Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas Spoilers 80/0
Show TextAgeless Entity
Whenever you gain life, put that many +1/+1 counters on Ageless Entity.
Tel-Jilad's sworn protectors are the trolls, yet more fearsome protectors were created by the Tangle itself.
illus. Jeff Miracola # 18/0
Agonizing Demise
Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. If this spell was kicked, Agonizing Demise deals damage equal to that creature's power to the creature's controller.
illus. Mark Brill # 66/0
Ajani Vengeant
+1: Target permanent doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
−2: Ajani Vengeant deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.
−7: Destroy all lands target player controls.
illus. Izzy # 1/0
Ajani's Mantra
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may gain 1 life.
"He hasn't returned to the Cloud Forest. But I can still sense his calming presence."—Zaliki of Naya
illus. James Paick # 22/0
Ajani's Pridemate
Whenever you gain life, you may put a +1/+1 counter on Ajani's Pridemate.
"When one of us prospers, the pride prospers."—Jazal Goldmane
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 9/0
Behemoth Sledge
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has trample and lifelink.
Equip
"May this grant you all the strength of the behemoths and none of their serenity."—Ajani
illus. Dave Allsop # 28/0
Blazing Specter
Flying, haste
Whenever Blazing Specter deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card.
illus. Marc Fishman # 52/0
Brackwater Elemental
When Brackwater Elemental attacks or blocks, sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
Unearth (: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)
illus. Thomas M. Baxa # 46/0
Briarhorn
Flash
When Briarhorn enters the battlefield, target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
Evoke (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters the battlefield.)
illus. Nils Hamm # 14/0
Canyon Wildcat
Mountainwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)
"Relative of yours?" Ertai teased. Mirri simply sneered.
illus. Gary Leach # 6/0
Countersquall
Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller loses 2 life.
"The essence of every world, every spell, and every thought is power. Nothing else matters, because nothing else exists."—Nicol Bolas
illus. Anthony Francisco # 59/0
Cruel Ultimatum
Target opponent sacrifices a creature, discards three cards, then loses 5 life. You return a creature card from your graveyard to your hand, draw three cards, then gain 5 life.
There is always a greater power.
illus. Ralph Horsley # 69/0
Crumbling Necropolis
Crumbling Necropolis enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add , , or .
"They say the ruins of Sedraxis were once a shining capital in Vithia. Now it is a blight, a place to be avoided by the living."—Olcot, Rider of Joffik
illus. Dave Kendall # 74/0
Deep Analysis
Target player draws two cards.
Flashback—, Pay 3 life. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
"No fact escapes me. Why do you think you can?"
illus. Jesper Ejsing # 65/0
Dimir Cutpurse
Whenever Dimir Cutpurse deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card and you draw a card.
Other guilds demand tolls from those who travel their territories, but not House Dimir. It takes its share secretly, one coin purse at a time.
illus. Kev Walker # 49/0
Elder Mastery
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has flying.
Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to a player, that player discards two cards.
Taste his power, hunger for his command.
illus. Dave Allsop # 68/0
Essence Warden
Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life.
"The more our numbers grow, the more I gain hope that Volrath and his cursed stronghold will one day fall."—Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
illus. Terese Nielsen # 3/0
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 # 32/0
Fire-Field Ogre
First strike
Unearth (: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)
illus. Mitch Cotie # 53/0
Firemane Angel
Flying, first strike
At the beginning of your upkeep, if Firemane Angel is in your graveyard or on the battlefield, you may gain 1 life.
: Return Firemane Angel from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate this ability only during your upkeep.
illus. Matt Cavotta # 21/0
Fleetfoot Panther
Flash
When Fleetfoot Panther enters the battlefield, return a green or white creature you control to its owner's hand.
illus. Mark Brill # 12/0
Graypelt Refuge
Graypelt Refuge enters the battlefield tapped.
When Graypelt Refuge enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life.
: Add or .
illus. Philip Straub # 33/0
Grazing Gladehart
Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you may gain 2 life.
"Don't be fooled. If it were as docile as it looks, it would've died off long ago."—Yon Basrel, Oran-Rief survivalist
illus. Ryan Pancoast # 11/0
Griffin Guide
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying.
When enchanted creature dies, create a 2/2 white Griffin creature token with flying.
illus. Jim Nelson # 25/0
Grixis Charm
Choose one —
• Return target permanent to its owner's hand.
• Target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.
• Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn.
"So many choices. Shall I choose loathing, hate, or malice today?"—Eliza of the Keep
illus. Lars Grant-West # 63/0
Hellfire Mongrel
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if that player has two or fewer cards in hand, Hellfire Mongrel deals 2 damage to that player.
There is no fondness between the hound and its master. There is only a common appreciation of the hunt.
illus. Dan Scott # 48/0
Icy Manipulator
, : Tap target artifact, creature, or land.
In fire there is the spark of chaos and destruction, the seed of life. In ice there is perfect tranquility, perfect order, and the silence of death.
illus. Matt Cavotta # 64/0
Igneous Pouncer
Haste
Swampcycling , mountaincycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.)
illus. Chippy # 57/0
Jade Mage
: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
"We are one with the wild things. Life blooms from our fingertips and nature responds to our summons."—Jade creed
illus. Izzy # 7/0
Jhessian Zombies
Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
Islandcycling , swampcycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.)
illus. Ash Wood # 56/0
Jungle Shrine
Jungle Shrine enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add , , or .
On Naya, ambition and treachery are scarce, hunted nearly to extinction by the awe owed to terrestrial gods.
illus. Wayne Reynolds # 34/0
Kazandu Refuge
Kazandu Refuge enters the battlefield tapped.
When Kazandu Refuge enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life.
: Add or .
illus. Franz Vohwinkel # 35/0
Kird Ape
Kird Ape gets +1/+2 as long as you control a Forest.
Apes can be gentle, contemplative beasts—but context is everything.
illus. Terese Nielsen # 2/0
Lead the Stampede
Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal any number of creature cards from among them and put the revealed cards into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
illus. Efrem Palacios # 24/0
Lightning Helix
Lightning Helix deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.
"Rage is not the answer. Rage followed by fitting vengeance is the answer."—Ajani
illus. Raymond Swanland # 23/0
Loam Lion
Loam Lion gets +1/+2 as long as you control a Forest.
In Zendikar, today's grassland could be tomorrow's jungle, and hunting grounds change as quickly as the weather.
illus. Daniel Ljunggren # 5/0
Loxodon Hierarch
When Loxodon Hierarch enters the battlefield, you gain 4 life.
, Sacrifice Loxodon Hierarch: Regenerate each creature you control.
"I have lived long, and I remember how this city once was. If my death serves to bring back the Ravnica in my memory, then so be it."
illus. Kev Walker # 15/0
Marisi's Twinclaws
Double strike
"Looks like we're completely outnumbered.""Lucky for us. I thought we'd be bored."
illus. Izzy # 17/0
Morgue Toad
Sacrifice Morgue Toad: Add .
"The toads of Urborg aren't fast, powerful, or pleasant, but they have their uses."—Ertai
illus. Franz Vohwinkel # 47/0
Moroii
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life.
"Touched by moroii"—Undercity slang meaning "to grow old"
illus. Dan Scott # 51/0
Nacatl Hunt-Pride
Vigilance
, : Target creature can't block this turn.
, : Target creature blocks this turn if able.
"We must hunt and kill the dragon before it can return to raze our ancient city."
illus. Steve Prescott # 20/0
Naya Charm
Choose one —
• Naya Charm deals 3 damage to target creature.
• Return target card from a graveyard to its owner's hand.
• Tap all creatures target player controls.
Deep in nature's core lies a potential unsullied by greed or civilization.
illus. Jesper Ejsing # 29/0
Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
+3: Destroy target noncreature permanent.
−2: Gain control of target creature.
−9: Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker deals 7 damage to target player or planeswalker. That player or that planeswalker's controller discards seven cards, then sacrifices seven permanents.
illus. Izzy # 42/0
Nightscape Familiar
Blue spells and red spells you cast cost less to cast.
: Regenerate Nightscape Familiar.
Nightscape masters don't stop at raising the spirit of a fallen battlemage. They raise the flesh along with it.
illus. Jeff Easley # 44/0
Obelisk of Grixis
: Add , , or .
Like most features of Grixis, the obelisks that remain from the time of Alara now exist only for dark exploitation.
illus. Nils Hamm # 60/0
Ogre Savant
When Ogre Savant enters the battlefield, if was spent to cast Ogre Savant, return target creature to its owner's hand.
He's an oxymoron.
illus. Parente # 55/0
Pain // Suffering
Target player discards a card.
illus. David Martin # 72/0
Pride of Lions
You may have Pride of Lions assign its combat damage as though it weren't blocked.
There's only one thing worse than a hungry lion—many hungry lions.
illus. Carl Critchlow # 19/0
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 # 70/0
Qasali Pridemage
Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
, Sacrifice Qasali Pridemage: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
An elder in one pride, of the Sigiled caste in another.
illus. Chris Rahn # 10/0
Recoil
Return target permanent to its owner's hand. Then that player discards a card.
Anything sent into a plagued world is bound to come back infected.
illus. Alan Pollack # 61/0
Recumbent Bliss
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may gain 1 life.
Kithkin somnomancers enjoy the peaceful dreams wafting from their victims.
illus. Todd Lockwood # 26/0
Rise // Fall
Return target creature card from a graveyard and target creature on the battlefield to their owners' hands.
illus. Pete Venters # 73/0
Rupture Spire
Rupture Spire enters the battlefield tapped.
When Rupture Spire enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you pay .
: Add one mana of any color.
illus. Jaime Jones # 75/0
Sapseep Forest
(: Add .)
Sapseep Forest enters the battlefield tapped.
, : You gain 1 life. Activate this ability only if you control two or more green permanents.
illus. Aleksi Briclot # 36/0
Searing Meditation
Whenever you gain life, you may pay . If you do, Searing Meditation deals 2 damage to any target.
"When I meditate I see the world as it should be. All that does not fit, I remove."—Alovnek, Boros guildmage
illus. Dave Dorman # 27/0
Shriekmaw
Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
When Shriekmaw enters the battlefield, destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature.
Evoke (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters the battlefield.)
illus. Steve Prescott # 54/0
Slave of Bolas
Gain control of target creature. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
Nicol Bolas doesn't distinguish between servants and victims.
illus. Steve Argyle # 67/0
Slavering Nulls
Whenever Slavering Nulls deals combat damage to a player, if you control a Swamp, you may have that player discard a card.
Having lost their minds, they now want yours.
illus. Dave Kendall # 45/0
Spite // Malice
Counter target noncreature spell.
illus. David Martin # 71/0
Spitemare
Whenever Spitemare is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to any target.
"I knew a creature carved from a dream of wild freedom. Any attempt to leash or exploit it failed, and at terrible cost."—Ashling
illus. Matt Cavotta # 16/0
Steamcore Weird
When Steamcore Weird enters the battlefield, if was spent to cast Steamcore Weird, it deals 2 damage to any target.
Like many Izzet creations, weirds are based on wild contradictions yet somehow manage to work.
illus. Justin Norman # 50/0
Surveilling Sprite
Flying
When Surveilling Sprite dies, you may draw a card.
Their natural curiosity, combined with a knack for trespassing, makes sprites excellent spies.
illus. Terese Nielsen # 43/0
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 # 30/0
Sylvan Ranger
When Sylvan Ranger enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.
"Not all paths are found on the forest floor."
illus. Christopher Moeller # 8/0
Terramorphic Expanse
, Sacrifice Terramorphic Expanse: Search your library for a basic land card and put it onto the battlefield tapped. Then shuffle your library.
Take two steps north into the unsettled future, south into the unquiet past, east into the present day, or west into the great unknown.
illus. Dan Scott # 76/0
Titanic Ultimatum
Until end of turn, creatures you control get +5/+5 and gain first strike, trample, and lifelink.
"Retribution is best delivered by claws and rage, with both magnified."—Ajani
illus. Steve Prescott # 31/0
Undermine
Counter target spell. Its controller loses 3 life.
"Which would you like first, the insult or the injury?"
illus. Massimilano Frezzato # 62/0
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
illus. Raymond Swanland # 58/0
Vitu-Ghazi, the City-Tree
: Add .
, : Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
In the autumn, she casts her seeds across the streets below, and come spring, her children rise in service to the Conclave.
illus. Martina Pilcerova # 37/0
Wild Nacatl
Wild Nacatl gets +1/+1 as long as you control a Mountain.
Wild Nacatl gets +1/+1 as long as you control a Plains.
"The Cloud Nacatl sit and think, a bunch of soft paws. We are the Claws of Marisi, stalking, pouncing, drawing blood."
illus. Wayne Reynolds # 4/0
Woolly Thoctar
One of the most ferocious and deadly gargantuans, the thoctar never sees its worshippers, but it often awakens surrounded by gifts and sacrifices.
illus. Wayne Reynolds # 13/0
