Protection from red
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
"Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men."
—Seneca, "On Providence," trans. Basore
Echo (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
: Regenerate this creature.
Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
Protection from white (This creature can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything white.)
"The chill, to him who breathed it, drew / Down with his blood, till all his heart was cold."
—Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Idyls of the King
Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.
"Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature."
—Ralph Waldo Emerson,
"Compensation"
: This creature deals 1 damage to any target and 1 damage to you.
"One pain is lessened by another's anguish."
—William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
Spend only black mana on X.
Drain Life deals X damage to any target. You gain life equal to the damage dealt, but not more life than the player's life total before the damage was dealt, the planeswalker's loyalty before the damage was dealt, or the creature's toughness.
Artifact and enchantment spells your opponents cast cost more to cast.
Sacrifice this enchantment: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Buyback—Discard two cards. (You may discard two cards in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Counter target spell.
This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: You gain 2 life.
Sacrifice this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.
"As if his chest had been a mortar, he burst his hot heart's shell upon it."
—Herman Melville, Moby Dick
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
Protection from black (This creature can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything black.)
"When good men die their goodness does not perish, / But lives though they are gone."
—Euripides,
Termenidae, trans. Morgan