Tune Up

Tune Up (Aetherdrift)
Chris Rallis

Return target artifact card from your graveyard to the battlefield. If it's a Vehicle, it becomes an artifact creature.

Nihiloor (Forgotten Realms Commander)
Chris Rallis

When Nihiloor enters, for each opponent, tap up to one untapped creature you control. When you do, gain control of target creature that player controls with power less than or equal to the tapped creature's power for as long as you control Nihiloor. Whenever you attack with a creature an opponent owns, you gain 2 life and that player loses 2 life.

Return of the Wildspeaker (Murders at Karlov Manor Commander)
Chris Rallis

Choose one — • Draw cards equal to the greatest power among non-Human creatures you control. • Non-Human creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn.

"The curse is broken."

Vile Aggregate (Battle for Zendikar)
Chris Rallis

Devoid (This card has no color.) Vile Aggregate's power is equal to the number of colorless creatures you control. Trample Ingest (Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles the top card of their library.)

Cresting Mosasaurus (Jurassic World Collection)
Chris Rallis

Emerge {6}{U} (You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's mana value.) When this creature enters, if you cast it, return each non-Dinosaur creature to its owner's hand.

It preyed on anything it could sink its teeth into.

Bonds of Mortality (Oath of the Gatewatch)
Chris Rallis

When this enchantment enters, draw a card. {G}: Creatures your opponents control lose hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

Jace discovered the leyline pattern needed to anchor Ulamog and Kozilek to reality, but it was Nissa who could trace it on her world.

Reluctant Role Model (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
Chris Rallis

Survival — At the beginning of your second main phase, if this creature is tapped, put a flying, lifelink, or +1/+1 counter on it. Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, if it had counters on it, put those counters on up to one target creature.

Razaketh, the Foulblooded (Commander Masters)
Chris Rallis

Flying, trample Pay 2 life, Sacrifice another creature: Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Liliana insisted on coming to Amonkhet to confront one of the two remaining demons to whom she is bound.

Hanna, Ship's Navigator (Neon Dynasty Commander)
Chris Rallis

{1}{W}{U}, {T}: Return target artifact or enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand.

"I never thought I'd spend my life fighting. I'm a maker, not a destroyer."

Captain Lannery Storm (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander)
Chris Rallis

Haste Whenever Captain Lannery Storm attacks, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Whenever you sacrifice a Treasure, Captain Lannery Storm gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Return of the Wildspeaker (Modern Horizons 3 Commander)
Chris Rallis

Choose one — • Draw cards equal to the greatest power among non-Human creatures you control. • Non-Human creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn.

"The curse is broken."

Scion of Opulence (Crimson Vow Commander)
Chris Rallis

Whenever this creature or another nontoken Vampire you control dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") {R}, Sacrifice two artifacts: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.

Flusterstorm (Modern Horizons)
Chris Rallis

Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays {1}. Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

Arcane Savant (Conspiracy: Take the Crown)
Chris Rallis

Before you shuffle your deck to start the game, you may reveal this card from your deck and exile an instant or sorcery card you drafted that isn't in your deck. When this creature enters, copy a card you exiled with cards named Arcane Savant. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

Samut, the Driving Force (Aetherdrift)
Chris Rallis

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.

Teferi, Master of Time (Core Set 2021)
Chris Rallis

You may activate loyalty abilities of Teferi on any player's turn any time you could cast an instant. +1: Draw a card, then discard a card. −3: Target creature you don't control phases out. (Treat it and anything attached to it as though they don't exist until its controller's next turn.) −10: Take two extra turns after this one.

Infernal Sovereign (March of the Machine Commander)
Chris Rallis

Flying, trample Skip your draw step. Whenever you play a land or cast a spell, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Dominaria was his to conquer. The Phyrexians were merely the latest fools to stand in his way.

Rush of Adrenaline (Shadows over Innistrad)
Chris Rallis

Target creature gets +2/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.

Scarecrows only go so far in sending the message to stay away.

Cemetery Protector (Innistrad: Crimson Vow)
Chris Rallis

Flash When this creature enters, exile a card from a graveyard. Whenever you play a land or cast a spell, if it shares a card type with the exiled card, create a 1/1 white Human creature token.

Fall of the Titans (The List)
Chris Rallis

Surge {X}{R} (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.) Fall of the Titans deals X damage to each of up to two targets.

As Gideon kept the brood lineages at bay, Chandra incinerated the bound Eldrazi titans.

Return of the Wildspeaker (Throne of Eldraine)
Chris Rallis

Choose one — • Draw cards equal to the greatest power among non-Human creatures you control. • Non-Human creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn.

Vampire Gourmand (Foundations)
Chris Rallis

Whenever this creature attacks, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, draw a card and this creature can't be blocked this turn.

"He asked me if I wanted to come in for a bite to eat. Who am I to turn down a stranger's kindness?"

Ajani, Nacatl Pariah (Modern Horizons 3 Promos)
Chris Rallis

Zada, Hedron Grinder (Commander Masters)
Chris Rallis

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets only Zada, copy that spell for each other creature you control that the spell could target. Each copy targets a different one of those creatures.

"A hedron holds magic for a thousand years—or less, if need be."

Fall of the Titans (Oath of the Gatewatch)
Chris Rallis

Surge {X}{R} (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.) Fall of the Titans deals X damage to each of up to two targets.

As Gideon kept the brood lineages at bay, Chandra incinerated the bound Eldrazi titans.

Ajani, Strength of the Pride (The List)
Chris Rallis

+1: You gain life equal to the number of creatures you control plus the number of planeswalkers you control. −2: Create a 2/2 white Cat Soldier creature token named Ajani's Pridemate with "Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this token." 0: If you have at least 15 life more than your starting life total, exile Ajani and each artifact and creature your opponents control.

Anthem of Champions (Foundations)
Chris Rallis

Creatures you control get +1/+1.

Setessa is protected by four warrior factions, each named for an animal. United, they can repel any threat to their polis.

Zulaport Chainmage (Oath of the Gatewatch)
Chris Rallis

Cohort — {T}, Tap an untapped Ally you control: Target opponent loses 2 life.

The chains obey her. Everything else would do best to get out of her way.

Odric, Blood-Cursed (Innistrad: Crimson Vow Promos)
Chris Rallis

When Odric enters, create X Blood tokens, where X is the number of abilities from among flying, first strike, double strike, deathtouch, haste, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, menace, reach, trample, and vigilance found among creatures you control. (Count each ability only once.)

Shoulder to Shoulder (Oath of the Gatewatch)
Chris Rallis

Support 2. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.) Draw a card.

"Sea Gate may have fallen, but we still stand. We still fight." —Gideon Jura

Samut, the Driving Force (Aetherdrift Promos)
Chris Rallis

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.

Cunning Rhetoric (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander)
Chris Rallis

Whenever an opponent attacks you and/or one or more planeswalkers you control, exile the top card of that player's library. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.

Precognitive Perception (Game Night: Free-for-All)
Chris Rallis

Draw three cards. Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, instead scry 3, then draw three cards.

"To control the present we must master the future."

Deathbringer Regent (Dragons of Tarkir Promos)
Chris Rallis

Flying When this creature enters, if you cast it from your hand and there are five or more other creatures on the battlefield, destroy all other creatures.

Guardian Project (The List)
Chris Rallis

Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, if it doesn't have the same name as another creature you control or a creature card in your graveyard, draw a card.

Simic's strength comes from its diversity.

Truefire Captain (Guilds of Ravnica)
Chris Rallis

Mentor (Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature with lesser power.) Whenever this creature is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to target player.

Stormfist Crusader (Starter Commander Decks)
Chris Rallis

Menace At the beginning of your upkeep, each player draws a card and loses 1 life.

"As she reached the pinnacle, lightning flashed and her eyes blazed with newfound power." —Legend of the Gilded Knights

Liliana, Death's Majesty (Modern Horizons 3 Commander)
Chris Rallis

+1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Mill two cards. −3: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types. −7: Destroy all non-Zombie creatures.

Chandra's Spitfire (Jumpstart 2022)
Chris Rallis

Flying Whenever an opponent is dealt noncombat damage, this creature gets +3/+0 until end of turn.

"I've lit most everything on fire—trees, rocks, even the water. Now it's time to burn the clouds."

Captain Lannery Storm (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander)
Chris Rallis

Haste Whenever Captain Lannery Storm attacks, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Whenever you sacrifice a Treasure, Captain Lannery Storm gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Gifts Ungiven (Signature Spellbook: Jace)
Chris Rallis

Search your library for up to four cards with different names and reveal them. Target opponent chooses two of those cards. Put the chosen cards into your graveyard and the rest into your hand. Then shuffle.

Hazoret, Godseeker (Aetherdrift)
Chris Rallis

Indestructible, 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.) {1}, {T}: Target creature with power 2 or less can't be blocked this turn. Hazoret can't attack or block unless you have max speed.

Teferi, Time Raveler (War of the Spark Promos)
Chris Rallis

Each opponent can cast spells only any time they could cast a sorcery. +1: Until your next turn, you may cast sorcery spells as though they had flash. −3: Return up to one target artifact, creature, or enchantment to its owner's hand. Draw a card.

Danitha Capashen, Paragon (Commander Legends)
Chris Rallis

First strike, vigilance, lifelink Aura and Equipment spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

"I will protect the less fortunate. I will love bravely. I will face despair and fight on. As a Capashen, I can do no less."

Barrage Tyrant (Battle for Zendikar Promos)
Chris Rallis

Devoid (This card has no color.) {2}{R}, Sacrifice another colorless creature: This creature deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to any target.

Terrible fury. Excellent aim.

Doppelgang (Murders at Karlov Manor Promos)
Chris Rallis

For each of X target permanents, create X tokens that are copies of that permanent.

"Suspect spotted at the Tin Street Market, Yescu Street entrance. And the Oak Street entrance. And somehow also in Lobar Alley!" —Avult of the Foundway Associates

Oko, the Trickster (The List)
Chris Rallis

+1: Put two +1/+1 counters on up to one target creature you control. 0: Until end of turn, Oko becomes a copy of target creature you control. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to him this turn. −7: Until end of turn, each creature you control has base power and toughness 10/10 and gains trample.

Induced Amnesia (Rivals of Ixalan Promos)
Chris Rallis

When this enchantment enters, target player exiles all cards from their hand face down, then draws that many cards. When this enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return the exiled cards to their owner's hand.

Hanna, Ship's Navigator (Double Masters)
Chris Rallis

{1}{W}{U}, {T}: Return target artifact or enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand.

"I never thought I'd spend my life fighting. I'm a maker, not a destroyer."

Syr Faren, the Hengehammer (Throne of Eldraine)
Chris Rallis

Whenever Syr Faren attacks, another target attacking creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is Syr Faren's power.

"Words are pointless. It's what you do with your hammer that counts."

Lay Claim (Amonkhet)
Chris Rallis

Enchant permanent You control enchanted permanent. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Initiates need worry only about the trials. Everything else is in the hands of the gods.

Rimrock Knight (Throne of Eldraine)
Chris Rallis

Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep (March of the Machine: The Aftermath)
Chris Rallis

Vigilance, ward {3} Whenever you cast a Kraken, Leviathan, Octopus, or Serpent spell from your hand, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is that spell's mana value. You may cast a spell with mana value less than X from among them without paying its mana cost. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Hixus, Prison Warden (Magic Origins)
Chris Rallis

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Whenever a creature deals combat damage to you, if Hixus entered this turn, exile that creature until Hixus leaves the battlefield. (That creature returns under its owner's control.)

Danitha Capashen, Paragon (Game Night: Free-for-All)
Chris Rallis

First strike, vigilance, lifelink Aura and Equipment spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

"I will protect the less fortunate. I will love bravely. I will face despair and fight on. As a Capashen, I can do no less."

Scion of Opulence (Foundations Jumpstart)
Chris Rallis

Whenever this creature or another nontoken Vampire you control dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") {R}, Sacrifice two artifacts: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.

Razaketh, the Foulblooded (Hour of Devastation Promos)
Chris Rallis

Flying, trample Pay 2 life, Sacrifice another creature: Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Liliana insisted on coming to Amonkhet to confront one of the two remaining demons to whom she is bound.

Liliana, Dreadhorde General (Ravnica Remastered)
Chris Rallis

Whenever a creature you control dies, draw a card. +1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. −4: Each player sacrifices two creatures of their choice. −9: Each opponent chooses a permanent they control of each permanent type and sacrifices the rest.

Zada, Hedron Grinder (Battle for Zendikar Promos)
Chris Rallis

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets only Zada, copy that spell for each other creature you control that the spell could target. Each copy targets a different one of those creatures.

"A hedron holds magic for a thousand years—or less, if need be."

Tyvar Kell (Kaldheim Promos)
Chris Rallis

Elves you control have "{T}: Add {B}." +1: Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target Elf. Untap it. It gains deathtouch until end of turn. 0: Create a 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature token. −6: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast an Elf spell, it gains haste until end of turn and you draw two cards."

Tune Up (Aetherdrift)
Chris Rallis

Return target artifact card from your graveyard to the battlefield. If it's a Vehicle, it becomes an artifact creature.

Ajani, Nacatl Pariah (Modern Horizons 3)
Chris Rallis

Reluctant Role Model (Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos)
Chris Rallis

Survival — At the beginning of your second main phase, if this creature is tapped, put a flying, lifelink, or +1/+1 counter on it. Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, if it had counters on it, put those counters on up to one target creature.

Captain Lannery Storm (Dominaria United Commander)
Chris Rallis

Haste Whenever Captain Lannery Storm attacks, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Whenever you sacrifice a Treasure, Captain Lannery Storm gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Zetalpa, Primal Dawn (Commander 2020)
Chris Rallis

Flying, double strike, vigilance, trample, indestructible

The sky takes flight and the earth trembles.

Reaver Drone (Oath of the Gatewatch)
Chris Rallis

Devoid (This card has no color.) At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life unless you control another colorless creature.

Kozilek's brood infiltrates and deceives. The spawn of Ulamog mindlessly consume.

Rush of Adrenaline (The List)
Chris Rallis

Target creature gets +2/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.

Scarecrows only go so far in sending the message to stay away.

Zada, Hedron Grinder (Masters 25)
Chris Rallis

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets only Zada, copy that spell for each other creature you control that the spell could target. Each copy targets a different one of those creatures.

"A hedron holds magic for a thousand years—or less, if need be."

Mandate of Peace (Commander 2019)
Chris Rallis

Cast this spell only during combat. Your opponents can't cast spells this turn. End the combat phase. (Remove all attackers and blockers from combat. Exile all spells and abilities from the stack, including this spell.)

Teysa, Opulent Oligarch (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Chris Rallis

Deathtouch At the beginning of your end step, investigate for each opponent who lost life this turn. Whenever a Clue you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Return of the Wildspeaker (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander)
Chris Rallis

Choose one — • Draw cards equal to the greatest power among non-Human creatures you control. • Non-Human creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn.

"The curse is broken."

Guardian Project (Ravnica Remastered)
Chris Rallis

Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, if it doesn't have the same name as another creature you control or a creature card in your graveyard, draw a card.

Simic's strength comes from its diversity.

Combat Celebrant (Bloomburrow Commander)
Chris Rallis

If this creature hasn't been exerted this turn, you may exert it as it attacks. When you do, untap all other creatures you control and after this phase, there is an additional combat phase. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)

Liliana, Death's Majesty (Amonkhet)
Chris Rallis

+1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Mill two cards. −3: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types. −7: Destroy all non-Zombie creatures.

Liliana, Dreadhorde General (War of the Spark)
Chris Rallis

Whenever a creature you control dies, draw a card. +1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. −4: Each player sacrifices two creatures of their choice. −9: Each opponent chooses a permanent they control of each permanent type and sacrifices the rest.

Zendikar Resurgent (Oath of the Gatewatch)
Chris Rallis

Whenever you tap a land for mana, add one mana of any type that land produced. (The types of mana are white, blue, black, red, green, and colorless.) Whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card.

Suppression Bonds (Magic Origins)
Chris Rallis

Enchant nonland permanent Enchanted permanent can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.

"A master of hieromancy can see the advantage in any scenario." —Warden Hixus, to Kytheon

Mirror-Style Master (March of the Machine Commander)
Chris Rallis

Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following ability until end of turn.) Whenever this creature attacks, for each attacking modified creature you control, create a tapped and attacking token that's a copy of that creature. Exile those tokens at end of combat. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)

Vivien, Nature's Avenger (Core Set 2020)
Chris Rallis

+1: Put three +1/+1 counters on up to one target creature. −1: Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card. Put that card into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. −6: Target creature gets +10/+10 and gains trample until end of turn.

End the Festivities (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Chris Rallis

End the Festivities deals 1 damage to each opponent and each creature and planeswalker they control.

When the defenses around Lurenbraum Fortress faltered, the Crimson Ballroom received some unexpected guests.

Hero's Downfall (Dominaria United Commander)
Chris Rallis

Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Odric resisted the vampire's curse with all his strength. But after a lifetime of fighting monsters, he was doomed to become one himself.

Zendikar Resurgent (Commander 2017)
Chris Rallis

Whenever you tap a land for mana, add one mana of any type that land produced. (The types of mana are white, blue, black, red, green, and colorless.) Whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card.

Zetalpa, Primal Dawn (Commander Masters)
Chris Rallis

Flying, double strike, vigilance, trample, indestructible

The sky takes flight and the earth trembles.

Danitha Capashen, Paragon (The List)
Chris Rallis

First strike, vigilance, lifelink Aura and Equipment spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

"I will protect the less fortunate. I will love bravely. I will face despair and fight on. As a Capashen, I can do no less."

Return of the Wildspeaker (Throne of Eldraine Promos)
Chris Rallis

Choose one — • Draw cards equal to the greatest power among non-Human creatures you control. • Non-Human creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn.

"The curse is broken."

Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast (Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths)
Chris Rallis

+1: Exile the top three cards of your library. Creature cards exiled this way gain "You may cast this card from exile as long as you control a Lukka planeswalker." −2: Exile target creature you control, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card with higher mana value. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. −7: Each creature you control deals damage equal to its power to each opponent.

Reluctant Role Model (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
Chris Rallis

Survival — At the beginning of your second main phase, if this creature is tapped, put a flying, lifelink, or +1/+1 counter on it. Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, if it had counters on it, put those counters on up to one target creature.

Turn Against (Battle for Zendikar)
Chris Rallis

Devoid (This card has no color.) Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.

"No, don't! Nal, it's me—"

Zetalpa, Primal Dawn (Rivals of Ixalan Promos)
Chris Rallis

Flying, double strike, vigilance, trample, indestructible

The sky takes flight and the earth trembles.

Shiko and Narset, Unified (Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander)
Chris Rallis

Flying, vigilance Flurry — Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, copy that spell if it targets a permanent or player, and you may choose new targets for the copy. If you don't copy a spell this way, draw a card.

For peace, lead by example.

Captain Lannery Storm (Ixalan)
Chris Rallis

Haste Whenever Captain Lannery Storm attacks, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Whenever you sacrifice a Treasure, Captain Lannery Storm gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Ajani, Strength of the Pride (Core Set 2020 Promos)
Chris Rallis

+1: You gain life equal to the number of creatures you control plus the number of planeswalkers you control. −2: Create a 2/2 white Cat Soldier creature token named Ajani's Pridemate with "Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this token." 0: If you have at least 15 life more than your starting life total, exile Ajani and each artifact and creature your opponents control.

Emergency Powers (Ravnica Allegiance)
Chris Rallis

Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards. Exile Emergency Powers. Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, you may put a permanent card with mana value 7 or less from your hand onto the battlefield.

Hanna, Ship's Navigator (Commander Masters)
Chris Rallis

{1}{W}{U}, {T}: Return target artifact or enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand.

"I never thought I'd spend my life fighting. I'm a maker, not a destroyer."

Teferi, Time Raveler (Ravnica Remastered)
Chris Rallis

Each opponent can cast spells only any time they could cast a sorcery. +1: Until your next turn, you may cast sorcery spells as though they had flash. −3: Return up to one target artifact, creature, or enchantment to its owner's hand. Draw a card.

Dewdrop Cure (Bloomburrow)
Chris Rallis

Gift a card (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they draw a card before its other effects.) Return up to two target creature cards each with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. If the gift was promised, instead return up to three target creature cards each with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Graveyard Trespasser (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Chris Rallis

Maelstrom Pulse (Innistrad Remastered)
Chris Rallis

Destroy target nonland permanent and all other permanents with the same name as that permanent.

"I can't abide shoddy work. Whose are these?" —Ghoulcaller Gisa

Reluctant Role Model (Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos)
Chris Rallis

Survival — At the beginning of your second main phase, if this creature is tapped, put a flying, lifelink, or +1/+1 counter on it. Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, if it had counters on it, put those counters on up to one target creature.

Rush of Adrenaline (Explorers of Ixalan)
Chris Rallis

Target creature gets +2/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.

Scarecrows only go so far in sending the message to stay away.

Liliana, Death's Majesty (Foundations Jumpstart)
Chris Rallis

+1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Mill two cards. −3: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types. −7: Destroy all non-Zombie creatures.

Serum Sovereign (Phyrexia: All Will Be One)
Chris Rallis

Flying Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, put an oil counter on this creature. {U}, Remove an oil counter from this creature: Draw a card, then scry 2.

Serum Sovereign (Phyrexia: All Will Be One)
Chris Rallis

Flying Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, put an oil counter on this creature. {U}, Remove an oil counter from this creature: Draw a card, then scry 2.

A thousand riddles, each with a single answer: "The glory of Phyrexia."

Teferi, Hero of Dominaria Emblem (Dominaria Tokens)
Chris Rallis

Whenever you draw a card, exile target permanent an opponent controls.

Teferi, Hero of Dominaria (The List)
Chris Rallis

+1: Draw a card. At the beginning of the next end step, untap up to two lands. −3: Put target nonland permanent into its owner's library third from the top. −8: You get an emblem with "Whenever you draw a card, exile target permanent an opponent controls."

Fall of the Titans (Oath of the Gatewatch Promos)
Chris Rallis

Surge {X}{R} (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.) Fall of the Titans deals X damage to each of up to two targets.

As Gideon kept the brood lineages at bay, Chandra incinerated the bound Eldrazi titans.

Return of the Wildspeaker (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Chris Rallis

Choose one — • Draw cards equal to the greatest power among non-Human creatures you control. • Non-Human creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn.

"The curse is broken."

Reyhan, Last of the Abzan (Commander Anthology Volume II)
Chris Rallis

Reyhan enters with three +1/+1 counters on it. Whenever a creature you control dies or is put into the command zone, if it had one or more +1/+1 counters on it, you may put that many +1/+1 counters on target creature. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Firebolt (Duel Decks: Mind vs. Might)
Chris Rallis

クリーチャー１体かプレイヤー１人を対象とする。炎の稲妻はそれに２点のダメージを与える。 フラッシュバック{4}{R}（あなたはあなたの墓地から、このカードをこれのフラッシュバック・コストで唱えてもよい。その後、これを追放する。）

「同じ場所にもっとあるぞ！」

Cemetery Protector (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Chris Rallis

Flash When this creature enters, exile a card from a graveyard. Whenever you play a land or cast a spell, if it shares a card type with the exiled card, create a 1/1 white Human creature token.

Bathe in Dragonfire (Foundations Jumpstart)
Chris Rallis

Bathe in Dragonfire deals 4 damage to target creature.

The scent of cooked flesh lingers in the charred landscape of Tarkir.

Zendikar Resurgent (Oath of the Gatewatch Promos)
Chris Rallis

Whenever you tap a land for mana, add one mana of any type that land produced. (The types of mana are white, blue, black, red, green, and colorless.) Whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card.

Zamriel, Seraph of Steel (Game Night: Free-for-All)
Chris Rallis

Flying During your turn, equipped creatures you control have indestructible.

Armored in courage and armed with searing light, her legion stands unflinching against the forces of darkness.

Mnemonic Deluge (Commander Legends)
Chris Rallis

Exile target instant or sorcery card from a graveyard. Copy that card three times. You may cast the copies without paying their mana costs. Exile Mnemonic Deluge.

Firebolt (Eternal Masters)
Chris Rallis

Firebolt deals 2 damage to any target. Flashback {4}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

"There's more where that came from!"

Dennick, Pious Apprentice (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Chris Rallis

Ajani's Pridemate (Foundations)
Chris Rallis

Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

"We must never stoop to violence in the name of conquest or hatred, but when evil threatens, we must face it with courage and ferocity." —Ajani Goldmane

Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor (Zendikar Rising Commander)
Chris Rallis

At the beginning of combat on your turn, up to one target land you control becomes an X/X Elemental creature with trample and haste until end of turn, where X is Obuun's power. It's still a land. Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Massacre Girl (Ravnica Remastered)
Chris Rallis

Menace When Massacre Girl enters, each other creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Whenever a creature dies this turn, each creature other than Massacre Girl gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

Mire's Grasp (Theros Beyond Death)
Chris Rallis

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets -3/-3.

Those caught attempting to escape the Underworld spend the rest of their existence trapped in the Mire of Punishment.

Liliana, Dreadhorde General (Secret Lair Drop)
Chris Rallis

Whenever a creature you control dies, draw a card. +1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. −4: Each player sacrifices two creatures of their choice. −9: Each opponent chooses a permanent they control of each permanent type and sacrifices the rest.

Cunning Rhetoric (Commander 2021)
Chris Rallis

Whenever an opponent attacks you and/or one or more planeswalkers you control, exile the top card of that player's library. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.

Guardian Project (Ravnica Remastered)
Chris Rallis

Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, if it doesn't have the same name as another creature you control or a creature card in your graveyard, draw a card.

Simic's strength comes from its diversity.

Liliana, Death's Majesty (Amonkhet Promos)
Chris Rallis

+1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Mill two cards. −3: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types. −7: Destroy all non-Zombie creatures.

Mnemonic Deluge (Commander Legends)
Chris Rallis

Exile target instant or sorcery card from a graveyard. Copy that card three times. You may cast the copies without paying their mana costs. Exile Mnemonic Deluge.

Past, present, and future surged through the wizard's mind, bringing a flood of possibilities.

Danitha Capashen, Paragon (Dominaria Promos)
Chris Rallis

First strike, vigilance, lifelink Aura and Equipment spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

"I will protect the less fortunate. I will love bravely. I will face despair and fight on. As a Capashen, I can do no less."

Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Chris Rallis

Flying, hexproof from multicolored Whenever Niv-Mizzet deals combat damage to a player, it deals X damage to any target, target player draws X cards, and you gain X life, where X is the number of different color pairs among permanents you control that are exactly two colors.

Hixus, Prison Warden (Magic Origins Promos)
Chris Rallis

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Whenever a creature deals combat damage to you, if Hixus entered this turn, exile that creature until Hixus leaves the battlefield. (That creature returns under its owner's control.)

Teferi, Time Raveler (Mystery Booster 2)
Chris Rallis

Each opponent can cast spells only any time they could cast a sorcery. +1: Until your next turn, you may cast sorcery spells as though they had flash. −3: Return up to one target artifact, creature, or enchantment to its owner's hand. Draw a card.

Return of the Wildspeaker (Commander 2021)
Chris Rallis

Choose one — • Draw cards equal to the greatest power among non-Human creatures you control. • Non-Human creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn.

"The curse is broken."

Liliana, Dreadhorde General (War of the Spark Promos)
Chris Rallis

Whenever a creature you control dies, draw a card. +1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. −4: Each player sacrifices two creatures of their choice. −9: Each opponent chooses a permanent they control of each permanent type and sacrifices the rest.

Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep (March of the Machine: The Aftermath)
Chris Rallis

Vigilance, ward {3} Whenever you cast a Kraken, Leviathan, Octopus, or Serpent spell from your hand, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is that spell's mana value. You may cast a spell with mana value less than X from among them without paying its mana cost. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Reyhan, Last of the Abzan (Commander 2016)
Chris Rallis

Reyhan enters with three +1/+1 counters on it. Whenever a creature you control dies or is put into the command zone, if it had one or more +1/+1 counters on it, you may put that many +1/+1 counters on target creature. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Nissa, Who Shakes the World Emblem (War of the Spark Tokens)
Chris Rallis

Lands you control have indestructible.

Boots of Speed (Adventures in the Forgotten Realms)
Chris Rallis

Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has haste. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Click your heels and become the wind.

Gibbering Fiend (Shadows over Innistrad)
Chris Rallis

When this creature enters, it deals 1 damage to each opponent. Delirium — At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, this creature deals 1 damage to that player.

Stormfist Crusader (Throne of Eldraine)
Chris Rallis

Menace At the beginning of your upkeep, each player draws a card and loses 1 life.

Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast (Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Promos)
Chris Rallis

+1: Exile the top three cards of your library. Creature cards exiled this way gain "You may cast this card from exile as long as you control a Lukka planeswalker." −2: Exile target creature you control, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card with higher mana value. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. −7: Each creature you control deals damage equal to its power to each opponent.

Dragon Whisperer (Dragons of Tarkir)
Chris Rallis

{R}: This creature gains flying until end of turn. {1}{R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Formidable — {4}{R}{R}: Create a 4/4 red Dragon creature token with flying. Activate only if creatures you control have total power 8 or greater.

Teferi, Time Raveler (War of the Spark)
Chris Rallis

Each opponent can cast spells only any time they could cast a sorcery. +1: Until your next turn, you may cast sorcery spells as though they had flash. −3: Return up to one target artifact, creature, or enchantment to its owner's hand. Draw a card.

Teferi, Hero of Dominaria (Dominaria)
Chris Rallis

+1: Draw a card. At the beginning of the next end step, untap up to two lands. −3: Put target nonland permanent into its owner's library third from the top. −8: You get an emblem with "Whenever you draw a card, exile target permanent an opponent controls."

Firebolt (Duel Decks: Mind vs. Might)
Chris Rallis

Firebolt deals 2 damage to any target. Flashback {4}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

"There's more where that came from!"

Teferi, Time Raveler (Secret Lair Drop)
Chris Rallis

Each opponent can cast spells only any time they could cast a sorcery. +1: Until your next turn, you may cast sorcery spells as though they had flash. −3: Return up to one target artifact, creature, or enchantment to its owner's hand. Draw a card.

Olivia's Midnight Ambush (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Chris Rallis

Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. If it's night, that creature gets -13/-13 until end of turn instead.

"And you were almost finished with that ritual, weren't you, darling? How very rude of me. To make it up to you, I'll send you an invitation to my wedding."

Precognitive Perception (Ravnica Allegiance)
Chris Rallis

Draw three cards. Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, instead scry 3, then draw three cards.

"To control the present we must master the future."

Tyvar Kell (Foundations Jumpstart)
Chris Rallis

Elves you control have "{T}: Add {B}." +1: Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target Elf. Untap it. It gains deathtouch until end of turn. 0: Create a 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature token. −6: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast an Elf spell, it gains haste until end of turn and you draw two cards."

Alharu, Solemn Ritualist (Commander Legends)
Chris Rallis

When Alharu enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two other target creatures. Whenever a nontoken creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it dies, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Firebolt (Jumpstart 2022)
Chris Rallis

Firebolt deals 2 damage to any target. Flashback {4}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

"There's more where that came from!"

Contagion (Mystery Booster 2)
Chris Rallis

You may pay 1 life and exile a black card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Distribute two -2/-1 counters among one or two target creatures.

Kotis, Sibsig Champion (Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander)
Chris Rallis

Once during each of your turns, you may cast a creature spell from your graveyard by exiling three other cards from your graveyard in addition to paying its other costs. Whenever one or more creatures you control enter, if one or more of them entered from a graveyard or was cast from a graveyard, put two +1/+1 counters on Kotis.

Ajani, Strength of the Pride (Core Set 2020)
Chris Rallis

+1: You gain life equal to the number of creatures you control plus the number of planeswalkers you control. −2: Create a 2/2 white Cat Soldier creature token named Ajani's Pridemate with "Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this token." 0: If you have at least 15 life more than your starting life total, exile Ajani and each artifact and creature your opponents control.

Doppelgang (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Chris Rallis

For each of X target permanents, create X tokens that are copies of that permanent.

"Suspect spotted at the Tin Street Market, Yescu Street entrance. And the Oak Street entrance. And somehow also in Lobar Alley!" —Avult of the Foundway Associates

Dauntless Veteran (Foundations)
Chris Rallis

Whenever this creature attacks, creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

"Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is choosing to face your fear, spit in its face, and refuse to let it hold you back."

Backwoods Survivalists (The List)
Chris Rallis

Delirium — This creature gets +1/+1 and has trample as long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard.

Paranoia has driven some Kessig communities to hunt down anything—and anyone—that travels through their woods.

Impeccable Timing (Foundations Jumpstart)
Chris Rallis

Impeccable Timing deals 3 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.

When Baral constructed his trap for Chandra, he did not account for the arrival of an enormous leonin wielding a twin-headed axe.

Strefan, Maurer Progenitor (Crimson Vow Commander)
Chris Rallis

Flying At the beginning of your end step, create a Blood token for each player who lost life this turn. Whenever Strefan attacks, you may sacrifice two Blood tokens. If you do, you may put a Vampire card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. It gains indestructible until end of turn.

Kaya, Ghost Assassin (Conspiracy: Take the Crown)
Chris Rallis

0: Exile Kaya or up to one target creature. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of your next upkeep. You lose 2 life. −1: Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. −2: Each opponent discards a card and you draw a card.

Cunning Rhetoric (Commander Masters)
Chris Rallis

Whenever an opponent attacks you and/or one or more planeswalkers you control, exile the top card of that player's library. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.

Kaya, Orzhov Usurper (Mythic Edition)
Chris Rallis

+1: Exile up to two target cards from a single graveyard. You gain 2 life if at least one creature card was exiled this way. −1: Exile target nonland permanent with mana value 1 or less. −5: Kaya deals damage to target player equal to the number of cards that player owns in exile and you gain that much life.

Impeccable Timing (Jumpstart 2022)
Chris Rallis

Impeccable Timing deals 3 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.

When Baral constructed his trap for Chandra, he did not account for the arrival of an enormous leonin wielding a twin-headed axe.

Eriette, the Beguiler (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Promos)
Chris Rallis

Lifelink Whenever an Aura you control becomes attached to a nonland permanent an opponent controls with mana value less than or equal to that Aura's mana value, gain control of that permanent for as long as that Aura is attached to it.

"Your dreams and mine will soon align."

Cemetery Protector (Innistrad: Crimson Vow Promos)
Chris Rallis

Flash When this creature enters, exile a card from a graveyard. Whenever you play a land or cast a spell, if it shares a card type with the exiled card, create a 1/1 white Human creature token.

Invasion of New Phyrexia (March of the Machine Promos)
Chris Rallis

Harnessed Lightning (Kaladesh)
Chris Rallis

Choose target creature. You get {E}{E}{E} (three energy counters), then you may pay any amount of {E}. Harnessed Lightning deals that much damage to that creature.

Olivia's Dragoon (Eldritch Moon)
Chris Rallis

Discard a card: This creature gains flying until end of turn.

Displays of Voldaren bloodlust are not restricted to glamorous banquets and lavish parties.

Valor in Akros (Masters 25)
Chris Rallis

Whenever a creature you control enters, creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

There's no stronger armor than the bravery of those beside you.

Strefan, Maurer Progenitor (Crimson Vow Commander)
Chris Rallis

Flying At the beginning of your end step, create a Blood token for each player who lost life this turn. Whenever Strefan attacks, you may sacrifice two Blood tokens. If you do, you may put a Vampire card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. It gains indestructible until end of turn.

Truefire Captain (Ravnica Remastered)
Chris Rallis

Mentor (Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature with lesser power.) Whenever this creature is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to target player.

Drake Hatcher (Foundations Promos)
Chris Rallis

Vigilance, prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, put that many incubation counters on it. Remove three incubation counters from this creature: Create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.

Backwoods Survivalists (Eldritch Moon)
Chris Rallis

Delirium — This creature gets +1/+1 and has trample as long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard.

Paranoia has driven some Kessig communities to hunt down anything—and anyone—that travels through their woods.

Taste of Death (Throne of Eldraine)
Chris Rallis

Each player sacrifices three creatures of their choice. You create three Food tokens. (They're artifacts with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

"Hone the knife and mourn the least. Three chimes to sound the sweet, grim feast." —Barrow witch incantation

Graveyard Trespasser (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos)
Chris Rallis

Fateful Showdown (Kaladesh Promos)
Chris Rallis

Fateful Showdown deals damage to any target equal to the number of cards in your hand. Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards.

Tonight at the Grand Exhibition, witness Head Judge Tezzeret face off against the infamous renegade Pia Nalaar.

Shilgengar, Sire of Famine (Modern Horizons 3 Promos)
Chris Rallis

Flying Sacrifice another creature: Create a Blood token. If you sacrificed an Angel this way, create a number of Blood tokens equal to its toughness instead. {W/B}{W/B}{W/B}, Sacrifice six Blood tokens: Return each creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. Those creatures are Vampires in addition to their other types.

Tyvar Kell (The List)
Chris Rallis

Elves you control have "{T}: Add {B}." +1: Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target Elf. Untap it. It gains deathtouch until end of turn. 0: Create a 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature token. −6: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast an Elf spell, it gains haste until end of turn and you draw two cards."

Enter the Enigma (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
Chris Rallis

Target creature can't be blocked this turn. Draw a card.

Though she was used to stepping into the unknown, something about this strange doorway made the Wanderer shiver as she crossed the threshold.

Massacre Girl (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander)
Chris Rallis

Menace When Massacre Girl enters, each other creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Whenever a creature dies this turn, each creature other than Massacre Girl gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

Go for Blood (Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths)
Chris Rallis

Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.) Cycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Lukka's bond provided not only friendship, but also the most powerful weapon in his arsenal.

Massacre Girl (War of the Spark Promos)
Chris Rallis

Menace When Massacre Girl enters, each other creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Whenever a creature dies this turn, each creature other than Massacre Girl gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

Hazoret, Godseeker (Aetherdrift Promos)
Chris Rallis

Indestructible, 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.) {1}, {T}: Target creature with power 2 or less can't be blocked this turn. Hazoret can't attack or block unless you have max speed.

Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor (Zendikar Rising Commander)
Chris Rallis

At the beginning of combat on your turn, up to one target land you control becomes an X/X Elemental creature with trample and haste until end of turn, where X is Obuun's power. It's still a land. Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Fateful Showdown (Kaladesh)
Chris Rallis

Fateful Showdown deals damage to any target equal to the number of cards in your hand. Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards.

Tonight at the Grand Exhibition, witness Head Judge Tezzeret face off against the infamous renegade Pia Nalaar.

Guardian Project (Ravnica Allegiance Promos)
Chris Rallis

Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, if it doesn't have the same name as another creature you control or a creature card in your graveyard, draw a card.

Simic's strength comes from its diversity.

Cunning Geysermage (Zendikar Rising)
Chris Rallis

Kicker {2}{U} (You may pay an additional {2}{U} as you cast this spell.) When this creature enters, if it was kicked, return up to one other target creature to its owner's hand.

"Come on, Skitch, we'll lose them in the geyserfield."

Thwart the Enemy (Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths)
Chris Rallis

Prevent all damage that would be dealt this turn by creatures your opponents control.

"Your prey is in my custody now. Withdraw." —Vivien Reid

Zetalpa, Primal Dawn (The List)
Chris Rallis

Flying, double strike, vigilance, trample, indestructible

The sky takes flight and the earth trembles.

Liliana, Dreadhorde General (Foundations)
Chris Rallis

Whenever a creature you control dies, draw a card. +1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. −4: Each player sacrifices two creatures of their choice. −9: Each opponent chooses a permanent they control of each permanent type and sacrifices the rest.

Concerted Defense (Zendikar Rising)
Chris Rallis

Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {1} plus an additional {1} for each creature in your party. (Your party consists of up to one each of Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard.)

"You mess with one of us, you mess with all of us!"

Eriette, the Beguiler (Outlaws of Thunder Junction)
Chris Rallis

Lifelink Whenever an Aura you control becomes attached to a nonland permanent an opponent controls with mana value less than or equal to that Aura's mana value, gain control of that permanent for as long as that Aura is attached to it.

"Your dreams and mine will soon align."

Teferi, Time Raveler (War of the Spark Promos)
Chris Rallis

Each opponent can cast spells only any time they could cast a sorcery. +1: Until your next turn, you may cast sorcery spells as though they had flash. −3: Return up to one target artifact, creature, or enchantment to its owner's hand. Draw a card.

Massacre Girl (Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander)
Chris Rallis

Menace When Massacre Girl enters, each other creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Whenever a creature dies this turn, each creature other than Massacre Girl gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

Doomskar Warrior (March of the Machine)
Chris Rallis

Backup 1 Trample Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player or battle, look at that many cards from the top of your library. You may reveal a creature or land card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Zara, Renegade Recruiter (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander)
Chris Rallis

Flying Whenever Zara attacks, look at defending player's hand. You may put a creature card from it onto the battlefield under your control tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Return that creature to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.

Kaya, Ghost Assassin (Conspiracy: Take the Crown)
Chris Rallis

0: Exile Kaya or up to one target creature. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of your next upkeep. You lose 2 life. −1: Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. −2: Each opponent discards a card and you draw a card.

Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver (Midnight Hunt Commander)
Chris Rallis

Whenever another Zombie you control dies, if it didn't have decayed, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with decayed. (It can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.) At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice a Zombie. If you do, draw a card.

Doppelgang (Murders at Karlov Manor Promos)
Chris Rallis

For each of X target permanents, create X tokens that are copies of that permanent.

"Suspect spotted at the Tin Street Market, Yescu Street entrance. And the Oak Street entrance. And somehow also in Lobar Alley!" —Avult of the Foundway Associates

Jace, the Mind Sculptor (Mythic Edition)
Chris Rallis

+2: Look at the top card of target player's library. You may put that card on the bottom of that player's library. 0: Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order. −1: Return target creature to its owner's hand. −12: Exile all cards from target player's library, then that player shuffles their hand into their library.

Kamiz, Obscura Oculus (New Capenna Commander)
Chris Rallis

Whenever you attack, target attacking creature can't be blocked this turn. It connives. Then choose another attacking creature with lesser power. That creature gains double strike until end of turn. (To have a creature connive, draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)

Siren Lookout (Ixalan)
Chris Rallis

Flying When this creature enters, it explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)

Reality Hemorrhage (Oath of the Gatewatch)
Chris Rallis

Devoid (This card has no color.) Reality Hemorrhage deals 2 damage to any target.

Tarek could not tell whether he was losing his blood or his mind.

Rimrock Knight (The List)
Chris Rallis

Nissa, Who Shakes the World (Secret Lair Drop)
Chris Rallis

Whenever you tap a Forest for mana, add an additional {G}. +1: Put three +1/+1 counters on up to one target noncreature land you control. Untap it. It becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with vigilance and haste that's still a land. −8: You get an emblem with "Lands you control have indestructible." Search your library for any number of Forest cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Emergency Powers (Ravnica Allegiance Promos)
Chris Rallis

Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards. Exile Emergency Powers. Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, you may put a permanent card with mana value 7 or less from your hand onto the battlefield.

Drake Hatcher (Foundations)
Chris Rallis

Vigilance, prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, put that many incubation counters on it. Remove three incubation counters from this creature: Create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.

Dennick, Pious Apprentice (The List)
Chris Rallis

Liliana, Death's Majesty (Midnight Hunt Commander)
Chris Rallis

+1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Mill two cards. −3: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types. −7: Destroy all non-Zombie creatures.

Humble (Eternal Masters)
Chris Rallis

Until end of turn, target creature loses all abilities and has base power and toughness 0/1.

Through failure we learn our finest lessons in humility.

Liliana, Death's Majesty (Jumpstart 2022)
Chris Rallis

+1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Mill two cards. −3: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types. −7: Destroy all non-Zombie creatures.

Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver (Secret Lair Drop)
Chris Rallis

Whenever another Zombie you control dies, if it didn't have decayed, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with decayed. (It can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.) At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice a Zombie. If you do, draw a card.

Siona, Captain of the Pyleas (Theros Beyond Death)
Chris Rallis

When Siona enters, look at the top seven cards of your library. You may reveal an Aura card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. Whenever an Aura you control becomes attached to a creature you control, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.

Zada, Hedron Grinder (The List)
Chris Rallis

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets only Zada, copy that spell for each other creature you control that the spell could target. Each copy targets a different one of those creatures.

"A hedron holds magic for a thousand years—or less, if need be."

Odric, Blood-Cursed (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Chris Rallis

When Odric enters, create X Blood tokens, where X is the number of abilities from among flying, first strike, double strike, deathtouch, haste, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, menace, reach, trample, and vigilance found among creatures you control. (Count each ability only once.)

Adriana, Captain of the Guard (Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander)
Chris Rallis

Melee (Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each opponent you attacked this combat.) Other creatures you control have melee. (If a creature has multiple instances of melee, each triggers separately.)

Throne Warden (Conspiracy: Take the Crown)
Chris Rallis

At the beginning of your end step, if you're the monarch, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

"Rulers come and go, but my allegiance belongs to the throne."

Invasion of New Phyrexia (March of the Machine)
Chris Rallis

Doomskar Warrior (March of the Machine Promos)
Chris Rallis

Backup 1 Trample Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player or battle, look at that many cards from the top of your library. You may reveal a creature or land card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Combat Celebrant (Foundations Jumpstart)
Chris Rallis

If this creature hasn't been exerted this turn, you may exert it as it attacks. When you do, untap all other creatures you control and after this phase, there is an additional combat phase. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)

Adriana, Captain of the Guard (Dominaria United Commander)
Chris Rallis

Melee (Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each opponent you attacked this combat.) Other creatures you control have melee. (If a creature has multiple instances of melee, each triggers separately.)

Stonefury (Battle for Zendikar)
Chris Rallis

Stonefury deals damage to target creature equal to the number of lands you control.

Akoum can make any intruder look small.

Dennick, Pious Apprentice (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos)
Chris Rallis

Valor in Akros (Starter Commander Decks)
Chris Rallis

Whenever a creature you control enters, creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

There's no stronger armor than the bravery of those beside you.

Redcap Melee (Throne of Eldraine)
Chris Rallis

Redcap Melee deals 4 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If a nonred permanent is dealt damage this way, you sacrifice a land.

At first, Syr Fenwick scoffed when he saw his opponents for the final match.

Zetalpa, Primal Dawn (Commander 2019)
Chris Rallis

Flying, double strike, vigilance, trample, indestructible

The sky takes flight and the earth trembles.

Stoneforge Acolyte (Oath of the Gatewatch)
Chris Rallis

Cohort — {T}, Tap an untapped Ally you control: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal an Equipment card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

"The stone speaks. We are merely interpreters."

Teferi, Hero of Dominaria (Pro Tour Promos)
Chris Rallis

+1: Draw a card. At the beginning of the next end step, untap up to two lands. −3: Put target nonland permanent into its owner's library third from the top. −8: You get an emblem with "Whenever you draw a card, exile target permanent an opponent controls."

Captain Lannery Storm (Ixalan Promos)
Chris Rallis

Haste Whenever Captain Lannery Storm attacks, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Whenever you sacrifice a Treasure, Captain Lannery Storm gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Zetalpa, Primal Dawn (Commander 2021)
Chris Rallis

Flying, double strike, vigilance, trample, indestructible

The sky takes flight and the earth trembles.

Valor in Akros (Double Masters)
Chris Rallis

Whenever a creature you control enters, creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

There's no stronger armor than the bravery of those beside you.

Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver (Midnight Hunt Commander)
Chris Rallis

Whenever another Zombie you control dies, if it didn't have decayed, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with decayed. (It can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.) At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice a Zombie. If you do, draw a card.

Return of the Wildspeaker (Throne of Eldraine Promos)
Chris Rallis

Choose one — • Draw cards equal to the greatest power among non-Human creatures you control. • Non-Human creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn.

"The curse is broken."

Eriette, the Beguiler (Outlaws of Thunder Junction Promos)
Chris Rallis

Lifelink Whenever an Aura you control becomes attached to a nonland permanent an opponent controls with mana value less than or equal to that Aura's mana value, gain control of that permanent for as long as that Aura is attached to it.

"Your dreams and mine will soon align."

Olivia's Dragoon (Innistrad Remastered)
Chris Rallis

Discard a card: This creature gains flying until end of turn.

Displays of Voldaren bloodlust are not restricted to glamorous banquets and lavish parties.

Battle at the Bridge (Aether Revolt Promos)
Chris Rallis

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.) Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. You gain X life.

"This is bigger than you. All of you." —Tezzeret

Drake Hatcher (Foundations)
Chris Rallis

Vigilance, prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, put that many incubation counters on it. Remove three incubation counters from this creature: Create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.

Mirror-Style Master (March of the Machine Commander)
Chris Rallis

Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following ability until end of turn.) Whenever this creature attacks, for each attacking modified creature you control, create a tapped and attacking token that's a copy of that creature. Exile those tokens at end of combat. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)

Isolation Zone (Oath of the Gatewatch)
Chris Rallis

When this enchantment enters, exile target creature or enchantment an opponent controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield. (That permanent returns under its owner's control.)

When properly aligned, hedrons become powerful tools of binding.

Danitha Capashen, Paragon (Commander Masters)
Chris Rallis

First strike, vigilance, lifelink Aura and Equipment spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

"I will protect the less fortunate. I will love bravely. I will face despair and fight on. As a Capashen, I can do no less."

Samut, the Driving Force (Aetherdrift)
Chris Rallis

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.

Doomskar Warrior (March of the Machine Promos)
Chris Rallis

Backup 1 Trample Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player or battle, look at that many cards from the top of your library. You may reveal a creature or land card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Tyvar Kell (Kaldheim Promos)
Chris Rallis

Elves you control have "{T}: Add {B}." +1: Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target Elf. Untap it. It gains deathtouch until end of turn. 0: Create a 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature token. −6: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast an Elf spell, it gains haste until end of turn and you draw two cards."

Bathe in Dragonfire (Jumpstart)
Chris Rallis

Bathe in Dragonfire deals 4 damage to target creature.

The scent of cooked flesh lingers in the charred landscape of Tarkir.

Fateful End (Theros Beyond Death)
Chris Rallis

Fateful End deals 3 damage to any target. Scry 1.

"Everything will be put back in its proper place." —Klothys, god of destiny

Combat Celebrant (Amonkhet)
Chris Rallis

If this creature hasn't been exerted this turn, you may exert it as it attacks. When you do, untap all other creatures you control and after this phase, there is an additional combat phase. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)

Massacre Girl (Ravnica Remastered)
Chris Rallis

Menace When Massacre Girl enters, each other creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Whenever a creature dies this turn, each creature other than Massacre Girl gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

Doomskar Warrior (March of the Machine)
Chris Rallis

Backup 1 Trample Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player or battle, look at that many cards from the top of your library. You may reveal a creature or land card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Impeccable Timing (Kaladesh)
Chris Rallis

Impeccable Timing deals 3 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.

When Baral constructed his trap for Chandra, he did not account for the arrival of an enormous leonin wielding a twin-headed axe.

Danitha Capashen, Paragon (Jumpstart 2022)
Chris Rallis

First strike, vigilance, lifelink Aura and Equipment spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

"I will protect the less fortunate. I will love bravely. I will face despair and fight on. As a Capashen, I can do no less."

Sorin, Vampire Lord (Core Set 2020)
Chris Rallis

+1: Up to one target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. −2: Sorin deals 4 damage to any target. You gain 4 life. −8: Until end of turn, each Vampire you control gains "{T}: Gain control of target creature."

Olivia's Midnight Ambush (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt)
Chris Rallis

Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. If it's night, that creature gets -13/-13 until end of turn instead.

"And you were almost finished with that ritual, weren't you, darling? How very rude of me. To make it up to you, I'll send you an invitation to my wedding."

Induced Amnesia (Rivals of Ixalan)
Chris Rallis

When this enchantment enters, target player exiles all cards from their hand face down, then draws that many cards. When this enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return the exiled cards to their owner's hand.

Stormfist Crusader (Throne of Eldraine Promos)
Chris Rallis

Menace At the beginning of your upkeep, each player draws a card and loses 1 life.

"As she reached the pinnacle, lightning flashed and her eyes blazed with newfound power." —*Legend of the Gilded Knights*

Paliano Vanguard (Conspiracy: Take the Crown)
Chris Rallis

Draft this card face up. As you draft a creature card, you may reveal it, note its creature types, then turn this card face down. Other creatures you control of a type you noted for cards named Paliano Vanguard get +1/+1.

Nissa, Who Shakes the World (War of the Spark Promos)
Chris Rallis

Whenever you tap a Forest for mana, add an additional {G}. +1: Put three +1/+1 counters on up to one target noncreature land you control. Untap it. It becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with vigilance and haste that's still a land. −8: You get an emblem with "Lands you control have indestructible." Search your library for any number of Forest cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Firebolt (The List)
Chris Rallis

Firebolt deals 2 damage to any target. Flashback {4}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

"There's more where that came from!"

Hero's Downfall (Innistrad: Crimson Vow)
Chris Rallis

Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Odric resisted the vampire's curse with all his strength. But after a lifetime of fighting monsters, he was doomed to become one himself.

Hero's Downfall (Foundations)
Chris Rallis

Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Odric resisted the vampire's curse with all his strength. But after a lifetime of fighting monsters, he was doomed to become one himself.

Skywhaler's Shot (Commander Legends)
Chris Rallis

Destroy target creature with power 3 or greater. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

In the moment of truth, it is as though time stands still, and the whale waits, suspended in the sky.

Shoulder to Shoulder (The List)
Chris Rallis

Support 2. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.) Draw a card.

"Sea Gate may have fallen, but we still stand. We still fight." —Gideon Jura

Shieldhide Dragon (The List)
Chris Rallis

Flying, lifelink Megamorph {5}{W}{W} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.) When this creature is turned face up, put a +1/+1 counter on each other Dragon creature you control.

Nissa, Genesis Mage (Hour of Devastation)
Chris Rallis

+2: Untap up to two target creatures and up to two target lands. −3: Target creature gets +5/+5 until end of turn. −10: Look at the top ten cards of your library. You may put any number of creature and/or land cards from among them onto the battlefield. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Mizzium Meddler (Magic Origins Promos)
Chris Rallis

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) When this creature enters, you may change a target of target spell or ability to this creature.

Energy surges in Izzet labs are opportunities for experimentation.

Barrage Tyrant (Battle for Zendikar)
Chris Rallis

Devoid (This card has no color.) {2}{R}, Sacrifice another colorless creature: This creature deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to any target.

Terrible fury. Excellent aim.

Kamiz, Obscura Oculus (New Capenna Commander)
Chris Rallis

Whenever you attack, target attacking creature can't be blocked this turn. It connives. Then choose another attacking creature with lesser power. That creature gains double strike until end of turn. (To have a creature connive, draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)

Lay Claim (Jumpstart 2022)
Chris Rallis

Enchant permanent You control enchanted permanent. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Initiates need worry only about the trials. Everything else is in the hands of the gods.

Alharu, Solemn Ritualist (Commander Masters)
Chris Rallis

When Alharu enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two other target creatures. Whenever a nontoken creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it dies, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Firebolt (Modern Horizons)
Chris Rallis

Firebolt deals 2 damage to any target. Flashback {4}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

"There's more where that came from!"

Zetalpa, Primal Dawn (Game Night 2019)
Chris Rallis

Flying, double strike, vigilance, trample, indestructible

The sky takes flight and the earth trembles.

Isolation Zone (The List)
Chris Rallis

When this enchantment enters, exile target creature or enchantment an opponent controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield. (That permanent returns under its owner's control.)

When properly aligned, hedrons become powerful tools of binding.

Kelsien, the Plague (Commander 2020)
Chris Rallis

Vigilance, haste Kelsien gets +1/+1 for each experience counter you have. {T}: Kelsien deals 1 damage to target creature you don't control. When that creature dies this turn, you get an experience counter.

"Aim for an eye. Better they never see you."

Zara, Renegade Recruiter (Commander Legends)
Chris Rallis

Flying Whenever Zara attacks, look at defending player's hand. You may put a creature card from it onto the battlefield under your control tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Return that creature to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.

Captain Lannery Storm (Ixalan Promos)
Chris Rallis

Haste Whenever Captain Lannery Storm attacks, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Whenever you sacrifice a Treasure, Captain Lannery Storm gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Cleric of the Forward Order (Magic Origins)
Chris Rallis

When this creature enters, you gain 2 life for each creature you control named Cleric of the Forward Order.

War after war, a healer's enemy is always the same—death itself.

Shoulder to Shoulder (Foundations Jumpstart)
Chris Rallis

Support 2. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.) Draw a card.

"Sea Gate may have fallen, but we still stand. We still fight." —Gideon Jura

Devoted Paladin (Adventures in the Forgotten Realms)
Chris Rallis

Beacon of Hope — When this creature enters, creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain vigilance until end of turn.

"I swore a sacred oath to protect the weak and punish those who threaten them. As long as I draw breath, I will protect you."

Oko, the Trickster (Throne of Eldraine)
Chris Rallis

+1: Put two +1/+1 counters on up to one target creature you control. 0: Until end of turn, Oko becomes a copy of target creature you control. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to him this turn. −7: Until end of turn, each creature you control has base power and toughness 10/10 and gains trample.

Return of the Wildspeaker (The List)
Chris Rallis

Choose one — • Draw cards equal to the greatest power among non-Human creatures you control. • Non-Human creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn.

"The curse is broken."

Alharu, Solemn Ritualist (March of the Machine Commander)
Chris Rallis

When Alharu enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two other target creatures. Whenever a nontoken creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it dies, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Radiant, Serra Archangel (Commander Legends)
Chris Rallis

Flying Tap another untapped creature you control with flying: Radiant gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Kaya, Ghost Assassin (The List)
Chris Rallis

0: Exile Kaya or up to one target creature. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of your next upkeep. You lose 2 life. −1: Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. −2: Each opponent discards a card and you draw a card.

Chandra's Spitfire (Foundations Jumpstart)
Chris Rallis

Flying Whenever an opponent is dealt noncombat damage, this creature gets +3/+0 until end of turn.

"I've lit most everything on fire—trees, rocks, even the water. Now it's time to burn the clouds."

Zetalpa, Primal Dawn (Foundations)
Chris Rallis

Flying, double strike, vigilance, trample, indestructible

The sky takes flight and the earth trembles.

Liliana, Dreadhorde General (War of the Spark Promos)
Chris Rallis

Whenever a creature you control dies, draw a card. +1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. −4: Each player sacrifices two creatures of their choice. −9: Each opponent chooses a permanent they control of each permanent type and sacrifices the rest.

Boots of Speed (The List)
Chris Rallis

Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has haste. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Click your heels and become the wind.

Khenra Charioteer (Amonkhet)
Chris Rallis

Trample Other creatures you control have trample.

"We do not swerve." —Tah-crop charioteer motto

Domri Rade (Secret Lair Drop)
Chris Rallis

+1: Look at the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, you may reveal it and put it into your hand. −2: Target creature you control fights another target creature. −7: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control have double strike, trample, hexproof, and haste."

Stormfist Crusader (Throne of Eldraine Promos)
Chris Rallis

Menace At the beginning of your upkeep, each player draws a card and loses 1 life.

"As she reached the pinnacle, lightning flashed and her eyes blazed with newfound power." —*Legend of the Gilded Knights*

Hazoret, Godseeker (Aetherdrift)
Chris Rallis

Indestructible, 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.) {1}, {T}: Target creature with power 2 or less can't be blocked this turn. Hazoret can't attack or block unless you have max speed.

Bathe in Dragonfire (Fate Reforged)
Chris Rallis

Bathe in Dragonfire deals 4 damage to target creature.

The scent of cooked flesh lingers in the charred landscape of Tarkir.

Zendikar Resurgent (The List)
Chris Rallis

Whenever you tap a land for mana, add one mana of any type that land produced. (The types of mana are white, blue, black, red, green, and colorless.) Whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card.

Return of the Wildspeaker (Forgotten Realms Commander)
Chris Rallis

Choose one — • Draw cards equal to the greatest power among non-Human creatures you control. • Non-Human creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn.

"The curse is broken."

Lay Claim (The List)
Chris Rallis

Enchant permanent You control enchanted permanent. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Initiates need worry only about the trials. Everything else is in the hands of the gods.

Infernal Sovereign (March of the Machine Commander)
Chris Rallis

Flying, trample Skip your draw step. Whenever you play a land or cast a spell, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Humble (The List)
Chris Rallis

Until end of turn, target creature loses all abilities and has base power and toughness 0/1.

Through failure we learn our finest lessons in humility.

Marchesa's Decree (Conspiracy: Take the Crown)
Chris Rallis

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, that creature's controller loses 1 life.

"Those who seize power must have the means to hold it." —Queen Marchesa

Adriana, Captain of the Guard (Conspiracy: Take the Crown)
Chris Rallis

Melee (Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each opponent you attacked this combat.) Other creatures you control have melee. (If a creature has multiple instances of melee, each triggers separately.)

"My sword is pledged to the defense of this city, not to the throne or this usurper."

Jeska, Thrice Reborn (Commander Legends)
Chris Rallis

Jeska enters with a loyalty counter on her for each time you've cast a commander from the command zone this game. 0: Choose target creature. Until your next turn, if that creature would deal combat damage to one of your opponents, it deals triple that damage to that player instead. −X: Jeska deals X damage to each of up to three targets. Jeska, Thrice Reborn can be your commander. Partner

Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools (Commander Legends)
Chris Rallis

+2: Create two 0/1 black Thrull creature tokens. +1: You may sacrifice another creature or planeswalker. If you do, draw two cards, then draw another card if the sacrificed permanent was a commander. −10: Gain control of all commanders. Put all commanders from the command zone onto the battlefield under your control. Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools can be your commander. Partner

Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast (Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Promos)
Chris Rallis

+1: Exile the top three cards of your library. Creature cards exiled this way gain "You may cast this card from exile as long as you control a Lukka planeswalker." −2: Exile target creature you control, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card with higher mana value. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. −7: Each creature you control deals damage equal to its power to each opponent.

Zetalpa, Primal Dawn (Dominaria United Commander)
Chris Rallis

Flying, double strike, vigilance, trample, indestructible

The sky takes flight and the earth trembles.

Dreamstalker Manticore (Theros Beyond Death)
Chris Rallis

Whenever you cast your first spell during each opponent's turn, this creature deals 1 damage to any target.

Purphoros forged the manticore's tail from bronze, its teeth from silver, and its heart from hate.

Pledge of Unity (War of the Spark)
Chris Rallis

Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. You gain 1 life for each creature you control.

"No one hero will save this day. Today we must all be heroes." —Gideon Jura

Massacre Girl (War of the Spark)
Chris Rallis

Menace When Massacre Girl enters, each other creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Whenever a creature dies this turn, each creature other than Massacre Girl gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

Graveyard Trespasser (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt)
Chris Rallis

Shoulder to Shoulder (Battlebond)
Chris Rallis

Support 2. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.) Draw a card.

"Sea Gate may have fallen, but we still stand. We still fight." —Gideon Jura

Regicide (Conspiracy: Take the Crown)
Chris Rallis

Reveal this card as you draft it. The player to your right chooses a color, you choose another color, then the player to your left chooses a third color. Destroy target creature that's one or more of the colors chosen as you drafted cards named Regicide.

"You're done!"

Tyvar Kell (Kaldheim)
Chris Rallis

Elves you control have "{T}: Add {B}." +1: Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target Elf. Untap it. It gains deathtouch until end of turn. 0: Create a 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature token. −6: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast an Elf spell, it gains haste until end of turn and you draw two cards."

Jace Reawakened (Outlaws of Thunder Junction)
Chris Rallis

You can't cast Jace Reawakened during your first, second, or third turns of the game. +1: Draw a card, then discard a card. +1: You may exile a nonland card with mana value 3 or less from your hand. If you do, it becomes plotted. −6: Until end of turn, whenever you cast a spell, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Hero's Downfall (Innistrad: Double Feature)
Chris Rallis

Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Odric resisted the vampire's curse with all his strength. But after a lifetime of fighting monsters, he was doomed to become one himself.

Combat Celebrant (Amonkhet Promos)
Chris Rallis

If this creature hasn't been exerted this turn, you may exert it as it attacks. When you do, untap all other creatures you control and after this phase, there is an additional combat phase. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)

Massacre Girl (Ravnica Remastered)
Chris Rallis

Menace When Massacre Girl enters, each other creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Whenever a creature dies this turn, each creature other than Massacre Girl gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

Captain Lannery Storm (Jumpstart 2022)
Chris Rallis

Haste Whenever Captain Lannery Storm attacks, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Whenever you sacrifice a Treasure, Captain Lannery Storm gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Zada, Hedron Grinder (Battle for Zendikar)
Chris Rallis

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets only Zada, copy that spell for each other creature you control that the spell could target. Each copy targets a different one of those creatures.

"A hedron holds magic for a thousand years—or less, if need be."

Gideon's Sacrifice (Murders at Karlov Manor Commander)
Chris Rallis

Choose a creature or planeswalker you control. All damage that would be dealt this turn to you and permanents you control is dealt to the chosen permanent instead (if it's still on the battlefield).

To Liliana's surprise, the cost of betraying Bolas did not fall on her.

Hazoret, Godseeker (Aetherdrift Promos)
Chris Rallis

Indestructible, 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.) {1}, {T}: Target creature with power 2 or less can't be blocked this turn. Hazoret can't attack or block unless you have max speed.

Return of the Wildspeaker (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander)
Chris Rallis

Choose one — • Draw cards equal to the greatest power among non-Human creatures you control. • Non-Human creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn.

"The curse is broken."

Anthem of Champions (Foundations)
Chris Rallis

Creatures you control get +1/+1.

Setessa is protected by four warrior factions, each named for an animal. United, they can repel any threat to their polis.

Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast (The List)
Chris Rallis

+1: Exile the top three cards of your library. Creature cards exiled this way gain "You may cast this card from exile as long as you control a Lukka planeswalker." −2: Exile target creature you control, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card with higher mana value. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. −7: Each creature you control deals damage equal to its power to each opponent.

Dennick, Pious Apprentice (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt)
Chris Rallis

Adriana, Captain of the Guard (Commander 2020)
Chris Rallis

Melee (Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each opponent you attacked this combat.) Other creatures you control have melee. (If a creature has multiple instances of melee, each triggers separately.)

Odric, Blood-Cursed (Innistrad: Crimson Vow)
Chris Rallis

When Odric enters, create X Blood tokens, where X is the number of abilities from among flying, first strike, double strike, deathtouch, haste, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, menace, reach, trample, and vigilance found among creatures you control. (Count each ability only once.)

Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact (Murders at Karlov Manor Promos)
Chris Rallis

Flying, hexproof from multicolored Whenever Niv-Mizzet deals combat damage to a player, it deals X damage to any target, target player draws X cards, and you gain X life, where X is the number of different color pairs among permanents you control that are exactly two colors.

Samut, the Driving Force (Aetherdrift Promos)
Chris Rallis

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.

Gideon's Sacrifice (War of the Spark)
Chris Rallis

Choose a creature or planeswalker you control. All damage that would be dealt this turn to you and permanents you control is dealt to the chosen permanent instead (if it's still on the battlefield).

To Liliana's surprise, the cost of betraying Bolas did not fall on her.

Rush of Adrenaline (Jumpstart 2022)
Chris Rallis

Target creature gets +2/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.

Scarecrows only go so far in sending the message to stay away.

Stormfist Crusader (Throne of Eldraine)
Chris Rallis

Menace At the beginning of your upkeep, each player draws a card and loses 1 life.

"As she reached the pinnacle, lightning flashed and her eyes blazed with newfound power." —*Legend of the Gilded Knights*

Return of the Wildspeaker (Zendikar Rising Commander)
Chris Rallis

Choose one — • Draw cards equal to the greatest power among non-Human creatures you control. • Non-Human creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn.

"The curse is broken."

Liliana, Death's Majesty (The List)
Chris Rallis

+1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Mill two cards. −3: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types. −7: Destroy all non-Zombie creatures.

Cunning Rhetoric (Commander 2021)
Chris Rallis

Whenever an opponent attacks you and/or one or more planeswalkers you control, exile the top card of that player's library. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.

End the Festivities (Innistrad: Crimson Vow)
Chris Rallis

End the Festivities deals 1 damage to each opponent and each creature and planeswalker they control.

When the defenses around Lurenbraum Fortress faltered, the Crimson Ballroom received some unexpected guests.

Nihiloor (Forgotten Realms Commander)
Chris Rallis

When Nihiloor enters, for each opponent, tap up to one untapped creature you control. When you do, gain control of target creature that player controls with power less than or equal to the tapped creature's power for as long as you control Nihiloor. Whenever you attack with a creature an opponent owns, you gain 2 life and that player loses 2 life.

Danitha Capashen, Paragon (Wilds of Eldraine Commander)
Chris Rallis

First strike, vigilance, lifelink Aura and Equipment spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

"I will protect the less fortunate. I will love bravely. I will face despair and fight on. As a Capashen, I can do no less."

Bathe in Dragonfire (Battlebond)
Chris Rallis

Bathe in Dragonfire deals 4 damage to target creature.

The scent of cooked flesh lingers in the charred landscape of Tarkir.

Tezzeret's Touch (Aether Revolt)
Chris Rallis

Enchant artifact Enchanted artifact is a creature with base power and toughness 5/5 in addition to its other types. When enchanted artifact is put into a graveyard, return that card to its owner's hand.

Zulaport Chainmage (The List)
Chris Rallis

Cohort — {T}, Tap an untapped Ally you control: Target opponent loses 2 life.

The chains obey her. Everything else would do best to get out of her way.

Zetalpa, Primal Dawn (Rivals of Ixalan)
Chris Rallis

Flying, double strike, vigilance, trample, indestructible

The sky takes flight and the earth trembles.

Taste of Death (Commander 2021)
Chris Rallis

Each player sacrifices three creatures of their choice. You create three Food tokens. (They're artifacts with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

"Hone the knife and mourn the least. Three chimes to sound the sweet, grim feast." —Barrow witch incantation

Shieldhide Dragon (Dragons of Tarkir)
Chris Rallis

Flying, lifelink Megamorph {5}{W}{W} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.) When this creature is turned face up, put a +1/+1 counter on each other Dragon creature you control.

Shoulder to Shoulder (Archenemy: Nicol Bolas)
Chris Rallis

Support 2. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.) Draw a card.

"Sea Gate may have fallen, but we still stand. We still fight." —Gideon Jura

Guardian Project (Ravnica Allegiance)
Chris Rallis

Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, if it doesn't have the same name as another creature you control or a creature card in your graveyard, draw a card.

Simic's strength comes from its diversity.

Scion of Opulence (Crimson Vow Commander)
Chris Rallis

Whenever this creature or another nontoken Vampire you control dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") {R}, Sacrifice two artifacts: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.

Teferi, Hero of Dominaria (Dominaria Promos)
Chris Rallis

+1: Draw a card. At the beginning of the next end step, untap up to two lands. −3: Put target nonland permanent into its owner's library third from the top. −8: You get an emblem with "Whenever you draw a card, exile target permanent an opponent controls."

Reality Hemorrhage (The List)
Chris Rallis

Devoid (This card has no color.) Reality Hemorrhage deals 2 damage to any target.

Tarek could not tell whether he was losing his blood or his mind.

Gifts Ungiven (Double Masters 2022)
Chris Rallis

Search your library for up to four cards with different names and reveal them. Target opponent chooses two of those cards. Put the chosen cards into your graveyard and the rest into your hand. Then shuffle.

Cresting Mosasaurus (Jurassic World Collection)
Chris Rallis

Emerge {6}{U} (You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's mana value.) When this creature enters, if you cast it, return each non-Dinosaur creature to its owner's hand.

It preyed on anything it could sink its teeth into.

Go for Blood (The List)
Chris Rallis

Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.) Cycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Lukka's bond provided not only friendship, but also the most powerful weapon in his arsenal.

Three Visits (Secret Lair Drop)
Chris Rallis

Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

"One that looks nice . . . and not too expensive." —The Knights Who Say "Ni!"

Danitha Capashen, Paragon (Dominaria)
Chris Rallis

First strike, vigilance, lifelink Aura and Equipment spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

"I will protect the less fortunate. I will love bravely. I will face despair and fight on. As a Capashen, I can do no less."

Stonefury (Commander Legends)
Chris Rallis

Stonefury deals damage to target creature equal to the number of lands you control.

Akoum can make any intruder look small.

Alharu, Solemn Ritualist (The List)
Chris Rallis

When Alharu enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two other target creatures. Whenever a nontoken creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it dies, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Nissa, Who Shakes the World (War of the Spark Promos)
Chris Rallis

Whenever you tap a Forest for mana, add an additional {G}. +1: Put three +1/+1 counters on up to one target noncreature land you control. Untap it. It becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with vigilance and haste that's still a land. −8: You get an emblem with "Lands you control have indestructible." Search your library for any number of Forest cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Anthem of Champions (Foundations Promos)
Chris Rallis

Creatures you control get +1/+1.

Setessa is protected by four warrior factions, each named for an animal. United, they can repel any threat to their polis.

Cleric of the Forward Order (Dominaria Remastered)
Chris Rallis

When this creature enters, you gain 2 life for each creature you control named Cleric of the Forward Order.

War after war, a healer's enemy is always the same—death itself.

Nissa, Who Shakes the World (War of the Spark)
Chris Rallis

Whenever you tap a Forest for mana, add an additional {G}. +1: Put three +1/+1 counters on up to one target noncreature land you control. Untap it. It becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with vigilance and haste that's still a land. −8: You get an emblem with "Lands you control have indestructible." Search your library for any number of Forest cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Teysa, Opulent Oligarch (Murders at Karlov Manor Promos)
Chris Rallis

Deathtouch At the beginning of your end step, investigate for each opponent who lost life this turn. Whenever a Clue you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Marchesa's Decree (The List)
Chris Rallis

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, that creature's controller loses 1 life.

"Those who seize power must have the means to hold it." —Queen Marchesa

Stormfist Crusader (Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander)
Chris Rallis

Menace At the beginning of your upkeep, each player draws a card and loses 1 life.

"As she reached the pinnacle, lightning flashed and her eyes blazed with newfound power." —*Legend of the Gilded Knights*

Precognitive Perception (Ravnica Allegiance Promos)
Chris Rallis

Draw three cards. Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, instead scry 3, then draw three cards.

"To control the present we must master the future."

Grimgrin, Corpse-Born (Innistrad Remastered)
Chris Rallis

Grimgrin enters tapped and doesn't untap during your untap step. Sacrifice another creature: Untap Grimgrin and put a +1/+1 counter on it. Whenever Grimgrin attacks, destroy target creature defending player controls, then put a +1/+1 counter on Grimgrin.

Ajani, Strength of the Pride (Jumpstart 2022)
Chris Rallis

+1: You gain life equal to the number of creatures you control plus the number of planeswalkers you control. −2: Create a 2/2 white Cat Soldier creature token named Ajani's Pridemate with "Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this token." 0: If you have at least 15 life more than your starting life total, exile Ajani and each artifact and creature your opponents control.

Steadfast Paladin (Adventures in the Forgotten Realms)
Chris Rallis

Lifelink

"When I made my oath to Moradin, I left selfishness and cowardice behind. Every battle, I make that commitment anew."

Zetalpa, Primal Dawn (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander)
Chris Rallis

Flying, double strike, vigilance, trample, indestructible

The sky takes flight and the earth trembles.

Siona, Captain of the Pyleas (Wilds of Eldraine Commander)
Chris Rallis

When Siona enters, look at the top seven cards of your library. You may reveal an Aura card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. Whenever an Aura you control becomes attached to a creature you control, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.

Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact (Murders at Karlov Manor Promos)
Chris Rallis

Flying, hexproof from multicolored Whenever Niv-Mizzet deals combat damage to a player, it deals X damage to any target, target player draws X cards, and you gain X life, where X is the number of different color pairs among permanents you control that are exactly two colors.

Liliana, Death's Majesty (Aetherdrift Commander)
Chris Rallis

+1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Mill two cards. −3: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types. −7: Destroy all non-Zombie creatures.

Zendikar Resurgent (Oath of the Gatewatch Promos)
Chris Rallis

Whenever you tap a land for mana, add one mana of any type that land produced. (The types of mana are white, blue, black, red, green, and colorless.) Whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card.

Doppelgang (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Chris Rallis

For each of X target permanents, create X tokens that are copies of that permanent.

"Suspect spotted at the Tin Street Market, Yescu Street entrance. And the Oak Street entrance. And somehow also in Lobar Alley!" —Avult of the Foundway Associates

Teysa, Opulent Oligarch (Murders at Karlov Manor Promos)
Chris Rallis

Deathtouch At the beginning of your end step, investigate for each opponent who lost life this turn. Whenever a Clue you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Teferi, Hero of Dominaria (Mystery Booster 2)
Chris Rallis

+1: Draw a card. At the beginning of the next end step, untap up to two lands. −3: Put target nonland permanent into its owner's library third from the top. −8: You get an emblem with "Whenever you draw a card, exile target permanent an opponent controls."

Zetalpa, Primal Dawn (Rivals of Ixalan Promos)
Chris Rallis

Flying, double strike, vigilance, trample, indestructible

The sky takes flight and the earth trembles.

Hero's Downfall (The List)
Chris Rallis

Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Odric resisted the vampire's curse with all his strength. But after a lifetime of fighting monsters, he was doomed to become one himself.

Cemetery Protector (Innistrad: Crimson Vow)
Chris Rallis

Flash When this creature enters, exile a card from a graveyard. Whenever you play a land or cast a spell, if it shares a card type with the exiled card, create a 1/1 white Human creature token.

Chandra's Spitfire (Core Set 2020)
Chris Rallis

Flying Whenever an opponent is dealt noncombat damage, this creature gets +3/+0 until end of turn.

"I've lit most everything on fire—trees, rocks, even the water. Now it's time to burn the clouds."

Liliana, Dreadhorde General (Foundations Promos)
Chris Rallis

Whenever a creature you control dies, draw a card. +1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. −4: Each player sacrifices two creatures of their choice. −9: Each opponent chooses a permanent they control of each permanent type and sacrifices the rest.

Razaketh, the Foulblooded (Hour of Devastation)
Chris Rallis

Flying, trample Pay 2 life, Sacrifice another creature: Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Liliana insisted on coming to Amonkhet to confront one of the two remaining demons to whom she is bound.

Go for Blood (Jumpstart 2022)
Chris Rallis

Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.) Cycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Lukka's bond provided not only friendship, but also the most powerful weapon in his arsenal.

Shilgengar, Sire of Famine (Modern Horizons 3)
Chris Rallis

Flying Sacrifice another creature: Create a Blood token. If you sacrificed an Angel this way, create a number of Blood tokens equal to its toughness instead. {W/B}{W/B}{W/B}, Sacrifice six Blood tokens: Return each creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. Those creatures are Vampires in addition to their other types.

Battle at the Bridge (Aether Revolt)
Chris Rallis

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.) Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. You gain X life.

"This is bigger than you. All of you." —Tezzeret

Skywhaler's Shot (Kaladesh)
Chris Rallis

Destroy target creature with power 3 or greater. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

In the moment of truth, it is as though time stands still, and the whale waits, suspended in the sky.

Guardian Project (Ravnica Allegiance Promos)
Chris Rallis

Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, if it doesn't have the same name as another creature you control or a creature card in your graveyard, draw a card.

Simic's strength comes from its diversity.

Return of the Wildspeaker (Throne of Eldraine)
Chris Rallis

Choose one — • Draw cards equal to the greatest power among non-Human creatures you control. • Non-Human creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn.

"The curse is broken."

Ajani, Strength of the Pride (Core Set 2020 Promos)
Chris Rallis

+1: You gain life equal to the number of creatures you control plus the number of planeswalkers you control. −2: Create a 2/2 white Cat Soldier creature token named Ajani's Pridemate with "Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this token." 0: If you have at least 15 life more than your starting life total, exile Ajani and each artifact and creature your opponents control.

Olivia's Dragoon (Ultimate Masters)
Chris Rallis

Discard a card: This creature gains flying until end of turn.

Displays of Voldaren bloodlust are not restricted to glamorous banquets and lavish parties.

Valor in Akros (Jumpstart 2022)
Chris Rallis

Whenever a creature you control enters, creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

There's no stronger armor than the bravery of those beside you.

Suppression Bonds (The List)
Chris Rallis

Enchant nonland permanent Enchanted permanent can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.

"A master of hieromancy can see the advantage in any scenario." —Warden Hixus, to Kytheon