Flowstone Armor

Artifact

You may choose not to untap Flowstone Armor during your untap step.

, : Target creature gets +1/-1 for as long as Flowstone Armor remains tapped.

Flowstone Thopter

Artifact Creature - Thopter

: Flowstone Thopter gets +1/-1 and gains flying until end of turn.

Airborne flowstone isn't less dangerous, only less common.

Kill Switch

Artifact

, : Tap all other artifacts. They don't untap during their controllers' untap steps for as long as Kill Switch remains tapped.

Success is largely a matter of knowing which lever to pull.

Parallax Inhibitor

Artifact

, , Sacrifice Parallax Inhibitor: Put a fade counter on each permanent with fading you control.

"The best I can offer is a temporary reprieve."
-Belbe

Predator, Flagship

Legendary Artifact

: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

, : Destroy target creature with flying.

"The scourge of Skyshroud is airborne once more."
-Oracle en-Vec

Rackling

Artifact Creature - Construct

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, Rackling deals X damage to that player, where X is 3 minus the number of cards in his or her hand.

"This may hurt a little."

Rejuvenation Chamber

Artifact

Fading 2 (This artifact enters the battlefield with two fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)

: You gain 2 life.

Rusting Golem

Artifact Creature - Golem

Fading 5 (This creature enters the battlefield with five fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)

Rusting Golem's power and toughness are each equal to the number of fade counters on it.

Tangle Wire

Artifact

Fading 4 (This artifact enters the battlefield with four fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player taps an untapped artifact, creature, or land he or she controls for each fade counter on Tangle Wire.

Viseling

Artifact Creature - Construct

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, Viseling deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in his or her hand minus 4.

"This may hurt a lot."

Assembly Hall

Artifact

, : 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.

Barbed Wire

Artifact

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, Barbed Wire deals 1 damage to that player.

: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt by Barbed Wire this turn.

A steel snake with ten thousand teeth.

Bargaining Table

Artifact

, : 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.

Credit Voucher

Artifact

, , Sacrifice Credit Voucher: Shuffle any number of cards from your hand into your library, then draw that many cards.

Crenellated Wall

Artifact Creature - Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

: Target creature gets +0/+4 until end of turn.

Mercadian soldiers excel at finding things to stand behind.

Crooked Scales

Artifact

, : 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.

Crumbling Sanctuary

Artifact

If damage would be dealt to a player, that player exiles that many cards from the top of his or her library instead.

Eye of Ramos

Artifact

: Add to your mana pool.

Sacrifice Eye of Ramos: Add to your mana pool.

Ramos wept, and there were seas.

General's Regalia

Artifact

: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, that damage is dealt to target creature you control instead.

A uniform fit for a goblin.

Heart of Ramos

Artifact

: Add to your mana pool.

Sacrifice Heart of Ramos: Add to your mana pool.

Ramos bled, and there was fire.

Henge Guardian

Artifact Creature - Dragon Wurm

: Henge Guardian gains trample until end of turn.

Like so many Thran relics, the wurm engine kept operating long after its creators were gone.

Horn of Plenty

Artifact

Whenever a player casts a spell, he or she may pay . If that player does, he or she draws a card at the beginning of the next end step.

"This horn is an exact replica of the fabled Horn of Ramos, except mine is more lavish."
-Mercadian magistrate

Horn of Ramos

Artifact

: Add to your mana pool.

Sacrifice Horn of Ramos: Add to your mana pool.

Ramos touched, and there was life.

Iron Lance

Artifact

, : Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.

"The only way to get Mercadians to fight on the front lines is to give them really long weapons."
-Gerrard

Jeweled Torque

Artifact

As Jeweled Torque enters the battlefield, choose a color.

Whenever a player casts a spell of the chosen color, you may pay . If you do, you gain 2 life.

Kyren Archive

Artifact

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may exile the top card of your library face down.

, Discard your hand, Sacrifice Kyren Archive: Put all cards exiled with Kyren Archive into their owner's hand.

Kyren Toy

Artifact

, : Put a charge counter on Kyren Toy.

, Remove X charge counters from Kyren Toy: Add to your mana pool.

Magistrate's Scepter

Artifact

, : Put a charge counter on Magistrate's Scepter.

, Remove three charge counters from Magistrate's Scepter: Take an extra turn after this one.

Mercadian Atlas

Artifact

At the beginning of your end step, if you didn't play a land this turn, you may draw a card.

One may as well chart the clouds as try to map Mercadia.

Mercadian Lift

Artifact

, : Put a winch counter on Mercadian Lift.

, Remove X winch counters from Mercadian Lift: You may put a creature card with converted mana cost X from your hand onto the battlefield.

Monkey Cage

Artifact

When a creature enters the battlefield, sacrifice Monkey Cage and put X 2/2 green Ape creature tokens onto the battlefield, where X is that creature's converted mana cost.

Panacea

Artifact

, : Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

A drop numbs the tongue. A sip sends the heart racing. A draught reforges the body.

Power Matrix

Artifact

: Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains flying, first strike, and trample until end of turn.

As he repaired the ship's planeswalking engine, Karn saw for the first time how he could catalyze the Weatherlight's evolution.

Puffer Extract

Artifact

, : Target creature you control gets +X/+X until end of turn. Destroy it at the beginning of the next end step.

The puffer's flesh is the deadliest in the sea-and therefore the most useful.

Rishadan Pawnshop

Artifact

, : Shuffle target nontoken permanent you control into its owner's library.

Everything comes to the waterfront eventually, on the tide or on credit.

Skull of Ramos

Artifact

: Add to your mana pool.

Sacrifice Skull of Ramos: Add to your mana pool.

Ramos fell, and there was night.

Tooth of Ramos

Artifact

: Add to your mana pool.

Sacrifice Tooth of Ramos: Add to your mana pool.

Ramos smiled, and there was day.

Toymaker

Artifact Creature - Spellshaper

, , Discard a card: Target noncreature artifact becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its converted mana cost until end of turn. (It retains its abilities.)

Worry Beads

Artifact

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player puts the top card of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

Braidwood Cup

Artifact

: You gain 1 life.

"I think it no accident that every civilized people has discovered the art of distillation."
-Rofellos of Llanowar

Braidwood Sextant

Artifact

, , Sacrifice Braidwood Sextant: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

Brass Secretary

Artifact Creature - Construct

, Sacrifice Brass Secretary: Draw a card.

The students disliked the secretary for its unfailing memory-until they discovered it couldn't dodge thrown objects.

Extruder

Artifact Creature - Juggernaut

Echo (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.)

Sacrifice an artifact: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

As the invasion drew closer, Urza's means began to resemble Phyrexia's end.

Junk Diver

Artifact Creature - Bird

Flying

When Junk Diver dies, return another target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Garbage in, treasure out.

Masticore

Artifact Creature - Masticore

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Masticore unless you discard a card.

: Masticore deals 1 damage to target creature.

: Regenerate Masticore.

Metalworker

Artifact Creature - Construct

: Reveal any number of artifact cards in your hand. Add to your mana pool for each card revealed this way.

"At this rate I fully expect to be replaced by a clockwork golem by year's end."
-Barrin

Powder Keg

Artifact

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a fuse counter on Powder Keg.

, Sacrifice Powder Keg: Destroy each artifact and creature with converted mana cost equal to the number of fuse counters on Powder Keg.

Scrying Glass

Artifact

, : 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.

Thran Dynamo

Artifact

: Add to your mana pool.

Urza's metathran children were conceived, birthed, and nurtured by an integrated system of machines.

Thran Foundry

Artifact

, , Exile Thran Foundry: Target player shuffles his or her graveyard into his or her library.

"What we do not use up, we use again."
-Urza

Urza's Incubator

Artifact

As Urza's Incubator enters the battlefield, choose a creature type.

Creature spells of the chosen type cost less to cast.

"Stop thinking like an artificer, Urza, and start thinking like a father!"
-Rayne, Academy Chancellor

Amber Prison

Artifact

You may choose not to untap Amber Prison during your untap step.

, : Tap target artifact, creature, or land. That permanent doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as Amber Prison remains tapped.

Charcoal Diamond

Artifact

Charcoal Diamond enters the battlefield tapped.

: Add to your mana pool.

Cursed Totem

Artifact

Activated abilities of creatures can't be activated.

Pass me from soul to soul, / soldier to herder, herder to beast, beast to soil / until I am everywhere. / Then pass me those souls.
-Totem inscription (translated)

Dragon Mask

Artifact

, : Target creature you control gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Return it to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step. (Return it only if it's on the battlefield.)

"With no further options, I was forced to don the mask."
-Rashida Scalebane

Fire Diamond

Artifact

Fire Diamond enters the battlefield tapped.

: Add to your mana pool.

Grinning Totem

Artifact

, , Sacrifice Grinning Totem: Search target opponent's library for a card and exile it. Then that player shuffles his or her library. Until the beginning of your next upkeep, you may play that card. At the beginning of your next upkeep, if you haven't played it, put it into its owner's graveyard.

Lead Golem

Artifact Creature - Golem

Whenever Lead Golem attacks, it doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Slow and heavy swings the club.

Mana Prism

Artifact

: Add to your mana pool.

, : Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.

Marble Diamond

Artifact

Marble Diamond enters the battlefield tapped.

: Add to your mana pool.

Moss Diamond

Artifact

Moss Diamond enters the battlefield tapped.

: Add to your mana pool.

Mystic Compass

Artifact

, : Target land becomes the basic land type of your choice until end of turn.

Patagia Golem

Artifact Creature - Golem

: Patagia Golem gains flying until end of turn.

It scattered falcons like a lion hunting among jackals.

Sky Diamond

Artifact

Sky Diamond enters the battlefield tapped.

: Add to your mana pool.

Snake Basket

Artifact

, Sacrifice Snake Basket: Put X 1/1 green Snake creature tokens onto the battlefield. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.

"Uh, does anyone have a flute?"
-Rana, Suq'Ata market fool

Storm Cauldron

Artifact

Each player may play an additional land during each of his or her turns.

Whenever a land is tapped for mana, return it to its owner's hand.

Wand of Denial

Artifact

: Look at the top card of target player's library. If it's a nonland card, you may pay 2 life. If you do, put it into that player's graveyard.

You'll never miss what you never had.

Angel's Trumpet

Artifact

All creatures have vigilance.

At the beginning of each player's end step, tap all untapped creatures that player controls that didn't attack this turn. Angel's Trumpet deals damage to the player equal to the number of creatures tapped this way.

Crawlspace

Artifact

No 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.

Damping Engine

Artifact

A 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.

Grim Monolith

Artifact

Grim Monolith doesn't untap during your untap step.

: Add to your mana pool.

: Untap Grim Monolith.

Part prison, part home.

Iron Maiden

Artifact

At 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.

Jhoira's Toolbox

Artifact Creature - Insect

: Regenerate target artifact creature.

It entertained Jhoira to craft a kit that could bring her the tools.

Memory Jar

Artifact

, 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.

Ring of Gix

Artifact

Echo (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.)

, : Tap target artifact, creature, or land.

Not every cage is made of bars.

Scrapheap

Artifact

Whenever an artifact or enchantment is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you gain 1 life.

Junk heaps have rats, but scrapheaps have goblins.

Thran Lens

Artifact

All 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?"
-Urza, journal

Thran War Machine

Artifact Creature - Construct

Echo (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.)

Thran War Machine attacks each turn if able.

Thran Weaponry

Artifact

Echo (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.)

You may choose not to untap Thran Weaponry during your untap step.

, : All creatures get +2/+2 for as long as Thran Weaponry remains tapped.

Ticking Gnomes

Artifact Creature - Gnome

Echo (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.)

Sacrifice Ticking Gnomes: Ticking Gnomes deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

Urza's Blueprints

Artifact

Echo (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.)

: Draw a card.

From concept to paper to reality.

Wheel of Torture

Artifact

At 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."

Barrin's Codex

Artifact

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a page counter on Barrin's Codex.

, , Sacrifice Barrin's Codex: Draw X cards, where X is the number of page counters on Barrin's Codex.

Cathodion

Artifact Creature - Construct

When Cathodion dies, add to your mana pool.

Instead of creating a tool that would be damaged by heat, the Thran built one that was charged by it.

Claws of Gix

Artifact

, 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.

Copper Gnomes

Artifact Creature - Gnome

, Sacrifice Copper Gnomes: You may put an artifact card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Start with eleven gnomes and a room of parts, and come morning you'll have ten and a monster the likes of which you've never seen.

Crystal Chimes

Artifact

, , 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.

Dragon Blood

Artifact

, : Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Fire in the blood, fire in the belly.

Endoskeleton

Artifact

You may choose not to untap Endoskeleton during your untap step.

, : Target creature gets +0/+3 for as long as Endoskeleton remains tapped.

Fluctuator

Artifact

Cycling 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.

Hopping Automaton

Artifact Creature - Construct

: Hopping Automaton gets -1/-1 and gains flying until end of turn.

Designed to carry equipment across rivers, the hopping automaton was soon pressed into service in the infantry.

Karn, Silver Golem

Legendary Artifact Creature - Golem

Whenever Karn, Silver Golem blocks or becomes blocked, it gets -4/+4 until end of turn.

: Target noncreature artifact becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its converted mana cost until end of turn.

Lifeline

Artifact

Whenever 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.

Lotus Blossom

Artifact

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a petal counter on Lotus Blossom.

, Sacrifice Lotus Blossom: Add X mana of any one color to your mana pool, where X is the number of petal counters on Lotus Blossom.

Metrognome

Artifact

When a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard Metrognome, put four 1/1 colorless Gnome artifact creature tokens onto the battlefield.

, : Put a 1/1 colorless Gnome artifact creature token onto the battlefield.

Mishra's Helix

Artifact

, : Tap X target lands.

The helix was the finest example of Mishra's campaign strategy: if he couldn't have Argoth, no one could.

Mobile Fort

Artifact Creature - Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

: Mobile Fort gets +3/-1 until end of turn and can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender. Activate this ability only once each turn.

Noetic Scales

Artifact

At 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.

Phyrexian Processor

Artifact

As Phyrexian Processor enters the battlefield, pay any amount of life.

, : Put an X/X black Minion creature token onto the battlefield, where X is the life paid as Phyrexian Processor entered the battlefield.

Purging Scythe

Artifact

At 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.