First strike, trampleAt the beginning of your upkeep, put a -2/-2 counter on Ebon Praetor.Sacrifice a creature: Remove a -2/-2 counter from Ebon Praetor. If the sacrificed creature was a Thrull, put a +1/+0 counter on Ebon Praetor. Activate only during your upkeep and only once each turn.
Bottomless Vault enters tapped.You may choose not to untap Bottomless Vault during your untap step.At the beginning of your upkeep, if Bottomless Vault is tapped, put a storage counter on it., Remove any number of storage counters from Bottomless Vault: Add for each storage counter removed this way.
First strikeVodalian Knights can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.When you control no Islands, sacrifice Vodalian Knights.: Vodalian Knights gains flying until end of turn.
Dwarven Hold enters tapped.You may choose not to untap Dwarven Hold during your untap step.At the beginning of your upkeep, if Dwarven Hold is tapped, put a storage counter on it., Remove any number of storage counters from Dwarven Hold: Add for each storage counter removed this way.
Defender (This creature can't attack.)Tap an untapped Merfolk you control: Vodalian War Machine can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender.Tap an untapped Merfolk you control: Vodalian War Machine gets +2/+1 until end of turn.When Vodalian War Machine dies, destroy all Merfolk tapped this turn to pay for its abilities.