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Howling MineArtifactAt the beginning of each player's draw step, if Howling Mine is untapped, that player draws an additional card. The mine's riches never end, nor do the moans of the spirits doomed to haunt them. |
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Magebane ArmorArtifact - EquipmentEquipped creature gets +2/+4 and loses flying.
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Mirror of FateArtifact
As the glass shattered, forgotten realities and dead memories came flooding back. |
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Rod of RuinArtifact
"My masterpiece is complete-and so shall be my triumph." |
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SpellbookArtifactYou have no maximum hand size. "Everything the wise woman learned she wrote in a book, and when the pages were black with ink, she took white ink and began again." |
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Architects of WillArtifact Creature - Human WizardWhen Architects of Will enters the battlefield, look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put them back in any order. This secret society of mages manipulates the beliefs and opinions of others. |
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Arsenal ThresherArtifact Creature - ConstructAs Arsenal Thresher enters the battlefield, you may reveal any number of other artifact cards from your hand. Arsenal Thresher enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each card revealed this way.
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Behemoth SledgeArtifact - EquipmentEquipped creature gets +2/+2 and has lifelink and trample. Those who worship the great gargantuans could hardly be expected to fight with a subtle weapon. |
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Demonspine WhipArtifact - Equipment
Using a spine to break a slave's back appeals to the Grixis sense of irony. |
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Enigma SphinxArtifact Creature - SphinxFlying
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Esper SojournersArtifact Creature - Vedalken WizardWhen you cycle Esper Sojourners or it dies, you may tap or untap target permanent. The wilder the frontier, the greater the need for a controlling hand. |
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Esper StormbladeArtifact Creature - Vedalken WizardAs long as you control another multicolored permanent, Esper Stormblade gets +1/+1 and has flying. Stormcallers came to appreciate the novelty of Jund's volcanic updrafts. |
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Ethercaste KnightArtifact Creature - Human KnightExalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) "We coat ourselves in steel every day. What is etherium but the next logical step?" |
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Etherium AbominationArtifact Creature - HorrorUnearth It was given life by the etherium of a hundred slain Esperites. |
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Ethersworn ShieldmageArtifact Creature - Vedalken WizardFlash "See, children of metal? Already your bodies are rejecting harm. Continue on our path, and perfection will be yours." |
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Etherwrought PageArtifactAt the beginning of your upkeep, choose one - You gain 2 life; or look at the top card of your library, then you may put that card into your graveyard; or each opponent loses 1 life. An unbound page is a riddle, free of cover and of context, a favorite token of the hegemon. |
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Fieldmist BorderpostArtifactYou may pay
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Filigree AngelArtifact Creature - AngelFlying "I craved enlightenment, and Crucius's etherium opened my eyes. I would share my sight with you, but first you must believe." |
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Firewild BorderpostArtifactYou may pay
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Glassdust HulkArtifact Creature - GolemWhenever another artifact enters the battlefield under your control, Glassdust Hulk gets +1/+1 until end of turn and is unblockable this turn.
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Mage SlayerArtifact - EquipmentWhenever equipped creature attacks, it deals damage equal to its power to defending player. "When the wielder is strong enough, any sword will do." |
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Mask of RiddlesArtifact - EquipmentEquipped creature has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
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Mistvein BorderpostArtifactYou may pay
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Sanctum PlowbeastArtifact Creature - BeastDefender
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Sen TripletsLegendary Artifact Creature - Human WizardAt the beginning of your upkeep, choose target opponent. This turn, that player can't cast spells or activate abilities and plays with his or her hand revealed. You may play cards from that player's hand this turn. They are the masters of your mind. |
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Shield of the RighteousArtifact - EquipmentEquipped creature gets +0/+2 and has vigilance.
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Skyclaw ThrashArtifact Creature - Viashino WarriorWhenever Skyclaw Thrash attacks, flip a coin. If you win the flip, Skyclaw Thrash gets +1/+1 and gains flying until end of turn. Their newfound wings shined elegantly and functioned partially. |
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Sphinx of the Steel WindArtifact Creature - SphinxFlying, first strike, vigilance, lifelink, protection from red and from green No one has properly answered her favorite riddle: "Why should I spare your life?" |
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Tainted SigilArtifact
Sigils corrupted by outsiders do not lose their power, only their purity. |
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Thopter FoundryArtifact
"Etherium is limited. Innovation is not." |
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Time SieveArtifact
"I pray that I am never considered useless or old." |
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Unbender TineArtifact
Creations made in madness may contain great power. The path to that power is as labyrinthine as the creator's mind. |
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Unscythe, Killer of KingsLegendary Artifact - EquipmentEquipped creature gets +3/+3 and has first strike.
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Vectis DominatorArtifact Creature - Human Wizard
"I appreciate the artistry of the telemins, but the creatures of the other worlds provide a much more dramatic performance." |
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Veinfire BorderpostArtifactYou may pay
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Wildfield BorderpostArtifactYou may pay
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Armillary SphereArtifact
The mysterious purpose of two of the rings had eluded Esper mages-until now. |
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Bone SawArtifact - EquipmentEquipped creature gets +1/+0. In a world where death is always violent, cruel weapons are as common as rocks. |
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Court HomunculusArtifact Creature - HomunculusCourt 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. |
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Cumber StoneArtifactCreatures your opponents control get -1/-0. "The stone is more potent than ever. The flesh that creeps into our land will become even more slovenly and weak." |
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Darklit GargoyleArtifact Creature - GargoyleFlying It shines in the darkness of its master's ambitions. |
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Esper CormorantsArtifact Creature - BirdFlying "The smiths of this land must be mad to reach so far and so high for another creature to decorate." |
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EsperzoaArtifact Creature - JellyfishFlying The more metal it digests, the more its jelly will fetch on the alchemists' market. |
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Ethersworn AdjudicatorArtifact Creature - Vedalken KnightFlying Esper mages devised their weapons to be so devastating that war seemed unnecessary. |
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Faerie MechanistArtifact Creature - Faerie ArtificerFlying
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Font of MythosArtifactAt the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws two additional cards. Those who drink from Malfegor's cup are tainted with hunger and stained with lies. |
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Inkwell LeviathanArtifact Creature - LeviathanIslandwalk, trample, shroud "Into its maw went the seventh sea, never to be seen again while the world remains." |
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KaleidostoneArtifactWhen Kaleidostone enters the battlefield, draw a card. Once broken, who knows what worlds might grow from its shards? |
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Magister SphinxArtifact Creature - SphinxFlying "These benighted worlds are thick with ignorance. I will educate them. They will listen, or they will die." |
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Mana CylixArtifact
Those who dismiss the cylix as an ordinary wooden bowl are blind to the true measure of its worth. |
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Manaforce MaceArtifact - EquipmentDomain - Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each basic land type among lands you control. As the shards merged, relics once thought mundane regained forgotten powers. |
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Master TransmuterArtifact Creature - Human Artificer
"Wasted potential surrounds us. Lend me that bauble, and let me see what it can be made to be." |
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Obelisk of AlaraArtifact
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Parasitic StrixArtifact Creature - BirdFlying After finding no sustenance on the edges of Grixis, it turned to the skies of Bant. |
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Salvage SlasherArtifact Creature - Human RogueSalvage Slasher gets +1/+0 for each artifact card in your graveyard. Esper artificers never imagined that one day their scraps would be pressed against their soft and fragile throats. |
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Scepter of DominanceArtifact
"Whether or not you will bow to me is not open to debate. The question is, will I ever let you rise?" |
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Scepter of FugueArtifact
One goes to Tidehollow either to forget or to be forgotten. Either way, the scullers will oblige. |
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Scepter of InsightArtifact
"The road to truth has many branches, and so must the cane with which I walk it." |
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Scornful Æther-LichArtifact Creature - Zombie Wizard
"With no flesh, there is no pain, no hesitation, no emotion of any kind. He is crafted perfection." |
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Sludge StriderArtifact Creature - InsectWhenever another artifact enters the battlefield under your control or another artifact you control leaves the battlefield, you may pay Underneath the cities of Esper are cycles of life unseen by those who feed them. |
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Sphinx SummonerArtifact Creature - SphinxFlying
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Vectis AgentsArtifact Creature - Human Rogue
With their life energy suppressed under their etherium enhancements, thieves from Esper found it surprisingly easy to explore the ruins of Grixis. |
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Vedalken OutlanderArtifact Creature - Vedalken ScoutProtection from red The Seekers of Carmot searched across the unknown lands for the mystical red stone that could reforge Esper in ethereal perfection. |
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Cloudheath DrakeArtifact Creature - DrakeFlying A permanent storm rages over the plain of Cloudheath, and drakes ride its currents-two reminders that some elements of Esper will not be controlled. |
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Courier's CapsuleArtifact
In ages past, Esper couriers bore messages written on ornate scrolls. The medium has grown more sophisticated, but the principle remains the same. |
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Dispeller's CapsuleArtifact
"I find its symmetry pleasing. It rids our world of offensive refuse while disposing of itself." |
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Esper BattlemageArtifact Creature - Human Wizard
She can heal the flesh, or exploit its many weaknesses. |
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Etherium AstrolabeArtifactFlash "Speculation is foolish when the tools of certainty are available." |
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Etherium SculptorArtifact Creature - Vedalken ArtificerArtifact spells you cast cost The greatest masters of the craft abandon tools altogether, shaping metal with hand and mind alone. |
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Ethersworn CanonistArtifact Creature - Human ClericEach player who has cast a nonartifact spell this turn can't cast additional nonartifact spells. "The noble work of our order is to infuse all life on Esper with etherium. Our goal will be reached more rapidly if new life is . . . suppressed." |
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Executioner's CapsuleArtifact
There is always a moment of trepidation before opening a message capsule, for fear of the judgment that might be contained within. |
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Filigree SagesArtifact Creature - Vedalken Wizard
"We of the Sanctum Arcanum have pondered every word on every page of the Filigree Texts. If you can't say the same, don't bother speaking." |
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Glaze FiendArtifact Creature - IllusionFlying Before the zealots of the Ethersworn came to power, Esper illusionists dreamed up creations to mimic a variety of substances. |
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Immortal CoilArtifact
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Lich's MirrorArtifactIf you would lose the game, instead shuffle your hand, your graveyard, and all permanents you own into your library, then draw seven cards and your life total becomes 20. It shows not what you are but what you were. |
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Marble ChaliceArtifact
The cup was a gift from the sphinx Tameron, who hoped that those who drank from it would live long enough to decrypt the sphinxes' wisdom. |
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Master of EtheriumArtifact Creature - Vedalken WizardMaster of Etherium's power and toughness are each equal to the number of artifacts you control. "Only a mind unfettered with the concerns of the flesh can see the world as it truly is." |
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MetallurgeonArtifact Creature - Human Artificer
"By the time I got there, the heart had stopped. Fortunately, I was able to replace it with something better." |
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Mindlock OrbArtifactPlayers can't search libraries. Rogue mechanists once rummaged through the wastes of the Tidehollow, constructing unauthorized golems to threaten the hegemony of the sphinxes. The orbs put a stop to that. |
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Minion ReflectorArtifactWhenever a nontoken creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may pay To crack a mirror is to provide an opening for the reflection to escape. |
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Obelisk of BantArtifact
Whether incorporated into the structure of castles or admired as lone symbols, the obelisks stand for Bant's values of loyalty, honor, and truth. |
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Obelisk of EsperArtifact
It is a monument as austere, unyielding, and inscrutable as Esper itself. |
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Obelisk of GrixisArtifact
Like most features of Grixis, the obelisks that remain from the time of Alara now exist only for dark exploitation. |
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Obelisk of JundArtifact
Volcanic ash-winds batter it, climbing vines overwhelm it, dragonfire roasts it, and yet it still stands as a testament to a forgotten world. |
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Obelisk of NayaArtifact
Centuries have passed since the plane shattered, yet the obelisks of each shard faithfully serve their long-forgotten purpose. |
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Onyx GobletArtifact
The goblet was a gift from the sphinx Gorael, who hoped humans and vedalken would eventually destroy each other to acquire it, leaving all of Esper to her own kind. |
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Protomatter PowderArtifact
"There is no such thing as scrap metal. All such material can be repaired with the proper bonding agent." |
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Puppet ConjurerArtifact Creature - Human Wizard
He scowls at his imperfect creation, then crushes it to scrap. He salvages the etherium and begins anew. |
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Quietus SpikeArtifact - EquipmentEquipped creature has deathtouch.
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Relic of ProgenitusArtifact
Elves believe the hydra-god Progenitus sleeps beneath Naya, feeding on forgotten magics. |
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Salvage TitanArtifact Creature - GolemYou may sacrifice three artifacts rather than pay Salvage Titan's mana cost.
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Sanctum GargoyleArtifact Creature - GargoyleFlying As their supplies of etherium dwindled, mechanists sent gargoyles farther and farther afield in search of salvage. |
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ScourglassArtifact
"Soon I will sleep, eyes closing to a world tarnished with flesh, and then wake to a polished vision." |
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Sharding SphinxArtifact Creature - SphinxFlying Whether mechanical or biological, life finds a way to propagate itself. |
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Sharuum the HegemonLegendary Artifact Creature - SphinxFlying To gain audience with the hegemon, one must bring a riddle she has not heard. |
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Sigil of DistinctionArtifact - EquipmentSigil of Distinction enters the battlefield with X charge counters on it.
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Skill BorrowerArtifact Creature - Human WizardPlay with the top card of your library revealed.
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Sphinx SovereignArtifact Creature - SphinxFlying "What rises without legs, whispers without a voice, bites without teeth, and dies without having life?" |
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Sphinx's HeraldArtifact Creature - Vedalken Wizard
He calls a riddle through the gaps of cloven clouds, hoping for an answer. |
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Steelclad SerpentArtifact Creature - SerpentSteelclad Serpent can't attack unless you control another artifact. "From the highest towers to the deepest sea, all life must be touched by etherium." |
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