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Badgey, Malicious Glitch 3B Legendary Artifact Creature - Illusion Horror Whenever Badgey becomes tapped, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. "Can I teach you a lesson?" 4/3
Flubs the Fool, Massimo the Magician, Homer the Hermit
Incinerate {1}{R} Instant Incinerate deals 3 damage to any target. A creature dealt damage this way can’t be regenerated this turn. “Yes, I think ‘toast’ is an appropriate description.” —Jaya Ballard, Task Mage Illustrated by Mark Poole
Chief Magistrate of Mercadia {4}{R}{W} Legendary Creature — Human Noble When Chief Magistrate of Mercadia enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 2/1 red Goblin creature token with haste. Then if you’re the monarch, for each creature token you control, create a token that’s a copy of it. The throne was his in appearance only. 3/3 Illustrated by Paolo Parente
Gustha Ebbasdotter {3}{U}{U} Legendary Creature — Human Wizard Protection from red Whenever you cast your first spell during each opponent’s turn, draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order. “Turn your studies into uncompromising power. Only then will you be a royal mage.” 3/3 Illustrated by Karl Kopinski
The Everforger {6} Legendary Artifact Creature — Construct Rulebreaker — A deck with this commander can have artifact creature and Equipment cards of any color identity and any basic land cards. Whenever you cast an artifact creature or Equipment spell, you may copy that spell. Do this only once each turn. (The copy becomes a token.) 4/5 Illustrated by Chris Seaman
Tresserhorn's Lord, Returned {2}{U}{B}{R} Legendary Creature — Zombie Noble Trample, indestructible When Tresserhorn’s Lord enters, sacrifice him unless you sacrifice three creatures, pay 3 life, and have target opponent draw three cards. Whenever you sacrifice a creature, draw a card. In Lim-Dûl’s stead may he forever reign. 10/4 Illustrated by Helge C. Balzer
Jandor, Fortuned Traveler {1}{R}{G}{W} Legendary Creature — Human Citizen Each Beast, Camel, Horse, Elephant, and Wolf creature you control is a Mount in addition to its other types and has saddle 2. (Tap any number of other creatures you control with total power 2 or more: That Mount becomes saddled until end of turn. Saddle only as a sorcery.) Whenever a saddled creature you control attacks, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Draw a card. Create a Food token. 2/4 Illustrated by Justin Gerard
Maular, the Next Evolution {5}{G}{G} Legendary Creature — Dinosaur Mutant Rulebreaker — A deck with this commander can have creature cards with mana value 7 or greater of any color identity and any basic land cards. Whenever a creature you control with mana value 7 or greater attacks, double its power and toughness until end of turn. An unnatural ruler for the natural world. 10/10 Illustrated by Jesper Ejsing
Autumn Willow, Harmony {3}{G}{G} Legendary Creature — Avatar Hexproof When Autumn Willow enters, create a 1/1 green Forest Dryad land creature token. (It’s affected by summoning sickness.) Whenever you tap a land creature for mana, add an additional {G}. “The land lives and breathes, as we do. Nurture it, and it will respond in kind.” 3/3 Illustrated by Margaret Organ-Kean
Jabs, Mistress of Mockery {2}{R} Legendary Creature — Human Rogue If a triggered ability of a permanent you control but don’t own triggers, that ability triggers an additional time. All her shows have a captive audience. 2/3 Illustrated by Leanna Crossan
Chira, All In {3}{R} Legendary Creature — Human Rogue Whenever you discard one or more cards at random, select one or more targets at random, choose one or more modes at random, flip one or more coins, or roll one or more dice, put a +1/+1 counter on Chira and create a tapped Treasure token. “No risk, no reward!” 3/3 Illustrated by Rudy Siswanto
Balefang the Unslayable {3}{R}{R} Legendary Creature — Demon Dragon Flying, trample, protection from Angels and from Archons Players can’t gain life. When Balefang enters, target opponent creates a tapped Baneslayer Angel token. The token is goaded for the rest of the game. (It’s a {3}{W}{W} 5/5 Angel creature with flying, first strike, lifelink, and protection from Demons and from Dragons.) 5/5 Illustrated by Even Amundsen
Sahir, Visitor in Darkness {1}{B}{B} Legendary Creature — Human Wizard Eminence — At the beginning of your upkeep, Sahir deals 1 damage to you. This ability triggers only if Sahir is in the command zone or on the battlefield. Whenever a source you control deals exactly 1 damage to you and whenever a spell or ability you control causes you to lose exactly 1 life, put a +1/+1 counter on Sahir. If this is the second time this ability has resolved this turn, draw a card. 3/3 Illustrated by Kai Carpenter
Olinda the Oblivious {3}{B} Legendary Creature — Skunk Rogue Whenever Olinda enters or attacks, for each opponent, put an odor counter on up to one target creature that player controls without an odor counter on it. Each of those creatures has “At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 2 life” for as long as it has an odor counter on it. (They continue to smell after Olinda has left the battlefield.) 3/3 Illustrated by Justin Gerard
Miss Highwater {2}{B}{B} Legendary Creature — Demon Advisor Menace Whenever Miss Highwater deals combat damage to a player who doesn’t have a contract counter, they may discard their hand. If they do, they draw seven cards and get a contract counter. For as long as they have a contract counter, when they lose the game, for each artifact and creature they controlled, create a token that’s a copy of it. 5/3 Illustrated by Marius Bota
Feroz, Ulgrotha's Warden {3}{G}{W}{U} Legendary Planeswalker — Feroz +2: Create two 1/1 blue Bird creature tokens with flying. 0: Draw a card. You may put a permanent card with mana value 4 or less from your hand onto the battlefield. −7: Create a Feroz’s Ban token. (It’s a {6} artifact with “Creature spells cost {2} more to cast.”) Feroz, Ulgrotha’s Warden can be your commander. Loyalty: 5 Illustrated by Andrey Kuzinskiy
The Madcap Jester 1UBR Legendary Creature - Clown Wizard Whenever The Madcap Jester attacks, each opponent exiles the top card of their library. Whenever a spell or ability you control causes one or more cards to be exiled from an opponent's library, you may play those cards until the end of your next turn. Mana of any type can be spent to cast spells this way. He who bears the cap laughs last. R 0044 MBC •EN I JESPER EJSING 3/2
Seluma, Light of Aysen 4W Legendary Creature - Angel Warrior Rulebreaker — A deck with this commander can have Angel cards of any color identity and any basic land cards. Flying Whenever Seluma deals combat damage to a player, return target Angel creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. 4/4
UPDATE TO TOLABOW, LOCH RASCAL'S RULES TEXT Announcements Aug 3, 2026 Jess Dunks Rulebreaker - If Tolabow, Loch Rascal is your commander, the color identity of instant and sorcery cards in your deck can include one color of your choice not in your commander's color identity, and your deck can have any basic land cards.
Yume, Chronicler of Valor 1W Legendary Creature - Human Druid The first spell you cast during each of your turns has assist. When you cast that spell, if another player spent mana to cast it, you and that player each draw a card. (As you cast a spell with assist, you may choose another player. They may pay some or all of the generic mana in the spell's cost.) Tales of heroics fill the air between matches at Valor's Reach. 1/2
Sash and Waistcoat, Unmen 1U Legendary Creature - Insect Rogue Whenever a face-down creature attacks one of your opponents, it can't be blocked this combat. 3: Manifest the top card of your library. Any player may activate this ability but only as a sorcery. (To maniest a card, put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.) 2/2
Whtz, the Bibliophile 1WU Legendary Creature - Homunculus Rulebreaker - A deck with this commander has no maximum deck size. 3, Tap: You draw a card and gain 1 life. This ability costs 3 less to activate if you had 200 or more cards in your starting deck. Created to keep the library well-stocked. 1/3
Blor the Impervious 3GG Legendary Creature - Frog Warrior Trample, hexproof, indestructible "Blor's defenses are still impervious!" 3/3
Massimo, the Magician URW Legendary Creature - Cat Wizard Whenever Massimo or another creature you control enters, exile up to one target instant or sorcery card with mana value 1 from your graveyard. If a card is exiled this way, that creature gains "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, copy the exiled card. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost." 3/2
Legendary Uncle Istvan
Nephilim Epochal u/r r/g g/w w/b Legendary Creature - Elder Nephilim When Nephilim Epochal enters, search your library for a Nephilim card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Nephilim you control get +1/+1 for each other Nephilim you control and can't be blocked by monocolored creatures. When it awoke, the five stirred from their slumber. 4/4
Grizzlegom, Hurloon Hero 5RG Legendary Creature - Minotaur Warrior Rulebreaker - A deck with this commander can have any land cards. Whenever Grizzlegom attacks, create a 1/1 white Soidier creature token for each Plains you control. Draw a card for each Island you control. Each opponent loses 1 life for each Swamp you control. Put a +1/+1 counter on Grizzlegom for each Mountain vou control. You gain 1 life for each Forest you control. 4/4
Muckslinger Gang 1RBG Legendary Creature - Goblin Lizard Beast Each other creature you control gets +3/+3 as long as it's not attacking or blocking. Creature spells you control and creature cards you own in any zone other than the battlefield or the stack get +3/+3. Niv-Mizzet enthusiastically rejected their bid to become an eleventh guild. 3/3 ™ 2026 Wizards of the Coast
Davvol, Evincar of Rath 2BG Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Noble Whenever another creature you control enters, you lose 1 life and add B. "Returned from your hunt? I hope you've brought me something good for my birthday." 2/2
Ashaya's Enduring Bond 1RG Legendary Sorcery (You may cast a legendary sorcery only you control a legendary creature or planeswalker.) Discover X, where X is the amount of mana spent to cast this spell. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with that mana value or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.) Ashaya's Enduring Bond can be your commander.
Rikala, Homarid King 1UG Legendary Creature - Lobster Noble At the beginning of your upkeep, put a tide counter on Rikala. Then if there are four or more tide counters on Rikala, remove them. Creatures you control get +1/+0 for each tide counter on Rikala. Whenever you tap an Island for mana, if there are three or more tide counters on Rikala, add an additional U. 0/4 R 0049 MBC •EN • CHRISTOPHER BURDETT ™N& © 2026 Wizards of the Coast
Attercop {1}{G} Creature — Spider Reach, deathtouch Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Soon there came the sound of “Lazy Lob” and “Attercop” from among the trees away on the right. That upset the spiders greatly. 2/1 Illustrated by Michele Giorgi
Arena Jimothy Bundle Magic loves all critters, from Fleem to Loot to Jimothy, who has stolen our hearts and lives near our Washington office! In his honor, we're releasing a special Jimothy bundle on MTG Arena and making a $10,000 donation to @PAWStweets, a local charity dedicated to animal welfare.
Hobbit Secret Lair with Liquimetal Torque, Sol Ring, Thought Vessel, Fellwar Stone, Lighning Greaves
Gleaming Splendor 1W Enchantment Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you create a Treasure token. 2*: Two target players each draw a card. Bulbo had heard tell and sing of Dragon-hoards before, but the splendor, the lust, the glory of such treasure had never yet come home to him.
Aetherize {3}{U} Instant Return all attacking creatures to their owner’s hand. “You can come back once you’ve learned some manners—and figured out how to reconstitute your physical forms.” Illustrated by Alexandre Honoré
Elven Passage Land *, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it to may behold an Eif. If you do, unta that land. To behold an Elf, choose an Eif vour control or reveal an Elf card from your hand.) Filled with the twinkling lights, laughter, and songs of the Elves. - 402006 fizand
Woodland Weavemaster 1G Creature - Elf Druid Vigilance Whenever another Elf you control enters, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. r: Add X mana of any one color, where X is this creature's power. Spend this mana only to cast Elf spells and activate abilities of Elf sources. 1/2
Old Thrush 2 Creature - Bird Flying When this creature enters, you gain 2 life. You may search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top. "We may not understand him, but that old bird understands us, I am sure." Balin 1/2
Part in Friendship 4G Enchantment Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card. If its mana value is less than or equal to the number of lands you control, put it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Great Fierce Bee 2B Creature - Insect Flying Whenever one or more other creatures die, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom. "If one were to sting me, I should swell up as big again as I am!" Bilbo 2/2
Urza's Cave Land — Urza's Cave {T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. No matter how deep Urza delved, he couldn’t escape his regrets. Illustrated by Mark Poole
Ouroboroid {2}{G}{G} Creature — Plant Wurm At the beginning of combat on your turn, put X +1/+1 counters on each creature you control, where X is this creature’s power. “I’ve found a strange vine in the ice. Thawing for further analysis.” —Meltstrider log, final entry 1/3 Illustrated by Samuel Perin
Cruel Entertainment {6}{B} Sorcery Choose target player and another target player. The first player controls the second player during the second player’s next turn, and the second player controls the first player during the first player’s next turn. Illustrated by David Palumbo
Bard's Company 2WU Creature - Human Citizen You may cast this spell as though it had flash if you control a Human. Other creatures you control get +1/+1. Whenever this creature enters or attacks, recruit. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.) 2/3
Cantankerous Keepers 5G Creature - Elf Soldier Affinity for Elves (This spell costs 1 less to cast for each Elf you control.) When this creature enters, mill four cards, then put all Elf cards from among them into your hand. The guards were decidedly less than pleased, upon waking, to find their prisoners escaped. 4/3
Fateful Discovery 3UU Enchantment Whenever an artifact you control enters, draw a card.
Down, Down to Goblin-town 2B (As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter: Sacrifice after IV.) I. Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. token first.) II. Amass Goblins 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also a Goblin. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Goblin Army creature III & IV. Target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. Enchantment - Saga
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Stone by Sunlight 1W Instant Choose one — • Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater. • Until end of turn, target creature becomes an artifact in addition to its other types and gains indestructible. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.) "Dawn take you all, and be stone to you!"