Bottle of Suleiman

Artifact

, Sacrifice Bottle of Suleiman: Flip a coin. If you lose the flip, Bottle of Suleiman deals 5 damage to you. If you win the flip, put a 5/5 colorless Djinn artifact creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

Flying Carpet

Artifact

, : Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Rocket Launcher

Artifact

: Rocket Launcher deals 1 damage to target creature or player. Destroy Rocket Launcher at the beginning of the next end step. Activate this ability only if you've controlled Rocket Launcher continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn.

What these devices lacked in subtlety, they made up in strength.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Tawnos's Wand

Artifact

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

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.

Barl's Cage

Artifact

: Target creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

For a dozen years the cage had held Lord Ith, but as the Pretender Mairsil's power weakened, so did the bars.

Clockwork Steed

Artifact Creature - Horse

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

Clockwork Steed can't be blocked by artifact creatures.

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

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

Infinite Hourglass

Artifact

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a time counter on Infinite Hourglass.

All creatures get +1/+0 for each time counter on Infinite Hourglass.

: Remove a time counter from Infinite Hourglass. Any player may activate this ability but only during any upkeep step.

Pentagram of the Ages

Artifact

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

A mirror, a shield, a promise, a great distance, and a kind word-five ways to avoid harm.

Skull Catapult

Artifact

, , Sacrifice a creature: Skull Catapult deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

"Let any who doubt the evil of using the ancient devices look at this infernal machine. What manner of fiend would design such a sadistic device?"
-Sorine Relicbane, Soldevi heretic

Time Bomb

Artifact

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a time counter on Time Bomb.

, , Sacrifice Time Bomb: Time Bomb deals damage equal to the number of time counters on it to each creature and each player.

Amber Prison

Artifact

You may choose not to untap Amber Prison during your untap step.

, : Tap target artifact, creature, or land. That permanent doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as Amber Prison remains tapped.

Grinning Totem

Artifact

, , Sacrifice Grinning Totem: Search target opponent's library for a card and exile it. Then that player shuffles his or her library. Until the beginning of your next upkeep, you may play that card. At the beginning of your next upkeep, if you haven't played it, put it into its owner's graveyard.

Patagia Golem

Artifact Creature - Golem

: Patagia Golem gains flying until end of turn.

It scattered falcons like a lion hunting among jackals.

Snake Basket

Artifact

, Sacrifice Snake Basket: Put X 1/1 green Snake creature tokens onto the battlefield. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.

"Uh, does anyone have a flute?"
-Rana, Suq'Ata market fool

Grafted Skullcap

Artifact

At the beginning of your draw step, draw an additional card.

At the beginning of your end step, discard your hand.

"Every day, I fight for my life and win. Every night, I fight to remember my name and lose."

Sisay's Ring

Artifact

: Add to your mana pool.

"I'm not one for pretty things," said Sisay. "Unless they're pretty useful as well."

Fodder Cannon

Artifact

, , Sacrifice a creature: Fodder Cannon deals 4 damage to target creature.

Step 1: Find your cousin.
Step 2: Get your cousin in the cannon.
Step 3: Find another cousin.

Vexing Arcanix

Artifact

, : Target player names a card, then reveals the top card of his or her library. If it's the named card, the player puts it into his or her hand. Otherwise, the player puts it into his or her graveyard and Vexing Arcanix deals 2 damage to him or her.

Sandals of Abdallah

Artifact

, : Target creature gains islandwalk until end of turn. When that creature dies this turn, destroy Sandals of Abdallah.

Golgothian Sylex

Artifact

, : Each nontoken permanent from the Antiquities expansion is sacrificed by its controller.

From their earliest educations, the brothers had known that no human contrivance could stand against the true masters of Dominia.

Mightstone

Artifact

Attacking creatures get +1/+0.

While exploring the sacred cave of Koilos with his brother Mishra and their master Tocasia, Urza fell behind in the Hall of Tagsin, where he discovered the remarkable Mightstone.

Staff of Zegon

Artifact

, : Target creature gets -2/-0 until end of turn.

Though Mishra was impressed by the staves Ashnod had created for Zegon's defense, he understood they only hinted at her full potential.

Su-Chi

Artifact Creature - Construct

When Su-Chi dies, add to your mana pool.

Flawed copies of relics from the Thran Empire, the Su-Chi were inherently unstable but provided useful knowledge for Tocasia's students.

Tawnos's Coffin

Artifact

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

, : Exile target creature and all Auras attached to it. Note the number and kind of counters that were on that creature. When Tawnos's Coffin leaves the battlefield or becomes untapped, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control tapped with the noted number and kind of counters on it, and if you do, return the exiled Aura cards to the battlefield under their owner's control attached to that permanent.

Weakstone

Artifact

Attacking creatures get -1/-0.

During the brothers' childhood, Tocasia took them to explore the sacred cave of Koilos. There, in the Hall of Tagsin, Mishra discovered the mysterious weakstone.

Alchor's Tomb

Artifact

, : Target permanent you control becomes the color of your choice. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Horn of Deafening

Artifact

, : Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target creature this turn.

"A blast, an echo . . . then silence."

Knowledge Vault

Artifact

, : Exile the top card of your library face down.

: Sacrifice Knowledge Vault. If you do, discard your hand, then put all cards exiled with Knowledge Vault into their owner's hand.

When Knowledge Vault leaves the battlefield, put all cards exiled with Knowledge Vault into their owner's graveyard.

Life Chisel

Artifact

Sacrifice a creature: You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness. Activate this ability only during your upkeep.

Life Matrix

Artifact

, : Put a matrix counter on target creature and that creature gains "Remove a matrix counter from this creature: Regenerate this creature." Activate this ability only during your upkeep.

North Star

Artifact

, : For one spell this turn, you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to pay that spell's mana cost. (Additional costs are still paid normally.)

Nova Pentacle

Artifact

, : The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, that damage is dealt to target creature of an opponent's choice instead.

Sentinel

Artifact Creature - Shapeshifter

: Sentinel's toughness becomes 1 plus the power of target creature blocking or blocked by Sentinel. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Triassic Egg

Artifact

, : Put a hatchling counter on Triassic Egg.

Sacrifice Triassic Egg: Choose one - You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield; or return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate this ability only if two or more hatchling counters are on Triassic Egg.

Living Armor

Artifact

, Sacrifice Living Armor: Put X +0/+1 counters on target creature, where X is that creature's converted mana cost.

Though it affords excellent protection, few don this armor. The process is uncomfortable and not easily reversed.

Reflecting Mirror

Artifact

, : Change the target of target spell with a single target if that target is you. The new target must be a player. X is twice the converted mana cost of that spell.

Wand of Ith

Artifact

, : Target player reveals a card at random from his or her hand. If it's a land card, that player discards it unless he or she pays 1 life. If it isn't a land card, the player discards it unless he or she pays life equal to its converted mana cost. Activate this ability only during your turn.

War Barge

Artifact

: Target creature gains islandwalk until end of turn. When War Barge leaves the battlefield this turn, destroy that creature. A creature destroyed this way can't be regenerated.

Ice Cauldron

Artifact

, : Put a charge counter on Ice Cauldron and exile a nonland card from your hand. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled. Note the type and amount of mana spent to pay this activation cost. Activate this ability only if there are no charge counters on Ice Cauldron.

, Remove a charge counter from Ice Cauldron: Add Ice Cauldron's last noted type and amount of mana to your mana pool. Spend this mana only to cast the last card exiled with Ice Cauldron.

Soldevi Golem

Artifact Creature - Golem

Soldevi Golem doesn't untap during your untap step.

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may untap target tapped creature an opponent controls. If you do, untap Soldevi Golem.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Soldevi Simulacrum

Artifact Creature - Soldier

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.)

: Soldevi Simulacrum gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

They look human-
until they bleed.

Vibrating Sphere

Artifact

As long as it's your turn, creatures you control get +2/+0.

As long as it's not your turn, creatures you control get -0/-2.

"Unearthly and invisible fibers emanate from this sphere, entangling all who draw near."
-Arcum Dagsson, Soldevi Machinist

Walking Wall

Artifact Creature - Wall

Defender

: Walking Wall gets +3/-1 until end of turn and can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender. Activate this ability only once each turn.

"The fortress is not what it seems."
-Arcum Dagsson, Soldevi Machinist

Clockwork Gnomes

Artifact Creature - Gnome

, : Regenerate target artifact creature.

"Until I came to the Floating Isle, I never had to oil the servants."
-Baki, Wizard Attendant

Clockwork Swarm

Artifact Creature - Insect

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

Clockwork Swarm can't be blocked by Walls.

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

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

Serrated Arrows

Artifact

Serrated Arrows enters the battlefield with three arrowhead counters on it.

At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are no arrowhead counters on Serrated Arrows, sacrifice it.

, Remove an arrowhead counter from Serrated Arrows: Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.

Acidic Dagger

Artifact

, : Whenever target creature deals combat damage to a non-Wall creature this turn, destroy that non-Wall creature. When the targeted creature leaves the battlefield this turn, sacrifice Acidic Dagger. Activate this ability only before blockers are declared.

Bone Mask

Artifact

, : The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. Exile cards from the top of your library equal to the damage prevented this way.

"The protection offered comes at a price. How numerous are your kin?"
-Purraj of Urborg

Crystal Golem

Artifact Creature - Golem

At the beginning of your end step, Crystal Golem phases out. (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.)

"Once, a wealthy king commissioned an artificial creature to be crafted from the royal treasury, thinking it a clever ploy to have the jewels guard themselves."
-Azeworai, "The Golem's Wish"

Elixir of Vitality

Artifact

Elixir of Vitality enters the battlefield tapped.

, Sacrifice Elixir of Vitality: You gain 4 life.

, , Sacrifice Elixir of Vitality: You gain 8 life.

"Eternal life or your money back."
-Unnamed Suq'Ata merchant, deceased

Razor Pendulum

Artifact

At the beginning of each player's end step, if that player has 5 or less life, Razor Pendulum deals 2 damage to him or her.

"Amazing thing, gravity. It seems to work every time."
-Telim'Tor

Brass-Talon Chimera

Artifact Creature - Chimera

First strike

Sacrifice Brass-Talon Chimera: Put a +2/+2 counter on target Chimera creature. It gains first strike. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Diamond Kaleidoscope

Artifact

, : Put a 0/1 colorless Prism artifact creature token onto the battlefield.

Sacrifice a Prism token: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.

"A pretty toy. Now show me its tactical applications."
-Telim'Tor

Iron-Heart Chimera

Artifact Creature - Chimera

Vigilance

Sacrifice Iron-Heart Chimera: Put a +2/+2 counter on target Chimera creature. It gains vigilance. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Lead-Belly Chimera

Artifact Creature - Chimera

Trample

Sacrifice Lead-Belly Chimera: Put a +2/+2 counter on target Chimera creature. It gains trample. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Sands of Time

Artifact

Each player skips his or her untap step.

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player simultaneously untaps each tapped artifact, creature, and land he or she controls and taps each untapped artifact, creature, and land he or she controls.

"But once, with a magician's help, Time was stopped and Day stood still."
-"Love Song of Night and Day"

Tin-Wing Chimera

Artifact Creature - Chimera

Flying

Sacrifice Tin-Wing Chimera: Put a +2/+2 counter on target Chimera creature. It gains flying. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Bubble Matrix

Artifact

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to creatures.

"This device was commisioned by a king who desired peace. Unfortunately, the royal artificer was also the king's jester."
-Hanna, Weatherlight navigator

Dingus Staff

Artifact

Whenever a creature dies, Dingus Staff deals 2 damage to that creature's controller.

"A sharp conscience is the weapon of the soul."
-Hanna, Weatherlight navigator

Thran Tome

Artifact

, : Reveal the top three cards of your library. Target opponent chooses one of those cards. Put that card into your graveyard, then draw two cards.

Every line holds a tale, and between lie a thousand more.

Cold Storage

Artifact

: Exile target creature you control.

Sacrifice Cold Storage: Return each creature card exiled with Cold Storage to the battlefield under your control.

Echo Chamber

Artifact

, : An opponent chooses target creature he or she controls. Put a token that's a copy of that creature onto the battlefield. That token gains haste until end of turn. Exile the token at the beginning of the next end step. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.

Emmessi Tome

Artifact

, : Draw two cards, then discard a card.

It is like life and destiny: we think we know the story, but we have read only half the tale.

Energizer

Artifact Creature - Juggernaut

, : Put a +1/+1 counter on Energizer.

Like a kettle set to boil, it must eventually go off-on someone.

Fool's Tome

Artifact

, : Draw a card. Activate this ability only if you have no cards in hand.

Squee: "What's that?"
Ertai: "It's a magical book."
Squee: "Am I smart enough ta use it?"
Ertai: "You could say that."

Helm of Possession

Artifact

You may choose not to untap Helm of Possession during your untap step.

, , Sacrifice a creature: Gain control of target creature for as long as you control Helm of Possession and Helm of Possession remains tapped.

Telethopter

Artifact Creature - Thopter

Tap an untapped creature you control: Telethopter gains flying until end of turn.

After losing several of the devices to midair collisions, Greven forbade moggs from operating telethopters.

Bullwhip

Artifact

, : Bullwhip deals 1 damage to target creature. That creature attacks this turn if able.

"Pain is a crude way to enforce obedience, but it is cheap and plentiful."
-Volrath

Hornet Cannon

Artifact

, : Put a 1/1 colorless Insect artifact creature token with flying and haste named Hornet onto the battlefield. Destroy it at the beginning of the next end step.

Portcullis

Artifact

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, if there are two or more other creatures on the battlefield, exile that creature. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control when Portcullis leaves the battlefield.

Erratic Portal

Artifact

, : Return target creature to its owner's hand unless its controller pays .

"In Barrin's name!" cried Lyna as Hanna's sword passed through her, "Ertai sends word that the portal is open-but not for long!"

Mindless Automaton

Artifact Creature - Construct

Mindless Automaton enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it.

, Discard a card: Put a +1/+1 counter on Mindless Automaton.

Remove two +1/+1 counters from Mindless Automaton: Draw a card.

Null Brooch

Artifact

, , Discard your hand: Counter target noncreature spell.

Give away everything so others have nothing.
-Brooch inscription

Barrin's Codex

Artifact

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a page counter on Barrin's Codex.

, , Sacrifice Barrin's Codex: Draw X cards, where X is the number of page counters on Barrin's Codex.

Metrognome

Artifact

When a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard Metrognome, put four 1/1 colorless Gnome artifact creature tokens onto the battlefield.

, : Put a 1/1 colorless Gnome artifact creature token onto the battlefield.

Mobile Fort

Artifact Creature - Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

: Mobile Fort gets +3/-1 until end of turn and can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender. Activate this ability only once each turn.

Noetic Scales

Artifact

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, return to its owner's hand each creature that player controls with power greater than the number of cards in his or her hand.

Phyrexian Processor

Artifact

As Phyrexian Processor enters the battlefield, pay any amount of life.

, : Put an X/X black Minion creature token onto the battlefield, where X is the life paid as Phyrexian Processor entered the battlefield.

Smokestack

Artifact

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a soot counter on Smokestack.

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a permanent for each soot counter on Smokestack.

Umbilicus

Artifact

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player returns a permanent he or she controls to its owner's hand unless he or she pays 2 life.

It was the explorers' only tether to reality.

Wirecat

Artifact Creature - Cat

Wirecat can't attack or block if an enchantment is on the battlefield.

Its purr is the sound of iron filings sliding down satin.

Damping Engine

Artifact

A player who controls more permanents than each other player can't play lands or cast artifact, creature, or enchantment spells. That player may sacrifice a permanent for that player to ignore this effect until end of turn.

Thran War Machine

Artifact Creature - Construct

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.)

Thran War Machine attacks each turn if able.

Thran Weaponry

Artifact

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.)

You may choose not to untap Thran Weaponry during your untap step.

, : All creatures get +2/+2 for as long as Thran Weaponry remains tapped.

Extruder

Artifact Creature - Juggernaut

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.)

Sacrifice an artifact: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

As the invasion drew closer, Urza's means began to resemble Phyrexia's end.

Masticore

Artifact Creature - Masticore

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Masticore unless you discard a card.

: Masticore deals 1 damage to target creature.

: Regenerate Masticore.

Thran Dynamo

Artifact

: Add to your mana pool.

Urza's metathran children were conceived, birthed, and nurtured by an integrated system of machines.

Crenellated Wall

Artifact Creature - Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

: Target creature gets +0/+4 until end of turn.

Mercadian soldiers excel at finding things to stand behind.

Crooked Scales

Artifact

, : Flip a coin. If you win the flip, destroy target creature an opponent controls. If you lose the flip, destroy target creature you control unless you pay and repeat this process.

Panacea

Artifact

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

A drop numbs the tongue. A sip sends the heart racing. A draught reforges the body.

Power Matrix

Artifact

: Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains flying, first strike, and trample until end of turn.

As he repaired the ship's planeswalking engine, Karn saw for the first time how he could catalyze the Weatherlight's evolution.

Complex Automaton

Artifact Creature - Golem

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control seven or more permanents, return Complex Automaton to its owner's hand.

"This wasteful design cannot possibly be Phyrexian."
-Belbe