This set is a redesign of Magic using modern Magic design conventions and innovations, but significantly altering core concepts of the game.
The Color Pie has been restructured.
Subtypes have been added to all cards, and creature types have been consolidated.
Power levels have been reestablished for different card types.
Rules language and keywords have been rewritten. New keywords have been introduced.
Existing card names and art have been used for this reimagining of the game, mostly from ABU, but a few others from other sets when the flavor dictated. I tried very hard to stick to early sets whenever able.
I recommend you take a look at it along with the text spoiler because many of these cards work better when you can see the finished product.
Color Pie Redistribution
The abilities shared by the game’s five colors have been moved around in an effort to balance each color and make things more equal. Additionally, Reboot was designed so that each color has a card type focus and card type hatred. For each Color, you can move around the wheel 3 colors clockwise to find the type it is best suited at destroying. This means enemy colors are also more literally enemy colors. Here are the details of each colors focus and hatred.
WHITE: With each color I wanted to strengthen it such that it wasn’t always acting as a splash color to other deck archetypes. Every color should bring something to the table. This was especially obvious in White, which is less reactive and can win games on its own. It still has protection and damage prevention, but this is supplemental to a strong creature base and card draw. I had to reexamine White’s philosophy once I assigned Artifacts as its favorite card type. Now it’s more focused on civilization and trying to maintain the status quo. It uses artifacts to make life easy and peaceful. It’s not a far stretch from its more traditional viewpoint. Its dislike of the Enchantment type is described as a dislike of getting things the easy way. Enchantments are a shortcut to honest labor. Armies need to be raised and trained, artifacts, need to be built. Enchantments are seen as a crutch of the weak willed.
White has lost its ability to destroy artifacts. It is the artifact color, and as such the last color that would try and destroy them. It has also lost its ability to destroy creatures. For both card types, it will need to rely on soft counters and superior combat skills to survive.
White has lost “Pacifism” effects to Red which now is the color of combat manipulation.
White has gained a lot in this set. The biggest gain by far is card draw. Now White has the gas it needs to make its creature strategy successful. It is not as good with creatures are Green or Red, but card draw supplements this strategy, where Red can run out of gas if it doesn’t win outright, and green can draw cards if a creature dies, so that’s more recyling than pure card draw advantage.
White also has gained counter spells, but before you think of it as traditional Blue 2.0, its counterspells are soft, more in the vein of taxing than outright denial.
White also has gained the traditional Black ability of graveyard hosing. It has had it to a limited capacity in traditional Magic, but now it is the only color that can remove cards in the graveyard from the game. (The Removed-from-the-game zone has been renamed the void in Reboot.) Since the zones all play a large role in Magic, this move is not insignificant.
Another ability White has gained is giving a creature -1/-1. This is not the same as –X/-X which remains Black, but really is more of an ability designed to clear the board of weenies rather than act as creature removal, which White has lost. From a flavor perspective, the creature has shrunk as opposed to the traditional explanation that the creature is sick or weakened.
BLUE: Blue’s favorite card type is Land and its least favorite type is Planeswalker. Blue’s focus on knowledge and preparation was directed towards exploration and physical perfection along with its typical mental focus. And it’s manipulation of time allows it to fight its enemies when they were less powerful, or it was more prepared.
Blue has lost straight up card draw to White. What it has kept instead is card filtering, like Ponder, and Looter abilities, where it draws and then discards. So really what it has left is card selection.
Blue has also lost the ability to change land types. That ability exists in an artifact card, Mystic Compass and if it were put in a color, it would now ship over to Green.
Landwalk does not exist in the Reboot, and Islandwalk traditionally has been heavily used in blue creature design. Flying and protection replace this evasion ability.
Blue has also lost Shroud, which is solely Green now. Protection again approximates this keyword’s ability, though to a more limited capacity.
Blue has lost its Bounce effects to White and Black.
The biggest change to Blue, is that it is the Land-focused color, and as such it has gained the land search ability from traditional Green. But in assigning mechanics to colors, I have separated land search and color filtering. I wanted green to be able to provide different colors of mana, and blue really to be able to find other Islands or Nodes exclusively. This distinction may trouble some, since it means blue gets Wood Elves and not Farhaven Elf, but I wanted mechanics to have a lot of presence across the color wheel and mana filitering and land search are deep enough design spaces, that it’s okay to split hairs here.
Similar to Land search, Blue also has permanent mana acceleration, so Llanowar Elf is blue (actually it’s an Artifact that you can cast for U called Frozen Heart.) and Birds of Paradise are now blue. Instead of using this mana acceleration to ramp up to big creatures like traditional Green, Blue will be able to provide counter support, while still laying threats down each turn.
Another addition to Blue comes from its ability to hose Planeswalkers. It can remove chips from permanents and destroy tokens. This has been an unused mechanic in traditional Magic, but rather than make a narrow card the says “Destroy target planeswalker” and wanted a more elegant approach. So blue can steal or remove chips. Most of the time this will affect +1/+1 chips.
Another gain for blue comes from the eradication of a “worst Creature color” philosophy. It will no longer have to overpay for creatures, and it has some surprising bodies. However, it is not the most aggressive color so those creatures aren’t going to be red-zone bound, like Green or Red. Its creatures are more defensive, so they will have a higher toughness often times, as well as useful abilities. For example, the Mana Flare ability has been shifted to blue, but this time it’s on a highly defensive creature rather than an enchantment.
Blue has also gained a little bit of discard, allowing them to look at a player’s hand and have that player discard a card of their choice.
BLACK: Black has moved beyond the graveyard a bit and revels in a little selfishness. Black’s new favorite card type is Enchantment which, I think, reflects in its flavor of making bargains for power. They will do unnatural and ungodly things for their own selfish needs, and casting Enchantments is a quick and easy method of doing so. Black’s least favorite card type remains Creatures, and it’s obvious that this is a carry over from traditional Magic. Black is given a wider variety of hating creatures then usual.
Black has lost its ability to remove cards in a graveyard from the game, (the ability has been moved to White.)
Black has lost its spot as the best tutor color. That ability has been spread out among all the colors, with each of them being best at searching for their favorite card type. Cards like Demonic Tutor simply don’t exist in this set and as such, Black loses an important mechanic.
Black has been forced to share discard with Red and Blue. What it has retained is discard at instant speed.
Black can now do more than reanimate creatures - it has taken universal recursion from Green. Now it can put any card in the graveyard back into its hand.
Black has the “gain control” mechanic, formerly in Blue, (though Red still retains temporary effects for creature targets, like Threaten.) This mechanic is mostly represented with Enchantments, though Sorcery versions would be appropriate.
Black has gained Bounce effects as cheap creature removal.
Black has also gained spell redirection from Blue and Red, though the flavor of the mechanic is tied to sacrificing other resources to protect your interests.
Black also can counter spells, though it would need to pay for it with life, or limited targeting choices.
Black can animate lands, an ability that is traditionally Green. Since it sits right next to the Land color, it needed some lesser land related ability. White has “gain control of a land” and Black now can animate them.
Black also has some smaller artifact destruction abilities, like countering an artifact spell. This is because it is across from White, the “artifact color.”
RED: Red has had a lot of adjustment, as direct damage has been redistributed across Blue, Black and Red. And land destruction has been moved over to Green. A major refocus came when I assigned planeswalker as Red’s favorite card type. There aren’t a lot of planeswalker cards in the game, and you don’t need many of them on the board, so it would be hard to show how it favors them. Also, as they are a new type, WotC has done only a little to support them, so a lot of the cards were created from scratch. Red’s least favorite type is Artifact, and its traditional ability to destroy artifacts remains. Also, in order to cast a stronger contrast between Red and White, I have given red greater ability to manipulate combat by forcing creatures to attack, or preventing them from being able to attack.
Red has lost a lot of its smaller creature base, since it is now the color of mana acceleration similar to Dark Ritual.
Red is the Planeswalker color, and can search for them, its creatures get a boost when they are on the board and you can get mana by using their abilities.
Red has expanded its ability to generate additional combat steps, so that it is a much more common effect. Since its suite of keywords favor combat so much, this is a nice way to give it some added oomph.
Red has gained random discard effects, this time allowing you to force an opponent to discard at random, rather than randomly discarding yourself for effects. Red’s chaotic elements will be more focused on opponents rather than itself in Reboot.
Red can now gain control of spells until end of turn, and not just creatures. And since spells only last of the moment, they can get the most out of them.
Red is now the best color at quick mana and short term gains in mana sources. So it can play Dark Ritual type spells. Because it is also adept at direct damage, it also has twisted mana production to allow it to add mana to any player’s mana pool, as a sneaky source of direct damage for the unprepared.
GREEN: Its favorite card type is creatures and its least favorite is land. Green had always been the land color, being able to search for lands, play more lands a turn, etc. This allowed a mana ramp play style, where the color would power out lands and then use them to cast big creatures.The new philosophy of the color is growth based on creatures. So more of an evolution identity and less a connected to the mana lines. In fact it is the land destruction color, using natural disasters and big creatures as its means. The flavor of its rejecting mana acceleration and lands, is the idea that you are cultivating and controlling the wild, and those things should not be controlled.
Green has lost land searching, mana acceleration and general land manipulation. All it has left is the ability to filter mana into different colors.
Green has lost in color regeneration.
Green has flying creatures more commonly that it would in traditional Magic. In fact, as the creature color and also the color of mana filtration, green has access to a lot of keywords that normally only exist in other colors. I like this approach as it shows another way a color can be the “creature color.”
Green is the Clone color, only this time the effect is based on adaptation and evolution. A straight up Clone creature isn’t in the set, but Cocoon gets the point across at the uncommon level.
Green is now the #1 land destruction color.
Green has the ability to cause lifeloss like Black. In the same way that direct damage was taken from Red and spread out, life loss was shared to allow different card concepts to be created.
Green still has Giant Growth effects, but it also has Nantuko Husk. There is a greater emphasis on recycling in the color thanks to Replenish (See new keywords) so sacrificing creatures for effects has been added to it’s mechanics.
Green has many more instant speed combat tricks than in traditional Magic, mostly related to creatures with Flash.
Creature Types
There was a great focus on creature types for this set. Not only to streamline and reduce the amount used, but also to be sure that this consolidation resulted in types that are spread out and shared by multiple colors. There was an effort to give every color pair and every three-color shard a creature type in common with each other. There were also some types that only exist in a single color. Some types were removed from the game altogether and Berserker went from a creature “class” to a keyword, so the consolidation was pretty vast. Here are some details about the changes.
Beast and Chimera are used to connote the “Race” in a Race/Class model. Beast will be used for mundane creature types, like Elephant, Hound or Wolverine, and Chimera will be used in cases on fantasy creatures such as Gargoyles, Griffins, and Hydras.
Cleric is not longer a supported type. Instead White will be able to choose between Witch or Monk, and Black will be able to choose between Minion or Witch.
Druid is also not being supported. Green “druids” can now choose from Monk or Shaman.
The list of creature types used in Reboot is: Angel, Archer, Artificer, Barbarian, Bat, Beast, Bird, Chimera, Construct, Crab, Demon, Dragon, Drake, Dryad, Dwarf, Elemental, Elephant, Elf, Faerie, Fish, Gargoyle, Giant, Goblin, Golem, Griffin, Horse, Human, Hydra, Insect, Kithkin, Knight, Lizard, Merrow, Minion, Minotaur, Monk, Ooze, Plant, Rat, Rogue, Shaman, Snake, Soldier, Sphinx, Spirit, Swarm, Troll, Vampire, Warrior, Witch, Wizard, Wolf, Wurm, Zombie
Other Subtypes
Every card type has subtypes now, including Sorceries. The idea was to allow for future areas of expansion in the way that creatures types have been mined for sets. The Type called Tribal has been renamed Theme and instead has all card subypes, instead of having only creature types. This means a Theme card with the subtype Island won’t be able to tap for mana unless it is also a Land. Card types have special rules in this set, not subtypes. Here are all the details for the other subtypes.
The Artifact types are: Amulet, Bauble, Cylix, Equipment, Instrument, Orb, Throne, Tome, Vault
The Enchantment types are: Aspect, Aura, Curse, Gift, Seal
Aura is still used as a subtype for every Enchantment with the Enchant keyword, though it may have other subtypes as well.
The Land types are: Battleground, Cave, Forest, Island, Maze, Mine, Mountain, Node, Plains, Refuge, Stronghold, Swamp, Tower
The Land Type has a special rule stating [If this land is a node, it has “T: Add 1 to your mana pool.” If it is a plains, it has “T: Add W to your mana pool.” If it is an island, it has “T: Add U to your mana pool.” If it is a swamp, it has, “T: Add B to your mana pool.” If it is a Mountain, it has “T: Add R to your mana pool.” If it is a Forest, it has “T: Add G to your mana pool.”] This is not an added ability granted by the subtype, but rather an ability of Lands. If a card ever refers to basic land types, or basic lands, it’s using the player knowledge of the six basic land types as shorthand for these abilities.
WHITE: Artifacts as mana sources Banding Bounce your own permanents (protective) Card draw “Annex” effect, gain control of a land Copy Artifacts Damage prevention Defender Enchantment destruction Flash on permanents Flying Heritage W Life gain Lifelink Melee N Protection from COLOR Reach Recur Concoctions Remove cards in Graveyard from the game “Rule of Law” effect Shrink effect (-1/-1) Soft counters (tax) Tax to attack or block Token creation, many small at one time Unblockable by bigger creatures Untap creatures
BLUE: +1/-1 and -1/+1 effects Chip removal and theft. “Coercion” effects Copy Sorcery Defender Diminish Hard counters Heritage U “Impulse”-style card sifting and library manipulation Land search “looter” ability Protection from TYPES or KEYWORDS Ranged strike Reach Replenish Sorcery recursion Split second Tap permanents Token destruction Token creation, conditional or with a drawback Untap permanents Vigilance “Wild Growth” ability
BLACK: +X/-X effects Animate lands Bounce creatures Change targets with drawback Cheap creatures with drawback Counter limited to certain types or with a drawback. Damage players (life loss) Defender Destroy creatures Diminish N Discard at instant speed Enchantment bonues (enchantress style) “Entomb” effect, any player’s card Face-down creatures Fear First strike “Flagbearer” effect Flying Forced sacrifice of permanents Gain control of permanents “Glorious Anthem” effects Heritage B Lifelink Reach Recur cards from graveyard Redirect things to creatures to prevent damage Regeneration N Search library for Auras Tap permanents Tokens small and breakable effects
RED: +1/+1 chip theme Artifact destruction Berserker Cheap aggressive creatures with a drawback Damage can’t be prevented Direct damage to any source Direct Damage to multiple sources at once Discard, random First strike Flying Gain control of a permanent, temporarily Gain control of target spell Haste Heritage R Land destruction, non-Node Mana acceleration (short-term gain) Melee N “Pinging” effect Power/Toughness boosts Prevent creatures from attacking or blocking Reach Recur REFLEXES Rules changing for combat Search library for Planeswalker cards Split second Tokens Trample “Upwelling” effect
GREEN: +x/+x bonuses Additional costs for creatures Animate a permanent Anti-flying Big Creatures Cast creature cards for free. Chip themes Copy Creature Copy abilities Defender Destroy lands Direct damage, off land destruction Draw cards, based on combat damage Draw cards, each player Fear Filter mana colors Flash on permanents Flying Heritage G Life gain based on creatures Off color activated abilities Reach Replenish Return permanents in graveyard, top of library Return permanents in play, top of library Sacrifice a creature for p/t bonus Search a player’s library for creature spells Shroud “Tawnos Wand” effect Tokens, take time or resources but can go on and on Trample Tribal bonuses Vanishing N
New Rules
The biggest changes to the rules in Reboot are changing counters to chips, making tokens and chips permanents, removing the Instant card type, adding a 6th basic land type, renaming the Removed from the Game Zone the void and adding subtypes to every card.
New Keywords
Berserker
This keyword designates a creature that will always try to enter combat. It exists solely in Red for this set, but could appear in Black or Green for future sets.
Diminish N
This keyword allows you to mill a player whenever the card with Diminish is put into a graveyard. It is similar to another new keyword in the set (Replenish) in that the ability triggers regardless of how the card is placed in the graveyard. So Diminish can trigger when a card is destroyed, discarded, or milled via another Diminish trigger. The keyword resides in Blue and Black.
Heritage COST
This keyword was created by Seeonsee and is used with permission. It appears on spells of all type, and is used in three cycles of cards, (5 common creatures, 5 uncommon artifacts, and 5 rare spells.) along with a few other additions. With exception of the artifacts, it is used in-color, meaning the cost of the Heritage ability always matches the color of the card it’s on. Additionally all the Heritage costs in the set are mana costs.
Relic
This is an ability word for abilities or effects on permanents. There are two distinct instances where Relic is used. First, it is used when a card only has an effect if untapped. And second, if an ability can be activated or trigger only when the permanent is untapped. It is used on Artifact cards, but could expand to colored permanents in future sets.
Replenish
Like the Diminish keyword, Replenish is triggered when the card with it is placed in a graveyard from anywhere. The effect is that you can have a target player draw a card. This ability will often act like a souped-up cantrip. The keyword exists in Green and Blue.
Tweaked Keywords
Fear
This ability now allows blockers based on whether they share a color with the attacker, or alternatively are colorless. This is a small change from how Fear appears in existing Magic sets. The keyword is in Black and Green.
Melee N
This keyword is a renamed Bushido. It exists in Red and White.
Ranged strike
This is an ability word that identifies a group of activated abilities. It is loosely defined, only requiring that the card Tap for damage and have targeting limited to attacking or blocking creatures. It exists in Blue exclusively.
Regeneration COST
This is simply the regenerate effect that exists on many cards, but written as a keyword with a cost. It does not replace the existing understanding of the ability, nor language like “regenerate” or “regenerated.” It exists solely in Black for this set, and the activation cost is higher than normal in an attempt to balance the power of it out.
Unchanged Keywords
Banding
This keyword exists in White alone.
Defender Enchant TYPE/SUBTYPE
Equip
First strike
This keyword exists only in Black and Red.
Flash
Flash has become a Keyword for Sorceries as well as permanents, and represents a substantial change. The card type Instant is not in Reboot. Flash is used instead to mean that a sorcery can be played whenever you have priority. Every color has Sorceries with Flash. Permanents with Flash exist only in Green and White.
Flying
Haste
Haste exists in Red alone.
Lifelink
The keyword is in White and Black only.
Protection
This keyword is in White and Blue only.
Reach
Shroud
Shroud exists only in Green.
Split second
This keyword is in Blue and Red alone.
Trample
This keyword only exists in Red and Green.
Vanishing N
This keyword is introduced just in Green and on a green aligned artifact, but could exist in all colors for later sets.
Alabaster PotionXW
Sorcery – Concoction (Rare)
Flash
Heritage W(For each additional W you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
You gain X life and prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to target creature, planeswalker or player this turn. Illus: Terese Nielsen (Visions – Guiding Spirit) #1/306
Amrou Kithkin2W
Creature – Kithkin Witch (Common) W: Amrou Kithkin can’t be blocked by creatures with power greater than its power until end of turn. 3WW: Put target Concoction card in your graveyard into your hand.
2/2 Illus. Quinton Hoover (Legends – Amrou Kithkin) #2/306
Angelic WingsW
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Uncommon)
Flash
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature has flying. (It can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) Illus: DiTerlizzi (Tempest – Angelic Protector) #3/306
Argivian Blacksmiths1W
Creature – Dwarf Artificer (Common)
Protection from red (This creature can’t be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything red.) T, Tap an untapped artifact you control: Add 2 to your mana pool. To forge a sol ring, first temper your will.
1/2 Illus: Richard Thomas (Ice Age – Dwarven Armory)
#4/306
Argivian Custodian2W
Creature – Human Artificer (Uncommon) 1W: Return Argivian Custodian and target artifact you control to their owner’s hand. “Artifacts are gifts from the past given to the present to make a better future.”
2/2 Illus: Douglas Shuler (Antiquities – Artifact Ward) #5/306
Benalish HeroW
Creature – Human Soldier (Rare) Benalia has a complex caste system that changes with the lunar year. The only caste that cannot be attained by either heredity or money is that of the Hero.
2/1 Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Benalish Hero) #6/306
Call to Arms5W
Sorcery – Rite (Uncommon)
Put five 1/1 white Human Soldier creature tokens into play. The alarm went up and swiftly the walls were filled with screaming, determined faces ready to repell a surprised enemy. Illus: Randy Gallegos (Ice Age – Call to Arms) #7/306
Cloudchaser2WW
Creature – Bird (Common)
When Cloudchaser comes into play, you may destroy target enchantment.
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
2/2 Illus: Aaron Boyd (7th Edition – Cloudchaser Eagle) #8/306
Demand FealtyXW
Sorcery – Incantation (Uncommon)
Flash
Counter target spell unless its controller pays its converted mana cost. If that spell is countered this way, put it in the void instead of its owner’s graveyard. Illus: Jeff Miracola (Tempest – Precognition) #9/306
Draconian Etchings2W
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Rare)
Enchant artifact
Each player can’t cast more than one spell each turn.
Whenever a player casts a spell, he or she may draw a card. Illus: Mark Poole (ABU – Balance) #10/306
Dwarven Centurion1WW
Creature – Dwarf Warrior (Common)
Banding (Any number of attacking creatures with banding, and up to one without, can form a band. Blocking a creature in the band blocks all of them. You assign combat damage for any creature blocking or blocked by this creature.)
Melee 2 (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.)
2/2 Illus: Richard Thomas (ABU – Blaze of Glory) #11/306
Expert ScoutW
Creature – Elf Soldier (Uncommon)
Flash
Other creatures you control have melee 1. (Whenever it blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
1/1 Illus: Richard Kane-Ferguson (Fallen Empire – Icatian Scout B) #12/306
Golden Pudding1W
Creature – Ooze (Uncommon)
Sacrifice Golden Pudding: Destroy target enchantment or enchanted permanent. What it can’t consume, it obilerates with light.
1/3 Illus: Drew Tucker (The Dark – Angry Mob) #13/306
Guardian Angel1W
Creature – Angel Warrior (Rare)
Flash
Defender (This creature can’t attack.)
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Sacrifice a land: You gain 2 life.
0/3 Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Guardian Angel) #14/306
Healing Salve8W
Sorcery – Concoction (Rare)
Heritage W(For each additional W you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
Each player’s life total become 10. Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Healing Salve) #15/306
Homestead2WW
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Uncommon)
Enchant land (Target a land as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that land.)
You control enchanted land. Illus: Mark Poole (ABU – Farmstead) #16/306
Jamuraan Healer1W
Creature – Human Monk (Uncommon)
As Jamuraan Healer comes into play, choose a color.
Defender (This creature can’t attack.) 1: The next time target spell or permanent of the chosen color would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
2/2 Illus: Pete Venters (Mirage – Prismatic Circle) #17/306
Kithkin Faith ArmorW
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Common)
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature gets -1/-1 and has “This creature can’t be blocked by creatures with power greater than its power.” Illus: Anson Maddocks (Ice Age – Armor of Faith) #18/306
Kithkin Squire1W
Creature – Kithkin Soldier (Common)
Whenever Kithkin Squire attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end for each other attacking Soldier.
1/1 Illus. Dennis Detwiller (The Dark – Squire) #19/306
Mark of JusticeW
Sorcery – Concoction (Common)
Target creature gains lifelink and melee 3 until end of turn. (Whenever this creature deals damage, you gain that much life. Whenever it blocks or become blocked, it gets +3/+3 until end of turn.) Illus: Ruth Thompson (Ice Age – Justice) #20/306
Mesa PegasusW
Creature – Chimera Horse (common)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) Before a woman marries in the village of Sursi, she must visit the land of the mesa pegasus. Legend has it that if the woman is pure of heart and her love is true, a mesa pegasus will appear, blessing her family with long life and good fortune.
1/1 Illus: Melissa A. Benson (ABU – Mesa Pegasus) #21/306
Mox Pearl2W
Sorcery – Charm (Uncommon)
Flash
Choose one – Put up to two target cards in a single graveyard in the void; or nonartifact creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn; or put two 0/2 colorless Construct artifact creature tokens with flying named Ornithopter into play. Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Mox Pearl) #22/306
Northern Paladin4W
Creature – Human Knight (Rare)
Melee 3 (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +3/+3 until end of turn.)
Whenever Northern Paladin deals combat damage to a planeswalker or player, you gain control of a land that player or planeswalker’s controller controls.
2/3 Illus: Northern Paladin (ABU – Northern Paladin #23/306
Pearled Unicorn3W
Creature – Chimera Horse (Common)
Heritage W(For each additional W you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
If a source would deal damage to a creature you control, prevent 1 of that damage.
2/2 Illus: Cornelius Brudi (ABU – Pearled Unicorn) #24/306
Replicate Artifact2W
Enchantment – Gift (Rare)
As Replicate Artifact comes into play, you may choose an artifact in play. If you do, Replicate Artifact comes into play as a copy of that artifact and is still an enchantment. Illus: Amy Weber (ABU – Warp Artifact) #25/306
RescueW
Sorcery – Arcane (Common)
Flash
Return target permanent you control to its owner’s hand. Illus: Amy Weber (Legends – Divine Intervention) #26/306
Roaming Marshal2W
Creature – Human Soldier (Rare)
Heritage W(For each additional W you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
Roaming Marshal’s power is equal to the number of creatures and lands your opponents control.
*/* Illus: Rebecca Guay (Alliances – Enslaved Scout A) #27/306
Royal AssassinWW
Creature – Kithkin Witch (Uncommon)
Melee 1 (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
If a permanent would be put into a graveyard, put it in the void instead. Duty to the kingdom is a hard burden to accept, but royal assassins carry it with an enthusiastic flourish.
2/2 Illus: Tom Wanerstrand (ABU – Royal Assassin) #28/306
Rukh3W
Creature – Bird (Uncommon)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) Called “sunfeathers” by many lowlanders, rukhs are thought to descend from a phoenix that sacrificed its flame for a body of light.
3/3 Illus: Mark Zug (8th Edition – Rukh Egg) #29/306
Sarpadian Champion1WW
Creature – Elf Soldier (Common) T: Another target creature you control gets +1/+3 until end of turn.
1/3 Illus: Melissa A. Benson (ABU – Holy Armor) #30/306
Scour2WW
Sorcery – Divine (Rare)
Destroy all enchantments. Illus: Brian Snoddy (Legends – Remove Enchantments) #31/306
Seek Blessings3W
Sorcery – Arcane (Common)
Flash
Target player draws two cards. Only the warrior who can admit mortal weakness will be bolstered by immortal strength. Illus: Julie Baroh (ABU – Blessing) #32/306
Seeker1W
Creature – Elf Wizard (Common) T: Untap target creature. Seekers spend their lives protecting a home they rarely visit.
2/1 Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Holy Strength) #33/306
Serra Angel3WW
Creature – Angel Warrior (Rare)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Protection from black, protection from red (This creature can’t be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything black or red.)
4/4 Illus: Douglas Shuler (Un-set – Que Serra Serra) #34/306
Signs of Industry2W
Enchantment – Seal (Rare)
Whenever a creature you control is put into a graveyard from play, sacrifice Signs of Industry. If you do, put four 1/1 colorless Construct artifact creature tokens into play. Illus: Amy Weber (ABU – Disenchant) #35/306
Soul SummonsWW
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Common)
Enchant land (Target a land as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that land.) Enchanted land has “T, Put two creature cards in a single graveyard in the void: Put a 1/1 black Spirit creature token into play.” Sometimes a soul is not ready to complete its journey to the next world. Illus: Harold McNeill (Ice Age – Death Ward) #36/306
Sunmare5W
Creature – Chimera Horse (Rare)
Banding (Any number of attacking creatures with banding, and up to one without, can form a band. Blocking a creature in the band blocks all of them. You assign combat damage for any creature blocking or blocked by this creature.) W: Another target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
5/5 Illus: Davis A. Cherry (Mirage – Benevolent Unicorn) #37/306
Tariff1W
Sorcery – Incantation (Common)
Flash
Counter target spell unless its controller pays 3. “My counsel is not free.”
- Urza Mightstone Illus: Kev Walker (Weatherlight – Tariff) #38/306
Timidity Hex2W
Enchantment – Curse Aura (Uncommon)
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature gets -1/-1 and has “T: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.” Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Weakness) #39/306
Trained GriffinWWW
Creature – Chimera Griffin (Uncommon)
Banding (Any number of attacking creatures with banding, and up to one without, can form a band. Blocking a creature in the band blocks all of them. You assign combat damage for any creature blocking or blocked by this creature.)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
2/4 Illus: Brad Williams (Portal Second Age – Armored Griffin) #40/306
Urza Mightstone 3WW
Planeswalker – Urza (Rare)
Loyalty 4
+1: Untap up to two target permanents.
-X: Put X 0/2 colorless Construct artifact creature tokens with flying named Ornithopter into play.
-6: Sacrifice all artifacts you control. Draw a card for each artifact put into a graveyard this way. Illus: Mark Tedin (Vanguard II – Urza) #41/306
Urza’s Squadron 2W
Creature – Human Artificer (Uncommon)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) When Urza’s Squadron leaves play, you may put a 0/2 colorless Construct artifact creature token with flying named Ornithopter into play.
1/3 Illus: Justin Hampton (Ice Age – Illusionary Forces) #42/306
Veteran Escort2WW
Creature – Human Soldier (Common)
Banding (Any number of attacking creatures with banding, and up to one without, can form a band. Blocking a creature in the band blocks all of them. You assign combat damage for any creature blocking or blocked by this creature.) W, T: Target creature has banding until end of turn.
2/3 Illus: Mark Poole (ABU – Jump) #43/306
Walker’s Favor1WW
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Uncommon)
Enchant creature
As Walker’s Favor comes into play, choose a color.
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from the chosen color. (It can’t be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything of that color.) Illus: Phil Foglio (Ice Age – White Scarab) #44/306
White Knight4WW
Creature – Human Knight (Uncommon)
Lifelink (Whenever this creature deals damage, you gain that much life.) Out of the blackness and stench of the engulfing swamp emerged a shimmering figure. Only the splattered armor and ichor-stained sword hinted at the unfathomable evil the Knight had just laid waste.
2/5 Illus: Daniel Gelon (ABU – White Knight) #45/306
Wild Griffin1W
Creature – Chimera Griffin (Rare)
Flying WW: Wild Griffin gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Activate this ability only any time you could lay a land. High above the Ekundu plateau, death is swift and razor clawed.
1/2 Illus: Jeff Miracola (Portal Second Age – Wild Griffin) #46/306
Air Elemental1U
Creature – Elemental Rogue (Common)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) At the beginning of each player’s upkeep, that player taps an untapped permanent he or she controls. Spirits of the air often substitute whimsy for strategy.
1/1 Illus. Richard Thomas (ABU – Air Elemental) #47/306
Birds of Paradise1U
Creature – Bird (Rare)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) T: Add U or 2 to your mana pool.
1/1 Illus: Mark Poole (ABU – Birds of Paradise) #48/306
Blue Elemental Blast1U
Sorcery – Arcane (Uncommon)
Flash
Counter target spell with converted mana cost equal to or less than the number of Islands you control. Illus: Richard Thomas (ABU – Blue Elemental Blast) #49/306
BrainstormU
Sorcery – Psionic (Common)
Look at the top three cards of your library and put them back in any order. You may shuffle your library.
Replenish (When this card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, target player draws a card.) Illus: Christopher Rush (Ice Age – Brainstorm) #50/306
Cobra Strike1U
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Common)
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has “ranged strike – T: This creature deals damage equal to its power to target attacking or blocking creature.” Illus: Brian Snoddy (ABU – Psychic Venom) #51/306
Deep Spawn [mana]UUU[/mana
Creature – Crab Minion (Uncommon)
Defender (This creature can’t attack.)
At the beginning of you upkeep, look at the top two cards of your library and put one in the void.
6/6 Illus: Mark Tedin (Fallen Empires – Deep Spawn) #52/306
Deft Cryomancer2U
Creature – Elemental Wizard (Common) U: Deft Cryomancer gets +1/-1 or -1/+1 until end of turn. 3UU: Remove a chip from target permanent. If you do, put a +1/+1 chip on Deft Cryomancer. Illus: Mark Poole (Ice Age – Kjeldoran Frostbeast) #53/306
Dismiss1UU
Sorcery – Incantation (Common)
Flash
Counter target spell. “The duel was going badly for me, and Nevinyrral thought I was finished. He boasted that he would eat my soul – but all he ate were his words.” - Hurkyl Nam Illus: Mark Poole (ABU – Counterspell) #54/306
Embargo2UU
Sorcery – Psionic (Rare)
Flash
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can’t cast spells or activated abilities that aren’t mana abilities.)
Counter target spell. Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Drain Power) #55/306
Floodbringer Homarid2U
Creature – Crab Shaman (Rare) Ranged strike – 2U, T: Floodbringer Homarid deals 2 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
Whenever a player taps a land for mana, that player adds one mana of that type to his or her mana pool.
2/2 Illus: Amy Weber (Fallen Empires – Homarid Shaman) #56/306
ForkUU
Sorcery – Glamer (Rare)
Flash
Copy target sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. Imitation is the most dangerous form of flattery. Illus: Amy Weber (ABU – Fork) #57/306
High TideU
Sorcery – Glamer (Uncommon)
Until end of turn, whenever a player taps a land for mana, its controller adds one mana of that type to his or her mana pool. Illus: Randy Gallegos (Alliances – Tidal Control) #58/306
Hurkyl Nam2UU
Planeswalker – Hurkyl (Rare)
Loyalty 3
+1: Discard your hand, then draw that many cards.
-1: Target players reveals his or her hand. Choose a noncreature, nonland card. He or she discards the chosen card.
-6: Return each permanent to its owner’s hand. Illus: Sandra Everingham (Antiquities – Hurkyl’s Recall) #59/306
Hurkyl’s RecallU
Sorcery – Rite (Common)
As an additional cost to play Hurkyl’s Recall, sacrifice an Island.
Search your library for two Node land cards and put them into play. Then shuffle your library. Illus: Richard Kane-Ferguson (Fallen Empires – Tourach’s Chant) #60/306
Invisible Agent1UU
Creature – Human Rogue (Common)
Protection from creatures (This creature can’t be blocked, targeted, or dealt damage by creatures.) While Lat-Nam openly exerted its power, there were smaller wizard schools that chose to practice subtlety.
2/2 Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Invisibility) #61/306
Island Fish Jasconius4UU
Theme – Creature – Island Fish (Rare)
Island Fish Jasconius comes into play tapped. T: Add U to your mana pool.
3/4 Illus: Jesper Myfors (Arabian Nights – Island Fish Jasconius) #62/306
KudzuGarden1U
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Uncommon)
Enchant land (Target a land as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that land.)
Enchanted land has “2, T: Target permanent doesn’t untap during its controller’s next untap step.” Illus: Richard Thomas (ABU – Karma) #63/306
Lat-Nam Egotist2U
Creature – Merrow Monk (Rare)
Vigilance (Attacking doesn’t cause this creature to tap.) T: Target creature you control has protection from the type of your choice until end of turn. (The card types are artifact, creature, enchantment, land, planeswalker and theme.)
2/2 Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Creature Bond)
#64/306
Lat-Nam Lookouts3U
Creature – Human Archer (Common)
Heritage U(For each U you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.) Ranged strike – T: Lat-Nam Lookouts deals 1 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
2/2 Illus: Pat Morrissey (Ice Age - Warning)
#65/306
Living Battery2U
Creature – Merrow Minion (Uncommon) U: Untap Living Battery. 2U, T: Tap or untap another target permanent.
1/3 Illus: Mark Tedin (Antiquities – Ashnod’s Transmogrant) #66/306
Make Mischief3U
Sorcery – Arcane (Uncommon)
Flash
Counter target red or green spell. If you do, out three 1/1 blue Faerie Rogue creature tokens with flying into play. Illus: Amy Weber (Antiquities – Argothian Pixies) #67/306
Mana FloodU
Enchantment – Aspect Aura (Common)
Enchant land (Target a land as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that land.)
Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, it adds an additional U to its controller’s mana pool. Illus: Tom Wanerstrand (Legends – Flash Flood) #68/306
Meditative Student3U
Creature – Human Monk (Common)
Vigilance (Attacking doesn’t cause this creature to tap.) At the first level of training you visualize your full potential. At the next level you set a path to achieve it. After that you recognize your true potential and set new goals. Then the true study begins.
3/3 Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Prodigal Sorcerer) #69/306
Merrow LooterU
Creature – Merrow Rogue (Uncommon)
Vigilance (Attacking doesn’t cause this creature to tap.) U, T: Target player draws a card, then discards a card. When you sink a lot of ships, it’s easy to find sunken treasure.
1/1 Illus: Tristan Elwell (7th Edition – Merfolk Looter) #70/306
Merrow Summoner2UU
Creature – Merrow Wizard (Uncommon)
Vigilance (Attacking doesn’t cause this creature to tap.) T, Sacrifice an Island: Put a 3/3 blue Fish creature token into play. Merrow summoners tend to leave feeding frenzies in their wake.
2/4 Illus: Quinton Hoover (Legends – Brine Hag) #71/306
Mox Sapphire2U
Sorcery – Charm (Uncommon)
Flash
Choose one – Discard a card, then draw two cards; or Mox Sapphire deals 3 damage to target attacking or blocking creature; or destroy target chip or token. Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Mox Sapphire) #72/306
Order of the Pearl Trident1U
Creature – Merrow Soldier (Common)
When Order of the Pearl Trident comes into play, you may remove up to two chips from target permanent. The tide will wash the mystic ebb. The moon sets right the flow of nature.
2/1 Illus: John Matson (5th Edition – Merfolk of the Pearl Trident) #73/306
Phantasmal Forces3U
Creature – Human Wizard (Uncommon)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Protection from sorceries (This creature can’t be targeted or damaged by sorcery spells.)
3/1 Illus: Mark Poole (ABU – Phantasmal Forces) #74/306
Pirate Cove2UU
Theme – Enchantment – Island (Rare)
Whenever a land is put into play from a player’s hand, Pirate Cove deals 2 damage to that land’s controller.
When Pirate Cove is put into play from your hand, search your library for an Island and put it into play. If you do, shuffle your library. Illus: Tom Wanerstrand (Legends – Seafarer’s Quay) #75/306
Psionic Blast2UU
Sorcery – Psionic (Uncommon)
Flash
Counter target spell. Look at that spell’s controller’s hand. Choose a card. He or she discards the chosen card. Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Psionic Blast) #76/306
Psychic EscortU
Creature – Human Minion (Common)
Diminish 3 (When this card is put into a graveyard from anywhere, target player puts the top three cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.) A mentalist’s burden is the madness and hatred radiating from its Sengir master. Not many survive service with their faculties intact.
1/2 Illus: Mark Tedin (The Dark – Psychic Allergy) #77/306
Rampant Exploration3U
Sorcery – Rite (Uncommon)
Search your library for two Island or Node cards and put them into play tapped. Then shuffle your library. Illus: Brian Snoddy (Urza’s Saga – Exploration) #78/306
Refine1U
Sorcery – Rite (Uncommon)
Flash
Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library. Illus: Mark Tedin (ABU – Time Vault) #79/306
Replenishing SprayU
Sorcery – Glamer (Common)
Flash
Replenish (When this card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, target player draws a card.) Illus: Douglas Shuler (Legends – Anti-Magic Aura) #80/306
Revisit1UU
Sorcery – Rite (Rare)
Target player untaps all basic lands he or she controls. “I thought my wife has ‘walked us to a new plane. But the ground was familiar, and then I noticed our college in the distance and realized it was still being built.” - Drafna Lat Illus: Mark Poole (ABU – Thoughtlace) #81/306
Rewind2UU
Sorcery – Divine (Rare)
Destroy all chips and all tokens. Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Lifetap) #82/306
Royal Archer3U
Creature – Human Archer (Uncommon)
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.) 3: Royal Archer gains replenish until end of turn. (When it is put into your graveyard from anywhere, target player draws a card.) 1: Royal Archer gains diminish 1 until end of turn. (When it is put into a graveyard from anywhere, target player puts the top card of his or her library into his or her graveyard.)
2/3 Illus: Dan Frazier (7th Edition – Elite Archers) #83/306
Sea Serpent4UU
Creature – Wurm (Common)
Protection from flash (This creature can’t be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything with flash.) U, T: Target creature has protection from flash until end of turn.
4/4 Illus: Jeff A. Menges (ABU – Sea Serpent) #84/306
Shark Attack2U
Sorcery – Reflex (Uncommon)
Flash
Counter target white or black spell. If you do, put a 3/3 blue Fish creature token into play. Illus: Jeff A. Menges (The Dark – Deep Water) #85/306
Surfmare5U
Creature – Elemental Horse (Rare)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Surfmare’s power and toughness are each equal to the number of Islands you control.
*/* Illus: Melissa A. Benson (Ice Age – Phantasmal Mount) #86/306
TelekinesisXU
Sorcery – Psionic (Rare)
Heritage U(For each additional U you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
Tap or untap X target permanents target player controls. Illus: Daniel Gelon (Legends – Telekinesis) #87/306
Tidal Sphinx3UU
Creature – Chimera Sphinx (Rare)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Whenever Tidal Sphinx deals combat damage to a planeswalker or player, you may tap target permanent and it doesn’t untap during its controller’s next untap step.
3/4 Illus: Sandra Everingham (Legend – Petra Sphinx) #88/306
Traumatize3UU
Sorcery – Incantation (Rare)
Target player puts the top half of his or her library, rounded down, into his or her graveyard. The educated mind is heavy with lore and knowledge. It’s also the most likely to collapse under its own weight. Illus: Brian Snoddy (Legends – In the Eye of Chaos) #89/306
TwiddleU
Sorcery – Reflex (Common)
Flash
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can’t cast spells or activate abilities that aren’t mana abilities.)
Tap or untap target permanent. Illus: Rob Alecander (ABU – Twiddle) #90/306
Untouchable Master2UU
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Uncommon)
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying and vigilance. (It can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach, and attacking doesn’t cause it to tap.) Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Flight) #91/306
Whirlwind Drake1U
Creature – Drake (Common)
When Whirlwind Drake comes into play, search your library for a Node land card and put it into play tapped. Then shuffle your library.
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
1/1 Illus: Zina Saunders (Mirage – Hazerider Drake) #92/306
Bad Moon1BB
Enchantment – Aspect (Rare)
Creatures you control get +1/+1. Illus: Jesper Myrfors (ABU – Bad Moon) #93/306
Black Knight4BB
Creature – Human Knight (Uncommon)
Lifelink (Whenever this creature deals damage, you gain that much life.) Battle doesn’t need a purpose; the battle is its own purpose. You don’t ask why a plague spreads or a field burns. Don’t ask why I fight.
5/2 Illus:Mark Poole (ABU – Black Knight) #94/306
Blight3B
Enchantment – Curse Aura (Common)
Enchantment permanent (Target a permanent as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that permanent.)
Whenever enchanted permanent becomes tapped, its owner loses 2 life. Illus: Drew Tucker (ABU – Power Leak) #95/306
Carrion Ants3B
Creature – Insect Swarm (Common)
Heritage B(For each additional B you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
Regeneration 2(2: The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, it isn’t. Instead, remove all damage from it, tap it, and remove it from combat.)
2/3 Illus: John Coulthart (5th Edition – Carrion Ants) #96/306
Contract from Below2B
Sorcery – Rite (Common)
Flash
Put target card from your graveyard into your hand and put Contract from Below in the void. Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Contract from Below) #97/306
CorrodeB
Sorcery – Concoction (Uncommon)
Flash
Counter target artifact or creature spell. “Its power isn’t in the mixture of components, but the hatred it’s been steeped in.” Illus: Michael Danza (Visions – Corrosion) #98/306
Creeping ShadowB
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Uncommon)
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has fear (It can’t be blocked except by creatures that share a color with it and colorless creatures.) 4B: Creeping Shadow loses its other abilities, becomes a 6/3 Spirit Minion creature with fear and has “Sacrifice this permanent at end of turn.” Illus: Randy Gallegos (Urza’s Saga – Sleeper Agent) #99/306
Damnation2BB
Sorcery – Divine (Rare)
Destroy all creatures. Illus: Quinton Hoover (ABU – Wrath of God) #100/306
Dementia Caster3B
Creature – Human Artificer (Uncommon) 3B, T: Target player discards a card. “Human tenderness is simply weakness in a pretty package.” - Nevinyrral Yunir
1/3 Illus: Mark Poole (Antiquities – Staff of Zegon) #101/306
Diminishing VaporsB
Sorcery – Concoction (Common)
Flash
Diminish 5 (When this card is put into a graveyard from anywhere, target player puts the top five cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.) Illus: Sandra Everingham (ABU – Dark Ritual) #102/306
Drain Life2BB
Sorcery – Arcane (Common)
Each player loses 1 life for each creature he or she controls. (Life loss isn’t damage.) Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Drain Life) #103/306
Dread Infusion1B
Enchantment – Aspect Aura (Common)
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature gets +3/+0.
When Dread Infusion is put into a graveyard from play, if it’s face-up, put it into play face down as a 2/2 creature. Illus: Mark Tedin (Legends – Horror of Horrors) #104/306
Entomb2B
Sorcery – Rite (Rare)
Search target player’s library for a card and put it into that player’s graveyard. Then he or she shuffles his or her library. Illus: Ron Spears (Odyssey – Entomb) #105/306
FeralLands3BB
Enchantment – Aspect (Rare)
All lands are 2/2 creatures that are still lands. The land will rise up to overthrow those who would claim its power. Illus: Rebecca Guay (Urza’s Saga – Fecundity) #106/306
Frozen Shade2BB
Creature – Human Witch (Common)
Fear (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures that share a color with it or colorless creatures.) B, T: Target creature has fear until end of turn. She lives in the twilight realm separating the living and the dead, drawing others into the void.
3/2 Illus: DiTerlizzi (5th Edition – Frozen Shade) #107/306
Gathering DarknessXBB
Sorcery – Arcane (Rare)
Heritage B(For each additional B you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
Each player sacrifices X permanents. Illus: Julie Baroh (ABU – Mind Twist) #108/306
Gloom3B
Enchantment – Curse (Uncommon)
Artifacts, creatures, and lands your opponents control come into play tapped. Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Gloom) #109/306
Granite Gargoyle1B
Creature – Chimera Gargoyle (Common)
Defender (This creature can’t attack.) 1B: Granite Gargoyle gets +2/-2 and has reach until end of turn. (It can block creatures with flying.)
0/5 Illus: Christopher Rush (ABU – Granite Gargoyle) #110/306
Hypnotic Specter2B
Creature – Spirit (Uncommon)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
When Hypnotic Specter attacks, you may tap target creature.
1/2 Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Frozen Shade) #111/306
Infernal Gateway1B
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Rare)
Enchant swamp
Whenever a creature card is put into a graveyard from play, if it’s face-up, put it into play face down as a 2/2 creature under its owner’s control. Illus: Randy Asplund-Faith (Fallen Empires – Ebon Praetor) #112/306
Keldon Dead2BB
Creature – Zombie Barbarian (Common)
When Keldon Dead comes into play, you may destroy target nonartifact creature.
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.) Death’s face smiles like a skull.
2/1 Illus: Mike Kimble (Alliances – Balduvian Dead) #113/306
Lifeless Corridor2B
Enchantment – Aspect Aura (Common)
Enchant land (Target a land as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that land.)
Whenever a creature becomes tapped, it gets -0/-1 for each of its colors until end of turn. Once the fog has passed you will find long standing enemies united at last – in death. Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Wall of Bone) #114/306
Lord of the Pit3BB
Creature – Demon (Rare)
When Lord of the Pit comes into play, you lose 5 life.
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
At the end of turn, if Lord of the Pit dealt combat damage to a player, he or she gains control of Lord of the Pit and loses 5 life.
5/6 Illus: Mark Tedin (ABU – Lord of the Pit) #115/306
Mox Jet2B
Sorcery – Charm (Uncommon
Flash
Choose one – Until end of turn, lands become 2/2 creatures that are still lands; or regenerate all creatures you control; or search your library for an Aura card, reveal it and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library. Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Mox Jet) #116/306
Nevinyrral Yunir1BB
Planeswalker – Nevinyrral (Rare)
Loyalty 3
+1: Return target nonsorcery card from your graveyard to your hand and you lose 1 life.
-1: Destroy two target nonartifact creatures and you lose 5 life.
-6: Switch life totals with target player. Illus: Melissa A. Benson (Legends – Syphon Soul) #117/306
Nevinyrral’s GiftBB
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Uncommon)
Enchant creature
Pay 3 life: Put a +1/+1 chip on enchanted creature.
Remove a +1/+1 chip from enchanted creature: You gain 2 life. Activate this ability only any time you could lay a land. Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Unholy Strength) #118/306
Nightmare5B
Creature – Spirit Horse (Rare)
Diminish 10 (When this card is put into a graveyard from anywhere, target player puts the top ten cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.) The thunder of its hooves beats dreams into despair.
5/5 Illus: Melissa A. Benson (ABU – Nightmare) #119/306
Pestilent Lich4B
Creature – Zombie Wizard (Rare)
Heritage B(For each additional B you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
Whenever Pestilent Lich deals damage to a planeswalker or player, target player loses 2 life.
3/3 Illus: Christopher Rush (ABU – Pestilence) #120/306
Possession4BB
Enchantment – Curse Aura (Uncommon)
Enchant permanent (Target a permanent as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that permanent.)
You control enchanted permanent. Illus: Phil Foglio (Ice Age – Infernal Darkness) #121/306
PulsemurmurB
Enchantment – Gift (Uncommon)
Lifelink (Whenever this enchantment deals damage, you gain that much life.) B, Sacrifice an enchantment: Pulsemurmur deals 1 damage to target player. Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Deathgrip) #122/306
Rat FamiliarB
Creature – Zombie Rat Minion (Uncommon)
Whenever a spell or ability an opponent controls is put onto the stack, if that spell or ability could target a Minion but doesn’t, that opponent changes one of its targets to a Minion.
1/1 Illus: Anson Maddock (ABU – Plague Rats) #123/306
RepulseB
Sorcery – Psionic (Common)
Flash
Return target creature to its owner’s hand. “A simple trap in a dark corner of the mind, and their nightmares catch up with them.” Illus: Ron Spencer (ABU – Terror) #124/306
SarcomancyB
Enchantment – Gift (Rare)
When Sarcomancy comes into play, put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token into play.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are no Zombies in play, Sarcomancy deals 2 damage to you. Illus: Jesper Myrfors (ABU – Scathe Zombies) #125/306
Scarwood Hag2B
Creature – Human Witch (Uncommon)
Scarwood Hag gets +1/+1 for each enchantment in play. Her ambition connects her to the swamp’s desires.
2/2 Illus: Anson Maddocks (The Dark – Scarwood Hag) #126/306
Seal of Doom2B
Enchantment – Seal (Common)
Sacrifice Seal of Doom: Destroy target nonartifact creature. “I am the banisher, the ill will that snuffs the final candle.”
- Seal inscription Illus: Susan Van Camp (Legends – Glyph of Doom) #127/306
Sengir KnightBBB
Creature – Vampire Knight (Uncommon)
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
Whenever another creature is put into a graveyard from pay, you may put a +1/+1 chip on Sengir Knight.
2/2 Illus: Mark Pool (Ice Age – Knight of Stromgald) #128/306
Sengir Stalker4BB
Creature – Vampire Rogue (Rare)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) 2BB, T: Destroy target nonartifact creature. If you do, put a +1/+1 chip on Sengir Stalker.
3/3 Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Sengir Vampire) #129/306
Simulacrum1B
Sorcery – Psionic (Uncommon)
Flash
Change the target of target spell with a single target. You lose life equal to that spell’s converted mana cost. “It was obviously a fatal blow, but the question is, to whom?” Illus: Mark Poole (ABU – Simulacrum) #130/306
Soul Net4B
Sorcery – Concoction (Uncommon)
Target player reveals the top card of his or her library. If it’s not a creature card, put it into its owner’s graveyard and that player repeats this process. Illus: Dameon Willich (ABU – Soul Net) #131/306
Urborg Constrictor2B
Creature – Snake (Common)
As an additional cost to cast Urborg Constrictor, you lose 3 life. B, T: Tap target creature. A hiss before dying.
3/3 Illus: Alan Rabinowitz (Portal – Python) #132/306
Urborg Hunter2BB
Creature – Human Archer (Common)
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.) Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
“Once they’ve marked you, the world is made of glass.”
2/4 Illus: Brian Snoddy (Tempest – Bounty Hunter) #133/306
Vampire Bats1B
Creature – Vampire Bat (Common)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Lifelink (Whenever this creature deals damage, you gain that much life.)
1/1 Illus: Anson Maddocks (Legend – Vampire Bats) #134/306
Will-O’-The-Wisp3B
Enchantment – Aspect Aura (Rare)
Enchant land
Whenever a creature card is put into a graveyard, you may put a 1/1black Spirit creature token into play.
Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller loses 1 life. Illus: Jesper Myrfors (ABU – Will-O’-The-Wisp) #135/306
Witch’s Circle2B
Enchantment – Gift (uncommon)
Sacrifice a creature: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to target creature, planeswalker, or player this turn, prevent this damage. “Life is a resource that should belong only to the strong.”
- Urborg witch Illus. NeNe Thomas (Ice Age – Hecatomb) #136/306
Withering Boon1B
Sorcery – Rite (Rare)
Flash
Counter target spell. You lose life equal to half that spell’s converted mana cost, rounded up. Illus: Robert Bliss (Mirage – Withering Boon) #137/306
Zombify2B
Enchantment – Curse Aura (Common)
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that creature.)
When enchanted creature is put into a graveyard, put into play under your control. Illus: Jeff A. Menges (ABU – Raise Dead) #138/306
ArdorR
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Common)
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that creature.)
Whenever enchanted creature attacks, you may put a +1/+1 chip on it. Making snap decisions can lead to a short, brutal life. Or alternatively, a legendary one. Illus: Mark Poole (ABU – Howl from Beyond) #139/306
Ball Lightning1R
Sorcery – Reflex (Common)
Ball Lightning deals 3 damage to target creature, planeswalker, or player. Illus: Charles Gillespie (Mirage – Builder’s Bane) #140/306
Blood Lust1R
Enchantment – Curse (Uncommon)
Creatures have berserker (They attack or block if able.) Unknown to the stranger, the meadhall was built of bloodrock from the isle of Bogardan. He would awake the next morning a blanket of scars and shattered bones with no idea why. Illus: Anson Maddocks (Legends – Blood Lust) #141/306
Desert StrikersR
Creature – Human Warrior (Common)
Haste (This creature can attack and T as soon as it comes under your control.)
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
1/1 Illus: Christopher Rush (Arabian Nights – Desert Nomads) #142/306
DismantleR
Sorcery – Reflex (Common)
Flash
Destroy target artifact. If that artifact was attached to a creature, remove that creature from combat. Illus: Randy Asplund-Faith (Detonate – Antiquities) #143/306
Dueling Grounds1R
Enchantment – Aspect Aura (Rare)
Enchant land (Target a land as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that land.)
Each player must attack and block with exactly one creature each turn. Illus: Dameon Willich (Ice Age – Melee) #144/306
Dwarven Demolition Team1RR
Creature – Dwarf Rogue (Rare)
Haste
Whenever Dwarven Demolition Team deals damage to a planeswalker or player, that player or planeswalker’s controller discards a card at random.
2/2 Illus: Kev Brockschmidt (ABU – Dwarven Demolition Team) #145/306
Dwarven Warhost5R
Creature – Dwarf Soldier (Uncommon)
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Dwarven Warhost unless you discard a card at random.
Whenever a player discards a card at random, you may draw a card. Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Dwarven Warrior) #146/306
Embermage DynamoRR
Creature – Elemental Shaman (Rare)
Embermage Dynamo’s power and toughness are each equal to the amount of mana in your mana pool.
Mana pools don’t empty at the end of phases or turns. (This effect stops mana burn.)
*/* Illus: Melissa A. Benson (ABU – Fire Elemental) #147/306
Firestorm Phoenix2RR
Creature – Elemental Bird (Uncommon)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
When Firestorm Phoenix comes into play, if you played it from your hand, add RRR to your mana pool.
2/2 Illus: Jeff A. Menges (Legend – Firestorm Phoenix) #148/306
Foriys Commando1R
Creature – Human Barbarian (Common)
Berserker (This creature attacks or blocks if able.)
When Foriys Commando attacks for the first time each turn, untap it. After this phase, you get an additional combat phase.
1/2 Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Two-Headed Giant of Foriys) #149/306
Form of the Dragon4RRR
Enchantment – Aspect (Rare)
At the beginning of your upkeep, Form of the Dragon deals 5 damage to target creature, planeswalker, or player.
At the end of each turn, your life total becomes 5.
Creatures without flying can’t attack you. Illus: Craig Hooper (Visions – Dragon Mask) #150/306
Goblin Balloon Brigade2R
Creature – Goblin Artificer (Rare)
First strike, reach (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike and can block creatures with flying.)
Other Goblin creatures you control get +1/+1 and have first strike and reach.
1/1 Illus: Andi Rusu (ABU – Goblin Balloon Brigade) #151/306
Gray Auger2R
Creature – Human Barbarian (Common) T: Gray Auger deals 1 damage to target creature, planeswalker, or player. Keldon fortune tellers are most interested in forecasting tragedies.
2/2 Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Gray Ogre) #152/360
Heat RayXR
Sorcery – Reflex (Rare)
Heritage R(For each additional R you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can’t cast spells or activate abilities that aren’t mana abilities.)
Heat Ray deals X damage to target creature, or planeswalker. Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Disintegration) #153/306
Hurloon MercenaryRR
Creature – Minotaur Rogue (Common)
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature unless you pay 2. Mercenaries kill for fun and profit.
3/3 Illus: Anson Maddocks (Homelands – Anaba Bodyguard B) #154/306
Hurloon Shaman1RR
Creature – Minotaur Shaman (Common) T: Another target creature you control gets +3/+1 until end of turn. The Minotaurs of the HurloonMountains are known for their love of battle.
3/1 Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Hurloon Minotaur) #155/306
Imbricomancy3R
Enchantment – Gift (Uncommon)
When Imbricomancy comes into play, put a 5/5 red Dragon Wurm creature token into play.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are no Dragons or Wurms in play, Imbricomancy deals 5 damage to you. Illus: Randy Elliot (Tempest – Wild Wurm) #156/306
Keldon Warlord1RR
Creature – Human Soldier (Common)
Haste (This creature can attack and T as soon as it comes under your control.) T: Target creature has haste until end of turn.
2/2 Illus: Kev Brockschmidt (ABU – Keldon Warlord) #157/306
Lightning Bolt1R
Sorcery – Reflex (Uncommon)
Flash
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can’t cast spells or activated abilities that aren’t mana abilities.)
Lightning Blot deals 2 damage to target creature, planeswalker, or player. Illus: Jeff Miracola (5th Edition – Binding Grasp) #158/306
Maddening HymnRR
Sorcery – Incantation (Rare)
Target player discards two cards at random. Members of the Order often played the Hymn on instruments made from their victim’s bones. Illus: Scott Kirschner (Fallen Empires – Hymn to Tourach C) #159/306
Mana Flare1R
Sorcery – Rite (Common)
Add 2RR to your mana pool. Magic is strange, young one. It consumes much, yet produces more.”
- Talibah, embermage Illus: Pete Venters (Ice Age – Circle of Protection: Red) #160/306
Marsh Viper2RR
Creature – Snake (Uncommon)
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
3/2 Illus: Ron Spencer (The Dark – Marsh Viper) #161/306
Mons’s Goblin RaidersR
Creature – Goblin Warrior (Common)
Mons’s Goblin Raiders gets +1/+1 for each player who controls a planeswalker.
Pashalik Mons and his raiders are the thunderhead that leads in the storm.
1/1 Illus: Jeff A. Menges (ABU – Mons’s Goblin Raiders)
#162/306
Mox Ruby2R
Sorcery – Charm (Uncommon)
Flash
Choose one – Put up to two target Reflex cards from your graveyard on top of your library; or discard each card in your hand and put that many +1/+1 chips on target creature; or gain control of target permanent until end of turn. Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Mox Ruby) #163/306
Nettling Imp2R
Creature – Demon (Common) 1: Nettling Imp has flying until end of turn. (It can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) T: Target creature has berserker until end of turn. (It attacks or blocks if able.)
2/2 Illus: Quinton Hoover (ABU – Nettling Imp) #164/306
Pashalik Mons4RR
Planeswalker – Mons (Rare)
Loyalty 4
+1: Put a creature card from your hand into play. That creature gains haste and has “Sacrifice this creature at end of turn.”
-1: Sacrifice a Goblin. If you do, Pashalik Mons deals 5 damage to target creature, planeswalker, or player.
-6: Destroy all artifacts, creatures, and lands. They can’t be regenerated. Illus: Pete Venters (5th Edition – Goblin Hero) #165/306
Personal Champion1RR
Creature – Elemental Soldier (Uncommon)
Berserker (This creature attacks or blocks if able.)
Whenever a player activates a planeswalker ability, you may add R to your mana pool.
2/3 Illus: Kev Brockschmidt (ABU – Personal Incarnation) #166/306
PillageRRR
Sorcery – Rite (Uncommon)
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can’t cast spells or activated abilities that aren’t mana abilities.)
Destroy target artifact or non-Node land. “Were they to reduce us to ash, we would clog their throats and sting their eyes in payment.” Illus: Richard Kane-Ferguson (Alliances – Pillage) #167/306
Pyrohemia2RR
Enchantment – Curse (Uncommon)
At the end of turn, if no creatures are in play, sacrifice Pyrohemia. R: Pyrohemia deals 1 damage to each creature and player. Illus: Mark Tedin (Legends – Lifeblood) #168/306
Ravages of WarR
Sorcery – Arcane (Uncommon)
Add RR to each player’s mana pool. Barbarians follow armies like jackals, ready to swoop in after a battle to soak in the ambient mana. Illus: Jesper Myrfors (ABU – Armageddon) #169/306
Reckless Embermage3R
Creature – Elemental Shaman (Rare) 1R: Reckless Embermage deals 1 damage to target creature, planeswalker, or player and 1 damage to itself. Many mages have been consumed by their work.
2/2 Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Circle of Protection: Red) #170/306
Red Elemental Blast1R
Sorcery – Arcane (Common)
Red Elemental Blast deals damage equal to the number of Mountains you control to target creature. Illus: Richard Thomas (ABU – Red Elemental Blast) #171/306
Sedge Rock Sled3R
Creature – Troll Artificer (Common)
Heritage R(For each additional R you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
Trample (If this creature would deal lethal combat damage to its blockers, you may have it deal the rest of its damage to defending player.)
4/1 Illus: Dennis Detwiller (The Dark – Goblin Rock Sled) #172/306
Seizures 1RR
Enchantment – Curse Aura (Uncommon)
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature can’t attack or block and has “At the beginning of your upkeep, this creature deals 1 damage to you.” Illus: Julie Baroh (Ice Age – Seizures) #173/306
Shattersmith3R
Creature – Goblin Artificer (Common)
When Shattersmith comes into play, you may destroy target artifact. They believe the past is buried for good reason. 3/3 Illus: Daniel Gelon (The Dark – Goblin Wizard) #174/306
Shatterstorm2RR
Sorcery – Divine (Rare)
Destroy all artifacts. Illus: James Allen (5th Edition – Shatterstorm) #175/306
Shivan Dragon4RR
Creature – Dragon (Rare)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Damage dealt by Shivan Dragon can’t be prevented.
5/5 Illus: Melissa A. Benson (ABU – Shivan Dragon) #176/306
Steal3RR
Sorcery – Arcane (Rare)
Flash
Gain control of target spell. (If it’s a permanent, it comes into play under your control and you are the spell’s controller.) Illus: Amy Weber (ABU – Steal Artifact) #177/306
Two-Headed Giant of Foriys4RR
Creature – Giant Barbarian (Rare)
Trample
Whenever Two-Headed Giant of Foriys attacks for the first time each turn, untap it. After this phase, you get an additional combat phase.
4/4 Illus: Daniel Gelon (Legends – Frost Giant) #178/306
Uthden Juggernaut3RR
Creature – Giant Barbarian (Common)
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can’t cast spells or activate abilities that aren’t mana abilities.) “Oi oi oi, me gotta hurt in’ere. Oi oi oi, me smell a ting is near. Gonna bosh ‘n gonna nosh ‘n da hurt’ll disappear.”
- Uthden chant
4/4 Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Uthden Troll) #179/306
Void Hymn1R
Sorcery – Incantation (Rare)
Search your library for a planeswalker card, reveal it and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library. Sing Urza’s praises. Seek Hurkyl’s consult. Play to Nevinyrral’s vanity. Make a bet with Mons. And beg Shanodin for transformation. Illus: Dan Frazier (Legends – Dwarven Song) #180/360
Walker’s MadnessR
Enchantment – Aspect Aura (Uncommon)
Enchant planeswalker
When Walker’s Madness comes into play, put a loyalty chip on enchanted planeswalker.
Enchanted planeswalker has “+1: This planeswalker deals 2 damage to target player, and another target player discards a card at random.” Illus: Quinton Hoover (ABU – Darkpact) #181/306
Warrior’s Heart2R
Enchantment – Aspect Aura (Uncommon)
Enchant creature
When Warrior’s Heart comes into play, put three +1/+1 chips on enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature has “Remove a +1/+1 chip from this creature: Warrior’s Heart deals 1 damage to target creature, planeswalker, or player.” Illus: Alan Rabinowitz (Homelands – Ambush) #182/306
Wheel of Fortune1R
Sorcery – Rite (Uncommon)
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can’t cast spells or activate abilities that aren’t mana abilities.)
Each player discards a card at random. Illus: Daniel Gelon (ABU – Wheel of Fortune) #183/360
Word of Command3RR
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Uncommon)
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature attacks for the first time each turn, untap it and all permanents that share a creature type with it that you control. After this phase, you get an additional combat phase. Illus. Jesper Myrfors (The Dark – Orc General) #184/306
Argothian Treefolk4G
Creature – Plant Barbarian (Uncommon)
Shroud (This creature can’t be the target of spells or abilities.) 3R, Sacrifice Argothian Treefolk: Argothian Treefolk deals 5 damage to target creature.
5/3 Illus: Pete Venters (Antiquities – Gaea’s Avenger) #185/306
Army Ants6GG
Creature – Insect Swarm (Rare)
Trample
Whenever Army Ants deals combat damage to a planeswalker, or player, put that many 1/1 green Insect creature tokens into play.
6/6 Illus: Richard Thomas (Legends – Carrion Ants) #186/306
Bog Scryer2G
Creature – Troll Witch (Common)
Regeneration 1B (1B: The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, it isn’t. Instead, remove all damage from it, tap it, and remove it from combat.)
3/1 Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Sedge Troll) #187/306
Braingeyser3GG
Enchantment – Aspect (Uncommon)
Flash
Each player may cast nonland spells as though they had flash.
The physical manifestation of this spell is extremely obvious. Illus: Mark Tedin (ABU – Braingeyser) #188/306
Brute Strength1G
Sorcery – Reflex (Common)
Flash
Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains trample until end of turn. (If it would deal lethal combat damage to its blockers, you may have it deal the rest of its damage to defending player.) Illus: Douglas Shuler (5th Edition – The Brute) #189/306
Cockatrice3GGG
Creature – Chimera Lizard (Rare) G: Until end of turn, Cockatrice gets -1/-1 and gains your choice of flying, protection from black, trample, or vigilance.
6/6 Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Cockatrice) #190/306
CocoonG
Enchantment – Gift (Uncommon)
Vanishing 3 (This enchantment comes into play with three time chips on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time chip from it. When the last is removed, sacrifice it.)
When Cocoon leaves play, you may put a creature token into play that is a copy of a creature target player controls. Illus: Mark Tedin (Legends – Cocoon) #191/306
Craw Wurm4GGG
Creature – Dragon Wurm (Rare)
The most terrifying thing about the craw wurm is probably the horrible crashing sound it makes as it speeds through the forest. This noise is so loud it echoes through the trees and seems to come from all directions at once.
9/9 Illus: Daniel Gelon (ABU – Craw Wurm) #192/306
Dingus Egg2GG
Creature – Drake (Rare)
Whenever a land is put into a graveyard from play, Dingus Egg deals 2 damage to that land’s controller.
When Dingus Egg is put into a graveyard from play, search your library for a Drake card and put it into play. If you do, shuffle your library.
0/1 Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Dingus Egg) #193/306
Elvish Piper3G
Creature – Elf Shaman (Common) 3G, T: You may put a creature card from your hand into play. “When the chimera appeared, we realized it wasn’t bird call after all.”
1/4 Illus: Rebecca Guay (9th Edition – Elvish Piper) #194/306
Force of Nature4G
Creature – Plant Warrior (Uncommon)
Fear (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures that share a color with it or colorless creatures.)
Whenever Force of Nature deals damage to a planeswalker or player, you may draw a card.
3/4 Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Force of Nature) #195/306
Gaea’s Liege5G
Creature – Human Monk (Common) G, Sacrifice a creature: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Gaea’s liege is a common sight in the forests of Dominaria. At her behest, he tells each animal if it is meant to live or to die.
5/7 Illus: Dameon Willich (ABU – Gaea’s Liege) #196/306
Gaea’s Scourge2GG
Sorcery – Divine (Rare)
Destroy all lands. Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Ice Storm) #197/306
Giant GrowthG
Enchantment – Aspect Aura (Uncommon)
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2. Illus: Sandra Everingham (ABU – Giant Growth) #198/306
Harmonize1GG
Sorcery – Rite (Uncommon)
Each player draws two cards.
Replenish (When this card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, target player draws a card.) Illus: Dameon WIllich (ABU – Circle of Protection: Blue) #199/306
Havenwood Druid1G
Creature – Human Shaman (Common)
Shroud (This creature can’t be the target of spells or abilities.)
The druids of Havenwood take vows of silence. This is an act of asceticism, but also a matter of safety in Sarpadia.
2/2 Illus: Jeff A. Menges (Antiquities – Citanul Druid) #200/306
Hunted Troll2GG
Creature – Troll Warrior (Rare)
As an additional cost to play Hunted Troll, put four 1/1 blue Faerie Rogue creature tokens into play under target opponent’s control.
Regeneration B(B: The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, it isn’t. Instead, remove all damage from it, tap it, and remove it from combat.)
8/4 Illus: Greg Staples (Ravnica: City of Guilds – Hunted Troll) #201/306
Ironroot Treefolk4G
Creature – Plant Warrior (Common)
When Iroroot Treefolk comes into play, you may destroy target non-Node land. “I’m disgusted that a hundred year old being thinks it’s entitled to destroy a millennial rock formation simply to thive.” - Volta, cartographer
2/5 Illus: Jesper Myrfors (ABU – Ironroot Treefolk) #202/306
Ivy HydraXG
Creature – Chimera Hydra (Rare)
Heritage G(For each additional G you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
Ivy Hydra comes into play with X +1/+1 chips on it.
0/0 Illus: Jeff A. Menges (ABU – Rock Hydra) #203/306
Ley Feedback2GG
Sorcery – Rite (Common)
Each player loses 1 life for each land he or she control. (Life loss isn’t damage.) Illus: Quinton Hoover (ABU – Feedback) #204/306
Llanowar Druid1G
Creature – Elf Shaman (Common) 1, T: Add W, U, B, R, or G to your mana pool. Whenever the Llanowar Elves gather the fruits of their forest, they leave one plant of each type untouched, considering that nature’s portion.
2/1 Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Llanowar Elves) #205/306
Loaming Drake4G
Creature – Drake (Common)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Replenish (When this card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, target player draws a card.)
These drakes make their nests in mulch fields and are driven by instinct to return when they are ailing.
3/3 Illus: Heather Hudson (Tempest – Flailing Drake) #206/306
Luring Marker1G
Enchantment – Seal (Common)
When a player casts a spell, sacrifice Luring Marker. If you do, each of that player’s opponents puts a 4/4 green Chimera creature token into play. Illus: Rob Alexander (Legends – Floral Spuzzem #207/306
Mox Emerald2G
Sorcery – Charm (Uncommon)
Flash
Choose one – Each player sacrifices a land; or creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn; or shuffle your graveyard into your library. Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Mox Emerald) #208/306
Natural Selection3GG
Sorcery – Rite (Rare)
Flash
Reveal the top seven cards of your library. Target opponent chooses a creature card from the revealed cards. Put that card into play under his or her control and each other creature card into play under your control. Then shuffle you library. Illus: Mark Poole (ABU – Natural Selection) #209/306
Pack Mentality4G
Theme – Enchantment – Wolf Aspect (Rare)
Each creature gets +1/+1 for each permanent that shares a creature type with it. Illus: Jeff A. Menges (ABU – Aspect of Wolf) #210/306
Piper’s Summons3GG
Sorcery – Rite (Uncommon)
Flash
You may put a creature card from your hand into play. Illus: Melissa A. Benson (Homelands – Didgeridoo) #211/306
Raise Wild3GG
Sorcery – Arcane (Rare)
Search target opponent’s library for a creature card and put that card into play under your control. Then that player shuffles his or her library. Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Berserk) #212/306
Regrowth2G
Sorcery – Concoction (Common)
Flash
Put target card in a graveyard on top of its owner’s library. Illus: Dameon Willich (ABU – Regrowth) #213/306
RemembranceGG
Sorcery – Rite (Rare)
Flash
Copy target activated or triggered ability. You may choose new targets for the copy. Illus: Justin Hampton (Ice Age – Dark Ritual) #214/306
Sarpadian Ooze2G
Creature – Ooze (Uncommon)
Sacrifice a creature: Sarpadian Ooze gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
When you get into Sarpadia, Sarpadia gets into you.
2/2 Illus: Dan Frazier (Legends – Quagmire) #216/306
Scaled Wurm7G
Creature – Dragon Wurm (Common)
Scaled Wurm comes into play with five +1/+1 chips on it.
When Scaled Wurm leaves play, you may put its +1/+1 chips on target green creature.
2/1 Illus: Daniel Gelon (Ice Age – Scaled Wurm) #217/306
Scarwood Fiends2G
Creature – Human Barbarian (Common)
As an additional cost to cast Scarwood Fiends, target opponent gains control of a creature of his or her choice.
Fear (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures that share a color with it or colorless creatures.)
3/3 Illus: Mike Kimble (Homelands – Timmerian Fiends) #218/306
Scryb Sprites1G
Creature – Faerie Swarm (Uncommon)
Flash
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) 2G: Scryb Sprites gets +3/+3 until end of turn. Activate this ability only once each turn.
1/1 Illus: Amy Weber (ABU – Scryb Sprites) #219/306
Shanodin Tulls2GG
Planeswalker – Shanodin (Rare)
Loyalty 4
+1: Put a 1/1 green Insect creature token into play.
-1: Target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.
-6: Each other creature you control becomes a copy of target creature you control until end of turn. Illus: Jesper Myrfors (ABU – Living Lands) #220/306
Shanodin’s Basilisk3GG
Creature – Chimera Lizard (Rare)
Whenever a creature you control is dealt damage, you may put a +1/+1 chip on it. (The damage is dealt before the chip is put on.) Rather than sheltering her young, the female Basilisk often injures her own offspring, thereby ensuring their rapid growth.
3/4 Illus: Daniel Gelon (ABU – Thicket Basilisk) #221/306
SpellbaneG
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Uncommon)
Flash
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature has shroud. (It can’t be the target of spells or abilities.) Illus: Phil Foglio (Legends – Avoid Fate) #222/306
Stampede1GG
Sorcery – Arcane (Uncommon)
Flash
Attacking creatures get +1/+1 and gain trample until end of turn. (If they would deal enough combat damage to their blockers to destroy them, you may have them deal the rest of their damage to defending player.) Illus: Jeff A. Menges (Ice Age – Stampede) #223/306
Tempest2G
Enchantment – Aspect (Uncommon)
Creatures you control have reach. (They can block creatures with flying.)
Creatures with flying get -1/-1. Illus: Gary Gianni (Visions – Katabatic Winds) #224/306
Timber Wolves3G
Creature – Beast Wolf (Uncommon) W: Timber Wolves has banding until end of turn. Though many think of Wolves as solitary predators, they are actually extremely social animals. During a hunt they often call to each other, which can be quite unsettling for their prey.
4/4 Illus: Melissa A. Benson (ABU – Timber Wolves) #225/306
Utopian Vision2G
Enchantment – Aspect Aura (Uncommon)
Enchant creature
When Utopian Vision comes into play, put three +1/+1 chips on enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature has “Remove a +1/+1 chip from this creature: Add R, G, or W to your mana pool.” Illus: Sandra Everingham (ABU – Ley Druid) #226/306
Verduran ArcherGGG
Creature – Elf Archer (Uncommon)
Flash
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Replenish (When this card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, target player draws a card.)
4/2 Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Elvish Archers) #227/306
Verduran Gardener3G
Creature – Human Monk (Common)
Heritage G(For each additional G you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
Replenish (When this card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, target player draws a card.)
Some say gardening was first practiced by women, who have always felt strong ties to the land.
3/2 Illus: Kev Brockschmidt (ABU – Verduran Enchantress) #228/306
War Mammoth2GG
Creature – Beast Elephant (Common)
Trample (If this creature would deal lethal combat damage to its blockers, you may have it deal the rest of its damage to defending player.) G, T: Target creature has trample until end of turn.
3/3 Illus: Jeff A. Menges (ABU – War Mammoth) #229/306
Woodfall Treefolk4GG
Creature – Plant Shaman (Rare)
Flash
Other green creatures get +2/+2. “Where there’s a wood, there’s a way.”
- Woodfall motto Illus: Brian Snoddy (Legends – Wood Elemental) #230/306
Ancestral Recall1WU
Sorcery – Incantation (Rare)
Flash
Target player draws two cards.
Replenish (When this card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, target player draws a card.) Illus: Mark Poole (ABU – Ancestral Recall) #231/306
Black LotusRG
Enchantment – Gift (Rare)
Sacrifice Black Lotus: Add three mana of any combination of W, U, B, R, or G to your mana pool. Illus: Christopher Rush (ABU – Black Lotus) #232/306
Chaos OrbBR
Sorcery – Rite (Rare)
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can’t cast spells or activate abilities that aren’t mana abilities.)
Destroy a permanent target player controls at random. Illus: Mark Tedin (ABU – Chaos Orb) #233/306
Time Walk2UB
Sorcery – Rite (Rare)
Target player takes an extra turn after this one. Illus: Amy Weber (ABU – Time Walk) #234/306
Timetwister1GW
Sorcery – Glamer (Rare)
Each player shuffles his or her hand and graveyard into his or her library and then draws seven cards. (Then put Timetwister into its owner’s graveyard.) Illus: Mark Tedin (ABU – Timetwister) #235/306
Mox the Jeweler1
Planeswalker – Mox (Rare)
Loyalty 2
+1: Add 1 to your mana pool.
-4: You may reveal a Charm in your hand. If you do, cast a copy of it without paying its mana cost.
-6: Put Mox the Jeweler on top of its owner’s library. If you do, add 1WUBRG to target player’s mana pool. Illus: Adam Rex (Invasion – Rith’s Attendant) #236/306
Black Vise1
Artifact – Equipment (Uncommon)
Equipped creature has “At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose N life, where N is the number of cards in your hand.”
Whenever you become the target of a sorcery an opponent controls, you may equip a creature he or she controls with Black Vise. Illus: Richard Thomas (ABU – Black Vise) #237/306
Bottomless Vault2
Artifact – Vault (Uncommon) Relic – At the beginning of each player’s upkeep, if Bottomless Vault is untapped, that player draws a card. T: Target player gains 1 life. Activate this ability only if you have exactly seven cards in your hand. Illus: David Seeley (5th Edition – Bottomless Vault) #238/306
Clay Statue2
Artifact Creature – Golem (Common) Tawnos won fame as Urza’s greatest assistant. After he created these warriors, Urza ended his apprenticeship, promoting him directly to the rank of master.
2/2 Illus: Jesper Myrfors (Antiquities – Clay Statue) #239/306
Clockwork Beast6
Artifact Creature – Beast Construct (Uncommon)
Heritage G(For each additional G you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
Vanishing 4 (This artifact comes into play with four time chips on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time chip from it. When the last is removed, sacrifice it.)
5/5 Illus: Drew Tucker (ABU – Clockwork Beast) #240/306
Conservator5
Artifact Creature – Construct (Uncommon)
Defender (This creature can’t attack.)
Whenever combat damage is dealt to Conservator, put that many 1/1 colorless Construct artifact creature tokens into play.
0/4 Illus: Amy Weber (ABU – Conservator) #241/306
Crimson Rack1
Artifact – Equipment (Uncommon)
Equipped creatures has “At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose N life, where N is 3 minus the number of cards in your hand.”
Whenever you become the target of a sorcery an opponent controls, you may equip a creature he or she controls with Crimson Rack. Illus: Richard Thomas (ABU – The Rack) #242/306
Cyclopean Tomb6
Artifact – Vault (uncommon)
Heritage W(For each additional W you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.) T: Put a 1/1 black Spirit creature token into play. Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Cyclopean Tomb) #243/306
Dream Journal2
Artifact – Tome (Rare)
When Dream Journal comes into play, target player draws a card. 6, T: Return target artifact to its owner’s hand. Illus: Julie Baroh (Tempest – Fool’s Tome) #244/306
Emmessi Tome6
Artifact – Tome (Uncommon)
Heritage U(For each additional U you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.) T: Draw two cards, then discard two cards unless you discard a creature card. Activate this ability only any time you could lay a land. Illus: Mark Tedin (ABU – Jayemdae Tome) #245/306
Frozen Heart2
Artifact – Orb (Common)
Frozen Heart comes into play tapped.
Heritage U(For each additional U you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
T: Add U to your mana pool. Illus: Mark Zug (Mirrodin – Icy Manipulator) #246/306
Gauntlets of Chaos2
Artifact – Equipment (Common)
Equipped creature gets +4/+2 and doesn’t untap during its controller’s untap step.
Equip 3(3: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only any time you could lay a land.) Illus: Dan Frazier (Legends – Gauntlets of Chaos) #247/306
Grapeshot Catapult3
Artifact Creature – Construct (Common)
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
For years scholars debated whether these were Urza’s or Mishra’s creations. Recent research suggests they were invented by the brother’s original master, Tocasia, and that both used these devices.
2/2 Illus: Dan Frazier (Antiquities – Grapeshot Catapult) #248/306
Heartsick Lance1
Artifact – Equipment (Common)
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has “W: Return this creature to its owner’s hand.”
Equip 1 (1: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only any time you could lay a land.) Illus: Rob Alexander (ABU – Lance) #249/360
Helm of Chatzuk1
Artifact – Equipment (Uncommon)
Equipped creature has banding. (Any number of attacking creatures with banding, and up to one without, can form a band. Blocking a creature in the band blocks all of them. You assign combat damage for any creature blocking or blocked by this creature.)
Equip 1(1: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only any time you could lay a land.) Illus: Mark Tedin (ABU – Helm of Chatzuk) #250/306
The Hive4 Artifact – Vault (Rare) Relic – Creatures you control have flying if The Hive is untapped. 3, T: Put a 1/1 green Insect creature token into play. The Hive doesn’t untap during your next untap step. Illus: Sandra Everingham (ABU – The Hive) #251/306
Horn of Deafening1
Artifact – Instrument (Common) 1, Sacrifice Horn of Deafening: Target player draws a card. R, Sacrifice Horn of Deafening: Horn of Deafening deals 2 damage to target creature, planeswalker, or player. “An blast, an echo… then silence.” Illus: Dan Frazier (Legends – Horn of Deafening) #252/306
Hurkyl’s Armor3
Artifact – Equipment (Uncommon)
Equipped creature gets +5/+0 and loses its abilities.
Equip 2(2: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only any time you could lay a land.) Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Animate Artifact) #253/306
Icy Manipulator6
Artifact – Orb (Uncommon)
Heritage B(For each additional B you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.) T: Tap target artifact, creature, or land. Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Icy Manipulator) #254/306
Insidious Bookworms1
Artifact Creature – Construct (Common)
When Insidious Bookworms is put into a graveyard from play, you may pay B. If you do, target player discards a card.
1/1 Illus: Greg Simanson (Alliances – Insidious Bookworms A) #255/306
Iron Star2
Artifact – Equipment (Uncommon)
Equipped creature has haste and “1, T: This creature deals 1 damage to target planeswalker or player.”
Equip–Tap Iron Star (Tap Iron Star: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only any time you could lay a land.) Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Iron Star) #256/306
Ivory Cup2
Artifact – Cylix (uncommon)
Spells cost 1 less to cast. Blessed by a thousand prayers. Passed through ten thousand hands. Sought by a hundred thousand hearts. Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Ivory Cup) #257/306
Jade Statue3
Artifact Creature – Golem (Common) G: Jade Statue gets +1/+1 until end of turn. “Some of the other guys dared me to touch it, but I knew it weren’t no ordinary hunk o’ rock.”
- Norin the Wary
1/1 Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Jade Statue) #258/306
The Lair5
Artifact – Vault (Rare) Relic – Creatures you control get +1/+1 if The Lair is untapped. 6, T: Put a 4/4 green Chimera token into play. The Lair doesn’t untap during your next untap step. Illus: Christopher Rush (The Dark – Safe Haven) #259/306
Library of Leng1
Artifact – Vault (Uncommon) T: Untap target Orb or Tome. 1, T: Untap another target Vault. Illus: Daniel Gelon (ABU – Library of Leng) #260/306
Mana Vault3
Artifact – Vault (Rare)
Mana Vault comes into play tapped.
At the beginning of your untap step, if Mana Vault is tapped, untap it and it deals 2 damage to you. T: Add 3 to your mana pool. Illus: Mark Tedin (ABU – Mana Vault) #261/306
Mons’s Stormseeker1
Artifact – Equipment (Common)
Equipped creature gets +2/+0.
Equip 1(1: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only any time you could lay a land.) Illus: Mark Poole (Legends – Storm Seeker) #262/306
Mystic Compass0
Artifact – Bauble (Common) 1, T: Target land has the basic land type of your choice until end of turn. 2, T: Target land becomes the basic land type of your choice until end of turn. (It loses its other types. Basic land types are Forest, Island, Mountain, Node, Plains, and Swamp.) Illus: Amy Weber (Alliances – Mystic Compass) #263/306
Nevinyrral’s Disk4
Artifact – Amulet (Rare)
Nevinyrral’s Disk comes into play tapped. 1, T: Destroy all artifacts, creatures, enchantments, and planeswalkers. Illus: Mark Tedin (ABU – Nevinyrral’s Disk) #264/306
Obsianus Golem6
Artifact Creature – Golem (Rare)
When Obsianus Golem is put into your graveyard from you library, you may put it into play. “The foot stone is connected to the ankle stone, the ankle stone is connected to the leg stone… .”
- Song of the Artificer
4/6 Illus: Jesper Myrfors (ABU – Obsianus Golem) #265/306
Shanodin’s Mask4
Artifact – Equipment (Rare)
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a planeswalker or player, you may pay X. If you do, reveal a card from your hand with converted mana cost X and cast a copy of it.
Equip 2 Illus: Amy Weber (ABU – Illusionary Mask) #266/306
Throne of Bone3
Artifact – Throne (Rare)
When a creature comes into play under your control, sacrifice Throne of Bone. 4: Put a creature card from your graveyard into play. Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Throne of Bone) #267/306
Triskelion4
Artifact Creature – Construct (Common) A brainchild of Tawnos, the Triskelion later proved both versatile and useful.
3/3 Illus: Douglas Shuler (Antiquities – Triskelion) #268/306
Urza’s Glasses0
Artifact – Bauble (Uncommon) 1: Add W to your mana pool. Urza’s artifacts were designed to help all, but none more than himself. Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Glasses of Urza) #269/306
War Drums6
Artifact – Instrument (Uncommon)
Heritage R(For each additional R you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
Attacking creatures you control get +1/+0 and can’t be blocked except by two or more creatures. Illus. Richard Kane-Ferguson (Fallen Empires – Goblin War Drums) #270/306
Winter Orb3
Artifact – Orb (Rare) Relic – As long as Winter Orb is untapped, players can’t untap more than two permanents during their untap steps. Illus: Mark Tedin (ABU – Winter Orb) #271/306
Badlands
Land – Swamp Mountain (Rare) (T: Add B or R to your mana pool.) Illus: Rob Alexander (ABU – Badlands) #272/306
Bayou
Land – Node (Rare) (T: Add 1 to your mana pool.)
Pay 1 life, T: Add B or G to your mana pool. Illus: Jesper Myfors (ABU – Bayou) #273/306
BenalishCastle
Land – Stronghold (Common)
Benalish Castle comes into play tapped. T: Add 1 to your mana pool. 2W, T: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and by target creature. Illus: Dameon Willich (ABU – Castle) #274/306
Hidden Orchard
Land – Refuge (Uncommon)
Hidden Orchard come into play tapped. T: Add 1 to your mana pool. 1, Sacrifice Hidden Orchard: Regenerate target permanent. (The next time it would be destroyed this turn, it isn’t. Instead, remove all damage from it, tap it, and remove it from combat.) Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Lure) #275/306
Plateau
Land – Node (Rare) (T: Add 1 to your mana pool.)
Pay 1 life, T: Add R or W to your mana pool. Illus: Cornelius Brudi (Revised – Plateau) #276/306
Savannah
Land – Forest Plains (Rare) (T: Add G or W to your mana pool.) Illus: Rob Alexander (ABU – Savannah) #277/306
Scrubland
Land – Node (Rare) (T: Add 1 to your mana pool.)
Pay 1 life, T: Add W or B to your mana pool. Illus: Jesper Myfors (Revised – Scrubland) #278/306
StripMine
Land – Mine (Rare) T: Add 1 to your mana pool. Strip Mine doesn’t untap during your next untap step. 1, T, Sacrifice Strip Mine: Destroy target non-Node land. Illus: Daniel Gelon (Antiquities – Strip Mine) #279/306
Taiga
Land – Mountain Forest (Rare) (T: Add R or G to your mana pool.) Illus: Rob Alexander (ABU – Taiga) #280/306
TolarianSpires
Land – Tower (Common)
Tolarian Spires comes into play tapped. T: Add 1 to your mana pool. 1U, T: Creatures have protection from artifacts until end of turn. (They can’t be equipped, targeted, or dealt damage by artifacts.) Illus: Mark Poole (ABU – Island Sanctuary) #281/306
TropicalParadise
Land – Node (Rare) (T: Add 1 to your mana pool.)
Pay 1 life, T: Add G or U to your mana pool. Illus: Jesper Myfors (Revised – TropicalIsland) #282/306
Tundra
Land – Plains Island (Rare) (T: Add W or U to your mana pool.) Illus: Jesper Myrfors (ABU – Tundra) #283/306
UndergroundSea
Land – Island Swamp (Rare) (T: Add U or B to your mana pool.) Illus: Rob Alexander (ABU – UndergroundSea) #284/306
UrborgCave
Land – Cave (Common)
Urborg Cave comes into play tapped. T: Add 1 to your mana pool. T: Target creature has regeneration B until end of turn. (B: The next time it would be destroyed this turn, it isn’t. Instead, remove all damage from it, tap it, and remove it from combat.) Illus: Sandra Everingham (ABU – Evil Presence) #285/306
UthdenWar-Zone
Land – Battleground (Common)
Uthden War-Zone comes into play tapped. T: Add 1 to your mana pool. R, T: Add 3 to your mana pool. Illus: Dameon Willich (ABU – Flashfires) #286/306
VolcanicSea
Land – Node (Rare) (T: Add 1 to your mana pool.) Pay 1 life, T: Add U or R to your mana pool. Illus: Brian Snoddy (Revised – Volcanic Island) #287/306
WoodfallMaze
Land – Maze (Common)
Woodfall Maze comes into play tapped. T: Add 1 to your mana pool. 4G, T: Put a +1/+1 chip on Woodfall Maze, and it becomes a 2/2 insect creature. (This effect doesn’t end at the of turn.) Illus: Rob Alexander (ABU – Web) #288/306
Node
Basic – Land – Node (Common) (T: Add 1 to your mana pool.) Illus: Sandra Everingham (ABU – Raging River) #289/306
Node
Basic – Land – Node (Common) (T: Add 1 to your mana pool.) Illus: Jesper Myrfors (ABU – Cursed Land) #290/306
Node
Basic – Land – Node (Common) (T: Add 1 to your mana pool.) Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Tranquility) #291/306
Plains
Basic – Land – Plains (Common) (T: Add W to your mana pool.) Illus. Jesper Myrfors (ABU – Plains A) #292/306
Plains
Basic – Land – Plains (Common) (T: Add W to your mana pool.) Illus. Jesper Myrfors (ABU – Plains B) #293/306
Plains
Basic – Land – Plains (Common) (T: Add W to your mana pool.) Illus. Jesper Myrfors (ABU – Plains C) #294/306
Island
Basic – Land – Island (Common) (T: Add U to your mana pool.) Illus. Mark Poole (ABU – Island A) #295/306
Island
Basic – Land – Island (Common) (T: Add U to your mana pool.) Illus. Mark Poole (ABU – Island B) #296/306
Island
Basic – Land – Island (Common) (T: Add U to your mana pool.) Illus. Mark Poole (ABU – Island C) #297/306
Swamp
Basic – Land – Swamp (Common) (T: Add B to your mana pool.) Illus. Dan Frazier (ABU – Swamp A) #298/306
Swamp
Basic – Land – Swamp (Common) (T: Add B to your mana pool.) Illus. Dan Frazier (ABU – Swamp B) #299/306
Swamp
Basic – Land – Swamp (Common) (T: Add B to your mana pool.) Illus. Dan Frazier (ABU – Swamp C) #300/306
Mountain
Basic – Land – Swamp (Common) (T: Add R to your mana pool.) Illus. Douglas Shuler (ABU – Mountain A) #301/306
Mountain
Basic – Land – Swamp (Common) (T: Add R to your mana pool.) Illus. Douglas Shuler (ABU – Mountain B) #302/306
Mountain
Basic – Land – Swamp (Common) (T: Add R to your mana pool.) Illus. Douglas Shuler (ABU – Mountain C) #303/306
Forest
Basic – Land – Forest (Common) (T: Add [mana]G[mana] to your mana pool.) Illus. Christopher Rush (ABU – Forest A) #304/306
Forest
Basic – Land – Forest (Common) (T: Add [mana]G[mana] to your mana pool.) Illus. Christopher Rush (ABU – Forest B) #305/306
Forest
Basic – Land – Forest (Common) (T: Add [mana]G[mana] to your mana pool.) Illus. Christopher Rush (ABU – Forest C) #306/306
Human Soldier
Creature – Human Soldier (Token)
1/1 Illus: Douglas Shuler (Ice Age – Battle Cry) #1/11
Faerie Rogue
Creature – Faerie Rogue (Token)
Flying (This creature can’t be locked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
1/1 Illus: Susan Van Camp (Homelands – Willow Faerie B) #2/11
Fish
Creature – Fish (Token)
3/3 Illus: Tom Wanerstrand (The Dark – Giant Shark) #3/11
Spirit
Creature – Spirit (Token)
1/1 Illus: Jeff A. Menges (ABU – Bog Wraith) #4/11
This looks like a well thought out and complete revision (someone else started a reboot, but it wasn't as complete... who was that?) but I'll chip in my $0.02 anyway.
With each color I wanted to strengthen it such that it wasn’t always acting as a splash color to other deck archetypes.
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It still has protection and damage prevention, but this is supplemental to a strong creature base and card draw.
The goal is fair enough, but card draw is a little against white's philosophy, IMO. Because of its tendency toward zealotry (in maintaining the status quo) it shouldn't get card draw aside from, say, cantrips. This is shared with red, which also has the "zealot" tendency (because of its heedless, emotional nature).
I had to reexamine White’s philosophy once I assigned Artifacts as its favorite card type.
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White has lost its ability to destroy artifacts. It is the artifact color, and as such the last color that would try and destroy them. It has also lost its ability to destroy creatures. For both card types, it will need to rely on soft counters and superior combat skills to survive.
What? White is the main artifact color? What about blue, the color of... well, of artifice? I can see white in a secondary role to this obviously, but...
White has lost “Pacifism” effects to Red which now is the color of combat manipulation.
Hrm. I'd like to see it keep Ghostly Prison effects as part of its "taxing" theme... but "can't block" and conditional "can't attack" effects are certainly red, so this makes some sense.
White also has gained counter spells, but before you think of it as traditional Blue 2.0, its counterspells are soft, more in the vein of taxing than outright denial.
Since Wizards seems to be taking this direction itself, I can accept it.
White also has gained the traditional Black ability of graveyard hosing. It has had it to a limited capacity in traditional Magic, but now it is the only color that can remove cards in the graveyard from the game. (The Removed-from-the-game zone has been renamed the void in Reboot.) Since the zones all play a large role in Magic, this move is not insignificant.
Another ability White has gained is giving a creature -1/-1. This is not the same as –X/-X which remains Black, but really is more of an ability designed to clear the board of weenies rather than act as creature removal, which White has lost. From a flavor perspective, the creature has shrunk as opposed to the traditional explanation that the creature is sick or weakened.
Blue’s favorite card type is Land and its least favorite type is Planeswalker. Blue’s focus on knowledge and preparation was directed towards exploration and physical perfection along with its typical mental focus. And it’s manipulation of time allows it to fight its enemies when they were less powerful, or it was more prepared.
Okay, land throws me off here. What about green? Type manipulation is blue and can stay that way, but green should keep land tutors... I mean, it's nature.
Blue has lost straight up card draw to White. What it has kept instead is card filtering, like Ponder, and Looter abilities, where it draws and then discards. So really what it has left is card selection.
If anything, straight card draw (i.e., draw 2 or more) should go to black.
Blue has also lost the ability to change land types. That ability exists in an artifact card, Mystic Compass and if it were put in a color, it would now ship over to Green.
Landwalk does not exist in the Reboot, and Islandwalk traditionally has been heavily used in blue creature design. Flying and protection replace this evasion ability.
Fair enough. What about straight-up "unblockable"?
The biggest change to Blue, is that it is the Land-focused color, and as such it has gained the land search ability from traditional Green. But in assigning mechanics to colors, I have separated land search and color filtering. I wanted green to be able to provide different colors of mana, and blue really to be able to find other Islands or Nodes exclusively. This distinction may trouble some, since it means blue gets Wood Elves and not Farhaven Elf, but I wanted mechanics to have a lot of presence across the color wheel and mana filitering and land search are deep enough design spaces, that it’s okay to split hairs here.
If anything this should be flipped: Blue should get mana filtering and green should get actual land search.
Similar to Land search, Blue also has permanent mana acceleration, so Llanowar Elf is blue (actually it’s an Artifact that you can cast for U called Frozen Heart.) and Birds of Paradise are now blue. Instead of using this mana acceleration to ramp up to big creatures like traditional Green, Blue will be able to provide counter support, while still laying threats down each turn.
Another addition to Blue comes from its ability to hose Planeswalkers. It can remove chips from permanents and destroy tokens. This has been an unused mechanic in traditional Magic, but rather than make a narrow card the says “Destroy target planeswalker” and wanted a more elegant approach. So blue can steal or remove chips. Most of the time this will affect +1/+1 chips.
It's only natural for "counter" manipulation to be blue. I like the counter -> chip switch, it removes ambiguity.
Another gain for blue comes from the eradication of a “worst Creature color” philosophy. It will no longer have to overpay for creatures, and it has some surprising bodies. However, it is not the most aggressive color so those creatures aren’t going to be red-zone bound, like Green or Red. Its creatures are more defensive, so they will have a higher toughness often times, as well as useful abilities. For example, the Mana Flare ability has been shifted to blue, but this time it’s on a highly defensive creature rather than an enchantment.
So blue is the Turtle color. You should still have overpriced fat Leviathan-types, with the justification that blue isn't good at attacking, but also that such threats are essentially unanswerable in creature-to-creature combat (unblockability, etc.)
Blue has also gained a little bit of discard, allowing them to look at a player’s hand and have that player discard a card of their choice.
...which, I think, reflects in its flavor of making bargains for power. They will do unnatural and ungodly things for their own selfish needs, and casting Enchantments is a quick and easy method of doing so. Black’s least favorite card type remains Creatures, and it’s obvious that this is a carry over from traditional Magic. Black is given a wider variety of hating creatures then usual.
Well, as long as it keeps the flavor of "hard-to-break contracts" and doesn't get Disenchant... I can see this.
Black has lost its spot as the best tutor color. That ability has been spread out among all the colors, with each of them being best at searching for their favorite card type. Cards like Demonic Tutor simply don’t exist in this set and as such, Black loses an important mechanic.
Fair enough. Although I liked black's "do anything for a price" effects.
Black can now do more than reanimate creatures - it has taken universal recursion from Green. Now it can put any card in the graveyard back into its hand.
Black has the “gain control” mechanic, formerly in Blue, (though Red still retains temporary effects for creature targets, like Threaten.) This mechanic is mostly represented with Enchantments, though Sorcery versions would be appropriate.
I'd rather see an actual "coercion" effect in black, like an Aura that says "at the beginning of each player's upkeep, you gain control of enchanted creature unless its controller pays N life," where N=2 probably.
Black has also gained spell redirection from Blue and Red, though the flavor of the mechanic is tied to sacrificing other resources to protect your interests.
Black can animate lands, an ability that is traditionally Green. Since it sits right next to the Land color, it needed some lesser land related ability. White has “gain control of a land” and Black now can animate them.
Moving land effects away from green was not a good choice, as I've said before.
Black also has some smaller artifact destruction abilities, like countering an artifact spell. This is because it is across from White, the “artifact color.”
And land destruction has been moved over to Green. Red’s least favorite type is Artifact, and its traditional ability to destroy artifacts remains. Also, in order to cast a stronger contrast between Red and White, I have given red greater ability to manipulate combat by forcing creatures to attack, or preventing them from being able to attack.
I don't think planeswalkers should count as a "real" card type, since they're supposed to be rare. But the other stuff seems pretty justified.
Red is the Planeswalker color, and can search for them, its creatures get a boost when they are on the board and you can get mana by using their abilities.
Well, it sounds interesting, at least, but it seems too conditional for a core set (and the "first" no less!)
Red has expanded its ability to generate additional combat steps, so that it is a much more common effect. Since its suite of keywords favor combat so much, this is a nice way to give it some added oomph.
Okay. Probably should have "skip other step" effects as part of that too. Who needs main phases, for example?
Red has gained random discard effects, this time allowing you to force an opponent to discard at random, rather than randomly discarding yourself for effects. Red’s chaotic elements will be more focused on opponents rather than itself in Reboot.
Fair enough. Like hitting the enemy in the back of the head, although this tends to punish people with fewer cards in hand.
Red can now gain control of spells until end of turn, and not just creatures. And since spells only last of the moment, they can get the most out of them.
Fair enough, although this might be a little too cerebral for monored.
Its favorite card type is creatures and its least favorite is land.
My least favorite change, as you might be able to tell. It could hate nonbasic lands, and it certainly justified in doing so. Actually this might be better, if you care to downplay and/or distribute effects that strictly care about basic lands.
Green is the Clone color, only this time the effect is based on adaptation and evolution. A straight up Clone creature isn’t in the set, but Cocoon gets the point across at the uncommon level.
Green still has Giant Growth effects, but it also has Nantuko Husk. There is a greater emphasis on recycling in the color thanks to Replenish (See new keywords) so sacrificing creatures for effects has been added to it’s mechanics.
Hm, possibly, although Husk is quite black (selfish, willing to sacrifice anything for its own gain, etc.)...
Green has many more instant speed combat tricks than in traditional Magic, mostly related to creatures with Flash.
I like that.
Regarding creature types: Although my gut doesn't really like the "Beast" and "Chimera" as race model, it's quite interesting and more unifying.
Taking out Cleric disregards a large part of why Magic was created in the first place (quick game between DnD sessions)... Although maybe you could split it up into, say, Priest, Monk, and Mystic. I don't really like the re-inclusion of Minion... it's really broad.
No Druids either? Sad.
Swarm? Good call. I wonder why this wasn't done before. Regarding card types: I don't like the Tribal change. There's no real reason (especially with only one type of nonpermanent spell) to broaden it to include all subtypes. I suggest splitting it into two.
Tribal includes all creature types. Mystic includes all enchantment and sorcery types.
Artifacts and lands can just, well, stay alone and unloved.
The Land types are: Battleground, Cave, Forest, Island, Maze, Mine, Mountain, Node, Plains, Refuge, Stronghold, Swamp, Tower
The new land types don't really do it for me, especially basic land #6... but that's personal opinion, and since this this is a reboot it's not the same as trying to introduce it into Magic as it is today.
Regarding what each color gets: It seems like you kinda spread out traditional effects so that each color can almost play by itself... monocolor play is not a good thing, IMO. Not only that, but eventually every color will start to look the same if you extrapolate N years down the road as we are now.
Berserker
This keyword designates a creature that will always try to enter combat. It exists solely in Red for this set, but could appear in Black or Green for future sets.
Logical and probable even in normal Magic, although the blocking part throws it off a bit. Could still be possible, given deathtouch.
Diminish N
This keyword allows you to mill a player whenever the card with Diminish is put into a graveyard. It is similar to another new keyword in the set (Replenish) in that the ability triggers regardless of how the card is placed in the graveyard. So Diminish can trigger when a card is destroyed, discarded, or milled via another Diminish trigger. The keyword resides in Blue and Black.
Relic
This is an ability word for abilities or effects on permanents. There are two distinct instances where Relic is used. First, it is used when a card only has an effect if untapped. And second, if an ability can be activated or trigger only when the permanent is untapped. It is used on Artifact cards, but could expand to colored permanents in future sets.
Replenish
Like the Diminish keyword, Replenish is triggered when the card with it is placed in a graveyard from anywhere. The effect is that you can have a target player draw a card. This ability will often act like a souped-up cantrip. The keyword exists in Green and Blue.[/quote]
While these are all good abilities, I don't think they're core set material... evergreen keywords should be able to appear in any set, even in singles.
Fear
This ability now allows blockers based on whether they share a color with the attacker, or alternatively are colorless. This is a small change from how Fear appears in existing Magic sets. The keyword is in Black and Green.
Okay, this seems like a fair implementation. Could almost be used today with minor rules changes. Almost.
Ranged strike
This is an ability word that identifies a group of activated abilities. It is loosely defined, only requiring that the card Tap for damage and have targeting limited to attacking or blocking creatures. It exists in Blue exclusively.
Meh. Don't like the name and I don't see the need.
Regeneration COST
This is simply the regenerate effect that exists on many cards, but written as a keyword with a cost. It does not replace the existing understanding of the ability, nor language like “regenerate” or “regenerated.” It exists solely in Black for this set, and the activation cost is higher than normal in an attempt to balance the power of it out.
There was a better attempt to "fix" regeneration, I think, somewhere...
Well anyway, I like it better as a keyword action.
Flash
Flash has become a Keyword for Sorceries as well as permanents, and represents a substantial change. The card type Instant is not in Reboot. Flash is used instead to mean that a sorcery can be played whenever you have priority. Every color has Sorceries with Flash. Permanents with Flash exist only in Green and White.
I like the instant-nuking change. Although, could you maybe add "Instant" to the list of sorcery types? Maybe instead of "Reflex," since that doesn't sound very sorcery-like.
Protection
This keyword is in White and Blue only.
I think you could afford to edit protection a bit in the reboot, since Wizards has said it's a bad keyword (too many effects). Maybe as an ability word, i.e.
Ward — CARDNAME can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything that's [a] [color/type/subtype].
Wow, you clearly put a lot of effort into this. Kudos for that alone!
I mostly agree with Valros. I should point out that this seem a very cool creative exercise on the boundaries of the color pie, but I do feel you went too far on lots of places. Many aspects of Magic as they are right now seem just more intuitive and less forced into the colors' philosophy.
I think if I try something like that someday, it will include a lot less changes. Among them, soft "taxing" counters would move to white; white would get more card selecting abilities (and NOT card draw... IMO, card selection fits way more a color that plans every move,k but doesn't necessarily go out of its way to acquire loads of academic knowledge); white would also be the primary graveyard hate color; and no, I would never bring back something as convoluted as banding. :p. White would also lose its status as "best weenie color" - it would still get very good small creatures, but they wouldn't be as focused as mindlessly attacking like Savannah Lions, for example. I think a few one-drops that better showcase what white weenies should look like are Mother of Runes, Suntail Hawk (which has flying, a tactical advantage, which suits a planning color like white very well), Tundra Wolves (first strike is also a tactical advantage), Akrasan Squire (an Isamaru on its own, but with an abilitt that allows him to stay on defense while also helping its peers), etc.
Blue would stay almost untouched, only losing soft counters to white, and gaining better tutoring. I'd say pinging back in blue is a no-no.
Black would lose tutoring to blue (let's face it, it makes a lot more sense there); I would avoid the "nonblack creature" clauses on cards like Terror; and fear would probably be scrapped altogether.
Red would definitely get more combat abilities, and also something that I feel is very red: keeping players from drawing a card. Otherwise, I think they got red pretty well: mayhem, chaos, artifact/land destruction, direct damage.
Green would be the creature king, period. Weenies, midrange or fatties - all would be green's domain. Savannah Lions would be a green card. Reach would no longer be a keyword. Green would retain its hatred of the unnatural, but I would limit its land hate to nonbasic lands.
And speaking of which, something else I'd change - nonbasic lands would mostly feature artificial constructions. It always bugged me that cards like Tranquil Ticket are nonbasic lands - what's so different from a regular forest? Jungle Shrine - now that's more like it.
I'll look at your card list a few more times before I can completely wrap my head around them, and thus make card-specific comments.
EDIT: Almost forgot, mad props for the new artifact border. I really think brown suit them way more than silver to convey a medieval-setting feel.
My favourite thing is the Sorcery subtypes. This is gold. I had once thought I wished all spells had subtypes, and you've done quite a job of naming them. (Though I still Fireball to say, "Sorcery - Fire" Because... you know... it's FIRE! "Sorry, can't touch my guy. He's got protection from fire!" Or even rename protection as _proof. Fireproof. Whiteproof. Blackproof. Waterproof. Landproof. Squirrelproof. Nah, maybe not.)
I love a lot what you done, and I think I'm gonna print some of these up and draft with my buddies. It's gonna be wicked!
Valros, thanks for all the specific notes. Rather than respond to each, which is a bit too self indulgent on my part, let me comment on the most persistent comment you made – moving land mastery from green to blue. I put a lot of symmetry into this set. There is a pattern. I looked at the color wheel and tried to make these card types likes and dislikes sit across from each other. That concept was something I suggested in the older Alpha redo thread you alluded to earlier and it killed the tread LINK
Look at these patterns, first for creature type allocation.
G Beast, Dryad, Elephant, Hydra, Lizard, Plant, Wolf GW Elf, Ooze GWU Monk GU Drake, Faerie GUB Archer
WUBRG Chimera, Human
Then Keywords allocation:
1 Equip, Relic
W Banding WU Protection WB Lifelink
U Ranged strike, Vigilance UB Diminish UR Split second
B Regeneration BR First strike BG Fear
R Berserker, Haste RG Trample RW Melee N
G Shroud, Vanishing GW Flash GU Replenish
WUBRG Defender, Enchant, Flying, Heritage, Reach
I went to a lot of effort to give each color a more distinct identity. So when I struck on giving each color a type focus I was left with a hard choice. Green shouldn’t be the Creature color and the Land color. One of those two would have to get moved to another color. Also, I really wanted the hate color for each type to actually be across from the color, to support the “enemy colors” idea of the game. Try and sketch that out on a piece of paper. No matter how hard you try and retain the traditional makeup of the color wheel something will look out of whack. I chose to have Green remain the creature color which allowed Black to be the anti-creature color and the rest fell into place. I actually like how it turned out, and blue as the land resource color works for me in the exploration/expansion way I flavored it. Enchantments work in black as magical cheats. The thing to keep in mind is that it’s all up for grabs. You can’t get stuck on things seeming off because it’s all going to be fit in mechanically first, then flavor gets added on top. So for example when I added vigilance to Blue I explained it by saying Blue conditions the mind and body and vigilance is martial arts. So the blue Serra’s Embrace in my set is called Untouchable Master.
Again, it’s all open to interpretation. My interpretation looks like this. If you want to try a softer Alpha recast, please do. I’ll comment on it when you’re done. I knew the biggest hurdles would be choices I made and flavor, but then later, I am expecting to get some feedback on the cards themselves, as far as powerlevel and all that. The Moxen, power “9”, dual lands and planeswalkers should spark some debate.
RickCorgan, I really liked the blocks you made and am glad you'll take a look at the set. See my above quotes for your color comments. Also, the brown artifact borders are all Magic Set Editor, Planar Chaos frames. I think they look great too.
Pharm, I wanted to use so many of your posted ideas in here, like the chip types that cancell each other, and am looking for input from you on the Planeswalkers, since you've made so many of them. Glad you like the subtypes.
I think we would all have different ideas of where abilities and themes would fall in the color pie in the event of a reboot; I certainly have my own, having dallied with a reboot set myself. So I'll restrict myself here to a general comment, which is that too much symmetry is boring and stifling. For example, I would not concern myself with giving each color a "type focus" for the sake of giving each color a type focus; it feels forced.
Non-color-related comments, in no particular order:
It seems to me like you're overusing the types "Chimera" and "Beast", to the extent that "choose a creature type" cards would have a distorted effect. This is especially notable given that you've done a good job of cutting down on the number of Humans. Not every creature has to have a race and a class (as you yourself acknowledge with your Birds).
Removing the special rules from the land subtypes is a good idea.
The change of counters/"chips" to permanents is intriguing.
Replenish and diminish don't strike me as the best use of keyword space. This may go back to my symmetry comment: they're green-blue/blue-black keywords for the sake of green-blue/blue-black keywords.
Heritage is a nice keyword, but it doesn't feel like an evergreen keyword, the sort of thing that would show up in a core set. Plus, some heritage cards seem overpowered, like Ivy Hydra.
Save a line of text: make "Instant" or "Flash" a supertype instead of a keyword.
I like your rewording of fear.
I'm not feeling the flavor difference of the various enchantment and sorcery subtypes.
Black Lotus shouldn't have "Black" in its name if it's not black. I realize the original does the same thing, but it's still not a good idea.
Firestorm Phoenix needs reanimation of some sort. It's not a phoenix without it.
What on earth is going on with Royal Assassin?
Shivan Dragon is unacceptably wimpy.
The Hive and The Lair are cool.
Lord of the Pit can be simplified with "Whenever Lord of the Pit comes under your control, you lose 5 life."
I wouldn't reprint the no-drawback dual lands.
Red aggro seems overpowered, between efficient creatures, removal, and discard.
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Blinking Spirit: Thanks for the opinion. Those are the kind of constructive comments I was hoping for. I didn’t expect 100% approval from anyone since this is such a subjective list, so it was good to hear what you feel are important choices (like reanimating Phoenices.) It’s too bad Replenish and Diminish N seem less than spectacular to you, but I think as keywords they do a lot of interesting things. Maybe take another look at them, for example Nightmare or Verduran Archer.
About Royal Assassin: I thought Samurai of the Pale Curtain was a perfect fit for the set with Melee and the White focus on graveyard hate, but I wanted to recast the flavor of it in Alpha art. The original Royal Assassin had clear flavor of “No matter who you are, the royal assassin can get you.” This card’s flavor is “When the Royal Assassin kills you, you stay dead.” I already have a better “tap to kill” card in the set with Sengir Stalker, and thought White certainly can support an appointed-killer concept. That art looks great on the new card though!
Here are some other card notes. First some color shifted cards:
Homestead (Annex) As a bastion of civilization I thought White could stand a little imperialism. And, I was looking for splash effects White could have as an ally to the “land color,” Blue. Gain control of target land seemed a nice niche for it. If you look at the set you will find that I didn’t think “gain control of X” really belonged in a certain color. I took that mechanic out of Blue and spread it out accordingly to each color based on its focus. So green can gain control of creatures, black can gain control of enchantments, and red can cloud its victim’s emotions and gain control of anything for at least a turn. In addition to this ‘shift of Annex, White also has a tweaked version of Orcish Squatters renamed Northern Paladin.
Untouchable Master (Serra’s Embrace) I was never a huge fan of Serra’s Embrace, but I must admit I am smitten with the ‘shifted version. It’s probably the flavor. Your creature is now a master of Martial Arts and can fly like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon! Vigilance is centered in Blue for this set, so this card is a good fit, and I like the collection of abilities. In my quest to power up enchantments I was eager to try and always have them give a creature as many bonuses as possible, and almost always a P/T boost.
Witch’s Circle (Martyrdom) Preventing damage is not in the Black slice of the color pie in this set, however, the strategy that this enchantment promotes really is. Sacrificing a man on the board to keep you from taking the hit really is in flavor. I tried not to get so bogged down by the mechanics of how a card carries out an effect when piecing the set together. There are some lesser abilities that have to manifest in other colors if the game design is going to work. (Like the life gain on Form of the Dragon.)
Maddening Hymn (Hymn to Tourach) Hymn to Tourach was going to be in the set, I knew that from the start. What I didn’t know right away was that it would be a Red card. But I wanted to diversify Red’s threats, and spread out discard and the random element of some discard spells felt right in Red. Things really fell into place flavorfully too. A few artifacts in the set that are Red aligned are Instruments. Also, the original Hymn flavor text mentions playing music, and the Scott Kirschner Hymn art looks great in a red frame. There are a few more Red Incantations as a result of this flavor choice.
Raise Wild (Bribery) I know Bribery is not the most fun card, but it was an area of design I was looking to include in the set. I really wanted to explore what it meant to be the creature color. Does that mean more than the best p/t :: CMC ratio? I thought it did. I like the idea that Green can turn your best creatures against you. And since green has the tutor abilities and play creatures for free ability, this card was a good fit for the set. I think it is less annoying in green than it was in blue because Green has a completely different deck focus, more aggro, less control. I was also happy to find a home for the Berserk artwork.
New cards
Mark of Justice This was a late addition to the set. I wanted to include a common Concoction, which I figured would be a combat trick of some sort. I am surprised that “Target creature gains lifelink until end of turn” hasn’t already been done. Also giving the creature Melee 3 is an attempt to fill the void left by Righteousness. Altogether, this in one of my favorite new cards. It is called Mark of Justice quite honestly because I was looking for early set art with a character putting markings or paint on themselves, to depict the Concoction part of it. Justice from Ice Age was too good to pass up.
Whirlwind Drake A Blue Wood Elves was needed to cement the idea that it was the color of land search. Additionally, the Wood Elves card is a staple of traditional green cards and I knew it would see constructed play. Obviously I could have created an exactly ‘shifted card, but in thinking about it, I thought I could make the creature better if I made the land it finds worse. So Whirlwind Drake can only search up Nodes, which tap for colorless mana. It’s a great card and I am pleased with how it plays.
Dementia Caster When I gave discard away to Blue and Red I knew I needed to show that Black discard still had an edge. As a more defensive color, I also wanted Black creatures with activated abilities that a player could hide behind and use at end of turn. The result was this instant speed discard machine. It’s good and has a strategy that supports it, but I don’t feel it’s broken or annoying. You really have to pay for it to keep this effect going. Also, I love that I could concept it after the characters from the Odyssey Block. It even fits in mechanically.
Hurloon Mercenary This is a straight up attempt to reintroduce School of Piranhas from Exodus. Except I liked the idea that the negative part of the upkeep was that you’d have to sacrifice any creature rather than the creature. Like a small Lord of the Pit. Red has taken on more of the creatures with drawbacks identity that started out in Black back in the early sets. The flavor it being a grumpy minotaur mercenary amused me.
Giant Growth I wanted to make good Auras in every color, and this was my first stab at redefining the power level I was shooting for. +2/+2 for G seems really appealing. But it’s so easy to get a 2-for-1 on Auras that if they are going to have the risk, they should also have the allure. I made it an Uncommon so it wouldn’t wreck limited. Giant Growth always sounded like a permanent effect, rather than a one time deal.
Removing every "flash" instance and replacing them by "instant" as a supertype could gain you some textbox space, allowing bigger font (which is never bad) or flavor text to be put in. But perhaps the fact that every single card has a subtype would make supertypes just too much.
Thanks for the input. Making an "Instant" supertype isn't a bad idea, as I already introduced the dash line for my Basic and Theme supertypes.
Theme - Creature - Island Fish
Basic - Land - Forest
And it would cement the idea that supertypes themselves have special rules. The issue of conserving text box space is good too. On the other hand, there are a few cards in the set that would need to be tweaked if it didn't exist as a keyword. And I did make a special effort to use and/or create keywords that could be put on more than just creatures.
It's a good suggestions and, again, I appreciate it.
Overall I really like the set! Very good job. I can tell a lot of thought and effort went into it.
The color pie changes I have my likes and dislikes. I am sure much of it is due to having already playing magic and being unable to separate bounce from blue and green from land search (for two examples). The color pie is rough as many things can be justified via flavor.
I might have chosen some different creature types but not a big deal really. Personally I would go with more rather than less creature types. Why not have Clerics and Druids? They are staples in fantasy. Sure Witches and Minions are cool too - have all four of them!
The land types are cool, thought I am surprised you didn't have Lair as well. I don't really care for "Node". Sounds too modernish and out of place in a fantasy setting. I am unsure about the sixth basic land type. The five basic lands - five colors is a nice system.
I like the added types to sorceries. Very clever idea. I don't see the need to drop instants however. Certainly they could be sorcereies with flash, but they will be such a common card type why not make them stand on thier own?
The new keywords are all good. I like Diminish and Replenish as they are quite elegant. I do wonder how this works with discard and milling, as they provide free mana card drawing/milling. Imagine a looter - draw a card, discard a card with replenish - free card draw! I am unsure how to avoid this scenario without sacrificing the elegance of the abilities. Perhaps a mana payment is required?
Ranged Strike is a little goofy, but not something that would bother me greatly.
I still think Banding is too complex for and could be reworked as a redirection type ability, i.e. the en-Kors but not unlimited damage.
Haven't had a chance to really dive into the cards themselves, but nice work on the rules and changes, especially the color pie thing. Not that I agree with all the changes, but on the whole I think you took some risks and the set ended up better for it. Personally, I like symmetry, so what you did change was done very well. The whole green vs. blue favoring creatures or lands was definitely a hard choice, and it had to go one way or another, so that doesn't bother me much.
What I really like is that everything has a subtype. I think this would greatly benefit magic, making it more structured and compartmentalized, rather than the current ambiguity. Some ambiguity is nice as it allows players more freedom, but too much and it just gets ridiculous. Why order magic into five colors to begin with if anarchy and chaos is what you're after?
I couldn't quite find, or properly understand, one thing--where did Instants go? I know you got rid of them, but what mechanics replace it, and which colors were those mechanics given to?
Quick note: Why does Demand Fealty have X in its mana cost? Doesn't explain what it's for and has no described effect in the game text. I'm guessing maybe you meant to replace "mana cost" with X, or remove X from the cost?
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Thank you for replying to my set. I appreciate it. Now some specific replies.
@Gamedev: I hear what you're saying about the creature types, but I was only trying to establish types frimly in multiple colors. So Cleric is a good example because it's a type we're use to. In this reboot that type no longer has all the history behind it, so it's ommission really doesn't mean anything. I like the other types because they can fill the role as easily and yet still remain common between colors. And the flavor of a Cleric really doesn't have a unique mechanic in the game. Are they healers? Use Shaman or Witch instead? Are they pious? Use Knight, or Soldier instead. Are they corrupt and vile? Use Rogue or Witch. The lack of a mechanical identity made it easy to remove them, but don't forget the Reboot allows for Cleric cards, they would just be named Clerics and have a supported creature type. I think the same can apply to all the ommited types.
About land types, by establishinf that all lands have land types, Lairs could be easily used in subsequent sets. I thought I did a lot of unique things with the 6th land type, particularly in Blue. As weaker lands (Since they provide colorless) They help beef up land searchers since searching for them can "cost" much less. See the common called Whirlwind Drake for a great example of that.
Removing Instant and just using the keyword Flash met two goals I set. One was to create some evergreen keywords that weren't for creatures only. Second, it created some consistancy in templating and design. Now players always know exactly where to look to catch the speed a spell can be cast. (Although I am still thinking about the Supertype option.)
Diminish and Replenish both can be activated off id mill and discard, making them great foils for those mechanics, but also great combo enablers with those mechanics. Any card with either ability would need to be designed with an awareness of those effects. I just wasn't afraid of them. Spotting trouble in designs has gooten easier as the game has matured.
@Cybermouse: Yeah, I did take some big risks and I know I went in directions some wouldn't go in. However all the things I did were done to create a greater cohesion in the game's internal symmetry. Thanks for noticing.
Instants are now just cards with Flash. White and Green have permanents with Flash and every color has Sorceries with Flash. Flash was the only mechanic I didn't keyword because I hoped it would become a basic rules understanding.
About Demand Fealty, the X is the targeted spell's mana cost. It's a variant of Syncopate. But I forget to spell it out on the card. I'll fix it shortly.
First, I really don't like the removal of the supertype Instant. It might be something I could get used to, but like it's been said previously, It'd open up some room on the text box.
Second, heritage seems a little silly. Using up all that space for the ability and reminder text for something that could be solved by having and even saying "this is colorless" if you really wanted. At the very least, it needs a little wording change.
Third, in my opinion at least, white shouldn't get card draw. At that point, it seems like white is basically a better version of blue.
Fourth, there's a reason banding went away and never came back. It's way too complicated for what it brings to the game, which is not very much.
Keldon Warlord: is it supposed to say "target creature gains haste" or "target creature has haste" like it does there.
Mana Flare: seems a little too powerful...
Uthden War Zone: also seems too powerful, especially at common...
Regrowth: seems WAY underpowered...
Corrode: seems WAY WAY WAY TOO POWERFUL!!!
Emmesi Tome: is it supposed to be "lay a land"?
High Tide: nothing that should ever be printed, EVER!
Draconian Etchings: Why is this an enchant artifact?
Gathering Darkness: Could very easily be exploited.
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Seeing as how i owe you for actually trying to help me with my set (Escalation, the one with the enchantments and vanillas), I could definitely see myself putting time into helping you out here. Maybe playtest one day as well. But seeing as how it's 2:30 in the morning, i'll get to it another time... sleep is calling
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Replenish in my opinion is a bad idea. Think about cards you can't design because this keyword exists. Free discard. Self milling. Milling in general loses steam because it helps out the other guy.
Clay statue
Hey! lol, this guy looks very familiar.
Voiceless cronie, a 2/2 vanilla for 1B, the poster boy for my own set is comparable. But lets see...
its hard to really see if this is stepping on any colors toes here. My card went into black since it has poor creatures and made sense there, but possibly not in blue. Come to think of it, my 2/2 could possibly fit in blue, i mean, silvergill adept was very playable, but it was creature type restrictive. So a combat ready 2/2 in the worst combat color may make sense, and who knows, it might be maindeck worthy. Hmm...that sounds so good... I'm making the switch as soon as possible. But then what to do with my black vanilla? i mean////wait, I'm getting off topic.
Sigh.
The problem here is that now, every 2/2 for 2 mana you print in Every color has to be much much better than this guy to justify it's existence, not to mention that being an artifact helps a lot as well. I wish the name was a little better too. Gah, i'm getting all scatterbrained.
Breathe
...
We'll get back to that later. I'm to tired for that argument.
I know you wish that you could have each color hate to a very specific degree, but i think everyone should take a nod from the way it's done now: with subtlety.
Green and red creatures get uncounterability. Black wipes boards (anti green and white) Red works faster than blue. White's creature's are also really efficient and beat out their Red brethren hands down. Blue out draws red for the long haul type games. White has protection to keep red and black away. They Feel like enemies, but very rarely do they act specifically with hate. That whole rant was, in a roundabout way, my sleep deprived way of agreeing with most people in saying... we need green to land fetch again.
It's nature.
Green, is nature.
Things like enchantment removal and card draw, those you can reason into different colors (i also like the idea of moving big card draw into black, like Night's whisper.) But land fetch OUT of green seems so sinful. Mana acceleration = big spells, and green is about being big. I don't have that much of a problem with blue being secondary to green (even though the mana artifact you made may be too powerful.) You could try having green with land fetching spells and blue with explorer flavored creatures, perhaps.
Removing instants is fine. I vote for the supertype option (instant rather than flash), so you can have tutors that search for Instants rather than cards with flash.
EDIT again
I also think there may be too many keywords in the set, and if you can condense the number of subtypes (supertypes?) in the game it may help with word overload. I don't know though, i'm freaking tired out of my mind
96 Commons
96 Uncommons
96 Rares
18 Basic Lands
11 Tokens
Mission Statement
This set is a redesign of Magic using modern Magic design conventions and innovations, but significantly altering core concepts of the game.
The Color Pie has been restructured.
Subtypes have been added to all cards, and creature types have been consolidated.
Power levels have been reestablished for different card types.
Rules language and keywords have been rewritten. New keywords have been introduced.
Existing card names and art have been used for this reimagining of the game, mostly from ABU, but a few others from other sets when the flavor dictated. I tried very hard to stick to early sets whenever able.
Link to the visual spoiler
I recommend you take a look at it along with the text spoiler because many of these cards work better when you can see the finished product.
Color Pie Redistribution
The abilities shared by the game’s five colors have been moved around in an effort to balance each color and make things more equal. Additionally, Reboot was designed so that each color has a card type focus and card type hatred. For each Color, you can move around the wheel 3 colors clockwise to find the type it is best suited at destroying. This means enemy colors are also more literally enemy colors. Here are the details of each colors focus and hatred.
WHITE:
With each color I wanted to strengthen it such that it wasn’t always acting as a splash color to other deck archetypes. Every color should bring something to the table. This was especially obvious in White, which is less reactive and can win games on its own. It still has protection and damage prevention, but this is supplemental to a strong creature base and card draw. I had to reexamine White’s philosophy once I assigned Artifacts as its favorite card type. Now it’s more focused on civilization and trying to maintain the status quo. It uses artifacts to make life easy and peaceful. It’s not a far stretch from its more traditional viewpoint. Its dislike of the Enchantment type is described as a dislike of getting things the easy way. Enchantments are a shortcut to honest labor. Armies need to be raised and trained, artifacts, need to be built. Enchantments are seen as a crutch of the weak willed.
White has lost its ability to destroy artifacts. It is the artifact color, and as such the last color that would try and destroy them. It has also lost its ability to destroy creatures. For both card types, it will need to rely on soft counters and superior combat skills to survive.
White has lost “Pacifism” effects to Red which now is the color of combat manipulation.
White has gained a lot in this set. The biggest gain by far is card draw. Now White has the gas it needs to make its creature strategy successful. It is not as good with creatures are Green or Red, but card draw supplements this strategy, where Red can run out of gas if it doesn’t win outright, and green can draw cards if a creature dies, so that’s more recyling than pure card draw advantage.
White also has gained counter spells, but before you think of it as traditional Blue 2.0, its counterspells are soft, more in the vein of taxing than outright denial.
White also has gained the traditional Black ability of graveyard hosing. It has had it to a limited capacity in traditional Magic, but now it is the only color that can remove cards in the graveyard from the game. (The Removed-from-the-game zone has been renamed the void in Reboot.) Since the zones all play a large role in Magic, this move is not insignificant.
Another ability White has gained is giving a creature -1/-1. This is not the same as –X/-X which remains Black, but really is more of an ability designed to clear the board of weenies rather than act as creature removal, which White has lost. From a flavor perspective, the creature has shrunk as opposed to the traditional explanation that the creature is sick or weakened.
BLUE:
Blue’s favorite card type is Land and its least favorite type is Planeswalker. Blue’s focus on knowledge and preparation was directed towards exploration and physical perfection along with its typical mental focus. And it’s manipulation of time allows it to fight its enemies when they were less powerful, or it was more prepared.
Blue has lost straight up card draw to White. What it has kept instead is card filtering, like Ponder, and Looter abilities, where it draws and then discards. So really what it has left is card selection.
Blue has also lost the ability to change land types. That ability exists in an artifact card, Mystic Compass and if it were put in a color, it would now ship over to Green.
Landwalk does not exist in the Reboot, and Islandwalk traditionally has been heavily used in blue creature design. Flying and protection replace this evasion ability.
Blue has also lost Shroud, which is solely Green now. Protection again approximates this keyword’s ability, though to a more limited capacity.
Blue has lost its Bounce effects to White and Black.
The biggest change to Blue, is that it is the Land-focused color, and as such it has gained the land search ability from traditional Green. But in assigning mechanics to colors, I have separated land search and color filtering. I wanted green to be able to provide different colors of mana, and blue really to be able to find other Islands or Nodes exclusively. This distinction may trouble some, since it means blue gets Wood Elves and not Farhaven Elf, but I wanted mechanics to have a lot of presence across the color wheel and mana filitering and land search are deep enough design spaces, that it’s okay to split hairs here.
Similar to Land search, Blue also has permanent mana acceleration, so Llanowar Elf is blue (actually it’s an Artifact that you can cast for U called Frozen Heart.) and Birds of Paradise are now blue. Instead of using this mana acceleration to ramp up to big creatures like traditional Green, Blue will be able to provide counter support, while still laying threats down each turn.
Another addition to Blue comes from its ability to hose Planeswalkers. It can remove chips from permanents and destroy tokens. This has been an unused mechanic in traditional Magic, but rather than make a narrow card the says “Destroy target planeswalker” and wanted a more elegant approach. So blue can steal or remove chips. Most of the time this will affect +1/+1 chips.
Another gain for blue comes from the eradication of a “worst Creature color” philosophy. It will no longer have to overpay for creatures, and it has some surprising bodies. However, it is not the most aggressive color so those creatures aren’t going to be red-zone bound, like Green or Red. Its creatures are more defensive, so they will have a higher toughness often times, as well as useful abilities. For example, the Mana Flare ability has been shifted to blue, but this time it’s on a highly defensive creature rather than an enchantment.
Blue has also gained a little bit of discard, allowing them to look at a player’s hand and have that player discard a card of their choice.
BLACK:
Black has moved beyond the graveyard a bit and revels in a little selfishness. Black’s new favorite card type is Enchantment which, I think, reflects in its flavor of making bargains for power. They will do unnatural and ungodly things for their own selfish needs, and casting Enchantments is a quick and easy method of doing so. Black’s least favorite card type remains Creatures, and it’s obvious that this is a carry over from traditional Magic. Black is given a wider variety of hating creatures then usual.
Black has lost its ability to remove cards in a graveyard from the game, (the ability has been moved to White.)
Black has lost its spot as the best tutor color. That ability has been spread out among all the colors, with each of them being best at searching for their favorite card type. Cards like Demonic Tutor simply don’t exist in this set and as such, Black loses an important mechanic.
Black has been forced to share discard with Red and Blue. What it has retained is discard at instant speed.
Black can now do more than reanimate creatures - it has taken universal recursion from Green. Now it can put any card in the graveyard back into its hand.
Black has the “gain control” mechanic, formerly in Blue, (though Red still retains temporary effects for creature targets, like Threaten.) This mechanic is mostly represented with Enchantments, though Sorcery versions would be appropriate.
Black has gained Bounce effects as cheap creature removal.
Black has also gained spell redirection from Blue and Red, though the flavor of the mechanic is tied to sacrificing other resources to protect your interests.
Black also can counter spells, though it would need to pay for it with life, or limited targeting choices.
Black can animate lands, an ability that is traditionally Green. Since it sits right next to the Land color, it needed some lesser land related ability. White has “gain control of a land” and Black now can animate them.
Black also has some smaller artifact destruction abilities, like countering an artifact spell. This is because it is across from White, the “artifact color.”
RED:
Red has had a lot of adjustment, as direct damage has been redistributed across Blue, Black and Red. And land destruction has been moved over to Green. A major refocus came when I assigned planeswalker as Red’s favorite card type. There aren’t a lot of planeswalker cards in the game, and you don’t need many of them on the board, so it would be hard to show how it favors them. Also, as they are a new type, WotC has done only a little to support them, so a lot of the cards were created from scratch. Red’s least favorite type is Artifact, and its traditional ability to destroy artifacts remains. Also, in order to cast a stronger contrast between Red and White, I have given red greater ability to manipulate combat by forcing creatures to attack, or preventing them from being able to attack.
Red has lost a lot of its smaller creature base, since it is now the color of mana acceleration similar to Dark Ritual.
Red is the Planeswalker color, and can search for them, its creatures get a boost when they are on the board and you can get mana by using their abilities.
Red has expanded its ability to generate additional combat steps, so that it is a much more common effect. Since its suite of keywords favor combat so much, this is a nice way to give it some added oomph.
Red has gained random discard effects, this time allowing you to force an opponent to discard at random, rather than randomly discarding yourself for effects. Red’s chaotic elements will be more focused on opponents rather than itself in Reboot.
Red can now gain control of spells until end of turn, and not just creatures. And since spells only last of the moment, they can get the most out of them.
Red is now the best color at quick mana and short term gains in mana sources. So it can play Dark Ritual type spells. Because it is also adept at direct damage, it also has twisted mana production to allow it to add mana to any player’s mana pool, as a sneaky source of direct damage for the unprepared.
GREEN:
Its favorite card type is creatures and its least favorite is land. Green had always been the land color, being able to search for lands, play more lands a turn, etc. This allowed a mana ramp play style, where the color would power out lands and then use them to cast big creatures.The new philosophy of the color is growth based on creatures. So more of an evolution identity and less a connected to the mana lines. In fact it is the land destruction color, using natural disasters and big creatures as its means. The flavor of its rejecting mana acceleration and lands, is the idea that you are cultivating and controlling the wild, and those things should not be controlled.
Green has lost land searching, mana acceleration and general land manipulation. All it has left is the ability to filter mana into different colors.
Green has lost in color regeneration.
Green has flying creatures more commonly that it would in traditional Magic. In fact, as the creature color and also the color of mana filtration, green has access to a lot of keywords that normally only exist in other colors. I like this approach as it shows another way a color can be the “creature color.”
Green is the Clone color, only this time the effect is based on adaptation and evolution. A straight up Clone creature isn’t in the set, but Cocoon gets the point across at the uncommon level.
Green is now the #1 land destruction color.
Green has the ability to cause lifeloss like Black. In the same way that direct damage was taken from Red and spread out, life loss was shared to allow different card concepts to be created.
Green still has Giant Growth effects, but it also has Nantuko Husk. There is a greater emphasis on recycling in the color thanks to Replenish (See new keywords) so sacrificing creatures for effects has been added to it’s mechanics.
Green has many more instant speed combat tricks than in traditional Magic, mostly related to creatures with Flash.
Creature Types
There was a great focus on creature types for this set. Not only to streamline and reduce the amount used, but also to be sure that this consolidation resulted in types that are spread out and shared by multiple colors. There was an effort to give every color pair and every three-color shard a creature type in common with each other. There were also some types that only exist in a single color. Some types were removed from the game altogether and Berserker went from a creature “class” to a keyword, so the consolidation was pretty vast. Here are some details about the changes.
Beast and Chimera are used to connote the “Race” in a Race/Class model. Beast will be used for mundane creature types, like Elephant, Hound or Wolverine, and Chimera will be used in cases on fantasy creatures such as Gargoyles, Griffins, and Hydras.
Cleric is not longer a supported type. Instead White will be able to choose between Witch or Monk, and Black will be able to choose between Minion or Witch.
Druid is also not being supported. Green “druids” can now choose from Monk or Shaman.
The list of creature types used in Reboot is: Angel, Archer, Artificer, Barbarian, Bat, Beast, Bird, Chimera, Construct, Crab, Demon, Dragon, Drake, Dryad, Dwarf, Elemental, Elephant, Elf, Faerie, Fish, Gargoyle, Giant, Goblin, Golem, Griffin, Horse, Human, Hydra, Insect, Kithkin, Knight, Lizard, Merrow, Minion, Minotaur, Monk, Ooze, Plant, Rat, Rogue, Shaman, Snake, Soldier, Sphinx, Spirit, Swarm, Troll, Vampire, Warrior, Witch, Wizard, Wolf, Wurm, Zombie
Other Subtypes
Every card type has subtypes now, including Sorceries. The idea was to allow for future areas of expansion in the way that creatures types have been mined for sets. The Type called Tribal has been renamed Theme and instead has all card subypes, instead of having only creature types. This means a Theme card with the subtype Island won’t be able to tap for mana unless it is also a Land. Card types have special rules in this set, not subtypes. Here are all the details for the other subtypes.
The Artifact types are: Amulet, Bauble, Cylix, Equipment, Instrument, Orb, Throne, Tome, Vault
The Enchantment types are: Aspect, Aura, Curse, Gift, Seal
Aura is still used as a subtype for every Enchantment with the Enchant keyword, though it may have other subtypes as well.
The Land types are: Battleground, Cave, Forest, Island, Maze, Mine, Mountain, Node, Plains, Refuge, Stronghold, Swamp, Tower
The Land Type has a special rule stating [If this land is a node, it has “T: Add 1 to your mana pool.” If it is a plains, it has “T: Add W to your mana pool.” If it is an island, it has “T: Add U to your mana pool.” If it is a swamp, it has, “T: Add B to your mana pool.” If it is a Mountain, it has “T: Add R to your mana pool.” If it is a Forest, it has “T: Add G to your mana pool.”] This is not an added ability granted by the subtype, but rather an ability of Lands. If a card ever refers to basic land types, or basic lands, it’s using the player knowledge of the six basic land types as shorthand for these abilities.
The Sorcery types are: Arcane, Charm, Concoction, Divine, Glamer, Incantation, Psionic, Reflex, Rite
WHITE:
Artifacts as mana sources
Banding
Bounce your own permanents (protective)
Card draw
“Annex” effect, gain control of a land
Copy Artifacts
Damage prevention
Defender
Enchantment destruction
Flash on permanents
Flying
Heritage W
Life gain
Lifelink
Melee N
Protection from COLOR
Reach
Recur Concoctions
Remove cards in Graveyard from the game
“Rule of Law” effect
Shrink effect (-1/-1)
Soft counters (tax)
Tax to attack or block
Token creation, many small at one time
Unblockable by bigger creatures
Untap creatures
BLUE:
+1/-1 and -1/+1 effects
Chip removal and theft.
“Coercion” effects
Copy Sorcery
Defender
Diminish
Hard counters
Heritage U
“Impulse”-style card sifting and library manipulation
Land search
“looter” ability
Protection from TYPES or KEYWORDS
Ranged strike
Reach
Replenish
Sorcery recursion
Split second
Tap permanents
Token destruction
Token creation, conditional or with a drawback
Untap permanents
Vigilance
“Wild Growth” ability
BLACK:
+X/-X effects
Animate lands
Bounce creatures
Change targets with drawback
Cheap creatures with drawback
Counter limited to certain types or with a drawback.
Damage players (life loss)
Defender
Destroy creatures
Diminish N
Discard at instant speed
Enchantment bonues (enchantress style)
“Entomb” effect, any player’s card
Face-down creatures
Fear
First strike
“Flagbearer” effect
Flying
Forced sacrifice of permanents
Gain control of permanents
“Glorious Anthem” effects
Heritage B
Lifelink
Reach
Recur cards from graveyard
Redirect things to creatures to prevent damage
Regeneration N
Search library for Auras
Tap permanents
Tokens small and breakable effects
RED:
+1/+1 chip theme
Artifact destruction
Berserker
Cheap aggressive creatures with a drawback
Damage can’t be prevented
Direct damage to any source
Direct Damage to multiple sources at once
Discard, random
First strike
Flying
Gain control of a permanent, temporarily
Gain control of target spell
Haste
Heritage R
Land destruction, non-Node
Mana acceleration (short-term gain)
Melee N
“Pinging” effect
Power/Toughness boosts
Prevent creatures from attacking or blocking
Reach
Recur REFLEXES
Rules changing for combat
Search library for Planeswalker cards
Split second
Tokens
Trample
“Upwelling” effect
GREEN:
+x/+x bonuses
Additional costs for creatures
Animate a permanent
Anti-flying
Big Creatures
Cast creature cards for free.
Chip themes
Copy Creature
Copy abilities
Defender
Destroy lands
Direct damage, off land destruction
Draw cards, based on combat damage
Draw cards, each player
Fear
Filter mana colors
Flash on permanents
Flying
Heritage G
Life gain based on creatures
Off color activated abilities
Reach
Replenish
Return permanents in graveyard, top of library
Return permanents in play, top of library
Sacrifice a creature for p/t bonus
Search a player’s library for creature spells
Shroud
“Tawnos Wand” effect
Tokens, take time or resources but can go on and on
Trample
Tribal bonuses
Vanishing N
New Rules
The biggest changes to the rules in Reboot are changing counters to chips, making tokens and chips permanents, removing the Instant card type, adding a 6th basic land type, renaming the Removed from the Game Zone the void and adding subtypes to every card.
New Keywords
Berserker
This keyword designates a creature that will always try to enter combat. It exists solely in Red for this set, but could appear in Black or Green for future sets.
Diminish N
This keyword allows you to mill a player whenever the card with Diminish is put into a graveyard. It is similar to another new keyword in the set (Replenish) in that the ability triggers regardless of how the card is placed in the graveyard. So Diminish can trigger when a card is destroyed, discarded, or milled via another Diminish trigger. The keyword resides in Blue and Black.
Heritage COST
This keyword was created by Seeonsee and is used with permission. It appears on spells of all type, and is used in three cycles of cards, (5 common creatures, 5 uncommon artifacts, and 5 rare spells.) along with a few other additions. With exception of the artifacts, it is used in-color, meaning the cost of the Heritage ability always matches the color of the card it’s on. Additionally all the Heritage costs in the set are mana costs.
Relic
This is an ability word for abilities or effects on permanents. There are two distinct instances where Relic is used. First, it is used when a card only has an effect if untapped. And second, if an ability can be activated or trigger only when the permanent is untapped. It is used on Artifact cards, but could expand to colored permanents in future sets.
Replenish
Like the Diminish keyword, Replenish is triggered when the card with it is placed in a graveyard from anywhere. The effect is that you can have a target player draw a card. This ability will often act like a souped-up cantrip. The keyword exists in Green and Blue.
Tweaked Keywords
Fear
This ability now allows blockers based on whether they share a color with the attacker, or alternatively are colorless. This is a small change from how Fear appears in existing Magic sets. The keyword is in Black and Green.
Melee N
This keyword is a renamed Bushido. It exists in Red and White.
Ranged strike
This is an ability word that identifies a group of activated abilities. It is loosely defined, only requiring that the card Tap for damage and have targeting limited to attacking or blocking creatures. It exists in Blue exclusively.
Regeneration COST
This is simply the regenerate effect that exists on many cards, but written as a keyword with a cost. It does not replace the existing understanding of the ability, nor language like “regenerate” or “regenerated.” It exists solely in Black for this set, and the activation cost is higher than normal in an attempt to balance the power of it out.
Unchanged Keywords
Banding
This keyword exists in White alone.
Defender
Enchant TYPE/SUBTYPE
Equip
First strike
This keyword exists only in Black and Red.
Flash
Flash has become a Keyword for Sorceries as well as permanents, and represents a substantial change. The card type Instant is not in Reboot. Flash is used instead to mean that a sorcery can be played whenever you have priority. Every color has Sorceries with Flash. Permanents with Flash exist only in Green and White.
Flying
Haste
Haste exists in Red alone.
Lifelink
The keyword is in White and Black only.
Protection
This keyword is in White and Blue only.
Reach
Shroud
Shroud exists only in Green.
Split second
This keyword is in Blue and Red alone.
Trample
This keyword only exists in Red and Green.
Vanishing N
This keyword is introduced just in Green and on a green aligned artifact, but could exist in all colors for later sets.
Vigilance
This keyword exists in Blue alone.
Alabaster Potion XW
Sorcery – Concoction (Rare)
Flash
Heritage W (For each additional W you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
You gain X life and prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to target creature, planeswalker or player this turn.
Illus: Terese Nielsen (Visions – Guiding Spirit)
#1/306
Amrou Kithkin 2W
Creature – Kithkin Witch (Common)
W: Amrou Kithkin can’t be blocked by creatures with power greater than its power until end of turn.
3WW: Put target Concoction card in your graveyard into your hand.
2/2
Illus. Quinton Hoover (Legends – Amrou Kithkin)
#2/306
Angelic Wings W
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Uncommon)
Flash
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature has flying. (It can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Illus: DiTerlizzi (Tempest – Angelic Protector)
#3/306
Argivian Blacksmiths 1W
Creature – Dwarf Artificer (Common)
Protection from red (This creature can’t be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything red.)
T, Tap an untapped artifact you control: Add 2 to your mana pool.
To forge a sol ring, first temper your will.
1/2
Illus: Richard Thomas (Ice Age – Dwarven Armory)
#4/306
Argivian Custodian 2W
Creature – Human Artificer (Uncommon)
1W: Return Argivian Custodian and target artifact you control to their owner’s hand.
“Artifacts are gifts from the past given to the present to make a better future.”
2/2
Illus: Douglas Shuler (Antiquities – Artifact Ward)
#5/306
Benalish Hero W
Creature – Human Soldier (Rare)
Benalia has a complex caste system that changes with the lunar year. The only caste that cannot be attained by either heredity or money is that of the Hero.
2/1
Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Benalish Hero)
#6/306
Call to Arms 5W
Sorcery – Rite (Uncommon)
Put five 1/1 white Human Soldier creature tokens into play.
The alarm went up and swiftly the walls were filled with screaming, determined faces ready to repell a surprised enemy.
Illus: Randy Gallegos (Ice Age – Call to Arms)
#7/306
Cloudchaser 2WW
Creature – Bird (Common)
When Cloudchaser comes into play, you may destroy target enchantment.
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
2/2
Illus: Aaron Boyd (7th Edition – Cloudchaser Eagle)
#8/306
Demand Fealty XW
Sorcery – Incantation (Uncommon)
Flash
Counter target spell unless its controller pays its converted mana cost. If that spell is countered this way, put it in the void instead of its owner’s graveyard.
Illus: Jeff Miracola (Tempest – Precognition)
#9/306
Draconian Etchings 2W
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Rare)
Enchant artifact
Each player can’t cast more than one spell each turn.
Whenever a player casts a spell, he or she may draw a card.
Illus: Mark Poole (ABU – Balance)
#10/306
Dwarven Centurion 1WW
Creature – Dwarf Warrior (Common)
Banding (Any number of attacking creatures with banding, and up to one without, can form a band. Blocking a creature in the band blocks all of them. You assign combat damage for any creature blocking or blocked by this creature.)
Melee 2 (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.)
2/2
Illus: Richard Thomas (ABU – Blaze of Glory)
#11/306
Expert Scout W
Creature – Elf Soldier (Uncommon)
Flash
Other creatures you control have melee 1. (Whenever it blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
1/1
Illus: Richard Kane-Ferguson (Fallen Empire – Icatian Scout B)
#12/306
Golden Pudding 1W
Creature – Ooze (Uncommon)
Sacrifice Golden Pudding: Destroy target enchantment or enchanted permanent.
What it can’t consume, it obilerates with light.
1/3
Illus: Drew Tucker (The Dark – Angry Mob)
#13/306
Guardian Angel 1W
Creature – Angel Warrior (Rare)
Flash
Defender (This creature can’t attack.)
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Sacrifice a land: You gain 2 life.
0/3
Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Guardian Angel)
#14/306
Healing Salve 8W
Sorcery – Concoction (Rare)
Heritage W (For each additional W you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
Each player’s life total become 10.
Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Healing Salve)
#15/306
Homestead 2WW
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Uncommon)
Enchant land (Target a land as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that land.)
You control enchanted land.
Illus: Mark Poole (ABU – Farmstead)
#16/306
Jamuraan Healer 1W
Creature – Human Monk (Uncommon)
As Jamuraan Healer comes into play, choose a color.
Defender (This creature can’t attack.)
1: The next time target spell or permanent of the chosen color would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
2/2
Illus: Pete Venters (Mirage – Prismatic Circle)
#17/306
Kithkin Faith Armor W
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Common)
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature gets -1/-1 and has “This creature can’t be blocked by creatures with power greater than its power.”
Illus: Anson Maddocks (Ice Age – Armor of Faith)
#18/306
Kithkin Squire 1W
Creature – Kithkin Soldier (Common)
Whenever Kithkin Squire attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end for each other attacking Soldier.
1/1
Illus. Dennis Detwiller (The Dark – Squire)
#19/306
Mark of Justice W
Sorcery – Concoction (Common)
Target creature gains lifelink and melee 3 until end of turn. (Whenever this creature deals damage, you gain that much life. Whenever it blocks or become blocked, it gets +3/+3 until end of turn.)
Illus: Ruth Thompson (Ice Age – Justice)
#20/306
Mesa Pegasus W
Creature – Chimera Horse (common)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Before a woman marries in the village of Sursi, she must visit the land of the mesa pegasus. Legend has it that if the woman is pure of heart and her love is true, a mesa pegasus will appear, blessing her family with long life and good fortune.
1/1
Illus: Melissa A. Benson (ABU – Mesa Pegasus)
#21/306
Mox Pearl 2W
Sorcery – Charm (Uncommon)
Flash
Choose one – Put up to two target cards in a single graveyard in the void; or nonartifact creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn; or put two 0/2 colorless Construct artifact creature tokens with flying named Ornithopter into play.
Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Mox Pearl)
#22/306
Northern Paladin 4W
Creature – Human Knight (Rare)
Melee 3 (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +3/+3 until end of turn.)
Whenever Northern Paladin deals combat damage to a planeswalker or player, you gain control of a land that player or planeswalker’s controller controls.
2/3
Illus: Northern Paladin (ABU – Northern Paladin
#23/306
Pearled Unicorn 3W
Creature – Chimera Horse (Common)
Heritage W (For each additional W you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
If a source would deal damage to a creature you control, prevent 1 of that damage.
2/2
Illus: Cornelius Brudi (ABU – Pearled Unicorn)
#24/306
Replicate Artifact 2W
Enchantment – Gift (Rare)
As Replicate Artifact comes into play, you may choose an artifact in play. If you do, Replicate Artifact comes into play as a copy of that artifact and is still an enchantment.
Illus: Amy Weber (ABU – Warp Artifact)
#25/306
Rescue W
Sorcery – Arcane (Common)
Flash
Return target permanent you control to its owner’s hand.
Illus: Amy Weber (Legends – Divine Intervention)
#26/306
Roaming Marshal 2W
Creature – Human Soldier (Rare)
Heritage W (For each additional W you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
Roaming Marshal’s power is equal to the number of creatures and lands your opponents control.
*/*
Illus: Rebecca Guay (Alliances – Enslaved Scout A)
#27/306
Royal Assassin WW
Creature – Kithkin Witch (Uncommon)
Melee 1 (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
If a permanent would be put into a graveyard, put it in the void instead.
Duty to the kingdom is a hard burden to accept, but royal assassins carry it with an enthusiastic flourish.
2/2
Illus: Tom Wanerstrand (ABU – Royal Assassin)
#28/306
Rukh 3W
Creature – Bird (Uncommon)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Called “sunfeathers” by many lowlanders, rukhs are thought to descend from a phoenix that sacrificed its flame for a body of light.
3/3
Illus: Mark Zug (8th Edition – Rukh Egg)
#29/306
Sarpadian Champion 1WW
Creature – Elf Soldier (Common)
T: Another target creature you control gets +1/+3 until end of turn.
1/3
Illus: Melissa A. Benson (ABU – Holy Armor)
#30/306
Scour 2WW
Sorcery – Divine (Rare)
Destroy all enchantments.
Illus: Brian Snoddy (Legends – Remove Enchantments)
#31/306
Seek Blessings 3W
Sorcery – Arcane (Common)
Flash
Target player draws two cards.
Only the warrior who can admit mortal weakness will be bolstered by immortal strength.
Illus: Julie Baroh (ABU – Blessing)
#32/306
Seeker 1W
Creature – Elf Wizard (Common)
T: Untap target creature.
Seekers spend their lives protecting a home they rarely visit.
2/1
Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Holy Strength)
#33/306
Serra Angel 3WW
Creature – Angel Warrior (Rare)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Protection from black, protection from red (This creature can’t be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything black or red.)
4/4
Illus: Douglas Shuler (Un-set – Que Serra Serra)
#34/306
Signs of Industry 2W
Enchantment – Seal (Rare)
Whenever a creature you control is put into a graveyard from play, sacrifice Signs of Industry. If you do, put four 1/1 colorless Construct artifact creature tokens into play.
Illus: Amy Weber (ABU – Disenchant)
#35/306
Soul Summons WW
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Common)
Enchant land (Target a land as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that land.)
Enchanted land has “T, Put two creature cards in a single graveyard in the void: Put a 1/1 black Spirit creature token into play.”
Sometimes a soul is not ready to complete its journey to the next world.
Illus: Harold McNeill (Ice Age – Death Ward)
#36/306
Sunmare 5W
Creature – Chimera Horse (Rare)
Banding (Any number of attacking creatures with banding, and up to one without, can form a band. Blocking a creature in the band blocks all of them. You assign combat damage for any creature blocking or blocked by this creature.)
W: Another target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
5/5
Illus: Davis A. Cherry (Mirage – Benevolent Unicorn)
#37/306
Tariff 1W
Sorcery – Incantation (Common)
Flash
Counter target spell unless its controller pays 3.
“My counsel is not free.”
- Urza Mightstone
Illus: Kev Walker (Weatherlight – Tariff)
#38/306
Timidity Hex 2W
Enchantment – Curse Aura (Uncommon)
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature gets -1/-1 and has “T: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.”
Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Weakness)
#39/306
Trained Griffin WWW
Creature – Chimera Griffin (Uncommon)
Banding (Any number of attacking creatures with banding, and up to one without, can form a band. Blocking a creature in the band blocks all of them. You assign combat damage for any creature blocking or blocked by this creature.)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
2/4
Illus: Brad Williams (Portal Second Age – Armored Griffin)
#40/306
Urza Mightstone 3WW
Planeswalker – Urza (Rare)
Loyalty 4
+1: Untap up to two target permanents.
-X: Put X 0/2 colorless Construct artifact creature tokens with flying named Ornithopter into play.
-6: Sacrifice all artifacts you control. Draw a card for each artifact put into a graveyard this way.
Illus: Mark Tedin (Vanguard II – Urza)
#41/306
Urza’s Squadron 2W
Creature – Human Artificer (Uncommon)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
When Urza’s Squadron leaves play, you may put a 0/2 colorless Construct artifact creature token with flying named Ornithopter into play.
1/3
Illus: Justin Hampton (Ice Age – Illusionary Forces)
#42/306
Veteran Escort 2WW
Creature – Human Soldier (Common)
Banding (Any number of attacking creatures with banding, and up to one without, can form a band. Blocking a creature in the band blocks all of them. You assign combat damage for any creature blocking or blocked by this creature.)
W, T: Target creature has banding until end of turn.
2/3
Illus: Mark Poole (ABU – Jump)
#43/306
Walker’s Favor 1WW
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Uncommon)
Enchant creature
As Walker’s Favor comes into play, choose a color.
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from the chosen color. (It can’t be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything of that color.)
Illus: Phil Foglio (Ice Age – White Scarab)
#44/306
White Knight 4WW
Creature – Human Knight (Uncommon)
Lifelink (Whenever this creature deals damage, you gain that much life.)
Out of the blackness and stench of the engulfing swamp emerged a shimmering figure. Only the splattered armor and ichor-stained sword hinted at the unfathomable evil the Knight had just laid waste.
2/5
Illus: Daniel Gelon (ABU – White Knight)
#45/306
Wild Griffin 1W
Creature – Chimera Griffin (Rare)
Flying
WW: Wild Griffin gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Activate this ability only any time you could lay a land.
High above the Ekundu plateau, death is swift and razor clawed.
1/2
Illus: Jeff Miracola (Portal Second Age – Wild Griffin)
#46/306
Air Elemental 1U
Creature – Elemental Rogue (Common)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
At the beginning of each player’s upkeep, that player taps an untapped permanent he or she controls.
Spirits of the air often substitute whimsy for strategy.
1/1
Illus. Richard Thomas (ABU – Air Elemental)
#47/306
Birds of Paradise 1U
Creature – Bird (Rare)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
T: Add U or 2 to your mana pool.
1/1
Illus: Mark Poole (ABU – Birds of Paradise)
#48/306
Blue Elemental Blast 1U
Sorcery – Arcane (Uncommon)
Flash
Counter target spell with converted mana cost equal to or less than the number of Islands you control.
Illus: Richard Thomas (ABU – Blue Elemental Blast)
#49/306
Brainstorm U
Sorcery – Psionic (Common)
Look at the top three cards of your library and put them back in any order. You may shuffle your library.
Replenish (When this card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, target player draws a card.)
Illus: Christopher Rush (Ice Age – Brainstorm)
#50/306
Cobra Strike 1U
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Common)
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has “ranged strike – T: This creature deals damage equal to its power to target attacking or blocking creature.”
Illus: Brian Snoddy (ABU – Psychic Venom)
#51/306
Deep Spawn [mana]UUU[/mana
Creature – Crab Minion (Uncommon)
Defender (This creature can’t attack.)
At the beginning of you upkeep, look at the top two cards of your library and put one in the void.
6/6
Illus: Mark Tedin (Fallen Empires – Deep Spawn)
#52/306
Deft Cryomancer 2U
Creature – Elemental Wizard (Common)
U: Deft Cryomancer gets +1/-1 or -1/+1 until end of turn.
3UU: Remove a chip from target permanent. If you do, put a +1/+1 chip on Deft Cryomancer.
Illus: Mark Poole (Ice Age – Kjeldoran Frostbeast)
#53/306
Dismiss 1UU
Sorcery – Incantation (Common)
Flash
Counter target spell.
“The duel was going badly for me, and Nevinyrral thought I was finished. He boasted that he would eat my soul – but all he ate were his words.”
- Hurkyl Nam
Illus: Mark Poole (ABU – Counterspell)
#54/306
Embargo 2UU
Sorcery – Psionic (Rare)
Flash
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can’t cast spells or activated abilities that aren’t mana abilities.)
Counter target spell.
Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Drain Power)
#55/306
Floodbringer Homarid 2U
Creature – Crab Shaman (Rare)
Ranged strike – 2U, T: Floodbringer Homarid deals 2 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
Whenever a player taps a land for mana, that player adds one mana of that type to his or her mana pool.
2/2
Illus: Amy Weber (Fallen Empires – Homarid Shaman)
#56/306
Fork UU
Sorcery – Glamer (Rare)
Flash
Copy target sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Imitation is the most dangerous form of flattery.
Illus: Amy Weber (ABU – Fork)
#57/306
High Tide U
Sorcery – Glamer (Uncommon)
Until end of turn, whenever a player taps a land for mana, its controller adds one mana of that type to his or her mana pool.
Illus: Randy Gallegos (Alliances – Tidal Control)
#58/306
Hurkyl Nam 2UU
Planeswalker – Hurkyl (Rare)
Loyalty 3
+1: Discard your hand, then draw that many cards.
-1: Target players reveals his or her hand. Choose a noncreature, nonland card. He or she discards the chosen card.
-6: Return each permanent to its owner’s hand.
Illus: Sandra Everingham (Antiquities – Hurkyl’s Recall)
#59/306
Hurkyl’s Recall U
Sorcery – Rite (Common)
As an additional cost to play Hurkyl’s Recall, sacrifice an Island.
Search your library for two Node land cards and put them into play. Then shuffle your library.
Illus: Richard Kane-Ferguson (Fallen Empires – Tourach’s Chant)
#60/306
Invisible Agent 1UU
Creature – Human Rogue (Common)
Protection from creatures (This creature can’t be blocked, targeted, or dealt damage by creatures.)
While Lat-Nam openly exerted its power, there were smaller wizard schools that chose to practice subtlety.
2/2
Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Invisibility)
#61/306
Island Fish Jasconius 4UU
Theme – Creature – Island Fish (Rare)
Island Fish Jasconius comes into play tapped.
T: Add U to your mana pool.
3/4
Illus: Jesper Myfors (Arabian Nights – Island Fish Jasconius)
#62/306
KudzuGarden 1U
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Uncommon)
Enchant land (Target a land as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that land.)
Enchanted land has “2, T: Target permanent doesn’t untap during its controller’s next untap step.”
Illus: Richard Thomas (ABU – Karma)
#63/306
Lat-Nam Egotist 2U
Creature – Merrow Monk (Rare)
Vigilance (Attacking doesn’t cause this creature to tap.)
T: Target creature you control has protection from the type of your choice until end of turn. (The card types are artifact, creature, enchantment, land, planeswalker and theme.)
2/2
Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Creature Bond)
#64/306
Lat-Nam Lookouts 3U
Creature – Human Archer (Common)
Heritage U (For each U you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
Ranged strike – T: Lat-Nam Lookouts deals 1 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
2/2
Illus: Pat Morrissey (Ice Age - Warning)
#65/306
Living Battery 2U
Creature – Merrow Minion (Uncommon)
U: Untap Living Battery.
2U, T: Tap or untap another target permanent.
1/3
Illus: Mark Tedin (Antiquities – Ashnod’s Transmogrant)
#66/306
Make Mischief 3U
Sorcery – Arcane (Uncommon)
Flash
Counter target red or green spell. If you do, out three 1/1 blue Faerie Rogue creature tokens with flying into play.
Illus: Amy Weber (Antiquities – Argothian Pixies)
#67/306
Mana Flood U
Enchantment – Aspect Aura (Common)
Enchant land (Target a land as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that land.)
Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, it adds an additional U to its controller’s mana pool.
Illus: Tom Wanerstrand (Legends – Flash Flood)
#68/306
Meditative Student 3U
Creature – Human Monk (Common)
Vigilance (Attacking doesn’t cause this creature to tap.)
At the first level of training you visualize your full potential. At the next level you set a path to achieve it. After that you recognize your true potential and set new goals. Then the true study begins.
3/3
Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Prodigal Sorcerer)
#69/306
Merrow Looter U
Creature – Merrow Rogue (Uncommon)
Vigilance (Attacking doesn’t cause this creature to tap.)
U, T: Target player draws a card, then discards a card.
When you sink a lot of ships, it’s easy to find sunken treasure.
1/1
Illus: Tristan Elwell (7th Edition – Merfolk Looter)
#70/306
Merrow Summoner 2UU
Creature – Merrow Wizard (Uncommon)
Vigilance (Attacking doesn’t cause this creature to tap.)
T, Sacrifice an Island: Put a 3/3 blue Fish creature token into play.
Merrow summoners tend to leave feeding frenzies in their wake.
2/4
Illus: Quinton Hoover (Legends – Brine Hag)
#71/306
Mox Sapphire 2U
Sorcery – Charm (Uncommon)
Flash
Choose one – Discard a card, then draw two cards; or Mox Sapphire deals 3 damage to target attacking or blocking creature; or destroy target chip or token.
Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Mox Sapphire)
#72/306
Order of the Pearl Trident 1U
Creature – Merrow Soldier (Common)
When Order of the Pearl Trident comes into play, you may remove up to two chips from target permanent.
The tide will wash the mystic ebb. The moon sets right the flow of nature.
2/1
Illus: John Matson (5th Edition – Merfolk of the Pearl Trident)
#73/306
Phantasmal Forces 3U
Creature – Human Wizard (Uncommon)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Protection from sorceries (This creature can’t be targeted or damaged by sorcery spells.)
3/1
Illus: Mark Poole (ABU – Phantasmal Forces)
#74/306
Pirate Cove 2UU
Theme – Enchantment – Island (Rare)
Whenever a land is put into play from a player’s hand, Pirate Cove deals 2 damage to that land’s controller.
When Pirate Cove is put into play from your hand, search your library for an Island and put it into play. If you do, shuffle your library.
Illus: Tom Wanerstrand (Legends – Seafarer’s Quay)
#75/306
Psionic Blast 2UU
Sorcery – Psionic (Uncommon)
Flash
Counter target spell. Look at that spell’s controller’s hand. Choose a card. He or she discards the chosen card.
Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Psionic Blast)
#76/306
Psychic Escort U
Creature – Human Minion (Common)
Diminish 3 (When this card is put into a graveyard from anywhere, target player puts the top three cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.)
A mentalist’s burden is the madness and hatred radiating from its Sengir master. Not many survive service with their faculties intact.
1/2
Illus: Mark Tedin (The Dark – Psychic Allergy)
#77/306
Rampant Exploration 3U
Sorcery – Rite (Uncommon)
Search your library for two Island or Node cards and put them into play tapped. Then shuffle your library.
Illus: Brian Snoddy (Urza’s Saga – Exploration)
#78/306
Refine 1U
Sorcery – Rite (Uncommon)
Flash
Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library.
Illus: Mark Tedin (ABU – Time Vault)
#79/306
Replenishing Spray U
Sorcery – Glamer (Common)
Flash
Replenish (When this card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, target player draws a card.)
Illus: Douglas Shuler (Legends – Anti-Magic Aura)
#80/306
Revisit 1UU
Sorcery – Rite (Rare)
Target player untaps all basic lands he or she controls.
“I thought my wife has ‘walked us to a new plane. But the ground was familiar, and then I noticed our college in the distance and realized it was still being built.”
- Drafna Lat
Illus: Mark Poole (ABU – Thoughtlace)
#81/306
Rewind 2UU
Sorcery – Divine (Rare)
Destroy all chips and all tokens.
Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Lifetap)
#82/306
Royal Archer 3U
Creature – Human Archer (Uncommon)
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
3: Royal Archer gains replenish until end of turn. (When it is put into your graveyard from anywhere, target player draws a card.)
1: Royal Archer gains diminish 1 until end of turn. (When it is put into a graveyard from anywhere, target player puts the top card of his or her library into his or her graveyard.)
2/3
Illus: Dan Frazier (7th Edition – Elite Archers)
#83/306
Sea Serpent 4UU
Creature – Wurm (Common)
Protection from flash (This creature can’t be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything with flash.)
U, T: Target creature has protection from flash until end of turn.
4/4
Illus: Jeff A. Menges (ABU – Sea Serpent)
#84/306
Shark Attack 2U
Sorcery – Reflex (Uncommon)
Flash
Counter target white or black spell. If you do, put a 3/3 blue Fish creature token into play.
Illus: Jeff A. Menges (The Dark – Deep Water)
#85/306
Surfmare 5U
Creature – Elemental Horse (Rare)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Surfmare’s power and toughness are each equal to the number of Islands you control.
*/*
Illus: Melissa A. Benson (Ice Age – Phantasmal Mount)
#86/306
Telekinesis XU
Sorcery – Psionic (Rare)
Heritage U (For each additional U you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
Tap or untap X target permanents target player controls.
Illus: Daniel Gelon (Legends – Telekinesis)
#87/306
Tidal Sphinx 3UU
Creature – Chimera Sphinx (Rare)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Whenever Tidal Sphinx deals combat damage to a planeswalker or player, you may tap target permanent and it doesn’t untap during its controller’s next untap step.
3/4
Illus: Sandra Everingham (Legend – Petra Sphinx)
#88/306
Traumatize 3UU
Sorcery – Incantation (Rare)
Target player puts the top half of his or her library, rounded down, into his or her graveyard.
The educated mind is heavy with lore and knowledge. It’s also the most likely to collapse under its own weight.
Illus: Brian Snoddy (Legends – In the Eye of Chaos)
#89/306
Twiddle U
Sorcery – Reflex (Common)
Flash
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can’t cast spells or activate abilities that aren’t mana abilities.)
Tap or untap target permanent.
Illus: Rob Alecander (ABU – Twiddle)
#90/306
Untouchable Master 2UU
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Uncommon)
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying and vigilance. (It can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach, and attacking doesn’t cause it to tap.)
Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Flight)
#91/306
Whirlwind Drake 1U
Creature – Drake (Common)
When Whirlwind Drake comes into play, search your library for a Node land card and put it into play tapped. Then shuffle your library.
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
1/1
Illus: Zina Saunders (Mirage – Hazerider Drake)
#92/306
Bad Moon 1BB
Enchantment – Aspect (Rare)
Creatures you control get +1/+1.
Illus: Jesper Myrfors (ABU – Bad Moon)
#93/306
Black Knight 4BB
Creature – Human Knight (Uncommon)
Lifelink (Whenever this creature deals damage, you gain that much life.)
Battle doesn’t need a purpose; the battle is its own purpose. You don’t ask why a plague spreads or a field burns. Don’t ask why I fight.
5/2
Illus:Mark Poole (ABU – Black Knight)
#94/306
Blight 3B
Enchantment – Curse Aura (Common)
Enchantment permanent (Target a permanent as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that permanent.)
Whenever enchanted permanent becomes tapped, its owner loses 2 life.
Illus: Drew Tucker (ABU – Power Leak)
#95/306
Carrion Ants 3B
Creature – Insect Swarm (Common)
Heritage B (For each additional B you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
Regeneration 2 (2: The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, it isn’t. Instead, remove all damage from it, tap it, and remove it from combat.)
2/3
Illus: John Coulthart (5th Edition – Carrion Ants)
#96/306
Contract from Below 2B
Sorcery – Rite (Common)
Flash
Put target card from your graveyard into your hand and put Contract from Below in the void.
Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Contract from Below)
#97/306
Corrode B
Sorcery – Concoction (Uncommon)
Flash
Counter target artifact or creature spell.
“Its power isn’t in the mixture of components, but the hatred it’s been steeped in.”
Illus: Michael Danza (Visions – Corrosion)
#98/306
Creeping Shadow B
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Uncommon)
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has fear (It can’t be blocked except by creatures that share a color with it and colorless creatures.)
4B: Creeping Shadow loses its other abilities, becomes a 6/3 Spirit Minion creature with fear and has “Sacrifice this permanent at end of turn.”
Illus: Randy Gallegos (Urza’s Saga – Sleeper Agent)
#99/306
Damnation 2BB
Sorcery – Divine (Rare)
Destroy all creatures.
Illus: Quinton Hoover (ABU – Wrath of God)
#100/306
Dementia Caster 3B
Creature – Human Artificer (Uncommon)
3B, T: Target player discards a card.
“Human tenderness is simply weakness in a pretty package.”
- Nevinyrral Yunir
1/3
Illus: Mark Poole (Antiquities – Staff of Zegon)
#101/306
Diminishing Vapors B
Sorcery – Concoction (Common)
Flash
Diminish 5 (When this card is put into a graveyard from anywhere, target player puts the top five cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.)
Illus: Sandra Everingham (ABU – Dark Ritual)
#102/306
Drain Life 2BB
Sorcery – Arcane (Common)
Each player loses 1 life for each creature he or she controls. (Life loss isn’t damage.)
Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Drain Life)
#103/306
Dread Infusion 1B
Enchantment – Aspect Aura (Common)
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature gets +3/+0.
When Dread Infusion is put into a graveyard from play, if it’s face-up, put it into play face down as a 2/2 creature.
Illus: Mark Tedin (Legends – Horror of Horrors)
#104/306
Entomb 2B
Sorcery – Rite (Rare)
Search target player’s library for a card and put it into that player’s graveyard. Then he or she shuffles his or her library.
Illus: Ron Spears (Odyssey – Entomb)
#105/306
FeralLands 3BB
Enchantment – Aspect (Rare)
All lands are 2/2 creatures that are still lands.
The land will rise up to overthrow those who would claim its power.
Illus: Rebecca Guay (Urza’s Saga – Fecundity)
#106/306
Frozen Shade 2BB
Creature – Human Witch (Common)
Fear (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures that share a color with it or colorless creatures.)
B, T: Target creature has fear until end of turn.
She lives in the twilight realm separating the living and the dead, drawing others into the void.
3/2
Illus: DiTerlizzi (5th Edition – Frozen Shade)
#107/306
Gathering Darkness XBB
Sorcery – Arcane (Rare)
Heritage B (For each additional B you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
Each player sacrifices X permanents.
Illus: Julie Baroh (ABU – Mind Twist)
#108/306
Gloom 3B
Enchantment – Curse (Uncommon)
Artifacts, creatures, and lands your opponents control come into play tapped.
Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Gloom)
#109/306
Granite Gargoyle 1B
Creature – Chimera Gargoyle (Common)
Defender (This creature can’t attack.)
1B: Granite Gargoyle gets +2/-2 and has reach until end of turn. (It can block creatures with flying.)
0/5
Illus: Christopher Rush (ABU – Granite Gargoyle)
#110/306
Hypnotic Specter 2B
Creature – Spirit (Uncommon)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
When Hypnotic Specter attacks, you may tap target creature.
1/2
Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Frozen Shade)
#111/306
Infernal Gateway 1B
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Rare)
Enchant swamp
Whenever a creature card is put into a graveyard from play, if it’s face-up, put it into play face down as a 2/2 creature under its owner’s control.
Illus: Randy Asplund-Faith (Fallen Empires – Ebon Praetor)
#112/306
Keldon Dead 2BB
Creature – Zombie Barbarian (Common)
When Keldon Dead comes into play, you may destroy target nonartifact creature.
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
Death’s face smiles like a skull.
2/1
Illus: Mike Kimble (Alliances – Balduvian Dead)
#113/306
Lifeless Corridor 2B
Enchantment – Aspect Aura (Common)
Enchant land (Target a land as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that land.)
Whenever a creature becomes tapped, it gets -0/-1 for each of its colors until end of turn.
Once the fog has passed you will find long standing enemies united at last – in death.
Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Wall of Bone)
#114/306
Lord of the Pit 3BB
Creature – Demon (Rare)
When Lord of the Pit comes into play, you lose 5 life.
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
At the end of turn, if Lord of the Pit dealt combat damage to a player, he or she gains control of Lord of the Pit and loses 5 life.
5/6
Illus: Mark Tedin (ABU – Lord of the Pit)
#115/306
Mox Jet 2B
Sorcery – Charm (Uncommon
Flash
Choose one – Until end of turn, lands become 2/2 creatures that are still lands; or regenerate all creatures you control; or search your library for an Aura card, reveal it and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Mox Jet)
#116/306
Nevinyrral Yunir 1BB
Planeswalker – Nevinyrral (Rare)
Loyalty 3
+1: Return target nonsorcery card from your graveyard to your hand and you lose 1 life.
-1: Destroy two target nonartifact creatures and you lose 5 life.
-6: Switch life totals with target player.
Illus: Melissa A. Benson (Legends – Syphon Soul)
#117/306
Nevinyrral’s Gift BB
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Uncommon)
Enchant creature
Pay 3 life: Put a +1/+1 chip on enchanted creature.
Remove a +1/+1 chip from enchanted creature: You gain 2 life. Activate this ability only any time you could lay a land.
Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Unholy Strength)
#118/306
Nightmare 5B
Creature – Spirit Horse (Rare)
Diminish 10 (When this card is put into a graveyard from anywhere, target player puts the top ten cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.)
The thunder of its hooves beats dreams into despair.
5/5
Illus: Melissa A. Benson (ABU – Nightmare)
#119/306
Pestilent Lich 4B
Creature – Zombie Wizard (Rare)
Heritage B (For each additional B you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
Whenever Pestilent Lich deals damage to a planeswalker or player, target player loses 2 life.
3/3
Illus: Christopher Rush (ABU – Pestilence)
#120/306
Possession 4BB
Enchantment – Curse Aura (Uncommon)
Enchant permanent (Target a permanent as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that permanent.)
You control enchanted permanent.
Illus: Phil Foglio (Ice Age – Infernal Darkness)
#121/306
Pulsemurmur B
Enchantment – Gift (Uncommon)
Lifelink (Whenever this enchantment deals damage, you gain that much life.)
B, Sacrifice an enchantment: Pulsemurmur deals 1 damage to target player.
Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Deathgrip)
#122/306
Rat Familiar B
Creature – Zombie Rat Minion (Uncommon)
Whenever a spell or ability an opponent controls is put onto the stack, if that spell or ability could target a Minion but doesn’t, that opponent changes one of its targets to a Minion.
1/1
Illus: Anson Maddock (ABU – Plague Rats)
#123/306
Repulse B
Sorcery – Psionic (Common)
Flash
Return target creature to its owner’s hand.
“A simple trap in a dark corner of the mind, and their nightmares catch up with them.”
Illus: Ron Spencer (ABU – Terror)
#124/306
Sarcomancy B
Enchantment – Gift (Rare)
When Sarcomancy comes into play, put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token into play.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are no Zombies in play, Sarcomancy deals 2 damage to you.
Illus: Jesper Myrfors (ABU – Scathe Zombies)
#125/306
Scarwood Hag 2B
Creature – Human Witch (Uncommon)
Scarwood Hag gets +1/+1 for each enchantment in play.
Her ambition connects her to the swamp’s desires.
2/2
Illus: Anson Maddocks (The Dark – Scarwood Hag)
#126/306
Seal of Doom 2B
Enchantment – Seal (Common)
Sacrifice Seal of Doom: Destroy target nonartifact creature.
“I am the banisher, the ill will that snuffs the final candle.”
- Seal inscription
Illus: Susan Van Camp (Legends – Glyph of Doom)
#127/306
Sengir Knight BBB
Creature – Vampire Knight (Uncommon)
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
Whenever another creature is put into a graveyard from pay, you may put a +1/+1 chip on Sengir Knight.
2/2
Illus: Mark Pool (Ice Age – Knight of Stromgald)
#128/306
Sengir Stalker 4BB
Creature – Vampire Rogue (Rare)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
2BB, T: Destroy target nonartifact creature. If you do, put a +1/+1 chip on Sengir Stalker.
3/3
Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Sengir Vampire)
#129/306
Simulacrum 1B
Sorcery – Psionic (Uncommon)
Flash
Change the target of target spell with a single target. You lose life equal to that spell’s converted mana cost.
“It was obviously a fatal blow, but the question is, to whom?”
Illus: Mark Poole (ABU – Simulacrum)
#130/306
Soul Net 4B
Sorcery – Concoction (Uncommon)
Target player reveals the top card of his or her library. If it’s not a creature card, put it into its owner’s graveyard and that player repeats this process.
Illus: Dameon Willich (ABU – Soul Net)
#131/306
Urborg Constrictor 2B
Creature – Snake (Common)
As an additional cost to cast Urborg Constrictor, you lose 3 life.
B, T: Tap target creature.
A hiss before dying.
3/3
Illus: Alan Rabinowitz (Portal – Python)
#132/306
Urborg Hunter 2BB
Creature – Human Archer (Common)
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
“Once they’ve marked you, the world is made of glass.”
2/4
Illus: Brian Snoddy (Tempest – Bounty Hunter)
#133/306
Vampire Bats 1B
Creature – Vampire Bat (Common)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Lifelink (Whenever this creature deals damage, you gain that much life.)
1/1
Illus: Anson Maddocks (Legend – Vampire Bats)
#134/306
Will-O’-The-Wisp 3B
Enchantment – Aspect Aura (Rare)
Enchant land
Whenever a creature card is put into a graveyard, you may put a 1/1black Spirit creature token into play.
Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller loses 1 life.
Illus: Jesper Myrfors (ABU – Will-O’-The-Wisp)
#135/306
Witch’s Circle 2B
Enchantment – Gift (uncommon)
Sacrifice a creature: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to target creature, planeswalker, or player this turn, prevent this damage.
“Life is a resource that should belong only to the strong.”
- Urborg witch
Illus. NeNe Thomas (Ice Age – Hecatomb)
#136/306
Withering Boon 1B
Sorcery – Rite (Rare)
Flash
Counter target spell. You lose life equal to half that spell’s converted mana cost, rounded up.
Illus: Robert Bliss (Mirage – Withering Boon)
#137/306
Zombify 2B
Enchantment – Curse Aura (Common)
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that creature.)
When enchanted creature is put into a graveyard, put into play under your control.
Illus: Jeff A. Menges (ABU – Raise Dead)
#138/306
Ardor R
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Common)
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that creature.)
Whenever enchanted creature attacks, you may put a +1/+1 chip on it.
Making snap decisions can lead to a short, brutal life. Or alternatively, a legendary one.
Illus: Mark Poole (ABU – Howl from Beyond)
#139/306
Ball Lightning 1R
Sorcery – Reflex (Common)
Ball Lightning deals 3 damage to target creature, planeswalker, or player.
Illus: Charles Gillespie (Mirage – Builder’s Bane)
#140/306
Blood Lust 1R
Enchantment – Curse (Uncommon)
Creatures have berserker (They attack or block if able.)
Unknown to the stranger, the meadhall was built of bloodrock from the isle of Bogardan. He would awake the next morning a blanket of scars and shattered bones with no idea why.
Illus: Anson Maddocks (Legends – Blood Lust)
#141/306
Desert Strikers R
Creature – Human Warrior (Common)
Haste (This creature can attack and T as soon as it comes under your control.)
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
1/1
Illus: Christopher Rush (Arabian Nights – Desert Nomads)
#142/306
Dismantle R
Sorcery – Reflex (Common)
Flash
Destroy target artifact. If that artifact was attached to a creature, remove that creature from combat.
Illus: Randy Asplund-Faith (Detonate – Antiquities)
#143/306
Dueling Grounds 1R
Enchantment – Aspect Aura (Rare)
Enchant land (Target a land as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that land.)
Each player must attack and block with exactly one creature each turn.
Illus: Dameon Willich (Ice Age – Melee)
#144/306
Dwarven Demolition Team 1RR
Creature – Dwarf Rogue (Rare)
Haste
Whenever Dwarven Demolition Team deals damage to a planeswalker or player, that player or planeswalker’s controller discards a card at random.
2/2
Illus: Kev Brockschmidt (ABU – Dwarven Demolition Team)
#145/306
Dwarven Warhost 5R
Creature – Dwarf Soldier (Uncommon)
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Dwarven Warhost unless you discard a card at random.
Whenever a player discards a card at random, you may draw a card.
Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Dwarven Warrior)
#146/306
Embermage Dynamo RR
Creature – Elemental Shaman (Rare)
Embermage Dynamo’s power and toughness are each equal to the amount of mana in your mana pool.
Mana pools don’t empty at the end of phases or turns. (This effect stops mana burn.)
*/*
Illus: Melissa A. Benson (ABU – Fire Elemental)
#147/306
Firestorm Phoenix 2RR
Creature – Elemental Bird (Uncommon)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
When Firestorm Phoenix comes into play, if you played it from your hand, add RRR to your mana pool.
2/2
Illus: Jeff A. Menges (Legend – Firestorm Phoenix)
#148/306
Foriys Commando 1R
Creature – Human Barbarian (Common)
Berserker (This creature attacks or blocks if able.)
When Foriys Commando attacks for the first time each turn, untap it. After this phase, you get an additional combat phase.
1/2
Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Two-Headed Giant of Foriys)
#149/306
Form of the Dragon 4RRR
Enchantment – Aspect (Rare)
At the beginning of your upkeep, Form of the Dragon deals 5 damage to target creature, planeswalker, or player.
At the end of each turn, your life total becomes 5.
Creatures without flying can’t attack you.
Illus: Craig Hooper (Visions – Dragon Mask)
#150/306
Goblin Balloon Brigade 2R
Creature – Goblin Artificer (Rare)
First strike, reach (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike and can block creatures with flying.)
Other Goblin creatures you control get +1/+1 and have first strike and reach.
1/1
Illus: Andi Rusu (ABU – Goblin Balloon Brigade)
#151/306
Gray Auger 2R
Creature – Human Barbarian (Common)
T: Gray Auger deals 1 damage to target creature, planeswalker, or player.
Keldon fortune tellers are most interested in forecasting tragedies.
2/2
Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Gray Ogre)
#152/360
Heat Ray XR
Sorcery – Reflex (Rare)
Heritage R (For each additional R you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can’t cast spells or activate abilities that aren’t mana abilities.)
Heat Ray deals X damage to target creature, or planeswalker.
Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Disintegration)
#153/306
Hurloon Mercenary RR
Creature – Minotaur Rogue (Common)
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature unless you pay 2.
Mercenaries kill for fun and profit.
3/3
Illus: Anson Maddocks (Homelands – Anaba Bodyguard B)
#154/306
Hurloon Shaman 1RR
Creature – Minotaur Shaman (Common)
T: Another target creature you control gets +3/+1 until end of turn.
The Minotaurs of the HurloonMountains are known for their love of battle.
3/1
Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Hurloon Minotaur)
#155/306
Imbricomancy 3R
Enchantment – Gift (Uncommon)
When Imbricomancy comes into play, put a 5/5 red Dragon Wurm creature token into play.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are no Dragons or Wurms in play, Imbricomancy deals 5 damage to you.
Illus: Randy Elliot (Tempest – Wild Wurm)
#156/306
Keldon Warlord 1RR
Creature – Human Soldier (Common)
Haste (This creature can attack and T as soon as it comes under your control.)
T: Target creature has haste until end of turn.
2/2
Illus: Kev Brockschmidt (ABU – Keldon Warlord)
#157/306
Lightning Bolt 1R
Sorcery – Reflex (Uncommon)
Flash
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can’t cast spells or activated abilities that aren’t mana abilities.)
Lightning Blot deals 2 damage to target creature, planeswalker, or player.
Illus: Jeff Miracola (5th Edition – Binding Grasp)
#158/306
Maddening Hymn RR
Sorcery – Incantation (Rare)
Target player discards two cards at random.
Members of the Order often played the Hymn on instruments made from their victim’s bones.
Illus: Scott Kirschner (Fallen Empires – Hymn to Tourach C)
#159/306
Mana Flare 1R
Sorcery – Rite (Common)
Add 2RR to your mana pool.
Magic is strange, young one. It consumes much, yet produces more.”
- Talibah, embermage
Illus: Pete Venters (Ice Age – Circle of Protection: Red)
#160/306
Marsh Viper 2RR
Creature – Snake (Uncommon)
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
3/2
Illus: Ron Spencer (The Dark – Marsh Viper)
#161/306
Mons’s Goblin Raiders R
Creature – Goblin Warrior (Common)
Mons’s Goblin Raiders gets +1/+1 for each player who controls a planeswalker.
Pashalik Mons and his raiders are the thunderhead that leads in the storm.
1/1
Illus: Jeff A. Menges (ABU – Mons’s Goblin Raiders)
#162/306
Mox Ruby 2R
Sorcery – Charm (Uncommon)
Flash
Choose one – Put up to two target Reflex cards from your graveyard on top of your library; or discard each card in your hand and put that many +1/+1 chips on target creature; or gain control of target permanent until end of turn.
Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Mox Ruby)
#163/306
Nettling Imp 2R
Creature – Demon (Common)
1: Nettling Imp has flying until end of turn. (It can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
T: Target creature has berserker until end of turn. (It attacks or blocks if able.)
2/2
Illus: Quinton Hoover (ABU – Nettling Imp)
#164/306
Pashalik Mons 4RR
Planeswalker – Mons (Rare)
Loyalty 4
+1: Put a creature card from your hand into play. That creature gains haste and has “Sacrifice this creature at end of turn.”
-1: Sacrifice a Goblin. If you do, Pashalik Mons deals 5 damage to target creature, planeswalker, or player.
-6: Destroy all artifacts, creatures, and lands. They can’t be regenerated.
Illus: Pete Venters (5th Edition – Goblin Hero)
#165/306
Personal Champion 1RR
Creature – Elemental Soldier (Uncommon)
Berserker (This creature attacks or blocks if able.)
Whenever a player activates a planeswalker ability, you may add R to your mana pool.
2/3
Illus: Kev Brockschmidt (ABU – Personal Incarnation)
#166/306
Pillage RRR
Sorcery – Rite (Uncommon)
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can’t cast spells or activated abilities that aren’t mana abilities.)
Destroy target artifact or non-Node land.
“Were they to reduce us to ash, we would clog their throats and sting their eyes in payment.”
Illus: Richard Kane-Ferguson (Alliances – Pillage)
#167/306
Pyrohemia 2RR
Enchantment – Curse (Uncommon)
At the end of turn, if no creatures are in play, sacrifice Pyrohemia.
R: Pyrohemia deals 1 damage to each creature and player.
Illus: Mark Tedin (Legends – Lifeblood)
#168/306
Ravages of War R
Sorcery – Arcane (Uncommon)
Add RR to each player’s mana pool.
Barbarians follow armies like jackals, ready to swoop in after a battle to soak in the ambient mana.
Illus: Jesper Myrfors (ABU – Armageddon)
#169/306
Reckless Embermage 3R
Creature – Elemental Shaman (Rare)
1R: Reckless Embermage deals 1 damage to target creature, planeswalker, or player and 1 damage to itself.
Many mages have been consumed by their work.
2/2
Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Circle of Protection: Red)
#170/306
Red Elemental Blast 1R
Sorcery – Arcane (Common)
Red Elemental Blast deals damage equal to the number of Mountains you control to target creature.
Illus: Richard Thomas (ABU – Red Elemental Blast)
#171/306
Sedge Rock Sled 3R
Creature – Troll Artificer (Common)
Heritage R (For each additional R you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
Trample (If this creature would deal lethal combat damage to its blockers, you may have it deal the rest of its damage to defending player.)
4/1
Illus: Dennis Detwiller (The Dark – Goblin Rock Sled)
#172/306
Seizures 1RR
Enchantment – Curse Aura (Uncommon)
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature can’t attack or block and has “At the beginning of your upkeep, this creature deals 1 damage to you.”
Illus: Julie Baroh (Ice Age – Seizures)
#173/306
Shattersmith 3R
Creature – Goblin Artificer (Common)
When Shattersmith comes into play, you may destroy target artifact.
They believe the past is buried for good reason.
3/3
Illus: Daniel Gelon (The Dark – Goblin Wizard)
#174/306
Shatterstorm 2RR
Sorcery – Divine (Rare)
Destroy all artifacts.
Illus: James Allen (5th Edition – Shatterstorm)
#175/306
Shivan Dragon 4RR
Creature – Dragon (Rare)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Damage dealt by Shivan Dragon can’t be prevented.
5/5
Illus: Melissa A. Benson (ABU – Shivan Dragon)
#176/306
Steal 3RR
Sorcery – Arcane (Rare)
Flash
Gain control of target spell. (If it’s a permanent, it comes into play under your control and you are the spell’s controller.)
Illus: Amy Weber (ABU – Steal Artifact)
#177/306
Two-Headed Giant of Foriys 4RR
Creature – Giant Barbarian (Rare)
Trample
Whenever Two-Headed Giant of Foriys attacks for the first time each turn, untap it. After this phase, you get an additional combat phase.
4/4
Illus: Daniel Gelon (Legends – Frost Giant)
#178/306
Uthden Juggernaut 3RR
Creature – Giant Barbarian (Common)
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can’t cast spells or activate abilities that aren’t mana abilities.)
“Oi oi oi, me gotta hurt in’ere. Oi oi oi, me smell a ting is near. Gonna bosh ‘n gonna nosh ‘n da hurt’ll disappear.”
- Uthden chant
4/4
Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Uthden Troll)
#179/306
Void Hymn 1R
Sorcery – Incantation (Rare)
Search your library for a planeswalker card, reveal it and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
Sing Urza’s praises. Seek Hurkyl’s consult. Play to Nevinyrral’s vanity. Make a bet with Mons. And beg Shanodin for transformation.
Illus: Dan Frazier (Legends – Dwarven Song)
#180/360
Walker’s Madness R
Enchantment – Aspect Aura (Uncommon)
Enchant planeswalker
When Walker’s Madness comes into play, put a loyalty chip on enchanted planeswalker.
Enchanted planeswalker has “+1: This planeswalker deals 2 damage to target player, and another target player discards a card at random.”
Illus: Quinton Hoover (ABU – Darkpact)
#181/306
Warrior’s Heart 2R
Enchantment – Aspect Aura (Uncommon)
Enchant creature
When Warrior’s Heart comes into play, put three +1/+1 chips on enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature has “Remove a +1/+1 chip from this creature: Warrior’s Heart deals 1 damage to target creature, planeswalker, or player.”
Illus: Alan Rabinowitz (Homelands – Ambush)
#182/306
Wheel of Fortune 1R
Sorcery – Rite (Uncommon)
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can’t cast spells or activate abilities that aren’t mana abilities.)
Each player discards a card at random.
Illus: Daniel Gelon (ABU – Wheel of Fortune)
#183/360
Word of Command 3RR
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Uncommon)
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature attacks for the first time each turn, untap it and all permanents that share a creature type with it that you control. After this phase, you get an additional combat phase.
Illus. Jesper Myrfors (The Dark – Orc General)
#184/306
Argothian Treefolk 4G
Creature – Plant Barbarian (Uncommon)
Shroud (This creature can’t be the target of spells or abilities.)
3R, Sacrifice Argothian Treefolk: Argothian Treefolk deals 5 damage to target creature.
5/3
Illus: Pete Venters (Antiquities – Gaea’s Avenger)
#185/306
Army Ants 6GG
Creature – Insect Swarm (Rare)
Trample
Whenever Army Ants deals combat damage to a planeswalker, or player, put that many 1/1 green Insect creature tokens into play.
6/6
Illus: Richard Thomas (Legends – Carrion Ants)
#186/306
Bog Scryer 2G
Creature – Troll Witch (Common)
Regeneration 1B (1B: The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, it isn’t. Instead, remove all damage from it, tap it, and remove it from combat.)
3/1
Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Sedge Troll)
#187/306
Braingeyser 3GG
Enchantment – Aspect (Uncommon)
Flash
Each player may cast nonland spells as though they had flash.
The physical manifestation of this spell is extremely obvious.
Illus: Mark Tedin (ABU – Braingeyser)
#188/306
Brute Strength 1G
Sorcery – Reflex (Common)
Flash
Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains trample until end of turn. (If it would deal lethal combat damage to its blockers, you may have it deal the rest of its damage to defending player.)
Illus: Douglas Shuler (5th Edition – The Brute)
#189/306
Cockatrice 3GGG
Creature – Chimera Lizard (Rare)
G: Until end of turn, Cockatrice gets -1/-1 and gains your choice of flying, protection from black, trample, or vigilance.
6/6
Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Cockatrice)
#190/306
Cocoon G
Enchantment – Gift (Uncommon)
Vanishing 3 (This enchantment comes into play with three time chips on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time chip from it. When the last is removed, sacrifice it.)
When Cocoon leaves play, you may put a creature token into play that is a copy of a creature target player controls.
Illus: Mark Tedin (Legends – Cocoon)
#191/306
Craw Wurm 4GGG
Creature – Dragon Wurm (Rare)
The most terrifying thing about the craw wurm is probably the horrible crashing sound it makes as it speeds through the forest. This noise is so loud it echoes through the trees and seems to come from all directions at once.
9/9
Illus: Daniel Gelon (ABU – Craw Wurm)
#192/306
Dingus Egg 2GG
Creature – Drake (Rare)
Whenever a land is put into a graveyard from play, Dingus Egg deals 2 damage to that land’s controller.
When Dingus Egg is put into a graveyard from play, search your library for a Drake card and put it into play. If you do, shuffle your library.
0/1
Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Dingus Egg)
#193/306
Elvish Piper 3G
Creature – Elf Shaman (Common)
3G, T: You may put a creature card from your hand into play.
“When the chimera appeared, we realized it wasn’t bird call after all.”
1/4
Illus: Rebecca Guay (9th Edition – Elvish Piper)
#194/306
Force of Nature 4G
Creature – Plant Warrior (Uncommon)
Fear (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures that share a color with it or colorless creatures.)
Whenever Force of Nature deals damage to a planeswalker or player, you may draw a card.
3/4
Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Force of Nature)
#195/306
Gaea’s Liege 5G
Creature – Human Monk (Common)
G, Sacrifice a creature: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
Gaea’s liege is a common sight in the forests of Dominaria. At her behest, he tells each animal if it is meant to live or to die.
5/7
Illus: Dameon Willich (ABU – Gaea’s Liege)
#196/306
Gaea’s Scourge 2GG
Sorcery – Divine (Rare)
Destroy all lands.
Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Ice Storm)
#197/306
Giant Growth G
Enchantment – Aspect Aura (Uncommon)
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2.
Illus: Sandra Everingham (ABU – Giant Growth)
#198/306
Harmonize 1GG
Sorcery – Rite (Uncommon)
Each player draws two cards.
Replenish (When this card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, target player draws a card.)
Illus: Dameon WIllich (ABU – Circle of Protection: Blue)
#199/306
Havenwood Druid 1G
Creature – Human Shaman (Common)
Shroud (This creature can’t be the target of spells or abilities.)
The druids of Havenwood take vows of silence. This is an act of asceticism, but also a matter of safety in Sarpadia.
2/2
Illus: Jeff A. Menges (Antiquities – Citanul Druid)
#200/306
Hunted Troll 2GG
Creature – Troll Warrior (Rare)
As an additional cost to play Hunted Troll, put four 1/1 blue Faerie Rogue creature tokens into play under target opponent’s control.
Regeneration B (B: The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, it isn’t. Instead, remove all damage from it, tap it, and remove it from combat.)
8/4
Illus: Greg Staples (Ravnica: City of Guilds – Hunted Troll)
#201/306
Ironroot Treefolk 4G
Creature – Plant Warrior (Common)
When Iroroot Treefolk comes into play, you may destroy target non-Node land.
“I’m disgusted that a hundred year old being thinks it’s entitled to destroy a millennial rock formation simply to thive.”
- Volta, cartographer
2/5
Illus: Jesper Myrfors (ABU – Ironroot Treefolk)
#202/306
Ivy Hydra XG
Creature – Chimera Hydra (Rare)
Heritage G (For each additional G you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
Ivy Hydra comes into play with X +1/+1 chips on it.
0/0
Illus: Jeff A. Menges (ABU – Rock Hydra)
#203/306
Ley Feedback 2GG
Sorcery – Rite (Common)
Each player loses 1 life for each land he or she control. (Life loss isn’t damage.)
Illus: Quinton Hoover (ABU – Feedback)
#204/306
Llanowar Druid 1G
Creature – Elf Shaman (Common)
1, T: Add W, U, B, R, or G to your mana pool.
Whenever the Llanowar Elves gather the fruits of their forest, they leave one plant of each type untouched, considering that nature’s portion.
2/1
Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Llanowar Elves)
#205/306
Loaming Drake 4G
Creature – Drake (Common)
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Replenish (When this card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, target player draws a card.)
These drakes make their nests in mulch fields and are driven by instinct to return when they are ailing.
3/3
Illus: Heather Hudson (Tempest – Flailing Drake)
#206/306
Luring Marker 1G
Enchantment – Seal (Common)
When a player casts a spell, sacrifice Luring Marker. If you do, each of that player’s opponents puts a 4/4 green Chimera creature token into play.
Illus: Rob Alexander (Legends – Floral Spuzzem
#207/306
Mox Emerald 2G
Sorcery – Charm (Uncommon)
Flash
Choose one – Each player sacrifices a land; or creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn; or shuffle your graveyard into your library.
Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Mox Emerald)
#208/306
Natural Selection 3GG
Sorcery – Rite (Rare)
Flash
Reveal the top seven cards of your library. Target opponent chooses a creature card from the revealed cards. Put that card into play under his or her control and each other creature card into play under your control. Then shuffle you library.
Illus: Mark Poole (ABU – Natural Selection)
#209/306
Pack Mentality 4G
Theme – Enchantment – Wolf Aspect (Rare)
Each creature gets +1/+1 for each permanent that shares a creature type with it.
Illus: Jeff A. Menges (ABU – Aspect of Wolf)
#210/306
Piper’s Summons 3GG
Sorcery – Rite (Uncommon)
Flash
You may put a creature card from your hand into play.
Illus: Melissa A. Benson (Homelands – Didgeridoo)
#211/306
Raise Wild 3GG
Sorcery – Arcane (Rare)
Search target opponent’s library for a creature card and put that card into play under your control. Then that player shuffles his or her library.
Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Berserk)
#212/306
Regrowth 2G
Sorcery – Concoction (Common)
Flash
Put target card in a graveyard on top of its owner’s library.
Illus: Dameon Willich (ABU – Regrowth)
#213/306
Remembrance GG
Sorcery – Rite (Rare)
Flash
Copy target activated or triggered ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Illus: Justin Hampton (Ice Age – Dark Ritual)
#214/306
Rime Dryad 1G
Creature – Dryad Witch (Common)
Defender (This creature can’t attack.)
U: Rime Dryad deals 1 damage to target creature it’s blocking.
1/3
Illus: Heather Hudson (Ice Age – Rime Dryad)
#215/306
Sarpadian Ooze 2G
Creature – Ooze (Uncommon)
Sacrifice a creature: Sarpadian Ooze gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
When you get into Sarpadia, Sarpadia gets into you.
2/2
Illus: Dan Frazier (Legends – Quagmire)
#216/306
Scaled Wurm 7G
Creature – Dragon Wurm (Common)
Scaled Wurm comes into play with five +1/+1 chips on it.
When Scaled Wurm leaves play, you may put its +1/+1 chips on target green creature.
2/1
Illus: Daniel Gelon (Ice Age – Scaled Wurm)
#217/306
Scarwood Fiends 2G
Creature – Human Barbarian (Common)
As an additional cost to cast Scarwood Fiends, target opponent gains control of a creature of his or her choice.
Fear (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures that share a color with it or colorless creatures.)
3/3
Illus: Mike Kimble (Homelands – Timmerian Fiends)
#218/306
Scryb Sprites 1G
Creature – Faerie Swarm (Uncommon)
Flash
Flying (This creature can’t be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
2G: Scryb Sprites gets +3/+3 until end of turn. Activate this ability only once each turn.
1/1
Illus: Amy Weber (ABU – Scryb Sprites)
#219/306
Shanodin Tulls 2GG
Planeswalker – Shanodin (Rare)
Loyalty 4
+1: Put a 1/1 green Insect creature token into play.
-1: Target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.
-6: Each other creature you control becomes a copy of target creature you control until end of turn.
Illus: Jesper Myrfors (ABU – Living Lands)
#220/306
Shanodin’s Basilisk 3GG
Creature – Chimera Lizard (Rare)
Whenever a creature you control is dealt damage, you may put a +1/+1 chip on it. (The damage is dealt before the chip is put on.)
Rather than sheltering her young, the female Basilisk often injures her own offspring, thereby ensuring their rapid growth.
3/4
Illus: Daniel Gelon (ABU – Thicket Basilisk)
#221/306
Spellbane G
Enchantment – Gift Aura (Uncommon)
Flash
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. It comes into play attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature has shroud. (It can’t be the target of spells or abilities.)
Illus: Phil Foglio (Legends – Avoid Fate)
#222/306
Stampede 1GG
Sorcery – Arcane (Uncommon)
Flash
Attacking creatures get +1/+1 and gain trample until end of turn. (If they would deal enough combat damage to their blockers to destroy them, you may have them deal the rest of their damage to defending player.)
Illus: Jeff A. Menges (Ice Age – Stampede)
#223/306
Tempest 2G
Enchantment – Aspect (Uncommon)
Creatures you control have reach. (They can block creatures with flying.)
Creatures with flying get -1/-1.
Illus: Gary Gianni (Visions – Katabatic Winds)
#224/306
Timber Wolves 3G
Creature – Beast Wolf (Uncommon)
W: Timber Wolves has banding until end of turn.
Though many think of Wolves as solitary predators, they are actually extremely social animals. During a hunt they often call to each other, which can be quite unsettling for their prey.
4/4
Illus: Melissa A. Benson (ABU – Timber Wolves)
#225/306
Utopian Vision 2G
Enchantment – Aspect Aura (Uncommon)
Enchant creature
When Utopian Vision comes into play, put three +1/+1 chips on enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature has “Remove a +1/+1 chip from this creature: Add R, G, or W to your mana pool.”
Illus: Sandra Everingham (ABU – Ley Druid)
#226/306
Verduran Archer GGG
Creature – Elf Archer (Uncommon)
Flash
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Replenish (When this card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, target player draws a card.)
4/2
Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Elvish Archers)
#227/306
Verduran Gardener 3G
Creature – Human Monk (Common)
Heritage G (For each additional G you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
Replenish (When this card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, target player draws a card.)
Some say gardening was first practiced by women, who have always felt strong ties to the land.
3/2
Illus: Kev Brockschmidt (ABU – Verduran Enchantress)
#228/306
War Mammoth 2GG
Creature – Beast Elephant (Common)
Trample (If this creature would deal lethal combat damage to its blockers, you may have it deal the rest of its damage to defending player.)
G, T: Target creature has trample until end of turn.
3/3
Illus: Jeff A. Menges (ABU – War Mammoth)
#229/306
Woodfall Treefolk 4GG
Creature – Plant Shaman (Rare)
Flash
Other green creatures get +2/+2.
“Where there’s a wood, there’s a way.”
- Woodfall motto
Illus: Brian Snoddy (Legends – Wood Elemental)
#230/306
Ancestral Recall 1WU
Sorcery – Incantation (Rare)
Flash
Target player draws two cards.
Replenish (When this card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, target player draws a card.)
Illus: Mark Poole (ABU – Ancestral Recall)
#231/306
Black Lotus RG
Enchantment – Gift (Rare)
Sacrifice Black Lotus: Add three mana of any combination of W, U, B, R, or G to your mana pool.
Illus: Christopher Rush (ABU – Black Lotus)
#232/306
Chaos Orb BR
Sorcery – Rite (Rare)
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can’t cast spells or activate abilities that aren’t mana abilities.)
Destroy a permanent target player controls at random.
Illus: Mark Tedin (ABU – Chaos Orb)
#233/306
Time Walk 2UB
Sorcery – Rite (Rare)
Target player takes an extra turn after this one.
Illus: Amy Weber (ABU – Time Walk)
#234/306
Timetwister 1GW
Sorcery – Glamer (Rare)
Each player shuffles his or her hand and graveyard into his or her library and then draws seven cards. (Then put Timetwister into its owner’s graveyard.)
Illus: Mark Tedin (ABU – Timetwister)
#235/306
Mox the Jeweler 1
Planeswalker – Mox (Rare)
Loyalty 2
+1: Add 1 to your mana pool.
-4: You may reveal a Charm in your hand. If you do, cast a copy of it without paying its mana cost.
-6: Put Mox the Jeweler on top of its owner’s library. If you do, add 1WUBRG to target player’s mana pool.
Illus: Adam Rex (Invasion – Rith’s Attendant)
#236/306
Black Vise 1
Artifact – Equipment (Uncommon)
Equipped creature has “At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose N life, where N is the number of cards in your hand.”
Whenever you become the target of a sorcery an opponent controls, you may equip a creature he or she controls with Black Vise.
Illus: Richard Thomas (ABU – Black Vise)
#237/306
Bottomless Vault 2
Artifact – Vault (Uncommon)
Relic – At the beginning of each player’s upkeep, if Bottomless Vault is untapped, that player draws a card.
T: Target player gains 1 life. Activate this ability only if you have exactly seven cards in your hand.
Illus: David Seeley (5th Edition – Bottomless Vault)
#238/306
Clay Statue 2
Artifact Creature – Golem (Common)
Tawnos won fame as Urza’s greatest assistant. After he created these warriors, Urza ended his apprenticeship, promoting him directly to the rank of master.
2/2
Illus: Jesper Myrfors (Antiquities – Clay Statue)
#239/306
Clockwork Beast 6
Artifact Creature – Beast Construct (Uncommon)
Heritage G (For each additional G you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
Vanishing 4 (This artifact comes into play with four time chips on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time chip from it. When the last is removed, sacrifice it.)
5/5
Illus: Drew Tucker (ABU – Clockwork Beast)
#240/306
Conservator 5
Artifact Creature – Construct (Uncommon)
Defender (This creature can’t attack.)
Whenever combat damage is dealt to Conservator, put that many 1/1 colorless Construct artifact creature tokens into play.
0/4
Illus: Amy Weber (ABU – Conservator)
#241/306
Crimson Rack 1
Artifact – Equipment (Uncommon)
Equipped creatures has “At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose N life, where N is 3 minus the number of cards in your hand.”
Whenever you become the target of a sorcery an opponent controls, you may equip a creature he or she controls with Crimson Rack.
Illus: Richard Thomas (ABU – The Rack)
#242/306
Cyclopean Tomb 6
Artifact – Vault (uncommon)
Heritage W (For each additional W you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
T: Put a 1/1 black Spirit creature token into play.
Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Cyclopean Tomb)
#243/306
Dream Journal 2
Artifact – Tome (Rare)
When Dream Journal comes into play, target player draws a card.
6, T: Return target artifact to its owner’s hand.
Illus: Julie Baroh (Tempest – Fool’s Tome)
#244/306
Emmessi Tome 6
Artifact – Tome (Uncommon)
Heritage U (For each additional U you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
T: Draw two cards, then discard two cards unless you discard a creature card. Activate this ability only any time you could lay a land.
Illus: Mark Tedin (ABU – Jayemdae Tome)
#245/306
Frozen Heart 2
Artifact – Orb (Common)
Frozen Heart comes into play tapped.
Heritage U (For each additional U you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
T: Add U to your mana pool.
Illus: Mark Zug (Mirrodin – Icy Manipulator)
#246/306
Gauntlets of Chaos 2
Artifact – Equipment (Common)
Equipped creature gets +4/+2 and doesn’t untap during its controller’s untap step.
Equip 3 (3: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only any time you could lay a land.)
Illus: Dan Frazier (Legends – Gauntlets of Chaos)
#247/306
Grapeshot Catapult 3
Artifact Creature – Construct (Common)
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
For years scholars debated whether these were Urza’s or Mishra’s creations. Recent research suggests they were invented by the brother’s original master, Tocasia, and that both used these devices.
2/2
Illus: Dan Frazier (Antiquities – Grapeshot Catapult)
#248/306
Heartsick Lance 1
Artifact – Equipment (Common)
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has “W: Return this creature to its owner’s hand.”
Equip 1 (1: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only any time you could lay a land.)
Illus: Rob Alexander (ABU – Lance)
#249/360
Helm of Chatzuk 1
Artifact – Equipment (Uncommon)
Equipped creature has banding. (Any number of attacking creatures with banding, and up to one without, can form a band. Blocking a creature in the band blocks all of them. You assign combat damage for any creature blocking or blocked by this creature.)
Equip 1 (1: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only any time you could lay a land.)
Illus: Mark Tedin (ABU – Helm of Chatzuk)
#250/306
The Hive 4 Artifact – Vault (Rare)
Relic – Creatures you control have flying if The Hive is untapped.
3, T: Put a 1/1 green Insect creature token into play. The Hive doesn’t untap during your next untap step.
Illus: Sandra Everingham (ABU – The Hive)
#251/306
Horn of Deafening 1
Artifact – Instrument (Common)
1, Sacrifice Horn of Deafening: Target player draws a card.
R, Sacrifice Horn of Deafening: Horn of Deafening deals 2 damage to target creature, planeswalker, or player.
“An blast, an echo… then silence.”
Illus: Dan Frazier (Legends – Horn of Deafening)
#252/306
Hurkyl’s Armor 3
Artifact – Equipment (Uncommon)
Equipped creature gets +5/+0 and loses its abilities.
Equip 2 (2: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only any time you could lay a land.)
Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Animate Artifact)
#253/306
Icy Manipulator 6
Artifact – Orb (Uncommon)
Heritage B (For each additional B you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
T: Tap target artifact, creature, or land.
Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Icy Manipulator)
#254/306
Insidious Bookworms 1
Artifact Creature – Construct (Common)
When Insidious Bookworms is put into a graveyard from play, you may pay B. If you do, target player discards a card.
1/1
Illus: Greg Simanson (Alliances – Insidious Bookworms A)
#255/306
Iron Star 2
Artifact – Equipment (Uncommon)
Equipped creature has haste and “1, T: This creature deals 1 damage to target planeswalker or player.”
Equip–Tap Iron Star (Tap Iron Star: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only any time you could lay a land.)
Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Iron Star)
#256/306
Ivory Cup 2
Artifact – Cylix (uncommon)
Spells cost 1 less to cast.
Blessed by a thousand prayers. Passed through ten thousand hands. Sought by a hundred thousand hearts.
Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Ivory Cup)
#257/306
Jade Statue 3
Artifact Creature – Golem (Common)
G: Jade Statue gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
“Some of the other guys dared me to touch it, but I knew it weren’t no ordinary hunk o’ rock.”
- Norin the Wary
1/1
Illus: Dan Frazier (ABU – Jade Statue)
#258/306
The Lair 5
Artifact – Vault (Rare)
Relic – Creatures you control get +1/+1 if The Lair is untapped.
6, T: Put a 4/4 green Chimera token into play. The Lair doesn’t untap during your next untap step.
Illus: Christopher Rush (The Dark – Safe Haven)
#259/306
Library of Leng 1
Artifact – Vault (Uncommon)
T: Untap target Orb or Tome.
1, T: Untap another target Vault.
Illus: Daniel Gelon (ABU – Library of Leng)
#260/306
Mana Vault 3
Artifact – Vault (Rare)
Mana Vault comes into play tapped.
At the beginning of your untap step, if Mana Vault is tapped, untap it and it deals 2 damage to you.
T: Add 3 to your mana pool.
Illus: Mark Tedin (ABU – Mana Vault)
#261/306
Mons’s Stormseeker 1
Artifact – Equipment (Common)
Equipped creature gets +2/+0.
Equip 1 (1: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only any time you could lay a land.)
Illus: Mark Poole (Legends – Storm Seeker)
#262/306
Mystic Compass 0
Artifact – Bauble (Common)
1, T: Target land has the basic land type of your choice until end of turn.
2, T: Target land becomes the basic land type of your choice until end of turn. (It loses its other types. Basic land types are Forest, Island, Mountain, Node, Plains, and Swamp.)
Illus: Amy Weber (Alliances – Mystic Compass)
#263/306
Nevinyrral’s Disk 4
Artifact – Amulet (Rare)
Nevinyrral’s Disk comes into play tapped.
1, T: Destroy all artifacts, creatures, enchantments, and planeswalkers.
Illus: Mark Tedin (ABU – Nevinyrral’s Disk)
#264/306
Obsianus Golem 6
Artifact Creature – Golem (Rare)
When Obsianus Golem is put into your graveyard from you library, you may put it into play.
“The foot stone is connected to the ankle stone, the ankle stone is connected to the leg stone… .”
- Song of the Artificer
4/6
Illus: Jesper Myrfors (ABU – Obsianus Golem)
#265/306
Shanodin’s Mask 4
Artifact – Equipment (Rare)
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a planeswalker or player, you may pay X. If you do, reveal a card from your hand with converted mana cost X and cast a copy of it.
Equip 2
Illus: Amy Weber (ABU – Illusionary Mask)
#266/306
Throne of Bone 3
Artifact – Throne (Rare)
When a creature comes into play under your control, sacrifice Throne of Bone.
4: Put a creature card from your graveyard into play.
Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Throne of Bone)
#267/306
Triskelion 4
Artifact Creature – Construct (Common)
A brainchild of Tawnos, the Triskelion later proved both versatile and useful.
3/3
Illus: Douglas Shuler (Antiquities – Triskelion)
#268/306
Urza’s Glasses 0
Artifact – Bauble (Uncommon)
1: Add W to your mana pool.
Urza’s artifacts were designed to help all, but none more than himself.
Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Glasses of Urza)
#269/306
War Drums 6
Artifact – Instrument (Uncommon)
Heritage R (For each additional R you pay when you cast this card, it costs 2 less to cast.)
Attacking creatures you control get +1/+0 and can’t be blocked except by two or more creatures.
Illus. Richard Kane-Ferguson (Fallen Empires – Goblin War Drums)
#270/306
Winter Orb 3
Artifact – Orb (Rare)
Relic – As long as Winter Orb is untapped, players can’t untap more than two permanents during their untap steps.
Illus: Mark Tedin (ABU – Winter Orb)
#271/306
Badlands
Land – Swamp Mountain (Rare)
(T: Add B or R to your mana pool.)
Illus: Rob Alexander (ABU – Badlands)
#272/306
Bayou
Land – Node (Rare)
(T: Add 1 to your mana pool.)
Pay 1 life, T: Add B or G to your mana pool.
Illus: Jesper Myfors (ABU – Bayou)
#273/306
BenalishCastle
Land – Stronghold (Common)
Benalish Castle comes into play tapped.
T: Add 1 to your mana pool.
2W, T: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and by target creature.
Illus: Dameon Willich (ABU – Castle)
#274/306
Hidden Orchard
Land – Refuge (Uncommon)
Hidden Orchard come into play tapped.
T: Add 1 to your mana pool.
1, Sacrifice Hidden Orchard: Regenerate target permanent. (The next time it would be destroyed this turn, it isn’t. Instead, remove all damage from it, tap it, and remove it from combat.)
Illus: Anson Maddocks (ABU – Lure)
#275/306
Plateau
Land – Node (Rare)
(T: Add 1 to your mana pool.)
Pay 1 life, T: Add R or W to your mana pool.
Illus: Cornelius Brudi (Revised – Plateau)
#276/306
Savannah
Land – Forest Plains (Rare)
(T: Add G or W to your mana pool.)
Illus: Rob Alexander (ABU – Savannah)
#277/306
Scrubland
Land – Node (Rare)
(T: Add 1 to your mana pool.)
Pay 1 life, T: Add W or B to your mana pool.
Illus: Jesper Myfors (Revised – Scrubland)
#278/306
StripMine
Land – Mine (Rare)
T: Add 1 to your mana pool. Strip Mine doesn’t untap during your next untap step.
1, T, Sacrifice Strip Mine: Destroy target non-Node land.
Illus: Daniel Gelon (Antiquities – Strip Mine)
#279/306
Taiga
Land – Mountain Forest (Rare)
(T: Add R or G to your mana pool.)
Illus: Rob Alexander (ABU – Taiga)
#280/306
TolarianSpires
Land – Tower (Common)
Tolarian Spires comes into play tapped.
T: Add 1 to your mana pool.
1U, T: Creatures have protection from artifacts until end of turn. (They can’t be equipped, targeted, or dealt damage by artifacts.)
Illus: Mark Poole (ABU – Island Sanctuary)
#281/306
TropicalParadise
Land – Node (Rare)
(T: Add 1 to your mana pool.)
Pay 1 life, T: Add G or U to your mana pool.
Illus: Jesper Myfors (Revised – TropicalIsland)
#282/306
Tundra
Land – Plains Island (Rare)
(T: Add W or U to your mana pool.)
Illus: Jesper Myrfors (ABU – Tundra)
#283/306
UndergroundSea
Land – Island Swamp (Rare)
(T: Add U or B to your mana pool.)
Illus: Rob Alexander (ABU – UndergroundSea)
#284/306
UrborgCave
Land – Cave (Common)
Urborg Cave comes into play tapped.
T: Add 1 to your mana pool.
T: Target creature has regeneration B until end of turn. (B: The next time it would be destroyed this turn, it isn’t. Instead, remove all damage from it, tap it, and remove it from combat.)
Illus: Sandra Everingham (ABU – Evil Presence)
#285/306
UthdenWar-Zone
Land – Battleground (Common)
Uthden War-Zone comes into play tapped.
T: Add 1 to your mana pool.
R, T: Add 3 to your mana pool.
Illus: Dameon Willich (ABU – Flashfires)
#286/306
VolcanicSea
Land – Node (Rare)
(T: Add 1 to your mana pool.)
Pay 1 life, T: Add U or R to your mana pool.
Illus: Brian Snoddy (Revised – Volcanic Island)
#287/306
WoodfallMaze
Land – Maze (Common)
Woodfall Maze comes into play tapped.
T: Add 1 to your mana pool.
4G, T: Put a +1/+1 chip on Woodfall Maze, and it becomes a 2/2 insect creature. (This effect doesn’t end at the of turn.)
Illus: Rob Alexander (ABU – Web)
#288/306
Node
Basic – Land – Node (Common)
(T: Add 1 to your mana pool.)
Illus: Sandra Everingham (ABU – Raging River)
#289/306
Node
Basic – Land – Node (Common)
(T: Add 1 to your mana pool.)
Illus: Jesper Myrfors (ABU – Cursed Land)
#290/306
Node
Basic – Land – Node (Common)
(T: Add 1 to your mana pool.)
Illus: Douglas Shuler (ABU – Tranquility)
#291/306
Plains
Basic – Land – Plains (Common)
(T: Add W to your mana pool.)
Illus. Jesper Myrfors (ABU – Plains A)
#292/306
Plains
Basic – Land – Plains (Common)
(T: Add W to your mana pool.)
Illus. Jesper Myrfors (ABU – Plains B)
#293/306
Plains
Basic – Land – Plains (Common)
(T: Add W to your mana pool.)
Illus. Jesper Myrfors (ABU – Plains C)
#294/306
Island
Basic – Land – Island (Common)
(T: Add U to your mana pool.)
Illus. Mark Poole (ABU – Island A)
#295/306
Island
Basic – Land – Island (Common)
(T: Add U to your mana pool.)
Illus. Mark Poole (ABU – Island B)
#296/306
Island
Basic – Land – Island (Common)
(T: Add U to your mana pool.)
Illus. Mark Poole (ABU – Island C)
#297/306
Swamp
Basic – Land – Swamp (Common)
(T: Add B to your mana pool.)
Illus. Dan Frazier (ABU – Swamp A)
#298/306
Swamp
Basic – Land – Swamp (Common)
(T: Add B to your mana pool.)
Illus. Dan Frazier (ABU – Swamp B)
#299/306
Swamp
Basic – Land – Swamp (Common)
(T: Add B to your mana pool.)
Illus. Dan Frazier (ABU – Swamp C)
#300/306
Mountain
Basic – Land – Swamp (Common)
(T: Add R to your mana pool.)
Illus. Douglas Shuler (ABU – Mountain A)
#301/306
Mountain
Basic – Land – Swamp (Common)
(T: Add R to your mana pool.)
Illus. Douglas Shuler (ABU – Mountain B)
#302/306
Mountain
Basic – Land – Swamp (Common)
(T: Add R to your mana pool.)
Illus. Douglas Shuler (ABU – Mountain C)
#303/306
Forest
Basic – Land – Forest (Common)
(T: Add [mana]G[mana] to your mana pool.)
Illus. Christopher Rush (ABU – Forest A)
#304/306
Forest
Basic – Land – Forest (Common)
(T: Add [mana]G[mana] to your mana pool.)
Illus. Christopher Rush (ABU – Forest B)
#305/306
Forest
Basic – Land – Forest (Common)
(T: Add [mana]G[mana] to your mana pool.)
Illus. Christopher Rush (ABU – Forest C)
#306/306
Human Soldier
Creature – Human Soldier (Token)
1/1
Illus: Douglas Shuler (Ice Age – Battle Cry)
#1/11
Faerie Rogue
Creature – Faerie Rogue (Token)
Flying (This creature can’t be locked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
1/1
Illus: Susan Van Camp (Homelands – Willow Faerie B)
#2/11
Fish
Creature – Fish (Token)
3/3
Illus: Tom Wanerstrand (The Dark – Giant Shark)
#3/11
Spirit
Creature – Spirit (Token)
1/1
Illus: Jeff A. Menges (ABU – Bog Wraith)
#4/11
Zombie
Creature – Zombie (Token)
2/2
Illus: Brian Snoddy (Torment- Zombie Trailblazer)
#5/11
Dragon Wurm
Creature – Dragon Wurm (Token)
5/5
Illus: Kev Walker (Urza’s Saga – Argothian Wurm)
#6/11
Goblin Warrior
Creature – Goblin Warrior (Token)
1/1
Illus: Pete Venters (5th Edition – Mons’s Goblin Raiders)
#7/11
Chimera
Creature – Chimera (Token)
4/4
Illus: Pete Venters (Ice Age – Lhurgoyf)
#8/11
Insect
Creature – Insect (Token)
1/1
Illus: Pat Morrissey (Alliances – Yavimaya Ants)
#9/11
Construct
Artifact Creature – Construct (Token)
1/1
Illus: Amy Weber (Antiquities – Urza’s Avenger)
#10/11
Ornithopter
Artifact Creature – Construct (Token)
Flying (This creature can’t be locked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
0/2
Illus: Amy Weber (Antiquities – Ornithopter)
#11/11
The goal is fair enough, but card draw is a little against white's philosophy, IMO. Because of its tendency toward zealotry (in maintaining the status quo) it shouldn't get card draw aside from, say, cantrips. This is shared with red, which also has the "zealot" tendency (because of its heedless, emotional nature).
What? White is the main artifact color? What about blue, the color of... well, of artifice? I can see white in a secondary role to this obviously, but...
Hrm. I'd like to see it keep Ghostly Prison effects as part of its "taxing" theme... but "can't block" and conditional "can't attack" effects are certainly red, so this makes some sense.
Since Wizards seems to be taking this direction itself, I can accept it.
Ew.
Okay, land throws me off here. What about green? Type manipulation is blue and can stay that way, but green should keep land tutors... I mean, it's nature.
If anything, straight card draw (i.e., draw 2 or more) should go to black.
Blue has also lost the ability to change land types. That ability exists in an artifact card, Mystic Compass and if it were put in a color, it would now ship over to Green.
Fair enough. What about straight-up "unblockable"?
Can't it get limited shroud, like "Target creature gains shroud until end of turn"? I like shroud more than protection, anyway.
Erm. Bounce should stay in blue and maybe red, if Planar Chaos has any relevancy in this.
If anything this should be flipped: Blue should get mana filtering and green should get actual land search.
It's only natural for "counter" manipulation to be blue. I like the counter -> chip switch, it removes ambiguity.
So blue is the Turtle color. You should still have overpriced fat Leviathan-types, with the justification that blue isn't good at attacking, but also that such threats are essentially unanswerable in creature-to-creature combat (unblockability, etc.)
Blue has also gained a little bit of discard, allowing them to look at a player’s hand and have that player discard a card of their choice.
Excuse me while my heart returns to its normal position inside my body.
Well, as long as it keeps the flavor of "hard-to-break contracts" and doesn't get Disenchant... I can see this.
It could at least keep it in secondary capacity...
Fair enough. Although I liked black's "do anything for a price" effects.
No more Coercion? Sad.
Hm.
I'd rather see an actual "coercion" effect in black, like an Aura that says "at the beginning of each player's upkeep, you gain control of enchanted creature unless its controller pays N life," where N=2 probably.
Not very black, IMO. Why simply scare a creature off when you can simply kill it? Dead men tell no tales, as it were.
So more like the Muck Drubb effect?
...
Moving land effects away from green was not a good choice, as I've said before.
Also no.
Wait, blue got direct damage? Oh, pingers. I thought you were trying to "fix" Alpha.
I don't think planeswalkers should count as a "real" card type, since they're supposed to be rare. But the other stuff seems pretty justified.
Fair enough.
Well, it sounds interesting, at least, but it seems too conditional for a core set (and the "first" no less!)
Okay. Probably should have "skip other step" effects as part of that too. Who needs main phases, for example?
Fair enough. Like hitting the enemy in the back of the head, although this tends to punish people with fewer cards in hand.
Fair enough, although this might be a little too cerebral for monored.
My least favorite change, as you might be able to tell. It could hate nonbasic lands, and it certainly justified in doing so. Actually this might be better, if you care to downplay and/or distribute effects that strictly care about basic lands.
It should, at the very least, retain its ability to search for Forests.
Fair enough.
Hm.
Huh?!
Hm, possibly, although Husk is quite black (selfish, willing to sacrifice anything for its own gain, etc.)...
I like that.
Regarding creature types: Although my gut doesn't really like the "Beast" and "Chimera" as race model, it's quite interesting and more unifying.
Taking out Cleric disregards a large part of why Magic was created in the first place (quick game between DnD sessions)... Although maybe you could split it up into, say, Priest, Monk, and Mystic. I don't really like the re-inclusion of Minion... it's really broad.
No Druids either? Sad.
Swarm? Good call. I wonder why this wasn't done before.
Regarding card types: I don't like the Tribal change. There's no real reason (especially with only one type of nonpermanent spell) to broaden it to include all subtypes. I suggest splitting it into two.
Tribal includes all creature types.
Mystic includes all enchantment and sorcery types.
Artifacts and lands can just, well, stay alone and unloved.
Fair enough.
So each type implies a certain effect? Okay.
The new land types don't really do it for me, especially basic land #6... but that's personal opinion, and since this this is a reboot it's not the same as trying to introduce it into Magic as it is today.
Okay.
Regarding what each color gets: It seems like you kinda spread out traditional effects so that each color can almost play by itself... monocolor play is not a good thing, IMO. Not only that, but eventually every color will start to look the same if you extrapolate N years down the road as we are now.
Regarding the mechanics:
Logical and probable even in normal Magic, although the blocking part throws it off a bit. Could still be possible, given deathtouch.
Replenish
Like the Diminish keyword, Replenish is triggered when the card with it is placed in a graveyard from anywhere. The effect is that you can have a target player draw a card. This ability will often act like a souped-up cantrip. The keyword exists in Green and Blue.[/quote]
While these are all good abilities, I don't think they're core set material... evergreen keywords should be able to appear in any set, even in singles.
Okay, this seems like a fair implementation. Could almost be used today with minor rules changes. Almost.
Boring, but workable.
Meh. Don't like the name and I don't see the need.
There was a better attempt to "fix" regeneration, I think, somewhere...
Well anyway, I like it better as a keyword action.
No. Please?
I like the instant-nuking change. Although, could you maybe add "Instant" to the list of sorcery types? Maybe instead of "Reflex," since that doesn't sound very sorcery-like.
I think you could afford to edit protection a bit in the reboot, since Wizards has said it's a bad keyword (too many effects). Maybe as an ability word, i.e.
Ward — CARDNAME can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything that's [a] [color/type/subtype].
Possibly, but only at rare, I hope.
I don't like this as a core-set keyword.
Another PC change... meh.
This might be a fun exercise to do without making an entire set... hope you don't mind if I riff of your initiative a bit?
Very Well Then I Contradict Myself.
I mostly agree with Valros. I should point out that this seem a very cool creative exercise on the boundaries of the color pie, but I do feel you went too far on lots of places. Many aspects of Magic as they are right now seem just more intuitive and less forced into the colors' philosophy.
I think if I try something like that someday, it will include a lot less changes. Among them, soft "taxing" counters would move to white; white would get more card selecting abilities (and NOT card draw... IMO, card selection fits way more a color that plans every move,k but doesn't necessarily go out of its way to acquire loads of academic knowledge); white would also be the primary graveyard hate color; and no, I would never bring back something as convoluted as banding. :p. White would also lose its status as "best weenie color" - it would still get very good small creatures, but they wouldn't be as focused as mindlessly attacking like Savannah Lions, for example. I think a few one-drops that better showcase what white weenies should look like are Mother of Runes, Suntail Hawk (which has flying, a tactical advantage, which suits a planning color like white very well), Tundra Wolves (first strike is also a tactical advantage), Akrasan Squire (an Isamaru on its own, but with an abilitt that allows him to stay on defense while also helping its peers), etc.
Blue would stay almost untouched, only losing soft counters to white, and gaining better tutoring. I'd say pinging back in blue is a no-no.
Black would lose tutoring to blue (let's face it, it makes a lot more sense there); I would avoid the "nonblack creature" clauses on cards like Terror; and fear would probably be scrapped altogether.
Red would definitely get more combat abilities, and also something that I feel is very red: keeping players from drawing a card. Otherwise, I think they got red pretty well: mayhem, chaos, artifact/land destruction, direct damage.
Green would be the creature king, period. Weenies, midrange or fatties - all would be green's domain. Savannah Lions would be a green card. Reach would no longer be a keyword. Green would retain its hatred of the unnatural, but I would limit its land hate to nonbasic lands.
And speaking of which, something else I'd change - nonbasic lands would mostly feature artificial constructions. It always bugged me that cards like Tranquil Ticket are nonbasic lands - what's so different from a regular forest? Jungle Shrine - now that's more like it.
I'll look at your card list a few more times before I can completely wrap my head around them, and thus make card-specific comments.
EDIT: Almost forgot, mad props for the new artifact border. I really think brown suit them way more than silver to convey a medieval-setting feel.
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My favourite thing is the Sorcery subtypes. This is gold. I had once thought I wished all spells had subtypes, and you've done quite a job of naming them. (Though I still Fireball to say, "Sorcery - Fire" Because... you know... it's FIRE! "Sorry, can't touch my guy. He's got protection from fire!" Or even rename protection as _proof. Fireproof. Whiteproof. Blackproof. Waterproof. Landproof. Squirrelproof. Nah, maybe not.)
I love a lot what you done, and I think I'm gonna print some of these up and draft with my buddies. It's gonna be wicked!
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Look at these patterns, first for creature type allocation.
1 Construct, Golem
W Angel, Griffin, Kithkin,
WU
WUB Chimera, Horse, Wizard
WB Knight
WBR Artificer
U Crab, Fish, Merrow, Sphinx
UB Minion
UBR Rogue
UR Elemental
URG Shaman, Wurm
B Bat, Gargoyle, Rat, Spirit, Vampire, Zombie
BR Demon, Snake
BRG Barbarian
BG Insect, Swarm
BGW Witch
R Giant, Goblin, Minotaur
RG Dragon, Troll
RGW Warrior
RW Dwarf
RWU Bird, Soldier
G Beast, Dryad, Elephant, Hydra, Lizard, Plant, Wolf
GW Elf, Ooze
GWU Monk
GU Drake, Faerie
GUB Archer
WUBRG Chimera, Human
Then Keywords allocation:
1 Equip, Relic
W Banding
WU Protection
WB Lifelink
U Ranged strike, Vigilance
UB Diminish
UR Split second
B Regeneration
BR First strike
BG Fear
R Berserker, Haste
RG Trample
RW Melee N
G Shroud, Vanishing
GW Flash
GU Replenish
WUBRG Defender, Enchant, Flying, Heritage, Reach
I went to a lot of effort to give each color a more distinct identity. So when I struck on giving each color a type focus I was left with a hard choice. Green shouldn’t be the Creature color and the Land color. One of those two would have to get moved to another color. Also, I really wanted the hate color for each type to actually be across from the color, to support the “enemy colors” idea of the game. Try and sketch that out on a piece of paper. No matter how hard you try and retain the traditional makeup of the color wheel something will look out of whack. I chose to have Green remain the creature color which allowed Black to be the anti-creature color and the rest fell into place. I actually like how it turned out, and blue as the land resource color works for me in the exploration/expansion way I flavored it. Enchantments work in black as magical cheats. The thing to keep in mind is that it’s all up for grabs. You can’t get stuck on things seeming off because it’s all going to be fit in mechanically first, then flavor gets added on top. So for example when I added vigilance to Blue I explained it by saying Blue conditions the mind and body and vigilance is martial arts. So the blue Serra’s Embrace in my set is called Untouchable Master.
Again, it’s all open to interpretation. My interpretation looks like this. If you want to try a softer Alpha recast, please do. I’ll comment on it when you’re done. I knew the biggest hurdles would be choices I made and flavor, but then later, I am expecting to get some feedback on the cards themselves, as far as powerlevel and all that. The Moxen, power “9”, dual lands and planeswalkers should spark some debate.
RickCorgan, I really liked the blocks you made and am glad you'll take a look at the set. See my above quotes for your color comments. Also, the brown artifact borders are all Magic Set Editor, Planar Chaos frames. I think they look great too.
Pharm, I wanted to use so many of your posted ideas in here, like the chip types that cancell each other, and am looking for input from you on the Planeswalkers, since you've made so many of them. Glad you like the subtypes.
Non-color-related comments, in no particular order:
It seems to me like you're overusing the types "Chimera" and "Beast", to the extent that "choose a creature type" cards would have a distorted effect. This is especially notable given that you've done a good job of cutting down on the number of Humans. Not every creature has to have a race and a class (as you yourself acknowledge with your Birds).
Removing the special rules from the land subtypes is a good idea.
The change of counters/"chips" to permanents is intriguing.
Replenish and diminish don't strike me as the best use of keyword space. This may go back to my symmetry comment: they're green-blue/blue-black keywords for the sake of green-blue/blue-black keywords.
Heritage is a nice keyword, but it doesn't feel like an evergreen keyword, the sort of thing that would show up in a core set. Plus, some heritage cards seem overpowered, like Ivy Hydra.
Save a line of text: make "Instant" or "Flash" a supertype instead of a keyword.
I like your rewording of fear.
I'm not feeling the flavor difference of the various enchantment and sorcery subtypes.
Black Lotus shouldn't have "Black" in its name if it's not black. I realize the original does the same thing, but it's still not a good idea.
Firestorm Phoenix needs reanimation of some sort. It's not a phoenix without it.
What on earth is going on with Royal Assassin?
Shivan Dragon is unacceptably wimpy.
The Hive and The Lair are cool.
Lord of the Pit can be simplified with "Whenever Lord of the Pit comes under your control, you lose 5 life."
I wouldn't reprint the no-drawback dual lands.
Red aggro seems overpowered, between efficient creatures, removal, and discard.
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About Royal Assassin: I thought Samurai of the Pale Curtain was a perfect fit for the set with Melee and the White focus on graveyard hate, but I wanted to recast the flavor of it in Alpha art. The original Royal Assassin had clear flavor of “No matter who you are, the royal assassin can get you.” This card’s flavor is “When the Royal Assassin kills you, you stay dead.” I already have a better “tap to kill” card in the set with Sengir Stalker, and thought White certainly can support an appointed-killer concept. That art looks great on the new card though!
Here are some other card notes. First some color shifted cards:
Homestead (Annex)
As a bastion of civilization I thought White could stand a little imperialism. And, I was looking for splash effects White could have as an ally to the “land color,” Blue. Gain control of target land seemed a nice niche for it. If you look at the set you will find that I didn’t think “gain control of X” really belonged in a certain color. I took that mechanic out of Blue and spread it out accordingly to each color based on its focus. So green can gain control of creatures, black can gain control of enchantments, and red can cloud its victim’s emotions and gain control of anything for at least a turn. In addition to this ‘shift of Annex, White also has a tweaked version of Orcish Squatters renamed Northern Paladin.
Untouchable Master (Serra’s Embrace)
I was never a huge fan of Serra’s Embrace, but I must admit I am smitten with the ‘shifted version. It’s probably the flavor. Your creature is now a master of Martial Arts and can fly like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon! Vigilance is centered in Blue for this set, so this card is a good fit, and I like the collection of abilities. In my quest to power up enchantments I was eager to try and always have them give a creature as many bonuses as possible, and almost always a P/T boost.
Witch’s Circle (Martyrdom)
Preventing damage is not in the Black slice of the color pie in this set, however, the strategy that this enchantment promotes really is. Sacrificing a man on the board to keep you from taking the hit really is in flavor. I tried not to get so bogged down by the mechanics of how a card carries out an effect when piecing the set together. There are some lesser abilities that have to manifest in other colors if the game design is going to work. (Like the life gain on Form of the Dragon.)
Maddening Hymn (Hymn to Tourach)
Hymn to Tourach was going to be in the set, I knew that from the start. What I didn’t know right away was that it would be a Red card. But I wanted to diversify Red’s threats, and spread out discard and the random element of some discard spells felt right in Red. Things really fell into place flavorfully too. A few artifacts in the set that are Red aligned are Instruments. Also, the original Hymn flavor text mentions playing music, and the Scott Kirschner Hymn art looks great in a red frame. There are a few more Red Incantations as a result of this flavor choice.
Raise Wild (Bribery)
I know Bribery is not the most fun card, but it was an area of design I was looking to include in the set. I really wanted to explore what it meant to be the creature color. Does that mean more than the best p/t :: CMC ratio? I thought it did. I like the idea that Green can turn your best creatures against you. And since green has the tutor abilities and play creatures for free ability, this card was a good fit for the set. I think it is less annoying in green than it was in blue because Green has a completely different deck focus, more aggro, less control. I was also happy to find a home for the Berserk artwork.
New cards
Mark of Justice
This was a late addition to the set. I wanted to include a common Concoction, which I figured would be a combat trick of some sort. I am surprised that “Target creature gains lifelink until end of turn” hasn’t already been done. Also giving the creature Melee 3 is an attempt to fill the void left by Righteousness. Altogether, this in one of my favorite new cards. It is called Mark of Justice quite honestly because I was looking for early set art with a character putting markings or paint on themselves, to depict the Concoction part of it. Justice from Ice Age was too good to pass up.
Whirlwind Drake
A Blue Wood Elves was needed to cement the idea that it was the color of land search. Additionally, the Wood Elves card is a staple of traditional green cards and I knew it would see constructed play. Obviously I could have created an exactly ‘shifted card, but in thinking about it, I thought I could make the creature better if I made the land it finds worse. So Whirlwind Drake can only search up Nodes, which tap for colorless mana. It’s a great card and I am pleased with how it plays.
Dementia Caster
When I gave discard away to Blue and Red I knew I needed to show that Black discard still had an edge. As a more defensive color, I also wanted Black creatures with activated abilities that a player could hide behind and use at end of turn. The result was this instant speed discard machine. It’s good and has a strategy that supports it, but I don’t feel it’s broken or annoying. You really have to pay for it to keep this effect going. Also, I love that I could concept it after the characters from the Odyssey Block. It even fits in mechanically.
Hurloon Mercenary
This is a straight up attempt to reintroduce School of Piranhas from Exodus. Except I liked the idea that the negative part of the upkeep was that you’d have to sacrifice any creature rather than the creature. Like a small Lord of the Pit. Red has taken on more of the creatures with drawbacks identity that started out in Black back in the early sets. The flavor it being a grumpy minotaur mercenary amused me.
Giant Growth
I wanted to make good Auras in every color, and this was my first stab at redefining the power level I was shooting for. +2/+2 for G seems really appealing. But it’s so easy to get a 2-for-1 on Auras that if they are going to have the risk, they should also have the allure. I made it an Uncommon so it wouldn’t wreck limited. Giant Growth always sounded like a permanent effect, rather than a one time deal.
Here are some combos I noticed this monrning:
Urza’s Squadron + Heartsick Lance
Rampant Exploration + Island Fish Jasconius
Black Knight + Nevinyrral’s Gift
Mons’s Goblin Raiders + Mox the Jeweler
Sarcomancy/Imbricomancy + Pulsemurmur
Hunted Troll + Drain Life
This set is actually complete. Would anyone like to to comment on the cards or the color pie distribution?
Clay Statue?
The difference between ally and enemy color dual lands?
Damnation with the regeneration clause?
Thanks for the input. Making an "Instant" supertype isn't a bad idea, as I already introduced the dash line for my Basic and Theme supertypes.
Theme - Creature - Island Fish
Basic - Land - Forest
And it would cement the idea that supertypes themselves have special rules. The issue of conserving text box space is good too. On the other hand, there are a few cards in the set that would need to be tweaked if it didn't exist as a keyword. And I did make a special effort to use and/or create keywords that could be put on more than just creatures.
It's a good suggestions and, again, I appreciate it.
The color pie changes I have my likes and dislikes. I am sure much of it is due to having already playing magic and being unable to separate bounce from blue and green from land search (for two examples). The color pie is rough as many things can be justified via flavor.
I might have chosen some different creature types but not a big deal really. Personally I would go with more rather than less creature types. Why not have Clerics and Druids? They are staples in fantasy. Sure Witches and Minions are cool too - have all four of them!
The land types are cool, thought I am surprised you didn't have Lair as well. I don't really care for "Node". Sounds too modernish and out of place in a fantasy setting. I am unsure about the sixth basic land type. The five basic lands - five colors is a nice system.
I like the added types to sorceries. Very clever idea. I don't see the need to drop instants however. Certainly they could be sorcereies with flash, but they will be such a common card type why not make them stand on thier own?
The new keywords are all good. I like Diminish and Replenish as they are quite elegant. I do wonder how this works with discard and milling, as they provide free mana card drawing/milling. Imagine a looter - draw a card, discard a card with replenish - free card draw! I am unsure how to avoid this scenario without sacrificing the elegance of the abilities. Perhaps a mana payment is required?
Ranged Strike is a little goofy, but not something that would bother me greatly.
I still think Banding is too complex for and could be reworked as a redirection type ability, i.e. the en-Kors but not unlimited damage.
All in all I think it is very cool! Well done!
What I really like is that everything has a subtype. I think this would greatly benefit magic, making it more structured and compartmentalized, rather than the current ambiguity. Some ambiguity is nice as it allows players more freedom, but too much and it just gets ridiculous. Why order magic into five colors to begin with if anarchy and chaos is what you're after?
I couldn't quite find, or properly understand, one thing--where did Instants go? I know you got rid of them, but what mechanics replace it, and which colors were those mechanics given to?
Quick note: Why does Demand Fealty have X in its mana cost? Doesn't explain what it's for and has no described effect in the game text. I'm guessing maybe you meant to replace "mana cost" with X, or remove X from the cost?
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@Gamedev: I hear what you're saying about the creature types, but I was only trying to establish types frimly in multiple colors. So Cleric is a good example because it's a type we're use to. In this reboot that type no longer has all the history behind it, so it's ommission really doesn't mean anything. I like the other types because they can fill the role as easily and yet still remain common between colors. And the flavor of a Cleric really doesn't have a unique mechanic in the game. Are they healers? Use Shaman or Witch instead? Are they pious? Use Knight, or Soldier instead. Are they corrupt and vile? Use Rogue or Witch. The lack of a mechanical identity made it easy to remove them, but don't forget the Reboot allows for Cleric cards, they would just be named Clerics and have a supported creature type. I think the same can apply to all the ommited types.
About land types, by establishinf that all lands have land types, Lairs could be easily used in subsequent sets. I thought I did a lot of unique things with the 6th land type, particularly in Blue. As weaker lands (Since they provide colorless) They help beef up land searchers since searching for them can "cost" much less. See the common called Whirlwind Drake for a great example of that.
Removing Instant and just using the keyword Flash met two goals I set. One was to create some evergreen keywords that weren't for creatures only. Second, it created some consistancy in templating and design. Now players always know exactly where to look to catch the speed a spell can be cast. (Although I am still thinking about the Supertype option.)
Diminish and Replenish both can be activated off id mill and discard, making them great foils for those mechanics, but also great combo enablers with those mechanics. Any card with either ability would need to be designed with an awareness of those effects. I just wasn't afraid of them. Spotting trouble in designs has gooten easier as the game has matured.
@Cybermouse: Yeah, I did take some big risks and I know I went in directions some wouldn't go in. However all the things I did were done to create a greater cohesion in the game's internal symmetry. Thanks for noticing.
Instants are now just cards with Flash. White and Green have permanents with Flash and every color has Sorceries with Flash. Flash was the only mechanic I didn't keyword because I hoped it would become a basic rules understanding.
About Demand Fealty, the X is the targeted spell's mana cost. It's a variant of Syncopate. But I forget to spell it out on the card. I'll fix it shortly.
First, I really don't like the removal of the supertype Instant. It might be something I could get used to, but like it's been said previously, It'd open up some room on the text box.
Second, heritage seems a little silly. Using up all that space for the ability and reminder text for something that could be solved by having and even saying "this is colorless" if you really wanted. At the very least, it needs a little wording change.
Third, in my opinion at least, white shouldn't get card draw. At that point, it seems like white is basically a better version of blue.
Fourth, there's a reason banding went away and never came back. It's way too complicated for what it brings to the game, which is not very much.
Keldon Warlord: is it supposed to say "target creature gains haste" or "target creature has haste" like it does there.
Mana Flare: seems a little too powerful...
Uthden War Zone: also seems too powerful, especially at common...
Regrowth: seems WAY underpowered...
Corrode: seems WAY WAY WAY TOO POWERFUL!!!
Emmesi Tome: is it supposed to be "lay a land"?
High Tide: nothing that should ever be printed, EVER!
Draconian Etchings: Why is this an enchant artifact?
Gathering Darkness: Could very easily be exploited.
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aw what the hell, i'll give in a opinion or two
Replenish in my opinion is a bad idea. Think about cards you can't design because this keyword exists. Free discard. Self milling. Milling in general loses steam because it helps out the other guy.
Clay statue
Hey! lol, this guy looks very familiar.
Voiceless cronie, a 2/2 vanilla for 1B, the poster boy for my own set is comparable. But lets see...
its hard to really see if this is stepping on any colors toes here. My card went into black since it has poor creatures and made sense there, but possibly not in blue. Come to think of it, my 2/2 could possibly fit in blue, i mean, silvergill adept was very playable, but it was creature type restrictive. So a combat ready 2/2 in the worst combat color may make sense, and who knows, it might be maindeck worthy. Hmm...that sounds so good... I'm making the switch as soon as possible. But then what to do with my black vanilla? i mean////wait, I'm getting off topic.
Sigh.
The problem here is that now, every 2/2 for 2 mana you print in Every color has to be much much better than this guy to justify it's existence, not to mention that being an artifact helps a lot as well. I wish the name was a little better too. Gah, i'm getting all scatterbrained.
Breathe
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We'll get back to that later. I'm to tired for that argument.
I know you wish that you could have each color hate to a very specific degree, but i think everyone should take a nod from the way it's done now: with subtlety.
Green and red creatures get uncounterability. Black wipes boards (anti green and white) Red works faster than blue. White's creature's are also really efficient and beat out their Red brethren hands down. Blue out draws red for the long haul type games. White has protection to keep red and black away. They Feel like enemies, but very rarely do they act specifically with hate. That whole rant was, in a roundabout way, my sleep deprived way of agreeing with most people in saying... we need green to land fetch again.
It's nature.
Green, is nature.
Things like enchantment removal and card draw, those you can reason into different colors (i also like the idea of moving big card draw into black, like Night's whisper.) But land fetch OUT of green seems so sinful. Mana acceleration = big spells, and green is about being big. I don't have that much of a problem with blue being secondary to green (even though the mana artifact you made may be too powerful.) You could try having green with land fetching spells and blue with explorer flavored creatures, perhaps.
Removing instants is fine. I vote for the supertype option (instant rather than flash), so you can have tutors that search for Instants rather than cards with flash.
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I also think there may be too many keywords in the set, and if you can condense the number of subtypes (supertypes?) in the game it may help with word overload. I don't know though, i'm freaking tired out of my mind
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Considering your new color pie, take naturlize and make it black. It'd be hillarious to call it 'Unnaturlize'.
Unnaturlize 1B
Instant (Common)
Destroy Target Artifact.
So. . . what are the colors?
Like, are they brands of spellcraft? Different schools that one takes up to master "magic"?
How would this affect "the Creative" - the construction of the worlds that occupy the Multiverse where the thrilling plots happen?
EDIT: And I forgot to say this: Chips aren't permanents.
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