msem-instigator

[+1]: Reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value.
[0]: You gain 1 life for each card in your hand.
[–7]: Search your library for up to X cards, where X is the number of cards in your hand, and put them into your hand. Then shuffle.

You draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the number of cards in your graveyard.

Reach
Whenever Nanowrought Vanguard attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on each enchantment creature you control.

Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less and an additional 1 life to cast.
You control your opponents while instant and sorcery spells you control are resolving.

[+1]: Create a 1/1 colorless Human creature token.
[0]: Return target permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to your hand. If you have an insight counter, return that permanent card to the battlefield instead.
[0]: You get an insight counter.
[–1]: Target creature can't attack or block until your next turn.

Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)

This spell can't be countered.
Creatures you control have ward {2}. (Whenever one becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.)
When Natural Philosopher enters, you gain 2 life for each creature you control with power 4 or greater.

Choose two —
• Put three +1/+1 counters on target creature.
• Target player searches their library for up to two basic land cards, reveals those cards, puts one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into their hand, then shuffles.
• Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control.
• Target player gains 5 life.

Mill three cards. Create a 1/1 black Skeleton creature token for each creature card milled this way. You draw a card and you lose 1 life for each noncreature card milled this way.

[+1]: Target opponent reveals their hand. Exile a nonland card from it. For as long as it remains exiled, its controller may cast that card, and it costs {2} more to cast.
[–2]: Exile target creature or planeswalker with mana value 3 or less.
[–8]: Search target opponent's library for up to twenty cards and exile them. Then that player shuffles.

Flash
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature deals combat damage, put that many +1/+1 counters on it.
When enchanted creature leaves the battlefield, distribute X +1/+1 counters among any number of target creatures you control, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters it had on it.

Neo-Soul Nihilist has lifelink as long as it's attacking.
When Neo-Soul Nihilist is put into your graveyard from anywhere, you may pay 2 life. If you do, conjure a card named Data-Point into your hand. (It's a sorcery that costs {2} with “Draw a card.”)

When Nettlehowler enters, exile up to one target card from a graveyard.
If a creature dealt damage by Nettlehowler this turn would die, exile it instead.

This spell costs {2} less to cast if an opponent lost life this turn.
Destroy target creature.

Enchant player
At the beginning of enchanted player's end step, they lose 2 life unless they discard a card.

At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are no noncreature cards in your graveyard, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I, II — Each player discards a card or sacrifices a creature.
III — Each opponent loses life equal to the number of creature cards in their graveyard. You gain life equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.

{1}{G}: Night's Guard gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Activate only once each turn.

Flying
Whenever an opponent discards a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Nightbane Specter.
Whenever Nightbane Specter deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card.

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
As long as Nightclad Stalker is enchanted, it gets +1/+0 and has deathtouch and lifelink.

Destroy target creature. Recruit. (Create a 0/0 white Soldier Army creature token, then put a +1/+1 counter on each Army you control.)

Pressure—{B}, Pay 5 life. (You may cast this spell for its pressure cost if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.)
Create an X/X black Horror creature token, where X is the number of cards in your graveyard.

Create a token that's a copy of target creature card in your graveyard, except it has no mana cost.

Whenever a creature attacks one of your opponents, that player loses 1 life.

As Nimble Sandstorm enters, choose speed or power.
At the beginning of combat on your turn,
• Speed — Target creature gains haste until end of turn.
• Power — Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.