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Aeon Chronicler
Aeon Chronicler 3BlueBlue (5)
Creature — Avatar (*/*)

Aeon Chronicler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.

Suspend X—Variable Colorless3Blue. X can't be 0.

Whenever a time counter is removed from Aeon Chronicler while it's exiled, draw a card.

Time Spiral Remastered (Rare)
Other Versions
Planar Chaos (Rare)
Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska (Rare)
Commander 2016 (Rare)
Agatha of the Vile Cauldron
Agatha of the Vile Cauldron RedGreen (2)
Legendary Creature — Human Warlock (1/1)

Activated abilities of creatures you control cost Variable Colorless less to activate, where X is Agatha of the Vile Cauldron's power. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.

4RedGreen: Other creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain trample and haste until end of turn.

Wilds of Eldraine (Mythic Rare)
Aladdin's Lamp
Aladdin's Lamp 10 (10)
Artifact

Variable Colorless, Tap: The next time you would draw a card this turn, instead look at the top X cards of your library, put all but one of them on the bottom of your library in a random order, then draw a card. X can't be 0.

Arabian Nights (Rare)
Other Versions
Revised Edition (Rare)
Fourth Edition (Rare)
Alexi, Zephyr Mage
Alexi, Zephyr Mage 3BlueBlue (5)
Legendary Creature — Human Spellshaper (3/3)

Variable ColorlessBlue, Tap, Discard two cards: Return X target creatures to their owners' hands.

Prophecy (Rare)
Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth
Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth 1WhiteBlue (3)
Legendary Creature — Human Detective (3/3)

Vigilance

When Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth enters the battlefield, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "2, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Variable ColorlessWhiteBlueBlue, Tap, Sacrifice a Clue: You draw X cards and gain X life.

Murders at Karlov Manor (Mythic Rare)
Anthroplasm
Anthroplasm 2BlueBlue (4)
Creature — Shapeshifter (0/0)

Anthroplasm enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it.

Variable Colorless, Tap: Remove all +1/+1 counters from Anthroplasm and put X +1/+1 counters on it.

Urza's Legacy (Rare)
Arashi, the Sky Asunder
Arashi, the Sky Asunder 3GreenGreen (5)
Legendary Creature — Spirit (5/5)

Variable ColorlessGreen, Tap: Arashi, the Sky Asunder deals X damage to target creature with flying.

Channel — Variable ColorlessGreenGreen, Discard Arashi: Arashi deals X damage to each creature with flying.

Commander 2021 (Rare)
Other Versions
Saviors of Kamigawa (Rare)
Arcum's Whistle
Arcum's Whistle 3 (3)
Artifact

3, Tap: Choose target non-Wall creature the active player has controlled continuously since the beginning of the turn. That player may pay Variable Colorless, where X is that mana value. If they don't pay, the creature attacks this turn if able, and at the beginning of the next end step, destroy it if it didn't attack this turn. Activate only before attackers are declared.

Ice Age (Uncommon)
Atalya, Samite Master
Atalya, Samite Master 3WhiteWhite (5)
Legendary Creature — Human Cleric (2/3)

Variable Colorless, Tap: Choose one —

• Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn. Spend only white mana on X.

• You gain X life. Spend only white mana on X.

Invasion (Rare)
Aurelia's Vindicator
Aurelia's Vindicator 2WhiteWhite (4)
Creature — Angel (4/2)

Flying, lifelink, ward 2

Disguise Variable Colorless3White

When Aurelia's Vindicator is turned face up, exile up to X other target creatures from the battlefield and/or creature cards from graveyards.

When Aurelia's Vindicator leaves the battlefield, return the exiled cards to their owners' hands.

Murders at Karlov Manor (Mythic Rare)
Avacyn's Judgment
Avacyn's Judgment 1Red (2)
Sorcery

Madness Variable ColorlessRed (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Avacyn's Judgment deals 2 damage divided as you choose among any number of targets. If this spell's madness cost was paid, it deals X damage divided as you choose among those permanents and/or players instead.

Shadows Over Innistrad Remastered (Rare)
Other Versions
Shadows over Innistrad (Rare)
Commander 2019 (Rare)
Innistrad: Crimson Vow Commander (Rare)
Azor, the Lawbringer
Azor, the Lawbringer 2WhiteWhiteBlueBlue (6)
Legendary Creature — Sphinx (6/6)

Flying

When Azor, the Lawbringer enters the battlefield, each opponent can't cast instant or sorcery spells during that player's next turn.

Whenever Azor attacks, you may pay Variable ColorlessWhiteBlueBlue. If you do, you gain X life and draw X cards.

Rivals of Ixalan (Mythic Rare)
Ballista Squad
Ballista Squad 3White (4)
Creature — Human Rebel (2/2)

Variable ColorlessWhite, Tap: Ballista Squad deals X damage to target attacking or blocking creature.

Tenth Edition (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Ninth Edition (Uncommon)
Mercadian Masques (Uncommon)
Bane of the Living
Bane of the Living 2BlackBlack (4)
Creature — Insect (4/3)

Morph Variable ColorlessBlackBlack (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 3. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

When Bane of the Living is turned face up, all creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.

Commander 2019 (Rare)
Other Versions
Legions (Rare)
Commander 2016 (Rare)
Commander Anthology 2018 (Rare)
Banshee
Banshee 2BlackBlack (4)
Creature — Spirit (0/1)

Variable Colorless, Tap: Banshee deals half X damage, rounded down, to any target, and half X damage, rounded up, to you.

Masters Edition III (Uncommon)
Other Versions
The Dark (Uncommon)
Chronicles (Uncommon)
Barad-dûr
Barad-dûr (0)
Legendary Land

Barad-dûr enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a legendary creature.

Tap: Add Black.

Variable ColorlessVariable ColorlessBlack, Tap: Amass Orcs X. Activate only if a creature died this turn.

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth (Rare)
Bargaining Table
Bargaining Table 5 (5)
Artifact

Variable Colorless, Tap: Draw a card. X is the number of cards in an opponent's hand.

Mercadian Masques (Rare)
Baru, Wurmspeaker
Baru, Wurmspeaker 2GreenGreen (4)
Legendary Creature — Human Druid (3/3)

Wurms you control get +2/+2 and have trample.

7Green, Tap: Create a 4/4 green Wurm creature token. This ability costs Variable Colorless less to activate, where X is the greatest power among Wurms you control.

Dominaria United Commander (Rare)
Belbe's Armor
Belbe's Armor 3 (3)
Artifact

Variable Colorless, Tap: Target creature gets -X/+X until end of turn.

Nemesis (Uncommon)
Belt of Giant Strength
Belt of Giant Strength 1Green (2)
Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature has base power and toughness 10/10.

Equip 10. This ability costs Variable Colorless less to activate, where X is the power of the creature it targets.

Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate (Rare)
Other Versions
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Commander (Rare)
Benalish Commander
Benalish Commander 3White (4)
Creature — Human Soldier (*/*)

Benalish Commander's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Soldiers you control.

Suspend X—Variable ColorlessWhiteWhite. X can't be 0.

Whenever a time counter is removed from Benalish Commander while it's exiled, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.

Time Spiral Remastered (Rare)
Other Versions
Planar Chaos (Rare)
Blast Zone
Blast Zone (0)
Land

Blast Zone enters the battlefield with a charge counter on it.

Tap: Add Colorless.

Variable ColorlessVariable Colorless, Tap: Put X charge counters on Blast Zone.

3, Tap, Sacrifice Blast Zone: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on Blast Zone.

Commander Masters (Rare)
Other Versions
War of the Spark (Rare)
The Brothers' War (Rare)
Blaster, Morale Booster
Blaster, Morale Booster (0)
Legendary Artifact

Modular 3

Variable Colorless, Tap: Move X +1/+1 counters from Blaster onto another target artifact. That artifact gains haste until end of turn. If Blaster has no +1/+1 counters on it, convert it. Activate only as a sorcery.

The Brothers' War Transformers Cards (Mythic Rare)
Bludgeon Brawl
Bludgeon Brawl 2Red (3)
Enchantment

Each noncreature, non-Equipment artifact is an Equipment with equip Variable Colorless and "Equipped creature gets +X/+0," where X is that artifact's mana value.

New Phyrexia (Rare)
Bonfire of the Damned
Bonfire of the Damned Variable ColorlessVariable ColorlessRed (1)
Sorcery

Bonfire of the Damned deals X damage to target player or planeswalker and each creature that player or that planeswalker's controller controls.

Miracle Variable ColorlessRed (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Modern Masters 2017 Edition (Mythic Rare)
Other Versions
Avacyn Restored (Mythic Rare)
Broken Ambitions
Broken Ambitions Variable ColorlessBlue (1)
Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays Variable Colorless. Clash with an opponent. If you win, that spell's controller mills four cards. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of their library, then puts that card on the top or bottom. A player wins if their card had a higher mana value.)

Lorwyn (Common)
Bronzebeak Foragers
Bronzebeak Foragers 3White (4)
Creature — Dinosaur (3/4)

When Bronzebeak Foragers enters the battlefield, for each opponent, exile up to one target nonland permanent that player controls until Bronzebeak Foragers leaves the battlefield.

Variable ColorlessWhite: Put target card with mana value X exiled with Bronzebeak Foragers into its owner's graveyard. You gain X life.

The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (Rare)
Busted!
Busted! 1Blue (2)
Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays Variable Colorless, where X is the number of words in the name with the most words among permanents you control.

Unfinity (Acorn) (Uncommon)
Cabal Interrogator
Cabal Interrogator 1Black (2)
Creature — Zombie Wizard (1/1)

Variable ColorlessBlack, Tap: Target player reveals X cards from their hand and you choose one of them. That player discards that card. Activate only as a sorcery.

Scourge (Uncommon)
Cackling Witch
Cackling Witch 1Black (2)
Creature — Human Spellshaper (1/1)

Variable ColorlessBlack, Tap, Discard a card: Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

Mercadian Masques (Uncommon)
Caller of the Untamed
Caller of the Untamed 3Green (4)
Creature — Elf Shaman (2/4)

Before you shuffle your deck to start the game, you may reveal this card from your deck and exile a creature card you drafted that isn't in your deck.

Variable Colorless, Tap: Create a token that's a copy of a card you exiled with cards named Caller of the Untamed. X is the mana value of that card.

Conspiracy: Take the Crown (Rare)
Candelabra of Tawnos
Candelabra of Tawnos 1 (1)
Artifact

Variable Colorless, Tap: Untap X target lands.

Masters Edition IV (Rare)
Other Versions
Antiquities (Rare)
Cavern-Hoard Dragon
Cavern-Hoard Dragon 7RedRed (9)
Creature — Dragon (6/6)

This spell costs Variable Colorless less to cast, where X is the greatest number of artifacts an opponent controls.

Flying, trample, haste

Whenever Cavern-Hoard Dragon deals combat damage to a player, you create a Treasure token for each artifact that player controls.

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth Commander (Rare)
Cephalid Shrine
Cephalid Shrine 1BlueBlue (3)
Enchantment

Whenever a player casts a spell, counter that spell unless that player pays Variable Colorless, where X is the number of cards in all graveyards with the same name as the spell.

Odyssey (Rare)
Chamber Sentry
Chamber Sentry Variable Colorless (0)
Artifact Creature — Construct (0/0)

Chamber Sentry enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it.

Variable Colorless, Tap, Remove X +1/+1 counters from Chamber Sentry: It deals X damage to any target.

WhiteBlueBlackRedGreen: Return Chamber Sentry from your graveyard to your hand.

Jumpstart (Rare)
Other Versions
Guilds of Ravnica (Rare)
Champions of Minas Tirith
Champions of Minas Tirith 5White (6)
Creature — Human Soldier (4/6)

When Champions of Minas Tirith enters the battlefield, you become the monarch.

At the beginning of combat on each opponent's turn, if you're the monarch, that opponent may pay Variable Colorless, where X is the number of cards in their hand. If they don't, they can't attack you this combat.

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth Commander (Rare)
Chandra's Incinerator
Chandra's Incinerator 5Red (6)
Creature — Elemental (6/6)

This spell costs Variable Colorless less to cast, where X is the total amount of noncombat damage dealt to your opponents this turn.

Trample

Whenever a source you control deals noncombat damage to an opponent, Chandra's Incinerator deals that much damage to target creature or planeswalker that player controls.

Core Set 2021 (Rare)
Chimeric Coils
Chimeric Coils 1 (1)
Artifact

Variable Colorless1: Chimeric Coils becomes an X/X Construct artifact creature. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

Fifth Dawn (Uncommon)
Chimeric Staff
Chimeric Staff 4 (4)
Artifact

Variable Colorless: Chimeric Staff becomes an X/X Construct artifact creature until end of turn.

Tenth Edition (Rare)
Other Versions
Urza's Saga (Rare)
Chromatic Armor
Chromatic Armor 1WhiteBlue (3)
Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature

As Chromatic Armor enters the battlefield, choose a color.

Chromatic Armor enters the battlefield with a sleight counter on it.

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to enchanted creature by sources of the last chosen color.

Variable Colorless: Put a sleight counter on Chromatic Armor and choose a color. X is the number of sleight counters on Chromatic Armor.

Ice Age (Rare)
Cinder Elemental
Cinder Elemental 3Red (4)
Creature — Elemental (2/2)

Variable ColorlessRed, Tap, Sacrifice Cinder Elemental: It deals X damage to any target.

Jumpstart (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Mercadian Masques (Uncommon)
Planechase (Uncommon)
Gatecrash (Uncommon)
Citanul Flute
Citanul Flute 5 (5)
Artifact

Variable Colorless, Tap: Search your library for a creature card with mana value X or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Tenth Edition (Rare)
Other Versions
Urza's Saga (Rare)
Clash of Wills
Clash of Wills Variable ColorlessBlue (1)
Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays Variable Colorless.

Magic Origins (Uncommon)
Clockwork Avian
Clockwork Avian 5 (5)
Artifact Creature — Bird (0/4)

Flying

Clockwork Avian enters the battlefield with four +1/+0 counters on it.

At end of combat, if Clockwork Avian attacked or blocked this combat, remove a +1/+0 counter from it.

Variable Colorless, Tap: Put up to X +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Avian. This ability can't cause the total number of +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Avian to be greater than four. Activate only during your upkeep.

Masters Edition IV (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Fourth Edition (Rare)
Antiquities (Rare)
Beatdown Box Set (Rare)
Clockwork Beast
Clockwork Beast 6 (6)
Artifact Creature — Beast (0/4)

Clockwork Beast enters the battlefield with seven +1/+0 counters on it.

At end of combat, if Clockwork Beast attacked or blocked this combat, remove a +1/+0 counter from it.

Variable Colorless, Tap: Put up to X +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Beast. This ability can't cause the total number of +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Beast to be greater than seven. Activate only during your upkeep.

Masters Edition (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Limited Edition Alpha (Rare)
Limited Edition Beta (Rare)
Unlimited Edition (Rare)
Revised Edition (Rare)
Fourth Edition (Rare)
Fifth Edition (Rare)
Beatdown Box Set (Rare)
Clockwork Steed
Clockwork Steed 4 (4)
Artifact Creature — Horse (0/3)

Clockwork Steed enters the battlefield with four +1/+0 counters on it.

Clockwork Steed can't be blocked by artifact creatures.

At end of combat, if Clockwork Steed attacked or blocked this combat, remove a +1/+0 counter from it.

Variable Colorless, Tap: Put up to X +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Steed. This ability can't cause the total number of +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Steed to be greater than four. Activate only during your upkeep.

Masters Edition II (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Fifth Edition (Uncommon)
Homelands (Common)
Clockwork Swarm
Clockwork Swarm 4 (4)
Artifact Creature — Insect (0/3)

Clockwork Swarm enters the battlefield with four +1/+0 counters on it.

Clockwork Swarm can't be blocked by Walls.

At end of combat, if Clockwork Swarm attacked or blocked this combat, remove a +1/+0 counter from it.

Variable Colorless, Tap: Put up to X +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Swarm. This ability can't cause the total number of +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Swarm to be greater than four. Activate only during your upkeep.

Masters Edition IV (Common)
Other Versions
Homelands (Common)
Collective Restraint
Collective Restraint 3Blue (4)
Enchantment

Domain — Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays Variable Colorless for each creature they control that's attacking you, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control.

Invasion (Rare)
Commander Liara Portyr
Commander Liara Portyr 3RedWhite (5)
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier (5/3)

Whenever you attack, spells you cast from exile this turn cost Variable Colorless less to cast, where X is the number of players being attacked. Exile the top X cards of your library. Until end of turn, you may cast spells from among those exiled cards.

Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (Uncommon)
Condescend
Condescend Variable ColorlessBlue (1)
Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays Variable Colorless. Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)

Jumpstart 2022 (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Fifth Dawn (Common)
Duel Decks: Jace vs. Chandra (Common)
Duel Decks Anthology, Jace vs. Chandra (Common)
Iconic Masters (Uncommon)
Crimson Hellkite
Crimson Hellkite 6RedRedRed (9)
Creature — Dragon (6/6)

Flying

Variable Colorless, Tap: Crimson Hellkite deals X damage to target creature. Spend only red mana on X.

Mirage (Rare)
Other Versions
Classic Sixth Edition (Rare)
Seventh Edition (Rare)
Crypt Rats
Crypt Rats 2Black (3)
Creature — Rat (1/1)

Variable Colorless: Crypt Rats deals X damage to each creature and each player. Spend only black mana on X.

Jumpstart 2022 (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Seventh Edition (Uncommon)
Visions (Common)
Modern Horizons (Uncommon)
Dauntless Dismantler
Dauntless Dismantler 1White (2)
Creature — Human Artificer (1/4)

Artifacts your opponents control enter the battlefield tapped.

Variable ColorlessVariable ColorlessWhite, Sacrifice Dauntless Dismantler: Destroy each artifact with mana value X.

The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (Uncommon)
Daybreak Chimera
Daybreak Chimera 3WhiteWhite (5)
Creature — Chimera (3/3)

This spell costs Variable Colorless less to cast, where X is your devotion to white. (Each White in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to white.)

Flying

Theros Beyond Death (Common)
Death Kiss
Death Kiss 5Red (6)
Creature — Beholder (5/5)

Whenever a creature an opponent controls attacks one of your opponents, double its power until end of turn.

Variable ColorlessVariable ColorlessRed: Monstrosity X. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put X +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)

When Death Kiss becomes monstrous, goad up to X target creatures your opponents control.

Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (Rare)
Decree of Justice
Decree of Justice Variable ColorlessVariable Colorless2WhiteWhite (4)
Sorcery

Create X 4/4 white Angel creature tokens with flying.

Cycling 2White (2White, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

When you cycle Decree of Justice, you may pay Variable Colorless. If you do, create X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens.

Jumpstart 2022 (Rare)
Other Versions
Scourge (Rare)
Vintage Masters (Rare)
Commander 2014 (Rare)
Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora (Rare)
Masters 25 (Rare)
Ikoria Commander (Rare)
Deepfire Elemental
Deepfire Elemental 4BlackRed (6)
Creature — Elemental (4/4)

Variable ColorlessVariable Colorless1: Destroy target artifact or creature with mana value X.

Commander 2013 Edition (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Coldsnap (Uncommon)
Deepwood Elder
Deepwood Elder GreenGreen (2)
Creature — Dryad Spellshaper (2/2)

Variable ColorlessGreenGreen, Tap, Discard a card: X target lands become Forests until end of turn.

Mercadian Masques (Rare)
Defenders of Humanity
Defenders of Humanity Variable Colorless2White (3)
Enchantment

When Defenders of Humanity enters the battlefield, create X 2/2 white Astartes Warrior creature tokens with vigilance.

Variable Colorless2White, Exile Defenders of Humanity: Create X 2/2 white Astartes Warrior creature tokens with vigilance. Activate only if you control no creatures and only during your turn.

Warhammer 40,000 Commander (Rare)
Demonspine Whip
Demonspine Whip BlackRed (2)
Artifact — Equipment

Variable Colorless: Equipped creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

Equip 1

Alara Reborn (Uncommon)
Depala, Pilot Exemplar
Depala, Pilot Exemplar 1RedWhite (3)
Legendary Creature — Dwarf Pilot (3/3)

Other Dwarves you control get +1/+1.

Each Vehicle you control gets +1/+1 as long as it's a creature.

Whenever Depala, Pilot Exemplar becomes tapped, you may pay Variable Colorless. If you do, reveal the top X cards of your library, put all Dwarf and Vehicle cards from among them into your hand, then put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Kaladesh Remastered (Rare)
Other Versions
Kaladesh (Rare)
Detritivore
Detritivore 2RedRed (4)
Creature — Lhurgoyf (*/*)

Detritivore's power and toughness are each equal to the number of nonbasic land cards in your opponents' graveyards.

Suspend X—Variable Colorless3Red. X can't be 0. (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay Variable Colorless3Red and exile it with X 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.)

Whenever a time counter is removed from Detritivore while it's exiled, destroy target nonbasic land.

Planar Chaos (Rare)
Devil's Play
Devil's Play Variable ColorlessRed (1)
Sorcery

Devil's Play deals X damage to any target.

Flashback Variable ColorlessRedRedRed (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Shadows of the Past (Rare)
Other Versions
Innistrad (Rare)
Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt (Rare)
Commander 2019 (Rare)
Historic Anthology 3 (Rare)
Domesticated Hydra
Domesticated Hydra 2GreenGreen (4)
Creature — Hydra (3/3)

Variable ColorlessGreenGreenGreen: Monstrosity X. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put X +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)

As long as Domesticated Hydra is monstrous, it has trample.

Jumpstart 2022 (Uncommon)
Other Versions
Conspiracy: Take the Crown (Uncommon)
Drag to the Underworld
Drag to the Underworld 2BlackBlack (4)
Instant

This spell costs Variable Colorless less to cast, where X is your devotion to black. (Each Black in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

Destroy target creature.

Theros Beyond Death (Uncommon)
Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief 3BlackBlack (5)
Legendary Creature — Vampire Shaman (4/4)

Flying

Variable ColorlessBlackBlack: Target creature gets -0/-X until end of turn and Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

Commander 2017 (Rare)
Other Versions
Rise of the Eldrazi (Rare)
Commander 2014 (Rare)
Droning Bureaucrats
Droning Bureaucrats 3White (4)
Creature — Human Advisor (1/4)

Variable Colorless, Tap: Each creature with mana value X can't attack or block this turn.

Guildpact (Uncommon)
Earthquake Dragon
Earthquake Dragon 14Green (15)
Creature — Elemental Dragon (10/10)

This spell costs Variable Colorless less to cast, where X is the total mana value of Dragons you control.

Flying, trample

2Green, Sacrifice a land: Return Earthquake Dragon from your graveyard to your hand.

Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate (Rare)
Other Versions
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (Rare)
Elementalist's Palette
Elementalist's Palette 3 (3)
Artifact

Whenever you cast a spell with Variable Colorless in its mana cost, put two charge counters on Elementalist's Palette.

Tap: Add one mana of any color.

Tap: Add Colorless for each charge counter on Elementalist's Palette. Spend this mana only on costs that contain Variable Colorless.

Commander 2021 (Rare)
Elenda and Azor
Elenda and Azor 3WhiteBlueBlack (6)
Legendary Creature — Vampire Knight Sphinx (6/6)

Flying, ward 2

Whenever Elenda and Azor attacks, you may pay Variable ColorlessWhiteBlueBlack. If you do, draw X cards.

At the beginning of each end step, you may pay 4 life. If you do, create a number of 1/1 black Vampire Knight creature tokens with lifelink equal to the number of cards you've drawn this turn.

March of the Machine Commander (Mythic Rare)
Elite Arcanist
Elite Arcanist 3Blue (4)
Creature — Human Wizard (1/1)

When Elite Arcanist enters the battlefield, you may exile an instant card from your hand.

Variable Colorless, Tap: Copy the exiled card. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost. X is the mana value of the exiled card.

Magic 2014 Core Set (Rare)
Elminster
Elminster 3WhiteBlue (5)
Legendary Planeswalker — Elminster (5)

Whenever you scry, the next instant or sorcery spell you cast this turn costs Variable Colorless less to cast, where X is the number of cards looked at while scrying this way.

+2: Draw a card, then scry 2.

−3: Exile the top card of your library. Create a number of 1/1 blue Faerie Dragon creature tokens with flying equal to that card's mana value.

Elminster can be your commander.

Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (Mythic Rare)
Emblazoned Golem
Emblazoned Golem 2 (2)
Artifact Creature — Golem (1/2)

Kicker Variable Colorless <I>(You may pay an additional </I>Variable Colorless<I> as you cast this spell.)</I>

Spend only colored mana on X. No more than one mana of each color may be spent this way.

If Emblazoned Golem was kicked, it enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it.

Apocalypse (Uncommon)
Energy Vortex
Energy Vortex 3BlueBlue (5)
Enchantment

As Energy Vortex enters the battlefield, choose an opponent.

At the beginning of your upkeep, remove all vortex counters from Energy Vortex.

At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, Energy Vortex deals 3 damage to that player unless they pay 1 for each vortex counter on Energy Vortex.

Variable Colorless: Put X vortex counters on Energy Vortex. Activate only during your upkeep.

Mirage (Rare)
Ent-Draught Basin
Ent-Draught Basin 2 (2)
Artifact

Variable Colorless, Tap: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature with power X. Activate only as a sorcery.

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth (Uncommon)
Entrancing Lyre
Entrancing Lyre 3 (3)
Artifact

You may choose not to untap Entrancing Lyre during your untap step.

Variable Colorless, Tap: Tap target creature with power X or less. It doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as Entrancing Lyre remains tapped.

Theros Beyond Death (Uncommon)
Entreat the Angels
Entreat the Angels Variable ColorlessVariable ColorlessWhiteWhiteWhite (3)
Sorcery

Create X 4/4 white Angel creature tokens with flying.

Miracle Variable ColorlessWhiteWhite (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Commander 2018 (Mythic Rare)
Other Versions
Avacyn Restored (Mythic Rare)
From the Vault: Angels (Mythic Rare)
Modern Masters 2017 Edition (Mythic Rare)
Entreat the Dead
Entreat the Dead Variable ColorlessVariable ColorlessBlackBlackBlack (3)
Sorcery

Return X target creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Miracle Variable ColorlessBlackBlack (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Commander 2018 (Rare)
Esper Sentinel
Esper Sentinel White (1)
Artifact Creature — Human Soldier (1/1)

Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn, draw a card unless that player pays Variable Colorless, where X is Esper Sentinel's power.

Modern Horizons 2 (Rare)
Evershrike
Evershrike 3White or BlackWhite or Black (5)
Creature — Elemental Spirit (2/2)

Flying

Evershrike gets +2/+2 for each Aura attached to it.

Variable ColorlessWhite or BlackWhite or Black: Return Evershrike from your graveyard to the battlefield. You may put an Aura card with mana value X or less from your hand onto the battlefield attached to it. If you don't, exile Evershrike.

Eventide (Rare)
Everythingamajig (Everythingamajig (c))
Everythingamajig (Everythingamajig (c)) 5 (5)
Artifact

1: Flip a coin. If you win the flip, add ColorlessColorless. Activate only as an instant.

3, Tap: Target player discards a card. Activate only during your turn.

Variable Colorless: Everythingamajig becomes an X/X Construct artifact creature until end of turn.

Unstable (Rare)
Excise
Excise Variable ColorlessWhite (1)
Instant

Exile target attacking creature unless its controller pays Variable Colorless.

Prophecy (Common)
Ezzaroot Channeler
Ezzaroot Channeler 5Green (6)
Creature — Treefolk Druid (4/6)

Reach

Creature spells you cast cost Variable Colorless less to cast, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.

Tap: You gain 2 life.

Commander 2021 (Rare)
Fall of the Titans
Fall of the Titans Variable ColorlessVariable ColorlessRed (1)
Instant

Surge Variable ColorlessRed (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)

Fall of the Titans deals X damage to each of up to two targets.

Oath of the Gatewatch (Rare)
Fiend Artisan
Fiend Artisan Black or GreenBlack or Green (2)
Creature — Nightmare (1/1)

Fiend Artisan gets +1/+1 for each creature card in your graveyard.

Variable ColorlessBlack or Green, Tap, Sacrifice another creature: Search your library for a creature card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.

Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (Mythic Rare)
Flameblast Dragon
Flameblast Dragon 4RedRed (6)
Creature — Dragon (5/5)

Flying

Whenever Flameblast Dragon attacks, you may pay Variable ColorlessRed. If you do, Flameblast Dragon deals X damage to any target.

Game Night: Free-For-All (Rare)
Other Versions
Shards of Alara (Rare)
Archenemy (Rare)
Magic 2012 (Rare)
Commander 2018 (Rare)
Flaming Gambit
Flaming Gambit Variable ColorlessRed (1)
Instant

Flaming Gambit deals X damage to target player or planeswalker. That player or that planeswalker's controller may choose a creature they control and have Flaming Gambit deal that damage to it instead.

Flashback Variable ColorlessRedRed (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Torment (Uncommon)
Floodwater Dam
Floodwater Dam 3 (3)
Artifact

Variable ColorlessVariable Colorless1, Tap: Tap X target lands.

Masters Edition IV (Rare)
Other Versions
Alliances (Rare)
Folio of Fancies
Folio of Fancies 1Blue (2)
Artifact

Players have no maximum hand size.

Variable ColorlessVariable Colorless, Tap: Each player draws X cards.

2Blue, Tap: Each opponent mills cards equal to the number of cards in their hand.

Throne of Eldraine (Rare)
From Under the Floorboards
From Under the Floorboards 3BlackBlack (5)
Sorcery

Madness Variable ColorlessBlackBlack (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

Create three tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens and you gain 3 life. If this spell's madness cost was paid, instead create X of those tokens and you gain X life.

Commander 2019 (Rare)
Other Versions
Shadows over Innistrad (Rare)
Frontline Medic
Frontline Medic 2White (3)
Creature — Human Cleric (3/3)

Battalion — Whenever Frontline Medic and at least two other creatures attack, creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.

Sacrifice Frontline Medic: Counter target spell with Variable Colorless in its mana cost unless its controller pays 3.

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth Commander (Rare)
Other Versions
Gatecrash (Rare)
Ikoria Commander (Rare)
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (Rare)
Fungal Behemoth
Fungal Behemoth 3Green (4)
Creature — Fungus (*/*)

Fungal Behemoth's power and toughness are each equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on creatures you control.

Suspend X—Variable ColorlessGreenGreen. X can't be 0. (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay Variable ColorlessGreenGreen and exile it with X 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.)

Whenever a time counter is removed from Fungal Behemoth while it's exiled, you may put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Planar Chaos (Rare)
Gaddock Teeg
Gaddock Teeg GreenWhite (2)
Legendary Creature — Kithkin Advisor (2/2)

Noncreature spells with mana value 4 or greater can't be cast.

Noncreature spells with Variable Colorless in their mana costs can't be cast.

Ultimate Box Toppers (Special)
Other Versions
Lorwyn (Rare)
Ultimate Masters (Rare)
Gang Up
Gang Up Variable ColorlessBlack (1)
Instant

Assist (Another player can pay up to Variable Colorless of this spell's cost. You choose the value of X.)

Destroy target creature with power X or less.

Battlebond (Uncommon)
Gelatinous Cube
Gelatinous Cube 2BlackBlack (4)
Creature — Ooze (4/3)

Engulf — When Gelatinous Cube enters the battlefield, exile target non-Ooze creature an opponent controls until Gelatinous Cube leaves the battlefield.

Dissolve — Variable ColorlessBlack: Put target creature card with mana value X exiled with Gelatinous Cube into its owner's graveyard.

Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (Rare)
Geth, Lord of the Vault
Geth, Lord of the Vault 4BlackBlack (6)
Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Zombie (5/5)

Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)

Variable ColorlessBlack: Put target artifact or creature card with mana value X from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control tapped. Then that player mills X cards.

The Brothers' War Commander (Mythic Rare)
Other Versions
Scars of Mirrodin (Mythic Rare)
Commander 2019 (Mythic Rare)
Double Masters (Mythic Rare)
Ghalta, Primal Hunger
Ghalta, Primal Hunger 10GreenGreen (12)
Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur (12/12)

This spell costs Variable Colorless less to cast, where X is the total power of creatures you control.

Trample

Special Guests (Rare)
Other Versions
Rivals of Ixalan (Rare)
Game Night (Rare)
Game Night 2019 (Rare)
Jumpstart (Rare)
Commander Masters (Rare)
Ghost-Lit Drifter
Ghost-Lit Drifter 2Blue (3)
Creature — Spirit (2/2)

Flying

2Blue: Another target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Channel — Variable ColorlessBlue, Discard Ghost-Lit Drifter: X target creatures gain flying until end of turn.

Modern Horizons 2 (Uncommon)
Gigantoplasm
Gigantoplasm 3Blue (4)
Creature — Shapeshifter (0/0)

You may have Gigantoplasm enter the battlefield as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it has "Variable Colorless: This creature has base power and toughness X/X."

Ravnica Remastered (Rare)
Other Versions
Commander 2015 (Rare)
Jumpstart 2022 (Rare)
Goblin Dynamo
Goblin Dynamo 5RedRed (7)
Creature — Goblin Mutant (4/4)

Tap: Goblin Dynamo deals 1 damage to any target.

Variable ColorlessRed, Tap, Sacrifice Goblin Dynamo: It deals X damage to any target.

Legions (Uncommon)
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