Basal Thrull

Basal Thrull (Fallen Empires)
Kaja Foglio

{T}, Sacrifice this creature: Add {B}{B}.

Initially bred for sacrifice, the Thrulls eventually turned on their masters, the Order of the Ebon Hand, with gruesome results. —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. II*

Basal Thrull (Fallen Empires)
Phil Foglio

{T}, Sacrifice this creature: Add {B}{B}.

Although my later designs were much more sophisticated, Basal Thrulls were no less a success." —Endrek Sahr, "Thrulls"

Basal Thrull (Fallen Empires)
Christopher Rush

{T}, Sacrifice this creature: Add {B}{B}.

"Above all, a well crafted Thrull should be hideous—blasted of countenance and twisted of limb—to inspire fear and revulsion." —Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder

Basal Thrull (Fallen Empires)
Richard Kane Ferguson

{T}, Sacrifice this creature: Add {B}{B}.

"To create the first Thrulls, I only introduced alchemic elements into the Order's necromancy; Tourach's principles remained unchanged." —Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder

Bird Maiden (Arabian Nights)
Kaja Foglio

Flying

"Four things that never meet do here unite To shed my blood and to ravage my heart, A radiant brow and tresses that beguile And rosy cheeks and a glittering smile." —*The Arabian Nights*, trans. Haddawy

Spirit Link (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Kaja Foglio

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.) Whenever enchanted creature deals damage, you gain that much life.

Bottle Gnomes (World Championship Decks 1999)
Kaja Foglio

Sacrifice this creature: You gain 3 life.

"I am reminded of the fable of the silver egg. Its owner cracks it open to see what jewels it holds, only to discover a simple yellow yolk." —Karn, silver golem

Swords to Plowshares (Coldsnap Theme Decks)
Kaja Foglio

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

"The so-called barbarians will not respect us for our military might—they will respect us for our honor." —Lucilde Fiksdotter, leader of the Order of the White Shield

Giant Tortoise (Arabian Nights)
Kaja Foglio

This creature gets +0/+3 as long as it's untapped.

Sorry (Unglued)
Kaja Foglio

Before any player casts a spell with the same name as a card in any graveyard, that player may say "sorry." If they don't, any other player may say "sorry" as the spell is being cast. When another player says "sorry" this way, counter the spell. Whenever a player says "sorry" at any other time, Sorry deals 2 damage to that player.

Daring Apprentice (Mirage)
Kaja Foglio

{T}, Sacrifice this creature: Counter target spell.

In front of every great wizard is a doomed apprentice.

Amulet of Unmaking (Mirage)
Kaja Foglio

{5}, {T}, Exile this artifact: Exile target artifact, creature, or land. Activate only as a sorcery.

Trade to trade, not to keep. —Suq'Ata motto

Hydroblast (World Championship Decks 1998)
Kaja Foglio

Choose one — • Counter target spell if it's red. • Destroy target permanent if it's red.

"Heed the lessons of our time: the forms of water may move the land itself and hold captive the fires within." —Gustha Ebbasdotter, Kjeldoran Royal Mage

Thunderstaff (Darksteel)
Kaja Foglio

As long as this artifact is untapped, if a creature would deal combat damage to you, prevent 1 of that damage. {2}, {T}: Attacking creatures get +1/+0 until end of turn.

Stone Rain (Ice Age)
Kaja Foglio

Destroy target land.

"May the forces that took Argoth beneath the waves never come among us again." —Arcum Dagsson, Soldevi Machinist

Energy Flux (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Kaja Foglio

All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay {2}."

Millstone (Fourth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

{2}, {T}: Target player mills two cards.

More than one mage was driven insane by the sound of the Millstone relentlessly grinding away.

Millstone (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Kaja Foglio

{2}, {T}: Target player mills two cards.

More than one mage was driven insane by the sound of the Millstone relentlessly grinding away.

Kjeldoran Pride (Alliances)
Kaja Foglio

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+2. {2}{U}: Attach this Aura to target creature other than enchanted creature.

Charm School (Unglued)
Kaja Foglio

As this enchantment enters, choose a color and balance this enchantment on your head. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you by sources of the chosen color. When this enchantment falls off your head, sacrifice this enchantment.

Kismet (Classic Sixth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

Artifacts, creatures, and lands your opponents control enter tapped.

"Make people wait for what they want, and you have power over them. This is as true for merchants and militia as it is for cooks and couples." —Gwendlyn Di Corci

Basal Thrull (Fallen Empires)
Kaja Foglio

{T}, Sacrifice this creature: Add {B}{B}.

Initially bred for sacrifice, the Thrulls eventually turned on their masters, the Order of the Ebon Hand, with gruesome results. —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. II*

Pyroblast (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Kaja Foglio

Choose one — • Counter target spell if it's blue. • Destroy target permanent if it's blue.

"Just the thing for those pesky water mages." —Jaya Ballard, Task Mage

Wind Spirit (Ice Age)
Kaja Foglio

Flying Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

"To visit the sky requires bravery, and thought, and little else. To master the sky requires the binding of *its* masters, and little else." —Arnjlot Olasson, Sky Mage

Winter Blast (Renaissance)
Kaja Foglio

Tap X target creatures. Winter Blast deals 2 damage to each of those creatures with flying.

Millstone (Fifth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

{2}, {T}: Target player mills two cards.

More than one mage has been driven insane by the sound of the millstone relentlessly grinding away.

Talas Researcher (Portal Second Age)
Kaja Foglio

{T}: Draw a card. Activate only during your turn, before attackers are declared.

From time, knowledge. From knowledge, power.

Coffin Queen (The List)
Kaja Foglio

You may choose not to untap this creature during your untap step. {2}{B}, {T}: Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. When this creature becomes untapped or you lose control of this creature, exile that creature.

Cuombajj Witches (Arabian Nights)
Kaja Foglio

{T}: This creature deals 1 damage to any target and 1 damage to any target of an opponent's choice.

Bottle Gnomes (World Championship Decks 1998)
Kaja Foglio

Sacrifice this creature: You gain 3 life.

"I am reminded of the fable of the silver egg. Its owner cracks it open to see what jewels it holds, only to discover a simple yellow yolk." —Karn, silver golem

Bottle Gnomes (World Championship Decks 1999)
Kaja Foglio

Sacrifice this creature: You gain 3 life.

"I am reminded of the fable of the silver egg. Its owner cracks it open to see what jewels it holds, only to discover a simple yellow yolk." —Karn, silver golem

Spirit Link (Fourth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.) Whenever enchanted creature deals damage, you gain that much life.

Kismet (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Kaja Foglio

Artifacts, creatures, and lands your opponents control enter tapped.

Suleiman's Legacy (Visions)
Kaja Foglio

When this enchantment enters, destroy all Djinns and Efreets. They can't be regenerated. Whenever a Djinn or Efreet enters, destroy it. It can't be regenerated.

With Suleiman's ascension to power, the djinn and efreets of ancient Rabiah learned humility.

Bottle Gnomes (The List)
Kaja Foglio

Sacrifice this creature: You gain 3 life.

"I am reminded of the fable of the silver egg. Its owner cracks it open to see what jewels it holds, only to discover a simple yellow yolk." —Karn, silver golem

Illusionary Presence (Ice Age)
Kaja Foglio

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.) At the beginning of your upkeep, choose a land type. This creature gains landwalk of the chosen type until end of turn. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a land of that type.)

"We could feel the Shaman's power, as surely as we felt the storm." —Disa the Restless, journal entry

Captain Sisay (Mystery Booster 2)
Kaja Foglio

{T}: Search your library for a legendary card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sisay continued the quest for the Legacy even when Gerrard chose to abandon it. She is devoted to the cause of good at whatever the price.

Summer Bloom (Classic Sixth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

You may play up to three additional lands this turn.

Summer sends its kiss with warmth and blooming life.

Harmony of Nature (The List)
Kaja Foglio

Tap any number of untapped creatures you control. You gain 4 life for each creature tapped this way.

Bottle Gnomes (Tempest)
Kaja Foglio

Sacrifice this creature: You gain 3 life.

"I am reminded of the fable of the silver egg. Its owner cracks it open to see what jewels it holds, only to discover a simple yellow yolk." —Karn, silver golem

Rainbow Vale (Fallen Empires)
Kaja Foglio

{T}: Add one mana of any color. An opponent gains control of this land at the beginning of the next end step.

In the feudal days of Icatia, finding the Rainbow Vale was often the goal of Knights' quests.

Sorceress Queen (Arabian Nights)
Kaja Foglio

{T}: Target creature other than this creature has base power and toughness 0/2 until end of turn.

Cuombajj Witches (Anthologies)
Kaja Foglio

{T}: This creature deals 1 damage to any target and 1 damage to any target of an opponent's choice.

Manta Riders (Tempest)
Kaja Foglio

{U}: This creature gains flying until end of turn.

"Water is firmament to the finned." —Oracle *en*-Vec

Sorcerous Sight (The List)
Kaja Foglio

Look at target opponent's hand. Draw a card.

Do not react; anticipate.

Millstone (Foreign Black Border)
Kaja Foglio

{2}, {T}: Target player mills two cards.

Cuombajj Witches (Chronicles)
Kaja Foglio

{T}: This creature deals 1 damage to any target and 1 damage to any target of an opponent's choice.

Energy Flux (Antiquities)
Kaja Foglio

All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay {2}."

Rabid Wombat (Fifth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

Vigilance This creature gets +2/+2 for each Aura attached to it.

Manta Riders (Battle Royale Box Set)
Kaja Foglio

{U}: This creature gains flying until end of turn.

"Water is firmament to the finned." —Oracle *en*-Vec

Bird Maiden (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Kaja Foglio

Flying

Kismet (Renaissance)
Kaja Foglio

Artifacts, creatures, and lands your opponents control enter tapped.

Sorceress Queen (Introductory Two-Player Set)
Kaja Foglio

{T}: Target creature other than this creature has base power and toughness 0/2 until end of turn.

Rabid Wombat (Chronicles)
Kaja Foglio

Vigilance This creature gets +2/+2 for each Aura attached to it.

Hydroblast (Ice Age)
Kaja Foglio

Choose one — • Counter target spell if it's red. • Destroy target permanent if it's red.

"Heed the lessons of our time: the forms of water may move the land itself and hold captive the fires within." —Gustha Ebbasdotter, Kjeldoran Royal Mage

Pyroblast (World Championship Decks 1997)
Kaja Foglio

Choose one — • Counter target spell if it's blue. • Destroy target permanent if it's blue.

"Just the thing for those pesky water mages." —Jaya Ballard, task mage

Millstone (Revised Edition)
Kaja Foglio

{2}, {T}: Target player mills two cards.

More than one mage was driven insane by the sound of the Millstone relentlessly grinding away.

Magus of the Unseen (Ice Age)
Kaja Foglio

{1}{U}, {T}: Untap target artifact an opponent controls and gain control of it until end of turn. It gains haste until end of turn. When you lose control of the artifact, tap it.

Blessed Wine (Fifth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

You gain 1 life. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

"Out there, there are spirits, but here, there is wine." —Blessing for the bounty of Kjeld

Spirit Link (World Championship Decks 1998)
Kaja Foglio

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.) Whenever enchanted creature deals damage, you gain that much life.

"I regret feeding Kaervek's hunger for power—far better to live with animals innocent of such ambitions." —Jolrael

Sylvan Tutor (Portal)
Kaja Foglio

Search your library for a creature card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Spirit Link (Legends)
Kaja Foglio

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.) Whenever enchanted creature deals damage, you gain that much life.

Bird Maiden (Renaissance)
Kaja Foglio

Flying

Blessed Wine (Ice Age)
Kaja Foglio

You gain 1 life. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

"May the bounty of Kjeld enrich your days." —Halvor Arenson, Kjeldoran Priest

Energy Flux (Fifth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay {2}."

"Nothing endures but change." —Heraclitus

Bird Maiden (Rinascimento)
Kaja Foglio

Flying

Mirror Mirror (Unglued)
Kaja Foglio

This artifact enters tapped. {7}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Choose target player. At the beginning of the next end step, exchange life totals with that player, exchange control of all permanents you and that player control, and exchange cards in your hands, cards in your libraries, and cards in your graveyards.

Millstone (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Kaja Foglio

{2}, {T}: Target player mills two cards.

Orim, Samite Healer (Tempest)
Kaja Foglio

{T}: Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.

"The silkworm spins itself a new existence. So the healer weaves the threads of life." —Orim, Samite healer

Kismet (Legends)
Kaja Foglio

Artifacts, creatures, and lands your opponents control enter tapped.

Sorceress Queen (Fifth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

{T}: Target creature other than this creature has base power and toughness 0/2 until end of turn.

"We have always counted time with sand; this pinch is your meaningless life." —Nailah, self-proclaimed Queen of Rabiah

Hydroblast (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Kaja Foglio

Choose one — • Counter target spell if it's red. • Destroy target permanent if it's red.

"Heed the lessons of our time: the forms of water may move the land itself and hold captive the fires within." —Gustha Ebbasdotter, Kjeldoran Royal Mage

Kjeldoran Pride (Alliances)
Kaja Foglio

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+2. {2}{U}: Attach this Aura to target creature other than enchanted creature.

Spirit Link (Fifth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.) Whenever enchanted creature deals damage, you gain that much life.

"I regret feeding Kaervek's hunger for power—far better to live with animals innocent of such ambitions." —Jolrael

Winter Blast (Fifth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

Tap X target creatures. Winter Blast deals 2 damage to each of those creatures with flying.

"Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!" —William Shakespeare, *King Lear*

Revelation (Chronicles)
Kaja Foglio

Players play with their hands revealed.

"Many are in high place, and of renown: but mysteries are revealed unto the meek." —Ecclesiasticus 3:19

Pyroblast (World Championship Decks 1998)
Kaja Foglio

Choose one — • Counter target spell if it's blue. • Destroy target permanent if it's blue.

"Just the thing for those pesky water mages." —Jaya Ballard, Task Mage

Winter Blast (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Kaja Foglio

Tap X target creatures. Winter Blast deals 2 damage to each of those creatures with flying.

Swords to Plowshares (Ice Age)
Kaja Foglio

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

"The so-called Barbarians will not respect us for our military might—they will respect us for our honor." —Lucilde Fiksdotter, Leader of the Order of the White Shield

Daring Apprentice (Classic Sixth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

{T}, Sacrifice this creature: Counter target spell.

In front of every great wizard is a doomed apprentice.

Hurloon Wrangler (Unglued)
Kaja Foglio

Denimwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player is wearing denim.)

"Nothing comes between me and my Didgeridoos™."

Flooded Woodlands (Ice Age)
Kaja Foglio

Green creatures can't attack unless their controller sacrifices a land of their choice for each green creature they control that's attacking. (This cost is paid as attackers are declared.)

Freyalise's tears bring life and renewal, though they also bring trouble.

Icatian Phalanx (Fifth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

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.)

Even after the wall was breached in half a dozen places, the phalanxes fought on, standing solidly against the onrushing raiders. Disciplined and dedicated, they held their ranks to the end, even in the face of tremendous losses.

Black Scarab (Ice Age)
Kaja Foglio

Enchant creature Enchanted creature can't be blocked by black creatures. Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 as long as an opponent controls a black permanent.

Summer Bloom (Portal)
Kaja Foglio

You may play up to three additional lands this turn.

Summer sends its kiss with warmth and blooming life.

Teferi's Puzzle Box (Visions)
Kaja Foglio

At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player puts the cards in their hand on the bottom of their library in any order, then draws that many cards.

Cuombajj Witches (Rinascimento)
Kaja Foglio

{T}: This creature deals 1 damage to any target and 1 damage to any target of an opponent's choice.

Swords to Plowshares (World Championship Decks 1997)
Kaja Foglio

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

"The so-called Barbarians will not respect us for our military might—they will respect us for our honor." —Lucilde Fiksdotter, Leader of the Order of the White Shield

Al-abara's Carpet (Legends)
Kaja Foglio

{5}, {T}: Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn by attacking creatures without flying.

Al-abara simply laughed and lifted one finger, and the carpet carried her high out of our reach.

Orcish Mine (Homelands)
Kaja Foglio

Enchant land This Aura enters with three ore counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep and whenever enchanted land becomes tapped, remove an ore counter from this Aura. When the last ore counter is removed from this Aura, destroy enchanted land and this Aura deals 2 damage to that land's controller.

Energy Flux (Foreign Black Border)
Kaja Foglio

All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay {2}."

Sorceress Queen (Fourth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

{T}: Target creature other than this creature has base power and toughness 0/2 until end of turn.

Pyroblast (Fifth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

Choose one — • Counter target spell if it's blue. • Destroy target permanent if it's blue.

"Just the thing for those pesky water mages." —Jaya Ballard, task mage

Coffin Queen (Tempest)
Kaja Foglio

You may choose not to untap this creature during your untap step. {2}{B}, {T}: Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. When this creature becomes untapped or you lose control of this creature, exile that creature.

North Star (Legends)
Kaja Foglio

{4}, {T}: For one spell this turn, you may spend mana as though it were mana of any type to pay that spell's mana cost. (Additional costs are still paid normally.)

Giant Tortoise (Fourth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

This creature gets +0/+3 as long as it's untapped.

Winter Blast (Introductory Two-Player Set)
Kaja Foglio

Tap X target creatures. Winter Blast deals 2 damage to each of those creatures with flying.

"Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!" —William Shakespeare, King Lear

Field of Dreams (Legends)
Kaja Foglio

Players play with the top card of their libraries revealed.

Some people say that the world is round, and if you travel far enough you'll come to the other side, where everything is upside down.

Trade Caravan (Homelands)
Kaja Foglio

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a currency counter on this creature. Remove two currency counters from this creature: Untap target basic land. Activate only during an opponent's upkeep.

Pyroblast (World Championship Decks 1997)
Kaja Foglio

Choose one — • Counter target spell if it's blue. • Destroy target permanent if it's blue.

"Just the thing for those pesky water mages." —Jaya Ballard, task mage

Primal Clay (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Kaja Foglio

As this creature enters, it becomes your choice of a 3/3 artifact creature, a 2/2 artifact creature with flying, or a 1/6 Wall artifact creature with defender in addition to its other types. (A creature with defender can't attack.)

Energy Flux (Introductory Two-Player Set)
Kaja Foglio

All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay {2}."

Initiates of the Ebon Hand (Fallen Empires)
Kaja Foglio

{1}: Add {B}. If this ability has been activated four or more times this turn, sacrifice this creature at the beginning of the next end step.

"Many Initiates sacrificed a hand to become full members of the Order." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. II*

Primal Clay (Foreign Black Border)
Kaja Foglio

As this creature enters, it becomes your choice of a 3/3 artifact creature, a 2/2 artifact creature with flying, or a 1/6 Wall artifact creature with defender in addition to its other types. (A creature with defender can't attack.)

Magus of the Unseen (Fifth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

{1}{U}, {T}: Untap target artifact an opponent controls and gain control of it until end of turn. It gains haste until end of turn. When you lose control of the artifact, tap it.

Hydroblast (World Championship Decks 1997)
Kaja Foglio

Choose one — • Counter target spell if it's red. • Destroy target permanent if it's red.

"Heed the lessons of our time: the forms of water may move the land itself and hold captive the fires within." —Gustha Ebbasdotter, Kjeldoran royal mage

Bottle Gnomes (Friday Night Magic 2003)
Kaja Foglio

Sacrifice this creature: You gain 3 life.

"I am reminded of the fable of the silver egg. Its owner cracks it open to see what jewels it holds, only to discover a simple yellow yolk." —Karn, silver golem

Bird Maiden (Fifth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

Flying

"Four things that never meet do here unite To shed my blood and to ravage my heart, A radiant brow and tresses that beguile And rosy cheeks and a glittering smile." —*The Arabian Nights*, trans. Haddawy

Hydroblast (Fifth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

Choose one — • Counter target spell if it's red. • Destroy target permanent if it's red.

"Heed the lessons of our time: the forms of water may move the land itself and hold captive the fires within." —Gustha Ebbasdotter, Kjeldoran royal mage

Primal Clay (Antiquities)
Kaja Foglio

As this creature enters, it becomes your choice of a 3/3 artifact creature, a 2/2 artifact creature with flying, or a 1/6 Wall artifact creature with defender in addition to its other types. (A creature with defender can't attack.)

Eureka (Legends)
Kaja Foglio

Starting with you, each player may put a permanent card from their hand onto the battlefield. Repeat this process until no one puts a card onto the battlefield.

Teferi's Puzzle Box (Classic Sixth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player puts the cards in their hand on the bottom of their library in any order, then draws that many cards.

Talas Researcher (The List)
Kaja Foglio

{T}: Draw a card. Activate only during your turn, before attackers are declared.

From time, knowledge. From knowledge, power.

Shahrazad (Arabian Nights)
Kaja Foglio

Players play a Magic subgame, using their libraries as their decks. Each player who doesn't win the subgame loses half their life, rounded up.

Bird Maiden (Arabian Nights)
Kaja Foglio

Flying

"Four things that never meet do here unite To shed my blood and to ravage my heart, A radiant brow and tresses that beguile And rosy cheeks and a glittering smile." —*The Arabian Nights*, trans. Haddawy

Kjeldoran Pride (Coldsnap Theme Decks)
Kaja Foglio

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+2. {2}{U}: Attach this Aura to target creature other than enchanted creature.

Sorcerous Sight (Portal)
Kaja Foglio

Look at target opponent's hand. Draw a card.

Do not react; anticipate.

Kismet (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Kaja Foglio

Artifacts, creatures, and lands your opponents control enter tapped.

Pyroblast (World Championship Decks 1997)
Kaja Foglio

Choose one — • Counter target spell if it's blue. • Destroy target permanent if it's blue.

"Just the thing for those pesky water mages." —Jaya Ballard, task mage

Sorceress Queen (Revised Edition)
Kaja Foglio

{T}: Target creature other than this creature has base power and toughness 0/2 until end of turn.

Pyroblast (Ice Age)
Kaja Foglio

Choose one — • Counter target spell if it's blue. • Destroy target permanent if it's blue.

"Just the thing for those pesky water mages." —Jaya Ballard, Task Mage

Energy Flux (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Kaja Foglio

All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay {2}."

Icatian Phalanx (Fallen Empires)
Kaja Foglio

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.)

Even after the wall was breached in half a dozen places, the Phalanxes fought on, standing solidly against the onrushing raiders. Disciplined and dedicated, they held their ranks to the end, even in the face of tremendous losses.

Giant Tortoise (Rinascimento)
Kaja Foglio

This creature gets +0/+3 as long as it's untapped.

Giant Tortoise (Renaissance)
Kaja Foglio

This creature gets +0/+3 as long as it's untapped.

Winter Blast (Fourth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

Tap X target creatures. Winter Blast deals 2 damage to each of those creatures with flying.

"Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!" —William Shakespeare, *King Lear*

Inheritance (Alliances)
Kaja Foglio

Whenever a creature dies, you may pay {3}. If you do, draw a card.

"More than lessons may be gained from the past." —Halvor Arensson, Kjeldoran Priest

Millstone (Classic Sixth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

{2}, {T}: Target player mills two cards.

More than one mage has been driven insane by the sound of the millstone relentlessly grinding away.

Wind Spirit (Fifth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

Flying Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

" . . . [W]hen the trees bow down their heads, / The wind is passing by." —Christina Rossetti, "Who Has Seen the Wind?"

Bird Maiden (Fourth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

Flying

Four things that never meet do here unite To shed my blood and to ravage my heart, A radiant brow and tresses that beguile And rosy cheeks and a glittering smile." —*The Arabian Nights*, trans. Haddawy

Exhaustion (Portal Second Age)
Kaja Foglio

Creatures and lands target opponent controls don't untap during their next untap step.

Silhouette (Legends)
Kaja Foglio

Choose target creature. If a spell or ability that targets that creature would cause a source to deal damage to that creature this turn, prevent that damage.

Winter Blast (Legends)
Kaja Foglio

Tap X target creatures. Winter Blast deals 2 damage to each of those creatures with flying.

"Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!" —William Shakespeare, *King Lear*

Harmony of Nature (Portal Second Age)
Kaja Foglio

Tap any number of untapped creatures you control. You gain 4 life for each creature tapped this way.

Sisay (Vanguard Series)
Kaja Foglio

Whenever you tap a land for mana, add one mana of any type that land produced.

While captain of the *Weatherlight*, Sisay undertook a quest for the Legacy, a collection of artifacts needed to defeat the Lord of the Wastes. She continued this quest even when Gerrard, heir to the Legacy, chose to abandon it. Sisay is devoted to the cause of good at whatever price.

Touch of Brilliance (Starter 1999)
Kaja Foglio

Draw two cards.

"I don't want what I don't have. I want more of what I *do* have."

Millstone (Antiquities)
Kaja Foglio

{2}, {T}: Target player mills two cards.

More than one mage was driven insane by the sound of the Millstone relentlessly grinding away.

Thunderstaff (Archenemy)
Kaja Foglio

As long as this artifact is untapped, if a creature would deal combat damage to you, prevent 1 of that damage. {2}, {T}: Attacking creatures get +1/+0 until end of turn.

Granny's Payback (Arena League 2004)
Kaja Foglio

You gain life equal to your age.

Few remember the exploits of Dakkon's grandmother, Eunice Blackblade.

Mishra's Workshop (Antiquities)
Kaja Foglio

{T}: Add {C}{C}{C}. Spend this mana only to cast artifact spells.

Though he eventually came to despise Tocasia, Mishra listened well to her lessons on clarity of purpose. Unlike his brother, he focused his mind on a single goal.

Rabid Wombat (Legends)
Kaja Foglio

Vigilance This creature gets +2/+2 for each Aura attached to it.

Pyroblast (World Championship Decks 1998)
Kaja Foglio

Choose one — • Counter target spell if it's blue. • Destroy target permanent if it's blue.

"Just the thing for those pesky water mages." —Jaya Ballard, Task Mage

Summer Bloom (Starter 1999)
Kaja Foglio

You may play up to three additional lands this turn.

Summer sends its kiss with warmth and blooming life.

Hydroblast (World Championship Decks 1997)
Kaja Foglio

Choose one — • Counter target spell if it's red. • Destroy target permanent if it's red.

"Heed the lessons of our time: the forms of water may move the land itself and hold captive the fires within." —Gustha Ebbasdotter, Kjeldoran royal mage

Primal Clay (Revised Edition)
Kaja Foglio

As this creature enters, it becomes your choice of a 3/3 artifact creature, a 2/2 artifact creature with flying, or a 1/6 Wall artifact creature with defender in addition to its other types. (A creature with defender can't attack.)

Sorceress Queen (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Kaja Foglio

{T}: Target creature other than this creature has base power and toughness 0/2 until end of turn.

Energy Flux (Revised Edition)
Kaja Foglio

All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay {2}."

Sorceress Queen (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Kaja Foglio

{T}: Target creature other than this creature has base power and toughness 0/2 until end of turn.

Primal Clay (Fourth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

As this creature enters, it becomes your choice of a 3/3 artifact creature, a 2/2 artifact creature with flying, or a 1/6 Wall artifact creature with defender in addition to its other types. (A creature with defender can't attack.)

Primal Clay (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Kaja Foglio

As this creature enters, it becomes your choice of a 3/3 artifact creature, a 2/2 artifact creature with flying, or a 1/6 Wall artifact creature with defender in addition to its other types. (A creature with defender can't attack.)

Giant Tortoise (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Kaja Foglio

This creature gets +0/+3 as long as it's untapped.

Trade Caravan (Homelands)
Kaja Foglio

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a currency counter on this creature. Remove two currency counters from this creature: Untap target basic land. Activate only during an opponent's upkeep.

Revelation (Legends)
Kaja Foglio

Players play with their hands revealed.

"Many are in high place, and of renown: but mysteries are revealed unto the meek." —Ecclesiastes 3:19

Millstone (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Kaja Foglio

{2}, {T}: Target player mills two cards.

More than one mage was driven insane by the sound of the Millstone relentlessly grinding away.

Sorceress Queen (Foreign Black Border)
Kaja Foglio

{T}: Target creature other than this creature has base power and toughness 0/2 until end of turn.

Kismet (Fifth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

Artifacts, creatures, and lands your opponents control enter tapped.

"Make people wait for what they want, and you have power over them. This is as true for merchants and militia as it is for cooks and couples." —Gwendlyn Di Corci

Kismet (Fourth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

Artifacts, creatures, and lands your opponents control enter tapped.

Giant Tortoise (Arabian Nights)
Kaja Foglio

This creature gets +0/+3 as long as it's untapped.

Energy Flux (Fourth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay {2}."

Renewal (Homelands)
Kaja Foglio

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a land. Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Wind Spirit (Classic Sixth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

Flying Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

" . . . When the trees bow down their heads, The wind is passing by." —Christina Rossetti, "Who Has Seen the Wind?"

Millstone (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Kaja Foglio

{2}, {T}: Target player mills two cards.

More than one mage was driven insane by the sound of the Millstone relentlessly grinding away.

Spirit Link (Renaissance)
Kaja Foglio

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.) Whenever enchanted creature deals damage, you gain that much life.

Elven Lyre (Fallen Empires)
Kaja Foglio

{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Scholars are uncertain whether it was the actual sound or some other magical property of the Elven Lyre that transformed its player.

Touch of Brilliance (Portal Second Age)
Kaja Foglio

Draw two cards.

"I don't want what I don't have. I want more of what I *do* have."

Gift of Estates (Portal)
Kaja Foglio

If an opponent controls more lands than you, search your library for up to three Plains cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.

Spirit Link (Classic Sixth Edition)
Kaja Foglio

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.) Whenever enchanted creature deals damage, you gain that much life.