. Untap that creature.

She whispered a prayer for strength, and her wishes wafted away like seeds on the wind.

Referee Squad (The List)
Steven Belledin

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Vigilance When this creature enters, tap target creature an opponent controls and put a stun counter on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Yorion, Sky Nomad (Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Promos)
Steven Belledin

Companion — Your starting deck contains at least twenty cards more than the minimum deck size. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may put it into your hand from outside the game for {3} as a sorcery.) Flying When Yorion enters, exile any number of other nonland permanents you own and control. Return those cards to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step.

Veteran Explorer (Double Masters)
Steven Belledin

When this creature dies, each player may search their library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Kabira Vindicator (Duel Decks: Knights vs. Dragons)
Steven Belledin

Level up {2}{W} ({2}{W}: Put a level counter on this. Level up only as a sorcery.) LEVEL 2-4 3/6 Other creatures you control get +1/+1. LEVEL 5+ 4/8 Other creatures you control get +2/+2.

Ichor Wellspring (Commander 2016)
Steven Belledin

When this artifact enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.

"Our glorious infection has taken hold." —Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

Yavimaya Wurm (Magic 2011)
Steven Belledin

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

Anywhere else, colossal. In the forests of Yavimaya, commonplace.

Order of Whiteclay (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Steven Belledin

{1}{W}{W}, {Q}: Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. ({Q} is the untap symbol.)

Made from the clay of burial mounds, the face paint of the priests is a sign of their respect for those whose rest they interrupt.

Dragon Whelp (Commander 2011)
Steven Belledin

Flying {R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. If this ability has been activated four or more times this turn, sacrifice this creature at the beginning of the next end step.

Etherium Sculptor (Shards of Alara)
Steven Belledin

Artifact spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

The greatest masters of the craft abandon tools altogether, shaping metal with hand and mind alone.

Etherium Sculptor (The Brothers' War Commander)
Steven Belledin

Artifact spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

The greatest masters of the craft abandon tools altogether, shaping metal with hand and mind alone.

Rampant Growth (Commander 2021)
Steven Belledin

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Nature grows solutions to its problems.

Sinew Sliver (The List)
Steven Belledin

All Sliver creatures get +1/+1.

As the muscle cords of the creature twitched, Hanna saw an unsettling unanimity in the others' rippling flesh. She didn't know what it meant, but she urged Sisay to keep the ship at a safe distance.

Evolving Wilds (Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt)
Steven Belledin

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

Without the interfering hands of civilization, nature will always shape itself to its own needs.

Fear My Authority (Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander)
Steven Belledin

(An ongoing scheme remains face up until it's abandoned.) Creatures you control get +2/+2 and have fear. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.) At the beginning of your upkeep, abandon this scheme unless you discard a card or pay 3 life.

Spoils of the Vault (Ultimate Masters)
Steven Belledin

Choose a card name. Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a card with that name, then put that card into your hand. Exile all other cards revealed this way, and you lose 1 life for each of the exiled cards.

Lighthouse Chronologist (Rise of the Eldrazi)
Steven Belledin

Level up {U} ({U}: Put a level counter on this. Level up only as a sorcery.) LEVEL 4-6 2/4 LEVEL 7+ 3/5 At the beginning of each end step, if it's not your turn, take an extra turn after this one.

Arthur, Marigold Knight (Bloomburrow Commander)
Steven Belledin

Haste Whenever Arthur and at least one other creature attack, look at the top six cards of your library. You may put a creature card from among them onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. Return that creature to its owner's hand at end of combat.

Izzet Chronarch (Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari)
Steven Belledin

When this creature enters, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

He ensures not only whether but also when and where the lightning strikes twice.

Mox Jasper (Tarkir: Dragonstorm)
Steven Belledin

{T}: Add one mana of any color. Activate only if you control a Dragon.

"Rage. Greed. Arrogance. People only accuse dragons of what they fear in themselves." —Sarkhan

Forest (Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora)
Steven Belledin

({T}: Add {G}.)

Tome Scour (Magic 2010)
Steven Belledin

Target player mills five cards.

Genius is overrated, especially when it's someone else's.

Evolving Wilds (Commander 2017)
Steven Belledin

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

Without the interfering hands of civilization, nature will always shape itself to its own needs.

Rampant Growth (Commander 2015)
Steven Belledin

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Nature grows solutions to its problems.

Sensory Deprivation (Magic 2014)
Steven Belledin

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets -3/-0.

They call it "stitcher's anesthesia," a spell to deaden the senses while the mad doctors begin their grisly work.

Brindle Shoat (Planechase Anthology)
Steven Belledin

When this creature dies, create a 3/3 green Boar creature token.

Hunters lure the stripling boar into the open, hoping to trap greater prey.

Exotic Orchard (Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander)
Steven Belledin

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

"It was a strange morning. When we awoke, we found our trees transformed. We didn't know whether to water them or polish them." —Pulan, Bant orchardist

Defang (Avacyn Restored)
Steven Belledin

Enchant creature Prevent all damage that would be dealt by enchanted creature.

Once vampires are disarmed, they're given wooden swords and forced to assist in the training of Midnight Duelists.

Showdown of the Skalds (Kaldheim Promos)
Steven Belledin

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Exile the top four cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards. II, III — Whenever you cast a spell this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Invasive Surgery (Shadows over Innistrad)
Steven Belledin

Counter target sorcery spell. Delirium — If there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, search the graveyard, hand, and library of that spell's controller for any number of cards with the same name as that spell, exile those cards, then that player shuffles.

Invasive Surgery (The List)
Steven Belledin

Counter target sorcery spell. Delirium — If there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, search the graveyard, hand, and library of that spell's controller for any number of cards with the same name as that spell, exile those cards, then that player shuffles.

Maelstrom Nexus (The List)
Steven Belledin

The first spell you cast each turn has cascade. (When you cast your first spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)

Exotic Orchard (Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander)
Steven Belledin

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

"It was a strange morning. When we awoke, we found our trees transformed. We didn't know whether to water them or polish them." —Pulan, Bant orchardist

Loran of the Third Path (Murders at Karlov Manor Commander)
Steven Belledin

Vigilance When Loran enters, destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment. {T}: You and target opponent each draw a card.

As a scholar, she saw the sylex not as a weapon, but as a key to the past.

Duress (Premium Deck Series: Graveborn)
Steven Belledin

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

"Don't worry. I'm not going to deprive you of all your secrets. Just your most precious one." —Liliana Vess

Oswald Fiddlebender (Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos)
Steven Belledin

Magical Tinkering — {W}, {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Search your library for an artifact card with mana value equal to 1 plus the sacrificed artifact's mana value, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.

"Can't see this airship crashing in the near future. Sturdy as a rock."

Exotic Orchard (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Steven Belledin

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

"It was a strange morning. When we awoke, we found our trees transformed. We didn't know whether to water them or polish them." —Pulan, Bant orchardist

Scavenger Grounds (Commander Masters)
Steven Belledin

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice a Desert: Exile all graveyards.

When the last scrap of flesh is scoured away, the Curse of Wandering ends. Then the dead may sleep.

Lantern Scout (Battle for Zendikar)
Steven Belledin

Rally — Whenever this creature or another Ally you control enters, creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.

Hedron lanterns fend off more than just the darkness.

Etched Monstrosity (New Phyrexia)
Steven Belledin

This creature enters with five -1/-1 counters on it. {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}, Remove five -1/-1 counters from this creature: Target player draws three cards.

Now etched only with the scars of phyresis.

Dying to Serve (Innistrad: Crimson Vow)
Steven Belledin

Whenever you discard one or more cards, create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Fevered Visions (Shadows over Innistrad Promos)
Steven Belledin

At the beginning of each player's end step, that player draws a card. If the player is your opponent and has four or more cards in hand, this enchantment deals 2 damage to that player.

The mind can only expand so far before it flies apart.

Citadel Siege (Commander 2021)
Steven Belledin

As this enchantment enters, choose Khans or Dragons. • Khans — At the beginning of combat on your turn, put two +1/+1 counters on target creature you control. • Dragons — At the beginning of combat on each opponent's turn, tap target creature that player controls.

Referee Squad (March of the Machine)
Steven Belledin

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Vigilance When this creature enters, tap target creature an opponent controls and put a stun counter on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Mikaeus, the Lunarch (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Steven Belledin

Mikaeus enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on Mikaeus. {T}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Mikaeus: Put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control.

Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker (Modern Masters)
Steven Belledin

Haste {T}: Create a token that's a copy of target nonlegendary creature you control, except it has haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

Scourge of Fleets (Journey into Nyx)
Steven Belledin

When this creature enters, return each creature your opponents control with toughness X or less to its owner's hand, where X is the number of Islands you control.

Rampant Growth (Magic 2010)
Steven Belledin

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Nature grows solutions to its problems.

Rampant Growth (Bloomburrow Commander)
Steven Belledin

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Nature grows solutions to its problems.

Citadel Siege (Commander 2016)
Steven Belledin

As this enchantment enters, choose Khans or Dragons. • Khans — At the beginning of combat on your turn, put two +1/+1 counters on target creature you control. • Dragons — At the beginning of combat on each opponent's turn, tap target creature that player controls.

First Sliver's Chosen (Modern Horizons)
Steven Belledin

Sliver creatures you control have exalted. (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each instance of exalted among permanents you control.)

The most tenacious members of the hive instinctually guard the First Sliver.

Sensory Deprivation (Innistrad)
Steven Belledin

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets -3/-0.

They call it "stitcher's anesthesia," a spell to deaden the senses while the mad doctors begin their grisly work.

Evolving Wilds (Commander 2013)
Steven Belledin

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

Without the interfering hands of civilization, nature will always shape itself to its own needs.

Transcendent Master (Mystery Booster 2)
Steven Belledin

Level up {1} ({1}: Put a level counter on this. Level up only as a sorcery.) LEVEL 6-11 6/6 Lifelink LEVEL 12+ 9/9 Lifelink, indestructible

Grand Architect (Double Masters)
Steven Belledin

Other blue creatures you control get +1/+1. {U}: Target artifact creature becomes blue until end of turn. Tap an untapped blue creature you control: Add {C}{C}. Spend this mana only to cast artifact spells or activate abilities of artifacts.

The First Eruption (Dominaria)
Steven Belledin

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — This Saga deals 1 damage to each creature without flying. II — Add {R}{R}. III — Sacrifice a Mountain. If you do, this Saga deals 3 damage to each creature.

Evolving Wilds (Conspiracy: Take the Crown)
Steven Belledin

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

Without the interfering hands of civilization, nature will always shape itself to its own needs.

Grand Architect (Scars of Mirrodin)
Steven Belledin

Other blue creatures you control get +1/+1. {U}: Target artifact creature becomes blue until end of turn. Tap an untapped blue creature you control: Add {C}{C}. Spend this mana only to cast artifact spells or activate abilities of artifacts.

Meadowboon (Modern Masters)
Steven Belledin

When this creature leaves the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature target player controls. Evoke {3}{W} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters.)

Moment of Triumph (Rivals of Ixalan)
Steven Belledin

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

"The time of salvation is at hand. Dusk washes over the world, and the Legion will rise immortal!"

Dragon Whelp (Commander Anthology)
Steven Belledin

Flying {R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. If this ability has been activated four or more times this turn, sacrifice this creature at the beginning of the next end step.

Exotic Orchard (Midnight Hunt Commander)
Steven Belledin

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

"It was a strange morning. When we awoke, we found our trees transformed. We didn't know whether to water them or polish them." —Pulan, Bant orchardist

Sagu Archer (The List)
Steven Belledin

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.) Morph {4}{G} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

His arrows whistle like a serpent's hiss.

Evolving Wilds (Core Set 2020)
Steven Belledin

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

Without the interfering hands of civilization, nature will always shape itself to its own needs.

Brightmare (Jumpstart)
Steven Belledin

When this creature enters, tap up to one target creature. You gain life equal to that creature's power.

A ray of hope in the darkest night.

Forest (Core Set 2021)
Steven Belledin

({T}: Add {G}.)

Moment of Craving (Jumpstart 2022)
Steven Belledin

Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. You gain 2 life.

"The time of condemnation is at hand. Dusk washes over the world, and I consign you to eternal darkness!"

Mikaeus, the Lunarch (Foundations Jumpstart)
Steven Belledin

Mikaeus enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on Mikaeus. {T}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Mikaeus: Put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control.

Scourge of Fleets (Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora)
Steven Belledin

When this creature enters, return each creature your opponents control with toughness X or less to its owner's hand, where X is the number of Islands you control.

Reap Intellect (Dragon's Maze)
Steven Belledin

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose up to X nonland cards from it and exile them. For each card exiled this way, search that player's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with the same name as that card and exile them. Then that player shuffles.

Scavenger Grounds (Hour of Devastation Promos)
Steven Belledin

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice a Desert: Exile all graveyards.

When the last scrap of flesh is scoured away, the Curse of Wandering ends. Then the dead may sleep.

Joraga Warcaller (Commander 2014)
Steven Belledin

Multikicker {1}{G} (You may pay an additional {1}{G} any number of times as you cast this spell.) This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each time it was kicked. Other Elf creatures you control get +1/+1 for each +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Oswald Fiddlebender (Adventures in the Forgotten Realms)
Steven Belledin

Magical Tinkering — {W}, {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Search your library for an artifact card with mana value equal to 1 plus the sacrificed artifact's mana value, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.

"Can't see this airship crashing in the near future. Sturdy as a rock."

Syndicate Enforcer (Ravnica: Clue Edition)
Steven Belledin

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)

Even the darkest corners of Ravnica still lie in the shadow of the Church.

Unmake (The List)
Steven Belledin

Exile target creature.

A gwyllion's favorite trap is the vanity mirror. A bewitched piece of glass traps the looker's soul and does away with the body.

Gravecrawler (Jumpstart 2022)
Steven Belledin

This creature can't block. You may cast this card from your graveyard as long as you control a Zombie.

"Innistrad's ghoulcallers are talented enough, but let me show you what someone with real power can create." —Liliana Vess

Chance Encounter (Modern Horizons 2)
Steven Belledin

Whenever you win a coin flip, put a luck counter on this enchantment. At the beginning of your upkeep, if this enchantment has ten or more luck counters on it, you win the game.

"What are the odds, indeed?" —Yusri, to Desera

Lantern Scout (Battle for Zendikar Promos)
Steven Belledin

Rally — Whenever this creature or another Ally you control enters, creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.

Hedron lanterns fend off more than just the darkness.

Armament Corps (Khans of Tarkir)
Steven Belledin

When this creature enters, distribute two +1/+1 counters among one or two target creatures you control.

The Abzan avoid extended supply lines by incorporating weapons stores into their battle formations.

Dragon Whelp (Archenemy)
Steven Belledin

Flying {R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. If this ability has been activated four or more times this turn, sacrifice this creature at the beginning of the next end step.

Mox Amber (Dominaria Promos)
Steven Belledin

{T}: Add one mana of any color among legendary creatures and planeswalkers you control.

A moment in time made tangible, it has the power to realize epic visions.

Crush Underfoot (Modern Masters)
Steven Belledin

Choose a Giant creature you control. It deals damage equal to its power to target creature.

Five-toed grave —Kithkin phrase meaning "a giant's footprint"

Scavenger Grounds (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander)
Steven Belledin

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice a Desert: Exile all graveyards.

When the last scrap of flesh is scoured away, the Curse of Wandering ends. Then the dead may sleep.

Oswald Fiddlebender (Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos)
Steven Belledin

Magical Tinkering — {W}, {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Search your library for an artifact card with mana value equal to 1 plus the sacrificed artifact's mana value, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.

"Can't see this airship crashing in the near future. Sturdy as a rock."

Duress (Dominaria Remastered)
Steven Belledin

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

"Don't worry. I'm not going to deprive you of all your secrets. Just your most precious one." —Liliana Vess

Scavenger Grounds (Hour of Devastation)
Steven Belledin

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice a Desert: Exile all graveyards.

When the last scrap of flesh is scoured away, the Curse of Wandering ends. Then the dead may sleep.

Yorion, Sky Nomad (Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths)
Steven Belledin

Companion — Your starting deck contains at least twenty cards more than the minimum deck size. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may put it into your hand from outside the game for {3} as a sorcery.) Flying When Yorion enters, exile any number of other nonland permanents you own and control. Return those cards to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step.

Wishing Well (Bloomburrow Promos)
Steven Belledin

{T}: Put a coin counter on this artifact. When you do, you may cast target instant or sorcery card with mana value equal to the number of coin counters on this artifact from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. Activate only as a sorcery.

Perimeter Captain (The List)
Steven Belledin

Defender Whenever a creature you control with defender blocks, you may gain 2 life.

"We stand between the jaws of chaos and the mantle of order."

Joraga Warcaller (Worldwake)
Steven Belledin

Multikicker {1}{G} (You may pay an additional {1}{G} any number of times as you cast this spell.) This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each time it was kicked. Other Elf creatures you control get +1/+1 for each +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Scavenger Grounds (Commander 2020)
Steven Belledin

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice a Desert: Exile all graveyards.

When the last scrap of flesh is scoured away, the Curse of Wandering ends. Then the dead may sleep.

Hero of Bladehold (Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander)
Steven Belledin

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

Crush Underfoot (Lorwyn)
Steven Belledin

Choose a Giant creature you control. It deals damage equal to its power to target creature.

Five-toed grave —Kithkin phrase meaning "a giant's footprint"

Evolving Wilds (Zendikar Rising Commander)
Steven Belledin

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

Every world is an organism, able to grow new lands. Some just do it faster than others.

Hearthfire Hobgoblin (Eventide)
Steven Belledin

Double strike

Hobgoblins are best left alone. They sharpen their farm implements far more than is necessary for their work in the fields.

Silumgar, the Drifting Death (Commander 2017)
Steven Belledin

Flying, hexproof Whenever a Dragon you control attacks, creatures defending player controls get -1/-1 until end of turn.

"No machinations, no puppet strings, no plots. Just pure, sweeping death." —Tasigur, the Golden Fang

Citanul Woodreaders (Planar Chaos)
Steven Belledin

Kicker {2}{G} (You may pay an additional {2}{G} as you cast this spell.) When this creature enters, if it was kicked, draw two cards.

They seek out living trees to glean age-old secrets from sap and wood.

Aethertide Whale (Aether Revolt Promos)
Steven Belledin

Flying When this creature enters, you get six {E} (energy counters). Pay {E}{E}{E}{E}: Return this creature to its owner's hand.

"To survive up here, I've learned when to use my harpoon and when to just enjoy the view." —Kadhu, skywhaler

Barkshell Blessing (Shadowmoor)
Steven Belledin

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. 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 and you may choose a new target for the copy.)

Wash Out (Double Masters 2022)
Steven Belledin

Return all permanents of the color of your choice to their owners' hands.

"It's not the darkness I fear but dull and numbing shades of gray." —Sydri, galvanic genius

Rampant Growth (Duel Decks: Mind vs. Might)
Steven Belledin

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Nature grows solutions to its problems.

Skywarp Skaab (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Steven Belledin

Flying When this creature enters, you may exile two creature cards from your graveyard. If you do, draw a card.

"If I wanted all the parts to match, I wouldn't have become a stitcher." —Barton, stitcher

Ethercaste Knight (The List)
Steven Belledin

Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

"We coat ourselves in steel every day. What is etherium but the next logical step?"

Stampeding Rhino (Magic 2010)
Steven Belledin

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

"Sometimes I wonder if our weapons and armor are a step backward." —Soron, rhox pikemaster

Forest (Magic 2011)
Steven Belledin

({T}: Add {G}.)

Exotic Orchard (Conspiracy: Take the Crown)
Steven Belledin

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

"It was a strange morning. When we awoke, we found our trees transformed. We didn't know whether to water them or polish them." —Pulan, Bant orchardist

Dichotomancy (Planar Chaos)
Steven Belledin

For each tapped nonland permanent target opponent controls, search that player's library for a card with the same name as that permanent. Put those cards onto the battlefield under your control, then that player shuffles. Suspend 3—{1}{U}{U} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {1}{U}{U} and exile it with three 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.)

Prismatic Geoscope (Commander 2016)
Steven Belledin

This artifact enters tapped. Domain — {T}: Add X mana in any combination of colors, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control.

Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker (Iconic Masters)
Steven Belledin

Haste {T}: Create a token that's a copy of target nonlegendary creature you control, except it has haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

Wishing Well (Bloomburrow)
Steven Belledin

{T}: Put a coin counter on this artifact. When you do, you may cast target instant or sorcery card with mana value equal to the number of coin counters on this artifact from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. Activate only as a sorcery.

Mox Amber (The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts)
Steven Belledin

{T}: Add one mana of any color among legendary creatures and planeswalkers you control.

A moment in time made tangible, it has the power to realize epic visions.

Deathmark (Magic 2010)
Steven Belledin

Destroy target green or white creature.

Even the noblest of intentions and strongest of wills inevitably crumble into dust.

Archon of Redemption (Worldwake)
Steven Belledin

Flying Whenever this creature or another creature you control with flying enters, you may gain life equal to that creature's power.

Until Emeria is freed, he raises his sword in her name.

Defiler of Instinct (Dominaria United)
Steven Belledin

First strike As an additional cost to cast red permanent spells, you may pay 2 life. Those spells cost {R} less to cast if you paid life this way. This effect reduces only the amount of red mana you pay. Whenever you cast a red permanent spell, this creature deals 1 damage to any target.

Deathmark (Modern Masters 2015)
Steven Belledin

Destroy target green or white creature.

There are few ways to escape the deathmark: bargaining with a demon, washing in the fabled waters of youth, and of course, death.

Rampant Growth (Magic 2012)
Steven Belledin

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Nature grows solutions to its problems.

Vectis Silencers (Shards of Alara)
Steven Belledin

{2}{B}: This creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy that creature.)

Even on Esper, there are those who eschew the use of magic in favor of simpler methods.

Prismatic Geoscope (Judge Gift Cards 2017)
Steven Belledin

This artifact enters tapped. Domain — {T}: Add X mana in any combination of colors, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control.

Brightmare (Jumpstart 2022)
Steven Belledin

When this creature enters, tap up to one target creature. You gain life equal to that creature's power.

A ray of hope in the darkest night.

Exotic Orchard (Aetherdrift Commander)
Steven Belledin

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

"It was a strange morning. When we awoke, we found our trees transformed. We didn't know whether to water them or polish them." —Pulan, Bant orchardist

Lavinia, Azorius Renegade (Time Spiral Remastered)
Steven Belledin

Each opponent can't cast noncreature spells with mana value greater than the number of lands that player controls. Whenever an opponent casts a spell, if no mana was spent to cast it, counter that spell.

Glistening Oil (New Phyrexia)
Steven Belledin

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has infect. At the beginning of your upkeep, put a -1/-1 counter on enchanted creature. When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return it to its owner's hand.

Meadowboon (Morningtide)
Steven Belledin

When this creature leaves the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature target player controls. Evoke {3}{W} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters.)

Exotic Orchard (The List)
Steven Belledin

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

"It was a strange morning. When we awoke, we found our trees transformed. We didn't know whether to water them or polish them." —Pulan, Bant orchardist

Mountain (Theros)
Steven Belledin

({T}: Add {R}.)

Bonds of Quicksilver (Scars of Mirrodin)
Steven Belledin

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Enchant creature Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

The sea's reach extends beyond its shores.

Duress (Magic 2014)
Steven Belledin

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

"It hurts more if you think about it." —Hooks, Cabal torturer

Zealous Guardian (Shadowmoor)
Steven Belledin

Flash

Parapet watchers patrol the outer edges of the doun, signaling to others who wait patiently in shadow.

Yusri, Fortune's Flame (Modern Horizons 2 Promos)
Steven Belledin

Flying Whenever Yusri attacks, choose a number between 1 and 5. Flip that many coins. For each flip you win, draw a card. For each flip you lose, Yusri deals 2 damage to you. If you won five flips this way, you may cast spells from your hand this turn without paying their mana costs.

Unmake (Eventide)
Steven Belledin

Exile target creature.

A gwyllion's favorite trap is the vanity mirror. A bewitched piece of glass traps the looker's soul and does away with the body.

Exotic Orchard (Planechase Anthology)
Steven Belledin

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

"It was a strange morning. When we awoke, we found our trees transformed. We didn't know whether to water them or polish them." —Pulan, Bant orchardist

Ichor Wellspring (Duel Decks: Elves vs. Inventors)
Steven Belledin

When this artifact enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.

"Our glorious infection has taken hold." —Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

Roughshod Mentor (Duels of the Planeswalkers)
Steven Belledin

Green creatures you control have trample.

Great Oak Guardian (Commander Anthology)
Steven Belledin

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Reach When this creature enters, creatures target player controls get +2/+2 until end of turn. Untap them.

His roots reach deep and grip hard.

Abzan Falconer (The List)
Steven Belledin

Outlast {W} ({W}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Outlast only as a sorcery.) Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has flying.

The fastest way across the dunes is above.

Lavinia, Azorius Renegade (Mystery Booster 2)
Steven Belledin

Each opponent can't cast noncreature spells with mana value greater than the number of lands that player controls. Whenever an opponent casts a spell, if no mana was spent to cast it, counter that spell.

"I told Jace that Ravnica would fall apart if he didn't take his responsibilities seriously. I didn't want to be right."

Overlord of the Mistmoors (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
Steven Belledin

Impending 4—{2}{W}{W} (If you cast this spell for its impending cost, it enters with four time counters and isn't a creature until the last is removed. At the beginning of your end step, remove a time counter from it.) Whenever this permanent enters or attacks, create two 2/1 white Insect creature tokens with flying.

Wilt-Leaf Cavaliers (DCI Promos)
Steven Belledin

Vigilance

Every elf in Shadowmoor is charged from birth with a terrible duty: to strike back against the ugliness and darkness, even though they are all around and seemingly without end.

Slithermuse (Morningtide)
Steven Belledin

When this creature leaves the battlefield, choose an opponent. If that player has more cards in hand than you, draw cards equal to the difference. Evoke {3}{U} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters.)

Exotic Orchard (Commander Masters)
Steven Belledin

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

"It was a strange morning. When we awoke, we found our trees transformed. We didn't know whether to water them or polish them." —Pulan, Bant orchardist

From Under the Floorboards (Commander 2019)
Steven Belledin

Madness {X}{B}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.) Create three tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens and you gain 3 life. If this spell's madness cost was paid, instead create X of those tokens and you gain X life.

Citadel Siege (Commander Anthology Volume II)
Steven Belledin

As this enchantment enters, choose Khans or Dragons. • Khans — At the beginning of combat on your turn, put two +1/+1 counters on target creature you control. • Dragons — At the beginning of combat on each opponent's turn, tap target creature that player controls.

Armament Master (Zendikar)
Steven Belledin

Other Kor creatures you control get +2/+2 for each Equipment attached to this creature.

"We prepare for the known with daggers, rations, rope, and pitons. But we also prepare for the unknown with billycat tails, pikku roots, hedron chips . . ."

Evolving Wilds (Dominaria United Commander)
Steven Belledin

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

Every world is an organism, able to grow new lands. Some just do it faster than others.

Abzan Falconer (March of the Machine Commander)
Steven Belledin

Outlast {W} ({W}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Outlast only as a sorcery.) Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has flying.

The fastest way across the dunes is above.

Tome Scour (Magic 2011)
Steven Belledin

Target player mills five cards.

Genius is overrated, especially when it's someone else's.

Overlord of the Mistmoors (Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos)
Steven Belledin

Impending 4—{2}{W}{W} (If you cast this spell for its impending cost, it enters with four time counters and isn't a creature until the last is removed. At the beginning of your end step, remove a time counter from it.) Whenever this permanent enters or attacks, create two 2/1 white Insect creature tokens with flying.

Search Warrant (Return to Ravnica)
Steven Belledin

Target player reveals their hand. You gain life equal to the number of cards in that player's hand.

"And would you care to explain why your satchel is radiating an aura of unstable energy?"

Dying to Serve (Innistrad: Crimson Vow Promos)
Steven Belledin

Whenever you discard one or more cards, create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token. This ability triggers only once each turn.

"I used to have hired hands, but I discovered they make better waitstaff with the rest of the body attached." —Olivia Voldaren

Masticore (From the Vault: Relics)
Steven Belledin

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you discard a card. {2}: This creature deals 1 damage to target creature. {2}: Regenerate this creature.

The Akroan War (Theros Beyond Death Promos)
Steven Belledin

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Gain control of target creature for as long as this Saga remains on the battlefield. II — Until your next turn, creatures your opponents control attack each combat if able. III — Each tapped creature deals damage to itself equal to its power.

Trollhide (Magic 2012)
Steven Belledin

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has "{1}{G}: Regenerate this creature." (The next time the creature would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)

Stampeding Rhino (Welcome Deck 2017)
Steven Belledin

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

The quickest way to get through the jungle is to agitate a rhino and run in its wake.

Duress (Magic 2010)
Steven Belledin

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

"Don't worry. I'm not going to deprive you of all your secrets. Just your most precious one." —Liliana Vess

Evolving Wilds (Commander Anthology Volume II)
Steven Belledin

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

Without the interfering hands of civilization, nature will always shape itself to its own needs.

Evolving Wilds (Commander Legends)
Steven Belledin

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

Without the interfering hands of civilization, nature will always shape itself to its own needs.

Mox Amber (The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts)
Steven Belledin

{T}: Add one mana of any color among legendary creatures and planeswalkers you control.

"A crystallized moment in time from the Mending Era, first discovered during the Ice Age. A temporal conundrum, even to the great scholar himself." —*The Discoveries of Feldon*

Exotic Orchard (Murders at Karlov Manor Commander)
Steven Belledin

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

"It was a strange morning. When we awoke, we found our trees transformed. We didn't know whether to water them or polish them." —Pulan, Bant orchardist

Cinderhaze Wretch (Shadowmoor)
Steven Belledin

{T}: Target player discards a card. Activate only during your turn. Put a -1/-1 counter on this creature: Untap this creature.

Thick smoke billows and twists to form disturbing faces that cackle and click their teeth to the popping embers.

Ego Erasure (Lorwyn)
Steven Belledin

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) Creatures target player controls get -2/-0 and lose all creature types until end of turn.

When all is taken away, all are equal.

Rampant Growth (Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander)
Steven Belledin

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Nature grows solutions to its problems.

Exotic Orchard (Crimson Vow Commander)
Steven Belledin

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

"It was a strange morning. When we awoke, we found our trees transformed. We didn't know whether to water them or polish them." —Pulan, Bant orchardist

Ichor Wellspring (Commander 2021)
Steven Belledin

When this artifact enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.

"Our glorious infection has taken hold." —Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

Evolving Wilds (Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora)
Steven Belledin

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

Without the interfering hands of civilization, nature will always shape itself to its own needs.

Shipwreck Marsh (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt)
Steven Belledin

This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Moment of Triumph (Jumpstart 2022)
Steven Belledin

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

"The time of salvation is at hand. Dusk washes over the world, and the Legion will rise immortal!"

Sangromancer (Foundations Jumpstart)
Steven Belledin

Flying Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you may gain 3 life. Whenever an opponent discards a card, you may gain 3 life.

"Capenna needs some new blood. Preferably spilled by us."

Sylvan Basilisk (Tenth Edition)
Steven Belledin

Whenever this creature becomes blocked by a creature, destroy that creature.

"We're not sure what one looks like, so to be safe, nobody look at anything until we're out of here." —Parbold Drix, veteran explorer