The Alphabetical Card Game
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Cantankerous Brute --
Creature - Ogre {R}
: Cantankerous Brute deals 1 damage to each player that drew a card this turn. If you have 1 or fewer cards in hand, Cantankerous Brute deals 2 damage instead.
3/2
Creature - Ogre {R}
: Cantankerous Brute deals 1 damage to each player that drew a card this turn. If you have 1 or fewer cards in hand, Cantankerous Brute deals 2 damage instead.
3/2
Delta Cut
Instant
Lifelink
Choose one -
• ~ deals 3 damage to target creature.
• ~ deals 1 damage to three target creatures.
Desperate Ploy
Instant
Draw three cards then exile a card from your hand.
Dynamic Entrance
Enchantment
: Put a +1/+1 on target creature that entered the battlefield this turn. Activate thus ability only once per turn.
Instant
Lifelink
Choose one -
• ~ deals 3 damage to target creature.
• ~ deals 1 damage to three target creatures.
Desperate Ploy
Instant
Draw three cards then exile a card from your hand.
Dynamic Entrance
Enchantment
: Put a +1/+1 on target creature that entered the battlefield this turn. Activate thus ability only once per turn.
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Elfadunk Stampede
Kindred Sorcery - Elephant
Elephants you control get +2/+2 and gain trample until end of turn. Whenever an Elephant you control attacks this turn, put a sadness counter on target creature or planeswalker. (Its activated abilities cost an additional to activate and whenever it is dealt damage, prevent 1 of that damage.)
Kindred Sorcery - Elephant
Elephants you control get +2/+2 and gain trample until end of turn. Whenever an Elephant you control attacks this turn, put a sadness counter on target creature or planeswalker. (Its activated abilities cost an additional to activate and whenever it is dealt damage, prevent 1 of that damage.)
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Freyalise of Skyshroud
Legendary Planeswalker - Freyalise
, Tap X Elves you control: Freyalise of Skyshroud deals X damage to target permanent. Activate only as a sorcery.
+1: Create a 1/1 green Elf creature token with ": Untap target basic land."
-2: Gain control of target creature with power X or less until end of turn, where X is the number of Elves you control. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn.
-11: You gain an emblem with "At the beginning of each upkeep, create a 1/1 green Elf creature token with ': Untap target basic land.'" and "Tap X Elves you control: Put a creature with mana value X from your hand onto the battlefield."
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Legendary Planeswalker - Freyalise
, Tap X Elves you control: Freyalise of Skyshroud deals X damage to target permanent. Activate only as a sorcery.
+1: Create a 1/1 green Elf creature token with ": Untap target basic land."
-2: Gain control of target creature with power X or less until end of turn, where X is the number of Elves you control. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn.
-11: You gain an emblem with "At the beginning of each upkeep, create a 1/1 green Elf creature token with ': Untap target basic land.'" and "Tap X Elves you control: Put a creature with mana value X from your hand onto the battlefield."
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Gravel-Pounder --
Creature - Beast {R}
Trample
Whenever Gravel-Pounder deals combat damage to a player, it deals one damage to that player for each untapped land he or she controls.
4/3
Creature - Beast {R}
Trample
Whenever Gravel-Pounder deals combat damage to a player, it deals one damage to that player for each untapped land he or she controls.
4/3
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Heathen's Stigma
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature is excommunicated. (The power and toughness of creatures with the same name as enchanted creature can't be raised. Creature cards with the same name as enchanted creature lose all creature types and can't be found by effects which search for or target a creature card. Spells with the same name as enchanted creature can't be cast.)
(trying to think of a debuff ability name which under some circumstances might be more powerful than a removal spell!)
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature is excommunicated. (The power and toughness of creatures with the same name as enchanted creature can't be raised. Creature cards with the same name as enchanted creature lose all creature types and can't be found by effects which search for or target a creature card. Spells with the same name as enchanted creature can't be cast.)
(trying to think of a debuff ability name which under some circumstances might be more powerful than a removal spell!)
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Inaugural Joust
Sorcery (R)
If it's your first turn of the game, this spell costs to cast.
Create a 2/2 red and white Human Knight creature token with first strike.
Sorcery (R)
If it's your first turn of the game, this spell costs to cast.
Create a 2/2 red and white Human Knight creature token with first strike.
I picked this name before I knew Esper Cormorants was a card: believe it or not!
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Joraga Resurrection
Enchantment
When Joraga Resurrection enters the battlefield, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Joraga Resurrection becomes an Aura enchantment with "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with Joraga Resurrection," then attach Joraga Resurrection to that creature. When Joraga Resurrection leaves the battlefield, remove all counters on that creature, then put three -1/-1 counters on it.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has ward .
Enchantment
When Joraga Resurrection enters the battlefield, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Joraga Resurrection becomes an Aura enchantment with "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with Joraga Resurrection," then attach Joraga Resurrection to that creature. When Joraga Resurrection leaves the battlefield, remove all counters on that creature, then put three -1/-1 counters on it.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has ward .
Heavy Hit
Instant (U)
Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature. It fights target creature you don't control.
Hellish Fugue
Instant (C)
Gain control of target nonland permanent until end of turn. Untap it, and it gains haste until end of turn. If that permanent is a creature, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn and you sacrifice that creature at the beginning of the next end step.
Hinterland Naturalist
Snow Creature - Elf Warrior Druid (R)
Other snow creatures you control get +2/+1.
3/3
Instant (U)
Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature. It fights target creature you don't control.
Hellish Fugue
Instant (C)
Gain control of target nonland permanent until end of turn. Untap it, and it gains haste until end of turn. If that permanent is a creature, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn and you sacrifice that creature at the beginning of the next end step.
Hinterland Naturalist
Snow Creature - Elf Warrior Druid (R)
Other snow creatures you control get +2/+1.
3/3
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Kookaburra
Creature - Bird
Fish creature cards you own and Fish creatures you control gain "Bestow " and "Enchanted bird gets +1/+1 and gains flying."
1/1
giggle
Jasconius take the wheel
Creature - Bird
Fish creature cards you own and Fish creatures you control gain "Bestow " and "Enchanted bird gets +1/+1 and gains flying."
1/1
giggle
Jasconius take the wheel
Jeering Moggs
Creature - Goblin
: Goad target creature. Until your next turn, whenever that creature attacks one of your opponents, it gets +3/+0 until end of turn.
2/2
Javelin Storm
Instant
Lifelink
Choose one -
• ~ deals 1 damage to each attacking creature.
• ~ deals 1 damage to each blocking creature.
Junk Generator
Artifact
When ~ enters and at the beginning of your upkeep, create a 0/2 colorless construct artifact creature token with defender.
: Add two mana of any one color. Put a stun counter on ~.
: until end of turn, ~ becomes a 4/4 golem artifact creature with vigilance and reach.
"What does it do? Do you mean intentionally or incidentally?" - Frink, scrap connoisseur
Creature - Goblin
: Goad target creature. Until your next turn, whenever that creature attacks one of your opponents, it gets +3/+0 until end of turn.
2/2
Javelin Storm
Instant
Lifelink
Choose one -
• ~ deals 1 damage to each attacking creature.
• ~ deals 1 damage to each blocking creature.
Junk Generator
Artifact
When ~ enters and at the beginning of your upkeep, create a 0/2 colorless construct artifact creature token with defender.
: Add two mana of any one color. Put a stun counter on ~.
: until end of turn, ~ becomes a 4/4 golem artifact creature with vigilance and reach.
"What does it do? Do you mean intentionally or incidentally?" - Frink, scrap connoisseur
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junk generator and what did I see?
black-eyed golems swam with me
a moon full of stars and astral cars
and all the constructs I used to see
Loom
Artifact
, Tap an untapped creature you control: Look at the top three cards of your library. Exile one of them, put another on the bottom of your library and put the other into your hand.
, , Tap an untapped creature you control: Search your library for a card named Triad of Fates, reveal it and put it into your hand. Then shuffle.
black-eyed golems swam with me
a moon full of stars and astral cars
and all the constructs I used to see
Loom
Artifact
, Tap an untapped creature you control: Look at the top three cards of your library. Exile one of them, put another on the bottom of your library and put the other into your hand.
, , Tap an untapped creature you control: Search your library for a card named Triad of Fates, reveal it and put it into your hand. Then shuffle.
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Mortician's Pet --
Creature - Thrull {U}
Skulk
Spells you cast from the graveyard cost less.
1/3
Creature - Thrull {U}
Skulk
Spells you cast from the graveyard cost less.
1/3
- lookingupanddown
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Nicol Bolas Returned
Legendary Planeswalker - Bolas
+3: Each opponent sacrifices up to two nonland permanents they control. For each player who doesn't sacrifice two permanents this way, scry 2, then draw a card.
0: Each player discards a card. Nicol Bolas Returned deals 4 damage to each opponent. Each opponent who can't discard a card is dealt 5 damage instead.
-2: Gain control of target creature or planeswalker. Its controller loses 3 life.
-14: You gain an emblem with "At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent discards their hand." and "You may cast Bolas planeswalker spells from your graveyard."
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Legendary Planeswalker - Bolas
+3: Each opponent sacrifices up to two nonland permanents they control. For each player who doesn't sacrifice two permanents this way, scry 2, then draw a card.
0: Each player discards a card. Nicol Bolas Returned deals 4 damage to each opponent. Each opponent who can't discard a card is dealt 5 damage instead.
-2: Gain control of target creature or planeswalker. Its controller loses 3 life.
-14: You gain an emblem with "At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent discards their hand." and "You may cast Bolas planeswalker spells from your graveyard."
5
Obscuring Shade
Creature - Shade
Ward - Pay 2 life
: ~ gets +1/+1 until end of turn
Sacrifice ~: Counter target spell unless its controllers pays . Where X is ~'s power.
0/3
Oil-Broil
Sorcery
~ deals 3 damage to up to one target non-artifact creature. Put three +1/+1 counters on up to one target artifact creature.
The Quiet Furnace burns still with the last light left to Phyrexia.
Oppose Fate
Instant
Choose one -
• Counter target noncreature spell.
• Exile target creature, then return it to battlefield under it's owner's control.
• ~ deals 2 damage to any target, it loses indestructible until end of turn.
Creature - Shade
Ward - Pay 2 life
: ~ gets +1/+1 until end of turn
Sacrifice ~: Counter target spell unless its controllers pays . Where X is ~'s power.
0/3
Oil-Broil
Sorcery
~ deals 3 damage to up to one target non-artifact creature. Put three +1/+1 counters on up to one target artifact creature.
The Quiet Furnace burns still with the last light left to Phyrexia.
Oppose Fate
Instant
Choose one -
• Counter target noncreature spell.
• Exile target creature, then return it to battlefield under it's owner's control.
• ~ deals 2 damage to any target, it loses indestructible until end of turn.
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Philistine
Creature - Human
When Philistine enters the battlefield, target spell loses all abilities. When that spell is cast, its controller gains life equal to its mana value.
Wow! I can have Gandalf and Patrick Troughton participate in the Battle for Hoover Dam! Why doesn't EVERYONE enjoy the multiverse? And what does "context" mean, anyway?
3/3
Creature - Human
When Philistine enters the battlefield, target spell loses all abilities. When that spell is cast, its controller gains life equal to its mana value.
Wow! I can have Gandalf and Patrick Troughton participate in the Battle for Hoover Dam! Why doesn't EVERYONE enjoy the multiverse? And what does "context" mean, anyway?
3/3
- lookingupanddown
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Quirion Banner
Artifact
: Add one mana of any color a basic land you control could produce.
Domain— , : Distribute X +1/+1 counters among any number of creatures you control, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control.
With the return of the Phyrexians came the return of the Quirion elves to battle.
Artifact
: Add one mana of any color a basic land you control could produce.
Domain— , : Distribute X +1/+1 counters among any number of creatures you control, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control.
With the return of the Phyrexians came the return of the Quirion elves to battle.
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Redouble the Effort --
Instant {R}
After this phase, there is another combat phase. Untap each attacking creature and double its power until end of turn.
Instant {R}
After this phase, there is another combat phase. Untap each attacking creature and double its power until end of turn.
Synthetic Evolution
Instant
Choose up to two target creatures. Distribute between them a +1/+1 counter, a vigilance counter, a reach counter, and a trample counter.
Supercharge the Gate
Sorcery
You get . Then you may pay up to three .
Creatures you control get +1/+1 for each energy spent for this spell, and gain trample and menace until end of turn.
Sunset Apostle
Creature - Spirit Cleric
Extort, extort, extort
0/2
Instant
Choose up to two target creatures. Distribute between them a +1/+1 counter, a vigilance counter, a reach counter, and a trample counter.
Supercharge the Gate
Sorcery
You get . Then you may pay up to three .
Creatures you control get +1/+1 for each energy spent for this spell, and gain trample and menace until end of turn.
Sunset Apostle
Creature - Spirit Cleric
Extort, extort, extort
0/2
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Thunderstorm Dragon
Creature - Dragon (Uncommon)
Flying, menace
: Target creature gains menace until end of turn.
Whenever a creature you control is blocked, Thunderstorm Dragon deals 2 damage to that creature and you gain 2 life.
The Mardu are like the wings of their dragons: swift, relentless, and heard for miles around."
5/3
Creature - Dragon (Uncommon)
Flying, menace
: Target creature gains menace until end of turn.
Whenever a creature you control is blocked, Thunderstorm Dragon deals 2 damage to that creature and you gain 2 life.
The Mardu are like the wings of their dragons: swift, relentless, and heard for miles around."
5/3
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Unconditional Surrender
Sorcery
You aren't playing. (You don't take turns and you can't control permanents, play cards, cast spells or be attacked. If this reduces the number of players in the current game to one, that player wins the game.)
Whenever another player loses the game while Unconditional Surrender is in your graveyard, you win the game unless there's only one player left in the game.
Whenever Unconditional Surrender enters your graveyard and it wasn't cast this turn, exile your graveyard.
(it makes it so that, in a multiplayer game, one player has to eliminate all the other players at the same time or you win. giggle)
Sorcery
You aren't playing. (You don't take turns and you can't control permanents, play cards, cast spells or be attacked. If this reduces the number of players in the current game to one, that player wins the game.)
Whenever another player loses the game while Unconditional Surrender is in your graveyard, you win the game unless there's only one player left in the game.
Whenever Unconditional Surrender enters your graveyard and it wasn't cast this turn, exile your graveyard.
(it makes it so that, in a multiplayer game, one player has to eliminate all the other players at the same time or you win. giggle)
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Vault 77: A Crate of Puppets
Enchantment - Saga (R)
I: Each player chooses a creature they control, then sacrifices the rest.
II: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control for each artifact you control.
III: If you control exactly one creature, it gains double strike and trample until end of turn.
Enchantment - Saga (R)
I: Each player chooses a creature they control, then sacrifices the rest.
II: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control for each artifact you control.
III: If you control exactly one creature, it gains double strike and trample until end of turn.
I picked this name before I knew Esper Cormorants was a card: believe it or not!
Welcome Revelation
Instant (U)
Draw three cards. Each other player exiles the top card of their library. Until the end of their next turn they may play that card.
Winter's Grace
Snow Instant (C)
Choose target creature. If that creature is snow, it gets +2+2 and gains flying until end of turn. Otherwise, tap that creature and put a stun counter on it.
Warden of the Reliquary
Creature - Rhino Soldier (R)
Equipment you control has exalted.
3/4
Instant (U)
Draw three cards. Each other player exiles the top card of their library. Until the end of their next turn they may play that card.
Winter's Grace
Snow Instant (C)
Choose target creature. If that creature is snow, it gets +2+2 and gains flying until end of turn. Otherwise, tap that creature and put a stun counter on it.
Warden of the Reliquary
Creature - Rhino Soldier (R)
Equipment you control has exalted.
3/4
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Wiggle Waggle
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has ward and gets +0/+4.
Whenever enchanted creature is assigned to block, it deals damage equal to its power to the creature it blocked.
, Return Wiggle Waggle to its owner's hand: Turn the creature it enchanted face down and remove it from combat, then manifest the top card of your library. (Put it face down onto the battlefield. Face down cards are colorless 2/2 creatures with no other types or abilities. You may turn one face up at any time by paying its mana cost.)
oops, someone do X now x3
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has ward and gets +0/+4.
Whenever enchanted creature is assigned to block, it deals damage equal to its power to the creature it blocked.
, Return Wiggle Waggle to its owner's hand: Turn the creature it enchanted face down and remove it from combat, then manifest the top card of your library. (Put it face down onto the battlefield. Face down cards are colorless 2/2 creatures with no other types or abilities. You may turn one face up at any time by paying its mana cost.)
oops, someone do X now x3
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Xorn Chef
Creature - Elemental Citizen (U)
Noncreature artifacts are Food artifacts with ", , Sacrifice this artifact: you gain 3 life" and lose all other abilities.
Whenever an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Xorn Chef gains first strike until end of turn.
"He claimed the armory as pantry, the smithy as kitchen, my cufflinks as seasoning... but I'll be damned if he wasn't a great cook."
3/3
Creature - Elemental Citizen (U)
Noncreature artifacts are Food artifacts with ", , Sacrifice this artifact: you gain 3 life" and lose all other abilities.
Whenever an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Xorn Chef gains first strike until end of turn.
"He claimed the armory as pantry, the smithy as kitchen, my cufflinks as seasoning... but I'll be damned if he wasn't a great cook."
3/3
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I picked this name before I knew Esper Cormorants was a card: believe it or not!