Vintage Masters Spoilers 325/70
Show TextAcademy Elite
Academy Elite enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in all graveyards.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Academy Elite: Draw a card, then discard a card.
illus. Volkan Baga # 55/70
Addle
Choose a color. Target player reveals their hand and you choose a card of that color from it. That player discards that card.
"I'll wring out your tiny mind like a sponge."—Urborg witch
illus. Ron Spears # 103/70
Aether Mutation
Return target creature to its owner's hand. Create X 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens, where X is that creature's converted mana cost.
illus. Ron Spencer # 241/70
Afterlife
Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
illus. Brian Snoddy # 10/70
Aftershock
Destroy target artifact, creature, or land. Aftershock deals 3 damage to you.
"Every act of destruction has a repercussion."—Karn, silver golem
illus. Hannibal King # 149/70
Akroma's Blessing
Choose a color. Creatures you control gain protection from the chosen color until end of turn.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
The clerics saw her as a divine gift. She saw them only as allies in her war against Phage.
illus. Adam Rex # 11/70
Ancestral Recall
Target player draws three cards.
illus. Ryan Pancoast # 1/70
Ancient Tomb
: Add . Ancient Tomb deals 2 damage to you.
There is no glory to be gained in the kingdom of the dead.—Vec tomb inscription
illus. Colin MacNeil # 289/70
Animate Dead
Enchant creature card in a graveyard
When Animate Dead enters the battlefield, if it's on the battlefield, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with Animate Dead." Return enchanted creature card to the battlefield under your control and attach Animate Dead to it. When Animate Dead leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
Enchanted creature gets -1/-0.
illus. Anthony Jones # 104/70
Ankh of Mishra
Whenever a land enters the battlefield, Ankh of Mishra deals 2 damage to that land's controller.
Tawnos finally cracked the puzzle: the strange structures did not house Mishra's malevolent creations but were themselves among his creations.
illus. Ian Miller # 263/70
Aquamoeba
Discard a card: Switch Aquamoeba's power and toughness until end of turn.
Some tides need no moon.
illus. Arnie Swekel # 56/70
Armadillo Cloak
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has trample.
Whenever enchanted creature deals damage, you gain that much life.
"Don't laugh. It works."
illus. Wayne Reynolds # 242/70
Armageddon
Destroy all lands.
War destroys more than just the land. War destroys hope.
illus. John Avon # 12/70
Armor of Thorns
You may cast Armor of Thorns as though it had flash. If you cast it any time a sorcery couldn't have been cast, the controller of the permanent it becomes sacrifices it at the beginning of the next cleanup step.
Enchant nonblack creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2.
illus. Alan Rabinowitz # 194/70
Arrogant Wurm
Trample
Madness (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
It's hard to be humble when the whole world is bite-size.
illus. John Avon # 195/70
Astral Slide
Whenever a player cycles a card, you may exile target creature. If you do, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
"The hum of the universe is never off-key."—Mystic elder
illus. Ron Spears # 13/70
Bad River
Bad River enters the battlefield tapped.
, Sacrifice Bad River: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.
illus. Terese Nielsen # 290/70
Balance
Each player chooses a number of lands they control equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way.
illus. Kev Walker # 14/70
Baleful Force
At the beginning of each upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
"As with any malevolent being, the trick is knowing how long you can afford to keep it in your service."—Liliana Vess
illus. Eytan Zana # 105/70
Baleful Strix
Flying, deathtouch
When Baleful Strix enters the battlefield, draw a card.
Its beak rends flesh and bone, exposing the tender marrow of dream.
illus. Nils Hamm # 243/70
Barren Moor
Barren Moor enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
illus. Heather Hudson # 292/70
Basandra, Battle Seraph
Flying
Players can't cast spells during combat.
: Target creature attacks this turn if able.
"Why listen to the mumblings of wizards when the lash speaks true?"
illus. Terese Nielsen # 244/70
Basking Rootwalla
: Basking Rootwalla gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Activate this ability only once each turn.
Madness (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
illus. Heather Hudson # 196/70
Battle Screech
Create two 1/1 white Bird creature tokens with flying.
Flashback—Tap three untapped white creatures you control. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
illus. Randy Gallegos # 15/70
Bazaar of Baghdad
: Draw two cards, then discard three cards.
illus. Christopher Moeller # 294/70
Beetleback Chief
When Beetleback Chief enters the battlefield, create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.
Whether trained, ridden, or eaten, few goblin military innovations have rivaled the bug.
illus. Wayne England # 150/70
Benalish Trapper
, : Tap target creature.
"I'm up here. You're down there. Now who's the lower life form?"
illus. Ken Meyer, Jr. # 16/70
Benevolent Bodyguard
Sacrifice Benevolent Bodyguard: Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
"My destiny is to save others so their destinies may be achieved."
illus. Roger Raupp # 17/70
Berserk
Cast this spell only before the combat damage step.
Target creature gains trample and gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is its power. At the beginning of the next end step, destroy that creature if it attacked this turn.
illus. Steve Prescott # 197/70
Black Lotus
, Sacrifice Black Lotus: Add three mana of any one color.
illus. Chris Rahn # 4/70
Blastoderm
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Fading 3 (This creature enters the battlefield with three fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)
illus. Nils Hamm # 198/70
Blazing Specter
Flying, haste
Whenever Blazing Specter deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card.
illus. Marc Fishman # 245/70
Brago, King Eternal
Flying
Whenever Brago, King Eternal deals combat damage to a player, exile any number of target nonland permanents you control, then return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control.
"My rule persists beyond death itself."
illus. Karla Ortiz # 246/70
Brain Freeze
Target player puts the top three cards of their library into their graveyard.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
illus. Tim Hildebrandt # 57/70
Brainstorm
Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
illus. Chris Rahn # 58/70
Breath of Life
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
"Nothing can stop the power of life—not even death."—Onean cleric
illus. Roger Raupp # 18/70
Brilliant Halo
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+2.
When Brilliant Halo is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Brilliant Halo to its owner's hand.
illus. Randy Gallegos # 19/70
Brindle Shoat
When Brindle Shoat dies, create a 3/3 green Boar creature token.
Hunters lure the stripling boar into the open, hoping to trap greater prey.
illus. Steven Belledin # 199/70
Burning of Xinye
You destroy four lands you control, then target opponent destroys four lands they control. Then Burning of Xinye deals 4 damage to each creature.
illus. Yang Hong # 151/70
Burning Wish
You may choose a sorcery card you own from outside the game, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Exile Burning Wish.
She wished for a weapon, but not for the skill to wield it.
illus. Scott M. Fischer # 152/70
Cabal Ritual
Add .
Threshold — Add instead if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.
"Each syllable chills your veins. Each word rattles your mind."—Cabal Patriarch
illus. Greg Hildebrandt # 106/70
Caldera Lake
Caldera Lake enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
: Add or . Caldera Lake deals 1 damage to you.
illus. Allen Williams # 295/70
Carnophage
At the beginning of your upkeep, tap Carnophage unless you pay 1 life.
Eating is all it knows.
illus. Pete Venters # 107/70
Chain Lightning
Chain Lightning deals 3 damage to any target. Then that player or that permanent's controller may pay . If the player does, they may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.
illus. Christopher Moeller # 153/70
Chainer's Edict
Target player sacrifices a creature.
Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
illus. Mark Zug # 108/70
Channel
Until end of turn, any time you could activate a mana ability, you may pay 1 life. If you do, add .
illus. Rebecca Guay # 200/70
Chaos Warp
The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.
illus. Trevor Claxton # 154/70
Chartooth Cougar
: Chartooth Cougar gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Mountaincycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a Mountain card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.)
illus. Chase Stone # 155/70
Chimeric Idol
: Tap all lands you control. Chimeric Idol becomes a 3/3 Turtle artifact creature until end of turn.
After a chimeric idol attacked them, the Keldons smashed all unfamiliar statues.
illus. Mark Tedin # 264/70
Choking Sands
Destroy target non-Swamp land. If that land was nonbasic, Choking Sands deals 2 damage to the land's controller.
"The people wiped the sand from their eyes and cursed—and left the barren land to the hyenas and vipers."—Afari, Tales
illus. Roger Raupp # 109/70
Choking Tethers
Tap up to four target creatures.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle Choking Tethers, you may tap target creature.
illus. Carl Critchlow # 59/70
Circular Logic
Counter target spell unless its controller pays for each card in your graveyard.
Madness (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
illus. Anthony S. Waters # 60/70
City in a Bottle
Whenever another nontoken permanent with a name originally printed in the Arabian Nights expansion is on the battlefield, its controller sacrifices it.
Players can't cast spells or play lands with a name originally printed in the Arabian Nights expansion.
illus. Daniel Ljunggren # 265/70
Claws of Wirewood
Claws of Wirewood deals 3 damage to each creature with flying and each player.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
They say the forest has eyes. They never mention its claws.
illus. Tony Szczudlo # 201/70
Clickslither
Haste
Sacrifice a Goblin: Clickslither gets +2/+2 and gains trample until end of turn.
The least popular goblins get the outer caves.
illus. Kev Walker # 156/70
Cloud Djinn
Flying
Cloud Djinn can block only creatures with flying.
As elusive as the footprint of a djinn—Suq'Ata expression
illus. Mike Dringenberg # 61/70
Cloud of Faeries
Flying
When Cloud of Faeries enters the battlefield, untap up to two lands.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
illus. Melissa A. Benson # 62/70
Coercive Portal
Will of the council — At the beginning of your upkeep, starting with you, each player votes for carnage or homage. If carnage gets more votes, sacrifice Coercive Portal and destroy all nonland permanents. If homage gets more votes or the vote is tied, draw a card.
illus. Yeong-Hao Han # 266/70
Control Magic
Enchant creature
You control enchanted creature.
"Do as I think, not as I do."—Jace Beleren
illus. Clint Cearley # 63/70
Council's Judgment
Will of the council — Starting with you, each player votes for a nonland permanent you don't control. Exile each permanent with the most votes or tied for most votes.
When its power is threatened, the council speaks with a unified voice.
illus. Kev Walker # 20/70
Counterspell
Counter target spell.
The pyromancer summoned up her mightiest onslaught of fire and rage. Jace feigned interest.
illus. Jason Chan # 64/70
Crater Hellion
Echo (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
When Crater Hellion enters the battlefield, it deals 4 damage to each other creature.
illus. Daren Bader # 157/70
Crescendo of War
At the beginning of each upkeep, put a strife counter on Crescendo of War.
Attacking creatures get +1/+0 for each strife counter on Crescendo of War.
Blocking creatures you control get +1/+0 for each strife counter on Crescendo of War.
illus. Daarken # 21/70
Crovax the Cursed
Crovax the Cursed enters the battlefield with four +1/+1 counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may sacrifice a creature. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on Crovax. If you don't, remove a +1/+1 counter from Crovax.
: Crovax gains flying until end of turn.
illus. Pete Venters # 110/70
Cruel Bargain
Draw four cards. You lose half your life, rounded up.
illus. Adrian Smith # 111/70
Cursed Scroll
, : Choose a card name, then reveal a card at random from your hand. If that card has the chosen name, Cursed Scroll deals 2 damage to any target.
illus. D. Alexander Gregory # 267/70
Dack Fayden
+1: Target player draws two cards, then discards two cards.
−2: Gain control of target artifact.
−6: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast a spell that targets one or more permanents, gain control of those permanents."
illus. Eric Deschamps # 247/70
Dack's Duplicate
You may have Dack's Duplicate enter the battlefield as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it gains haste and dethrone. (Whenever it attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
illus. Karl Kopinski # 248/70
Dark Hatchling
Flying
When Dark Hatchling enters the battlefield, destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.
illus. Brad Rigney # 112/70
Dark Ritual
Add .
"Leshrac, my liege, grant me the power I am due."—Lim-Dûl, the Necromancer
illus. Clint Langley # 113/70
Dauthi Mercenary
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
: Dauthi Mercenary gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
"The dauthi believe they dignify murder by paying for it."—Lyna, soltari emissary
illus. Matthew D. Wilson # 114/70
Death Grasp
Death Grasp deals X damage to any target. You gain X life.
Plate mail, the skin of the chest, the rib cage, the heart—all useless against the mage who can reach directly for the soul.
illus. Raymond Swanland # 249/70
Deathreap Ritual
Morbid — At the beginning of each end step, if a creature died this turn, you may draw a card.
"All who set foot in Paliano are pawns in someone's play for power."—Marchesa, the Black Rose
illus. Steve Argyle # 250/70
Death's-Head Buzzard
Flying
When Death's-Head Buzzard dies, all creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.
Infested with vermin, ever hungering, dropping from night's sky.
illus. Marcelo Vignali # 115/70
Decree of Justice
Create X 4/4 white Angel creature tokens with flying.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle Decree of Justice, you may pay . If you do, create X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens.
illus. Adam Rex # 22/70
Deep Analysis
Target player draws two cards.
Flashback—, Pay 3 life. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
"The specimen seems to be broken."
illus. Daren Bader # 65/70
Deftblade Elite
Provoke (Whenever this creature attacks, you may have target creature defending player controls untap and block it if able.)
: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by Deftblade Elite this turn.
illus. Alan Pollack # 23/70
Demonic Tutor
Search your library for a card and put that card into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
illus. Scott Chou # 116/70
Deranged Hermit
Echo (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
When Deranged Hermit enters the battlefield, create four 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens.
Squirrel creatures get +1/+1.
illus. Kev Walker # 202/70
Desert Twister
Destroy target permanent.
Massive, mindless, and imbued with one terrible purpose.
illus. Noah Bradley # 203/70
Devout Witness
, , Discard a card: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
The Cho-Arrim fought Mercadia's decadence with more than just swords.
illus. Don Hazeltine # 24/70
Drakestown Forgotten
Drakestown Forgotten enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of creature cards in all graveyards.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Drakestown Forgotten: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
illus. Steve Prescott # 117/70
Dreampod Druid
At the beginning of each upkeep, if Dreampod Druid is enchanted, create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
"Don't mistake my creations for mere vegetation. They are my children, loyal and fierce."
illus. Wayne Reynolds # 204/70
Edric, Spymaster of Trest
Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller may draw a card.
"I am not at liberty to reveal my sources, but I can assure you, the price on your head is high."
illus. Volkan Baga # 251/70
Elephant Guide
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3.
When enchanted creature dies, create a 3/3 green Elephant creature token.
Nature's strength outlives the strong.
illus. Tomasz Jedruszek # 205/70
Elvish Aberration
: Add .
Forestcycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a Forest card, reveal it, and put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.)
illus. Matt Cavotta # 206/70
Empyrial Armor
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each card in your hand.
"An angel appeared in the smoldering skies above the fray, her clothes as flames, her armor as fire."—"Hymn of Angelfire"
illus. D. Alexander Gregory # 25/70
Ephemeron
Flying
Discard a card: Return Ephemeron to its owner's hand.
From nothing came teeth.
illus. Keith Parkinson # 66/70
Erhnam Djinn
At the beginning of your upkeep, target non-Wall creature an opponent controls gains forestwalk until your next upkeep. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)
He provides a safe path to nowhere.
illus. Greg Staples # 207/70
Eternal Dragon
Flying
: Return Eternal Dragon from your graveyard to your hand. Activate this ability only during your upkeep.
Plainscycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a Plains card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.)
illus. Adam Rex # 26/70
Eureka
Starting with you, each player may put a permanent card from their hand onto the battlefield. Repeat this process until no one puts a card onto the battlefield.
illus. Ryan Pancoast # 208/70
Exile
Exile target nonwhite attacking creature. You gain life equal to its toughness.
illus. Sam Wolfe Connelly # 27/70
Expunge
Destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
illus. Christopher Moeller # 118/70
Fact or Fiction
Reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.
"Try to pretend like you understand what's important."
illus. Matt Cavotta # 67/70
Fallen Askari
Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.)
Fallen Askari can't block.
In troubled times, there are few greater sorrows than a wayward savior.
illus. Adrian Smith # 119/70
Falter
Creatures without flying can't block this turn.
Like a sleeping dragon, Shiv stirs and groans at times.
illus. Mike Raabe # 158/70
Famine
Famine deals 3 damage to each creature and each player.
"Better to starve to death than be bored to death."—Liliana Vess
illus. Karla Ortiz # 120/70
Fastbond
You may play any number of lands on each of your turns.
Whenever you play a land, if it wasn't the first land you played this turn, Fastbond deals 1 damage to you.
illus. Nils Hamm # 209/70
Fireblast
You may sacrifice two Mountains rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Fireblast deals 4 damage to any target.
Embermages aren't well known for their diplomatic skills.
illus. Mike Bierek # 159/70
Fires of Yavimaya
Creatures you control have haste.
Sacrifice Fires of Yavimaya: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
Yavimaya lights the quickest path to battle.
illus. Izzy # 252/70
Flametongue Kavu
When Flametongue Kavu enters the battlefield, it deals 4 damage to target creature.
"For dim-witted, thick-skulled genetic mutants, they have pretty good aim."—Sisay, captain of the Weatherlight
illus. Slawomir Maniak # 160/70
Fledgling Djinn
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, Fledgling Djinn deals 1 damage to you.
"The young can be quite dangerous. Trust me, I should know."—Ertai, wizard adept
illus. Thomas Gianni # 121/70
Flood Plain
Flood Plain enters the battlefield tapped.
, Sacrifice Flood Plain: Search your library for a Plains or Island card and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.
illus. Pat Lewis # 296/70
Flowstone Hellion
Haste
: Flowstone Hellion gets +1/-1 until end of turn.
Volrath leaves no stone untrained.
illus. Daren Bader # 161/70
Flowstone Sculpture
, Discard a card: Put a +1/+1 counter on Flowstone Sculpture or Flowstone Sculpture gains flying, first strike, or trample. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
The sculptor, weary of his work, created art that would finish itself.
illus. Hannibal King # 268/70
Flusterstorm
Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays .
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
illus. Erica Yang # 68/70
Force of Will
You may pay 1 life and exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.
illus. Matt Stewart # 69/70
Forgotten Cave
Forgotten Cave enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
illus. Noah Bradley # 297/70
Frantic Search
Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.
Motivation was high in the academy once students realized flunking their exams could kill them.
illus. Jeff Miracola # 70/70
Future Sight
Play with the top card of your library revealed.
You may play the top card of your library.
illus. Dan Scott # 71/70
Fyndhorn Elves
: Add .
"We could no more abandon the forest than the stars could abandon the night sky."
illus. Igor Kieryluk # 210/70
Gaea's Embrace
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has trample.
: Regenerate enchanted creature.
The forest rose to the battle, not to save the people, but to save itself.
illus. Parente # 211/70
Gamble
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, discard a card at random, then shuffle your library.
When you've got nothing, you might as well trade it for something else.
illus. Andrew Goldhawk # 162/70
Genesis
At the beginning of your upkeep, if Genesis is in your graveyard, you may pay . If you do, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
"First through the Riftstone was Genesis—and the world was lifeless no more."—Scroll of Beginnings
illus. Mark Zug # 212/70
Gerrard's Battle Cry
: Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
Gerrard grinned and drew his sword. "This won't be a fair fight," he called to his crew. "They should have brought a second ship!"
illus. Val Mayerik # 28/70
Giant Mantis
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
"I hate insects of every sort. The only mercy is that they are generally small."—Mwani, Mtenda goatherd
illus. Randy Gallegos # 213/70
Giant Strength
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2.
"Crovax seems filled only with shadows," thought Orim. "Where does his strength come from?"
illus. Pete Venters # 163/70
Gigapede
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, if Gigapede is in your graveyard, you may discard a card. If you do, return Gigapede to your hand.
illus. Glen Angus # 214/70
Gilded Light
You gain shroud until end of turn. (You can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
"Whoever survives the first blow lives to land the second."
illus. John Avon # 29/70
Goblin Commando
When Goblin Commando enters the battlefield, it deals 2 damage to target creature.
With a commando around, somebody's gonna get hurt.
illus. Todd Lockwood # 164/70
Goblin General
Whenever Goblin General attacks, Goblin creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
Lead, follow, or run around like crazy.
illus. Keith Parkinson # 165/70
Goblin Goon
Goblin Goon can't attack unless you control more creatures than defending player.
Goblin Goon can't block unless you control more creatures than attacking player.
Giant-sized body. Goblin-sized brain.
illus. Greg Staples # 166/70
Goblin Lackey
Whenever Goblin Lackey deals damage to a player, you may put a Goblin permanent card from your hand onto the battlefield.
At the first sign of enemy scouts, Jula grinned and strapped on his diplomacy helmet.
illus. Christopher Moeller # 167/70
Goblin Matron
When Goblin Matron enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a Goblin card, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. If you do, shuffle your library.
illus. Dan Frazier # 168/70
Goblin Patrol
Echo (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
"Take the sharp metal stick and make a lotta holes."—Jula, goblin raider
illus. Greg Staples # 169/70
Goblin Piledriver
Protection from blue (This creature can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything blue.)
Whenever Goblin Piledriver attacks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn for each other attacking Goblin.
illus. Dave Kendall # 170/70
Goblin Ringleader
Haste
When Goblin Ringleader enters the battlefield, reveal the top four cards of your library. Put all Goblin cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
illus. Gabor Szikszai # 171/70
Goblin Settler
When Goblin Settler enters the battlefield, destroy target land.
Be it ever so crumbled, there's no place like home.
illus. Carl Critchlow # 172/70
Goblin Trenches
, Sacrifice a land: Create two 1/1 red and white Goblin Soldier creature tokens.
The ground rose and formed into thousands of tiny warriors. This fight was far from over.
illus. Wayne England # 253/70
Goblin Warchief
Goblin spells you cast cost less to cast.
Goblins you control have haste.
They poured from the Skirk Ridge like lava, burning and devouring everything in their path.
illus. Greg & Tim Hildebrandt # 173/70
Grand Coliseum
Grand Coliseum enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
: Add one mana of any color. Grand Coliseum deals 1 damage to you.
illus. Carl Critchlow # 298/70
Grasslands
Grasslands enters the battlefield tapped.
, Sacrifice Grasslands: Search your library for a Forest or Plains card and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.
illus. John Avon # 299/70
Grenzo, Dungeon Warden
Grenzo, Dungeon Warden enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it.
: Put the bottom card of your library into your graveyard. If it's a creature card with power less than or equal to Grenzo's power, put it onto the battlefield.
illus. Lucas Graciano # 254/70
Grizzly Fate
Create two 2/2 green Bear creature tokens.
Threshold — Create four 2/2 green Bear creature tokens instead if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.
Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
illus. Dave Dorman # 215/70
Gush
You may return two Islands you control to their owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Draw two cards.
Don't trust your secrets to the sea.
illus. Kev Walker # 72/70
Gustcloak Harrier
Flying
Whenever Gustcloak Harrier becomes blocked, you may untap it and remove it from combat.
Banking steeply, the aven streaked toward the ground—and vanished.
illus. Dan Frazier # 30/70
Hermit Druid
, : Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a basic land card. Put that card into your hand and all other cards revealed this way into your graveyard.
Seeking the company of plants ensures that your wits will go to seed.
illus. Heather Hudson # 216/70
High Tide
Until end of turn, whenever a player taps an Island for mana, that player adds an additional .
"There's nothing like the high seas to clear your head or escape pursuers."
illus. Eric Deschamps # 73/70
Hulking Goblin
Hulking Goblin can't block.
The bigger they are, the harder they avoid work.
illus. Pete Venters # 174/70
Hymn to Tourach
Target player discards two cards at random.
The priests plead for your anguish and pray for your despair.
illus. Greg Staples # 122/70
Ichorid
Haste
At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice Ichorid.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if Ichorid is in your graveyard, you may exile a black creature card other than Ichorid from your graveyard. If you do, return Ichorid to the battlefield.
illus. rk post # 123/70
Ivory Tower
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain X life, where X is the number of cards in your hand minus 4.
Valuing scholarship above all else, the inhabitants of the Ivory Tower reward those who sacrifice power for knowledge.
illus. Jason Chan # 269/70
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
+2: Look at the top card of target player's library. You may put that card on the bottom of that player's library.
0: Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
−1: Return target creature to its owner's hand.
−12: Exile all cards from target player's library, then that player shuffles their hand into their library.
illus. Jason Chan # 74/70
Jareth, Leonine Titan
Whenever Jareth, Leonine Titan blocks, it gets +7/+7 until end of turn.
: Jareth gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Light's champion in the stronghold of darkness.
illus. Daren Bader # 31/70
Jungle Wurm
Whenever Jungle Wurm becomes blocked, it gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.
Broad as a baobab—and about as smart.
illus. Tom Kyffin # 217/70
Kaervek's Torch
As long as Kaervek's Torch is on the stack, spells that target it cost more to cast.
Kaervek's Torch deals X damage to any target.
The pulsing heat of the midday Sun burns in the Lion's eye.—Stone inscription, source unknown
illus. John Coulthart # 175/70
Karmic Guide
Flying, protection from black
Echo (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
When Karmic Guide enters the battlefield, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
illus. Allen Williams # 32/70
Karn, Silver Golem
Whenever Karn, Silver Golem blocks or becomes blocked, it gets -4/+4 until end of turn.
: Target noncreature artifact becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its converted mana cost until end of turn.
illus. Mark Zug # 270/70
Keeneye Aven
Flying
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
"I have no need of a map. The continent itself guides my way."
illus. Greg Hildebrandt # 75/70
Keldon Necropolis
: Add .
, , Sacrifice a creature: Keldon Necropolis deals 2 damage to any target.
illus. Franz Vohwinkel # 300/70
Kezzerdrix
First strike
At the beginning of your upkeep, if your opponents control no creatures, Kezzerdrix deals 4 damage to you.
illus. Matthew D. Wilson # 124/70
Killer Whale
: Killer Whale gains flying until end of turn.
Hunger is like the sea: deep, endless, and unforgiving.
illus. Stephen Daniele # 76/70
Kindle
Kindle deals X damage to any target, where X is 2 plus the number of cards named Kindle in all graveyards.
Hope of deliverance is scorched by the fire of futility.
illus. Donato Giancola # 176/70
Kjeldoran Outpost
If Kjeldoran Outpost would enter the battlefield, sacrifice a Plains instead. If you do, put Kjeldoran Outpost onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard.
: Add .
, : Create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.
illus. Noah Bradley # 301/70
Kongming, "Sleeping Dragon"
Other creatures you control get +1/+1.
"Such a lord as this—all virtues' height—Had never been, nor ever was again."
illus. Gao Yan # 33/70
Krosan Tusker
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle Krosan Tusker, you may search your library for a basic land card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library. (Do this before you draw.)
illus. Kev Walker # 218/70
Krosan Vorine
Provoke (Whenever this creature attacks, you may have target creature defending player controls untap and block it if able.)
Krosan Vorine can't be blocked by more than one creature.
illus. Carl Critchlow # 219/70
Krovikan Sorcerer
, Discard a nonblack card: Draw a card.
, Discard a black card: Draw two cards, then discard one of them.
"These sorcerers always seem to have another surprise up their sleeves."—Zur the Enchanter
illus. Igor Kieryluk # 77/70
Lake of the Dead
If Lake of the Dead would enter the battlefield, sacrifice a Swamp instead. If you do, put Lake of the Dead onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard.
: Add .
, Sacrifice a Swamp: Add .
illus. Eytan Zana # 302/70
Laquatus's Champion
When Laquatus's Champion enters the battlefield, target player loses 6 life.
When Laquatus's Champion leaves the battlefield, that player gains 6 life.
: Regenerate Laquatus's Champion.
Chainer's dark gift to a darker soul.
illus. Greg Staples # 125/70
Library of Alexandria
: Add .
: Draw a card. Activate this ability only if you have exactly seven cards in hand.
illus. Drew Baker # 303/70
Lightning Dragon
Flying
Echo (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
: Lightning Dragon gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
illus. Ron Spencer # 177/70
Lightning Rift
Whenever a player cycles a card, you may pay . If you do, Lightning Rift deals 2 damage to any target.
Options will cost you, but a lack of them will cost you even more.
illus. Eric Peterson # 178/70
Lion's Eye Diamond
Discard your hand, Sacrifice Lion's Eye Diamond: Add three mana of any one color. Activate this ability only any time you could cast an instant.
Held in the lion's eye—Zhalfirin saying meaning "caught in the moment of crisis"
illus. Lindsey Look # 271/70
Living Death
Each player exiles all creature cards from their graveyard, then sacrifices all creatures they control, then puts all cards they exiled this way onto the battlefield.
illus. Mark Winters # 126/70
Lonely Sandbar
Lonely Sandbar enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
illus. Heather Hudson # 304/70
Lurking Evil
Pay half your life, rounded up: Lurking Evil becomes a 4/4 Horror creature with flying.
"Ash is our air, darkness our flesh."—Phyrexian Scriptures
illus. Scott Kirschner # 127/70
Magister of Worth
Flying
Will of the council — When Magister of Worth enters the battlefield, starting with you, each player votes for grace or condemnation. If grace gets more votes, each player returns each creature card from their graveyard to the battlefield. If condemnation gets more votes or the vote is tied, destroy all creatures other than Magister of Worth.
illus. John Stanko # 255/70
Mana Crypt
At the beginning of your upkeep, flip a coin. If you lose the flip, Mana Crypt deals 3 damage to you.
: Add .
illus. Matt Stewart # 272/70
Mana Drain
Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of equal to that spell's converted mana cost.
illus. Mike Bierek # 78/70
Mana Prism
: Add .
, : Add one mana of any color.
illus. Margaret Organ-Kean # 273/70
Mana Vault
Mana Vault doesn't untap during your untap step.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay . If you do, untap Mana Vault.
At the beginning of your draw step, if Mana Vault is tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.
: Add .
illus. Christine Choi # 274/70
Man-o'-War
When Man-o'-War enters the battlefield, return target creature to its owner's hand.
"Beauty to the eye does not always translate to the touch."—Naimah, Femeref philosopher
illus. Jon J Muth # 79/70
Marchesa, the Black Rose
Dethrone (Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Other creatures you control have dethrone.
Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it dies, return that card to the battlefield under your control at the beginning of the next end step.
illus. Matt Stewart # 256/70
Masticore
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Masticore unless you discard a card.
: Masticore deals 1 damage to target creature.
: Regenerate Masticore.
illus. Steven Belledin # 275/70
Memory Jar
, Sacrifice Memory Jar: Each player exiles all cards from their hand face down and draws seven cards. At the beginning of the next end step, each player discards their hand and returns to their hand each card they exiled this way.
illus. Donato Giancola # 276/70
Mesmeric Fiend
When Mesmeric Fiend enters the battlefield, target opponent reveals their hand and you choose a nonland card from it. Exile that card.
When Mesmeric Fiend leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to its owner's hand.
illus. Dana Knutson # 128/70
Mind's Desire
Shuffle your library. Then exile the top card of your library. Until end of turn, you may play that card without paying its mana cost. (If it has X in its mana cost, X is 0.)
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn.)
illus. Anthony Francisco # 80/70
Mishra's Workshop
: Add . Spend this mana only to cast artifact spells.
Though he eventually came to despise Tocasia, Mishra listened well to her lessons on clarity of purpose. Unlike his brother, he focused his mind on a single goal.
illus. Sam Burley # 305/70
Mistmoon Griffin
Flying
When Mistmoon Griffin dies, exile Mistmoon Griffin, then return the top creature card of your graveyard to the battlefield.
illus. David A. Cherry # 34/70
Morphling
: Untap Morphling.
: Morphling gains flying until end of turn.
: Morphling gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
: Morphling gets +1/-1 until end of turn.
: Morphling gets -1/+1 until end of turn.
illus. rk post # 81/70
Mountain Valley
Mountain Valley enters the battlefield tapped.
, Sacrifice Mountain Valley: Search your library for a Mountain or Forest card and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.
illus. Kari Johnson # 306/70
Mox Emerald
: Add .
illus. Volkan Baga # 5/70
Mox Sapphire
: Add .
illus. Volkan Baga # 9/70
Muzzio, Visionary Architect
, : Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the highest converted mana cost among artifacts you control. You may reveal an artifact card from among them and put it onto the battlefield. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
illus. Volkan Baga # 82/70
Mystic Zealot
Threshold — As long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard, Mystic Zealot gets +1/+1 and has flying.
Nomad youths aspire to one of two roles in the tribe: priest or warrior. Their secret dream is to become both.
illus. Parente # 35/70
Nature's Lore
Search your library for a Forest card and put that card onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.
Nature's secrets can be read on every tree, every branch, every leaf.
illus. Terese Nielsen # 220/70
Nature's Ruin
Destroy all green creatures.
One chill blast—the exhalation of the grave.
illus. Mike Dringenberg # 129/70
Necropotence
Skip your draw step.
Whenever you discard a card, exile that card from your graveyard.
Pay 1 life: Exile the top card of your library face down. Put that card into your hand at the beginning of your next end step.
illus. Dave Kendall # 130/70
Nevinyrral's Disk
Nevinyrral's Disk enters the battlefield tapped.
, : Destroy all artifacts, creatures, and enchantments.
illus. Steve Argyle # 277/70
Nightscape Familiar
Blue spells and red spells you cast cost less to cast.
: Regenerate Nightscape Familiar.
Nightscape masters don't stop at raising the spirit of a fallen battlemage. They raise the flesh along with it.
illus. Jeff Easley # 131/70
Noble Templar
Vigilance
Plainscycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a Plains card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.)
illus. Alex Horley-Orlandelli # 36/70
Norwood Priestess
: You may put a green creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. Activate this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
illus. Melissa A. Benson # 221/70
Nostalgic Dreams
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard X cards.
Return X target cards from your graveyard to your hand. Exile Nostalgic Dreams.
Seton dreams of life renewed.
illus. Darrell Riche # 222/70
Null Rod
Activated abilities of artifacts can't be activated.
Gerrard: "But it doesn't do anything!"Hanna: "No—it does nothing."
illus. Anson Maddocks # 278/70
Oath of Druids
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player chooses target player who controls more creatures than they do and is their opponent. The first player may reveal cards from the top of their library until they reveal a creature card. If the first player does, that player puts that card onto the battlefield and all other cards revealed this way into their graveyard.
illus. Daren Bader # 223/70
Obsessive Search
Draw a card.
Madness (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
The question strained his sanity. The answer snapped it in half.
illus. Jim Nelson # 83/70
Ophidian
Whenever Ophidian attacks and isn't blocked, you may draw a card. If you do, Ophidian assigns no combat damage this turn.
illus. Cliff Nielsen # 84/70
Orcish Lumberjack
, Sacrifice a Forest: Add three mana in any combination of and/or .
"Wood is wasted in the dirt."―Orcish proverb
illus. Steve Prescott # 179/70
Owl Familiar
Flying
When Owl Familiar enters the battlefield, draw a card, then discard a card.
illus. Janine Johnston # 85/70
Palinchron
Flying
When Palinchron enters the battlefield, untap up to seven lands.
: Return Palinchron to its owner's hand.
illus. Matthew D. Wilson # 86/70
Parallax Wave
Fading 5 (This enchantment enters the battlefield with five fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)
Remove a fade counter from Parallax Wave: Exile target creature.
When Parallax Wave leaves the battlefield, each player returns to the battlefield all cards they own exiled with Parallax Wave.
illus. Greg Staples # 37/70
Paralyze
Enchant creature
When Paralyze enters the battlefield, tap enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player may pay . If the player does, untap the creature.
illus. Ron Spencer # 132/70
Penumbra Wurm
Trample
When Penumbra Wurm dies, create a 6/6 black Wurm creature token with trample.
illus. Daarken # 224/70
Phantom Nomad
Phantom Nomad enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it.
If damage would be dealt to Phantom Nomad, prevent that damage. Remove a +1/+1 counter from Phantom Nomad.
illus. Jim Nelson # 38/70
Phyrexian Defiler
, Sacrifice Phyrexian Defiler: Target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn.
"The third stage of the illness: muscle aches and persistent cough."—Phyrexian progress notes
illus. DiTerlizzi # 133/70
Pianna, Nomad Captain
Whenever Pianna, Nomad Captain attacks, attacking creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn.
Some find inspiration in their swords. Others find it in their leaders.
illus. D. Alexander Gregory # 39/70
Pillaging Horde
When Pillaging Horde enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you discard a card at random.
illus. Kev Walker # 180/70
Pine Barrens
Pine Barrens enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
: Add or . Pine Barrens deals 1 damage to you.
illus. Rebecca Guay # 307/70
Plea for Power
Will of the council — Starting with you, each player votes for time or knowledge. If time gets more votes, take an extra turn after this one. If knowledge gets more votes or the vote is tied, draw three cards.
illus. John Severin Brassell # 87/70
Power Sink
Counter target spell unless its controller pays . If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.
illus. Andrew Robinson # 88/70
Predator, Flagship
: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
, : Destroy target creature with flying.
"The scourge of Skyshroud is airborne once more."—Oracle en-Vec
illus. Mark Tedin # 279/70
Predatory Nightstalker
When Predatory Nightstalker enters the battlefield, you may have target opponent sacrifice a creature.
illus. D. Alexander Gregory # 134/70
Prophetic Bolt
Prophetic Bolt deals 4 damage to any target. Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
illus. Slawomir Maniak # 257/70
Provoke
Untap target creature you don't control. That creature blocks this turn if able.
Draw a card.
Mirri did not have time to think, only to react.
illus. Terese Nielsen # 225/70
Psychatog
Discard a card: Psychatog gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Exile two cards from your graveyard: Psychatog gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
illus. Izzy # 258/70
Putrid Imp
Discard a card: Putrid Imp gains flying until end of turn.
Threshold — As long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard, Putrid Imp gets +1/+1 and can't block.
illus. Wayne England # 135/70
Radiant, Archangel
Flying, vigilance
Radiant, Archangel gets +1/+1 for each other creature with flying on the battlefield.
illus. Michael Sutfin # 40/70
Radiant's Judgment
Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
illus. Greg Staples # 41/70
Realm Seekers
Realm Seekers enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the total number of cards in all players' hands.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Realm Seekers: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.
illus. Mike Sass # 226/70
Reanimate
Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to its converted mana cost.
"You will learn to earn death."—Volrath
illus. Robert Bliss # 136/70
Reckless Charge
Target creature gets +3/+0 and gains haste until end of turn.
Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
illus. Scott M. Fischer # 181/70
Recurring Nightmare
Sacrifice a creature, Return Recurring Nightmare to its owner's hand: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.
"I am confined by sleep and defined by nightmare."—Crovax
illus. Jeff Laubenstein # 137/70
Regrowth
Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
illus. Dan Scott # 227/70
Reign of the Pit
Each player sacrifices a creature. Create an X/X black Demon creature token with flying, where X is the total power of the creatures sacrificed this way.
illus. Evan Shipard # 138/70
Renewed Faith
You gain 6 life.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle Renewed Faith, you may gain 2 life.
illus. Dave Dorman # 42/70
Repel
Put target creature on top of its owner's library.
"I have a hunch we'll be seeing that one again soon."—Ambassador Laquatus
illus. Terese Nielsen # 89/70
Rescind
Return target permanent to its owner's hand.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
illus. Adam Rex # 90/70
Reviving Vapors
Reveal the top three cards of your library and put one of them into your hand. You gain life equal to that card's converted mana cost. Put all other cards revealed this way into your graveyard.
illus. Pete Venters # 259/70
Ring of Gix
Echo (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
, : Tap target artifact, creature, or land.
Not every cage is made of bars.
illus. Mark Tedin # 280/70
Rites of Initiation
Discard any number of cards at random. Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn for each card discarded this way.
illus. Bradley Williams # 182/70
Roar of the Wurm
Create a 6/6 green Wurm creature token.
Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
illus. Kev Walker # 228/70
Rocky Tar Pit
Rocky Tar Pit enters the battlefield tapped.
, Sacrifice Rocky Tar Pit: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.
illus. Jeff Miracola # 309/70
Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
: Add for each Forest you control.
illus. Michael Sutfin # 229/70
Rorix Bladewing
Flying, haste
In the smoldering ashes of Shiv, a few dragons strive to rebuild their native land. The rest seek any opportunity to restore the broken pride of their race.
illus. Darrell Riche # 183/70
Salt Flats
Salt Flats enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
: Add or . Salt Flats deals 1 damage to you.
illus. Scott Kirschner # 310/70
Saproling Burst
Fading 7 (This enchantment enters the battlefield with seven fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)
Remove a fade counter from Saproling Burst: Create a green Saproling creature token. It has "This creature's power and toughness are each equal to the number of fade counters on Saproling Burst."
When Saproling Burst leaves the battlefield, destroy all tokens created with Saproling Burst. They can't be regenerated.
illus. Carl Critchlow # 230/70
Sarcomancy
When Sarcomancy enters the battlefield, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are no Zombies on the battlefield, Sarcomancy deals 1 damage to you.
illus. Daren Bader # 139/70
Scabland
Scabland enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
: Add or . Scabland deals 1 damage to you.
illus. Andrew Robinson # 312/70
Scourge of the Throne
Flying
Dethrone (Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Whenever Scourge of the Throne attacks for the first time each turn, if it's attacking the player with the most life or tied for most life, untap all attacking creatures. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.
illus. Michael Komarck # 184/70
Scrivener
When Scrivener enters the battlefield, you may return target instant card from your graveyard to your hand.
A good memory is no match for a good scribe.
illus. Kev Walker # 91/70
Sea Drake
Flying
When Sea Drake enters the battlefield, return two target lands you control to their owner's hand.
illus. Rebecca Guay # 92/70
Seal of Cleansing
Sacrifice Seal of Cleansing: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
"I am the purifier, the light that clears all shadows."—Seal inscription
illus. Christopher Moeller # 43/70
Secluded Steppe
Secluded Steppe enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
illus. Heather Hudson # 314/70
Selvala, Explorer Returned
Parley — : Each player reveals the top card of their library. For each nonland card revealed this way, add and you gain 1 life. Then each player draws a card.
"The Lowlands refuse to suffer at the whims of the High City."
illus. Tyler Jacobson # 260/70
Serendib Efreet
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, Serendib Efreet deals 1 damage to you.
Summoners of efreeti remember only the power of command, never the sting of regret.
illus. Matt Stewart # 93/70
Shelter
Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Draw a card.
Good strategists seize opportunities. Great strategists make their own.
illus. Christopher Moeller # 44/70
Shivan Wurm
Trample
When Shivan Wurm enters the battlefield, return a red or green creature you control to its owner's hand.
illus. Scott M. Fischer # 261/70
Sidar Jabari
Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.)
Whenever Sidar Jabari attacks, tap target creature defending player controls.
"Prophecy is whatever one makes of it, but destiny cannot be changed."—Sidar Jabari
illus. Gerry Grace # 45/70
Silvos, Rogue Elemental
Trample
: Regenerate Silvos, Rogue Elemental.
He was born of the Mirari, thrust out of his homeland before he was even aware. Left without purpose or meaning, he found both in the pits.
illus. Carl Critchlow # 231/70
Simian Grunts
Flash
Echo (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
These monkeys mean business.
illus. Pete Venters # 232/70
Skirge Familiar
Flying
Discard a card: Add .
The first Yawgmoth priest to harness their power was rewarded with several unique mutilations.
illus. Ron Spencer # 140/70
Skirk Drill Sergeant
Whenever Skirk Drill Sergeant or another Goblin dies, you may pay . If you do, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a Goblin permanent card, put it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, put it into your graveyard.
"I order you to volunteer."
illus. Alex Horley-Orlandelli # 185/70
Skirk Prospector
Sacrifice a Goblin: Add .
"I like goblins. They make funny little popping sounds when they die."—Braids, dementia summoner
illus. Doug Chaffee # 186/70
Skullclamp
Equipped creature gets +1/-1.
Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards.
Equip
illus. Daniel Ljunggren # 281/70
Skyshroud Forest
Skyshroud Forest enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
: Add or . Skyshroud Forest deals 1 damage to you.
illus. Roger Raupp # 315/70
Skywing Aven
Flying
Discard a card: Return Skywing Aven to its owner's hand.
"I am as the wind that bears me: harsh yet gentle, fleeting yet ever-present. Together we fly beyond imagination."
illus. Matt Cavotta # 94/70
Smokestack
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a soot counter on Smokestack.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a permanent for each soot counter on Smokestack.
illus. Daniel Ljunggren # 282/70
Sol Ring
: Add .
Lost to time is the artificer's art of trapping light from a distant star in a ring of purest gold.
illus. Mike Bierek # 283/70
Solar Blast
Solar Blast deals 3 damage to any target.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle Solar Blast, you may have it deal 1 damage to any target.
illus. Greg Staples # 187/70
Soltari Emissary
: Soltari Emissary gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Alone at the portal, Ertai began his meditation. He realized immediately that he was not alone.
illus. Adam Rex # 46/70
Soltari Trooper
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Whenever Soltari Trooper attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
"Dauthi blood is soltari wine."—Soltari Tales of Life
illus. Kev Walker # 47/70
Spark Spray
Spark Spray deals 1 damage to any target.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
It's the only kind of shower goblins will tolerate.
illus. Pete Venters # 188/70
Sphere of Resistance
Spells cost more to cast.
A sphere pushes equally in all directions.
illus. Doug Chaffee # 284/70
Spinal Graft
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3.
When enchanted creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, destroy that creature. It can't be regenerated.
"This one has not screamed enough to show effective implantation. Kill it."—Volrath
illus. Ron Spencer # 141/70
Spirit Cairn
Whenever a player discards a card, you may pay . If you do, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
It marks the border between here and hereafter.
illus. Gary Ruddell # 48/70
Spirit Mirror
At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are no Reflection tokens on the battlefield, create a 2/2 white Reflection creature token.
: Destroy target Reflection.
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Spiritmonger
Whenever Spiritmonger deals damage to a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on Spiritmonger.
: Regenerate Spiritmonger.
: Spiritmonger becomes the color of your choice until end of turn.
illus. Kev Walker # 262/70
Starstorm
Starstorm deals X damage to each creature.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Ever since the disaster, the city's survivors viewed the star-strewn sky with dread.
illus. Jonas De Ro # 189/70
Stoic Champion
Whenever a player cycles a card, Stoic Champion gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
His outer calm belies his inner fury.
illus. Greg Hildebrandt # 50/70
Strip Mine
: Add .
, Sacrifice Strip Mine: Destroy target land.
Unlike previous conflicts, the war between Urza and Mishra made Dominaria itself a casualty of war.
illus. John Avon # 316/70
Stroke of Genius
Target player draws X cards.
After a hundred failed experiments, Urza was stunned to find that common silver passed through the portal undamaged. He immediately designed a golem made of the metal.
illus. Stephen Daniele # 95/70
Su-Chi
When Su-Chi dies, add .
Flawed copies of relics from the Thran Empire, the su-chi were inherently unstable but provided useful knowledge for Tocasia's students.
illus. Robbie Trevino # 285/70
Sudden Strength
Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
Draw a card.
The Mirari's magic transformed the Krosan Forest—and its inhabitants.
illus. Alan Pollack # 233/70
Sulfuric Vortex
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, Sulfuric Vortex deals 2 damage to that player.
If a player would gain life, that player gains no life instead.
illus. Greg Staples # 190/70
Survival of the Fittest
, Discard a creature card: Search your library for a creature card, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
illus. Shelly Wan # 234/70
Swords to Plowshares
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
The smallest seed of regret can bloom into redemption.
illus. Terese Nielsen # 51/70
Sylvan Library
At the beginning of your draw step, you may draw two additional cards. If you do, choose two cards in your hand drawn this turn. For each of those cards, pay 4 life or put the card on top of your library.
illus. Yeong-Hao Han # 235/70
Symbiotic Wurm
When Symbiotic Wurm dies, create seven 1/1 green Insect creature tokens.
The insects keep the wurm's hide free from parasites. In return, the wurm doesn't eat the insects.
illus. Matt Cavotta # 236/70
Tangle
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
Each attacking creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Gaea battles rampant death with abundant life.
illus. John Avon # 237/70
Temporal Fissure
Return target permanent to its owner's hand.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
illus. Seb McKinnon # 96/70
Tendrils of Agony
Target player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
illus. Volkan Baga # 142/70
Teroh's Faithful
When Teroh's Faithful enters the battlefield, you gain 4 life.
The light of reason follows them even into battle.
illus. Tim Hildebrandt # 52/70
Thalakos Drifters
Discard a card: Thalakos Drifters gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
They drift in and out of shadow and ever on toward madness.
illus. Andrew Robinson # 97/70
Thawing Glaciers
Thawing Glaciers enters the battlefield tapped.
, : Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library. Return Thawing Glaciers to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next cleanup step.
illus. Jim Nelson # 318/70
Thopter Squadron
Flying
Thopter Squadron enters the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on it.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Thopter Squadron: Create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.
, Sacrifice another Thopter: Put a +1/+1 counter on Thopter Squadron. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.
illus. Doug Chaffee # 286/70
Time Vault
Time Vault enters the battlefield tapped.
Time Vault doesn't untap during your untap step.
If you would begin your turn while Time Vault is tapped, you may skip that turn instead. If you do, untap Time Vault.
: Take an extra turn after this one.
illus. Yeong-Hao Han # 287/70
Timetwister
Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards. (Then put Timetwister into its owner's graveyard.)
illus. Matt Stewart # 3/70
Tolarian Academy
: Add for each artifact you control.
The academy worked with time—until time ran out.
illus. Stephen Daniele # 319/70
Tradewind Rider
Flying
, Tap two untapped creatures you control: Return target permanent to its owner's hand.
It is said that the wind will blow the world past if you wait long enough.
illus. John Matson # 98/70
Tranquil Thicket
Tranquil Thicket enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
illus. Heather Hudson # 320/70
Triangle of War
, Sacrifice Triangle of War: Target creature you control fights target creature an opponent controls. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
The Zhalfirin war triangle represents a trinity of might, faith, and guile.
illus. Ian Miller # 288/70
Tribute to the Wild
Each opponent sacrifices an artifact or enchantment.
"You may enter, but leave those lifeless things of your world behind."—Modruni, maro-sorcerer
illus. Hideaki Takamura # 238/70
Tropical Island
(: Add or .)
illus. Franz Vohwinkel # 321/70
Turnabout
Choose artifact, creature, or land. Tap all untapped permanents of the chosen type target player controls, or untap all tapped permanents of that type that player controls.
illus. Steve Prescott # 99/70
Tyrant's Choice
Will of the council — Starting with you, each player votes for death or torture. If death gets more votes, each opponent sacrifices a creature. If torture gets more votes or the vote is tied, each opponent loses 4 life.
illus. Daarken # 143/70
Underground Sea
(: Add or .)
illus. Cliff Childs # 323/70
Upheaval
Return all permanents to their owners' hands.
The calm comes after the storm.
illus. Kev Walker # 100/70
Urborg Uprising
Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.
Draw a card.
In Urborg, few things are less permanent than death.
illus. Adam Rex # 144/70
Vampiric Tutor
Search your library for a card, then shuffle your library and put that card on top of it. You lose 2 life.
"I write upon clean white parchment with a sharp quill and the blood of my students, divining their secrets."—Shauku, Endbringer
illus. Gary Leach # 145/70
Visara the Dreadful
Flying
: Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.
"My eyes are my strongest feature."
illus. Kev Walker # 146/70
Volcanic Island
(: Add or .)
illus. Noah Bradley # 324/70
Volrath's Shapeshifter
As long as the top card of your graveyard is a creature card, Volrath's Shapeshifter has the full text of that card and has the text ": Discard a card." (Volrath's Shapeshifter has that card's name, mana cost, color, types, abilities, power, and toughness.)
: Discard a card.
illus. Ron Spencer # 101/70
Wall of Diffusion
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Wall of Diffusion can block creatures with shadow as though Wall of Diffusion had shadow.
"The injury was being caught between this world and our own; the insult was to find walls within."—Lyna, soltari emissary
illus. DiTerlizzi # 191/70
Waterfront Bouncer
, , Discard a card: Return target creature to its owner's hand.
Closing time comes earlier to some than to others.
illus. Parente # 102/70
Wheel of Fortune
Each player discards their hand, then draws seven cards.
illus. John Matson # 192/70
Wild Mongrel
Discard a card: Wild Mongrel gets +1/+1 and becomes the color of your choice until end of turn.
It teaches you to play dead.
illus. Anthony S. Waters # 239/70
Winds of Rath
Destroy all creatures that aren't enchanted. They can't be regenerated.
"There shall be a vast shout and then a vaster silence."—Oracle en-Vec
illus. Drew Tucker # 53/70
Worldgorger Dragon
Flying, trample
When Worldgorger Dragon enters the battlefield, exile all other permanents you control.
When Worldgorger Dragon leaves the battlefield, return the exiled cards to the battlefield under their owners' control.
illus. Wayne England # 193/70
Yavimaya Elder
When Yavimaya Elder dies, you may search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal them, and put them into your hand. If you do, shuffle your library.
, Sacrifice Yavimaya Elder: Draw a card.
illus. Matt Cavotta # 240/70
Yavimaya Hollow
: Add .
, : Regenerate target creature.
For all its traps and defenses, Yavimaya has its havens, too.
illus. Douglas Shuler # 325/70
Yawgmoth's Bargain
Skip your draw step.
Pay 1 life: Draw a card.
He craves only one commodity.
illus. Michael Sutfin # 147/70
Yawgmoth's Will
Until end of turn, you may play cards from your graveyard.
If a card would be put into your graveyard from anywhere this turn, exile that card instead.
illus. Ron Spencer # 148/70
Zhalfirin Crusader
Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.)
: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to Zhalfirin Crusader this turn is dealt to any target instead.
"War is the crucible of leadership."—Rashida Scalebane
illus. Alan Rabinowitz # 54/70
