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.

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.

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.

Counterspell

Rewind

Counter target spell. Untap up to four lands.

Get Out

Choose one —
• Counter target creature or enchantment spell.
• Return one or two target creatures and/or enchantments you own to your hand.

Don't Make a Sound

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}. If they do, surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

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.

Malevolent Hermit

{U}, Sacrifice Malevolent Hermit: Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {3}.
Disturb {2}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard transformed for its disturb cost.)

Benevolent Geist

Flying
Noncreature spells you control can't be countered.
If Benevolent Geist would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.

Malevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist

Disdainful Stroke

Counter target spell with mana value 4 or greater.

Dissipate

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

Murmuring Mystic

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

Talrand, Sky Summoner

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

Wavebreak Hippocamp

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

Unwind

Counter target noncreature spell. Untap up to three lands.

Lullmage Mentor

Whenever a spell or ability you control counters a spell, you may create a 1/1 blue Merfolk creature token.
Tap seven untapped Merfolk you control: Counter target spell.

Thunderclap Drake

Flying
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
{2}{U}, Sacrifice Thunderclap Drake: When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy it for each time you've cast your commander from the command zone this game. You may choose new targets for the copies.

Archmage Emeritus

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

Quick Study

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.

Strix Serenade

Counter target artifact, creature, or planeswalker spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.

Eluge, the Shoreless Sea

Eluge's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Islands you control.
Whenever Eluge enters or attacks, put a flood counter on target land. It's an Island in addition to its other types for as long as it has a flood counter on it.
The first instant or sorcery spell you cast each turn costs {U} (or {1}) less to cast for each land you control with a flood counter on it.

Geyser Drake

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

An Offer You Can't Refuse

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

Mocking Sprite

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

Hullbreaker Horror

Flash
This spell can't be countered.
Whenever you cast a spell, choose up to one —
• Return target spell you don't control to its owner's hand.
• Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.

Tishana's Tidebinder

Flash
When Tishana's Tidebinder enters, counter up to one target activated or triggered ability. If an ability of an artifact, creature, or planeswalker is countered this way, that permanent loses all abilities for as long as Tishana's Tidebinder remains on the battlefield. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

Triskaidekaphile

You have no maximum hand size.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have exactly thirteen cards in your hand, you win the game.
{3}{U}: Draw a card.

Windrider Wizard

Flying
Whenever you cast an instant, sorcery, or Wizard spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Archaeomancer

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

Naiad of Hidden Coves

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

Siren Stormtamer

Flying
{U}, Sacrifice Siren Stormtamer: Counter target spell or ability that targets you or a creature you control.

Chrome Host Seedshark

Flying
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, incubate X, where X is that spell's mana value. (Create an Incubator token with X +1/+1 counters on it and "{2}: Transform this artifact." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)

Docent of Perfection

Flying
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 blue Human Wizard creature token. Then if you control three or more Wizards, transform Docent of Perfection.

Final Iteration

Flying
Wizards you control get +2/+1 and have flying.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 blue Human Wizard creature token.

Docent of Perfection // Final Iteration

Harbinger of the Seas

Curious Homunculus

{T}: Add {C}. Spend this mana only to cast an instant or sorcery spell.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are three or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, transform Curious Homunculus.

Voracious Reader

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Curious Homunculus // Voracious Reader

Niblis of Frost

Flying
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, tap target creature an opponent controls. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Nezahal, Primal Tide

This spell can't be countered.
You have no maximum hand size.
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, draw a card.
Discard three cards: Exile Nezahal, Primal Tide. Return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Kira, Great Glass-Spinner

Flying
Creatures you control have "Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability for the first time each turn, counter that spell or ability."

High Tide

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

Frantic Search

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

As Foretold

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a time counter on As Foretold.
Once each turn, you may pay {0} rather than pay the mana cost for a spell you cast with mana value X or less, where X is the number of time counters on As Foretold.

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.

Patron Wizard

Tap an untapped Wizard you control: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.

Wizard's Retort

This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control a Wizard.
Counter target spell.

Arcanis the Omnipotent

{T}: Draw three cards.
{2}{U}{U}: Return Arcanis the Omnipotent to its owner's hand.

Disciple of the Ring

{1}, Exile an instant or sorcery card from your graveyard: Choose one —
• Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}.
• Disciple of the Ring gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
• Tap target creature.
• Untap target creature.

Out of Air

This spell costs {2} less to cast if it targets a creature spell.
Counter target spell.

Exclude

Counter target creature spell.
Draw a card.

Scourge of Fleets

When Scourge of Fleets enters, return each creature your opponents control with toughness X or less to its owner's hand, where X is the number of Islands you control.

Dispel

Tale's End

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

Island

Essence Scatter

Reverse the Polarity

Choose one —
• Counter all other spells.
• Switch each creature's power and toughness until end of turn.
• Creatures can't be blocked this turn.

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.)

Sapphire Medallion

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

Insidious Will

Choose one —
• Counter target spell.
• You may choose new targets for target spell.
• Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Windfall

Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

Propaganda

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

Change the Equation

Choose one —
• Counter target spell with mana value 2 or less.
• Counter target red or green spell with mana value 6 or less.

Ravenform

Exile target artifact or creature. Its controller creates a 1/1 blue Bird creature token with flying.
Foretell {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.)

Spell Pierce

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

Foil

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

Pact of Negation

Counter target spell.
At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay {3}{U}{U}. If you don't, you lose the game.

Reliquary Tower

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

Sapphire Charm

Choose one —
• Target player draws a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
• Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
• Target creature an opponent controls phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before its controller untaps during their next untap step.)

Enter the Infinite

Draw cards equal to the number of cards in your library, then put a card from your hand on top of your library. You have no maximum hand size until your next turn.

Back to Basics

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

Deep Analysis

Target player draws two cards.
Flashback—{1}{U}, Pay 3 life. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Thassa's Oracle

When Thassa's Oracle enters, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is your devotion to blue. Put up to one of them on top of your library and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. If X is greater than or equal to the number of cards in your library, you win the game. (Each {U} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)

Omniscience

You may cast spells from your hand without paying their mana costs.

Thought Vessel

Case of the Ransacked Lab

Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
To solve — You've cast four or more instant and sorcery spells this turn. (If unsolved, solve at the beginning of your end step.)
Solved — Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.

Interdict

Counter target activated ability from an artifact, creature, enchantment, or land. That permanent's activated abilities can't be activated this turn. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)
Draw a card.

Winter Moon

Players can't untap more than one nonbasic land during their untap steps.

Jace's Sanctum

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

Ominous Seas

Whenever you draw a card, put a foreshadow counter on Ominous Seas.
Remove eight foreshadow counters from Ominous Seas: Create an 8/8 blue Kraken creature token.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Library of Leng

You have no maximum hand size.
If an effect causes you to discard a card, discard it, but you may put it on top of your library instead of into your graveyard.

Disrupt

Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays {1}.
Draw a card.

Meddle

If target spell has only one target and that target is a creature, change that spell's target to another creature.

Sol Ring

Apprentice Wizard

Hydroblast

Choose one —
• Counter target spell if it's red.
• Destroy target permanent if it's red.

Drain Power

Target player activates a mana ability of each land they control. Then that player loses all unspent mana and you add the mana lost this way.

Merchant Scroll

Search your library for a blue instant card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Abjure

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a blue permanent.
Counter target spell.

Time Elemental

When Time Elemental attacks or blocks, at end of combat, sacrifice it and it deals 5 damage to you.
{2}{U}{U}, {T}: Return target permanent that isn't enchanted to its owner's hand.

Paradigm Shift

Exile all cards from your library. Then shuffle your graveyard into your library.

Deny Existence

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

Rakshasa's Disdain

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1} for each card in your graveyard.

Negate

Personal Tutor

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

Disallow

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

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.)

Swan Song

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

Mystical Tutor

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

Arcane Epiphany

This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control a Wizard.
Draw three cards.

Cancel

Solve the Equation

Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

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