Dark Ascension Spoilers 171/0
Show TextAfflicted Deserter
At the beginning of each upkeep, if no spells were cast last turn, transform Afflicted Deserter.
illus. David Palumbo # 81/0
Alpha Brawl
Target creature an opponent controls deals damage equal to its power to each other creature that player controls, then each of those creatures deals damage equal to its power to that creature.
Being an alpha means proving it every full moon.
illus. Randy Gallegos # 82/0
Altar of the Lost
Altar of the Lost enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add two mana in any combination of colors. Spend this mana only to cast spells with flashback from a graveyard.
illus. Daarken # 144/0
Archangel's Light
You gain 2 life for each card in your graveyard, then shuffle your graveyard into your library.
"This is the light of Avacyn. Even in her absence she offers us hope."—Radulf, priest of Avacyn
illus. Volkan Baga # 1/0
Archdemon of Greed
Flying, trample
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a Human. If you can't, tap Archdemon of Greed and it deals 9 damage to you.
illus. Igor Kieryluk # 71/0
Artful Dodge
Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)Those who know the alleys and sewers of the Erdwal can disappear like smoke.
illus. Tomasz Jedruszek # 27/0
Avacyn's Collar
Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has vigilance.
Whenever equipped creature dies, if it was a Human, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
Equip
illus. James Paick # 145/0
Bar the Door
Creatures you control get +0/+4 until end of turn.
"It may not look like much, but it's a good old door with strong wards. It'll hold."—Olgard of the Skiltfolk
illus. Ryan Pancoast # 2/0
Beguiler of Wills
: Gain control of target creature with power less than or equal to the number of creatures you control.
"Come, let me free you of the tyranny of thought."
illus. Eric Deschamps # 28/0
Black Cat
When Black Cat dies, target opponent discards a card at random.
Its last life is spent tormenting your dreams.
illus. David Palumbo # 54/0
Blood Feud
Target creature fights another target creature. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
Succession is a matter of blood, and by blood it is often decided.
illus. Winona Nelson # 83/0
Bone to Ash
Counter target creature spell.
Draw a card.
"I can think of worse ways to go. On second thought, maybe not."—Ludevic, necro-alchemist
illus. Clint Cearley # 29/0
Break of Day
Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
Fateful hour — If you have 5 or less life, those creatures gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)
illus. Karl Kopinski # 3/0
Briarpack Alpha
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
When Briarpack Alpha enters the battlefield, target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
"The wolves turned on us and a chill swept over me. The pack had a new leader."—Alena, trapper of Kessig
illus. Daarken # 108/0
Burden of Guilt
Enchant creature
: Tap enchanted creature.
"Grab an axe and defend the gate! Your despair is an extravagance we can ill afford."—Thalia, Knight-Cathar
illus. John Stanko # 4/0
Burning Oil
Burning Oil deals 3 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)Every now and then, a devil's prank can give you a good idea.
illus. Trevor Claxton # 84/0
Call to the Kindred
Enchant creature
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top five cards of your library. If you do, you may put a creature card that shares a creature type with enchanted creature from among them onto the battlefield, then you put the rest of those cards on the bottom of your library in any order.
illus. Jason A. Engle # 30/0
Chalice of Death
: Target player loses 5 life.
illus. Ryan Yee # 146/0
Chalice of Life
: You gain 1 life. Then if you have at least 10 life more than your starting life total, transform Chalice of Life.
illus. Ryan Yee # 146/0
Chant of the Skifsang
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -13/-0.
The skifsang, seafarers of Nephalia, craft spells like other sailors craft nets—making them strong enough to snare even the deadliest catch.
illus. Nils Hamm # 31/0
Chill of Foreboding
Each player puts the top five cards of their library into their graveyard.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)"Wait . . . did you fellows hear something?"
illus. Terese Nielsen # 32/0
Chosen of Markov
, Tap an untapped Vampire you control: Transform Chosen of Markov.
illus. Steve Argyle # 55/0
Clinging Mists
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
Fateful hour — If you have 5 or less life, tap all attacking creatures. Those creatures don't untap during their controller's next untap step.
illus. Anthony Francisco # 109/0
Counterlash
Counter target spell. You may cast a nonland card in your hand that shares a card type with that spell without paying its mana cost.
"Pathetic. Let me show you how it's done."
illus. Austin Hsu # 33/0
Crushing Vines
Choose one —
• Destroy target creature with flying.
• Destroy target artifact.
"Your veil's curse won't stop me, deathmage. I have taken down countless night hunters and this dark plane is not big enough for you to hide."—Garruk Wildspeaker, to Liliana Vess
illus. Scott Chou # 110/0
Curse of Bloodletting
Enchant player
If a source would deal damage to enchanted player, it deals double that damage to that player instead.
It is the demon's mark, an infernal claim on the flesh of the guilty.
illus. Michael C. Hayes # 85/0
Curse of Echoes
Enchant player
Whenever enchanted player casts an instant or sorcery spell, each other player may copy that spell and may choose new targets for the copy they control.
illus. Slawomir Maniak # 34/0
Curse of Exhaustion
Enchant player
Enchanted player can't cast more than one spell each turn.
"I do believe your heresy will prove more difficult now that you have more pressing concerns."—Bishop Argust
illus. Slawomir Maniak # 5/0
Curse of Misfortunes
Enchant player
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may search your library for a Curse card that doesn't have the same name as a Curse attached to enchanted player, put it onto the battlefield attached to that player, then shuffle your library.
illus. Terese Nielsen # 56/0
Curse of Thirst
Enchant player
At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, Curse of Thirst deals damage to that player equal to the number of Curses attached to them.
"May you drink until you drown but never be sated."—Odila, witch of Morkrut
illus. Christopher Moeller # 57/0
Dawntreader Elk
, Sacrifice Dawntreader Elk: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.
Silent as winter snow, it seeks wild places unspoiled by the walking dead.
illus. John Avon # 111/0
Deadly Allure
Target creature gains deathtouch until end of turn and must be blocked this turn if able.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)What could be more irresistible than death?
illus. Steve Argyle # 58/0
Death's Caress
Destroy target creature. If that creature was a Human, you gain life equal to its toughness.
The faint smell of cloves, the rustling of the wind, and a paralyzing descent into an airless, fathomless tomb.
illus. James Ryman # 59/0
Deranged Outcast
, Sacrifice a Human: Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.
Cast out by his village, he now takes grim offense at refugees who seek shelter in his forest.
illus. Nils Hamm # 112/0
Diregraf Captain
Deathtouch
Other Zombie creatures you control get +1/+1.
Whenever another Zombie you control dies, target opponent loses 1 life.
Though its mind has long since rotted away, it wields a sword with deadly skill.
illus. Slawomir Maniak # 135/0
Divination
Draw two cards.
Even the House of Galan, who takes the most scholarly approach to the mystic traditions, has resorted to exploring more primitive methods in Avacyn's absence.
illus. Scott Chou # 35/0
Drogskol Captain
Flying
Other Spirit creatures you control get +1/+1 and have hexproof. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Dead or alive, true leaders can inspire an entire army.
illus. Peter Mohrbacher # 136/0
Drogskol Reaver
Flying, double strike, lifelink
Whenever you gain life, draw a card.
Wracked and warped with anguish, it obsessively seeks out other souls to hoard within its eternal prison.
illus. Vincent Proce # 137/0
Dungeon Geists
Flying
When Dungeon Geists enters the battlefield, tap target creature an opponent controls. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as you control Dungeon Geists.
illus. Nils Hamm # 36/0
Elbrus, the Binding Blade
Equipped creature gets +1/+0.
When equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, unattach Elbrus, the Binding Blade, then transform it.
Equip
illus. Eric Deschamps # 147/0
Elgaud Inquisitor
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
When Elgaud Inquisitor dies, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
"It will take more than steel alone to purge this world of evil."
illus. Slawomir Maniak # 6/0
Erdwal Ripper
Haste
Whenever Erdwal Ripper deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
Savage vampires lurk in the Erdwal's network of passageways where prey is plentiful and easy to catch.
illus. Kev Walker # 86/0
Evolving Wilds
, Sacrifice Evolving Wilds: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.
"Our world is vast, but Thraben is its heart. The cathedral must stand even if the hinterlands are lost."—Thalia, Knight-Cathar
illus. Cliff Childs # 155/0
Executioner's Hood
Equipped creature has intimidate. (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
Equip
( : Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)illus. Anthony Palumbo # 148/0
Faithless Looting
Draw two cards, then discard two cards.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)"Avacyn has abandoned us! We have nothing left except what we can take!"
illus. Gabor Szikszai # 87/0
Faith's Shield
Target permanent you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Fateful hour — If you have 5 or less life, instead you and each permanent you control gain protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 7/0
Falkenrath Aristocrat
Flying, haste
Sacrifice a creature: Falkenrath Aristocrat gains indestructible until end of turn. If the sacrificed creature was a Human, put a +1/+1 counter on Falkenrath Aristocrat.
"Your blood is quite pleasing. A pity there's not enough for both of us."
illus. Igor Kieryluk # 138/0
Falkenrath Torturer
Sacrifice a creature: Falkenrath Torturer gains flying until end of turn. If the sacrificed creature was a Human, put a +1/+1 counter on Falkenrath Torturer.
"There was a time when our cages rang with wailing. Now only a handful of these whimpering fools remain."
illus. Steve Argyle # 60/0
Farbog Boneflinger
When Farbog Boneflinger enters the battlefield, target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
"Here are some bones for you to choke on, dear brother!"—Gisa, to Geralf
illus. Tomasz Jedruszek # 61/0
Favor of the Woods
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature blocks, you gain 3 life.
Feeling abandoned by Avacyn, some Kessigers turned to the pagan rituals of their ancestors.
illus. Tomasz Jedruszek # 113/0
Feed the Pack
At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice a nontoken creature. If you do, create X 2/2 green Wolf creature tokens, where X is the sacrificed creature's toughness.
illus. Steve Prescott # 114/0
Fiend of the Shadows
Flying
Whenever Fiend of the Shadows deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles a card from their hand. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled.
Sacrifice a Human: Regenerate Fiend of the Shadows.
illus. Igor Kieryluk # 62/0
Fires of Undeath
Fires of Undeath deals 2 damage to any target.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)"I drink of those who are worthy of my palate. The rest I burn."
illus. Jason Chan # 88/0
Flayer of the Hatebound
Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Whenever Flayer of the Hatebound or another creature enters the battlefield from your graveyard, that creature deals damage equal to its power to any target.
illus. Jana Schirmer & Johannes Voss # 89/0
Fling
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Fling deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to any target.
Masters of the sword know the blade is not the only weapon at their disposal.
illus. Izzy # 90/0
Forge Devil
When Forge Devil enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to target creature and 1 damage to you.
Devils infiltrated the lower levels of Thraben Cathedral, making cracks in load-bearing pillars and setting fire to precious archives.
illus. Austin Hsu # 91/0
Gather the Townsfolk
Create two 1/1 white Human creature tokens.
Fateful hour — If you have 5 or less life, create five of those tokens instead.
In the memories of those they lost lies the strength needed to defend their city.
illus. Dan Scott # 8/0
Gavony Ironwright
Fateful hour — As long as you have 5 or less life, other creatures you control get +1/+4.
"I wish my work could shelter everyone, yet I pray we are never so few that it does."
illus. Karl Kopinski # 9/0
Geralf's Messenger
Geralf's Messenger enters the battlefield tapped.
When Geralf's Messenger enters the battlefield, target opponent loses 2 life.
Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
illus. Kev Walker # 63/0
Geralf's Mindcrusher
When Geralf's Mindcrusher enters the battlefield, target player puts the top five cards of their library into their graveyard.
Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
illus. Steven Belledin # 37/0
Ghastly Haunting
Enchant creature
You control enchanted creature.
illus. Lucas Graciano # 50/0
Ghoultree
This spell costs
less to cast for each creature card in your graveyard.It uproots entire fengrafs to add to its twisted frame.
illus. Volkan Baga # 115/0
Grafdigger's Cage
Creature cards in graveyards and libraries can't enter the battlefield.
Players can't cast spells from graveyards or libraries.
"If you wind up in one of mine, you can be sure as silver it will be your last."—Grafdigger Wulmer
illus. Daniel Ljunggren # 149/0
Gravecrawler
Gravecrawler can't block.
You may cast Gravecrawler from your graveyard as long as you control a Zombie.
"Innistrad's ghoulcallers are talented enough, but let me show you what someone with real power can create."—Liliana Vess
illus. Steven Belledin # 64/0
Gravepurge
Put any number of target creature cards from your graveyard on top of your library.
Draw a card.
"The Blessed Sleep? Ha! Wake up my lovelies, there's work to be done!"—Gisa, ghoulcaller of Gavony
illus. Zoltan Boros # 65/0
Gravetiller Wurm
Trample
Morbid — Gravetiller Wurm enters the battlefield with four +1/+1 counters on it if a creature died this turn.
As the creatures of the night closed in on humanity, Innistrad's primeval forces stirred, as though waking to watch the slaughter.
illus. Slawomir Maniak # 116/0
Grim Backwoods
: Add .
, , Sacrifice a creature: Draw a card.
"I love what they've done with the place."—Liliana Vess
illus. Vincent Proce # 156/0
Grim Flowering
Draw a card for each creature card in your graveyard.
"Nothing in nature goes to waste, not even the rotting corpse of a good-for-nothing, blood-sucking vampire."—Halana of Ulvenwald
illus. Adam Paquette # 117/0
Griptide
Put target creature on top of its owner's library.
"Beware the seagrafs just off the shore. These waters are filled with hungry geists looking for an easy meal."—Captain Eberhart
illus. Igor Kieryluk # 38/0
Gruesome Discovery
Target player discards two cards.
Morbid — If a creature died this turn, instead that player reveals their hand, you choose two cards from it, then that player discards those cards.
illus. John Stanko # 66/0
Harrowing Journey
Target player draws three cards and loses 3 life.
"There are always fools who attempt to traverse Kruin Pass before sundown and every time they wind up in a race for their lives."—Old Rutstein
illus. James Paick # 67/0
Haunted Fengraf
: Add .
, , Sacrifice Haunted Fengraf: Return a creature card at random from your graveyard to your hand.
A ghoulcaller's playground.
illus. Adam Paquette # 157/0
Havengul Lich
: You may cast target creature card in a graveyard this turn. When you cast that card this turn, Havengul Lich gains all activated abilities of that card until end of turn.
Fusing intelligence with the power of undeath requires inspiration of the darkest kind.
illus. James Ryman # 139/0
Havengul Runebinder
, , Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token, then put a +1/+1 counter on each Zombie creature you control.
"So many corpses, so little time."
illus. Bud Cook # 39/0
Headless Skaab
As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile a creature card from your graveyard.
Headless Skaab enters the battlefield tapped.
A head is a needless encumbrance when muscle is all that's required.
illus. Johann Bodin # 40/0
Heavy Mattock
Equipped creature gets +1/+1.
As long as equipped creature is a Human, it gets an additional +1/+1.
Equip
( : Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)illus. Winona Nelson # 150/0
Heckling Fiends
: Target creature attacks this turn if able.
Their language may be a cacophonous agglomeration of chittering snorts and mad barking, but the message they send is all too clear.
illus. Clint Cearley # 92/0
Hellrider
Haste
Whenever a creature you control attacks, Hellrider deals 1 damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.
"Behind every devil's mayhem lurks a demon's scheme."—Rem Karolus, Blade of the Inquisitors
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 93/0
Helvault
, : Exile target creature you control.
, : Exile target creature you don't control.
When Helvault is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return all cards exiled with it to the battlefield under their owners' control.
illus. Jaime Jones # 151/0
Highborn Ghoul
Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
"All the dead sleep lightly here, no matter how refined their beds may be."—Grafdigger Wulmer
illus. Volkan Baga # 68/0
Hinterland Hermit
At the beginning of each upkeep, if no spells were cast last turn, transform Hinterland Hermit.
illus. Steven Belledin # 94/0
Hinterland Scourge
Hinterland Scourge must be blocked if able.
At the beginning of each upkeep, if a player cast two or more spells last turn, transform Hinterland Scourge.
illus. Steven Belledin # 94/0
Hollowhenge Beast
In a world of monsters, it's the stuff of nightmares.
illus. Dave Kendall # 118/0
Hollowhenge Spirit
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Flying
When Hollowhenge Spirit enters the battlefield, remove target attacking or blocking creature from combat.
Some spirits mourn. Others terrorize.
illus. Lars Grant-West # 10/0
Hunger of the Howlpack
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Morbid — Put three +1/+1 counters on that creature instead if a creature died this turn.
"Werewolves are an unholy mix of a predator's instinct and a human's hatred."—Alena, trapper of Kessig
illus. Nils Hamm # 119/0
Huntmaster of the Fells
Whenever this creature enters the battlefield or transforms into Huntmaster of the Fells, create a 2/2 green Wolf creature token and you gain 2 life.
At the beginning of each upkeep, if no spells were cast last turn, transform Huntmaster of the Fells.
illus. Chris Rahn # 140/0
Immerwolf
Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
Each other creature you control that's a Wolf or a Werewolf gets +1/+1.
Non-Human Werewolves you control can't transform.
illus. Terese Nielsen # 141/0
Increasing Ambition
Search your library for a card and put that card into your hand. If Increasing Ambition was cast from a graveyard, instead search your library for two cards and put those cards into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)illus. Volkan Baga # 69/0
Increasing Confusion
Target player puts the top X cards of their library into their graveyard. If Increasing Confusion was cast from a graveyard, that player puts twice that many cards into their graveyard instead.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)illus. Dan Scott # 41/0
Increasing Devotion
Create five 1/1 white Human creature tokens. If Increasing Devotion was cast from a graveyard, create ten of those tokens instead.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)illus. Daniel Ljunggren # 11/0
Increasing Savagery
Put five +1/+1 counters on target creature. If Increasing Savagery was cast from a graveyard, put ten +1/+1 counters on that creature instead.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)illus. Steve Prescott # 120/0
Increasing Vengeance
Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. If Increasing Vengeance was cast from a graveyard, copy that spell twice instead. You may choose new targets for the copies.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)illus. Anthony Francisco # 95/0
Jar of Eyeballs
Whenever a creature you control dies, put two eyeball counters on Jar of Eyeballs.
, , Remove all eyeball counters from Jar of Eyeballs: Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of eyeball counters removed this way. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
illus. Jaime Jones # 152/0
Kessig Recluse
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Its silk is highly prized, but then again, so is your life.
illus. Vincent Proce # 121/0
Krallenhorde Killer
: Krallenhorde Killer gets +4/+4 until end of turn. Activate this ability only once each turn.
At the beginning of each upkeep, if a player cast two or more spells last turn, transform Krallenhorde Killer.
illus. Zoltan Boros # 133/0
Lambholt Elder
At the beginning of each upkeep, if no spells were cast last turn, transform Lambholt Elder.
illus. Matt Stewart # 122/0
Lingering Souls
Create two 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)The murdered inhabitants of Hollowhenge impart to the living the terror they felt in death.
illus. Bud Cook # 12/0
Lost in the Woods
Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a Forest card, remove that creature from combat. Then put the revealed card on the bottom of your library.
illus. Matt Stewart # 123/0
Loyal Cathar
Vigilance
When Loyal Cathar dies, return it to the battlefield transformed under your control at the beginning of the next end step.
illus. Ryan Pancoast # 13/0
Markov Blademaster
Double strike
Whenever Markov Blademaster deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
"Mortals practice swordplay for a few decades at best. How can they ever attain the exquisite mastery that eternity has to offer?"
illus. Jana Schirmer & Johannes Voss # 96/0
Markov Warlord
Haste
When Markov Warlord enters the battlefield, up to two target creatures can't block this turn.
"What use is a stake or holy symbol in the hands of a coward?"
illus. Cynthia Sheppard # 97/0
Markov's Servant
illus. Steve Argyle # 55/0
Midnight Guard
Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, untap Midnight Guard.
"When you're on watch, no noise is harmless and no shadow can be ignored."—Olgard of the Skiltfolk
illus. Jason A. Engle # 14/0
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
Whenever a Human deals damage to you, destroy it.
Other non-Human creatures you control get +1/+1 and have undying. (When a creature with undying dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
illus. Chris Rahn # 70/0
Mondronen Shaman
At the beginning of each upkeep, if no spells were cast last turn, transform Mondronen Shaman.
illus. Mike Sass # 98/0
Moonscarred Werewolf
Vigilance
: Add .
At the beginning of each upkeep, if a player cast two or more spells last turn, transform Moonscarred Werewolf.
illus. Cynthia Sheppard # 125/0
Moonveil Dragon
Flying
: Each creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
"Their hearts beat, their lungs draw breath, and they have one true form. I count them as allies of the living."—Thalia, Knight-Cathar
illus. Todd Lockwood # 99/0
Mystic Retrieval
Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)illus. Scott Chou # 42/0
Nearheath Stalker
Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
"Do not speak of this to the elders. They look unfavorably upon my indulgences."
illus. Michael C. Hayes # 100/0
Nephalia Seakite
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Flying
"Keep one eye on the cliff road or you may fall to your death. Keep one eye on the sky or your death may fall on you."—Manfried Ulmach, Elgaud Master-at-Arms
illus. Wayne England # 43/0
Niblis of the Breath
Flying
, : You may tap or untap target creature.
"Why do the dead remain among us? Where is Flight Alabaster to lead them home? Where is Avacyn?"—Eruth of Lambholt
illus. Igor Kieryluk # 44/0
Niblis of the Mist
Flying
When Niblis of the Mist enters the battlefield, you may tap target creature.
"Not even a roaring fire could thaw the chill it put in my heart."—Vonn, geist-trapper
illus. Igor Kieryluk # 15/0
Niblis of the Urn
Flying
Whenever Niblis of the Urn attacks, you may tap target creature.
"I never had the nerve to open that bottle. I'll bet you're wishing right now you hadn't been so curious yourself."—Old Rutstein
illus. Igor Kieryluk # 16/0
Predator Ooze
Indestructible
Whenever Predator Ooze attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
Whenever a creature dealt damage by Predator Ooze this turn dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Predator Ooze.
illus. Ryan Yee # 124/0
Pyreheart Wolf
Whenever Pyreheart Wolf attacks, creatures you control gain menace until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
illus. Lars Grant-West # 101/0
Ravager of the Fells
Trample
Whenever this creature transforms into Ravager of the Fells, it deals 2 damage to target opponent or planeswalker and 2 damage to up to one target creature that player or that planeswalker's controller controls.
At the beginning of each upkeep, if a player cast two or more spells last turn, transform Ravager of the Fells.
illus. Chris Rahn # 140/0
Ravenous Demon
Sacrifice a Human: Transform Ravenous Demon. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.
illus. Igor Kieryluk # 71/0
Ray of Revelation
Destroy target enchantment.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)"May angels carry him into the Blessed Sleep with dreams of sunlit days and moonless nights."—Tomb inscription of Saint Raban
illus. Cliff Childs # 17/0
Reap the Seagraf
Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)The wreck hung on the jagged reef, each night disgorging more of its gruesome cargo.
illus. James Ryman # 72/0
Relentless Skaabs
As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile a creature card from your graveyard.
Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
illus. Karl Kopinski # 45/0
Requiem Angel
Flying
Whenever another non-Spirit creature you control dies, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
When angels despair, what hope can remain for mortals?
illus. Eric Deschamps # 18/0
Russet Wolves
"The wolves of our valley are bred to detest the scent of ghouls. For centuries they have kept our estates clear of such carrion."—Olivia Voldaren
illus. Christopher Moeller # 102/0
Sanctuary Cat
Cats prowl the corridors of Avacyn's churches in search of devils or signs of their mischief.
illus. David Palumbo # 19/0
Saving Grasp
Return target creature you own to your hand.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)Nothing's more valuable than perfect timing.
illus. Matt Stewart # 46/0
Scorch the Fields
Destroy target land. Scorch the Fields deals 1 damage to each Human creature.
"Your fields will turn as black as a ghoul's tongue and fire shall be your only harvest."—Minaldra, the Vizag Atum
illus. Jaime Jones # 103/0
Scorned Villager
: Add .
At the beginning of each upkeep, if no spells were cast last turn, transform Scorned Villager.
illus. Cynthia Sheppard # 125/0
Screeching Skaab
When Screeching Skaab enters the battlefield, put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.
Its screeching is the sound of you losing your mind.
illus. Clint Cearley # 47/0
Séance
At the beginning of each upkeep, you may exile target creature card from your graveyard. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that card, except it's a Spirit in addition to its other types. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.
illus. David Rapoza # 20/0
Secrets of the Dead
Whenever you cast a spell from your graveyard, draw a card.
"The veil between the living and the dead is so very thin that the whispers of the ancients can finally be heard."—Amalric of Midvast Hall
illus. Eytan Zana # 48/0
Shattered Perception
Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)"You must shatter the fetters of the past. Only then can you truly act."—Rem Karolus, Blade of the Inquisitors
illus. Terese Nielsen # 104/0
Shriekgeist
Flying
Whenever Shriekgeist deals combat damage to a player, that player puts the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.
Wounds of the flesh are easy to heal. Wounds of the mind may never be undone.
illus. Raymond Swanland # 49/0
Sightless Ghoul
Sightless Ghoul can't block.
Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
It blindly marches on Thraben's gates, guided by its master's direful will.
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 73/0
Silverclaw Griffin
Flying, first strike
It patrols the grafs for miles around Thraben, ensuring that the unhallowed do not wake for long.
illus. Daniel Ljunggren # 21/0
Silverpelt Werewolf
Whenever Silverpelt Werewolf deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
At the beginning of each upkeep, if a player cast two or more spells last turn, transform Silverpelt Werewolf.
illus. Matt Stewart # 122/0
Skillful Lunge
Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.
"Valor is a currency of the living that serves us well."—Cosper Lowe of the Silbern Guard
illus. Jason Felix # 22/0
Skirsdag Flayer
, , Sacrifice a Human: Destroy target creature.
Certain initiates into the Skirsdag cult take a vow of blindness, pledging obedience to none but demonkind.
illus. Austin Hsu # 74/0
Somberwald Dryad
Forestwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)
The Somberwald is her domain, and she has yet to hear an acceptable excuse for trespassing.
illus. Jaime Jones # 126/0
Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
+1: Create a 1/1 black Vampire creature token with lifelink.
−2: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control get +1/+0."
−6: Destroy up to three target creatures and/or other planeswalkers. Return each card put into a graveyard this way to the battlefield under your control.
illus. Michael Komarck # 142/0
Soul Seizer
Flying
When Soul Seizer deals combat damage to a player, you may transform it. If you do, attach it to target creature that player controls.
illus. Lucas Graciano # 50/0
Spiteful Shadows
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to its controller.
"Let us remind these human cattle why they fear the shadows of this world."—Aldreg, Skirsdag cultist
illus. John Stanko # 75/0
Stormbound Geist
Flying
Stormbound Geist can block only creatures with flying.
Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
illus. Dan Scott # 51/0
Strangleroot Geist
Haste
Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Geists of the hanged often haunt the tree on which they died.
illus. Jason Chan # 127/0
Stromkirk Captain
First strike
Other Vampire creatures you control get +1/+1 and have first strike.
"No longer can we allow our human populations to be mindlessly slaughtered by ghouls. Slay all who trespass."—Runo Stromkirk
illus. Jana Schirmer & Johannes Voss # 143/0
Sudden Disappearance
Exile all nonland permanents target player controls. Return the exiled cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
illus. Cliff Childs # 23/0
Talons of Falkenrath
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "
: This creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn."illus. Svetlin Velinov # 105/0
Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
First strike
Noncreature spells cost
more to cast."Thraben is our home and I will not see it fall to this unhallowed horde."
illus. Jana Schirmer & Johannes Voss # 24/0
Thought Scour
Target player puts the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.
Draw a card.
"As you inject the viscus vitae into the brain stem, don't let the spastic moaning bother you. It will soon become music to your ears."—Stitcher Geralf
illus. David Rapoza # 52/0
Thraben Doomsayer
: Create a 1/1 white Human creature token.
Fateful hour — As long as you have 5 or less life, other creatures you control get +2/+2.
"Swarms of the unhallowed claw at Thraben's gates! Do you still deny the end approaches?"
illus. John Stanko # 25/0
Thraben Heretic
: Exile target creature card from a graveyard.
"Let them decry me for burning the dead. I'm not giving those ghoulcallers any more fuel for their madness."
illus. James Ryman # 26/0
Torch Fiend
, Sacrifice Torch Fiend: Destroy target artifact.
Devils redecorate every room with fire.
illus. Winona Nelson # 106/0
Tovolar's Magehunter
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, Tovolar's Magehunter deals 2 damage to that player.
At the beginning of each upkeep, if a player cast two or more spells last turn, transform Tovolar's Magehunter.
illus. Mike Sass # 98/0
Tower Geist
Flying
When Tower Geist enters the battlefield, look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other into your graveyard.
Jenrik's tower is served by those who once sought to enter it uninvited.
illus. Izzy # 53/0
Tracker's Instincts
Reveal the top four cards of your library. Put a creature card from among them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)illus. Jung Park # 128/0
Tragic Slip
Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Morbid — That creature gets -13/-13 until end of turn instead if a creature died this turn.
Linger on death's door and risk being invited in.
illus. Christopher Moeller # 76/0
Ulvenwald Bear
Morbid — When Ulvenwald Bear enters the battlefield, if a creature died this turn, put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.
Out chasing bears—Kessig expression meaning "died in the woods"
illus. Jason A. Engle # 129/0
Undying Evil
Target creature gains undying until end of turn. (When it dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
"Is it true the evil that people do follows them into death? Let's find out."—Liliana Vess
illus. Kev Walker # 77/0
Unhallowed Cathar
Unhallowed Cathar can't block.
illus. Ryan Pancoast # 13/0
Vault of the Archangel
: Add .
, : Creatures you control gain deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.
"For centuries my creation kept this world in balance. Now only her shadow remains."—Sorin Markov
illus. John Avon # 158/0
Vengeful Vampire
Flying
Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
He wields the full power of wrath unfettered by the sympathies of a soul.
illus. Lucas Graciano # 78/0
Village Survivors
Vigilance
Fateful hour — As long as you have 5 or less life, other creatures you control have vigilance.
As their villages fell to werewolves, fleeing refugees discovered they too had remarkable survival instincts.
illus. David Rapoza # 130/0
Vorapede
Vigilance, trample
Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
"If you think you've killed one, guess again."—Thalia, Knight-Cathar
illus. Slawomir Maniak # 131/0
Wakedancer
Morbid — When Wakedancer enters the battlefield, if a creature died this turn, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Hers is an ancient form of necromancy, steeped in shamanic trance and ritual that few skaberen or ghoulcallers comprehend.
illus. Austin Hsu # 79/0
Warden of the Wall
Warden of the Wall enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
As long as it's not your turn, Warden of the Wall is a 2/3 Gargoyle artifact creature with flying.
illus. Daniel Ljunggren # 153/0
Werewolf Ransacker
Whenever this creature transforms into Werewolf Ransacker, you may destroy target artifact. If that artifact is put into a graveyard this way, Werewolf Ransacker deals 3 damage to that artifact's controller.
At the beginning of each upkeep, if a player cast two or more spells last turn, transform Werewolf Ransacker.
illus. David Palumbo # 81/0
Wild Hunger
Target creature gets +3/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)Otto the Hunter was filled with many grand ambitions. The snake was filled only with Otto.
illus. Karl Kopinski # 132/0
Withengar Unbound
Flying, intimidate, trample (A creature with intimidate can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
Whenever a player loses the game, put thirteen +1/+1 counters on Withengar Unbound.
illus. Eric Deschamps # 147/0
Wolfbitten Captive
: Wolfbitten Captive gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Activate this ability only once each turn.
At the beginning of each upkeep, if no spells were cast last turn, transform Wolfbitten Captive.
illus. Zoltan Boros # 133/0
Wolfhunter's Quiver
Equipped creature has "
: This creature deals 1 damage to any target" and " : This creature deals 3 damage to target Werewolf creature."Equip
"Steel in the heart, silver in the bow."—Wolfhunter's creed
illus. Daniel Ljunggren # 154/0
Wrack with Madness
Target creature deals damage to itself equal to its power.
The skathul, spirits consumed by revenge, fester and seethe while looking for weak minds to assault.
illus. Todd Lockwood # 107/0
Young Wolf
Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
The Ulvenwald makes no allowances for youth. Today's newborn is either tomorrow's hunter or tomorrow's lunch.
illus. Ryan Pancoast # 134/0
Zombie Apocalypse
Return all Zombie creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped, then destroy all Humans.
"There will come a day so dark you will pray for death. On that day your prayers will be answered."—Minaldra, the Vizag Atum
illus. Peter Mohrbacher # 80/0