Geist of the Archives

Defender
At the beginning of your upkeep, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

Silumgar Spell-Eater

Megamorph {4}{U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
When Silumgar Spell-Eater is turned face up, counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

Pollywog Symbiote

Each creature spell you cast costs {1} less to cast if it has mutate.
Whenever you cast a creature spell, if it has mutate, draw a card, then discard a card.

Stinging Lionfish

Whenever you cast your first spell during each opponent's turn, you may tap or untap target nonland permanent.

Storm Fleet Aerialist

Flying
Raid — Storm Fleet Aerialist enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it if you attacked this turn.

Threnody Singer

Flash
Flying
When Threnody Singer enters the battlefield, target creature an opponent controls gets -X/-0 until end of turn, where X is your devotion to blue. (Each {U} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)

Skilled Animator

When Skilled Animator enters the battlefield, target artifact you control becomes an artifact creature with base power and toughness 5/5 for as long as Skilled Animator remains on the battlefield.

Masterful Replication

Choose one —
• Create two 3/3 colorless Golem artifact creature tokens.
• Choose target artifact you control. Each other artifact you control becomes a copy of that artifact until end of turn.

Alirios, Enraptured

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

Ghost-Lit Drifter

Flying
{2}{U}: Another target creature gains flying until end of turn.
Channel — {X}{U}, Discard Ghost-Lit Drifter: X target creatures gain flying until end of turn.

Janjeet Sentry

When Janjeet Sentry enters the battlefield, you get {E}{E} (two energy counters).
{T}, Pay {E}{E}: You may tap or untap target artifact or creature.

Prosperous Thief

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.")

Thousand-Faced Shadow

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.

Champion of Wits

When Champion of Wits enters the battlefield, you may draw cards equal to its power. If you do, discard two cards.
Eternalize {5}{U}{U} ({5}{U}{U}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Naga Wizard with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)

Akal Pakal, First Among Equals

At the beginning of each player's end step, if an artifact entered the battlefield under your control this turn, look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Forensic Gadgeteer

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")
Activated abilities of artifacts you control cost {1} less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.

Gadwick, the Wizened

When Gadwick, the Wizened enters the battlefield, draw X cards.
Whenever you cast a blue spell, tap target nonland permanent an opponent controls.

Acquisition Octopus

Whenever Acquisition Octopus or equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Reconfigure {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)

Nebelgast Herald

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Flying
Whenever Nebelgast Herald or another Spirit enters the battlefield under your control, tap target creature an opponent controls.

Sinuous Striker

{U}: Sinuous Striker gets +1/-1 until end of turn.
Eternalize—{3}{U}{U}, Discard a card. ({3}{U}{U}, Discard a card, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Naga Warrior with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)

Merchant's Dockhand

{3}{U}, {T}, Tap X untapped artifacts you control: Look at the top X cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Mistcaller

Sacrifice Mistcaller: Until end of turn, if a nontoken creature would enter the battlefield and it wasn't cast, exile it instead.

Nimble Obstructionist

Flash
Flying
Cycling {2}{U} ({2}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle Nimble Obstructionist, counter target activated or triggered ability you don't control.

Omnispell Adept

{2}{U}, {T}: You may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand without paying its mana cost.

Sphinx of Magosi

Flying
{2}{U}: Draw a card, then put a +1/+1 counter on Sphinx of Magosi.

Sludge Monster

Whenever Sludge Monster enters the battlefield or attacks, put a slime counter on up to one other target creature.
Non-Horror creatures with slime counters on them lose all abilities and have base power and toughness 2/2.

Dreamcaller Siren

Flash
Flying
Dreamcaller Siren can block only creatures with flying.
When Dreamcaller Siren enters the battlefield, if you control another Pirate, tap up to two target nonland permanents.

Quicksmith Spy

When Quicksmith Spy enters the battlefield, target artifact you control gains "{T}: Draw a card" for as long as you control Quicksmith Spy.

Archmage Emeritus

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.

Reservoir Kraken

Trample, ward {2}
At the beginning of each combat, if Reservoir Kraken is untapped, any opponent may tap an untapped creature they control. If they do, tap Reservoir Kraken and create a 1/1 blue Fish creature token with "This creature can't be blocked."

Overcharged Amalgam

Flash
Flying
Exploit (When this creature enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice a creature.)
When Overcharged Amalgam exploits a creature, counter target spell, activated ability, or triggered ability.

Cosmos Charger

Flash
Flying
Foretelling cards from your hand costs {1} less and can be done on any player's turn.
Foretell {2}{U} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Riddlemaster Sphinx

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
When Riddlemaster Sphinx enters the battlefield, you may return target creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand.

Zahid, Djinn of the Lamp

You may pay {3}{U} and tap an untapped artifact you control rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Flying

The Antiquities War

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I, II — Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal an artifact card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
III — Artifacts you control become artifact creatures with base power and toughness 5/5 until end of turn.

Swarm Intelligence

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Drowned Secrets

Whenever you cast a blue spell, target player mills two cards.

Rise and Shine

Target noncreature artifact you control becomes a 0/0 artifact creature. Put four +1/+1 counters on each artifact that became a creature this way.
Overload {4}{U}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sage-Eye Avengers

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Whenever Sage-Eye Avengers attacks, you may return target creature to its owner's hand if its power is less than Sage-Eye Avengers's power.

Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign

Flying
Sphinx spells you cast cost {2} less to cast.
Whenever Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign or another Sphinx enters the battlefield under your control, reveal the top four cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Aethersquall Ancient

Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, you get {E}{E}{E} (three energy counters).
Pay {E}{E}{E}{E}{E}{E}{E}{E}: Return all other creatures to their owners' hands. Activate only as a sorcery.

Silent Submersible

Whenever Silent Submersible deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker, draw a card.
Crew 2 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 2 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)

Rhythmic Water Vortex

Return up to two target creatures to their owner's hand.
Search your library and/or graveyard for a card named Mu Yanling, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you searched your library this way, shuffle.

Tromokratis

Tromokratis has hexproof unless it's attacking or blocking.
Tromokratis can't be blocked unless all creatures defending player controls block it. (If any creature that player controls doesn't block this creature, it can't be blocked.)

Stormtide Leviathan

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
All lands are Islands in addition to their other types.
Creatures without flying or islandwalk can't attack.

Invoke the Winds

Gain control of target artifact or creature. Untap it.

Deeproot Pilgrimage

Whenever one or more nontoken Merfolk you control become tapped, create a 1/1 blue Merfolk creature token with hexproof.

Trait Doctoring

Change the text of target permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another or one basic land type with another until end of turn.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)

Mystic Reflection

Choose target nonlegendary creature. The next time one or more creatures or planeswalkers enter the battlefield this turn, they enter as copies of the chosen creature.
Foretell {U} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Upheaval

Return all permanents to their owners' hands.

Jace, Wielder of Mysteries

If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, you win the game instead.
+1: Target player mills two cards. Draw a card.
−8: Draw seven cards. Then if your library has no cards in it, you win the game.

Worldwalker Helm

If you would create one or more artifact tokens, instead create those tokens plus an additional Map token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.")
{1}{U}, {T}: Create a token that's a copy of target artifact token you control.

Imprisoned in the Moon

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

The Key to the Vault

Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, look at that many cards from the top of your library. You may exile a nonland card from among them. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. You may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost.
Equip {2}{U}

Epiphany at the Drownyard

Reveal the top X plus one cards of your library and separate them into two piles. An opponent chooses one of those piles. Put that pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

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.

Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin

Kumena's Awakening

Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, each player draws a card. If you have the city's blessing, instead only you draw a card.

Admiral's Order

Raid — If you attacked this turn, you may pay {U} rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.

Extraordinary Journey

When Extraordinary Journey enters the battlefield, exile up to X target creatures. For each of those cards, its owner may play it for as long as it remains exiled.
Whenever one or more nontoken creatures enter the battlefield, if one or more of them entered from exile or was cast from exile, you draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Mission Briefing

Surveil 2, then choose an instant or sorcery card in your graveyard. You may cast it this turn. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. (To surveil 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Precognition Field

You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may cast instant and sorcery spells from the top of your library.
{3}: Exile the top card of your library.

Patient Rebuilding

At the beginning of your upkeep, target opponent mills three cards, then you draw a card for each land card put into their graveyard this way.

Forced Fruition

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player draws seven cards.

Stolen by the Fae

Return target creature with mana value X to its owner's hand. You create X 1/1 blue Faerie creature tokens with flying.

Inevitable Betrayal

Suspend 3—{1}{U}{U} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay {1}{U}{U} and exile it with three time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.)
Search target opponent's library for a creature card and put that card onto the battlefield under your control. Then that player shuffles.

March of Swirling Mist

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may exile any number of blue cards from your hand. This spell costs {2} less to cast for each card exiled this way.
Up to X target creatures phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. Each one phases in before its controller untaps during their next untap step.)

Cryptic Coat

When Cryptic Coat enters the battlefield, cloak the top card of your library, then attach Cryptic Coat to it. (To cloak a card, put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature with ward {2}. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and can't be blocked.
{1}{U}: Return Cryptic Coat to its owner's hand.

Inscription of Insight

Kicker {2}{U}{U}
Choose one. If this spell was kicked, choose any number instead.
• Return up to two target creatures to their owners' hands.
• Scry 2, then draw two cards.
• Target player creates an X/X blue Illusion creature token, where X is the number of cards in their hand.

Monastery Siege

As Monastery Siege enters the battlefield, 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.

Commit

Put target spell or nonland permanent into its owner's library second from the top.

Memory

Aftermath (Cast this spell only from your graveyard. Then exile it.)
Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards.

Commit // Memory

Pull from Tomorrow

Hour of Eternity

Exile X target creature cards from your graveyard. For each card exiled this way, create a token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie.

Induced Amnesia

When Induced Amnesia enters the battlefield, target player exiles all cards from their hand face down, then draws that many cards.
When Induced Amnesia is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return the exiled cards to their owner's hand.

Confiscation Coup

Choose target artifact or creature. You get {E}{E}{E}{E} (four energy counters), then you may pay an amount of {E} equal to that permanent's mana value. If you do, gain control of it.

Commence the Endgame

This spell can't be countered.
Draw two cards, then amass Zombies X, where X is the number of cards in your hand. (Put X +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also a Zombie. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.)

Confirm Suspicions

Counter target spell.
Investigate three times. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Storm Fleet Spy

Raid — When Storm Fleet Spy enters the battlefield, if you attacked this turn, draw a card.

Uninvited Geist

Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.)
When Uninvited Geist deals combat damage to a player, transform it.

Unimpeded Trespasser

Uninvited Geist // Unimpeded Trespasser

Silumgar Sorcerer

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Flying
Exploit (When this creature enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice a creature.)
When Silumgar Sorcerer exploits a creature, counter target creature spell.

Sage of Mysteries

Constellation — Whenever an enchantment enters the battlefield under your control, target player mills two cards.

Siren Stormtamer

Flying
{U}, Sacrifice Siren Stormtamer: Counter target spell or ability that targets you or a creature you control.

Spectral Sailor

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Flying
{3}{U}: Draw a card.

Omen Hawker

{T}: Add {C}{U}. Spend this mana only to activate abilities.

Spyglass Siren

Flying
When Spyglass Siren enters the battlefield, create a Map token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.")

Animating Faerie

Bring to Life

Target noncreature artifact you control becomes a 0/0 artifact creature. Put four +1/+1 counters on it.

Animating Faerie // Bring to Life

Callaphe, Beloved of the Sea

Callaphe's power is equal to your devotion to blue. (Each {U} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)
Creatures and enchantments you control have "Spells your opponents cast that target this permanent cost {1} more to cast."

Covert Technician

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 Covert Technician deals combat damage to a player, you may put an artifact card with mana value less than or equal to that damage from your hand onto the battlefield.

Gateway Sneak

Whenever a Gate enters the battlefield under your control, Gateway Sneak can't be blocked this turn.
Whenever Gateway Sneak deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Cobbled Lancer

As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile a creature card from your graveyard.
{3}{U}, Exile Cobbled Lancer from your graveyard: Draw a card.

Slickshot Lockpicker

When Slickshot Lockpicker enters the battlefield, target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost. (You may cast that card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Plot {2}{U} (You may pay {2}{U} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)

Delver of Secrets

At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. You may reveal that card. If an instant or sorcery card is revealed this way, transform Delver of Secrets.

Insectile Aberration

Delver of Secrets // Insectile Aberration

Minister of Inquiries

When Minister of Inquiries enters the battlefield, you get {E}{E} (two energy counters).
{T}, Pay {E}: Target player mills three cards.

Augur of Bolas

When Augur of Bolas enters the battlefield, look at the top three cards of your library. You may reveal an instant or sorcery card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Pteramander

Flying
{7}{U}: Adapt 4. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put four +1/+1 counters on it.)

Departed Deckhand

When Departed Deckhand becomes the target of a spell, sacrifice it.
Departed Deckhand can't be blocked except by Spirits.
{3}{U}: Another target creature you control can't be blocked this turn except by Spirits.

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