All 48 Esper Commanders | ManaGathering: The MTG Card Encyclopedia

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed Vigilance At the beginning of each end step, if a player lost 4 or more life this turn, you draw a card. Whenever you cast a noncreature spell with mana value 3 or greater, Y'shtola deals 2 damage to each opponent and you gain 2 life.

Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

$4.34

FIC

Zur the Enchanter Flying Whenever Zur attacks, you may search your library for an enchantment card with mana value 3 or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Zur the Enchanter

$1.47

DMR

Hashaton, Scarab's Fist Whenever you discard a creature card, you may pay {2}{U}. If you do, create a tapped token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie.

Hashaton, Scarab's Fist

$0.86

DRC

Zur, Eternal Schemer Flying Enchantment creatures you control have deathtouch, lifelink, and hexproof. {1}{W}: Target non-Aura enchantment you control becomes a creature in addition to its other types and has base power and base toughness each equal to its mana value.

Zur, Eternal Schemer

$3.48

DMU

Queza, Augur of Agonies Whenever you draw a card, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Queza, Augur of Agonies

$0.28

SNC

Tivit, Seller of Secrets Flying, ward {3} Council's dilemma — Whenever Tivit enters or deals combat damage to a player, starting with you, each player votes for evidence or bribery. For each evidence vote, investigate. For each bribery vote, create a Treasure token. While voting, you may vote an additional time. (The votes can be for different choices or for the same choice.)

Tivit, Seller of Secrets

$4.18

NCC

Aminatou, the Fateshifter +1: Draw a card, then put a card from your hand on top of your library. −1: Exile another target permanent you own, then return it to the battlefield under your control. −6: Choose left or right. Each player gains control of all nonland permanents other than Aminatou controlled by the next player in the chosen direction. Aminatou, the Fateshifter can be your commander.

Aminatou, the Fateshifter

$2.58

2X2

Urza, Chief Artificer Affinity for artifact creatures (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact creature you control.) Artifact creatures you control have menace. At the beginning of your end step, create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with "This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control."

Urza, Chief Artificer

$4.43

BRC

Raffine, Scheming Seer Flying, ward {1} Whenever you attack, target attacking creature connives X, where X is the number of attacking creatures. (Draw X cards, then discard X cards. Put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each nonland card discarded this way.)

Raffine, Scheming Seer

$2.52

SNC

The Master of Keys Flying When The Master of Keys enters, put X +1/+1 counters on it and mill twice X cards. Each enchantment card in your graveyard has escape. The escape cost is equal to the card's mana cost plus exile three other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast cards from your graveyard for their escape cost.)

The Master of Keys

$2.46

DSC

Aminatou, Veil Piercer At the beginning of your upkeep, 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.) Each enchantment card in your hand has miracle. Its miracle cost is equal to its mana cost reduced by {4}. (You may cast a card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Aminatou, Veil Piercer

$0.60

DSC

Alela, Artful Provocateur Flying, deathtouch, lifelink Other creatures you control with flying get +1/+0. Whenever you cast an artifact or enchantment spell, create a 1/1 blue Faerie creature token with flying.

Alela, Artful Provocateur

$1.31

NCC

Marneus Calgar Double strike Master Tactician — Whenever one or more tokens you control enter, draw a card. Chapter Master — {6}: Create two 2/2 white Astartes Warrior creature tokens with vigilance.

Marneus Calgar

$47.36

40K

Temmet, Naktamun's Will Vigilance, menace Whenever you attack, draw a card, then discard a card. Whenever you draw a card, Zombies you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

Temmet, Naktamun's Will

$0.39

DRC

Varina, Lich Queen Whenever you attack with one or more Zombies, draw that many cards, then discard that many cards. You gain that much life. {2}, Exile two cards from your graveyard: Create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Varina, Lich Queen

$3.84

2X2

G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn Lifelink Throw Wide the Gates — Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, you may pay X life, where X is that spell's mana value. If you do, create a 1/1 colorless Hero creature token and put X +1/+1 counters on it. Do this only once each turn.

G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn

$0.57

FIC

Oloro, Ageless Ascetic At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 2 life. Whenever you gain life, you may pay {1}. If you do, draw a card and each opponent loses 1 life. At the beginning of your upkeep, if Oloro is in the command zone, you gain 2 life.

Oloro, Ageless Ascetic

$20.01

C13

Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir Eminence — Whenever you attack with one or more Knights, if Sidar Jabari is in the command zone or on the battlefield, draw a card, then discard a card. Flying, first strike Whenever Sidar Jabari deals combat damage to a player, return target Knight creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir

$0.60

MOC

Sharuum the Hegemon Flying When Sharuum enters, you may return target artifact card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Sharuum the Hegemon

$0.43

2XM

Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain Flying, lifelink Ward—Discard a card. Whenever a modified creature you control attacks, double the number of each kind of counter on it. Then for each nontoken permanent attached to it, create a token that's a copy of that permanent attached to that creature.

Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain

$0.41

MH3

Elenda and Azor Flying, ward {2} Whenever Elenda and Azor attacks, you may pay {X}{W}{U}{B}. 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.

Elenda and Azor

$0.51

MOC

Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima Whenever Jin Sakai deals combat damage to a player, draw a card. Whenever a creature you control attacks a player, if no other creatures are attacking that player, choose one — • Standoff — It gains double strike until end of turn. • Ghost — It can't be blocked this turn.

Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

$113.96

SLD

Kamiz, Obscura Oculus Whenever you attack, target attacking creature can't be blocked this turn. It connives. Then choose another attacking creature with lesser power. That creature gains double strike until end of turn. (To have a creature connive, draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)

Kamiz, Obscura Oculus

$1.03

NCC

Ratonhnhaké꞉ton As long as Ratonhnhaké꞉ton hasn't dealt damage yet, it has hexproof and can't be blocked. Whenever Ratonhnhaké꞉ton deals combat damage to a player, create a 1/1 black Assassin creature token with menace. When you do, return target Equipment card from your graveyard to the battlefield, then attach it to that token.

Ratonhnhaké꞉ton

$0.32

ACR

Sefris of the Hidden Ways Whenever one or more creature cards are put into your graveyard from anywhere, venture into the dungeon. This ability triggers only once each turn. (To venture into the dungeon, enter the first room or advance to the next room.) Create Undead — Whenever you complete a dungeon, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Sefris of the Hidden Ways

$0.52

AFC

Noctis, Prince of Lucis Lifelink You may cast artifact spells from your graveyard by paying 3 life in addition to paying their other costs. If you cast a spell this way, that artifact enters with a finality counter on it.

Noctis, Prince of Lucis

$0.36

FIN

Sen Triplets At the beginning of your upkeep, choose target opponent. This turn, that player can't cast spells or activate abilities and plays with their hand revealed. You may play lands and cast spells from that player's hand this turn.

Sen Triplets

$10.14

2XM

Splinter, Radical Rat If a triggered ability of a Ninja creature you control triggers, that ability triggers an additional time. {1}{U}: Target Ninja can't be blocked this turn.

Splinter, Radical Rat

$1.05

TMT

Inquisitor Greyfax Vigilance Unquestionable Wisdom — Other creatures you control get +1/+0 and have vigilance. Hunt for Heresy — {1}, {T}: Tap target creature an opponent controls. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Inquisitor Greyfax

$5.25

40K

Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign Flying, vigilance, menace Whenever Yennett attacks, reveal the top card of your library. You may cast it without paying its mana cost if its mana value is odd. If you don't cast it, draw a card.

Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign

$0.34

CMM

Saruman of Many Colors Ward—Discard an enchantment, instant, or sorcery card. Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, each opponent mills two cards. When one or more cards are milled this way, exile target enchantment, instant, or sorcery card with equal or lesser mana value than that spell from an opponent's graveyard. Copy the exiled card. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

Saruman of Many Colors

$30.00

HOC

The Destined Warrior First strike, vigilance, menace Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. At the beginning of combat on your turn, creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn. If you have a full party, creatures you control get +3/+0 until end of turn instead.

The Destined Warrior

$3.67

FIC

Bane, Lord of Darkness As long as your life total is less than or equal to half your starting life total, Bane has indestructible. Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, target opponent may have you draw a card. If they don't, you may put a creature card with equal or lesser toughness from your hand onto the battlefield.

Bane, Lord of Darkness

$0.29

CLB

Merieke Ri Berit Merieke Ri Berit doesn't untap during your untap step. {T}: Gain control of target creature for as long as you control Merieke Ri Berit. When Merieke Ri Berit leaves the battlefield or becomes untapped, destroy that creature. It can't be regenerated.

Merieke Ri Berit

$2.88

TSB

Soundwave, Sonic Spy // Soundwave, Superior Captain More Than Meets the Eye {2}{W}{U}{B} (You may cast this card converted for {2}{W}{U}{B}.) Whenever one or more creature tokens you control deal combat damage to a player, exile target instant or sorcery card with mana value equal to the damage dealt from their graveyard. Copy it. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost. If you do, convert Soundwave. // Whenever you cast a spell with an odd mana value, convert Soundwave. If you do, create Ravage, a legendary 3/3 black Robot artifact creature token with menace and deathtouch. Whenever you cast a spell with an even mana value, convert Soundwave. If you do, create Laserbeak, a legendary 2/2 blue Robot artifact creature token with flying and hexproof.

Soundwave, Sonic Spy // Soundwave, Superior Captain

$2.10

BOT

Noctis, Heir Apparent Whenever a creature you control enters during combat, you may attach target Equipment you control to target creature you control. Warp-Strike — {3}: Exile Noctis. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control tapped and attacking at the beginning of that player's next declare attackers step. It can't be blocked that combat.

Noctis, Heir Apparent

$5.18

FIC

Sydri, Galvanic Genius {U}: Target noncreature artifact becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its mana value until end of turn. {W}{B}: Target artifact creature gains deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.

Sydri, Galvanic Genius

$0.99

C16

Eriette, the Beguiler Lifelink Whenever an Aura you control becomes attached to a nonland permanent an opponent controls with mana value less than or equal to that Aura's mana value, gain control of that permanent for as long as that Aura is attached to it.

Eriette, the Beguiler

$0.28

OTJ

Tawnos, Solemn Survivor {2}, {T}: Create a token that's a copy of up to one target artifact token you control. Mill two cards. {1}{W}{U}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice two artifact tokens, Exile an artifact or creature card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of the exiled card, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types. Activate only as a sorcery.

Tawnos, Solemn Survivor

$0.41

BRC

Nevinyrral, Urborg Tyrant Hexproof from artifacts, creatures, and enchantments When Nevinyrral enters, create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token for each creature that died this turn. When Nevinyrral dies, you may pay {1}. When you do, destroy all artifacts, creatures, and enchantments.

Nevinyrral, Urborg Tyrant

$0.30

CMR

Toluz, Clever Conductor When Toluz enters, it connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.) Whenever you discard one or more cards, exile them from your graveyard. When Toluz dies, put the cards exiled with it into their owner's hand.

Toluz, Clever Conductor

$0.28

SNC

Nihiloor When Nihiloor enters, for each opponent, tap up to one untapped creature you control. When you do, gain control of target creature that player controls with power less than or equal to the tapped creature's power for as long as you control Nihiloor. Whenever you attack with a creature an opponent owns, you gain 2 life and that player loses 2 life.

Nihiloor

$0.29

AFC

Chromium, the Mutable Flash This spell can't be countered. Flying Discard a card: Until end of turn, Chromium becomes a Human with base power and toughness 1/1, loses all abilities, and gains hexproof. It can't be blocked this turn.

Chromium, the Mutable

$0.79

M19

The Celestial Toymaker Whenever The Celestial Toymaker attacks, look at the top three cards of your library. Exile any number of them in a face-down pile and the rest in a face-up pile. Defending player chooses one of those piles. Put that pile into your hand. At the beginning of each end step, each opponent loses 2 life for each spell or ability that caused one or more players to guess or to group cards or permanents into a pile this turn.

The Celestial Toymaker

$30.06

SLD

Ertai, the Corrupted {U}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature or enchantment: Counter target spell.

Ertai, the Corrupted

$1.37

PLS

Dakkon Blackblade Dakkon Blackblade's power and toughness are each equal to the number of lands you control.

Dakkon Blackblade

$2.02

CHR

The Ever-Changing 'Dane {1}, Sacrifice another creature: The Ever-Changing 'Dane becomes a copy of the sacrificed creature, except it has this ability.

The Ever-Changing 'Dane

$0.22

DMC

Dromar, the Banisher Flying Whenever Dromar deals combat damage to a player, you may pay {2}{U}. If you do, choose a color, then return all creatures of that color to their owners' hands.

Dromar, the Banisher

$2.91

INV

Chromium Flying Rampage 2 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.) At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Chromium unless you pay {W}{U}{B}.

Chromium

$3.54

CHR

Lady Evangela {W}{B}, {T}: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target creature this turn.

Lady Evangela

$35.54

LEG

Halfdane At the beginning of your upkeep, change Halfdane's base power and toughness to the power and toughness of target creature other than Halfdane until the end of your next upkeep.

Halfdane

$35.41

LEG