At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a charge counter on Aether Vial.

{T}: You may put a creature card with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on Aether Vial from your hand onto the battlefield.

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 for each other enchantment on the battlefield.

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

When Aspect of Mongoose is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Aspect of Mongoose to its owner's hand.

Ninjutsu {1}{B} ({1}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)

When Azra Smokeshaper enters the battlefield, target creature you control gains indestructible until end of turn.

Flying, deathtouch

When Baleful Strix enters the battlefield, draw a card.

({T}: Add {B} or {G}.)

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)

I -- Destroy target nonland permanent an opponent controls.

II -- Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

III -- Creatures you control gain deathtouch until end of turn.

Ninjutsu {2}{B}

Biting-Palm Ninja enters the battlefield with a menace counter on it.

Whenever Biting-Palm Ninja deals combat damage to a player, you may remove a menace counter from it. When you do, that player reveals their hand and you choose a nonland card from it. Exile that card.

At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life and create a 1/1 black Faerie Rogue creature token with flying.

At the beginning of your precombat main phase, choose one or more --

• Sell Contraband -- Create a Treasure token. You lose 1 life.

• Buy Information -- Draw a card. You lose 2 life.

• Hire a Mercenary -- Create a 3/2 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. You lose 3 life. (It has every creature type.)

{T}: Add {C}.

{1}: Blinkmoth Nexus becomes a 1/1 Blinkmoth artifact creature with flying until end of turn. It's still a land.

{1}, {T}: Target Blinkmoth creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Changeling (This card is every creature type.)

As Bloodline Pretender enters the battlefield, choose a creature type.

Whenever another creature of the chosen type enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on Bloodline Pretender.

{T}: Add {G}.

Channel -- {1}{G}, Discard Boseiju, Who Endures: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or nonbasic land an opponent controls. That player may search their library for a land card with a basic land type, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

({T}: Add {G} or {U}.)

As Breeding Pool enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Changeling (This card is every creature type.)

Changeling Outcast can't block and can't be blocked.

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

As Cover of Darkness enters the battlefield, choose a creature type.

Creatures of the chosen type have fear. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Creeping Tar Pit enters the battlefield tapped.

{T}: Add {U} or {B}.

{1}{U}{B}: Creeping Tar Pit becomes a 3/2 blue and black Elemental creature until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn. It's still a land.

Whenever a creature you control becomes blocked, you may return it to its owner's hand.

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)

If a card would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, instead exile it with a void counter on it.

{T}, Sacrifice Dauthi Voidwalker: Choose an exiled card an opponent owns with a void counter on it. You may play it this turn without paying its mana cost.

Ninjutsu {1}{B} ({1}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)

Whenever Dokuchi Silencer deals combat damage to a player, you may discard a creature card. When you do, destroy target creature or planeswalker that player controls.

At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice another enchantment. If you do, search your library for a creature card with mana value equal to 1 plus the sacrificed enchantment's mana value, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

{T}, Sacrifice Fabled Passage: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature has flying and "Sacrifice a creature: This creature gets +2/+1 until end of turn."

When Fallen Ideal is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Fallen Ideal to its owner's hand.

Ninjutsu {2}{U}{B} ({2}{U}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)

Whenever Fallen Shinobi deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles the top two cards of their library. Until end of turn, you may play those cards without paying their mana costs.

Deathtouch

Enchant land

Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional one mana of any color.

({T}: Add {G}.)

({T}: Add {G}.)

When Growing Rites of Itlimoc enters the battlefield, look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a creature card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

At the beginning of your end step, if you control four or more creatures, transform Growing Rites of Itlimoc.

(Transforms from Growing Rites of Itlimoc.)

{T}: Add {G}.

{T}: Add {G} for each creature you control.

Ninjutsu {2}{U}{U} ({2}{U}{U}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)

Whenever Higure, the Still Wind deals combat damage to a player, you may search your library for a Ninja card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

{2}: Target Ninja creature can't be blocked this turn.

Enchant creature, land, or planeswalker

Enchanted permanent is a colorless land with "{T}: Add {C}" and loses all other card types and abilities.

Enchant creature

Creatures you control that are enchanted get +1/+1 and can't be blocked except by creatures with defender.

Ninjutsu {U}{B} ({U}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)

Whenever a Ninja you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Ninjutsu {3}{B}{B} ({3}{B}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)

Whenever Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni deals combat damage to a player, you may put target creature card from that player's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

{1}{B}: Regenerate Ink-Eyes.

{T}: Add {C}.

{1}: Inkmoth Nexus becomes a 1/1 Phyrexian Blinkmoth artifact creature with flying and infect until end of turn. It's still a land. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Invisible Stalker can't be blocked.

({T}: Add {U}.)

({T}: Add {U}.)

Flying

Whenever a player casts a spell that targets only a single creature other than Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief, you may copy that spell. The copy targets Ivy. (A copy of an Aura spell becomes a token.)

Reach

{T}, Tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color.

At the beginning of your end step, if Kaito Shizuki entered the battlefield this turn, he phases out.

+1: Draw a card. Then discard a card unless you attacked this turn.

-2: Create a 1/1 blue Ninja creature token with "This creature can't be blocked."

-7: You get an emblem with "Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, search your library for a blue or black creature card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle."

Ninjutsu {1}{G}

Kappa Tech-Wrecker enters the battlefield with a deathtouch counter on it.

Whenever Kappa Tech-Wrecker deals combat damage to a player, you may remove a deathtouch counter from it. When you do, exile target artifact or enchantment that player controls.

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Equip {0}

Enchant creature

At the beginning of your upkeep, return enchanted creature and all Auras attached to that creature to their owners' hands.

Ninjutsu {U} ({U}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)

Whenever Mistblade Shinobi deals combat damage to a player, you may return target creature that player controls to its owner's hand.

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Misty Rainforest: Search your library for a Forest or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +2/-1.

Escape--{2}{B}, Exile two other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +3/+3.

Dredge 2 (If you would draw a card, you may mill two cards instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)

Ninjutsu {U} ({U}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)

Whenever Moon-Circuit Hacker deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card unless Moon-Circuit Hacker entered the battlefield this turn.

Ninjutsu {2}{U} ({2}{U}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)

When Moonsnare Specialist enters the battlefield, return up to one target creature to its owner's hand.

{T}: Add {C}.

{1}: Mutavault becomes a 2/2 creature with all creature types until end of turn. It's still a land.

Ninjutsu {3}{B} ({3}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)

Whenever Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of each player's library. Until end of turn, you may play one of those cards. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than paying its mana cost.

Flying

When Network Disruptor enters the battlefield, tap target permanent.

Ninjutsu {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)

Whenever Ninja of the Deep Hours deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card.

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)

I, II -- Each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

III -- Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield transformed under your control.

Menace

Vehicles you control have menace. (They can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

+2: Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.")

+1: Target artifact or creature loses all abilities and becomes a green Elk creature with base power and toughness 3/3.

-5: Exchange control of target artifact or creature you control and target creature an opponent controls with power 3 or less.

Enchant creature

Whenever enchanted creature deals combat damage to a player, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Flying

{T}: Add {U}.

Channel -- {3}{U}, Discard Otawara, Soaring City: Return target artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker to its owner's hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

({T}: Add {B} or {G}.)

As Overgrown Tomb enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Polluted Delta: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Prismatic Vista: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

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

Ninjutsu {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)

Whenever one or more Ninja or Rogue creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +2/+0 and has trample.

When Rancor is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Rancor to its owner's hand.

Sacrifice a creature, Return Recurring Nightmare to its owner's hand: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of that player's library face down. You may look at it for as long as it remains exiled.

{1}{U}{B}: Level 2

Creatures you control have menace.

{2}{U}{B}: Level 3

You may play cards exiled with Rogue Class, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells.

{T}: Add {C}.

{4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Enchant permanent

When Rune of Flight enters the battlefield, draw a card.

As long as enchanted permanent is a creature, it has flying.

As long as enchanted permanent is an Equipment, it has "Equipped creature has flying."

Enchant permanent

When Rune of Might enters the battlefield, draw a card.

As long as enchanted permanent is a creature, it gets +1/+1 and has trample.

As long as enchanted permanent is an Equipment, it has "Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has trample."

Enchant permanent

When Rune of Mortality enters the battlefield, draw a card.

As long as enchanted permanent is a creature, it has deathtouch.

As long as enchanted permanent is an Equipment, it has "Equipped creature has deathtouch."

Equipped creature gets +1/+1.

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may attach Sai of the Shinobi to it.

Equip {2}

Ninjutsu {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)

You may have Sakashima's Student enter the battlefield as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it's a Ninja in addition to its other creature types.

Whenever you activate a ninjutsu ability, look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Each creature card in your hand has ninjutsu {2}{U}{B}.

{T}: Add {U}.

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters the battlefield attached to that creature.)

Enchanted creature has flying. (It can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

{U}: Return Shimmering Wings to its owner's hand.

{T}: Add {B}.

{B}, {T}: Target legendary creature gains fear until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Ninjutsu {4}{U}{B} ({4}{U}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)

Whenever Silent-Blade Oni deals combat damage to a player, look at that player's hand. You may cast a spell from among those cards without paying its mana cost.

Ninjutsu {U}{B} ({U}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)

Ninjutsu abilities you activate cost {1} less to activate.

Other Ninja and Rogue creatures you control get +1/+1.

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has flying.

When a Ninja enters the battlefield under your control, you may return Smoke Shroud from your graveyard to the battlefield attached to that creature.

Ninjutsu {3}{G} ({3}{G}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)

Whenever Spring-Leaf Avenger deals combat damage to a player, return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.

({T}: Add {B}.)

({T}: Add {B}.)

Creatures you control with power or toughness 1 or less can't be blocked.

This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.

{T}: Add {G}{G}. You gain 2 life.

Whenever a nontoken creature enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on it and draw a card.

Ninjutsu {2}{U}{U} ({2}{U}{U}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)

Flying

When Thousand-Faced Shadow enters the battlefield from your hand, if it's attacking, create a token that's a copy of another target attacking creature. The token enters the battlefield tapped and attacking.

Ninjutsu {2}{B} ({2}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)

Whenever Throat Slitter deals combat damage to a player, destroy target nonblack creature that player controls.

Unblocked attacking Ninjas you control have lifelink.

{T}: Add {G}.

({T}: Add {G} or {U}.)

Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage, put two charge counters on Umezawa's Jitte.

Remove a charge counter from Umezawa's Jitte: Choose one --

• Equipped creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

• Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

• You gain 2 life.

Equip {2}

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.)

Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.)

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

{T}: Add {B}.

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

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.)

As Watery Grave enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Commander ninjutsu {U}{B} ({U}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand or the command zone tapped and attacking.)

Whenever a Ninja you control deals combat damage to a player, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. Each opponent loses life equal to that card's mana value.

({T}: Add {B}, {G}, or {U}.)

Zagoth Triome enters the battlefield tapped.

Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)