Assert Authority

Assert Authority (Mirrodin)
Greg Hildebrandt

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

Thoughtcast (Modern Masters 2015)
Greg Hildebrandt

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Draw two cards.

Vedalken eyes don't see the beauty in things. They see only what those things can teach.

Sun Droplet (Commander 2021)
Greg Hildebrandt

Whenever you're dealt damage, put that many charge counters on this artifact. At the beginning of each upkeep, you may remove a charge counter from this artifact. If you do, you gain 1 life.

Aven Windreader (Tenth Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) {1}{U}: Target player reveals the top card of their library.

"The tiniest ripple tells a story ten fathoms deep."

Azorius Signet (Dissension)
Greg Hildebrandt

{1}, {T}: Add {W}{U}.

The maze-like design embodies the core of Azorius law—strict structure designed to test wills and stall change.

Rakdos Signet (Archenemy)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

Made of bone and boiled in blood, a Rakdos signet is not considered finished until it has been used as a murder weapon.

Sword of the Paruns (Commander 2013)
Greg Hildebrandt

As long as equipped creature is tapped, tapped creatures you control get +2/+0. As long as equipped creature is untapped, untapped creatures you control get +0/+2. {3}: You may tap or untap equipped creature. Equip {3}

Dimir Signet (Aetherdrift Commander)
Greg Hildebrandt

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{B}.

An emblem of a secret guild, the Dimir insignia is seen only by its own members—and the doomed.

Thief of Hope (Modern Masters 2015)
Greg Hildebrandt

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. Soulshift 2 (When this creature dies, you may return target Spirit card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to your hand.)

Molder (Time Spiral)
Greg Hildebrandt

Destroy target artifact or enchantment with mana value X. It can't be regenerated. You gain X life.

"The forests have succumbed to ruin, but the spirit of Krosa remains alive and vital in these devouring spores." —Zyd, Kamahlite druid

Merchant of Secrets (Commander 2017)
Greg Hildebrandt

When this creature enters, draw a card.

To scrape out a living in Aphetto, wizards are reduced to selling rumors, lies, forgeries, or—if they get desperate enough—the truth.

Selesnya Signet (Ravnica: City of Guilds)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

The symbol of the Conclave is one of unity, with tree supporting sun and sun feeding tree.

Relentless Assault (Planechase)
Greg Hildebrandt

Untap all creatures that attacked this turn. After this main phase, there is an additional combat phase followed by an additional main phase.

"Mercy? Mercy is for the playground, not the battleground."

Tooth and Nail (Commander Masters)
Greg Hildebrandt

Choose one — • Search your library for up to two creature cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle. • Put up to two creature cards from your hand onto the battlefield. Entwine {2} (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Relentless Assault (Tenth Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt

Untap all creatures that attacked this turn. After this main phase, there is an additional combat phase followed by an additional main phase.

"Mercy? Mercy is for the playground, not the battleground."

Dimir Signet (Commander 2011)
Greg Hildebrandt

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{B}.

An emblem of a secret guild, the Dimir insignia is seen only by its own members—and the doomed.

Aether Vial (The List)
Greg Hildebrandt

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a charge counter on this artifact. {T}: You may put a creature card with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on this artifact from your hand onto the battlefield.

Paradise Mantle (Fifth Dawn)
Greg Hildebrandt

Equipped creature has "{T}: Add one mana of any color." Equip {1}

Sword of the Paruns (Ravnica Remastered)
Greg Hildebrandt

As long as equipped creature is tapped, tapped creatures you control get +2/+0. As long as equipped creature is untapped, untapped creatures you control get +0/+2. {3}: You may tap or untap equipped creature. Equip {3}

Mire Boa (Time Spiral Remastered)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

Frostweb Spider (Coldsnap)
Greg Hildebrandt

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.) Whenever this creature blocks a creature with flying, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature at end of combat.

Its white webs glitter, mimicking the frost on the tree's branches.

Orzhov Signet (Commander Anthology)
Greg Hildebrandt

{1}, {T}: Add {W}{B}.

The form of the sigil is just as important as the sigil itself. If it's carried on a medallion, its bearer is a master. If it's tattooed on the body, its bearer is a slave.

Suntouched Myr (Planechase)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

As the fifth sun joins the other four, new abilities awaken in the creatures of Mirrodin.

Thoughtcast (Mirrodin)
Greg Hildebrandt

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Draw two cards.

Vedalken eyes don't see the beauty in things. They see only what those things can teach.

Taste for Mayhem (Ravnica Remastered)
Greg Hildebrandt

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+0. Hellbent — Enchanted creature gets an additional +2/+0 as long as you have no cards in hand.

The taste of blood breaks down what little self-control the Rakdos possess.

Izzet Signet (Guildpact)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

The Izzet signet is redesigned often, each time becoming closer to a vanity portrait of Niv-Mizzet.

Relentless Assault (Seventh Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt

Untap all creatures that attacked this turn. After this main phase, there is an additional combat phase followed by an additional main phase.

"Mercy? Mercy is for the playground, not the battleground."

Shunt (Tenth Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt

Change the target of target spell with a single target.

Aranghil held her fury in her heart, hard and bright as a ruby. With its razor edge, she rewrote the laws of battle.

Beacon of Destruction (Tenth Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt

Beacon of Destruction deals 5 damage to any target. Shuffle Beacon of Destruction into its owner's library.

The Great Furnace's blessing is a spectacular sight, but the best view comes at a high cost.

Shaman's Trance (Judgment)
Greg Hildebrandt

Other players can't play lands or cast spells from their graveyards this turn. You may play lands and cast spells from other players' graveyards this turn as though those cards were in your graveyard.

Kithkin Soldier (Lorwyn Tokens)
Greg Hildebrandt

Rakdos Signet (Commander Anthology)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

Made of bone and boiled in blood, a Rakdos signet is not considered finished until it has been used as a murder weapon.

Orzhov Signet (Commander 2011)
Greg Hildebrandt

{1}, {T}: Add {W}{B}.

The form of the sigil is just as important as the sigil itself. If it's carried on a medallion, its bearer is a master. If it's tattooed on the body, its bearer is a slave.

Boros Signet (Ravnica Remastered)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

"Have you ever held a Boros signet? There's a weight to it that belies its size—a weight of strength and of pride." —Agrus Kos

Kumano's Pupils (Champions of Kamigawa)
Greg Hildebrandt

If a creature dealt damage by this creature this turn would die, exile it instead.

"Long before he reluctantly joined the war, stories spread of Kumano's followers winning victories against the kami." —*Observations of the Kami War*

Firemaw Kavu (Time Spiral)
Greg Hildebrandt

Echo {5}{R} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.) When this creature enters, it deals 2 damage to target creature. When this creature leaves the battlefield, it deals 4 damage to target creature.

Simic Signet (Dissension)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

For the Simic Combine, its sigil serves not as an emblem of honor but as a trademark. Its familiar image on any biological commodity attests to superb craftsmanship, ingenious innovation, and higher cost.

Ivory Crane Netsuke (Saviors of Kamigawa)
Greg Hildebrandt

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have seven or more cards in hand, you gain 4 life.

It is said that the feathers of a crane are clouds, plucked and sewn together by the hands of the kami.

Simic Signet (Ravnica Remastered)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

For the Simic Combine, its sigil serves not as an emblem of honor but as a trademark. Its familiar image on any biological commodity attests to superb craftsmanship, ingenious innovation, and higher cost.

Thoughtcast (Neon Dynasty Commander)
Greg Hildebrandt

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Draw two cards.

Vedalken eyes don't see the beauty in things. They see only what those things can teach.

Juniper Order Ranger (Conspiracy: Take the Crown)
Greg Hildebrandt

Whenever another creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature and a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

To protect the alliance between Kjeldor and Yavimaya, they trained in the ways of both.

Pollen-Shield Hare (Wilds of Eldraine)
Greg Hildebrandt

Thoughtcast (The Brothers' War Commander)
Greg Hildebrandt

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Draw two cards.

Vedalken eyes don't see the beauty in things. They see only what those things can teach.

Giant Dustwasp (Planar Chaos)
Greg Hildebrandt

Flying Suspend 4—{1}{G} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {1}{G} and exile it with four time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)

Gauntlet of Power (Time Spiral Remastered)
Greg Hildebrandt

As this artifact enters, choose a color. Creatures of the chosen color get +1/+1. Whenever a basic land is tapped for mana of the chosen color, its controller adds an additional one mana of that color.

Blinding Powder (Betrayers of Kamigawa)
Greg Hildebrandt

Equipped creature has "Unattach Blinding Powder: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to this creature this turn." Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Giant Dustwasp (Time Spiral Remastered)
Greg Hildebrandt

Flying Suspend 4—{1}{G} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {1}{G} and exile it with four time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)

Giant Dustwasp (Modern Masters)
Greg Hildebrandt

Flying Suspend 4—{1}{G} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {1}{G} and exile it with four time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)

Beacon of Destruction (Fifth Dawn)
Greg Hildebrandt

Beacon of Destruction deals 5 damage to any target. Shuffle Beacon of Destruction into its owner's library.

The Great Furnace's blessing is a spectacular sight, but the best view comes at a high cost.

Rakdos Signet (Commander 2011)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

Made of bone and boiled in blood, a Rakdos signet is not considered finished until it has been used as a murder weapon.

Golgari Grave-Troll (Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari)
Greg Hildebrandt

This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each creature card in your graveyard. {1}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Regenerate this creature. Dredge 6 (If you would draw a card, you may mill six cards instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)

Tooth and Nail (Mirrodin)
Greg Hildebrandt

Choose one — • Search your library for up to two creature cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle. • Put up to two creature cards from your hand onto the battlefield. Entwine {2} (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Paradise Mantle (Modern Masters)
Greg Hildebrandt

Equipped creature has "{T}: Add one mana of any color." Equip {1}

"It contains the wisdom of generations of our people. We permit only a chosen few to don the raiment." —Imran, Viridian elder

Undead Warchief (The List)
Greg Hildebrandt

Zombie spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Zombie creatures you control get +2/+1.

It has the strength of seven men. In fact, it used to be seven men.

Gruul Signet (Guildpact)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

Gruul territorial markings need not be legible. The blood, snot, and muck used to smear them are unmistakably Gruul.

Transluminant (Ravnica: Clue Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt

{W}, Sacrifice this creature: Create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying at the beginning of the next end step.

"Forget yourself. Forget your city. Forget your homes, your families, the debts and obligations that hold you to this world."

Juniper Order Ranger (Midnight Hunt Commander)
Greg Hildebrandt

Whenever another creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature and a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

To protect the alliance between Kjeldor and Yavimaya, they trained in the ways of both.

Dimir Signet (Archenemy)
Greg Hildebrandt

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{B}.

An emblem of a secret guild, the Dimir insignia is seen only by its own members—and the doomed.

Rakdos Signet (Dissension)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

Made of bone and boiled in blood, a Rakdos signet is not considered finished until it has been used as a murder weapon.

Avatar of Me (Unsanctioned)
Greg Hildebrandt

This spell costs {1} more to cast for each ten years you've been alive. Avatar of Me's power is equal to your height in feet and its toughness is equal to your American shoe size. Round to the nearest ½. Avatar of Me is the color of your eyes.

Mire Boa (Planar Chaos)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

Mire slime courses through its veins in place of blood. No sooner does it bleed than it opens its mouth to replace the loss.

Stoic Champion (Legions)
Greg Hildebrandt

Whenever a player cycles a card, this creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

His outer calm belies his inner fury.

Assert Authority (Mirrodin)
Greg Hildebrandt

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

Gempalm Sorcerer (Legions)
Greg Hildebrandt

Cycling {2}{U} ({2}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.) When you cycle this card, Wizard creatures gain flying until end of turn.

Juniper Order Ranger (Commander 2016)
Greg Hildebrandt

Whenever another creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature and a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

To protect the alliance between Kjeldor and Yavimaya, they trained in the ways of both.

Force of Negation (Double Masters 2022)
Greg Hildebrandt

If it's not your turn, you may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target noncreature spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

Not even the most scathing critics can break her concentration.

Boros Signet (Ravnica: City of Guilds)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

"Have you ever held a Boros signet? There's a weight to it that belies its size—a weight of strength and of pride." —Agrus Kos

Recross the Paths (Morningtide)
Greg Hildebrandt

Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a land card. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. Clash with an opponent. If you win, return Recross the Paths to its owner's hand. (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.)

Gauntlet of Power (The List)
Greg Hildebrandt

As this artifact enters, choose a color. Creatures of the chosen color get +1/+1. Whenever a basic land is tapped for mana of the chosen color, its controller adds an additional one mana of that color.

Golgari Signet (Ravnica: City of Guilds)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

Depending on your point of view, the seal represents a proud guardian of the natural cycle or one who has sold her soul to darkness for eternal life.

Juniper Order Ranger (The List)
Greg Hildebrandt

Whenever another creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature and a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

To protect the alliance between Kjeldor and Yavimaya, they trained in the ways of both.

Azorius Signet (Archenemy)
Greg Hildebrandt

{1}, {T}: Add {W}{U}.

The maze-like design embodies the core of Azorius law—strict structure designed to test wills and stall change.

Selesnya Signet (Ravnica Remastered)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

The symbol of the Conclave is one of unity, with tree supporting sun and sun feeding tree.

Taste for Mayhem (Dissension)
Greg Hildebrandt

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+0. Hellbent — Enchanted creature gets an additional +2/+0 as long as you have no cards in hand.

The taste of blood breaks down what little self-control the Rakdos possess.

Orzhov Signet (Ravnica Remastered)
Greg Hildebrandt

{1}, {T}: Add {W}{B}.

The sigil holds different meanings depending on its form and presentation. While some wear it as a sign of status, others wear it as a sign of debt.

Devoted Retainer (Champions of Kamigawa)
Greg Hildebrandt

Bushido 1 (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

Deep within Eiganjo Castle lay the Palace of Infinite Halls, a seemingly endless network of corridors once guarded by a seemingly endless legion of samurai.

Mistform Warchief (Scourge)
Greg Hildebrandt

Creature spells you cast that share a creature type with this creature cost {1} less to cast. {T}: This creature becomes the creature type of your choice until end of turn.

Avatar of Me (The List (Unfinity Foil Edition))
Greg Hildebrandt

This spell costs {1} more to cast for each ten years you've been alive. Avatar of Me's power is equal to your height in feet and its toughness is equal to your American shoe size. Round to the nearest ½. Avatar of Me is the color of your eyes.

Firemaw Kavu (Time Spiral Remastered)
Greg Hildebrandt

Echo {5}{R} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.) When this creature enters, it deals 2 damage to target creature. When this creature leaves the battlefield, it deals 4 damage to target creature.

Paradise Mantle (The List)
Greg Hildebrandt

Equipped creature has "{T}: Add one mana of any color." Equip {1}

"It contains the wisdom of generations of our people. We permit only a chosen few to don the raiment." —Imran, Viridian elder

Intrepid Hero (Magic 2013)
Greg Hildebrandt

{T}: Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater.

A fool knows no fear. A hero shows no fear.

Steelshaper's Gift (Fifth Dawn)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

Some blades seek their own wielders.

Pegasus (Battle for Baldur's Gate Tokens)
Greg Hildebrandt

Flying

Kami of Empty Graves (Saviors of Kamigawa)
Greg Hildebrandt

Soulshift 3 (When this creature dies, you may return target Spirit card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to your hand.)

Sword of the Paruns (Ravnica Remastered)
Greg Hildebrandt

As long as equipped creature is tapped, tapped creatures you control get +2/+0. As long as equipped creature is untapped, untapped creatures you control get +0/+2. {3}: You may tap or untap equipped creature. Equip {3}

Liberated Dwarf (Judgment)
Greg Hildebrandt

{R}, Sacrifice this creature: Target green creature gets +1/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.

Freed from their chains, these dwarves are bound only by honor.

Keeneye Aven (Legions)
Greg Hildebrandt

Flying Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

"I have no need of a map. The very continent itself guides my way."

Intrepid Hero (Eighth Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt

{T}: Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater.

A fool knows no fear. A hero shows no fear.

Undead Warchief (Planechase)
Greg Hildebrandt

Zombie spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Zombie creatures you control get +2/+1.

It has the strength of seven men. In fact, it used to be seven men.

Golgari Grave-Troll (Ravnica Remastered)
Greg Hildebrandt

This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each creature card in your graveyard. {1}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Regenerate this creature. Dredge 6 (If you would draw a card, you may mill six cards instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)

Waxmane Baku (Modern Masters 2015)
Greg Hildebrandt

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may put a ki counter on this creature. {1}, Remove X ki counters from this creature: Tap X target creatures.

Orzhov Signet (Aetherdrift Commander)
Greg Hildebrandt

{1}, {T}: Add {W}{B}.

The sigil holds different meanings depending on its form and presentation. While some wear it as a sign of status, others wear it as a sign of debt.

Selesnya Signet (Commander 2011)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

The symbol of the Conclave is one of unity, with tree supporting sun and sun feeding tree.

Reversal of Fortune (Fifth Dawn)
Greg Hildebrandt

Target opponent reveals their hand. You may copy an instant or sorcery card in it. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

"Why learn hundreds of spells when you can learn only one and use it to steal hundreds?"

Izzet Signet (Commander 2011)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

The Izzet signet is redesigned often, each time becoming closer to a vanity portrait of Niv-Mizzet.

Sword of the Paruns (Guildpact)
Greg Hildebrandt

As long as equipped creature is tapped, tapped creatures you control get +2/+0. As long as equipped creature is untapped, untapped creatures you control get +0/+2. {3}: You may tap or untap equipped creature. Equip {3}

Golgari Signet (Commander Anthology Volume II)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

Depending on your point of view, the seal represents a proud guardian of the natural cycle or one who has sold her soul to darkness for eternal life.

Streetbreaker Wurm (Guildpact)
Greg Hildebrandt

The Orzhov run a construction unit whose only business is rebuilding the wreckage left in the wake of wurms. When business is slow, they pay Golgari carnomancers to lure the wurms to the surface.

Merchant of Secrets (Eighth Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt

When this creature enters, draw a card.

To scrape out a living in Aphetto, wizards are reduced to selling rumors, lies, forgeries, or—if they get desperate enough—the truth.

Sun Droplet (Commander 2013)
Greg Hildebrandt

Whenever you're dealt damage, put that many charge counters on this artifact. At the beginning of each upkeep, you may remove a charge counter from this artifact. If you do, you gain 1 life.

Thoughtcast (The List)
Greg Hildebrandt

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Draw two cards.

Vedalken eyes don't see the beauty in things. They see only what those things can teach.

Brown Ouphe (Mirrodin)
Greg Hildebrandt

{1}{G}, {T}: Counter target activated ability from an artifact source. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

In a strange twist of fate, one of the most annoying creatures in the multiverse was brought to the place where it could cause the most damage.

Grand Arbiter Augustin IV (Double Masters 2022)
Greg Hildebrandt

White spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Blue spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Spells your opponents cast cost {1} more to cast.

To be Arbiter is to dispense few words and many judgments.

Orochi Ranger (Champions of Kamigawa)
Greg Hildebrandt

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a creature, tap that creature and it doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

"The young come to me, confused. They have been taught to respect the kami, and now they must fight them? I do not know what to say." —Sachi, to her father

Plated Pegasus (Time Spiral)
Greg Hildebrandt

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Flying If a spell would deal damage to a permanent or player, prevent 1 damage that spell would deal to that permanent or player.

Beacon of Destruction (Duel Decks: Mind vs. Might)
Greg Hildebrandt

Beacon of Destruction deals 5 damage to any target. Shuffle Beacon of Destruction into its owner's library.

The Great Furnace's blessing is a spectacular sight, but the best view comes at a high cost.

Golgari Signet (Commander 2011)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

Depending on your point of view, the seal represents a proud guardian of the natural cycle or one who has sold her soul to darkness for eternal life.

Thoughtcast (March of the Machine Commander)
Greg Hildebrandt

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Draw two cards.

Vedalken eyes don't see the beauty in things. They see only what those things can teach.

Krosan Warchief (Commander 2013)
Greg Hildebrandt

Beast spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. {1}{G}: Regenerate target Beast.

It turns prey into predator.

Sword of the Paruns (Commander Anthology)
Greg Hildebrandt

As long as equipped creature is tapped, tapped creatures you control get +2/+0. As long as equipped creature is untapped, untapped creatures you control get +0/+2. {3}: You may tap or untap equipped creature. Equip {3}

Specter's Shroud (Darksteel)
Greg Hildebrandt

Equipped creature gets +1/+0. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery. This card enters unattached and stays on the battlefield if the creature leaves.)

Shunt (Darksteel)
Greg Hildebrandt

Change the target of target spell with a single target.

"You might want to work on your aim."

Cabal Ritual (Torment)
Greg Hildebrandt

Add {B}{B}{B}. Threshold — Add {B}{B}{B}{B}{B} instead if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

"Each syllable chills your veins. Each word rattles your mind." —Cabal Patriarch

Suntouched Myr (The List)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

As the fifth sun joins the other four, new abilities awaken in the creatures of Mirrodin.

Gauntlet of Power (Dominaria Remastered)
Greg Hildebrandt

As this artifact enters, choose a color. Creatures of the chosen color get +1/+1. Whenever a basic land is tapped for mana of the chosen color, its controller adds an additional one mana of that color.

Avatar of Me (Unhinged)
Greg Hildebrandt

This spell costs {1} more to cast for each ten years you've been alive. Avatar of Me's power is equal to your height in feet and its toughness is equal to your American shoe size. Round to the nearest ½. Avatar of Me is the color of your eyes.

Gruul Signet (Commander 2011)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

Gruul territorial markings need not be legible. The blood, snot, and muck used to smear them are unmistakably Gruul.

Simic Signet (Commander Anthology Volume II)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

For the Simic Combine, its sigil serves not as an emblem of honor but as a trademark. Its familiar image on any biological commodity attests to superb craftsmanship, ingenious innovation, and higher cost.

Zombie Brute (Legions)
Greg Hildebrandt

Amplify 1 (As this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it for each Zombie card you reveal in your hand.) Trample

Measure its determination by the screams of its prey.

Krosan Warchief (Scourge)
Greg Hildebrandt

Beast spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. {1}{G}: Regenerate target Beast.

It turns prey into predator.

Gauntlet of Power (Time Spiral)
Greg Hildebrandt

As this artifact enters, choose a color. Creatures of the chosen color get +1/+1. Whenever a basic land is tapped for mana of the chosen color, its controller adds an additional one mana of that color.

Boros Signet (Commander Anthology)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

"Have you ever held a Boros signet? There's a weight to it that belies its size—a weight of strength and of pride." —Agrus Kos

Thoughtcast (World Championship Decks 2004)
Greg Hildebrandt

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Draw two cards.

Vedalken eyes don't see the beauty in things. They see only what those things can teach.

Azorius Signet (Commander Masters)
Greg Hildebrandt

{1}, {T}: Add {W}{U}.

The maze-like design embodies the core of Azorius law —strict structure designed to test wills and stall change.

Dimir Signet (Ravnica Remastered)
Greg Hildebrandt

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{B}.

An emblem of a secret guild, the Dimir insignia is seen only by its own members—and the doomed.

Recross the Paths (The List)
Greg Hildebrandt

Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a land card. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. Clash with an opponent. If you win, return Recross the Paths to its owner's hand. (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.)

Leap of Flame (Guildpact)
Greg Hildebrandt

Replicate {U}{R} (When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.) Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains flying and first strike until end of turn.

Golgari Grave-Troll (Ravnica: City of Guilds)
Greg Hildebrandt

This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each creature card in your graveyard. {1}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Regenerate this creature. Dredge 6 (If you would draw a card, you may mill six cards instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)

Gauntlet of Power (Dominaria Remastered)
Greg Hildebrandt

As this artifact enters, choose a color. Creatures of the chosen color get +1/+1. Whenever a basic land is tapped for mana of the chosen color, its controller adds an additional one mana of that color.

Dimir Signet (Commander Anthology Volume II)
Greg Hildebrandt

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{B}.

An emblem of a secret guild, the Dimir insignia is seen only by its own members—and the doomed.

Sun Droplet (Mirrodin)
Greg Hildebrandt

Whenever you're dealt damage, put that many charge counters on this artifact. At the beginning of each upkeep, you may remove a charge counter from this artifact. If you do, you gain 1 life.

Karplusan Wolverine (Coldsnap)
Greg Hildebrandt

Whenever this creature becomes blocked, you may have it deal 1 damage to any target.

"They're not easily trained. Fortunately, they already know how to kill." —Lovisa Coldeyes, Balduvian chieftain

Juniper Order Ranger (Duel Decks: Knights vs. Dragons)
Greg Hildebrandt

Whenever another creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature and a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

To protect the alliance between Kjeldor and Yavimaya, they trained in the ways of both.

Aether Vial (Darksteel)
Greg Hildebrandt

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a charge counter on this artifact. {T}: You may put a creature card with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on this artifact from your hand onto the battlefield.

Juniper Order Ranger (Coldsnap)
Greg Hildebrandt

Whenever another creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature and a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

To protect the alliance between Kjeldor and Yavimaya, they trained in the ways of both.

Relentless Assault (Eighth Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt

Untap all creatures that attacked this turn. After this main phase, there is an additional combat phase followed by an additional main phase.

"Mercy? Mercy is for the playground, not the battleground."

Steelshaper's Gift (Commander Masters)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

Some blades seek their own wielders.

Relentless Assault (Ninth Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt

Untap all creatures that attacked this turn. After this main phase, there is an additional combat phase followed by an additional main phase.

"Mercy? Mercy is for the playground, not the battleground."

Carnivorous Death-Parrot (Unsanctioned)
Greg Hildebrandt

Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you say its flavor text.

Save a kill spell to deal with this guy.

Thoughtcast (World Championship Decks 2004)
Greg Hildebrandt

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Draw two cards.

Vedalken eyes don't see the beauty in things. They see only what those things can teach.

Undead Warchief (Time Spiral Timeshifted)
Greg Hildebrandt

Zombie spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Zombie creatures you control get +2/+1.

It has the strength of seven men. In fact, it used to be seven men.

Suntouched Myr (Fifth Dawn)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

As the fifth sun joins the other four, new abilities awaken in the creatures of Mirrodin.

Reito Lantern (Champions of Kamigawa)
Greg Hildebrandt

{3}: Put target card from a graveyard on the bottom of its owner's library.

Lanterns carved from the mystic stones of the Reito Mines were said to light the way of lost souls.

Hisoka's Defiance (Champions of Kamigawa)
Greg Hildebrandt

Counter target Spirit or Arcane spell.

"With every passing day, the kami shape our world to suit their will. I, for one, would not see them succeed."

Orzhov Signet (Guildpact)
Greg Hildebrandt

{1}, {T}: Add {W}{B}.

The form of the sigil is just as important as the sigil itself. If it's carried on a medallion, its bearer is a master. If it's tattooed on the body, its bearer is a slave.

Reito Lantern (Conspiracy)
Greg Hildebrandt

{3}: Put target card from a graveyard on the bottom of its owner's library.

Lanterns carved from the mystic stones of the Reito Mines were said to light the way of lost souls.

Simic Signet (Commander 2011)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

For the Simic Combine, its sigil serves not as an emblem of honor but as a trademark. Its familiar image on any biological commodity attests to superb craftsmanship, ingenious innovation, and higher cost.

Aether Vial (Mystery Booster 2)
Greg Hildebrandt

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a charge counter on this artifact. {T}: You may put a creature card with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on this artifact from your hand onto the battlefield.

Juniper Order Ranger (March of the Machine Commander)
Greg Hildebrandt

Whenever another creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature and a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

To protect the alliance between Kjeldor and Yavimaya, they trained in the ways of both.

Thoughtcast (Foundations Jumpstart)
Greg Hildebrandt

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Draw two cards.

Vedalken eyes don't see the beauty in things. They see only what those things can teach.

Boros Signet (Commander 2011)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

"Have you ever held a Boros signet? There's a weight to it that belies its size—a weight of strength and of pride." —Agrus Kos

Unbender Tine (Alara Reborn)
Greg Hildebrandt

{T}: Untap another target permanent.

Creations made in madness may contain great power. The path to that power is as labyrinthine as the creator's mind.

Gruul Signet (Archenemy)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

Gruul territorial markings need not be legible. The blood, snot, and muck used to smear them are unmistakably Gruul.

Boros Signet (Ravnica: Clue Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

"Have you ever held a Boros signet? There's a weight to it that belies its size—a weight of strength and of pride." —Agrus Kos

Sun Droplet (Archenemy)
Greg Hildebrandt

Whenever you're dealt damage, put that many charge counters on this artifact. At the beginning of each upkeep, you may remove a charge counter from this artifact. If you do, you gain 1 life.

Death Denied (Saviors of Kamigawa)
Greg Hildebrandt

Return X target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.

Takenuma was filled with a chorus of moans, shrieks, and wails. Some came from the living, some from the dying, and some, most horribly, from the dead.

Citanul Flute (Tenth Edition)
Greg Hildebrandt

{X}, {T}: Search your library for a creature card with mana value X or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Each note of the flute mimics the call of a different beast.

Our Market Research Shows That Players Like Really Long Card Names So We Made this Card to Have the Absolute Longest Card Name Ever Elemental (Unhinged)
Greg Hildebrandt

Art rampage 2 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked by a creature, it gets +2/+2 for each creature in the blocker's art beyond the first.)

Just call it OMRSTPLRLCNSWMTCTHTALCNEE for short.

Clutch of Undeath (Scourge)
Greg Hildebrandt

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 as long as it's a Zombie. Otherwise, it gets -3/-3.

The hand of death recognizes its own.

Questing Druid (Wilds of Eldraine)
Greg Hildebrandt

Dimir Signet (Ravnica: City of Guilds)
Greg Hildebrandt

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{B}.

An emblem of a secret guild, the Dimir insignia is seen only by its own members—and the doomed.

Merchant of Secrets (Legions)
Greg Hildebrandt

When this creature enters, draw a card.

To scrape out a living in Aphetto, wizards are reduced to selling rumors, lies, forgeries, or—if they get desperate enough—the truth.

Undead Warchief (Scourge)
Greg Hildebrandt

Zombie spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Zombie creatures you control get +2/+1.

It has the strength of seven men. In fact, it used to be seven men.

Krosan Warchief (Friday Night Magic 2004)
Greg Hildebrandt

Beast spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. {1}{G}: Regenerate target Beast.

It turns prey into predator.

Juniper Order Ranger (Commander Anthology Volume II)
Greg Hildebrandt

Whenever another creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature and a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

To protect the alliance between Kjeldor and Yavimaya, they trained in the ways of both.

Thoughtcast (Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret)
Greg Hildebrandt

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Draw two cards.

Vedalken eyes don't see the beauty in things. They see only what those things can teach.

Unbender Tine (Archenemy)
Greg Hildebrandt

{T}: Untap another target permanent.

Creations made in madness may contain great power. The path to that power is as labyrinthine as the creator's mind.

Golgari Grave-Troll (Ravnica Remastered)
Greg Hildebrandt

This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each creature card in your graveyard. {1}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Regenerate this creature. Dredge 6 (If you would draw a card, you may mill six cards instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)

Waxmane Baku (Betrayers of Kamigawa)
Greg Hildebrandt

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may put a ki counter on this creature. {1}, Remove X ki counters from this creature: Tap X target creatures.

Blessing of the Nephilim (Dissension)
Greg Hildebrandt

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each of its colors.

"Before the first stone was laid or the first elf-child born, the power of the nephilim was gathering. Let that power be spread by my hands."

Thief of Hope (Champions of Kamigawa)
Greg Hildebrandt

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. Soulshift 2 (When this creature dies, you may return target Spirit card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to your hand.)

Boros Signet (Planechase)
Greg Hildebrandt

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

"Have you ever held a Boros signet? There's a weight to it that belies its size—a weight of strength and of pride." —Agrus Kos

Transluminant (Ravnica: City of Guilds)
Greg Hildebrandt

{W}, Sacrifice this creature: Create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying at the beginning of the next end step.

"Forget yourself. Forget your city. Forget your homes, your families, the debts and obligations that hold you to this world."