Altar of Dementia

Altar of Dementia (The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts)
Brom

Sacrifice a creature: Target player mills cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

"It is not that you will go mad. It is that you will beg for madness." —Volrath

Altar of Dementia (Conspiracy)
Brom

Sacrifice a creature: Target player mills cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

"It is not that you will go mad. It is that you will beg for madness." —Volrath

Altar of Dementia (The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts)
Isis

Sacrifice a creature: Target player mills cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

"My dreams have brought more visions from our master: an altar, exquisite and perfect. We must build it at once." —Writings of Artonac, priest of Gix

Altar of Dementia (Modern Horizons)
Brom

Sacrifice a creature: Target player mills cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

"It is not that you will go mad. It is that you will beg for madness." —Volrath

Altar of Dementia (The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts)
Isis

Sacrifice a creature: Target player mills cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

"My dreams have brought more visions from our master: an altar, exquisite and perfect. We must build it at once." —Writings of Artonac, priest of Gix

Altar of Dementia (Tempest)
Brom

Sacrifice a creature: Target player mills cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

"It is not that you will go mad. It is that you will beg for madness." —Volrath

Hidden Horror (Tenth Edition)
Brom

When this creature enters, sacrifice it unless you discard a creature card.

If the presence of evil were obvious, it wouldn't be nearly as dangerous.

Bosh, Iron Golem (Double Masters)
Brom

Trample {3}{R}, Sacrifice an artifact: Bosh deals damage equal to the sacrificed artifact's mana value to any target.

As Glissa searches for the truth about Memnarch, Bosh searches to unearth the secrets of his past.

Glissa Sunseeker (Mirrodin)
Brom

First strike {T}: Destroy target artifact if its mana value is equal to the amount of unspent mana you have.

"There's a secret at the heart of this world, and I will unlock it."

Keeper of the Dead (The List)
Brom

{B}, {T}: Choose target opponent who has at least two fewer creature cards in their graveyard than you do as you activate this ability. Destroy target nonblack creature that player controls.

Bosh, Iron Golem (Commander Anthology Volume II)
Brom

Trample {3}{R}, Sacrifice an artifact: Bosh deals damage equal to the sacrificed artifact's mana value to any target.

As Glissa searches for the truth about Memnarch, Bosh searches to unearth the secrets of his past.

Reiver Demon (Commander 2011)
Brom

Flying When this creature enters, if you cast it from your hand, destroy all nonartifact, nonblack creatures. They can't be regenerated.

Platinum Angel (Magic 2011)
Brom

Flying You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game.

She is the apex of the artificer's craft, the spirit of the divine called out of base metal.

Desolation Angel (The List)
Brom

Kicker {W}{W} (You may pay an additional {W}{W} as you cast this spell.) Flying When this creature enters, destroy all lands you control. If it was kicked, destroy all lands instead.

Lord of the Undead (Tenth Edition)
Brom

Other Zombie creatures get +1/+1. {1}{B}, {T}: Return target Zombie card from your graveyard to your hand.

"Do not weep at your defeat, my dear. In death, you will serve a greater purpose—mine."

Mogg Fanatic (Duel Decks: Elves vs. Goblins)
Brom

Sacrifice this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

"I got it! I got it! I—"

Latulla, Keldon Overseer (Prophecy)
Brom

{X}{R}, {T}, Discard two cards: Latulla deals X damage to any target.

"Everything around her suffers." —Haddad, Kipamu soldier

Anarchist (Exodus)
Brom

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

"I'll take that. You won't need it when the revolution comes."

Brutal Nightstalker (Portal Second Age)
Brom

When this creature enters, you may have target opponent discard a card.

Gerrard Capashen (Apocalypse)
Brom

At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 1 life for each card in target opponent's hand. {3}{W}: Tap target creature. Activate only if Gerrard Capashen is attacking.

Bosh, Iron Golem (Mirrodin)
Brom

Trample {3}{R}, Sacrifice an artifact: Bosh deals damage equal to the sacrificed artifact's mana value to any target.

As Glissa searches for the truth about Memnarch, Bosh searches to unearth the secrets of his past.

Lord of the Undead (Planeshift)
Brom

Other Zombie creatures get +1/+1. {1}{B}, {T}: Return target Zombie card from your graveyard to your hand.

"I confer with Death itself. What could you possibly do to injure me?" —Lord Dralnu

Swamp (Tempest)
Brom

({T}: Add {B}.)

Mogg Flunkies (Premium Deck Series: Fire and Lightning)
Brom

This creature can't attack or block alone.

They'll attack whatever's in front of them—as long as you tell them where that is.

Gerrard Capashen (Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. the Coalition)
Brom

At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 1 life for each card in target opponent's hand. {3}{W}: Tap target creature. Activate only if Gerrard Capashen is attacking.

Lord of the Undead (Eighth Edition)
Brom

Other Zombie creatures get +1/+1. {1}{B}, {T}: Return target Zombie card from your graveyard to your hand.

"I confer with Death itself. What could you possibly do to injure me?"

Mogg Flunkies (Masters 25)
Brom

This creature can't attack or block alone.

They'll attack whatever's in front of them—as long as you tell them where that is.

Bubble Matrix (Weatherlight)
Brom

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to creatures.

"This device was commisioned by a king who desired peace. Unfortunately, the royal artificer was also the king's jester." —Hanna, *Weatherlight* navigator

Altar of Dementia (The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts)
Brom

Sacrifice a creature: Target player mills cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

"It is not that you will go mad. It is that you will beg for madness." —Volrath

Mogg Fanatic (World Championship Decks 1998)
Brom

Sacrifice this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

"I got it! I got it! I—"

Mogg Flunkies (Modern Masters 2017)
Brom

This creature can't attack or block alone.

They'll attack whatever's in front of them—as long as you tell them where that is.

Gemstone Mine (Dominaria Remastered)
Brom

This land enters with three mining counters on it. {T}, Remove a mining counter from this land: Add one mana of any color. If there are no mining counters on this land, sacrifice it.

Gemstone Mine (The List)
Brom

This land enters with three mining counters on it. {T}, Remove a mining counter from this land: Add one mana of any color. If there are no mining counters on this land, sacrifice it.

Oath of Ghouls (Exodus)
Brom

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player chooses target player whose graveyard has fewer creature cards in it than their graveyard does and is their opponent. The first player may return a creature card from their graveyard to their hand.

Mirri's Guile (Tempest)
Brom

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

Hanna was astounded. Mirri read every leaf and wisp of breeze like a book of ancient lore.

Sawtooth Ogre (Weatherlight)
Brom

Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked by a creature, this creature deals 1 damage to that creature at end of combat.

"You will sharpen your teeth on my enemies' bones," Maraxus promised them, and his ogres cheered.

Gemstone Mine (World Championship Decks 1997)
Brom

This land enters with three mining counters on it. {T}, Remove a mining counter from this land: Add one mana of any color. If there are no mining counters on this land, sacrifice it.

Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar (Mystery Booster 2)
Brom

Reach, trample Multani gets +1/+1 for each land you control and each land card in your graveyard. {1}{G}, Return two lands you control to their owner's hand: Return Multani from your graveyard to your hand.

Volrath's Laboratory (Stronghold)
Brom

As this artifact enters, choose a color and a creature type. {5}, {T}: Create a 2/2 creature token of the chosen color and type.

Mageta the Lion (Prophecy)
Brom

{2}{W}{W}, {T}, Discard two cards: Destroy all creatures except for Mageta. Those creatures can't be regenerated.

In the jungle of war there is always a Lion.

Teferi's Veil (The List)
Brom

Whenever a creature you control attacks, it phases out at end of combat. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before you untap during your next untap step.)

"I don't like to speak ill of 'walkers . . . but just what did Teferi think he was doing?" —Ertai, wizard adept

Altar of Dementia (Conspiracy)
Brom

Sacrifice a creature: Target player mills cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

"It is not that you will go mad. It is that you will beg for madness." —Volrath

Aboroth (Weatherlight)
Brom

Cumulative upkeep—Put a -1/-1 counter on this creature. (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.)

The *Weatherlight* banked sharply as the colossal beast rose up to crush the lone rider. "My bet's on the dirt," Gerrard said flatly.

Blood Pet (The List)
Brom

Sacrifice this creature: Add {B}.

"You are wrong," Volrath said. "I do not hate the living. They often prove quite useful to me." And then he laughed.

Swamp (Premium Deck Series: Slivers)
Brom

({T}: Add {B}.)

Marble Titan (Ninth Edition)
Brom

Creatures with power 3 or greater don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.

It entered the temple with all the pomp and decorum of a rock hitting a goblin's skull.

Mogg Fanatic (Eternal Masters)
Brom

Sacrifice this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

"I got it! I got it! I—"

Gemstone Mine (Dominaria Remastered)
Brom

This land enters with three mining counters on it. {T}, Remove a mining counter from this land: Add one mana of any color. If there are no mining counters on this land, sacrifice it.

Swamp (Tempest)
Brom

({T}: Add {B}.)

Call of the Wild (Weatherlight)
Brom

{2}{G}{G}: Reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, put it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, put it into your graveyard.

Thinking of dinner made Squee realize that the forest was probably thinking the same thing.

Call of the Wild (Classic Sixth Edition)
Brom

{2}{G}{G}: Reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, put it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, put it into your graveyard.

Thinking of dinner made Squee realize that the forest was probably thinking the same thing.

Bosh, Iron Golem (Commander 2018)
Brom

Trample {3}{R}, Sacrifice an artifact: Bosh deals damage equal to the sacrificed artifact's mana value to any target.

As Glissa searches for the truth about Memnarch, Bosh searches to unearth the secrets of his past.

Darigaaz's Attendant (Invasion)
Brom

{1}, Sacrifice this creature: Add {B}{R}{G}.

"Darigaaz is the breath of the ur-dragon, burning away the burdens of mortality."

Phyrexian Splicer (Tempest)
Brom

{2}, {T}, Choose flying, first strike, trample, or shadow: Until end of turn, target creature with the chosen ability loses it and another target creature gains it.

Reiver Demon (Commander Anthology)
Brom

Flying When this creature enters, if you cast it from your hand, destroy all nonartifact, nonblack creatures. They can't be regenerated.

Anarchist (Ninth Edition)
Brom

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

Those who will not follow are doomed to lead.

Mogg Flunkies (The List)
Brom

This creature can't attack or block alone.

They'll attack whatever's in front of them—as long as you tell them where that is.

Lord of the Undead (Ninth Edition)
Brom

Other Zombie creatures get +1/+1. {1}{B}, {T}: Return target Zombie card from your graveyard to your hand.

"I confer with Death itself. What could you possibly do to injure me?"

Swamp (World Championship Decks 1998)
Brom

({T}: Add {B}.)

Bosh, Iron Golem (Planechase)
Brom

Trample {3}{R}, Sacrifice an artifact: Bosh deals damage equal to the sacrificed artifact's mana value to any target.

As Glissa searches for the truth about Memnarch, Bosh searches to unearth the secrets of his past.

Teferi's Veil (Weatherlight)
Brom

Whenever a creature you control attacks, it phases out at end of combat. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before you untap during your next untap step.)

"I don't like to speak ill of 'walkers . . . but just what did Teferi think he was doing?" —Ertai, wizard adept

Mogg Fanatic (Tenth Edition)
Brom

Sacrifice this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

"I got it! I got it! I—"

Platinum Angel (The List)
Brom

Flying You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game.

She is the apex of the artificer's craft, the spirit of the divine called out of base metal.

Mirri's Guile (Mystery Booster 2)
Brom

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

Hanna was astounded. Mirri read every leaf and wisp of breeze like a book of ancient lore.

Mogg Flunkies (Anthologies)
Brom

This creature can't attack or block alone.

They'll attack whatever's in front of them—as long as you tell them where that is.

Mogg Fanatic (Premium Deck Series: Fire and Lightning)
Brom

Sacrifice this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

"I got it! I got it! I—"

Mogg Fanatic (Duel Decks Anthology: Elves vs. Goblins)
Brom

Sacrifice this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

"I got it! I got it! I—"

Contemplation (Stronghold)
Brom

Whenever you cast a spell, you gain 1 life.

"How fascinating it is to watch the machinations of one's own mind play themselves out." —Volrath

Swamp (Tempest)
Brom

({T}: Add {B}.)

Blood Pet (Tempest)
Brom

Sacrifice this creature: Add {B}.

"You are wrong," Volrath said. "I do not hate the living. They often prove quite useful to me." And then he laughed.

Carnassid (Stronghold)
Brom

Trample {1}{G}: Regenerate this creature.

The hunter would never forget the time or place where he first met the carnassid, for they buried him there.

Altar of Dementia (Tempest)
Brom

Sacrifice a creature: Target player mills cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

"It is not that you will go mad. It is that you will beg for madness." —Volrath

Reiver Demon (Duel Decks Anthology: Divine vs. Demonic)
Brom

Flying When this creature enters, if you cast it from your hand, destroy all nonartifact, nonblack creatures. They can't be regenerated.

Hatred (Exodus)
Brom

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life. Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

"I will flay the skin from your flesh and the flesh from your bones and scrape your bones dry. And still you will not have suffered enough." —Greven *il*-Vec, to Gerrard

Platinum Angel (The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts)
Brom

Flying You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game.

She is the apex of the artificer's craft, the spirit of the divine called out of base metal.

Mogg Fanatic (Tempest)
Brom

Sacrifice this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

"I got it! I got it! I—"

Mirri's Guile (Judge Gift Cards 2019)
Brom

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

Hanna was astounded. Mirri read every leaf and wisp of breeze like a book of ancient lore.

Anarchist (Ninth Edition)
Brom

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

Those who will not follow are doomed to lead.

Platinum Angel (Conspiracy: Take the Crown)
Brom

Flying You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game.

She is the apex of the artificer's craft, the spirit of the divine called out of base metal.

Keeper of the Dead (Exodus)
Brom

{B}, {T}: Choose target opponent who has at least two fewer creature cards in their graveyard than you do as you activate this ability. Destroy target nonblack creature that player controls.

Hidden Horror (Premium Deck Series: Graveborn)
Brom

When this creature enters, sacrifice it unless you discard a creature card.

If the presence of evil were obvious, it wouldn't be nearly as dangerous.

Platinum Angel (From the Vault: Angels)
Brom

Flying You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game.

She is the apex of the artificer's craft, the spirit of the divine called out of base metal.

Mogg Flunkies (Foundations Jumpstart)
Brom

This creature can't attack or block alone.

They'll attack whatever's in front of them—as long as you tell them where that is.

Mogg Fanatic (Friday Night Magic 2002)
Brom

Sacrifice this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

"As if his chest had been a mortar, he burst his hot heart's shell upon it." —Herman Melville, *Moby Dick*

Blood Pet (Classic Sixth Edition)
Brom

Sacrifice this creature: Add {B}.

"You are wrong," Volrath said. "I do not hate the living. They often prove quite useful to me." And then he laughed.

Reiver Demon (Duel Decks: Divine vs. Demonic)
Brom

Flying When this creature enters, if you cast it from your hand, destroy all nonartifact, nonblack creatures. They can't be regenerated.

Swamp (Anthologies)
Brom

({T}: Add {B}.)

Sylvan Yeti (Starter 1999)
Brom

Sylvan Yeti's power is equal to the number of cards in your hand.

The deeper the wood, the greater its strength.

Multani (Vanguard Series)
Brom

Creatures you control get +X/+0, where X is the number of cards in your hand.

In mentoring apprentice mages, the forest spirit Multani teaches each to respect nature while making use of its gifts. Multani taught Gerrard, Mirri, and Rofellos to hone their spellcasting in tandem with more physical disciplines so that both would be improved.

Gemstone Mine (Weatherlight)
Brom

This land enters with three mining counters on it. {T}, Remove a mining counter from this land: Add one mana of any color. If there are no mining counters on this land, sacrifice it.

Lord of the Undead (The List)
Brom

Other Zombie creatures get +1/+1. {1}{B}, {T}: Return target Zombie card from your graveyard to your hand.

"I confer with Death itself. What could you possibly do to injure me?" —Lord Dralnu

Zealots en-Dal (Exodus)
Brom

At the beginning of your upkeep, if all nonland permanents you control are white, you gain 1 life.

"Great chains shall free our warriors." —Oracle *en*-Vec

Platinum Angel (Tenth Edition)
Brom

Flying You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game.

In its heart lies the secret of immortality.

Bullwhip (Stronghold)
Brom

{2}, {T}: This artifact deals 1 damage to target creature. That creature attacks this turn if able.

"Pain is a crude way to enforce obedience, but it is cheap and plentiful." —Volrath

Liliana of the Veil (Dominaria United)
Brom

+1: Each player discards a card. −2: Target player sacrifices a creature. −6: Separate all permanents target player controls into two piles. That player sacrifices all permanents in the pile of their choice.

Mogg Flunkies (World Championship Decks 1998)
Brom

This creature can't attack or block alone.

They'll attack whatever's in front of them—as long as you tell them where that is.

Platinum Angel (Mirrodin)
Brom

Flying You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game.

In its heart lies the secret of immortality.

Gemstone Mine (The List)
Brom

This land enters with three mining counters on it. {T}, Remove a mining counter from this land: Add one mana of any color. If there are no mining counters on this land, sacrifice it.

Greel, Mind Raker (Prophecy)
Brom

{X}{B}, {T}, Discard two cards: Target player discards X cards at random.

"You're Latulla's gift to me, and I always play with my presents."

Desolation Angel (Apocalypse)
Brom

Kicker {W}{W} (You may pay an additional {W}{W} as you cast this spell.) Flying When this creature enters, destroy all lands you control. If it was kicked, destroy all lands instead.

Mogg Flunkies (Magic 2013)
Brom

This creature can't attack or block alone.

They'll attack whatever's in front of them—as long as you tell them where that is.

Rootwater Hunter (Tempest)
Brom

{T}: This creature deals 1 damage to any target.

"Bitter water vicious wave Shadow-cold shallows root-made maze Home's angry embrace." —*Rootwater Saga*

Predatory Hunger (Exodus)
Brom

Enchant creature Whenever an opponent casts a creature spell, put a +1/+1 counter on enchanted creature.

Hunger growls, never purrs.

Phyrexian Splicer (The List)
Brom

{2}, {T}, Choose flying, first strike, trample, or shadow: Until end of turn, target creature with the chosen ability loses it and another target creature gains it.

Hatred (World Championship Decks 1999)
Brom

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life. Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

"I will flay the skin from your flesh and the flesh from your bones and scrape your bones dry. And still you will not have suffered enough." —Greven *il*-Vec, to Gerrard

Marble Titan (Ninth Edition)
Brom

Creatures with power 3 or greater don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.

It entered the temple with all the pomp and decorum of a rock hitting a goblin's skull.

Mogg Fanatic (World Championship Decks 1999)
Brom

Sacrifice this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

"I got it! I got it! I—"

Mogg Fanatic (The List)
Brom

Sacrifice this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

"I got it! I got it! I—"

Altar of Dementia (Modern Horizons)
Brom

Sacrifice a creature: Target player mills cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

"It is not that you will go mad. It is that you will beg for madness." —Volrath

Reiver Demon (Mirrodin)
Brom

Flying When this creature enters, if you cast it from your hand, destroy all nonartifact, nonblack creatures. They can't be regenerated.

Mogg Flunkies (Stronghold)
Brom

This creature can't attack or block alone.

They'll attack whatever's in front of them—as long as you tell them where that is.

Hidden Horror (Portal Second Age)
Brom

When this creature enters, sacrifice it unless you discard a creature card.

Platinum Angel (Magic 2010)
Brom

Flying You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game.

In its heart lies the secret of immortality.

Bosh, Iron Golem (Commander 2014)
Brom

Trample {3}{R}, Sacrifice an artifact: Bosh deals damage equal to the sacrificed artifact's mana value to any target.

As Glissa searches for the truth about Memnarch, Bosh searches to unearth the secrets of his past.

Warrior Angel (Stronghold)
Brom

Flying Whenever this creature deals damage, you gain that much life.

She represents not hope, but hope's desperate fury.

Marble Titan (Tempest)
Brom

Creatures with power 3 or greater don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.

"Strapping on nine hundred pounds of armor every morning would make any warrior cross." —Gerrard of the *Weatherlight*

Rootwater Hunter (Duel Decks: Merfolk vs. Goblins)
Brom

{T}: This creature deals 1 damage to any target.

"Bitter water, vicious wave; Shadow-cold shallows, root-made maze. Home's angry embrace." —*Rootwater Saga*

Gemstone Mine (Time Spiral Timeshifted)
Brom

This land enters with three mining counters on it. {T}, Remove a mining counter from this land: Add one mana of any color. If there are no mining counters on this land, sacrifice it.

Gemstone Mine (Judge Gift Cards 2005)
Brom

This land enters with three mining counters on it. {T}, Remove a mining counter from this land: Add one mana of any color. If there are no mining counters on this land, sacrifice it.

Swamp (Tempest)
Brom

({T}: Add {B}.)

Stronghold Taskmaster (Stronghold)
Brom

Other black creatures get -1/-1.

"With the completion of each joyous task, we are closer to Yawgmoth's divine vision." —Stronghold architect, journal

Gemstone Mine (World Championship Decks 1998)
Brom

This land enters with three mining counters on it. {T}, Remove a mining counter from this land: Add one mana of any color. If there are no mining counters on this land, sacrifice it.

Sylvan Yeti (Portal Second Age)
Brom

Sylvan Yeti's power is equal to the number of cards in your hand.

The deeper the wood, the greater its strength.

Swamp (World Championship Decks 1999)
Brom

({T}: Add {B}.)

Tasha, the Witch Queen (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Brom

Whenever you cast a spell you don't own, create a 3/3 black Demon creature token. +1: Draw a card. For each opponent, exile up to one target instant or sorcery card from that player's graveyard and put a page counter on it. −3: You may cast a spell from among cards in exile with page counters on them without paying its mana cost. Tasha, the Witch Queen can be your commander.

Necrologia (Exodus)
Brom

Cast this spell only during your end step. As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life. Draw X cards.

"My enemies' death yields threefold benefit: removal, reuse, and research." —Volrath

Bosh, Iron Golem (Commander 2021)
Brom

Trample {3}{R}, Sacrifice an artifact: Bosh deals damage equal to the sacrificed artifact's mana value to any target.

As Glissa searches for the truth about Memnarch, Bosh searches to unearth the secrets of his past.

Mogg Fanatic (Anthologies)
Brom

Sacrifice this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

"I got it! I got it! I—"