Darksteel

Neurok Prodigy

Neurok Prodigy {2}{U}

Creature - Human Wizard
Flying
Discard an artifact card: Return Neurok Prodigy to its owner's hand.
"Why should I be bound by rules when I can see so far beyond them?"
2/1
Neurok Transmuter

Neurok Transmuter {2}{U}

Creature - Human Wizard
{U}: Target creature becomes an artifact in addition to its other types until end of turn.
{U}: Until end of turn, target artifact creature becomes blue and isn't an artifact.
2/2
Psychic Overload

Psychic Overload {3}{U}

Enchantment - Aura
Enchant permanent
When Psychic Overload enters the battlefield, tap enchanted permanent.
Enchanted permanent doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
Enchanted permanent has "Discard two artifact cards: Untap this permanent."
Pulse of the Grid

Pulse of the Grid {1}{U}{U}

Instant
Draw two cards, then discard a card. Then if an opponent has more cards in hand than you, return Pulse of the Grid to its owner's hand.
Before labs or lectures, there was insight.
Quicksilver Behemoth

Quicksilver Behemoth {6}{U}

Creature - Beast
Affinity for artifacts
When Quicksilver Behemoth attacks or blocks, return it to its owner's hand at end of combat.
4/5
Reshape

Reshape {X}{U}{U}

Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact.
Search your library for an artifact card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
"Today's paperweight, tomorrow's leveler."
—Bruenna, Neurok leader
Retract

Retract {U}

Instant
Return all artifacts you control to their owner's hand.
"Secrets are meant to remain secret."
—Memnarch
Second Sight

Second Sight {2}{U}

Instant
Choose one —
• Look at the top five cards of target opponent's library, then put them back in any order.
• Look at the top five cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
Entwine {U}
Synod Artificer

Synod Artificer {2}{U}

Creature - Vedalken Artificer
{X}, {T}: Tap X target noncreature artifacts.
{X}, {T}: Untap X target noncreature artifacts.
Memnarch shared a touch of his power with the vedalken in return for their service. It is a debt he intends to collect.
1/2
Vedalken Engineer

Vedalken Engineer {1}{U}

Creature - Vedalken Artificer
{T}: Add two mana of any one color. Spend this mana only to cast artifact spells or activate abilities of artifacts.
Art is unknown to the vedalken—for them, all creations must serve a purpose.
1/1
Vex

Vex {2}{U}

Instant
Counter target spell. That spell's controller may draw a card.
"The druids would be better off if they spent more time in the lab and less time watching trees grow."
—Pontifex, elder researcher
Aether Snap

Aether Snap {3}{B}{B}

Sorcery
Remove all counters from all permanents and exile all tokens.
"May you wake to find you were only ever a dream."
—Mephidross curse
Burden of Greed

Burden of Greed {3}{B}

Instant
Target player loses 1 life for each tapped artifact they control.
"The one who dies with the most toys is still dead."
—Geth, keeper of the Vault
Chittering Rats

Chittering Rats {1}{B}{B}

Creature - Rat
When Chittering Rats enters the battlefield, target opponent puts a card from their hand on top of their library.
Bottom feeders sometimes rise to the top.
2/2
Death Cloud

Death Cloud {X}{B}{B}{B}

Sorcery
Each player loses X life, discards X cards, sacrifices X creatures, then sacrifices X lands.
The swarm's million wings stir the foulest of breezes.
Echoing Decay

Echoing Decay {1}{B}

Instant
Target creature and all other creatures with the same name as that creature get -2/-2 until end of turn.
A single fear unleashes a torrent of nightmares.
Emissary of Despair

Emissary of Despair {1}{B}{B}

Creature - Spirit
Flying
Whenever Emissary of Despair deals combat damage to a player, that player loses 1 life for each artifact they control.
2/1
Essence Drain

Essence Drain {4}{B}

Sorcery
Essence Drain deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.
Mephidross claims all life within it. What cannot be twisted is absorbed.
Greater Harvester

Greater Harvester {2}{B}{B}{B}

Creature - Horror
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a permanent.
Whenever Greater Harvester deals combat damage to a player, that player sacrifices two permanents.
5/6
Grimclaw Bats

Grimclaw Bats {1}{B}

Creature - Bat
Flying
{B}, Pay 1 life: Grimclaw Bats gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Even on a world of metal, there are those who thirst for blood.
1/1
Hunger of the Nim

Hunger of the Nim {1}{B}

Sorcery
Target creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each artifact you control.
Their pain is so great, they can't help but share it with others.
Mephitic Ooze

Mephitic Ooze {4}{B}

Creature - Ooze
Mephitic Ooze gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control.
Whenever Mephitic Ooze deals combat damage to a creature, destroy that creature. The creature can't be regenerated.
In Mephidross, refuse doesn't last long—it's all scavenged, reanimated, or consumed.
0/5
Murderous Spoils

Murderous Spoils {5}{B}

Instant
Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. You gain control of all Equipment that were attached to it.
Scavengers are always the first to pay their respects.
Nim Abomination

Nim Abomination {2}{B}

Creature - Zombie
At the beginning of your end step, if Nim Abomination is untapped, you lose 3 life.
It is one of the oldest nim, steeped so long in the Dross that it has lost all vestiges of humanity.
3/4
Pulse of the Dross

Pulse of the Dross {1}{B}{B}

Sorcery
Target player reveals three cards from their hand and you choose one of them. That player discards that card. Then if that player has more cards in hand than you, return Pulse of the Dross to its owner's hand.
Before tyrants or torturers, there was evil.