Wall of Shields

Artifact Creature - Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

Banding (If any creatures with banding you control are blocking a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by.)

"It's the pokey bits that hurt the most."
-Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician

War Chariot

Artifact

, : Target creature gains trample until end of turn.

"I wouldn't advise using it with a Woolly Mammoth, but it's quite appropriate for many other beasts."
-Arcum Dagsson, Soldevi Machinist

Whalebone Glider

Artifact

, : Target creature with power 3 or less gains flying until end of turn.

"It's no Ornithopter, but then I'm no Urza."
-Arcum Dagsson, Soldevi Machinist

Whirling Catapult

Artifact

, Exile the top two cards of your library: Whirling Catapult deals 1 damage to each creature with flying and each player.

"Direct confrontation never was to the Orcs' taste."
-General Varchild

Zuran Orb

Artifact

Sacrifice a land: You gain 2 life.

"I will go to any length to achieve my goal. Eternal life is worth any sacrifice."
-Zur the Enchanter

Amulet of Kroog

Artifact

, : Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

Among the first allies Urza gained were the people of Kroog. As a sign of friendship, Urza gave the healers of the city potent amulets; afterwards, thousands journeyed to Kroog in hope of healing.

Ashnod's Battle Gear

Artifact

You may choose not to untap Ashnod's Battle Gear during your untap step.

, : Target creature you control gets +2/-2 for as long as Ashnod's Battle Gear remains tapped.

This invention shows why Ashnod was feared by her troops as well as her foes.

Battering Ram

Artifact Creature - Construct

At the beginning of combat on your turn, Battering Ram gains banding until end of combat. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's blocking.)

Whenever Battering Ram becomes blocked by a Wall, destroy that Wall at end of combat.

By the time Mishra was defeated, no mage was foolish enough to rely heavily on walls.

Black Mana Battery

Artifact

, : Put a charge counter on Black Mana Battery.

, Remove any number of charge counters from Black Mana Battery: Add to your mana pool, then add an additional to your mana pool for each charge counter removed this way.

Blue Mana Battery

Artifact

, : Put a charge counter on Blue Mana Battery.

, Remove any number of charge counters from Blue Mana Battery: Add to your mana pool, then add an additional to your mana pool for each charge counter removed this way.

Bronze Tablet

Artifact

Remove Bronze Tablet from your deck before playing if you're not playing for ante.

Bronze Tablet enters the battlefield tapped.

, : Exile Bronze Tablet and target nontoken permanent an opponent owns. That player may pay 10 life. If he or she does, put Bronze Tablet into its owner's graveyard. Otherwise, that player owns Bronze Tablet and you own the other exiled card.

Clay Statue

Artifact Creature - Golem

: Regenerate Clay Statue.

Tawnos won fame as Urza's greatest assistant. After he created these warriors, Urza ended his apprenticeship, promoting him directly to the rank of master.

Clockwork Avian

Artifact Creature - Bird

Flying

Clockwork Avian enters the battlefield with four +1/+0 counters on it.

At end of combat, if Clockwork Avian attacked or blocked this combat, remove a +1/+0 counter from it.

, : Put up to X +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Avian. This ability can't cause the total number of +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Avian to be greater than four. Activate this ability only during your upkeep.

Coral Helm

Artifact

, Discard a card at random: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Cursed Rack

Artifact

As Cursed Rack enters the battlefield, choose an opponent.

The chosen player's maximum hand size is four.

Ashnod invented several torture techniques that could make victims even miles away beg for mercy as if the End had come.

Diabolic Machine

Artifact Creature - Construct

: Regenerate Diabolic Machine.

"The bolts of our ballistae smashed into the monstrous thing, but our hopes died in our chests as its gears continued turning."
-Sevti Mukul, The Fall of Alsoor

Grapeshot Catapult

Artifact Creature - Construct

: Grapeshot Catapult deals 1 damage to target creature with flying.

Recent research suggests these creatures were invented by Urza's and Mishra's original master, Tocasia, and that both brothers used them.

Green Mana Battery

Artifact

, : Put a charge counter on Green Mana Battery.

, Remove any number of charge counters from Green Mana Battery: Add to your mana pool, then add an additional to your mana pool for each charge counter removed this way.

Red Mana Battery

Artifact

, : Put a charge counter on Red Mana Battery.

, Remove any number of charge counters from Red Mana Battery: Add to your mana pool, then add an additional to your mana pool for each charge counter removed this way.

Shapeshifter

Artifact Creature - Shapeshifter

As Shapeshifter enters the battlefield, choose a number between 0 and 7.

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may choose a number between 0 and 7.

Shapeshifter's power is equal to the last chosen number and its toughness is equal to 7 minus that number.

Tawnos's Wand

Artifact

, : Target creature with power 2 or less is unblockable this turn.

Tawnos's Weaponry

Artifact

You may choose not to untap Tawnos's Weaponry during your untap step.

, : Target creature gets +1/+1 for as long as Tawnos's Weaponry remains tapped.

When war machines became too costly, Tawnos's Weaponry replaced them.

Tetravus

Artifact Creature - Construct

Flying

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

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may remove any number of +1/+1 counters from Tetravus. If you do, put that many 1/1 colorless Tetravite artifact creature tokens onto the battlefield. They each have flying and "This creature can't be enchanted."

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may exile any number of tokens put onto the battlefield with Tetravus. If you do, put that many +1/+1 counters on Tetravus.

Urza's Avenger

Artifact Creature - Shapeshifter

: Urza's Avenger gets -1/-1 and gains your choice of banding, flying, first strike, or trample until end of turn. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

Unable to settle on just one design, Urza decided to create one versatile being.

Wall of Spears

Artifact Creature - Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

First strike

Even the most conservative generals revised their tactics after the Battle of Sarinth, during which a handful of peasant-pikemen held off a trio of rampaging Craw Wurms.

White Mana Battery

Artifact

, : Put a charge counter on White Mana Battery.

, Remove any number of charge counters from White Mana Battery: Add to your mana pool, then add an additional to your mana pool for each charge counter removed this way.

Yotian Soldier

Artifact Creature - Soldier

Vigilance

After Kroog was destroyed while most of its defenders were at his side, Urza vowed that none of his allies would ever need to fear for their own defense again, even while laying siege to a city far from their homes.

Aeolipile

Artifact

, , Sacrifice Aeolipile: Aeolipile deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

"Although fragile, the Aeolipile could be quite destructive."
-Sarpadian Empires, vol. I

Balm of Restoration

Artifact

, , Sacrifice Balm of Restoration: Choose one - You gain 2 life; or prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

"Not all armies enjoyed the services of a medic. For them, Balm of Restoration was that much more valuable."
-Sarpadian Empires, vol. I

Conch Horn

Artifact

, , Sacrifice Conch Horn: Draw two cards, then put a card from your hand on top of your library.

Even the most skilled of modern mages only partially understand the Conch Horn's awesome powers.

Delif's Cone

Artifact

, Sacrifice Delif's Cone: This turn, when target creature you control attacks and isn't blocked, you may gain life equal to its power. If you do, it assigns no combat damage this turn.

"Where is it written that beasts must cause pain?" -Delif, Ponderings

Delif's Cube

Artifact

, : This turn, when target creature you control attacks and isn't blocked, it assigns no combat damage this turn and you put a cube counter on Delif's Cube.

, Remove a cube counter from Delif's Cube: Regenerate target creature.

Draconian Cylix

Artifact

, , Discard a card at random: Regenerate target creature.

"There is no gain without sacrifice."
-Icatian proverb

Elven Lyre

Artifact

, , Sacrifice Elven Lyre: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Scholars are uncertain whether it was the actual sound or some other magical property of the Elven Lyre that transformed its player.

Implements of Sacrifice

Artifact

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

Relics of the Order of the Ebon Hand, the bowl and dagger bespeak the hideous cruelty of its rituals.

Ring of Renewal

Artifact

, : Discard a card at random, then draw two cards.

To the uninitiated, the Ring of Renewal is merely an oddity. For those fluent in the wielding of magic, however, it is a source of great knowledge.

Spirit Shield

Artifact

You may choose not to untap Spirit Shield during your untap step.

, : Target creature gets +0/+2 for as long as Spirit Shield remains tapped.

At times, survival must outweigh all other considerations.

Zelyon Sword

Artifact

You may choose not to untap Zelyon Sword during your untap step.

, : Target creature gets +2/+0 for as long as Zelyon Sword remains tapped.

No sheath shall hold what finds its home in flesh.

Bone Flute

Artifact

, : All creatures get -1/-0 until end of turn.

After the Battle of Pitdown, Lady Ursnell fashioned the first such instrument out of Lord Ursnell's left leg.

Book of Rass

Artifact

, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.