Sacrifice a creature: Put a charge counter on Spawning Pit. {1}, Remove two charge counters from Spawning Pit: Create a 2/2 colorless Spawn artifact creature token.
When Spine of Ish Sah enters the battlefield, destroy target permanent. When Spine of Ish Sah is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Spine of Ish Sah to its owner's hand.
Surge Node enters the battlefield with six charge counters on it. {1}, {T}, Remove a charge counter from Surge Node: Put a charge counter on target artifact.
Without a foe to focus on, the machine priests had time to indulge in new sciences.
Choose target card in a graveyard other than a basic land card. Search its owner's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with the same name as that card and exile them. Then that player shuffles.
Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may gain 1 life. Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under an opponent's control, you may have that player lose 1 life.