Commander 2017

Swords to Plowshares

Swords to Plowshares {W}

Instant
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
The smallest seed of regret can bloom into redemption.
Taj-Nar Swordsmith

Taj-Nar Swordsmith {3}{W}

Creature - Cat Soldier
When Taj-Nar Swordsmith enters, you may pay {X}. If you do, search your library for an Equipment card with mana value X or less, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
2/3
White Sun's Zenith

White Sun's Zenith {X}{W}{W}{W}

Instant
Create X 2/2 white Cat creature tokens. Shuffle White Sun's Zenith into its owner's library.
After the Battle of Liet Field, the white sun crested above Taj-Nar, bringing hope to all who survived the carnage.
Wing Shards

Wing Shards {1}{W}{W}

Instant
Target player sacrifices an attacking creature of their choice.
Storm
Arcanis the Omnipotent

Arcanis the Omnipotent {3}{U}{U}{U}

Legendary Creature - Wizard
{T}: Draw three cards.
{2}{U}{U}: Return Arcanis to its owner's hand.
He has journeyed where none have been before. Now he returns to ensure that none follow.
3/4
Archaeomancer

Archaeomancer {2}{U}{U}

Creature - Human Wizard
When Archaeomancer enters, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
"Words of power never disappear. They sleep, awaiting those with the will to rouse them."
1/2
Azami, Lady of Scrolls

Azami, Lady of Scrolls {2}{U}{U}{U}

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Tap an untapped Wizard you control: Draw a card.
"Choices belong to those with the luxuries of time and distance. We have neither. I recommend we proceed with the plan to destroy all shrines of the kami."
—Lady Azami, letter to Sensei Hisoka
0/2
Body Double

Body Double {4}{U}

Creature - Shapeshifter
You may have Body Double enter as a copy of any creature card in a graveyard.
"I am who I pretend to be."
0/0
Clone Legion

Clone Legion {7}{U}{U}

Sorcery
For each creature target player controls, create a token that's a copy of that creature.
Their lust for battle was so great that they didn't care their enemies wore their own faces.
Harbinger of the Tides

Harbinger of the Tides {U}{U}

Creature - Merfolk Wizard
You may cast this card as though it had flash if you pay {2} more to cast it.
When this creature enters, you may return target tapped creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand.
2/2
Into the Roil

Into the Roil {1}{U}

Instant
Kicker {1}{U}
Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. If this spell was kicked, draw a card.
"Roil tide! Roil tide! Tie yourselves down!"
Merchant of Secrets

Merchant of Secrets {2}{U}

Creature - Human Wizard
When Merchant of Secrets enters, draw a card.
To scrape out a living in Aphetto, wizards are reduced to selling rumors, lies, forgeries, or—if they get desperate enough—the truth.
1/1
Monastery Siege

Monastery Siege {2}{U}

Enchantment
As Monastery Siege enters, choose Khans or Dragons.
• Khans — At the beginning of your draw step, draw an additional card, then discard a card.
• Dragons — Spells your opponents cast that target you or a permanent you control cost {2} more to cast.
Opportunity

Opportunity {4}{U}{U}

Instant
Target player draws four cards.
"Opportunity isn't something you wait for. It's something you create."
Polymorphist's Jest

Polymorphist's Jest {1}{U}{U}

Instant
Until end of turn, each creature target player controls loses all abilities and becomes a blue Frog with base power and toughness 1/1.
"The flies were bothering me."
—Jalira, master polymorphist
Reality Shift

Reality Shift {1}{U}

Instant
Exile target creature. Its controller manifests the top card of their library.
Sea Gate Oracle

Sea Gate Oracle {2}{U}

Creature - Human Wizard
When Sea Gate Oracle enters, look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other on the bottom of your library.
"The secret entrance should be near."
1/3
Serendib Sorcerer

Serendib Sorcerer {1}{U}{U}

Creature - Human Wizard
{T}: Target creature other than Serendib Sorcerer has base power and toughness 0/2 until end of turn.
"Even a dragon is humble as a kitten if it thinks itself a slave."
1/1
Related card: Sorceress Queen
Spelltwine

Spelltwine {5}{U}

Sorcery
Exile target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard and target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard. Copy those cards. Cast the copies if able without paying their mana costs. Exile Spelltwine.
Ambition's Cost

Ambition's Cost {3}{B}

Sorcery
You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.
"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
Anowon, the Ruin Sage

Anowon, the Ruin Sage {3}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature - Vampire Shaman
At the beginning of your upkeep, each player sacrifices a non-Vampire creature of their choice.
"So many have died in search of that map. And now it appears in the hands of the arrogant child Chandra Nalaar."
4/3
Apprentice Necromancer

Apprentice Necromancer {1}{B}

Creature - Zombie Wizard
{B}, {T}, Sacrifice Apprentice Necromancer: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature gains haste. At the beginning of the next end step, sacrifice it.
A mage willing to dedicate his life to his craft.
1/1
Black Market

Black Market {3}{B}{B}

Enchantment
Whenever a creature dies, put a charge counter on Black Market.
At the beginning of your first main phase, add {B} for each charge counter on Black Market.
Blood Artist

Blood Artist {1}{B}

Creature - Vampire
Whenever Blood Artist or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
"Great art can never be created without great suffering."
0/1
Related cards: Blood Artist (Alchemy) Sanguine Brushstroke
Blood Tribute

Blood Tribute {4}{B}{B}

Sorcery
Kicker—Tap an untapped Vampire you control.
Target opponent loses half their life, rounded up. If this spell was kicked, you gain life equal to the life lost this way.