Core Set 2019 Spoilers 315/280
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Daybreak Chaplain
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
"May the light shine through me to guide the lost."
illus. Volkan Baga # 10/280
Scholar Stars
When Scholar of Stars enters the battlefield, if you control an artifact, draw a card.
"The path of the stars is as reliable as the instruments that measure them."
illus. Tommy Arnold # 71/280
Dwindle
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -6/-0.
When enchanted creature blocks, destroy it. (The attacking creature remains blocked.)
The collection didn't have room to expand, so the wizard improvised a solution.
illus. Ryan Pancoast # 53/280
Dwarven Priest
When Dwarven Priest enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life for each creature you control.
"These storied halls are under my protection."
illus. Even Amundsen # 11/280
Knight's Pledge
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2.
"As long as my faith persists, so shall I."
illus. Magali Villeneuve # 19/280
Inspired Charge
Creatures you control get +2/+1 until end of turn.
“Impossible! How could they overwhelm us? We had barricades, war elephants, … and they were barely a tenth of our number!” —General Avitora
illus. Wayne Reynolds # 15/280
Sure Strike
Target creature gets +3/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
To survive imminent doom, it sometimes takes a foolhardy soul who acts first and fears later.
illus. Jakub Kasper # 161/280
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 # 164/280
Onakke Ogre
The ogres you know are nothing like the Onakke. Possessing both intellect and industry, they had brute strength without being brutish.
illus. Mathias Kollros # 153/280
Anticipate
Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Divining the future is easy when you hold the power to sway it.
illus. Tyler Jacobson # 44/280
Hostile Minotaur
Haste (This creature can attack and as soon as it comes under your control.)
The bellow of a minotaur always translates to "charge".
illus. Joe Slucher # 147/280
Cancel
Counter target spell.
"I decide what stands in my way."
illus. Mathias Kollros # 48/280
Act 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.)
She learned a tragic lesson that day: even the purest can be corrupted when the heart’s emotions are twisted.
illus. Eric Deschamps # 127/280
Omenspeaker
When Omenspeaker enters the battlefield, 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.)
Her prophecies amaze her even as she speaks them.
illus. Dallas Williams # 64/280
Mighty Leap
Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains flying until end of turn.
“I feel the presence of the God-Pharaoh in the Second Sun, and I rise upon its rays.”
illus. Sidharth Chaturvedi # 28/280
Goblin Instigator
When Goblin Instigator enters the battlefield, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token.
"We can take 'em. You go first!"
illus. Filip Burburan # 142/280
Disperse
Return target nonland permanent to its owner’s hand.
It’s pointless to hold on when you have nothing to hold on with.
illus. Ryan Yee # 50/280
Loxodon Line Breaker
Loxodons are firm in stature and spirit. No matter the odds, they are always first into battle.
illus. Jesper Ejsing # 24/280
Catalyst Elemental
Sacrifice Catalyst Elemental: Add .
As the hypersonic generator crept past redline, a being emerged from the arc.
illus. Deruchenko Alexander # 132/280
Fire Elemental
It treads on feet of coals and strikes with the force of a volcano.
illus. Slawomir Maniak # 141/280
Goblin Motivator
: Target creature gains haste until end of turn. (It can attack and this turn.)
Small words stoke large flames.
illus. Johann Bodin # 143/280
Knight of the Tusk
Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)
"Horse? Who needs a horse?"
illus. Jesper Ejsing # 18/280
Lava Axe
Lava Axe deals 5 damage to target player or planeswalker.
"Catch!"
illus. Brian Snoddy # 150/280
Trumpet Blast
Attacking creatures get +2/+0 until end of turn.
The sound of the trumpets lights a fire in the hearts of the bold and snuffs the courage of the cowardly.
illus. Steve Prescott # 165/280
Oreskos Swiftclaw
The leonin of Oreskos are quick to take offense—not because they are thin-skinned, but because they are always ready for a fight.
illus. James Ryman # 31/280
Revitalize
You gain 3 life.
Draw a card.
"A poison is no substitute for a skilled surgeon, but it will hold your bits in." —Torricks, battlefield medic
illus. Matt Stewart # 35/280
Rustwing Falcon
Flying
Native to wide prairies and scrublands, falcons occasionally roost in dragon skeletons.
illus. Paul Scott Canavan # 36/280
Trusty Packbeast
When Trusty Packbeast enters the battlefield, return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.
"Margaret has traveled with me to the end of the world and back." —Hewen Frit, merchant
illus. John Stanko # 41/280
Gearsmith Prodigy
Gearsmith Prodigy gets +1/+0 as long as you control an artifact.
Young artificiers on Kaladesh let their imaginations run wild.
illus. Deruchenko Alexander # 57/280
Frilled Sea Serpent
: Frilled Sea Serpent can't be blocked this turn.
"Reel it in. No, wait! Throw it back!" —Gertrude, deep-sea angler
illus. Steven Belledin # 56/280
Tolarian Scholar
The Tolarian Academies embrace a tradition of study and research while discouraging the kinds of experiments that ruined the original island of Tolaria.
illus. Sara Winters # 80/280
Uncomfortable Chill
Creatures your opponents control get -2/-0 until end of turn.
Draw a card.
The cold slowed their movements until only their panicked eyeballs swiveled beneath the ice.
illus. Izzy # 82/280
Wall of Mist
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
The sea floor is flecked with the bones of fools who dared to sail into the mist.
illus. Dimitar Marinski # 83/280
Sovereign's Bite
Target player loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.
"You have given all to your kingdom, dear knight. Serenity shall be your prize." —Queen Lian
illus. Volkan Baga # 120/280
Salvager of Secrets
When Salvager of Secrets enters the battlefield, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
The greatest treasure of the deep is an echo from above.
illus. Lars Grant-West # 70/280
Skyscanner
Flying
When Skyscanner enters the battlefield, draw a card.
The municipal senate makes extensive use of the thopters, mostly to gather dirt on rival senators.
illus. Adam Paquette # 245/280
Apex of Power
Exile the top seven cards of your library. Until end of turn, you may cast nonland cards exiled this way.
If this spell cast from your hand, add ten mana of any one color.
"As I desire, so it shall be." —Nicol Bolas
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 129/280
Prodigious Growth
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +7/+7 and has trample.
"Look at how cute it is now!" —Vivien Reed
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 194/280
Sigiled Sword of Valeron
Equipped creature gets +2/+2, has vigilance, and is a Knight in addition to its other creature types.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, create an attacking 2/2 Knight creature token with vigilance.
Equip
illus. John Stanko # 244/280
Horizon Scholar
Flying
When Horizon Scholar enters the battlefield, 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.)
illus. Karl Kopinski # 59/280
Rogue's Gloves
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card.
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Thievery requires subtlety, from the beginning to the heist to the end.
illus. Cyril Van Der Haegen # 243/280
Mentor of the Meek
Whenever another creature with power 2 or less enters the battlefield under your control, you may pay . If you do, draw a card.
"In these halls there is no pass or fail. Your true test comes with the first full moon."
illus. Jana Schirmer & Johannes Voss # 27/280
Nexus of Fate
Take an extra turn after this one.
If Nexus of Fate would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, reveal Nexus of Fate and shuffle it into its owner's library instead.
Sarkhan wandered into a tomb and back in time.
illus. Mike Bierek # 306/280
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 # 145/280
Desecrated Tomb
Whenever one or more creature cards leave your graveyard, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying.
The grave robbers were startled, for the door to the mausoleum was already open.
illus. Dimitar Marinski # 230/280
Herald of Faith
Flying
Whenever Herald of Fate attacks, you gain 2 life.
The clerics prayed for salvation. The soldiers prayed for victory. Both prayers were answered.
illus. Tommy Arnold # 13/280
Reliquary Tower
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add to your mana pool.
The most holy treasures are kept from unclean soil.
illus. Jesper Ejsing # 254/280
Demon of Catastrophes
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Flying, trample
A pit yawned open, a column of oily smoke arose, and a towering form hissed, "I accept this offering."
illus. Sidharth Chaturvedi # 091/280
Elvish Rejuvenator
When Elvish Rejuvenator enters the battlefield, look at the top five cards of your library. You may put a land card from among them onto the battlefield tapped. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
illus. Winona Nelson # 180/280
Luminous Bonds
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block.
"Your part in this fight is done, vampire. Get used to your thirst."
illus. Steve Argyle # 25/280
Militia Bugler
Vigilance
When Militia Bugler enters the battlefield, look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a creature card with power 2 or less from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
illus. David Gaillet # 029/280
Pegasus Courser
Flying
Whenever Pegasus Courser attacks, another target attacking creature gains flying until end of turn.
A pegasus chooses its rider, bearing the worthy into the clouds and tossing all others to the ground.
illus. Mathias Kollros # 32/280
Murder
Destroy target creature.
"It's not work if you enjoy it."
illus. Tyler Jacobson # 110/280
Star-Crowned Stag
Whenever Star-Crowned Stag attacks, tap target creature defending player controls.
White as starlight on snow, it appears only on the eve of the winter solstice.
illus. Jonathan Kuo # 38/280
Marauder's Axe
Equipped creature gets +2/+0.
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
A sharp axe solves most problems.
illus. Mitchell Malloy # 240/280
Fountain of Renewal
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 1 life.
, Sacrifice Fountain of Renewal: Draw a card.
Entrepreneurs have attempted to sell the water, but to no avail. Whatever magic it contains disappears upon bottling.
illus. Adam Paquette # 235/280
Recollect
Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
"The bones of the past will tell their tales—if you know how to speak their language."
illus. Pete Venters # 197/280
Totally Lost
Put target nonland permanent on top of its owner's library.
Fblthp had always hated crowds.
illus. David Palumbo # 081/280
Patient Rebuilding
At the beginning of your upkeep, target opponent puts the top three cards of their library into their graveyard, then you draw a card for each land card put into that graveyard that way.
Nicol Bolas would not rest until he was restored to his former glory.
illus. Magali Villaneuve # 067/280
Take Vengeance
Destroy target tapped creature.
"Your death will be a balm, your passing a welcome revision, and all will sigh with peace to know of your demise."
illus. Randy Vargas # 40/280
Llanowar Elves
: Add .
As patient and generous as life, as harsh and merciless as nature.
illus. Chris Rahn # 314/280
Radiating Lightning
Radiating Lightning deals 3 damage to target player and 1 damage to each creature that player controls.
As the Cabal legions pushed into Shiv, they learned not to stand so close together.
illus. Suzanne Helmigh # 313/280
Grasping Scoundrel
Grasping Scoundrel gets +1/+0 as long as it's attacking.
"I can hear the plunder calling. It asks for me by name."
illus. Steve Prescott # 312/280
Waterknot
Enchant creature
When Waterknot enters the battlefield, tap enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
illus. Wayne Reynolds # 311/280
Mist-Cloaked Herald
Mist-Cloaked Herald can't be blocked.
With matchless stealth, the River Heralds fought a running battle against the three enemy forces.
illus. Anthony Palumbo # 310/280
Befuddle
Target creature gets -4/-0 until end of turn.
Draw a card.
"The trick to talking sense into Keldons is getting them to hold still. I learned that from Radha." —Jhoira
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 309/280
Air Elemental
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying and reach.)
As the ship approached, the jade totem rose high overhead. Power rippled. Eyes of stone glowed and crackled. Out hissed a breath of the world, and a windstorm came alive.
illus. Tomasz Jedruszek # 308/280
Aven Wind Mage
Flying
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Aven Wind Mage gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
"My skill sharpens with each beat of my winds."
illus. Lius Lasahido # 45/280
Sun Sentinel
Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)
Just as the sun rises at dawn and the days lengthen in summer, the Sun Empire has awakened after long years of quiet.
illus. James Ryman # 307/280
Ursine Champion
: Ursine Champion gets +3/+3 and becomes a Bear Berserker until end of turn. Activate this ability only once each turn.
"Would you rather feel the edge of my blade or the sharpness of my fangs?"
illus. Alex Konstad # 304/280
Divination
Draw two cards.
"The stars mark your destiny. May you accept the fate thus divulged."
illus. Willian Murai # 51/280
Aggressive Mammoth
Trample
Other creatures you control have trample.
"Approach from behind. That way, if it does charge, at least you aren't in front of it." —Vivien Reid
illus. Filip Burburan # 302/280
Shivan Dragon
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
: Shivan Dragon gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
The undisputed master of the mountains of Shiv.
illus. Donato Giancola # 300/280
Kargan Dragonrider
As long as you control a Dragon, Kargan Dragonrider has flying.
"Only those who give the dragons the respect they deserve may bear our title."
illus. Greg Opalinski # 297/280
Tattered Mummy
When Tattered Mummy dies, each opponent loses 2 life.
The dead who wander beyond the safety of the city of Naktamun crave only to spread their curse.
illus. Slawomir Maniak # 295/280
Sleep
Tap all creatures target player controls. Those creatures don't untap during that player's next untap step.
"I give them dreams so wondrous that they hesitate to return to the world of the conscious." —Garild, merfolk mage
illus. Chris Rahn # 74/280
Gravewaker
Flying
: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Once every seven years it flies on spectral wings over the moors of ancient battlefields.
illus. Daniel Ljunggren # 293/280
Snapping Drake
Flying
Foul-tempered, poorly trained, and mule-stubborn, the drake is the perfect test of the master's will.
illus. Tood Lockwood # 75/280
Riddlemaster Sphinx
Flying
When Riddlemaster Sphinx enters the battlefield, you may return target creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand.
"Safe passage requires only a simple answer to a simple question, traveler."
illus. Ryan Yee # 287/280
Silverbeak Griffin
Flying
A pair of domesticated griffins escaped from captivity a century ago. Now the skies are filled with the songs of their descendants.
illus. Viktor Titov # 285/280
Serra's Guardian
Flying
Vigilance
Other creatures you control have vigilance.
She watches over the city just as Serra watches over all.
illus. Magali Villeneuve # 284/280
Wall of Vines
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Like all jungle plants, the vines must fight and claw for sunlight. Once their place is secured, they grow strong, sharp, and impenetrable.
illus. John Stanko # 210/280
Titanic Growth
Target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.
The massive dominate through might. The tiny survive with guile. Beware the tiny who become massive.
illus. Ryan Pancoast # 205/280
Bogstomper
"They are gentle herbivores, despite their size. Approach cautiously, and hum a tune to let them know you mean no harm." —Vivien Reid
illus. Jason Felix # 87/280
Thornhide Wolves
"Halana grew brambles to create a barricade around our camp, hoping that it would keep the wolves out. That was a mistake for which we almost paid dearly." —Alena, trapper of Kessig
illus. Scott Murphy # 204/280
Diregraf Ghoul
Diregraf Ghoul enters the battlefield tapped.
"At least this one still has arms and legs. Well, most of its legs." —Enslow, ghoulcaller of Nephalia
illus. Dave Kendall # 92/280
Rabid Bite
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control.
"You should have seen the look on both their faces." —Morkamp, Lambholt innkeeper
illus. Karl Kopinski # 195/280
Plummet
Destroy target creature with flying.
"Let nothing own the skies but the wind." —Dejara, Giltwood druid
illus. Pete Venters # 193/280
Oakenform
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3.
"When the beast cloaks itself in the mighty oak, what good is a bow? When the oak wraps itself around the snarling beast, what good is a hatchet?" —Dionus, elvish archdruid
illus. Wayne Reynolds # 191/280
Gravedigger
When Gravedigger enters the battlefield, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
A full coffin is like a full coffer—both are attractive to thieves.
illus. Dermot Power # 98/280
Highland Game
When Highland Game dies, you gain 2 life.
"Bring down a stag and fix its horns upon her head. This one hears the whispers." —Chianul, Who Whispers Twice
illus. John Severin Brassell # 188/280
Giant Spider
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
"After everything I've survived, it's hard to be frightened by anything any more." —Vivien Reid
illus. Randy Gallegos # 183/280
Ghastbark Twins
Trample
Ghastbark Twins can block an additional creature each combat.
They grow closer with each passing season.
illus. Zack Stella # 181/280
Electrify
Electrify deals 4 damage to target creature.
"Some hid from the storm. I embraced it and learned its name."
illus. Craig J Spearing # 139/280
Infernal Scarring
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+0 and has "When this creature dies, draw a card."
One who is marked by a demon in life is sure to be remembered as one in death.
illus. Mike Bierek # 103/280
Colossal Dreadmaw
Trample
If you feel the ground quake, run. If you hear its bellow, flee. If you see its teeth, it's too late.
illus. Jesper Ejsing # 172/280
Fiery Finish
Fiery Finish deals 7 damage to target creature.
Negotiations reached an abrupt conclusion.
illus. Joe Slucher # 140/280
Centaur Courser
"The centaurs are truly free. Never will they be tamed by temptation or controlled by fear. They live in total harmony, a feat not yet achieved by our kind." —Ramal, sage of Westgate
illus. Vance Kovacs # 171/280
Bristling Boar
Bristling Boar can't be blocked by more than one creature.
"Nicol Bolas destroyed my world. I owe it to Skalla to celebrate all life, no matter how dangerous." —Vivien Reid
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 170/280
Lich's Caress
Destroy target creature. You gain 3 life.
A lich must consume mortal souls to feed its eternal life.
illus. Josh Hass # 105/280
Lightning Strike
Lightning Strike deals 3 damage to any target.
To wield lightning is to tame chaos.
illus. Adam Paquette # 152/280
Shock
Shock deals 2 damage to any target.
The tools of invention became the weapons of revolution.
illus. Jason Rainville # 156/280
Sparktongue Dragon
Flying
When Sparktongue Dragon enters the battlefield, you may pay . When you do, it deals 3 damage to any target.
Fools believe that Kolaghan's brood follows lightning storms. The wise know that it is the other way around.
illus. Daarken # 159/280
Volcanic Dragon
Flying
Haste (This creature can attack and as soon as it comes under your control.)
Sometimes an eruption in Shiv produces something more dangerous than a mere river of molten rock.
illus. Chris Rahn # 167/280
Skeleton Archer
When Skeleton Archer enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to any target.
"When it comes to killing with precision, a soul is but a hindrance." —Isareth the Awakener
illus. Randy Vargas # 118/280
Skymarch Bloodletter
Flying
When Skymarch Bloodletter enters the battlefield, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
From the perpetual shadowsmoke that hung above the ship, a silent form emerged, lips curled with malice and anticipation.
illus. Tomasz Jedruszek # 119/280
Strangling Spores
Target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn.
Imagine a thousand tiny mushrooms cropping up within your lungs.
illus. Volkan Baga # 122/280
Vampire Sovereign
Flying
When Vampire Sovereign enters the battlefield, target opponent loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.
"Your service shall be rewarded." —Queen Lian
illus. Volkan Baga # 125/280
Walking Corpse
"Feeding a normal army is a problem of logistics. With zombies, it is an asset. Feeding is why they fight. Feeding is why they are feared." —Jadar, ghoulcaller of Nephalia
illus. Igor Kieryluk # 126/280
Infernal Reckoning
Exile target colorless creature. You gain life equal to its power.
"When these intruders are gone, Zendikar will be my throne, my palace, my playground."
illus. Bram Sels # 102/280
Vivien Reid
+1: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a creature or a land card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of the library in a random order.
-3: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or creature with flying.
-8: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control get +2/+2 and have vigilance, trample and indestructible."
illus. Anna Steinbauer # 208/280
Vivien's Invocation
Look at the top seven cards of your library. You may put a creature card from among them onto the battlefield. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. When a creature is put onto the battlefield this way, it deals damage equal to it's power to target creature an opponent controls.
illus. Johannes Voss # 209/280
Two-Headed Zombie
Menace
"Thread the torsos together with angel hair to ensure they will cooperate in battle." —The Stitcher's Tome
illus. Josh Hass # 123/280
Smelt
Destroy target artifact.
The creation of new weapons demands the destruction of others.
illus. Zoltan Boros # 158/280
Tezzeret, Cruel Machinist
+1: Draw a card.
0: Until your next turn, target artifact you control becomes a 5/5 artifact creature in addition to its other types.
-7: Put any number of cards from your hand onto the battlefield face down. They're 5/5 artifact creatures.
illus. Zack Stella # 286/280
Liliana, the Necromancer
+1: Target player loses 2 life.
-1: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
-7: Destroy up to two target creatures. Put up to two target creature cards from graveyards onto the battlefield under your control.
illus. Livia Prima # 291/280
Death Baron
Skeleton creatures you control and other Zombie creatures you control get +1/+1 and have deathtouch.
illus. # 90/280
Field Creeper
As it walks across the fallow field, its awkward, loping gait matches the rattling in its head to create a haunting rhythm that chills the bones.
illus. Anthony Palumbo # 234/280
Gearsmith Guardian
Gearsmith Guardian gets +2/+0 as long as you control a blue creature.
Made in it's creator's image, though slightly more clangy.
illus. Deruchenko Alexander # 237/280
Manalith
: Add one mana of any color.
Planeswalkers seek out great monuments throughout the Multiverse, knowing that their builders were unwittingly drawn by the convergence of mana in the area.
illus. Ryan Yee # 239/280
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 # 5/280
Meteor Golem
When Meteor Golem enters the battlefield, destroy target nonland permanent an opponent controls.
The impact sent the soldiers scattering—then something came out of the crater.
illus. Kake Hurwitz # 241/280
Cavalry Drillmaster
When Cavalry Drillmaster enters the battlefield, target creature gets +2/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
illus. Slawomir Maniak # 8/280
Skilled Animator
When Skilled Animator enters the battlefield, target artifact you control becomes an artifact creature with base power and toughness 5/5 for as long as Skilled Animator remains on the battlefield.
illus. Jason A. Engle # 73/280
Abnormal Endurance
Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+0 and gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control."
Tenacity prevails when hopes die.
illus. Tomasz Jedruszek # 85/280
Exclusion Mage
When Exclusion Mage enters the battlefield, return target creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand.
Successful battles start with knowing who's worth fighting.
illus. Chris Seaman # 55/280
Scholar of Stars
When Scholar of Stars enters the battlefield, if you control an artifact, draw a card.
"The path of the stars is as reliable as the instruments that measure them."
illus. Tommy Arnold # 71/280
Blood Divination
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw three cards.
Predicting the future is a messy business.
illus. Filip Burburan # 86/280
Reassembling Skeleton
: Return Reassembling Skeleton from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
"They may show up with the wrong thigh bone or mandible, but they always show up." —Zul Ashur, lich lord
illus. Austin Hsu # 116/280
Druid of the Cowl
: Add .
"The wild tangle of the Cowl provides sanctuary to life that watched the first buildings rise."
illus. Magali Villeneuve # 177/280
Thud
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Thud deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to any target.
"Give 'em a push." -Mogwin, goblin delinquent
illus. Kev Walker # 163/280
Declare Dominance
Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. All creatures able to block it this turn do so.
"If you think yourself a cheif, then prove your might." —Gar-Tun, Mistvally silverback
illus. Simon Dominic # 175/280
Viashino Pyromancer
When Viashino Pyromancer enters the battlefield, it deals 2 damage to target player or planeswalker.
"I trained with the Ghitu , and I respect the fire as they do."
illus. Jesper Ejsing # 166/280
Reclamation Sage
When Reclamation Sage enters the battlefield, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment.
"What was once formed by masons, shaped by smiths, or given life by mages, I will return to the embrace of the earth."
illus. Christopher Moeller # 196/280
Colossal Majesty
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control a creature with power 4 or greater, draw a card.
"Might doesn't just build empires. It protects them." —Inti, Sun Empire knight
illus. Randy Vargas # 173/280
Vivien of the Arkbow
+2: Put two +1/+1 counters on up to one target creature.
-3: Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control.
-9: Creatures you control get +4/+4 and gain trample until end of turn.
illus. Magali Villeneuve # 301/280
Vivien's Jaguar
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
: Return Vivien's Jaguar to your hand. Activate this ability only if you control a Vivien planeswalker.
Each of Vivien's arrow is an invocation of a species.
illus. Magali Villeneuve # 305/280
Tezzeret's Strider
As long as you control a Tezzeret planeswalker, Tezzeret's Strider has menace.
"More obedient than any dog." —Tezzeret
illus. Zack Stella # 290/280
Arisen Gorgon
Arisen Gorgon has deathtouch as long as you control a Liliana planeswalker.
"I'm not picky about what comes up, but the less decay, the better." —Liliana Vess
illus. Livia Prima # 292/280
Liliana's Spoils
Target opponent discards a card.
Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a black card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
illus. Tyler Jacobson # 294/280
Ajani, Wise Counselor
+2: You gain 1 life for each creature you control.
-3: Creatures you control get +2/+2 until end of turn.
-9: Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature, where X is your life total.
illus. Eric Deschamps # 281/280
Court Cleric
Lifelink
Court Cleric gets +1/+1 as long as you control an Ajani planeswalker.
"The healers of Bant are second to none. I owe them a great deal for their tutelage." —Ajani Goldmane
illus. Mark Behm # 283/280
Sarkhan, Dragonsoul
+2: Sarkhan, Dragonsoul deals 1 damage to each opponent and each creature your opponents control.
-3: Sarkhan, Dragonsoul deals 4 damage to target player or planeswalker.
-9: Search your library for any number of Dragon creature cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library.
illus. Yongjae Choi # 296/280
Sarkhan's Whelp
Flying
Whenever you activate an ability of a Sarkhan planeswalker, Sarkhan's Whelp deals 1 damage to any target.
illus. Craig J Spearing # 299/280
Ghostform
Up to two target creatures can’t be blocked this turn.
"Picking locks is for beginners."
illus. Scott Chou # 58/280
Timber Gorge
Timber Gorge enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add or .
Tazeem's embrace is harsh, but for those who call it home, nothing else will do.
illus. Cliff Childs # 258/280
Cinder Barrens
Cinder Barrens enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add or .
"I do as I choose with what is mine. And it is all mine." —Nicol Bolas
illus. Titus Lunter # 248/280
Meandering River
Meandering River enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add or .
The river split into many channels as it flowed to the Halimar Sea. Few travelers could follow the same one twice.
illus. Cliff Childs # 253/280
Submerged Boneyard
Submerged Boneyard enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add or .
“Long after the land has given up the last of its secrets, there will still be mysteries in the depths of the sea.” —Kiora
illus. Cliff Childs # 257/280
Tranquil Expanse
Tranquil Expanse enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add or .
Beyond the chaos of Ghirapur lies a vibrant world where aether flows through nature.
illus. Sam Burley # 259/280
Ajani, Adversary of Tyrants
+1: Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.
-2: Return target creature card with converted mana cost 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
-7: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of your end step, create three 1/1 white Cat creature tokens with lifelink."
illus. Victor Adame Minguez # 3/280
Nicol Bolas, the Ravager
Flying
When Nicol Bolas, the Ravager enters the battlefield, each opponent discards a card.
: Exile Nicol Bolas, the Ravager, then return him to the battlefield transformed under his owner's control. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 218/280
Nicol Bolas, the Arisen
+2: Draw two cards.
-3: Nicol Bolas, the Arisen deals 10 damage to target creature or planeswalker.
-4: Put target creature or planeswalker card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
-12: Exile all but the bottom card of target player's library.
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 218/280
Lathliss, Dragon Queen
Flying
Whenever another nontoken Dragon enters the battlefield under your control, create a 5/5 red Dragon creature token with flying.
: Dragons you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.
illus. Alex Konstad # 149/280
Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire
Flying
Whenever Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire attacks, for each player, choose target permanent that player controls. Those players sacrifice those permanents. Each player who sacrificed a permanent this way reveals the top card of their library, then puts it onto the battlefield if it's a permanent card.
illus. Steven Belledin # 225/280
Mirror Image
You may have Mirror Image enter the battlefield as a copy of any creature you control.
The life of a shapeshifter is one of constant change.
illus. Randy Vargas # 61/280
Volley Veteran
When Volley Veteran enters the battlefield, it deals damage to target creature an opponent controls equal to the number of Goblins you control.
"Fill the sky with stuff!"
illus. Craig J Spearing # 168/280
Satyr Enchanter
Whenever you cast an enchantment spell, draw a card.
"The threads of magic that protect this place were woven by my will."
illus. Sidharth Chaturvedi # 223/280
Scapeshift
Sacrifice any number of lands. Search your library for up to that many land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.
"Whether we like it or not, our arrival has altered the landscape." —Malcolm, navigator of the Belligerent
illus. Daniel Ljunggren # 201/280
Elvish Clancaller
Other Elves you control get +1/+1.
, : Search your library for a card named Elvish Clancaller, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library.
No single root feeds the forest.
illus. Matt Stewart # 179/280
Palladia-Mors, the Ruiner
Flying, vigilance, trample
Palladia-Mors, the Ruiner has hexproof if it hasn't dealt damage yet.
Sister of Nicol Bolas. Survivor of the Elder Dragon War. The most vicious of her kin.
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 219/280
Crucible of Worlds
You may play land cards from your graveyard.
Amidst the darkest ashes grow the strongest seeds.
illus. Ron Spencer # 229/280
Crucible Worlds
You may play land cards from your graveyard.
Amidst the darkest ashes grow the strongest seeds.
illus. Ron Spencer # 229/280
Dark-Dweller Oracle
, Sacrifice a creature: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. (You still pay its costs. You can play a land this way only if you have an an available land play remaining.)
Eyes are unnecessary for seeing the future.
illus. Deruchenko Alexander # 134/280
Resplendent Angel
Flying
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 5 or more life this turn, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying and vigilance.
: Until end of turn, Resplendent Angel gets +2/+2 and gains lifelink.
illus. Volkan Baga # 34/280
Magistrate's Scepter
, : Put a charge counter on Magistrate's Scepter.
, Remove three charge counters from Magistrate's Scepter: Take an extra turn after this one.
illus. Adam Rex # 238/280
Aerial Engineer
As long as you control an artifact, Aerial Engineer has +2/+0 and has flying.
The best of their trade know every bolt on their rig, stem to stern.
illus. Zoltan Boros # 211/280
Brawl-Bash Ogre
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Whenever Brawl-Bash Ogre attacks, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, Brawl-Bash Ogre gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
illus. Even Amundsen # 213/280
Draconic Disciple
: Add one mana of any color.
, Sacrifice Draconic Disciple: Create a 5/5 red Dragon creature token with flying.
"If I am to die, I will die in the embrace of immeasurable flame."
illus. Yongjae Choi # 215/280
Psychic Symbiont
Flying
When Psychic Symbiont enters the battlefield, target opponent discards a card and you draw a card.
"I turn around and see nothing, yet I know it is behind me. Its fingers rummage in my mind, crafting new ideas."
illus. Robbie Trevino # 221/280
Ajani's Last Stand
Whenever a creature or planeswalker you control dies, you may sacrifice Ajani's Last Stand. If you do, create a 4/4 Avatar creature token with flying.
When a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard this card, if you control a Plains, create a 4/4 Avatar creature token with flying.
illus. Slawomir Maniak # 4/280
Ajani's Stand
Whenever a creature or planeswalker you control dies, you may sacrifice Ajani's last stand. If you do, create a 4/4 white Avatar creature token with flying.
When a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard this card. If you control a Plains, create a 4/4 white Avatar creature token with flying.
illus. Slawomir Maniak # 004/280
Alpine Moon
As Alpine Moon enters the battlefield, choose a nonbasic land card name.
Lands your opponents control with the chosen name lose all land types and abilities, and they gain ": Add one mana of any color."
"A rare and fascinating phenomenon." —Tamiyo
illus. Alayna Danner # 128/280
Metamorphic Alteration
Enchant creature
As Metamorphic Alteration enters the battlefield, choose a creature.
Enchanted creature is a copy of the chosen creature.
illus. Livia Prima # 60/280
Hungering Hydra
Hungering Hydra enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Hungering Hydra can't be blocked by more than one creature.
Whenever Hungering Hydra is dealt damage, put that many +1/+1 counters on it. (It must survive the damage to get the counters.)
illus. Daarken # 189/280
Mistcaller
Sacrifice Mistcaller: Until end of turn, if a nontoken creature would enter the battlefield and it wasn't cast, exile it instead.
Hospitality is of little concern to those who do not wish to be disturbed.
illus. Ryan Yee # 62/280
Sarkhan's Unsealing
Whenever you cast a creature spell with power 4, 5, or 6, Sarkhan's Unsealing deals 4 damage to any target.
Whenever you cast a creature spell with power 7 or greater, Sarkhan's Unsealing deals 4 damage to each opponent and each creature and planeswalker they control.
illus. Daarken # 155/280
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 # 89/280
Epicure of Blood
Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.
"Fleshy, with just a hint of leather. A fine vintage."
illus. Anna Steinbauer # 95/280
Nightmare's Thirst
You gain 1 life. Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
That feeling of something on your chest is usually sleep paralysis. Occasionally, it's something else.
illus. Igor Kieryluk # 111/280
Omniscience
You may cast spells from your hand without paying their mana costs.
"The things I once imagined would be my greatest achievements were only the first steps toward a future I can only begin to fathom." —Jace Beleren
illus. Jason Chan # 65/280
Chromium, the Mutable
Flash
This spell can't be countered.
Flying
Discard a card: Until end of turn, Chromium, the Mutable becomes a Human with base power and toughness 1/1, loses all abilities, and gains hexproof. It can't be blocked this turn.
illus. Chase Stone # 214/280
Diamond Mare
As Diamond Mare enters the battlefield, choose a color.
Whenever you cast a spell of the chosen color, you gain 1 life.
When it passes, rainbows follow.
illus. Alayna Danner # 231/280
Vine Mare
Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Vine Mare can't be blocked by black creatures.
When it passes, the dead are displaced by flourishing life.
illus. Alex Konstad # 207/280
Shield Mare
Shield Mare can't be blocked by red creatures.
When Shield Mare enters the battlefield or becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, you gain 3 life.
When it passes, order defeats chaos.
illus. Lucas Graciano # 37/280
Lightning Mare
This spell can't be countered.
Lightning Mare can't be blocked by blue creatures.
: Lightning Mare gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
When it passes, storm clouds bolt across the land.
illus. Lucas Graciano # 151/280
Surge Mare
Surge Mare can't be blocked by green creatures.
Whenever Surge Mare deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.
: Surge Mare gets +2/-2 until end of turn
When it passes, waves touch the sky.
illus. Sam Rowan # 77/280
Plague Mare
Plague Mare can't be blocked by white creatures.
When Plague Mare enters the battlefield, creatures your opponents control get -1/-1 until end of turn.
When it passes, those who sleep dream of sickness and death.
illus. G-host Lee # 114/280
Bone Dragon
Flying
, Exile seven other cards from your graveyard: Return Bone Dragon from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Its roar is the clatter of a thousand bones.
illus. Jason A Engle # 88/280
Isareth the Awakener
Deathtouch
Whenever Isareth the Awakener attacks, you may pay . When you do, return target creature card with converted mana cost X from your graveyard to the battlefield with a corpse counter on it. If that creature would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else.
illus. Jason Rainville # 104/280
Open the Graves
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
It was a night like any other. It would soon become a night no one would ever forget.
illus. Vincent Proce # 112/280
Remorseful Cleric
Flying
Sacrifice Remorseful Cleric: Exile all cards from target player's graveyard.
A lifetime of keeping up appearances is not enough to earn an eternity of rest.
illus. Grzegorz Rutkowski # 33/280
Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
Creature spells you cast with power 4 or greater cost less to cast.
Whenever Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma attacks, each creature you control with power 4 or greater gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.
You don't want to know how she got that name.
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 186/280
Amulet of Safekeeping
Whenever you become the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter that spell or ability unless its controller pays .
Creature tokens get -1/-0.
Whether it is magical, lucky, or merely old, it is cherished, and that gives it power.
illus. Aaron Miller # 226/280
Cleansing Nova
Chose one —
• Destroy all creatures.
• Destroy all artifacts and enchantments.
In their final moments, the demons gazed upon grace in its purest form.
illus. Noah Bradley # 9/280
Fell Specter
Flying
When Fell Specter enters the battlefield, target opponent discards a card.
Whenever an opponent discards a card, that player loses 2 life.
illus. Dimitar Marinski # 96/280
Ajani's Welcome
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, you gain 1 life.
"You cannot defend others if your own well-being is neglected."
illus. Eric Deschamps # 6/280
Angel of the Dawn
Flying
When Angel of the Dawn enters the battlefield, creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain vigilance until end of turn. (Attacking doesn't cause them to tap.)
She sings for all those who have been silenced.
illus. Livia Prima # 7/280
Aviation Pioneer
When Aviation Pioneer enters the battlefield, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
"They say perfection is unattainable, but they said that about flight too."
illus. Lake Hurwitz # 46/280
Havoc Devils
Trample
For devils, burning things is the highest form of comedy, diversion, and artistic expression.
illus. Viktor Titov # 146/280
Root Snare
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
The only casualties were a snapped spear, a lost helmet, and some bruised egos.
illus. Mitchell Malloy # 199/280
Invoke the Divine
Destroy target artifact or enchantment. You gain 4 life.
“Let go of all that harms you. Cast your burdens into the darkness, and build for the faithful a house of light.” — Song of All, canto 1008
illus. Magali Villeneuve # 16/280
Dryad Greenseeker
: Look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card, you may reveal it and put it into your hand.
"The land already knows its destiny. I simply ask it to share the tale with me."
illus. Greg Opalinski # 178/280
Graveyard Marshal
, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
"Rise and shine, my dears. We have work to do." —Isareth the Awakener
illus. Mark Behm # 99/280
Runic Armasaur
Whenever an opponent activates an ability of a creature or land that isn’t a mana ability, you may draw a card.
The Sun Empire's most sacred sites are protected by more than prayers.
illus. Randy Vargas # 200/280
Departed Deckhand
When Departed Deckhand becomes the target of a spell, sacrifice it.
Departed Deckhand can't be blocked except by Spirits.
: Another target creature you control can't be blocked this turn except by Spirits.
illus. Zoltan Boros # 49/280
Lena, Selfless Champion
When Lena, Selfless Champion enters the battlefield, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token for each nontoken creature you control.
Sacrifice Lena: Creatures you control with power less than Lena's power gain indestructible until end of turn.
"Those who do evil and those who do nothing are equally worthy of contempt."
illus. Lucas Graciano # 021/280
Valiant Knight
Other Knights you control get +1/+1.
: Knights you control gain double strike until end of turn.
"Defeat is no reason for retreat. It is a sign we must redouble our efforts to win this fight."
illus. Jakub Kasper # 042/280
Sai, Master Thopterist
Whenever you cast an artiact spell, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
, Sacrifice two artifacts: Draw a card.
"Industry without artistry is just a fancy way to fill the junkyard."
illus. Adam Paquette # 69/280
One with the Machine
Draw cards equal to the highest converted mana cost among artifacts you control.
"When I grafted a Planar Bridge into myself I felt my Planeswalker spark flare beyond my body. The Multiverse was my plaything. It felt . . . incredible." —Tezzeret
illus. Chase Stone # 66/280
Goblin Trashmaster
Other Goblins you control get +1/+1.
Sacrifice a Goblin: Destroy target artifact.
"Folks 'round here are too in love with their contraptions. Does them some good if we smash one every so often."
illus. Jakub Kasper # 144/280
Stitcher's Supplier
When Stitcher's Supplier enters the battlefield or dies, put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.
No part goes to waste.
illus. Chris Seaman # 121/280
Sarkhan, Fireblood
+1: You may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
+1: Add two mana in any combination of colors. Spend this mana only to cast Dragon spells.
-7: Create four 5/5 red Dragon creature tokens with flying.
illus. Grzegorz Rutkowski # 154/280
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 # 130/280
Spit Flame
Spit Flame deals 4 damage to target creature.
Whenever a Dragon enters the battlefield under your control, you may pay . If you do, return Spit Flame from your graveyard to your hand.
illus. Chris Rahn # 160/280
Chaos Wand
, : Target opponent exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile an instant or sorcery card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then put the exiled cards that weren't cast this way on the bottom of that library in a random order.
illus. Kari Christensen # 228/280
Phylactery Lich
Indestructible
As Phylactery Lich enters the battlefield, put a phylactery counter on an artifact you control.
When you control no permanents with phylactery counters on them, sacrifice Phylactery Lich.
illus. Michael Komarck # 113/280
Skyrider Patrol
Flying
At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may pay . When you do, put a +1/+1 counter on another target creature you control, and that creature gains flying until end of turn.
illus. Mitchell Malloy # 224/280
Regal Bloodlord
Flying
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained life this turn, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying.
Those of esteemed birth earn a most esteemed death.
illus. Winona Nelson # 222/280
Poison-Tip Archer
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Whenever another creature dies, each opponent loses 1 life.
illus. Dmitry Burmak # 220/280
Arcades, the Strategist
Flying, vigilance.
Whenever a creature with defender enters the battlefield under your control, draw a card.
Each creature you control with defender assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power and can attack as if it doesn't have defender.
illus. Even Amundsen # 212/280
Demanding Dragon
Flying
When Demanding Dragon enters the battlefield, it deals 5 damage to target opponent unless that player sacrifices a creature.
A knight's devotion to their steed goes only so far.
illus. Chris Rahn # 135/280
Tezzeret's Gatebreaker
When Tezzeret's Gatebreaker enters the battlefield, look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a blue or artifact card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
, , Sacrifice Tezzeret's Gatebreaker: Creatures you control can't be blocked this turn.
illus. Mathias Kollros # 289/280
Skalla Wolf
When Skalla Wolf enters the battlefield, look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a green card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
"This imprint was the familiar of a friend." —Vivien Reid
illus. Lius Lasahido # 303/280
Sarkhan's Dragonfire
Sarkhan's Dragonfire deals 3 damage to any target.
Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a red card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
"I am most myself when I am least human."
illus. Daarken # 298/280
Ajani's Influence
Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.
Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a white card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
illus. Sidharth Chaturvedi # 282/280
Suspicious Bookcase
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
, : Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
All the books were dusty with disuse, save the one titled Camouflage and Its Practical Applications.
illus. Anastasia Ovchinnikova # 246/280
Pendulum of Patterns
When Pendulum of Patterns enters the battlefield, you gain 3 life.
, , Sacrifice Pendulum of Patterns: Draw a card.
Its elaborate designs reveal secrets of aether's flow.
illus. Raoul Vitale # 288/280
Enigma Drake
Flying
Enigma Drake’s power is equal to the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard.
Many initiates believe it possesses secrets beyond imagining. Many have become meals trying to learn them.
illus. Steve Argyle # 216/280
Heroic Reinforcements
Create two 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens. Until end of turn, creatures you control get +1/+1 and have haste.
Cries of anguish quickly spurred cries of action.
illus. Scott Murphy # 217/280
Dismissive Pyromancer
, , Discard a card: Draw a card.
, , Sacrifice Dismissive Pyromancer: It deals 4 damage to target creature.
"Burn. Burn. Keep. Burn."
illus. Bram Sels # 136/280
Supreme Phantom
Flying
Other Spirits you control get +1/+1.
A king's knowledge does not vanish when the heart stops beating.
illus. Robbie Trevino # 76/280
Liliana, Untouched by Death
+1: Put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard. If at least one of them is a Zombie card, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
-2: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of Zombies you control.
-3: You may cast Zombie cards from your graveyard this turn.
illus. Bastien L. Deharme # 106/280
Liliana's Contract
When Liliana's Contract enters the battlefield, you draw four cards and you lose 4 life.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control four or more Demons with different names, you win the game.
Immortality is worth any price.
illus. Bastien L. Deharme # 107/280
Siegebreaker Giant
Trample
: Target creature can't block this turn.
No rampart can withstand the fury of a giant.
illus. Even Amundsen # 157/280
Vigilant Baloth
Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)
Villagers employ watchdogs as guardians and companions. Druids prefer something a little bigger.
illus. Uriah Voth # 206/280
Rise from the Grave
Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.
"Death is no excuse for disobedience." —Liliana Vess
illus. Kieran Yanner # 117/280
Switcheroo
Exchange control of two target creatures.
Say hello to your new friend.
illus. Kev Walker # 78/280
Hieromancer's Cage
When Hieromancer's Cage enters the battlefield, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until Hieromancer's Cage leaves the battlefield.
Law protects but also contains.
illus. Jason Rainville # 14/280
Thorn Lieutenant
Whenever Thorn Lieutenant becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, create a 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature token.
: Thorn Lieutenant gets +4/+4 until end of turn.
illus. Uriah Voth # 203/280
Isolate
Exile target permanent with converted mana cost 1.
Threefold were his crimes, doubled were his pleas, singular was his fate.
illus. Victor Adame Minguez # 17/280
Mystic Archaeologist
: Draw two cards.
The delight of discovery drives the pursuit of knowledge.
illus. Eric Deschamps # 63/280
Fraying Omnipotence
Each player loses half their life, then discards half the cards in their hand, then sacrifices half the creatures they control. Round up each time.
The Great Mending that healed the Multiverse also unraveled the threads of Nicol Bolas's power.
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 97/280
Leonin Warleader
Whenever Leonin Warleader attacks,create two 1/1 white Cat creature tokens with lifelink that are tapped and attacking.
When one leonin hunts, many more are surely nearby.
illus. Jakub Kasper # 23/280
Djinn of Wishes
Flying
Djinn of Wishes enters the battlefield with three wish counters on it.
, Remove a wish counter from Djinn of Wishes: Reveal the top card of your library. You may play that card without paying its mana cost. If you don't, exile it.
illus. Kev Walker # 52/280
Leonin Vanguard
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control three or more creatures, Leonin Vanguard gets +1/+1 until end of turn and you gain 1 life.
The best fighters are skilled in both harming and healing.
illus. Aaron Miller # 22/280
Dragon's Hoard
Whenever a Dragon enters the battlefield under your control, put a gold counter on Dragon's Hoard.
, Remove a gold counter from Dragon's Hoard: Draw a card.
: Add one mana of any color.
illus. Adam Paouette # 232/280
Windreader Sphinx
Flying
Whenever a creature with flying attacks, you may draw a card.
"Your mind is too filled with foolish concerns to hear the subtle whispers that the breeze brings."
illus. Min Yum # 84/280
Novice Knight
Defender
As long as Novice Knight is enchanted or equipped, it can attack as though it didn't have defender.
Even the greatest hero begins with nothing.
illus. Yongjae Choi # 30/280
Detection Tower
: Add .
, : Until end of turn, your opponents and creatures your opponents control with hexproof can be targets of spells and abilities you control as though they didn't have hexproof.
Its light exposes enemies and lays secrets bare.
illus. Adam Paquette # 249/280
Suncleanser
When Suncleanser enters the battlefield, choose one —
• Remove all counters from target creature. It can't have counters put on it for as long as Suncleanser remains on the battlefield.
• Target opponent loses all counters. That player can't get counters for as long as Suncleanser remains on the battlefield.
illus. Mark Zug # 39/280
Aethershield Artificer
At the beginning of combat on your turn, target artifact creature you control gets +2/+2 and gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
Most smiths shape metal, but some prefer more delicate materials.
illus. Izzy # 2/280
Blanchwood Armor
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each Forest you control.
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Knightly Valor
Enchant creature
When Knightly Valor enters the battlefield, create a 2/2 white Knight creature token with vigilance. (Attacking doesn’t cause it to tap.)
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has vigilance.
illus. Matt Stewart # 20/280
Sift
Draw three cards, then discard a card.
Dwell longest on the thoughts that shine brightest.
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Gallant Cavalry
Vigilance
When Gallant Cavalry enters the battlfield, create a 2/2 white Knight creature token with vigilance.
"Our duty does not stop at our borders."
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Pelakka Wurm
Trample
When Pelakka Wurm enters the battlefield, you gain 7 life.
When Pelakka Wurm dies, draw a card.
It eats what it wants to eat—which is anything that moves.
illus. Daniel Ljunggren # 192/280
Psychic Corrosion
Whenever you draw a card, each opponent puts the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.
"To break another's mind is to deliver a fate worse than death. It is a terrifying power." —Jace Beleren
illus. Bastien L. Deharme # 68/280
Ravenous Harpy
Flying
, Sacrifice another creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on Ravenous Harpy.
A harpy's hoard is a filthy, bloodstained pile of trinkets and corpses.
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Doublecast
When you cast your next instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
First the insult, then the encore.
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Druid of Horns
Whenever you cast an Aura spell that targets Druid of Horns, create a 3/3 green Beast creature token.
No welcome for those who trespass. Only fang and horn and claw.
illus. Nils Hamm # 176/280
Rhox Oracle
When Rhox Oracle enters the battlefield, draw a card.
"The further into the future I look, the less certain my vision. Even now, the middle distance is obscured by fire."
illus. Dan Scott # 198/280
Arcane Encyclopedia
, : Draw a card.
Knowledge itself is neither good nor evil. Just as the wrong book in the wrong hands could doom all existence, the same book in the right hands could save it.
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Rupture Spire
Rupture Spire enters the battlefield tapped.
When Rupture Spire enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you pay .
: Add one mana of any color.
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Tezzeret, Artifice Master
+1: Create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
0: Draw a card. If you control three or more artifacts, draw two cards instead.
-9: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of your end step, search your library for a permanent card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library."
illus. Josh Hass # 79/280
Forsaken Sanctuary
Forsaken Sanctuary enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add or .
“Prayers will curdle on the tongue and be heard by rotting ears.” —Minaldra, the Vizag Atum
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Foul Orchard
Foul Orchard enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add or .
The stench of rotting meat lures flies, goblins, and young raptors.
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Highland Lake
Highland Lake enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add or .
“A place like this makes me wonder if there’s more to life than blood and treasure … Nah.” —Boyl Bucksalt, Storm Fleet swab
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Stone Quarry
Stone Quarry enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add or .
The bedrock has many gifts to give.
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Woodland Stream
Woodland Stream enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add or .
Waterways carve their routes through the land to reflect the paths the aether streams cut through the clouds.
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Transmogrifying Wand
Transmogrifying Wand enters the battlefield with three charge counters on it.
,, Remove a charge counter from Transmogrifying Wand: Destroy target creature. Its controller creates a 2/4 white Ox creature token. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.
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Bone to Ash
Counter target creature spell.
Draw a card.
"I can think of worse ways to go. On second thought, maybe not." —Ludevic, necro-alchemist
illus. Clint Cearley # 047/280
Crash Through
Creatures you control gain trample until end of turn.
Draw a card.
illus. Izzy # 133/280
Ghirapur Guide
: Target creature you control can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less this turn.
Fairgoers were delighted to find that even outside the fairgrounds, Ghirapur was a city of wonders.
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Aegis of the Heavens
Target creature gets +1/+7 until end of turn.
Inner strength is never seen until it makes all the difference.
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Doomed Dissenter
When Doomed Dissenter dies, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
There is only one fate left to those banished from the God-Pharaoh's city.
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Duress
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
"It hurts more if you think about it." —Hooks, Cabal torturer
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Make a Stand
Creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)
For a moment they stood tall, all fear forgotten.
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Aether Tunnel
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 and can't be blocked.
If you can't find a doorway, make one.
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Hired Blade
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
"If you want them dead, buy some poison. If you want them to have the worst day of their life before dying, then let's talk price."
illus. Mark Behm # 100/280
Daggerback Basilisk
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Its ventricles weep venom, and it consumes only poison.
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Essence Scatter
Counter target creature spell.
Dependence on luck is anathema to Kefnet's rigorous studies. Those who hope to escape his maze by chance never succeed.
illus. Josh Hass # 054/280
Infectious Horror
Whenever Infectious Horror attacks, each opponent loses 2 life.
Not once in the history of Grixis has any one died of old age.
illus. Pete Venters # 101/280
Gift of Paradise
Enchant land
When Gift of Paradise enters the battlefield, you gain 3 life.
Enchanted land has ": Add two mana of any one color."
illus. Ryan Pancoast # 184/280
Macabre Waltz
Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand, then discard a card.
Liliana is never one to follow someone else's lead.
illus. Willian Murai # 108/280
Greenwood Sentinel
Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)
Within a mile of the woodland, you will feel her eyes upon you. Within its boarders, you will feel her blade.
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Mind Rot
Target player discards two cards.
Many an inventor has collapsed under the pressure to create a flawless design.
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Naturalize
Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
"And if you threaten me again, your shiny steel trousers will be sprouting daggerthorn vines." -Iveta, rooftop runner
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Explosive Apparatus
, , Sacrifice Explosive Apparatus: It deals 2 damage to any target.
"Souls are volatile things. When compressed and loaded into a handheld device, their destructive potential is quite impressive." —Dierk, geistmage
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Vampire Neonate
, : Each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
One day, they may be paragons of deadly elegance. For the moment, they possess nothing but thirst.
illus. Daarken # 124/280
Gargoyle Sentinel
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
[mana]3]: Until end of turn, Gargoyle Sentinel loses defender and gains flying.
"Do not mistake a quiet rampart for one that is unguarded. Some things stir only when they need to." —Bonovar, siege commander
illus. Drew Baker # 236/280
Millstone
, : Target player puts the top two cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
Minds, like mountains, are never so grand and mighty that they can't be reduced to dust.
illus. Yeong-Hao Han # 242/280
Talons of Wildwood
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has trample. (It can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
: Return Talons of Wildwood from your graveyard to your hand.
illus. Uriah Voth # 202/280
Dragon Egg
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
When Dragon Egg dies, create a 2/2 red Dragon creature token with flying. It has "Red: 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 # 138/280
Inferno Hellion
Trample
At the beginning of each end step, if Inferno Hellion attacked or blocked this turn, its owner shuffles it into their library.
illus. Jason A. Engle # 148/280
Tectonic Rift
Destroy target land. Creatures without flying can't block this turn.
"You will kneel before me, even if I have to split the earth under your feet!" —Ash Kronor, Keldon warlord
illus. John Avon # 162/280
Boggart Brute
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
He has the biggest bashing stick, so it's a safe bet he's the leader.
illus. Igor Kieryluk # 131/280
Gigantosaurus
"Each tooth is the length of a horse, and new ones grow in every sixteen days. Let's get a closer look!" —Vivien Reid
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