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Cephalid Takeover
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Commander

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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.

Creature
Octavia, Living Thesis (otc) 103

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Land

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Archway of Innovation

This land enters tapped unless you control an Island. {T}: Add {U}. {U}, {T}: The next spell you cast this turn has improvise. (Your artifacts can help cast that spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.)

Land
Archway of Innovation (mh3) 214
Deserted Temple

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Untap target land.

Land
Deserted Temple (mh3) 301
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (vow) 399
Minamo, School at Water's Edge

{T}: Add {U}. {U}, {T}: Untap target legendary permanent.

Land
Minamo, School at Water's Edge (plst) CHK-279
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to your devotion to that color. (Your devotion to a color is the number of mana symbols of that color in the mana costs of permanents you control.)

Land
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx (plst) THS-223
Reliquary Tower

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

Land
Reliquary Tower (mkc) 282
Three Tree City

As Three Tree City enters, choose a creature type. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to the number of creatures you control of the chosen type.

Land
Three Tree City (blb) 260
Urza's Saga

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — This Saga gains "{T}: Add {C}." II — This Saga gains "{2}, {T}: Create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with 'This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control.'" III — Search your library for an artifact card with mana cost {0} or {1}, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land Enchantment
Urza's Saga (mh2) 259
Vesuva

You may have this land enter tapped as a copy of any land on the battlefield.

Land
Vesuva (m3c) 404

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Theft

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Callous Oppressor

You may choose not to untap this creature during your untap step. As this creature enters, an opponent chooses a creature type. {T}: Gain control of target creature that isn't of the chosen type for as long as this creature remains tapped.

Creature
Callous Oppressor (ons) 72

Theft

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Copy

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Lucky Clover

Whenever you cast an Adventure instant or sorcery spell, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Artifact
Lucky Clover (eld) 226

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Protection

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Aboshan's Desire

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has flying. Threshold — Enchanted creature has shroud as long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Enchantment
Aboshan's Desire (ody) 59
Octopus Umbra

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has base power and toughness 8/8 and has "Whenever this creature attacks, you may tap target creature with power 8 or less." Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Enchantment
Octopus Umbra (plst) C18-11
Stormtide Leviathan

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.) All lands are Islands in addition to their other types. Creatures without flying or islandwalk can't attack.

Creature
Stormtide Leviathan (m15) 80

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Tokens

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Kiora Bests the Sea God

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Create an 8/8 blue Kraken creature token with hexproof. II — Tap all nonland permanents target opponent controls. They don't untap during their controller's next untap step. III — Gain control of target permanent an opponent controls. Untap it.

Enchantment
Kiora Bests the Sea God (thb) 52
Mesmerizing Benthid

When this creature enters, create two 0/2 blue Illusion creature tokens with "Whenever this token blocks a creature, that creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step." This creature has hexproof as long as you control an Illusion.

Creature
Mesmerizing Benthid (rna) 43
Nadir Kraken

Whenever you draw a card, you may pay {1}. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and create a 1/1 blue Tentacle creature token.

Creature
Nadir Kraken (mkc) 112

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Creature

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Aboshan, Cephalid Emperor

Tap an untapped Octopus you control: Tap target permanent. {U}{U}{U}: Tap all creatures without flying.

Creature
Aboshan, Cephalid Emperor (plst) ODY-58
Backstreet Bruiser

Defender As long as there are two or more counters among creatures you control, this creature can attack as though it didn't have defender.

Creature
Backstreet Bruiser (snc) 35
Bubble Smuggler

Disguise {5}{U} (You may cast this card face down for {3} as a 2/2 creature with ward {2}. Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.) As this creature is turned face up, put four +1/+1 counters on it.

Creature
Bubble Smuggler (mkm) 41
Cephalid Retainer

{U}{U}: Tap target creature without flying.

Creature
Cephalid Retainer (ody) 73
Enduring Curiosity

Flash Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card. When Enduring Curiosity dies, if it was a creature, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control. It's an enchantment. (It's not a creature.)

Creature Enchantment
Enduring Curiosity (dsk) 371
Kraken Hatchling

Creature
Kraken Hatchling (mm3) 42

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Ramp

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Decanter of Endless Water

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Decanter of Endless Water (clb) 444
Herald's Horn

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Creature spells you cast of the chosen type cost {1} less to cast. At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. If it's a creature card of the chosen type, you may reveal it and put it into your hand.

Artifact
Herald's Horn (jmp) 469
High Tide

Until end of turn, whenever a player taps an Island for mana, that player adds an additional {U}.

Instant
High Tide (fem) 18c
Sapphire Medallion

Blue spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Artifact
Sapphire Medallion (mh3) 296
Sky Diamond

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}.

Artifact
Sky Diamond (clb) 449
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (c13) 259
Thought Vessel

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

Artifact
Thought Vessel (mkc) 245
Tidal Terror

Whenever this creature attacks, you may tap two other untapped creatures you control. If you do, this creature can't be blocked this turn. Islandcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for an Island card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Creature
Tidal Terror (mom) 82
Urza's Incubator

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Creature spells of the chosen type cost {2} less to cast.

Artifact
Urza's Incubator (mh3) 297

Ramp

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Tutor

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Mystical Tutor

Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Instant
Mystical Tutor (dmr) 421

Tutor

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Draw

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Acquisition Octopus

Whenever this creature or equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card. Reconfigure {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)

Creature Artifact
Acquisition Octopus (neo) 44
Archmage Emeritus

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

Creature
Archmage Emeritus (stx) 377
Betrayal

Enchant creature an opponent controls Whenever enchanted creature becomes tapped, you draw a card.

Enchantment
Betrayal (vis) 26
Body of Knowledge

Body of Knowledge's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand. You have no maximum hand size. Whenever this creature is dealt damage, draw that many cards.

Creature
Body of Knowledge (blc) 163
Borrowing 100,000 Arrows

Draw a card for each tapped creature target opponent controls.

Sorcery
Borrowing 100,000 Arrows (a25) 45
Brainstorm

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

Instant
Brainstorm (cns) 91
Cephalid Broker

{T}: Target player draws two cards, then discards two cards.

Creature
Cephalid Broker (ima) 44
Cephalid Looter

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

Creature
Cephalid Looter (ody) 72
Frantic Search

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

Instant
Frantic Search (cmm) 96
Gitaxian Probe

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

Sorcery
Gitaxian Probe (mb2) 28
Looter il-Kor

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.) Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, draw a card, then discard a card.

Creature
Looter il-Kor (tsr) 74
Opt

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

Instant
Opt (eld) 59
Peek

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

Instant
Peek (ody) 91
Sea-Dasher Octopus

Mutate {1}{U} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Flash Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Sea-Dasher Octopus (iko) 66
Spellbook

You have no maximum hand size.

Artifact
Spellbook (9ed) 309
Wizard Class

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.) You have no maximum hand size. {2}{U}: Level 2 When this Class becomes level 2, draw two cards. {4}{U}: Level 3 Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Enchantment
Wizard Class (afr) 81

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Removal

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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.")

Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (blc) 170
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.

Instant
Arcane Denial (m3c) 176
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (dmr) 281
Llawan, Cephalid Empress

When Llawan enters, return all blue creatures your opponents control to their owners' hands. Your opponents can't cast blue creature spells.

Creature
Llawan, Cephalid Empress (tor) 42
Lorthos, the Tidemaker

Whenever Lorthos attacks, you may pay {8}. If you do, tap up to eight target permanents. Those permanents don't untap during their controllers' next untap steps.

Creature
Lorthos, the Tidemaker (cmm) 103
Mists of Lórien

Replicate {U} (When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.) Return target nonland permanent and each other nonland permanent with the same mana value as that permanent to their owners' hands.

Sorcery
Mists of Lórien (ltc) 501
Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Negate (dtk) 65
Psychic Pickpocket

When this creature enters, it connives. When it connives this way, return up to one target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. (To have a creature connive, draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)

Creature
Psychic Pickpocket (snc) 54
Shield Broker

When this creature enters, put a shield counter on target noncommander creature you don't control. You gain control of that creature for as long as it has a shield counter on it. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)

Creature
Shield Broker (blc) 174
Snap

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

Instant
Snap (dmr) 66
Swan Song

Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.

Instant
Swan Song (ltc) 197
Whelming Wave

Return all creatures to their owners' hands except for Krakens, Leviathans, Octopuses, and Serpents.

Sorcery
Whelming Wave (jmp) 193

Removal

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Evasion

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Archetype of Imagination

Creatures you control have flying. Creatures your opponents control lose flying and can't have or gain flying.

Creature Enchantment
Archetype of Imagination (bng) 32
Artful Dodge

Target creature can't be blocked this turn. Flashback {U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Artful Dodge (dka) 27
Cephalid Facetaker

This creature can't be blocked. At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may have this creature become a copy of another target creature until end of turn, except it's 1/4 and has "This creature can't be blocked."

Creature
Cephalid Facetaker (ncc) 23
Cephalid Pathmage

This creature can't be blocked. {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Creature
Cephalid Pathmage (lgn) 31
Mist-Cloaked Herald

This creature can't be blocked.

Creature
Mist-Cloaked Herald (rix) 43
Shadow Rift

Target creature gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.) Draw a card.

Instant
Shadow Rift (tmp) 86
Slither Blade

This creature can't be blocked.

Creature
Slither Blade (akh) 71
Wonder

Flying As long as this card is in your graveyard and you control an Island, creatures you control have flying.

Creature
Wonder (c13) 67

Evasion

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Sorcery

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Enter the Enigma

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

Sorcery
Enter the Enigma (dsk) 52

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