Duel Decks: Speed vs. Cunning Spoilers 72/120
Show TextAct of Treason
Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. (It can attack and this turn.)
"Rage courses in every heart, yearning to betray its rational prison." —Sarkhan Vol
illus. Eric Deschamps # 26/120
Aquamorph Entity
As Aquamorph Entity enters the battlefield or is turned face up, it becomes your choice of 5/1 or 1/5.
Morph (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for . Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
illus. Brian Despain # 54/120
Arc Trail
Arc Trail deals 2 damage to any target and 1 damage to another target.
"Don't try to hit your enemies. Concentrate on the space between them, and fill the air with doom." —Spear-Tribe teaching
illus. Marc Simonetti # 23/120
Arcanis the Omnipotent
: Draw three cards.
: Return Arcanis the Omnipotent to its owner's hand.
"Do not concern yourself with my origin, my race, or my ancestry. Seek my record in the pits, and then make your wager."
illus. Ryan Alexander Lee # 42/120
Arrow Volley Trap
If four or more creatures are attacking, you may pay rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Arrow Volley Trap deals 5 damage divided as you choose among any number of target attacking creatures.
illus. Steve Argyle # 71/120
Banefire
Banefire deals X damage to any target.
If X is 5 or more, this spell can't be countered and the damage can't be prevented.
For Sarkhan Vol, the dragon is the purest expression of life's savage splendor.
illus. Raymond Swanland # 31/120
Beetleback Chief
When Beetleback Chief enters the battlefield, create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.
Whether trained, ridden, or eaten, few goblin military innovations have rivaled the bug.
illus. Wayne England # 14/120
Bone Splinters
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Destroy target creature.
Witches of the Split-Eye Coven speak of a future when Grixis will overflow with life energy. For now, they must harvest vis from the living to fuel their dark magics.
illus. Cole Eastburn # 22/120
Coral Trickster
Morph (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for . Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When Coral Trickster is turned face up, you may tap or untap target permanent.
They wait in darkened depths, laughing eagerly.
illus. D. Alexander Gregory # 44/120
Dauntless Onslaught
Up to two target creatures each get +2/+2 until end of turn.
"The people of Akros must learn from our leonin adversaries. If we match their staunch ferocity with our superior faith, we cannot fail." —Cymede, queen of Akros
illus. Peter Mohrbacher # 27/120
Dregscape Zombie
Unearth (: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)
The undead of Grixis are fueled by their hatred of the living.
illus. Lars Grant-West # 5/120
Echo Tracer
Morph (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for . Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When Echo Tracer is turned face up, return target creature to its owner's hand.
illus. Scott M. Fischer # 51/120
Evolving Wilds
, Sacrifice Evolving Wilds: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.
Without the interfering hands of civilization, nature will always shape itself to its own needs.
illus. Steven Belledin # 32/120
Faerie Impostor
Flying
When Faerie Impostor enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you return another creature you control to its owner's hand.
Many Tin Street shops display a sign on the door: "No cloaks allowed."
illus. Johann Bodin # 43/120
Faerie Invaders
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Flying
Small enough to penetrate the narrowest crack in a castle wall and numerous enough to hack apart a griffin.
illus. Ryan Pancoast # 57/120
Fathom Seer
Morph—Return two Islands you control to their owner's hand. (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for . Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When Fathom Seer is turned face up, draw two cards.
illus. Ralph Horsley # 45/120
Fiery Fall
Fiery Fall deals 5 damage to target creature.
Basic landcycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.)
Jund feasts on the unprepared.
illus. Daarken # 29/120
Flame-Kin Zealot
When Flame-Kin Zealot enters the battlefield, creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain haste until end of turn.
Boros soldiers are like a cache of bombs ready to explode, and the flame-kin light their fuses.
illus. Arnie Swekel # 17/120
Fleeting Distraction
Target creature gets -1/-0 until end of turn.
Draw a card.
The first spell taught to young mages, it has spared the lives of many whose hands are too small to hold a sword.
illus. Ryan Yee # 60/120
Fleshbag Marauder
When Fleshbag Marauder enters the battlefield, each player sacrifices a creature.
Grixis is a world where the only things found in abundance are death and decay. Corpses, whole or in part, are the standard currency among necromancers and demons.
illus. Mark Zug # 8/120
Frenzied Goblin
Whenever Frenzied Goblin attacks, you may pay . If you do, target creature can't block this turn.
The upside to not thinking about the consequences is that you'll always surprise those who do.
illus. Carl Critchlow # 2/120
Fury of the Horde
You may exile two red cards from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Untap all creatures that attacked this turn. After this main phase, there is an additional combat phase followed by an additional main phase.
illus. Stephen Tappin # 30/120
Ghitu Encampment
Ghitu Encampment enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
: Ghitu Encampment becomes a 2/1 red Warrior creature with first strike until end of turn. It's still a land. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
illus. John Avon # 33/120
Goblin Bombardment
Sacrifice a creature: Goblin Bombardment deals 1 damage to any target.
With one motion, a pest is removed and a scourge inflicted.
illus. Dave Kendall # 24/120
Goblin Deathraiders
Trample
Every once in a while, when they aren't getting incinerated in lava, crushed under rock slides, or devoured by dragons, goblins experience moments of unmitigated glory in battle.
illus. Raymond Swanland # 6/120
Goblin Warchief
Goblin spells you cast cost less to cast.
Goblins you control have haste.
They poured from the Skirk Ridge like lava, burning and devouring everything in their path.
illus. Greg & Tim Hildebrandt # 9/120
Hellraiser Goblin
Creatures you control have haste and attack each combat if able.
Don't let him lead the soldiers, but by all means let him lead the way.
illus. Karl Kopinski # 7/120
Hell's Thunder
Flying, haste
At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice Hell's Thunder.
Unearth (: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)
illus. Karl Kopinski # 10/120
Hold the Line
Blocking creatures get +7/+7 until end of turn.
"Forgive me, Master Kami, but in the interest of my people I must halt your advance."
illus. Ron Spears # 66/120
Hussar Patrol
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Vigilance
"You think no one is watching, you think you're smart enough to escape, and most foolish of all, you think no one cares." —Arrester Lavinia, Tenth Precinct
illus. Seb McKinnon # 55/120
Impulse
Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
"You call it luck. I call it preparation."
illus. Izzy # 63/120
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 # 3/120
Inferno Trap
If you've been dealt damage by two or more creatures this turn, you may pay rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Inferno Trap deals 4 damage to target creature.
"Do you smell something burning?"
illus. Philip Straub # 67/120
Jeskai Elder
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Whenever Jeskai Elder deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.
illus. Craig J Spearing # 46/120
Kathari Bomber
Flying
When Kathari Bomber deals combat damage to a player, create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens and sacrifice Kathari Bomber.
Unearth (: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)
illus. Carl Critchlow # 11/120
Kor Hookmaster
When Kor Hookmaster enters the battlefield, tap target creature an opponent controls. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
"For us, a rope represents the ties that bind the kor. For you, it's more literal."
illus. Wayne Reynolds # 52/120
Krenko, Mob Boss
: Create X 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens, where X is the number of Goblins you control.
"He displays a perverse charisma fueled by avarice. Highly dangerous. Recommend civil sanctions." —Agmand Sarv, Azorius hussar
illus. Karl Kopinski # 15/120
Krenko's Command
Create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.
Goblins are eager to follow orders, especially when those orders involve stealing, hurting, annoying, eating, destroying, or swearing.
illus. Karl Kopinski # 25/120
Leonin Snarecaster
When Leonin Snarecaster enters the battlefield, you may tap target creature.
Formerly oppressed by the polis of Meletis, leonin occasionally "mistake" their old enemies for game.
illus. Kev Walker # 4/120
Lightning Angel
Flying, vigilance, haste
Sudden vengeance, echoing fury.
illus. rk post # 56/120
Lightning Helix
Lightning Helix deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.
Though less well-known than its army of soldiers, the Boros Legion's mage-priests are as respected by the innocent as they are hated by the ghosts of the guilty.
illus. Kev Walker # 65/120
Lone Missionary
When Lone Missionary enters the battlefield, you gain 4 life.
His mission has become a grim pilgrimage, a tour of the Eldrazi-stricken outposts across Zendikar. But he marches on alone, stubborn as the daily dawn.
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 49/120
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 # 64/120
Mardu Heart-Piercer
Raid — When Mardu Heart-Piercer enters the battlefield, if you attacked with a creature this turn, Mardu Heart-Piercer deals 2 damage to any target.
"Those who have never ridden before the wind do not know the true joy of war."
illus. Karl Kopinski # 13/120
Master Decoy
, : Tap target creature.
A skilled decoy can throw your enemies off your trail. A master decoy can survive to do it again.
illus. Ben Thompson # 50/120
Mystic Monastery
Mystic Monastery enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add , , or .
When asked how many paths reach enlightenment, the monk kicked a heap of sand. "Count," he smiled, "and then find more grains."
illus. Florian de Gesincourt # 73/120
Nomad Outpost
Nomad Outpost enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add , , or .
"Only the weak imprison themselves behind walls. We live free under the wind, and our freedom makes us strong." —Zurgo, khan of the Mardu
illus. Noah Bradley # 34/120
Ogre Battledriver
Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, that creature gets +2/+0 and gains haste until end of turn. (It can attack and this turn.)
Ogres are driven by passion, rage, and another ogre standing behind them with a whip.
illus. Greg Staples # 16/120
Oni of Wild Places
Haste
At the beginning of your upkeep, return a red creature you control to its owner's hand.
The oni leapt easily from peak to peak, toying with its victims, its voice a purr from the rumbling depths of nightmare.
illus. Mark Tedin # 19/120
Orcish Cannonade
Orcish Cannonade deals 2 damage to any target and 3 damage to you.
Draw a card.
"Crispy! Scarback! Load another volcano-ball." —Stumphobbler Thuj, orcish captain
illus. Pete Venters # 28/120
Reckless Abandon
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Reckless Abandon deals 4 damage to any target.
The climax of a warlord's career is always death.
illus. Ron Spears # 20/120
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. Anthony Palumbo # 72/120
Scourge Devil
When Scourge Devil enters the battlefield, creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.
Unearth (: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)
illus. Dave Kendall # 18/120
Shambling Remains
Shambling Remains can't block.
Unearth (: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)
illus. Nils Hamm # 12/120
Shock
Shock deals 2 damage to any target.
"The beauty of it is they never see it coming. Ever." —Razzix, sparkmage
illus. Jon Foster # 21/120
Sparkmage Apprentice
When Sparkmage Apprentice enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to any target.
Sparkmages are performance artists of sorts, but pain is the price of admission.
illus. Jaime Jones # 48/120
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 # 59/120
Stave Off
Target creature gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
illus. Mark Zug # 61/120
Steam Augury
Reveal the top five cards of your library and separate them into two piles. An opponent chooses one of those piles. Put that pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.
Keranos is a fickle god, delivering punishment as readily as prophecy.
illus. Dave Kendall # 68/120
Stonecloaker
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Flying
When Stonecloaker enters the battlefield, return a creature you control to its owner's hand.
When Stonecloaker enters the battlefield, exile target card from a graveyard.
illus. Tomas Giorello # 53/120
Swift Justice
Until end of turn, target creature gets +1/+0 and gains first strike and lifelink.
"Having conviction is more important than being righteous." —Aurelia
illus. Karl Kopinski # 62/120
Terramorphic Expanse
, Sacrifice Terramorphic Expanse: Search your library for a basic land card and put it onto the battlefield tapped. Then shuffle your library.
Take two steps north into the unsettled future, south into the unquiet past, east into the present day, or west into the great unknown.
illus. Dan Scott # 74/120
Thousand Winds
Flying
Morph (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for . Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When Thousand Winds is turned face up, return all other tapped creatures to their owners' hands.
illus. Raymond Swanland # 58/120
Traumatic Visions
Counter target spell.
Basic landcycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.)
illus. Cyril Van Der Haegen # 69/120
Whiplash Trap
If an opponent had two or more creatures enter the battlefield under their control this turn, you may pay rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Return two target creatures to their owners' hands.
illus. Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai # 70/120
Willbender
Morph (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for . Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When Willbender is turned face up, change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.
illus. Eric Peterson # 47/120
Zurgo Helmsmasher
Haste
Zurgo Helmsmasher attacks each combat if able.
Zurgo Helmsmasher has indestructible as long as it's your turn.
Whenever a creature dealt damage by Zurgo Helmsmasher this turn dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Zurgo Helmsmasher.
illus. Ryan Alexander Lee # 1/120
