Opal Titan

Enchantment

When an opponent casts a creature spell, if Opal Titan is an enchantment, Opal Titan becomes a 4/4 Giant creature with protection from each of that spell's colors.

Parasitic Bond

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, Parasitic Bond deals 2 damage to that player.

"All bonds are parasitic. Only rulership is pure."
-Gix, Yawgmoth praetor

Pendrell Flux

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature has "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay its mana cost."

Devoured by the mists, Tolaria was stuck in time, trapped between two eternal heartbeats.

Planar Void

Enchantment

Whenever another card is put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile that card.

"Planeswalking isn't about walking. It's about falling and screaming."
-Xantcha, Phyrexian outcast

Power Taint

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant enchantment

At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted enchantment's controller, that player loses 2 life unless he or she pays .

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Recantation

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a verse counter on Recantation.

, Sacrifice Recantation: Return up to X target permanents to their owners' hands, where X is the number of verse counters on Recantation.

Remembrance

Enchantment

Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, you may search your library for a card with the same name as that creature, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you do, shuffle your library.

Retaliation

Enchantment

Creatures you control have "Whenever this creature becomes blocked by a creature, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn."

A foul, metallic stench clogged Urza's senses. It was then he knew his brother was no more.

Rumbling Crescendo

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a verse counter on Rumbling Crescendo.

, Sacrifice Rumbling Crescendo: Destroy up to X target lands, where X is the number of verse counters on Rumbling Crescendo.

Rune of Protection: Artifacts

Enchantment

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

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Rune of Protection: Black

Enchantment

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

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Rune of Protection: Blue

Enchantment

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

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Rune of Protection: Green

Enchantment

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

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Rune of Protection: Lands

Enchantment

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

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Rune of Protection: Red

Enchantment

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

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Rune of Protection: White

Enchantment

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

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Scald

Enchantment

Whenever a player taps an Island for mana, Scald deals 1 damage to that player.

"Shiv may be surrounded by water, but the mountains go far deeper."
-Fire Eye, viashino bey

Serra's Hymn

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a verse counter on Serra's Hymn.

Sacrifice Serra's Hymn: Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt this turn to any number of target creatures and/or players, divided as you choose, where X is the number of verse counters on Serra's Hymn.

Serra's Liturgy

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a verse counter on Serra's Liturgy.

, Sacrifice Serra's Liturgy: Destroy up to X target artifacts and/or enchantments, where X is the number of verse counters on Serra's Liturgy.

Sicken

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets -1/-1.

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Urza dared to attack Phyrexia. Slowly, it retaliated.

Sneak Attack

Enchantment

: You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Sacrifice the creature at the beginning of the next end step.

"Nothin' beat surprise-'cept rock."

Sporogenesis

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a fungus counter on target nontoken creature.

Whenever a creature with a fungus counter on it dies, put a 1/1 green Saproling creature token onto the battlefield for each fungus counter on that creature.

When Sporogenesis leaves the battlefield, remove all fungus counters from all creatures.

Sulfuric Vapors

Enchantment

If a red spell would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals that much damage plus 1 to that permanent or player instead.

It was the dragons who first learned to chase their prey into the vapors before igniting them.

Torch Song

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a verse counter on Torch Song.

, Sacrifice Torch Song: Torch Song deals X damage to target creature or player, where X is the number of verse counters on Torch Song.

Vampiric Embrace

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying.

Whenever a creature dealt damage by enchanted creature this turn dies, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.

Veil of Birds

Enchantment

When an opponent casts a spell, if Veil of Birds is an enchantment, Veil of Birds becomes a 1/1 Bird creature with flying.

When wind marries sky, even the bride's veil sings her praises.

Veiled Apparition

Enchantment

When an opponent casts a spell, if Veiled Apparition is an enchantment, Veiled Apparition becomes a 3/3 Illusion creature with flying and "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Veiled Apparition unless you pay ."

Veiled Crocodile

Enchantment

When a player has no cards in hand, if Veiled Crocodile is an enchantment, Veiled Crocodile becomes a 4/4 Crocodile creature.

Some roads are paved with bad intentions.

Veiled Sentry

Enchantment

When an opponent casts a spell, if Veiled Sentry is an enchantment, Veiled Sentry becomes an Illusion creature with power and toughness each equal to that spell's converted mana cost.

Veiled Serpent

Enchantment

When an opponent casts a spell, if Veiled Serpent is an enchantment, Veiled Serpent becomes a 4/4 Serpent creature that can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Venomous Fangs

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to a creature, destroy the other creature.

All the pain of the shattered forest contained in a single drop.

Vile Requiem

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a verse counter on Vile Requiem.

, Sacrifice Vile Requiem: Destroy up to X target nonblack creatures, where X is the number of verse counters on Vile Requiem. They can't be regenerated.

War Dance

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a verse counter on War Dance.

Sacrifice War Dance: Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of verse counters on War Dance.

Zephid's Embrace

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Spells will shun you, as will everyone else.

Bureaucracy

Enchantment

Pursuant to subsection 3.1 (4) of Richard's Rules of Order, during the upkeep of each participant in this game of the Magic: The Gathering® trading card game (hereafter known as "PLAYER"), that PLAYER performs all actions in the sequence of previously added actions (hereafter known as "ACTION QUEUE"), in the order those actions were added, then adds another action to the end of the ACTION QUEUE. All actions must be simple physical or verbal actions that a player can perform while sitting in a chair, without jeopardizing the health and security of said PLAYER.

If any PLAYER does not perform all the prescribed actions in the correct order, sacrifice Bureaucracy and said PLAYER discards his or her complement of cards in hand (hereafter known as "HAND").

Burning Cinder Fury of Crimson Chaos Fire

Enchantment

Whenever any player taps a card, that player gives control of that card to an opponent at end of turn.

If a player does not tap any nonland cards during his or her turn, Burning Cinder Fury of Crimson Chaos Fire deals 3 damage to that player at end of turn.

Cardboard Carapace

Enchantment - Aura

For each other Cardboard Carapace card you have with you, enchanted creature gets +1/+1.

Errata: This does not count any Cardboard Carapace cards in play that you control or in your graveyard, hand, or library.

. . . that exciting . . . about . . .

Censorship

Enchantment

When Censorship comes into play, choose a CENSORED word.

Whenever any CENSORED player says the chosen CENSORED word, Censorship deals 2 CENSORED damage to him or her.

Editor's note: There were no suitable flavor text submissions for this card.

Charm School

Enchantment - Aura

When Charm School comes into play, choose a color and balance Charm School on your head.

Prevent all damage to you of the chosen color.

If Charm School falls off your head, sacrifice Charm School.

Checks and Balances

Enchantment

Whenever any spell is played, counter that spell if each player, other than the caster and his or her teammates, agrees to choose and discard a card. Those players must discard those cards after agreeing.

Checks and Balances may be played only in a game with three or more players.

Common Courtesy

Enchantment

Counter any spell unless its caster asks your permission to play that spell. If you refuse permission, Sacrifice Common Courtesy and counter the spell.

"You didn't say the Magic word."

Fowl Play

Enchantment - Aura

Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a 1/1 creature that counts as a Chicken.

"I feel like chicken tonight!"

Free-for-All

Enchantment

When Free-for-All comes into play, set aside all creatures in play, face down.

During each player's upkeep, that player chooses a creature card at random from those set aside in this way and puts that creature into play under his or her control.

If Free-for-All leaves play, put each creature still set aside this way into its owner's graveyard.

Handcuffs

Enchantment

Target player keeps both hands in contact with each other. If he or she does not, sacrifice Handcuffs and that player sacrifices three cards in play.

"That was fun! Now me."
-Gwendlyn Di Corci

I'm Rubber, You're Glue

Enchantment

Speak only in rhyming sentences. If you do not, sacrifice I'm Rubber, You're Glue.

Say "I'm rubber, you're glue. Everything bounces off me and sticks to you": Target spell or ability, which targets only you, targets another player of your choice instead. (The new target must be legal.)

Mine, Mine, Mine!

Enchantment

When Mine, Mine, Mine comes into play, each player puts his or her library into his or her hand.

Each player skips his or her discard phase and does not lose as a result of being unable to draw a card.

Each player cannot play more than one spell each turn.

If Mine, Mine, Mine leaves play, each player shuffles his or her hand and graveyard into his or her library.

Ow

Enchantment

Whenever any creature damages a player, for each Ow card in play, that player says "Ow" once or Ow deals 1 damage to him or her.

Have you ever noticed how some flavor text has no relevance whatsoever to the card it's on?

Psychic Network

Enchantment

Each player reveals the top card of his or her library to all other players by continuously holding it against his or her forehead. This does not allow a player to look at his or her own card. (That card still counts as the top card of your library. Whenever you draw a card, draw that one and replace it with the next card of your library.)

Ricochet

Enchantment

Whenever any spell targets a single player, each player rolls a six-sided die. That spell is redirected to the player or players with the lowest die roll. If two or more players tie for the lowest die roll, they reroll until there is no tie.

Sorry

Enchantment

Before playing any spell, if a copy of that spell card is in any graveyard, the spell's caster may say "Sorry." If he or she does not, any other player may counter the spell by saying "Sorry" as it is cast.

If any player says "Sorry" at any other time, Sorry deals 2 damage to that player.

Squirrel Farm

Enchantment

: Choose a card in your hand. Covering the artist's name, reveal the card to target player. If that player cannot name the artist, reveal the artist's name and put a Squirrel token into play. Treat this token as a 1/1 green creature.

"And the ignorant shall fall to the squirrels."
-Chip 2:54

The Cheese Stands Alone

Enchantment

If you control no cards in play other than The Cheese Stands Alone and have no cards in your hand, you win the game.

The meat, on the other hand, has frequent visitors.

Volrath's Motion Sensor

Enchantment - Aura

When Volrath's Motion Sensor comes into play, choose target hand controlled by an opponent. Enchanted player balances Volrath's Motion Sensor on the back of that hand.

If Volrath's Motion Sensor falls off the hand, sacrifice Volrath's Motion Sensor and that player loses 3 life.

Bequeathal

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

When enchanted creature dies, you draw two cards.

"On my death, I give you this treasure: the knowledge that life is hard, yet too soon past."
-Dal funeral rite

Convalescence

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have 10 or less life, you gain 1 life.

Selenia had hurt Mirri terribly, but injuries of the flesh could be treated. The wounds she had torn in Crovax's soul would never close.

Cunning

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +3/+3.

When enchanted creature attacks or blocks, sacrifice Cunning at the beginning of the next cleanup step.

". . . Dry-walkers die
We feed on sweet flesh . . . ."
-Rootwater Saga

Cursed Flesh

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets -1/-1 and has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

A farewell to arms . . . and feet . . . and legs . . . .

Dizzying Gaze

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature you control

: Enchanted creature deals 1 damage to target creature with flying.

"When I cut down my angel I only started my fall."
-Crovax

Elven Palisade

Enchantment

Sacrifice a Forest: Target attacking creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn.

"Volrath is not the only one who can shape this world to serve him."
-Eladamri, Lord of Leaves

Limited Resources

Enchantment

When Limited Resources enters the battlefield, each player chooses five lands he or she controls and sacrifices the rest.

Players can't play lands as long as ten or more lands are on the battlefield.

Manabond

Enchantment

At the beginning of your end step, you may reveal your hand and put all land cards from it onto the battlefield. If you do, discard your hand.

Mind Over Matter

Enchantment

Discard a card: You may tap or untap target artifact, creature, or land.

Lyna turned to the figure beside her. "They're gone. What now?"
"As ever," said Urza, "we wait."

Oath of Druids

Enchantment

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player chooses target player who controls more creatures than he or she does and is his or her opponent. The first player may reveal cards from the top of his or her library until he or she reveals a creature card. If he or she does, that player puts that card onto the battlefield and all other cards revealed this way into his or her graveyard.

Oath of Ghouls

Enchantment

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player chooses target player whose graveyard has fewer creature cards in it than his or her graveyard does and is his or her opponent. The first player may return a creature card from his or her graveyard to his or her hand.

Oath of Lieges

Enchantment

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player chooses target player who controls more lands than he or she does and is his or her opponent. The first player may search his or her library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle his or her library.

Oath of Mages

Enchantment

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player chooses target player who has more life than he or she does and is his or her opponent. The first player may have Oath of Mages deal 1 damage to the second player.

Oath of Scholars

Enchantment

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player chooses target player who has more cards in hand than he or she does and is his or her opponent. The first player may discard his or her hand and draw three cards.

Onslaught

Enchantment

Whenever you cast a creature spell, tap target creature.

The last thing to go through the mogg's mind was its teeth.

Pandemonium

Enchantment

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, that creature's controller may have it deal damage equal to its power to target creature or player of his or her choice.

"If we cannot live proudly, we die so!"
-Eladamri, Lord of Leaves

Paroxysm

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player reveals the top card of his or her library. If that card is a land card, destroy that creature. Otherwise, it gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

Penance

Enchantment

Put a card from your hand on top of your library: The next time a black or red source of your choice would deal damage this turn, prevent that damage.

Predatory Hunger

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Whenever an opponent casts a creature spell, put a +1/+1 counter on enchanted creature.

Hunger growls, never purrs.

Reconnaissance

Enchantment

: Remove target attacking creature you control from combat and untap it.

War favors the informed.

Recurring Nightmare

Enchantment

Sacrifice a creature, Return Recurring Nightmare to its owner's hand: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.

"I am confined by sleep and defined by nightmare."
-Crovax

Shackles

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

: Return Shackles to its owner's hand.

Shackles of gold are still shackles.

Song of Serenity

Enchantment

Creatures that are enchanted can't attack or block.

Heartwood brings peace in great symphonies where dryads conduct the trees through every note.

Spellshock

Enchantment

Whenever a player casts a spell, Spellshock deals 2 damage to that player.

A snap of fingers, a snap of teeth.

Survival of the Fittest

Enchantment

, Discard a creature card: Search your library for a creature card, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

Volrath's Dungeon

Enchantment

Pay 5 life: Destroy Volrath's Dungeon. Any player may activate this ability but only during his or her turn.

Discard a card: Target player puts a card from his or her hand on top of his or her library. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.

Amok

Enchantment

, Discard a card at random: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Crovax's rage was horrifying. Within moments only blood and shreds of flesh remained of the shapeshifter.

Awakening

Enchantment

At the beginning of each upkeep, untap all creatures and lands.

"There are times when destiny calls forth a people and demands an action. Now is the time. We are the people. This is our action. Charge!"
-Eladamri, Lord of Leaves

Bottomless Pit

Enchantment

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player discards a card at random.

"I'm sure it came with the place. I don't think you build one on purpose."
-Gerrard

Burgeoning

Enchantment

Whenever an opponent plays a land, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

"The plants said, ‘We will fight the stone with root and stem and seed. We are patient. We will win.'"
-Skyshroud myth of the forest

Contemplation

Enchantment

Whenever you cast a spell, you gain 1 life.

"How fascinating it is to watch the machinations of one's own mind play themselves out."
-Volrath

Contempt

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Whenever enchanted creature attacks, return it and Contempt to their owners' hands at end of combat.

"Predictable little man. In all these years you taught me so much yet learned so little."
-Volrath, to Starke

Conviction

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +1/+3.

: Return Conviction to its owner's hand.

It was not the minotaur's shoulders but his soul that bore the heaviest weight.

Dream Halls

Enchantment

Rather than pay the mana cost for a spell, its controller may discard a card that shares a color with that spell.

Within without.

Flowstone Blade

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

: Enchanted creature gets +1/-1 until end of turn.

"Remember the fable of the elf who came upon a cave of gold. In trying to free the largest piece, she was crushed by its weight."
-Karn, silver golem

Heat of Battle

Enchantment

Whenever a creature blocks, Heat of Battle deals 1 damage to that creature's controller.

"Takara, it's me!" shouted Starke. It was no use-she obeyed Volrath.

Hesitation

Enchantment

When a player casts a spell, sacrifice Hesitation and counter that spell.

Gerrard hesitated, looking up at the enemy ship. The future hesitated with him, changed forever by the pause.

Hidden Retreat

Enchantment

Put a card from your hand on top of your library: Prevent all damage that would be dealt by target instant or sorcery spell this turn.

After an hour in the hidey-hole, Squee seriously pondered the advantages of danger over boredom.

Invasion Plans

Enchantment

All creatures block each turn if able.

The attacking player chooses how each creature blocks each turn.

Gerrard studied the globe as Mirri kept watch. Suddenly, his eyes widened. "This is Dominaria!"

Mortuary

Enchantment

Whenever a creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, put that card on top of your library.

"Think of them not as failures but as works in progress."
-Volrath

Pursuit of Knowledge

Enchantment

If you would draw a card, you may put a study counter on Pursuit of Knowledge instead.

Remove three study counters from Pursuit of Knowledge, Sacrifice Pursuit of Knowledge: Draw seven cards.

Samite Blessing

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature has ": The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to target creature this turn, prevent that damage."

Knit bone, darn flesh,
Stitch skin, weave breath.
-Samite healing ritual

Torment

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets -3/-0.

"Volrath has killed me. All that remains of me is the scar!"
-Tahngarth

Tortured Existence

Enchantment

, Discard a creature card: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

"There are terrors lurking in the unseen corners of us all."
-Crovax

Volrath's Gardens

Enchantment

, Tap an untapped creature you control: You gain 2 life. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.

"Watch yourself," warned Starke. "These plants aren't nice when they're hungry."

Aluren

Enchantment

Any player may play creature cards with converted mana cost 3 or less without paying their mana cost and as though they had flash.

Squee bounced up and down. "I sees a horsey, an' a piggy, an' a-"
"If you don't shut up," hissed Mirri, "you'll see a kidney and a spleeny."

Ancient Runes

Enchantment

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, Ancient Runes deals damage to that player equal to the number of artifacts he or she controls.

Ertai volunteered to open the portal. He figured he owed it one.