When this creature enters, you draw two cards and you lose 2 life.
"Of course I'd rather it hadn't skinned six of my best wizards, but as nightmare fuel goes, it's a truly inspired design."
—Braids
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)
Destroy target creature or planeswalker. 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.)
Remove up to five counters from target permanent.
Draw a card.
As New Phyrexia phased out of existence, glistening oil all across the Multiverse was cut off from its source. The compleated invaders ceased to function and crumpled to the ground.
Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following ability until end of turn.)
, Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card.
"Before I fall, I will taste the blood of Sarulf himself!"
Menace
When Sheoldred enters, each opponent sacrifices a nontoken creature or planeswalker of their choice.
: 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.
(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 this Saga, then return it to the battlefield (front face up).
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
This creature gets +3/+0 as long as an opponent has eight or more cards in their graveyard.
Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, each player mills a card.
Target opponent reveals their hand. You may choose a creature or battle card from it. If you do, that player discards that card. If you don't, incubate 3. (Create an Incubator token with three +1/+1 counters on it and ": Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)
"My new form must be hard to understand."
Each player mills three cards. Then you return up to two creature cards from your graveyard to your hand. (To mill three cards, a player puts the top three cards of their library into their graveyard.)
On Amonkhet, Phyrexia found a ready-made army of horrors waiting for a new master.
Destroy target creature with power 3 or less.
When Atraxa first arrived, the people of New Capenna rejoiced at the sight of such a grand angel. Then the slaughter began.
, , Sacrifice an artifact or land: Draw a card.
The Furnace Host found great value in the chaotic ingenuity of Kamigawa's akki and allowed willing converts to "experiment" however they saw fit.
Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has menace. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player or battle, create a Treasure token.
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Flying
This creature can't block.
Whenever an instant or sorcery spell you control deals damage to an opponent or battle, you may pay . If you do, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste until end of turn.
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)
Up to two target creatures each get +2/+0 and gain haste until end of turn.
Ixalan greeted Phyrexia with a defiant roar.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy. This ability triggers only once each turn.
[+2]: Add two mana in any combination of colors.
[+1]: Exile the top five cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from among those exiled cards.
[−X]: Chandra deals X damage to each of up to two targets.
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)
If a source you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals triple that damage instead.
Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
"I have a reckless idea," Koth offered. Chandra grinned and cracked her knuckles.
Trample
When Etali enters, each player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card. You may cast any number of spells from among the nonland cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.
: Transform Etali. Activate only as a sorcery.
Trample, indestructible
Whenever Etali deals combat damage to a player, they get that many poison counters. (A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.)
The contagion spreads and the Multiverse quakes.
Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following ability until end of turn.)
Double strike
"Hold nothing back, my friends. Tonight we feast in Starnheim!"
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
When this creature dies, incubate X, where X is its power. (Create an Incubator token with X +1/+1 counters on it and ": Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)
Haste
Mountaincycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a Mountain card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
With barely a moment's warning, a one-giant avalanche crashed into Kaldheim's defenders.
Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. Until end of turn, it gains haste and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player or battle, create a Treasure token." (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following ability until end of turn.)
Whenever this creature becomes tapped, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
Haste
: Transform this creature. Activate only as a sorcery. ( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
As strange portals roared open across Theros, Lydus gathered his prototype and fled. He was so close to perfecting his design.
Flying, haste
Soaring in Realmbreaker's embrace, he finally understood what perfection was.
Choose one —
• Into the Fire deals 2 damage to each creature, planeswalker, and battle.
• Put any number of cards from your hand on the bottom of your library, then draw that many cards plus one.
The rest of the Gatewatch retreated. Chandra and Wrenn went in blazing.
(As a Siege enters, choose an opponent to protect it. You and others can attack it. When it's defeated, exile it, then cast it transformed.)
When this Siege enters, exile all cards from your hand, then draw that many cards. Until the end of your next turn, you may play cards exiled this way.
Discard a land card: This enchantment deals 2 damage to any target.
Whenever you discard a land card, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.
The warriors of Kaldheim burned the soul of their world to keep it out of Phyrexia's hands.
(As a Siege enters, choose an opponent to protect it. You and others can attack it. When it's defeated, exile it, then cast it transformed.)
When this Siege enters, it deals 3 damage to each creature and each planeswalker.
Ward—Pay 2 life.
Whenever you cast a spell, this creature deals 2 damage to each opponent.
The crystal landslide stirred over the shattered forms of the Machine Legion vanguard, and then it rose and rearranged itself into an avenging colossus.
(As a Siege enters, choose an opponent to protect it. You and others can attack it. When it's defeated, exile it, then cast it transformed.)
When this Siege enters, you may discard a card. If you do, draw two cards.
, , Discard a card: Create two 1/1 blue and red Elemental creature tokens. Creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain haste until end of turn.
Inspired by tales of the legendary hero Squee, many young Kyren goblins strove to emulate his magical skill and courage in the face of danger.
(As a Siege enters, choose an opponent to protect it. You and others can attack it. When it's defeated, exile it, then cast it transformed.)
When this Siege enters, it deals 4 damage to another target battle or opponent and 1 damage to up to one target creature.
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
If a noncreature source you control would deal damage to a creature, battle, or opponent, it deals that much damage plus 2 instead.
(As a Siege enters, choose an opponent to protect it. You and others can attack it. When it's defeated, exile it, then cast it transformed.)
When this Siege enters, reveal any number of Dragon cards from your hand. When you do, this Siege deals X plus 2 damage to any other target, where X is the number of cards revealed this way. (X can be 0.)
Flying, trample
Whenever a Dragon you control attacks, it deals 2 damage to any target.
"The Phyrexians are fools if they believe they can weather such a storm."
—Sarkhan Vol
Defender
As long as this creature's power is 5 or greater, it can attack as though it didn't have defender.
He stood his ground in the Mirrored Depths, his roar of defiance echoed by a thousand crystalline reflections.
Trample
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
: Transform this creature. Activate only as a sorcery. ( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
Trample, ward , prowess, prowess (Each instance of prowess triggers separately.)
"Bolas's methods were crude and inefficient, taking generations to refine the population into a reliable source of combat units. Still, it offers us something of a head start."
—Jin-Gitaxias
This spell can't be countered.
Lithomantic Barrage deals 1 damage to target creature or planeswalker. It deals 5 damage instead if that target is white and/or blue.
Nahiri's rage shattered hedrons into deadly, burning ruin.
Haste
When this Vehicle enters, incubate 2. (Create an Incubator token with two +1/+1 counters on it and ": Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)
Crew 2 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 2 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)
Flash
When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control.
Equipped creature gets +2/+0.
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Nahiri's Warcrafting deals 5 damage to target creature, planeswalker, or battle. Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the excess damage dealt this way. You may exile one of those cards. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. You may play the exiled card this turn.
"Zendikar must be broken before it can be saved."
Reach
: This creature deals 2 damage to target player or battle.
With the ways between worlds thrown open, the Chain Veil's foul magic seeped from a vault deep within Ravnica all the way to Shandalar's dormant masters.
: Transform this creature. Activate only as a sorcery. ( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
It'd played the same prank a hundred times, never noticing the flame's slowly evolving pattern.
When this creature dies, each opponent sacrifices an artifact or creature of their choice.
When it realized the symbol's true, glorious meaning, it began marking every surface on Innistrad with oil-soaked claws.
Create two 1/1 blue and red Elemental creature tokens.
"Good thing maintenance never got around to decatalyzing the bithermic plasma displacement conduits!"
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)
Equipped creature gets +3/+1 and has trample.
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Trample, haste
: This creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to an opponent, it deals that much damage to target planeswalker that player controls or battle that player protects.
Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following ability until end of turn.)
First strike
Biffle was delighted to have an excuse to use the nice cutlery he'd liberated from Edgewall.
Whenever this creature attacks, up to one target attacking creature gets +2/+0 and gains trample until end of turn. Return that creature to its owner's hand at end of combat. (Return it only if it's on the battlefield.)
"My flesh is an affront to existence? Come say that to my fist, you bloated rust bucket."
—Koko, Riveteers welder
Searing Barb deals 2 damage to any target. If it's a creature, it can't block this turn. Incubate 1. (Create an Incubator token with a +1/+1 counter on it and ": Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)
"You always were such a sharp student. Shame it took you so long to get the point."
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)
Choose one —
• Shatter the Source deals 6 damage to target creature, planeswalker, or battle.
• Destroy target artifact.
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)
Flying, haste
The New Coalition gave Shiv time to prepare a warm welcome for the invaders.
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)
Stoke the Flames deals 4 damage to any target.
The Atarka shamans roused the fire into a scorching rebuke of the invaders and a beacon of hope for the survivors.
Trample
Whenever this creature attacks a battle, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
With Urabrask in hiding, the masterless Furnace Host was unleashed on the Multiverse to spread mayhem and destruction.
Haste
: Another target creature gains haste until end of turn.
Spells once used to traverse Lorehold excavation sites were swiftly repurposed to keep the students one step ahead of the Invasion Tree's grasp.
First strike
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Urabrask deals 1 damage to target opponent. Add .
: 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.
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
I — This Saga 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 this Saga, then return it to the battlefield (front face up).
Volcanic Spite deals 3 damage to target creature, planeswalker, or battle. You may put a card from your hand on the bottom of your library. If you do, draw a card.
None may approach the Ashen Idol without an offering—an edict fortuitously absent from Phyrexian intelligence concerning the world of Azgol.
Backup 2 (When this creature enters, put two +1/+1 counters on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following ability until end of turn.)
, Sacrifice this creature: It deals damage equal to its power to any target.
"The end is always nigh. Let's have some fun!"
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Whenever this creature attacks a battle, double its power until end of turn.
"That's my girl. Just don't eat it—wouldn't want you getting an upset stomach again."
—Jalina, Ikorian bonder
Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.
Even as she burned, Wrenn bent Realmbreaker to her will.
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)
Trample, ward
This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it for each creature that convoked it.
Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains reach until end of turn. Untap it.
"Deploy the blightwidows. Rankle's pests should make for a delicious meal."
—Ayara, Furnace Queen
Destroy target artifact, battle, enchantment, or creature with flying.
"Fallen angels should stay fallen."
—Henzie "Toolbox" Torre
Enchant land
When this Aura enters, incubate 2. (Create an Incubator token with two +1/+1 counters on it and ": Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)
Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional one mana of any color.
: Transform this creature. Activate only as a sorcery. ( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
Though both had lost their families, the eludha—the spiritual connection between the monsters of Ikoria and their human bonders—gave them something greater.
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Now, united by the Great Work, they knew what it meant to be truly bonded.
Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following ability until end of turn.)
This creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.
When this creature enters, incubate 5. (Create an Incubator token with five +1/+1 counters on it and ": Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)
Slowly, the distinct screams of the trapped faded into muffled gurgles of glistening oil.