msem-instigator

Flying
Ward—Pay 3 life.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, Valakut Hellkite deals 3 damage to any target.

Valdez's Strike Leader can't be blocked if you have more cards in hand than defending player.

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.

If one or more counters would be put on a creature you control, that many plus one of each of those kinds of counters are put on that creature instead.

Flying
When Valiant Instructor enters, you return up to one target enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand.

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

Whenever Valinov Collector or another artifact you control enters, Valinov Collector deals 2 damage to each opponent and you gain 2 life.

Advance {4}{B}{B} (Cast this for {4}{B}{B} to advance it as it enters. {4}{B}{B}: Advance this as a sorcery.)
Flying
Whenever Valinov Siphoner advances, target player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Advance {3}{R}{W}{B} (Cast this for {3}{R}{W}{B} to advance it as it enters. {3}{R}{W}{B}: Advance this as a sorcery.)
Whenever Valinov Vandal advances, target opponent sacrifices a permanent. Put a +1/+1 counter on Valinov Vandal.

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.”

Flying
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature gets +2/+1.
Sacrifice a creature: Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Enchant creature
When Vampiric Rise enters, fateseal 2. (Look at the top two cards of an opponent's library, then put any number on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 and has flying.

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

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

Whenever Vanguard of the Barricade attacks, tap up to one target creature defending player controls and untap up to one other target creature you control.

Vanguard's Assault deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures, where X is the number of attacking creatures.

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.

Vaporizing Blast deals 3 damage to target creature. If that creature has a permanent attached to it, instead Vaporizing Blast deals 7 damage to that creature and 2 damage to that creature's controller.