msem-instigator

[+1]: Until end of turn, whenever target creature deals combat damage to a player, that player mills two cards.
[–1]: Tap target creature. It can't become untapped for as long as you control Vaertris, Mindmelder.
[–6]: You get an emblem with “Whenever you draw a card, target player mills three cards” and “{2}{U}: Draw a card.”

As long as an opponent has one or fewer cards in hand, Valdez gets +2/+0 and has menace.

First mate—There are four or fewer different mana costs among nonland cards in your starting deck. (If this card outside the game is your chosen first mate, you may swap it with a card in your opening hand.)
First strike
Each spell your opponents cast that would cost less than three mana to cast costs {1} more to cast.

Advance {6}{W}{W} (Cast this for {6}{W}{W} to advance it as it enters. {6}{W}{W}: Advance this as a sorcery.)
Flying, vigilance, lifelink
Whenever Valera, Constructed Angel advances, destroy all nonartifact creatures.

Whenever you cast a spell that targets, put a loyalty counter on Valeri Kripac and create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.
[+1]: Add {R}. If you spend this mana on a spell that targets, that spell can't be countered.
[–2]: Exile target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard. You may play it until the end of your next turn. If you do, exile that spell instead of putting it anywhere else.

Vigilance
Engage (This creature must be blocked each combat if able.)
Other Soldiers you control get +1/+1 and have first strike.

[+1]: Reveal the top card of your library. If it doesn't have the same name as a card in your graveyard or a permanent you control, put it into your hand. Otherwise, put it into your graveyard.
[–2]: Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
[–8]: Return all other cards from your graveyard to your hand. Until end of turn, spells you cast cost {5} less to cast.

Search your library for up to three creature cards with mana value 2 or less, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Valley Falls enters tapped unless you control two or more white and/or blue permanents.
{T}: Add {W} or {U}.

When Valley's Majesty enters, draw a card, then choose a card name.
Nonbasic lands you control with the chosen name have “{T}: Add two mana of any one color.”

Motivate 1 (When this creature enters, you may motivate target creature with less power than this by putting a +1/+1 counter on it.)
{2}{W}{W}: Exile Valtrian Cavalier, then return it to the battlefield under your control.

Lifelink
Whenever a creature enters from a graveyard, gain control of that creature.

Return target permanent to its owner's hand.

As Vanquisher's Banner enters, choose a creature type.
Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1.
Whenever you cast a creature spell of the chosen type, draw a card.

Draw four cards. Until your next turn, creatures can't attack you. Exile Vantage Point.

Gestalt (When this or another creature enters under your control, you may merge it with the one in play, keeping counters and attachments. They become the permanent on top plus all abilities from under it.)
If this creature would die, you may instead put a card or token merged with it into its owner's graveyard. If you do, remove all damage marked on this creature.

Whenever one or more creatures attack you or a planeswalker you control, reveal the top card of your library, then put a -1/-1 counter on each attacking creature with the same mana value as the revealed card.

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {W}.
{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Vast Savannah: Search your library for a Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Create an X/X green Mutant creature token, where X is the greatest power among creatures you've controlled this turn. If you control a creature with flying, the token has flying. The same is true for first strike, double strike, deathtouch, hexproof, haste, indestructible, lifelink, menace, reach, trample, and vigilance.

Whenever another artifact is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Ve'aja, the First Bloodline's power is equal to the number of Clerics you control.
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, you lose X life and create X 1/1 black Cleric creature tokens, where X is that creature's power.

Whenever Vedlinn Ross becomes tapped, exile a nonland card from target opponent's graveyard. Copy it. You may cast the copy this turn. (You still pay its costs, including color. Copies of permanents enter as tokens.)
Whenever you cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copies.

Once each turn, when Vedu, the Deepdrinker enters or you attack with one or more Horrors, you may tap up to two target permanents. If Vedu isn't a token, put two stun counters on each of those permanents.
{2}{U}{U}, Discard Vedu: Create a token that's a copy of Vedu, the Deepdrinker, except it's 4/4 and isn't legendary. Activate only as a sorcery.

Haste
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
If casting a noncreature spell would cause an ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.

As long as you control exactly one creature, no more than one creature can attack or block each combat.