Oracle/6E preview: comments on Mirage

(Many cantrips upgraded from "next turn/upkeep" to "now"...)

(Changed from "when you play X, choose..." to "when X comes into play, choose":
Prismatic Circle, Ward of Lights, Mangara's Equity, Null Chamber, Shimmer,
Quirion Elves, Roots of Life

Changed creature types: Was             Now
Femeref Scouts          Scouts          Soldier         [Sort of boo.]
Mtenda Herder           Scout           Townsfolk       [Okay, boo. Especially
 since the Goblin Scout tokens _are_ still Scouts (and also Goblins).]
Cerulean Wyvern         Wyvern          Drake           [Boo hiss.]
Abyssal Hunter          Hunter          Minion          [Boo. Black does _not
 need more Minions_.]
Ekundu Cyclops          Cyclops         Giant           [Boo hiss.]
Femeref Archers         Archers         Soldier         [Ditto.]
Locust Swarm            Swarm           Insect          [Boo hiss. Plus
 Yavimaya Ants/Alliances got exactly the _opposite_ change - sheesh]
Maro                    Nature Spirit   Elemental
Uktabi Wildcats         Wildcats        Cat & Warrior   [Actually _introduces_
 a mistake.]
Windreaper Falcon       Falcon          Bird            [Boo hiss.]
Basalt, Crystal, Igneous, Lead, Patagia, Sand Golems
                        (none)          Golem           [Okay.]
Ersatz Gnomes           (none)          Gnome

(Spells that used to have an additional cost which now have it in the effect:)
Withering Boon, Carrion, Infernal Contract, Phyrexian Purge
(And one that went the other way and shouldn't have: Drain Life)

(Why _do_ these all spell _out_ the color of mana produced, rather than using
a mana symbol, anyway? And why don't -all- of the mana abilities do this?)

Dazzling Beauty         2W              Instant
 Target unblocked, attacking creature is considered blocked. Draw a card.
[Now used in the declare-blockers, combat-damage, or end-of-combat step.
Instead of 'at the time blockers are declared'. _Good_. (Though I'm fairly
curious to see what happens to False Orders...)]

Afterlife               2W              Instant
 Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. That creature's controller
 puts a 1/1 white Essence creature token with flying into play.
[That player puts it into play, instead of you doing so, so they are the owner
of the token now, not you as it worked previously.]

Mangara's Blessing      2W              Instant
 You gain 5 life. / If a spell or ability controlled by an opponent forces you
 to discard ~, you gain 2 life and return ~ from your graveyard to your hand at
 end of turn.
[For clarity: "you gain 2 life, and at end of turn return ~...". If they're not
going to be done at the same time, which I believe the intent is, let's make
that clear. If they're both supposed to happen at end of turn, then make it
"...to discard ~, at end of turn you gain 2 life, then return...".]

Mtenda Griffin          3W              Creature - Griffin
2/2 Flying  W,Tap: Return ~ to its owner's hand and return target Griffin card
 in your graveyard to your hand. Play this ability only during of your upkeep.
["...only during your upkeep."]

Shadowbane              1W              Instant
 Prevent all damage that would be dealt this turn to you or target creature you
 control from a source of your choice. If that source is black, you gain that
 much life.
["...you gain life equal to the damage prevented this way."]

Unyaro Griffin          3W              Creature - Griffin
2/2 Flying  Sacrifice ~: Counter target red instant or sorcery spell.
[Now no longer requires the spell to deal -damage- etc. Does not have to "see
the future"; doesn't have Equinox problems any more.]

Vigilant Martyr         W               Creature - Martyr
1/1  Sacrifice ~: Regenerate target creature. / WW,Tap,Sacrifice ~: Counter
 target spell that targets an enchantment in play.
["in play" is redundant ... but will cut a particular FAQ off at the root, so
okay.]

Auspicious Ancestor     3W              Creature - Ancestor
2/3  When ~ is put into the graveyard from play, you gain 3 life. / Whenever a
 white spell is played, you may pay 1. If you do, you gain 1 life.
["is put into a graveyard from".]

Celestial Dawn          1WW             Enchantment
 Nonland cards you own that aren't in play are white. Nonland permanents you
 control are white. Lands you control are plains. Colored mana symbols in the
 costs on all those cards and permanents are W.
[Delete the "in the costs", please. Rulings-file/Errata oops.]

Null Chamber            3W              Enchant World
 When ~ comes into play, you and an opponent each name a card except a basic
 land card. / Those cards can't be played.
["...each name a card that's not a basic land card"]

Sacred Mesa             2W              Enchantment
 At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice ~ unless you sacrifice a Pegasus. /
 1W: Put a 1/1 white Pegasus creature token with flying into play.
[The token is no longer also a "Wild Pegasus".]

Soul Echo               XWW             Enchantment
 ~ comes into play with X echo counters on it. / At the beginning of your
 upkeep, if there are no echo counters on ~, sacrifice it. Otherwise, an
 opponent may choose that for each 1 damage that would be dealt to you until
 your next upkeep, you remove 1 echo counter from ~ instead. / You don't lose
 the game as a result of having less than 1 life.
[Note that since this _isn't_ a pure "At <time>, if <condition>, do this"
triggered ability, it goes onto the stack whether or not there are echo
counters on Soul Echo. It's an "At <time>, if <condition>, do this; otherwise
do that" ability instead.]

Azimaet Drake           2U              Creature - Drake
1/3 Flying  U: ~ [gets] +1/+0 until end of turn. Play this ability only once
 each turn.
[Okay - clearer than "You may spend only...". This would be a good template
to use for Spitting Drake, Kyscu Drake, and Fire Drake also...]

Bay Falcon              1U              Creature - Falcon
1/1 Flying  Attacking doesn't cause ~ to tap.
[The only remaining Falcon. Thus we _must_ Errata Soraya to "Bird or Falcon"
in two places...]

Dream Cache             2U              Sorcery
 Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand both on either the top or
 the bottom of your library .
[The 6E wording is clearer - "both on top of your library or both on the bottom
of your library". Plus we should have the card worded the same way each time
it appears in Oracle...]

Memory Lapse            1U              Instant
 Counter target spell. Put it on top of its owner's library instead of in[to]
 that player's graveyard.

Merfolk Seer            2U              Creature - Merfolk
2/2  When ~ [Mersolk Seer] is put into the graveyard from play, you may pay 1U.
 If you do, draw a card.

Power Sink              XU              Instant
 Counter target spell unless its controller pays X. If he or she doesn't, tap
 all mana-producing lands that player controls and empty his or her mana pool.
[As noted in Tempest, this needs to be Fixed for, I guess, the 6E list of
Oracle, so that it's worded the same way for each appearance.]

Ray of Command          3U              Instant
 Untap target creature an opponent controls and gain control of it until end of
 turn. That creature gains haste until end of turn. [(*)]
[...We've lost the "tap it" part? If that's a mistake, it needs to continue
"If you lose control of the creature during cleanup step this turn, tap it."
Also, the reminder text for Haste is missing.]

Sapphire Charm          U               Instant
 Choose one - Target player draws a card at the beginning of the next turn's
 upkeep; or target creature an opponent controls phases out; or target creature
 gains flying until end of turn.
[_Not_ updated from "beginning of next turn's upkeep" to "now"...]

Sea Scryer              1U              Creature - Merfolk
1/1  Tap: Add one colorless mana to your mana pool. / 1,Tap: Add one blue mana
 to your mana pool.
["one blue mana" instead of the mana symbol? As I've noted elsewhere, ??]

Floodgate               3U              Creature - Wall
0/5 (*)  When[ever] ~ gains flying, sacrifice it. / When ~ leaves play, it
 deals to each nonblue creature without flying 1 damage for each two islands
 you control.
[Use "whenever" instead, to make it clearer that it can't gain flying on its
own ...]

Tidal Wave              2U              Instant
 Put a 5/5 blue Wave creature token into play. This creature is a Wall.
 Sacrifice the creature at end of turn. [(*)]
[The Wall reminder text is missing.]

Flash                   1U              Instant
 Choose a creature card from your hand and pay it's mana cost reduced by up to
 2. If you do, put that creature into play.    ^^^^[its]
[Now you have to pay before the creature can come into play, so an Elf can't
help pay for itself with Concordant Crossroads out for instance. To conform
to the original, it should continue "If you don't, put that card into your
graveyard"...]

Polymorph               3U              Sorcery
 Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller reveals cards
 from the top of his or her library until a creature card is revealed. That
 player puts that card into play and shuffles the all other cards revelaed this
 way into his or her library.
["...and shuffles _all the_ other cards _revealed_ this..."]

Prismatic Lace          U               Instant
 Target permanent becomes the color(s) of your choice. Costs to tap, maintain,
 or use an ability of that permanent remain unchanged.
[Oh, gross. Get rid of that second sentence - that shouldn't be anywhere
_near_ a 6th Edition-worded card. "Maintain" isn't defined anywhere at all;
"cost to tap" doesn't make sense either. If you must have something, use "This
does not affect color words in that card's text or mana symbols on that card".]

Teferi's Imp            2U              Creature - Imp
1/1 Flying, phasing  Whenever ~ phases out, [choose and] discard a card []. /
 Whenever ~ phases in, draw a card.

Gravebane Zombie        3B              Creature - Zombie
3/2  If ~ would be put into the graveyard from play, put ~ on top of its
 owner's library instead.
[Now a replacement ability ?!]

Bone Harvest            2B              Instant
 Put any number of target creature cards from your graveyard on top of your
 library [in any order]. Draw a card.

Breathstealer           2B              Creature - Night Stalker
2/2  B: ~ gets +1/-1 until end of turn.
[Now is type Night and type Stalker.]

Drain Life              X1B             Sorcery
 Spend only black mana [when paying this spell's X cost]. / ~ deals X damage to
 target creature or player. You gain life equal to the damage dealt, but not
 more life than that creature's toughness [or that player's life total].
["1B / As an additional cost to play Drain Life, pay X black mana". Since we've
got the new template, we might as well _use_ it...]

Ebony Charm             B               Instant
 Choose one - Target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life; or remove from
 the game up to three cards in a single player's graveyard; or target creature
 can't be blocked this turn except by artifact creatures or black creatures.
["and/or" would be better, even, than "or".]

Feral Shadow            2B              Creature - Night Stalker
2/1 Flying
[Now counts as a Night and a Stalker.]

Restless Dead           1B              Creature - Skeleto[n]
1/1  B: Regenerate ~.

Urborg Panther          2B              Creature - Night Stalker
2/2  B,Sacrifice ~: Destroy target creature blocking ~. / Sacrifice Feral
 Shadow, Breathstealer, and ~: Search your library for [a] Spirit of the Night
 card and put that card into play. Then shuffle your library.
[Now counts as a Night and a Stalker.]
[Should the second ability read "and put that creature into play", to be
template-correct?]

Blighted Shaman         1B              Creature - Cleric
1/1  Tap,Sacrifice a creature: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. /
 Tap,Sacrifice a swamp: Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
[Here, this is a Cleric. In 6E Oracle/6E, it is a Wizard, and also on the 6E
card. Fix one way or the other, please. Also, 6E Oracle/6E has the abilities
in the other order...]

Reign of Terror         3BB             Sorcery
 Destroy all white creatures or destroy all green creatures. Those creatures
 can't be regenerated. You lose 2 life for each creature destroyed this way.
["for each creature put into a graveyard this way".]

Soul Rend               1B              Instant
 Destroy target creature if it's white. [It can't regenerate.] Draw a card.

Stupor                  2B              Sorcery
 Target opponent discards a card at random [], then chooses and discards a card
 [].

Zombie Mob              2BB             Creature - Zombie
2/0  ~ comes into play with a +1/+1 counter for each creature card in your
 graveyard then remove all of those creature cards from the game.
[Delete the "then"; make it two separate sentences, as before. Now counts
Artifact Creature cards in your graveyard also.]

Carrion                 1BB             Instant
 Sacrifice a creature. Put into play a number of 0/1 black Maggot creature
 tokens equal to the sacrificed creature's power.
[The sacrifice is now part of the effect, not a cost. No creature = no power
= power 0 = no Maggot tokens.]

Forbidden Crypt         3BB             Enchantment
 If you would draw a card, instead choose target card in your graveyard and put
 that card into your hand. If you can't, you lose the game. / If a card would
 be put into your graveyard, remove that card from the game instead.
[Doesn't need the 'target' - this is a replacement ability, and can't be
retargetted in any way, and you already _have_ a consequence for "no card to
choose". The second ability is now a replacement ability, I suppose to
prevent those cards from being redrawn before a triggered ability can
remove them...]

Purraj of Urborg        3BB             Creature - Legend
2/3  Whenever ~ attacks, it gains first strike until end of turn. / Whenever a
 black spell is played, you may pay B. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on ~.
[Interesting. Now gets the first strike as a triggered ability, but until
end of turn, instead of only 'as long as ~ is attacking'. Ditto for Spirit of
the Night.]

Shallow Grave           1B              Instant
 Put the top creature card from your graveyard into play. That creature gains
 haste until end of turn. Remove the creature from the game at end of turn.
 [(*)] [The reminder text for Haste is missing.]

Tombstone Stairwell     2BB             Enchant World
 Cumulative upkeep 1B  At the beginning of each upkeep, each player puts into
 play a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with haste for each creature card in
 his or her graveyard. [(*)] / At end of turn or when ~ leaves play, remove all
 Zombie tokens from the game.
[The tokens now do not have type and name Tombspawn. Now counts artifact
creature cards in players' graveyards. The tokens now do _not_ get destroyed
(?!) but are removed straight out of the game. Will now remove Sarcomancy's
Zombie token too, or a Dance of Many's/Echo Chamber's.]

Builder's Bane          XXR             Sorcery
 Destroy X target artifacts. ~ deals to that artifact's controller damage equal
 to the number of artifacts put into a graveyard this way.
[No. (sheesh) This wording only works if you add "X target artifacts
-controlled by one player-". Instead, use "~ deals damage to each player equal
to the number of artifacts that player controlled which were put into a
graveyard this way".]

Viashino Warrior        3R              Creature -[ ]Viashino
4/2

Blind Fury              2RR             Instant
 If a creature would deal [combat] damage [this turn], instead [it deals]
 double that damage. / All creatures lose trample until end of turn.
[Now doubles combat damage assigned to players; did not before. Definitely
does _not need to_ apply to -all- damage a creature might do, thanks -very-
much.]

Consuming Ferocity      1R              Enchant Creature
 ~ can enchant only a non-Wall creature. / Enchanted creature gets +1/+0. / At
 the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+0 counter on enchanted creature. If
 that creature has three +1/+0 [counters] on it, sacrifice the creature and it
 deals damage equal to its power to its controller.
[No longer checks at end of upkeep; will go off immediately when a +1/+0
counter is added by this ability. If the line breaks are as I note, will only
check when _this_ ability puts +1/+0 counters on it.]

Goblin Scouts           3RR             Sorcery
 Put three 1/1 red Goblin Scout creature tokens with mountainwalk into play.
 These creatures are Goblins. (*)
[These creatures are Goblins and are Scouts, since their name is their creature
type and is two words. The second sentence is totally unneeded.]

Sirocco                 1R              Instant
 Target player reveals his or her hand. For each blue instant card that player
 reveals, he or she pays 4 life or discards that card.
[_Rather_ more powerful now. Okay. Could also have been "For each blue instant
spell card which could target a spell or ability that player reveals, ...",
keeping it where it was.]

Hammer of Bogardan      1RR             Sorcery
 ~ deals 3 damage to target creature or player. / 2RRR: Return ~ to your hand.
 Play this ability only during your upkeep and only if ~ is in your
 graveyard[.]

Hivis of the Scale      3RR             Creature - Legend
3/4  You may choose not to untap ~ during your untap step. / Tap: Gain control
 of target Dragon. If ~ becomes untapped or you lose control of ~, lose control
 of that Dragon.
[Um. What was wrong with 'as long as'? Or "Gain control of target Dragon
_until_ ~ becomes untapped or you lose control of ~"? I'd rather not see any
"lose control" instructions on cards - I'd much rather see instructions for
_ending_ a gain-control effect. In multiplayer, if you gained control of A's
creature from B, and B is out of the game when you 'lose control', where does
the creature go? Let's turn this, and Wellspring while I'm thinking of this
point, (back) into "as long as" or "until" instructions.]

Illicit Auction         3RR             Sorcery
 Choose target creature. Each player may bid life for control of that creature.
 You begin the bidding with a high bid of 0. Proceeding in turn order, each
 player may top the high bid. The auction ends when the high bid stands. The
 high bidder loses life equal to the high bid and gains control of the
 creature.
[We really sort of need to define "may top" and "stands" for this to make
sense; these don't appear on any other cards. If you know how auctions work
in the first place, this may make sense ... but players that haven't been
exposed to one will be totally confused.]

Torrent of Lava         XRR             Sorcery
 ~ deals X damage to each creature without flying. All creatures gain "Tap:
 Prevent 1 damage that would be dealt to this creature from ~" until end of
 turn.
[No. This simply does not -work- - the creatures could not use this ability
until -after the damage had landed-, and that doesn't -work- under 6E rules.
Try, instead: "For each creature without flying, its controller chooses one -
~ deals X damage to that creature, or its controller taps it and ~ deals X-1
damage to that creature". If you want to use the words "summoning sickness",
you can even make it work as it did before, though this gets complex:
"~ deals X damage to each creature without flying currently affected by
summoning sickness. For each creature without flying that can Tap:, its
controller chooses one - ~ deals X damage to that creature, or tap it and ~
deals X-1 damage to that creature." Personally, I'd just ignore the summoning
sickness part, because it's too complicated, and power it down just that
_little_ bit.]

Zirilan of the Claw     3RR             Creature - Legend
3/4  1RR,Tap: Search your library for a Dragon card and put that card into
 play. Then shuffle your library. That creature gains haste until end of turn.
 Remove the creature from the game at end of turn. (*)
[Note that with this wording, the creature is removed from the game before
its haste wears off. "That creature has haste this turn" would also work as a
wording.]

Jungle Wurm             3GG             Creature - Wurm
5/5  For each creature blocking it beyond the first, ~ gets -1/-1 until end of
 turn.
[...No. "Whenever Jungle Wurm becomes blocked, for each creature..." - as
worded, this doesn't follow any template of 6E.]

Foratog                 2G              Creature - Atog
1/2  G,Sacrifice a forest: ~ gets +2/+2 until end of turn[.]

Roots of Life           1GG             Enchantment
 When ~ comes into play, choose islands or swamps. / Whenever a land of the
 chosen type an opponent controls becomes tapped, you gain 1 life.
["When ~ comes into play, choose islands or swamps, and choose an opponent. /
Whenever a land of the chosen type that opponent controls..."]

Superior Numbers        GG              Sorcery
 ~ deals to target creature damage equal to the number of creatures you control
 in excess of the number of creatures an opponent controls.
[No. Make this one 'target opponent', or else it will be completely _confusing_
in multiplayer games.]

Tropical Storm          XG              Sorcery
 ~ deals X damage to each creature with flying and 1 [additional] damage to
 each blue creature.
[Needs the 'additional' to head off a FAQ.]

Cycle of Life           1GG             Enchantment
 Return ~ to its owner's hand: Target creature you played this turn is 0/1
 until your next upkeep. At the beginning of your next upkeep, put a +1/+1
 counter on that creature.
[Now works on artifact creatures also.]

Jungle Patrol           3G              Creature - Soldier
3/2  1G,Tap: Put a 0/1 green Wood creature token into play. This creature is a
 Wall. [(*)] / Sacrifice a Wood token: Add one red mana to your mana pool.
[The Wall reminder text is missing.]

Lure of Prey            2GG             Instant
 Play only if an opponent played a creature spell this turn. / Put a green
 creature card from your hand into play.
[Now works for artifact creature spells played by opponent, also.]

Mindbender Spores       2G              Creature - Wall
0/1 (*) Flying  Whenever ~ blocks a creature, put four fungus counters on that
 creature. / During that creature's controller's untap step, remove a fungus
 counter from the creature. / The creature doesn't untap during its
 controller's untap step as long as it has a[ny] fungus counters on it.
[The second ability has to change to "At the beginning of that creature's
controller's _upkeep_ step, ..."; even if you keep it "untap", it won't go
onto the stack until beginning of upkeep, so might as well _say so on the
card_.]

Natural Balance         2GG             Sorcery
 Each player controlling six or more lands sacrifices enough lands to reduce
 his or her land total to five. Each player controlling four or fewer lands may
 search his or her library for enough basic land cards to bring his or her land
 total to five and puts those lands into play. Those players then shuffle their
 libraries.
["puts" -> "put". "Those players" -> "Each player who searched his or her
library"; the players who sacrificed are also "those players" - it's
ambiguous.]

Seeds of Innocence      1GG             Sorcery
 Destroy all artifacts. They can't be regenerated. Each artifact's controller
 [gains an amount of] life equal to that artifact's mana cost.
[Why add "they can't be regenerated"? It wasn't on or implied by the original
text.]

Uktabi Wildcats         4G              Creature - Cat Warrior
*/*  ~'s power and toughness are each equal to the number of forests you
 control. / G,Sacrifice a forest: Regenerate ~.
[Now counts as a Cat and a Warrior, rather than as Wildcats.]

Waiting in the Weeds    1GG             Sorcery
 For each untapped forest he or she controls, each player puts a 1/1 green Cat
 creature token into play.
[6E Oracle/6E has left out the "untapped". Fix this please.]

Delirium                1BR             Instant
 Play only on an opponents' turn. / Tap target creature that player controls.
 That creature deals damage equal to its power to the player. Prevent all
 combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by the creature this turn.
["the player" -> "that player"]
[Note that the source of the damage is -not- the spell - it's the creature.
The creature has to still be around for the spell not to fizzle, though, so
this one doesn't create DamagePreventionProblems. This now only targets the
creature, not the opponent as well.]

Kaervek's Purge         XBR             Sorcery
 Destroy target creature with converted mana cost equal to X. It can't be
 regenerated. If that creature is put into the graveyard this way, ~ deals
 damage equal to the creature's power to the creature's controller.
[Why add "it can't be regenerated"? That wasn't on the original card, and the
rest of the text implies strongly that it should _not_ be there.]

Radiant Essence         1GW             Creature - Spirit
2/3  ~ gets +1/+2 as long as an opponent controls a black permanent.
["As ~ comes into play, choose an opponent. / ~ gets +1/+2 as long as that
opponent..."]

Spatial Binding         UB              Enchantment
 Pay 1 life: Target permanent can't phase out until your next upkeep step.
[Make this "until after the beginning of your next upkeep step"? If phasing
gets moved to beginning-of-upkeep, as it probably should, this will make a
difference...]

Cadaverous Bloom        3BG             Enchantment
 Remove a card in your hand from the game: Add two black mana or two green mana
 to your mana pool.
["Choose a card in your hand and remove it from..."]

Discordant Spirit       2BR             Creature - Spirit
2/2  At end of each of your opponents' turns, put a +1/+1 counter on ~ for each
 1 damage dealt to you that turn. / At the end of your turn, remove all +1/+1
 counters on ~.
[...Greatly powered up for multiplayer games. Why not leave it as "When ~ comes
into play, choose an opponent. / At the end of that player's turn, put..."?]

Grim Feast              1BG             Enchantment
 At the beginning of your upkeep, ~ deals 1 damage to you. / Whenever a
 creature is put into an opponent's graveyard from play, you gain life equal to
 that creature's toughness.
[No. "Choose an opponent as ~ comes into play. ... Whenever a creature is put
into _that player's_ graveyard..." It's _totally_ Broken in multiplayer games
otherwise. I _really_ don't understand the thought processes of whoever removed
all these targetting/choosing-an-opponent restrictions - I can only assume
that they don't _play_ multiplayer Magic at all, or that they have no concept
of how to play friendly games, or games using a non-tournament-caliber deck.]

Malignant Growth        3GU             Enchantment
 Cumulative upkeep 1  At the beginning of your upkeep, put a growth counter on
 ~. / During each of your opponents' draw steps, that player draws an
 additional card for each growth counter on ~, then ~ deals to the player
 damage equal to the number of cards he or she draws this way.
[Reverting to growth counters, instead of tracking it by the cumulative upkeep?
This will result in _two_ sets of counters on the Growth each upkeep, you know.
It's easier, counterwise, to just use the
 Cumulative upkeep: 1  As ~ comes into play, choose an opponent. / During that
 player's draw step, he or she draws a number of cards equal to ~'s last paid
 cumulative upkeep, and ~ deals 1 damage to him or her for each card he or she
 draws this way.
wording... Plus which, this _must_ pick one opponent in multiplayer games.]

Purgatory               2WB             Enchantment
 If a creature card would be put into your graveyard from play, remove that
 card from the game instead. / At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay 4
 and 2 life. If you do, put a card of your choice removed from the game with ~
 into play.
[Now works on artifact creature cards also.]
[Might be good to add reminder text / (After Purgatory leaves play, it can no
longer retrieve cards it has removed from the game.)]
[Now you can pay the 4 and 2 life whether or not any cards are eligible to
come back.]

Reparations             1WU             Enchantment
 Whenever an opponent plays a spell that targets you or a creature you control,
 you may draw a card.
["When ~ comes into play, choose an opponent. / Whenever that player plays..."]

Sawback Manticore       3RG             Creature - Manticore
2/4  4: ~ gains flying until end of turn[.] / 1: ~ deals 2 damage to target
 attacking or blocking creature. Play this ability only if ~ is attacking or
 blocking and only once each turn.

Unfulfilled Desires     1UB             Enchantment
 1,Pay 1 life: Draw a card, then [choose and] discard a card [].

Wellspring              1GW             Enchant Land
 When ~ comes into play, gain control of enchanted land. / At the end of your
 turn, lose control of enchanted land. / At the beginning of your upkeep, gain
 control of enchanted land.
[Let's make this "When ~ comes into play, gain control of enchanted land until
the end of your turn. / At the beginning of your upkeep, gain control of
enchanted land until the end of your turn." instead. This way we avoid the
question "If I Wellspring a land I control ... do I have to give it to
opponent when I "lose control"? "]

Basalt Golem            5               Artifact Creature - Golem
2/4  ~ can't be blocked by artifact creatures. / Whenever ~ becomes blocked by
 a creature, destroy that creature at end of combat. It can't be regenerated.
 Then the creature's controller puts a 0/2 Stone artifact creature token into
 play. This creature is a Wall. [(*)]
[The reminder text for Walls is missing.]

Chariot of the Sun      3               Artifact
 2,Tap: Target creature you control gains flying until end of turn and has its
 toughness reduced to 1.
["and its toughness is 1 until end of turn." Delete the 'reduced to'.]

Fire Diamond            2               Artifact
 ~ comes into play tapped. / Tap: Add [one] red mana to your mana pool.

Sand Golem              5               Artifact Creature - Golem
3/3  Whenever a spell or ability controlled by an opponent causes you to
 discard ~ [], put ~ from your graveyard into play at end of turn with a +1/+1
 counter on it.

Acidic Dagger           4               Artifact
 4,Tap: Destroy each non-Wall creature dealt combat damage from target creature
 this turn. If targeted creature leaves play [this turn], sacrifice ~. Play
 this ability only before defense is chosen.

Grinning Totem          4               Artifact
 2,Tap,Sacrifice ~: Search target opponent's library for any card and remove
 that card from the game. That player then shuffles his or her library. You may
 play the card as though it were in your hand. If you don't play the card by
 your next upkeep, put it into its owner's graveyard.
[Make the last sentence "At the beginning of your next upkeep, if you have not
played the card, put it into its owner's graveyard." This wording gives you
time to cast it that upkeep, though. "By your next upkeep" is ambiguous -
by the _beginning_ of that step, or its end? "By your next untap step" would
be clearer and work better....]

Mangara's Tome          5               Artifact
 When ~ comes into play, search your library and choose a[ny] five cards from
 it. Shuffle these cards and remove them from the game face down. Then shuffle
 your library. / 2: The next time you would draw a card this turn, instead put
 the top card removed from the game with ~ (Magara's Tome) into owner's hand.
 [If you lose control of ~, turn all cards removed from the game by it
 face-up.]
[Did someone go through and search-and-replace "any" by "a" without actually
checking each instance? Sure looks like it...]
[Might want to say "Shuffle these cards face down, then remove them from the
game face down."]

Misers' Cage            3               Artifact
 At end of each of your opponents' upkeeps, if that player has five or more
 cards in hand, ~ deals 2 damage to him or her.
[No. "When ~ comes into play, choose an opponent. / At the beginning of that
player's draw phase, if..." You see, the rules don't define when to do "At
end of upkeep" stuff at all. Plus this would be way overpowered in multiplayer
games.]

Paupers' Cage           3               Artifact
 At end of each of your opponents' upkeeps, if that player has two or fewer
 cards in hand, ~ deals 2 damage to him or her.
[No. "When ~ comes into play, choose an opponent. / At the beginning of that
player's draw phase, if..." See above, both comments.]

Phyrexian Dreadnought   1               [Artifact] Creature
12/12 Trample  When ~ comes into play, sacrifice ~ or sacrifice any number of
 creatures with total power of 12 or more.
["or" -> "unless you".]

Ventifact Bottle        3               Artifact
 1X,Tap: Put X charge counters on ~. Play this ability only if you could play a
 sorcery. / At the beginning of your precombat main phase, if ~ has a[ny]
 charge counters on it, tap ~ and remove all charge counters from it. Then add
 to your mana pool an amount of colorless mana equal to the number of charge
 counters removed this way.

Bad River                               Land
 ~ comes into play tapped. / Tap,Sacrifice ~: Search your library for an island
 or swamp card[ ]and put that land into play. Then shuffle your library.

GrassLands                              Land
 ~ comes into play tapped. / Tap,Sacrifice ~: Search your library for a forest
 or plains card and put that land into play. Then shuffle your library.
["GrassLands" -> "Grasslands"]

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(*) Haste text: (This creature may attack and Tap the turn it comes under your
 control.)
[This is inaccurate, and should be "This creature may attack and Tap before it
has started your turn under your control".]

Dave