Sands of TimeArtifactEach player skips his or her untap step. "But once, with a magician's help, Time was stopped and Day stood still." |
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Triangle of WarArtifact, Sacrifice Triangle of War: Choose target creature you control and target creature an opponent controls. Those creatures fight each other. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.) The Zhalfirin war triangle represents a trinity of might, faith, and guile. |
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Bösium StripArtifact, : Until end of turn, if the top card of your graveyard is an instant or sorcery card, you may cast that card. If a card cast this way would be put into a graveyard this turn, exile it instead.
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Bubble MatrixArtifactPrevent all damage that would be dealt to creatures. "This device was commisioned by a king who desired peace. Unfortunately, the royal artificer was also the king's jester." |
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Chimeric SphereArtifact: Until end of turn, Chimeric Sphere becomes a 2/1 Construct artifact creature with flying.
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Dingus StaffArtifactWhenever a creature dies, Dingus Staff deals 2 damage to that creature's controller. "A sharp conscience is the weapon of the soul." |
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Jabari's BannerArtifact, : Target creature gains flanking until end of turn. (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.)
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Mana WebArtifactWhenever a land an opponent controls is tapped for mana, tap all lands that player controls that could produce any type of mana that land could produce.
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Null RodArtifactActivated abilities of artifacts can't be activated. Gerrard: "But it doesn't do anything!" |
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Phyrexian FurnaceArtifact: Exile the bottom card of target player's graveyard.
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Thran ForgeArtifact: Until end of turn, target nonartifact creature gets +1/+0 and becomes an artifact in addition to its other types. "This will work," Gerrard called to the elves as he used the forge to strengthen the aboroth, "but if it doesn't, we won't survive to care." |
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Thran TomeArtifact, : Reveal the top three cards of your library. Target opponent chooses one of those cards. Put that card into your graveyard, then draw two cards. Every line holds a tale, and between lie a thousand more. |
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TouchstoneArtifact: Tap target artifact you don't control. "One touch to the stone and the sidar's son turned me from stalwart to statue." |
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Well of KnowledgeArtifact: Draw a card. Any player may activate this ability but only during his or her draw step.
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Xanthic StatueArtifact: Until end of turn, Xanthic Statue becomes an 8/8 Golem artifact creature with trample. "Until you have lived as a statue, do not talk to me of pigeons." |
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Altar of DementiaArtifactSacrifice a creature: Target player puts a number of cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power from the top of his or her library into his or her graveyard. "It is not that you will go mad. It is that you will beg for madness." |
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Cold StorageArtifact: Exile target creature you control.
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Cursed ScrollArtifact, : Name a card. Reveal a card at random from your hand. If it's the named card, Cursed Scroll deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
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Echo ChamberArtifact, : An opponent chooses target creature he or she controls. Put a token that's a copy of that creature onto the battlefield. That token gains haste until end of turn. Exile the token at the beginning of the next end step. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.
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Emerald MedallionArtifactGreen spells you cast cost less to cast.
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Emmessi TomeArtifact, : Draw two cards, then discard a card. It is like life and destiny: we think we know the story, but we have read only half the tale. |
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Essence BottleArtifact, : Put an elixir counter on Essence Bottle.
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ExcavatorArtifact, Sacrifice a basic land: Target creature gains landwalk of each of the land types of the sacrificed land until end of turn.
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Fool's TomeArtifact, : Draw a card. Activate this ability only if you have no cards in hand. Squee: "What's that?" |
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GrindstoneArtifact, : Target player puts the top two cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard. If both cards share a color, repeat this process. "Memory is a burden that wears at the soul as weather wears at stone." |
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Helm of PossessionArtifactYou may choose not to untap Helm of Possession during your untap step.
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Jet MedallionArtifactBlack spells you cast cost less to cast.
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Lotus PetalArtifact, Sacrifice Lotus Petal: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool. "Hard to imagine," mused Hanna, stroking the petal, "such a lovely flower inspiring such greed." |
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Magnetic WebArtifactIf a creature with a magnet counter on it attacks, all creatures with magnet counters on them attack if able.
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Mogg CannonArtifact: Target creature you control gets +1/+0 and gains flying until end of turn. Destroy that creature at the beginning of the next end step. Moggs never volunteer for anything twice. |
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Pearl MedallionArtifactWhite spells you cast cost less to cast.
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Phyrexian GrimoireArtifact, : Target opponent chooses one of the top two cards of your graveyard. Exile that card and put the other one into your hand. Every page cost a life; every secret cost a thousand more. |
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Phyrexian SplicerArtifact, : Choose one - flying; first strike; shadow; or trample. Target creature with that ability loses it until end of turn and another target creature gains it until end of turn.
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Puppet StringsArtifact, : You may tap or untap target creature. "Have no illusions," Volrath warned Greven, "about free will." |
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Ruby MedallionArtifactRed spells you cast cost less to cast.
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Sapphire MedallionArtifactBlue spells you cast cost less to cast.
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Scalding TongsArtifactAt the beginning of your upkeep, if you have three or fewer cards in hand, Scalding Tongs deals 1 damage to target opponent. "This has nothing to do with what you know and everything to do with what I wish." |
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Scroll RackArtifact, : Exile any number of cards from your hand face down. Put that many cards from the top of your library into your hand. Then look at the exiled cards and put them on top of your library in any order.
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Squee's ToyArtifact: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn. As the horrors closed in on Gerrard, Squee trembled and clutched his toy for comfort. He didn't know where it came from or why it was so warm, but he was glad he'd kept it near. |
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ThumbscrewsArtifactAt the beginning of your upkeep, if you have five or more cards in hand, Thumbscrews deals 1 damage to target opponent. "We will start small, I think." |
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Torture ChamberArtifactAt the beginning of your upkeep, put a pain counter on Torture Chamber.
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BullwhipArtifact, : Bullwhip deals 1 damage to target creature. That creature attacks this turn if able. "Pain is a crude way to enforce obedience, but it is cheap and plentiful." |
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HeartstoneArtifactActivated abilities of creatures cost less to activate. This effect can't reduce the amount of mana an ability costs to activate to less than one mana. "Finding a true heartstone is even harder than finding a true heart." |
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Horn of GreedArtifactWhenever a player plays a land, that player draws a card. "Rath grows, and I am nourished." |
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Hornet CannonArtifact, : Put a 1/1 colorless Insect artifact creature token with flying and haste named Hornet onto the battlefield. Destroy it at the beginning of the next end step.
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Jinxed RingArtifactWhenever a nontoken permanent is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, Jinxed Ring deals 1 damage to you.
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Mox DiamondArtifactIf Mox Diamond would enter the battlefield, you may discard a land card instead. If you do, put Mox Diamond onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard.
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PortcullisArtifactWhenever a creature enters the battlefield, if there are two or more other creatures on the battlefield, exile that creature. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control when Portcullis leaves the battlefield.
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Sword of the ChosenLegendary Artifact: Target legendary creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. One shard of Selenia yet remained. |
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Volrath's LaboratoryArtifactAs Volrath's Laboratory enters the battlefield, choose a color and a creature type.
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Erratic PortalArtifact, : Return target creature to its owner's hand unless its controller pays . "In Barrin's name!" cried Lyna as Hanna's sword passed through her, "Ertai sends word that the portal is open-but not for long!" |
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Medicine BagArtifact, , Discard a card: Regenerate target creature. "My medicine bag and I have treated countless wounds and illnesses. But never have I seen so many made so sick for so long. We will never eat Squee's cooking again." |
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Memory CrystalArtifactBuyback costs cost less. Hues of recollection flicker like facets of a gem. |
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Null BroochArtifact, , Discard your hand: Counter target noncreature spell. Give away everything so others have nothing. |
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SkyshaperArtifactSacrifice Skyshaper: Creatures you control gain flying until end of turn. "It'll get us to the portal, but I can't guarantee what it'll do to the ship." |
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Sphere of ResistanceArtifactSpells cost more to cast. A sphere pushes equally in all directions. |
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Barrin's CodexArtifactAt the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a page counter on Barrin's Codex.
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Claws of GixArtifact, Sacrifice a permanent: You gain 1 life. When the Brotherhood of Gix dug out the cave of Koilos they found their master's severed hand. They enshrined it, hoping that one day it would point the way to Phyrexia. |
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Crystal ChimesArtifact, , Sacrifice Crystal Chimes: Return all enchantment cards from your graveyard to your hand. As Serra was to learn, the peace and sanctity of her realm were as fragile as glass. |
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Dragon BloodArtifact, : Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Fire in the blood, fire in the belly. |
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EndoskeletonArtifactYou may choose not to untap Endoskeleton during your untap step.
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FluctuatorArtifactCycling abilities you activate cost you up to less to activate. Fiko summoned only atogs for three straight sessions. The tutor couldn't decide whether to punish his failure or praise his consistency. |
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LifelineArtifactWhenever a creature dies, if another creature is on the battlefield, return the first card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
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Lotus BlossomArtifactAt the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a petal counter on Lotus Blossom.
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MetrognomeArtifactWhen a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard Metrognome, put four 1/1 colorless Gnome artifact creature tokens onto the battlefield.
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Mishra's HelixArtifact, : Tap X target lands. The helix was the finest example of Mishra's campaign strategy: if he couldn't have Argoth, no one could. |
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Noetic ScalesArtifactAt the beginning of each player's upkeep, return to its owner's hand each creature that player controls with power greater than the number of cards in his or her hand.
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Phyrexian ProcessorArtifactAs Phyrexian Processor enters the battlefield, pay any amount of life.
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Purging ScytheArtifactAt the beginning of your upkeep, Purging Scythe deals 2 damage to the creature with the least toughness. If two or more creatures are tied for least toughness, you choose one of them.
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SmokestackArtifactAt the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a soot counter on Smokestack.
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Temporal ApertureArtifact, : Shuffle your library, then reveal the top card. Until end of turn, for as long as that card remains on top of your library, play with the top card of your library revealed and you may play that card without paying its mana cost. (If it has X in its mana cost, X is 0.)
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Thran TurbineArtifactAt the beginning of your upkeep, you may add or to your mana pool. You can't spend this mana to cast spells. When Urza asked the viashino what it did, they answered: "It hums." |
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UmbilicusArtifactAt the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player returns a permanent he or she controls to its owner's hand unless he or she pays 2 life. It was the explorers' only tether to reality. |
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WhetstoneArtifact: Each player puts the top two cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard. To hone swords and dull minds. |
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Worn PowerstoneArtifactWorn Powerstone enters the battlefield tapped.
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Angel's TrumpetArtifactAll creatures have vigilance.
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CrawlspaceArtifactNo more than two creatures can attack you each combat. The goblins did not understand their attraction to the mana rig. They simply knew it was where they belonged. |
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Damping EngineArtifactA player who controls more permanents than each other player can't play lands or cast artifact, creature, or enchantment spells. That player may sacrifice a permanent for that player to ignore this effect until end of turn.
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Grim MonolithArtifactGrim Monolith doesn't untap during your untap step. Part prison, part home. |
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Iron MaidenArtifactAt the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, Iron Maiden deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in his or her hand minus 4. The maiden is a jealous lover. |
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Memory JarArtifact, Sacrifice Memory Jar: Each player exiles all cards from his or her hand face down and draws seven cards. At the beginning of the next end step, each player discards his or her hand and returns to his or her hand each card he or she exiled this way.
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Ring of GixArtifactEcho (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.) Not every cage is made of bars. |
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ScrapheapArtifactWhenever an artifact or enchantment is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you gain 1 life. Junk heaps have rats, but scrapheaps have goblins. |
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Thran LensArtifactAll permanents are colorless. "Every device in the rig is evidence of Thran enlightenment. All mana was the same to them, whether from rock or water, growth or decay. Can you imagine such unity of vision?" |
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Thran WeaponryArtifactEcho (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.)
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Urza's BlueprintsArtifactEcho (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.) From concept to paper to reality. |
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Wheel of TortureArtifactAt the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, Wheel of Torture deals X damage to that player, where X is 3 minus the number of cards in his or her hand. "I'd like to buy a bowel." |
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Braidwood CupArtifact: You gain 1 life. "I think it no accident that every civilized people has discovered the art of distillation." |
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Braidwood SextantArtifact, , Sacrifice Braidwood Sextant: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
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Powder KegArtifactAt the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a fuse counter on Powder Keg.
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Scrying GlassArtifact, : Choose a number greater than 0 and a color. Target opponent reveals his or her hand. If that opponent reveals exactly the chosen number of cards of the chosen color, you draw a card.
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Thran DynamoArtifact: Add to your mana pool. Urza's metathran children were conceived, birthed, and nurtured by an integrated system of machines. |
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Thran FoundryArtifact, , Exile Thran Foundry: Target player shuffles his or her graveyard into his or her library. "What we do not use up, we use again." |
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Urza's IncubatorArtifactAs Urza's Incubator enters the battlefield, choose a creature type. "Stop thinking like an artificer, Urza, and start thinking like a father!" |
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Assembly HallArtifact, : Reveal a creature card in your hand. Search your library for a card with the same name as that card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
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Barbed WireArtifactAt the beginning of each player's upkeep, Barbed Wire deals 1 damage to that player. A steel snake with ten thousand teeth. |
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Bargaining TableArtifact, : Draw a card. X is the number of cards in an opponent's hand. Although it looks like a game, business around the table is deadly serious. |
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Credit VoucherArtifact, , Sacrifice Credit Voucher: Shuffle any number of cards from your hand into your library, then draw that many cards.
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Crooked ScalesArtifact, : Flip a coin. If you win the flip, destroy target creature an opponent controls. If you lose the flip, destroy target creature you control unless you pay and repeat this process.
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Crumbling SanctuaryArtifactIf damage would be dealt to a player, that player exiles that many cards from the top of his or her library instead.
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