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Flying, protection from red
"They don't move, do they?""Only for the wrong sort of people.""Are we the wrong sort of people?"
illus. Christopher Rush # ?/0
Abyssal Specter
Flying
Whenever Abyssal Specter deals damage to a player, that player discards a card.
"Mystic shadow, bending near me, / Who art thou? / Whence come ye?"—Stephen Crane,"Mystic shadow, bending near me"
illus. George Pratt # ?/0
Adarkar Wastes
: Add .
: Add or . Adarkar Wastes deals 1 damage to you.
illus. Gary Leach # ?/0
Aether Storm
Creature spells can't be cast.
Pay 4 life: Destroy Aether Storm. It can't be regenerated. Any player may activate this ability.
Thunder in the wind / no rain / peace mourns its passing.
illus. Mark Tedin # ?/0
Air Elemental
Flying
These spirits of the air are winsome and wild and cannot be truly contained. Only marginally intelligent, they often substitute whimsy for strategy, delighting in mischief and mayhem.
illus. D. Alexander Gregory # ?/0
Akron Legionnaire
Except for creatures named Akron Legionnaire and artifact creatures, creatures you control can't attack.
illus. Mark Poole # ?/0
Alabaster Potion
Choose one —
• Target player gains X life.
• Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.—D'Avenant proverb
illus. Harold McNeill # ?/0
Aladdin's Ring
, : Aladdin's Ring deals 4 damage to any target.
". . . The magician drew a ring off his finger . . . , saying: ‘It is a talisman against all evil, so long as you obey me.'"—The Arabian Nights,Junior Classics trans.
illus. Stuart Griffin # ?/0
Ambush Party
First strike, haste
"Fair fight? I'll take survival over chivalry any day"—Tor Wauki, Bandit King
illus. Charles Gillespie # ?/0
Amulet of Kroog
, : Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
Among the first allies Urza gained were the people of Kroog. As a sign of friendship, Urza gave the healers of the city potent amulets; afterwards, thousands journeyed to Kroog in hope of healing.
illus. Margaret Organ-Kean # ?/0
Angry Mob
Trample
As long as it's your turn, Angry Mob's power and toughness are each equal to 2 plus the number of Swamps your opponents control. As long as it's not your turn, Angry Mob's power and toughness are each 2.
illus. Drew Tucker # ?/0
An-Havva Constable
An-Havva Constable's toughness is equal to 1 plus the number of green creatures on the battlefield.
"Joskun and the other constables serve with passion, if not with grace."—Devin, faerie noble
illus. Dan Frazier # ?/0
Animate Dead
Enchant creature card in a graveyard
When Animate Dead enters the battlefield, if it's on the battlefield, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with Animate Dead." Return enchanted creature card to the battlefield under your control and attach Animate Dead to it. When Animate Dead leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
Enchanted creature gets -1/-0.
illus. Anson Maddocks # ?/0
Animate Wall
Enchant Wall
Enchanted Wall can attack as though it didn't have defender.
"When you have been bitten with fangs of granite, you start to long for the ivory sabers of tigers."—Norin the Wary
illus. Richard Kane Ferguson # ?/0
Ankh of Mishra
Whenever a land enters the battlefield, Ankh of Mishra deals 2 damage to that land's controller.
Tawnos finally cracked the puzzle: the strange structures did not house Mishra's malevolent creations but were themselves among his creations.
illus. Ian Miller # ?/0
Anti-Magic Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't be the target of spells and can't be enchanted by other Auras.
illus. Zak Plucinski # ?/0
Arenson's Aura
, Sacrifice an enchantment: Destroy target enchantment.
: Counter target enchantment spell.
"Cloak me in mystery, hide my names from my enemies, and let me draw from the well of power."—Halvor Arenson, Kjeldoran priest
illus. D. Alexander Gregory # ?/0
Armageddon
Destroy all lands.
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Armor of Faith
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.
: Enchanted creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn.
"Keep your chain mail, warrior. I have my own form of protection."—Halvor Arenson, Kjeldoran priest
illus. Anson Maddocks # ?/0
Ashes to Ashes
Exile two target nonartifact creatures. Ashes to Ashes deals 5 damage to you.
"Kings and beggars, they end the same—Surrounded by stench, rot, and blame."—Aline Corralurn, "Legacy"
illus. Doug Keith # ?/0
Ashnod's Altar
Sacrifice a creature: Add
.The Brothers' War scarred the land, but Ashnod left her mark in the bloodlines of those she tortured.
illus. Anson Maddocks # ?/0
Ashnod's Transmogrant
, Sacrifice Ashnod's Transmogrant: Put a +1/+1 counter on target nonartifact creature. That creature becomes an artifact in addition to its other types.
Ashnod found few willing to trade their humanity for the power she offered.
illus. Mark Tedin # ?/0
Aspect of Wolf
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +X/+Y, where X is half the number of Forests you control, rounded down, and Y is half the number of Forests you control, rounded up.
illus. Janine Johnston # ?/0
Atog
Sacrifice an artifact: Atog gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
The bane of all artificers, the legendary atogs devoured intricate tools to further their own twisted growth.
illus. Jesper Myrfors # ?/0
Aurochs
Trample
Whenever Aurochs attacks, it gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each other attacking Aurochs.
One auroch may feed a village, but a herd will flatten it.
illus. Steve White # ?/0
Aysen Bureaucrats
: Tap target creature with power 2 or less.
"When one's word is law, one's whim is equally binding."—Calmont, Aysen bureaucrat
illus. Adrian Smith # ?/0
Azure Drake
Flying
Little dreamt could seem so cruelAs waiting for the wings outspread, The jagged teeth, the burning eyes,And dagger-claws that clench to nerves.
illus. Janine Johnston # ?/0
Ball Lightning
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Haste (This creature can attack and
as soon as it comes under your control.)At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice Ball Lightning.
illus. Quinton Hoover # ?/0
Barbed Sextant
, , Sacrifice Barbed Sextant: Add one mana of any color. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
illus. Amy Weber # ?/0
Barl's Cage
: Target creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
For a dozen years the cage had held Lord Ith, but as the Pretender Mairsil's power weakened, so did the bars.
illus. Tom Wänerstrand # ?/0
Battering Ram
At the beginning of combat on your turn, Battering Ram gains banding until end of combat. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's blocking.)
Whenever Battering Ram becomes blocked by a Wall, destroy that Wall at end of combat.
By the time Mishra was defeated, no mage was foolish enough to rely heavily on walls.
illus. Jeff A. Menges # ?/0
Benalish Hero
Banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)
Benalia has a complex caste system that changes with the lunar year. No matter what the season, the only caste that cannot be attained by either heredity or money is that of the Hero.
illus. Douglas Shuler # ?/0
Binding Grasp
Enchant creature
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Binding Grasp unless you pay
.You control enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature gets +0/+1.
"What I want, I take."—Gustha Ebbasdotter,Kjeldoran royal mage
illus. Jeff Miracola # ?/0
Bird Maiden
Flying
"Four things that never meet do here unite To shed my blood and to ravage my heart,A radiant brow and tresses that beguileAnd rosy cheeks and a glittering smile."—The Arabian Nights, trans. Haddawy
illus. Kaja Foglio # ?/0
Birds of Paradise
Flying
: Add one mana of any color.
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Black Knight
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
Protection from white (This creature can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything white.)
Battle doesn't need a purpose; the battle is its own purpose. You don't ask why a plague spreads or a field burns. Don't ask why I fight.
illus. Adrian Smith # ?/0
Blessed Wine
You gain 1 life.
Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
"Out there, there are spirits, but here, there is wine."—Blessing for the bounty of Kjeld
illus. Kaja Foglio # ?/0
Blight
Enchant land
When enchanted land becomes tapped, destroy it.
illus. Ian Miller # ?/0
Blinking Spirit
: Return Blinking Spirit to its owner's hand.
"Don't look at it Maybe it'll go away"—Ib Halfheart, goblin tactician
illus. L. A. Williams # ?/0
Blood Lust
If target creature has toughness 5 or greater, it gets +4/-4 until end of turn. Otherwise, it gets +4/-X until end of turn, where X is its toughness minus 1.
illus. Anson Maddocks # ?/0
Bog Imp
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
On guard for larger dangers, we underestimated the power and speed of the imp's muck-crusted claws.
illus. Ron Spencer # ?/0
Bog Rats
Bog Rats can't be blocked by Walls.
Their stench was vile and strong enough, but not nearly as powerful as their hunger.
illus. Ron Spencer # ?/0
Bog Wraith
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
'Twas in the bogs of CannelbraeMy mate did meet an early grave;'Twas nothing left for us to saveIn the peat-filled bogs of Cannelbrae.
illus. Jeff A. Menges # ?/0
Boomerang
Return target permanent to its owner's hand.
"O call back yesterday, bid time return."—William Shakespeare,King Richard the Second
illus. Alan Rabinowitz # ?/0
Bottle of Suleiman
, Sacrifice Bottle of Suleiman: Flip a coin. If you win the flip, create a 5/5 colorless Djinn artifact creature token with flying. If you lose the flip, Bottle of Suleiman deals 5 damage to you.
illus. DiTerlizzi # ?/0
Bottomless Vault
Bottomless Vault enters the battlefield 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.
illus. David Seeley # ?/0
Brainstorm
Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
"I reeled from the blow, and then suddenly, I knew exactly what to do. Within moments, victory was mine."—Gustha EbbasdotterKjeldoran royal mage
illus. Christopher Rush # ?/0
Brainwash
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack unless its controller pays
."They're not your friends; they despise you. I'm the only one you can count on. Trust me."
illus. Terese Nielsen # ?/0
Brassclaw Orcs
Brassclaw Orcs can't block creatures with power 2 or greater.
"Modern Sarpadia's swarming with thrulls. It's a testament to the orcs that they've survived there so long."—Elbietta, Argivian scholar
illus. Rob Alexander # ?/0
Breeding Pit
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Breeding Pit unless you pay
.At the beginning of your end step, create a 0/1 black Thrull creature token.
The thrulls bred at a terrifying pace. In the end, they overwhelmed the Order of the Ebon Hand.
illus. Adrian Smith # ?/0
Broken Visage
Destroy target nonartifact attacking creature. It can't be regenerated. Create a black Spirit creature token. Its power is equal to that creature's power and its toughness is equal to that creature's toughness. Sacrifice the token at the beginning of the next end step.
illus. Margaret Organ-Kean # ?/0
Brothers of Fire
: Brothers of Fire deals 1 damage to any target and 1 damage to you.
Fire is never a gentle master.
illus. Mark Tedin # ?/0
Brushland
: Add .
: Add or . Brushland deals 1 damage to you.
illus. Tom Wänerstrand # ?/0
Carapace
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +0/+2.
Sacrifice Carapace: Regenerate enchanted creature.
"Now that's a fashion statement."—Devin, faerie noble
illus. Anson Maddocks # ?/0
Caribou Range
Enchant land you control
Enchanted land has "
, : Create a 0/1 white Caribou creature token."Sacrifice a Caribou token: You gain 1 life.
illus. Una Fricker # ?/0
Carrion Ants
: Carrion Ants gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
"War is no picnic," my father liked to say. But the ants seemed to disagree.
illus. John Coulthart # ?/0
Castle
Untapped creatures you control get +0/+2.
"Hang out our banners on the outward walls; / The cry is still, ‘They come'; our castle's strength / Will laugh a siege to scorn."—William Shakespeare, Macbeth
illus. David O'Connor # ?/0
Cat Warriors
Forestwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)
These stealthy felines have survived so many battles that some believe they must possess many lives.
illus. Melissa A. Benson # ?/0
Cave People
Whenever Cave People attacks, it gets +1/-2 until end of turn.
, : Target creature gains mountainwalk until end of turn. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)
illus. Steve Luke # ?/0
Chub Toad
Whenever Chub Toad blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
Chub toad, chub toadAt the door.Run away quickOr you'll run no more.—Traditional children's rhyme
illus. Daniel Gelon # ?/0
Circle of Protection: Artifacts
: The next time an artifact source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
illus. Pete Venters # ?/0
Circle of Protection: Black
: The next time a black source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
illus. Gerry Grace # ?/0
Circle of Protection: Blue
: The next time a blue source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
illus. Gerry Grace # ?/0
Circle of Protection: Green
: The next time a green source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
illus. Gerry Grace # ?/0
Circle of Protection: Red
: The next time a red source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
illus. Gerry Grace # ?/0
Circle of Protection: White
: The next time a white source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
illus. Gerry Grace # ?/0
City of Brass
Whenever City of Brass becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.
: Add one mana of any color.
illus. Tom Wänerstrand # ?/0
Clay Statue
: Regenerate Clay Statue.
Tawnos won fame as Urza's greatest assistant. After he created these warriors, Urza ended his apprenticeship, promoting him directly to the rank of master.
illus. Adam Rex # ?/0
Cloak of Confusion
Enchant creature you control
Whenever enchanted creature attacks and isn't blocked, you may have it assign no combat damage this turn. If you do, defending player discards a card at random.
illus. Margaret Organ-Kean # ?/0
Clockwork Beast
Clockwork Beast enters the battlefield with seven +1/+0 counters on it.
At end of combat, if Clockwork Beast attacked or blocked this combat, remove a +1/+0 counter from it.
, : Put up to X +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Beast. This ability can't cause the total number of +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Beast to be greater than seven. Activate this ability only during your upkeep.
illus. Drew Tucker # ?/0
Clockwork Steed
Clockwork Steed enters the battlefield with four +1/+0 counters on it.
Clockwork Steed can't be blocked by artifact creatures.
At end of combat, if Clockwork Steed attacked or blocked this combat, remove a +1/+0 counter from it.
, : Put up to X +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Steed. This ability can't cause the total number of +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Steed to be greater than four. Activate this ability only during your upkeep.
illus. Terese Nielsen # ?/0
Cockatrice
Flying
Whenever Cockatrice blocks or becomes blocked by a non-Wall creature, destroy that creature at end of combat.
illus. Dan Frazier # ?/0
Colossus of Sardia
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Colossus of Sardia doesn't untap during your untap step.
: Untap Colossus of Sardia. Activate this ability only during your upkeep.
From the Sardian mountains wakes ancient doom: / Warrior born from a rocky womb.
illus. Hannibal King # ?/0
Conquer
Enchant land
You control enchanted land.
"Every field watered in warriors' blood is sacred ground. Lay it not to waste, but claim it for our own—for glory, and for Stromgald"—Avram Garrisson,Leader of the Knights of Stromgald
illus. Gary Leach # ?/0
Coral Helm
, Discard a card at random: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
illus. Steve Luke # ?/0
Counterspell
Counter target spell.
illus. Hannibal King # ?/0
Craw Giant
Trample
Rampage 2 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)
Harthag gave a jolly laugh as he surveyed the army before him. "Ho ho ho Midgets You think you can stand in my way?"
illus. Scott Kirschner # ?/0
Craw Wurm
The most terrifying thing about the craw wurm is probably the horrible crashing sound it makes as it speeds through the forest. This noise is so loud it echoes through the trees and seems to come from all directions at once.
illus. Daniel Gelon # ?/0
Crimson Manticore
Flying
, : Crimson Manticore deals 1 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
Manticores divide all beings into two categories: other manticores and dinner.
illus. Roger Raupp # ?/0
Crown of the Ages
, : Attach target Aura attached to a creature to another creature.
illus. Roger Raupp # ?/0
Crumble
Destroy target artifact. It can't be regenerated. That artifact's controller gains life equal to its converted mana cost.
"Ashes and dust; dust and ashes.Hope it works before it smashes."—Argivian children's rhyme
illus. Jesper Myrfors # ?/0
Crystal Rod
Whenever a player casts a blue spell, you may pay
. If you do, you gain 1 life.illus. Donato Giancola # ?/0
Cursed Land
Enchant land
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted land's controller, Cursed Land deals 1 damage to that player.
illus. Jesper Myrfors # ?/0
Dance of Many
When Dance of Many enters the battlefield, create a token that's a copy of target nontoken creature.
When Dance of Many leaves the battlefield, exile the token.
When the token leaves the battlefield, sacrifice Dance of Many.
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Dance of Many unless you pay
.illus. Sandra Everingham # ?/0
Dancing Scimitar
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Bobbing merrily from opponent to opponent, the scimitar began adding playful little flourishes to its strokes; it even turned a couple of somersaults.
illus. Anson Maddocks # ?/0
Dandân
Dandân can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.
When you control no Islands, sacrifice Dandân.
"Catch good today. Start replacing crew tomorrow."—Faysal al-Mousa, fisher captain, log
illus. Drew Tucker # ?/0
Dark Maze
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
: Dark Maze can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.
"Stray not onto the path of darkness, or be lost forever."—Baki, wizard attendant
illus. David Seeley # ?/0
Dark Ritual
Add
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D'Avenant Archer
: D'Avenant Archer deals 1 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
Avenant's archers are also trained as poets, so that each arrow is guided by a fragment of verse.
illus. Douglas Shuler # ?/0
Death Speakers
Protection from black
"The dead may be beyond the law, but speaking the wisdom of the dead will afford no protection"—Calmont, Aysen bureaucrat
illus. Andrew Robinson # ?/0
Death Ward
Regenerate target creature.
illus. Mark Poole # ?/0
Deathgrip
: Counter target green spell.
"Every forest is carpeted with the corpses of a thousand trees."—Baron Sengir to Autumn Willow
illus. Anson Maddocks # ?/0
Deflection
Change the target of target spell with a single target.
Up and down,over and through,back around—the joke's on you.
illus. Mike Raabe # ?/0
Derelor
Black spells you cast cost
more to cast."The derelor's greatest contribution to the Ebon Hand was the inspirational effect its creator's execution had upon the other thrull breeders."—Sarpadian Empires, vol. II
illus. Anson Maddocks # ?/0
Desert Twister
Destroy target permanent.
illus. Susan Van Camp # ?/0
Detonate
Destroy target artifact with converted mana cost X. It can't be regenerated. Detonate deals X damage to that artifact's controller.
illus. Randy Asplund # ?/0
Diabolic Machine
: Regenerate Diabolic Machine.
"The bolts of our ballistae smashed into the monstrous thing, but our hopes died in our chests as its gears continued turning."—Sevti Mukul, The Fall of Alsoor
illus. James Allen # ?/0
Dingus Egg
Whenever a land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Dingus Egg deals 2 damage to that land's controller.
illus. Randy Gallegos # ?/0
Disenchant
Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
illus. Brian Snoddy # ?/0
Disintegrate
Disintegrate deals X damage to any target. If it's a creature, it can't be regenerated this turn, and if it would die this turn, exile it instead.
illus. Anson Maddocks # ?/0
Disrupting Scepter
, : Target player discards a card. Activate this ability only during your turn.
illus. Stuart Griffin # ?/0
Divine Offering
Destroy target artifact. You gain life equal to its converted mana cost.
These tears of pain I weep to the skies, Not bitter drops, but water made divine. Each gem of sorrow slips, no longer mine, But proffered thus to echo other cries.
illus. Jeff A. Menges # ?/0
Divine Transformation
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3.
Glory surged through her and radiance surrounded her. All things were possible with the blessing of the Divine.
illus. NéNé Thomas # ?/0
Dragon Engine
: Dragon Engine gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
"How is it the legged engines seem so much more alive than their wheeled counterparts? Simply, they were born, not made."—Mishra
illus. Anson Maddocks # ?/0
Drain Life
Spend only black mana on X.
Drain Life deals X damage to any target. You gain life equal to the damage dealt, but not more life than the player's life total before the damage was dealt, the planeswalker's loyalty before the damage was dealt, or the creature's toughness.
illus. Andrew Robinson # ?/0
Drain Power
Target player activates a mana ability of each land they control. Then that player loses all unspent mana and you add the mana lost this way.
illus. Jerry Tiritilli # ?/0
Drudge Skeletons
: Regenerate Drudge Skeletons. (The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, it isn't. Instead tap it, remove all damage from it, and remove it from combat.)
"The dead make good soldiers. They can't disobey orders, they never surrender, and they don't stop fighting when a random body part falls off."—Nevinyrral,Necromancer's Handbook
illus. Ian Miller # ?/0
Durkwood Boars
"And the unclean spirits went out, and entered the swine: and the herd ran violently . . . ."—The Bible, Mark 5:13
illus. Mike Kimble # ?/0
Dust to Dust
Exile two target artifacts.
"All this nonsense made by magesRusts and crumbles through the ages."—Aline Corralurn, "Inheritance"
illus. Doug Keith # ?/0
Dwarven Catapult
Dwarven Catapult deals X damage divided evenly, rounded down, among all creatures target opponent controls.
"Often greatly outnumbered in battle, dwarves relied on catapults as one means of damaging a large army."—Sarpadian Empires, vol. IV
illus. Jeff A. Menges # ?/0
Dwarven Hold
Dwarven Hold enters the battlefield 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.
illus. David Seeley # ?/0
Dwarven Ruins
Dwarven Ruins enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
, Sacrifice Dwarven Ruins: Add .
illus. Liz Danforth # ?/0
Dwarven Soldier
Whenever Dwarven Soldier blocks or becomes blocked by one or more Orcs, Dwarven Soldier gets +0/+2 until end of turn.
"Orc must die / Orc must die / Not an orc? / March on by."—Dwarven marching song
illus. Randy Asplund # ?/0
Dwarven Warriors
: Target creature with power 2 or less can't be blocked this turn.
illus. Douglas Shuler # ?/0
Earthquake
Earthquake deals X damage to each creature without flying and each player.
illus. Richard Kane Ferguson # ?/0
Ebon Stronghold
Ebon Stronghold enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
, Sacrifice Ebon Stronghold: Add .
illus. Liz Danforth # ?/0
Elder Druid
, : You may tap or untap target artifact, creature, or land.
"Did clouds dance in his eyes,did thorns play at his fingertips?"—Shesul Fass, faerie band
illus. Richard Kane Ferguson # ?/0
Elkin Bottle
, : Exile the top card of your library. Until the beginning of your next upkeep, you may play that card.
illus. Quinton Hoover # ?/0
Elven Riders
Elven Riders can't be blocked except by Walls and/or creatures with flying.
Sometimes it is better to be swift of foot than strong of swordarm.—Elven proverb
illus. Dan Frazier # ?/0
Elvish Archers
First strike
I tell you, there was so many arrows flying about you couldn't hardly see the sun. So I says to young Angus, "Well, at least now we're fighting in the shade"
illus. Anson Maddocks # ?/0
Energy Flux
All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay
.""Nothing endures but change."—Heraclitus
illus. Kaja Foglio # ?/0
Enervate
Tap target artifact, creature, or land.
Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
"Worlds turn in crucial moments of decision. Make your choice."—Gustha Ebbasdotter,Kjeldoran royal mage
illus. L. A. Williams # ?/0
Erg Raiders
At the beginning of your end step, if Erg Raiders didn't attack this turn, Erg Raiders deals 2 damage to you unless it came under your control this turn.
illus. Stuart Griffin # ?/0
Errantry
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+0 and can only attack alone.
"There is no shame in solitude. The lone knight may succeed where a hundred founder."—Arna Kennerüd, skyknight
illus. Scott Kirschner # ?/0
Eternal Warrior
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has vigilance.
Warriors of the Tsunami-nito School spend years in training to master the way of effortless effort.
illus. Anson Maddocks # ?/0
Evil Eye of Orms-by-Gore
Non-Eye creatures you control can't attack.
Evil Eye of Orms-by-Gore can't be blocked except by Walls.
The highway of fear is the shortest route to defeat.
illus. George Pratt # ?/0
Evil Presence
Enchant land
Enchanted land is a Swamp.
illus. Bob Eggleton # ?/0
Eye for an Eye
The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, instead that source deals that much damage to you and Eye for an Eye deals that much damage to that source's controller.
illus. Mark Poole # ?/0
Fallen Angel
Flying
Sacrifice a creature: Fallen Angel gets +2/+1 until end of turn.
"Angels are simply extensions of truth upon the fabric of life—and there is far more dark than light."—Baron Sengir
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Fear
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters the battlefield attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
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Feedback
Enchant enchantment
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted enchantment's controller, Feedback deals 1 damage to that player.
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Feldon's Cane
, Exile Feldon's Cane: Shuffle your graveyard into your library.
Feldon found the first of these canes frozen in the Ronom Glacier.
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Fellwar Stone
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Throw stones, and throw away the world.—Dwarven proverb
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Feroz's Ban
Creature spells cost
more to cast."Without the protection of Feroz's Ban, I fear the Homelands are lost."—Daria
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Fire Drake
Flying
: Fire Drake gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate this ability only once each turn.
Brimstone marks this drake's territory. Unfortunately for travelers, all of the Burning Isles smell likewise.
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Fireball
This spell costs
more to cast for each target beyond the first.Fireball deals X damage divided evenly, rounded down, among any number of targets.
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Firebreathing
Enchant creature
: Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
"And topples round the dreary westA looming bastion fringed with fire."—Alfred, Lord Tennyson,"In Memoriam"
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Flame Spirit
: Flame Spirit gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
"The spirit of the flame is the spirit of change."—Lovisa Coldeyes,Balduvian chieftain
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Flare
Flare deals 1 damage to any target.
Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
The secret of destruction is simple: everything burns.
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Flashfires
Destroy all Plains.
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Flood
: Tap target creature without flying.
"A dash of cool water does wonders to clear a cluttered battlefield."—Vibekke Ragnild, Witches and War
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Flying Carpet
, : Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
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Force of Nature
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, Force of Nature deals 8 damage to you unless you pay
."It blinked, and flower petals fell like tears. Harthar, sensing weakness, attacked—and his blood fell like petals."—Shesul Fass, faerie bard
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Force Spike
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
."Unknown spears / Suddenly hurtle before my dream-awakened eyes . . . ."—William Butler Yeats,"The Valley of the Black Pig"
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Forget
Target player discards two cards, then draws as many cards as they discarded this way.
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Fountain of Youth
, : You gain 1 life.
The fountain had stood in the town square for centuries, but only the pigeons knew its secret.
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Foxfire
Untap target attacking creature. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this turn.
Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
"Only the foolish fear foxfire."—Kolbjörn,Elder Druid of the Juniper Order
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Frozen Shade
: Frozen Shade gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
"There are some qualities, some incorporate things, / That have a double life, which thus is made / A type of twin entity which springs / From matter and light, evinced in solid and shade."—Edgar Allan Poe, "Silence"
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Funeral March
Enchant creature
When enchanted creature leaves the battlefield, its controller sacrifices a creature.
"Turn the key deftly in the oiled wards,And seal the hushed casket of my soul."—John Keats, "To Sleep"
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Fungusaur
Whenever Fungusaur is dealt damage, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
Rather than sheltering her young, the female fungusaur often injures her own offspring, thereby ensuring their rapid growth.
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Fyndhorn Elder
: Add .
"Do we know what we're doing? Yes—the will of Freyalise."—Laina of the Elvish Council
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Game of Chaos
Flip a coin. If you win the flip, you gain 1 life and target opponent loses 1 life, and you decide whether to flip again. If you lose the flip, you lose 1 life and that opponent gains 1 life, and that player decides whether to flip again. Double the life stakes with each flip.
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Gaseous Form
Enchant creature
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by enchanted creature.
". . . And gives to airy nothingA local habitation and a name."—William Shakespeare,A Midsummer-Night's Dream
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Gauntlets of Chaos
, Sacrifice Gauntlets of Chaos: Exchange control of target artifact, creature, or land you control and target permanent an opponent controls that shares one of those types with it. If those permanents are exchanged this way, destroy all Auras attached to them.
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Ghazbán Ogre
At the beginning of your upkeep, if a player has more life than each other player, the player with the most life gains control of Ghazbán Ogre.
"We were holding our own—until the ogre guiding us suddenly grinned and turned on our commander."—Ivra Jursdotter, Sarpadian mercenary
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Giant Growth
Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
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Giant Spider
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
While it possesses potent venom, the giant spider often chooses not to paralyze its victims. Perhaps the creature enjoys the gentle rocking motion caused by its captives' struggles to escape its web.
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Giant Strength
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2.
"O it is excellent / To have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous / To use it like a giant."—William Shakespeare,Measure for Measure
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Glacial Wall
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
"As we neared, Belfar proclaimed the wall to be made of glass and went forward to prove it. We had no choice but to pull his hands free from where he had touched it, leaving flesh palmprints on the icy wall."—Tross, Vainus Expedition leader
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Glasses of Urza
: Look at target player's hand.
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Gloom
White spells cost
more to cast.Activated abilities of white enchantments cost
more to activate.illus. Douglas Shuler # ?/0
Goblin Digging Team
, Sacrifice Goblin Digging Team: Destroy target Wall.
"From down here we can make the whole wall collapse""Uh, yeah, boss, but how do we get out?"
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Goblin Hero
"When you're a goblin, you don't have to step forward to be a hero—everyone else just has to step back"—Biggum Flodrot, goblin veteran
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Goblin King
Other Goblin creatures get +1/+1 and have mountainwalk. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)
To be king, Numsgil did in Blog, who did in Unkful, who did in Viddle, who did in Loll, who did in Alrok . . . .
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Goblin War Drums
Creatures you control have menace. (They can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
"Goblins charge with a deafening war cry. The cry doesn't mean anything—it just drowns out the drums"—Reod Dai, mercenary
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Goblin Warrens
, Sacrifice two Goblins: Create three 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.
"Goblins bred underground, their numbers hidden from the enemy until it was too late."—Sarpadian Empires, vol. IV
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Grapeshot Catapult
: Grapeshot Catapult deals 1 damage to target creature with flying.
Recent research suggests these creatures were invented by Urza's and Mishra's original master, Tocasia, and that both brothers used them.
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Greater Realm of Preservation
: The next time a black or red source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
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Greater Werewolf
At end of combat, put a -0/-2 counter on each creature blocking or blocked by Greater Werewolf.
"Two legs by day, four legs by night, eyes raging in storm-gotten might."—Ancient Northland riddle
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Grizzly Bears
Don't try to outrun one of Dominaria's grizzlies; it'll catch you, knock you down, and eat you. Of course, you could run up a tree. In that case you'll get a nice view before it knocks the tree down and eats you.
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Havenwood Battleground
Havenwood Battleground enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
, Sacrifice Havenwood Battleground: Add .
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Heal
Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
"Sometimes even the smallest boon can save a life."—Halvor Arenson, Kjeldoran priest
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Healing Salve
Choose one —
• Target player gains 3 life.
• Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
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Hecatomb
When Hecatomb enters the battlefield, sacrifice Hecatomb unless you sacrifice four creatures.
Tap an untapped Swamp you control: Hecatomb deals 1 damage to any target.
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Helm of Chatzuk
, : Target creature gains banding until end of turn. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding a player controls are blocking or being blocked by a creature, that player divides that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)
Whether inspired by fear or by honor, all loyalty lends might.
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Hill Giant
Fortunately, hill giants have large blind spots in which a human can easily hide. Unfortunately, these blind spots are beneath the bottoms of their feet.
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Hipparion
Hipparion can't block creatures with power 3 or greater unless you pay
."Someone once said that hipparions are to warriors what aesthir are to skyknights. Don't believe it."—General Jarkeld, the Arctic Fox
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Hollow Trees
Hollow Trees enters the battlefield tapped.
You may choose not to untap Hollow Trees during your untap step.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if Hollow Trees is tapped, put a storage counter on it.
, Remove any number of storage counters from Hollow Trees: Add for each storage counter removed this way.
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Holy Strength
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+2.
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Homarid Warrior
: Homarid Warrior gains shroud until end of turn and doesn't untap during your next untap step. Tap Homarid Warrior. (A creature with shroud can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
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Howl from Beyond
Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.
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Howling Mine
At the beginning of each player's draw step, if Howling Mine is untapped, that player draws an additional card.
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Hungry Mist
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Hungry Mist unless you pay
."All things must eat, after all. Even the air can hunger."—Gemma, Willow priestess
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Hurkyl's Recall
Return all artifacts target player owns to their hand.
This spell, like many attributed to Drafna, was actually the work of his wife and former student, Hurkyl.
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Hurloon Minotaur
The minotaurs of the Hurloon Mountains are known for their love of battle. They are also known for their hymns to the dead, sung for friend and foe alike. These hymns can last for days, filling the mountain valleys with their low, haunting sounds.
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Hurricane
Hurricane deals X damage to each creature with flying and each player.
"The raging winds . . . , settling on the sea, the surges sweep, / Raise liquid mountains, and disclose the deep."—Virgil, Aeneid, Book I, trans. Dryden
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Hydroblast
Choose one —
• Counter target spell if it's red.
• Destroy target permanent if it's red.
"Heed the lessons of our time: the forms of water may move the land itself and hold captive the fires within."—Gustha Ebbasdotter,Kjeldoran royal mage
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Icatian Phalanx
Banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)
Even after the wall was breached in half a dozen places, the phalanxes fought on, standing solidly against the onrushing raiders. Disciplined and dedicated, they held their ranks to the end, even in the face of tremendous losses.
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Icatian Scout
, : Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.
"In these, our final days, I offer this. Though we could not save Icatia, we gave our children time to grow, and love, before it fell."—Ailis Connaut, diary
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Icatian Store
Icatian Store enters the battlefield tapped.
You may choose not to untap Icatian Store during your untap step.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if Icatian Store is tapped, put a storage counter on it.
, Remove any number of storage counters from Icatian Store: Add for each storage counter removed this way.
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Icatian Town
Create four 1/1 white Citizen creature tokens.
Icatia's once-peaceful towns faced increasing attacks from orcs and goblins as the climate cooled. By the time the empire fell, they were little more than armed camps.
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Ice Floe
You may choose not to untap Ice Floe during your untap step.
: Tap target creature without flying that's attacking you. It doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as Ice Floe remains tapped.
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Imposing Visage
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has menace. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
With the horrible mask, Lagfrak the Low terrorized the countryside. But then he met Il-Chunt, the mask's model . . . .
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Incinerate
Incinerate deals 3 damage to any target. A creature dealt damage this way can't be regenerated this turn.
"Yes, I think ‘toast' is an appropriate description."—Jaya Ballard, task mage
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Inferno
Inferno deals 6 damage to each creature and each player.
"Some have said there is no subtlety to destruction. You know what? They're dead."—Jaya Ballard, task mage
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Infinite Hourglass
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a time counter on Infinite Hourglass.
All creatures get +1/+0 for each time counter on Infinite Hourglass.
: Remove a time counter from Infinite Hourglass. Any player may activate this ability but only during any upkeep step.
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Initiates of the Ebon Hand
: Add . If this ability has been activated four or more times this turn, sacrifice Initiates of the Ebon Hand at the beginning of the next end step.
"We are no longer Nature's children, but her masters . . . ."—Oath of the Ebon Hand
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Instill Energy
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can attack as though it had haste.
: Untap enchanted creature. Activate this ability only during your turn and only once each turn.
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Iron Star
Whenever a player casts a red spell, you may pay
. If you do, you gain 1 life.illus. Donato Giancola # ?/0
Ironclaw Curse
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -0/-1.
Enchanted creature can't block creatures with power equal to or greater than the enchanted creature's toughness.
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Ironclaw Orcs
Ironclaw Orcs can't block creatures with power 2 or greater.
Generations of genetic weeding have given rise to the deviously cowardly Ironclaw clan.
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Ironroot Treefolk
"‘I'll show you how to handle the treefolk' the giant bragged, and he strode off into the forest. Two days later he returned, his face masked in sap and a nest behind his ear. None dared ask who won."—Azeworai, "The Treeling"
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Island Sanctuary
If you would draw a card during your draw step, instead you may skip that draw. If you do, until your next turn, you can't be attacked except by creatures with flying and/or islandwalk.
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Ivory Cup
Whenever a player casts a white spell, you may pay
. If you do, you gain 1 life.illus. Donato Giancola # ?/0
Ivory Guardians
Protection from red
Creatures named Ivory Guardians get +1/+1 as long as an opponent controls a nontoken red permanent.
"But who is to guard the guards themselves?"—Juvenal, Satires
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Jade Monolith
: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to target creature this turn, that source deals that damage to you instead.
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Jalum Tome
, : Draw a card, then discard a card.
This timeworn relic was responsible for many of Urza's victories, though he never fully comprehended its mystic runes.
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Jandor's Saddlebags
, : Untap target creature.
Each day of their journey, Jandor opened the saddlebags and found them full of mutton, quinces, cheese, date rolls, wine, and all manner of delicious and satisfying foods.
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Jayemdae Tome
, : Draw a card.
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Jester's Cap
, , Sacrifice Jester's Cap: Search target player's library for three cards and exile them. Then that player shuffles their library.
"Know your foes' strengths as well as their weaknesses."—Arcum Dagsson, Soldevi machinist
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Johtull Wurm
Whenever Johtull Wurm becomes blocked, it gets -2/-1 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.
"To bring her down we must be on all sides at once—leave one avenue open and we'll all be dead."—Taaveti of Kelsinko, elvish hunter
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Jokulhaups
Destroy all artifacts, creatures, and lands. They can't be regenerated.
"The raging waters had swept away trees, bridges, and even houses. My healers had much work to do."—Halvor Arenson, Kjeldoran priest
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Joven's Tools
, : Target creature can't be blocked this turn except by Walls.
"If that thief Joven ever shows his head around here again, make sure he leaves without it."—Eron the Relentless
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Justice
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Justice unless you pay
.Whenever a red creature or spell deals damage, Justice deals that much damage to that creature's or spell's controller.
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Juxtapose
You and target player exchange control of the creature you each control with the highest converted mana cost. Then exchange control of artifacts the same way. If two or more permanents a player controls are tied for highest cost, their controller chooses one of them.
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Karma
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, Karma deals damage to that player equal to the number of Swamps they control.
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Karplusan Forest
: Add .
: Add or . Karplusan Forest deals 1 damage to you.
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Keldon Warlord
Keldon Warlord's power and toughness are each equal to the number of non-Wall creatures you control.
What if they threw a war, and everybody came?
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Killer Bees
Flying
: Killer Bees gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
The communal mind produces a savage strategy, yet no one could predict that this vicious crossbreed would unravel the secret of steel.
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Kismet
Artifacts, creatures, and lands your opponents control enter the battlefield tapped.
"Make people wait for what they want, and you have power over them. This is as true for merchants and militia as it is for cooks and couples."—Gwendlyn Di Corci
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Kjeldoran Dead
When Kjeldoran Dead enters the battlefield, sacrifice a creature.
: Regenerate Kjeldoran Dead.
"They shall drink sorrow's dregs. They shall kill those whom once they loved."—Lim-Dûl, the Necromancer
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Kjeldoran Royal Guard
: All combat damage that would be dealt to you by unblocked creatures this turn is dealt to Kjeldoran Royal Guard instead.
Honorable in battle, generous in death.—Motto of the Kjeldoran Royal Guard
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Kjeldoran Skycaptain
Flying; first strike; banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)
The heartlink between soldier and steed is hatched with the aesthir struggling from its shell.
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Knight of Stromgald
Protection from white
: Knight of Stromgald gains first strike until end of turn.
: Knight of Stromgald gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
"Kjeldorans should rule supreme, and to the rest, death"—Avram Garrisson,Leader of the Knights of Stromgald
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Krovikan Fetish
Enchant creature
When Krovikan Fetish enters the battlefield, draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.
Some Krovikans find strength in the ears and eyes of their victims and wear such fetishes into battle.
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Krovikan Sorcerer
, Discard a nonblack card: Draw a card.
, Discard a black card: Draw two cards, then discard one of them.
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Labyrinth Minotaur
Whenever Labyrinth Minotaur blocks a creature, that creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
"I doubt any labyrinth minotaurs still live—but then we minotaurs are stubborn beings."—Onatah, Anaba shaman
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Leshrac's Rite
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has swampwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
"Bind me to thee, my soul to thine. I am your servant and your slave. Blood for blood, flesh for flesh, Leshrac, my lord."—Lim-Dûl, the Necromancer
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Leviathan
Trample
Leviathan enters the battlefield tapped and doesn't untap during your untap step.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may sacrifice two Islands. If you do, untap Leviathan.
Leviathan can't attack unless you sacrifice two Islands. (This cost is paid as attackers are declared.)
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Ley Druid
: Untap target land.
After years of training, the druid becomes one with nature, drawing power from the land and returning it when needed.
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Lhurgoyf
Lhurgoyf's power is equal to the number of creature cards in all graveyards and its toughness is equal to that number plus 1.
"Ach Hans, run It's the lhurgoyf"—Saffi Eriksdotter, last words
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Library of Leng
You have no maximum hand size.
If an effect causes you to discard a card, discard it, but you may put it on top of your library instead of into your graveyard.
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Lifeforce
: Counter target black spell.
"Every fallen tree nourishes a thousand seedlings."—Autumn Willow to Baron Sengir
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Lifetap
Whenever a Forest an opponent controls becomes tapped, you gain 1 life.
"Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come."—Chinese proverb
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Living Artifact
Enchant artifact
Whenever you're dealt damage, put that many vitality counters on Living Artifact.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may remove a vitality counter from Living Artifact. If you do, you gain 1 life.
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Living Lands
All Forests are 1/1 creatures that are still lands.
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Llanowar Elves
: Add .
One bone broken for every twig snapped underfoot.—Llanowar penalty for trespassing
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Lord of Atlantis
Other Merfolk creatures get +1/+1 and have islandwalk. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
"‘We have no legs,' the warrior spat, ‘for we have finished running.'"—Vodalian folktale
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Lord of the Pit
Flying, trample
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature other than Lord of the Pit. If you can't, Lord of the Pit deals 7 damage to you.
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Lost Soul
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
Her hand gently beckons, she whispers your name—but those who go with her are never the same.
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Lure
Enchant creature
All creatures able to block enchanted creature do so.
"When setting a snare, success depends not on the quality of the trap, but the quality of the bait."—Geyadrone Dihada
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Magical Hack
Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one basic land type with another. (For example, you may change "swampwalk" to "plainswalk." This effect lasts indefinitely.)
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Magus of the Unseen
, : Untap target artifact an opponent controls and gain control of it until end of turn. It gains haste until end of turn. When you lose control of the artifact, tap it.
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Mana Clash
You and target opponent each flip a coin. Mana Clash deals 1 damage to each player whose coin comes up tails. Repeat this process until both players' coins come up heads on the same flip.
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Mana Flare
Whenever a player taps a land for mana, that player adds one mana of any type that land produced.
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Mana Vault
Mana Vault doesn't untap during your untap step.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay
. If you do, untap Mana Vault.At the beginning of your draw step, if Mana Vault is tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.
: Add .
illus. Mark Tedin # ?/0
Manabarbs
Whenever a player taps a land for mana, Manabarbs deals 1 damage to that player.
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Marsh Viper
Whenever Marsh Viper deals damage to a player, that player gets two poison counters. (A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.)
"And the seraphs sob at vermin fangsIn human gore imbued."—Edgar Allan Poe, "The Conqueror Wurm"
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Meekstone
Creatures with power 3 or greater don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.
When the mighty sleep, the lowly prowl.
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Memory Lapse
Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put it on top of its owner's library instead of into that player's graveyard.
"Oh, I had a conscience once. But alas, I seem to have forgotten where I put it."—Chandler
illus. Mark Tedin # ?/0
Merfolk of the Pearl Trident
Most human scholars believe that merfolk are the survivors of sunken Atlantis, humans adapted to the water. Merfolk, however, believe that humans sprang forth from merfolk who adapted themselves in order to explore their last frontier.
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Mesa Falcon
Flying
: Mesa Falcon gets +0/+1 until end of turn.
"The faith of Serra is borne on wings of hope."—Gulsen, abbey matron
illus. Mark Poole # ?/0
Mesa Pegasus
Flying; banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)
Before a woman marries in the village of Sursi, she must visit the land of the mesa pegasus. Legend has it that if the woman is pure of heart and her love is true, a mesa pegasus will appear, blessing her family with long life and good fortune.
illus. Melissa A. Benson # ?/0
Millstone
, : Target player puts the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.
More than one mage has been driven insane by the sound of the millstone relentlessly grinding away.
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Mind Bomb
Each player may discard up to three cards. Mind Bomb deals damage to each player equal to 3 minus the number of cards they discarded this way.
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Mind Ravel
Target player discards a card.
Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
An end to reason, an end to order. Forget all that has been.
illus. Mark Tedin # ?/0
Mind Warp
Look at target player's hand and choose X cards from it. That player discards those cards.
The hardest of wizards can have the softest of minds.
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Mindstab Thrull
Whenever Mindstab Thrull attacks and isn't blocked, you may sacrifice it. If you do, defending player discards three cards.
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Mole Worms
You may choose not to untap Mole Worms during your untap step.
: Tap target land. It doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as Mole Worms remains tapped.
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Mons's Goblin Raiders
The intricate dynamics of Rundvelt goblin affairs are often confused with anarchy. The chaos, however, is the chaos of a thundercloud, and direction will sporadically and violently appear. Pashalik Mons and his raiders are the thunderhead that leads in the storm.
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Mountain Goat
Mountainwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)
"Folklore has it that to capture a mountain goat is a sign of divine blessing. I just know it's a sign that dinner is on the way."—Klazina Jansdotter,Leader of the Order of the Sacred Torch
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Murk Dwellers
Whenever Murk Dwellers attacks and isn't blocked, it gets +2/+0 until end of combat.
When Raganorn unsealed the catacombs, he found more than the dead and their treasures.
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Nature's Lore
Search your library for a Forest card and put that card onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.
"It is in our nature to recognize beauty, but to repeat it—ah, that is another feat altogether."—Hannah of Verdura
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Necrite
Whenever Necrite attacks and isn't blocked, you may sacrifice it. If you do, destroy target creature defending player controls. It can't be regenerated.
Necrites killed Jherana Rure, ending the counterinsurgency.
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Necropotence
Skip your draw step.
Whenever you discard a card, exile that card from your graveyard.
Pay 1 life: Exile the top card of your library face down. Put that card into your hand at the beginning of your next end step.
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Nether Shadow
Haste
At the beginning of your upkeep, if Nether Shadow is in your graveyard with three or more creature cards above it, you may put Nether Shadow onto the battlefield.
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Nevinyrral's Disk
Nevinyrral's Disk enters the battlefield tapped.
, : Destroy all artifacts, creatures, and enchantments.
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Nightmare
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Nightmare's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Swamps you control.
The nightmare arises from its lair in the swamps. As the poisoned land spreads, so does the nightmare's rage and terrifying strength.
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Obelisk of Undoing
, : Return target permanent you both own and control to your hand.
The Battle of Tomakul taught Urza not to rely on fickle reinforcements.
illus. Tom Wänerstrand # ?/0
Orcish Artillery
: Orcish Artillery deals 2 damage to any target and 3 damage to you.
In a rare display of ingenuity, the orcs invented an incredibly destructive weapon. Most orcish artillerists are those who dared criticize its effectiveness.
illus. Dan Frazier # ?/0
Orcish Captain
: Flip a coin. If you win the flip, target Orc creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. If you lose the flip, it gets -0/-2 until end of turn.
There's a chance to win every battle.
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Orcish Conscripts
Orcish Conscripts can't attack unless at least two other creatures attack.
Orcish Conscripts can't block unless at least two other creatures block.
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Orcish Farmer
: Target land becomes a Swamp until its controller's next untap step.
There is no natural disaster quite like orcish farming.
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Orcish Oriflamme
Attacking creatures you control get +1/+0.
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Orcish Squatters
Whenever Orcish Squatters attacks and isn't blocked, you may gain control of target land defending player controls for as long as you control Orcish Squatters. If you do, Orcish Squatters assigns no combat damage this turn.
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Order of the Sacred Torch
, Pay 1 life: Counter target black spell.
A blazing light to drive out the shadows.
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Order of the White Shield
Protection from black
: Order of the White Shield gains first strike until end of turn.
: Order of the White Shield gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
A shield of light admits no shadow.
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Orgg
Trample
Orgg can't attack if defending player controls an untapped creature with power 3 or greater.
Orgg can't block creatures with power 3 or greater.
It's bigger than it thinks.
illus. Daniel Gelon # ?/0
Ornithopter
Flying
"It has been my honor to improve on Thran's original design. Perhaps history will remember me in some small part for my work."—Urza, in his apprenticeship
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Panic
Cast this spell only during combat before blockers are declared.
Target creature can't block this turn.
Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
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Paralyze
Enchant creature
When Paralyze enters the battlefield, tap enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player may pay
. If the player does, untap the creature.illus. Ron Spencer # ?/0
Pearled Unicorn
"‘Do you know, I always thought Unicorns were fabulous monsters,too? I never saw one alive before' ‘Well, now that we have seen each other,' said the Unicorn, ‘if you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you.'"—Lewis Carroll,Through the Looking-Glass
illus. David A. Cherry # ?/0
Pentagram of the Ages
, : The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
A mirror, a shield, a promise, a great distance, and a kind word—five ways to avoid harm.
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Personal Incarnation
: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to Personal Incarnation this turn is dealt to its owner instead. Only Personal Incarnation's owner may activate this ability.
When Personal Incarnation dies, its owner loses half their life, rounded up.
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Pestilence
At the beginning of the end step, if no creatures are on the battlefield, sacrifice Pestilence.
: Pestilence deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.
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Phantasmal Forces
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Phantasmal Forces unless you pay
.These beings embody the essence of true heroes long dead. Summoned from the dreamrealms, they rise to meet their enemies.
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Phantasmal Terrain
Enchant land
As Phantasmal Terrain enters the battlefield, choose a basic land type.
Enchanted land is the chosen type.
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Phantom Monster
Flying
"While, like a ghastly rapid river,Through the pale door,A hideous throng rush out forever,And laugh—but smile no more."—Edgar Allan Poe,"The Haunted Palace"
illus. Rebecca Guay # ?/0
Pikemen
First strike; banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)
"As the cavalry bore down, we faced them with swords drawn and pikes hidden in the grass at our feet. ‘Don't lift your pikes 'til I give the word,' I said."—Maeveen O'Donagh,Memoirs of a Soldier
illus. Dan Frazier # ?/0
Pirate Ship
Pirate Ship can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.
: Pirate Ship deals 1 damage to any target.
When you control no Islands, sacrifice Pirate Ship.
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Pit Scorpion
Whenever Pit Scorpion deals damage to a player, that player gets a poison counter. (A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.)
Sometimes the smallest nuisance can be the greatest pain.
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Plague Rats
Plague Rats's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures named Plague Rats on the battlefield.
"Should you a Rat to madness teaseWhy ev'n a Rat may plague you . . . ."—Samuel Coleridge, "Recantation"
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Portent
Look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put them back in any order. You may have that player shuffle their library.
Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
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Power Sink
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
. If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.illus. Richard Thomas # ?/0
Pox
Each player loses a third of their life, then discards a third of the cards in their hand, then sacrifices a third of the creatures they control, then sacrifices a third of the lands they control. Round up each time.
illus. Scott M. Fischer # ?/0
Pradesh Gypsies
, : Target creature gets -2/-0 until end of turn.
"A mysterious people indeed. Their origins are as secret as their traditions."—Lord Magnus of Llanowar
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Primal Clay
As Primal Clay enters the battlefield, it becomes your choice of a 3/3 artifact creature, a 2/2 artifact creature with flying, or a 1/6 Wall artifact creature with defender in addition to its other types. (A creature with defender can't attack.)
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Primal Order
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, Primal Order deals damage to that player equal to the number of nonbasic lands they control.
"My sorrow: to dream of simple times, and wake in mine . . . ."—Ola DaRiol, "Regrets"
illus. David A. Cherry # ?/0
Primordial Ooze
Primordial Ooze attacks each combat if able.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on Primordial Ooze. Then you may pay
, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on it. If you don't, tap Primordial Ooze and it deals X damage to you.illus. Randy Gallegos # ?/0
Prismatic Ward
Enchant creature
As Prismatic Ward enters the battlefield, choose a color.
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to enchanted creature by sources of the chosen color.
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Prodigal Sorcerer
: Prodigal Sorcerer deals 1 damage to any target.
Occasionally members of the Institute of Arcane Study acquire a taste for worldly pleasures. Seldom do they have trouble finding employment.
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Psychic Venom
Enchant land
Whenever enchanted land becomes tapped, Psychic Venom deals 2 damage to that land's controller.
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Pyroblast
Choose one —
• Counter target spell if it's blue.
• Destroy target permanent if it's blue.
"Just the thing for those pesky water mages."—Jaya Ballard, task mage
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Pyrotechnics
Pyrotechnics deals 4 damage divided as you choose among any number of targets.
"Hi ni ya Behold the man of flint, that's me / Four lightnings zigzag from me, strike and return."—Navajo war chant
illus. Anson Maddocks # ?/0
Rabid Wombat
Vigilance
Rabid Wombat gets +2/+2 for each Aura attached to it.
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Radjan Spirit
: Target creature loses flying until end of turn.
"Crawing, crawing,For my crowse crawing,I lost the best feather i' my wingFor my crowse crawing."—Anonymous Scottish ballad
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Rag Man
, : Target opponent reveals their hand and discards a creature card at random. Activate this ability only during your turn.
"Aw, he's just a silly, dirty little man. What's to be afraid of?"
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Raise Dead
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
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Ray of Command
Untap target creature an opponent controls and gain control of it until end of turn. That creature gains haste until end of turn. When you lose control of the creature, tap it.
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Recall
Discard X cards, then return a card from your graveyard to your hand for each card discarded this way. Exile Recall.
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Reef Pirates
Whenever Reef Pirates deals damage to an opponent, that player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.
Relentless as the tides, souls dark as a moonless night. Bloodshed on their minds, and greed burning in their hearts like molten gold.
illus. Tom Wänerstrand # ?/0
Regeneration
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters the battlefield attached to that creature.)
: Regenerate enchanted creature. (The next time that creature would be destroyed this turn, it isn't. Instead tap it, remove all damage from it, and remove it from combat.)
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Remove Soul
Counter target creature spell.
Nethya stiffened suddenly, head cocked as if straining to hear some distant sound, then fell lifeless to the ground.
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Repentant Blacksmith
Protection from red
"For my confession they burned me with fire / And found that I was for endurance made."—The Arabian Nights,trans. Haddawy
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Reverse Damage
The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.
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Righteousness
Target blocking creature gets +7/+7 until end of turn.
"I too shall be brought low by death, but until then let me win glory."—Homer, Iliad, Book XVIII
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Rod of Ruin
, : Rod of Ruin deals 1 damage to any target.
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Ruins of Trokair
Ruins of Trokair enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
, Sacrifice Ruins of Trokair: Add .
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Sabretooth Tiger
First strike
"I fear anything with teeth measured in handspans"—Norin the Wary
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Sacred Boon
Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn. At the beginning of the next end step, put a +0/+1 counter on that creature for each 1 damage prevented this way.
"Divine gifts are granted to those who are worthy."—Halvor Arenson, Kjeldoran priest
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Samite Healer
: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
Healers ultimately acquire the divine gifts of spiritual and physical wholeness. The most devout are also granted the ability to pass physical wholeness on to others.
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Sand Silos
Sand Silos enters the battlefield tapped.
You may choose not to untap Sand Silos during your untap step.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if Sand Silos is tapped, put a storage counter on it.
, Remove any number of storage counters from Sand Silos: Add for each storage counter removed this way.
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Scaled Wurm
"Flourishing during the Ice Age, thesewurms were the bane of all Kjeldorans. Their great size and ferocity made them the subject of countless nightmares—they embodied the worst of the Ice Age."—Kjeldor: Ice Civilization
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Scathe Zombies
"They groaned, they stirred, they all uprose,Nor Spake, nor moved their eyes; It had been strange, even in a dream,To have seen those dead men rise."—Samuel Coleridge,"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
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Scavenger Folk
, , Sacrifice Scavenger Folk: Destroy target artifact.
"Stoop, pick, turn, toss.This is the way we mourn our loss."—Scavenger dirge
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Scryb Sprites
Flying
The only sound was the gentle clicking of the faeries' wings. Then those intruders who were still standing turned and fled. One thing was certain: they didn't think the Scryb were very funny anymore.
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Sea Serpent
Sea Serpent can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.
When you control no Islands, sacrifice Sea Serpent.
Legend has it that serpents used to be bigger, but how could that be?
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Sea Spirit
: Sea Spirit gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
"It rose above our heads, above the ship, and still higher yet. No foggy, ice-laden sea in the world could frighten me more."—General Jarkeld, the Arctic Fox
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Sea Sprite
Flying, protection from red
"No one can catch what won't be caught."—Kakra, sea troll
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Seasinger
When you control no Islands, sacrifice Seasinger.
You may choose not to untap Seasinger during your untap step.
: Gain control of target creature whose controller controls an Island for as long as you control Seasinger and Seasinger remains tapped.
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Segovian Leviathan
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
"Leviathan, too Can you catch him with a fish-hook or run a line round his tongue?"The Bible, Job 41:1
illus. Melissa A. Benson # ?/0
Sengir Autocrat
When Sengir Autocrat enters the battlefield, create three 0/1 black Serf creature tokens.
When Sengir Autocrat leaves the battlefield, exile all Serf tokens.
"Evil is relative. Do sheep think any better of the shepherd?"—Baron Sengir
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Seraph
Flying
Whenever a creature dealt damage by Seraph this turn dies, put that card onto the battlefield under your control at the beginning of the next end step. Sacrifice the creature when you lose control of Seraph.
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Serpent Generator
, : Create a 1/1 colorless Snake artifact creature token. It has "Whenever this creature deals damage to a player, that player gets a poison counter." (A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.)
illus. Mark Tedin # ?/0
Serra Bestiary
Enchant creature
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Serra Bestiary unless you pay
.Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated abilities with
in their costs can't be activated.illus. Steve Luke # ?/0
Serra Paladin
: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
, : Target creature gains vigilance until end of turn.
One light, one blade, one purpose. —Vow of the Serra Paladins
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Shanodin Dryads
Forestwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)
Moving without sound, swift figures pass through branches and undergrowth completely unhindered. One with the trees around them, the dryads of Shanodin Forest are seen only when they wish to be.
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Shapeshifter
As Shapeshifter enters the battlefield, choose a number between 0 and 7.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may choose a number between 0 and 7.
Shapeshifter's power is equal to the last chosen number and its toughness is equal to 7 minus that number.
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Shatterstorm
Destroy all artifacts. They can't be regenerated.
Chains of leaping fire and sizzling lightning laid waste the artificers' handiwork, sparing not a single device.
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Shield Bearer
Banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)
"You have almost completed your four years, my son. Soon you shall be a skyknight."—Arna Kennerüd, skyknight
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Shield Wall
Creatures you control get +0/+2 until end of turn.
The strongest walls are made not of stone or steel but of the focused strength of warriors.
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Shivan Dragon
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
: Shivan Dragon gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
While it's true most dragons are cruel, the Shivan dragon seems to take particular glee in the misery of others, often tormenting its victims much like a cat plays with a mouse before delivering the final blow.
illus. Melissa A. Benson # ?/0
Shrink
Target creature gets -5/-0 until end of turn.
"May you decrease like coal upon the hearth . . . Evaporate like water in a pail, Become as little as a linseed-grain . . . And so diminish that you come to nothing."—Anglo-Saxon curse
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Sibilant Spirit
Flying
Whenever Sibilant Spirit attacks, defending player may draw a card.
She had expected death to roar, to thunder, to growl. She did not recognize it when it came hissing to her side.
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Skull Catapult
, , Sacrifice a creature: Skull Catapult deals 2 damage to any target.
"Let any who doubt the evil of using the ancient devices look at this infernal machine. What manner of fiend would design such a sadistic device?"—Sorine Relicbane, Soldevi heretic
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Sleight of Mind
Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (For example, you may change "target black spell" to "target blue spell." This effect lasts indefinitely.)
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Smoke
Players can't untap more than one creature during their untap steps.
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Sorceress Queen
: Target creature other than Sorceress Queen has base power and toughness 0/2 until end of turn.
"We have always counted time with sand; this pinch is your meaningless life."—Nailah, self-proclaimed Queen of Rabiah
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Soul Barrier
Whenever an opponent casts a creature spell, Soul Barrier deals 2 damage to that player unless they pay
."The Soul selects her own Society—Then—shuts the Door—"—Emily Dickinson,"The Soul selects her own Society"
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Soul Net
Whenever a creature dies, you may pay
. If you do, you gain 1 life.illus. Andrew Robinson # ?/0
Spell Blast
Counter target spell with converted mana cost X. (For example, if that spell's mana cost is
, X is 5.)illus. Greg Simanson # ?/0
Spirit Link
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters the battlefield attached to that creature.)
Whenever enchanted creature deals damage, you gain that much life.
"I regret feeding Kaervek's hunger for power—far better to live with animals innocent of such ambitions."—Jolrael
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Stampede
Attacking creatures get +1/+0 and gain trample until end of turn.
"When are beasts like a river?"—The One Thousand Questions
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Stasis
Players skip their untap steps.
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Stasis unless you pay
.illus. Fay Jones # ?/0
Steal Artifact
Enchant artifact
You control enchanted artifact.
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Stone Giant
: Target creature you control with toughness less than Stone Giant's power gains flying until end of turn. Destroy that creature at the beginning of the next end step.
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Stone Rain
Destroy target land.
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Stone Spirit
Stone Spirit can't be blocked by creatures with flying.
"The spirit of the stone is the spirit of strength."—Lovisa Coldeyes,Balduvian chieftain
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Stream of Life
Target player gains X life.
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Stromgald Cabal
, Pay 1 life: Counter target white spell.
When the alliance between Balduvia and Kjeldor deprived Stromgald of easy victories, its agents were forced to fuel their rituals with their own flesh.
illus. Anson Maddocks # ?/0
Sulfurous Springs
: Add .
: Add or . Sulfurous Springs deals 1 damage to you.
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Svyelunite Temple
Svyelunite Temple enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
, Sacrifice Svyelunite Temple: Add .
illus. Liz Danforth # ?/0
Sylvan Library
At the beginning of your draw step, you may draw two additional cards. If you do, choose two cards in your hand drawn this turn. For each of those cards, pay 4 life or put the card on top of your library.
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Tarpan
When Tarpan dies, you gain 1 life.
"A good tarpan will serve you, faithful and true. A bad one will kick you in the head."—General Jarkeld, the Arctic Fox
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Tawnos's Weaponry
You may choose not to untap Tawnos's Weaponry during your untap step.
, : Target creature gets +1/+1 for as long as Tawnos's Weaponry remains tapped.
When war machines became too costly, Tawnos's weaponry replaced them.
illus. John Coulthart # ?/0
Terror
Destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.
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The Brute
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+0.
: Regenerate enchanted creature.
After years of being bullied, Fergo reaped the benefits of his newfound strength: he never met a man he didn't want to fight.
illus. Douglas Shuler # ?/0
The Hive
, : Create a 1/1 colorless Insect artifact creature token with flying named Wasp. (It can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Mouths and wings beyond numbering, but a single mind to guide them.
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The Wretched
At end of combat, gain control of all creatures blocking The Wretched for as long as you control The Wretched.
Once I had the strength but no wisdom; now I have the wisdom but no strength.—Persian proverb
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Thicket Basilisk
Whenever Thicket Basilisk blocks or becomes blocked by a non-Wall creature, destroy that creature at end of combat.
Moss-covered statues littered the area, a macabre monument to the basilisk's terrible power.
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Throne of Bone
Whenever a player casts a black spell, you may pay
. If you do, you gain 1 life.illus. Donato Giancola # ?/0
Thrull Retainer
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.
Sacrifice Thrull Retainer: Regenerate enchanted creature.
"Until the Rebellion, thrulls served their masters faithfully—even at the cost of their own lives."—Sarpadian Empires, vol. II
illus. Ron Spencer # ?/0
Time Bomb
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a time counter on Time Bomb.
, , Sacrifice Time Bomb: Time Bomb deals damage equal to the number of time counters on it to each creature and each player.
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Time Elemental
When Time Elemental attacks or blocks, at end of combat, sacrifice it and it deals 5 damage to you.
, : Return target permanent that isn't enchanted to its owner's hand.
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Titania's Song
Each noncreature artifact loses all abilities and becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its converted mana cost. If Titania's Song leaves the battlefield, this effect continues until end of turn.
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Torture
Enchant creature
: Put a -1/-1 counter on enchanted creature.
"It helps pass the time until you die."—Grandmother Sengir
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Touch of Death
Touch of Death deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker. You gain 1 life.
Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
"What was yours is mine. Your land, your people, and now your life."—Lim-Dûl, the Necromancer
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Tranquility
Destroy all enchantments.
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Truce
Each player may draw up to two cards. For each card less than two a player draws this way, that player gains 2 life.
Not all victories require defeat.—Onean idiom
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Tundra Wolves
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
I heard their eerie howling, the wolves calling their kindred across the frozen plains.
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Twiddle
You may tap or untap target artifact, creature, or land.
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Underground River
: Add .
: Add or . Underground River deals 1 damage to you.
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Unholy Strength
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+1.
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Unstable Mutation
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, put a -1/-1 counter on that creature.
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Untamed Wilds
Search your library for a basic land card and put that card onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.
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Updraft
Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
"Come one, come all this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I."—Sir Walter Scott, "The Lady of the Lake"
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Urza's Avenger
: Urza's Avenger gets -1/-1 and gains your choice of banding, flying, first strike, or trample until end of turn. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)
Unable to settle on just one design, Urza decided to create one versatile being.
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Urza's Bauble
, Sacrifice Urza's Bauble: Look at a card at random in target player's hand. You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
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Urza's Mine
: Add . If you control an Urza's Power-Plant and an Urza's Tower, add instead.
Mines became common as cities during the days of the artificers.
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Urza's Power Plant
: Add . If you control an Urza's Mine and an Urza's Tower, add instead.
Artifact construction required immense resources.
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Urza's Tower
: Add . If you control an Urza's Mine and an Urza's Power-Plant, add instead.
Urza always put Tocasia's lessons on resource-gathering to effective use.
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Vampire Bats
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
: Vampire Bats gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate this ability no more than twice each turn.
"For something is amiss or out of place / When mice with wings can wear a human face."—Theodore Roethke, "The Bat"
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Venom
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature blocks or becomes blocked by a non-Wall creature, destroy the other creature at end of combat.
"I told him it was just a flesh wound, but the next time I looked at him, poor Tadhg was dead and gone."—Maeveen O'Donagh,Memoirs of a Soldier
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Verduran Enchantress
Whenever you cast an enchantment spell, you may draw a card.
"Weave the magic so that it sings to you, and will always fly home . . . ."—Verduran teaching
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Vodalian Soldiers
"Vodalian rank is displayed by the colors and patterns of their skin. Beware the color red; that is the badge of the empress's favor."—Corbio, pearl diver
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Wall of Air
Defender, flying (This creature can't attack, and it can block creatures with flying.)
When no falcons fly, beware the sky.—Femeref aphorism
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Wall of Bone
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
: Regenerate Wall of Bone. (The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, it isn't. Instead tap it, remove all damage from it, and remove it from combat.)
"Good neighbors make good walls."—Jakkarak the Maimer
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Wall of Brambles
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
: Regenerate Wall of Brambles.
Sleeping in brambles—Elven phrase meaning"plagued by guilt"
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Wall of Fire
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
: Wall of Fire gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
"Struggle, and you will only fan the flames."—Talibah, embermage
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Wall of Spears
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
First strike
Even the most conservative generals revised their tactics after the Battle of Sarinth, during which a handful of peasant-pikeman held off a trio of rampaging craw wurms.
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Wall of Stone
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
The ground itself lends its strength to those walls of living stone, which possess the stability of ancient mountains. These mighty bulwarks thwart ground-based troops, providing welcome relief for weary warriors who defend the land.
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Wall of Swords
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Flying
Just as the evil ones approached to slay Justina, she cast a great spell, imbuing her weapons with her own life force. Thus she fulfilled the prophecy: "In the death of your savior will you find salvation."
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Wanderlust
Enchant creature
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, Wanderlust deals 1 damage to that player.
"How terrible to wander wishing only to escape oneself."—Taysir
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War Mammoth
Trample
I didn't think mammoths could ever hold a candle to a well-trained battle horse. Then one day I turned my back on a drunken soldier. His blow never landed; Mi'cha flung the brute over ten meters.
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Warp Artifact
Enchant artifact
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted artifact's controller, Warp Artifact deals 1 damage to that player.
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Whirling Dervish
Protection from black
At the beginning of each end step, if Whirling Dervish dealt damage to an opponent this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
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White Knight
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
Protection from black (This creature can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything black.)
Out of the blackness and stench of the engulfing swamp emerged a shimmering figure. Only the splattered armor and ichor-stained sword hinted at the unfathomable evil the knight had just laid waste.
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Wild Growth
Enchant land
Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional
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Wind Spirit
Flying
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
" . . . When the trees bow down their heads, / The wind is passing by."—Christina Rossetti,"Who Has Seen the Wind?"
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Winds of Change
Each player shuffles the cards from their hand into their library, then draws that many cards.
"'Tis the set of sails, and not the gales, Which tell us the way to go."—Ella Wheeler Wilcox, "Winds of Fate"
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Winter Blast
Tap X target creatures. Winter Blast deals 2 damage to each of those creatures with flying.
"Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks rage blow"—William Shakespeare, King Lear
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Winter Orb
As long as Winter Orb is untapped, players can't untap more than one land during their untap steps.
"When once winter has ahold,Not willingly does she withdrawher icy touch, wistfully caressing—The deepened air sleeps its cold."—Aline Corralurn, "Late Thaw"
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Wolverine Pack
Rampage 2 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)
"Give them great meals of beef and iron and steel, they will eat like wolves and fight like devils."—William Shakespeare, King Henry V
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Wooden Sphere
Whenever a player casts a green spell, you may pay
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Word of Blasting
Destroy target Wall. It can't be regenerated. Word of Blasting deals damage equal to that Wall's converted mana cost to the Wall's controller.
"Walls? What walls?"—Jaya Ballard, task mage
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Wrath of God
Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.
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Wyluli Wolf
: Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
"When one wolf calls, others follow.Who wants to fight creatures that eat scorpions?"—Maimun al-Wyluli, diary
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Xenic Poltergeist
: Until your next upkeep, target noncreature artifact becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its converted mana cost.
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Zephyr Falcon
Flying, vigilance
Although greatly prized among falconers, the zephyr falcon is capricious and not easily tamed.
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Zombie Master
Other Zombie creatures have swampwalk. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
Other Zombies have "
: Regenerate this permanent."He controlled the zombies even before his own death; now nothing can make them betray him.
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Zur's Weirding
Players play with their hands revealed.
If a player would draw a card, they reveal it instead. Then any other player may pay 2 life. If a player does, put that card into its owner's graveyard. Otherwise, that player draws a card.
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