Tom Bombadil

As long as there are four or more lore counters among Sagas you control, Tom Bombadil has hexproof and indestructible.
Whenever the final chapter ability of a Saga you control resolves, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a Saga card. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

Vigilance
Other creatures you control get +2/+2.
Creatures your opponents control get -2/-2.

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.

Elesh Norn

Vigilance
Whenever a source an opponent controls deals damage to you or a permanent you control, that source's controller loses 2 life unless they pay {1}.
{2}{W}, Sacrifice three other creatures: Exile Elesh Norn, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery.

The Argent Etchings

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
I — Incubate 2 five times, then transform all Incubator tokens you control.
II — Creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain double strike until end of turn.
III — Destroy all other permanents except for artifacts, lands, and Phyrexians. Exile The Argent Etchings, then return it to the battlefield (front face up).

Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings

Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor

Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller may pay 1 life. If they do, they draw a card.
{4}{B}{B}{B}, Discard X cards: Exile the top X cards of target opponent's library. You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.

Jin-Gitaxias

Ward {2}
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell with mana value 3 or greater, draw a card.
{3}{U}: Exile Jin-Gitaxias, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery and only if you have seven or more cards in hand.

The Great Synthesis

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
I — Draw cards equal to the number of cards in your hand. You have no maximum hand size for as long as you control The Great Synthesis.
II — Return all non-Phyrexian creatures to their owners' hands.
III — You may cast any number of spells from your hand without paying their mana costs. Exile The Great Synthesis, then return it to the battlefield (front face up).

Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis

Sheoldred

Menace
When Sheoldred enters, each opponent sacrifices a nontoken creature or planeswalker.
{4}{B}: Exile Sheoldred, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery and only if an opponent has eight or more cards in their graveyard.

The True Scriptures

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
I — For each opponent, destroy up to one target creature or planeswalker that player controls.
II — Each opponent discards three cards, then mills three cards.
III — Put all creature cards from all graveyards onto the battlefield under your control. Exile The True Scriptures, then return it to the battlefield (front face up).

Sheoldred // The True Scriptures

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.

Urabrask

First strike
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Urabrask deals 1 damage to target opponent. Add {R}.
{R}: Exile Urabrask, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery and only if you've cast three or more instant and/or sorcery spells this turn.

The Great Work

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
I — The Great Work deals 3 damage to target opponent and each creature they control.
II — Create three Treasure tokens.
III — Until end of turn, you may cast instant and sorcery spells from any graveyard. If a spell cast this way would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead. Exile The Great Work, then return it to the battlefield (front face up).

Urabrask // The Great Work

Urabrask, Heretic Praetor

Haste
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library. You may play it this turn.
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, the next time they would draw a card this turn, instead they exile the top card of their library. They may play it this turn.

Vorinclex

Trample, reach
When Vorinclex enters, search your library for up to two Forest cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.
{6}{G}{G}: Exile Vorinclex, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery.

The Grand Evolution

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
I — Mill ten cards. Put up to two creature cards from among the milled cards onto the battlefield.
II — Distribute seven +1/+1 counters among any number of target creatures you control.
III — Until end of turn, creatures you control gain "{1}: This creature fights target creature you don't control." Exile The Grand Evolution, then return it to the battlefield (front face up).

Vorinclex // The Grand Evolution

Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider

Trample, haste
If you would put one or more counters on a permanent or player, put twice that many of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead.
If an opponent would put one or more counters on a permanent or player, they put half that many of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead, rounded down.

Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger

Trample
Whenever you tap a land for mana, add one mana of any type that land produced.
Whenever an opponent taps a land for mana, that land doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

The First Iroan Games

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after IV.)
I — Create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.
II — Put three +1/+1 counters on target creature you control.
III — If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, draw two cards.
IV — Create a Gold token. (It's an artifact with "Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree

{2}, {T}: Target opponent mills three cards. Put a land card from their graveyard onto the battlefield tapped under your control. It gains "If this land would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else."
{10}, {T}, Sacrifice Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree: Search your library for any number of Praetor cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Binding the Old Gods

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Destroy target nonland permanent an opponent controls.
II — Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
III — Creatures you control gain deathtouch until end of turn.

The Eldest Reborn

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker.
II — Each opponent discards a card.
III — Put target creature or planeswalker card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

Phyrexian Scriptures

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature. That creature becomes an artifact in addition to its other types.
II — Destroy all nonartifact creatures.
III — Exile all opponents' graveyards.

The Cruelty of Gix

Read ahead (Choose a chapter and start with that many lore counters. Add one after your draw step. Skipped chapters don't trigger. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a creature or planeswalker card from it. That player discards that card.
II — Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle. You lose 3 life.
III — Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

Elspeth Conquers Death

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Exile target permanent an opponent controls with mana value 3 or greater.
II — Noncreature spells your opponents cast cost {2} more to cast until your next turn.
III — Return target creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Put a +1/+1 counter or a loyalty counter on it.

The Elder Dragon War

Read ahead (Choose a chapter and start with that many lore counters. Add one after your draw step. Skipped chapters don't trigger. Sacrifice after III.)
I — The Elder Dragon War deals 2 damage to each creature and each opponent.
II — Discard any number of cards, then draw that many cards.
III — Create a 4/4 red Dragon creature token with flying.

There and Back Again

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Up to one target creature can't block for as long as you control There and Back Again. The Ring tempts you.
II — Search your library for a Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
III — Create Smaug, a legendary 6/6 red Dragon creature token with flying, haste, and "When this creature dies, create fourteen Treasure tokens."

Calix, Guided by Fate

Constellation — Whenever Calix, Guided by Fate or another enchantment you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Whenever Calix or an enchanted creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may create a token that's a copy of a nonlegendary enchantment you control. Do this only once each turn.

King Narfi's Betrayal

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Each player mills four cards. Then you may exile a creature or planeswalker card from each graveyard.
II, III — Until end of turn, you may cast spells from among cards exiled with King Narfi's Betrayal, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells.

Waking the Trolls

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Destroy target land.
II — Put target land card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
III — Choose target opponent. If they control fewer lands than you, create a number of 4/4 green Troll Warrior creature tokens with trample equal to the difference.

Goldberry, River-Daughter

{T}: Move a counter of each kind not on Goldberry, River-Daughter from another target permanent you control onto Goldberry.
{U}, {T}: Move one or more counters from Goldberry onto another target permanent you control. If you do, draw a card.

Satsuki, the Living Lore

{T}: Put a lore counter on each Saga you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
When Satsuki, the Living Lore dies, choose up to one —
• Return target Saga or enchantment creature you control to its owner's hand.
• Return target Saga card from your graveyard to your hand.

Ghen, Arcanum Weaver

{R}{W}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice an enchantment: Return target enchantment card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Jukai Naturalist

Lifelink
Enchantment spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

The Bath Song

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I, II — Draw two cards, then discard a card.
III — Shuffle any number of target cards from your graveyard into your library. Add {U}{U}.

Starfield Mystic

Enchantment spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Whenever an enchantment you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on Starfield Mystic.

Power Conduit

{T}, Remove a counter from a permanent you control: Choose one —
• Put a charge counter on target artifact.
• Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

The Weatherseed Treaty

Read ahead (Choose a chapter and start with that many lore counters. Add one after your draw step. Skipped chapters don't trigger. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
II — Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
III — Domain — Target creature you control gets +X/+X and gains trample until end of turn, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control.

Weaver of Harmony

Other enchantment creatures you control get +1/+1.
{G}, {T}: Copy target activated or triggered ability you control from an enchantment source. You may choose new targets for the copy. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

Resurgent Belief

Suspend 2—{1}{W} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay {1}{W} and exile it with two time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.)
Return all enchantment cards from your graveyard to the battlefield. (Auras with nothing to enchant remain in your graveyard.)

The Phasing of Zhalfir

Read ahead (Choose a chapter and start with that many lore counters. Add one after your draw step. Skipped chapters don't trigger. Sacrifice after III.)
I, II — Another target nonland permanent phases out. It can't phase in for as long as you control The Phasing of Zhalfir.
III — Destroy all creatures. For each creature destroyed this way, its controller creates a 2/2 black Phyrexian creature token.

Command Tower

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

Plains

Island

Exotic Orchard

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

Mountain

Forest

Karn's Bastion

{T}: Add {C}.
{4}, {T}: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Urabrask the Hidden

Creatures you control have haste.
Creatures your opponents control enter tapped.

Swamp

Arcane Signet

Enchantress's Presence

Whenever you cast an enchantment spell, draw a card.

Sol Ring

The Trickster-God's Heist

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — You may exchange control of two target creatures.
II — You may exchange control of two target nonbasic, noncreature permanents that share a card type.
III — Target player loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.

Firja's Retribution

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Create a 4/4 white Angel Warrior creature token with flying and vigilance.
II — Until end of turn, Angels you control gain "{T}: Destroy target creature with power less than this creature's power."
III — Angels you control gain double strike until end of turn.

Cultivate

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Swords to Plowshares

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

Counterspell

Calix, Destiny's Hand

+1: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal an enchantment card from among them and put that card into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
−3: Exile target creature or enchantment you don't control until target enchantment you control leaves the battlefield.
−7: Return all enchantment cards from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Heroic Intervention

Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

Song of Eärendil

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Scry 2, then draw two cards.
II — Create a Treasure token and a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.
III — Put a flying counter on each creature you control without flying.

Sigil of the Empty Throne

Whenever you cast an enchantment spell, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying.

Tale of Tinúviel

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Target creature you control gains indestructible for as long as you control Tale of Tinúviel.
II — Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
III — Up to two target creatures you control each gain lifelink until end of turn.

Battle for Bretagard

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Create a 1/1 white Human Warrior creature token.
II — Create a 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature token.
III — Choose any number of artifact tokens and/or creature tokens you control with different names. For each of them, create a token that's a copy of it.

Canopy Vista

({T}: Add {G} or {W}.)
Canopy Vista enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Mystic Monastery

Mystic Monastery enters tapped.
{T}: Add {U}, {R}, or {W}.

Evolving Wilds

{T}, Sacrifice Evolving Wilds: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Jungle Shrine

Jungle Shrine enters tapped.
{T}: Add {R}, {G}, or {W}.

Savage Lands

Savage Lands enters tapped.
{T}: Add {B}, {R}, or {G}.

Hall of Heliod's Generosity

{T}: Add {C}.
{1}{W}, {T}: Put target enchantment card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Crumbling Necropolis

Crumbling Necropolis enters tapped.
{T}: Add {U}, {B}, or {R}.

Zur the Enchanter

Flying
Whenever Zur the Enchanter attacks, you may search your library for an enchantment card with mana value 3 or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

The Horus Heresy

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — For each opponent, gain control of up to one target nonlegendary creature that player controls for as long as The Horus Heresy remains on the battlefield.
II — Draw a card for each creature you control but don't own.
III — Starting with you, each player chooses a creature. Destroy each creature chosen this way.

War of the Last Alliance

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I, II — Search your library for a legendary creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
III — Creatures you control gain double strike until end of turn. The Ring tempts you.

Sythis, Harvest's Hand

Whenever you cast an enchantment spell, you gain 1 life and draw a card.

Sandsteppe Citadel

Sandsteppe Citadel enters tapped.
{T}: Add {W}, {B}, or {G}.

Seaside Citadel

Seaside Citadel enters tapped.
{T}: Add {G}, {W}, or {U}.

Frontier Bivouac

Frontier Bivouac enters tapped.
{T}: Add {G}, {U}, or {R}.

Farseek

Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Fellwar Stone

Path of Ancestry

Path of Ancestry enters tapped.
{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Terramorphic Expanse

{T}, Sacrifice Terramorphic Expanse: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Arcane Sanctum

Arcane Sanctum enters tapped.
{T}: Add {W}, {U}, or {B}.

Nomad Outpost

Nomad Outpost enters tapped.
{T}: Add {R}, {W}, or {B}.

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Deathtouch
Whenever you draw a card, you gain 2 life.
Whenever an opponent draws a card, they lose 2 life.

Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines

Vigilance
If a permanent entering causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
Permanents entering don't cause abilities of permanents your opponents control to trigger.

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.

Urza's Saga

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Urza's Saga gains "{T}: Add {C}."
II — Urza's Saga gains "{2}, {T}: Create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with 'This creature 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.

Song of Freyalise

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I, II — Until your next turn, creatures you control gain "{T}: Add one mana of any color."
III — Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. Those creatures gain vigilance, trample, and indestructible until end of turn.

City of Death

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after VI.)
I — Create a Treasure token.
II, III, IV, V, VI — Create a token that's a copy of target non-Saga token you control.

Birth of the Imperium

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Create a 2/2 white Astartes Warrior creature token with vigilance for each opponent you have.
II — Each opponent sacrifices a creature.
III — Draw two cards for each opponent who controls fewer creatures than you.

Barbara Wright

History Teacher — Sagas you control have read ahead. (As a Saga enters, choose a chapter and start with that many lore counters. Skipped chapters don't trigger.)
Doctor's companion (You can have two commanders if the other is the Doctor.)

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