Pithing Needle

Artifact

As Pithing Needle enters the battlefield, name a card.

Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.

The fearful want the procedure before a blood festival. The guilty seek it afterward.

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

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.

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.

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.

Gremlin Mine

Artifact

, , Sacrifice Gremlin Mine: Gremlin Mine deals 4 damage to target artifact creature.

, , Sacrifice Gremlin Mine: Remove up to four charge counters from target noncreature artifact.

Hex Parasite

Artifact Creature - Insect

: Remove up to X counters from target permanent. For each counter removed this way, Hex Parasite gets +1/+0 until end of turn. ( can be paid with either or 2 life.)

Drawn by power, fueled by conquest.

Surge Node

Artifact

Surge Node enters the battlefield with six charge counters on it.

, , Remove a charge counter from Surge Node: Put a charge counter on target artifact.

Without a foe to focus on, the machine priests had time to indulge in new sciences.

Copper Carapace

Artifact - Equipment

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and can't block.

Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

"We will fight as they do: our flesh protected behind metal."
-Tae Aquil, Viridan weaponsmith

Flayer Husk

Artifact - Equipment

Living weapon (When this Equipment enters the battlefield, put a 0/0 black Germ creature token onto the battlefield, then attach this to it.)

Equipped creature gets +1/+1.

Equip

Shriekhorn

Artifact

Shriekhorn enters the battlefield with three charge counters on it.

, Remove a charge counter from Shriekhorn: Target player puts the top two cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

Signal Pest

Artifact Creature - Pest

Battle cry (Whenever this creature attacks, each other attacking creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.)

Signal Pest can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.

It leaps from tree to tree, revealing the enemy's positions.

Darksteel Axe

Artifact - Equipment

Darksteel Axe is indestructible. (Effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Equipped creature gets +2/+0.

Equip

Heavier than it looks, tricky to wield, guaranteed to last.

Flight Spellbomb

Artifact

, Sacrifice Flight Spellbomb: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

When Flight Spellbomb is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay . If you do, draw a card.

Golden Urn

Artifact

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a charge counter on Golden Urn.

, Sacrifice Golden Urn: You gain life equal to the number of charge counters on Golden Urn.

Horizon Spellbomb

Artifact

, , Sacrifice Horizon Spellbomb: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

When Horizon Spellbomb is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay . If you do, draw a card.

Infiltration Lens

Artifact - Equipment

Whenever equipped creature becomes blocked by a creature, you may draw two cards.

Equip

Neurok spies carry devices that let them look a few moments into the future, giving them an almost insurmountable edge.

Nihil Spellbomb

Artifact

, Sacrifice Nihil Spellbomb: Exile all cards from target player's graveyard.

When Nihil Spellbomb is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay . If you do, draw a card.

Origin Spellbomb

Artifact

, , Sacrifice Origin Spellbomb: Put a 1/1 colorless Myr artifact creature token onto the battlefield.

When Origin Spellbomb is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay . If you do, draw a card.

Panic Spellbomb

Artifact

, Sacrifice Panic Spellbomb: Target creature can't block this turn.

When Panic Spellbomb is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay . If you do, draw a card.

Sylvok Lifestaff

Artifact - Equipment

Equipped creature gets +1/+0.

Whenever equipped creature dies, you gain 3 life.

Equip

The druid's lifestaff connects her to generations of bygone Sylvok.

Vector Asp

Artifact Creature - Snake

: Vector Asp gains infect until end of turn. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

Phyrexia's machines take inspiration from nature. Twisted, disturbing inspiration.

Adventuring Gear

Artifact - Equipment

Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, equipped creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

An explorer's essentials in a wild world.

Blade of the Bloodchief

Artifact - Equipment

Whenever a creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on equipped creature. If equipped creature is a Vampire, put two +1/+1 counters on it instead.

Equip

Expedition Map

Artifact

, , Sacrifice Expedition Map: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

"I use maps to find out where explorers have already been. Then I go the other way."
-Javad Nasrin, Ondu relic hunter

Explorer's Scope

Artifact - Equipment

Whenever equipped creature attacks, look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card, you may put it onto the battlefield tapped.

Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Trusty Machete

Artifact - Equipment

Equipped creature gets +2/+1.

Equip

"Until this expedition is done, that blade is your guardian, your liberator, and your best friend all rolled into one."
-Yon Basrel, Oran-Rief survivalist

Brittle Effigy

Artifact

, , Exile Brittle Effigy: Exile target creature.

"In my early experiments in phylactery, I found that fragile forms have their uses."
-Rocati, Duke of Martyne

Voltaic Key

Artifact

, : Untap target artifact.

The missing piece to every puzzle.

Court Homunculus

Artifact Creature - Homunculus

Court Homunculus gets +1/+1 as long as you control another artifact.

Mages of Esper measure their wealth and status by the number of servants in their retinues.

Mana Cylix

Artifact

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

Those who dismiss the cylix as an ordinary wooden bowl are blind to the true measure of its worth.

Jawbone Skulkin

Artifact Creature - Scarecrow

: Target red creature gains haste until end of turn.

"Ah, skull of shrew-a very potent substance. In powdered form, it gives thrice the zing of noggle hoof pulp."
-Boghald, Barrenton medic

Heap Doll

Artifact Creature - Scarecrow

Sacrifice Heap Doll: Exile target card from a graveyard.

"I know one night it won't come back. Then I'll know it's truly done its job."
-Braenna, cobblesmith

Runed Stalactite

Artifact - Equipment

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and is every creature type.

Equip

When a changeling adopts a form no other changeling has taken, a rune appears in the caverns of Velis Vel to mark the event.

Springleaf Drum

Artifact

, Tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.

After trying mudskippers for an afternoon, Scratch decided that crickcarp made the best noise.

Wanderer's Twig

Artifact

, Sacrifice Wanderer's Twig: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

For every tree who falls, there are countless sprouts waiting to rise.

Chromatic Star

Artifact

, , Sacrifice Chromatic Star: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.

When Chromatic Star is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.

Leonin Scimitar

Artifact - Equipment

Equipped creature gets +1/+1.

Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

"Every scratch tells a story, and every notch has a name. Four generations have held this blade. You shall not disappoint them."
-Initiation of Laena, skyhunter

Tanglebloom

Artifact

, : You gain 1 life.

The bloom contains no seeds. It's meant only to nourish the forest's inhabitants.

Crystal Rod

Artifact

Whenever a player casts a blue spell, you may pay . If you do, you gain 1 life.