Cast this spell only during combat.Untap target creature you don't control and gain control of it. It gains haste until end of turn. At the beginning of the next end step, sacrifice it. If you do, you gain life equal to its toughness.
Choose a card name other than a basic land card name. Reveal the top seven cards of your library and put all of them with that name into your hand. Exile the rest.
: Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.: Armored Guardian gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, that creature gets +5/+5 until end of turn instead.
, Pay 1 life: Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn by a source of your choice that shares a color with the mana spent on this activation cost. (Colorless mana prevents no damage.)
Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)When Thicket Elemental enters, if it was kicked, you may reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card. If you do, put that card onto the battlefield and shuffle all other cards revealed this way into your library.
At the beginning of your upkeep, target player loses 1 life.Sacrifice Smoldering Tar: It deals 4 damage to target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.
Target player reveals their hand, then you choose a card other than a basic land card from it. Search that player's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as the chosen card and exile them. Then that player shuffles.