Command Tower

Tower Winder

Safe havens amid the desert and dragonstorms, Abzan fortresses attract merchants, travelers, outcasts, and exiles.

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Gale stared into the pool and saw a stranger. The similarities were uncanny, but it was not him.

Reflecting Pool

{T}: Add one mana of any type that a land you control could produce.

Blood Crypt

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Dragonskull Summit

This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain.
{T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Where ambition meets industry, passion is poisoned by greed.

Blackcleave Cliffs

This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
{T}: Add {B} or {R}.

A graveyard for conquerors and conquered alike.

Bloodstained Mire

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

The continent of Guul Draz is a geothermal swampland reeking of heat and decay.

Smoldering Marsh

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Canyon Slough

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Shamans of Kar-Sengir claim that their sun sets because it can no longer bear the gaze of those pain-carved cliffs.

Graven Cairns

{T}: Add {C}.
{B/R}, {T}: Add {B}{B}, {B}{R}, or {R}{R}.

In opulent chambers behind closed doors, dynasties are made and broken with but a few murmured words.

Luxury Suite

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
{T}: Add {B} or {R}.

"Yawgmoth's corpse is a wound in the universe. His foul blood seeps out, infecting the land with his final curse."
—Lord Windgrace

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.

"These caves hide beasts above and below their waters. For safe passage, the Sultai agree a small cargo trade is fair for risking our necks."
—Samor, Mardu border guard

Bloodfell Caves

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
{T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Enter and indulge your darkest fantasies, for you may never pass this way again.

Rakdos Guildgate

This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {B} or {R}.

"I do as I choose with what is mine. And it is all mine."
—Nicol Bolas

Cinder Barrens

Rakdos Carnarium

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
{T}: Add {B}{R}.

Temple of Malice

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
{T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Ixalan Checklist

Arguel's Blood Fast // Temple of Aclazotz

High Marshal Arguel

Arguel's vision led him into the jungles of Ixalan . . .

Arguel's Blood Fast

{1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have 5 or less life, you may transform Arguel's Blood Fast.

. . . to the lost temple of a bat-god of night, eternal enemy to the Threefold Sun.

Temple of Aclazotz

(Transforms from Arguel's Blood Fast.)
{T}: Add {B}.
{T}, Sacrifice a creature: You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness.

Swamp

Mountain

Mardu lightning fences are the ingenious synthesis of blacksmith skill and stormsinger magic, protecting their dalkovans from even the most fearsome dragonstorms.

Sol Ring

As the struggle raged for control of the Immortal Sun, the world grew dark under a blood-red sky.

Blood Sun

When this enchantment enters, draw a card.
All lands lose all abilities except mana abilities.

A spark of resistance against a tide of corruption.

Phyrexian Arena

At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

The dead know lessons the living haven't learned.

Read the Bones

Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

"Don't worry, your death will be as informative as possible."
—Gorghul, augur of skulls

Altar's Reap

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw two cards.

As the Eldrazi spread, no secret that could give Zendikar's defenders an advantage was considered too dangerous to seek.

Painful Truths

Converge — You draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell.

"Conquering your first world is the hardest, after all. My power grew as I moved from world to world, taking anything that would make the next taking easier."
—Ob Nixilis

Ambition's Cost

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

"They were all laughing at you after you left, you know. How will you make them pay?"

Night's Whisper

Little agonies pave the way to greater power.

Sign in Blood

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Ancient Craving

What is a sliver of one's soul compared to unimaginable wealth?

Greed

Erebos, God of the Dead

Indestructible
As long as your devotion to black is less than five, Erebos isn't a creature. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
Your opponents can't gain life.
{1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.

"You can sign, or you can spend your life imagining what might have been yours."

Vilis, Broker of Blood

Flying
{B}, Pay 2 life: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Whenever you lose life, draw that many cards. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Its victims become mindless lunatics. Conveniently, that's the first step in joining the Cult of Rakdos.

Sire of Insanity

At the beginning of each end step, each player discards their hand.

Archfiend of Despair

Flying
Your opponents can't gain life.
At the beginning of each end step, each opponent loses life equal to the life that player lost this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Rakdos, the Showstopper

Flying, trample
When Rakdos enters, flip a coin for each creature that isn't a Demon, Devil, or Imp. Destroy each creature whose coin comes up tails.

Master of Cruelties

First strike, deathtouch
This creature can only attack alone.
Whenever this creature attacks a player and isn't blocked, that player's life total becomes 1. This creature assigns no combat damage this combat.

Angrath, the Flame-Chained

+1: Each opponent discards a card and loses 2 life.
−3: Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step if it has mana value 3 or less.
−8: Each opponent loses life equal to the number of cards in their graveyard.

Chandra, Torch of Defiance

Chandra, Torch of Defiance Emblem

+1: Exile the top card of your library. You may cast that card. If you don't, Chandra deals 2 damage to each opponent.
+1: Add {R}{R}.
−3: Chandra deals 4 damage to target creature.
−7: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast a spell, this emblem deals 5 damage to any target."

Liliana Vess

+1: Target player discards a card.
−2: Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top.
−8: Put all creature cards from all graveyards onto the battlefield under your control.

Rakdos Charm

Choose one —
• Exile target player's graveyard.
• Destroy target artifact.
• Each creature deals 1 damage to its controller.

Like his mother before him, Darigaaz gave his life defending Dominaria from the tyranny of self-styled "gods."

Terminate

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.

In Rakdos-controlled neighborhoods, everyone is part of the show.

Dreadbore

Whenever Valgavoth sheds his old form, a Harrowing courses through the House like a malevolent wave, spawning new horrors and inciting its inhabitants to frenzy.

Bedevil

Destroy target artifact, creature, or planeswalker.

Chaos Warp

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

When Titania offered peace, Urza merely turned her down. Mishra made her people pay for the insult.

Go for the Throat

"You serve Phyrexia. Your pieces would better serve Phyrexia elsewhere."
—Azax-Azog, the Demon Thane

Dismember

({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.)
Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.

Kolaghan's Command

Choose two —
• Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
• Target player discards a card.
• Destroy target artifact.
• Kolaghan's Command deals 2 damage to any target.

When Lord Rakdos stirred from his slumber, everyone else's nightmare began.

Rakdos's Return

Rakdos's Return deals X damage to target opponent or planeswalker. That player or that planeswalker's controller discards X cards.

In the early days of Valley, desperate animalfolk harnessed the power of Calamity Beasts in ways that destroyed more than defended.

Blasphemous Act

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield.
Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.

"It's a difficult task to quarantine a plague that moves with the clouds."
—Esara, healer adept

Toxic Deluge

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.

Made of bone and boiled in blood, a Rakdos signet is not considered finished until it has been used as a murder weapon.

Rakdos Signet

Talisman of Indulgence

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {B} or {R}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

"We have barely begun to learn the secrets of the Fourth People. Every remnant of their presence, however cryptic, is a gift."
—Akal Pakal, First Steward of Oteclan

Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}.
{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

"This trinket will gain you admittance to some painfully exclusive gatherings."
—Exava, blood witch

Rakdos Locket

{T}: Add {B} or {R}.
{B/R}{B/R}{B/R}{B/R}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw two cards.

The Rakdos use it for everything you can think of and plenty more than that.

Rakdos Keyrune

{T}: Add {B} or {R}.
{B}{R}: This artifact becomes a 3/1 black and red Devil artifact creature with first strike until end of turn.

"Burn. Bleed. Enjoy."
—Cluestone inscription

Rakdos Cluestone

{T}: Add {B} or {R}.
{B}{R}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Curse of Fool's Wisdom

Enchant player
Whenever enchanted player draws a card, they lose 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Madness {3}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

"Fleshy, with just a hint of leather. A fine vintage."

Epicure of Blood

Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.

"If that brain can't figure out the secret of the serum, then add more brains."
—Rhmir, Hand of the Augur

Psychosis Crawler

Psychosis Crawler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.
Whenever you draw a card, each opponent loses 1 life.

Blim, Comedic Genius

Flying
Whenever Blim deals combat damage to a player, that player gains control of target permanent you control. Then each player loses life and discards cards equal to the number of permanents they control but don't own.

Dreams are just one more form of torment.

Underworld Dreams

Whenever an opponent draws a card, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player.

Phyrexian Germ

Scytheclaw

Living weapon (When this Equipment enters, create a 0/0 black Phyrexian Germ creature token, then attach this to it.)
Equipped creature gets +1/+1.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses half their life, rounded up.
Equip {3}

Planebound Accomplice

{R}: You may put a planeswalker card from your hand onto the battlefield. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

It *wants* to remain a mystery, banishing the curious in favor of less inquisitive company.

Cloudstone Curio

Whenever a nonartifact permanent you control enters, you may return another permanent you control that shares a permanent type with it to its owner's hand.

Chandra, Pyrogenius

Liberating Combustion

+2: Chandra deals 2 damage to each opponent.
−3: Chandra deals 4 damage to target creature.
−10: Chandra deals 6 damage to target player or planeswalker and each creature that player or that planeswalker's controller controls.

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

Strionic Resonator

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

His fists fume with the decay of death, each strike a plague on the hearts of his enemies.

Dire Fleet Ravager

Menace, deathtouch
When this creature enters, each player loses a third of their life, rounded up.

Harmonic Prodigy

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
If an ability of a Shaman or another Wizard you control triggers, that ability triggers an additional time.

The Great Mending that healed the Multiverse also unraveled the threads of Nicol Bolas's power.

Fraying Omnipotence

Each player loses half their life, then discards half the cards in their hand, then sacrifices half the creatures they control of their choice. Round up each time.

Raving Dead

Deathtouch
At the beginning of combat on your turn, choose an opponent at random. This creature attacks that player this combat if able.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses half their life, rounded down.

Chandra, Heart of Fire

+1: Discard your hand, then exile the top three cards of your library. Until end of turn, you may play cards exiled this way.
+1: Chandra deals 2 damage to any target.
−9: Search your graveyard and library for any number of red instant and/or sorcery cards, exile them, then shuffle. You may cast them this turn. Add six {R}.

Mirror Box

The "legend rule" doesn't apply to permanents you control.
Each legendary creature you control gets +1/+1.
Each nontoken creature you control gets +1/+1 for each other creature you control with the same name as that creature.

Dark Ritual

"Tomorrow wears yesterday's face."
—Kordel the Cryptic

Conjurer's Closet

At the beginning of your end step, you may exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.

Otrimi was disappointed at how quickly its new friend got tired and stopped playing.

Deadly Rollick

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Exile target creature.

Jaxis, the Troublemaker

Copy

{R}, {T}, Discard a card: Create a token that's a copy of another target creature you control. It gains haste and "When this token dies, draw a card." Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.
Blitz {1}{R} (If you cast this spell for its blitz cost, it gains haste and "When this creature dies, draw a card." Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.)

The Fire Crystal

"Warriors of Light...Only you can restore hope to the world, for yours is the light that can balance out the darkness..."

Red spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Creatures you control have haste.
{4}{R}{R}, {T}: Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

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