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Sphinx Summoner

Artifact Creature - Sphinx

Flying

When Sphinx Summoner enters the battlefield, you may search your library for an artifact creature card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you do, shuffle your library.

Mana:
Power: 3/3
Cardset: Conflux #127 (Rare)
Type: Artifact Creature

Vectis Agents

Artifact Creature - Human Rogue

: Vectis Agents gets -2/-0 until end of turn and is unblockable this turn.

With their life energy suppressed under their etherium enhancements, thieves from Esper found it surprisingly easy to explore the ruins of Grixis.

Mana:
Power: 4/3
Cardset: Conflux #131 (Common)
Type: Artifact Creature

Vedalken Outlander

Artifact Creature - Vedalken Scout

Protection from red

The Seekers of Carmot searched across the unknown lands for the mystical red stone that could reforge Esper in ethereal perfection.

Mana:
Power: 2/2
Cardset: Conflux #132 (Common)
Type: Artifact Creature

Cloudheath Drake

Artifact Creature - Drake

Flying

: Cloudheath Drake gains vigilance until end of turn.

A permanent storm rages over the plain of Cloudheath, and drakes ride its currents-two reminders that some elements of Esper will not be controlled.

Mana:
Power: 3/3
Cardset: Shards of Alara #35 (Common)
Type: Artifact Creature

Courier's Capsule

Artifact

, , Sacrifice Courier's Capsule: Draw two cards.

In ages past, Esper couriers bore messages written on ornate scrolls. The medium has grown more sophisticated, but the principle remains the same.

Mana:
Cardset: Shards of Alara #37 (Common)
Type: Artifact

Dispeller's Capsule

Artifact

, , Sacrifice Dispeller's Capsule: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

"I find its symmetry pleasing. It rids our world of offensive refuse while disposing of itself."
-Dolomarus, Proctor of the Clean

Mana:
Cardset: Modern Masters #12 (Common)
Shards of Alara #8 (Common)
Type: Artifact

Esper Battlemage

Artifact Creature - Human Wizard

, : Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to you this turn.

, : Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

She can heal the flesh, or exploit its many weaknesses.

Mana:
Power: 2/2
Cardset: Shards of Alara #40 (Uncommon)
Type: Artifact Creature

Etherium Astrolabe

Artifact

Flash

, , Sacrifice an artifact: Draw a card.

"Speculation is foolish when the tools of certainty are available."
-Cinna, vedalken consul

Mana:
Cardset: Shards of Alara #41 (Uncommon)
Type: Artifact

Etherium Sculptor

Artifact Creature - Vedalken Artificer

Artifact spells you cast cost less to cast.

The greatest masters of the craft abandon tools altogether, shaping metal with hand and mind alone.

Mana:
Power: 1/2
Cardset: Modern Masters #44 (Common)
Shards of Alara #42 (Common)
Type: Artifact Creature

Ethersworn Canonist

Artifact Creature - Human Cleric

Each player who has cast a nonartifact spell this turn can't cast additional nonartifact spells.

"The noble work of our order is to infuse all life on Esper with etherium. Our goal will be reached more rapidly if new life is . . . suppressed."

Mana:
Power: 2/2
Cardset: Modern Masters #14 (Rare)
Shards of Alara #10 (Rare)
Type: Artifact Creature

Executioner's Capsule

Artifact

, , Sacrifice Executioner's Capsule: Destroy target nonblack creature.

There is always a moment of trepidation before opening a message capsule, for fear of the judgment that might be contained within.

Mana:
Cardset: Modern Masters #83 (Uncommon)
Shards of Alara #75 (Common)
Type: Artifact

Filigree Sages

Artifact Creature - Vedalken Wizard

: Untap target artifact.

"We of the Sanctum Arcanum have pondered every word on every page of the Filigree Texts. If you can't say the same, don't bother speaking."

Mana:
Power: 2/3
Cardset: Shards of Alara #44 (Uncommon)
Type: Artifact Creature

Glaze Fiend

Artifact Creature - Illusion

Flying

Whenever another artifact enters the battlefield under your control, Glaze Fiend gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Before the zealots of the Ethersworn came to power, Esper illusionists dreamed up creations to mimic a variety of substances.

Mana:
Cardset: Shards of Alara #77 (Common)
Type: Artifact Creature

Immortal Coil

Artifact

, Exile two cards from your graveyard: Draw a card.

If damage would be dealt to you, prevent that damage. Exile a card from your graveyard for each 1 damage prevented this way.

When there are no cards in your graveyard, you lose the game.

Mana:
Cardset: Shards of Alara #79 (Rare)
Type: Artifact

Lich's Mirror

Artifact

If you would lose the game, instead shuffle your hand, your graveyard, and all permanents you own into your library, then draw seven cards and your life total becomes 20.

It shows not what you are but what you were.

Mana:
Cardset: Shards of Alara #210 (Mythic Rare)
Type: Artifact

Marble Chalice

Artifact

: You gain 1 life.

The cup was a gift from the sphinx Tameron, who hoped that those who drank from it would live long enough to decrypt the sphinxes' wisdom.

Mana:
Cardset: Shards of Alara #18 (Common)
Type: Artifact

Master of Etherium

Artifact Creature - Vedalken Wizard

Master of Etherium's power and toughness are each equal to the number of artifacts you control.

Other artifact creatures you control get +1/+1.

"Only a mind unfettered with the concerns of the flesh can see the world as it truly is."

Mana:
Power: */*
Cardset: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret #48 (Rare)
Shards of Alara #49 (Rare)
Type: Artifact Creature

Metallurgeon

Artifact Creature - Human Artificer

, : Regenerate target artifact.

"By the time I got there, the heart had stopped. Fortunately, I was able to replace it with something better."

Mana:
Power: 1/2
Cardset: Archenemy #2 (Uncommon)
Shards of Alara #19 (Uncommon)
Type: Artifact Creature

Mindlock Orb

Artifact

Players can't search libraries.

Rogue mechanists once rummaged through the wastes of the Tidehollow, constructing unauthorized golems to threaten the hegemony of the sphinxes. The orbs put a stop to that.

Mana:
Cardset: Shards of Alara #51 (Rare)
Type: Artifact

Minion Reflector

Artifact

Whenever a nontoken creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may pay . If you do, put a token that's a copy of that creature onto the battlefield. That token has haste and "At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this permanent."

To crack a mirror is to provide an opening for the reflection to escape.

Mana:
Cardset: Shards of Alara #211 (Rare)
Type: Artifact

Obelisk of Bant

Artifact

: Add , , or to your mana pool.

Whether incorporated into the structure of castles or admired as lone symbols, the obelisks stand for Bant's values of loyalty, honor, and truth.

Mana:
Cardset: Shards of Alara #212 (Common)
Type: Artifact

Obelisk of Esper

Artifact

: Add , , or to your mana pool.

It is a monument as austere, unyielding, and inscrutable as Esper itself.

Mana:
Cardset: Commander 2013 #250 (Common)
Archenemy #113 (Common)
Shards of Alara #213 (Common)
Type: Artifact

Obelisk of Grixis

Artifact

: Add , , or to your mana pool.

Like most features of Grixis, the obelisks that remain from the time of Alara now exist only for dark exploitation.

Mana:
Cardset: Commander 2013 #251 (Common)
Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas #60 (Common)
Shards of Alara #214 (Common)
Type: Artifact

Obelisk of Jund

Artifact

: Add , , or to your mana pool.

Volcanic ash-winds batter it, climbing vines overwhelm it, dragonfire roasts it, and yet it still stands as a testament to a forgotten world.

Mana:
Cardset: Commander 2013 #252 (Common)
Shards of Alara #215 (Common)
Type: Artifact

Obelisk of Naya

Artifact

: Add , , or to your mana pool.

Centuries have passed since the plane shattered, yet the obelisks of each shard faithfully serve their long-forgotten purpose.

Mana:
Cardset: Shards of Alara #216 (Common)
Type: Artifact

Onyx Goblet

Artifact

: Target player loses 1 life.

The goblet was a gift from the sphinx Gorael, who hoped humans and vedalken would eventually destroy each other to acquire it, leaving all of Esper to her own kind.

Mana:
Cardset: Shards of Alara #81 (Common)
Type: Artifact

Protomatter Powder

Artifact

, , Sacrifice Protomatter Powder: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

"There is no such thing as scrap metal. All such material can be repaired with the proper bonding agent."
-Quennus, metallurgeon

Mana:
Cardset: Shards of Alara #53 (Uncommon)
Type: Artifact

Puppet Conjurer

Artifact Creature - Human Wizard

, : Put a 0/1 blue Homunculus artifact creature token onto the battlefield.

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a Homunculus.

He scowls at his imperfect creation, then crushes it to scrap. He salvages the etherium and begins anew.

Mana:
Power: 1/2
Cardset: Shards of Alara #82 (Uncommon)
Type: Artifact Creature

Quietus Spike

Artifact - Equipment

Equipped creature has deathtouch.

Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses half his or her life, rounded up.

Equip

Mana:
Cardset: Planechase 2012 #112 (Rare)
Shards of Alara #217 (Rare)
Type: Artifact

Relic of Progenitus

Artifact

: Target player exiles a card from his or her graveyard.

, Exile Relic of Progenitus: Exile all cards from all graveyards. Draw a card.

Elves believe the hydra-god Progenitus sleeps beneath Naya, feeding on forgotten magics.

Mana:
Cardset: Modern Masters #213 (Uncommon)
Shards of Alara #218 (Common)
Type: Artifact

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.

Mana:
Power: 6/4
Cardset: Shards of Alara #84 (Rare)
Type: Artifact Creature

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.

Mana:
Power: 2/3
Cardset: Modern Masters #28 (Common)
Archenemy #5 (Common)
Shards of Alara #24 (Common)
Type: Artifact Creature

Scourglass

Artifact

, Sacrifice Scourglass: Destroy all permanents except for artifacts and lands. Activate this ability only during your upkeep.

"Soon I will sleep, eyes closing to a world tarnished with flesh, and then wake to a polished vision."
-Sharuum

Mana:
Cardset: Shards of Alara #25 (Rare)
Type: Artifact

Sharding Sphinx

Artifact Creature - Sphinx

Flying

Whenever an artifact creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may put a 1/1 blue Thopter artifact creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

Whether mechanical or biological, life finds a way to propagate itself.

Mana:
Power: 4/4
Cardset: Commander 2013 #56 (Rare)
Shards of Alara #55 (Rare)
Type: Artifact Creature

Sharuum the Hegemon

Legendary Artifact Creature - Sphinx

Flying

When Sharuum the Hegemon enters the battlefield, you may return target artifact card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

To gain audience with the hegemon, one must bring a riddle she has not heard.

Mana:
Power: 5/5
Cardset: Commander 2013 #212 (Mythic Rare)
Shards of Alara #194 (Mythic Rare)
Type: Artifact Creature

Sigil of Distinction

Artifact - Equipment

Sigil of Distinction enters the battlefield with X charge counters on it.

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each charge counter on Sigil of Distinction.

Equip-Remove a charge counter from Sigil of Distinction.

Mana:
Cardset: Shards of Alara #219 (Rare)
Type: Artifact

Skill Borrower

Artifact Creature - Human Wizard

Play with the top card of your library revealed.

As long as the top card of your library is an artifact or creature card, Skill Borrower has all activated abilities of that card. (If any of the abilities use that card's name, use this creature's name instead.)

Mana:
Power: 1/3
Cardset: Shards of Alara #56 (Rare)
Type: Artifact Creature

Sphinx Sovereign

Artifact Creature - Sphinx

Flying

At the beginning of your end step, you gain 3 life if Sphinx Sovereign is untapped. Otherwise, each opponent loses 3 life.

"What rises without legs, whispers without a voice, bites without teeth, and dies without having life?"

Mana:
Power: 6/6
Cardset: Shards of Alara #196 (Mythic Rare)
Type: Artifact Creature

Sphinx's Herald

Artifact Creature - Vedalken Wizard

, , Sacrifice a white creature, a blue creature, and a black creature: Search your library for a card named Sphinx Sovereign and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.

He calls a riddle through the gaps of cloven clouds, hoping for an answer.

Mana:
Power: 1/1
Cardset: Shards of Alara #58 (Uncommon)
Type: Artifact Creature

Steelclad Serpent

Artifact Creature - Serpent

Steelclad Serpent can't attack unless you control another artifact.

"From the highest towers to the deepest sea, all life must be touched by etherium."
-Lodus of the Ethersworn

Mana:
Power: 4/5
Cardset: Shards of Alara #59 (Common)
Type: Artifact Creature
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