The Stage Presents: The Neverending Act

The Stage Presents: The Neverending Act contains 285 cards.
Released: 2024-01-01
Dastardly Duo

Dastardly Duo {4}{B}

Creature - Construct Rogue
This spell costs {2} less to cast if an opponent was dealt combat damage this turn.
When Dastardly Duo enters the battlefield, audition for black. (Create a 1/1 Construct Actor creature token, a Cleric Role giving 2/2 and lifelink, or a Warlock Role giving 2/1 and flying. Roles replace older ones.)
3/4
Defeat of the Greatest Evil

Defeat of the Greatest Evil {2}{B}{B}

Instant
Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
Compose (Then if you cast this from your hand, exile it and create a Saga token with “III—You may cast a copy of this card from exile without paying its mana cost.”)
Detective's Gambit

Detective's Gambit {2}{B}

Enchantment
Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player or planeswalker, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
“Brave Kaibry watched with baited breath, soon they'd be one with bated death.”
—That Fateful Tuesday, Act III
Dreadful Gorgon

Dreadful Gorgon {1}{B}

Creature - Gorgon Horror
Deathtouch
Whenever Dreadful Gorgon attacks, target attacking creature with lesser power gains deathtouch until end of turn.
“They would observe decorum in silence, in stone or otherwise.”
—Tales from the Fallen Court, Act II
2/1
Extolled Arachstruct

Extolled Arachstruct {3}{B}

Creature - Spider Horror
Reach
When Extolled Arachstruct enters the battlefield, mill two cards. When you do, choose one —
• Each opponent sacrifices a creature with power less than the number of cards in your graveyard.
• Each opponent sacrifices a creature with power greater than the number of cards in your graveyard.
3/3
Fatal Method Acting

Fatal Method Acting {1}{B}

Instant
Destroy target creature or planeswalker with mana value 2 or less. Create a tapped Treasure token. (It's an artifact with “{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.”)
“Cut!”
—Maxin, Director of Tragedy
The Girl Who Wouldn't Die

The Girl Who Wouldn't Die {1}{B}

Enchantment - Saga
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Return target creature card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
II — Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
III — Return target creature card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Hope Wrangler

Hope Wrangler {3}{B}

Creature - Construct Rogue
Menace
Whenever Hope Wrangler attacks, target attacking creature with lesser power gains menace until end of turn.
“Many say you perform to bring joy. But really, you perform to make people feel — and sometimes that feeling is terror.”
4/2
Imposing Threat

Imposing Threat {2}{B}

Instant
Create a 2/2 black Horror creature token.
Compose (Then if you cast this from your hand, exile it and create a Saga token with “III—You may cast a copy of this card from exile without paying its mana cost.”)
Inciting Incident

Inciting Incident {B}

Sorcery
Each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. Surveil 2.
Compose (Then if you cast this from your hand, exile it and create a Saga token with “r3—You may cast a copy of this card from exile without paying its mana cost.”)
Lethal Storyboarding

Lethal Storyboarding {1}{B}{B}

Enchantment
When Lethal Storyboarding enters the battlefield, create two 1/1 colorless Construct Actor creature tokens.
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker, sacrifice it. When you do, choose one —
• Return a creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
• Draw a card.
Looming Threat

Looming Threat {2}{B}

Sorcery
Target player sacrifices a creature. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness.
Compose (Then if you cast this from your hand, exile it and create a Saga token with “III—You may cast a copy of this card from exile without paying its mana cost.”)
Lost in the Role

Lost in the Role {1}{B}{B}

Instant
This spell costs {1} less to cast if you've cast another spell this turn.
Destroy target creature.
“No! Cut! Snap out of it! This isn't supposed to be part of the script, you're acting, not—​”
—Junes, Desperate Actor, last words
Monster Behind the Curtain

Monster Behind the Curtain {3}{B}{B}

Creature - Spider Horror
Reach
At the beginning of your end step, if you've gained 3 or more life this turn, create a 3/3 black Demon Horror creature token and each player loses 3 life.
One does not weave a costume without first getting the right material.
3/6
Monstrous Revelation

Monstrous Revelation {B}{B}

Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a token or pay 2 life.
Draw two cards.
As Jerrold's research progressed, so too did his condition — one more similar to the Stage's “wicked monsters” than he wanted to admit.
A Most Important Prince

A Most Important Prince {1}{B}{B}

Creature - Construct Noble
Menace
Whenever you cycle A Most Important Prince or it attacks, each opponent with two or more cards in hand discards a card.
Basic landcycling {1}{B} ({1}{B}, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, and put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
3/2
Off-Set Rumormonger

Off-Set Rumormonger {2}{B}

Creature - Construct Citizen
Whenever you cast a spell, note its colors.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, up to X target creatures get +2/+0 and gain menace until end of turn, where X is the number of colors noted with Off-Set Rumormonger.
3/1
Repurpose Debris

Repurpose Debris {2}{B}{B}

Instant
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It has base power and toughness 1/1 and is a Construct in addition to its other types. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
Compose (Then if you cast this from your hand, exile it and create a Saga token with “III—You may cast a copy of this card from exile without paying its mana cost.”)
Ruthless Director

Ruthless Director {B}

Creature - Construct Advisor
Whenever you cast a spell that's red, green, white, or blue, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
He understands the importance of incorporating elements from all genres. That doesn't mean he respects them.
1/1
Salome Breaks the Lies

Salome Breaks the Lies {2}{B}

Enchantment
When Salome Breaks the Lies enters the battlefield, search your library for a legendary black card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, target opponent discards a card if it's your turn. If they didn't discard a card this way, instead they lose 2 life and you draw a card.
Salome's Intervention

Salome's Intervention {1}{B}

Sorcery
Each opponent loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.
Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, if Salome's Intervention wasn't put into your graveyard this turn, return it from your graveyard to your hand.
Salome's vessel pricked Paul's side, unlocking a lifetime of memories that quickly flew, then floated away.
Salome's Messenger

Salome's Messenger {B}

Creature - Horror
Salome's Messenger enters the battlefield tapped.
Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, you may return Salome's Messenger from your graveyard to your hand.
So tangled and terrible was her warning that it took multiple lifetimes to spread.
2/1
Sculpt the Scene

Sculpt the Scene {1}{B}

Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life, then audition for black. (Create a 1/1 Construct Actor creature token, a Cleric Role giving 2/2 and lifelink, or a Warlock Role giving 2/1 and flying. Roles replace older ones.)
With his family shunned from Merveaux, Percy created his own perfect world where his own creativity and ingenuity would flourish.
Seeker of Salome

Seeker of Salome {2}{B}

Creature - Construct Warlock
Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
“She can be peculiar, as though listening for something that isn't there, but no matter. Her talent is undeniable, and that reigns above all.”
—Retz of the Black Curtain
3/2
Silent Sleep

Silent Sleep {B}

Sorcery
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Compose (Then if you cast this from your hand, exile it and create a Saga token with “III—You may cast a copy of this card from exile without paying its mana cost.”)