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Enchantment

Nonbasic lands don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.

"A ruler wears a crown while the rest of us wear hats, but which would you rather have when it's raining?"
-Barrin, Principia

Mana:
Cardset: Urza's Saga #62 (Rare)
Type: Enchantment

Barrin, Master Wizard

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard

, Sacrifice a permanent: Return target creature to its owner's hand.

"Knowledge is no more expensive than ignorance, and at least as satisfying."
-Barrin, master wizard

Mana:
Power: 1/1
Cardset: Urza's Saga #63 (Rare)
Type: Creature

Disruptive Student

Creature - Human Wizard

: Counter target spell unless its controller pays .

"Teferi is a problem student. Always late for class. No appreciation for constructive use of time."
-Barrin, progress report

Mana:
Power: 1/1
Cardset: Urza's Saga #69 (Common)
Type: Creature

Douse

Enchantment

: Counter target red spell.

The academy's libraries were protected by fire-prevention spells. Even after the disaster, the books were intact-though forever sealed in time.

Mana:
Cardset: Urza's Saga #70 (Uncommon)
Type: Enchantment

Rescind

Instant

Return target permanent to its owner's hand.

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

Mana:
Cardset: Urza's Saga #92 (Common)
Type: Instant

Show and Tell

Sorcery

Each player may put an artifact, creature, enchantment, or land card from his or her hand onto the battlefield.

At the academy, "show and tell" too often becomes "run and hide."

Mana:
Cardset: Urza's Saga #96 (Rare)
Type: Sorcery

Stroke of Genius

Instant

Target player draws X cards.

After a hundred failed experiments, Urza was stunned to find that common silver passed through the portal undamaged. He immediately designed a golem made of the metal.

Mana:
Cardset: Commander 2014 #129 (Rare)
Urza's Saga #100 (Rare)
Type: Instant

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.

Mana:
Cardset: Urza's Saga #108 (Rare)
Type: Enchantment

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.)

Mana:
Cardset: Urza's Saga #110 (Common)
Type: Enchantment

Windfall

Sorcery

Each player discards his or her hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

"To fill your mind with knowledge, we must start by emptying it."
-Barrin, master wizard

Mana:
Cardset: Commander #70 (Uncommon)
Urza's Saga #111 (Uncommon)
Type: Sorcery

Wizard Mentor

Creature - Human Wizard

: Return Wizard Mentor and target creature you control to their owner's hand.

Although some of the students quickly grasped the concept, the others could summon only blackboards.

Mana:
Power: 2/2
Cardset: Urza's Saga #112 (Common)
Type: Creature

Blood Vassal

Creature - Thrull

Sacrifice Blood Vassal: Add to your mana pool.

"They are bred to suffer and born to die. Much like humans."
-Gix, Yawgmoth praetor

Mana:
Power: 2/2
Cardset: Urza's Saga #118 (Common)
Type: Creature

Breach

Instant

Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains fear until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Mana:
Cardset: Urza's Saga #120 (Common)
Type: Instant

Contamination

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Contamination unless you sacrifice a creature.

If a land is tapped for mana, it produces instead of any other type and amount.

Mana:
Cardset: Urza's Saga #123 (Rare)
Type: Enchantment

Expunge

Instant

Destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

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

Mana:
Cardset: Urza's Saga #135 (Common)
Type: Instant

Lurking Evil

Enchantment

Pay half your life, rounded up: Lurking Evil becomes a 4/4 Horror creature with flying.

"Ash is our air, darkness our flesh."
-Phyrexian Scriptures

Mana:
Cardset: Urza's Saga #140 (Rare)
Type: Enchantment

Mana Leech

Creature - Leech

You may choose not to untap Mana Leech during your untap step.

: Tap target land. It doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as Mana Leech remains tapped.

Mana:
Power: 1/1
Cardset: Urza's Saga #141 (Uncommon)
Type: Creature

Phyrexian Ghoul

Creature - Zombie

Sacrifice a creature: Phyrexian Ghoul gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Phyrexia wastes nothing. Its food chain is a spiraling cycle.

Mana:
Power: 2/2
Cardset: Phyrexia vs. The Coalition #6 (Common)
Urza's Saga #148 (Common)
Type: Creature

Priest of Gix

Creature - Human Cleric Minion

When Priest of Gix enters the battlefield, add to your mana pool.

"Gix doesn't want a people to rule but puppets to entertain his madness."
-Xantcha, Phyrexian outcast

Mana:
Power: 2/1
Cardset: Phyrexia vs. The Coalition #7 (Uncommon)
Urza's Saga #150 (Uncommon)
Type: Creature

Ravenous Skirge

Creature - Imp

Flying

Whenever Ravenous Skirge attacks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Hunger is a kind of madness-and here, all madness flourishes.

Mana:
Power: 1/1
Cardset: Urza's Saga #152 (Common)
Type: Creature

Sanguine Guard

Creature - Zombie Knight

First strike

: Regenerate Sanguine Guard.

"Father of Machines! Your filigree gaze carves us, and the scars dance upon our grateful flesh."
-Phyrexian Scriptures

Mana:
Power: 2/2
Cardset: Phyrexia vs. The Coalition #9 (Uncommon)
Urza's Saga #155 (Uncommon)
Type: Creature

Spined Fluke

Creature - Worm Horror

When Spined Fluke enters the battlefield, sacrifice a creature.

: Regenerate Spined Fluke.

Its spines are prized as writing quills by the priests of Gix.

Mana:
Power: 5/1
Cardset: Urza's Saga #160 (Uncommon)
Type: Creature

Victimize

Sorcery

Choose two target creature cards in your graveyard. Sacrifice a creature. If you do, return the chosen cards to the battlefield tapped.

The priest cast Xantcha to the ground. "It is defective. We must scrap it."

Mana:
Cardset: Commander 2014 #169 (Uncommon)
Conspiracy #133 (Uncommon)
Urza's Saga #166 (Uncommon)
Type: Sorcery

Yawgmoth's Will

Sorcery

Until end of turn, you may play cards from your graveyard.

If a card would be put into your graveyard from anywhere this turn, exile that card instead.

Mana:
Cardset: Urza's Saga #171 (Rare)
Type: Sorcery

Acidic Soil

Sorcery

Acidic Soil deals damage to each player equal to the number of lands he or she controls.

Phyrexia had tried to take Urza's soul. He was relieved that Shiv tried to claim only his soles.

Mana:
Cardset: Urza's Saga #172 (Uncommon)
Type: Sorcery

Arc Lightning

Sorcery

Arc Lightning deals 3 damage divided as you choose among one, two, or three target creatures and/or players.

Rainclouds don't last long in Shiv, but that doesn't stop the lightning.

Mana:
Cardset: Khans of Tarkir #97 (Uncommon)
Urza's Saga #174 (Common)
Type: Sorcery

Destructive Urge

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Whenever enchanted creature deals combat damage to a player, that player sacrifices a land.

Red sky at night, dragon's delight.

Mana:
Cardset: Urza's Saga #180 (Uncommon)
Type: Enchantment

Dromosaur

Creature - Lizard

Whenever Dromosaur blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +2/-2 until end of turn.

They say dromosaurs are frightened of dogs, even little ones. There are no dogs in Shiv. Not even little ones.

Mana:
Power: 2/3
Cardset: Urza's Saga #182 (Common)
Type: Creature

Fire Ants

Creature - Insect

: Fire Ants deals 1 damage to each other creature without flying.

Visitors to Shiv fear the dragons, the goblins, or the viashino. Natives fear the ants.

Mana:
Power: 2/1
Cardset: Urza's Saga #187 (Uncommon)
Type: Creature

Goblin Offensive

Sorcery

Put X 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens onto the battlefield.

They certainly are.

Mana:
Cardset: Urza's Saga #192 (Uncommon)
Type: Sorcery

Guma

Creature - Cat

Protection from blue

When the giant returned for the night, he found a dead merfolk on his pillow. Although he praised the little guma, he inwardly wondered where she had hid the head.

Mana:
Power: 2/2
Cardset: Urza's Saga #197 (Uncommon)
Type: Creature

Scrap

Instant

Destroy target artifact.

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

Mana:
Cardset: Urza's Saga #213 (Common)
Type: Instant

Shivan Raptor

Creature - Lizard

First strike, haste

Echo (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)

Mana:
Power: 3/1
Cardset: Urza's Saga #215 (Uncommon)
Type: Creature

Steam Blast

Sorcery

Steam Blast deals 2 damage to each creature and each player.

The viashino knew of the cracked pipes but deliberately left them unmended to bolster the rig's defenses.

Mana:
Cardset: Urza's Saga #219 (Uncommon)
Type: Sorcery

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.

Mana:
Cardset: Urza's Saga #222 (Uncommon)
Type: Enchantment

Viashino Outrider

Creature - Viashino

Echo (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)

"Give thy ration to thy mount, if the road be long. So sayeth the bey."

Mana:
Power: 4/3
Cardset: Urza's Saga #223 (Common)
Type: Creature

Vug Lizard

Creature - Lizard

Mountainwalk

Echo (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)

Mana:
Power: 3/4
Cardset: Urza's Saga #227 (Uncommon)
Type: Creature

Cave Tiger

Creature - Cat

Whenever Cave Tiger becomes blocked by a creature, Cave Tiger gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

The druids found a haven in the cool limestone tunnels beneath Argoth. The invaders found only tigers.

Mana:
Power: 2/2
Cardset: Urza's Saga #241 (Common)
Type: Creature

Cradle Guard

Creature - Treefolk

Trample

Echo (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)

Mother, sleep / Dream our lives
Our roots your soul / Our leaves your bed.

Mana:
Power: 4/4
Cardset: Urza's Saga #245 (Uncommon)
Type: Creature

Gaea's Bounty

Sorcery

Search your library for up to two Forest cards, reveal those cards, and put them into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

The forest grew back so quickly that lumbering machines were suspended in the treetops.

Mana:
Cardset: Urza's Saga #254 (Common)
Type: Sorcery
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