Classic Sixth Edition Spoilers 350/0
Show TextAbduction
Enchant creature
When Abduction enters the battlefield, untap enchanted creature.
You control enchanted creature.
When enchanted creature dies, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.
illus. Colin MacNeil # 55/0
Abyssal Hunter
, : Tap target creature. Abyssal Hunter deals damage equal to Abyssal Hunter's power to that creature.
Some smiles show cheer; some merely show teeth.
illus. Steve Luke # 109/0
Abyssal Specter
Flying
Whenever Abyssal Specter deals damage to a player, that player discards a card.
illus. George Pratt # 110/0
Adarkar Wastes
: Add .
: Add or . Adarkar Wastes deals 1 damage to you.
illus. Gary Leach # 319/0
Aether Flash
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, Aether Flash deals 2 damage to it.
"You can't get there from here. Well, you can—it just won't be fun."—Ertai, wizard adept
illus. Ron Spencer # 163/0
Agonizing Memories
Look at target player's hand and choose two cards from it. Put them on top of that player's library in any order.
"An innocent man died because of my anger. That knowledge will haunt me for all eternity."—Karn, silver golem
illus. Mike Dringenberg # 111/0
Air Elemental
Flying
As insubstantial, and as powerful, as the wind that carries it.
illus. Doug Chaffee # 56/0
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 # 271/0
Amber Prison
You may choose not to untap Amber Prison during your untap step.
, : Tap target artifact, creature, or land. That permanent doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as Amber Prison remains tapped.
illus. Donato Giancola # 272/0
Anaba Bodyguard
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
"Not all minotaurs are tribal. Some are freelance."—Eron the Relentless
illus. Anson Maddocks # 164/0
Anaba Shaman
, : Anaba Shaman deals 1 damage to any target.
"The shamans? Ha They are craven cows not capable of true magic."—Irini Sengir
illus. Anson Maddocks # 165/0
Ancestral Memories
Look at the top seven cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
illus. William Donohoe # 57/0
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 # 1/0
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 # 273/0
Archangel
Flying, vigilance
"My mother once told me angels sing their swords' names with each strike."—Sisay, Captain of the Weatherlight
illus. Quinton Hoover # 2/0
Ardent Militia
Vigilance
Some fight for honor and some for gold, but the militia fight for hearth and home.
illus. Zina Saunders # 3/0
Armageddon
Destroy all lands.
illus. Rob Alexander # 4/0
Armored Pegasus
Flying
Asked how it survived a run-in with a bog imp, the pegasus just shook its mane and burped.
illus. Andrew Robinson # 5/0
Ashen Powder
Put target creature card from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
"What you call decay, I call ripening. You'll gain no sustenance from this harvest."—Kaervek
illus. Geofrey Darrow # 112/0
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 # 274/0
Balduvian Barbarians
"Barbarian raids were a concern to those living in the northwest provinces, but the skyknights never dealt with the problem in a systematic way. They thought of the Balduvians as an ‘amusing model' of their forebears' culture."—Kjeldor: Ice Civilization
illus. Mark Poole # 166/0
Balduvian Horde
When Balduvian Horde enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you discard a card at random.
illus. Brian Snoddy # 167/0
Birds of Paradise
Flying
: Add one mana of any color.
illus. Mark Poole # 217/0
Blaze
Blaze deals X damage to any target.
Fire never dies alone.
illus. Gerry Grace # 168/0
Blight
Enchant land
When enchanted land becomes tapped, destroy it.
illus. Ian Miller # 113/0
Blighted Shaman
, Sacrifice a Swamp: Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
, Sacrifice a creature: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
illus. Ian Miller # 114/0
Blood Pet
Sacrifice Blood Pet: Add .
"You are wrong," Volrath said. "I do not hate the living. They often prove quite useful to me." And then he laughed.
illus. Brom # 115/0
Bog Imp
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Don't be fooled by their looks. Think of them as little knives with wings.
illus. Christopher Rush # 116/0
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 # 117/0
Bog Wraith
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
It moved through the troops leaving no footprints, save on their souls.
illus. Jeff A. Menges # 118/0
Boil
Destroy all Islands.
"The fishers will throw out their nets and draw them back filled with dust."—Oracle en-Vec
illus. Jason Alexander Behnke # 169/0
Boomerang
Return target permanent to its owner's hand.
A lie always returns; be careful how you catch it.
illus. Richard Kane Ferguson # 58/0
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 # 275/0
Browse
: Look at the top five cards of your library, put one of them into your hand, and exile the rest.
"Once great literature—now great litter."—Jaya Ballard, task mage
illus. Phil Foglio # 59/0
Brushland
: Add .
: Add or . Brushland deals 1 damage to you.
illus. Tom Wänerstrand # 320/0
Burrowing
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has mountainwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)
illus. Mark Poole # 170/0
Call of the Wild
: Reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, put it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, put it into your graveyard.
Thinking of dinner made Squee realize that the forest was probably thinking the same thing.
illus. Brom # 218/0
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. Dameon Willich # 6/0
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 # 219/0
Celestial Dawn
Lands you control are Plains.
Nonland permanents you control are white. The same is true for spells you control and nonland cards you own that aren't on the battlefield.
You may spend white mana as though it were mana of any color. You may spend other mana only as though it were colorless mana.
illus. Liz Danforth # 7/0
Charcoal Diamond
Charcoal Diamond enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
illus. Drew Tucker # 276/0
Chill
Red spells cost more to cast.
"Temper, temper."—Ertai, wizard adept
illus. Greg Simanson # 60/0
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 # 8/0
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 # 9/0
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 # 10/0
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 # 11/0
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 # 12/0
City of Brass
Whenever City of Brass becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.
: Add one mana of any color.
illus. Tom Wänerstrand # 321/0
Coercion
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a card from it. That player discards that card.
A rhino's bargain—Femeref expression meaning"a situation with no choices"
illus. DiTerlizzi # 119/0
Conquer
Enchant land
You control enchanted land.
"Why do we trade with those despicable elves? You don't live in forests, you burn them"—Avram Garrisson,Leader of the Knights of Stromgald
illus. Randy Gallegos # 171/0
Counterspell
Counter target spell.
illus. Hannibal King # 61/0
Creeping Mold
Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or land.
"Mold could catch you."—Suq'Ata insult
illus. David Seeley # 220/0
Crimson Hellkite
Flying
, : Crimson Hellkite deals X damage to target creature. Spend only red mana on X.
"Dragonfire forged me a warrior."—Rashida Scalebane
illus. Gerry Grace # 172/0
Crystal Rod
Whenever a player casts a blue spell, you may pay . If you do, you gain 1 life.
illus. Donato Giancola # 277/0
Crystal Vein
: Add .
, Sacrifice Crystal Vein: Add .
illus. Pat Morrissey # 322/0
Cursed Totem
Activated abilities of creatures can't be activated.
Pass me from soul to soul, / soldier to herder, herder to beast, beast to soil / until I am everywhere. / Then pass me those souls.—Totem inscription (translated)
illus. D. Alexander Gregory # 278/0
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 # 279/0
Daraja Griffin
Flying
Sacrifice Daraja Griffin: Destroy target black creature.
"And the flamingos said, ‘Get out of our nest—we can't be seen with the likes of you' So, the griffin ate them."—Azeworai, "The Ugly Bird"
illus. Stuart Griffin # 15/0
Daring Apprentice
, Sacrifice Daring Apprentice: Counter target spell.
In front of every great wizard is a doomed apprentice.
illus. Kaja Foglio # 62/0
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 # 14/0
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 # 63/0
Dense Foliage
Creatures can't be the targets of spells.
"Big plants not only good for hidin', but full o' tasty bugs, too."—Squee, goblin cabin hand
illus. Alan Rabinowitz # 221/0
Derelor
Black spells you cast cost more to cast.
"Strength it has, but at the cost of a continuous supply of energy. Such failure can bear only one result."—Execution order of Endrek Sahr,master breeder
illus. Anson Maddocks # 120/0
Desertion
Counter target spell. If an artifact or creature spell is countered this way, put that card onto the battlefield under your control instead of into its owner's graveyard.
First the insult, then the injury.
illus. Richard Kane Ferguson # 64/0
Diminishing Returns
Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library. You exile the top ten cards of your library. Then each player draws up to seven cards.
illus. L. A. Williams # 65/0
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 # 280/0
Disenchant
Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
illus. Brian Snoddy # 16/0
Disrupting Scepter
, : Target player discards a card. Activate this ability only during your turn.
illus. Stuart Griffin # 281/0
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 # 17/0
Doomsday
Search your library and graveyard for five cards and exile the rest. Put the chosen cards on top of your library in any order. You lose half your life, rounded up.
illus. Adrian Smith # 121/0
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 # 282/0
Dragon Mask
, : Target creature you control gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Return it to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step. (Return it only if it's on the battlefield.)
"With no further options, I was forced to don the mask."—Rashida Scalebane
illus. Craig Hooper # 283/0
Dread of Night
White creatures get -1/-1.
"These moonless, foreign skies keep me in thrall. Dark whispers echo in the night, and I cannot resist."—Selenia, dark angel
illus. Richard Thomas # 122/0
Dream Cache
Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand both on top of your library or both on the bottom of your library.
Dreams' riches are easily spent.—Suq'Ata adage
illus. D. Alexander Gregory # 66/0
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 # 123/0
Dry Spell
Dry Spell deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.
"Wherever water is lacking, all things suffer."—Autumn Willow
illus. Brian Snoddy # 124/0
Dwarven Ruins
Dwarven Ruins enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
, Sacrifice Dwarven Ruins: Add .
illus. Liz Danforth # 323/0
Early Harvest
Target player untaps all basic lands they control.
"Tonight we'll have a farewell feast. Cold corn porridge is not enough. / Let's peel papayas, pineapples, and mangoes, drink coconut milk, / and bake bananas."—"Love Song of Night and Day"
illus. Janine Johnston # 222/0
Earthquake
Earthquake deals X damage to each creature without flying and each player.
illus. Richard Kane Ferguson # 173/0
Ebon Stronghold
Ebon Stronghold enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
, Sacrifice Ebon Stronghold: Add .
illus. Liz Danforth # 324/0
Ekundu Griffin
Flying, first strike
"My goat was a small price to pay for the chance to see the hunting griffin dive and seize it."—Suq'Ata trader
illus. David A. Cherry # 18/0
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 bard
illus. Richard Kane Ferguson # 223/0
Elven Cache
Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Elves know where to harvest the best of the forest, for they planted it there themselves.
illus. Rebecca Guay # 224/0
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 # 225/0
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 # 226/0
Enfeeblement
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters the battlefield attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature gets -2/-2.
"If it is weak, either kill it or ignore it. Anything else honors it."—Kaervek
illus. John Bolton # 125/0
Enlightened Tutor
Search your library for an artifact or enchantment card and reveal that card. Shuffle your library, then put the card on top of it.
"I do not teach. I simply reveal."—Daudi, Femeref tutor
illus. Dan Frazier # 19/0
Ethereal Champion
Pay 1 life: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to Ethereal Champion this turn.
"If I have learned anything as a wizard it is this: never fight your own battles."—Waffa, sorcerer of Nyomba
illus. Terese Nielsen # 20/0
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 # 126/0
Exile
Exile target nonwhite attacking creature. You gain life equal to its toughness.
illus. Rob Alexander # 21/0
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
illus. Anson Maddocks # 127/0
Fallow Earth
Put target land on top of its owner's library.
". . . and when the farmer awoke the next morning, all the seeds from his field were once again in their sacks."—Afari, Tales
illus. Janine Johnston # 227/0
Familiar Ground
Each creature you control can't be blocked by more than one creature.
"I'd rather fight on foreign soil. That way, if I lose I can blame it on the terrain."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
illus. Jeff Miracola # 228/0
Fatal Blow
Destroy target creature that was dealt damage this turn. It can't be regenerated.
"What is crueler? To let a wound of the heart fester, or to simply cut it out?"—Crovax
illus. George Pratt # 128/0
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.)
illus. Doug Keith # 129/0
Feast of the Unicorn
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +4/+0.
"Could there be a fouler act? No doubt the baron knows of one."—Autumn Willow
illus. Dennis Detwiller # 130/0
Femeref Archers
: Femeref Archers deals 4 damage to target attacking creature with flying.
"They say a Zhalfirin archer can split the eye of a griffin. Nonsense, of course; they have no faith to guide their darts."—Nuru, Femeref archer
illus. William Donohoe # 229/0
Feral Shadow
Flying
Not all shadows are cast by light—some are cast by darkness.
illus. Cliff Nielsen # 131/0
Fervor
Creatures you control have haste. (They can attack and as soon as they come under your control.)
"If your blood doesn't run hot, I will make it run in the sands"—Maraxus of Keld
illus. Franz Vohwinkel # 174/0
Final Fortune
Take an extra turn after this one. At the beginning of that turn's end step, you lose the game.
Want all, lose all.—Zhalfirin aphorism
illus. D. Alexander Gregory # 175/0
Fire Diamond
Fire Diamond enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
illus. Richard Thomas # 284/0
Fire Elemental
Fire elementals are ruthless infernos, annihilating and consuming their foes in a frenzied holocaust. Crackling and blazing, they sear swift, terrible paths, leaving the land charred and scorched in their wake.
illus. Melissa A. Benson # 176/0
Firebreathing
Enchant creature
: Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
"Magic's only part of it, my friend. Diet does the rest."—Suq'Ata trader
illus. Mike Kerr # 177/0
Fit of Rage
Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains first strike until end of turn.
"Anger is fleeting; remorse is eternal."—Karn, silver golem
illus. Douglas Shuler # 178/0
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
illus. Justin Hampton # 179/0
Flash
You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you do, sacrifice it unless you pay its mana cost reduced by up to .
illus. David Ho # 67/0
Flashfires
Destroy all Plains.
illus. Randy Gallegos # 180/0
Flight
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has flying.
illus. Jerry Tiritilli # 68/0
Flying Carpet
, : Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
illus. Mark Tedin # 285/0
Fog
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
illus. Harold McNeill # 230/0
Fog Elemental
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
When Fog Elemental attacks or blocks, sacrifice it at end of combat.
"I've seen fog so thick you could cut it, but none that could cut me."—Tahngarth of the Weatherlight
illus. Jon J. Muth # 69/0
Forbidden Crypt
If you would draw a card, return a card from your graveyard to your hand instead. If you can't, you lose the game.
If a card would be put into your graveyard from anywhere, exile that card instead.
illus. D. Alexander Gregory # 132/0
Forget
Target player discards two cards, then draws as many cards as they discarded this way.
illus. Mike Kimble # 70/0
Fountain of Youth
, : You gain 1 life.
The fountain had stood in the town square for centuries, but only the pigeons knew its secret.
illus. Daniel Gelon # 286/0
Fyndhorn Brownie
, : Untap target creature.
"I've been insulted by drunks in a hundred inns, but never as skillfully or annoyingly as by those blasted brownies."—General Jarkeld, the Arctic Fox
illus. Richard Thomas # 231/0
Fyndhorn Elder
: Add .
"Do we know what we're doing? Yes—the will of Freyalise."—Laina of the Elvish Council
illus. Donato Giancola # 232/0
Gaseous Form
Enchant creature
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by enchanted creature.
illus. Roger Raupp # 71/0
Giant Growth
Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
illus. DiTerlizzi # 233/0
Giant Spider
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
It's not far into the trap, as the crow flies.
illus. Randy Gallegos # 234/0
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
illus. Kev Walker # 181/0
Glacial Wall
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
"Huge walls of ice block further travel. We can't believe they are natural."—Disa the Restless, journal entry
illus. Dameon Willich # 72/0
Glasses of Urza
: Look at target player's hand.
illus. Douglas Shuler # 287/0
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?"
illus. Phil Foglio # 182/0
Goblin Elite Infantry
Whenever Goblin Elite Infantry blocks or becomes blocked, it gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
They talk a good fight.
illus. Robert Bliss # 183/0
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
illus. Pete Venters # 184/0
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 . . . ."
illus. Phil Foglio # 185/0
Goblin Recruiter
When Goblin Recruiter enters the battlefield, search your library for any number of Goblin cards and reveal those cards. Shuffle your library, then put them on top of it in any order.
"Next"
illus. Scott Kirschner # 186/0
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
illus. Dan Frazier # 187/0
Gorilla Chieftain
: Regenerate Gorilla Chieftain.
"In the soil of leadership sprout the seeds of immortality."—Kaysa, Elder Druid of the Juniper
illus. Quinton Hoover # 235/0
Gravebane Zombie
If Gravebane Zombie would die, put Gravebane Zombie on top of its owner's library instead.
illus. Gary Leach # 133/0
Gravedigger
When Gravedigger enters the battlefield, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
A full coffin is like a full coffer—both are attractive to thieves.
illus. Dermot Power # 134/0
Greed
, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.
"There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontentment. And there is no greater disaster than greed."—Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching, (trans. Chan)
illus. Phil Foglio # 135/0
Grinning Totem
, , Sacrifice Grinning Totem: Search target opponent's library for a card and exile it. Then that player shuffles their library. Until the beginning of your next upkeep, you may play that card. At the beginning of your next upkeep, if you haven't played it, put it into its owner's graveyard.
illus. Donato Giancola # 288/0
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.
illus. Una Fricker # 236/0
Hammer of Bogardan
Hammer of Bogardan deals 3 damage to any target.
: Return Hammer of Bogardan from your graveyard to your hand. Activate this ability only during your upkeep.
illus. Ron Spencer # 188/0
Harmattan Efreet
Flying
: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
"One moment I was walking along the beach, and the next I was high in the air, staring into a hideous smiling face."—Tarub, Suq'Ata sailor
illus. Drew Tucker # 73/0
Havenwood Battleground
Havenwood Battleground enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
, Sacrifice Havenwood Battleground: Add .
illus. Liz Danforth # 325/0
Healing Salve
Choose one —
• Target player gains 3 life.
• Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
illus. Dan Frazier # 22/0
Heavy Ballista
: Heavy Ballista deals 2 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
"Archers, balliste—you can't even get near the island of Avenant."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
illus. Ron Spencer # 23/0
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.
illus. George Pratt # 136/0
Hero's Resolve
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+5.
"Destiny, chance, fate, fortune—they're all just ways of claiming your successes without claiming your failures."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
illus. Pete Venters # 24/0
Hidden Horror
When Hidden Horror enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you discard a creature card.
illus. Clint Langley # 137/0
Horned Turtle
"So like men are they: a hardened shell with fragile flesh beneath."—Selenia, dark angel
illus. DiTerlizzi # 74/0
Howl from Beyond
Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.
illus. John Coulthart # 138/0
Howling Mine
At the beginning of each player's draw step, if Howling Mine is untapped, that player draws an additional card.
illus. Mark Poole # 289/0
Hulking Cyclops
Hulking Cyclops can't block.
Anyone can get around a cyclops, but few can stand in its way.
illus. Paolo Parente # 189/0
Hurricane
Hurricane deals X damage to each creature with flying and each player.
illus. Andrew Robinson # 237/0
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.
illus. Tom Wänerstrand # 25/0
Illicit Auction
Each player may bid life for control of target creature. You start the bidding with a bid of 0. In turn order, each player may top the high bid. The bidding ends if the high bid stands. The high bidder loses life equal to the high bid and gains control of the creature. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
illus. Scott Kirschner # 190/0
Infantry Veteran
: Target attacking creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
"The true dishonor for a soldier is surviving the war."—Telim'Tor
illus. Christopher Rush # 26/0
Infernal Contract
Draw four cards. You lose half your life, rounded up.
"But I signed nothing"—Taraneh, Suq'Ata mage
illus. Roger Raupp # 139/0
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
illus. Mike Kerr # 191/0
Insight
Whenever an opponent casts a green spell, you draw a card.
"We can fight with you or against you. After my day, I'd prefer the former."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
illus. Ron Chironna # 75/0
Inspiration
Target player draws two cards.
"Madness and genius are separated only by degrees of success."—Sidar Jabari
illus. Zina Saunders # 76/0
Iron Star
Whenever a player casts a red spell, you may pay . If you do, you gain 1 life.
illus. Donato Giancola # 290/0
Ivory Cup
Whenever a player casts a white spell, you may pay . If you do, you gain 1 life.
illus. Donato Giancola # 291/0
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.
illus. Richard Kane Ferguson # 292/0
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.
illus. Tom Wänerstrand # 293/0
Jayemdae Tome
, : Draw a card.
illus. Mark Tedin # 294/0
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
illus. Mike Kerr # 192/0
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.
illus. Justin Hampton # 77/0
Karplusan Forest
: Add .
: Add or . Karplusan Forest deals 1 damage to you.
illus. Randy Gallegos # 326/0
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
illus. Kaja Foglio # 27/0
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
illus. Melissa A. Benson # 140/0
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
illus. L. A. Williams # 28/0
Lead Golem
Whenever Lead Golem attacks, it doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Slow and heavy swings the club.
illus. Hannibal King # 295/0
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
illus. Mike Raabe # 141/0
Library of Lat-Nam
An opponent chooses one —
• You draw three cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
• You search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle your library.
illus. Alan Rabinowitz # 78/0
Light of Day
Black creatures can't attack or block.
"I do not miss sunlight. The very memory of it burns my eyes."—Volrath
illus. Drew Tucker # 29/0
Lightning Blast
Lightning Blast deals 4 damage to any target.
"Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do."—Selenia, dark angel
illus. Richard Thomas # 193/0
Living Lands
All Forests are 1/1 creatures that are still lands.
illus. John Matson # 238/0
Llanowar Elves
: Add .
One bone broken for every twig snapped underfoot.—Llanowar penalty for trespassing
illus. Anson Maddocks # 239/0
Longbow Archer
First strike; reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
"If it bears wings, I will pin it to the skies over Tefemburu."—Roya, Zhalfirin archer
illus. Eric Peterson # 30/0
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.)
A master of tactics, the lord of Atlantis makes his people bold in battle merely by arriving to lead them.
illus. Melissa A. Benson # 79/0
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.
illus. Randy Asplund # 142/0
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.
illus. Anson Maddocks # 240/0
Mana Prism
: Add .
, : Add one mana of any color.
illus. Margaret Organ-Kean # 296/0
Mana Short
Tap all lands target player controls and that player loses all unspent mana.
illus. Dameon Willich # 80/0
Manabarbs
Whenever a player taps a land for mana, Manabarbs deals 1 damage to that player.
illus. Christopher Rush # 194/0
Marble Diamond
Marble Diamond enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
illus. Jeff Miracola # 297/0
Maro
Maro's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.
No two see the same Maro.
illus. Stuart Griffin # 241/0
Meekstone
Creatures with power 3 or greater don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.
When the mighty sleep, the lowly prowl.
illus. Quinton Hoover # 298/0
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.
"Um . . . oh . . . what was I saying?"—Reveka, wizard savant
illus. Mark Tedin # 81/0
Merfolk of the Pearl Trident
Are merfolk humans with fins, or are humans merfolk with feet?
illus. DiTerlizzi # 82/0
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 # 31/0
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.
illus. Kaja Foglio # 299/0
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.
illus. Liz Danforth # 143/0
Mischievous Poltergeist
Flying
Pay 1 life: Regenerate Mischievous Poltergeist.
"The past is a ghost that haunts you from the moment it exists until the moment you don't."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
illus. DiTerlizzi # 144/0
Moss Diamond
Moss Diamond enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
illus. Donato Giancola # 300/0
Mountain Goat
Mountainwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)
Only the heroic and the mad follow mountain goat trails.
illus. Cornelius Brudi # 195/0
Mystic Compass
, : Target land becomes the basic land type of your choice until end of turn.
illus. Amy Weber # 301/0
Mystical Tutor
Search your library for an instant or sorcery card and reveal that card. Shuffle your library, then put the card on top of it.
"To the tutors, a ‘poem of sand' was of little account, a ‘poem of ivory,' priceless."—Afari, Tales
illus. David O'Connor # 83/0
Nature's Resurgence
Each player draws a card for each creature card in their graveyard.
Spring follows winter—Elvish expression meaning"all things pass"
illus. Scott M. Fischer # 242/0
Necrosavant
, Sacrifice a creature: Return Necrosavant from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate this ability only during your upkeep.
illus. John Coulthart # 145/0
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.
As the poisoned land spreads, so does the nightmare's rage and terrifying strength.
illus. Melissa A. Benson # 146/0
Obsianus Golem
"The foot stone is connected to the ankle stone, the ankle stone is connected to the leg stone . . . ."—"Song of the Artificer"
illus. Jesper Myrfors # 302/0
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 # 196/0
Orcish Oriflamme
Attacking creatures you control get +1/+0.
illus. Dan Frazier # 197/0
Order of the Sacred Torch
, Pay 1 life: Counter target black spell.
A blazing light to drive out the shadows.
illus. Ruth Thompson # 32/0
Ornithopter
Flying
"It has been my honor to improve on the Thran's original design. Perhaps history will remember me in some small part for my work."—Urza, in his apprenticeship
illus. Amy Weber # 303/0
Pacifism
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block.
For the first time in his life, Grakk felt a little warm and fuzzy inside.
illus. Robert Bliss # 33/0
Painful Memories
Look at target opponent's hand and choose a card from it. Put that card on top of that player's library.
"It is terrible how one brief action can live forever in memory."—Jolrael
illus. John Coulthart # 147/0
Panther Warriors
The dogs of war are nothing compared to the cats.
illus. Eric Peterson # 243/0
Patagia Golem
: Patagia Golem gains flying until end of turn.
It scattered falcons like a lion hunting among jackals.
illus. Scott Kirschner # 304/0
Pearl Dragon
Flying
: Pearl Dragon gets +0/+1 until end of turn.
"They knew Bantau was lost when, to hide the pearl he had found on the beach, he swallowed it—and soon grew wings."—Hakim, Loreweaver
illus. Ian Miller # 34/0
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.
illus. Douglas Shuler # 305/0
Perish
Destroy all green creatures. They can't be regenerated.
"There will come a time when the voices of soil and seedling will sing only laments."—Oracle en-Vec
illus. Rebecca Guay # 148/0
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.
illus. Kev Walker # 149/0
Phantasmal Terrain
Enchant land
As Phantasmal Terrain enters the battlefield, choose a basic land type.
Enchanted land is the chosen type.
illus. David A. Cherry # 84/0
Phantom Warrior
Phantom Warrior can't be blocked.
The phantom warrior comes from nowhere and returns there just as quickly.
illus. John Matson # 85/0
Phyrexian Vault
, , Sacrifice a creature: Draw a card.
"The secrets of Phyrexia are expensive. You will pay in brass and bone, steel and sinew."—Kaervek
illus. Hannibal King # 306/0
Pillage
Destroy target artifact or land. It can't be regenerated.
illus. Richard Kane Ferguson # 198/0
Polymorph
Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a creature card. The player puts that card onto the battlefield, then shuffles all other cards revealed this way into their library.
"Ahh Opposable digits"
illus. Robert Bliss # 86/0
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. Mark Poole # 87/0
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
illus. Quinton Hoover # 244/0
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.)
illus. Adam Rex # 307/0
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.
illus. Douglas Shuler # 88/0
Prosperity
Each player draws X cards.
"Wealth is a good thing, compared to poverty—your food is better, your robes are softer, and your companions have bathed more recently."—Kukemssa pirate
illus. Dan Frazier # 89/0
Psychic Transfer
If the difference between your life total and target player's life total is 5 or less, exchange life totals with that player.
"The memory of your existence will fade like the final stars of morning."—Kaervek
illus. Dom # 90/0
Psychic Venom
Enchant land
Whenever enchanted land becomes tapped, Psychic Venom deals 2 damage to that land's controller.
illus. Brian Snoddy # 91/0
Pyrotechnics
Pyrotechnics deals 4 damage divided as you choose among any number of targets.
"Hiniya Behold the man of flint, that's me / Four lightnings zigzag from me, strike and return."—Navajo war chant
illus. Anson Maddocks # 199/0
Python
"How can you claim the gods are merciless when they robbed the snake of its limbs to give the other creatures a sporting chance?"—Hakim, Loreweaver
illus. Steve White # 150/0
Radjan Spirit
: Target creature loses flying until end of turn.
illus. Christopher Rush # 245/0
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?"
illus. Daniel Gelon # 151/0
Raging Goblin
Haste (This creature can attack and as soon as it comes under your control.)
He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.
illus. Jeff Miracola # 200/0
Raise Dead
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
The earth cannot hold that which magic commands.
illus. Charles Gillespie # 152/0
Rampant Growth
Search your library for a basic land card and put that card onto the battlefield tapped. Then shuffle your library.
Rath forces plants from its surface as one presses whey from cheese.
illus. Tom Kyffin # 246/0
Razortooth Rats
Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
"Men and rats both hunger: we for our playthings; they, for us."—Crovax
illus. Brian Horton # 153/0
Recall
Discard X cards, then return a card from your graveyard to your hand for each card discarded this way. Exile Recall.
illus. Brian Snoddy # 92/0
Reckless Embermage
: Reckless Embermage deals 1 damage to any target and 1 damage to itself.
Many mages have been consumed by their work.
illus. Tom Kyffin # 201/0
Redwood Treefolk
The soldiers chopped and chopped, and still the great tree stood, frowning down at them.
illus. Steve Luke # 247/0
Regal Unicorn
Unicorns don't care if you believe in them any more than you care if they believe in you.
illus. Zina Saunders # 35/0
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.)
illus. Quinton Hoover # 248/0
Relearn
Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
"Barrin taught me that the hardest lessons to grasp are the ones you've already learned."—Ertai, wizard adept
illus. Zina Saunders # 93/0
Relentless Assault
Untap all creatures that attacked this turn. After this main phase, there is an additional combat phase followed by an additional main phase.
"Flog and Squee / Up the tree / See the army / Flee, flee, flee."—Goblin nursery rhyme/war cry
illus. Geofrey Darrow # 202/0
Remedy
Prevent the next 5 damage that would be dealt this turn to any number of targets, divided as you choose.
"These things will protect you while I'm gone, remind you of my love for you."—"Love Song of Night and Day"
illus. Zina Saunders # 36/0
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.
illus. Mike Dringenberg # 94/0
Reprisal
Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater. It can't be regenerated.
"The meek shall fight as one, and they shall overcome even the greatest of foes."—Halvor Arenson, Kjeldoran priest
illus. Randy Asplund # 37/0
Resistance Fighter
Sacrifice Resistance Fighter: Prevent all combat damage target creature would deal this turn.
"My soldiers fought without hesitation, died without doubt."—Sidar Jabari
illus. Cecil Fernando # 38/0
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.
illus. Thomas Gianni # 39/0
River Boa
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
: Regenerate River Boa.
"But no one heard the snake's gentle hiss for peace over the elephant's trumpeting of war."—Afari, Tales
illus. Steve White # 249/0
Rod of Ruin
, : Rod of Ruin deals 1 damage to any target.
illus. Christopher Rush # 308/0
Rowen
Reveal the first card you draw each turn. Whenever you reveal a basic land card this way, draw a card.
"I've dreamt of a second harvest but fear I will not see it."—Asmira, holy avenger
illus. Jon J. Muth # 250/0
Ruins of Trokair
Ruins of Trokair enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
, Sacrifice Ruins of Trokair: Add .
illus. Liz Danforth # 327/0
Sabretooth Tiger
First strike
"I fear anything with teeth measured in handspans"—Norin the Wary
illus. Melissa A. Benson # 203/0
Sage Owl
Flying
When Sage Owl enters the battlefield, look at the top four cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
The owl asks but never answers.
illus. Mark Poole # 95/0
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.
illus. Tom Wänerstrand # 40/0
Scaled Wurm
"Flourishing during the Ice Age, these wurms 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
illus. Daniel Gelon # 251/0
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"
illus. Jesper Myrfors # 154/0
Sea Monster
Sea Monster can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.
Water is life. Or perhaps it is just something to wash it down with.
illus. Daniel Gelon # 96/0
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 # 97/0
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.
illus. David A. Cherry # 155/0
Serenity
At the beginning of your upkeep, destroy all artifacts and enchantments. They can't be regenerated.
"Just think of me as the storm before the calm."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
illus. Cliff Nielsen # 41/0
Serra's Blessing
Creatures you control have vigilance. (Attacking doesn't cause them to tap.)
"I have seen your strength imbued in angels' wings, and I have felt your sorrow rain down on the ruins brought by the Lord of the Wastes."—Hanna, Weatherlight navigator
illus. Rebecca Guay # 42/0
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.
illus. Gary Leach # 252/0
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.
illus. James Allen # 205/0
Shock
Shock deals 2 damage to any target.
Lightning tethers souls to the world.—Kor saying
illus. Randy Gallegos # 206/0
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.
illus. Ron Spencer # 98/0
Skull Catapult
, , Sacrifice a creature: Skull Catapult deals 2 damage to any target.
"What manner of fiend would design such a sadistic device?"—Sorine Relicbane, Soldevi heretic
illus. Ian Miller # 309/0
Sky Diamond
Sky Diamond enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
illus. D. Alexander Gregory # 310/0
Snake Basket
, Sacrifice Snake Basket: Create X 1/1 green Snake creature tokens. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.
"Uh, does anyone have a flute?"—Rana, Suq'Ata market fool
illus. Roger Raupp # 311/0
Soldevi Sage
, Sacrifice two lands: Draw three cards, then discard one of them.
"To hide the truth is more than folly—it is fatal." —Sorine Relicbane, Soldevi heretic
illus. Carol Heyer # 99/0
Soul Net
Whenever a creature dies, you may pay . If you do, you gain 1 life.
illus. Andrew Robinson # 312/0
Spell Blast
Counter target spell with converted mana cost X. (For example, if that spell's mana cost is , X is 5.)
Call it the thinking mage's version of brute force.
illus. Greg Simanson # 100/0
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.
illus. Kaja Foglio # 43/0
Spitting Drake
Flying
: Spitting Drake gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate this ability only once each turn.
It prefers its meals cooked.
illus. Geofrey Darrow # 207/0
Spitting Earth
Spitting Earth deals damage to target creature equal to the number of Mountains you control.
"There are times solid ground gives precious little comfort."—Talibah, embermage
illus. Brian Snoddy # 208/0
Stalking Tiger
Stalking Tiger can't be blocked by more than one creature.
In the Jamuraan jungles, there is often no separating beauty from danger.
illus. Terese Nielsen # 253/0
Standing Troops
Vigilance
The less you have, the harder you fight for it.
illus. Daren Bader # 44/0
Staunch Defenders
When Staunch Defenders enters the battlefield, you gain 4 life.
"Hold your position Leave doubt for the dying"—Tahngarth of the Weatherlight
illus. Mark Poole # 45/0
Stone Rain
Destroy target land.
illus. John Matson # 209/0
Storm Cauldron
Each player may play an additional land during each of their turns.
Whenever a land is tapped for mana, return it to its owner's hand.
illus. Dan Frazier # 313/0
Storm Crow
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Storm crow descending, winter unending.Storm crow departing, summer is starting.
illus. Una Fricker # 101/0
Strands of Night
, Pay 2 life, Sacrifice a Swamp: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
"I have seen the night torn into thin darkling strips and woven into shapes too bleak for dreams."—Crovax
illus. Patrick Kochakji # 156/0
Stream of Life
Target player gains X life.
illus. Terese Nielsen # 254/0
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 # 157/0
Stupor
Target opponent discards a card at random, then discards a card.
There are medicines for all afflictions but idleness.—Suq'Ata saying
illus. Mike Kimble # 158/0
Sulfurous Springs
: Add .
: Add or . Sulfurous Springs deals 1 damage to you.
illus. Jeff Miracola # 328/0
Summer Bloom
You may play up to three additional lands this turn.
Summer sends its kiss with warmth and blooming life.
illus. Kaja Foglio # 255/0
Sunweb
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Flying
Sunweb can't block creatures with power 2 or less.
"There is no sweeter music than the wails of a dying dragon."—Rashida Scalebane
illus. Dan Frazier # 46/0
Svyelunite Temple
Svyelunite Temple enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
, Sacrifice Svyelunite Temple: Add .
illus. Liz Danforth # 329/0
Syphon Soul
Syphon Soul deals 2 damage to each other player. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.
illus. Melissa A. Benson # 159/0
Talruum Minotaur
Haste
Don't insult a Talruum unless your mount is swift. —Suq'Ata saying
illus. Pete Venters # 210/0
Tariff
Each player sacrifices the creature they control with the highest converted mana cost unless they pay that creature's mana cost. If two or more creatures a player controls are tied for highest cost, that player chooses one.
illus. Kev Walker # 47/0
Teferi's Puzzle Box
At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player puts the cards in their hand on the bottom of their library in any order, then draws that many cards.
illus. Kaja Foglio # 314/0
Terror
Destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.
illus. Ron Spencer # 160/0
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.
illus. Sandra Everingham # 315/0
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.
illus. Dan Frazier # 256/0
Throne of Bone
Whenever a player casts a black spell, you may pay . If you do, you gain 1 life.
illus. Donato Giancola # 316/0
Tidal Surge
Tap up to three target creatures without flying.
"It is nature that gives us our boundaries and nature that enforces them."—Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
illus. Doug Chaffee # 102/0
Trained Armodon
These are its last days. Better to grow broad and heavy. Better that the enemy is crushed beneath its carcass.
illus. Gary Leach # 257/0
Tranquil Grove
: Destroy all other enchantments.
illus. Dylan Martens # 258/0
Tranquility
Destroy all enchantments.
illus. Douglas Shuler # 259/0
Tremor
Tremor deals 1 damage to each creature without flying.
"Where do you run when the earth becomes your enemy?"—Naimag, Femeref philosopher
illus. Pete Venters # 211/0
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.
illus. Quinton Hoover # 48/0
Uktabi Orangutan
When Uktabi Orangutan enters the battlefield, destroy target artifact.
"Is it true that the apes wear furs of gold when they marry?"—Rana, Suq'Ata market fool
illus. Una Fricker # 260/0
Uktabi Wildcats
Uktabi Wildcats's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Forests you control.
, Sacrifice a Forest: Regenerate Uktabi Wildcats.
illus. John Matson # 261/0
Underground River
: Add .
: Add or . Underground River deals 1 damage to you.
illus. Jeff Miracola # 330/0
Unseen Walker
Forestwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)
: Target creature gains forestwalk until end of turn.
"To pass through the jungle: silence, courtesy, ferocity, as the occasion demands."—Kamau, "Proper Passage"
illus. Alan Rabinowitz # 262/0
Unsummon
Return target creature to its owner's hand.
illus. Douglas Shuler # 103/0
Untamed Wilds
Search your library for a basic land card and put that card onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.
illus. NéNé Thomas # 263/0
Unyaro Griffin
Flying
Sacrifice Unyaro Griffin: Counter target red instant or sorcery spell.
The griffin's shadow gives courage to the righteous and dread to the idle.
illus. Al Davidson # 49/0
Vampiric Tutor
Search your library for a card, then shuffle your library and put that card on top of it. You lose 2 life.
"I write upon clean white parchment with a sharp quill and the blood of my students, divining their secrets."—Shauku, Endbringer
illus. Gary Leach # 161/0
Venerable Monk
When Venerable Monk enters the battlefield, you gain 2 life.
His presence brings not only a strong arm but also renewed hope.
illus. D. Alexander Gregory # 50/0
Verduran Enchantress
Whenever you cast an enchantment spell, you may draw a card.
Some say magic was first practiced by women, who have always felt strong ties to the land.
illus. Kev Brockschmidt # 264/0
Vertigo
Vertigo deals 2 damage to target creature with flying. That creature loses flying until end of turn.
"I saw the wizard gesturing, but I didn't guess his plan until my aesthir cried out and went into a dive."—Arna Kennerüd, skyknight
illus. Drew Tucker # 212/0
Viashino Warrior
"When traveling the Great Desert avoid wearing the scales of lizards, for the Viashino rule the sands and look poorly on the skinning of their cousins."—Zhalfirin Guide to the Desert
illus. Roger Raupp # 213/0
Vitalize
Untap all creatures you control.
"After waking to the magic of Llanowar, no dreams can compare."—Mirri of the Weatherlight
illus. Pete Venters # 265/0
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
illus. Melissa A. Benson # 104/0
Volcanic Dragon
Flying
Haste (This creature can attack and as soon as it comes under your control.)
Speed and fire are always a deadly combination.
illus. Janine Johnston # 214/0
Volcanic Geyser
Volcanic Geyser deals X damage to any target.
My thunder comes before the lightning; my lightning comes before the clouds; my rain dries all the land it touches. What am I?—Femeref riddle
illus. David O'Connor # 215/0
Waiting in the Weeds
Each player creates a 1/1 green Cat creature token for each untapped Forest they control.
The trees have ears, eyes, and teeth.
illus. Susan Van Camp # 266/0
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
illus. Richard Thomas # 105/0
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
illus. Richard Thomas # 216/0
Wall of Swords
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Flying
Sharper than wind, lighter than air.
illus. Brian Snoddy # 51/0
Wand of Denial
: Look at the top card of target player's library. If it's a nonland card, you may pay 2 life. If you do, put it into that player's graveyard.
You'll never miss what you never had.
illus. Steve Luke # 317/0
Warmth
Whenever an opponent casts a red spell, you gain 2 life.
"Flame grows gentle with but a little distance."—Orim, Samite healer
illus. Drew Tucker # 52/0
Warrior's Honor
Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
illus. D. Alexander Gregory # 53/0
Warthog
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
"Too much work—it takes a long time to break them in, and more than a few recruits."—Grebog, goblin swine-rider
illus. Steve White # 267/0
Wild Growth
Enchant land
Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional .
illus. Pat Morrissey # 268/0
Wind Drake
Flying
"No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings."—William Blake,The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
illus. Zina Saunders # 106/0
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?"
illus. Kaja Foglio # 107/0
Wooden Sphere
Whenever a player casts a green spell, you may pay . If you do, you gain 1 life.
illus. Donato Giancola # 318/0
Worldly Tutor
Search your library for a creature card and reveal that card. Shuffle your library, then put the card on top of it.
"Aselbo soon had the rhino eating from his palm and the snake waiting at his heels."—Afari, Tales
illus. David O'Connor # 269/0
Wrath of God
Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.
illus. Quinton Hoover # 54/0
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
illus. Susan Van Camp # 270/0
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.
illus. Jeff A. Menges # 162/0
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.
illus. Liz Danforth # 108/0
