1 – 20 of 225 cards where the text includes “enters the battlefield” and the text includes “counters” and the text includes “x”
Academy Elite {3}{U}
Creature — Human Wizard
Academy Elite enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in all graveyards.
{2}{U}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Academy Elite: Draw a card, then discard a card.
Illustrated by Volkan Baǵa
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Ambitious Dragonborn {3}{G}
Creature — Dragon Barbarian
Ambitious Dragonborn enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control and creature cards in your graveyard.
The raging green dragon left destruction—and at least one admirer—in its wake.
Illustrated by Gaboleps
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
A-Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes {3}{R}{G}
Legendary Planeswalker — Minsc
When Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes enters the battlefield and at the beginning of your upkeep, if you don’t control a creature named Boo, create Boo, a legendary 1/1 red Hamster creature token with trample and haste.
+1: Put three +1/+1 counters on up to one target creature with trample or haste.
−2: Sacrifice a creature. When you do, Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes deals X damage to any target, where X is that creature’s power. If the sacrificed creature was a Hamster, draw X cards.
Illustrated by Andreas Zafiratos
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Not Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Not Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Not Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Not Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
A-Moss-Pit Skeleton {B}{G}
Creature — Plant Skeleton
Kicker {3} (You may pay an additional {3} as you cast this spell.)
If Moss-Pit Skeleton was kicked, it enters the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on a creature you control, if Moss-Pit Skeleton is in your graveyard, return A-Moss-Pit Skeleton from your graveyard to your hand at the beginning of the next end step.
Illustrated by Bryan Sola
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Not Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Not Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Not Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Not Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
|---|
| A-Moss-Pit Skeleton #A-228 |
| Moss-Pit Skeleton #228 |
| Prints | USD | EUR | TIX |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zendikar Rising |
Anthroplasm {2}{U}{U}
Creature — Shapeshifter
Anthroplasm enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it.
{X}, {T}: Remove all +1/+1 counters from Anthroplasm and put X +1/+1 counters on it.
I never metamorphosis I didn’t like.
Illustrated by Ron Spencer
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
A-Ochre Jelly {X}{G}
Creature — Ooze
Trample
Ward {2}
Ochre Jelly enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Split — When Ochre Jelly dies, if it had two or more +1/+1 counters on it, create a token that’s a copy of it at the beginning of the next end step. The token enters the battlefield with half that many +1/+1 counters on it, rounded down.
Illustrated by Daarken
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Not Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Not Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Not Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Not Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
|---|
| Ochre Jelly, AFR #330 |
| Copy Token, TOTJ #1 |
| A-Ochre Jelly, AFR #A-196 |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Adventures in the Forgotten Realms |
Apocalypse Hydra {X}{R}{G}
Creature — Hydra
Apocalypse Hydra enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it. If X is 5 or more, it enters the battlefield with an additional X +1/+1 counters on it.
{1}{R}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Apocalypse Hydra: It deals 1 damage to any target.
Illustrated by Jason Chan
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Argent Dais {1}{W}
Artifact
Argent Dais enters the battlefield with two oil counters on it.
Whenever two or more creatures attack, put an oil counter on Argent Dais.
{2}, {T}, Remove two oil counters from Argent Dais: Exile another target nonland permanent. Its controller draws two cards.
Illustrated by Carlos Palma Cruchaga
Unreleased This card will be released on 2024-06-07, it is not legal in any format until its release date approaches.
Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle {2}{G}{U}
Legendary Creature — Kraken
Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle enters the battlefield tapped with five slumber counters on it.
As long as Arixmethes has a slumber counter on it, it’s a land. (It’s not a creature.)
Whenever you cast a spell, you may remove a slumber counter from Arixmethes.
{T}: Add {G}{U}.
Illustrated by Dimitar Marinski
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Astral Cornucopia {X}{X}{X}
Artifact
Astral Cornucopia enters the battlefield with X charge counters on it.
{T}: Choose a color. Add one mana of that color for each charge counter on Astral Cornucopia.
Illustrated by Aleksi Briclot
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
A-Tanazir Quandrix {3}{G}{U}
Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon
Flying, trample
When Tanazir Quandrix enters the battlefield, double the number of +1/+1 counters on target creature you control.
Whenever Tanazir Quandrix attacks, you may have the base power and toughness of other creatures you control become equal to Tanazir Quandrix’s power and toughness until end of turn.
Watermark: Quandrix
Illustrated by Raymond Swanland
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Not Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Not Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Not Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Not Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
|---|
| A-Tanazir Quandrix #A-240 |
| Tanazir Quandrix #284 |
| Prints | USD | EUR | TIX |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strixhaven: School of Mages |
A-Thornmantle Striker {3}{B}
Creature — Elf Rogue
When Thornmantle Striker enters the battlefield, choose one —
• Remove X counters from target permanent, where X is the number of Elves you control.
• Target creature an opponent controls gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of Elves you control.
Illustrated by Magali Villeneuve
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Not Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Not Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Not Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Not Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
|---|
| Thornmantle Striker #387 |
| A-Thornmantle Striker #A-387 |
| Prints | USD | EUR | TIX |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaldheim |
Atraxa's Skitterfang {3}
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Insect
Atraxa’s Skitterfang enters the battlefield with three oil counters on it.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may remove an oil counter from Atraxa’s Skitterfang. When you do, target creature you control gains your choice of flying, vigilance, deathtouch, or lifelink until end of turn.
Illustrated by Billy Christian
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Awakened Awareness {X}{U}{U}
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant artifact or creature
When Awakened Awareness enters the battlefield, put X +1/+1 counters on enchanted permanent.
As long as enchanted permanent is a creature, it has base power and toughness 1/1.
Illustrated by Tran Nguyen
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Axiom Engraver {1}{R}
Creature — Phyrexian Wizard
Axiom Engraver enters the battlefield with two oil counters on it.
{T}, Remove an oil counter from Axiom Engraver, Discard a card: Draw a card.
“I will not rest until the truth of Phyrexia is inscribed across the Multiverse.”
Illustrated by Pavel Kolomeyets
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Balduvian Hydra {X}{R}{R}
Creature — Hydra
Balduvian Hydra enters the battlefield with X +1/+0 counters on it.
Remove a +1/+0 counter from Balduvian Hydra: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to Balduvian Hydra this turn.
{R}{R}{R}: Put a +1/+0 counter on Balduvian Hydra. Activate only during your upkeep.
Illustrated by Melissa A. Benson
Part of the Reserved List
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Banquet Guests {X}{G}{W}
Creature — Halfling Citizen
Affinity for Food (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each Food you control.)
Trample
Banquet Guests enters the battlefield with twice X +1/+1 counters on it.
{2}, Sacrifice a Food: Banquet Guests gains indestructible until end of turn.
Illustrated by Viko Menezes
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Benevolent Hydra {X}{G}{G}
Creature — Hydra
Benevolent Hydra enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it.
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on another creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.
{T}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Benevolent Hydra: Put a +1/+1 counter on another target creature you control.
Illustrated by Eric Deschamps
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Blast Zone
Land
Blast Zone enters the battlefield with a charge counter on it.
{T}: Add {C}.
{X}{X}, {T}: Put X charge counters on Blast Zone.
{3}, {T}, Sacrifice Blast Zone: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on Blast Zone.
Illustrated by Jorge Jacinto
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Bloodspore Thrinax {2}{G}{G}
Creature — Lizard
Devour 1 (As this enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. This creature enters the battlefield with that many +1/+1 counters on it.)
Each other creature you control enters the battlefield with an additional X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on Bloodspore Thrinax.
Illustrated by Ralph Horsley
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal