Ancestral Knowledge

Enchantment

Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

When Ancestral Knowledge enters the battlefield, look at the top ten cards of your library, then exile any number of them and put the rest back on top of your library in any order.

When Ancestral Knowledge leaves the battlefield, shuffle your library.

Angelic Renewal

Enchantment

Whenever a creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may sacrifice Angelic Renewal. If you do, return that card to the battlefield.

Apathy

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

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

At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player may discard a card at random. If he or she does, untap that creature.

Betrothed of Fire

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Sacrifice an untapped creature: Enchanted creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Sacrifice enchanted creature: Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn.

Briar Shield

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.

Sacrifice Briar Shield: Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

In all its forms, the forest is the elves' best protector.

Coils of the Medusa

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +1/-1.

Sacrifice Coils of the Medusa: Destroy all non-Wall creatures blocking enchanted creature.

Serpentine locks shape ornate rocks.

Downdraft

Enchantment

: Target creature loses flying until end of turn.

Sacrifice Downdraft: Downdraft deals 2 damage to each creature with flying.

Empyrial Armor

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each card in your hand.

"An angel appeared in the smoldering skies above the fray, her clothes as flames, her armor as fire."
-"Hymn of Angelfire"

Festering Evil

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, Festering Evil deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.

, Sacrifice Festering Evil: Festering Evil deals 3 damage to each creature and each player.

Fire Whip

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature you control

Enchanted creature has ": This creature deals 1 damage to target creature or player."

Sacrifice Fire Whip: Fire Whip deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

Goblin Bomb

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may flip a coin. If you win the flip, put a fuse counter on Goblin Bomb. If you lose the flip, remove a fuse counter from Goblin Bomb.

Remove five fuse counters from Goblin Bomb, Sacrifice Goblin Bomb: Goblin Bomb deals 20 damage to target player.

Heart of Bogardan

Enchantment

Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

When a player doesn't pay Heart of Bogardan's cumulative upkeep, Heart of Bogardan deals X damage to target player and each creature he or she controls, where X is twice the number of age counters on Heart of Bogardan minus 2.

Heat Stroke

Enchantment

At end of combat, destroy each creature that blocked or was blocked this turn.

"Stroke of heat or stroke of blade. Choose your fate, traitor."
-Maraxus of Keld, to Starke

Infernal Tribute

Enchantment

, Sacrifice a nontoken permanent: Draw a card.

"I would not barter my soul for any of the filth that they called power. So they took it from me and damned me to solitude."
-Crovax

Inner Sanctum

Enchantment

Cumulative upkeep-Pay 2 life. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to creatures you control.

"Save me from Maraxus," Starke pleaded, "or condemn me to his wrath. Either way, do not ignore me!"

Kithkin Armor

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 3 or greater.

Sacrifice Kithkin Armor: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to enchanted creature this turn, prevent that damage.

Mana Chains

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature has "Cumulative upkeep ." (At the beginning of its controller's upkeep, that player puts an age counter on it, then sacrifices it unless he or she pays its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

"The Lord of the Wastes must be destroyed; I am bound to this destiny by the chains of fate. If only Gerrard would see his part."
-Sisay, journal

Nature's Kiss

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

, Exile the top card of your graveyard: Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

"I cradle my rage even as the earth cradles my dead kin."
-Mirri of the Weatherlight

Pendrell Mists

Enchantment

All creatures have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay ."

As insubstantial-and as insistent-as appetite.

Phantom Wings

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature has flying.

Sacrifice Phantom Wings: Return enchanted creature to its owner's hand.

"But you said 'when goats fly!'" Squee whined.

Psychic Vortex

Enchantment

Cumulative upkeep-Draw a card. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

At the beginning of your end step, sacrifice a land and discard your hand.

"Tolaria floats upon a wheel of fortune."
-Ertai, wizard adept

Teferi's Veil

Enchantment

Whenever a creature you control attacks, it phases out at end of combat. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before you untap during your next untap step.)

"I don't like to speak ill of 'walkers . . . but just what did Teferi think he was doing?"
-Ertai, wizard adept

Wave of Terror

Enchantment

Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

At the beginning of your draw step, destroy each creature with converted mana cost equal to the number of age counters on Wave of Terror. They can't be regenerated.

The sea of fear has endless depths.

Anti-Magic Aura

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature can't be the target of spells and can't be enchanted. This effect doesn't remove Anti-Magic Aura.

Arenson's Aura

Enchantment

, Sacrifice an enchantment: Destroy target enchantment.

: Counter target enchantment spell.

"Cloak me in mystery, hide my names from my enemies, and let me draw from the well of power."
-Halvor Arenson, Kjeldoran priest

Armor of Faith

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.

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

"Keep your chain mail, warrior. I have my own form of protection."
-Halvor Arenson, Kjeldoran priest

Æther Storm

Enchantment

Creature spells can't be cast.

Pay 4 life: Destroy Æther Storm. It can't be regenerated. Any player may activate this ability.

Thunder in the wind / no rain / peace mourns its passing.

Binding Grasp

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Binding Grasp unless you pay .

You control enchanted creature.

Enchanted creature gets +0/+1.

"What I want, I take."
-Gustha Ebbasdotter,
Kjeldoran royal mage

Breeding Pit

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Breeding Pit unless you pay .

At the beginning of your end step, put a 0/1 black Thrull creature token onto the battlefield.

The thrulls bred at a terrifying pace. In the end, they overwhelmed the Order of the Ebon Hand.

Carapace

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +0/+2.

Sacrifice Carapace: Regenerate enchanted creature.

"Now that's a fashion statement."
-Devin, faerie noble

Caribou Range

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant land you control

Enchanted land has ", : Put a 0/1 white Caribou creature token onto the battlefield."

Sacrifice a Caribou token: You gain 1 life.

Cloak of Confusion

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature you control

Whenever enchanted creature attacks and isn't blocked, you may have it assign no combat damage this turn. If you do, defending player discards a card at random.

Conquer

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant land

You control enchanted land.

"Every field watered in warriors' blood is sacred ground. Lay it not to waste, but claim it for our own-for glory, and for Stromgald!"
-Avram Garrisson,
Leader of the Knights of Stromgald

Dance of Many

Enchantment

When Dance of Many enters the battlefield, put a token that's a copy of target nontoken creature onto the battlefield.

When Dance of Many leaves the battlefield, exile the token.

When the token leaves the battlefield, sacrifice Dance of Many.

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Dance of Many unless you pay .

Errantry

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +3/+0 and can only attack alone.

"There is no shame in solitude. The lone knight may succeed where a hundred founder."
-Arna Kennerüd, skyknight

Funeral March

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

When enchanted creature leaves the battlefield, its controller sacrifices a creature.

"Turn the key deftly in the oiled wards,
And seal the hushed casket of my soul."
-John Keats, "To Sleep"

Goblin War Drums

Enchantment

Each creature you control can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.

"Goblins charge with a deafening war cry. The cry doesn't mean anything-it just drowns out the drums!"
-Reod Dai, mercenary

Goblin Warrens

Enchantment

, Sacrifice two Goblins: Put three 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens onto the battlefield.

"Goblins bred underground, their numbers hidden from the enemy until it was too late."
-Sarpadian Empires, vol. IV

Greater Realm of Preservation

Enchantment

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

Hecatomb

Enchantment

When Hecatomb enters the battlefield, sacrifice Hecatomb unless you sacrifice four creatures.

Tap an untapped Swamp you control: Hecatomb deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

Imposing Visage

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.

With the horrible mask, Lagfrak the Low terrorized the countryside. But then he met Il-Chunt, the mask's model . . . .

Ironclaw Curse

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets -0/-1.

Enchanted creature can't block creatures with power equal to or greater than the enchanted creature's toughness.

Justice

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Justice unless you pay .

Whenever a red creature or spell deals damage, Justice deals that much damage to that creature's or spell's controller.

Krovikan Fetish

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

When Krovikan Fetish enters the battlefield, draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.

Some Krovikans find strength in the ears and eyes of their victims and wear such fetishes into battle.

Leshrac's Rite

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature has swampwalk.

"Bind me to thee, my soul to thine. I am your servant and your slave. Blood for blood, flesh for flesh, Leshrac, my lord."
-Lim-Dûl, the Necromancer

Necropotence

Enchantment

Skip your draw step.

Whenever you discard a card, exile that card from your graveyard.

Pay 1 life: Exile the top card of your library face down. Put that card into your hand at the beginning of your next end step.

Primal Order

Enchantment

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, Primal Order deals damage to that player equal to the number of nonbasic lands he or she controls.

"My sorrow: to dream of simple times, and wake in mine . . . ."
-Ola DaRiol, "Regrets"

Prismatic Ward

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

As Prismatic Ward enters the battlefield, choose a color.

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to enchanted creature by sources of the chosen color.

Serra Bestiary

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Serra Bestiary unless you pay .

Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated abilities with in their costs can't be activated.

Soul Barrier

Enchantment

Whenever an opponent casts a creature spell, Soul Barrier deals 2 damage to that player unless he or she pays .

"The Soul selects her own Society-
Then-shuts the Door-"
-Emily Dickinson,
"The Soul selects her own Society"

Thrull Retainer

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.

Sacrifice Thrull Retainer: Regenerate enchanted creature.

"Until the Rebellion, thrulls served their masters faithfully-even at the cost of their own lives."
-Sarpadian Empires, vol. II

Betrayal

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature an opponent controls

Whenever enchanted creature becomes tapped, you draw a card.

"Sometimes a burden can be borne only on the shoulders of a willing enemy."
-Suq'Ata aphorism

Blanket of Night

Enchantment

Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.

"Kaervek imprisoned Mangara out of jealousy, but he taints Jamuraa simply out of spite."
-Asmira, Holy Avenger

Breathstealer's Crypt

Enchantment

If a player would draw a card, instead he or she draws a card and reveals it. If it's a creature card, that player discards it unless he or she pays 3 life.

"Far too many soldiers have died in their beds."
-Telim'Tor

City of Solitude

Enchantment

Players can cast spells and activate abilities only during their own turns.

"My horizon was the arcing petals, my new home resplendent with spires of weeds and pillows of fragrant pollen."
-Naimah, Femeref philosopher

Corrosion

Enchantment

Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a rust counter on each artifact target opponent controls. Then destroy each artifact with converted mana cost less than or equal to the number of rust counters on it. Artifacts destroyed this way can't be regenerated.

When Corrosion leaves the battlefield, remove all rust counters from all permanents.

Dark Privilege

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.

Sacrifice a creature: Regenerate enchanted creature.

"As you breathe your last, understand why I accept such forbidden gifts."
-Purraj of Urborg

Death Watch

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

When enchanted creature dies, its controller loses life equal to its power and you gain life equal to its toughness.

"Watch death wait / Wait, death, watch / Steal breath swiftly / but steal life slowly."
-Suq'Ata dirge

Desolation

Enchantment

At the beginning of each end step, each player who tapped a land for mana this turn sacrifices a land. Desolation deals 2 damage to each player who sacrificed a Plains this way.

"Kill a creature, destroy the present. Kill the land, destroy the future."
-Kaervek

Dream Tides

Enchantment

Creatures don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player may choose any number of tapped nongreen creatures he or she controls and pay for each creature chosen this way. If the player does, untap those creatures.

Elephant Grass

Enchantment

Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

Black creatures can't attack you.

Nonblack creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays for each creature he or she controls that's attacking you.

"How have I angered nature that she would imprison me in a labyrinth of grass?"
-Kasib ibn Naji, Letters

Elkin Lair

World Enchantment

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player exiles a card at random from his or her hand. The player may play that card this turn. At the beginning of the next end step, if the player hasn't played the card, he or she puts it into his or her graveyard.

Equipoise

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, for each land target player controls in excess of the number you control, choose a land he or she controls, then the chosen permanents phase out. Repeat this process for artifacts and creatures. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. They phase in before that player untaps during his or her next untap step.)

Eye of Singularity

World Enchantment

When Eye of Singularity enters the battlefield, destroy each permanent with the same name as another permanent, except for basic lands. They can't be regenerated.

Whenever a permanent other than a basic land enters the battlefield, destroy all other permanents with that name. They can't be regenerated.

Flooded Shoreline

Enchantment

, Return two Islands you control to their owner's hand: Return target creature to its owner's hand.

"Some say the sea is jealous of the land and wishes to climb its heights to meet the sky."
-Afari, Tales

Gossamer Chains

Enchantment

Return Gossamer Chains to its owner's hand: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target unblocked creature this turn.

"Harah swung his sword mightily, but still the air held him fast."
-Azeworai, "Kenechi's Dream"

Heat Wave

Enchantment

Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

Blue creatures can't block creatures you control.

Nonblue creatures can't block creatures you control unless their controller pays 1 life for each blocking creature he or she controls.

Katabatic Winds

Enchantment

Phasing (This phases in or out before you untap during each of your untap steps. While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist.)

Creatures with flying can't attack or block, and their activated abilities with in their costs can't be activated.

Wind will win, whatever we wish.

Lightning Cloud

Enchantment

Whenever a player casts a red spell, you may pay . If you do, Lightning Cloud deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

The mightiest clouds sit upon spires of fire.
-Femeref adage

Mob Mentality

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature has trample.

Whenever all non-Wall creatures you control attack, enchanted creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of attacking creatures.

"Why is loud stupidity so infectious?"
-Rana, Suq'Ata market fool

Mortal Wound

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

When enchanted creature is dealt damage, destroy it.

"Their tears spill over Jamuraa. Mixed with blood, they wash everything red."
-"Love Song of Night and Day"

Mystic Veil

Enchantment - Aura

You may cast Mystic Veil as though it had flash. If you cast it any time a sorcery couldn't have been cast, the controller of the permanent it becomes sacrifices it at the beginning of the next cleanup step.

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

"Magic is my thread, my will the needle. I weave over you as if you never were."
-Poetics of Hanan

Necromancy

Enchantment

You may cast Necromancy as though it had flash. If you cast it any time a sorcery couldn't have been cast, the controller of the permanent it becomes sacrifices it at the beginning of the next cleanup step.

When Necromancy enters the battlefield, if it's on the battlefield, it becomes an Aura with "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with Necromancy." Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control and attach Necromancy to it. When Necromancy leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it.

Parapet

Enchantment

You may cast Parapet as though it had flash. If you cast it any time a sorcery couldn't have been cast, the controller of the permanent it becomes sacrifices it at the beginning of the next cleanup step.

Creatures you control get +0/+1.

There is no wall that can't be improved by making it taller.

Pillar Tombs of Aku

World Enchantment

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player may sacrifice a creature. If that player doesn't, he or she loses 5 life and you sacrifice Pillar Tombs of Aku.

"Aku, City of Hidden Graves / Aku, City of Lost Kings / Aku, welcome me."
-Pillar tomb inscription

Relic Ward

Enchantment - Aura

You may cast Relic Ward as though it had flash. If you cast it any time a sorcery couldn't have been cast, the controller of the permanent it becomes sacrifices it at the beginning of the next cleanup step.

Enchant artifact

Enchanted artifact has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Asmira's prayers alone should have freed Mangara from the amber prison . . .

Righteous Aura

Enchantment

, Pay 2 life: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.

"Good is not a ‘thing.' You can neither touch nor own it. No, Good is a vision we all share and strive to make real."
-Asmira, Holy Avenger

Righteous War

Enchantment

White creatures you control have protection from black.

Black creatures you control have protection from white.

"This is a war without neutrality."
-Asmira, Holy Avenger

Spider Climb

Enchantment - Aura

You may cast Spider Climb as though it had flash. If you cast it any time a sorcery couldn't have been cast, the controller of the permanent it becomes sacrifices it at the beginning of the next cleanup step.

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +0/+3 and has reach. (It can block creatures with flying.)

Squandered Resources

Enchantment

Sacrifice a land: Add to your mana pool one mana of any type the sacrificed land could produce.

"He traded sand for skins, skins for gold, gold for life. In the end, he traded life for sand."
-Afari, Tales

Suleiman's Legacy

Enchantment

When Suleiman's Legacy enters the battlefield, destroy all Djinns and Efreets. They can't be regenerated.

Whenever a Djinn or Efreet enters the battlefield, destroy it. It can't be regenerated.

With Suleiman's ascension to power, the djinn and efreets of ancient Rabiah learned humility.

Sun Clasp

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +1/+3.

: Return enchanted creature to its owner's hand.

"And darkness shall be cast from me
For my soul resides in the Sun."
-Femeref dirge

Teferi's Realm

World Enchantment

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player chooses artifact, creature, land, or non-Aura enchantment. All nontoken permanents of that type phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. Each one phases in before its controller untaps during his or her next untap step.)

"Fire is dead. Water has killed him."
-From The Stories of Nature

Vampirism

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

When Vampirism enters the battlefield, draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each other creature you control.

Other creatures you control get -1/-1.

Vanishing

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

: Enchanted creature phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before its controller untaps during his or her next untap step.)

"Careless, like a child with fire, so was I with time."
-Teferi

Afiya Grove

Enchantment

Afiya Grove enters the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on it.

At the beginning of your upkeep, move a +1/+1 counter from Afiya Grove onto target creature.

When Afiya Grove has no +1/+1 counters on it, sacrifice it.

Agility

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has flanking. (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.)

Armor of Thorns

Enchantment - Aura

You may cast Armor of Thorns as though it had flash. If you cast it any time a sorcery couldn't have been cast, the controller of the permanent it becomes sacrifices it at the beginning of the next cleanup step.

Enchant nonblack creature

Enchanted creature gets +2/+2.

Barbed Foliage

Enchantment

Whenever a creature attacks you, it loses flanking until end of turn.

Whenever a creature without flying attacks you, Barbed Foliage deals 1 damage to it.

Bazaar of Wonders

World Enchantment

When Bazaar of Wonders enters the battlefield, exile all cards from all graveyards.

Whenever a player casts a spell, counter it if a card with the same name is in a graveyard or a nontoken permanent with the same name is on the battlefield.

Binding Agony

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Whenever enchanted creature is dealt damage, Binding Agony deals that much damage to that creature's controller.

A crash of rhinos in my head
-Femeref expression meaning
"a severe head pain"

Cadaverous Bloom

Enchantment

Exile a card from your hand: Add or to your mana pool.

"It's filthy work, planting them."
-Kifimbo, Shadow Guildmage

Chaosphere

World Enchantment

Creatures with flying can block only creatures with flying.

Creatures without flying have reach. (They can block creatures with flying.)

"I dance the nothing dance, / Feet in the air, knives in the ground."
-Femeref chant

Circle of Despair

Enchantment

, Sacrifice a creature: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to target creature or player this turn, prevent that damage.

"Life is a resource that should belong only to the strong."
-Shauku, Endbringer

Cloak of Invisibility

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature has phasing and can't be blocked except by Walls. (It phases in or out before its controller untaps during each of his or her untap steps. While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist.)

"Useful . . . if you can find it."
-Pashad ibn Asim, Suq'Ata trader

Consuming Ferocity

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant non-Wall creature

Enchanted creature gets +1/+0.

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+0 counter on enchanted creature. If that creature has three or more +1/+0 counters on it, it deals damage equal to its power to its controller, then destroy that creature and it can't be regenerated.

Cycle of Life

Enchantment

Return Cycle of Life to its owner's hand: Target creature you cast this turn becomes 0/1 until your next upkeep. At the beginning of your next upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.

Thus does nature assert herself.

Decomposition

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant black creature

Enchanted creature has "Cumulative upkeep-Pay 1 life." (At the beginning of its controller's upkeep, that player puts an age counter on it, then sacrifices it unless he or she pays its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

When enchanted creature dies, its controller loses 2 life.

Energy Vortex

Enchantment

As Energy Vortex enters the battlefield, choose an opponent.

At the beginning of your upkeep, remove all energy counters from Energy Vortex.

At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, Energy Vortex deals 3 damage to that player unless he or she pays for each energy counter on Energy Vortex.

: Put X energy counters on Energy Vortex. Activate this ability only during your upkeep.

Favorable Destiny

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +1/+2 as long as it's white.

Enchanted creature has shroud as long as its controller controls another creature. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)