Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska Spoilers 76/120
Show TextAcidic Slime
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
When Acidic Slime enters the battlefield, destroy target artifact, enchantment, or land.
illus. Karl Kopinski # 64/120
Aeon Chronicler
Aeon Chronicler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.
Suspend X—. X can't be 0. (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay and exile it with X time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)
Whenever a time counter is removed from Aeon Chronicler while it's exiled, draw a card.
illus. Dan Dos Santos # 17/120
Aether Adept
When Aether Adept enters the battlefield, return target creature to its owner's hand.
"The universe is my instrument, and the song I play upon it is one you are forbidden to hear."
illus. Eric Deschamps # 12/120
Æther Figment
Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Aether Figment can't be blocked.
If Aether Figment was kicked, it enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it.
illus. Thomas M. Baxa # 5/120
Agoraphobia
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -5/-0.
: Return Agoraphobia to its owner's hand.
"Everyone in this city is choosing sides. I choose inside."
illus. Jim Murray # 22/120
Archaeomancer
When Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
"Words of power never disappear. They sleep, awaiting those with the will to rouse them."
illus. Zoltan Boros # 13/120
Body Double
You may have Body Double enter the battlefield as a copy of any creature card in a graveyard.
"I am who I pretend to be."
illus. Winona Nelson # 15/120
Chronomaton
, : Put a +1/+1 counter on Chronomaton.
On the third night, the villagers destroyed their clocks. The sounds of whirring gears and chiming metal held only dread for them.
illus. Vincent Proce # 2/120
Claustrophobia
Enchant creature
When Claustrophobia enters the battlefield, tap enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
Six feet of earth muffled his cries.
illus. Ryan Pancoast # 27/120
Consume Strength
Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Another target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
"You are correct. This is going to hurt."—Vraska
illus. Adam Rex # 74/120
Control Magic
Enchant creature
You control enchanted creature.
"Do as I think, not as I do."—Jace Beleren
illus. Clint Cearley # 30/120
Corpse Traders
, Sacrifice a creature: Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a card from it. That player discards that card. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.
Those without breath can't complain.
illus. Kev Walker # 58/120
Crosstown Courier
Whenever Crosstown Courier deals combat damage to a player, that player puts that many cards from the top of their library into their graveyard.
Information travels quickly through Ravnica's network of messengers and thought agents.
illus. Chase Stone # 6/120
Death-Hood Cobra
: Death-Hood Cobra gains reach until end of turn.
: Death-Hood Cobra gains deathtouch until end of turn.
illus. Jason Felix # 47/120
Dread Statuary
: Add .
: Dread Statuary becomes a 4/2 Golem artifact creature until end of turn. It's still a land.
The last reliable landmark in Tazeem just walked away.
illus. Jason A. Engle # 35/120
Dream Stalker
When Dream Stalker enters the battlefield, return a permanent you control to its owner's hand.
What happens when it is the dream that wakes and the sleeper that fades into memory?
illus. Brian Despain # 7/120
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.'"—Niszka, Selesnya evangel
illus. Kev Walker # 65/120
Errant Ephemeron
Flying
Suspend 4— (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay and exile it with four time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)
illus. Luca Zontini # 20/120
Festerhide Boar
Trample
Morbid — Festerhide Boar enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it if a creature died this turn.
"Bury your dead deep. The boars are hungriest while the corpse is still warm."—Paulin, trapper of Somberwald
illus. Nils Hamm # 59/120
Future Sight
Play with the top card of your library revealed.
You may play the top card of your library.
"Is the inevitable any less miraculous?"—Veldka, wandering sage
illus. Dan Scott # 33/120
Gatecreeper Vine
Defender
When Gatecreeper Vine enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a basic land card or a Gate card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.
Every inch of Ravnica is home to something.
illus. Trevor Claxton # 48/120
Golgari Guildgate
Golgari Guildgate enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add or .
Enter those who are starving and sick. You are welcome among the Swarm when the rest of Ravnica rejects you.
illus. Eytan Zana # 76/120
Griptide
Put target creature on top of its owner's library.
"Beware the seagrafs just off the shore. These waters are filled with hungry geists looking for an easy meal."—Captain Eberhart
illus. Igor Kieryluk # 28/120
Grisly Spectacle
Destroy target nonartifact creature. Its controller puts a number of cards equal to that creature's power from the top of their library into their graveyard.
"Watch people flock to a murder scene. Then tell me we're not all a little sick in the head."—Juri, proprietor of the Juri Revue
illus. Zoltan Boros # 75/120
Halimar Depths
Halimar Depths enters the battlefield tapped.
When Halimar Depths enters the battlefield, look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
: Add .
illus. Volkan Baga # 36/120
Highway Robber
When Highway Robber enters the battlefield, target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
"Tonight, madam, it's your money and your life."
illus. Kev Walker # 61/120
Hypnotic Cloud
Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Target player discards a card. If this spell was kicked, that player discards three cards instead.
illus. Randy Gallegos # 67/120
Into the Roil
Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. If this spell was kicked, draw a card.
"Roil tide! Roil tide! Tie yourselves down!"
illus. Kieran Yanner # 23/120
Jace, Architect of Thought
+1: Until your next turn, whenever a creature an opponent controls attacks, it gets -1/-0 until end of turn.
−2: Reveal the top three cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other on the bottom of your library in any order.
−8: For each player, search that player's library for a nonland card and exile it, then that player shuffles their library. You may cast those cards without paying their mana costs.
illus. Igor Kieryluk # 1/120
Jace's Ingenuity
Draw three cards.
"Brute force can sometimes kick down a locked door, but knowledge is a skeleton key."
illus. Igor Kieryluk # 32/120
Jace's Mindseeker
Flying
When Jace's Mindseeker enters the battlefield, target opponent puts the top five cards of their library into their graveyard. You may cast an instant or sorcery card from among them without paying its mana cost.
illus. Greg Staples # 19/120
Jace's Phantasm
Flying
Jace's Phantasm gets +4/+4 as long as an opponent has ten or more cards in their graveyard.
In the abstract memories of the Iquati, Jace found interesting ideas to improve upon.
illus. Johann Bodin # 3/120
Krovikan Mist
Flying
Krovikan Mist's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Illusions on the battlefield.
"It's as strong as you believe it is, and it's very convincing."—Jace Beleren
illus. Jeremy Jarvis # 8/120
Last Kiss
Last Kiss deals 2 damage to target creature and you gain 2 life.
"Romanticize it, glamorize it, call it what you will. To me, it will always be carnal, bloody murder."—Ayli, Kamsa cleric
illus. Vance Kovacs # 71/120
Leyline Phantom
When Leyline Phantom deals combat damage, return it to its owner's hand. (Return it only if it survived combat.)
"Is the maze itself a phantom? Or is one as real as the other? Perhaps I am as mad as the dragon."—Jace Beleren, journal
illus. Ryan Yee # 16/120
Marsh Casualties
Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Creatures target player controls get -1/-1 until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, those creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn instead.
illus. Scott Chou # 69/120
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.
"To sculpt a mind is to see every memory and thought as an individual piece that can be rearranged—or removed."—Jace Beleren
illus. Rebecca Guay # 24/120
Merfolk Wayfinder
Flying
When Merfolk Wayfinder enters the battlefield, reveal the top three cards of your library. Put all Island cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
illus. Christopher Moeller # 9/120
Mold Shambler
Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
When Mold Shambler enters the battlefield, if it was kicked, destroy target noncreature permanent.
When civilization encroaches on nature, Zendikar encroaches back.
illus. Karl Kopinski # 60/120
Nekrataal
First strike
When Nekrataal enters the battlefield, destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature. That creature can't be regenerated.
"You can't protect them all, Jace."—Vraska
illus. Christopher Moeller # 62/120
Night's Whisper
You draw two cards and you lose 2 life.
"I have seen things that would reduce a weaker person to blubbering and raving. Want to hear about them?"—Vraska
illus. John Severin Brassell # 68/120
Ohran Viper
Whenever Ohran Viper deals combat damage to a creature, destroy that creature at end of combat.
Whenever Ohran Viper deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card.
The ohran viper is not cold-blooded. Its veins course with the same antigelid venom used to kill its prey.
illus. Kev Walker # 57/120
Oran-Rief Recluse
Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
When Oran-Rief Recluse enters the battlefield, if it was kicked, destroy target creature with flying.
illus. Lars Grant-West # 54/120
Phantasmal Bear
When Phantasmal Bear becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it.
"You know it to be false, but when its claws find you, what you know won't matter much at all."—Pol Jamaar, illusionist
illus. Ryan Yee # 4/120
Phantasmal Dragon
Flying
When Phantasmal Dragon becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it.
Its hunger and ire are no less for being wrought of lies and mist.
illus. Wayne Reynolds # 14/120
Prohibit
Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Counter target spell if its converted mana cost is 2 or less. If this spell was kicked, counter that spell if its converted mana cost is 4 or less instead.
illus. Adam Rex # 25/120
Pulse Tracker
Whenever Pulse Tracker attacks, each opponent loses 1 life.
"You can't think your way out of this, Jace. Thought implies life, and life requires a pulse—music to a hunter's ears."—Vraska
illus. Andrew Robinson # 43/120
Putrid Leech
Pay 2 life: Putrid Leech gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Activate this ability only once each turn.
"The Golgari would say that life comes from death and death comes from life. But sometimes, death comes from the dead."—Vraska
illus. Craig J Spearing # 51/120
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.
"Heel."
illus. Andrew Robinson # 29/120
Reaper of the Wilds
Whenever another creature dies, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)
: Reaper of the Wilds gains deathtouch until end of turn.
: Reaper of the Wilds gains hexproof until end of turn.
illus. Karl Kopinski # 63/120
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 # 26/120
Riftwing Cloudskate
Flying
When Riftwing Cloudskate enters the battlefield, return target permanent to its owner's hand.
Suspend 3— (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay and exile it with three time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)
illus. Carl Critchlow # 18/120
River Boa
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
: Regenerate River Boa.
"Sheath your swords! Cudgels only. I see a new pair of waterproof trek boots slithering away."—Nablus, North Hada trapper
illus. Paul Bonner # 49/120
Rogue's Passage
: Add .
, : Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Rumors quickly spread among thieves about a labyrinth without walls and a prize beyond all measures of worth.
illus. Christine Choi # 77/120
Sadistic Augermage
When Sadistic Augermage dies, each player puts a card from their hand on top of their library.
"Don't worry. I know the drill."
illus. Nick Percival # 52/120
Sea Gate Oracle
When Sea Gate Oracle enters the battlefield, look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other on the bottom of your library.
"The secret entrance should be near."
illus. Daniel Ljunggren # 10/120
Shadow Alley Denizen
Whenever another black creature enters the battlefield under your control, target creature gains intimidate until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
illus. Cynthia Sheppard # 44/120
Slate Street Ruffian
Whenever Slate Street Ruffian becomes blocked, defending player discards a card.
"Merciless to the point of psychosis. Let's give him a job."—Zelinas, Orzhov recruiter
illus. Jim Murray # 53/120
Spawnwrithe
Trample
Whenever Spawnwrithe deals combat damage to a player, create a token that's a copy of Spawnwrithe.
Its victims feel only an itchy, wriggling feeling just under their skin. By then, it's far too late.
illus. Daarken # 55/120
Spelltwine
Exile target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard and target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard. Copy those cards. Cast the copies if able without paying their mana costs. Exile Spelltwine.
illus. Noah Bradley # 34/120
Stab Wound
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -2/-2.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player loses 2 life.
illus. Scott Chou # 72/120
Stealer of Secrets
Whenever Stealer of Secrets deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
The Dimir would hire her, if only they knew where she lived. The Azorius would condemn her, if only they knew her name.
illus. Michael C. Hayes # 11/120
Stonefare Crocodile
: Stonefare Crocodile gains lifelink until end of turn. (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
The Izzet's plans to exploit the undercity ran into a few stubborn obstacles.
illus. Tomasz Jedruszek # 56/120
Summoner's Bane
Counter target creature spell. Create a 2/2 blue Illusion creature token.
"I don't need to have the perfect plan. My foe just has to have an imperfect one."—Jace Beleren
illus. Cyril Van Der Haegen # 31/120
Tainted Wood
: Add .
: Add or . Activate this ability only if you control a Swamp.
illus. Rob Alexander # 78/120
Tavern Swindler
, Pay 3 life: Flip a coin. If you win the flip, you gain 6 life.
Rakdos cultists are her best customers. They never flinch at pain and are seldom good at math.
illus. Cynthia Sheppard # 45/120
Thought Scour
Target player puts the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.
Draw a card.
"As you inject the viscus vitae into the brain stem, don't let the spastic moaning bother you. It will soon become music to your ears."—Stitcher Geralf
illus. David Rapoza # 21/120
Tragic Slip
Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Morbid — That creature gets -13/-13 until end of turn instead if a creature died this turn.
Linger on death's door and risk being invited in.
illus. Christopher Moeller # 66/120
Treasured Find
Return target card from your graveyard to your hand. Exile Treasured Find.
Gorgons crave beautiful things: gems, exquisite amulets, the alabaster corpses of the petrified dead . . .
illus. Jason Chan # 70/120
Underworld Connections
Enchant land
Enchanted land has ", Pay 1 life: Draw a card."
If you're looking for it, it's available. The question is how much you're willing to pay.
illus. Yeong-Hao Han # 73/120
Vinelasher Kudzu
Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on Vinelasher Kudzu.
It grows to hate you.
illus. Mark Tedin # 50/120
Vraska the Unseen
+1: Until your next turn, whenever a creature deals combat damage to Vraska the Unseen, destroy that creature.
−3: Destroy target nonland permanent.
−7: Create three 1/1 black Assassin creature tokens with "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses the game."
illus. Igor Kieryluk # 42/120
Wight of Precinct Six
Wight of Precinct Six gets +1/+1 for each creature card in your opponents' graveyards.
Even the lost and undead need a protector.
illus. Ryan Barger # 46/120
