Smokestack

Artifact

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a soot counter on Smokestack.

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a permanent for each soot counter on Smokestack.

Temporal Aperture

Artifact

, : 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.)

Thran Turbine

Artifact

At 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."

Umbilicus

Artifact

At 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.

Wall of Junk

Artifact Creature - Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

Whenever Wall of Junk blocks, return it to its owner's hand at end of combat. (Return it only if it's on the battlefield.)

Urza saw the wall and realized that even if he tore every Phyrexian to pieces, they would still resist him.

Whetstone

Artifact

: Each player puts the top two cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

To hone swords and dull minds.
-Whetstone inscription

Wirecat

Artifact Creature - Cat

Wirecat can't attack or block if an enchantment is on the battlefield.

Its purr is the sound of iron filings sliding down satin.

Worn Powerstone

Artifact

Worn Powerstone enters the battlefield tapped.

: Add to your mana pool.

Erratic Portal

Artifact

, : 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!"

Medicine Bag

Artifact

, , 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."
-Orim, journal

Memory Crystal

Artifact

Buyback costs cost less.

Hues of recollection flicker like facets of a gem.

Mindless Automaton

Artifact Creature - Construct

Mindless Automaton enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it.

, Discard a card: Put a +1/+1 counter on Mindless Automaton.

Remove two +1/+1 counters from Mindless Automaton: Draw a card.

Null Brooch

Artifact

, , Discard your hand: Counter target noncreature spell.

Give away everything so others have nothing.
-Brooch inscription

Skyshaper

Artifact

Sacrifice 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."
-Hanna, Weatherlight navigator

Sphere of Resistance

Artifact

Spells cost more to cast.

A sphere pushes equally in all directions.

Thopter Squadron

Artifact Creature - Thopter

Flying

Thopter Squadron enters the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on it.

, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Thopter Squadron: Put a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying onto the battlefield. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.

, Sacrifice another Thopter: Put a +1/+1 counter on Thopter Squadron. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.

Transmogrifying Licid

Artifact Creature - Licid

, : Transmogrifying Licid loses this ability and becomes an Aura enchantment with enchant creature. Attach it to target creature. You may pay to end this effect.

Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and is an artifact in addition to its other types.

Workhorse

Artifact Creature - Horse

Workhorse enters the battlefield with four +1/+1 counters on it.

Remove a +1/+1 counter from Workhorse: Add to your mana pool.

Bullwhip

Artifact

, : 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."
-Volrath

Heartstone

Artifact

Activated 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."
-Hanna

Horn of Greed

Artifact

Whenever a player plays a land, that player draws a card.

"Rath grows, and I am nourished."
-Volrath

Hornet Cannon

Artifact

, : 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.

Jinxed Ring

Artifact

Whenever a nontoken permanent is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, Jinxed Ring deals 1 damage to you.

Sacrifice a creature: Target opponent gains control of Jinxed Ring. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Mox Diamond

Artifact

If 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.

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

Portcullis

Artifact

Whenever 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.

Shifting Wall

Artifact Creature - Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

Shifting Wall enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it.

"You'd almost think Volrath doesn't want me here."
-Gerrard

Sword of the Chosen

Legendary Artifact

: Target legendary creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

One shard of Selenia yet remained.

Volrath's Laboratory

Artifact

As Volrath's Laboratory enters the battlefield, choose a color and a creature type.

, : Put a 2/2 creature token of the chosen color and type onto the battlefield.

Altar of Dementia

Artifact

Sacrifice 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."
-Volrath

Coiled Tinviper

Artifact Creature - Snake

First strike

The bite of the tinviper feels most like a razor drawn across the tongue.

Cold Storage

Artifact

: Exile target creature you control.

Sacrifice Cold Storage: Return each creature card exiled with Cold Storage to the battlefield under your control.

Cursed Scroll

Artifact

, : 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.

Echo Chamber

Artifact

, : 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.

Emerald Medallion

Artifact

Green spells you cast cost less to cast.

Emmessi Tome

Artifact

, : 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.

Energizer

Artifact Creature - Juggernaut

, : Put a +1/+1 counter on Energizer.

Like a kettle set to boil, it must eventually go off-on someone.

Essence Bottle

Artifact

, : Put an elixir counter on Essence Bottle.

, Remove all elixir counters from Essence Bottle: You gain 2 life for each elixir counter removed this way.

Excavator

Artifact

, Sacrifice a basic land: Target creature gains landwalk of each of the land types of the sacrificed land until end of turn.

Flowstone Sculpture

Artifact Creature - Shapeshifter

, Discard a card: Put a +1/+1 counter on Flowstone Sculpture or Flowstone Sculpture gains flying, first strike, or trample. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

The sculptor, weary of his work, created art that would finish itself.

Fool's Tome

Artifact

, : Draw a card. Activate this ability only if you have no cards in hand.

Squee: "What's that?"
Ertai: "It's a magical book."
Squee: "Am I smart enough ta use it?"
Ertai: "You could say that."

Grindstone

Artifact

, : 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."
-Crovax

Helm of Possession

Artifact

You may choose not to untap Helm of Possession during your untap step.

, , Sacrifice a creature: Gain control of target creature for as long as you control Helm of Possession and Helm of Possession remains tapped.

Jet Medallion

Artifact

Black spells you cast cost less to cast.

Lotus Petal

Artifact

, 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."

Magnetic Web

Artifact

If a creature with a magnet counter on it attacks, all creatures with magnet counters on them attack if able.

Whenever a creature with a magnet counter on it attacks, all creatures with magnet counters on them block that creature this turn if able.

, : Put a magnet counter on target creature.

Manakin

Artifact Creature - Construct

: Add to your mana pool.

Hanna regarded Squee sternly. "Because it's not a toy, no matter how much it may look like one," she said, taking the manakin from him.

Metallic Sliver

Artifact Creature - Sliver

When the clever counterfeit was accepted by the hive, Volrath's influence upon the slivers grew even stronger.

Mogg Cannon

Artifact

: 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.

Pearl Medallion

Artifact

White spells you cast cost less to cast.

Phyrexian Grimoire

Artifact

, : 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.

Phyrexian Splicer

Artifact

, : 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.

Puppet Strings

Artifact

, : You may tap or untap target creature.

"Have no illusions," Volrath warned Greven, "about free will."

Ruby Medallion

Artifact

Red spells you cast cost less to cast.

Sapphire Medallion

Artifact

Blue spells you cast cost less to cast.

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

Scroll Rack

Artifact

, : 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.

Squee's Toy

Artifact

: 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.

Telethopter

Artifact Creature - Thopter

Tap an untapped creature you control: Telethopter gains flying until end of turn.

After losing several of the devices to midair collisions, Greven forbade moggs from operating telethopters.

Thumbscrews

Artifact

At 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."
-Volrath

Torture Chamber

Artifact

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a pain counter on Torture Chamber.

At the beginning of your end step, Torture Chamber deals damage to you equal to the number of pain counters on it.

, , Remove all pain counters from Torture Chamber: Torture Chamber deals damage to target creature equal to the number of pain counters removed this way.

Watchdog

Artifact Creature - Hound

Watchdog blocks each turn if able.

As long as Watchdog is untapped, all creatures attacking you get -1/-0.

Its growl is a long, rumbling grind of gears and clockwork, its bark a blast of hissing steam.

Bösium Strip

Artifact

, : 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.

Bubble Matrix

Artifact

Prevent 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."
-Hanna, Weatherlight navigator

Chimeric Sphere

Artifact

: Until end of turn, Chimeric Sphere becomes a 2/1 Construct artifact creature with flying.

: Until end of turn, Chimeric Sphere becomes a 3/2 Construct artifact creature without flying.

Dingus Staff

Artifact

Whenever a creature dies, Dingus Staff deals 2 damage to that creature's controller.

"A sharp conscience is the weapon of the soul."
-Hanna, Weatherlight navigator

Jabari's Banner

Artifact

, : 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.)

Jangling Automaton

Artifact Creature - Construct

Whenever Jangling Automaton attacks, untap all creatures defending player controls.

"We always look upon our first creations as masterpieces, no matter how awful they are."
-Hanna, Weatherlight navigator

Mana Web

Artifact

Whenever 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.

Null Rod

Artifact

Activated abilities of artifacts can't be activated.

Gerrard: "But it doesn't do anything!"
Hanna: "No-it does nothing."

Phyrexian Furnace

Artifact

: Exile the bottom card of target player's graveyard.

, Sacrifice Phyrexian Furnace: Exile target card from a graveyard. Draw a card.

Serrated Biskelion

Artifact Creature - Construct

: Put a -1/-1 counter on Serrated Biskelion and a -1/-1 counter on target creature.

"Whereas I was created to protect, the biskelion was created to destroy."
-Karn, silver golem

Straw Golem

Artifact Creature - Golem

When an opponent casts a creature spell, sacrifice Straw Golem.

"Don't look at me. I didn't build it."
-Hanna, Weatherlight navigator

Thran Forge

Artifact

: 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."

Thran Tome

Artifact

, : 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.

Touchstone

Artifact

: Tap target artifact you don't control.

"One touch to the stone and the sidar's son turned me from stalwart to statue."
-Karn, silver golem

Well of Knowledge

Artifact

: Draw a card. Any player may activate this ability but only during his or her draw step.

Xanthic Statue

Artifact

: 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."
-Karn, silver golem

Ashnod's Altar

Artifact

Sacrifice a creature: Add to your mana pool.

The Brothers' War scarred the land, but Ashnod left her mark in the bloodlines of those she tortured.

Ashnod's Transmogrant

Artifact

, Sacrifice Ashnod's Transmogrant: Put a +1/+1 counter on target nonartifact creature. That creature becomes an artifact in addition to its other types.

Ashnod found few willing to trade their humanity for the power she offered.

Barbed Sextant

Artifact

, , Sacrifice Barbed Sextant: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Barl's Cage

Artifact

: Target creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

For a dozen years the cage had held Lord Ith, but as the Pretender Mairsil's power weakened, so did the bars.

Clockwork Steed

Artifact Creature - Horse

Clockwork Steed enters the battlefield with four +1/+0 counters on it.

Clockwork Steed can't be blocked by artifact creatures.

At end of combat, if Clockwork Steed attacked or blocked this combat, remove a +1/+0 counter from it.

, : Put up to X +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Steed. This ability can't cause the total number of +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Steed to be greater than four. Activate this ability only during your upkeep.

Crown of the Ages

Artifact

, : Attach target Aura attached to a creature to another creature.

Elkin Bottle

Artifact

, : Exile the top card of your library. Until the beginning of your next upkeep, you may play that card.

Feldon's Cane

Artifact

, Exile Feldon's Cane: Shuffle your graveyard into your library.

Feldon found the first of these canes frozen in the Ronom Glacier.

Feroz's Ban

Artifact

Creature spells cost more to cast.

"Without the protection of Feroz's Ban, I fear the Homelands are lost."
-Daria

Gauntlets of Chaos

Artifact

, Sacrifice Gauntlets of Chaos: Exchange control of target artifact, creature, or land you control and target permanent an opponent controls that shares one of those types with it. If those permanents are exchanged this way, destroy all Auras attached to them.

Infinite Hourglass

Artifact

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a time counter on Infinite Hourglass.

All creatures get +1/+0 for each time counter on Infinite Hourglass.

: Remove a time counter from Infinite Hourglass. Any player may activate this ability but only during any upkeep step.

Jalum Tome

Artifact

, : Draw a card, then discard a card.

This timeworn relic was responsible for many of Urza's victories, though he never fully comprehended its mystic runes.

Joven's Tools

Artifact

, : Target creature can't be blocked this turn except by Walls.

"If that thief Joven ever shows his head around here again, make sure he leaves without it."
-Eron the Relentless

Obelisk of Undoing

Artifact

, : Return target permanent you both own and control to your hand.

The Battle of Tomakul taught Urza not to rely on fickle reinforcements.

Pentagram of the Ages

Artifact

, : The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.

A mirror, a shield, a promise, a great distance, and a kind word-five ways to avoid harm.

Serpent Generator

Artifact

, : Put a 1/1 colorless Snake artifact creature token onto the battlefield. It has "Whenever this creature deals damage to a player, that player gets a poison counter." (A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.)

Skull Catapult

Artifact

, , Sacrifice a creature: Skull Catapult deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

"Let any who doubt the evil of using the ancient devices look at this infernal machine. What manner of fiend would design such a sadistic device?"
-Sorine Relicbane, Soldevi heretic

Time Bomb

Artifact

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a time counter on Time Bomb.

, , Sacrifice Time Bomb: Time Bomb deals damage equal to the number of time counters on it to each creature and each player.

Urza's Bauble

Artifact

, Sacrifice Urza's Bauble: Look at a card at random in target player's hand. You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Anvil of Bogardan

Artifact

Players have no maximum hand size.

At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws an additional card, then discards a card.

Brass-Talon Chimera

Artifact Creature - Chimera

First strike

Sacrifice Brass-Talon Chimera: Put a +2/+2 counter on target Chimera creature. It gains first strike. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Diamond Kaleidoscope

Artifact

, : Put a 0/1 colorless Prism artifact creature token onto the battlefield.

Sacrifice a Prism token: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.

"A pretty toy. Now show me its tactical applications."
-Telim'Tor

Helm of Awakening

Artifact

Spells cost less to cast.

"This little prize will cover your head, your spells, your bets, and your behind!"
-Pashad ibn Asim, Suq'Ata trader