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Show TextAlabaster Dragon
Flying
When Alabaster Dragon dies, shuffle it into its owner's library.
illus. Ted Naifeh # ?/0
Alluring Scent
All creatures able to block target creature this turn do so.
Doom rarely smells this sweet.
illus. Ted Naifeh # ?/0
Anaconda
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
Something soft bumped against the rowboat, then was gone.
illus. Andrew Robinson # ?/0
Ancestral Memories
Look at the top seven cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
illus. Dan Frazier # ?/0
Angelic Blessing
Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains flying until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
A peasant can do more by faith than a king by proclamation.
illus. DiTerlizzi # ?/0
Ardent Militia
Vigilance
Some fight for honor and some for gold, but the militia fights for hearth and home.
illus. Mike Raabe # ?/0
Armageddon
Destroy all lands.
"‘O miserable of happy Is this the endOf this new glorious world . . . ?'"—John Milton, Paradise Lost
illus. John Avon # ?/0
Armored Pegasus
Flying
Asked how it survived a run-in with a bog imp, the pegasus just shook its mane and burped.
illus. Andrew Robinson # ?/0
Arrogant Vampire
Flying
Charm and grace may hide a foul heart.
illus. Zina Saunders # ?/0
Assassin's Blade
Cast this spell only during the declare attackers step and only if you've been attacked this step.
Destroy target nonblack attacking creature.
illus. John Matson # ?/0
Balance of Power
If target opponent has more cards in hand than you, draw cards equal to the difference.
illus. Adam Rex # ?/0
Baleful Stare
Target opponent reveals their hand. You draw a card for each Mountain and red card in it.
illus. John Coulthart # ?/0
Bee Sting
Bee Sting deals 2 damage to any target.
There are few things as motivating as a swarm of bees.
illus. Phil Foglio # ?/0
Blessed Reversal
You gain 3 life for each creature attacking you.
illus. Zina Saunders # ?/0
Blinding Light
Tap all nonwhite creatures.
Let the unjust avert their faces and contemplate their peril.
illus. John Coulthart # ?/0
Bog Imp
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Don't be fooled by their looks. Think of them as little knives with wings.
illus. Christopher Rush # ?/0
Bog Raiders
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
Those who live amid decay must expect scavengers.
illus. Steve Luke # ?/0
Bog Wraith
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
It moved through the troops leaving no footprints, save on their souls.
illus. Ted Naifeh # ?/0
Boiling Seas
Destroy all Islands.
What burns the land, boils the seas.
illus. Tom Wänerstrand # ?/0
Border Guard
"Join the army, see foreign countries" they'd said.
illus. Kev Walker # ?/0
Breath of Life
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
illus. DiTerlizzi # ?/0
Bull Hippo
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
Stay alert: his lumbering may shake the ground itself, but in water, he glides.
illus. Roger Raupp # ?/0
Burning Cloak
Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Burning Cloak deals 2 damage to that creature.
illus. Scott M. Fischer # ?/0
Capricious Sorcerer
: Capricious Sorcerer deals 1 damage to any target. Activate this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
illus. Zina Saunders # ?/0
Charging Bandits
Whenever Charging Bandits attacks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
The fear in their victims' eyes is their most cherished reward.
illus. Dermot Power # ?/0
Charging Paladin
Whenever Charging Paladin attacks, it gets +0/+3 until end of turn.
A true warrior's thoughts are of victory, not death.
illus. Kev Walker # ?/0
Charging Rhino
Charging Rhino can't be blocked by more than one creature.
A rhino rarely uses its horn to announce its charge, only to end it.
illus. Una Fricker # ?/0
Cloak of Feathers
Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
Draw a card.
A thousand feathers from a thousand birds, sewn with magic and song.
illus. Rebecca Guay # ?/0
Cloud Dragon
Flying
Cloud Dragon can block only creatures with flying.
illus. John Avon # ?/0
Cloud Pirates
Flying
Cloud Pirates can block only creatures with flying.
illus. Phil Foglio # ?/0
Cloud Spirit
Flying
Cloud Spirit can block only creatures with flying.
illus. DiTerlizzi # ?/0
Command of Unsummoning
Cast this spell only during the declare attackers step and only if you've been attacked this step.
Return one or two target attacking creatures to their owner's hand.
illus. Phil Foglio # ?/0
Coral Eel
Some fishers like to eat eels, and some eels like to eat fishers.
illus. Una Fricker # ?/0
Craven Giant
Craven Giant can't block.
"The best armor is to keep out of range."—Italian proverb
illus. Ron Spencer # ?/0
Craven Knight
Craven Knight can't block.
"I say victory is better than honor."
illus. Charles Gillespie # ?/0
Cruel Bargain
Draw four cards. You lose half your life, rounded up.
illus. Adrian Smith # ?/0
Cruel Fate
Look at the top five cards of target opponent's library. Put one of those cards into that player's graveyard and the rest on top of their library in any order.
illus. Adrian Smith # ?/0
Cruel Tutor
Search your library for a card, then shuffle your library and put that card on top of it. You lose 2 life.
The more you pay for the lesson, the better you'll remember it.
illus. Kev Walker # ?/0
Deep Wood
Cast this spell only during the declare attackers step and only if you've been attacked this step.
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn by attacking creatures.
illus. Paolo Parente # ?/0
Deep-Sea Serpent
Deep-Sea Serpent can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.
Sailors fear the deep-sea serpent; others thank the gods it has no legs.
illus. Scott M. Fischer # ?/0
Defiant Stand
Cast this spell only during the declare attackers step and only if you've been attacked this step.
Target creature gets +1/+3 until end of turn. Untap that creature.
illus. Hannibal King # ?/0
Déjà Vu
Return target sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
The past is a mirror of the future.
illus. Hannibal King # ?/0
Desert Drake
Flying
Never doubt a dragon just because of its size.
illus. Gerry Grace # ?/0
Devastation
Destroy all creatures and lands.
There is much talk about the art of creation. What about the art of destruction?
illus. Steve Luke # ?/0
Devoted Hero
The heart's courage is the soul's guardian.
illus. DiTerlizzi # ?/0
Djinn of the Lamp
Flying
Once they learn the trick of carrying their own lamps, they never touch the ground again.
illus. DiTerlizzi # ?/0
Dread Charge
Black creatures you control can't be blocked this turn except by black creatures.
"As equal were their souls, so equal was their fate."John Dryden, "Ode to Mrs. Anne Killigrew"
illus. Ted Naifeh # ?/0
Dread Reaper
Flying
When Dread Reaper enters the battlefield, you lose 5 life.
illus. Christopher Rush # ?/0
Dry Spell
Dry Spell deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.
A fist of dust to line your throat, a bowl of sand to fill your belly.
illus. Roger Raupp # ?/0
Earthquake
Earthquake deals X damage to each creature without flying and each player.
illus. Adrian Smith # ?/0
Ebon Dragon
Flying
When Ebon Dragon enters the battlefield, you may have target opponent discard a card.
illus. Donato Giancola # ?/0
Elite Cat Warrior
Forestwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)
"Hear that? No? That's a cat warrior."
illus. Eric Peterson # ?/0
Elven Cache
Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Elves know where to harvest the best of the forest, for they planted it themselves.
illus. Rebecca Guay # ?/0
Elvish Ranger
It's up to you if you enter their woods—and up to them if you leave.
illus. DiTerlizzi # ?/0
Endless Cockroaches
When Endless Cockroaches dies, return it to its owner's hand.
illus. Ron Spencer # ?/0
Exhaustion
Creatures and lands target opponent controls don't untap during their next untap step.
illus. DiTerlizzi # ?/0
False Peace
Target player skips all combat phases of their next turn.
Mutual consent is not required for war.
illus. Zina Saunders # ?/0
Feral Shadow
Flying
Not all shadows are cast by light—some are cast by darkness.
illus. Colin MacNeil # ?/0
Final Strike
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Final Strike deals damage to target opponent or planeswalker equal to the sacrificed creature's power.
illus. John Coulthart # ?/0
Fire Dragon
Flying
When Fire Dragon enters the battlefield, it deals damage to target creature equal to the number of Mountains you control.
illus. William Simpson # ?/0
Fire Imp
When Fire Imp enters the battlefield, it deals 2 damage to target creature.
illus. DiTerlizzi # ?/0
Fire Snake
When Fire Snake dies, destroy target land.
The snake's final thrashings only spread the fire within it.
illus. Steve Luke # ?/0
Fire Tempest
Fire Tempest deals 6 damage to each creature and each player.
illus. Mike Dringenberg # ?/0
Flashfires
Destroy all Plains.
Dry grass is tinder before the spark.
illus. Randy Gallegos # ?/0
Fleet-Footed Monk
Fleet-Footed Monk can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or greater.
"Hesitation is for the faithless. My belief lends me speed."
illus. D. Alexander Gregory # ?/0
Flux
Each player discards any number of cards, then draws that many cards.
Draw a card.
illus. Ted Naifeh # ?/0
Foot Soldiers
Infantry deployment is the art of putting your troops in the wrong place at the right time.
illus. Kev Walker # ?/0
Forked Lightning
Forked Lightning deals 4 damage divided as you choose among one, two, or three target creatures.
illus. Ted Naifeh # ?/0
Fruition
You gain 1 life for each Forest on the battlefield.
Come to these woods and suffer no pain; you've burdens to lose and new life to gain.
illus. Steve Luke # ?/0
Giant Octopus
At the sight of the thing the calamari vendor's eyes went wide, but from fear or avarice none could tell.
illus. John Matson # ?/0
Giant Spider
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
It's not far into the trap, as the crow flies.
illus. Randy Gallegos # ?/0
Gift of Estates
If an opponent controls more lands than you, search your library for up to three Plains cards, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
illus. Kaja Foglio # ?/0
Goblin Bully
It's easy to stand head and shoulders over those with no backbone.
illus. Pete Venters # ?/0
Gorilla Warrior
They were formidable even before they learned the use of weapons.
illus. John Matson # ?/0
Gravedigger
When Gravedigger enters the battlefield, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
illus. Scott M. Fischer # ?/0
Grizzly Bears
Don't worry about provoking grizzly bears; they come that way.
illus. Zina Saunders # ?/0
Hand of Death
Destroy target nonblack creature.
Death claims all but the darkest souls.
illus. John Coulthart # ?/0
Harsh Justice
Cast this spell only during the declare attackers step and only if you've been attacked this step.
This turn, whenever an attacking creature deals combat damage to you, it deals that much damage to its controller.
illus. John Coulthart # ?/0
Highland Giant
Though slow-witted and slow-moving, they are quick to anger.
illus. Ron Spencer # ?/0
Hill Giant
Hill giants are mostly just big. Of course, that does count for a lot
illus. Randy Gallegos # ?/0
Horned Turtle
Its spear has no shaft, its shield no handle.
illus. Adrian Smith # ?/0
Howling Fury
Target creature gets +4/+0 until end of turn.
I howl my soul to the moon, and the moon howls with me.
illus. Mike Dringenberg # ?/0
Hulking Cyclops
Hulking Cyclops can't block.
Anyone can get around a cyclops, but few can stand in its way.
illus. Paolo Parente # ?/0
Hulking Goblin
Hulking Goblin can't block.
The bigger they are, the harder they avoid work.
illus. Pete Venters # ?/0
Hurricane
Hurricane deals X damage to each creature with flying and each player.
illus. Andrew Robinson # ?/0
Ingenious Thief
Flying
When Ingenious Thief enters the battlefield, look at target player's hand.
illus. Dan Frazier # ?/0
Jungle Lion
Jungle Lion can't block.
The lion's only loyalty is to its hunger.
illus. Janine Johnston # ?/0
Keen-Eyed Archers
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
"If it has wings, shoot it. If it doesn't, shoot it anyway."
illus. Alan Rabinowitz # ?/0
King's Assassin
: Destroy target tapped creature. Activate this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
Fear is as effective a weapon as the blade.
illus. Zina Saunders # ?/0
Knight Errant
". . . Before honor is humility."—The Bible, Proverbs 15:33
illus. Dan Frazier # ?/0
Last Chance
Take an extra turn after this one. At the beginning of that turn's end step, you lose the game.
illus. Hannibal King # ?/0
Lava Axe
Lava Axe deals 5 damage to target player or planeswalker.
Swing your axe as a broom, to sweep away the foe.
illus. Adrian Smith # ?/0
Lava Flow
Destroy target creature or land.
People ran as never before at the thought of being buried and cremated at the same time.
illus. Mike Dringenberg # ?/0
Lizard Warrior
Don't let its appearance frighten you. Let its claws and teeth do that.
illus. Roger Raupp # ?/0
Man-o'-War
When Man-o'-War enters the battlefield, return target creature to its owner's hand.
illus. Una Fricker # ?/0
Mercenary Knight
When Mercenary Knight enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you discard a creature card.
illus. Adrian Smith # ?/0
Merfolk of the Pearl Trident
Are merfolk humans with fins, or are humans merfolk with feet?
illus. DiTerlizzi # ?/0
Mind Knives
Target opponent discards a card at random.
To dodge the unerring knife, one must be free of thought.
illus. Rebecca Guay # ?/0
Minotaur Warrior
The herd's patience, the stampede's fury.
illus. Scott M. Fischer # ?/0
Mobilize
Untap all creatures you control.
A rested mind is the sharpest weapon.
illus. Rebecca Guay # ?/0
Monstrous Growth
Target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.
Some cats are born fighters; others need a little persuading.
illus. Dan Frazier # ?/0
Moon Sprite
Flying
"I am that merry wanderer of the night."—William Shakespeare,A Midsummer Night's Dream
illus. Terese Nielsen # ?/0
Mountain Goat
Mountainwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)
Only the heroic and the mad follow mountain goat trails.
illus. Una Fricker # ?/0
Muck Rats
The difference between a nuisance and a threat is often merely a matter of numbers.
illus. Colin MacNeil # ?/0
Mystic Denial
Counter target creature or sorcery spell.
illus. Hannibal King # ?/0
Natural Order
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a green creature.
Search your library for a green creature card and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.
illus. Alan Rabinowitz # ?/0
Natural Spring
Target player gains 8 life.
Though many have come to this place to wash their wounds, the water has never turned red.
illus. Janine Johnston # ?/0
Nature's Cloak
Green creatures you control gain forestwalk until end of turn. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)
illus. Rebecca Guay # ?/0
Nature's Lore
Search your library for a Forest card and put that card onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.
Nature's secrets can be read on every tree, every branch, every leaf.
illus. Terese Nielsen # ?/0
Nature's Ruin
Destroy all green creatures.
One chill blast—the exhalation of the grave.
illus. Mike Dringenberg # ?/0
Needle Storm
Needle Storm deals 4 damage to each creature with flying.
illus. Charles Gillespie # ?/0
Noxious Toad
When Noxious Toad dies, each opponent discards a card.
illus. Adrian Smith # ?/0
Omen
Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle your library.
Draw a card.
illus. Eric Peterson # ?/0
Owl Familiar
Flying
When Owl Familiar enters the battlefield, draw a card, then discard a card.
illus. Janine Johnston # ?/0
Panther Warriors
The dogs of war are nothing compared to the cats.
illus. Eric Peterson # ?/0
Path of Peace
Destroy target creature. Its owner gains 4 life.
The soldier reaped the profits of peace.
illus. Pete Venters # ?/0
Personal Tutor
Search your library for a sorcery card and reveal that card. Shuffle your library, then put the card on top of it.
illus. D. Alexander Gregory # ?/0
Phantom Warrior
Phantom Warrior can't be blocked.
The phantom warrior comes from nowhere and returns there just as quickly.
illus. Dan Frazier # ?/0
Pillaging Horde
When Pillaging Horde enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you discard a card at random.
illus. Kev Walker # ?/0
Plant Elemental
When Plant Elemental enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you sacrifice a Forest.
illus. Ted Naifeh # ?/0
Primeval Force
When Primeval Force enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you sacrifice three Forests.
illus. Randy Gallegos # ?/0
Prosperity
Each player draws X cards.
"Life can never be too good."
illus. Phil Foglio # ?/0
Pyroclasm
Pyroclasm deals 2 damage to each creature.
Chaos does not choose its enemies.
illus. John Matson # ?/0
Raging Cougar
Haste
Mountaineers quickly learn to travel with their spears always pointed up.
illus. Terese Nielsen # ?/0
Raging Goblin
Haste (This creature can attack and
as soon as it comes under your control.)Charging alone takes uncommon daring or uncommon stupidity. Or both.
illus. Pete Venters # ?/0
Raging Minotaur
Haste
The only thing worse than a minotaur with an axe is an angry minotaur with an axe.
illus. Scott M. Fischer # ?/0
Rain of Salt
Destroy two target lands.
It pelts the land with its fury,spoiling what was once sweet.
illus. Charles Gillespie # ?/0
Rain of Tears
Destroy target land.
When emotions rain down, what rivers will be born?
illus. Eric Peterson # ?/0
Raise Dead
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
The earth cannot hold that which magic commands.
illus. Charles Gillespie # ?/0
Redwood Treefolk
The soldiers chopped and chopped, and still the great tree stood, frowning down at them.
illus. Steve Luke # ?/0
Regal Unicorn
Unicorns don't care if you believe in them any more than you care if they believe in you.
illus. Zina Saunders # ?/0
Renewing Dawn
You gain 2 life for each Mountain target opponent controls.
Dawn brings a new day, and a new day brings hope.
illus. John Avon # ?/0
Rowan Treefolk
One of the forest's best protectors is the forest itself.
illus. Gerry Grace # ?/0
Sacred Knight
Sacred Knight can't be blocked by black and/or red creatures.
"No flame, no horror can sway me from my cause."
illus. Donato Giancola # ?/0
Sacred Nectar
You gain 4 life.
"For he on honey-dew hath fed,And drunk the milk of Paradise."—Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Kubla Khan"
illus. Janine Johnston # ?/0
Scorching Spear
Scorching Spear deals 1 damage to any target.
Lift your spear as you might lift your glass, and toast your enemy.
illus. Mike Raabe # ?/0
Scorching Winds
Cast this spell only during the declare attackers step and only if you've been attacked this step.
Scorching Winds deals 1 damage to each attacking creature.
illus. D. Alexander Gregory # ?/0
Seasoned Marshal
Whenever Seasoned Marshal attacks, you may tap target creature.
illus. Zina Saunders # ?/0
Serpent Assassin
When Serpent Assassin enters the battlefield, you may destroy target nonblack creature.
illus. Roger Raupp # ?/0
Serpent Warrior
When Serpent Warrior enters the battlefield, you lose 3 life.
illus. Roger Raupp # ?/0
Skeletal Crocodile
The less flesh there is, the more teeth there seem to be.
illus. Mike Dringenberg # ?/0
Skeletal Snake
They watched as the snake shed layer after layer until only cold bone remained.
illus. John Matson # ?/0
Snapping Drake
Flying
Drakes claim to be dragons—until the dragons show up.
illus. Christopher Rush # ?/0
Sorcerous Sight
Look at target opponent's hand.
Draw a card.
Do not react; anticipate.
illus. Kaja Foglio # ?/0
Soul Shred
Soul Shred deals 3 damage to target nonblack creature. You gain 3 life.
It would be a shame to let life slip away to nothing.
illus. Alan Rabinowitz # ?/0
Spined Wurm
It has more teeth than fit in its mouth.
illus. Colin MacNeil # ?/0
Spiritual Guardian
When Spiritual Guardian enters the battlefield, you gain 4 life.
Hope is born within.
illus. Terese Nielsen # ?/0
Spitting Earth
Spitting Earth deals damage to target creature equal to the number of Mountains you control.
illus. Hannibal King # ?/0
Spotted Griffin
Flying
When the cat flies and the bird stalks, guard your horses carefully.
illus. William Simpson # ?/0
Stalking Tiger
Stalking Tiger can't be blocked by more than one creature.
No one is happy when they notice a tiger.
illus. Colin MacNeil # ?/0
Starlight
You gain 3 life for each black creature target opponent controls.
Stars are like coins dropped into the night: their light buys safe passage.
illus. John Avon # ?/0
Starlit Angel
Flying
To soar as high as hope, to dive as swift as justice.
illus. Rebecca Guay # ?/0
Steadfastness
Creatures you control get +0/+3 until end of turn.
Brute force wins the battles. Conviction wins the wars.
illus. Kev Walker # ?/0
Stern Marshal
: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Activate this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
illus. D. Alexander Gregory # ?/0
Stone Rain
Destroy target land.
I cast a thousand tiny suns—Beware my many dawns.
illus. John Matson # ?/0
Storm Crow
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Storm crow descending, winter unending. Storm crow departing, summer is starting.
illus. Una Fricker # ?/0
Summer Bloom
You may play up to three additional lands this turn.
Summer sends its kiss with warmth and blooming life.
illus. Kaja Foglio # ?/0
Sylvan Tutor
Search your library for a creature card and reveal that card. Shuffle your library, then put the card on top of it.
illus. Kaja Foglio # ?/0
Symbol of Unsummoning
Return target creature to its owner's hand.
Draw a card.
". . . inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of solitude . . . ."—Kate Chopin, The Awakening
illus. Adam Rex # ?/0
Taunt
During target player's next turn, creatures that player controls attack you if able.
illus. Phil Foglio # ?/0
Temporary Truce
Each player may draw up to two cards. For each card less than two a player draws this way, that player gains 2 life.
illus. Mike Raabe # ?/0
Theft of Dreams
Draw a card for each tapped creature target opponent controls.
Energy is never lost, only transformed.
illus. Adam Rex # ?/0
Thing from the Deep
Whenever Thing from the Deep attacks, sacrifice it unless you sacrifice an Island.
Seafarers fear sailing off the world's edge not so much as down its gullet.
illus. Paolo Parente # ?/0
Thundering Wurm
When Thundering Wurm enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you discard a land card.
illus. Paolo Parente # ?/0
Thundermare
Haste (This creature can attack the turn it comes under your control.)
When Thundermare enters the battlefield, tap all other creatures.
illus. Bob Eggleton # ?/0
Tidal Surge
Tap up to three target creatures without flying.
"'Twas when the seas were roaringWith hollow blasts of wind . . . ."—John Gay, "The What D'Ye Call It"
illus. Douglas Shuler # ?/0
Time Ebb
Put target creature on top of its owner's library.
Like the tide, time both ebbs and flows.
illus. Alan Rabinowitz # ?/0
Touch of Brilliance
Draw two cards.
Acting on one good idea is better than hoarding all the world's knowledge.
illus. John Coulthart # ?/0
Treetop Defense
Cast this spell only during the declare attackers step and only if you've been attacked this step.
Creatures you control gain reach until end of turn. (They can block creatures with flying.)
illus. Zina Saunders # ?/0
Undying Beast
When Undying Beast dies, put it on top of its owner's library.
illus. Steve Luke # ?/0
Untamed Wilds
Search your library for a basic land card and put that card onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.
illus. Romas # ?/0
Valorous Charge
White creatures get +2/+0 until end of turn.
Stand in the way of truth at your peril.
illus. Douglas Shuler # ?/0
Vampiric Feast
Vampiric Feast deals 4 damage to any target and you gain 4 life.
It's not always gold the thief is after.
illus. D. Alexander Gregory # ?/0
Vampiric Touch
Vampiric Touch deals 2 damage to target opponent or planeswalker and you gain 2 life.
A touch, not comforting, but of death.
illus. Zina Saunders # ?/0
Venerable Monk
When Venerable Monk enters the battlefield, you gain 2 life.
His presence brings not only a strong arm but also renewed hope.
illus. D. Alexander Gregory # ?/0
Vengeance
Destroy target tapped creature.
Bitter as wormwood, sweet as mulled wine.
illus. Andrew Robinson # ?/0
Virtue's Ruin
Destroy all white creatures.
All must fall, and those who stand highest fall hardest.
illus. Mike Dringenberg # ?/0
Volcanic Dragon
Flying
Haste (This creature can attack and
as soon as it comes under your control.)illus. Tom Wänerstrand # ?/0
Volcanic Hammer
Volcanic Hammer deals 3 damage to any target.
Cast the weight as though it were a die, to see a rival's fate.
illus. Christopher Rush # ?/0
Wall of Granite
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
The wisest man builds his house behind the rock.
illus. Kev Walker # ?/0
Wall of Swords
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Flying
Sharper than wind, lighter than air.
illus. Douglas Shuler # ?/0
Warrior's Charge
Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
It is not the absence of fear that makes a warrior, but its domination.
illus. Ted Naifeh # ?/0
Whiptail Wurm
It's hard to say for certain which end is more dangerous.
illus. Una Fricker # ?/0
Wicked Pact
Destroy two target nonblack creatures. You lose 5 life.
illus. Adam Rex # ?/0
Willow Dryad
Forestwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)
Some think that dryads are the dreams of trees.
illus. D. Alexander Gregory # ?/0
Wind Drake
Flying
"No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings."—William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
illus. Zina Saunders # ?/0
Winds of Change
Each player shuffles the cards from their hand into their library, then draws that many cards.
illus. Adam Rex # ?/0
Winter's Grasp
Destroy target land.
Winter settles on the land, and the land prays it will wake.
illus. Paolo Parente # ?/0
Withering Gaze
Target opponent reveals their hand. You draw a card for each Forest and green card in it.
illus. Scott M. Fischer # ?/0
Wood Elves
When Wood Elves enters the battlefield, search your library for a Forest card and put that card onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.
illus. Rebecca Guay # ?/0
Wrath of God
Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.
"As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods. They kill us for their sport."—William Shakespeare, King Lear
illus. Mike Raabe # ?/0