msem-instigator

As long as it's your turn, Vanguard of Glory has first strike.

Return an artifact card from your graveyard to your hand. If you can't, you gain 2 life. Repeat this process for battle, creature, enchantment, land, and planeswalker.
Put Variety of Goods on the bottom of its owner's library.

Flying
Venerable Skyblade can't attack unless defending player controls a creature with flying.
When Venerable Skyblade enters, you may put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

When Vicious Shamshir enters, you may attach it to target creature you control. If you do, target creature can't block this turn.
Equipped creature gets +2/+0.
Equip {3}

Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
Flashback {2}{B}{G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}. If there are three or more counters among permanents you control, counter that spell instead.

Equipped creature gets +1/+1.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player or noncreature permanent, create a Treasure token.
Equip {1}

Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.
Flashback {2}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, if it wasn't cast, put a +1/+1 counter on Wretched Skulker.
{3}{W}, Sacrifice Wretched Skulker: Exile target nonland permanent with mana value less than Wretched Skulker's power.

Lifelink
Whenever Zagos Abomination attacks, exile another target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under your control tapped and attacking. It gains menace until end of turn.

Flying
When Zagos Roc enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until Zagos Roc leaves the battlefield.

When Zareen Kahroba, Shah enters, if you cast her, untap each Satrapy you control.
Whenever each Satrapy you control becomes tapped for the first time during each of your turns, untap it.

Whenever another creature you control leaves the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on Zealot of Mahara.
Surpass {5}{W} ({5}{W}: Transform this creature. This costs {1} less to activate for each counter on it. Activate only as a sorcery.)

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each Satrapy you control.
Vigilance, menace
When Zhubin, Spear of Kaneh enters, create three 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens. Then you gain 1 life for each other creature you control.

Return target instant or sorcery card with mana value 3 or less and without reconstruct from your graveyard to your hand.
Reconstruct {6}{U} (You may cast this from your graveyard for its reconstruct cost reduced by the mana value of a permanent you sacrifice as you cast it this way. Then exile this.)

Gain control of target artifact, creature, or planeswalker if its mana value is 4 or less or if you cast A Sucker for You from a graveyard.
Reconstruct {9}{U}{U}{U} (You may cast this from your graveyard for its reconstruct cost reduced by the mana value of a permanent you sacrifice as you cast it this way. Then exile this.)

Gain control of target noncreature, nonland permanent with mana value X.

Distorted (This creature can be blocked by tapped creatures but not untapped creatures.)
As you choose targets for an instant or sorcery spell, choose up to one additional target.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, gain control of another target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.

{T}: Add one mana of any type that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Advanced Powercell enters tapped.
{T}: Add one mana of any color.

Whenever you make first contact, you may draw a card. If you do, put a card from your hand on the bottom of your library. (You make first contact the first time each turn you cast a spell with a name not in your graveyard or control already.)

Improve {1} ({1}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. This costs {1} more to activate for each +1/+1 counter on it. Improve only as a sorcery.)
Once each turn, when one or more counters are put on a permanent you control, create a 1/1 colorless Human creature token.
Whenever you attack with three or more creatures, destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment.

Flash
When Agent of Deception enters, counter target creature or planeswalker spell unless its controller pays {X}, where X is your devotion to blue. (Each {U} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)

[0]: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
[–2]: Exile target creature. Create a battle token with three defense and “When this battle leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control.” You're protecting it.
[–5]: Create two 0/0 black Phyrexian Germ creature tokens, then put two +1/+1 counters on each creature you control.

[+1]: Create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.
[–2]: Until end of turn, target creature you control gets +3/+3 and other creatures you control get +1/+1.
[–8]: You get an emblem with “Each creature you control gets +1/+1 for each other creature you control.”