Accorder's Shield

Artifact - Equipment

Equipped creature gets +0/+3 and has vigilance. (Attacking doesn't cause it to tap.)

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

An Auriok shield is polished to a mirror finish even on the inside, enabling its bearer to watch foes ahead and behind.

Bubbling Cauldron

Artifact

, , Sacrifice a creature: You gain 4 life.

, , Sacrifice a creature named Festering Newt: Each opponent loses 4 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Darksteel Forge

Artifact

Artifacts you control have indestructible. (Effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them. Artifact creatures with indestructible can't be destroyed by damage.)

"Did it have this shape upon Mirrodin's creation, or did some inconceivable force shape the unshapable?"
-Pontifex, elder researcher

Darksteel Ingot

Artifact

Indestructible

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

Door of Destinies

Artifact

As Door of Destinies enters the battlefield, choose a creature type.

Whenever you cast a spell of the chosen type, put a charge counter on Door of Destinies.

Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1 for each charge counter on Door of Destinies.

Elixir of Immortality

Artifact

, : You gain 5 life. Shuffle Elixir of Immortality and your graveyard into their owner's library.

"Bottled life. Not as tasty as I'm used to, rather stale, but it has the same effect."
-Baron Sengir

Fireshrieker

Artifact - Equipment

Equipped creature has double strike. (It deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.)

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

Guardian of the Ages

Artifact Creature - Golem

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

When a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, if Guardian of the Ages has defender, it loses defender and gains trample.

"At my feet, invasions end."-Statue inscription

Haunted Plate Mail

Artifact - Equipment

Equipped creature gets +4/+4.

: Until end of turn, Haunted Plate Mail becomes a 4/4 Spirit artifact creature that's no longer an Equipment. Activate this ability only if you control no creatures.

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

Millstone

Artifact

, : Target player puts the top two cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

More than one mage has been driven insane by the sound of the millstone relentlessly grinding away.

Pyromancer's Gauntlet

Artifact

If a red instant or sorcery spell you control or a red planeswalker you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals that much damage plus 2 to that permanent or player instead.

An inferno is just a gesture away.

Ratchet Bomb

Artifact

: Put a charge counter on Ratchet Bomb.

, Sacrifice Ratchet Bomb: Destroy each nonland permanent with converted mana cost equal to the number of charge counters on Ratchet Bomb.

Ring of Three Wishes

Artifact

Ring of Three Wishes enters the battlefield with three wish counters on it.

, , Remove a wish counter from Ring of Three Wishes: Search your library for a card and put that card into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

Rod of Ruin

Artifact

, : Rod of Ruin deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

"My masterpiece is complete-and so shall be my triumph."
-Saldrath, master artificer

Sliver Construct

Artifact Creature - Sliver Construct

Slivers destroy those who come close to the Skep, the central hive. Shards of torn metal litter the ground as a warning to any artificers inquisitive about the hive's inner workings.

Staff of the Death Magus

Artifact

Whenever you cast a black spell or a Swamp enters the battlefield under your control, you gain 1 life.

A symbol of ambition in ruthless times.

Staff of the Flame Magus

Artifact

Whenever you cast a red spell or a Mountain enters the battlefield under your control, you gain 1 life.

A symbol of passion in indifferent times.

Staff of the Mind Magus

Artifact

Whenever you cast a blue spell or an Island enters the battlefield under your control, you gain 1 life.

A symbol of sagacity in bewildering times.

Staff of the Sun Magus

Artifact

Whenever you cast a white spell or a Plains enters the battlefield under your control, you gain 1 life.

A symbol of conviction in uncertain times.

Staff of the Wild Magus

Artifact

Whenever you cast a green spell or a Forest enters the battlefield under your control, you gain 1 life.

A symbol of ferocity in oppressive times.

Strionic Resonator

Artifact

, : Copy target triggered ability you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A triggered ability uses the words "when," "whenever," or "at.")

Its tines cannot be rung by mere physical force. Only magic of great power can start its eldritch resonance.

Trading Post

Artifact

, , Discard a card: You gain 4 life.

, , Pay 1 life: Put a 0/1 white Goat creature token onto the battlefield.

, , Sacrifice a creature: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

, , Sacrifice an artifact: Draw a card.

Vial of Poison

Artifact

, Sacrifice Vial of Poison: Target creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

There are worse ways to die, but not many.