Amonkhet Spoilers 288/269
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Magma Spray
Magma Spray deals 2 damage to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.
"Ashes can't be embalmed."—Neheb, initiate of Ahn crop
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 141/269
Foul Orchard
Foul Orchard enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add or .
On Amonkhet, death is an ever-present part of life.
illus. Mark Poole # 279/269
Highland Lake
Highland Lake enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add or .
With the fate of Innistrad uncertain, some seek solace in remote areas.
illus. Florian de Gesincourt # 282/269
Dusk // Dawn
Destroy all creatures with power 3 or greater.
illus. Noah Bradley # 210/269
Oracle's Vault
, : Exile the top card of your library. Until end of turn, you may play that card. Put a brick counter on Oracle's Vault.
: Exile the top card of your library. Until end of turn, you may play that card without paying its mana cost. Activate this ability only if there are three or more brick counters on Oracle's Vault.
illus. Jonas De Ro # 234/269
Archfiend of Ifnir
Flying
Whenever you cycle or discard another card, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature your opponents control.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)illus. Seb McKinnon # 78/269
Glorybringer
Flying, haste
You may exert Glorybringer as it attacks. When you do, it deals 4 damage to target non-Dragon creature an opponent controls. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
What the initiates face in the final trial is completely at Hazoret's discretion.
illus. Sam Burley # 134/269
Impeccable Timing
Impeccable Timing deals 3 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
To a trained warrior, there is scarcely a more potent weapon than patience.
illus. Kev Walker # 18/269
Giant Spider
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
The Broken Lands are littered with the remnants of civilizations long dead and infested by terrors very much alive.
illus. Aaron Miller # 166/269
Mighty Leap
Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains flying until end of turn.
"I feel the presence of the God-Pharaoh in the Second Sun, and I rise upon its rays."
illus. Sidharth Chaturvedi # 20/269
Ancient Crab
The banks of the Luxa River attract all manner of predator but only the most resilient of prey.
illus. James Paick # 40/269
Cursed Minotaur
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
"Look! That is why we must never waver. That is what awaits us if we fail."—Djeru, initiate of Tah crop
illus. David Palumbo # 85/269
Dune Beetle
The scouring sands of Shefet polish its carapace, and the ranks of the cursed fill its belly.
illus. Grzegorz Rutkowski # 89/269
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.
Never flinch. Never falter. Never fear.
illus. Lucas Graciano # 132/269
Hyena Pack
With carrion a rarity in the Broken Lands, the hyenas that stalk the deserts hunt in packs.
illus. Winona Nelson # 139/269
Spidery Grasp
Untap target creature. It gets +2/+4 and gains reach until end of turn. (It can block creatures with flying.)
There are no safe paths through the Trial of Strength.
illus. Dan Scott # 188/269
Angler Drake
Flying
When Angler Drake enters the battlefield, you may return target creature to its owner's hand.
From the time they are hatchlings, river drakes are taught to pull the largest prey from the Luxa.
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 41/269
Sixth Sense
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card."
Instinct yields the truest insight.
illus. Zoltan Boros # 187/269
Gravedigger
When Gravedigger enters the battlefield, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
In Amonkhet's ever-shifting sands, nothing stays buried for long.
illus. Tony Foti # 93/269
Graceful Cat
Whenever Graceful Cat attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Though they are held in high regard as symbols of the god Oketra, cats often lack her sense of solidarity.
illus. John Stanko # 273/269
Tattered Mummy
When Tattered Mummy dies, each opponent loses 2 life.
The dead who wander beyond the safety of the city crave only to spread their curse.
illus. Slawomir Maniak # 278/269
Trueheart Duelist
Trueheart Duelist can block an additional creature each combat.
Embalm
( , Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Human Warrior with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)illus. Izzy # 35/269
Miasmic Mummy
When Miasmic Mummy enters the battlefield, each player discards a card.
Its breath doesn't assault the senses. It pollutes the mind.
illus. E. M. Gist # 100/269
Unwavering Initiate
Vigilance
Embalm
( , Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Human Warrior with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)illus. Greg Opalinski # 36/269
Aven Mindcensor
Flash
Flying
If an opponent would search a library, that player searches the top four cards of that library instead.
"The only question we need to ask is how best to fulfill the will of the God-Pharaoh."
illus. Eric Deschamps # 5/269
Renewed Faith
You gain 6 life.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)When you cycle Renewed Faith, you may gain 2 life.
"To see gods among the people, part of their daily lives . . . It's inspiring."
illus. Wesley Burt # 25/269
Prowling Serpopard
This spell can't be countered.
Creature spells you control can't be countered.
The viziers serving Rhonas, the god of strength, maintain the menagerie of animals employed during his trial.
illus. Tyler Jacobson # 180/269
Irrigated Farmland
(
: Add or .)Irrigated Farmland enters the battlefield tapped.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)illus. Jonas De Ro # 245/269
Scattered Groves
(
: Add or .)Scattered Groves enters the battlefield tapped.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)illus. Christine Choi # 247/269
Fetid Pools
(
: Add or .)Fetid Pools enters the battlefield tapped.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)illus. Jonas De Ro # 243/269
Canyon Slough
(
: Add or .)Canyon Slough enters the battlefield tapped.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)illus. Titus Lunter # 239/269
Sheltered Thicket
(
: Add or .)Sheltered Thicket enters the battlefield tapped.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)illus. Sung Choi # 248/269
Hazoret the Fervent
Indestructible, haste
Hazoret the Fervent can't attack or block unless you have one or fewer cards in hand.
, Discard a card: Hazoret deals 2 damage to each opponent.
illus. Chase Stone # 136/269
Anointer Priest
Whenever a creature token enters the battlefield under your control, you gain 1 life.
Embalm
( , Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Human Cleric with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)illus. Lake Hurwitz # 3/269
In Oketra's Name
Zombies you control get +2/+1 until end of turn. Other creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
"A single grain of sand is insignificant, but a sandstorm can reduce pyramids to dust. Stand with your crop. Become the storm."—Oketra, god of solidarity
illus. Nils Hamm # 19/269
Ahn-Crop Crasher
Haste
You may exert Ahn-Crop Crasher as it attacks. When you do, target creature can't block this turn. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
"Hesitation breeds dissension. To be worthy of the next life, you must never look back."—Anep, vizier of Hazoret
illus. Seb McKinnon # 117/269
Trial of Knowledge
When Trial of Knowledge enters the battlefield, draw three cards, then discard a card.
When a Cartouche enters the battlefield under your control, return Trial of Knowledge to its owner's hand.
illus. Viktor Titov # 73/269
Cartouche of Solidarity
Enchant creature you control
When Cartouche of Solidarity enters the battlefield, create a 1/1 white Warrior creature token with vigilance.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has first strike.
illus. Kieran Yanner # 7/269
Crocodile of the Crossing
Haste
When Crocodile of the Crossing enters the battlefield, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature you control.
"Everything in the trial has teeth. You will overcome them, or you will feed them."—Rhonas, god of strength
illus. Kev Walker # 162/269
Destined // Lead
Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains indestructible until end of turn.
illus. Magali Villeneuve # 217/269
Nest of Scarabs
Whenever you put one or more -1/-1 counters on a creature, create that many 1/1 black Insect creature tokens.
"They are small, but they always want more. Learn from them."—Bontu, god of ambition
illus. Jason A. Engle # 101/269
Flameblade Adept
Menace
Whenever you cycle or discard a card, Flameblade Adept gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
"Allow zealous flames to light your path and the glory you seek will be revealed."—Hazoret, god of zeal
illus. Tomasz Jedruszek # 131/269
Limits of Solidarity
Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)"When the time comes, only one of you will be honored by my spear."—Hazoret, god of zeal
illus. Craig J Spearing # 140/269
Djeru's Resolve
Untap target creature. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to it this turn.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)"When I wish to be strong, I train. When I wish to be wise, I study. When I wish to rest, I start again."
illus. Kieran Yanner # 11/269
Liliana, Death Wielder
+2: Put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature.
−3: Destroy target creature with a -1/-1 counter on it.
−10: Return all creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield.
illus. Clint Cearley # 275/269
Sacred Cat
Lifelink
Embalm
( , Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Cat with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)illus. Zezhou Chen # 27/269
Lay Bare the Heart
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonlegendary, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
"True intentions lie not in the head but in the heart."—Bontu, god of ambition
illus. Karl Kopinski # 96/269
Prepare // Fight
Untap target creature. It gets +2/+2 and gains lifelink until end of turn.
illus. Zack Stella # 220/269
Exemplar of Strength
When Exemplar of Strength enters the battlefield, put three -1/-1 counters on target creature you control.
Whenever Exemplar of Strength attacks, remove a -1/-1 counter from it. If you do, you gain 1 life.
"No one is born worthy."
illus. Sara Winters # 165/269
Oketra's Monument
White creature spells you cast cost
less to cast.Whenever you cast a creature spell, create a 1/1 white Warrior creature token with vigilance.
"The worthy shall respect the worthy. In the afterlife, all will stand united."—Monument inscription
illus. Christine Choi # 233/269
Splendid Agony
Distribute two -1/-1 counters among one or two target creatures.
"Wherever you are in the city, you can feel the presence of the God-Pharaoh. Take comfort in that."—Ukhat, vizier of initiation
illus. Clint Cearley # 109/269
Kefnet's Monument
Blue creature spells you cast cost
less to cast.Whenever you cast a creature spell, target creature an opponent controls doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
"The worthy shall cultivate a nimble mind to perceive the glorious wonders that await them."—Monument inscription
illus. Titus Lunter # 231/269
Bontu's Monument
Black creature spells you cast cost
less to cast.Whenever you cast a creature spell, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
"The worthy shall strive for greatness. Supremacy in life leads to supremacy in the afterlife."—Monument inscription
illus. Jonas De Ro # 225/269
Hazoret's Monument
Red creature spells you cast cost
less to cast.Whenever you cast a creature spell, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
"The worthy shall rush to the God-Pharaoh's side with relentless zeal, rising to overcome every obstacle."—Monument inscription
illus. Richard Wright # 229/269
Rhonas's Monument
Green creature spells you cast cost
less to cast.Whenever you cast a creature spell, target creature you control gets +2/+2 and gains trample until end of turn.
"The worthy shall hone a strong body to endure the boundless energies of the afterlife."—Monument inscription
illus. Cliff Childs # 236/269
Consuming Fervor
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has "At the beginning of your upkeep, put a -1/-1 counter on this creature."
Headlong is the only way to pass through the gate to the afterlife.
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 126/269
Temmet, Vizier of Naktamun
At the beginning of combat on your turn, target creature token you control gets +1/+1 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.
Embalm
( , Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Human Cleric with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)illus. Anna Steinbauer # 207/269
Channeler Initiate
When Channeler Initiate enters the battlefield, put three -1/-1 counters on target creature you control.
, Remove a -1/-1 counter from Channeler Initiate: Add one mana of any color.
illus. Yongjae Choi # 160/269
Onward // Victory
Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is its power.
illus. Grzegorz Rutkowski # 218/269
Tah-Crop Elite
Flying
You may exert Tah-Crop Elite as it attacks. When you do, creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
illus. Raoul Vitale # 31/269
Scribe of the Mindful
, , Sacrifice Scribe of the Mindful: Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
"The best answers solve more than one riddle."—Kefnet, god of knowledge
illus. Bastien L. Deharme # 68/269
Decision Paralysis
Tap up to two target creatures. Those creatures don't untap during their controller's next untap step.
"Eyes see only what is possible. A trained mind can explore the impossible."—Kefnet, god of knowledge
illus. Vincent Proce # 50/269
Essence Scatter
Counter target creature spell.
Dependence on luck is anathema to Kefnet's rigorous studies. Those who hope to escape his maze by chance never succeed.
illus. Josh Hass # 52/269
Drake Haven
Whenever you cycle or discard a card, you may pay
. If you do, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying."If you want to truly test your survival skills, walk the Obelisk Path when the drakes are feeding."—Etha, initiate of Rhet crop
illus. John Severin Brassell # 51/269
Cast Out
Flash
When Cast Out enters the battlefield, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until Cast Out leaves the battlefield.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)illus. Magali Villeneuve # 8/269
Kefnet the Mindful
Flying, indestructible
Kefnet the Mindful can't attack or block unless you have seven or more cards in hand.
: Draw a card, then you may return a land you control to its owner's hand.
illus. Chase Stone # 59/269
Floodwaters
Return up to two target creatures to their owners' hands.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)"It usually appears placid, but don't be fooled. The Luxa River is a snake, and it can swallow you whole."—Neponem, vizier of Kefnet
illus. Jung Park # 53/269
Watchers of the Dead
Exile Watchers of the Dead: Each opponent chooses two cards in their graveyard and exiles the rest.
They are tasked with protecting the entrance to the embalming chambers.
illus. Joseph Meehan # 238/269
Gideon of the Trials
+1: Until your next turn, prevent all damage target permanent would deal.
0: Until end of turn, Gideon of the Trials becomes a 4/4 Human Soldier creature with indestructible that's still a planeswalker. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to him this turn.
0: You get an emblem with "As long as you control a Gideon planeswalker, you can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game."
illus. Izzy # 14/269
Cartouche of Knowledge
Enchant creature you control
When Cartouche of Knowledge enters the battlefield, draw a card.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has flying.
Cartouches chronicle the initiates' achievements in the trials.
illus. Kieran Yanner # 45/269
Cartouche of Strength
Enchant creature you control
When Cartouche of Strength enters the battlefield, you may have enchanted creature fight target creature an opponent controls. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has trample.
illus. Kieran Yanner # 158/269
Cartouche of Ambition
Enchant creature you control
When Cartouche of Ambition enters the battlefield, you may put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has lifelink.
illus. Kieran Yanner # 83/269
Trial of Ambition
When Trial of Ambition enters the battlefield, target opponent sacrifices a creature.
When a Cartouche enters the battlefield under your control, return Trial of Ambition to its owner's hand.
illus. Johann Bodin # 113/269
Trial of Strength
When Trial of Strength enters the battlefield, create a 4/2 green Beast creature token.
When a Cartouche enters the battlefield under your control, return Trial of Strength to its owner's hand.
"Instincts to guide. Strength to overcome."
illus. Kieran Yanner # 191/269
Trial of Solidarity
When Trial of Solidarity enters the battlefield, creatures you control get +2/+1 and gain vigilance until end of turn.
When a Cartouche enters the battlefield under your control, return Trial of Solidarity to its owner's hand.
"You will succeed as one or fail as many."
illus. Daniel Ljunggren # 34/269
Trial of Zeal
When Trial of Zeal enters the battlefield, it deals 3 damage to any target.
When a Cartouche enters the battlefield under your control, return Trial of Zeal to its owner's hand.
"Eternal glory awaits you, my child."
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 152/269
Cartouche of Zeal
Enchant creature you control
When Cartouche of Zeal enters the battlefield, target creature can't block this turn.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has haste.
The fifth cartouche is the final affirmation of glory, granted only to the worthy dead.
illus. Kieran Yanner # 124/269
Painful Lesson
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
"You wish to remember this lesson? I will write it down for you."—Senifet, vizier of Bontu
illus. Adrian Majkrzak # 102/269
Combat Celebrant
If Combat Celebrant hasn't been exerted this turn, you may exert it as it attacks. When you do, untap all other creatures you control and after this phase, there is an additional combat phase. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
illus. Chris Rallis # 125/269
Scarab Feast
Exile up to three target cards from a single graveyard.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)"The face of mediocrity is wrapped in anointed linen. Aspire to a better end."—Epnokep, vizier of Bontu
illus. Tony Foti # 106/269
Cut // Ribbons
Cut deals 4 damage to target creature.
illus. Raymond Swanland # 223/269
Insult // Injury
Damage can't be prevented this turn. If a source you control would deal damage this turn, it deals double that damage instead.
illus. Lucas Graciano # 213/269
Rags // Riches
All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.
illus. Greg Opalinski # 222/269
As Foretold
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a time counter on As Foretold.
Once each turn, you may pay
rather than pay the mana cost for a spell you cast with converted mana cost X or less, where X is the number of time counters on As Foretold.illus. Tommy Arnold # 42/269
Mouth // Feed
Create a 3/3 green Hippo creature token.
illus. Zack Stella # 214/269
Colossapede
"If it is bigger, you must be faster. If it is stronger, you must be sharper. Anything less, and you will never seize a place in our God-Pharaoh's perfect afterlife."—Rhonas, god of strength
illus. Jason Kang # 161/269
Pouncing Cheetah
Flash
Rhonas's monument is home to a wider variety of creatures than anywhere else in the city of Naktamun—a feature most initiates fail to appreciate.
illus. Matt Stewart # 179/269
Regal Caracal
Other Cats you control get +1/+1 and have lifelink.
When Regal Caracal enters the battlefield, create two 1/1 white Cat creature tokens with lifelink.
Oketra's closest viziers are known as her chosen, though others may have a better claim to that moniker.
illus. Filip Burburan # 24/269
Throne of the God-Pharaoh
At the beginning of your end step, each opponent loses life equal to the number of tapped creatures you control.
"When the Second Sun rests between the horns on the horizon, so begins the Hour of Revelation. Then the Hour of Glory, the Hour of Promise, and finally the Hour of Eternity."—The Accounting of Hours
illus. Titus Lunter # 237/269
Manglehorn
When Manglehorn enters the battlefield, you may destroy target artifact.
Artifacts your opponents control enter the battlefield tapped.
"Rely too much on your weapons and watch your dreams shatter in your hands."—Rhonas, god of strength
illus. Lius Lasahido # 175/269
Glory-Bound Initiate
You may exert Glory-Bound Initiate as it attacks. When you do, it gets +1/+3 and gains lifelink until end of turn. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
"Fly as an arrow through the trials, and never waver in your course."—Oketra, god of solidarity
illus. David Palumbo # 16/269
Watchful Naga
You may exert Watchful Naga as it attacks. When you do, draw a card. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
The forked tongue of the naga is sensitive to drifting scent trails from the past, present, and sometimes even the future.
illus. Anastasia Ovchinnikova # 193/269
Battlefield Scavenger
You may exert Battlefield Scavenger as it attacks. (It won't untap during your next untap step.)
Whenever you exert a creature, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
illus. Dan Scott # 118/269
Curator of Mysteries
Flying
Whenever you cycle or discard another card, scry 1.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)To consult a sphinx is a test in patience. Perhaps that's the point.
illus. Christine Choi # 49/269
Stone Quarry
Stone Quarry enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add or .
Entire valleys have been formed by mummies laboring to find veins of lazotep.
illus. Florian de Gesincourt # 274/269
Companion of the Trials
Flying
: Untap target creature. Activate this ability only if you control a Gideon planeswalker.
"The fiercest loyalties are earned in battle."—Gideon Jura
illus. Aaron Miller # 271/269
Liliana's Influence
Put a -1/-1 counter on each creature you don't control. You may search your library and/or graveyard for a card named Liliana, Death Wielder, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you search your library this way, shuffle it.
illus. Winona Nelson # 277/269
Gideon's Resolve
When Gideon's Resolve enters the battlefield, you may search your library and/or graveyard for a card named Gideon, Martial Paragon, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you search your library this way, shuffle it.
Creatures you control get +1/+1.
illus. Jakub Kasper # 272/269
Dessicated Naga
: Target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. Activate this ability only if you control a Liliana planeswalker.
"The nature of this plane makes it almost too easy for me to command the dead." —Liliana Vess
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 276/269
Liliana, Death's Majesty
+1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.
−3: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.
−7: Destroy all non-Zombie creatures.
illus. Chris Rallis # 97/269
Failure // Comply
Return target spell to its owner's hand.
illus. Jason A. Engle # 221/269
Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
Whenever Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons deals combat damage to a player, you may put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
Whenever you put one or more -1/-1 counters on a creature, create a 1/1 green Snake creature token with deathtouch.
Her subtle smile is suffused with venom.
illus. Tyler Jacobson # 199/269
Hazoret's Favor
At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may have target creature you control get +2/+0 and gain haste until end of turn. If you do, sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
Hazoret's gift is bestowed only once.
illus. Raymond Swanland # 137/269
Soul-Scar Mage
Prowess
If a source you control would deal noncombat damage to a creature an opponent controls, put that many -1/-1 counters on that creature instead.
illus. Steve Argyle # 148/269
Approach of the Second Sun
If Approach of the Second Sun was cast from your hand and you've cast another spell named Approach of the Second Sun this game, you win the game. Otherwise, put Approach of the Second Sun into its owner's library seventh from the top and you gain 7 life.
illus. Noah Bradley # 4/269
Cruel Reality
Enchant player
At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker. If the player can't, they lose 5 life.
As Gideon watched the initiate murder his crop-mate, his admiration of the city of Naktamun gave way to horror.
illus. Kieran Yanner # 84/269
New Perspectives
When New Perspectives enters the battlefield, draw three cards.
As long as you have seven or more cards in hand, you may pay
rather than pay cycling costs.Understanding is a matter of perspective.
illus. Darek Zabrocki # 63/269
Bounty of the Luxa
At the beginning of your precombat main phase, remove all flood counters from Bounty of the Luxa. If no counters were removed this way, put a flood counter on Bounty of the Luxa and draw a card. Otherwise, add
.illus. Jonas De Ro # 196/269
Dissenter's Deliverance
Destroy target artifact.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)"When all doubts have melted away, the worthy will meet the Hour of Eternity and earn a place at the God-Pharaoh's side."—The Accounting of Hours
illus. Bastien L. Deharme # 164/269
Angel of Sanctions
Flying
When Angel of Sanctions enters the battlefield, you may exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until Angel of Sanctions leaves the battlefield.
Embalm
( , Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Angel with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)illus. Min Yum # 1/269
Supply Caravan
When Supply Caravan enters the battlefield, if you control a tapped creature, create a 1/1 white Warrior creature token with vigilance.
"We each have a weight to carry on the road to the afterlife."—Oketra, god of solidarity
illus. Nils Hamm # 30/269
Winged Shepherd
Flying, vigilance
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)"When the Hour of Promise arrives, the God-Pharaoh will tear down the Hekma, for its protection will be needed no longer."—The Accounting of Hours
illus. Chris Rahn # 39/269
Nimble-Blade Khenra
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
"In the Hour of Glory, the gods and the untested will prove their worth before the God-Pharaoh."—The Accounting of Hours
illus. Tomasz Jedruszek # 145/269
Champion of Rhonas
You may exert Champion of Rhonas as it attacks. When you do, you may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
The only way to finish the Trial of Strength is with a basilisk scale in hand.
illus. Winona Nelson # 159/269
Vizier of the Menagerie
You may look at the top card of your library. (You may do this at any time.)
You may cast the top card of your library if it's a creature card.
You may spend mana as though it were mana of any type to cast creature spells.
illus. Victor Adame Minguez # 192/269
Liliana's Mastery
Zombies you control get +1/+1.
When Liliana's Mastery enters the battlefield, create two 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.
"There are so many of them. It seems they've just been waiting for someone to serve."
illus. Kieran Yanner # 98/269
Oketra the True
Double strike, indestructible
Oketra the True can't attack or block unless you control at least three other creatures.
: Create a 1/1 white Warrior creature token with vigilance.
illus. Chase Stone # 21/269
Censor
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
.Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)"Why so many questions?"—Temmet, vizier of Naktamun
illus. John Stanko # 46/269
Never // Return
Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
illus. Daarken # 212/269
Honored Hydra
Trample
Embalm
( , Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Snake Hydra with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)Even gods have pets.
illus. Todd Lockwood # 172/269
Pull from Tomorrow
Draw X cards, then discard a card.
"I do things in my own time."—Etha, initiate of Rhet crop
illus. Sara Winters # 65/269
Unburden
Target player discards two cards.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)"Ambition requires clarity. If you have any doubts, they must be abandoned."—Bontu, god of ambition
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 114/269
Neheb, the Worthy
First strike
Other Minotaurs you control have first strike.
As long as you have one or fewer cards in hand, Minotaurs you control get +2/+0.
Whenever Neheb, the Worthy deals combat damage to a player, each player discards a card.
illus. Chris Rahn # 203/269
Reduce // Rubble
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
.illus. Eric Deschamps # 216/269
Doomed Dissenter
When Doomed Dissenter dies, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
There is only one fate left to those banished from the God-Pharaoh's city.
illus. Tony Foti # 87/269
Quarry Hauler
When Quarry Hauler enters the battlefield, for each kind of counter on target permanent, put another counter of that kind on it or remove one from it.
They labor beside the anointed, constructing the vast monuments of Naktamun.
illus. David Gaillet # 181/269
Pyramid of the Pantheon
, : Add one mana of any color. Put a brick counter on Pyramid of the Pantheon.
: Add three mana of any one color. Activate this ability only if there are three or more brick counters on Pyramid of the Pantheon.
Five gods, one purpose.
illus. Florian de Gesincourt # 235/269
Heaven // Earth
Heaven deals X damage to each creature with flying.
illus. Jonas De Ro # 224/269
Shefet Monitor
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)When you cycle Shefet Monitor, you may search your library for a basic land card or a Desert card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library. (Do this before you draw.)
illus. Viktor Titov # 186/269
Deem Worthy
Deem Worthy deals 7 damage to target creature.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)When you cycle Deem Worthy, you may have it deal 2 damage to target creature.
illus. Lius Lasahido # 127/269
Stir the Sands
Create three 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)When you cycle Stir the Sands, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
illus. David Gaillet # 110/269
Vizier of Tumbling Sands
: Untap another target permanent.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)When you cycle Vizier of Tumbling Sands, untap target permanent.
"Time is like the Luxa River—though it flows in one direction, it can be diverted."
illus. Josu Hernaiz # 75/269
Sunscorched Desert
When Sunscorched Desert enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker.
: Add .
The only relief in sight is a mirage.
illus. Min Yum # 249/269
Cryptic Serpent
This spell costs
less to cast for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard.It slithers through the senses, constricting consciousness and poisoning perceptions.
illus. Lius Lasahido # 48/269
Grim Strider
Grim Strider gets -1/-1 for each card in your hand.
"As a child I saw something walking in the distance, far beyond the Hekma—shadow-dark, and taller than the gods. Even now, it passes through my dreams."—Pytamun, initiate of Nef crop
illus. Christine Choi # 94/269
Nissa, Steward of Elements
+2: Scry 2.
0: Look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card or a creature card with converted mana cost less than or equal to the number of loyalty counters on Nissa, Steward of Elements, you may put that card onto the battlefield.
−6: Untap up to two target lands you control. They become 5/5 Elemental creatures with flying and haste until end of turn. They're still lands.
illus. Howard Lyon # 204/269
Lord of the Accursed
Other Zombies you control get +1/+1.
, : All Zombies gain menace until end of turn.
The Curse of Wandering leaves only hatred.
illus. Grzegorz Rutkowski # 99/269
Dread Wanderer
Dread Wanderer enters the battlefield tapped.
: Return Dread Wanderer from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery and only if you have one or fewer cards in hand.
illus. Josh Hass # 88/269
Plague Belcher
Menace
When Plague Belcher enters the battlefield, put two -1/-1 counters on target creature you control.
Whenever another Zombie you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life.
illus. Izzy # 104/269
Anointed Procession
If an effect would create one or more tokens under your control, it creates twice that many of those tokens instead.
"The gods here may walk among the people, but they are not with them."—Gideon Jura
illus. Victor Adame Minguez # 2/269
Rhonas the Indomitable
Deathtouch, indestructible
Rhonas the Indomitable can't attack or block unless you control another creature with power 4 or greater.
: Another target creature gets +2/+0 and gains trample until end of turn.
illus. Chase Stone # 182/269
Harsh Mentor
Whenever an opponent activates an ability of an artifact, creature, or land on the battlefield, if it isn't a mana ability, Harsh Mentor deals 2 damage to that player.
"Fight through it."
illus. Shreya Shetty # 135/269
Protection of the Hekma
If a source an opponent controls would deal damage to you, prevent 1 of that damage.
Part of the acolytes' training is to walk along the Hekma, staring out at the ravenous horrors kept at bay by the God-Pharaoh's barrier.
illus. Ryan Alexander Lee # 23/269
Bontu the Glorified
Menace, indestructible
Bontu the Glorified can't attack or block unless a creature died under your control this turn.
, Sacrifice another creature: Scry 1. Each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
illus. Chase Stone # 82/269
Holaphel, Maw of Sands
Out of the deserts came suns of gold, and the Maw of Sands leapt to devour.
illus. Steve Belledin # 171/269
Glyph Keeper
Flying
Whenever Glyph Keeper becomes the target of a spell or ability for the first time each turn, counter that spell or ability.
Embalm
( , Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Sphinx with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)illus. Chris Rahn # 55/269
Sweltering Suns
Sweltering Suns deals 3 damage to each creature.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)The Hekma may repel storms and monsters, but nothing holds back the heat of the suns.
illus. Raymond Swanland # 149/269
Samut, Voice of Dissent
Flash
Double strike, vigilance, haste
Other creatures you control have haste.
, : Untap another target creature.
"I'll fight no more just for the honor of dying. The afterlife will have to wait."
illus. Aleksi Briclot # 205/269
Enigma Drake
Flying
Enigma Drake's power is equal to the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard.
Many initiates believe it possesses secrets known only to Kefnet himself. Many have become meals trying to learn them.
illus. Steve Argyle # 198/269
Wayward Servant
Whenever another Zombie enters the battlefield under your control, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
If one of the anointed fails to serve with perfect obedience, the desert is always ready to receive it.
illus. Anthony Palumbo # 208/269
By Force
Destroy X target artifacts.
"Dissent? Your gods can't even begin to comprehend the dissent that's about to happen here!"—Chandra Nalaar
illus. Magali Villeneuve # 123/269
Vizier of Many Faces
You may have Vizier of Many Faces enter the battlefield as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except if Vizier of Many Faces was embalmed, the token has no mana cost, it's white, and it's a Zombie in addition to its other types.
Embalm
illus. Ryan Yee # 74/269
Gideon's Intervention
As Gideon's Intervention enters the battlefield, choose a card name.
Your opponents can't cast spells with the chosen name.
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you and permanents you control by sources with the chosen name.
illus. Daarken # 15/269
Oketra's Attendant
Flying
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)Embalm
( , Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Bird Soldier with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)illus. Lake Hurwitz # 22/269
Grasping Dunes
: Add .
, , Sacrifice Grasping Dunes: Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.
illus. Daarken # 244/269
Cradle of the Accursed
: Add .
, , Sacrifice Cradle of the Accursed: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.
Many such monuments dot the wasteland known as Ifnir.
illus. Noah Bradley # 241/269
Harvest Season
Search your library for up to X basic land cards, where X is the number of tapped creatures you control, and put those cards onto the battlefield tapped. Then shuffle your library.
A true reflection of nature: death fostering life.
illus. Shreya Shetty # 170/269
Bloodrage Brawler
When Bloodrage Brawler enters the battlefield, discard a card.
To Hazoret, those who fight for her are her beloved children.
illus. Lars Grant-West # 121/269
Shadow of the Grave
Return to your hand all cards in your graveyard that you cycled or discarded this turn.
"Death has seeped into every part of this plane. I can feel it on my skin and taste it like sand in my mouth."—Nissa Revane
illus. Darek Zabrocki # 107/269
Start // Finish
Create two 1/1 white Warrior creature tokens with vigilance.
illus. Magali Villeneuve # 215/269
Cascading Cataracts
Indestructible
: Add .
, : Add five mana in any combination of colors.
"The power that flows here cannot be denied. But where is the source?"—Nissa Revane
illus. Noah Bradley # 240/269
Hieroglyphic Illumination
Draw two cards.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)"The answers are here. This is the way through the trial."
illus. Raoul Vitale # 57/269
Spring // Mind
Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.
illus. Josu Hernaiz # 219/269
Commit // Memory
Put target spell or nonland permanent into its owner's library second from the top.
illus. Ryan Alexander Lee # 211/269
Dispossess
Choose an artifact card name. Search target opponent's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with the chosen name and exile them. Then that player shuffles their library.
illus. Mark Behm # 86/269
Sandwurm Convergence
Creatures with flying can't attack you or planeswalkers you control.
At the beginning of your end step, create a 5/5 green Wurm creature token.
Cantankerous and territorial, sandwurms claim even the skies above their dunes.
illus. Slawomir Maniak # 183/269
~Sandwurm Convengence
Creatures with flying can't attack you or planeswalkers you control.
At the beginning of your end step, create a 5/5 green Wurm creature token.
Cantankerous and territorial, sandwurms claim even the skies above their dunes.
illus. Slawomir Maniak # 183/269
Glorious End
End the turn. (Exile all spells and abilities on the stack, including this card. The player whose turn it is discards down to their maximum hand size. Damage wears off, and "this turn" and "until end of turn" effects end.)
At the beginning of your next end step, you lose the game.
illus. Raymond Swanland # 133/269
Heart-Piercer Manticore
When Heart-Piercer Manticore enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice another creature. When you do, Heart-Piercer Manticore deals damage equal to that creature's power to any target.
Embalm
( , Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Manticore with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)illus. Scott Murphy # 138/269
Vizier of Deferment
Flash
When Vizier of Deferment enters the battlefield, you may exile target creature if it attacked or blocked this turn. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
illus. Deruchenko Alexander # 37/269
Painted Bluffs
: Add .
, : Add one mana of any color.
Centuries of scouring sands have carved and polished the rocky terrain of the Shefet Desert.
illus. Mark Poole # 246/269
Binding Mummy
Whenever another Zombie enters the battlefield under your control, you may tap target artifact or creature.
What the gods decree, the mummies enforce.
illus. Shreya Shetty # 6/269
Bloodlust Inciter
: Target creature gains haste until end of turn.
"To victory! To glory! To eternity!"
illus. Anthony Palumbo # 120/269
Labyrinth Guardian
When Labyrinth Guardian becomes the target of a spell, sacrifice it.
Embalm
( , Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Illusion Warrior with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)illus. Yeong-Hao Han # 60/269
Embalmer's Tools
Activated abilities of creature cards in your graveyard cost
less to activate.Tap an untapped Zombie you control: Target player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.
"They might be dead, but these mummies are masters of their trade."—Jace Beleren
illus. Adrian Majkrzak # 227/269
Lay Claim
Enchant permanent
You control enchanted permanent.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)Initiates need worry only about the trials. Everything else is in the hands of the gods.
illus. Chris Rallis # 61/269
Time to Reflect
Exile target creature that blocked or was blocked by a Zombie this turn.
"Occasionally, there are those who refuse to appreciate all that the God-Pharaoh provides for us."—Temmet, vizier of Naktamun
illus. Daarken # 33/269
Evolving Wilds
, Sacrifice Evolving Wilds: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.
"Don't you ever wonder what lies beyond the Hekma? Beyond the reach of the gods? Beyond the horns on the horizon?"—Samut, initiate of Tah crop
illus. Christine Choi # 242/269
Compulsory Rest
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block.
Enchanted creature has "
, Sacrifice this creature: You gain 2 life."The pain of death is nothing compared to the pain of failure.
illus. Eric Deschamps # 9/269
Edifice of Authority
, : Target creature can't attack this turn. Put a brick counter on Edifice of Authority.
, : Until your next turn, target creature can't attack or block and its activated abilities can't be activated. Activate this ability only if there are three or more brick counters on Edifice of Authority.
illus. Florian de Gesincourt # 226/269
Devoted Crop-Mate
You may exert Devoted Crop-Mate as it attacks. When you do, return target creature card with converted mana cost 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
illus. Zoltan Boros # 10/269
Fan Bearer
, : Tap target creature.
Rest sometimes requires the right prompting.
illus. Anthony Palumbo # 12/269
Forsake the Worldly
Exile target artifact or enchantment.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)"Why cling to these trappings? They are but tools and affectations. True wealth can be possessed only in the afterlife."
illus. Steve Argyle # 13/269
Baleful Ammit
Lifelink
When Baleful Ammit enters the battlefield, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature you control.
"Not all in our crop deserve the afterlife. We must leave the unworthy behind, Samut."—Djeru, initiate of Tah crop
illus. Seb McKinnon # 79/269
Gust Walker
You may exert Gust Walker as it attacks. When you do, it gets +1/+1 and gains flying until end of turn. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
"I'm never unarmed."
illus. Jason Rainville # 17/269
Gate to the Afterlife
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, you gain 1 life. Then you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.
, , Sacrifice Gate to the Afterlife: Search your graveyard, hand, and/or library for a card named God-Pharaoh's Gift and put it onto the battlefield. If you search your library this way, shuffle it. Activate this ability only if there are six or more creature cards in your graveyard.
illus. Christine Choi # 228/269
Honed Khopesh
Equipped creature gets +1/+1.
Equip
( : Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)Blades and bravery go hand in hand.
illus. Aaron Miller # 230/269
Rhet-Crop Spearmaster
You may exert Rhet-Crop Spearmaster as it attacks. When you do, it gets +1/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
"In the afterlife, I'll have no need of sleep. And until then, I have no time for it!"
illus. Dan Scott # 26/269
Luxa River Shrine
, : You gain 1 life. Put a brick counter on Luxa River Shrine.
: You gain 2 life. Activate this ability only if there are three or more brick counters on Luxa River Shrine.
Without the God-Pharaoh, there would be no Luxa. Without the Luxa, there would be no life.
illus. Sung Choi # 232/269
Seraph of the Suns
Flying
Indestructible (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy this creature. If its toughness is 0 or less, it's still put into its owner's graveyard.)
"Angels? My feelings remain unchanged."—Liliana Vess
illus. Winona Nelson # 28/269
Blighted Bat
Flying
: Blighted Bat gains haste until end of turn.
Amonkhet's dual suns don't allow for the darkness of night, so bats are most active under the gloom of the frequent sandstorms.
illus. Nils Hamm # 80/269
Sparring Mummy
When Sparring Mummy enters the battlefield, untap target creature.
Aspiring to earn their place in the afterlife, acolytes train every day against those who fell short of that glory.
illus. Ryan Pancoast # 29/269
Ahn-Crop Champion
You may exert Ahn-Crop Champion as it attacks. When you do, untap all other creatures you control. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
"The Second Sun nears its destination! Let it light the way to ours!"
illus. Craig J Spearing # 194/269
Those Who Serve
"The dead perform all the work here—farming, building, teaching, even embalming their fellow mummies. The living need do nothing but train. What system could be more perfect?"—Temmet, vizier of Naktamun
illus. Volkan Baga # 32/269
Bone Picker
This spell costs
less to cast if a creature died this turn.Flying, deathtouch
They are the first to greet dissenters on their journey into exile.
illus. Yeong-Hao Han # 81/269
Vizier of Remedies
If one or more -1/-1 counters would be put on a creature you control, that many -1/-1 counters minus one are put on it instead.
"You'll need all your strength for the trials to come."
illus. Randy Gallegos # 38/269
Aven Wind Guide
Flying, vigilance
Creature tokens you control have flying and vigilance.
Embalm
( , Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Bird Warrior with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)illus. Sidharth Chaturvedi # 195/269
Aven Initiate
Flying
Embalm
( , Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Bird Warrior with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)illus. Jakub Kasper # 43/269
Decimator Beetle
When Decimator Beetle enters the battlefield, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature you control.
Whenever Decimator Beetle attacks, remove a -1/-1 counter from target creature you control and put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature defending player controls.
illus. Adrian Majkrzak # 197/269
Faith of the Devoted
Whenever you cycle or discard a card, you may pay
. If you do, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life."The more I see of this place, the less I want to."—Chandra Nalaar
illus. Raoul Vitale # 90/269
Cancel
Counter target spell.
"Let me try one of Kefnet's puzzles. This one was too easy."
illus. Mathias Kollros # 44/269
Honored Crop-Captain
Whenever Honored Crop-Captain attacks, other attacking creatures get +1/+0 until end of turn.
Her words inspire action. Her actions inspire victory.
illus. Sara Winters # 200/269
Compelling Argument
Target player puts the top five cards of their library into their graveyard.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)"How can there be doubt in the presence of such blessings?"—Ukhat, vizier of initiation
illus. Lucas Graciano # 47/269
Khenra Charioteer
Trample
Other creatures you control have trample.
"We do not swerve."—Tah-crop charioteer motto
illus. Chris Rallis # 201/269
Festering Mummy
When Festering Mummy dies, you may put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
As its parched flesh withers away, its malignant hunger grows.
illus. Christopher Burdett # 91/269
Galestrike
Return target tapped creature to its owner's hand.
Draw a card.
Strong wings make strong winds.
illus. Mike Bierek # 54/269
Merciless Javelineer
, Discard a card: Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature. That creature can't block this turn.
"My mind is the calm in the midst of the storm, and my javelin the lightning."
illus. Nils Hamm # 202/269
Hekma Sentinels
Whenever you cycle or discard a card, Hekma Sentinels gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
"The God-Pharaoh created the Hekma to protect us from the horrors beyond and to surround us in his love."
illus. James Ryman # 56/269
Final Reward
Exile target creature.
Those who earn a glorious death are given the highest honor. They are carried on funeral barges through the gate to the afterlife.
illus. Sidharth Chaturvedi # 92/269
Illusory Wrappings
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has base power and toughness 0/2.
"No amount of strength can help you overcome my trial. You must be ready to forgo your body and favor your mind."—Kefnet, god of knowledge
illus. Deruchenko Alexander # 58/269
Shadowstorm Vizier
Flying
Whenever you cycle or discard a card, Shadowstorm Vizier gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
She can coil a breeze like a string around her finger—or twist it into a noose.
illus. Yongjae Choi # 206/269
Horror of the Broken Lands
Whenever you cycle or discard another card, Horror of the Broken Lands gets +2/+1 until end of turn.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)It feeds on dry bones in the sand and desperate pleas in the wind.
illus. Daarken # 95/269
Weaver of Currents
: Add .
"Your waters sustain the living and carry the dead. Mighty Luxa, let your power flow through me!"
illus. Winona Nelson # 209/269
Naga Oracle
When Naga Oracle enters the battlefield, look at the top three cards of your library. Put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest back on top of your library in any order.
"All questions will be answered during the Hour of Revelation."
illus. Deruchenko Alexander # 62/269
Synchronized Strike
Untap up to two target creatures. They each get +2/+2 until end of turn.
Khenra are almost always born as twins. Their instinctual connection lends itself well to their preferred fighting style.
illus. David Palumbo # 190/269
Open into Wonder
X target creatures can't be blocked this turn. Until end of turn, those creatures gain "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card."
The one thing the Gatewatch didn't expect to find on a plane ruled by Nicol Bolas was perfection.
illus. Tyler Jacobson # 64/269
Pitiless Vizier
Whenever you cycle or discard a card, Pitiless Vizier gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it. If its toughness is 0 or less, it's still put into its owner's graveyard.)
illus. Volkan Baga # 103/269
Stinging Shot
Put three -1/-1 counters on target creature with flying.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)Initiates must train to resist the natural toxins they use as weapons.
illus. Scott Murphy # 189/269
River Serpent
River Serpent can't attack unless there are five or more cards in your graveyard.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)Though the Luxa River brings life to Naktamun, it's not without dangers.
illus. Christopher Moeller # 66/269
Shed Weakness
Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. You may remove a -1/-1 counter from it.
To prepare for the Trial of Strength, nagas shed their old skin—and with it their scars, their doubts, and their fears.
illus. Christine Choi # 185/269
Ruthless Sniper
Whenever you cycle or discard a card, you may pay
. If you do, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature."You may feel a slight sting."
illus. Sara Winters # 105/269
Scaled Behemoth
Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Surviving an encounter with it is proof enough that an initiate is ready for the Trial of Strength.
illus. Marco Nelor # 184/269
Sacred Excavation
Return up to two target cards with cycling from your graveyard to your hand.
The anointed work the mines without pause, their cartouches instilling them with tireless purpose.
illus. Noah Bradley # 67/269
Ornery Kudu
When Ornery Kudu enters the battlefield, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature you control.
Debate rages among the viziers whether comparing the kudu's horns to the God-Pharaoh's is blasphemy or reverence.
illus. Deruchenko Alexander # 178/269
Seeker of Insight
: Draw a card, then discard a card. Activate this ability only if you've cast a noncreature spell this turn.
The Trial of Knowledge challenges and broadens the minds of initiates.
illus. Magali Villeneuve # 69/269
Soulstinger
When Soulstinger enters the battlefield, put two -1/-1 counters on target creature you control.
When Soulstinger dies, you may put a -1/-1 counter on target creature for each -1/-1 counter on Soulstinger.
illus. Mike Burns # 108/269
Shimmerscale Drake
Flying
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)They are drawn by the brilliant blue glint of the mineral lazotep from the mines below.
illus. Tony Foti # 70/269
Oashra Cultivator
, , Sacrifice Oashra Cultivator: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.
"Like fruits in the field, we will be harvested when the season is right."
illus. Sara Winters # 177/269
Slither Blade
Slither Blade can't be blocked.
Some naga initiates move as silently as the suns' reflections on the water.
illus. Zezhou Chen # 71/269
Naga Vitalist
: Add one mana of any type that a land you control could produce.
"The lands of the God-Pharaoh are suffused with his breath."
illus. James Ryman # 176/269
Initiate's Companion
Whenever Initiate's Companion deals combat damage to a player, untap target creature or land.
"I'd like to say that it's our pet, but the reverse may be closer to the truth."—Ixor, initiate of Rhet crop
illus. Dan Scott # 174/269
Tah-Crop Skirmisher
Embalm
( , Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Naga Warrior with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)Initiates live and train with their crop, the unit that begins the trials together.
illus. Victor Adame Minguez # 72/269
Supernatural Stamina
Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+0 and gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control."
"All are not equal—neither in life nor after death. Bontu's favorites will stand highest in eternity."—Senifet, vizier of Bontu
illus. Christopher Moeller # 111/269
Winds of Rebuke
Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Each player puts the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.
"I have foreseen that you will not pass my trial."
illus. Mathias Kollros # 76/269
Hapatra's Mark
Target creature you control gains hexproof until end of turn. Remove all -1/-1 counters from it. (A creature with hexproof can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
"If you fear poisons, it is because you are ignorant of them."—Hapatra, vizier of poisons
illus. Lindsey Look # 169/269
Zenith Seeker
Flying
Whenever you cycle or discard a card, target creature gains flying until end of turn.
Only from the sky can one fully understand the horrors of the wastes and the wonder of the Hekma's protection.
illus. Jason Kang # 77/269
Tresspasser's Curse
Enchant player
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under enchanted player's control, that player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Even in the relative safety of the city, there are places best left undisturbed.
illus. David Palumbo # 112/269
Greater Sandwurm
Greater Sandwurm can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)A sandwurm can lie in wait beneath the sands for years until the slightest tremor alerts it to the presence of prey.
illus. Steven Belledin # 168/269
Wander in Death
Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)Forever restless. Forever growing in number.
illus. Seb McKinnon # 115/269
Gift of Paradise
Enchant land
When Gift of Paradise enters the battlefield, you gain 3 life.
Enchanted land has "
: Add two mana of any one color."illus. Ryan Pancoast # 167/269
Defiant Greatmaw
When Defiant Greatmaw enters the battlefield, put two -1/-1 counters on target creature you control.
Whenever you put one or more -1/-1 counters on Defiant Greatmaw, remove a -1/-1 counter from another target creature you control.
illus. Deruchenko Alexander # 163/269
Bitterblade Warrior
You may exert Bitterblade Warrior as it attacks. When you do, it gets +1/+0 and gains deathtouch until end of turn. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
"The vizier of poisons teaches an unconventional kind of strength."
illus. Slawomir Maniak # 157/269
Wasteland Scorpion
Deathtouch
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)All but the gods fear the scorpion's sting.
illus. Yeong-Hao Han # 116/269
Benefaction of Rhonas
Reveal the top five cards of your library. You may put a creature card and/or an enchantment card from among them into your hand. Put the rest into your graveyard.
It falls to the gods to help all become worthy of the afterlife.
illus. Tommy Arnold # 156/269
Warfire Javelineer
When Warfire Javelineer enters the battlefield, it deals X damage to target creature an opponent controls, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard.
Minotaurs favor magic that manifests as weapons wrapped in flame.
illus. Yohann Schepacz # 155/269
Blazing Volley
Blazing Volley deals 1 damage to each creature your opponents control.
The arrows fell like fiery rain, and for a moment, the sky itself seemed to burn.
illus. Zezhou Chen # 119/269
Brute Strength
Target creature gets +3/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.
"Oketra had our crop build an obelisk to prove the power of working together. But I am stronger without the weak."
illus. Nils Hamm # 122/269
Violent Impact
Destroy target artifact or land.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)Initiates in the heat of combat must be able to adapt to changing conditions.
illus. Jason Rainville # 154/269
Trueheart Twins
You may exert Trueheart Twins as it attacks. (It won't untap during your next untap step.)
Whenever you exert a creature, creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.
Shoulder to shoulder until blade must turn against blade.
illus. Matt Stewart # 153/269
Desert Cerodon
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)The endless expanse of desert surrounding Naktamun sometimes yields threats that the gods themselves must answer.
illus. Igor Kieryluk # 128/269
Tormenting Voice
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards.
"You are undeserving of the afterlife. You will never feel the God-Pharaoh's embrace."
illus. Allen Williams # 151/269
Electrify
Electrify deals 4 damage to target creature.
"Some hid from the storm. I embraced it and learned its name."
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Thresher Lizard
Thresher Lizard gets +1/+2 as long as you have one or fewer cards in hand.
The sound of its plated tail beating on desert rocks is often mistaken for the footfalls of a much larger predator.
illus. Craig J Spearing # 150/269
Pursue Glory
Attacking creatures get +2/+0 until end of turn.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)"Combat is a form of worship, the clash of steel a solemn prayer."—Pytamun, initiate of Nef crop
illus. Johann Bodin # 147/269
Emberhorn Minotaur
You may exert Emberhorn Minotaur as it attacks. When you do, it gets +1/+1 and gains menace until end of turn. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
"My stride will break only against the twin points of Hazoret's spear."
illus. Viktor Titov # 130/269
Pathmaker Initiate
: Target creature with power 2 or less can't be blocked this turn.
"The expected way through the trial is far too tedious."
illus. Josu Hernaiz # 146/269
Manticore of the Gauntlet
When Manticore of the Gauntlet enters the battlefield, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature you control. Manticore of the Gauntlet deals 3 damage to target opponent or planeswalker.
In the training ground known as the Gauntlet, initiates are pushed to practice more destructive techniques.
illus. James Paick # 142/269
Nef-Crop Entangler
Trample
You may exert Nef-Crop Entangler as it attacks. When you do, it gets +1/+2 until end of turn. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
"If you do not feel the thrill of battle, alive like a flame, you will never triumph."
illus. Dan Scott # 144/269
Minotaur Sureshot
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
: Minotaur Sureshot gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
"Those wings are no advantage. I will pin them to the ceiling of the Hekma."
illus. Joseph Meehan # 143/269
Haze of Pollen
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
Cycling
( , Discard this card: Draw a card.)Few can overcome an assault of such aggressive serenity.
illus. Mark Zug # 171/269
Hooded Brawler
You may exert Hooded Brawler as it attacks. When you do, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
Nagas wielding twin daggers excel at the fighting technique known as the Bite of Rhonas.
illus. Daarken # 173/269
Cinder Barrens
Cinder Barrens enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add or .
A mudflow swallowed the lowlands years ago. All that remains are a bottomless mire and an endless rain of ash.
illus. Cliff Childs # 280/269
Desiccated Naga
: Target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. Activate this ability only if you control a Liliana planeswalker.
"The nature of this plane makes it almost too easy for me to command the dead."—Liliana Vess
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 276/269
Forsaken Sanctuary
Forsaken Sanctuary enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add or .
"Prayers will curdle on the tongue and be heard by rotting ears."—Minaldra, the Vizag Atum
illus. Vincent Proce # 281/269
Gideon, Martial Paragon
+2: Untap all creatures you control. Those creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn.
0: Until end of turn, Gideon, Martial Paragon becomes a 5/5 Human Soldier creature with indestructible that's still a planeswalker. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to him this turn.
−10: Creatures you control get +2/+2 until end of turn. Tap all creatures your opponents control.
illus. Daarken # 270/269
Meandering River
Meandering River enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add or .
The river split into many channels as it flowed to the Halimar Sea. Few travelers could follow the same one twice.
illus. Cliff Childs # 283/269
Submerged Boneyard
Submerged Boneyard enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add or .
Aether currents in the sky mirror water currents below, including the deadly rapids.
illus. Christine Choi # 284/269
Timber Gorge
Timber Gorge enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add or .
Tazeem's embrace is harsh, but for those that call it home, nothing else will do.
illus. Cliff Childs # 285/269
Tranquil Expanse
Tranquil Expanse enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add or .
Beyond the chaos of Ghirapur lies a vibrant world where aether flows through nature.
illus. Sam Burley # 286/269
Trespasser's Curse
Enchant player
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under enchanted player's control, that player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Even in the relative safety of the city, there are places best left undisturbed.
illus. David Palumbo # 112/269
Woodland Stream
Woodland Stream enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add or .
Waterways carve their routes through the land to reflect the paths the aether streams cut through the clouds.
illus. Efflam Mercier # 287/269