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Braided Net
Braided Net 2Blue (3)
Artifact

Braided Net enters the battlefield with three net counters on it.

Tap, Remove a net counter from Braided Net: Tap another target nonland permanent. Its activated abilities can't be activated for as long as it remains tapped.

Craft with artifact 1Blue

The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (Rare)
By Gnome Means
By Gnome Means 2White (3)
Enchantment

1White, Remove a counter from a permanent you control: Create a 1/1 colorless Gnome artifact creature token.

1White, Sacrifice an artifact: Choose any kind of counter a printed card refers to, then put one of that counter on target permanent.

Unstable (Rare)
Cemetery Desecrator
Cemetery Desecrator 4BlackBlack (6)
Creature — Zombie (4/4)

Menace

When Cemetery Desecrator enters the battlefield or dies, exile another card from a graveyard. When you do, choose one —

• Remove X counters from target permanent, where X is the mana value of the exiled card.

• Target creature an opponent controls gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the mana value of the exiled card.

Innistrad: Crimson Vow (Mythic Rare)
Churning Reservoir
Churning Reservoir Red (1)
Artifact

At the beginning of your upkeep, put an oil counter on another target nontoken artifact or creature you control.

2, Tap: Create a 1/1 red Phyrexian Goblin creature token. Activate only if an oil counter was removed from a permanent you controlled this turn or a permanent with an oil counter on it was put into a graveyard this turn.

Phyrexia: All Will Be One (Uncommon)
Clockspinning
Clockspinning Blue (1)
Instant

Buyback 3 (You may pay an additional 3 as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)

Choose a counter on target permanent or suspended card. Remove that counter from that permanent or card or put another of those counters on it.

Doctor Who Commander (Common)
Other Versions
Time Spiral (Common)
Corrosion
Corrosion 1BlackRed (3)
Enchantment

Cumulative upkeep 1 (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a rust counter on each artifact target opponent controls. Then destroy each artifact with mana value less than or equal to the number of rust counters on it. Artifacts destroyed this way can't be regenerated.

When Corrosion leaves the battlefield, remove all rust counters from all permanents.

Visions (Rare)
Crimestopper Sprite
Crimestopper Sprite 2Blue (3)
Creature — Faerie Detective (2/2)

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may collect evidence 6. (Exile cards with total mana value 6 or greater from your graveyard.)

Flying

When Crimestopper Sprite enters the battlefield, tap target creature. If evidence was collected, put a stun counter on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Murders at Karlov Manor (Common)
Curse of the Cabal
Curse of the Cabal 9Black (10)
Sorcery

Target player sacrifices half the permanents they control, rounded down.

Suspend 2—2BlackBlack (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay 2BlackBlack and exile it with two 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.)

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, if Curse of the Cabal is suspended, that player may sacrifice a permanent. If the player does, put two time counters on Curse of the Cabal.

Time Spiral (Rare)
Dichotomancy
Dichotomancy 7BlueBlue (9)
Sorcery

For each tapped nonland permanent target opponent controls, search that player's library for a card with the same name as that permanent. Put those cards onto the battlefield under your control, then that player shuffles.

Suspend 3—1BlueBlue (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay 1BlueBlue 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.)

Planar Chaos (Rare)
Dramatist's Puppet
Dramatist's Puppet 4 (4)
Artifact Creature — Construct (2/4)

When Dramatist's Puppet enters the battlefield, for each kind of counter on target permanent, put another counter of that kind on it or remove one from it.

Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (Common)
Ferropede
Ferropede 3 (3)
Artifact Creature — Insect (1/1)

Ferropede can't be blocked.

Whenever Ferropede deals combat damage to a player, you may remove a counter from target permanent.

Fifth Dawn (Uncommon)
Freeze in Place
Freeze in Place 1Blue (2)
Sorcery

Tap target creature an opponent controls and put three stun counters on it. Scry 2. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Wilds of Eldraine (Common)
Frostfist Strider
Frostfist Strider 3BlueBlue (5)
Creature — Elemental Giant (4/4)

Ward 2 (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays 2.)

When Frostfist Strider enters the battlefield, tap target creature an opponent controls and put a stun counter on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Dominaria United (Uncommon)
Fury Charm
Fury Charm 1Red (2)
Instant

Choose one —

• Destroy target artifact.

• Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.

• Remove two time counters from target permanent or suspended card.

Iconic Masters (Common)
Other Versions
Planar Chaos (Common)
Modern Masters (Common)
Glissa Sunslayer
Glissa Sunslayer 1BlackGreen (3)
Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Elf (3/3)

First strike, deathtouch

Whenever Glissa Sunslayer deals combat damage to a player, choose one —

• You draw a card and you lose 1 life.

• Destroy target enchantment.

• Remove up to three counters from target permanent.

Phyrexia: All Will Be One (Rare)
Hex Parasite
Hex Parasite 1 (1)
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Insect (1/1)

Variable ColorlessPhyrexian Black: Remove up to X counters from target permanent. For each counter removed this way, Hex Parasite gets +1/+0 until end of turn. (Phyrexian Black can be paid with either Black or 2 life.)

New Phyrexia (Rare)
Impede Momentum
Impede Momentum 1Blue (2)
Sorcery

Tap target creature and put three stun counters on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

Dominaria United (Common)
Invasion of Kamigawa
Invasion of Kamigawa 3Blue (4)
Battle — Siege

(As a Siege enters, choose an opponent to protect it. You and others can attack it. When it's defeated, exile it, then cast it transformed.)

When Invasion of Kamigawa enters the battlefield, tap target artifact or creature an opponent controls and put a stun counter on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

March of the Machine (Uncommon)
Involuntary Cooldown
Involuntary Cooldown 3Blue (4)
Sorcery

Tap up to two target artifacts and/or creatures. Put two stun counters on each of them. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

The Brothers' War (Uncommon)
Ion Storm
Ion Storm 2Red (3)
Enchantment

1Red, Remove a +1/+1 counter or a charge counter from a permanent you control: Ion Storm deals 2 damage to any target.

March of the Machine Commander (Rare)
Other Versions
Fifth Dawn (Rare)
Double Masters (Rare)
Jhoira's Timebug
Jhoira's Timebug 2 (2)
Artifact Creature — Insect (1/2)

Tap: Choose target permanent you control or suspended card you own. If that permanent or card has a time counter on it, you may remove a time counter from it or put another time counter on it.

Time Spiral Remastered (Common)
Other Versions
Time Spiral (Common)
Lost in the Maze
Lost in the Maze Variable ColorlessBlueBlue (2)
Enchantment

Flash

When Lost in the Maze enters the battlefield, tap X target creatures. Put a stun counter on each of those creatures you don't control. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Tapped creatures you control have hexproof.

Murders at Karlov Manor (Rare)
Lux Cannon
Lux Cannon 4 (4)
Artifact

Tap: Put a charge counter on Lux Cannon.

Tap, Remove three charge counters from Lux Cannon: Destroy target permanent.

Double Masters (Rare)
Other Versions
Scars of Mirrodin (Mythic Rare)
Marchesa, Resolute Monarch
Marchesa, Resolute Monarch (0)
Legendary Creature — Human Noble (3/6)

Menace, deathtouch

Whenever Marchesa, Resolute Monarch attacks, remove all counters from up to one target permanent.

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you haven't been dealt combat damage since your last turn, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

March of the Machine (Rare)
Medicine Runner
Medicine Runner 1Green or White (2)
Creature — Elf Cleric (2/1)

When Medicine Runner enters the battlefield, you may remove a counter from target permanent.

Shadowmoor (Common)
Myojin of Cryptic Dreams
Myojin of Cryptic Dreams 5BlueBlueBlue (8)
Legendary Creature — Spirit (3/3)

Myojin of Cryptic Dreams enters the battlefield with an indestructible counter on it if you cast it from your hand.

Remove an indestructible counter from Myojin of Cryptic Dreams: Copy target permanent spell you control three times. (The copies become tokens.)

Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Commander (Rare)
Oblivion Stone
Oblivion Stone 3 (3)
Artifact

4, Tap: Put a fate counter on target permanent.

5, Tap, Sacrifice Oblivion Stone: Destroy each nonland permanent without a fate counter on it, then remove all fate counters from all permanents.

The Brothers' War Commander (Rare)
Other Versions
Mirrodin (Rare)
Magic: The Gathering-Commander (Rare)
Masterpiece Series: Kaladesh Inventions (Special)
Iconic Masters (Rare)
Commander Anthology 2018 (Rare)
Double Masters (Rare)
Streets of New Capenna Commander (Rare)
Out Cold
Out Cold 3Blue (4)
Instant

This spell can't be countered. (This includes by the ward ability.)

Tap up to two target creatures and put a stun counter on each of them. Investigate. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Murders at Karlov Manor (Common)
Perrie, the Pulverizer
Perrie, the Pulverizer 1GreenWhiteBlue (4)
Legendary Creature — Rhino Soldier (3/3)

When Perrie enters the battlefield, put a shield counter on target creature. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)

Whenever Perrie attacks, target creature you control gains trample and gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of different kinds of counters among permanents you control.

Streets of New Capenna Commander (Mythic Rare)
Power Conduit
Power Conduit 2 (2)
Artifact

Tap, Remove a counter from a permanent you control: Choose one —

• Put a charge counter on target artifact.

• Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Streets of New Capenna Commander (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Mirrodin (Uncommon)
Protocol Knight
Protocol Knight 3Blue (4)
Creature — Human Knight (3/4)

When Protocol Knight enters the battlefield, tap target creature an opponent controls. Put a stun counter on that creature if you control another Knight. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

March of the Machine (Common)
Quarry Hauler
Quarry Hauler 3Green (4)
Creature — Camel (4/3)

When Quarry Hauler enters the battlefield, for each kind of counter on target permanent, put another counter of that kind on it or remove one from it.

Amonkhet Remastered (Common)
Other Versions
Amonkhet (Common)
Reality Strobe
Reality Strobe 4BlueBlue (6)
Sorcery

Return target permanent to its owner's hand. Exile Reality Strobe with three time counters on it.

Suspend 3—2Blue (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay 2Blue 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.)

Future Sight (Uncommon)
Referee Squad
Referee Squad 2Blue (3)
Creature — Homunculus (2/2)

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for 1 or one mana of that creature's color.)

Vigilance

When Referee Squad enters the battlefield, tap target creature an opponent controls and put a stun counter on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

March of the Machine (Uncommon)
Render Inert
Render Inert 2Black (3)
Sorcery

Remove up to five counters from target permanent.

Draw a card.

March of the Machine (Uncommon)
Riftwing Cloudskate
Riftwing Cloudskate 3BlueBlue (5)
Creature — Illusion (2/2)

Flying

When Riftwing Cloudskate enters the battlefield, return target permanent to its owner's hand.

Suspend 3—1Blue (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay 1Blue 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. It has haste.)

Time Spiral Remastered (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Time Spiral (Uncommon)
Duel Decks: Jace vs. Chandra (Uncommon)
Modern Masters (Uncommon)
Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska (Uncommon)
Duel Decks Anthology, Jace vs. Chandra (Uncommon)
Sanctuary Wall
Sanctuary Wall 1White (2)
Artifact Creature — Wall (0/4)

Defender

2White, Tap: Tap target creature. You may put a stun counter on it. If you do, put a stun counter on Sanctuary Wall. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Murders at Karlov Manor (Uncommon)
Shackle Slinger
Shackle Slinger 2Blue (3)
Creature — Human Soldier (3/2)

Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, choose target creature an opponent controls. If it's tapped, put a stun counter on it. Otherwise, tap it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Outlaws of Thunder Junction (Uncommon)
Sharae of Numbing Depths
Sharae of Numbing Depths 2WhiteBlue (4)
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard (2/3)

When Sharae of Numbing Depths enters the battlefield, tap target creature an opponent controls and put a stun counter on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Whenever you tap one or more untapped creatures your opponents control, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Wilds of Eldraine (Uncommon)
Shivan Sand-Mage
Shivan Sand-Mage 2RedRed (4)
Creature — Viashino Shaman (3/2)

When Shivan Sand-Mage enters the battlefield, choose one —

• Remove two time counters from target permanent or suspended card.

• Put two time counters on target permanent with a time counter on it or suspended card.

Suspend 4—Red

Time Spiral Remastered (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Future Sight (Uncommon)
Snaremaster Sprite
Snaremaster Sprite Blue (1)
Creature — Faerie Wizard (1/1)

Flying

When Snaremaster Sprite enters the battlefield, you may pay 2. When you do, tap target creature an opponent controls and put a stun counter on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Wilds of Eldraine (Common)
Solitary Sanctuary
Solitary Sanctuary 2White (3)
Enchantment

When Solitary Sanctuary enters the battlefield, tap target creature an opponent controls and put a stun counter on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Whenever you tap an untapped creature an opponent controls, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Wilds of Eldraine (Uncommon)
Spinal Parasite
Spinal Parasite 5 (5)
Artifact Creature — Insect (-1/-1)

Sunburst (This enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it.)

Remove two +1/+1 counters from Spinal Parasite: Remove a counter from target permanent.

Fifth Dawn (Uncommon)
Stall for Time
Stall for Time 2White (3)
Instant

Kicker 1Blue (You may pay an additional 1Blue as you cast this spell.)

Tap up to two target creatures. If this spell was kicked, put a stun counter on each of those creatures. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Draw a card.

Dominaria United (Common)
Succumb to the Cold
Succumb to the Cold 2Blue (3)
Instant

Tap one or two target creatures an opponent controls. Put a stun counter on each of them. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Wilds of Eldraine (Uncommon)
The Filigree Sylex
The Filigree Sylex 2 (2)
Legendary Artifact

Tap: Put an oil counter on The Filigree Sylex.

Tap, Sacrifice The Filigree Sylex: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value equal to the number of oil counters on The Filigree Sylex.

Tap, Remove ten oil counters from among permanents you control and sacrifice The Filigree Sylex: It deals 10 damage to any target.

Phyrexia: All Will Be One (Rare)
The Watcher in the Water
The Watcher in the Water 3BlueBlue (5)
Legendary Creature — Kraken (9/9)

The Watcher in the Water enters the battlefield tapped with nine stun counters on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Whenever you draw a card during an opponent's turn, create a 1/1 blue Tentacle creature token.

Whenever a Tentacle you control dies, untap up to one target Kraken and put a stun counter on up to one target nonland permanent.

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth (Mythic Rare)
The Wedding of River Song
The Wedding of River Song 2White (3)
Sorcery

Draw two cards, then you may exile a nonland card from your hand with a number of time counters on it equal to its mana value. Then target opponent does the same. Cards exiled this way that don't have suspend gain suspend.

Time travel. (For each suspended card you own and each permanent you control with a time counter on it, you may add or remove a time counter.)

Doctor Who Commander (Rare)
Thornmantle Striker
Thornmantle Striker 4Black (5)
Creature — Elf Rogue (4/3)

When Thornmantle Striker enters the battlefield, choose one —

• Remove X counters from target permanent, where X is the number of Elves you control.

• Target creature an opponent controls gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of Elves you control.

Kaldheim (Uncommon)
Thrull Parasite
Thrull Parasite Black (1)
Creature — Thrull (1/1)

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay White or Black. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)

Tap, Pay 2 life: Remove a counter from target nonland permanent.

Gatecrash (Uncommon)
Timebender
Timebender Blue (1)
Creature — Human Wizard (1/1)

Morph Blue

When Timebender is turned face up, choose one —

• Remove two time counters from target permanent or suspended card.

• Put two time counters on target permanent with a time counter on it or suspended card.

Time Spiral Remastered (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Planar Chaos (Uncommon)
Timecrafting
Timecrafting Variable ColorlessRed (1)
Instant

Choose one —

• Remove X time counters from target permanent or suspended card.

• Put X time counters on target permanent with a time counter on it or suspended card.

Planar Chaos (Uncommon)
Vampire Hexmage
Vampire Hexmage BlackBlack (2)
Creature — Vampire Shaman (2/1)

First strike

Sacrifice Vampire Hexmage: Remove all counters from target permanent.

Time Spiral Remastered (Bonus)
Other Versions
Zendikar (Uncommon)
Magic: The Gathering—Conspiracy (Uncommon)
Commander 2014 (Uncommon)
Double Masters (Uncommon)
Verazol, the Split Current
Verazol, the Split Current Variable ColorlessGreenBlue (2)
Legendary Creature — Serpent (0/0)

Verazol, the Split Current enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each mana spent to cast it.

Whenever you cast a kicked spell, you may remove two +1/+1 counters from Verazol. If you do, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)

Zendikar Rising (Rare)
Waylaying Pirates
Waylaying Pirates 3Blue (4)
Creature — Human Pirate (3/3)

When Waylaying Pirates enters the battlefield, if you control an artifact, tap target artifact or creature an opponent controls and put a stun counter on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (Common)
Wicked Slumber
Wicked Slumber 3Blue (4)
Instant

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for 1 or one mana of that creature's color.)

Tap up to two target creatures. Put a stun counter on either of them. Then put a stun counter on either of them. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

March of the Machine (Uncommon)
Zygon Infiltrator
Zygon Infiltrator 2Blue (3)
Creature — Alien Shapeshifter Soldier (3/2)

Body-print — 2Blue: Tap another target creature and put a stun counter on it. Zygon Infiltrator becomes a copy of that creature for as long as that creature remains tapped. Activate only as a sorcery. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Doctor Who Commander (Uncommon)
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