Aether Barrier

Whenever a player casts a creature spell, that player sacrifices a permanent unless they pay {1}.

Arcane Sanctum

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

Arcane Signet

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

Ashiok, Nightmare Muse

+1: Create a 2/3 blue and black Nightmare creature token with "Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, each opponent exiles the top two cards of their library."
−3: Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand, then that player exiles a card from their hand.
−7: You may cast up to three spells from among face-up cards your opponents own from exile without paying their mana costs.

Blood Clock

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player returns a permanent they control to its owner's hand unless they pay 2 life.

Chain of Silence

Prevent all damage target creature would deal this turn. That creature's controller may sacrifice a land. If the player does, they may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.

Chains of Custody

Enchant creature you control
When Chains of Custody enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until Chains of Custody leaves the battlefield.
Enchanted creature has ward {2}. (Whenever it becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.)

Chancellor of the Annex

You may reveal this card from your opening hand. If you do, when each opponent casts their first spell of the game, counter that spell unless that player pays {1}.
Flying
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, counter it unless that player pays {1}.

Choked Estuary

As Choked Estuary enters, you may reveal an Island or Swamp card from your hand. If you don't, Choked Estuary enters tapped.
{T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Cloud Key

As Cloud Key enters, choose artifact, creature, enchantment, instant, or sorcery.
Spells you cast of the chosen type cost {1} less to cast.

Commander's Sphere

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Sacrifice Commander's Sphere: Draw a card.

Cruel Reality

Enchant player
At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker. If the player can't, they lose 5 life.

Dismal Backwater

Dismal Backwater enters tapped.
When Dismal Backwater enters, you gain 1 life.
{T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Dovin, Hand of Control

Artifact, instant, and sorcery spells your opponents cast cost {1} more to cast.
−1: Until your next turn, prevent all damage that would be dealt to and dealt by target permanent an opponent controls.

Dromar, the Banisher

Flying
Whenever Dromar, the Banisher deals combat damage to a player, you may pay {2}{U}. If you do, choose a color, then return all creatures of that color to their owners' hands.

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

Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

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

Erosion

Enchant land
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted land's controller, destroy that land unless that player pays {1} or 1 life.

Esper Panorama

{T}: Add {C}.
{1}, {T}, Sacrifice Esper Panorama: Search your library for a basic Plains, Island, or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Fade Away

For each creature, its controller sacrifices a permanent unless they pay {1}.

Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted

Whenever an opponent draws a card, Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted deals 1 damage to that player.
−2: Destroy target creature. Its controller draws two cards.

Obelisk of Esper

Obscura Storefront

When Obscura Storefront enters, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Plains, Island, or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.

Fate Unraveler

Whenever an opponent draws a card, Fate Unraveler deals 1 damage to that player.

Firemind Vessel

Firemind Vessel enters tapped.
{T}: Add two mana of different colors.

Honored Heirloom

{T}: Add one mana of any color.
{2}, {T}: Exile target card from a graveyard.

Howling Mine

At the beginning of each player's draw step, if Howling Mine is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Island

Isolation Cell

Whenever an opponent casts a creature spell, that player loses 2 life unless they pay {2}.

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.

Kasmina, Enigmatic Mentor

Spells your opponents cast that target a creature or planeswalker you control cost {2} more to cast.
−2: Create a 2/2 blue Wizard creature token. Draw a card, then discard a card.

Paralyze

Enchant creature
When Paralyze enters, tap enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player may pay {4}. If the player does, untap the creature.

Plains

Killing Wave

For each creature, its controller sacrifices it unless they pay X life.

Knowledge Pool

Imprint — When Knowledge Pool enters, each player exiles the top three cards of their library.
Whenever a player casts a spell from their hand, that player exiles it. If the player does, they may cast a spell from among other cards exiled with Knowledge Pool without paying its mana cost.

Lim-Dûl's Hex

At the beginning of your upkeep, for each player, Lim-Dûl's Hex deals 1 damage to that player unless they pay {B} or {3}.

Mana Tithe

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.

Merieke Ri Berit

Merieke Ri Berit doesn't untap during your untap step.
{T}: Gain control of target creature for as long as you control Merieke Ri Berit. When Merieke Ri Berit leaves the battlefield or becomes untapped, destroy that creature. It can't be regenerated.

Midnight Clock

{T}: Add {U}.
{2}{U}: Put an hour counter on Midnight Clock.
At the beginning of each upkeep, put an hour counter on Midnight Clock.
When the twelfth hour counter is put on Midnight Clock, shuffle your hand and graveyard into your library, then draw seven cards. Exile Midnight Clock.

Mind's Eye

Whenever an opponent draws a card, you may pay {1}. If you do, draw a card.

Nevinyrral, Urborg Tyrant

Hexproof from artifacts, creatures, and enchantments
When Nevinyrral, Urborg Tyrant enters, create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token for each creature that died this turn.
When Nevinyrral dies, you may pay {1}. When you do, destroy all artifacts, creatures, and enchantments.

Port Town

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

Power Taint

Enchant enchantment
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted enchantment's controller, that player loses 2 life unless they pay {2}.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Queza, Augur of Agonies

Whenever you draw a card, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Replicating Ring

{T}: Add one mana of any color.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a night counter on Replicating Ring. Then if it has eight or more night counters on it, remove all of them and create eight colorless snow artifact tokens named Replicated Ring with "{T}: Add one mana of any color."

Rhystic Study

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

Scoured Barrens

Scoured Barrens enters tapped.
When Scoured Barrens enters, you gain 1 life.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Seizures

Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature becomes tapped, Seizures deals 3 damage to that creature's controller unless that player pays {3}.

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.

Shineshadow Snarl

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

Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker

{T}, Sacrifice another creature or an artifact: For each opponent, you mill a card, then return that card from your graveyard to your hand unless that player pays 3 life. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Skyclave Relic

Kicker {3}
Indestructible
When Skyclave Relic enters, if it was kicked, create two tapped tokens that are copies of Skyclave Relic.
{T}: Add one mana of any color.

Slow Motion

Enchant creature
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player sacrifices that creature unless they pay {2}.
When Slow Motion is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Slow Motion to its owner's hand.

Smothering Tithe

Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay {2}. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Sol Ring

Soul Barrier

Whenever an opponent casts a creature spell, Soul Barrier deals 2 damage to that player unless they pay {2}.

Soul Tithe

Enchant nonland permanent
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted permanent's controller, that player sacrifices it unless they pay {X}, where X is its mana value.

Spelltithe Enforcer

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player sacrifices a permanent unless they pay {1}.

Stench of Evil

Destroy all Plains. For each land destroyed this way, Stench of Evil deals 1 damage to that land's controller unless they pay {2}.

Swamp

Takklemaggot

Enchant creature
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, put a -0/-1 counter on that creature.
When enchanted creature dies, that creature's controller chooses a creature that Takklemaggot could enchant. If the player does, return Takklemaggot to the battlefield under your control attached to that creature. If they don't, return Takklemaggot to the battlefield under your control as a non-Aura enchantment. It loses "enchant creature" and gains "At the beginning of that player's upkeep, Takklemaggot deals 1 damage to that player."

Tariff

Each player sacrifices the creature they control with the highest mana value unless they pay that creature's mana cost. If two or more creatures a player controls are tied for highest, that player chooses one.

Teferi's Tutelage

When Teferi's Tutelage enters, draw a card, then discard a card.
Whenever you draw a card, target opponent mills two cards. (They put the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.)

Teferi, Timeless Voyager

+1: Draw a card.
−3: Put target creature on top of its owner's library.
−8: Each creature target opponent controls phases out. Until the end of your next turn, they can't phase in. (Treat them and anything attached to them as though they don't exist.)

Temple of Deceit

Temple of Deceit enters tapped.
When Temple of Deceit enters, scry 1.
{T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Temple of Enlightenment

Temple of Enlightenment enters tapped.
When Temple of Enlightenment enters, scry 1.
{T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Temple of Silence

Temple of Silence enters tapped.
When Temple of Silence enters, scry 1.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}.

The Wanderer

Prevent all noncombat damage that would be dealt to you and other permanents you control.
−2: Exile target creature with power 4 or greater.

Underworld Dreams

Whenever an opponent draws a card, Underworld Dreams deals 1 damage to that player.

Unifying Theory

Whenever a player casts a spell, that player may pay {2}. If the player does, they draw a card.

Wand of Ith

{3}, {T}: Target player reveals a card at random from their hand. If it's a land card, that player discards it unless they pay 1 life. If it isn't a land card, the player discards it unless they pay life equal to its mana value. Activate only during your turn.

Wand of the Worldsoul

Wand of the Worldsoul enters tapped.
{T}: Add {W}.
{T}: The next spell you cast this turn has convoke.

Web of Inertia

At the beginning of combat on each opponent's turn, that player may exile a card from their graveyard. If the player doesn't, creatures they control can't attack you this turn.

Wizard's Rockets

Wizard's Rockets enters tapped.
{X}, {T}, Sacrifice Wizard's Rockets: Add X mana in any combination of colors.
When Wizard's Rockets is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.

Sen Triplets

At the beginning of your upkeep, choose target opponent. This turn, that player can't cast spells or activate abilities and plays with their hand revealed. You may play lands and cast spells from that player's hand this turn.

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