msem-instigator

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.

Choose one—
• Destroy target permanent with mana value 2.
• Return target permanent card from a graveyard to its owner's hand.
Exile Veil's Recovery.

[+2]: Destroy up to one target monocolored permanent.
[–3]: Create an 8/8 Elemental creature token with flying, first strike, vigilance, trample, and lifelink that's all colors.
[–5]: Draw three cards. You pay {0} rather than pay the mana cost for the next spell you cast this turn.

Venerated Beast can't be blocked by more than one creature.

Haste
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Vengeant Precursor. It gains trample until end of turn.

(Add a quest counter as this enters. Sacrifice after 3.)
Whenever you cast an Equipment or Adventure spell, add a quest counter.
Exile the top two cards of your library, then choose one of them. You may play that card until the end of your next turn.
Until end of turn, target creature you control gets +1/+0 and gains double strike, vigilance, and indestructible.

Each player chooses an artifact or enchantment they control, then sacrifices the rest.

Level experience, vigilance, trample
Prevent all but the first 1 damage that would be dealt to Verdigris Behemoth each turn. [5/5]
[level 3+] Whenever Verdigris Behemoth deals combat damage to a player, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment that player controls. [7/7]

Vision (Whenever this or another creature you control enters, reveal the top card of your library. Then you may put that card into your graveyard.)
Whenever Vessel of Lost Souls envisions a creature card, you may have it become a copy of that card until end of turn.

{1}{U}{B}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Vestige of Evil has base power and toughness equal to the exiled creature's power and toughness until end of turn.

[+1]: Augur. (Look at the top card of your library. You may sacrifice a creature to put it into your hand. Otherwise, put it back or put it into your graveyard.)
[–X]: Exile target card in your graveyard with mana value X. Copy it. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.
[–6]: You get an emblem with “Whenever a creature you control dies, search your library for a creature card, reveal it, and put it into your hand, then shuffle.”

Deathtouch, protection from legendary
Vielle, Undercity Wayfarer has all loyalty abilities of permanents on the battlefield that cost +1, +0, or -1. (Before cost changes. Add or remove loyalty counters from Vielle to pay their loyalty costs.)

Flying, lifelink
Whenever a creature you control dies, Vindictive Regent gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, each opponent sacrifices a creature.

First mate—Your starting deck contains one or more cards of exactly each color and each color pair. (If this card outside the game is your chosen first mate, you may swap it with a card in your opening hand.)
During each of your turns, you may cast a card of each color from your graveyard. If a spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.

{G}{W}, {T}: Remove a -1/-1 counter from target creature.
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.)

Draw two cards, then discard two cards.
Agonize (You may cast this card from your graveyard by putting a -1/-1 counter on a creature you control in addition to paying its other costs. Then exile this card.)

At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. If it's an artifact card, you may reveal it and put it into your hand.

Destroy target nonland permanent. You may return a card that shares a card type with that permanent from your graveyard to your hand.

When Vitality Maestro enters, you gain 5 life.
Recite {G}{W} (You may cast this creature from your graveyard for its recite cost. If you do, exile it when it enters or if it would leave the battlefield.)

[+1]: Exile up to one other target permanent until the beginning of its owner's next end step.
[–1]: Return another target planeswalker to its owner's hand.
[–6]: You get an emblem with “Whenever a permanent leaves the battlefield, each opponent discards a card.”

Create a token that's a copy of target creature or land you control, except it has haste and “At the beginning of the end step, exile this permanent.” If a land you control was targeted this way, create two of those tokens instead.

Deathtouch
When Vizier of Lies enters, you may return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Noncreature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. This effect can't reduce the amount of mana a spell costs to cast to less than one mana.

You may play an additional land on each of your turns.
{1}{B}{G}, Sacrifice a land: Draw a card.

At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, you gain 2 life.
Pay 3 life: Target attacking creature gains indestructible until end of turn.