Iconic Masters
Day of the Dragons
When Day of the Dragons enters the battlefield, exile all creatures you control. Then create that many 5/5 red Dragon creature tokens with flying.
When Day of the Dragons leaves the battlefield, sacrifice all Dragons you control. Then return the exiled cards to the battlefield under your control.
Diminish
Target creature has base power and toughness 1/1 until end of turn.
Everything seems a little less ferocious when it's running from a house cat.
Dissolve
Counter target spell. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)
"You thought only the gods could stop you?"
Distortion Strike
Target creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)
Doorkeeper
Defender
{2}{U}, {T}: Target player mills X cards, where X is the number of creatures you control with defender.
One piercing stare usually convinces thieves to go elsewhere.
Elusive Spellfist
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, Elusive Spellfist gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.
"Learn to see an obstacle from a new perspective. Underneath, for example."
—Chanyi, Ojutai monk
Flusterstorm
Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays {1}.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Fog Bank
Defender, flying
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by Fog Bank.
"The union of sea and sky makes a perfect cover."
—Talrand, sky summoner
Frost Lynx
When Frost Lynx enters the battlefield, tap target creature an opponent controls. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
It readily attacks much larger prey, knowing retaliation is impossible.
Illusory Ambusher
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Whenever Illusory Ambusher is dealt damage, draw that many cards.
"Violence is the food it craves. Feed it if you dare."
—Doriel, mentor of Mistral Isle
Illusory Angel
Cast this spell only if you've cast another spell this turn.
Flying
"In a daze, I woke and looked upon the battlefield, where I could swear my dreams were laying waste to the enemy."
—Letter from a soldier
Jace's Phantasm
Flying
Jace's Phantasm gets +4/+4 as long as an opponent has ten or more cards in their graveyard.
In the abstract memories of the Iquati, Jace found interesting ideas to improve upon.
Jhessian Thief
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Whenever Jhessian Thief deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
"Where's the fun in an escape if it's not at least a little daring?"
Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
Flash
At the beginning of your end step, draw seven cards.
Each opponent's maximum hand size is reduced by seven.
"It is not a goal, but a process—the process of creating the perfect Phyrexia."
Keiga, the Tide Star
Flying
When Keiga, the Tide Star dies, gain control of target creature.
The pull of the tide star holds eternal sway.
Mahamoti Djinn
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Of royal blood among the spirits of the air, the Mahamoti djinn rides on the wings of the winds. As dangerous in the gambling hall as he is in battle, he is a master of trickery and misdirection.
Mana Drain
Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of {C} equal to that spell's mana value.
Enthusiasm is no match for preparation.
Mana Leak
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.
The fatal flaw in every plan is the assumption that you know more than your enemy.
Mnemonic Wall
Defender
When Mnemonic Wall enters the battlefield, you may return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
"It augments anamnesis. What is so confusing about that?"
—Perisophia the philosopher
Ojutai's Breath
Tap target creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)
Phantom Monster
Flying
Is it an amalgamation of faded memories or the projection of a half-remembered dream? Neither answer offers any comfort.
Repeal
Return target nonland permanent with mana value X to its owner's hand.
Draw a card.
"Your deed cannot be undone. You, however, can be."
—Agosto, Azorius imperator
Riverwheel Aerialists
Flying
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Adepts of the Riverwheel Stronghold can run through rain and never get wet; masters use the raindrops as stepping stones.
Shriekgeist
Flying
Whenever Shriekgeist deals combat damage to a player, that player mills two cards.
Wounds of the flesh are easy to heal. Wounds of the mind may never be undone.
Skywise Teachings
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, you may pay {1}{U}. If you do, create a 2/2 blue Djinn Monk creature token with flying.
Ojutai's words must be translated from Draconic before his students can benefit from their wisdom.
Sphinx of Uthuun
Flying
When Sphinx of Uthuun enters the battlefield, reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
Flash
Creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield have flash.
Each opponent can cast spells only any time they could cast a sorcery.
To save this plane, he must forsake all others.
Thought Scour
Target player mills two cards.
Draw a card.
"As you inject the *viscus vitae* into the brain stem, don't let the spastic moaning bother you. It will soon become music to your ears."
—Stitcher Geralf
Windfall
Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.
"Rich" is a relative term.
Abyssal Persecutor
Flying, trample
You can't win the game and your opponents can't lose the game.
His slaves crave death more than they desire freedom. He denies them both.
Bala Ged Scorpion
When Bala Ged Scorpion enters the battlefield, you may destroy target creature with power 1 or less.
Fast and lethal, with a penchant for the weak and infirm.
Balustrade Spy
Flying
When Balustrade Spy enters the battlefield, target player reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a land card, then puts those cards into their graveyard.
Bladewing's Thrall
Bladewing's Thrall has flying as long as you control a Dragon.
When a Dragon enters the battlefield, you may return Bladewing's Thrall from your graveyard to the battlefield.
A shadow of life chasing a husk of glory.
Bloodghast
Bloodghast can't block.
Bloodghast has haste as long as an opponent has 10 or less life.
Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you may return Bloodghast from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Bogbrew Witch
{2}, {T}: Search your library for a card named Festering Newt or Bubbling Cauldron, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
"The hardest thing is finding the right ingredients."
Butcher's Glee
Target creature gets +3/+0 and gains lifelink until end of turn. Regenerate it. (Damage dealt by a creature with lifelink also causes its controller to gain that much life.)
The Crave made Kneecleaver think she was bigger than the dragon.
Child of Night
Lifelink
Sins that would be too gruesome in the light of day are made more pleasing in the dark of night.
Dead Reveler
Unleash (You may have this creature enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. It can't block as long as it has a +1/+1 counter on it.)
He's the unlife of the party.
Doom Blade
Destroy target nonblack creature.
The void is without substance but cuts like steel.
Duress
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
"Don't worry. I'm not going to deprive you of all your secrets. Just your most precious one."
—Liliana Vess
Eternal Thirst
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has lifelink and "Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature." (Damage dealt by a creature with lifelink also causes its controller to gain that much life.)
Festering Newt
When Festering Newt dies, target creature an opponent controls gets -1/-1 until end of turn. That creature gets -4/-4 instead if you control a creature named Bogbrew Witch.
Its back bubbles like a witch's cauldron, and it smells just as vile.
Foul-Tongue Invocation
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may reveal a Dragon card from your hand.
Target player sacrifices a creature. If you revealed a Dragon card or controlled a Dragon as you cast this spell, you gain 4 life.
Grisly Spectacle
Destroy target nonartifact creature. Its controller mills cards equal to that creature's power.
"Watch people flock to a murder scene. Then tell me we're not all a little sick in the head."
—Juri, proprietor of the Juri Revue
Haunting Hymn
Target player discards two cards. If you cast this spell during your main phase, that player discards four cards instead.
The hymn's melody has persisted since Tourach's time, but the words changed to invoke the phobias of each listener.
Indulgent Tormentor
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card unless target opponent sacrifices a creature or pays 3 life.
The promise of anguish is payment enough for services rendered.
Kokusho, the Evening Star
Flying
When Kokusho, the Evening Star dies, each opponent loses 5 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
The fall of the evening star never heralds a gentle dawn.
Lord of the Pit
Flying, trample
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature other than Lord of the Pit. If you can't, Lord of the Pit deals 7 damage to you.
"My summoning begins your debt, Planeswalker."
