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Aethersnipe
When Aethersnipe enters the battlefield, return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
Evoke (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters the battlefield.)
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Agony Warp
Target creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn.
Target creature gets -0/-3 until end of turn.
Life's circle has become inverted in Grixis. The same energy is endlessly recycled and becomes more stagnant with each pass.
illus. Dave Allsop # 170/249
Air Servant
Flying
: Tap target creature with flying.
"Wind is forceful, yet ephemeral. It can knock a dragon out of the sky, yet pass through the smallest crack unhindered." —Jestus Dreya, Of Elements and Eternity
illus. Lars Grant-West # 40/249
Algae Gharial
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Whenever another creature dies, you may put a +1/+1 counter on Algae Gharial.
It lurks just under the surface, using the algae-choked tar pits of Jund as both home and hunting blind.
illus. Michael Ryan # 137/249
All Is Dust
Each player sacrifices all colored permanents they control.
"The emergence of the Eldrazi isn't necessarily a bad thing, as long as you've already lived a fulfilling and complete life without regrets." —Javad Nasrin, Ondu relic hunter
illus. Jason Felix # 1/249
All Suns' Dawn
For each color, return up to one target card of that color from your graveyard to your hand. Exile All Suns' Dawn.
"When the fifth sun rose, Mirrodin saw its first true dawn." —Inscribed on the skin of Thrun, the last troll
illus. Glen Angus # 138/249
Alloy Myr
: Add one mana of any color.
With or without witnesses, the suns continued their prismatic dance.
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Ant Queen
: Create a 1/1 green Insect creature token.
"Kill the queen first, or we'll be fighting her drones forever. It is not in a queen's nature to have enough servants." —Borzard, exterminator captain
illus. Trevor Claxton # 139/249
Apocalypse Hydra
Apocalypse Hydra enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it. If X is 5 or more, it enters the battlefield with an additional X +1/+1 counters on it.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Apocalypse Hydra: Apocalypse Hydra deals 1 damage to any target.
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Apostle's Blessing
( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
Target artifact or creature you control gains protection from artifacts or from the color of your choice until end of turn.
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Aquastrand Spider
Graft 2 (This creature enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it. Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, you may move a +1/+1 counter from this creature onto it.)
: Target creature with a +1/+1 counter on it gains reach until end of turn. (It can block creatures with flying.)
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Argent Sphinx
Flying
Metalcraft — : Exile Argent Sphinx. Return it to the battlefield under your control at the beginning of the next end step. Activate this ability only if you control three or more artifacts.
A great mirage, a dream of wings and silver.
illus. Chris Rahn # 41/249
Arrest
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.
Bladehold houses a rogues' gallery filled with the living "statues" of the worst enemies of the Auriok.
illus. Daarken # 9/249
Artisan of Kozilek
When you cast this spell, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Annihilator 2 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices two permanents.)
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Ashenmoor Gouger
Ashenmoor Gouger can't block.
After his hands had crumbled away, leaving only wickedly sharp points, he decided his only purpose was war.
illus. Matt Cavotta # 190/249
Azorius Chancery
Azorius Chancery enters the battlefield tapped.
When Azorius Chancery enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
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Azure Mage
: Draw a card.
"We draw our power from the infinite ocean of the mind, where all manner of things can be conceived." —Azure creed
illus. Izzy # 31/249
Banefire
Banefire deals X damage to any target.
If X is 5 or more, this spell can't be countered and the damage can't be prevented.
For Sarkhan Vol, the dragon is the purest expression of life's savage splendor.
illus. Raymond Swanland # 104/249
Battlegrace Angel
Flying
Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, it gains lifelink until end of turn.
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Bestial Menace
Create a 1/1 green Snake creature token, a 2/2 green Wolf creature token, and a 3/3 green Elephant creature token.
"My battle cry reaches ears far keener than yours." —Saidah, Joraga hunter
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Bitterblossom
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life and create a 1/1 black Faerie Rogue creature token with flying.
In Lorwyn's brief evenings, the sun pauses at the horizon long enough for a certain species of violet to bloom with the fragrance of mischief.
illus. Rebecca Guay # 71/249
Blades of Velis Vel
Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
Up to two target creatures each get +2/+0 and gain all creature types until end of turn.
"The changing kind suffers as we do. We must join as one to quench our tyrants!"
illus. Ron Spencer # 105/249
Blinding Souleater
, : Tap target creature. ( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
"We thank the souleaters for inscribing our souls with subservience, to reinforce the sacred order." —Drones' hymn of gratitude
illus. Igor Kieryluk # 202/249
Blinkmoth Nexus
: Add .
: Blinkmoth Nexus becomes a 1/1 Blinkmoth artifact creature with flying until end of turn. It's still a land.
, : Target Blinkmoth creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
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Blood Ogre
Bloodthirst 1 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
"Ogres taunt the dragons by moving into their territory, but even the hellkites find them too much trouble to hunt." —Marza, mountain scout
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Bloodshot Trainee
: Bloodshot Trainee deals 4 damage to target creature. Activate this ability only if Bloodshot Trainee's power is 4 or greater.
"Just think how strong I'll be if my arms don't tear off!"
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Bloodthrone Vampire
Sacrifice a creature: Bloodthrone Vampire gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
Some humans willingly offered up their blood, hoping it would grant the vampire families the strength to stave off the Eldrazi.
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Bone Splinters
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Destroy target creature.
Witches of the Split-Eye Coven speak of a future when Grixis will overflow with life energy. For now, they must harvest vis from the living to fuel their dark magics.
illus. Cole Eastburn # 73/249
Boros Garrison
Boros Garrison enters the battlefield tapped.
When Boros Garrison enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
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Boros Swiftblade
Double strike
When the Boros Legion attacks, swiftblades enter the fray first. They pick off the archers and mages, softening the enemy front before the flame-kin and giants go in.
illus. Doug Chaffee # 172/249
Brute Force
Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
Blood, bone, and sinew are magnified, as is the rage that drives them. The brain, however, remains unchanged—a little bean, swinging by a strand in a cavernous, raving head.
illus. Wayne Reynolds # 108/249
Burst Lightning
Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Burst Lightning deals 2 damage to any target. If this spell was kicked, it deals 4 damage to that permanent or player instead.
illus. Vance Kovacs # 109/249
Cathodion
When Cathodion dies, add .
Instead of creating a tool that would be damaged by heat, the Thran built one that was charged by it.
illus. Izzy # 203/249
Celestial Purge
Exile target black or red permanent.
"They say only the good die young. Obviously, you are one of the exceptions." —Delrobah, cleric of Ivora Gate
illus. David Palumbo # 11/249
Chimeric Mass
Chimeric Mass enters the battlefield with X charge counters on it.
: Until end of turn, Chimeric Mass becomes a Construct artifact creature with "This creature's power and toughness are each equal to the number of charge counters on it."
illus. David Palumbo # 204/249
Cloud Elemental
Flying
Cloud Elemental can block only creatures with flying.
"The sky teems with just as much life as the forest or the deep seas." —Hadi Kasten, Calla Dale naturalist
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Combust
This spell can't be countered.
Combust deals 5 damage to target white or blue creature. The damage can't be prevented.
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Comet Storm
Multikicker (You may pay an additional any number of times as you cast this spell.)
Choose any target, then choose another target for each time this spell was kicked. Comet Storm deals X damage to each of them.
illus. Jung Park # 111/249
Commune with Nature
Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a creature card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
illus. Lars Grant-West # 142/249
Conclave Phalanx
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)
When Conclave Phalanx enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life for each creature you control.
illus. Wayne Reynolds # 12/249
Copper Carapace
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and can't block.
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
"We will fight as they do: our flesh protected behind metal." —Tae Aquil, Viridian weaponsmith
illus. Franz Vohwinkel # 205/249
Court Homunculus
Court Homunculus gets +1/+1 as long as you control another artifact.
Mages of Esper measure their wealth and status by the number of servants in their retinues.
illus. Matt Cavotta # 13/249
Cranial Plating
Equipped creature gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control.
: Attach Cranial Plating to target creature you control.
Equip
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Creakwood Liege
Other black creatures you control get +1/+1.
Other green creatures you control get +1/+1.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may create a 1/1 black and green Worm creature token.
illus. Cole Eastburn # 191/249
Cryptic Command
Choose two —
• Counter target spell.
• Return target permanent to its owner's hand.
• Tap all creatures your opponents control.
• Draw a card.
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Culling Dais
, Sacrifice a creature: Put a charge counter on Culling Dais.
, Sacrifice Culling Dais: Draw a card for each charge counter on Culling Dais.
"Forswear the flesh and you will truly see." —Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
illus. Anthony Palumbo # 207/249
Cytoplast Root-Kin
Graft 4 (This creature enters the battlefield with four +1/+1 counters on it. Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, you may move a +1/+1 counter from this creature onto it.)
When Cytoplast Root-Kin enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it.
: Move a +1/+1 counter from target creature you control onto Cytoplast Root-Kin.
illus. Thomas M. Baxa # 143/249
Daggerclaw Imp
Flying
Daggerclaw Imp can't block.
The Simic use the claws as scalpels, while the Rakdos use them for tattooing and torture. The Gruul use them to pick their teeth after lunching on the rest of the carcass.
illus. Pete Venters # 74/249
Dark Confidant
At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its converted mana cost.
Greatness, at any cost.
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Darksteel Axe
Indestructible (Effects that say "destroy" don't destroy this artifact.)
Equipped creature gets +2/+0.
Equip
Heavier than it looks, tricky to wield, guaranteed to last.
illus. Daniel Ljunggren # 208/249
Darksteel Citadel
Indestructible
: Add .
Structures built from darksteel yield to neither assault nor age.
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Daybreak Coronet
Enchant creature with another Aura attached to it
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has first strike, vigilance, and lifelink. (Damage dealt by the creature also causes its controller to gain that much life.)
"Let the deception of the gods yield to the pure light of day." —Brimaz, king of Oreskos
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Death Denied
Return X target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.
Takenuma was filled with a chorus of moans, shrieks, and wails. Some came from the living, some from the dying, and some, most horribly, from the dead.
illus. James Paick # 76/249
Deathmark
Destroy target green or white creature.
There are few ways to escape the deathmark: bargaining with a demon, washing in the fabled waters of youth, and of course, death.
illus. Steven Belledin # 77/249
Devouring Greed
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice any number of Spirits.
Target player loses 2 life plus 2 life for each Spirit sacrificed this way. You gain that much life.
illus. Vance Kovacs # 78/249
Dimir Aqueduct
Dimir Aqueduct enters the battlefield tapped.
When Dimir Aqueduct enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
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Dimir Guildmage
( can be paid with either or .)
: Target player draws a card. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.
: Target player discards a card. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.
illus. Adam Rex # 192/249
Dismember
( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.
"You serve Phyrexia. Your pieces would better serve Phyrexia elsewhere." —Azax-Azog, the Demon Thane
illus. Terese Nielsen # 79/249
Dispatch
Tap target creature.
Metalcraft — If you control three or more artifacts, exile that creature.
Venser wondered if it could still be called a teleportation spell if the destination is oblivion.
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Dragonsoul Knight
First strike
: Until end of turn, Dragonsoul Knight becomes a Dragon, gets +5/+3, and gains flying and trample.
The farther he roamed from Jund and its dragons, the more he felt their essence in himself.
illus. Justin Sweet # 112/249
Dread Drone
When Dread Drone enters the battlefield, create two 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature tokens. They have "Sacrifice this creature: Add ."
Each Eldrazi ancient spawned a lineage of horrors in unfathomable shapes.
illus. Raymond Swanland # 80/249
Drooling Groodion
, Sacrifice a creature: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Another target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
"The Golgari expand, yes, but I refuse to call their tainted creations ‘growth.'" —Veszka, Selesnya evangel
illus. Kev Walker # 173/249
Duskhunter Bat
Bloodthirst 1 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Flying
The swamps go silent at its approach, but it still hears the heartbeat of the prey within.
illus. Jesper Ejsing # 81/249
Eldrazi Temple
: Add .
: Add . Spend this mana only to cast colorless Eldrazi spells or activate abilities of colorless Eldrazi.
Each temple is a door to a horrible future.
illus. James Paick # 240/249
Electrolyze
Electrolyze deals 2 damage divided as you choose among one or two targets.
Draw a card.
The Izzet learn something from every lesson they teach.
illus. Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai # 174/249
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
Vigilance
Other creatures you control get +2/+2.
Creatures your opponents control get -2/-2.
"The Gitaxians whisper among themselves of other worlds. If they exist, we must bring Phyrexia's magnificence to them."
illus. Igor Kieryluk # 16/249
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
This spell can't be countered.
When you cast this spell, take an extra turn after this one.
Flying, protection from colored spells, annihilator 6
When Emrakul, the Aeons Torn is put into a graveyard from anywhere, its owner shuffles their graveyard into their library.
illus. Mark Tedin # 3/249
Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
Whenever you cast a creature spell, create X 1/1 black Thrull creature tokens, where X is that spell's converted mana cost.
When you control seven or more Thrulls, sacrifice Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder.
illus. Mark Tedin # 82/249
Etched Champion
Metalcraft — Etched Champion has protection from all colors as long as you control three or more artifacts.
Its predecessors were etched with the wisdom of ancients; its own etchings bear warnings of a future fraught with war.
illus. Igor Kieryluk # 209/249
Etched Monstrosity
Etched Monstrosity enters the battlefield with five -1/-1 counters on it.
, Remove five -1/-1 counters from Etched Monstrosity: Target player draws three cards.
Now etched only with the scars of phyresis.
illus. Steven Belledin # 210/249
Etched Oracle
Sunburst (This enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it.)
, Remove four +1/+1 counters from Etched Oracle: Target player draws three cards.
illus. Matt Cavotta # 211/249
Ethercaste Knight
Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
"We coat ourselves in steel every day. What is etherium but the next logical step?"
illus. Steven Belledin # 175/249
Everflowing Chalice
Multikicker (You may pay an additional any number of times as you cast this spell.)
Everflowing Chalice enters the battlefield with a charge counter on it for each time it was kicked.
: Add for each charge counter on Everflowing Chalice.
illus. Steve Argyle # 212/249
Evolving Wilds
, Sacrifice Evolving Wilds: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.
Every world is an organism, able to grow new lands. Some just do it faster than others.
illus. Steven Belledin # 241/249
Expedition Map
, , Sacrifice Expedition Map: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
"I use maps to find out where explorers have already been. Then I go the other way." —Javad Nasrin, Ondu relic hunter
illus. Franz Vohwinkel # 213/249
Eye of Ugin
Colorless Eldrazi spells you cast cost less to cast.
, : Search your library for a colorless creature card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
An eye closes. A race awakens.
illus. James Paick # 242/249
Faerie Mechanist
Flying
When Faerie Mechanist enters the battlefield, look at the top three cards of your library. You may reveal an artifact card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
illus. Matt Cavotta # 44/249
Fiery Fall
Fiery Fall deals 5 damage to target creature.
Basic landcycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.)
Jund feasts on the unprepared.
illus. Daarken # 113/249
Flashfreeze
Counter target red or green spell.
"Your downfall was not your ignorance, your weakness, or your hubris, but your warm blood." —Heidar, Rimewind master
illus. Brian Despain # 45/249
Flayer Husk
Living weapon (When this Equipment enters the battlefield, create a 0/0 black Germ creature token, then attach this to it.)
Equipped creature gets +1/+1.
Equip
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Fortify
Choose one —
• Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn.
• Creatures you control get +0/+2 until end of turn.
"Where metal is tainted and wood is scarce, we are best armed by faith." —Tavalus, acolyte of Korlis
illus. Christopher Moeller # 17/249
Frogmite
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs less to cast for each artifact you control.)
At first, vedalken observers thought blinkmoths naturally avoided certain places. Then they realized those places were frogmite feeding grounds.
illus. Terese Nielsen # 215/249
Fulminator Mage
Sacrifice Fulminator Mage: Destroy target nonbasic land.
"Unsafe Terrain Ahead—Turn Back" —Sign near the former location of Pyrtagh Cairn
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Ghost Council of Orzhova
When Ghost Council of Orzhova enters the battlefield, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
, Sacrifice a creature: Exile Ghost Council of Orzhova. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
illus. Greg Staples # 176/249
Ghostly Changeling
Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
: Ghostly Changeling gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
In desolate places, changelings may take the shape of fancies, or memories, or fears.
illus. Chuck Lukacs # 83/249
Glassdust Hulk
Whenever another artifact enters the battlefield under your control, Glassdust Hulk gets +1/+1 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
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Glint Hawk Idol
Whenever another artifact enters the battlefield under your control, you may have Glint Hawk Idol become a 2/2 Bird artifact creature with flying until end of turn.
: Glint Hawk Idol becomes a 2/2 Bird artifact creature with flying until end of turn.
illus. Dave Allsop # 216/249
Gnarlid Pack
Multikicker (You may pay an additional any number of times as you cast this spell.)
Gnarlid Pack enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each time it was kicked.
illus. Johann Bodin # 144/249
Goblin Fireslinger
: Goblin Fireslinger deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker.
A rock between your eyes hurts. A burning rock between your eyes ruins your whole day.
illus. Pete Venters # 114/249
Goblin War Paint
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has haste.
War paint made from kolya fruit heightens senses and lessens fear. Unfortunately, fear is usually what keeps you alive.
illus. Austin Hsu # 115/249
Golgari Rot Farm
Golgari Rot Farm enters the battlefield tapped.
When Golgari Rot Farm enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
illus. John Avon # 243/249
Gorehorn Minotaurs
Bloodthirst 2 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it.)
Some of the eleven minotaur clans of Mirtiin are expert crafters and learned philosophers. Others just like to hit stuff.
illus. Wayne Reynolds # 116/249
Grim Affliction
Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature, then proliferate. (You choose any number of permanents and/or players with counters on them, then give each another counter of a kind already there.)
Even the small wounds let hope bleed out.
illus. Erica Yang # 84/249
Gruul Turf
Gruul Turf enters the battlefield tapped.
When Gruul Turf enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
illus. John Avon # 244/249
Guile
Guile can't be blocked except by three or more creatures.
If a spell or ability you control would counter a spell, instead exile that spell and you may play that card without paying its mana cost.
When Guile is put into a graveyard from anywhere, shuffle it into its owner's library.
illus. Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai # 46/249
Gust-Skimmer
: Gust-Skimmer gains flying until end of turn.
Phyrexian smog clouds choked the skies, threatening creatures who couldn't comprehend the menace below.
illus. Dan Scott # 217/249
Gut Shot
( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
Gut Shot deals 1 damage to any target.
"Down here, we have a more pointed version of the scriptures." —Urabrask's enforcer
illus. Greg Staples # 117/249
Hearthfire Hobgoblin
Double strike
Hobgoblins are best left alone. They sharpen their farm implements far more than is necessary for their work in the fields.
illus. Steven Belledin # 194/249
Helium Squirter
Graft 3 (This creature enters the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on it. Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, you may move a +1/+1 counter from this creature onto it.)
: Target creature with a +1/+1 counter on it gains flying until end of turn.
illus. Hideaki Takamura # 47/249
Hellkite Charger
Flying, haste
Whenever Hellkite Charger attacks, you may pay . If you do, untap all attacking creatures and after this phase, there is an additional combat phase.
illus. Jaime Jones # 118/249
Hikari, Twilight Guardian
Flying
Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may exile Hikari, Twilight Guardian. If you do, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
illus. Glen Angus # 18/249
Horde of Notions
Vigilance, trample, haste
: You may play target Elemental card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost.
Even the oldest treefolk was but an acorn when Lorwyn's first mysteries were born.
illus. Adam Rex # 178/249
Hurkyl's Recall
Return all artifacts target player owns to their hand.
Hurkyl's research at the College of Lat-Nam wasn't enough to stop the two brothers, but for centuries thereafter her spellcraft taught artificers restraint.
illus. Ralph Horsley # 48/249
Incandescent Soulstoke
Other Elemental creatures you control get +1/+1.
, : You may put an Elemental creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. That creature gains haste until end of turn. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
illus. Todd Lockwood # 119/249
Indomitable Archangel
Flying
Metalcraft — Artifacts you control have shroud as long as you control three or more artifacts. (An artifact with shroud can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
"Every sword drawn to defend is an angelic blade, guided to justice by an angelic hand." —Auriok proverb
illus. Allen Williams # 19/249
Inexorable Tide
Whenever you cast a spell, proliferate. (You choose any number of permanents and/or players with counters on them, then give each another counter of a kind already there.)
"See how gratefully this world accepts our blessings." —Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
illus. Dave Kendall # 49/249
Inner-Flame Igniter
: Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn. If this is the third time this ability has resolved this turn, creatures you control gain first strike until end of turn.
A light an army can follow.
illus. Scott Hampton # 120/249
Instill Infection
Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
Draw a card.
"The results of our ninth inoculation were the same. The specimen was, of course, euthanized before the contagion could spread." —Vedalken research notes
illus. Chris Rahn # 85/249
Iona, Shield of Emeria
Flying
As Iona, Shield of Emeria enters the battlefield, choose a color.
Your opponents can't cast spells of the chosen color.
No more shall the righteous cower before evil.
illus. Jason Chan # 20/249
Izzet Boilerworks
Izzet Boilerworks enters the battlefield tapped.
When Izzet Boilerworks enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
illus. John Avon # 245/249
Kami of Ancient Law
Sacrifice Kami of Ancient Law: Destroy target enchantment.
"Duty and law are the foundation on which civilization stands. They must not fall, for when they do, they take everything with them." —Lord Konda
illus. Mark Tedin # 21/249
Karn Liberated
+4: Target player exiles a card from their hand.
−3: Exile target permanent.
−14: Restart the game, leaving in exile all non-Aura permanent cards exiled with Karn Liberated. Then put those cards onto the battlefield under your control.
illus. Jason Chan # 4/249
Karplusan Strider
Karplusan Strider can't be the target of blue or black spells.
The strider's long, loping gait is an adaptation that allows it to move quickly in deep snow.
illus. Dan Scott # 145/249
Kavu Primarch
Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)
If Kavu Primarch was kicked, it enters the battlefield with four +1/+1 counters on it.
illus. Kev Walker # 146/249
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Haste
: Create a token that's a copy of target nonlegendary creature you control. That token has haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
illus. Steven Belledin # 121/249
Kitesail
Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has flying.
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Kitesailing is a way of life—and without practice, the end of it.
illus. Cyril Van Der Haegen # 218/249
Kor Duelist
As long as Kor Duelist is equipped, it has double strike. (It deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.)
"Swords cannot reach far enough. Chains cannot strike hard enough. An eternal dilemma, but a simple one."
illus. Izzy # 22/249
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
When you cast this spell, draw four cards.
Annihilator 4 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices four permanents.)
When Kozilek, Butcher of Truth is put into a graveyard from anywhere, its owner shuffles their graveyard into their library.
illus. Michael Komarck # 5/249
Kozilek's Predator
When Kozilek's Predator enters the battlefield, create two 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature tokens. They have "Sacrifice this creature: Add ."
It's difficult to outwit something that doesn't speak, strategize, or even think.
illus. Steve Argyle # 147/249
Leyline of Sanctity
If Leyline of Sanctity is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
You have hexproof. (You can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
illus. Ryan Pancoast # 23/249
Lightning Bolt
Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.
The sparkmage shrieked, calling on the rage of the storms of his youth. To his surprise, the sky responded with a fierce energy he'd never thought to see again.
illus. Christopher Moeller # 122/249
Lodestone Golem
Nonartifact spells cost more to cast.
"Somehow it warps the Æther. It brings a strange weight, a blockade in the flow of spellcraft." —Noyan Dar, Tazeem lullmage
illus. Chris Rahn # 219/249
Lodestone Myr
Trample
Tap an untapped artifact you control: Lodestone Myr gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
When necessary, myr can override and control any artificial object, as can their creator.
illus. Greg Staples # 220/249
Long-Forgotten Gohei
Arcane spells you cast cost less to cast.
Spirit creatures you control get +1/+1.
Long ago, the priests would wave the gohei to call down the gods. Now it lies forgotten, but the spirits still feel its pull.
illus. Alan Pollack # 221/249
Lorescale Coatl
Whenever you draw a card, you may put a +1/+1 counter on Lorescale Coatl.
"The enlightenment I never found in etherium I have found traced in the coatl's scales." —Ranalus, vedalken heretic
illus. Greg Staples # 179/249
Mana Leak
Counter target spell unless its controller pays .
The fatal flaw in every plan is the assumption that you know more than your enemy.
illus. Howard Lyon # 50/249
Matca Rioters
Domain — Matca Rioters's power and toughness are each equal to the number of basic land types among lands you control.
When outsiders interrupted the matca championship, things got ugly.
illus. Steve Argyle # 148/249
Midnight Banshee
Wither (This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a -1/-1 counter on each nonblack creature.
Many have heard the beginning of its low, sustained shriek but few the end.
illus. Daarken # 86/249
Mighty Leap
Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains flying until end of turn.
"The southern fortress taken by invaders? Heh, sure . . . when elephants fly." —Brezard Skeinbow, captain of the guard
illus. rk post # 24/249
Mirran Crusader
Double strike, protection from black and from green
A symbol of what Mirrodin once was and hope for what it will be again.
illus. Eric Deschamps # 25/249
Mirror Entity
Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
: Until end of turn, creatures you control have base power and toughness X/X and gain all creature types.
Unaware of Lorwyn's diversity, it sees only itself, reflected a thousand times over.
illus. Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai # 26/249
Moonlit Strider
Sacrifice Moonlit Strider: Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Soulshift 3 (When this creature dies, you may return target Spirit card with converted mana cost 3 or less from your graveyard to your hand.)
illus. John Avon # 27/249
Mortarpod
Living weapon (When this Equipment enters the battlefield, create a 0/0 black Germ creature token, then attach this to it.)
Equipped creature gets +0/+1 and has "Sacrifice this creature: This creature deals 1 damage to any target."
Equip
illus. Eric Deschamps # 222/249
Mox Opal
Metalcraft — : Add one mana of any color. Activate this ability only if you control three or more artifacts.
The suns of Mirrodin have shone upon perfection only once.
illus. Volkan Baga # 223/249
Mulldrifter
Flying
When Mulldrifter enters the battlefield, draw two cards.
Evoke (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters the battlefield.)
illus. Eric Fortune # 51/249
Mutagenic Growth
( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
"Sympathy is for weaklings. Whoever survives, wins." —Benzir, archdruid of Temple Might
illus. Dave Kendall # 149/249
Myr Enforcer
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Most myr monitor other species. Some myr monitor other myr.
illus. Jim Murray # 224/249
Myrsmith
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you may pay . If you do, create a 1/1 colorless Myr artifact creature token.
The Auriok see the artificer as a conduit, beckoning new creations into the world.
illus. Eric Deschamps # 28/249
Mystic Snake
Flash
When Mystic Snake enters the battlefield, counter target spell.
Its fangs are in your flesh before its hiss leaves your ears.
illus. Daren Bader # 180/249
Nameless Inversion
Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
Target creature gets +3/-3 and loses all creature types until end of turn.
Just as a changeling's influence can have dramatic effects, so too can its sudden withdrawal.
illus. Jeff Miracola # 87/249
Narcolepsy
Enchant creature
At the beginning of each upkeep, if enchanted creature is untapped, tap it.
"It's so cute when it's sleeping, isn't it? Actually, it's still as abhorrent as ever, but at least it's not trying to kill us." —Noyan Dar, Tazeem lullmage
illus. Johann Bodin # 52/249
Necrogenesis
: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
"Those may be the squirms of one life ending or of another beginning. Either way, I'd leave it alone." —Rakka Mar
illus. Trevor Claxton # 181/249
Necroskitter
Wither (This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)
Whenever a creature an opponent controls with a -1/-1 counter on it dies, you may return that card to the battlefield under your control.
illus. Jaime Jones # 88/249
Nest Invader
When Nest Invader enters the battlefield, create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token. It has "Sacrifice this creature: Add ."
It nurtures its masters' glorious future.
illus. Trevor Claxton # 150/249
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
Flying
Whenever you draw a card, Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind deals 1 damage to any target.
: Draw a card.
illus. Todd Lockwood # 182/249
Nobilis of War
Flying
Attacking creatures you control get +2/+0.
"A great siege is a banquet to him; a long and terrible battle, the most exquisite delicacy." —The Seer's Parables
illus. Christopher Moeller # 195/249
Noble Hierarch
Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
: Add , , or .
She protects the sacred groves from blight, drought, and the Unbeholden.
illus. Mark Zug # 151/249
Novijen Sages
Graft 4 (This creature enters the battlefield with four +1/+1 counters on it. Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, you may move a +1/+1 counter from this creature onto it.)
, Remove two +1/+1 counters from among creatures you control: Draw a card.
illus. Luca Zontini # 53/249
Oblivion Ring
When Oblivion Ring enters the battlefield, exile another target nonland permanent.
When Oblivion Ring leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control.
illus. Franz Vohwinkel # 29/249
Orzhov Basilica
Orzhov Basilica enters the battlefield tapped.
When Orzhov Basilica enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
illus. John Avon # 246/249
Otherworldly Journey
Exile target creature. At the beginning of the next end step, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.
"The landscape shimmered and I felt a chill breeze. When my vision cleared, I found myself alone among the corpses of my fallen friends." —Journal found in Numai
illus. Vance Kovacs # 30/249
Overwhelm
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)
Creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn.
"Let the song of Selesnya be heard above the rhythm of our thundering hordes!"
illus. Wayne Reynolds # 152/249
Overwhelming Stampede
Until end of turn, creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.
"I trust the instincts of any beast over the advice of any human who presumes to be an expert in the art of war." —Rinshel, elf insurgent
illus. Steven Belledin # 153/249
Pelakka Wurm
Trample
When Pelakka Wurm enters the battlefield, you gain 7 life.
When Pelakka Wurm dies, draw a card.
It eats what it wants to eat—which is anything that moves.
illus. Daniel Ljunggren # 154/249
Pillory of the Sleepless
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block.
Enchanted creature has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life."
Which is worse—the sleep which never ends or that which never comes?
illus. Marc Simonetti # 183/249
Plagued Rusalka
, Sacrifice a creature: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
"Look at her, once filled with innocence. Death has a way of wringing away such . . . deficiencies." —Savra
illus. Alex Horley-Orlandelli # 89/249
Plaxcaster Frogling
Graft 3 (This creature enters the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on it. Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, you may move a +1/+1 counter from this creature onto it.)
: Target creature with a +1/+1 counter on it gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
illus. Greg Staples # 184/249
Plummet
Destroy target creature with flying.
"Let nothing own the skies but the wind." —Dejara, Giltwood druid
illus. Pete Venters # 155/249
Precursor Golem
When Precursor Golem enters the battlefield, create two 3/3 colorless Golem artifact creature tokens.
Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell that targets only a single Golem, that player copies that spell for each other Golem that spell could target. Each copy targets a different one of those Golems.
illus. Chippy # 225/249
Primeval Titan
Trample
Whenever Primeval Titan enters the battlefield or attacks, you may search your library for up to two land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.
When nature calls, run.
illus. Aleksi Briclot # 156/249
Profane Command
Choose two —
• Target player loses X life.
• Return target creature card with converted mana cost X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
• Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.
• Up to X target creatures gain fear until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
illus. Wayne England # 90/249
Puppeteer Clique
Flying
When Puppeteer Clique enters the battlefield, put target creature card from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It gains haste. At the beginning of your next end step, exile it.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
illus. Daren Bader # 91/249
Qumulox
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Flying
Even the clouds bend themselves to Memnarch's will, eager to swallow those who oppose him.
illus. Carl Critchlow # 54/249
Raise the Alarm
Create two 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens.
Like blinking or breathing, responding to an alarm is an involuntary reflex.
illus. Zoltan Boros # 31/249
Rakdos Carnarium
Rakdos Carnarium enters the battlefield tapped.
When Rakdos Carnarium enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
illus. John Avon # 247/249
Rampant Growth
Search your library for a basic land card and put that card onto the battlefield tapped. Then shuffle your library.
Nature grows solutions to her problems.
illus. Steven Belledin # 157/249
Reassembling Skeleton
: Return Reassembling Skeleton from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Though you may see the same bones, you'll never see the same skeleton twice.
illus. Austin Hsu # 92/249
Remand
Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put it into its owner's hand instead of into that player's graveyard.
Draw a card.
For the Azorius, the law can be a physical shield against chaos and anarchy.
illus. Zoltan Boros # 55/249
Repeal
Return target nonland permanent with converted mana cost X to its owner's hand.
Draw a card.
"Your deed cannot be undone. You, however, can be." —Agosto, Azorius imperator
illus. Anthony Palumbo # 56/249
Restless Apparition
: Restless Apparition gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
illus. Jeff Easley # 196/249
Root-Kin Ally
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)
Tap two untapped creatures you control: Root-Kin Ally gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
illus. Arnie Swekel # 158/249
Runed Servitor
When Runed Servitor dies, each player draws a card.
Scholars had puzzled for centuries over the ruins at Tal Terig. Its secrets had always lived within one rune-carved head.
illus. Mike Bierek # 226/249
Rusted Relic
Metalcraft — Rusted Relic is a 5/5 Golem artifact creature as long as you control three or more artifacts.
"We consider rust a curable disease." —Tarrin, Hammer-Tribe shaman
illus. Igor Kieryluk # 227/249
Savage Twister
Savage Twister deals X damage to each creature.
"Nature is the ultimate mindless destroyer, capable of power and ferocity no army can match, and the Gruul follow its example." —Trigori, Azorius senator
illus. John Avon # 185/249
Scatter the Seeds
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)
Create three 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens.
From the seeds of faith, great forests grow.
illus. Rob Alexander # 159/249
Scavenger Drake
Flying
Whenever another creature dies, you may put a +1/+1 counter on Scavenger Drake.
Dragons consider drakes to be mockeries of their perfection, destroying them on sight.
illus. Trevor Claxton # 93/249
Scion of the Wild
Scion of the Wild's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures you control.
It has a hundred thousand extinctions to avenge.
illus. Kev Walker # 160/249
Scute Mob
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control five or more lands, put four +1/+1 counters on Scute Mob.
"Survival rule 781: There are always more scute bugs." —Zurdi, goblin shortcutter
illus. Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai # 161/249
Scuttling Death
Sacrifice Scuttling Death: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Soulshift 4 (When this creature dies, you may return target Spirit card with converted mana cost 4 or less from your graveyard to your hand.)
illus. Thomas M. Baxa # 94/249
Selesnya Guildmage
: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
: Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
illus. Mark Zug # 197/249
Selesnya Sanctuary
Selesnya Sanctuary enters the battlefield tapped.
When Selesnya Sanctuary enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
illus. John Avon # 248/249
Shadowmage Infiltrator
Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
Whenever Shadowmage Infiltrator deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card.
illus. Tomasz Jedruszek # 186/249
Shrewd Hatchling
Shrewd Hatchling enters the battlefield with four -1/-1 counters on it.
: Target creature can't block Shrewd Hatchling this turn.
Whenever you cast a blue spell, remove a -1/-1 counter from Shrewd Hatchling.
Whenever you cast a red spell, remove a -1/-1 counter from Shrewd Hatchling.
illus. Carl Frank # 198/249
Shrivel
All creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.
"Have you ever killed insects nibbling at your crops? I think that's what the Eldrazi believe they're doing to us." —Sheyda, Ondu gamekeeper
illus. Jung Park # 95/249
Sickle Ripper
Wither (This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)
His sickle was forged in the heat of another cinder's funeral pyre.
illus. Dan Scott # 96/249
Sickleslicer
Living weapon (When this Equipment enters the battlefield, create a 0/0 black Germ creature token, then attach this to it.)
Equipped creature gets +2/+2.
Equip
illus. Jason Felix # 228/249
Sigil Blessing
Until end of turn, target creature you control gets +3/+3 and other creatures you control get +1/+1.
"For unwavering commitment and unflinching strength, the Order of the White Orchid confers its sigil. Rise, knight-captain, and do your duty."
illus. Matt Stewart # 187/249
Sign in Blood
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
Little agonies pave the way to greater power.
illus. Howard Lyon # 97/249
Simic Growth Chamber
Simic Growth Chamber enters the battlefield tapped.
When Simic Growth Chamber enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
illus. John Avon # 249/249
Simic Initiate
Graft 1 (This creature enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, you may move a +1/+1 counter from this creature onto it.)
Simic initiates begin their training as experimental subjects. Failures are flushed to the undersewers.
illus. Dany Orizio # 162/249
Skarrgan Firebird
Bloodthirst 3 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on it.)
Flying
: Return Skarrgan Firebird from your graveyard to your hand. Activate this ability only if an opponent was dealt damage this turn.
illus. Kev Walker # 123/249
Skyhunter Skirmisher
Flying, double strike
"Like dawn's first light, blind the unprepared and banish the shadows." —Skyhunter creed
illus. Greg Staples # 32/249
Skyreach Manta
Sunburst (This enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it.)
Flying
As the dawns break, the manta soars.
illus. Christopher Moeller # 229/249
Smash to Smithereens
Destroy target artifact. Smash to Smithereens deals 3 damage to that artifact's controller.
The giant Tarvik dreamed that trinkets and machines caused all the world's woe. When he awoke from his troubled sleep, he took the name Tarvik Relicsmasher.
illus. Pete Venters # 124/249
Smokebraider
: Add two mana in any combination of colors. Spend this mana only to cast Elemental spells or activate abilities of Elementals.
"Be silent and listen to your inner fire. Only then can you walk the Path of Flame."
illus. Anthony S. Waters # 125/249
Somber Hoverguard
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Flying
The vedalken interrogate all intruders—once the hoverguards are done with them.
illus. Adam Rex # 57/249
Soulbright Flamekin
: Target creature gains trample until end of turn. If this is the third time this ability has resolved this turn, you may add .
When provoked, a flamekin's inner fire burns far hotter than any giant's forge.
illus. Kev Walker # 126/249
Spectral Procession
Create three 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying.
"I need never remember my past associates, my victims, my mistakes. Innistrad preserves them all for me." —Sorin Markov
illus. Tomasz Jedruszek # 33/249
Spellskite
: Change a target of target spell or ability to Spellskite. ( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
"Let's show Vorinclex that progress doesn't always need teeth or claws." —Malcator, Executor of Synthesis
illus. Chippy # 230/249
Sphere of the Suns
Sphere of the Suns enters the battlefield tapped and with three charge counters on it.
, Remove a charge counter from Sphere of the Suns: Add one mana of any color.
illus. Jana Schirmer & Johannes Voss # 231/249
Spikeshot Elder
: Spikeshot Elder deals damage equal to its power to any target.
Now that he knows a thousand ways of hurting people, his next shamanic quest is to discover a thousand more.
illus. Izzy # 127/249
Spitebellows
When Spitebellows leaves the battlefield, it deals 6 damage to target creature.
Evoke (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters the battlefield.)
Disaster stalks with gaping jaws across unready lands.
illus. Larry MacDougall # 128/249
Splinter Twin
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has ": Create a token that's a copy of this creature. That token has haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step."
"I know just the person for that job."
illus. Goran Josic # 129/249
Spread the Sickness
Destroy target creature, then proliferate. (You choose any number of permanents and/or players with counters on them, then give each another counter of a kind already there.)
Life is ephemeral. Phyrexia is eternal.
illus. Jaime Jones # 98/249
Steady Progress
Proliferate. (You choose any number of permanents and/or players with counters on them, then give each another counter of a kind already there.)
Draw a card.
"More of that strange oil . . . It's probably nothing."
illus. Efrem Palacios # 58/249
Stoic Rebuttal
Metalcraft — This spell costs less to cast if you control three or more artifacts.
Counter target spell.
Obsessed with the pursuit of knowledge above all else, vedalken can appear to be cold and emotionless.
illus. Chris Rahn # 59/249
Stormblood Berserker
Bloodthirst 2 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it.)
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Blood is holy to those whose god is War.
illus. Min Yum # 130/249
Sundering Vitae
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)
Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Centuries of wind, rain, and roots compressed into an instant of destruction: such is the power of Selesnya.
illus. Shishizaru # 163/249
Sunforger
Equipped creature gets +4/+0.
, Unattach Sunforger: Search your library for a red or white instant card with converted mana cost 4 or less and cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then shuffle your library.
Equip
illus. Darrell Riche # 232/249
Sunlance
Sunlance deals 3 damage to target nonwhite creature.
"It's easy for the innocent to speak of justice. They seldom feel its terrible power." —Orim, Samite inquisitor
illus. Volkan Baga # 34/249
Sunspear Shikari
As long as Sunspear Shikari is equipped, it has first strike and lifelink.
Left without their leader Raksha, the leonin split into two prides: one side supported the regent kha, while the other rebelled in fury.
illus. Allen Williams # 35/249
Surgical Extraction
( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
Choose target card in a graveyard other than a basic land card. Search its owner's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with the same name as that card and exile them. Then that player shuffles their library.
illus. Steven Belledin # 99/249
Surrakar Spellblade
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may put a charge counter on Surrakar Spellblade.
Whenever Surrakar Spellblade deals combat damage to a player, you may draw X cards, where X is the number of charge counters on it.
illus. Dave Kendall # 60/249
Swans of Bryn Argoll
Flying
If a source would deal damage to Swans of Bryn Argoll, prevent that damage. The source's controller draws cards equal to the damage prevented this way.
Any being that harms them quickly learns its lesson.
illus. Eric Fortune # 199/249
Sylvan Bounty
Target player gains 8 life.
Basic landcycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.)
Some who scouted new lands chose to stay.
illus. Chris Rahn # 164/249
Taj-Nar Swordsmith
When Taj-Nar Swordsmith enters the battlefield, you may pay . If you do, search your library for an Equipment card with converted mana cost X or less and put that card onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.
illus. Todd Lockwood # 36/249
Tarmogoyf
Tarmogoyf's power is equal to the number of card types among cards in all graveyards and its toughness is equal to that number plus 1.
What doesn't grow, dies. And what dies grows the tarmogoyf.
illus. Ryan Barger # 165/249
Telling Time
Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand, one on top of your library, and one on the bottom of your library.
Mastery is achieved when "telling time" becomes "telling time what to do."
illus. Scott M. Fischer # 61/249
Terashi's Grasp
Destroy target artifact or enchantment. You gain life equal to its converted mana cost.
"The jeweler, the potter, the smith . . . They all imbue a bit of their souls into their creations. The kami destroy that crafted mortal shell and absorb the soul within." —Noboru, master kitemaker
illus. Mark Tedin # 37/249
Tezzeret the Seeker
+1: Untap up to two target artifacts.
−X: Search your library for an artifact card with converted mana cost X or less and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.
−5: Artifacts you control become artifact creatures with base power and toughness 5/5 until end of turn.
illus. Anthony Francisco # 62/249
Tezzeret's Gambit
( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
Draw two cards, then proliferate. (You choose any number of permanents and/or players with counters on them, then give each another counter of a kind already there.)
illus. Karl Kopinski # 63/249
Thief of Hope
Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Soulshift 2 (When this creature dies, you may return target Spirit card with converted mana cost 2 or less from your graveyard to your hand.)
illus. Greg Hildebrandt # 100/249
Thoughtcast
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Draw two cards.
Vedalken eyes don't see the beauty in things. They see only what those things can teach.
illus. Greg Hildebrandt # 64/249
Thrive
Put a +1/+1 counter on each of X target creatures.
The most successful of Simic creations is cytoplasm, a living, symbiotic substance that feeds off genetic rhythms and strengthens its host in return.
illus. Daren Bader # 166/249
Thrummingbird
Flying
Whenever Thrummingbird deals combat damage to a player, proliferate. (You choose any number of permanents and/or players with counters on them, then give each another counter of a kind already there.)
illus. Efrem Palacios # 65/249
Thunderblust
Haste
Thunderblust has trample as long as it has a -1/-1 counter on it.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
illus. Dan Scott # 131/249
Tribal Flames
Domain — Tribal Flames deals X damage to any target, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control.
"Fire is the universal language." —Jhoira, master artificer
illus. Zack Stella # 132/249
Tukatongue Thallid
When Tukatongue Thallid dies, create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
Jund's thallids tried to disguise their deliciousness by covering themselves in spines harvested from the tukatongue tree.
illus. Vance Kovacs # 167/249
Tumble Magnet
Tumble Magnet enters the battlefield with three charge counters on it.
, Remove a charge counter from Tumble Magnet: Tap target artifact or creature.
Magnetic devices that keep massive golems and structures standing can also be used for the opposite purpose.
illus. Drew Baker # 233/249
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
When you cast this spell, destroy target permanent.
Indestructible
Annihilator 4 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices four permanents.)
When Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre is put into a graveyard from anywhere, its owner shuffles their graveyard into their library.
illus. Aleksi Briclot # 6/249
Ulamog's Crusher
Annihilator 2 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices two permanents.)
Ulamog's Crusher attacks each combat if able.
"Whatever the Eldrazi's purpose is, it has nothing to do with something so insignificant as us." —Nirthu, lone missionary
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Vampire Lacerator
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life unless an opponent has 10 or less life.
The lacerators cut themselves before each hunt. They must feed before the sun rises or bleed to death.
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Vampire Outcasts
Bloodthirst 2 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it.)
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Some vampires reject the decadent trappings of their kind. Once they turn feral, no amount of blood will satisfy their hunger.
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Vapor Snag
Return target creature to its owner's hand. Its controller loses 1 life.
"This creature is inadequate. Send it to the splicers for innovation." —Malcator, Executor of Synthesis
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Vendilion Clique
Flash
Flying
When Vendilion Clique enters the battlefield, look at target player's hand. You may choose a nonland card from it. If you do, that player reveals the chosen card, puts it on the bottom of their library, then draws a card.
illus. Willian Murai # 67/249
Vengeful Rebirth
Return target card from your graveyard to your hand. If you return a nonland card to your hand this way, Vengeful Rebirth deals damage equal to that card's converted mana cost to any target.
Exile Vengeful Rebirth.
illus. Vance Kovacs # 188/249
Viashino Slaughtermaster
Double strike
: Viashino Slaughtermaster gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Activate this ability only once each turn.
"I'll fight two at once, and then lick their guts from my blades."
illus. Raymond Swanland # 133/249
Vigean Graftmage
Graft 2 (This creature enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it. Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, you may move a +1/+1 counter from this creature onto it.)
: Untap target creature with a +1/+1 counter on it.
illus. Alan Pollack # 68/249
Vines of Vastwood
Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Target creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control this turn. If this spell was kicked, that creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.
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Waking Nightmare
Target player discards two cards.
"Once each year, the oni and other evil spirits paraded through villages to disturb mortals' sleep. During the war, this parade became a nightly event." —Observations of the Kami War
illus. Mitch Cotie # 103/249
Water Servant
: Water Servant gets +1/-1 until end of turn.
: Water Servant gets -1/+1 until end of turn.
"This creature has innate perceptiveness. It knows when to rise and when to vanish into the tides." —Jestus Dreya, Of Elements and Eternity
illus. Igor Kieryluk # 69/249
Waxmane Baku
Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may put a ki counter on Waxmane Baku.
, Remove X ki counters from Waxmane Baku: Tap X target creatures.
illus. Greg Hildebrandt # 38/249
Wayfarer's Bauble
, , Sacrifice Wayfarer's Bauble: Search your library for a basic land card and put that card onto the battlefield tapped. Then shuffle your library.
It is the forest beyond the horizon, the mountain waiting to be climbed, the new land across the endless sea.
illus. Darrell Riche # 234/249
Wildfire
Each player sacrifices four lands. Wildfire deals 4 damage to each creature.
Fire is always at the top of the food chain, and it has a big appetite.
illus. Rob Alexander # 134/249
Wilt-Leaf Liege
Other green creatures you control get +1/+1.
Other white creatures you control get +1/+1.
If a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard Wilt-Leaf Liege, put it onto the battlefield instead of putting it into your graveyard.
illus. Jason Chan # 200/249
Wings of Velis Vel
Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
Until end of turn, target creature has base power and toughness 4/4, gains all creature types, and gains flying.
Changeling magic grants unusual wishes.
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Wolfbriar Elemental
Multikicker (You may pay an additional any number of times as you cast this spell.)
When Wolfbriar Elemental enters the battlefield, create a 2/2 green Wolf creature token for each time it was kicked.
illus. Chippy # 169/249
Worldheart Phoenix
Flying
You may cast Worldheart Phoenix from your graveyard by paying rather than paying its mana cost. If you do, it enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it.
illus. Aleksi Briclot # 135/249
Wrap in Flames
Wrap in Flames deals 1 damage to each of up to three target creatures. Those creatures can't block this turn.
"Our pyromancer's flames may not have killed them, but they bought us the time we needed." —The War Diaries
illus. Véronique Meignaud # 136/249
Wrecking Ball
Destroy target creature or land.
Rakdos festivals almost leave enough rubble in their wake to hide the bodies.
illus. Ron Spears # 189/249
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
Flying
Whenever you draw a card, Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind deals 1 damage to target creature or player.
: Draw a card.
illus. Todd Lockwood # 182/249
Not Austere Command
Choose two —
• Destroy all artifacts.
• Destroy all enchantments.
• Destroy all creatures with converted mana cost 3 or less.
• Destroy all creatures with converted mana cost 4 or greater.
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Not Goblin Guide
Haste
Whenever Goblin Guide attacks, defending player reveals the top card of his or her library. If it's a land card, that player puts it into his or her hand.
"I've been all over this world. I even remember some of those places."
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Not Incendiary Command
Choose two —
• Incendiary Command deals 4 damage to target player.
• Incendiary Command deals 2 damage to each creature.
• Destroy target nonbasic land.
• Each player discards all the cards in his or her hand, then draws that many cards.
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Not Primal Command
Choose two —
• Target player gains 7 life.
• Put target noncreature permanent on top of its owner's library.
• Target player shuffles his or her graveyard into his or her library.
• Search your library for a creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.
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