Scepter of Empires

Artifact

: Scepter of Empires deals 1 damage to target player. It deals 3 damage to that player instead if you control artifacts named Crown of Empires and Throne of Empires.

"With this scepter, smite your enemies."
-Scepter inscription

Scepter of Dominance

Artifact

, : Tap target permanent.

"Whether or not you will bow to me is not open to debate. The question is, will I ever let you rise?"
-Fridius, telemin master

Scarecrow

Artifact Creature - Scarecrow

, : Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn by creatures with flying.

There was more malice in its button eyes than should have been possible in something that had never known life.

Scarecrone

Artifact Creature - Scarecrow

, Sacrifice a Scarecrow: Draw a card.

, : Return target artifact creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Her poppets bring joy to the truly depraved.

Scarab of the Unseen

Artifact

, Sacrifice Scarab of the Unseen: Return all Auras attached to target permanent you own to their owners' hands. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Scale of Chiss-Goria

Artifact

Flash

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs less to cast for each artifact you control.)

: Target creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn.

Scalding Tongs

Artifact

At 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."
-Volrath

Sawtooth Thresher

Artifact Creature - Construct

Sunburst (This enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it.)

Remove two +1/+1 counters from Sawtooth Thresher: Sawtooth Thresher gets +4/+4 until end of turn.

Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII

Artifact

As Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII enters the battlefield, choose white Citizen, blue Camarid, black Thrull, red Goblin, or green Saproling.

, : Put a 1/1 creature token of the chosen color and type onto the battlefield.

The past still lives within its pages, waiting for its time to come again.

Sarcomite Myr

Artifact Creature - Myr

: Sarcomite Myr gains flying until end of turn.

, Sacrifice Sarcomite Myr: Draw a card.

"A horrible sight, yes, but the sounds . . . Its twanging tendons and grinding gears are almost musical."
-Brudiclad, Telchor engineer

Sapphire Medallion

Artifact

Blue spells you cast cost less to cast.

Sandstone Deadfall

Artifact

, Sacrifice two lands and Sandstone Deadfall: Destroy target attacking creature.

"Two or three tons of rock can really get you down-and keep you there."
-Kamahl, pit fighter

Sands of Time

Artifact

Each player skips his or her untap step.

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player simultaneously untaps each tapped artifact, creature, and land he or she controls and taps each untapped artifact, creature, and land he or she controls.

"But once, with a magician's help, Time was stopped and Day stood still."
-"Love Song of Night and Day"

Sands of Delirium

Artifact

, : Target player puts the top X cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

It counts down your last few moments of sanity.

Sandals of Abdallah

Artifact

, : Target creature gains islandwalk until end of turn. When that creature dies this turn, destroy Sandals of Abdallah.

Sand Golem

Artifact Creature - Golem

When a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard Sand Golem, return Sand Golem from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it at the beginning of the next end step.

Sanctum Plowbeast

Artifact Creature - Beast

Defender

Plainscycling , islandcycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a Plains or Island card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.)

Sanctum Gargoyle

Artifact Creature - Gargoyle

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.

Salvaging Station

Artifact

: Return target noncreature artifact card with converted mana cost 1 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Whenever a creature dies, you may untap Salvaging Station.

Salvage Titan

Artifact Creature - Golem

You may sacrifice three artifacts rather than pay Salvage Titan's mana cost.

Exile three artifact cards from your graveyard: Return Salvage Titan from your graveyard to your hand.

Salvage Slasher

Artifact Creature - Human Rogue

Salvage Slasher gets +1/+0 for each artifact card in your graveyard.

Esper artificers never imagined that one day their scraps would be pressed against their soft and fragile throats.

Sai of the Shinobi

Artifact - Equipment

Equipped creature gets +1/+1.

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may attach Sai of the Shinobi to it.

Equip

The passing of the sai presages the end of the old clan and the ascent of the new.

Sacred Armory

Artifact

: Target creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Arrive for worship. Leave for war.

Saberclaw Golem

Artifact Creature - Golem

: Saberclaw Golem gains first strike until end of turn.

The warriors of the Blade Tribe charged the golem, twenty strong. They returned numbering ten . . . and a half.

Rustspore Ram

Artifact Creature - Sheep

When Rustspore Ram enters the battlefield, destroy target Equipment.

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.

Rusted Slasher

Artifact Creature - Horror

Sacrifice an artifact: Regenerate Rusted Slasher.

"It's a beautiful vision. Discarded debris is reborn as a singular entity."
-Urabrask the Hidden

Rusted Sentinel

Artifact Creature - Golem

Rusted Sentinel enters the battlefield tapped.

It has to deliberate a moment on the best way to break your face.

Rusted Relic

Artifact

Metalcraft - Rusted Relic is a 5/5 Golem artifact creature as long as you control three or more artifacts.

"We consider rust a curable disease."
-Tarrin, Hammer-Tribe shaman

Rust Tick

Artifact Creature - Insect

You may choose not to untap Rust Tick during your untap step.

, : Tap target artifact. It doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as Rust Tick remains tapped.

Rust Elemental

Artifact Creature - Elemental

Flying

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice an artifact other than Rust Elemental. If you can't, tap Rust Elemental and you lose 4 life.

Runesword

Artifact

, : Target attacking creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. When that creature leaves the battlefield this turn, sacrifice Runesword. If the creature deals damage to a creature this turn, the creature dealt damage can't be regenerated this turn. If a creature dealt damage by the targeted creature would die this turn, exile that creature instead.

Runed Stalactite

Artifact - Equipment

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and is every creature type.

Equip

When a changeling adopts a form no other changeling has taken, a rune appears in the caverns of Velis Vel to mark the event.

Runed Servitor

Artifact Creature - Construct

When Runed Servitor dies, each player draws a card.

Scholars had puzzled for centuries over the ruins at Tal Terig. Its secrets had always lived within one rune-carved head.

Runed Arch

Artifact

Runed Arch enters the battlefield tapped.

, , Sacrifice Runed Arch: X target creatures with power 2 or less are unblockable this turn.

Runechanter's Pike

Artifact - Equipment

Equipped creature has first strike and gets +X/+0, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard.

Equip

As sharp as its bearer's words of faith.

Ruby Medallion

Artifact

Red spells you cast cost less to cast.

Roterothopter

Artifact Creature - Thopter

Flying

: Roterothopter gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate this ability no more than twice each turn.

"The Roterothopter is as insidious as it is ingenious. It is one of the few creations of our school that I take no pride in."
-Baki, Wizard Attendant

Ronin Warclub

Artifact - Equipment

Equipped creature gets +2/+1.

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, attach Ronin Warclub to that creature.

Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Rogue's Gloves

Artifact - Equipment

Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card.

Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Professional pilferers prefer proper preparation.