First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

Protection from white (This creature can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything white.)

, : Put a charge counter on Black Mana Battery.

, Remove any number of charge counters from Black Mana Battery: Add , then add an additional for each charge counter removed this way.

At the beginning of your first main phase, choose one or more —

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

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

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

Defender

, Tap another untapped creature you control: Black Oak of Odunos gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature can't be blocked by black creatures.

Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 as long as an opponent controls a black permanent.

Put X -1/-1 counters on each creature. Shuffle Black Sun's Zenith into its owner's library.

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature has protection from black. This effect doesn't remove Black Ward.

Blackbloom Bog enters tapped.

: Add .

Blackcleave Cliffs enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.

: Add or .

: Tear Blacker Lotus into pieces. Add four mana of any one color. Remove the pieces from the game.

Target player reveals three cards from their hand and you choose one of them. That player discards that card.

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

When Blacksmith's Talent enters, create a colorless Equipment artifact token named Sword with "Equipped creature gets +1/+1" and equip .

: Level 2

//Level_2//

At the beginning of combat on your turn, attach target Equipment you control to up to one target creature you control.

: Level 3

//Level_3//

During your turn, equipped creatures you control have double strike and haste.

Hellbent — As long as you have no cards in hand, Sliver creatures you control have ": This creature deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker."

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may put a ki counter on Blademane Baku.

, Remove X ki counters from Blademane Baku: For each counter removed, Blademane Baku gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Metalcraft — When Blade-Tribe Berserkers enters, if you control three or more artifacts, Blade-Tribe Berserkers gets +3/+3 and gains haste until end of turn.

This spell costs less to cast for each (energy counter) you've paid or lost this turn.

Haste

Whenever Blaster Hulk attacks, you get , then you may pay eight . When you do, Blaster Hulk deals 8 damage divided as you choose among up to eight targets.

Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.)

: Blazing Blade Askari becomes colorless until end of turn.

Target creature gets +2/+1 until end of turn. If it's legendary, it also gains lifelink until end of turn.

Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has wither. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)

Equip

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

I, III — Choose target creature. Its owner shuffles it into their library, then investigates. (They create a Clue token.)

II, IV — Create a 2/2 black Alien Angel artifact creature token with first strike, vigilance, and "Whenever an opponent casts a creature spell, this permanent isn't a creature until end of turn."

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

Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. If this spell was kicked, draw a card.

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs less to cast for each artifact you control.)

Untap all artifacts.

At the beginning of each player's first main phase, if Blinkmoth Urn is untapped, that player adds for each artifact they control.

When Blisterstick Shaman enters, it deals 1 damage to any target.

, Sacrifice Blockbuster: It deals 3 damage to each tapped creature and each player.

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

Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. If this spell was kicked, instead return two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.

First strike, protection from white

Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you may have that player lose 1 life.

Trample

Devastating Charge — Other creatures you control have trample.

, Sacrifice Bloodfire Kavu: It deals 2 damage to each creature.

Flying

: Create a 2/2 black Vampire creature token with flying.

: Transform Bloodline Keeper. Activate only if you control five or more Vampires.

: Target player loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.

Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, put two +1/+1 counters on Bloodsky Berserker. It gains menace until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

Bloodsoaked Champion can't block.

Raid — : Return Bloodsoaked Champion from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only if you attacked this turn.

At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with ", , Discard a card, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

: Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Bloodsworn Knight's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.

, Discard a card: Bloodsworn Knight gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

When Bloom Hulk enters, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Blow Off Steam deals 1 damage to any target. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

Trample

Other red creatures you control get +1/+1.

Other green creatures you control get +1/+1.

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

You have no maximum hand size.

Whenever Body of Knowledge is dealt damage, draw that many cards.

Flash

Flying

When Bogardan Hellkite enters, it deals 5 damage divided as you choose among any number of targets.

Bojuka Brigand can't block.

Whenever Bojuka Brigand or another Ally you control enters, you may put a +1/+1 counter on Bojuka Brigand.

Bolt of Keranos deals 3 damage to any target. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

, : The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. Exile cards from the top of your library equal to the damage prevented this way.

Flying

Corrupted — As long as an opponent has three or more poison counters, Bonepicker Skirge has deathtouch and lifelink.

Mutate (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)

Whenever this creature mutates, return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.

Any player may have Book Burning deal 6 damage to them. If no one does, target player mills six cards.

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

I — Amass Orcs 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)

II — Amass Orcs 2.

III — Creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain menace until end of turn.