Commander 2016
Vial Smasher the Fierce
![Vial Smasher the Fierce Vial Smasher the Fierce](/img/cards/9973/c16/43379-vial-smasher-the-fierce-full.jpg)
Whenever you cast your first spell each turn, choose an opponent at random. Vial Smasher the Fierce deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to that player or a planeswalker that player controls.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder
![Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder](/img/cards/9973/c16/43380-yidris-maelstrom-wielder-full.jpg)
Trample
Whenever Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder deals combat damage to a player, as you cast spells from your hand this turn, they gain cascade. (When you cast the spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)
Armory Automaton
![Armory Automaton Armory Automaton](/img/cards/9973/c16/43381-armory-automaton-full.jpg)
Whenever Armory Automaton enters the battlefield or attacks, you may attach any number of target Equipment to it. (Control of the Equipment doesn't change.)
With no flesh to tire or resolve to falter, the machines soon became the Academy's preferred trainers.
Boompile
![Boompile Boompile](/img/cards/9973/c16/43382-boompile-full.jpg)
{T}: Flip a coin. If you win the flip, destroy all nonland permanents.
"Fuses? We have more than enough! Now . . . which one was it?"
—Flearan One-Eye, goblin engineer
Conqueror's Flail
![Conqueror's Flail Conqueror's Flail](/img/cards/9973/c16/43383-conqueror-s-flail-full.jpg)
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each color among permanents you control.
As long as Conqueror's Flail is attached to a creature, your opponents can't cast spells during your turn.
Equip {2}
Crystalline Crawler
![Crystalline Crawler Crystalline Crawler](/img/cards/9973/c16/43384-crystalline-crawler-full.jpg)
Converge — Crystalline Crawler enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it.
Remove a +1/+1 counter from Crystalline Crawler: Add one mana of any color.
{T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on Crystalline Crawler.
Prismatic Geoscope
![Prismatic Geoscope Prismatic Geoscope](/img/cards/9973/c16/43385-prismatic-geoscope-full.jpg)
Prismatic Geoscope enters the battlefield tapped.
Domain — {T}: Add X mana in any combination of colors, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control.
Ash Barrens
![Ash Barrens Ash Barrens](/img/cards/9973/c16/43386-ash-barrens-full.jpg)
{T}: Add {C}.
Basic landcycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
Abzan Falconer
![Abzan Falconer Abzan Falconer](/img/cards/9973/c16/43387-abzan-falconer-full.jpg)
Outlast {W} ({W}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Outlast only as a sorcery.)
Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has flying.
The fastest way across the dunes is above.
Blazing Archon
![Blazing Archon Blazing Archon](/img/cards/9973/c16/43388-blazing-archon-full.jpg)
Flying
Creatures can't attack you.
"Through the haze of battle I saw the glint of sun on golden mane, the sheen of glory clad in mail, and I dropped my sword and wept at the idiocy of war."
—Dravin, Gruul deserter
Blind Obedience
![Blind Obedience Blind Obedience](/img/cards/9973/c16/43389-blind-obedience-full.jpg)
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Artifacts and creatures your opponents control enter the battlefield tapped.
"By the time your knees have worn through your robe, you may have begun to learn your place."
Brave the Sands
![Brave the Sands Brave the Sands](/img/cards/9973/c16/43390-brave-the-sands-full.jpg)
Creatures you control have vigilance.
Each creature you control can block an additional creature each combat.
Enduring the most desolate and dangerous conditions, Abzan sentries unfailingly guard the stronghold gates.
Cathars' Crusade
![Cathars' Crusade Cathars' Crusade](/img/cards/9973/c16/43391-cathars-crusade-full.jpg)
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Avacyn's holy warriors kept hope alive in her darkest hours. Now they will carry that hope across Innistrad.
Citadel Siege
![Citadel Siege Citadel Siege](/img/cards/9973/c16/43392-citadel-siege-full.jpg)
As Citadel Siege enters the battlefield, choose Khans or Dragons.
• Khans — At the beginning of combat on your turn, put two +1/+1 counters on target creature you control.
• Dragons — At the beginning of combat on each opponent's turn, tap target creature that player controls.
Custodi Soulbinders
![Custodi Soulbinders Custodi Soulbinders](/img/cards/9973/c16/43393-custodi-soulbinders-full.jpg)
Custodi Soulbinders enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of other creatures on the battlefield.
{2}{W}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Custodi Soulbinders: Create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
Dispeller's Capsule
![Dispeller's Capsule Dispeller's Capsule](/img/cards/9973/c16/43394-dispeller-s-capsule-full.jpg)
{2}{W}, {T}, Sacrifice Dispeller's Capsule: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
"I find its symmetry pleasing. It rids our world of offensive refuse while disposing of itself."
—Dolomarus, Proctor of the Clean
Elite Scaleguard
![Elite Scaleguard Elite Scaleguard](/img/cards/9973/c16/43395-elite-scaleguard-full.jpg)
When Elite Scaleguard enters the battlefield, bolster 2. (Choose a creature with the least toughness among creatures you control and put two +1/+1 counters on it.)
Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it attacks, tap target creature defending player controls.
Ghostly Prison
![Ghostly Prison Ghostly Prison](/img/cards/9973/c16/43396-ghostly-prison-full.jpg)
Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.
"May the memory of our fallen heroes ensnare the violent hearts of lesser men."
—Great Threshold of Monserkat inscription
Hoofprints of the Stag
![Hoofprints of the Stag Hoofprints of the Stag](/img/cards/9973/c16/43397-hoofprints-of-the-stag-full.jpg)
Whenever you draw a card, you may put a hoofprint counter on Hoofprints of the Stag.
{2}{W}, Remove four hoofprint counters from Hoofprints of the Stag: Create a 4/4 white Elemental creature token with flying. Activate only during your turn.
Hushwing Gryff
![Hushwing Gryff Hushwing Gryff](/img/cards/9973/c16/43398-hushwing-gryff-full.jpg)
Flash
Flying
Creatures entering the battlefield don't cause abilities to trigger.
An overwhelming sense of calm accompanies the gryffs that wheel above the roofs of Gavony.
Mentor of the Meek
![Mentor of the Meek Mentor of the Meek](/img/cards/9973/c16/43399-mentor-of-the-meek-full.jpg)
Whenever another creature with power 2 or less enters the battlefield under your control, you may pay {1}. If you do, draw a card.
"In these halls there is no pass or fail. Your true test comes with the first full moon."
Mirror Entity
![Mirror Entity Mirror Entity](/img/cards/9973/c16/43400-mirror-entity-full.jpg)
Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
{X}: Until end of turn, creatures you control have base power and toughness X/X and gain all creature types.
Unaware of Lorwyn's diversity, it sees only itself, reflected a thousand times over.
Oblation
![Oblation Oblation](/img/cards/9973/c16/43401-oblation-full.jpg)
The owner of target nonland permanent shuffles it into their library, then draws two cards.
"A richer people could give more but they could never give as much."
Open the Vaults
![Open the Vaults Open the Vaults](/img/cards/9973/c16/43402-open-the-vaults-full.jpg)
Return all artifact and enchantment cards from all graveyards to the battlefield under their owners' control. (Auras with nothing to enchant remain in graveyards.)
When the vaults are empty, everyone is rich.
Phyrexian Rebirth
![Phyrexian Rebirth Phyrexian Rebirth](/img/cards/9973/c16/43403-phyrexian-rebirth-full.jpg)
Destroy all creatures, then create an X/X colorless Phyrexian Horror artifact creature token, where X is the number of creatures destroyed this way.
As long as one drop of the oil exists, the joyous work continues.
Reveillark
![Reveillark Reveillark](/img/cards/9973/c16/43404-reveillark-full.jpg)
Flying
When Reveillark leaves the battlefield, return up to two target creature cards with power 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Evoke {5}{W} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters the battlefield.)
Reverse the Sands
![Reverse the Sands Reverse the Sands](/img/cards/9973/c16/43405-reverse-the-sands-full.jpg)
Redistribute any number of players' life totals. (Each of those players gets one life total back.)
Worse than the years of aging was the burden of memory. The young monk lost his youth and gained a vicarious lifetime of hardship and woe.
Sanctum Gargoyle
![Sanctum Gargoyle Sanctum Gargoyle](/img/cards/9973/c16/43406-sanctum-gargoyle-full.jpg)
Flying
When Sanctum Gargoyle enters the battlefield, you may return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.
As their supplies of etherium dwindled, mechanists sent gargoyles farther and farther afield in search of salvage.
Sphere of Safety
![Sphere of Safety Sphere of Safety](/img/cards/9973/c16/43407-sphere-of-safety-full.jpg)
Creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless their controller pays {X} for each of those creatures, where X is the number of enchantments you control.
The Rakdos believe that all are eager to join their revels, even when told otherwise.
Swords to Plowshares
![Swords to Plowshares Swords to Plowshares](/img/cards/9973/c16/43408-swords-to-plowshares-full.jpg)
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
The smallest seed of regret can bloom into redemption.
Wave of Reckoning
![Wave of Reckoning Wave of Reckoning](/img/cards/9973/c16/43409-wave-of-reckoning-full.jpg)
Each creature deals damage to itself equal to its power.
We shall suffer turmoil equal to that which we have wrought, whether in this life or the next.
Windborn Muse
![Windborn Muse Windborn Muse](/img/cards/9973/c16/43410-windborn-muse-full.jpg)
Flying
Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.
"Her voice is justice, clear and relentless."
—Akroma, angelic avenger
Academy Elite
![Academy Elite Academy Elite](/img/cards/9973/c16/43411-academy-elite-full.jpg)
Academy Elite enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in all graveyards.
{2}{U}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Academy Elite: Draw a card, then discard a card.
Aeon Chronicler
![Aeon Chronicler Aeon Chronicler](/img/cards/9973/c16/43412-aeon-chronicler-full.jpg)
Aeon Chronicler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.
Suspend X—{X}{3}{U}. X can't be 0.
Whenever a time counter is removed from Aeon Chronicler while it's exiled, draw a card.
Arcane Denial
![Arcane Denial Arcane Denial](/img/cards/9973/c16/43413-arcane-denial-full.jpg)
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.
Chain of Vapor
![Chain of Vapor Chain of Vapor](/img/cards/9973/c16/43414-chain-of-vapor-full.jpg)
Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Then that permanent's controller may sacrifice a land. If the player does, they may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.
Chasm Skulker
![Chasm Skulker Chasm Skulker](/img/cards/9973/c16/43415-chasm-skulker-full.jpg)
Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Chasm Skulker.
When Chasm Skulker dies, create X 1/1 blue Squid creature tokens with islandwalk, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on Chasm Skulker. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
Chief Engineer
![Chief Engineer Chief Engineer](/img/cards/9973/c16/43416-chief-engineer-full.jpg)
Artifact spells you cast have convoke. (Your creatures can help cast those spells. Each creature you tap while casting an artifact spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.)
An eye for detail, a mind for numbers, a soul of clockwork.
Devastation Tide
![Devastation Tide Devastation Tide](/img/cards/9973/c16/43417-devastation-tide-full.jpg)
Return all nonland permanents to their owners' hands.
Miracle {1}{U} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)
It's hard to argue with a force made of divine will.
Disdainful Stroke
![Disdainful Stroke Disdainful Stroke](/img/cards/9973/c16/43418-disdainful-stroke-full.jpg)
Counter target spell with mana value 4 or greater.
"You are beneath contempt. Your lineage will be forgotten."
Etherium Sculptor
![Etherium Sculptor Etherium Sculptor](/img/cards/9973/c16/43419-etherium-sculptor-full.jpg)
Artifact spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
The greatest masters of the craft abandon tools altogether, shaping metal with hand and mind alone.
Ethersworn Adjudicator
![Ethersworn Adjudicator Ethersworn Adjudicator](/img/cards/9973/c16/43420-ethersworn-adjudicator-full.jpg)
Flying
{1}{W}{B}, {T}: Destroy target creature or enchantment.
{2}{U}: Untap Ethersworn Adjudicator.
Esper mages devised their weapons to be so devastating that war seemed unnecessary.
Evacuation
![Evacuation Evacuation](/img/cards/9973/c16/43421-evacuation-full.jpg)
Return all creatures to their owners' hands.
"Once I supply the breeze, you'll see your warriors for the smoke they truly are."
—Alexi, zephyr mage
Master of Etherium
![Master of Etherium Master of Etherium](/img/cards/9973/c16/43422-master-of-etherium-full.jpg)
Master of Etherium's power and toughness are each equal to the number of artifacts you control.
Other artifact creatures you control get +1/+1.
"Only a mind unfettered with the concerns of the flesh can see the world as it truly is."
Minds Aglow
![Minds Aglow Minds Aglow](/img/cards/9973/c16/43423-minds-aglow-full.jpg)
Join forces — Starting with you, each player may pay any amount of mana. Each player draws X cards, where X is the total amount of mana paid this way.
Propaganda
![Propaganda Propaganda](/img/cards/9973/c16/43424-propaganda-full.jpg)
Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.
"The cost of your opposition will be extracted from your wits."
—Nekusar, the Mindrazer
Read the Runes
![Read the Runes Read the Runes](/img/cards/9973/c16/43425-read-the-runes-full.jpg)
Draw X cards. For each card drawn this way, discard a card unless you sacrifice a permanent.
"The world is a puzzle, and the mind is its key."
Reins of Power
![Reins of Power Reins of Power](/img/cards/9973/c16/43426-reins-of-power-full.jpg)
Untap all creatures you control and all creatures target opponent controls. You and that opponent each gain control of all creatures the other controls until end of turn. Those creatures gain haste until end of turn.