All-Seeing Arbiter

Flying
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, draw two cards, then discard a card.
Whenever you discard a card, target creature an opponent controls gets -X/-0 until your next turn, where X is the number of different mana values among cards in your graveyard.

Karmic Guide

Flying, protection from black
Echo {3}{W}{W} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
When this creature enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Swamp

Spymaster's Vault

This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp.
{T}: Add {B}.
{B}, {T}: Target creature you control connives X, where X is the number of creatures that died this turn. (Draw X cards, then discard X cards. Put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each nonland card discarded this way.)

Island

Dread Return

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Flashback—Sacrifice three creatures. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Bog Witch

Archfiend of Ifnir

Flying
Whenever you cycle or discard another card, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature your opponents control.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Phyrexian Ingester

Imprint — When this creature enters, you may exile target nontoken creature.
This creature gets +X/+Y, where X is the exiled creature card's power and Y is its toughness.

Mana Leak

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

Raffine, Scheming Seer

Flying, ward {1}
Whenever you attack, target attacking creature connives X, where X is the number of attacking creatures. (Draw X cards, then discard X cards. Put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each nonland card discarded this way.)

Talisman of Progress

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {W} or {U}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Shineshadow Snarl

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

Best budget alternatives

Persist

Return target nonlegendary creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.

Diluvian Primordial

Flying
When this creature enters, for each opponent, you may cast up to one target instant or sorcery card from that player's graveyard without paying its mana cost. If a spell cast this way would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.

Dimir Signet

Exhume

Each player puts a creature card from their graveyard onto the battlefield.

Skirge Familiar

Talisman of Hierarchy

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Demonic Counsel

Search your library for a Demon card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Delirium — If there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, instead search your library for any card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Troll of Khazad-dûm

This creature can't be blocked except by three or more creatures.
Swampcycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Swamp card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Caves of Koilos

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Oblivion Crown

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "Discard a card: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn."

Peregrine Drake

Flying
When this creature enters, untap up to five lands.

Frantic Search

Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.

Port Town

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

Elder Brain

Menace
Whenever this creature attacks a player, exile all cards from that player's hand, then they draw that many cards. You may play lands and cast spells from among the exiled cards for as long as they remain exiled. If you cast a spell this way, you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.

Hordewing Skaab

Flying
Other Zombies you control have flying.
Whenever one or more Zombies you control deal combat damage to one or more of your opponents, you may draw cards equal to the number of opponents dealt damage this way. If you do, discard that many cards.

Rune-Scarred Demon

Flying
When this creature enters, search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Dovin's Veto

This spell can't be countered.
Counter target noncreature spell.

Sun Titan

Vigilance
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, you may return target permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Victimize

Choose two target creature cards in your graveyard. Sacrifice a creature. If you do, return the chosen cards to the battlefield tapped.

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Metamorphosis Fanatic

Lifelink
When this creature enters, return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a lifelink counter on it.
Miracle {1}{B} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Obsessive Stitcher

{T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.
{2}{U}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Dawn Charm

Choose one —
• Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
• Regenerate target creature.
• Counter target spell that targets you.

Macabre Waltz

Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand, then discard a card.

Void Winnower

Your opponents can't cast spells with even mana values. (Zero is even.)
Your opponents can't block with creatures with even mana values.

Tivit, Seller of Secrets

Flying, ward {3}
Council's dilemma — Whenever Tivit enters or deals combat damage to a player, starting with you, each player votes for evidence or bribery. For each evidence vote, investigate. For each bribery vote, create a Treasure token.
While voting, you may vote an additional time. (The votes can be for different choices or for the same choice.)

Curator of Destinies

This spell can't be countered.
Flying
When this creature enters, look at the top five cards of your library and separate them into a face-down pile and a face-up pile. An opponent chooses one of those piles. Put that pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Sepulchral Primordial

Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
When this creature enters, for each opponent, you may put up to one target creature card from that player's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

Arcane Sanctum

This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {W}, {U}, or {B}.

Prairie Stream

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator

{T}: Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded an instant or sorcery card this way, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
{2}, Sacrifice Vohar: You may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard this turn. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. Activate only as a sorcery.

Likeness Looter

Flying
{T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.
{X}: This creature becomes a copy of target creature card in your graveyard with mana value X, except it has flying and this ability. Activate only as a sorcery.

Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Mindleech Mass

Trample
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may look at that player's hand. If you do, you may cast a spell from among those cards without paying its mana cost.

Lord of the Void

Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, exile the top seven cards of that player's library, then put a creature card from among them onto the battlefield under your control.

Razaketh, the Foulblooded

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

Archon of Cruelty

Flying
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, target opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice, discards a card, and loses 3 life. You draw a card and gain 3 life.

Subjugator Angel

Flying
When this creature enters, tap all creatures your opponents control.

Salvation Colossus

Flying, vigilance, trample
Whenever you attack, other creatures you control get +2/+2 and gain indestructible until end of turn.
Unearth—Pay eight {E}. (Pay eight energy counters: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

Dark Petition

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
Spell mastery — If there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, add {B}{B}{B}.

Sire of Stagnation

Devoid (This card has no color.)
Whenever a land an opponent controls enters, that player exiles the top two cards of their library and you draw two cards.

Sol Ring

Miasmic Mummy

When this creature enters, each player discards a card.

Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur

Flash
At the beginning of your end step, draw seven cards.
Each opponent's maximum hand size is reduced by seven.

Plains

Azorius Signet

Magister Sphinx

Flying
When this creature enters, target player's life total becomes 10.

Ghostly Pilferer

Whenever this creature becomes untapped, you may pay {2}. If you do, draw a card.
Whenever an opponent casts a spell from anywhere other than their hand, draw a card.
Discard a card: This creature can't be blocked this turn.

The Core

(Transforms from Matzalantli.)
Fathomless descent — {T}: Add X mana of any one color, where X is the number of permanent cards in your graveyard.

Matzalantli, the Great Door

{T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.
{4}, {T}: Transform Matzalantli. Activate only if there are four or more permanent types among cards in your graveyard. (Artifact, battle, creature, enchantment, land, and planeswalker are permanent types.)

Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core

Command Tower

Cryptcaller Chariot

Menace
Whenever you discard one or more cards, create that many tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.
Crew 2

Security Bypass

Enchant creature
As long as enchanted creature is attacking alone, it can't be blocked.
Enchanted creature has "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, it connives." (Its controller draws a card, then discards a card. If they discarded a nonland card, they put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)

Temple of Civilization

(Transforms from Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation.)
{T}: Add {W}.
{2}{W}, {T}: Transform this land. Activate only if you attacked with three or more creatures this turn and only as a sorcery.

Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation

Vigilance
If one or more creature tokens would be created under your control, three times that many of those tokens are created instead.
When Ojer Taq dies, return it to the battlefield tapped and transformed under its owner's control.

Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization

Cunning Lethemancer

At the beginning of your upkeep, each player discards a card.

Feed the Swarm

Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.

Phyrexian Reclamation

{1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Mulldrifter

Flying
When this creature enters, draw two cards.
Evoke {2}{U} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters.)

Lore Broker

{T}: Each player draws a card, then discards a card.

Argentum Masticore

First strike, protection from multicolored
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you discard a card. When you discard a card this way, destroy target nonland permanent an opponent controls with mana value less than or equal to the mana value of the discarded card.

Talisman of Dominance

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {U} or {B}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Massacre Wurm

When this creature enters, creatures your opponents control get -2/-2 until end of turn.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, that player loses 2 life.

Sunken Hollow

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Temple of Deceit

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
{T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Sister Hospitaller

Medicus Ministorum — When this creature enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. You gain life equal to its mana value.

Mondrak, Glory Dominus

If one or more tokens would be created under your control, twice that many of those tokens are created instead.
{1}{W/P}{W/P}, Sacrifice two other artifacts and/or creatures: Put an indestructible counter on Mondrak. ({W/P} can be paid with either {W} or 2 life.)

Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Idol of Oblivion

{T}: Draw a card. Activate only if you created a token this turn.
{8}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Create a 10/10 colorless Eldrazi creature token.

Temple of Enlightenment

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
{T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Orzhov Signet

Dreadwing Scavenger

Flying
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, draw a card, then discard a card.
Threshold — This creature gets +1/+1 and has deathtouch as long as there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.

Hashaton, Scarab's Fist

Whenever you discard a creature card, you may pay {2}{U}. If you do, create a tapped token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie.

Mortuary Mire

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you may put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.
{T}: Add {B}.

Junk Winder

Affinity for tokens (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each token you control.)
Whenever a token you control enters, tap target nonland permanent an opponent controls. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Butcher of Malakir

Flying
Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Tortured Existence

{B}, Discard a creature card: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Counterspell

Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Phyrexian Delver

When this creature enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. You lose life equal to that card's mana value.

Burning-Rune Demon

Flying
When this creature enters, you may search your library for exactly two cards not named Burning-Rune Demon that have different names. If you do, reveal those cards. An opponent chooses one of them. Put the chosen card into your hand and the other into your graveyard, then shuffle.

Merfolk Looter

Drogskol Reaver

Flying
Double strike (This creature deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.)
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Whenever you gain life, draw a card.

Grim Servant

Menace
When this creature enters, search your library for a card with mana value less than or equal to your devotion to black, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. You lose 3 life. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

Angel of Serenity

Flying
When this creature enters, you may exile up to three other target creatures from the battlefield and/or creature cards from graveyards.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled cards to their owners' hands.

Breathstealer's Crypt

If a player would draw a card, instead they draw a card and reveal it. If it's a creature card, that player discards it unless they pay 3 life.

Negate

Temple of Silence

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
{T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Medomai the Ageless

Flying
Whenever Medomai deals combat damage to a player, take an extra turn after this one.
Medomai can't attack during extra turns.

Surge of Salvation

You and permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn. Prevent all damage that black and/or red sources would deal to creatures you control this turn.

Stitch Together

Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Threshold — Return that card from your graveyard to the battlefield instead if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Sheoldred, Whispering One

Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature of their choice.