msem-instigator

Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

Haste, prowess
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, journey. (To journey, exile the top card of your library face up. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to an opponent, put a journeyed card you own into your hand.)

First strike
At the beginning of your end step, each opponent that lost life this turn loses 1 life and discards a card. You gain life equal to the life lost this way, then draw a card for each land card discarded this way.

Menace
When The Duneborn Host enters, mill four cards.
Whenever a card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Whenever a card leaves your graveyard, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Cards in graveyards, exile, and libraries lose all abilities and card types.

Whenever The First Idol attacks, create an Idol token. (It's an artifact with “{1}, Sacrifice this artifact: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.”)
Sacrifice three Idols: Return The First Idol from your graveyard your hand.

Flying
When you cast The Grand Simurgh, search your graveyard and the top five cards of your library for any number of nonlegendary creature cards with total mana value 5 or less and put those cards onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

First strike
Whenever The Heart-hardened or another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life. If this is the third time this ability has resolved this turn, you draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

Flash
Hexproof
{3}, Exile two cards from your graveyard: Gain control of target spell or permanent if it shares a type with both of those cards.

Flying
You pay {0} to cast your first spell each turn rather than its mana cost. If you cast a spell with {X} in its mana cost this way, X is 8.

Deathtouch, hexproof from non-Adventure
Whenever a creature dealt combat damage by a creature you controlled this turn dies, draw a card.

Rather than pay the mana cost for a spell, its controller may discard a card that shares a color with that spell.
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, counter that spell unless they pay 5 life.

Convoke (Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.)
Protection from noncreatures
When The Magistrate enters, judge each creature that convoked it. (Honor it by putting a +1/+1 counter on it or condemn it by sacrificing it to draw a card.)

Deathtouch
Whenever you lose life, you may cast target black noncreature card in your graveyard this turn. If it would be put into a graveyard from anywhere this turn, exile it instead.
Whenever you gain life for the first time each turn, create a 1/1 black Actor creature token.

As The Mistake enters, choose a card name.
Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.
Unveil {5} ({5}: Transform this. Unveil only as a sorcery.)

When The Raven Queen of Fretport enters, put a -1/-1 counter on each of any number of target creatures.
{2}{U}{B}: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players with counters on them, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Flying
Whenever one or more other creatures die for the first time each turn, journey. (To journey, exile the top card of your library face up. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to an opponent, put a journeyed card you own into your hand.)

At the beginning of your end step, create a 1/1 colorless Human creature. Put a sacrifice counter on it.
Creature tokens you control with sacrifice counters on them can't attack or block and have “Sacrifice this creature: Add {C}.”

Deathtouch
When The Terror of Shady Cove enters, target opponent sacrifices an artifact. If they can't, create a 3/3 green Slug creature token with deathtouch. Then repeat this process for an enchantment and a nonbasic land.

Permanent cards in your graveyard have The Undercity Amalgam's Adventure.
Once during each of your turns, you may cast an Adventure spell from your graveyard.

Whenever The Winged Steed attacks, create a 4/4 red Dragon creature token with flying that's tapped and attacking. Exile that token at end of combat.
Crew 2 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 2 or greater: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)

Prowess
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, audition for blue or for red. (Create a 1/1 Construct Actor creature token, a Wizard Role giving 2/2 and prowess, a Warlock Role giving 2/1 and flying, or a Warrior Role giving 3/2 and trample. Roles replace older ones.)

{T}: Draw a card. Activate only if Theoretical Scholar is embattled. (A creature is embattled if it has a counter on it or a permanent you control attached to it.)

Whenever Thicketkeeper perseveres, add {G}{G}. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end. (A creature perseveres when it survives damage.)

Flying
When Thief of Mortals deals combat damage to a player, as long as you control Thief of Mortals, gain control of target nonland permanent that player controls, and that permanent doesn't untap during its controller's untap step. Tap it.
At the beginning of each end step, if you control five or more permanents you don't own, you win the game.