Life Matrix
Legends — rare
Artifact
Life Matrix rulings:
2004-10-04: Once the counter is placed on the creature, the ability to remove it can only be activated by the player who controls the creature.
Legends — rare
Artifact
Life Matrix rulings:
2004-10-04: Once the counter is placed on the creature, the ability to remove it can only be activated by the player who controls the creature.
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, : Put a mire counter on target non-Swamp land. That land is a Swamp for as long as it has a mire counter on it. Activate only during your upkeep.
When Cyclopean Tomb is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, at the beginning of each of your upkeeps for the rest of the game, remove all mire counters from a land that a mire counter was put onto with Cyclopean Tomb but that a mire counter has not been removed from with Cyclopean Tomb.
Creature — Dwarf Artificer (1/1)
, Sacrifice an artifact: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Activate only during your upkeep.
Artifact Creature — Horse (0/3)
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 only during your upkeep.
Creature — Avatar Praetor (5/5)
First strike, trample
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a -2/-2 counter on Ebon Praetor.
Sacrifice a creature: Remove a -2/-2 counter from Ebon Praetor. If the sacrificed creature was a Thrull, put a +1/+0 counter on Ebon Praetor. Activate only during your upkeep and only once each turn.
Instant
Put X glyph counters on target creature that target Wall blocked this turn, where X is the power of that blocked creature. The creature gains "This creature doesn't untap during your untap step if it has a glyph counter on it" and "At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a glyph counter from this creature."
Creature — Spirit (2/1)
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Forecast — , Reveal Spirit en-Dal from your hand: Target creature gains shadow until end of turn. (Activate only during your upkeep and only once each turn.)
Artifact
Remove Amulet of Quoz from your deck before playing if you're not playing for ante.
, Sacrifice Amulet of Quoz: Target opponent may ante the top card of their library. If they don'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 only during your upkeep.
Creature — Hydra (0/1)
Balduvian Hydra enters the battlefield with X +1/+0 counters on it.
Remove a +1/+0 counter from Balduvian Hydra: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to Balduvian Hydra this turn.
: Put a +1/+0 counter on Balduvian Hydra. Activate only during your upkeep.
Artifact Creature — Bird (0/4)
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 only during your upkeep.
Artifact Creature — Beast (0/4)
Clockwork Beast enters the battlefield with seven +1/+0 counters on it.
At end of combat, if Clockwork Beast attacked or blocked this combat, remove a +1/+0 counter from it.
, : Put up to X +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Beast. This ability can't cause the total number of +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Beast to be greater than seven. Activate only during your upkeep.
Artifact Creature — Insect (0/3)
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 only during your upkeep.
Enchantment
As Energy Vortex enters the battlefield, choose an opponent.
At the beginning of your upkeep, remove all vortex counters from Energy Vortex.
At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, Energy Vortex deals 3 damage to that player unless they pay for each vortex counter on Energy Vortex.
: Put X vortex counters on Energy Vortex. Activate only during your upkeep.
Sorcery
Gain control of target monocolored creature.
Forecast — , Reveal Govern the Guildless from your hand: Target creature becomes the color or colors of your choice until end of turn. (Activate only during your upkeep and only once each turn.)
Creature — Horror (1/1)
, Sacrifice a creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only during your upkeep.
Creature — Elf Shaman (0/3)
Sacrifice Llanowar Augur: Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains trample until end of turn. Activate only during your upkeep.
Creature — Human Knight (3/4)
Whenever Paladin of Prahv deals damage, you gain that much life.
Forecast — , Reveal Paladin of Prahv from your hand: Whenever target creature deals damage this turn, you gain that much life. (Activate only during your upkeep and only once each turn.)
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
Forecast — , Reveal Plumes of Peace from your hand: Tap target creature. (Activate only during your upkeep and only once each turn.)
Sorcery
Return up to three target creature cards with mana value 1 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Forecast — , Reveal Proclamation of Rebirth from your hand: Return target creature card with mana value 1 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. (Activate only during your upkeep and only once each turn.)
Creature — Hydra (0/0)
Rock Hydra enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it.
For each 1 damage that would be dealt to Rock Hydra, if it has a +1/+1 counter on it, remove a +1/+1 counter from it and prevent that 1 damage.
: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to Rock Hydra this turn.
: Put a +1/+1 counter on Rock Hydra. Activate only during your upkeep.
Instant
Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
Forecast — , Reveal Steeling Stance from your hand: Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. (Activate only during your upkeep and only once each turn.)
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