Verdant Command

Verdant Command (Modern Horizons 2 Promos)
Mark Poole

Choose two — • Target player creates two tapped 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens. • Counter target loyalty ability of a planeswalker. • Exile target card from a graveyard. • Target player gains 3 life.

Verdant Command (Modern Horizons 2)
Mark Poole

Choose two — • Target player creates two tapped 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens. • Counter target loyalty ability of a planeswalker. • Exile target card from a graveyard. • Target player gains 3 life.

Verdant Command (Modern Horizons 2)
Mark Poole

Choose two — • Target player creates two tapped 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens. • Counter target loyalty ability of a planeswalker. • Exile target card from a graveyard. • Target player gains 3 life.

Birds of Paradise (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Sol Ring (Commander Masters)
Mark Poole

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

"Model? I'm insulted. It's by all reasonable metrics a fully functional planetary system, scaled down for easier study." —Urza, to Tawnos

Jump (Unlimited Edition)
Mark Poole

Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Urza's Tower (Antiquities)
Mark Poole

{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Mine and an Urza's Power-Plant, add {C}{C}{C} instead.

Urza always put Tocasia's lessons on resource-gathering to effective use.

Forest (Unsanctioned)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {G}.)

Snow-Covered Wastes (Modern Horizons 3)
Mark Poole

{T}: Add {C}.

Ancestral Recall (Unlimited Edition)
Mark Poole

Target player draws three cards.

Ayula, Queen Among Bears (Fallout)
Mark Poole

Whenever another Bear you control enters, choose one — • Put two +1/+1 counters on target Bear. • Target Bear you control fights target creature you don't control.

Swamp (Commander 2017)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {B}.)

Mountain (World Championship Decks 1998)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {R}.)

Eternal Flame (The Dark)
Mark Poole

Eternal Flame deals X damage to target opponent or planeswalker and half X damage, rounded up, to you, where X is the number of Mountains you control.

Unholy Citadel (Legends)
Mark Poole

Black legendary creatures you control have "bands with other legendary creatures." (Any legendary creatures can attack in a band as long as at least one has "bands with other legendary creatures." Bands are blocked as a group. If at least two legendary creatures you control, one of which has "bands with other legendary creatures," are blocking or being blocked by the same creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

Mardu Shadowspear (Fate Reforged)
Mark Poole

Whenever this creature attacks, each opponent loses 1 life. Dash {1}{B} (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)

Howling Mine (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Morale (The Dark)
Mark Poole

Attacking creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn.

"After Lacjsi's speech, the Knights grew determined to crush their ancient enemies clan by clan." —Tivadar of Thorn, *History of the Goblin Wars*

Svyelunite Temple (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Add {U}{U}.

Verdant Command (Modern Horizons 2 Promos)
Mark Poole

Choose two — • Target player creates two tapped 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens. • Counter target loyalty ability of a planeswalker. • Exile target card from a graveyard. • Target player gains 3 life.

Birds of Paradise (Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Fastbond (Unlimited Edition)
Mark Poole

You may play any number of lands on each of your turns. Whenever you play a land, if it wasn't the first land you played this turn, this enchantment deals 1 damage to you.

Jump (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Forest (2017 Gift Pack)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {G}.)

Power Sink (Beatdown Box Set)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.

Ashnod's Battle Gear (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

You may choose not to untap this artifact during your untap step. {2}, {T}: Target creature you control gets +2/-2 for as long as this artifact remains tapped.

Moon-Blessed Cleric (Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander)
Mark Poole

Divine Intervention — When this creature enters, you may search your library for an enchantment card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

"Sometimes, we must make our own path through the darkness."

Power Sink (Ice Age)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.

Power Sink (Classic Sixth Edition)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.

Natural Selection (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put them back in any order. You may have that player shuffle.

Balance (Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way.

Urza's Cave (Modern Horizons 3)
Mark Poole

{T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

No matter how deep Urza delved, he couldn't escape his regrets.

Varchild's Crusader (Alliances)
Mark Poole

{0}: This creature can't be blocked this turn except by Walls. Sacrifice this creature at the beginning of the next end step.

"We could have peace, but Varchild would rather have the maps of the new Kjeldor drawn in Balduvian blood." —King Darien of Kjeldor

Bountiful Landscape (Modern Horizons 3)
Mark Poole

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Forest, Island, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Cycling {G}{U}{R} ({G}{U}{R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Natural Selection (Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put them back in any order. You may have that player shuffle.

Stonecoil Serpent (Throne of Eldraine Promos)
Mark Poole

Reach, trample, protection from multicolored This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.

Cast out of Garenbrig for his crimes, Ennor turned to fae magic to fashion the perfect weapon for his revenge.

Mountain (Tempest)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {R}.)

Elvish Scout (Fallen Empires)
Mark Poole

{G}, {T}: Untap target attacking creature you control. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by it this turn.

Even one whose ears were closely tuned to the sounds of Havenwood could miss hearing a Scout move past.

Restore Balance (Time Spiral Remastered)
Mark Poole

Suspend 6—{W} Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players sacrifice creatures and discard cards the same way.

Shatterstorm (Antiquities)
Mark Poole

Destroy all artifacts. They can't be regenerated.

Chains of leaping fire and sizzling lightning laid waste the artificers' handiwork, sparing not a single device.

Island (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Island (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Ugin's Labyrinth (Modern Horizons 3 Promos)
Mark Poole

Imprint — When this land enters, you may exile a colorless card with mana value 7 or greater from your hand. {T}: Add {C}. If a card is exiled with this land, add {C}{C} instead. {T}: Return the exiled card to its owner's hand.

Birds of Paradise (Secret Lair Drop)
Mark Poole

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Balance (Secret Lair Drop)
Mark Poole

Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way.

Counterspell (Unlimited Edition)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

Counterspell (Dominaria Remastered)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

Counterspell (Friday Night Magic 2005)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

"It was probably a lousy spell in the first place." —Ertai, wizard adept

Counterspell (Secret Lair Drop)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

Counterspell (Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

Counterspell (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

Counterspell (Fourth Edition)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

Counterspell (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

Akron Legionnaire (Fifth Edition)
Mark Poole

Except for creatures named Akron Legionnaire and artifact creatures, creatures you control can't attack.

Island (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Library of Alexandria (Arabian Nights)
Mark Poole

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Draw a card. Activate only if you have exactly seven cards in hand.

Island (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Mountain (Premium Deck Series: Slivers)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {R}.)

Farmstead (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant land Enchanted land has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {W}{W}. If you do, you gain 1 life."

Mountain (Commander 2017)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {R}.)

Echo Storm (Commander 2018)
Mark Poole

When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you've cast your commander from the command zone this game. You may choose new targets for the copies. Create a token that's a copy of target artifact.

An organized and methodical reproduction.

Burrowing (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has mountainwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)

Fowl Play (Unglued)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a Bird creature with base power and toughness 1/1.

"I feel like chicken tonight!"

Forest (Hour of Devastation)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {G}.)

Plains (Dominaria)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {W}.)

Elite Javelineer (Tempest)
Mark Poole

Whenever this creature blocks, it deals 1 damage to target attacking creature.

"Precision is frequently more valuable than force." —Gerrard of the *Weatherlight*

Concordant Crossroads (Double Masters 2022)
Mark Poole

All creatures have haste.

"Realms emerge and wither like autumn leaves, but the World Tree endures eternally." —Esika, god of the Tree

Howling Mine (Fifth Edition)
Mark Poole

At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Return to Nature (March of the Machine Commander)
Mark Poole

Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Destroy target enchantment. • Exile target card from a graveyard.

"Long after the magic wore off, the mice still dreamed of glorious galloping." —*Tales of the Fae*

Plains (Commander 2016)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {W}.)

Great Defender (Legends)
Mark Poole

Target creature gets +0/+X until end of turn, where X is its mana value.

Kor Haven (30th Anniversary Play Promos)
Mark Poole

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{W}, {T}: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target attacking creature this turn.

"Find shelter where none but the angels can reach you." —Kor saying

Thoughtlace (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Target spell or permanent becomes blue. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.)

Ancient Cornucopia (The Big Score)
Mark Poole

Whenever you cast a spell that's one or more colors, you may gain 1 life for each of that spell's colors. Do this only once each turn. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

"I reckon that thing's trying to put me out of a job!" —Bristly Bill, cactusfolk gardener

Dwarven Weaponsmith (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

{T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Activate only during your upkeep.

"Work with zeal as hammers peal! Melt, anneal, and pound the steel!" —Old Dwarvish forge-chant

Ali from Cairo (Arabian Nights)
Mark Poole

Damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead.

Stream of Life (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Target player gains X life.

Apocalypse Chime (Homelands)
Mark Poole

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Destroy all nontoken permanents with a name originally printed in the Homelands expansion. They can't be regenerated.

"One day, or another, perhaps I shall ring my pretty chime . . . loudly, so that all may hear." —Grandmother Sengir

Birds of Paradise (Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Ashnod's Battle Gear (Rinascimento)
Mark Poole

You may choose not to untap this artifact during your untap step. {2}, {T}: Target creature you control gets +2/-2 for as long as this artifact remains tapped.

Urza's Tower (Rinascimento)
Mark Poole

{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Mine and an Urza's Power-Plant, add {C}{C}{C} instead.

Festival (The Dark)
Mark Poole

Cast this spell only during an opponent's upkeep. Creatures can't attack this turn.

Only after the townsfolk had drawn us into their merry celebration did we discover that their holiday rituals held a deeper purpose.

Havenwood Battleground (Fallen Empires)
Mark Poole

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Add {G}{G}.

Stream of Life (Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Target player gains X life.

Bronze Horse (Legends)
Mark Poole

Trample As long as you control another creature, prevent all damage that would be dealt to this creature by spells that target it.

Human Wizard (30th Anniversary Tokens)
Mark Poole

Birds of Paradise (Fourth Edition)
Mark Poole

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Reflecting Mirror (The Dark)
Mark Poole

{X}, {T}: Change the target of target spell with a single target if that target is you. The new target must be a player. X is twice the mana value of that spell.

Dwarven Ruins (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Add {R}{R}.

Island (Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Barbed Foliage (Mirage)
Mark Poole

Whenever a creature attacks you, it loses flanking until end of turn. Whenever a creature without flying attacks you, this enchantment deals 1 damage to it.

Thoughtlace (Fourth Edition)
Mark Poole

Target spell or permanent becomes blue. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.)

Sleight of Mind (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (For example, you may change "target black spell" to "target blue spell." This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Thoughtlace (Limited Edition Beta)
Mark Poole

Target spell or permanent becomes blue. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.)

Urza's Tower (Chronicles)
Mark Poole

{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Mine and an Urza's Power-Plant, add {C}{C}{C} instead.

Urza always put Tocasia's lessons on resource-gathering to effective use.

Fear (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.) Enchanted creature has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Plains (Commander Anthology Volume II)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {W}.)

Fastbond (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

You may play any number of lands on each of your turns. Whenever you play a land, if it wasn't the first land you played this turn, this enchantment deals 1 damage to you.

Ancestral Vision (Duel Decks Anthology: Jace vs. Chandra)
Mark Poole

Suspend 4—{U} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay {U} 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.) Target player draws three cards.

Kudzu (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant land When enchanted land becomes tapped, destroy it. That land's controller may attach this Aura to a land of their choice.

Rally the Troops (Portal Second Age)
Mark Poole

Cast this spell only during the declare attackers step and only if you've been attacked this step. Untap all creatures you control.

Reliquary Tower (Commander Masters)
Mark Poole

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

At a certain point, the only thing a wizard wants for is time. And after that, nothing.

Simulacrum (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

You gain life equal to the damage dealt to you this turn. Simulacrum deals damage to target creature you control equal to the damage dealt to you this turn.

Nightshade Stinger (Jumpstart)
Mark Poole

Flying This creature can't block.

"Most faeries are harmless pranksters. Every now and again, though, you get one that crosses over from mischievous to malicious." —Gaddock Teeg

Indestructible Aura (Chronicles)
Mark Poole

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.

Theodar strode the battle lines, snatching swords with his bare hands and casting them aside until all cowered before him.

Mountain (Tempest)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {R}.)

Swamp (Starter Commander Decks)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {B}.)

Mountain (Tempest)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {R}.)

Painted Bluffs (The List)
Mark Poole

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

Centuries of scouring sands have carved and polished the rocky terrain of the Shefet.

Mountain (Commander 2016)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {R}.)

Jedit Ojanen (Legends)
Mark Poole

Mightiest of the Cat Warriors, Jedit Ojanen forsook the forests of his tribe and took service with the Robaran Mercenaries, rising through their ranks to lead them in the battle for Efrava.

Simulacrum (Unlimited Edition)
Mark Poole

You gain life equal to the damage dealt to you this turn. Simulacrum deals damage to target creature you control equal to the damage dealt to you this turn.

Illusionary Wall (Ice Age)
Mark Poole

Defender, flying, first strike Cumulative upkeep {U} (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.)

"Let them see what is not there and feel what does not touch them. When they no longer trust their senses, that is the time to strike." —Gerda Äagesdotter, Archmage of the Unseen

Counterspell (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

Swiftwater Cliffs (Aetherdrift)
Mark Poole

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

The Keelhaulers channel their prey drive into thrilling, cutthroat pursuits. Glory is all the sweeter when it's won at the expense of others.

Incinerate (Deckmasters)
Mark Poole

Incinerate deals 3 damage to any target. A creature dealt damage this way can't be regenerated this turn.

"Yes, I think 'toast' is an appropriate description." —Jaya Ballard, Task Mage

Halls of Mist (Ice Age)
Mark Poole

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.) Creatures that attacked during their controller's last turn can't attack.

Counterspell (Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

Fear (Unlimited Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.) Enchanted creature has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Amnesia (The Dark)
Mark Poole

Target player reveals their hand and discards all nonland cards.

"When one has witnessed the unspeakable, 'tis sometimes better to forget." —Vervamon the Elder

Balduvian Barbarians (Ice Age)
Mark Poole

"Barbarian raids were a concern to those living in the northwest provinces, but the Skyknights never dealt with the problem in a systematic way. They thought of the Balduvians as an 'amusing model' of their forebears' culture." —*Kjeldor: Ice Civilization*

Counterspell (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

Urza's Tower (Rinascimento)
Mark Poole

{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Mine and an Urza's Power-Plant, add {C}{C}{C} instead.

King Suleiman (Arabian Nights)
Mark Poole

{T}: Destroy target Djinn or Efreet.

"We made tempestuous winds obedient to Solomon . . . And many of the devils We also made obedient to him." —The Qur'an, 21:81

Foratog (Eighth Edition)
Mark Poole

{G}, Sacrifice a Forest: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Five hundred years to grow—barely a minute to eat.

Svyelunite Temple (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Add {U}{U}.

Samut, the Driving Force (Aetherdrift)
Mark Poole

First strike, vigilance, haste Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.) Other creatures you control get +X/+0, where X is your speed. Noncreature spells you cast cost {X} less to cast, where X is your speed.

Elvish Hunter (Fallen Empires)
Mark Poole

{1}{G}, {T}: Target creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

"Elves often tipped their arrows with a drug that caused a deep but harmless sleep." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. III*

Sleight of Mind (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (For example, you may change "target black spell" to "target blue spell." This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Stream of Life (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

Target player gains X life.

Formless Genesis (Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander)
Mark Poole

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) Create an X/X colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling and deathtouch, where X is the number of land cards in your graveyard. Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)

Nurturing Licid (Tempest)
Mark Poole

{G}, {T}: This creature loses this ability and becomes an Aura enchantment with enchant creature. Attach it to target creature. You may pay {G} to end this effect. {G}: Regenerate enchanted creature.

Mountain (World Championship Decks 1998)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {R}.)

Havenwood Battleground (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Add {G}{G}.

Birds of Paradise (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Island (Limited Edition Beta)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

The Brute (Fourth Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+0. {R}{R}{R}: Regenerate enchanted creature.

"Union may be strength, but it is mere blind brute strength unless wisely directed." —Samuel Butler

Shatterstorm (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Mark Poole

Destroy all artifacts. They can't be regenerated.

Chains of leaping fire and sizzling lightning laid waste the artificers' handiwork, sparing not a single device.

Stonecoil Serpent (The List)
Mark Poole

Reach, trample, protection from multicolored This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.

Cast out of Garenbrig for his crimes, Ennor turned to fae magic to fashion the perfect weapon for his revenge.

Plains (Commander Masters)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {W}.)

Sleight of Mind (Fourth Edition)
Mark Poole

Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (For example, you may change "target black spell" to "target blue spell." This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Kudzu (Limited Edition Beta)
Mark Poole

Enchant land When enchanted land becomes tapped, destroy it. That land's controller may attach this Aura to a land of their choice.

Island Sanctuary (Limited Edition Alpha)
Mark Poole

If you would draw a card during your draw step, instead you may skip that draw. If you do, until your next turn, you can't be attacked except by creatures with flying and/or islandwalk.

Kudzu (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant land When enchanted land becomes tapped, destroy it. That land's controller may attach this Aura to a land of their choice.

Crop Rotation (Double Masters)
Mark Poole

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a land. Search your library for a land card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

"The end of my cycle draws near. Rise up, young sprouts, and take root in my place."

Piety (Fourth Edition)
Mark Poole

Blocking creatures get +0/+3 until end of turn.

"Whoever obeys God and His Prophet, fears God and does his duty to Him, will surely find success." —*The Qur'an, 24:52*

Plains (2017 Gift Pack)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {W}.)

Island (Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Dwarven Weaponsmith (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Mark Poole

{T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Activate only during your upkeep.

"Work with zeal as hammers peal! Melt, anneal, and pound the steel!" —Old Dwarvish forge-chant

Howling Mine (Limited Edition Alpha)
Mark Poole

At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Merfolk Wizard (Lorwyn Tokens)
Mark Poole

Fear (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.) Enchanted creature has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Island (Commander Anthology Volume II)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Thran Forge (The List)
Mark Poole

{2}: Until end of turn, target nonartifact creature gets +1/+0 and becomes an artifact in addition to its other types.

"This will work," Gerrard called to the elves as he used the forge to strengthen the aboroth, "but if it doesn't, we won't survive to care."

Gaea's Touch (The Dark)
Mark Poole

{0}: You may put a basic Forest card from your hand onto the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery and only once each turn. Sacrifice this enchantment: Add {G}{G}.

War-Spike Changeling (Modern Masters)
Mark Poole

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) {R}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn.

"Aren't there boggarts enough in Lorwyn? Couldn't it turn into a sheep? Or a sunflower?" —Olly of Goldmeadow

Starforged Sword (Bloomburrow)
Mark Poole

Gift a tapped Fish (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, when it enters, they create a tapped 1/1 blue Fish creature token.) When this Equipment enters, if the gift was promised, attach this Equipment to target creature you control. Equipped creature gets +3/+3 and loses flying. Equip {3}

Empyrial Storm (Commander 2018)
Mark Poole

When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you've cast your commander from the command zone this game. Create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying.

An inspiring and glorious ascent.

Jump (Limited Edition Beta)
Mark Poole

Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Howl from Beyond (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

Howling Mine (The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts)
Mark Poole

At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

"The Sardian dwarves have let superstition override common sense. There's plenty of ore left in the mountain, and we mustn't let it go to waste." —Last dispatch of Bolgon, Argivian surveyor

Birds of Paradise (World Championship Decks 1998)
Mark Poole

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Eye for an Eye (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Mark Poole

The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, instead that source deals that much damage to you and Eye for an Eye deals that much damage to that source's controller.

Fear (Limited Edition Beta)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.) Enchanted creature has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Forest (The List)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {G}.)

Counterspell (Secret Lair Drop)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

Kudzu (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant land When enchanted land becomes tapped, destroy it. That land's controller may attach this Aura to a land of their choice.

Laughing Hyena (Unhinged)
Mark Poole

Gotcha — If an opponent laughs, you may say "Gotcha" When you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

"Two muffins are baking in an oven. One muffin says to the other muffin, 'It's getting hot in here, huh?' The other muffin says, 'Aagh! A talking muffin!'"

Demon (30th Anniversary Tokens)
Mark Poole

Flying

Kudzu (Unlimited Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant land When enchanted land becomes tapped, destroy it. That land's controller may attach this Aura to a land of their choice.

Mesa Falcon (Homelands)
Mark Poole

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

"The faith of Serra is borne on wings of hope." —Gulsen, Abbey Matron

Island (Commander 2016)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Sparkmage Apprentice (Ravnica: City of Guilds)
Mark Poole

When this creature enters, it deals 1 damage to any target.

Pajik was amazed and pleased at his newfound powers. His pet cat Rivin was slightly less enthusiastic.

Death Ward (Fifth Edition)
Mark Poole

Regenerate target creature.

Ancestral Recall (Limited Edition Beta)
Mark Poole

Target player draws three cards.

Balance (Limited Edition Alpha)
Mark Poole

Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way.

Mesa Falcon (Classic Sixth Edition)
Mark Poole

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

"The faith of Serra is borne on wings of hope." —Gulsen, abbey matron

Sylvan Library (Dominaria Remastered)
Mark Poole

At the beginning of your draw step, you may draw two additional cards. If you do, choose two cards in your hand drawn this turn. For each of those cards, pay 4 life or put the card on top of your library.

Island (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Jump (Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Death Ward (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Mark Poole

Regenerate target creature.

Death Ward (Limited Edition Alpha)
Mark Poole

Regenerate target creature.

Goblin Ski Patrol (Ice Age)
Mark Poole

{1}{R}: This creature gets +2/+0 and gains flying. Its controller sacrifices it at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only once and only if you control a snow Mountain.

"AIIIEEEE!" —Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician

Kudzu (Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant land When enchanted land becomes tapped, destroy it. That land's controller may attach this Aura to a land of their choice.

Burrowing (Fourth Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has mountainwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)

Fraction Jackson (Unhinged)
Mark Poole

{G}, {T}: Return target card with a ½ on it from your graveyard to your hand.

Bitten by radioactive beebles in a freak algebra accident, young Ricky Robertson discovered he'd gained the ability to harness the awesome power of fractions!

Marhault Elsdragon (Legends)
Mark Poole

Rampage 1 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)

Marhault follows a strict philosophy, never letting emotions cloud his thoughts. No chance observer could imagine the rage in his heart.

Island (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Swamp (Commander Masters)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {B}.)

Sleight of Mind (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (For example, you may change "target black spell" to "target blue spell." This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Kudzu (Limited Edition Alpha)
Mark Poole

Enchant land When enchanted land becomes tapped, destroy it. That land's controller may attach this Aura to a land of their choice.

Forest (Dominaria)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {G}.)

Thoughtlace (Limited Edition Alpha)
Mark Poole

Target spell or permanent becomes blue. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.)

Howl from Beyond (Unlimited Edition)
Mark Poole

Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

Burrowing (Classic Sixth Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has mountainwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)

Wild Growth (Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Enchant land Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional {G}.

Death Ward (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

Regenerate target creature.

Island (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Thoughtlace (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Target spell or permanent becomes blue. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.)

Stream of Life (Fourth Edition)
Mark Poole

Target player gains X life.

Fear (Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.) Enchanted creature has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

The Brute (Legends)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+0. {R}{R}{R}: Regenerate enchanted creature.

"Union may be strength, but it is mere blind brute strength unless wisely directed." —Samuel Butler

Sleight of Mind (Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (For example, you may change "target black spell" to "target blue spell." This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Counterspell (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

Island (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Exploration (Double Masters)
Mark Poole

You may play an additional land on each of your turns.

With every step she took, a new world unfolded before her.

Return to Nature (Throne of Eldraine)
Mark Poole

Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Destroy target enchantment. • Exile target card from a graveyard.

"Long after the magic wore off, the mice still dreamed of glorious galloping." —*Tales of the Fae*

Stream of Life (Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Target player gains X life.

Balance (Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way.

Counterspell (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

Jungle Patrol (Mirage)
Mark Poole

{1}{G}, {T}: Create a 0/1 green Wall creature token with defender named Wood. Sacrifice a token named Wood: Add {R}.

Kudzu (Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Enchant land When enchanted land becomes tapped, destroy it. That land's controller may attach this Aura to a land of their choice.

Brainstorm (Secret Lair Drop)
Mark Poole

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

"The secret is simply to know what you're going to do before you even see the possibilities." —Porlema'ko, mind mage

Ruins of Trokair (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Add {W}{W}.

Swamp (Core Set 2019)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {B}.)

Death Ward (Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Regenerate target creature.

Fear (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.) Enchanted creature has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Simulacrum (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

You gain life equal to the damage dealt to you this turn. Simulacrum deals damage to target creature you control equal to the damage dealt to you this turn.

Island (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Piety (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Blocking creatures get +0/+3 until end of turn.

Island (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Wild Growth (Limited Edition Alpha)
Mark Poole

Enchant land Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional {G}.

Incinerate (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

Incinerate deals 3 damage to any target. A creature dealt damage this way can't be regenerated this turn.

"Yes, I think 'toast' is an appropriate description." —Jaya Ballard, Task Mage

Kelsinko Ranger (Ice Age)
Mark Poole

{1}{W}: Target green creature gains first strike until end of turn.

"Rangers not trained by the Elves just aren't the same." —Lucilde Fiksdotter, Leader of the Order of the White Shield

Sleight of Mind (Unlimited Edition)
Mark Poole

Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (For example, you may change "target black spell" to "target blue spell." This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Farmstead (Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Enchant land Enchanted land has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {W}{W}. If you do, you gain 1 life."

City of Brass (Double Masters 2022)
Mark Poole

Whenever this land becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to you. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

To walk its streets is to burn in its beauty.

Howling Mine (Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Thoughtlace (Unlimited Edition)
Mark Poole

Target spell or permanent becomes blue. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.)

Incinerate (Coldsnap Theme Decks)
Mark Poole

Incinerate deals 3 damage to any target. A creature dealt damage this way can't be regenerated this turn.

"Yes, I think 'toast' is an appropriate description." —Jaya Ballard, task mage

Morale (Fourth Edition)
Mark Poole

Attacking creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn.

"After Lacjsi's speech, the Knights grew determined to crush their ancient enemies clan by clan." —Tivadar of Thorn, *History of the Goblin Wars*

Balance (Limited Edition Beta)
Mark Poole

Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way.

Ebon Stronghold (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Add {B}{B}.

Burrowing (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has mountainwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)

Island (Game Night: Free-for-All)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Island Sanctuary (Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

If you would draw a card during your draw step, instead you may skip that draw. If you do, until your next turn, you can't be attacked except by creatures with flying and/or islandwalk.

Birds of Paradise (Dominaria Remastered)
Mark Poole

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Sages whisper of an undiscovered natural paradise, a tropical island unspoiled by war.

Howling Mine (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Dogmeat, Ever Loyal (Fallout)
Mark Poole

When Dogmeat enters, mill five cards, then return an Aura or Equipment card from your graveyard to your hand. Whenever a creature you control that's enchanted or equipped attacks, create a Junk token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. Activate only as a sorcery.")

Fastbond (Limited Edition Beta)
Mark Poole

You may play any number of lands on each of your turns. Whenever you play a land, if it wasn't the first land you played this turn, this enchantment deals 1 damage to you.

Farmstead (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant land Enchanted land has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {W}{W}. If you do, you gain 1 life."

Bring to Light (Double Masters 2022)
Mark Poole

Converge — Search your library for a creature, instant, or sorcery card with mana value less than or equal to the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell, exile that card, then shuffle. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost.

Eye for an Eye (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, instead that source deals that much damage to you and Eye for an Eye deals that much damage to that source's controller.

Seeker (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature Enchanted creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or white creatures.

Island (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Mountain (2017 Gift Pack)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {R}.)

Howl from Beyond (Limited Edition Beta)
Mark Poole

Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

Sleight of Mind (Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (For example, you may change "target black spell" to "target blue spell." This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Thoughtlace (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

Target spell or permanent becomes blue. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.)

Chromatic Armor (Ice Age)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature As this Aura enters, choose a color. This Aura enters with a sleight counter on it. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to enchanted creature by sources of the last chosen color. {X}: Put a sleight counter on this Aura and choose a color. X is the number of sleight counters on this Aura.

Howl from Beyond (Ice Age)
Mark Poole

Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

"From the mouths of my servants, my voice shall emerge to shake the souls of my foes." —Lim-Dûl, the Necromancer

Howling Mine (Unlimited Edition)
Mark Poole

At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Jump (Limited Edition Alpha)
Mark Poole

Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Varchild's Crusader (Alliances)
Mark Poole

{0}: This creature can't be blocked this turn except by Walls. Sacrifice this creature at the beginning of the next end step.

"Every patch of land must belong to Kjeldor, no matter what the cost!" —General Varchild

Urza's Tower (Antiquities)
Mark Poole

{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Mine and an Urza's Power-Plant, add {C}{C}{C} instead.

Urza always put Tocasia's lessons on resource-gathering to effective use.

Ancestral Vision (Duel Decks: Jace vs. Chandra)
Mark Poole

Suspend 4—{U} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay {U} 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.) Target player draws three cards.

Death Ward (Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Regenerate target creature.

Island (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Stangg (Chronicles)
Mark Poole

When Stangg enters, create Stangg Twin, a legendary 3/4 red and green Human Warrior creature token. Exile that token when Stangg leaves the battlefield. Sacrifice Stangg when that token leaves the battlefield.

Genesis Storm (Commander 2018)
Mark Poole

When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you've cast your commander from the command zone this game. Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a nonland permanent card. You may put that card onto the battlefield. Then put all cards revealed this way that weren't put onto the battlefield on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Natural Selection (Limited Edition Alpha)
Mark Poole

Look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put them back in any order. You may have that player shuffle.

Wild Growth (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Enchant land Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional {G}.

Scarwood Bandits (The Dark)
Mark Poole

Forestwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.) {2}{G}, {T}: Unless an opponent pays {2}, gain control of target artifact for as long as this creature remains on the battlefield.

Island (Introductory Two-Player Set)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Island (Limited Edition Beta)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Simulacrum (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

You gain life equal to the damage dealt to you this turn. Simulacrum deals damage to target creature you control equal to the damage dealt to you this turn.

Howl from Beyond (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

Natural Selection (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

Look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put them back in any order. You may have that player shuffle.

Commander's Sphere (Commander Masters)
Mark Poole

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Those who crave power for selfish ends find that it always floats just beyond their fingertips, forever maddeningly out of reach.

Balance (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way.

Knight of Stromgald (Ice Age)
Mark Poole

Protection from white {B}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn. {B}{B}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

"Kjeldorans should rule supreme, and to the rest, death!" —Avram Garrisson, Leader of the Knights of Stromgald

Wild Growth (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant land Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional {G}.

Phantasmal Forces (Limited Edition Beta)
Mark Poole

Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay {U}.

These beings embody the essence of true heroes long dead. Summoned from the dreamrealms, they rise to meet their enemies.

Stream of Life (Limited Edition Beta)
Mark Poole

Target player gains X life.

Island (Fourth Edition)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Farmstead (Limited Edition Beta)
Mark Poole

Enchant land Enchanted land has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {W}{W}. If you do, you gain 1 life."

Mountain (Battle Royale Box Set)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {R}.)

Island Sanctuary (Fourth Edition)
Mark Poole

If you would draw a card during your draw step, instead you may skip that draw. If you do, until your next turn, you can't be attacked except by creatures with flying and/or islandwalk.

Havenwood Battleground (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Add {G}{G}.

Fear (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.) Enchanted creature has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Howl from Beyond (Limited Edition Alpha)
Mark Poole

Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

Island (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Fear (Fourth Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.) Enchanted creature has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Island (Introductory Two-Player Set)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Island (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Ruins of Trokair (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Add {W}{W}.

Transit Mage (Aetherdrift)
Mark Poole

When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card with mana value 4 or 5, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

"Remember: You can take the wheel if you want, but *I* choose the music."

Ancestral Recall (Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Target player draws three cards.

Stonecoil Serpent (Commander Masters)
Mark Poole

Reach, trample, protection from multicolored This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.

Cast out of Garenbrig for his crimes, Ennor turned to fae magic to fashion the perfect weapon for his revenge.

Island (2017 Gift Pack)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Howling Mine (The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts)
Mark Poole

At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

"The Sardian dwarves have let superstition override common sense. There's plenty of ore left in the mountain, and we mustn't let it go to waste." —Last dispatch of Bolgon, Argivian surveyor

Vodalian Mage (Fallen Empires)
Mark Poole

{U}, {T}: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.

"Come back, cowards! Everyone knows Merfolk can't wield magic!" —Pashadar Dirf, Goblin Flotilla Commander, last words

Black Poplar Shaman (Lorwyn)
Mark Poole

{2}{B}: Regenerate target Treefolk.

It absorbs the pain of other treefolk, which leaves it bitter, yet addicted to the sensation of agony.

Burrowing (Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has mountainwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)

Island (Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Storm Seeker (Chronicles)
Mark Poole

Storm Seeker deals damage to target player equal to the number of cards in that player's hand.

Thoughtlace (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Mark Poole

Target spell or permanent becomes blue. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.)

Phantasmal Forces (Fourth Edition)
Mark Poole

Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay {U}.

These beings embody the essence of true heroes long dead. Summoned from the dreamrealms, they rise to meet their enemies.

Mountain (Commander Masters)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {R}.)

Death Ward (Unlimited Edition)
Mark Poole

Regenerate target creature.

Mesa Falcon (Fifth Edition)
Mark Poole

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

"The faith of Serra is borne on wings of hope." —Gulsen, abbey matron

Sleight of Mind (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Mark Poole

Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (For example, you may change "target black spell" to "target blue spell." This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Boggart Sprite-Chaser (Lorwyn)
Mark Poole

As long as you control a Faerie, this creature gets +1/+1 and has flying.

"Auntie pointed out to the faerie how much mischief a flying boggart could wreak, and a beautiful new friendship was born." —A tale of Auntie Grub

Island (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Mountain (World Championship Decks 1999)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {R}.)

Stonecoil Serpent (Throne of Eldraine)
Mark Poole

Reach, trample, protection from multicolored This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.

Island Sanctuary (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

If you would draw a card during your draw step, instead you may skip that draw. If you do, until your next turn, you can't be attacked except by creatures with flying and/or islandwalk.

Birds of Paradise (Limited Edition Beta)
Mark Poole

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Nightshade Stinger (Lorwyn)
Mark Poole

Flying This creature can't block.

"Most faeries are harmless pranksters. Every now and again, though, you get one that crosses over from mischievous to malicious." —Gaddock Teeg

Island (Unlimited Edition)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Phantasmal Forces (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay {U}.

These beings embody the essence of true heroes long dead. Summoned from the dreamrealms, they rise to meet their enemies.

Howling Mine (Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Eye for an Eye (Arabian Nights)
Mark Poole

The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, instead that source deals that much damage to you and Eye for an Eye deals that much damage to that source's controller.

Howling Mine (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Yavimaya Coast (Dominaria United)
Mark Poole

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {G} or {U}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Staff of Zegon (Antiquities)
Mark Poole

{3}, {T}: Target creature gets -2/-0 until end of turn.

Though Mishra was impressed by the staves Ashnod had created for Zegon's defense, he understood they only hinted at her full potential.

Burrowing (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has mountainwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)

Balduvian Barbarians (Classic Sixth Edition)
Mark Poole

"Barbarian raids were a concern to those living in the northwest provinces, but the skyknights never dealt with the problem in a systematic way. They thought of the Balduvians as an 'amusing model' of their forebears' culture." —*Kjeldor: Ice Civilization*

Island (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Ugin's Binding (Modern Horizons 3)
Mark Poole

Devoid (This card has no color.) Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand. Whenever you cast a colorless spell with mana value 7 or greater, you may exile this card from your graveyard. When you do, return each nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.

Thoughtlace (Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Target spell or permanent becomes blue. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.)

Island Sanctuary (Unlimited Edition)
Mark Poole

If you would draw a card during your draw step, instead you may skip that draw. If you do, until your next turn, you can't be attacked except by creatures with flying and/or islandwalk.

Jump (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Knight of Stromgald (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

Protection from white {B}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn. {B}{B}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

"Kjeldorans should rule supreme, and to the rest, death!" —Avram Garrisson, Leader of the Knights of Stromgald

Birds of Paradise (World Championship Decks 2000)
Mark Poole

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Simulacrum (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

You gain life equal to the damage dealt to you this turn. Simulacrum deals damage to target creature you control equal to the damage dealt to you this turn.

Island (Limited Edition Alpha)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Island Sanctuary (Limited Edition Beta)
Mark Poole

If you would draw a card during your draw step, instead you may skip that draw. If you do, until your next turn, you can't be attacked except by creatures with flying and/or islandwalk.

Island (Game Night 2019)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Farmstead (Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant land Enchanted land has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {W}{W}. If you do, you gain 1 life."

Kjeldoran Skycaptain (Ice Age)
Mark Poole

Flying; first strike; banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

"If we do our duty and uphold our honor, Kjeldor shall stand for a thousand years." —Arna Kennerüd, Skyknight

Simulacrum (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Mark Poole

You gain life equal to the damage dealt to you this turn. Simulacrum deals damage to target creature you control equal to the damage dealt to you this turn.

Stream of Life (Limited Edition Alpha)
Mark Poole

Target player gains X life.

Márton Stromgald (Ice Age)
Mark Poole

Whenever Márton Stromgald attacks, other attacking creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn for each attacking creature other than Márton Stromgald. Whenever Márton Stromgald blocks, other blocking creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn for each blocking creature other than Márton Stromgald.

Plains (Commander 2017)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {W}.)

Foul Orchard (Amonkhet)
Mark Poole

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

On Amonkhet, death is an ever-present part of life.

Howl from Beyond (Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

Natural Selection (Unlimited Edition)
Mark Poole

Look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put them back in any order. You may have that player shuffle.

Birds of Paradise (World Championship Decks 2000)
Mark Poole

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Island (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Howl from Beyond (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

Svyelunite Temple (Fallen Empires)
Mark Poole

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Add {U}{U}.

Howling Mine (Secret Lair Drop)
Mark Poole

At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Wild Growth (Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant land Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional {G}.

Urza's Tower (Fifth Edition)
Mark Poole

{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Mine and an Urza's Power-Plant, add {C}{C}{C} instead.

Urza always put Tocasia's lessons on resource-gathering to effective use.

Marhault Elsdragon (Chronicles)
Mark Poole

Rampage 1 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)

Marhault Elsdragon follows a strict philosophy, never letting emotions cloud his thoughts. No chance observer could imagine the rage in his heart.

Island (Fourth Edition)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Kjeldoran Skyknight (Ice Age)
Mark Poole

Flying; first strike; banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

"My Aesthir is my most trusted ally. We fight as one and live as one, and we will die as one." —Arna Kennerüd, Skyknight

Death Ward (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Regenerate target creature.

Burrowing (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has mountainwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)

Island (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Forest (Commander Anthology Volume II)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {G}.)

Stream of Life (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Target player gains X life.

Painted Bluffs (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander)
Mark Poole

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

Centuries of scouring sands have carved and polished the rocky terrain of the Shefet.

Sleight of Mind (Fifth Edition)
Mark Poole

Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (For example, you may change "target black spell" to "target blue spell." This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Island Sanctuary (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

If you would draw a card during your draw step, instead you may skip that draw. If you do, until your next turn, you can't be attacked except by creatures with flying and/or islandwalk.

Akron Legionnaire (Chronicles)
Mark Poole

Except for creatures named Akron Legionnaire and artifact creatures, creatures you control can't attack.

Piety (Arabian Nights)
Mark Poole

Blocking creatures get +0/+3 until end of turn.

"Whoever obeys God and His Prophet, fears God and does his duty to Him, will surely find success." —The Qur'an, 24:52

Island (Game Night)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Panharmonicon (Double Masters 2022)
Mark Poole

If an artifact or creature entering causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.

All who listen hear their own song, a unique melody played just for them.

Staunch Defenders (Friday Night Magic 2000)
Mark Poole

When this creature enters, you gain 4 life.

"Hold your position! Leave doubt for the dying!" —Tahngarth of the *Weatherlight*

Swamp (Dominaria United)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {B}.)

War-Spike Changeling (Morningtide)
Mark Poole

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) {R}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn.

"Aren't there boggarts enough in Lorwyn? Couldn't it turn into a sheep? Or a sunflower?" —Olly of Goldmeadow

Morale (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Attacking creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn.

Mountain (World Championship Decks 1999)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {R}.)

Phantasmal Forces (Unlimited Edition)
Mark Poole

Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay {U}.

These beings embody the essence of true heroes long dead. Summoned from the dreamrealms, they rise to meet their enemies.

Island (Beatdown Box Set)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Stream of Life (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

Target player gains X life.

Seeker (Legends)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature Enchanted creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or white creatures.

Gemstone Mine (Dominaria Remastered)
Mark Poole

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.

Kjeldoran Frostbeast (Ice Age)
Mark Poole

At end of combat, destroy all creatures blocking or blocked by this creature.

"Two of my Warriors found that the creature was dangerous not only in combat, but also in simple proximity." —Disa the Restless, journal entry

Forest (Game Night: Free-for-All)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {G}.)

Death Ward (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

Regenerate target creature.

Fear (Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.) Enchanted creature has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Shatterstorm (Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Destroy all artifacts. They can't be regenerated.

Phantasmal Forces (Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay {U}.

Fastbond (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

You may play any number of lands on each of your turns. Whenever you play a land, if it wasn't the first land you played this turn, this enchantment deals 1 damage to you.

Phantasmal Forces (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay {U}.

These beings embody the essence of true heroes long dead. Summoned from the dreamrealms, they rise to meet their enemies.

Island (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Counterspell (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

Farmstead (Limited Edition Alpha)
Mark Poole

Enchant land Enchanted land has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {W}{W}. If you do, you gain 1 life."

Sleight of Mind (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (For example, you may change "target black spell" to "target blue spell." This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Ancestral Vision (Time Spiral Remastered)
Mark Poole

Suspend 4—{U} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay {U} 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.) Target player draws three cards.

Eye for an Eye (Fourth Edition)
Mark Poole

The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, instead that source deals that much damage to you and Eye for an Eye deals that much damage to that source's controller.

Island Sanctuary (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Mark Poole

If you would draw a card during your draw step, instead you may skip that draw. If you do, until your next turn, you can't be attacked except by creatures with flying and/or islandwalk.

Fastbond (Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

You may play any number of lands on each of your turns. Whenever you play a land, if it wasn't the first land you played this turn, this enchantment deals 1 damage to you.

Howl from Beyond (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

Counterspell (Limited Edition Beta)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

Jump (Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Howling Mine (Fourth Edition)
Mark Poole

At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Eye for an Eye (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, instead that source deals that much damage to you and Eye for an Eye deals that much damage to that source's controller.

Indestructible Aura (Legends)
Mark Poole

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.

Theodar strode the battle lines, snatching swords with his bare hands and casting them aside until all cowered before him.

Fastbond (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

You may play any number of lands on each of your turns. Whenever you play a land, if it wasn't the first land you played this turn, this enchantment deals 1 damage to you.

Kjeldoran Warrior (Ice Age)
Mark Poole

Banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

"Give me a thousand such Warriors and I could change the world." —Avram Garrisson, Leader of the Knights of Stromgald

Mountain (Game Night: Free-for-All)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {R}.)

Phantasmal Forces (Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay {U}.

These beings embody the essence of true heroes long dead. Summoned from the dreamrealms, they rise to meet their enemies.

Eye for an Eye (Fifth Edition)
Mark Poole

The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, instead that source deals that much damage to you and Eye for an Eye deals that much damage to that source's controller.

Echo Storm (March of the Machine Commander)
Mark Poole

When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you've cast your commander from the command zone this game. You may choose new targets for the copies. Create a token that's a copy of target artifact.

An organized and methodical reproduction.

Ashnod's Battle Gear (Renaissance)
Mark Poole

You may choose not to untap this artifact during your untap step. {2}, {T}: Target creature you control gets +2/-2 for as long as this artifact remains tapped.

Forest (Commander 2016)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {G}.)

Simulacrum (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

You gain life equal to the damage dealt to you this turn. Simulacrum deals damage to target creature you control equal to the damage dealt to you this turn.

Eye for an Eye (Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, instead that source deals that much damage to you and Eye for an Eye deals that much damage to that source's controller.

Birds of Paradise (Limited Edition Alpha)
Mark Poole

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Jump (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Ancestral Recall (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Target player draws three cards.

Apocalypse Chime (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Destroy all nontoken permanents with a name originally printed in the Homelands expansion. They can't be regenerated.

"One day, or another, perhaps I shall ring my pretty chime . . . loudly, so that all may hear." —Grandmother Sengir

Howl from Beyond (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Mark Poole

Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

Wild Growth (Limited Edition Beta)
Mark Poole

Enchant land Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional {G}.

Farmstead (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant land Enchanted land has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {W}{W}. If you do, you gain 1 life."

The Brothers' War (The Brothers' War Commander)
Mark Poole

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Create two tapped Powerstone tokens. II — Choose two target players. Until your next turn, each creature they control attacks the other chosen player each combat if able. III — This Saga deals X damage to any target and X damage to any other target, where X is the number of artifacts you control.

Wild Growth (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Mark Poole

Enchant land Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional {G}.

Jump (Fourth Edition)
Mark Poole

Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Island (Throne of Eldraine)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {U}.)

Sleight of Mind (Revised Edition)
Mark Poole

Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (For example, you may change "target black spell" to "target blue spell." This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Birds of Paradise (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Jump (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Mark Poole

Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Painted Bluffs (Amonkhet)
Mark Poole

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

Centuries of scouring sands have carved and polished the rocky terrain of the Shefet.

Desecrated Tomb (Core Set 2019 Promos)
Mark Poole

Whenever one or more creature cards leave your graveyard, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying.

The grave robbers were startled, for the door to the mausoleum was already open.

Wild Growth (Unlimited Edition)
Mark Poole

Enchant land Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional {G}.

Swamp (Commander 2016)
Mark Poole

({T}: Add {B}.)

Burrowing (Limited Edition Beta)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has mountainwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)

The Brute (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+0. {R}{R}{R}: Regenerate enchanted creature.

Balance (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Mark Poole

Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way.

Ruins of Trokair (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Mark Poole

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Add {W}{W}.

Counterspell (30th Anniversary Edition)
Mark Poole

Counter target spell.

Thran Forge (Weatherlight)
Mark Poole

{2}: Until end of turn, target nonartifact creature gets +1/+0 and becomes an artifact in addition to its other types.

"This will work," Gerrard called to the elves as he used the forge to strengthen the aboroth, "but if it doesn't, we won't survive to care."

Staunch Defenders (Classic Sixth Edition)
Mark Poole

When this creature enters, you gain 4 life.

"Hold your position! Leave doubt for the dying!" —Tahngarth of the *Weatherlight*