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.

Serpent Generator

Artifact

, : Put a 1/1 colorless Snake artifact creature token onto the battlefield. It has "Whenever this creature deals damage to a player, that player gets a poison counter." (A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.)

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.

Urza's Bauble

Artifact

, Sacrifice Urza's Bauble: Look at a card at random in target player's hand. You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

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.

Charcoal Diamond

Artifact

Charcoal Diamond enters the battlefield tapped.

: Add to your mana pool.

Cursed Totem

Artifact

Activated abilities of creatures can't be activated.

Pass me from soul to soul, / soldier to herder, herder to beast, beast to soil / until I am everywhere. / Then pass me those souls.
-Totem inscription (translated)

Dragon Mask

Artifact

, : Target creature you control gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Return it to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step. (Return it only if it's on the battlefield.)

"With no further options, I was forced to don the mask."
-Rashida Scalebane

Fire Diamond

Artifact

Fire Diamond enters the battlefield tapped.

: Add to your mana pool.

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.

Mana Prism

Artifact

: Add to your mana pool.

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

Marble Diamond

Artifact

Marble Diamond enters the battlefield tapped.

: Add to your mana pool.

Moss Diamond

Artifact

Moss Diamond enters the battlefield tapped.

: Add to your mana pool.

Mystic Compass

Artifact

, : Target land becomes the basic land type of your choice until end of turn.

Sky Diamond

Artifact

Sky Diamond enters the battlefield tapped.

: Add to your mana pool.

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

Storm Cauldron

Artifact

Each player may play an additional land during each of his or her turns.

Whenever a land is tapped for mana, return it to its owner's hand.

Wand of Denial

Artifact

: Look at the top card of target player's library. If it's a nonland card, you may pay 2 life. If you do, put it into that player's graveyard.

You'll never miss what you never had.

Caltrops

Artifact

Whenever a creature attacks, Caltrops deals 1 damage to it.

The Eastern Paladin knew how highly his southern rival valued horses, so he gleefully prepared a suitable welcome.

Ensnaring Bridge

Artifact

Creatures with power greater than the number of cards in your hand can't attack.

Bridges usually get you from one place to another. This one just gets you.

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."

Pit Trap

Artifact

, , Sacrifice Pit Trap: Destroy target attacking creature without flying. It can't be regenerated.

Never forget your feet
-Elvish expression meaning
"watch your step"

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."

Static Orb

Artifact

As long as Static Orb is untapped, players can't untap more than two permanents during their untap steps.

The warriors fought against the paralyzing waves until even their thoughts froze in place.

Distorting Lens

Artifact

: Target permanent becomes the color of your choice until end of turn.

"The Eye altering alters all."
-William Blake, "The Mental Traveller"

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.

Planar Portal

Artifact

, : Search your library for a card and put that card into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

These devices have been known to pull entire worlds through the Æther.

Skull of Orm

Artifact

, : Return target enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand.

Though lifeless, the skull still possessed a strange power over the flow of magic.

Star Compass

Artifact

Star Compass enters the battlefield tapped.

: Add to your mana pool one mana of any color that a basic land you control could produce.

It doesn't point north. It points home.

Urza's Armor

Artifact

If a source would deal damage to you, prevent 1 of that damage.

Urza protected his body well, but neglected his soul.

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.

City in a Bottle

Artifact

Whenever a nontoken permanent from the Arabian Nights expansion other than City in a Bottle is on the battlefield, its controller sacrifices it.

Players can't play cards from the Arabian Nights expansion.

Jeweled Bird

Artifact

Remove Jeweled Bird from your deck before playing if you're not playing for ante.

: Put Jeweled Bird into the ante. If you do, put all other cards you own from the ante into your graveyard, then draw a card.

Pyramids

Artifact

: Choose one - Destroy target Aura attached to a land; or the next time target land would be destroyed this turn, remove all damage marked on it instead.

Ring of Ma'rûf

Artifact

, , Exile Ring of Ma'rûf: The next time you would draw a card this turn, instead choose a card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand.

Sandals of Abdallah

Artifact

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

Candelabra of Tawnos

Artifact

, : Untap X target lands.

Tawnos learned quickly from Urza that utter simplicity often led to wondrous, yet subtle utility.

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.

Rakalite

Artifact

: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. Return Rakalite to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.

Urza was the first to understand that the war would not be lost for lack of power, but for lack of troops.

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.

Tablet of Epityr

Artifact

Whenever an artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay . If you do, you gain 1 life.

Originally considered the work of Urza, this tablet was created by forgers seeking to imitate Urza's masterpieces.

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.

Urza's Chalice

Artifact

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

When sorely wounded or tired, Urza would often retreat to the workshops of his apprentices. They were greatly amazed at how much better he looked each time he took a sip of water.

Urza's Miter

Artifact

Whenever an artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, if it wasn't sacrificed, you may pay . If you do, draw a card.

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.

Al-abara's Carpet

Artifact

, : Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn by attacking creatures without flying.

Al-abara simply laughed and lifted one finger, and the carpet carried her high out of our reach.

Alchor's Tomb

Artifact

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

Arena of the Ancients

Artifact

Legendary creatures don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.

When Arena of the Ancients enters the battlefield, tap all legendary creatures.

Forethought Amulet

Artifact

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

If an instant or sorcery source would deal 3 or more damage to you, it deals 2 damage to you instead.

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.

Kry Shield

Artifact

, : Prevent all damage that would be dealt this turn by target creature you control. That creature gets +0/+X until end of turn, where X is its converted mana cost.

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.

Mana Matrix

Artifact

Instant and enchantment spells you cast cost up to less to cast.

Mirror Universe

Artifact

, Sacrifice Mirror Universe: Exchange life totals with target opponent. 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.

Planar Gate

Artifact

Creature spells you cast cost up to less to cast.

Nireya reached through the Gate, sensing the energies trapped beyond.

Relic Barrier

Artifact

: Tap target artifact.

Ring of Immortals

Artifact

, : Counter target instant or Aura spell that targets a permanent you control.

Sword of the Ages

Artifact

Sword of the Ages enters the battlefield tapped.

, Sacrifice Sword of the Ages and any number of creatures you control: Sword of the Ages deals X damage to target creature or player, where X is the total power of the creatures sacrificed this way, then exile Sword of the Ages and those creature cards.

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.

Voodoo Doll

Artifact

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a pin counter on Voodoo Doll.

At the beginning of your end step, if Voodoo Doll is untapped, destroy Voodoo Doll and it deals damage to you equal to the number of pin counters on it.

, : Voodoo Doll deals damage equal to the number of pin counters on it to target creature or player. X is the number of pin counters on Voodoo Doll.

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.

Dark Sphere

Artifact

, Sacrifice Dark Sphere: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent half that damage, rounded down.

"I was struck senseless for a moment, but revived when the strange curiosity I carried fell to the ground, screaming like a dying animal." -Barl, Lord Ith

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.

Runesword

Artifact

, : Target attacking creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. When that creature leaves the battlefield this turn, sacrifice Runesword. If the creature deals damage to a creature this turn, the creature dealt damage can't be regenerated this turn. If a creature dealt damage by the targeted creature would die this turn, exile that creature instead.

Standing Stones

Artifact

, , Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.

Stone Calendar

Artifact

Spells you cast cost up to less to cast.

The Pretender Mairsil ordered a great Calendar drawn up to show when the paths to the Dark Lands were strongest.

Tower of Coireall

Artifact

: Target creature can't be blocked by Walls this turn.

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.

Aegis of the Meek

Artifact

, : Target 1/1 creature gets +1/+2 until end of turn.

"With this marvel, even the weak have a fighting chance!"
-Arcum Dagsson,
Soldevi Machinist

Amulet of Quoz

Artifact

Remove Amulet of Quoz from your deck before playing if you're not playing for ante.

, Sacrifice Amulet of Quoz: Target opponent may add the top card of his or her library to the ante. If he or she doesn't, you flip a coin. If you win the flip, that player loses the game. If you lose the flip, you lose the game. Activate this ability only during your upkeep.

Arcum's Sleigh

Artifact

, : Target creature gains vigilance until end of turn. Activate this ability only during combat and only if defending player controls a snow land.

"With the proper equipment and caution, one can travel anywhere."
-Arcum Dagsson, Soldevi Machinist

Arcum's Weathervane

Artifact

, : Target snow land is no longer snow.

, : Target nonsnow basic land becomes snow.

Arcum's Whistle

Artifact

, : Choose target non-Wall creature the active player has controlled continuously since the beginning of the turn. That player may pay , where X is that creature's converted mana cost. If he or she doesn't, the creature attacks this turn if able, and at the beginning of the next end step, destroy it if it didn't attack. Activate this ability only before attackers are declared.

Baton of Morale

Artifact

: Target creature gains banding 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 a player controls are blocking or being blocked by a creature, that player divides that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

"The Goblins would kill to get ahold of this one."
-Arcum Dagsson,
Soldevi Machinist

Celestial Sword

Artifact

, : Target creature you control gets +3/+3 until end of turn. Its controller sacrifices it at the beginning of the next end step.

"So great is its power, only the chosen can wield it and live."
-Avram Garrisson, Leader of the Knights of Stromgald

Despotic Scepter

Artifact

: Destroy target permanent you own. It can't be regenerated.

"We were not meant to have such terrible things. They should be left where we found them, if not destroyed!"
-Sorine Relicbane, Soldevi Heretic

Fyndhorn Bow

Artifact

, : Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.

"With a bow like this, the hunting is always good."
-Taaveti of Kelsinko,
Elvish Hunter

Goblin Lyre

Artifact

Sacrifice Goblin Lyre: Flip a coin. If you win the flip, Goblin Lyre deals damage to target opponent equal to the number of creatures you control. If you lose the flip, Goblin Lyre deals damage to you equal to the number of creatures that opponent controls.

Hematite Talisman

Artifact

Whenever a player casts a red spell, you may pay . If you do, untap target permanent.

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.

Jester's Mask

Artifact

Jester's Mask enters the battlefield tapped.

, , Sacrifice Jester's Mask: Target opponent puts the cards from his or her hand on top of his or her library. Search that player's library for that many cards. That player puts those cards into his or her hand, then shuffles his or her library.

Jeweled Amulet

Artifact

, : Put a charge counter on Jeweled Amulet. Note the type of mana spent to pay this activation cost. Activate this ability only if there are no charge counters on Jeweled Amulet.

, Remove a charge counter from Jeweled Amulet: Add one mana of Jeweled Amulet's last noted type to your mana pool.

Lapis Lazuli Talisman

Artifact

Whenever a player casts a blue spell, you may pay . If you do, untap target permanent.

Malachite Talisman

Artifact

Whenever a player casts a green spell, you may pay . If you do, untap target permanent.

Nacre Talisman

Artifact

Whenever a player casts a white spell, you may pay . If you do, untap target permanent.

Naked Singularity

Artifact

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.)

If tapped for mana, Plains produce , Islands produce , Swamps produce , Mountains produce , and Forests produce instead of any other type.

Onyx Talisman

Artifact

Whenever a player casts a black spell, you may pay . If you do, untap target permanent.

Runed Arch

Artifact

Runed Arch enters the battlefield tapped.

, , Sacrifice Runed Arch: X target creatures with power 2 or less are unblockable this turn.

Shield of the Ages

Artifact

: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to you this turn.

"This shield is a true rarity: an artifact whose purpose is obvious."
-Arcum Dagsson,
Soldevi Machinist

Staff of the Ages

Artifact

Creatures with landwalk abilities can be blocked as though they didn't have those abilities.

"We found this staff useful on our visit to this very commission. Would Relicbane prefer we had been slain by Lim-Dûl's horrors?"
-Arcum Dagsson, Soldevi Machinist

Sunstone

Artifact

, Sacrifice a snow land: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

"I dispute Relicbane's hysterical allegations, Commissioner, but it is true that these artifacts can be dangerous."
-Arcum Dagsson, Soldevi Machinist