Standard Staples

Sibling account to dire-strainanarchist, but nonlegendaries that work even better when there’s multiple in a deck

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Spry and Mighty

Choose exactly two creatures you control. You draw X cards and the chosen creatures get +X/+X and gain trample until end of turn, where X is the difference between the chosen creatures’ powers.

Illustrated by Matthew Forsythe

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Noosegraf Mob

Creature - 0/0 Zombie

This creature enters with five +1/+1 counters on it.

Whenever a player casts a spell, remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature. If you do, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Illustrated by Seb McKinnon

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Moldering Karok

Creature - 3/3 Zombie Crocodile

Trample, lifelink

Necroluminescence is common among the undead creatures of Sedgemoor, giving the midnight swamp an eerie glow. It’s comforting—from a distance.

Illustrated by Nicholas Gregory

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Dukhara Scavenger

Creature - 4/6 Crocodile

When this creature enters, you may put target artifact or creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.

The teeth marks add character.

Illustrated by Sidharth Chaturvedi

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Wardscale Crocodile

Creature -5/3 Crocodile

Hexproof (This creature can’t be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

“The Eternals had to endure Amonkhet’s five trials. Let’s see if they can pass the Trial of Ravnica.”

—Jace Beleren

Illustrated by Zezhou Chen

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Lurking Crocodile

Creature - 2/2 Crocodile

Bloodthirst 1 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Islandwalk (This creature can’t be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)

Illustrated by Donato Giancola

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Stonefare Crocodile

Creature - 3/2 Crocodile

{B}: This creature gains lifelink until end of turn. (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

The Izzet’s plans to exploit the undercity ran into a few stubborn obstacles

Illustrated by Tomasz Jedruszek

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Injector Crocodile

Creature - 5/5 Phyrexian Crocodile

When this creature dies, incubate 3. (Create an Incubator token with three +1/+1 counters on it and “{2}: Transform this token.” It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)

Swampcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Swamp card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

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Adorned Crocodile

Creature - 5/3 Crocodile

When this creature dies, create a 2/2 black Zombie Druid creature token.

Renew — {B}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.

“Eat you? Of course she won’t. Pherah’s got better taste than that.”

—Visk, Qarsi Palace caretaker

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Catacomb Crocodile

Creature - 3/7 Crocodile

“I am sewer-king!” said Rat. “I am quick and cunning and I know every tunnel.”

“No, I am king!” said Zombie. “I am cold and deadly and no rot can harm me.”

Then Croc came and ate them both.

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Crocodile of the Crossing

Creature - 5/4 Crocodile

Haste

When this creature enters, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature you control.

“Everything in the trial has teeth. You will overcome them, or you will feed them.”

—Rhonas, god of strength

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Emperor Crocodile

Creature - 5/5 Crocodile

When you control no other creatures, sacrifice this creature.

The king of Yavimaya’s waters pays constant attention to his subjects … and thrives on their adulation.

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Masterwork of Ingenuity

Artifact — Equipment

You may have this Equipment enter as a copy of any Equipment on the battlefield.

“The crucible yields what you have forged in your mind. You need only reach in and draw the masterwork forth.”

—Wahara, Keeper of the Crucible

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Gnawing Crescendo

Instant

Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn. Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies this turn, create a 1/1 black Rat creature token with “This token can’t block.”

Totentanz’s song had no lyrics, but the rats understood it nonetheless. “You own this land,” it said. “You deserve to feast.”

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War Horn

Artifact

Attacking creatures you control get +1/+0.

The reverberations course through the warriors’ veins, beat with their hearts, and pound with their footfalls as they charge into battle.

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Boggart Cursecrafter

Creature - 2/3 Goblin Warlock

Deathtouch

Whenever another Goblin you control dies, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

“This bone is a good bone. Very angry. I can make lots of pain with this one.”

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Boggart Mischief

Kindred Enchantment - Goblin

When this enchantment enters, you may blight 1. If you do, create two 1/1 black and red Goblin creature tokens. (To blight 1, put a -1/-1 counter on a creature you control.)

Whenever a Goblin creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.