Quick Study

An Offer You Can't Refuse

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Tale's End

Counter target activated ability, triggered ability, or legendary spell.

Counterspell

Cryptic Command

Choose two —
• Counter target spell.
• Return target permanent to its owner's hand.
• Tap all creatures your opponents control.
• Draw a card.

Narset's Reversal

Copy target instant or sorcery spell, then return it to its owner's hand. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Mana Drain

Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of {C} equal to that spell's mana value.

Disallow

Counter target spell, activated ability, or triggered ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

Cancel

Back to Basics

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

Mana Crypt

At the beginning of your upkeep, flip a coin. If you lose the flip, Mana Crypt deals 3 damage to you.
{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Rivendell

Rivendell enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature.
{T}: Add {U}.
{1}{U}, {T}: Scry 2. Activate only if you control a legendary creature.

Brainstorm

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

Arcane Melee

Instant and sorcery spells cost {2} less to cast.

Muddle the Mixture

Counter target instant or sorcery spell.
Transmute {1}{U}{U} ({1}{U}{U}, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

Thought Vessel

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

Anticipate

Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Octavia, Living Thesis

This spell costs {8} less to cast if you have eight or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard.
Ward {8}
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, target creature has base power and toughness 8/8 until end of turn.

Jace, the Mind Sculptor

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

Fierce Guardianship

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Counter target noncreature spell.

Haughty Djinn

Flying
Haughty Djinn's power is equal to the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard.
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Saw It Coming

Counter target spell.
Foretell {1}{U} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Dissipate

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

Gitaxian Probe

({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)
Look at target player's hand.
Draw a card.

Mana Leak

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

Baral, Chief of Compliance

Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Whenever a spell or ability you control counters a spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Disdainful Stroke

Counter target spell with mana value 4 or greater.

Dissolve

Counter target spell. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Force of Negation

If it's not your turn, you may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target noncreature spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

Island

Flood of Recollection

Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. Exile Flood of Recollection.

Wash Away

Cleave {1}{U}{U} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.)
Counter target spell [that wasn't cast from its owner's hand].

Aetherize

Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.

Snap

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Untap up to two lands.

Rewind

Counter target spell. Untap up to four lands.

Unwind

Counter target noncreature spell. Untap up to three lands.

Dismiss

Naiad of Hidden Coves

During turns other than yours, spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Ponder

Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle.
Draw a card.

Dispel

Murmuring Mystic

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 blue Bird Illusion creature token with flying.

Guile

Guile can't be blocked except by three or more creatures.
If a spell or ability you control would counter a spell, instead exile that spell and you may play that card without paying its mana cost.
When Guile is put into a graveyard from anywhere, shuffle it into its owner's library.

Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Draw a card.

Archmage Emeritus

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.

Talrand, Sky Summoner

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.

Archaeomancer

When Archaeomancer enters, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Essence Scatter

Lofty Denial

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}. If you control a creature with flying, counter that spell unless its controller pays {4} instead.

Rhystic Study

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

Foil

You may discard an Island card and another card rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.

Alandra, Sky Dreamer

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.
Whenever you draw your fifth card each turn, Alandra, Sky Dreamer and Drakes you control each get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand.

Arcane Denial

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Force of Will

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

Propaganda

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Jace's Sanctum

Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, scry 1.

Jeweled Lotus

{T}, Sacrifice Jeweled Lotus: Add three mana of any one color. Spend this mana only to cast your commander.

You Find the Villains' Lair

Choose one —
• Foil Their Scheme — Counter target spell.
• Learn Their Secrets — Draw two cards, then discard two cards.

Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant

Whenever you cast an artifact, instant, or sorcery spell, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. This ability triggers only once each turn. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)
Whenever an opponent casts an artifact, instant, or sorcery spell, counter that spell. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Sol Ring

Spell Pierce

Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}.

Stern Scolding

Counter target creature spell with power or toughness 2 or less.

Wavebreak Hippocamp

Whenever you cast your first spell during each opponent's turn, draw a card.

Negate

Mocking Sprite

Flying
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Ertai's Scorn

This spell costs {U} less to cast if an opponent cast two or more spells this turn.
Counter target spell.

Defabricate

Choose one —
• Counter target artifact or enchantment spell. If a spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
• Counter target activated or triggered ability.