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Abyssal Persecutor
Flying, trample
You can't win the game and your opponents can't lose the game.
His slaves crave death more than they desire freedom. He denies them both.
illus. Chippy # 78/249
Abzan Battle Priest
Outlast (, : Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Outlast only as a sorcery.)
Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has lifelink.
"Wherever I walk, the ancestors walk too."
illus. Chris Rahn # 2/249
Abzan Falconer
Outlast (, : Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Outlast only as a sorcery.)
Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has flying.
The fastest way across the dunes is above.
illus. Steven Belledin # 3/249
Aerial Predation
Destroy target creature with flying. You gain 2 life.
In the towering trees of the Samok Stand and the predators that guard them, the might of the Ravnican wild has returned.
illus. BD # 154/249
Aether Vial
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a charge counter on Aether Vial.
: You may put a creature card with converted mana cost equal to the number of charge counters on Aether Vial from your hand onto the battlefield.
illus. Karl Kopinski # 212/249
Aetherize
Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.
"You can come back once you've learned some manners—and figured out how to reconstitute your physical forms."
illus. Ryan Barger # 40/249
Ainok Bond-Kin
Outlast (, : Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Outlast only as a sorcery.)
Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has first strike.
"Hold the line, for family and the fallen!"
illus. Chris Rahn # 4/249
Ajani's Pridemate
Whenever you gain life, you may put a +1/+1 counter on Ajani's Pridemate.
"When one of us prospers, the pride prospers."—Jazal Goldmane
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 5/249
Amass the Components
Draw three cards, then put a card from your hand on the bottom of your library.
"I knew I'd find a use for all that newt spittle!"
illus. Matt Stewart # 41/249
Ancestral Vision
Suspend 4— (Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay and exile it with four time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, cast it without paying its mana cost.)
Target player draws three cards.
illus. John Avon # 42/249
Angel of Mercy
Flying
When Angel of Mercy enters the battlefield, you gain 3 life.
Every tear shed is a drop of immortality.
illus. Volkan Baga # 6/249
Angelic Accord
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 4 or more life this turn, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying.
As demons are drawn to suffering, angels are drawn to acts of benevolence.
illus. Michael C. Hayes # 7/249
Anger of the Gods
Anger of the Gods deals 3 damage to each creature. If a creature dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead.
There was no reason to pray. This was already an act of the gods.
illus. Noah Bradley # 116/249
Archangel of Thune
Flying
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Even the wicked have nightmares.
illus. James Ryman # 8/249
Assault Formation
Each creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.
: Target creature with defender can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender.
: Creatures you control get +0/+1 until end of turn.
illus. Kieran Yanner # 155/249
Auriok Champion
Protection from black and from red
Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, you may gain 1 life.
Mirrodin's deepest caverns conceal its brightest hopes.
illus. Eric Deschamps # 9/249
Austere Command
Choose two —
• Destroy all artifacts.
• Destroy all enchantments.
• Destroy all creatures with converted mana cost 3 or less.
• Destroy all creatures with converted mana cost 4 or greater.
illus. Anna Steinbauer # 10/249
Avacyn, Angel of Hope
Flying, vigilance, indestructible
Other permanents you control have indestructible.
A golden helix streaked skyward from the Helvault. A thunderous explosion shattered the silver monolith and Avacyn emerged, free from her prison at last.
illus. Jason Chan # 11/249
Azorius Chancery
Azorius Chancery enters the battlefield tapped.
When Azorius Chancery enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
illus. John Avon # 232/249
Azorius Charm
Choose one —
• Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.
• Draw a card.
• Put target attacking or blocking creature on top of its owner's library.
illus. Zoltan Boros # 192/249
Bala Ged Scorpion
When Bala Ged Scorpion enters the battlefield, you may destroy target creature with power 1 or less.
Fast and lethal, with a penchant for the weak and infirm.
illus. Daarken # 79/249
Balustrade Spy
Flying
When Balustrade Spy enters the battlefield, target player reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a land card, then puts those cards into their graveyard.
illus. Jaime Jones # 80/249
Battle-Rattle Shaman
At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may have target creature get +2/+0 until end of turn.
The shaman rattles not to inspire a battle fury but to drown out the shrieks of those fleeing the Eldrazi.
illus. Warren Mahy # 117/249
Benevolent Ancestor
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
Although the door is flimsy and the lock pathetically small, Josuri's family never fears the night outside.
illus. Nick Percival # 12/249
Bewilder
Target creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn.
Draw a card.
"Teferi snapped his fingers, and the viashino started clucking like a chicken. Silly, yes, but exactly the thing we needed to break the stifling tension."—Jhoira, master artificer
illus. Ralph Horsley # 43/249
Bladewing the Risen
Flying
When Bladewing the Risen enters the battlefield, you may return target Dragon permanent card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
: Dragon creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn.
illus. Seb McKinnon # 193/249
Bladewing's Thrall
Bladewing's Thrall has flying as long as you control a Dragon.
When a Dragon enters the battlefield, you may return Bladewing's Thrall from your graveyard to the battlefield.
A shadow of life chasing a husk of glory.
illus. Craig J Spearing # 81/249
Blinding Mage
, : Tap target creature.
"I carry the light of truth. Do not pity those it blinds, for they never had eyes to see."
illus. Eric Deschamps # 13/249
Blizzard Specter
Flying
Whenever Blizzard Specter deals combat damage to a player, choose one —
• That player returns a permanent they control to its owner's hand.
• That player discards a card.
illus. Hideaki Takamura # 194/249
Blood Baron of Vizkopa
Lifelink, protection from white and from black
As long as you have 30 or more life and an opponent has 10 or less life, Blood Baron of Vizkopa gets +6/+6 and has flying.
illus. Anthony Palumbo # 195/249
Bloodghast
Bloodghast can't block.
Bloodghast has haste as long as an opponent has 10 or less life.
Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you may return Bloodghast from your graveyard to the battlefield.
illus. Daarken # 82/249
Bogardan Hellkite
Flash
Flying
When Bogardan Hellkite enters the battlefield, it deals 5 damage divided as you choose among any number of targets.
illus. Scott M. Fischer # 118/249
Bogbrew Witch
, : Search your library for a card named Festering Newt or Bubbling Cauldron, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.
"The hardest thing is finding the right ingredients."
illus. Eric Deschamps # 83/249
Borderland Marauder
Whenever Borderland Marauder attacks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
Though she is rightly feared, there are relatively few tales of her deeds in battle, for few survive her raids.
illus. Scott M. Fischer # 119/249
Boros Garrison
Boros Garrison enters the battlefield tapped.
When Boros Garrison enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
illus. John Avon # 233/249
Bubbling Cauldron
, , Sacrifice a creature: You gain 4 life.
, , Sacrifice a creature named Festering Newt: Each opponent loses 4 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
illus. Eric Deschamps # 213/249
Burrenton Forge-Tender
Protection from red
Sacrifice Burrenton Forge-Tender: Prevent all damage a red source of your choice would deal this turn.
"We are a clachan of smiths. The forge is as comfortable to us as a small fire during a cool winter's evening."
illus. Chuck Lukacs # 14/249
Butcher's Glee
Target creature gets +3/+0 and gains lifelink until end of turn. Regenerate it. (Damage dealt by a creature with lifelink also causes its controller to gain that much life.)
The Crave made Kneecleaver think she was bigger than the dragon.
illus. Jesper Ejsing # 84/249
Carven Caryatid
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
When Carven Caryatid enters the battlefield, draw a card.
So-called "old wood" is rare in deforested Ravnica. Statues carved from it are said to house the last of the ancient nature spirits.
illus. Jim Nelson # 156/249
Cephalid Broker
: Target player draws two cards, then discards two cards.
Cephalids value the free exchange of ideas—except for the "free" part.
illus. Dave Dorman # 44/249
Channel
Until end of turn, any time you could activate a mana ability, you may pay 1 life. If you do, add .
To some mages, the meaning of life is less important than how much is left.
illus. Rebecca Guay # 157/249
Charmbreaker Devils
At the beginning of your upkeep, return an instant or sorcery card at random from your graveyard to your hand.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Charmbreaker Devils gets +4/+0 until end of turn.
illus. Dan Scott # 120/249
Child of Night
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Sins that would be too gruesome in the light of day are made more pleasing in the dark of night.
illus. Ash Wood # 85/249
Chronicler of Heroes
When Chronicler of Heroes enters the battlefield, draw a card if you control a creature with a +1/+1 counter on it.
She paints pictures with words, though not all pictures show the truth.
illus. John Stanko # 196/249
Claustrophobia
Enchant creature
When Claustrophobia enters the battlefield, tap enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
illus. Ryan Pancoast # 45/249
Condescend
Counter target spell unless its controller pays . Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)
"Shame we'll never see what all the fuss was about."
illus. Kieran Yanner # 46/249
Consecrated Sphinx
Flying
Whenever an opponent draws a card, you may draw two cards.
Blessed by the hands of Jin-Gitaxias.
illus. Mark Zug # 47/249
Coordinated Assault
Up to two target creatures each get +1/+0 and gain first strike until end of turn.
It's hard to shout "Shields up!" with a javelin in your chest.
illus. John Severin Brassell # 121/249
Corpsejack Menace
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, twice that many +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.
Weakness is not in the nature of the Swarm.
illus. Chris Rahn # 197/249
Crowned Ceratok
Trample
Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has trample.
The best way to calm a rampaging ceratok is to wait until it dies of natural causes.
illus. Steve Prescott # 158/249
Crucible of Fire
Dragon creatures you control get +3/+3.
"The dragon is a perfect marriage of power and the will to use it."—Sarkhan Vol
illus. Dominick Domingo # 122/249
Cryptic Command
Choose two —
• Counter target spell.
• Return target permanent to its owner's hand.
• Tap all creatures your opponents control.
• Draw a card.
illus. Jason Rainville # 48/249
Curse of Predation
Enchant player
Whenever a creature attacks enchanted player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
"Hunters feed on the fear of their prey."—Garruk Wildspeaker
illus. Jack Wang # 159/249
Darksteel Axe
Indestructible (Effects that say "destroy" don't destroy this artifact.)
Equipped creature gets +2/+0.
Equip
Heavier than it looks, tricky to wield, guaranteed to last.
illus. Daniel Ljunggren # 214/249
Day of the Dragons
When Day of the Dragons enters the battlefield, exile all creatures you control. Then create that many 5/5 red Dragon creature tokens with flying.
When Day of the Dragons leaves the battlefield, sacrifice all Dragons you control. Then return the exiled cards to the battlefield under your control.
illus. Matthew D. Wilson # 49/249
Dead Reveler
Unleash (You may have this creature enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. It can't block as long as it has a +1/+1 counter on it.)
He's the unlife of the party.
illus. David Palumbo # 86/249
Diminish
Target creature has base power and toughness 1/1 until end of turn.
Everything seems a little less ferocious when it's running from a house cat.
illus. Eric Deschamps # 50/249
Dimir Aqueduct
Dimir Aqueduct enters the battlefield tapped.
When Dimir Aqueduct enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
illus. John Avon # 234/249
Disenchant
Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
"The tools of evil are mere things. And like all things, they cannot last forever."—Song of All, canto 881
illus. Donato Giancola # 15/249
Dissolve
Counter target spell. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)
"You thought only the gods could stop you?"
illus. Wesley Burt # 51/249
Distortion Strike
Target creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)
illus. Goran Josic # 52/249
Doom Blade
Destroy target nonblack creature.
The void is without substance but cuts like steel.
illus. Chippy # 87/249
Doomed Traveler
When Doomed Traveler dies, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
He vowed he would never rest until he reached his destination. He doesn't know how right he was.
illus. Lars Grant-West # 16/249
Doomsday
Search your library and graveyard for five cards and exile the rest. Put the chosen cards on top of your library in any order. You lose half your life, rounded up.
illus. # ?/249
Doorkeeper
Defender
, : Target player puts the top X cards of their library into their graveyard, where X is the number of creatures with defender you control.
One piercing stare usually convinces thieves to go elsewhere.
illus. Kev Walker # 53/249
Draconic Roar
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may reveal a Dragon card from your hand.
Draconic Roar deals 3 damage to target creature. If you revealed a Dragon card or controlled a Dragon as you cast this spell, Draconic Roar deals 3 damage to that creature's controller.
illus. Kev Walker # 123/249
Dragon Bell Monk
Vigilance
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
He has spent years training his eyes and ears to detect the subtle signs of a dragon's approach.
illus. Lius Lasahido # 17/249
Dragon Egg
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
When Dragon Egg dies, create a 2/2 red Dragon creature token with flying. It has ": This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn."
Dragon birth lairs are littered with treasure to entice the young from their eggs.
illus. Jack Wang # 124/249
Dragon Tempest
Whenever a creature with flying enters the battlefield under your control, it gains haste until end of turn.
Whenever a Dragon enters the battlefield under your control, it deals X damage to any target, where X is the number of Dragons you control.
illus. Willian Murai # 125/249
Dragonloft Idol
As long as you control a Dragon, Dragonloft Idol gets +1/+1 and has flying and trample.
The idols were forged during the time of the Khanfall, when the dragons came to rule Tarkir and its people aligned themselves with the five dragonlords.
illus. Jung Park # 215/249
Dragonlord's Servant
Dragon spells you cast cost less to cast.
Atarka serving-goblins coat themselves with grease imbued with noxious herbs, hoping to discourage their ravenous masters from adding them to the meal.
illus. Steve Prescott # 126/249
Duress
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
"Don't worry. I'm not going to deprive you of all your secrets. Just your most precious one."—Liliana Vess
illus. Steven Belledin # 88/249
Durkwood Baloth
Suspend 5— (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay and exile it with five time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)
illus. Dan Frazier # 160/249
Duskdale Wurm
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
"Last time, it tore up the Wilt-Leaf, turned Mistmeadow into a mudhole, and made the river jump its banks. On the bright side, we were eating venison for weeks."—Donal Alloway, cenn of Kinscaer
illus. Dan Dos Santos # 161/249
Earth Elemental
Earth elementals have the eternal strength of stone and the endurance of mountains. Primordially connected to the land they inhabit, they take a long-term view of things, scorning the impetuous haste of short-lived mortal creatures.
illus. Anthony S. Waters # 127/249
Electrolyze
Electrolyze deals 2 damage divided as you choose among one or two targets.
Draw a card.
The Izzet learn something from every lesson they teach.
illus. Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai # 198/249
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
Vigilance
Other creatures you control get +2/+2.
Creatures your opponents control get -2/-2.
"The Gitaxians whisper among themselves of other worlds. If they exist, we must bring Phyrexia's magnificence to them."
illus. Igor Kieryluk # 18/249
Elusive Spellfist
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, Elusive Spellfist gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.
"Learn to see an obstacle from a new perspective. Underneath, for example."—Chanyi, Ojutai monk
illus. Viktor Titov # 54/249
Emerge Unscathed
Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)
illus. Steve Argyle # 19/249
Emeria Angel
Flying
Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you may create a 1/1 white Bird creature token with flying.
When the earth shudders, the sky overflows.
illus. Jim Murray # 20/249
Enlarge
Target creature gets +7/+7 and gains trample until end of turn. It must be blocked this turn if able. (If a creature with trample would assign enough damage to its blockers to destroy them, you may have it assign the rest of its damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
For Mittens, it was just another day at the beach.
illus. Michael Komarck # 162/249
Eternal Thirst
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has lifelink and "Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature." (Damage dealt by a creature with lifelink also causes its controller to gain that much life.)
illus. Clint Cearley # 89/249
Evolving Wilds
, Sacrifice Evolving Wilds: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.
The land is ever resilient. Should it die, it will be reborn.
illus. Andreas Rocha # 235/249
Festering Newt
When Festering Newt dies, target creature an opponent controls gets -1/-1 until end of turn. That creature gets -4/-4 instead if you control a creature named Bogbrew Witch.
Its back bubbles like a witch's cauldron, and it smells just as vile.
illus. Eric Deschamps # 90/249
Fireball
This spell costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.
Fireball deals X damage divided evenly, rounded down, among any number of targets.
The spell fell upon the crowd like a dragon, ancient and full of death.
illus. Dave Dorman # 128/249
Firemane Angel
Flying, first strike
At the beginning of your upkeep, if Firemane Angel is in your graveyard or on the battlefield, you may gain 1 life.
: Return Firemane Angel from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate this ability only during your upkeep.
illus. Matt Cavotta # 199/249
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 # 55/249
Fog Bank
Defender, flying
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by Fog Bank.
"The union of sea and sky makes a perfect cover."—Talrand, sky summoner
illus. Howard Lyon # 56/249
Foul-Tongue Invocation
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may reveal a Dragon card from your hand.
Target player sacrifices a creature. If you revealed a Dragon card or controlled a Dragon as you cast this spell, you gain 4 life.
illus. Daarken # 91/249
Frost Lynx
When Frost Lynx enters the battlefield, tap target creature an opponent controls. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
It readily attacks much larger prey, knowing retaliation is impossible.
illus. Izzy # 57/249
Furnace Whelp
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
: Furnace Whelp gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Baby dragons can't figure out humans—if they didn't want to be killed, why were they made of meat and treasure?
illus. Shreya Shetty # 129/249
Fury Charm
Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.
• Remove two time counters from target permanent or suspended card.
illus. John Avon # 130/249
Genesis Hydra
When you cast this spell, reveal the top X cards of your library. You may put a nonland permanent card with converted mana cost X or less from among them onto the battlefield. Then shuffle the rest into your library.
Genesis Hydra enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it.
illus. Peter Mohrbacher # 163/249
Genesis Wave
Reveal the top X cards of your library. You may put any number of permanent cards with converted mana cost X or less from among them onto the battlefield. Then put all cards revealed this way that weren't put onto the battlefield into your graveyard.
illus. James Paick # 164/249
Glimpse the Unthinkable
Target player puts the top ten cards of their library into their graveyard.
"I am confident that if anyone actually penetrates our facades, even the most perceptive would still be fundamentally unprepared for the truth of House Dimir."—Szadek
illus. Brandon Kitkouski # 200/249
Golgari Rot Farm
Golgari Rot Farm enters the battlefield tapped.
When Golgari Rot Farm enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
illus. John Avon # 236/249
Graven Cairns
: Add .
, : Add , , or .
Shamans of Kar-Sengir claim that their sun sets because it can no longer bear the gaze of those pain-carved cliffs.
illus. Anthony S. Waters # 237/249
Great Teacher's Decree
Creatures you control get +2/+1 until end of turn.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)
illus. Zoltan Boros # 21/249
Greater Basilisk
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Bone, stone . . . both taste the same to a hungry basilisk.
illus. James Ryman # 165/249
Grisly Spectacle
Destroy target nonartifact creature. Its controller puts a number of cards equal to that creature's power from the top of their library into their graveyard.
"Watch people flock to a murder scene. Then tell me we're not all a little sick in the head."—Juri, proprietor of the Juri Revue
illus. Zoltan Boros # 92/249
Grove of the Burnwillows
: Add .
: Add or . Each opponent gains 1 life.
Spring is the most beautiful season in the grove, when the new leaves open from their ember-buds in a race of leaping flames.
illus. Cliff Childs # 238/249
Gruul Turf
Gruul Turf enters the battlefield tapped.
When Gruul Turf enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
illus. John Avon # 239/249
Guard Duty
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has defender.
"I was told these were standard issue. Do I look standard to you?"
illus. Karl Kopinski # 22/249
Guardian Idol
Guardian Idol enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
: Guardian Idol becomes a 2/2 Golem artifact creature until end of turn.
illus. Igor Kieryluk # 216/249
Guided Strike
Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.
Draw a card.
"May the Ancestor strengthen my hand and guide my blade."—Nomad war prayer
illus. Dave Dorman # 23/249
Guttersnipe
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Guttersnipe deals 2 damage to each opponent.
"I found a new toy. Wanna play?"
illus. Mathias Kollros # 131/249
Hammerhand
Enchant creature
When Hammerhand enters the battlefield, target creature can't block this turn.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has haste. (It can attack and no matter when it came under your control.)
illus. Tomasz Jedruszek # 132/249
Haunting Hymn
Target player discards two cards. If you cast this spell during your main phase, that player discards four cards instead.
The hymn's melody has persisted since Tourach's time, but the words changed to invoke the phobias of each listener.
illus. rk post # 93/249
Heat Ray
Heat Ray deals X damage to target creature.
"There was clearly a scream. I'm not sure if there was a mouth."—Sachir, Akoum Expeditionary House
illus. Austin Hsu # 133/249
Heroes' Bane
Heroes' Bane enters the battlefield with four +1/+1 counters on it.
: Put X +1/+1 counters on Heroes' Bane, where X is its power.
Travelers' tales claim that hydras bite off their own heads to make themselves deadlier.
illus. Raymond Swanland # 166/249
Hoarding Dragon
Flying
When Hoarding Dragon enters the battlefield, you may search your library for an artifact card, exile it, then shuffle your library.
When Hoarding Dragon dies, you may put the exiled card into its owner's hand.
illus. Matt Cavotta # 134/249
Horizon Canopy
, Pay 1 life: Add or .
, , Sacrifice Horizon Canopy: Draw a card.
The day is born within its branches.
illus. Noah Bradley # 240/249
Hunt the Weak
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Then that creature fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
Dragons scorn the weak, even among their own kind.
illus. Lars Grant-West # 167/249
Hunting Pack
Create a 4/4 green Beast creature token.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn.)
illus. Jim Nelson # 168/249
Hypersonic Dragon
Flying, haste
You may cast sorcery spells as though they had flash. (You may cast them any time you could cast an instant.)
"Even this primitive specimen of my kind is impressive."—Niv-Mizzet
illus. Dan Scott # 201/249
Illusory Ambusher
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Whenever Illusory Ambusher is dealt damage, draw that many cards.
"Violence is the food it craves. Feed it if you dare."—Doriel, mentor of Mistral Isle
illus. Steve Argyle # 58/249
Illusory Angel
Cast this spell only if you've cast another spell this turn.
Flying
"In a daze, I woke and looked upon the battlefield, where I could swear my dreams were laying waste to the enemy."—Letter from a soldier
illus. Allen Williams # 59/249
Indulgent Tormentor
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card unless target opponent sacrifices a creature or pays 3 life.
The promise of anguish is payment enough for services rendered.
illus. Wesley Burt # 94/249
Infantry Veteran
: Target attacking creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
"Swords, to me! We must engage their line to protect our archers and mages. Let no one fail this task!"
illus. Zoltan Boros # 24/249
Inspiring Call
Draw a card for each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it. Those creatures gain indestructible until end of turn.
"Now is the hour. Ours is the duty. For victory and family—charge!"
illus. Dan Scott # 169/249
Iona's Judgment
Exile target creature or enchantment.
Beneath the gaze of angels, only the righteous may stand without fear.
illus. Mike Bierek # 25/249
Ivy Elemental
Ivy Elemental enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it.
In the gardens of the centaurs, many travelers have mysteriously vanished while admiring the elaborate topiaries.
illus. Ron Spencer # 170/249
Izzet Boilerworks
Izzet Boilerworks enters the battlefield tapped.
When Izzet Boilerworks enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
illus. John Avon # 241/249
Jace's Phantasm
Flying
Jace's Phantasm gets +4/+4 as long as an opponent has ten or more cards in their graveyard.
In the abstract memories of the Iquati, Jace found interesting ideas to improve upon.
illus. Johann Bodin # 60/249
Jaddi Offshoot
Defender
Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you gain 1 life.
On Murasa, even the trees grow trees.
illus. Daarken # 171/249
Jhessian Thief
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Whenever Jhessian Thief deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
"Where's the fun in an escape if it's not at least a little daring?"
illus. Miles Johnston # 61/249
Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
Flash
At the beginning of your end step, draw seven cards.
Each opponent's maximum hand size is reduced by seven.
"It is not a goal, but a process—the process of creating the perfect Phyrexia."
illus. Eric Deschamps # 62/249
Jugan, the Rising Star
Flying
When Jugan, the Rising Star dies, you may distribute five +1/+1 counters among any number of target creatures.
The light of the rising star empowers the champions of tomorrow.
illus. Filip Burburan # 172/249
Jungle Barrier
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
When Jungle Barrier enters the battlefield, draw a card.
Within silent clearings guarded by living palisades, the natural world guards its most precious secrets.
illus. Christine Choi # 202/249
Keiga, the Tide Star
Flying
When Keiga, the Tide Star dies, gain control of target creature.
The pull of the tide star holds eternal sway.
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 63/249
Keldon Halberdier
First strike
Suspend 4— (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay and exile it with four time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)
illus. Parente # 135/249
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Haste
: Create a token that's a copy of target nonlegendary creature you control. That token has haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
illus. Steven Belledin # 136/249
Kiln Fiend
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Kiln Fiend gets +3/+0 until end of turn.
It traps an explosion within its stony skin.
illus. Adi Granov # 137/249
Knight of the Reliquary
Knight of the Reliquary gets +1/+1 for each land card in your graveyard.
, Sacrifice a Forest or Plains: Search your library for a land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library.
"Knowledge of Bant's landscape and ruins is a weapon that the invaders can't comprehend."—Elspeth Tirel
illus. Michael Komarck # 203/249
Kokusho, the Evening Star
Flying
When Kokusho, the Evening Star dies, each opponent loses 5 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
The fall of the evening star never heralds a gentle dawn.
illus. Slawomir Maniak # 95/249
Kolaghan Monument
: Add or .
: Kolaghan Monument becomes a 4/4 black and red Dragon artifact creature with flying until end of turn.
Kolaghan has no lasting home, but her disciples leave relics to mark her conquests.
illus. Daniel Ljunggren # 217/249
Lead the Stampede
Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal any number of creature cards from among them and put the revealed cards into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
illus. Efrem Palacios # 173/249
Lightning Helix
Lightning Helix deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.
"Rage is not the answer. Rage followed by fitting vengeance is the answer."—Ajani Goldmane
illus. Raymond Swanland # 204/249
Lord of the Pit
Flying, trample
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature other than Lord of the Pit. If you can't, Lord of the Pit deals 7 damage to you.
"My summoning begins your debt, Planeswalker."
illus. Chippy # 96/249
Lotus Cobra
Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you may add one mana of any color.
Its scales contain the essence of thousands of lotus blooms.
illus. Chippy # 174/249
Lure
Enchant creature
All creatures able to block enchanted creature do so.
It makes the insignificant conspicuous, the repulsive alluring, and the deadly irresistible.
illus. D. Alexander Gregory # 175/249
Magus of the Moon
Nonbasic lands are Mountains.
Tidal forces of the blood moon wrench and buckle the land, drawing monoliths of stone and soil toward the flaming orb.
illus. Franz Vohwinkel # 138/249
Mahamoti Djinn
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Of royal blood among the spirits of the air, the Mahamoti djinn rides on the wings of the winds. As dangerous in the gambling hall as he is in battle, he is a master of trickery and misdirection.
illus. Greg Staples # 64/249
Malfegor
Flying
When Malfegor enters the battlefield, discard your hand. Each opponent sacrifices a creature for each card discarded this way.
A demon cannot be trusted, and a dragon will not be ruled.
illus. Karl Kopinski # 205/249
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.
Enthusiasm is no match for preparation.
illus. Raymond Swanland # 65/249
Mana Leak
Counter target spell unless its controller pays .
The fatal flaw in every plan is the assumption that you know more than your enemy.
illus. Howard Lyon # 66/249
Manakin
: Add .
"Each night, the artificer tucked the little doll into a locked drawer. Each morning, she awoke to find it waiting beside her with some new bauble."—"The Artificer's Apprentice"
illus. David Palumbo # 218/249
Mark of Mutiny
Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Put a +1/+1 counter on it and untap it. That creature gains haste until end of turn. (It can attack and this turn.)
The flame of anger is hard to douse once lit.
illus. Mike Bierek # 139/249
Mer-Ek Nightblade
Outlast (, : Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Outlast only as a sorcery.)
Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has deathtouch.
illus. Lucas Graciano # 97/249
Mind Stone
: Add .
, , Sacrifice Mind Stone: Draw a card.
"What is mana but possibility, an idea not yet given form?"—Jhoira, master artificer
illus. Adam Rex # 219/249
Mindcrank
Whenever an opponent loses life, that player puts that many cards from the top of their library into their graveyard. (Damage dealt by sources without infect causes loss of life.)
"Let go of your memories and be reborn."—Argent Etchings, plate 106, passage 27
illus. Chris Rahn # 220/249
Mishra's Bauble
, Sacrifice Mishra's Bauble: Look at the top card of target player's library. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
"Arcum is a babbling fool! Phyrexian technology is our greatest blessing. Take this delightful trinket for instance . . ."—Heidar, Rimewind master
illus. Chippy # 221/249
Mnemonic Wall
Defender
When Mnemonic Wall enters the battlefield, you may return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
"It augments anamnesis. What is so confusing about that?"—Perisophia the philosopher
illus. Trevor Claxton # 67/249
Monastery Swiftspear
Haste
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
The calligraphy of combat is written with strokes of sudden blood.
illus. Steve Argyle # 140/249
Moonglove Extract
Sacrifice Moonglove Extract: It deals 2 damage to any target.
Diluted, moonglove can etch living tissue. Concentrated, a drop will kill a giant.
illus. Terese Nielsen # 222/249
Nantuko Shaman
When Nantuko Shaman enters the battlefield, if you control no tapped lands, draw a card.
Suspend 1— (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay and exile it with a time counter on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)
illus. Daren Bader # 176/249
Nature's Claim
Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Its controller gains 4 life.
"The timeless, tireless jaws of nature shall one day devour us all."—Sildark, artificer of Omu
illus. Raoul Vitale # 177/249
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 # 98/249
Netcaster Spider
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Whenever Netcaster Spider blocks a creature with flying, Netcaster Spider gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
It is an expert at culling individuals who stray too far from the herd.
illus. Yohann Schepacz # 178/249
Night of Souls' Betrayal
All creatures get -1/-1.
"How can we wage war against ourselves? What happens when the kami of our very souls rise against us? I answer simply: We cannot. We die. There can be no victory in this war."—Sensei Hisoka, letter to Lord Konda
illus. Greg Staples # 99/249
Nimbus Maze
: Add .
: Add . Activate this ability only if you control an Island.
: Add . Activate this ability only if you control a Plains.
To find its center is to find one's own.
illus. Jason Chan # 242/249
Noxious Dragon
Flying
When Noxious Dragon dies, you may destroy target creature with converted mana cost 3 or less.
Dragons of Silumgar's brood begin to digest their prey even before consuming it, letting their caustic breath do much of the work.
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 100/249
Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you may have target player lose 3 life. If you do, put three +1/+1 counters on Ob Nixilis, the Fallen.
His spark lost, he plots revenge upon the plane whose corrupting mana fractured his soul.
illus. Jason Felix # 101/249
Oblivion Stone
, : Put a fate counter on target permanent.
, , Sacrifice Oblivion Stone: Destroy each nonland permanent without a fate counter on it, then remove all fate counters from all permanents.
illus. Gabor Szikszai # 223/249
Obstinate Baloth
When Obstinate Baloth enters the battlefield, you gain 4 life.
If a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard Obstinate Baloth, put it onto the battlefield instead of putting it into your graveyard.
illus. Chris Rahn # 179/249
Ojutai's Breath
Tap target creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)
illus. Kev Walker # 68/249
Orzhov Basilica
Orzhov Basilica enters the battlefield tapped.
When Orzhov Basilica enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
illus. John Avon # 243/249
Overgrown Battlement
Defender
: Add for each creature with defender you control.
"Our enemy is nothing less than the end of all life. We shall not want for allies."—The War Diaries
illus. Franz Vohwinkel # 180/249
Palladium Myr
: Add .
The myr are like the Glimmervoid: blank canvases on which to build grand creations.
illus. Alan Pollack # 224/249
Path of Bravery
As long as your life total is greater than or equal to your starting life total, creatures you control get +1/+1.
Whenever one or more creatures you control attack, you gain life equal to the number of attacking creatures.
illus. Chris Rahn # 26/249
Pentarch Ward
Enchant creature
As Pentarch Ward enters the battlefield, choose a color.
When Pentarch Ward enters the battlefield, draw a card.
Enchanted creature has protection from the chosen color. This effect doesn't remove Pentarch Ward.
illus. Dany Orizio # 27/249
Phantom Monster
Flying
Is it an amalgamation of faded memories or the projection of a half-remembered dream? Neither answer offers any comfort.
illus. Richard Wright # 69/249
Phantom Tiger
Phantom Tiger enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it.
If damage would be dealt to Phantom Tiger, prevent that damage. Remove a +1/+1 counter from Phantom Tiger.
illus. Seb McKinnon # 181/249
Phyrexian Rager
When Phyrexian Rager enters the battlefield, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
"I believe many worlds will bow to Phyrexia. Mirrodin is merely the first."—Sheoldred, Whispering One
illus. Stephan Martiniere # 102/249
Pillar of Flame
Pillar of Flame deals 2 damage to any target. If a creature dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead.
"May the worthy spend an eternity in Blessed Sleep. May the wicked find the peace of oblivion."
illus. Karl Kopinski # 141/249
Prey's Vengeance
Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)
illus. Jesper Ejsing # 182/249
Primeval Titan
Trample
Whenever Primeval Titan enters the battlefield or attacks, you may search your library for up to two land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.
When nature calls, run.
illus. Aleksi Briclot # 183/249
Pristine Talisman
: Add . You gain 1 life.
"Tools and artisans can be destroyed, but the act of creation is inviolate."—Elspeth Tirel
illus. Matt Cavotta # 225/249
Prodigal Pyromancer
: Prodigal Pyromancer deals 1 damage to any target.
"What am I looking at? Ashes, dead man."
illus. Jeremy Jarvis # 142/249
Radiant Fountain
When Radiant Fountain enters the battlefield, you gain 2 life.
: Add .
"All peoples treasure a place where the weary traveler may drink in peace."—Ajani Goldmane
illus. Adam Paquette # 244/249
Rakdos Carnarium
Rakdos Carnarium enters the battlefield tapped.
When Rakdos Carnarium enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
illus. John Avon # 245/249
Rakdos Drake
Flying
Unleash (You may have this creature enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. It can't block as long as it has a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Rakdos rioters paint their faces to resemble the drakes' bloodied muzzles.
illus. Karl Kopinski # 103/249
Rampaging Baloths
Trample
Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you may create a 4/4 green Beast creature token.
"When the land is angry, so are they."—Nissa Revane
illus. Steve Prescott # 184/249
Reave Soul
Destroy target creature with power 3 or less.
"I was not convinced you had a soul until I saw it for myself."—Liliana Vess
illus. David Palumbo # 104/249
Repeal
Return target nonland permanent with converted mana cost X to its owner's hand.
Draw a card.
"Your deed cannot be undone. You, however, can be."—Agosto, Azorius imperator
illus. Dan Scott # 70/249
Restoration Angel
Flash
Flying
When Restoration Angel enters the battlefield, you may exile target non-Angel creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.
illus. Wesley Burt # 28/249
Rift Bolt
Rift Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.
Suspend 1— (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay and exile it with a time counter on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, cast it without paying its mana cost.)
illus. Daniel Ljunggren # 143/249
River of Tears
: Add . If you played a land this turn, add instead.
"The Westfolk wept, and their tears wore winding rivers into the cheek of the world."—Glem the Lonebard, "Origins of Kholon"
illus. Chris J. Anderson # 246/249
Riverwheel Aerialists
Flying
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Adepts of the Riverwheel Stronghold can run through rain and never get wet; masters use the raindrops as stepping stones.
illus. Jack Wang # 71/249
Rosheen Meanderer
: Add . Spend this mana only on costs that contain .
Night after night, Rosheen babbled about a bygone sunlit world, her every word dismissed as a madwoman's ravings.
illus. Aleksi Briclot # 206/249
Rotfeaster Maggot
When Rotfeaster Maggot enters the battlefield, exile target creature card from a graveyard. You gain life equal to that card's toughness.
Is it at the top of the food chain or the bottom?
illus. Yeong-Hao Han # 105/249
Runed Servitor
When Runed Servitor dies, each player draws a card.
Scholars had puzzled for centuries over the ruins at Tal Terig. Its secrets had always lived within one rune-carved head.
illus. Mike Bierek # 226/249
Rune-Scarred Demon
Flying
When Rune-Scarred Demon enters the battlefield, search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.
The litany of the infernal on his flesh pulses to the beating of his dark heart.
illus. Michael Komarck # 106/249
Ryusei, the Falling Star
Flying
When Ryusei, the Falling Star dies, it deals 5 damage to each creature without flying.
The course of the falling star always ends in ruin.
illus. Grzegorz Rutkowski # 144/249
Sandstone Oracle
Flying
When Sandstone Oracle enters the battlefield, choose an opponent. If that player has more cards in hand than you, draw cards equal to the difference.
illus. Izzy # 227/249
Sanguine Bond
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
"Blood is constant. Every drop I drink, someone must bleed."—Vradeen, vampire nocturnus
illus. Jaime Jones # 107/249
Savageborn Hydra
Double strike
Savageborn Hydra enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it.
: Put a +1/+1 counter on Savageborn Hydra. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.
illus. Raymond Swanland # 207/249
Scion of Ugin
Flying
For hundreds of years Ugin slept, encased in the cocoon of stone and magic Sarkhan had created using a shard of a Zendikari hedron. As Ugin lay dormant, his spectral guardians kept vigil.
illus. Cliff Childs # 1/249
Scourge of Valkas
Flying
Whenever Scourge of Valkas or another Dragon enters the battlefield under your control, it deals X damage to any target, where X is the number of Dragons you control.
: Scourge of Valkas gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
illus. Lucas Graciano # 145/249
Search for Tomorrow
Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library.
Suspend 2— (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay and exile it with two time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, cast it without paying its mana cost.)
illus. Randy Gallegos # 185/249
Seeker of the Way
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, Seeker of the Way gains lifelink until end of turn.
"I don't know where my destiny lies, but I know it isn't here."
illus. Craig J Spearing # 29/249
Selesnya Sanctuary
Selesnya Sanctuary enters the battlefield tapped.
When Selesnya Sanctuary enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
illus. John Avon # 247/249
Serra Angel
Flying, vigilance
Follow the light. In its absence, follow her.
illus. Greg Staples # 30/249
Serra Ascendant
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
As long as you have 30 or more life, Serra Ascendant gets +5/+5 and has flying.
Faith in Serra is its own reward.
illus. Howard Lyon # 31/249
Serum Powder
: Add .
Any time you could mulligan and Serum Powder is in your hand, you may exile all the cards from your hand, then draw that many cards. (You can do this in addition to taking mulligans.)
illus. Matt Thompson # 228/249
Sheoldred, Whispering One
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature.
illus. Jana Schirmer & Johannes Voss # 108/249
Shimmering Grotto
: Add .
, : Add one mana of any color.
Untold riches await those who forsake the bustling world to search the secret, silent places.
illus. Cliff Childs # 248/249
Shriekgeist
Flying
Whenever Shriekgeist deals combat damage to a player, that player puts the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.
Wounds of the flesh are easy to heal. Wounds of the mind may never be undone.
illus. Raymond Swanland # 72/249
Simic Growth Chamber
Simic Growth Chamber enters the battlefield tapped.
When Simic Growth Chamber enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
illus. John Avon # 249/249
Simic Sky Swallower
Flying, trample
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
"We've bred out the shortcomings of the species' natural form and replaced them with assets of our own design."—Momir Vig
illus. rk post # 208/249
Skywise Teachings
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, you may pay . If you do, create a 2/2 blue Djinn Monk creature token with flying.
Ojutai's words must be translated from Draconic before his students can benefit from their wisdom.
illus. Filip Burburan # 73/249
Sphinx of Uthuun
Flying
When Sphinx of Uthuun enters the battlefield, 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.
illus. Kekai Kotaki # 74/249
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 # 209/249
Splatter Thug
First strike
Unleash (You may have this creature enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. It can't block as long as it has a +1/+1 counter on it.)
The mask isn't meant to hide his identity. It's meant to keep the viscera out of his eyes.
illus. Kev Walker # 146/249
Staggershock
Staggershock deals 2 damage to any target.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)
illus. Raymond Swanland # 147/249
Stalwart Aven
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Renown 1 (When this creature deals combat damage to a player, if it isn't renowned, put a +1/+1 counter on it and it becomes renowned.)
illus. Scott Murphy # 32/249
Star Compass
Star Compass enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add one mana of any color that a basic land you control could produce.
It doesn't point north. It points home.
illus. Donato Giancola # 229/249
Student of Ojutai
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, you gain 2 life.
"Human enlightenment is a firefly that sparks in the night. Dragon enlightenment is a beacon that disperses all darkness."
illus. Jason A. Engle # 33/249
Sultai Flayer
Whenever a creature you control with toughness 4 or greater dies, you gain 4 life.
"You can have the body, necromancer. I just want the skin."
illus. Izzy # 186/249
Supreme Verdict
This spell can't be countered.
Destroy all creatures.
Leonos had no second thoughts about the abolishment edict. He'd left skyrunes warning of the eviction, even though it was cloudy.
illus. Sam Burley # 210/249
Surreal Memoir
Return an instant card at random from your graveyard to your hand.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)
illus. Jaime Jones # 148/249
Survival Cache
You gain 2 life. Then if you have more life than an opponent, draw a card.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)
illus. Scott Chou # 34/249
Sustainer of the Realm
Flying
Whenever Sustainer of the Realm blocks, it gets +0/+2 until end of turn.
You may break her shield, but you'll never break her spirit.
illus. Mark Zug # 35/249
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 # 36/249
Tavern Swindler
, Pay 3 life: Flip a coin. If you win the flip, you gain 6 life.
Rakdos cultists are her best customers. They never flinch at pain and are seldom good at math.
illus. Cynthia Sheppard # 109/249
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield have flash.
Each opponent can cast spells only any time they could cast a sorcery.
To save this plane, he must forsake all others.
illus. Volkan Baga # 75/249
Thought Scour
Target player puts the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.
Draw a card.
"As you inject the viscus vitae into the brain stem, don't let the spastic moaning bother you. It will soon become music to your ears."—Stitcher Geralf
illus. David Rapoza # 76/249
Thoughtseize
Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. You lose 2 life.
"Any dream is a robust harvest. Still, I prefer the timeworn dreams, heavy with import, that haunt the obsessive mind."
illus. Aleksi Briclot # 110/249
Thran Dynamo
: Add .
Urza's metathran children were conceived, birthed, and nurtured by an integrated system of machines.
illus. Ron Spears # 230/249
Thrill-Kill Assassin
Deathtouch
Unleash (You may have this creature enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. It can't block as long as it has a +1/+1 counter on it.)
As the bounty on Massacre Girl rose, so did the number of imitators.
illus. Tyler Jacobson # 111/249
Thundermaw Hellkite
Flying
Haste (This creature can attack and as soon as it comes under your control.)
When Thundermaw Hellkite enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to each creature with flying your opponents control. Tap those creatures.
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 149/249
Timberland Guide
When Timberland Guide enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
"Can you build a fire? Track a deer? Identify killer trees? Then you'll never survive Kessig without me."
illus. Zoltan Boros # 187/249
Topan Freeblade
Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)
Renown 1 (When this creature deals combat damage to a player, if it isn't renowned, put a +1/+1 counter on it and it becomes renowned.)
"My scars are my sigils. I will wear them with pride long after you're gone."
illus. Johannes Voss # 37/249
Tormenting Voice
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards.
"Unwelcome thoughts crowd my mind. Are they my own madness, or the whispers of another?"—Sarkhan Vol
illus. Volkan Baga # 150/249
Trepanation Blade
Whenever equipped creature attacks, defending player reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a land card. The creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each card revealed this way. That player puts the revealed cards into their graveyard.
Equip
illus. Daniel Ljunggren # 231/249
Trumpet Blast
Attacking creatures get +2/+0 until end of turn.
"Do you hear that, Sarkhan? The glory of the horde! I made a legend from what you abandoned."—Zurgo, khan of the Mardu
illus. Steve Prescott # 151/249
Ulcerate
Target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn. You lose 3 life.
"If it were merely lethal, that would be sufficient. The art, however, is in maximizing the suffering it causes."—Liliana Vess
illus. Johann Bodin # 112/249
Undercity Troll
Renown 1 (When this creature deals combat damage to a player, if it isn't renowned, put a +1/+1 counter on it and it becomes renowned.)
: Regenerate Undercity Troll. (The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, it isn't. Instead tap it, remove all damage from it, and remove it from combat.)
illus. Jason Felix # 188/249
Urabrask the Hidden
Creatures you control have haste.
Creatures your opponents control enter the battlefield tapped.
When the Mirran resistance arrived, the furnace dwellers looked to Urabrask for guidance. His decree stunned the others: "Let them be."
illus. Brad Rigney # 152/249
Vent Sentinel
Defender
, : Vent Sentinel deals damage to target player or planeswalker equal to the number of creatures with defender you control.
"Zendikar fortifies itself against the Great Threat, making sentries of sky, sea, and stone."—The War Diaries
illus. Chris Rahn # 153/249
Virulent Swipe
Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains deathtouch until end of turn.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)
illus. Raymond Swanland # 113/249
Vizkopa Guildmage
: Target creature gains lifelink until end of turn.
: Whenever you gain life this turn, each opponent loses that much life.
illus. Tyler Jacobson # 211/249
Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
Trample
Whenever you tap a land for mana, add one mana of any type that land produced.
Whenever an opponent taps a land for mana, that land doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
illus. Karl Kopinski # 189/249
Wall of Roots
Defender
Put a -0/-1 counter on Wall of Roots: Add . Activate this ability only once each turn.
"Mana grows and changes like the roots of a plant. Like a plant, it must be nurtured."—Nissa Revane
illus. Matt Stewart # 190/249
Wight of Precinct Six
Wight of Precinct Six gets +1/+1 for each creature card in your opponents' graveyards.
Even the lost and undead need a protector.
illus. Ryan Barger # 114/249
Wildsize
Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains trample until end of turn.
Draw a card.
Two times the size, four times the smell.
illus. Jim Murray # 191/249
Windfall
Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.
"Rich" is a relative term.
illus. Scott Murphy # 77/249
Wing Shards
Target player sacrifices an attacking creature.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn.)
illus. Daren Bader # 38/249
Wrench Mind
Target player discards two cards unless they discard an artifact card.
What is the sound of one head snapping?
illus. Pete Venters # 115/249
Yosei, the Morning Star
Flying
When Yosei, the Morning Star dies, target player skips their next untap step. Tap up to five target permanents that player controls.
The caress of the morning star frees all from the clutch of darkness.
illus. Chris Rahn # 39/249
