Carpe Arcanum

Carpe Arcanum contains 90 cards.
It is part of Carpe Arcanum block.
Released: 2018-08-01
Salva Tore's Vexation

Salva Tore's Vexation {1}{B}{B}

Instant
Salva Tore's Vexation deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker, where X is that permanent's mana value. You gain X life.
“Congratulations; you've made a mess of my notes. I may have agreed to keep the peace, but surely no one will miss one failed thief.”
—Salva Tore
Visceral Offering

Visceral Offering {X}{B}{B}

Sorcery
Target player draws X cards and loses X life.
Though not outright banned — very little is — the art of blood magic is often frowned upon.
Whistling Blades

Whistling Blades {3}{B}{B}

Creature - Horror
When Whistling Blades enters the battlefield, you may destroy target creature or planeswalker.
Recite {1}{B}{B} (You may cast this creature from your graveyard for its recite cost. If you do, exile it when it enters the battlefield or if it would leave the battlefield.)
3/3
Young Necromancer

Young Necromancer {1}{B}

Creature - Human Wizard
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, create a 1/1 black Skeleton creature token.
Her assistants are rarely the sharpest ghouls in the shed, but they get the job done.
2/1
Arpechian Tiger

Arpechian Tiger {2}{R}{R}

Creature - Cat
Haste
Whenever Arpechian Tiger attacks, you may sacrifice a land. If you do, Arpechian Tiger deals 3 damage to target creature or planeswalker.
Rowdy and reckless, the students of the Arpechian Academy are said to be overly inspired by the local wildlife.
4/3
Autumn Fae

Autumn Fae {1}{R}

Creature - Faerie
Flying, double strike
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
0/1
Cavorting Beauty

Cavorting Beauty {R}

Creature - Human Citizen
Cadence (Whenever you cast a spell, if its mana value is greater than this creature's power, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Whenever you cast a spell, if its mana value is less than Cavorting Beauty's power, remove a +1/+1 counter from Cavorting Beauty.
1/2
Crystal Conjuration

Crystal Conjuration {R}{R}

Sorcery
Put three +1/+1 counters on target land. It becomes a 0/0 colorless Elemental creature with haste that's still a land.
Orchestrate—Sacrifice a land. (You may exile this card from your hand anytime you could cast a sorcery for its orchestrate cost. When you next resolve a spell, you may cast this from exile without paying its mana cost.)
Entrancing Virtuoso

Entrancing Virtuoso {R}

Creature - Human Citizen
Haste
{W}, {T}: Tap target creature.
A spectacle for mind, body, and soul.
1/1
Exhilarating Prescience

Exhilarating Prescience {1}{R}{R}

Enchantment
Whenever you cast a spell, put a lore counter on Exhilarating Prescience.
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of lore counters on Exhilarating Prescience. You may play those cards until your next turn.
Paternal Pride

Paternal Pride {1}{R}

Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 and has haste.
Once each turn, when enchanted creature becomes tapped, you may add {R}{R}. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end.
Scaletongue Mistress

Scaletongue Mistress {4}{R}{R}

Creature - Human Shaman
Prowess
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create a 3/3 red Dragon creature token with flying.
2/4
Stormsurge

Stormsurge {2}{R}

Sorcery
Stormsurge deals 3 damage to any target.
Orchestrate {R} (You may exile this card from your hand anytime you could cast a sorcery for its orchestrate cost. When you next resolve a spell, you may cast this from exile without paying its mana cost.)
Ardy's Study

Ardy's Study {G}{G}

Enchantment - Study
Archive 5 (As this enters the battlefield, shuffle the top five cards of your main library into a new face up library. Sacrifice this after the archived library is empty.)
You may play lands from the archived library.
Arpechian Yatte

Arpechian Yatte {3}{G}{G}

Creature - Beast
Trample
When Arpechian Yatte enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control.
Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on Arpechian Yatte.
3/3
Conjuring of Locusts

Conjuring of Locusts {2}{G}{G}

Sorcery
Destroy all noncreature, nonland permanents.
“Decay is nothing but creation in reverse.”
—Rahit
Gruff Smith

Gruff Smith {1}{G}

Creature - Dwarf Citizen
When Gruff Smith enters the battlefield, you may destroy target artifact. If you do, that artifact's controller creates a colorless Equipment artifact token with “Equipped creature gets +1/+1” and equip {1}.
Recite {1}{R} (You may cast this creature from your graveyard for its recite cost. If you do, exile it when it enters the battlefield or if it would leave the battlefield.)
2/2
Jara Incarnation

Jara Incarnation {5}{G}{G}{G}

Creature - Elemental
Trample
Other creatures you control have base power and toughness 8/8.
It takes brains to come up with brawn like this.
8/8
Keystone Conjurer

Keystone Conjurer {G}{G}

Creature - Human Shaman
At the beginning of combat on your turn, untap target land. If that land is an Animus, it becomes a creature and gains haste until end of turn.
2/1
Prismatic Leyline

Prismatic Leyline {1}{G}

Enchantment - Aura
Enchant land
Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional one mana of any color that land could produce.
Surge of the Leylines

Surge of the Leylines {2}{G}

Sorcery
Search your library for a basic land card and put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Orchestrate {1}{G} (You may exile this card from your hand anytime you could cast a sorcery for its orchestrate cost. When you next resolve a spell, you may cast this from exile without paying its mana cost.)
Thunderous Charge

Thunderous Charge {G}

Instant
Target creature gains hexproof and trample until end of turn. If Thunderous Charge was cast from exile, that creature gets an additional +4/+4 until end of turn.
Orchestrate {G}{G} (You may exile this card from your hand anytime you could cast a sorcery for its orchestrate cost. When you next resolve a spell, you may cast this from exile without paying its mana cost.)
Spellsword Elite

Spellsword Elite {W}{U}

Creature - Human Soldier
Cadence (Whenever you cast a spell, if its mana value is greater than this creature's power, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Remove a +1/+1 counter from Spellsword Elite: The next noncreature spell you cast this turn costs {1} less to cast.
1/1
Stall Fate

Stall Fate {W}{U}

Instant
Return target spell to its owner's hand. Its controller can't cast spells this turn. (Spells cast before this resolves are unaffected.)
Exhaustive Research

Exhaustive Research {1}{U}{B}

Enchantment
If a player would draw one or more cards, instead that player draws that many cards plus one and loses 1 life.
Where curiosity is left unfettered, consequences are soon to follow.