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Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin

The Sunken Ruin houses all the learning of a long-forgotten age.

Search for Azcanta

At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1. Then if you have seven or more cards in your graveyard, you may transform Search for Azcanta. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)

Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin

(Transforms from Search for Azcanta.)
{T}: Add {U}.
{2}{U}, {T}: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a noncreature, nonland card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Island

Plains

Each Strixhaven graduate receives a class ring bearing the university's motto: "Through study, know the world; through magic, know yourself."

Arcane Signet

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

"What drives the star arches to appear, and what causes them to sometimes disappear? I doubt even the Dawning Archaic knows."
—Jadzi, Oracle of Arcavios

Sol Ring

The maze-like design embodies the core of Azorius law—strict structure designed to test wills and stall change.

Azorius Signet

Talisman of Progress

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {W} or {U}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Infinite possibilities contained in a finite space.

Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size.
{T}: Add {C}.

Counterspell

"We have confiscated your spells as evidence. Once we conclude our investigation, you may petition to have them returned."

Render Silent

Counter target spell. Its controller can't cast spells this turn.

"To comprehend the full answer requires years of temporal study. In short, they were now never born in the first place."
—Teferi

Time Wipe

Return a creature you control to its owner's hand, then destroy all creatures.

Narset, Parter of Veils

Each opponent can't draw more than one card each turn.
−2: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a noncreature, nonland card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Austere Command

Choose two —
• Destroy all artifacts.
• Destroy all enchantments.
• Destroy all creatures with mana value 3 or less.
• Destroy all creatures with mana value 4 or greater.

What a lonely agony, the memory of memories lost.

Memory Lapse

Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put it on top of its owner's library instead of into that player's graveyard.

Ponder

Preponderant Pearl

Tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.

Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle.
Draw a card.

Preordain

Scry 2, then draw a card. (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.)

The mizzium-sphere array drove her mind deep into the thought field, where only the rarest motes of genius may be plucked.

Brainstorm

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

"The arc of my blade has carved a path of light for the peace that will follow."

Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

"'Invincible' is just a word."
—Gideon Jura

Oust

Put target creature into its owner's library second from the top. Its controller gains 3 life.

Terminus

Put all creatures on the bottom of their owners' libraries.
Miracle {W} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Angel

Entreat the Angels

Create X 4/4 white Angel creature tokens with flying.
Miracle {X}{W}{W} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Approach of the Second Sun

If this spell was cast from your hand and you've cast another spell named Approach of the Second Sun this game, you win the game. Otherwise, put Approach of the Second Sun into its owner's library seventh from the top and you gain 7 life.

"Slimefoot, I know I said I wanted to grow our repository of knowledge, but this isn't what I had in mind."

Fact or Fiction

Reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

"The Origin Query will wait. We must ensure we survive to return to it."
—Pelyus, vedalken ordinar

Blue Sun's Zenith

Target player draws X cards. Shuffle Blue Sun's Zenith into its owner's library.

"You've never considered the implications of dealing with another telepath, Jace."

Sphinx's Tutelage

Whenever you draw a card, target opponent mills two cards. If two nonland cards that share a color were milled this way, repeat this process.
{5}{U}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Dungeon Geists

Flying
When this creature enters, tap target creature an opponent controls. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as you control this creature.

Mulldrifter

Flying
When this creature enters, draw two cards.
Evoke {2}{U} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters.)

All the aether charts in the world can't compete with the trained eye of a talented scout.

Cloudblazer

Flying
When this creature enters, you gain 2 life and draw two cards.

"Words of power never disappear. They sleep, awaiting those with the will to rouse them."

Archaeomancer

When this creature enters, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Angel of Serenity

Flying
When this creature enters, you may exile up to three other target creatures from the battlefield and/or creature cards from graveyards.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled cards to their owners' hands.

Deadeye Navigator

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.)
As long as Deadeye Navigator is paired with another creature, each of those creatures has "{1}{U}: Exile this creature, then return it to the battlefield under your control."

His marvels of artifice pale in comparison to the developing machinery of his mind.

Venser, Shaper Savant

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
When Venser enters, return target spell or permanent to its owner's hand.

Reflector Mage

When this creature enters, return target creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand. That creature's owner can't cast spells with the same name as that creature until your next turn.

Lyev Skyknight

Flying
When this creature enters, detain target nonland permanent an opponent controls. (Until your next turn, that permanent can't attack or block and its activated abilities can't be activated.)

"I told Jace that Ravnica would fall apart if he didn't take his responsibilities seriously. I didn't want to be right."

Lavinia, Azorius Renegade

Each opponent can't cast noncreature spells with mana value greater than the number of lands that player controls.
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, if no mana was spent to cast it, counter that spell.

"There is no age at which you stop learning."

Barrin, Tolarian Archmage

When Barrin enters, return up to one other target creature or planeswalker to its owner's hand.
At the beginning of your end step, if a permanent was put into your hand from the battlefield this turn, draw a card.

Whirler Rogue

Thopter

When this creature enters, create two 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature tokens with flying.
Tap two untapped artifacts you control: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Steel of the Godhead

Enchant creature
As long as enchanted creature is white, it gets +1/+1 and has lifelink. (Damage dealt by the creature also causes its controller to gain that much life.)
As long as enchanted creature is blue, it gets +1/+1 and can't be blocked.

"There is elegance in all the Ojutai do—even their killing."
—Kirada, Silumgar enforcer

Battle Mastery

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

Aqueous Form

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't be blocked.
Whenever enchanted creature attacks, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Spectra Ward

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from each color. This effect doesn't remove Auras. (It can't be blocked, targeted, or dealt damage by anything that's white, blue, black, red, or green.)

"The cost of your opposition will be extracted from your wits."
—Nekusar, the Mindrazer

Propaganda

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Detention Sphere

When this enchantment enters, you may exile target nonland permanent not named Detention Sphere and all other permanents with the same name as that permanent.
When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, return the exiled cards to the battlefield under their owner's control.

The Rakdos believe that all are eager to join their revels, even when told otherwise.

Sphere of Safety

Creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless their controller pays {X} for each of those creatures, where X is the number of enchantments you control.

Sai, Master Thopterist

"Industry without artistry is just a fancy way to fill the junkyard."

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
{1}{U}, Sacrifice two artifacts: Draw a card.

"Our own selves are the greatest obstacles to enlightenment."
—Narset, khan of the Jeskai

Clever Impersonator

You may have this creature enter as a copy of any nonland permanent on the battlefield.

Case of the Lost Witness

Fblthp, the Lost

When Fblthp enters, draw a card. If it entered from your library or was cast from your library, draw two cards instead.
When Fblthp becomes the target of a spell, shuffle Fblthp into its owner's library.

"Knowledge is no more expensive than ignorance, and at least as satisfying."
—Barrin, master wizard

Barrin, Master Wizard

{2}, Sacrifice a permanent: Return target creature to its owner's hand.

Alirios, Enraptured

Reflection

Alirios enters tapped.
Alirios doesn't untap during your untap step if you control a Reflection.
When Alirios enters, create a 3/2 blue Reflection creature token.

On an Adventure

Ardenvale Tactician // Dizzying Swoop

In a castle that prizes loyalty above all, the bond between knight and griffin is unmatched.

Ardenvale Tactician

Dizzying Swoop

Tap up to two target creatures. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

"Be careful. You'll have more than Dovin to contend with if you hope to breach New Prahv."
—Lavinia, to Chandra Nalaar

Elite Guardmage

Flying
When this creature enters, you gain 3 life and draw a card.

Dream Trawler

Flying, lifelink
Whenever you draw a card, this creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Whenever this creature attacks, draw a card.
Discard a card: This creature gains hexproof until end of turn. Tap it.

"The echo of silence is music to my ears."

Baral, Chief of Compliance

Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Whenever a spell or ability you control counters a spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Drake

Talrand, Sky Summoner

"The seas are vast, but the skies are even more so. Why be content with one kingdom when I can rule them both?"

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.

Lumbering Battlement

Vigilance
When this creature enters, exile any number of other nontoken creatures you control until it leaves the battlefield.
This creature gets +2/+2 for each card exiled with it.

Restoration Angel

Flash
Flying
When this creature enters, you may exile target non-Angel creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.

Sometimes it's useful to take a break from existence.

Ghostly Flicker

Exile two target artifacts, creatures, and/or lands you control, then return those cards to the battlefield under your control.

Debates between wizards are never purely academic.

Arcane Melee

Instant and sorcery spells cost {2} less to cast.

"I don't care if it's an all-powerful relic or a street vendor's lucky charm. If it brings you courage, wear it."
—Saheeli Rai

Mana Geode

When this artifact enters, scry 1.
{T}: Add one mana of any color.

Soulherder

Whenever a creature is exiled from the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
At the beginning of your end step, you may exile another target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Walk the Aeons

Buyback—Sacrifice three Islands. (You may sacrifice three Islands in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Target player takes an extra turn after this one.

Over such beauty, wars are fought. With such power, wars are won.

Gilded Lotus

A fragment of ancient power lost in the heart of Ora Ondar.

Khalni Gem

When this artifact enters, return two lands you control to their owner's hand.
{T}: Add two mana of any one color.

Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward

Soldier

When Abdel Adrian enters, exile any number of other nonland permanents you control until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield. Create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token for each permanent exiled this way.
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

"Even storm clouds bow to worship Avacyn."
—Elder Rimheit

Cloudshift

Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.

Eye of the Storm

Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery card, exile it. Then that player copies each instant or sorcery card exiled with this enchantment. For each copy, the player may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

Simic mages create redundant backups of their experiments to reduce the consequences of catastrophe.

Copy Enchantment

You may have this enchantment enter as a copy of any enchantment on the battlefield.

Oblivion Ring

When this enchantment enters, exile another target nonland permanent.
When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

"I see destruction, suffering, and one tormented glimmer of hope."

Sage of Mysteries

Constellation — Whenever an enchantment you control enters, target player mills two cards.

Raff Capashen, Ship's Mage

Flash
Flying
You may cast historic spells as though they had flash. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate

First strike
Whenever Alesha attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
Raid — At the beginning of your end step, if you attacked this turn, return target creature card with mana value less than or equal to Alesha's power from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Atogatog

Sacrifice an Atog creature: Atogatog gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.

Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar

Clue

Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar Emblem

Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student

Flying
Whenever Tamiyo attacks, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
When you draw your third card in a turn, exile Tamiyo, then return her to the battlefield transformed under her owner's control.

Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar

+2: Until your next turn, whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, it gets -1/-0 until end of turn.
−3: Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. If it's a green card, add one mana of any color.
−7: Draw cards equal to half the number of cards in your library, rounded up. You get an emblem with "You have no maximum hand size."

Giada, Font of Hope

Flying, vigilance
Each other Angel you control enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it for each Angel you already control.
{T}: Add {W}. Spend this mana only to cast an Angel spell.

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