Spell Burst

Spell Burst (Time Spiral Remastered)
Bryan Sola

Buyback {3} (You may pay an additional {3} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.) Counter target spell with mana value X.

Life from the Loam (Modern Masters)
Terese Nielsen

Return up to three target land cards from your graveyard to your hand. Dredge 3 (If you would draw a card, you may mill three cards instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)

Nature's Spiral (Magic 2010)
Terese Nielsen

Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.

Like nature, the fern spirals back on itself, eternally seeking its own center.

Revenant (The List)
Terese Nielsen

Flying Revenant's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.

Born from the slaughter of an entire army, it bears the wrath of a hundred souls.

Unholy Strength (Magic 2010)
Terese Nielsen

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+1.

"Born under the moon, the second child will stumble on temptation and seek power in the dark places of the heart." —Codex of the Constellari

Rhystic Study (Prophecy)
Terese Nielsen

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {1}.

Friends teach what you want to know. Enemies teach what you *need* to know.

Blessed Orator (Ninth Edition)
Terese Nielsen

Other creatures you control get +0/+1.

"He spoke with the tongue of Angels; we fought with the strength of lions." —Handel, infantry soldier

Grotesque Hybrid (Torment)
Terese Nielsen

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a creature, destroy that creature. It can't be regenerated. Discard a card: This creature gains flying and protection from green and from white until end of turn.

Essence Warden (Planar Chaos)
Terese Nielsen

Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.

"The more our numbers grow, the more I gain hope that Volrath and his cursed stronghold will one day fall." —Eladamri, Lord of Leaves

Call of the Conclave (Return to Ravnica)
Terese Nielsen

Create a 3/3 green Centaur creature token.

Centaurs are sent to evangelize in Gruul territories where words of war speak louder than prayers of peace.

Elvish Ranger (Alliances)
Terese Nielsen

"No one may fault an Elvish Ranger's heart, but the simplest frailty may fell even the proudest warrior." —Kaysa, Elder Druid of the Juniper Order

Island (Guru)
Terese Nielsen

({T}: Add {U}.)

Swords to Plowshares (Commander 2016)
Terese Nielsen

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

The smallest seed of regret can bloom into redemption.

Life from the Loam (Ravnica: City of Guilds)
Terese Nielsen

Return up to three target land cards from your graveyard to your hand. Dredge 3 (If you would draw a card, you may mill three cards instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)

Liliana, Untouched by Death (San Diego Comic-Con 2018)
Terese Nielsen

+1: Mill three cards. If at least one Zombie card is milled this way, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. −2: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of Zombies you control. −3: You may cast Zombie spells from your graveyard this turn.

Island (Judge Gift Cards 2014)
Terese Nielsen

({T}: Add {U}.)

Bogardan Firefiend (Planechase)
Terese Nielsen

When this creature dies, it deals 2 damage to target creature.

"The next one who tells me to relax and curl up by a fire is dead." —Mirri of the *Weatherlight*

Faerie Trickery (Lorwyn)
Terese Nielsen

Counter target non-Faerie spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

The fae are so quick and their life spans so short that it's difficult to get retribution for their pranks.

Mistral Charger (Eternal Masters)
Terese Nielsen

Flying

Some sky steeds break from the thundering herd to ride free on the open winds.

Ivy Dancer (Ravnica: City of Guilds)
Terese Nielsen

{T}: Target creature gains forestwalk until end of turn. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)

Her ivy locks are a remnant of the wooded wilds now lost to Ravnica forever.

Force of Will (World Championship Decks 1997)
Terese Nielsen

You may pay 1 life and exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target spell.

Sealed Fate (Mirage)
Terese Nielsen

Look at the top X cards of target opponent's library. Exile one of those cards and put the rest back on top of that player's library in any order.

It's good to know more about your enemy's fate than your enemy does.

Foresight (Alliances)
Terese Nielsen

Search your library for three cards, exile them, then shuffle. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Nyx-Fleece Ram (Journey into Nyx)
Terese Nielsen

At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 1 life.

The gods are fascinated by innocence, perhaps because it's a quality they themselves lack.

Akroma, Angel of Fury (Masters 25)
Terese Nielsen

This spell can't be countered. Flying, trample, protection from white and from blue {R}: Akroma gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Morph {3}{R}{R}{R} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

Force of Will (Eternal Masters)
Terese Nielsen

You may pay 1 life and exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target spell.

"I alone determine my destiny."

Glorious Anthem (Seventh Edition)
Terese Nielsen

Creatures you control get +1/+1.

"North and South meet and angels sing. Voices resound with a righteous ring." —"The Ballad of the Paladins"

King Cheetah (Visions)
Terese Nielsen

Flash

If you find yourself and a friend being chased by a King Cheetah, you have but one chance: Trip your friend. —Suq'Ata wisdom

Secluded Glen (Lorwyn)
Terese Nielsen

As this land enters, you may reveal a Faerie card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Protected by glamers and guile, Glen Elendra harbors the elusive Oona, queen of the fae.

Magus of the Candelabra (Battlebond)
Terese Nielsen

{X}, {T}: Untap X target lands.

"What would Urza think, I wonder, if he could hear how the nature mages still snarl at his name, but venerate the work of his apprentice?" —Teferi, to Jhoira

Keeper of the Flame (Exodus)
Terese Nielsen

{R}, {T}: Choose target opponent who has more life than you do as you activate this ability. This creature deals 2 damage to that player.

Tangle Spider (Tenth Edition)
Terese Nielsen

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)

Only rumors have ever escaped its web.

Obstinate Familiar (Odyssey)
Terese Nielsen

If you would draw a card, you may skip that draw instead.

"Lizards make excellent familiars. They never know when they've lost." —Matoc, lavamancer

Ethereal Champion (Mirage)
Terese Nielsen

Pay 1 life: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to this creature this turn.

"If I have learned anything as a wizard it is this: never fight your own battles." —Waffa, sorcerer of Nyomba

Natural Order (Judge Gift Cards 2010)
Terese Nielsen

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

...but the price of Mangara's freedom was Asmira's life.

Static Orb (Seventh Edition)
Terese Nielsen

As long as this artifact is untapped, players can't untap more than two permanents during their untap steps.

The warriors fought against the paralyzing waves until even their thoughts froze in place.

Springjack Pasture (Commander 2013)
Terese Nielsen

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Create a 0/1 white Goat creature token. {T}, Sacrifice X Goats: Add X mana of any one color. You gain X life.

Island (Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. the Coalition)
Terese Nielsen

({T}: Add {U}.)

Elvish Ranger (Alliances)
Terese Nielsen

"How can any Human hope to match our skills? We are children of Fyndhorn, and its sap runs in our veins." —Taaveti of Kelsinko, Elvish Hunter

Rhystic Study (Commander's Arsenal)
Terese Nielsen

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {1}.

Friends teach what you want to know. Enemies teach what you *need* to know.

Frogmite (Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret)
Terese Nielsen

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

At first, vedalken observers thought blinkmoths naturally avoided certain places. Then they realized those places were frogmite feeding grounds.

Springjack Pasture (Eventide)
Terese Nielsen

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Create a 0/1 white Goat creature token. {T}, Sacrifice X Goats: Add X mana of any one color. You gain X life.

Kird Ape (Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas)
Terese Nielsen

This creature gets +1/+2 as long as you control a Forest.

Apes can be gentle, contemplative beasts—but context is everything.

Swords to Plowshares (Conspiracy)
Terese Nielsen

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

The smallest seed of regret can bloom into redemption.

Sigardian Priest (Eldritch Moon)
Terese Nielsen

{1}, {T}: Tap target non-Human creature.

Many whose faith was destroyed by Avacyn turned to the only angel who remained true to humanity.

Penance (Exodus)
Terese Nielsen

Put a card from your hand on top of your library: The next time a black or red source of your choice would deal damage this turn, prevent that damage.

Dictate of Heliod (The List)
Terese Nielsen

Flash Creatures you control get +2/+2.

"In our war Heliod gave mortals some favor, yet other times he withheld aid. Are we still no more than game pieces to him?" —Polyxene the Doubter

Stalking Tiger (Tenth Edition)
Terese Nielsen

This creature can't be blocked by more than one creature.

In the Jamuraan jungles, there is often no separating beauty from danger.

Static Orb (World Championship Decks 2001)
Terese Nielsen

As long as this artifact is untapped, players can't untap more than two permanents during their untap steps.

The warriors fought against the paralyzing waves until even their thoughts froze in place.

Ley Line (Mercadian Masques)
Terese Nielsen

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player may put a +1/+1 counter on target creature of their choice.

"I can feel the strength of the entire forest." —Gerrard

Imagecrafter (Onslaught)
Terese Nielsen

{T}: Choose a creature type other than Wall. Target creature becomes that type until end of turn.

When Otarians learned not to trust wizards, the wizards learned to adapt.

Call to Mind (Commander 2014)
Terese Nielsen

Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

"It's hard to say which is more satisfying: the search for that missing piece or fitting that piece into place." —Evo Ragus

Plains (Tempest)
Terese Nielsen

({T}: Add {W}.)

Sydri, Galvanic Genius (Commander 2013 Oversized)
Terese Nielsen

{U}: Target noncreature artifact becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its mana value until end of turn. {W}{B}: Target artifact creature gains deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.

Akroma, Angel of Fury (From the Vault: Angels)
Terese Nielsen

This spell can't be countered. Flying, trample, protection from white and from blue {R}: Akroma gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Morph {3}{R}{R}{R} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

Immerwolf (Dark Ascension)
Terese Nielsen

Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.) Each other creature you control that's a Wolf or a Werewolf gets +1/+1. Non-Human Werewolves you control can't transform.

Choke (Tempest)
Terese Nielsen

Islands don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.

"One day we shall walk where once was water." —Eladamri, Lord of Leaves

Delusions of Mediocrity (Seventh Edition)
Terese Nielsen

When this enchantment enters, you gain 10 life. When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, you lose 10 life.

When nothing but second best will do.

Head Games (Onslaught)
Terese Nielsen

Target opponent puts the cards from their hand on top of their library. Search that player's library for that many cards. The player puts those cards into their hand, then shuffles.

Repel (Odyssey)
Terese Nielsen

Put target creature on top of its owner's library.

"I have a hunch we'll be seeing that one again soon." —Ambassador Laquatus

Surveilling Sprite (Ravnica: City of Guilds)
Terese Nielsen

Flying When this creature dies, you may draw a card.

Their natural curiosity, combined with a knack for trespassing, makes sprites excellent spies.

Jilt (Apocalypse)
Terese Nielsen

Kicker {1}{R} (You may pay an additional {1}{R} as you cast this spell.) Return target creature to its owner's hand. If this spell was kicked, it deals 2 damage to another target creature.

"You're not my Hanna!" —Gerrard, to Yawgmoth

Catapult Master (Onslaught)
Terese Nielsen

Tap five untapped Soldiers you control: Exile target creature.

"There's no 'I' in 'team,' but there's a 'we' in 'weapon.'"

Swords to Plowshares (Eternal Masters)
Terese Nielsen

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

The smallest seed of regret can bloom into redemption.

Frogmite (Modern Masters 2015)
Terese Nielsen

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

At first, vedalken observers thought blinkmoths naturally avoided certain places. Then they realized those places were frogmite feeding grounds.

Lull (Masters 25)
Terese Nielsen

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

The clamor of war ceased as both armies stood and marveled at the beauty of Gaea's work.

Unnerve (Conspiracy: Take the Crown)
Terese Nielsen

Each opponent discards two cards.

"If fear is the only tool you have left, then you'll never control me." —Xantcha, to Gix

Kindercatch (Innistrad)
Terese Nielsen

In the forest villages of Kessig, parents feed their children wormwood and other bitter herbs, hoping to make them less palatable to things that roam the night.

Victual Sliver (Premium Deck Series: Slivers)
Terese Nielsen

All Slivers have "{2}, Sacrifice this permanent: You gain 4 life."

"We are kinfolk," explained Karn to the sliver queen. "Just as you need your progeny to complete you, so do I need the pieces of the Legacy to make me whole."

Magus of the Candelabra (Time Spiral)
Terese Nielsen

{X}, {T}: Untap X target lands.

"What would Urza think, I wonder, if he could hear how the nature mages still snarl at his name, but venerate the work of his apprentice?" —Teferi, to Jhoira

Back to Basics (Ultimate Masters)
Terese Nielsen

Nonbasic lands don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.

"A ruler wears a crown while the rest of us wear hats, but which would you rather have when it's raining?" —Barrin, *Principia*

Mountain (Judge Gift Cards 2014)
Terese Nielsen

({T}: Add {R}.)

Voracious Cobra (Invasion)
Terese Nielsen

First strike Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a creature, destroy that creature.

There's no known antidote for the cobra's venom . . . or its appetite.

Samite Elder (Planeshift)
Terese Nielsen

{T}: Creatures you control gain protection from the colors of target permanent you control until end of turn.

Forest (Unglued)
Terese Nielsen

({T}: Add {G}.)

Curse of Misfortunes (Dark Ascension)
Terese Nielsen

Enchant player At the beginning of your upkeep, you may search your library for a Curse card that doesn't have the same name as a Curse attached to enchanted player, put it onto the battlefield attached to that player, then shuffle.

Stocking Tiger (Happy Holidays)
Terese Nielsen

Stocking Tiger enters with a sealed Magic booster pack under it. When Stocking Tiger deals combat damage to a player, unwrap the booster pack and put it into your hand.

Just hope yours isn't full of coal golems.

Forest (Guru)
Terese Nielsen

({T}: Add {G}.)

Disorder (Urza's Saga)
Terese Nielsen

Disorder deals 2 damage to each white creature and each player who controls a white creature.

"Then, just when the other guys were winnin', the sky threw up." —Jula, goblin raider

Ixidron (Time Spiral)
Terese Nielsen

As this creature enters, turn all other nontoken creatures face down. (They're 2/2 creatures.) Ixidron's power and toughness are each equal to the number of face-down creatures on the battlefield.

Surveilling Sprite (Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas)
Terese Nielsen

Flying When this creature dies, you may draw a card.

Their natural curiosity, combined with a knack for trespassing, makes sprites excellent spies.

Moonglove Extract (Duel Decks Anthology: Elves vs. Goblins)
Terese Nielsen

Sacrifice this artifact: It deals 2 damage to any target.

Diluted, moonglove can etch living tissue. Concentrated, a drop will kill a giant.

Frogmite (The List)
Terese Nielsen

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

At first, vedalken observers thought blinkmoths naturally avoided certain places. Then they realized those places were frogmite feeding grounds.

Giant Growth (Junior Super Series)
Terese Nielsen

Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

Natural Order (Visions)
Terese Nielsen

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

. . . but the price of Mangara's freedom was Asmira's life.

Life from the Loam (Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari)
Terese Nielsen

Return up to three target land cards from your graveyard to your hand. Dredge 3 (If you would draw a card, you may mill three cards instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)

Mother of Runes (The List)
Terese Nielsen

{T}: Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

She will not touch a weapon, yet she is the greatest protector her people have ever known.

Unnerve (Commander Anthology Volume II)
Terese Nielsen

Each opponent discards two cards.

"If fear is the only tool you have left, then you'll never control me." —Xantcha, to Gix

Force of Will (World Championship Decks 1997)
Terese Nielsen

You may pay 1 life and exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target spell.

Sydri, Galvanic Genius (Commander 2013)
Terese Nielsen

{U}: Target noncreature artifact becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its mana value until end of turn. {W}{B}: Target artifact creature gains deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.

Yavimaya Enchantress (Commander 2018)
Terese Nielsen

This creature gets +1/+1 for each enchantment on the battlefield.

Her roots connect her to the forest's wishes.

Fecundity (Ultimate Masters)
Terese Nielsen

Whenever a creature dies, that creature's controller may draw a card.

Life is eternal. A lifetime is ephemeral.

Fact or Fiction (World Championship Decks 2001)
Terese Nielsen

Reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Moonglove Extract (The List)
Terese Nielsen

Sacrifice this artifact: It deals 2 damage to any target.

Diluted, moonglove can etch living tissue. Concentrated, a drop will kill a giant.

Gideon of the Trials (San Diego Comic-Con 2018)
Terese Nielsen

+1: Until your next turn, prevent all damage target permanent would deal. 0: Until end of turn, Gideon becomes a 4/4 Human Soldier creature with indestructible that's still a planeswalker. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to him this turn. 0: You get an emblem with "As long as you control a Gideon planeswalker, you can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game."

Eternal Witness (Commander Anthology)
Terese Nielsen

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

She remembers every word spoken, from the hero's oath to the baby's cry.

Nature's Lore (Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana)
Terese Nielsen

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

Nature's secrets can be read on every tree, every branch, every leaf.

Dismember (New Phyrexia)
Terese Nielsen

({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.) Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.

"You serve Phyrexia. Your pieces would better serve Phyrexia elsewhere." —Azax-Azog, the Demon Thane

Excavation (Prophecy)
Terese Nielsen

{1}, Sacrifice a land: Draw a card. Any player may activate this ability.

"There are secrets out there begging to be rediscovered. We just need to look in the right places." —Teferi, planeswalker

Hunter's Insight (Commander 2020)
Terese Nielsen

Choose target creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker this turn, draw that many cards.

"The predator knows the true way of the world. Life is conflict. Only the strong survive." —Garruk Wildspeaker

Plains (Guru)
Terese Nielsen

({T}: Add {W}.)

Chill of Foreboding (Dark Ascension)
Terese Nielsen

Each player mills five cards. Flashback {7}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

"Wait . . . did you fellows hear something?"

Holy Strength (Magic 2010)
Terese Nielsen

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+2.

"Born under the sun, the first child will seek the foundation of honor and be fortified by its righteousness." —Codex of the Constellari

Charisma (Mercadian Masques)
Terese Nielsen

Enchant creature Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to a creature, gain control of the other creature for as long as this Aura remains on the battlefield.

It was Gerrard's nature to lead and the Mercadians' to follow.

Nature's Lore (Duel Decks Anthology: Garruk vs. Liliana)
Terese Nielsen

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

Nature's secrets can be read on every tree, every branch, every leaf.

Stalking Tiger (Welcome Deck 2017)
Terese Nielsen

This creature can't be blocked by more than one creature.

In the Jamuraan jungles, there is often no separating beauty from danger.

Revenant (Stronghold)
Terese Nielsen

Flying Revenant's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.

"Not again." —Hans

Wooden Sphere (Seventh Edition)
Terese Nielsen

Whenever a player casts a green spell, you may pay {1}. If you do, you gain 1 life.

Strengthened by a thousand limbs.

Hunter's Insight (Magic 2012)
Terese Nielsen

Choose target creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker this turn, draw that many cards.

"The predator knows the true way of the world. Life is conflict. Only the strong survive." —Garruk Wildspeaker

Bad River (Mirage)
Terese Nielsen

This land enters tapped. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Saprazzan Heir (Mercadian Masques)
Terese Nielsen

Whenever this creature becomes blocked, you may draw three cards.

Within the walls of the floating city, Saprazzan wealth is like Saprazzan water: abundant, free-flowing, and accessible to all.

Lay Waste (Urza's Saga)
Terese Nielsen

Destroy target land. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Conclave Equenaut (Ravnica: City of Guilds)
Terese Nielsen

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Flying

Equenauts are the seeds of the Conclave, scattered on the four winds, searching for new places to take root.

Eternal Witness (Fifth Dawn)
Terese Nielsen

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

She remembers every word spoken, from the hero's oath to the baby's cry.

Dismember (Modern Event Deck 2014)
Terese Nielsen

({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.) Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.

"You serve Phyrexia. Your pieces would better serve Phyrexia elsewhere." —Azax-Azog, the Demon Thane

Stalking Tiger (Classic Sixth Edition)
Terese Nielsen

This creature can't be blocked by more than one creature.

In the Jamuraan jungles, there is often no separating beauty from danger.

Call of the Conclave (GRN Guild Kit)
Terese Nielsen

Create a 3/3 green Centaur creature token.

Centaurs are sent to evangelize in Gruul territories where words of war speak louder than prayers of peace.

Nyx-Fleece Ram (The List)
Terese Nielsen

At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 1 life.

The gods are fascinated by innocence, perhaps because it's a quality they themselves lack.

Hanna, Ship's Navigator (Masters 25)
Terese Nielsen

{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."

Unholy Strength (Duel Decks: Divine vs. Demonic)
Terese Nielsen

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+1.

Such power grows the body as it shrinks the soul.

Undo (Starter 1999)
Terese Nielsen

Return two target creatures to their owners' hands.

Darksteel Pendant (Darksteel)
Terese Nielsen

Indestructible (Effects that say "destroy" don't destroy this artifact.) {1}, {T}: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Liliana Vess (Duel Decks Anthology: Garruk vs. Liliana)
Terese Nielsen

+1: Target player discards a card. −2: Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. −8: Put all creature cards from all graveyards onto the battlefield under your control.

Revenant (Magic Origins)
Terese Nielsen

Flying Revenant's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.

Born from the slaughter of an entire army, it bears the wrath of a hundred souls.

Force of Will (Alliances)
Terese Nielsen

You may pay 1 life and exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target spell.

Head Games (Tenth Edition)
Terese Nielsen

Target opponent puts the cards from their hand on top of their library. Search that player's library for that many cards. The player puts those cards into their hand, then shuffles.

Stronghold Biologist (Nemesis)
Terese Nielsen

{U}{U}, {T}, Discard a card: Counter target creature spell.

He twists the laws of nature until they scream.

Call to Mind (Magic 2011)
Terese Nielsen

Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

"It's hard to say which is more satisfying: the search for that missing piece or fitting that piece into place." —Evo Ragus

Velis Vel (Planechase Anthology Planes)
Terese Nielsen

Each creature gets +1/+1 for each other creature on the battlefield that shares at least one creature type with it. (For example, if two Elemental Shamans and an Elemental Spirit are on the battlefield, each gets +2/+2.) Whenever chaos ensues, target creature gains all creature types until end of turn.

Pollenbright Wings (Planechase 2012)
Terese Nielsen

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has flying. Whenever enchanted creature deals combat damage to a player, create that many 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens.

Descendants' Path (Avacyn Restored)
Terese Nielsen

At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card that shares a creature type with a creature you control, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. If you don't cast it, put it on the bottom of your library.

Dryad Militant (GRN Guild Kit)
Terese Nielsen

({G/W} can be paid with either {G} or {W}.) If an instant or sorcery card would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.

"We will defend the Worldsoul from Izzet 'progress' at any cost."

Divine Offering (Mirage)
Terese Nielsen

Destroy target artifact. You gain life equal to its mana value.

"Suq'Ata believe in trade; Femeref, alms; Zhalfirins, steel. Be warned, Kaervek—now we are joined." —Sidar Jabari

Nyx-Fleece Ram (Masters 25)
Terese Nielsen

At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 1 life.

The gods are fascinated by innocence, perhaps because it's a quality they themselves lack.

Moonglove Extract (Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret)
Terese Nielsen

Sacrifice this artifact: It deals 2 damage to any target.

Diluted, moonglove can etch living tissue. Concentrated, a drop will kill a giant.

Plains (World Championship Decks 1998)
Terese Nielsen

({T}: Add {W}.)

Goat (Planechase Anthology Tokens)
Terese Nielsen

Tangle Spider (Darksteel)
Terese Nielsen

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)

They're considered good luck by the elves they don't eat.

Kird Ape (From the Vault: Exiled)
Terese Nielsen

This creature gets +1/+2 as long as you control a Forest.

Apes can be gentle, contemplative beasts—but context is everything.

Island (World Championship Decks 2002)
Terese Nielsen

({T}: Add {U}.)

Eternal Witness (Commander 2015)
Terese Nielsen

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

She remembers every word spoken, from the hero's oath to the baby's cry.

Nature's Spiral (Magic 2011)
Terese Nielsen

Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.

Snail shell, fern, tornado—the world connects all things in form.

Loxodon Punisher (Mirrodin)
Terese Nielsen

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

The loxodons believe punishment comes in two steps: pain and atonement. They carry a weapon for each.

Moon Sprite (Starter 2000)
Terese Nielsen

Flying

"I am that merry wanderer of the night." —William Shakespeare, *A Midsummer Night's Dream*

Heroes' Reunion (Invasion)
Terese Nielsen

Target player gains 7 life.

"You helped save my people from a Phyrexian fate. Did you think I wouldn't return the favor?" —Eladamri, to Gerrard

Victual Sliver (Stronghold)
Terese Nielsen

All Slivers have "{2}, Sacrifice this permanent: You gain 4 life."

"We are kinfolk," explained Karn to the sliver queen. "Just as you need your progeny to complete you, so do I need the pieces of the Legacy to make me whole."

Choke (World Championship Decks 1999)
Terese Nielsen

Islands don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.

"One day we shall walk where once was water." —Eladamri, Lord of Leaves

King Cheetah (Ninth Edition)
Terese Nielsen

Flash

If you find yourself and a friend being chased by a king cheetah, you have but one chance: Trip your friend. —Suq'Ata wisdom

Serra's Embrace (Urza's Saga)
Terese Nielsen

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying and vigilance. (Attacking doesn't cause it to tap.)

"Lifted beyond herself, for that battle Brindri was an angel of light and fury." —*Song of All*, canto 524

Chandra, Torch of Defiance (San Diego Comic-Con 2018)
Terese Nielsen

+1: Exile the top card of your library. You may cast that card. If you don't, Chandra deals 2 damage to each opponent. +1: Add {R}{R}. −3: Chandra deals 4 damage to target creature. −7: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast a spell, this emblem deals 5 damage to any target."

Frogmite (Modern Masters)
Terese Nielsen

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

At first, vedalken observers thought blinkmoths naturally avoided certain places. Then they realized those places were frogmite feeding grounds.

Garruk Wildspeaker (Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana)
Terese Nielsen

+1: Untap two target lands. −1: Create a 3/3 green Beast creature token. −4: Creatures you control get +3/+3 and gain trample until end of turn.

Stocking Tiger (Happy Holidays)
Terese Nielsen

Stocking Tiger enters with a sealed Magic booster pack under it. When Stocking Tiger deals combat damage to a player, unwrap the booster pack and put it into your hand.

Just hope yours isn't full of coal golems.

Rhystic Study (Jumpstart)
Terese Nielsen

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {1}.

Friends teach what you want to know. Enemies teach what you *need* to know.

Blast of Genius (Ultimate Masters)
Terese Nielsen

Choose any target. Draw three cards, then discard a card. Blast of Genius deals damage equal to the discarded card's mana value to that permanent or player.

Ral Zarek's brainstorms bring actual thunder and lightning.

Pillar Tombs of Aku (Visions)
Terese Nielsen

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player may sacrifice a creature of their choice. If that player doesn't, they lose 5 life and you sacrifice this enchantment.

"Aku, City of Hidden Graves / Aku, City of Lost Kings / Aku, welcome me." —Pillar tomb inscription

Infernal Tribute (Weatherlight)
Terese Nielsen

{2}, Sacrifice a nontoken permanent: Draw a card.

"I would not barter my soul for any of the filth that they called power. So they took it from me and damned me to solitude." —Crovax

Rest in Peace (Return to Ravnica)
Terese Nielsen

When this enchantment enters, exile all graveyards. If a card or token would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.

Some corpses the Golgari cannot claim. Some souls the Orzhov cannot shackle.

Pattern of Rebirth (Ultimate Masters)
Terese Nielsen

Enchant creature When enchanted creature dies, that creature's controller may search their library for a creature card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Island (World Championship Decks 2001)
Terese Nielsen

({T}: Add {U}.)

Clockwork Steed (Fifth Edition)
Terese Nielsen

This creature enters with four +1/+0 counters on it. This creature can't be blocked by artifact creatures. At end of combat, if this creature attacked or blocked this combat, remove a +1/+0 counter from it. {X}, {T}: Put up to X +1/+0 counters on this creature. This ability can't cause the total number of +1/+0 counters on this creature to be greater than four. Activate only during your upkeep.

Fact or Fiction (Invasion)
Terese Nielsen

Reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Island (World Championship Decks 2002)
Terese Nielsen

({T}: Add {U}.)

Fact or Fiction (Friday Night Magic 2005)
Terese Nielsen

Reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Fact or Fiction (World Championship Decks 2002)
Terese Nielsen

Reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Sydri, Galvanic Genius (Commander 2016)
Terese Nielsen

{U}: Target noncreature artifact becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its mana value until end of turn. {W}{B}: Target artifact creature gains deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.

Control Magic (Eternal Masters)
Terese Nielsen

Enchant creature You control enchanted creature.

If you don't have the best toys, find the one who does.

Guiding Spirit (Visions)
Terese Nielsen

Flying {T}: If the top card of target player's graveyard is a creature card, put that card on top of that player's library.

"Retainer of eternal Sun! Life flash again upon thy wings." —"Song to the Sun," Femeref song

Hanna, Ship's Navigator (Judge Gift Cards 2014)
Terese Nielsen

{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."

Mana Severance (Tempest)
Terese Nielsen

Search your library for any number of land cards, exile them, then shuffle.

"And when this land is wasted, where will we go?" —Thalakos lament

Lifelink (Magic 2012)
Terese Nielsen

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has lifelink. (Damage dealt by the creature also causes its controller to gain that much life.)

The spoils of war are not measured only in gold and silver.

Spiritual Guardian (Portal)
Terese Nielsen

When Spiritual Guardian enters, you gain 4 life.

Hope is born within.

Silvercoat Lion (Magic 2013)
Terese Nielsen

"In the wild, white fur like mine is an aberration. We lack natural camouflage, but the inability to hide encourages other strengths." —Ajani Goldmane

Conclave Equenaut (Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret)
Terese Nielsen

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Flying

Equenauts are the seeds of the Conclave, scattered on the four winds, searching for new places to take root.

Stream of Life (Fifth Edition)
Terese Nielsen

Target player gains X life.

Basandra, Battle Seraph (Commander 2011)
Terese Nielsen

Flying Players can't cast spells during combat. {R}: Target creature attacks this turn if able.

"Why listen to the mumblings of wizards when the lash speaks true?"

Velis Vel (Planechase Planes)
Terese Nielsen

Each creature gets +1/+1 for each other creature on the battlefield that shares at least one creature type with it. (For example, if two Elemental Shamans and an Elemental Spirit are on the battlefield, each gets +2/+2.) Whenever chaos ensues, target creature gains all creature types until end of turn.

Island (Invasion)
Terese Nielsen

({T}: Add {U}.)

Akroma, Angel of Wrath (Masters 25)
Terese Nielsen

Flying, first strike, vigilance, trample, haste, protection from black and from red

"Wrath is no vice when inflicted upon the deserving."

Pollenbright Wings (Planechase Anthology)
Terese Nielsen

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has flying. Whenever enchanted creature deals combat damage to a player, create that many 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens.

Eternal Witness (World Championship Decks 2004)
Terese Nielsen

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

She remembers every word spoken, from the hero's oath to the baby's cry.

Jukai Messenger (Champions of Kamigawa)
Terese Nielsen

Forestwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)

Dosan's monks, deep in spiritual thought, could walk through the thickest of forests without leaving a mark, even the leaves beneath their feet unaffected by their passing.

Ray of Dissolution (Theros)
Terese Nielsen

Destroy target enchantment. You gain 3 life.

The works of one god last only as long as the patience of another.

Swords to Plowshares (Iconic Masters)
Terese Nielsen

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

The smallest seed of regret can bloom into redemption.

Eternal Witness (Commander Anthology Volume II)
Terese Nielsen

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

She remembers every word spoken, from the hero's oath to the baby's cry.

Ovinize (Planar Chaos)
Terese Nielsen

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

"You wish for me to cow your enemies? I can do better than that . . . ." —Teferi, second-level student

Lotus Cobra (Grand Prix Promos)
Terese Nielsen

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, add one mana of any color.

Its scales contain the essence of thousands of lotus blooms.

Mountain (Guru)
Terese Nielsen

({T}: Add {R}.)

Plains (Tempest)
Terese Nielsen

({T}: Add {W}.)

Ajani's Aid (Aether Revolt)
Terese Nielsen

When this enchantment enters, you may search your library and/or graveyard for a card named Ajani, Valiant Protector, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you search your library this way, shuffle. Sacrifice this enchantment: Prevent all combat damage a creature of your choice would deal this turn.

Sinister Strength (Planeshift)
Terese Nielsen

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +3/+1 and is black.

"I bless the living with a song of death." —Lord Dralnu

Birds of Paradise (Magic 2011 Promos)
Terese Nielsen

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

"The gods used their feathers to paint all the colors of the world." —Yare-Tiva, warden of Gramur forest

Nissa, Vital Force (San Diego Comic-Con 2018)
Terese Nielsen

+1: Untap target land you control. Until your next turn, it becomes a 5/5 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land. −3: Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. −6: You get an emblem with "Whenever a land you control enters, you may draw a card."

Swords to Plowshares (Masters 25)
Terese Nielsen

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

Nimble Mongoose (Odyssey)
Terese Nielsen

Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Threshold — This creature gets +2/+2 as long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Faster than a cobra's bite.

Unnerve (Urza's Saga)
Terese Nielsen

Each opponent discards two cards.

"If fear is the only tool you have left, then you'll never control me." —Xantcha, to Gix

Sturmgeist (Innistrad)
Terese Nielsen

Flying Sturmgeist's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand. Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Giant Growth (Seventh Edition)
Terese Nielsen

Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

Catapult Master (Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret)
Terese Nielsen

Tap five untapped Soldiers you control: Exile target creature.

"There's no 'I' in 'team,' but there's a 'we' in 'weapon.'"

Garruk Wildspeaker (Duel Decks Anthology: Garruk vs. Liliana)
Terese Nielsen

+1: Untap two target lands. −1: Create a 3/3 green Beast creature token. −4: Creatures you control get +3/+3 and gain trample until end of turn.

Kird Ape (The List)
Terese Nielsen

This creature gets +1/+2 as long as you control a Forest.

It puts the "fur" in "fury."

Swords to Plowshares (The List)
Terese Nielsen

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

The smallest seed of regret can bloom into redemption.

Keening Apparition (Return to Ravnica)
Terese Nielsen

Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target enchantment.

Some souls are too damaged to be of use to the Orzhov.

Unholy Strength (Duels of the Planeswalkers)
Terese Nielsen

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+1.

"Born under the moon, the second child will stumble on temptation and seek power in the dark places of the heart." —Codex of the Constellari

Eternal Witness (Commander 2011)
Terese Nielsen

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

She remembers every word spoken, from the hero's oath to the baby's cry.

Stun (Tempest)
Terese Nielsen

Target creature can't block this turn. Draw a card.

"I concede it was a cheap shot, but it was the only one I could afford." —Gerrard of the *Weatherlight*

Despise (New Phyrexia)
Terese Nielsen

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a creature or planeswalker card from it. That player discards that card.

"Truth is always a weapon in your enemies' hands." —Geth, Lord of the Vault

Silverskin Armor (Mirrodin Besieged)
Terese Nielsen

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and is an artifact in addition to its other types. Equip {2}

Partisan spies warned that no armor would protect the body from Phyrexian infection. Neurok strategists took that as a challenge.

Wild Dogs (World Championship Decks 1999)
Terese Nielsen

At the beginning of your upkeep, if a player has more life than each other player, the player with the most life gains control of this creature. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Plains (Premium Deck Series: Slivers)
Terese Nielsen

({T}: Add {W}.)

Legacy Weapon (Tenth Edition)
Terese Nielsen

{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}: Exile target permanent. If Legacy Weapon would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, reveal Legacy Weapon and shuffle it into its owner's library instead.

Urza, Academy Headmaster (Unstable)
Terese Nielsen

+1: Head to AskUrza.com and click +1. −1: Head to AskUrza.com and click -1. −6: Head to AskUrza.com and click -6.

Arc Mage (Nemesis)
Terese Nielsen

{2}{R}, {T}, Discard a card: This creature deals 2 damage divided as you choose among one or two targets.

Swords to Plowshares (From the Vault: Twenty)
Terese Nielsen

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

The smallest seed of regret can bloom into redemption.

Plains (Tempest)
Terese Nielsen

({T}: Add {W}.)

Eternal Witness (Friday Night Magic 2008)
Terese Nielsen

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

Gaea needs no book to record every act.

Swamp (Guru)
Terese Nielsen

({T}: Add {B}.)

Ertai, Wizard Adept (Exodus)
Terese Nielsen

{2}{U}{U}, {T}: Counter target spell.

"Was that *it*?" —Ertai, wizard adept

Stronghold Machinist (Nemesis)
Terese Nielsen

{U}{U}, {T}, Discard a card: Counter target noncreature spell.

She stretches the laws of physics until they snap.

Swords to Plowshares (Battlebond)
Terese Nielsen

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

The smallest seed of regret can bloom into redemption.

Dictate of Heliod (Commander 2015)
Terese Nielsen

Flash Creatures you control get +2/+2.

"In our war Heliod gave mortals some favor, yet other times he withheld aid. Are we still no more than game pieces to him?" —Polyxene the Doubter

Holy Strength (Magic 2011)
Terese Nielsen

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+2.

"Born under the sun, the first child will seek the foundation of honor and be fortified by its righteousness." —Codex of the Constellari

Unholy Strength (Magic 2011)
Terese Nielsen

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+1.

"Born under the moon, the second child will stumble on temptation and seek power in the dark places of the heart." —Codex of the Constellari

Luminous Guardian (Odyssey)
Terese Nielsen

{W}: This creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn. {2}: This creature can block an additional creature this turn.

"There is no victory without virtue."

Master Apothecary (Odyssey)
Terese Nielsen

Tap an untapped Cleric you control: Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.

It takes a remarkable cleric to turn a group of healers into a hospital.

Kird Ape (Eternal Masters)
Terese Nielsen

This creature gets +1/+2 as long as you control a Forest.

It puts the "fur" in "fury."

Force of Will (Double Masters)
Terese Nielsen

You may pay 1 life and exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target spell.

"I alone determine my destiny."

Death's Approach (Jumpstart)
Terese Nielsen

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets -X/-X, where X is the number of creature cards in its controller's graveyard.

"It's cold in the grave, and the dead crave your warmth. Who are you to deny them?" —Strava, Dimir mage

Blast of Genius (Dragon's Maze)
Terese Nielsen

Choose any target. Draw three cards, then discard a card. Blast of Genius deals damage equal to the discarded card's mana value to that permanent or player.

Ral Zarek's brainstorms bring actual thunder and lightning.

Jace, Cunning Castaway (San Diego Comic-Con 2018)
Terese Nielsen

+1: Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player this turn, draw a card, then discard a card. −2: Create a 2/2 blue Illusion creature token with "When this token becomes the target of a spell, sacrifice it." −5: Create two tokens that are copies of Jace, except they're not legendary.

Lull (Urza's Saga)
Terese Nielsen

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Essence of the Wild (Innistrad)
Terese Nielsen

Creatures you control enter as a copy of this creature.

Wander too far into the wild and it may take you for its own.

Liliana Vess (Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana)
Terese Nielsen

+1: Target player discards a card. −2: Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. −8: Put all creature cards from all graveyards onto the battlefield under your control.

Essence Warden (Commander 2014)
Terese Nielsen

Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.

"The more our numbers grow, the more I gain hope that Volrath and his cursed stronghold will one day fall." —Eladamri, Lord of Leaves

Organ Harvest (Unglued)
Terese Nielsen

Your team may sacrifice any number of creatures. For each creature sacrificed this way, you add {B}{B}.

"Lucy, you've got some spleenin' to do."

Infested Roothold (Darksteel)
Terese Nielsen

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Protection from artifacts Whenever an opponent casts an artifact spell, you may create a 1/1 green Insect creature token.

Mother of Runes (Eternal Masters)
Terese Nielsen

{T}: Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

She will not touch a weapon, yet she is the greatest protector her people have ever known.

Nature's Spiral (Duels of the Planeswalkers)
Terese Nielsen

Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.

Like nature, the fern spirals back on itself, eternally seeking its own center.

Mundungu (Visions)
Terese Nielsen

{T}: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1} and 1 life.

"Our buried kings silently await the revolt of dead peasants." —Tuwile, mundungu of Aku

Heroes' Reunion (Duel Decks: Knights vs. Dragons)
Terese Nielsen

Target player gains 7 life.

"You helped save my people from a Phyrexian fate. Did you think I wouldn't return the favor?" —Eladamri, to Gerrard

Plains (Tempest)
Terese Nielsen

({T}: Add {W}.)

Elder of Laurels (Innistrad)
Terese Nielsen

{3}{G}: Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of creatures you control.

Hopes and prayers can carry the same force as swords and torches.

Natural Order (Eternal Masters)
Terese Nielsen

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

. . . but the price of Mangara's freedom was Asmira's life.

Stream of Life (Classic Sixth Edition)
Terese Nielsen

Target player gains X life.

War Dance (Urza's Saga)
Terese Nielsen

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a verse counter on this enchantment. Sacrifice this enchantment: Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of verse counters on this enchantment.

Hunter's Insight (Jumpstart)
Terese Nielsen

Choose target creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker this turn, draw that many cards.

"The predator knows the true way of the world. Life is conflict. Only the strong survive." —Garruk Wildspeaker

Thromok the Insatiable (Planechase 2012)
Terese Nielsen

Devour X, where X is the number of creatures devoured this way (As this creature enters, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. It enters with X +1/+1 counters on it for each of those creatures.)

Honor the Fallen (Mercadian Masques)
Terese Nielsen

Exile all creature cards from all graveyards. You gain 1 life for each card exiled this way.

"May the River claim Cho-Manno's body, wherever it lies." —Ta-Karnst, Cho-Arrim healer

Stun (Tenth Edition)
Terese Nielsen

Target creature can't block this turn. Draw a card.

"Fortunately, merfolk aren't used to opponents with feet." —Gerrard of the *Weatherlight*

Zombie Mob (Mirage)
Terese Nielsen

This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each creature card in your graveyard. When this creature enters, exile all creature cards from your graveyard.

Nature's Lore (Portal)
Terese Nielsen

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

Nature's secrets can be read on every tree, every branch, every leaf.

Plains (World Championship Decks 1998)
Terese Nielsen

({T}: Add {W}.)

Dismember (Modern Masters 2015)
Terese Nielsen

({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.) Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.

"You serve Phyrexia. Your pieces would better serve Phyrexia elsewhere." —Azax-Azog, the Demon Thane

Intimidation (Mercadian Masques)
Terese Nielsen

Creatures you control have fear. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

"If they move, kill them. In fact, kill one now to make sure the other understands."

Circle of Protection: Artifacts (Fifth Dawn)
Terese Nielsen

{2}: The next time an artifact source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.

"Memnarch shall rage against us. We shall endure."

Pollenbright Wings (Ravnica: City of Guilds)
Terese Nielsen

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has flying. Whenever enchanted creature deals combat damage to a player, create that many 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens.

Lifelink (Magic 2010)
Terese Nielsen

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has lifelink. (Damage dealt by the creature also causes its controller to gain that much life.)

The spoils of war are not measured only in gold and silver.

Bogardan Firefiend (Weatherlight)
Terese Nielsen

When this creature dies, it deals 2 damage to target creature.

"The next one who tells me to relax and curl up by a fire is dead." —Mirri of the *Weatherlight*

Forest (Judge Gift Cards 2014)
Terese Nielsen

({T}: Add {G}.)

Team Spirit (Unglued)
Terese Nielsen

Creatures target player's team controls get +1/+1 until end of turn.

Due to some late-night partying, the chicken missed the group photo.

Mourning (Invasion)
Terese Nielsen

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets -2/-0. {B}: Return this Aura to its owner's hand.

Barrin waited for the nausea to pass or for Urza to say something else. He waited in vain.

Basandra, Battle Seraph (Commander 2011 Launch Party)
Terese Nielsen

Flying Players can't cast spells during combat. {R}: Target creature attacks this turn if able.

"Why listen to the mumblings of wizards when the lash speaks true?"

Mercadian Bazaar (Mercadian Masques)
Terese Nielsen

This land enters tapped. {T}: Put a storage counter on this land. {T}, Remove any number of storage counters from this land: Add {R} for each storage counter removed this way.

Visions of Beyond (Magic 2012)
Terese Nielsen

Draw a card. If a graveyard has twenty or more cards in it, draw three cards instead.

"The past is the foundation for all that exists in the present. We merely reconstruct what our ancestors have already discovered." —Sachimir, Sage of Memories

Unholy Strength (Tenth Edition)
Terese Nielsen

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+1.

Such power grows the body as it shrinks the soul.

Call of the Conclave (Modern Masters 2017)
Terese Nielsen

Create a 3/3 green Centaur creature token.

Centaurs are sent to evangelize in Gruul territories where words of war speak louder than prayers of peace.

Stalking Tiger (The List)
Terese Nielsen

This creature can't be blocked by more than one creature.

In the Jamuraan jungles, there is often no separating beauty from danger.

Plains (World Championship Decks 1998)
Terese Nielsen

({T}: Add {W}.)

Hidden Retreat (Stronghold)
Terese Nielsen

Put a card from your hand on top of your library: Prevent all damage that would be dealt by target instant or sorcery spell this turn.

After an hour in the hidey-hole, Squee seriously pondered the advantages of danger over boredom.

Choke (Eighth Edition)
Terese Nielsen

Islands don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.

"One day we shall walk where once was water." —Eladamri, Lord of Leaves

Akroma, Angel of Wrath (From the Vault: Angels)
Terese Nielsen

Flying, first strike, vigilance, trample, haste, protection from black and from red

"Wrath is no vice when inflicted upon the deserving."

Sonic Seizure (Torment)
Terese Nielsen

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card at random. Sonic Seizure deals 3 damage to any target.

Rampant Growth (Magic Player Rewards 2009)
Terese Nielsen

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Plea for Guidance (Born of the Gods)
Terese Nielsen

Search your library for up to two enchantment cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.

On Theros, the dove is a symbol not of peace but of discovery. Quick wings herald the arrival of a revelation.

Basandra, Battle Seraph (Commander Anthology)
Terese Nielsen

Flying Players can't cast spells during combat. {R}: Target creature attacks this turn if able.

"Why listen to the mumblings of wizards when the lash speaks true?"

Goat (Eventide Tokens)
Terese Nielsen

Plains (World Championship Decks 1998)
Terese Nielsen

({T}: Add {W}.)

Heroes' Reunion (Archenemy)
Terese Nielsen

Target player gains 7 life.

"You helped save my people from a Phyrexian fate. Did you think I wouldn't return the favor?" —Eladamri, to Gerrard

Unnerve (Commander 2011)
Terese Nielsen

Each opponent discards two cards.

"If fear is the only tool you have left, then you'll never control me." —Xantcha, to Gix

Gaea's Skyfolk (Apocalypse)
Terese Nielsen

Flying

The grace of the forest and the spirit of the sea.

Yavimaya Enchantress (Seventh Edition)
Terese Nielsen

This creature gets +1/+1 for each enchantment on the battlefield.

Her roots connect her to the forest's wishes.

Rushwood Herbalist (Mercadian Masques)
Terese Nielsen

{G}, {T}, Discard a card: Regenerate target creature.

When generals gather their armies, healers gather their herbs.

Wild Dogs (Urza's Saga)
Terese Nielsen

At the beginning of your upkeep, if a player has more life than each other player, the player with the most life gains control of this creature. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Essence Warden (Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas)
Terese Nielsen

Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.

"The more our numbers grow, the more I gain hope that Volrath and his cursed stronghold will one day fall." —Eladamri, Lord of Leaves

Eternal Witness (Modern Masters)
Terese Nielsen

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

She remembers every word spoken, from the hero's oath to the baby's cry.

Stalking Tiger (Mirage)
Terese Nielsen

This creature can't be blocked by more than one creature.

In the Jamuraan jungles, there is often no separating beauty from danger.

Moon Sprite (Starter 1999)
Terese Nielsen

Flying

"I am that merry wanderer of the night." —William Shakespeare, *A Midsummer Night's Dream*

Rhystic Study (The List)
Terese Nielsen

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {1}.

Friends teach what you want to know. Enemies teach what you *need* to know.

Moonglove Extract (Duel Decks: Elves vs. Goblins)
Terese Nielsen

Sacrifice this artifact: It deals 2 damage to any target.

Diluted, moonglove can etch living tissue. Concentrated, a drop will kill a giant.

Provoke (Stronghold)
Terese Nielsen

Untap target creature you don't control. That creature blocks this turn if able. Draw a card.

Mirri did not have time to think, only to react.

Aku Djinn (Visions)
Terese Nielsen

Trample At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature each opponent controls.

"Your arrogance amazes me, Kaervek. Did you not know the price you would pay?" —Mangara

Kodama's Might (Champions of Kamigawa)
Terese Nielsen

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Splice onto Arcane {G} (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

Raging Cougar (Portal)
Terese Nielsen

Haste

Mountaineers quickly learn to travel with their spears always pointed up.

Eternal Witness (The List)
Terese Nielsen

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

She remembers every word spoken, from the hero's oath to the baby's cry.

Holy Strength (Tenth Edition)
Terese Nielsen

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+2.

"May angels fly at your back. May your blade cleave the darkness." —War blessing of Serra

Silvercoat Lion (Magic 2010)
Terese Nielsen

Hunters of every species on the savannah, silvercoats disdain camouflage in favor of total dominance of the food chain.

Echo of Eons (Modern Horizons)
Terese Nielsen

Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards. Flashback {2}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

The present is a matter of perspective.

Blessed Orator (Odyssey)
Terese Nielsen

Other creatures you control get +0/+1.

His quiet words fade into the night's chill, yet they burn into his listeners' minds with all the power of a thousand suns.

Essence Warden (The List)
Terese Nielsen

Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.

"The more our numbers grow, the more I gain hope that Volrath and his cursed stronghold will one day fall." —Eladamri, Lord of Leaves

Angel of Jubilation (Avacyn Restored)
Terese Nielsen

Flying Other nonblack creatures you control get +1/+1. Players can't pay life or sacrifice creatures to cast spells or activate abilities.

"Though Innistrad is not cleansed of evil, we finally have cause to rejoice."

Pollenbright Wings (The List)
Terese Nielsen

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has flying. Whenever enchanted creature deals combat damage to a player, create that many 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens.

Moonglove Extract (Lorwyn)
Terese Nielsen

Sacrifice this artifact: It deals 2 damage to any target.

Diluted, moonglove can etch living tissue. Concentrated, a drop will kill a giant.

Bogardan Firefiend (Tenth Edition)
Terese Nielsen

When this creature dies, it deals 2 damage to target creature.

"The next one who tells me to relax and curl up by a fire is dead." —Mirri of the *Weatherlight*

Full Moon's Rise (Innistrad)
Terese Nielsen

Werewolf creatures you control get +1/+0 and have trample. Sacrifice this enchantment: Regenerate all Werewolf creatures you control.

Some lycanthropes wish they could abandon their weak human shapes and revel in the power of the wolf.

Akroma, Angel of Wrath (Commander 2020)
Terese Nielsen

Flying, first strike, vigilance, trample, haste, protection from black and from red

"Wrath is no vice when inflicted upon the deserving."

Hanna, Ship's Navigator (Commander 2016)
Terese Nielsen

{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."

Troubled Healer (Prophecy)
Terese Nielsen

Sacrifice a land: Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.

"Which is worse: nothing to defend, or no one to defend it?"

Yavimaya Enchantress (Eternal Masters)
Terese Nielsen

This creature gets +1/+1 for each enchantment on the battlefield.

Her roots connect her to the forest's wishes.

Wall of Nets (Exodus)
Terese Nielsen

Defender (This creature can't attack.) At end of combat, exile all creatures blocked by this creature. When this creature leaves the battlefield, return all cards exiled with it to the battlefield under their owners' control.

Divine Offering (Mirrodin Besieged)
Terese Nielsen

Destroy target artifact. You gain life equal to its mana value.

"The Phyrexians *are* vulnerable. Do not despair. We will prevail!" —Juryan, rebel leader

Unholy Strength (Duel Decks Anthology: Divine vs. Demonic)
Terese Nielsen

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+1.

Such power grows the body as it shrinks the soul.

Visions of Beyond (Ultimate Masters)
Terese Nielsen

Draw a card. If a graveyard has twenty or more cards in it, draw three cards instead.

"The past is the foundation for all that exists in the present. We merely reconstruct what our ancestors have already discovered." —Sachimir, Sage of Memories

Venerable Monk (Stronghold)
Terese Nielsen

When this creature enters, you gain 2 life.

Age wears the flesh but galvanizes the soul.

Scalding Salamander (Exodus)
Terese Nielsen

Whenever this creature attacks, you may have it deal 1 damage to each creature without flying defending player controls.

Dismember (The List)
Terese Nielsen

({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.) Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.

"You serve Phyrexia. Your pieces would better serve Phyrexia elsewhere." —Azax-Azog, the Demon Thane

Heart of Bogardan (Weatherlight)
Terese Nielsen

Cumulative upkeep {2} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.) When a player doesn't pay this enchantment's cumulative upkeep, this enchantment deals X damage to target player or planeswalker and each creature that player or that planeswalker's controller controls, where X is twice the number of age counters on this enchantment minus 2.

Shattered Perception (Dark Ascension)
Terese Nielsen

Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards. Flashback {5}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

"You must shatter the fetters of the past. Only then can you truly act." —Rem Karolus, Blade of the Inquisitors

Ethereal Champion (Classic Sixth Edition)
Terese Nielsen

Pay 1 life: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to this creature this turn.

"If I have learned anything as a wizard it is this: never fight your own battles." —Waffa, sorcerer of Nyomba

Shinewend (Morningtide)
Terese Nielsen

Flying This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it. {1}{W}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Destroy target enchantment.

Fact or Fiction (World Championship Decks 2002)
Terese Nielsen

Reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Death's Approach (Gatecrash)
Terese Nielsen

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets -X/-X, where X is the number of creature cards in its controller's graveyard.

"It's cold in the grave, and the dead crave your warmth. Who are you to deny them?" —Strava, Dimir mage

Eternal Witness (Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari)
Terese Nielsen

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

She remembers every word spoken, from the hero's oath to the baby's cry.

Fact or Fiction (From the Vault: Twenty)
Terese Nielsen

Reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Rest in Peace (Masters 25)
Terese Nielsen

When this enchantment enters, exile all graveyards. If a card or token would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.

Some corpses the Golgari cannot claim. Some souls the Orzhov cannot shackle.

Swords to Plowshares (Commander 2017)
Terese Nielsen

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

The smallest seed of regret can bloom into redemption.

Ixidron (Commander 2014)
Terese Nielsen

As this creature enters, turn all other nontoken creatures face down. (They're 2/2 creatures.) Ixidron's power and toughness are each equal to the number of face-down creatures on the battlefield.

Thromok the Insatiable (Planechase Anthology)
Terese Nielsen

Devour X, where X is the number of creatures devoured this way (As this creature enters, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. It enters with X +1/+1 counters on it for each of those creatures.)

Diplomatic Immunity (Mercadian Masques)
Terese Nielsen

Enchant creature Shroud (A permanent with shroud can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Enchanted creature has shroud.

Frogmite (Mirrodin)
Terese Nielsen

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

At first, vedalken observers thought blinkmoths naturally avoided certain places. Then they realized those places were frogmite feeding grounds.

Kavu Monarch (Invasion)
Terese Nielsen

Kavu creatures have trample. Whenever another Kavu enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Kavu emerged all across Dominaria, but the first and the strongest came from Yavimaya.

Moon Sprite (Portal)
Terese Nielsen

Flying

"I am that merry wanderer of the night." —William Shakespeare, *A Midsummer Night's Dream*

Dictate of Heliod (Journey into Nyx)
Terese Nielsen

Flash Creatures you control get +2/+2.

"In our war Heliod gave mortals some favor, yet other times he withheld aid. Are we still no more than game pieces to him?" —Polyxene the Doubter

Once More with Feeling (Unglued)
Terese Nielsen

Exile all permanents and all cards from all graveyards. Each player shuffles their hand into their library, then draws seven cards. Each player's life total becomes 10. Exile Once More with Feeling. DCI ruling — A deck can have only one card named Once More with Feeling.

If yo . . . ted.

Mother of Runes (Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora)
Terese Nielsen

{T}: Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

She will not touch a weapon, yet she is the greatest protector her people have ever known.

Dictate of Heliod (Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora)
Terese Nielsen

Flash Creatures you control get +2/+2.

"In our war Heliod gave mortals some favor, yet other times he withheld aid. Are we still no more than game pieces to him?" —Polyxene the Doubter

Barrin's Spite (Invasion)
Terese Nielsen

Choose two target creatures controlled by the same player. Their controller chooses and sacrifices one of them. Return the other to its owner's hand.

"Only vengeance matters now." —Barrin

Delirium (Mirage)
Terese Nielsen

Cast this spell only during an opponent's turn. Tap target creature that player controls. That creature deals damage equal to its power to the player. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by the creature this turn.

Swamp (Judge Gift Cards 2014)
Terese Nielsen

({T}: Add {B}.)

Plains (Judge Gift Cards 2014)
Terese Nielsen

({T}: Add {W}.)

Voidstone Gargoyle (Planar Chaos)
Terese Nielsen

Flying As this creature enters, choose a nonland card name. Spells with the chosen name can't be cast. Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated.

Enter the Infinite (Gatecrash)
Terese Nielsen

Draw cards equal to the number of cards in your library, then put a card from your hand on top of your library. You have no maximum hand size until your next turn.

"Don't just have an idea—have all of them." —Niv-Mizzet

Sacred Ground (Stronghold)
Terese Nielsen

Whenever a spell or ability an opponent controls causes a land to be put into your graveyard from the battlefield, return that card to the battlefield.

"That which knows itself cannot be shaped to another's will." —Oracle *en*-Vec

Nimble Mongoose (World Championship Decks 2002)
Terese Nielsen

Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Threshold — This creature gets +2/+2 as long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Faster than a cobra's bite.

Undo (Visions)
Terese Nielsen

Return two target creatures to their owners' hands.

"Oft have I wished to undo past deeds, but never did I imagine they would be undone for me." —Naimah, Femeref philosopher

Kird Ape (Ninth Edition)
Terese Nielsen

This creature gets +1/+2 as long as you control a Forest.

It puts the "fur" in "fury."

Mistral Charger (Dissension)
Terese Nielsen

Flying

Some sky steeds break from the thundering herd to ride free on the open winds.

Moonglove Extract (Iconic Masters)
Terese Nielsen

Sacrifice this artifact: It deals 2 damage to any target.

Diluted, moonglove can etch living tissue. Concentrated, a drop will kill a giant.

Unstable Shapeshifter (Tempest)
Terese Nielsen

Whenever another creature enters, this creature becomes a copy of that creature, except it has this ability.

"In a world of untruths, the living lie rules." —Oracle *en*-Vec

Nature's Lore (The List)
Terese Nielsen

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

Nature's secrets can be read on every tree, every branch, every leaf.

Foresight (Alliances)
Terese Nielsen

Search your library for three cards, exile them, then shuffle. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Heroic Defiance (Planeshift)
Terese Nielsen

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 unless it shares a color with the most common color among all permanents or a color tied for most common.

"Wear courage as your armor. Wield honor as your blade." —Gerrard

Fact or Fiction (Eternal Masters)
Terese Nielsen

Reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Dryad Militant (Return to Ravnica)
Terese Nielsen

({G/W} can be paid with either {G} or {W}.) If an instant or sorcery card would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.

"We will defend the Worldsoul from Izzet 'progress' at any cost."

Frogmite (World Championship Decks 2004)
Terese Nielsen

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

At first, vedalken observers thought blinkmoths naturally avoided certain places. Then they realized those places were frogmite feeding grounds.

Silvercoat Lion (Magic 2011)
Terese Nielsen

"In the wild, white fur like mine is an aberration. We lack natural camouflage, but the inability to hide encourages other strengths." —Ajani Goldmane

Loxodon Warhammer (Duel Decks: Knights vs. Dragons)
Terese Nielsen

Equipped creature gets +3/+0 and has trample and lifelink. Equip {3}

"Tusks to splinter skulls. Steel to shatter scale." —Warhammer inscription

Essence Warden (Commander Anthology)
Terese Nielsen

Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.

"The more our numbers grow, the more I gain hope that Volrath and his cursed stronghold will one day fall." —Eladamri, Lord of Leaves

Energy Arc (Alliances)
Terese Nielsen

Untap any number of target creatures. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by those creatures this turn.

"Relent, and you may transcend your situation." —Gerda Äagesdotter, Archmage of the Unseen

Basandra, Battle Seraph (Conspiracy)
Terese Nielsen

Flying Players can't cast spells during combat. {R}: Target creature attacks this turn if able.

"Why listen to the mumblings of wizards when the lash speaks true?"

Galvanic Bombardment (Eldritch Moon)
Terese Nielsen

Galvanic Bombardment deals X damage to target creature, where X is 2 plus the number of cards named Galvanic Bombardment in your graveyard.

Geist-powered devices have no shortage of fuel.

Enslaved Dwarf (Torment)
Terese Nielsen

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

Captive dwarves always regain their freedom, either through escape or through a desperate, fiery death.

Elephant (Magic Player Rewards 2001)
Terese Nielsen

It's not slow. It's deciding whether to stomp you or gore you.

Brainwash (Fifth Edition)
Terese Nielsen

Enchant creature Enchanted creature can't attack unless its controller pays {3}.

"They're not your friends; they despise you. I'm the only one you can count on. Trust me."

Unnerve (Battle Royale Box Set)
Terese Nielsen

Each opponent discards two cards.

"If fear is the only tool you have left, then you'll never control me." —Xantcha, to Gix

Swords to Plowshares (Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret)
Terese Nielsen

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

The smallest seed of regret can bloom into redemption.

Pollenbright Wings (GRN Guild Kit)
Terese Nielsen

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has flying. Whenever enchanted creature deals combat damage to a player, create that many 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens.

Yavimaya Enchantress (Tenth Edition)
Terese Nielsen

This creature gets +1/+1 for each enchantment on the battlefield.

Her roots connect her to the forest's wishes.

Revenant (Stronghold Promos)
Terese Nielsen

Flying Revenant's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.

"Not again." —Hans