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Vigilance
Kongming's predecessor helped Liu Bei win the battle of Fancheng by recognizing and defeating Cao Ren's use of the dreaded "Eight Gold Locks" formation.
illus. Solomon Au Yeung # 1/0
Ambition's Cost
You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.
"When you give offense to heaven, to whom can you pray?"—Cao Cao, quoting Confucius
illus. Junko Taguchi # 67/0
Balance of Power
If target opponent has more cards in hand than you, draw cards equal to the difference.
illus. Quan Xuejun # 34/0
Barbarian General
Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
"Barbarian tribes with their rulers are inferior to Chinese states without them."—Confucius, The Analects (trans. Lau)
illus. Kuang Sheng # 100/0
Barbarian Horde
Only twenty years after the Sima clan united the empire, invading barbarians divided it again.
illus. Kuang Sheng # 101/0
Blaze
Blaze deals X damage to any target.
"Spreading flames illumined cloud and sea:Cao Cao went down; 'twas Zhou Yu's victory."
illus. Qu Xin # 102/0
Borrowing 100,000 Arrows
Draw a card for each tapped creature target opponent controls.
Kongming and Lu Su tricked Wei troops into shooting over 100,000 arrows at them to later use against the Wei at Red Cliffs.
illus. Song Shikai # 35/0
Borrowing the East Wind
Borrowing the East Wind deals X damage to each creature with horsemanship and each player.
illus. Gao Yan # 133/0
Brilliant Plan
Draw three cards.
At Red Cliffs, Kongming and Zhou Yu each wrote his plan for defeating Wei on the palm of his hand. They laughed as they both revealed the same word, "Fire."
illus. Song Shikai # 36/0
Broken Dam
Tap one or two target creatures without horsemanship.
Using nature to their advantage, wise Three Kingdoms generals often let dammed rivers loose to destroy their enemies.
illus. Jiang Zhuqing # 37/0
Burning Fields
Burning Fields deals 5 damage to target opponent or planeswalker.
"In raiding and plundering, be like fire, in immovability like a mountain."—Sun Tzu, Art of War (trans. Giles)
illus. Yang Hong # 103/0
Burning of Xinye
You destroy four lands you control, then target opponent destroys four lands they control. Then Burning of Xinye deals 4 damage to each creature.
illus. Yang Hong # 104/0
Cao Cao, Lord of Wei
: Target opponent discards two cards. Activate this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
illus. Gao Jianzhang # 68/0
Cao Ren, Wei Commander
Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
When Cao Ren, Wei Commander enters the battlefield, you lose 3 life.
Cao Cao's cousin, Cao Ren was known throughout the three kingdoms as the fiercest of warriors.
illus. Junko Taguchi # 69/0
Capture of Jingzhou
Take an extra turn after this one.
The province of Jingzhou was the fulcrum of the three kingdoms. At separate times it was coveted and controlled by the Wu, the Shu, and the Wei.
illus. Jack Wei # 38/0
Champion's Victory
Cast this spell only during the declare attackers step and only if you've been attacked this step.
Return target attacking creature to its owner's hand.
illus. Hong Yan # 39/0
Coercion
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a card from it. That player discards that card.
Though he held the title of prime minister, Cao Cao used the emperor's name to exert his own influence on the empire.
illus. Kang Yu # 70/0
Control of the Court
Draw four cards, then discard three cards at random.
"Power-hungry eunuchs, the curse of the dynasty, have thrown the masses of the people into the depths of misery."
illus. Li Yousong # 105/0
Corrupt Court Official
When Corrupt Court Official enters the battlefield, target opponent discards a card.
illus. Li Yousong # 71/0
Corrupt Eunuchs
When Corrupt Eunuchs enters the battlefield, it deals 2 damage to target creature.
illus. Li Yousong # 106/0
Council of Advisors
When Council of Advisors enters the battlefield, draw a card.
Sun Quan's long and successful rule in the years 199 to 251 was due to his ability to choose and foster talented advisors and generals.
illus. Liu Shangying # 40/0
Counterintelligence
Return one or two target creatures to their owners' hands.
Before the battle of Red Cliffs, a supposedly sleeping Zhou Yu allowed his old friend, a Wei advisor, to steal a planted letter forged as if from Wei's two best admirals.
illus. Wang Feng # 41/0
Cunning Advisor
: Target opponent discards a card. Activate this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
illus. Gao Jianzhang # 72/0
Deception
Target opponent discards two cards.
Believing they wrote the forged letter that had been stolen from Zhou Yu, Cao Cao rashly executed his two best admirals for treason.
illus. Wang Feng # 73/0
Desert Sandstorm
Desert Sandstorm deals 1 damage to each creature.
While pursuing the remnants of Yuan Shao's forces into the Wuhan Desert, Cao Cao was temporarily turned back by a fierce sandstorm.
illus. Xu Tan # 107/0
Desperate Charge
Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn.
"Lieutenants dishonored, corpses carted home; The general raises troops again to take revenge."
illus. Chen Weidong # 74/0
Diaochan, Artful Beauty
: Destroy target creature of your choice, then destroy target creature of an opponent's choice. Activate this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
illus. Miao Aili # 108/0
Dong Zhou, the Tyrant
When Dong Zhou, the Tyrant enters the battlefield, target creature an opponent controls deals damage equal to its power to that player.
illus. Junichi Inoue # 109/0
Eightfold Maze
Cast this spell only during the declare attackers step and only if you've been attacked this step.
Destroy target attacking creature.
illus. Shang Huitong # 2/0
Empty City Ruse
Target opponent skips all combat phases of their next turn.
Out of time and options, Kongming was forced to bluff at Xicheng. He tricked an army of 150,000 Wei by leaving the city gates open and calmly playing the zither.
illus. Qu Xin # 3/0
Eunuchs' Intrigues
Target opponent chooses a creature they control. Other creatures they control can't block this turn.
Taking control of powerful court positions one by one, eunuchs eventually brought on the fall of the Han dynasty, leading to the chaos of the Three Kingdoms.
illus. Li Yousong # 110/0
Exhaustion
Creatures and lands target opponent controls don't untap during their next untap step.
Starving and worn, Cao Cao escaped from the battle of Red Cliffs with only 27 of his original 800,000 men.
illus. Qu Xin # 42/0
Extinguish
Counter target sorcery spell.
illus. Ding Songjian # 43/0
False Defeat
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
"All warfare is based on deception."—Sun Tzu, Art of War (trans. Giles)
illus. Li Wang # 4/0
False Mourning
Put target card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Zhou Yu, Sun Ce, and other famous generals feigned their deaths in order to later surprise their opponents.
illus. Koji # 134/0
Famine
Famine deals 3 damage to each creature and each player.
"But it was a year of dearth. People were reduced to eating leaves of jujube trees. Corpses were seen everywhere in the countryside."
illus. Sun Nan # 75/0
Fire Ambush
Fire Ambush deals 3 damage to any target.
"With fire he broke the battle at Bowang . . . . Striking fear deep into Cao Cao's soul, thus Kongming scored a coup at his debut."
illus. Tang Xiaogu # 111/0
Fire Bowman
Sacrifice Fire Bowman: It deals 1 damage to any target. Activate this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
illus. Cai Tingting # 112/0
Flanking Troops
Whenever Flanking Troops attacks, you may tap target creature.
Following the battle of Redcliffs, both Liu Bei and Sun Quan coveted the province of Jingzhou. After Sun Quan's troops failed to capture it, Liu Bei's succeeded.
illus. Li Wang # 5/0
Forced Retreat
Put target creature on top of its owner's library.
"Leadership, not numbers, determines victory."—A Wu commander, before his 5,000 troops forced 15,000 Wei troops to retreat from Ruxu
illus. Huang Qishi # 44/0
Forest Bear
Fish and bear paws—one can't have both.—Chinese idiom meaning"you can't have it both ways"
illus. Wang Yuqun # 135/0
Ghostly Visit
Destroy target nonblack creature.
Cao Cao was haunted to death by the ghosts of the empresses and other high courtiers he had murdered.
illus. Kang Yu # 76/0
Guan Yu, Sainted Warrior
Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
When Guan Yu, Sainted Warrior is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may shuffle Guan Yu into your library.
illus. Zhao Dafu # 6/0
Guan Yu's 1,000-Li March
Destroy all tapped creatures.
"He Guan Yu covered the ground on a thousand-li horse; / With dragon blade he took each pass by force."
illus. Yang Guangmai # 7/0
Heavy Fog
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. Liu Shangying # 136/0
Hua Tuo, Honored Physician
: Put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library. Activate this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
illus. Gao Jianzhang # 137/0
Huang Zhong, Shu General
Huang Zhong, Shu General can't be blocked by more than one creature.
"Virile in war, he kept the north in fear;His prodigies subdued the western sphere."
illus. Quan Xuejun # 8/0
Hunting Cheetah
Whenever Hunting Cheetah deals damage to an opponent, you may search your library for a Forest card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.
illus. Fang Yue # 138/0
Imperial Edict
Target opponent chooses a creature they control. Destroy that creature.
Frustrated with Cao Cao's control of the imperial court, Emperor Xian secretly issued an edict condemning him, using his own blood as ink.
illus. Xu Xiaoming # 77/0
Imperial Recruiter
When Imperial Recruiter enters the battlefield, search your library for a creature card with power 2 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.
illus. Mitsuaki Sagiri # 113/0
Imperial Seal
Search your library for a card, then shuffle your library and put that card on top of it. You lose 2 life.
"If Heaven has placed it in your hands, it means that the throne is destined to be yours."
illus. Li Tie # 78/0
Independent Troops
"The empire, long united, must divide, and long divided, must unite."
illus. Kuang Sheng # 114/0
Kongming, "Sleeping Dragon"
Other creatures you control get +1/+1.
"Such a lord as this—all virtues' height—Had never been, nor ever was again."
illus. Gao Yan # 9/0
Kongming's Contraptions
: Kongming's Contraptions deals 2 damage to target attacking creature. Activate this ability only during the declare attackers step and only if you've been attacked this step.
illus. Jiaming # 10/0
Lady Sun
: Return Lady Sun and another target creature to their owners' hands. Activate this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
Sister to Sun Quan and wife to Liu Bei, Lady Sun often felt her loyalty to both tested.
illus. Miao Aili # 45/0
Lady Zhurong, Warrior Queen
Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
"A man, and such a fool I, a woman, will fight them for you."—Lady Zhurong to her husband Meng Huo, before leading an army against the Shu
illus. Miao Aili # 139/0
Liu Bei, Lord of Shu
Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
Liu Bei, Lord of Shu gets +2/+2 as long as you control a permanent named Guan Yu, Sainted Warrior or a permanent named Zhang Fei, Fierce Warrior.
"Only wisdom and virtue can truly win men's devotion."—Liu Bei
illus. Zhao Dafu # 11/0
Lone Wolf
You may have Lone Wolf assign its combat damage as though it weren't blocked.
illus. Yang Jun Kwon # 140/0
Loyal Retainers
Sacrifice Loyal Retainers: Return target legendary creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
illus. Solomon Au Yeung # 12/0
Lu Bu, Master-at-Arms
Haste; horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
"Dong Zhuo's man, Lu Bu, warrior without peer, / Far surpassed the champions of his sphere."
illus. Gao Jianzhang # 115/0
Lu Meng, Wu General
Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
As the Wu chief commander, Lu Meng conquered Shu-held Jingzhou in 219 by disguising soldiers as merchants on boats filled with hiding troops.
illus. Gao Yan # 46/0
Lu Su, Wu Advisor
: Draw a card. Activate this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
Lu Su served as an intermediary between the Wu and Shu kingdoms until Zhou Yu's death in 210, when he became Wu's supreme commander.
illus. Zhao Tan # 47/0
Lu Xun, Scholar General
Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
Whenever Lu Xun, Scholar General deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.
illus. Xu Xiaoming # 48/0
Ma Chao, Western Warrior
Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
Whenever Ma Chao, Western Warrior attacks alone, it can't be blocked this combat.
illus. Koji # 116/0
Marshaling the Troops
Tap any number of untapped creatures you control. You gain 4 life for each creature tapped this way.
illus. Liu Shangying # 141/0
Meng Huo, Barbarian King
Other green creatures you control get +1/+1.
The stubborn Meng Huo was captured and released by Kongming seven times before finally surrendering.
illus. Yang Guangmai # 142/0
Meng Huo's Horde
Through his allies, Meng Huo commanded several hundred thousand troops composed of cavalry, rattan-armored warriors, infantry, naked men with swords, and wild animals.
illus. s/b Lie Tiu # 143/0
Misfortune's Gain
Destroy target creature. Its owner gains 4 life.
The mourning families of commanders and generals were often given land, valuables, or money to compensate for their losses.
illus. Jiaming # 13/0
Mountain Bandit
Haste
Penniless and far from home, many former Yellow Scarves and other soldiers became bandits to survive.
illus. Xu Xiaoming # 117/0
Mystic Denial
Counter target creature or sorcery spell.
illus. Kang Yu # 49/0
Overwhelming Forces
Destroy all creatures target opponent controls. Draw a card for each creature destroyed this way.
By the year 208, Cao Cao commanded more than 1,000 experienced generals and a million infantry, cavalry, and naval troops.
illus. Gao Yan # 79/0
Pang Tong, "Young Phoenix"
: Target creature gets +0/+2 until end of turn. Activate this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
". . . It was Pang Tong's boat-connecting schemeThat let Zhou Yu accomplish his great deed."
illus. Li Tie # 14/0
Peach Garden Oath
You gain 2 life for each creature you control.
"We three, though of separate ancestry, join in brotherhood . . . . We dare not hope to be together always but hereby vow to die the selfsame day."—Peach Garden Oath
illus. Zhao Dafu # 15/0
Poison Arrow
Destroy target nonblack creature. You gain 3 life.
In ancient China, not wearing armor could be a fatal mistake. Guan Yu, Zhou Yu, Sun Ce, and other heros were struck by poison arrows.
illus. Li Tie # 80/0
Preemptive Strike
Counter target creature spell.
illus. Jiaming # 50/0
Rally the Troops
Cast this spell only during the declare attackers step and only if you've been attacked this step.
Untap all creatures you control.
illus. Shang Huitong # 16/0
Ravages of War
Destroy all lands.
"Thorn bushes spring up wherever the army has passed. Lean years follow in the wake of a great war."Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching (trans. Feng and English)
illus. Fang Yue # 17/0
Ravaging Horde
When Ravaging Horde enters the battlefield, destroy target land.
Upon his return to the capitol after taking soldiers to loot a nearby peaceful town, the prime minister, Dong Zhou, boasted of it as a victory over bandits.
illus. Liu Jianjian # 118/0
Red Cliffs Armada
Red Cliffs Armada can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.
By the battle of Red Cliffs in the year 208, the Wu kingdom controlled more than 7,000 warships on the Yangtze.
illus. Zhang Jiazhen # 51/0
Relentless Assault
Untap all creatures that attacked this turn. After this main phase, there is an additional combat phase followed by an additional main phase.
With only 70,000 men under his command at the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao was able to defeat Yuan Shao and his 700,000.
illus. He Jiancheng # 119/0
Renegade Troops
Haste
"Across the land rebellions seethed and swarmed / As vicious war lords swooped down on all sides."
illus. Liu Jianjian # 120/0
Return to Battle
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
"Swallowing his eye, the valiant Xiahou Dun fought on; / But Cao Cao's vanguard, its commander wounded, could not hold out for long."
illus. Ding Songjian # 81/0
Riding Red Hare
Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains horsemanship until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
One of the greatest steeds in the empire, Red Hare could travel a thousand li a day and climb hills as if running on flat ground.
illus. Qi Baocheng # 18/0
Riding the Dilu Horse
Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains horsemanship. (It can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship. This effect lasts indefinitely.)
"All men have their appointed time; that's something no horse can change."—Liu Bei, after being told that theDilu brings its master ill fortune
illus. Hong Yan # 144/0
Rockslide Ambush
Rockslide Ambush deals damage to target creature equal to the number of Mountains you control.
illus. Inoue Junichi # 121/0
Rolling Earthquake
Rolling Earthquake deals X damage to each creature without horsemanship and each player.
illus. Yang Hong # 122/0
Sage's Knowledge
Return target sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
"Those who know do not talk. Those who talk do not know."—Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching(trans. Feng and English)
illus. Ding Songjian # 52/0
Shu Cavalry
Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
In establishing the Shu kingdom, Liu Bei's forces fought against Ma Chao at Chengdu. Eventually, Ma Chao surrendered and became one of Liu Bei's Tiger Generals.
illus. Li Xiaohua # 19/0
Shu Defender
Whenever Shu Defender blocks, it gets +0/+2 until end of turn.
Confronting Cao Cao's army at Steepslope Bridge, Zhang Fei bellowed, "I am Zhang Fei of Yan Who dares fight me to the death?" Cao Cao's army cowered and fled.
illus. Sun Nan # 20/0
Shu Elite Companions
Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
Throughout the three kingdoms, important generals were often guarded by small groups of expert soldiers known as "elite companions."
illus. Zhao Dafu # 21/0
Shu Elite Infantry
Kongming's first campaign against the Wei kingdom was a rousing success until an arrogant Shu general, Ma Su, foolishly lost the city of Jieting.
illus. Song Shikai # 22/0
Shu Farmer
: You gain 1 life. Activate this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
"The common folk are ceaselessly active. The fields are fertile and the soil productive, and neither flood nor drought plagues us."—A Shu diplomat
illus. Li Xiaohua # 23/0
Shu Foot Soldiers
Liu Bei lost many men at the battle of Runan because of his lack of strategy. It wasn't until he met Kongming that the he began to truly succeed as a leader.
illus. Xu Tan # 24/0
Shu General
Vigilance; horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
illus. Li Xiaohua # 25/0
Shu Grain Caravan
When Shu Grain Caravan enters the battlefield, you gain 2 life.
Keeping a million-man army fed was no easy task. Grain and rice caravans were the lifeblood of the empire.
illus. Li Wang # 26/0
Shu Soldier-Farmers
When Shu Soldier-Farmers enters the battlefield, you gain 4 life.
During Kongming's campaigns against the Wei, his Shu troops rotated from the battlefront to the fields every hundred days.
illus. Li Xiaohua # 27/0
Sima Yi, Wei Field Marshal
Sima Yi, Wei Field Marshal's power is equal to the number of Swamps you control.
Sima Yi fought for four generations of the Cao family before his own grandson became emperor and united the three kingdoms.
illus. Gao Yan # 82/0
Slashing Tiger
Whenever Slashing Tiger becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
"Unless you enter the tiger's lair, you cannot get hold of the tiger's cubs." —Sun Tzu, Art of War (trans. Giles)
illus. Yang Jun Kwon # 145/0
Southern Elephant
While defending their southern borders, both the Wu and Shu kingdoms fought against the barbarians' trained elephants.
illus. Wang Yuqun # 146/0
Spoils of Victory
Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, or Forest card and put that card onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.
illus. Sun Nan # 147/0
Spring of Eternal Peace
You gain 8 life.
Bathing in this spring could cure ailments of body and mind alike.
illus. Wang Yuqun # 148/0
Stalking Tiger
Stalking Tiger can't be blocked by more than one creature.
Throughout Chinese history, generals have often been referred to as tigers for their fierceness, strength, and bravery.
illus. Kang Yu # 149/0
Stolen Grain
Stolen Grain deals 5 damage to target opponent or planeswalker. You gain 5 life.
At the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao by raiding his grain depot, leaving him with no way to feed his troops.
illus. LHQ # 83/0
Stone Catapult
: Destroy target tapped nonblack creature. Activate this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
illus. Shang Huitong # 84/0
Stone Rain
Destroy target land.
Soldiers often blocked off the steep mountain passes to ambush enemy troops in western and central China.
illus. Mitsuaki Sagiri # 123/0
Strategic Planning
Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
"Plans evolved within the tent decide a victory 1,000 li away."
illus. Zhang Jiazhen # 53/0
Straw Soldiers
The overnight appearance of miles of "armed" Wu forts at Guangling frightened a much vaster Wei force into fleeing for their lives.
illus. Cai Tingting # 54/0
Sun Ce, Young Conquerer
Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
When Sun Ce, Young Conquerer enters the battlefield, you may return target creature to its owner's hand.
illus. Yang Guangmai # 55/0
Sun Quan, Lord of Wu
Creatures you control have horsemanship. (They can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
"One score and four he reigned, the Southland king: / A dragon coiled, a tiger poised below the mighty Yangtze."
illus. Xu Xiaoming # 56/0
Taoist Hermit
Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Taoists chose to be hermits for many reasons, but all shared one unchanging goal: to follow the Tao.
illus. Wang Yuqun # 150/0
Taoist Mystic
Taoist Mystic can't be blocked by creatures with horsemanship.
By appearing in places miles apart at the same time, Zuo Ci exhibited the mystic's ability to "shrink the land."
illus. Qu Xin # 151/0
Taunting Challenge
All creatures able to block target creature this turn do so.
Incensed by their opponents' unrelenting taunts, even wise generals were known to rashly lead their troops into battle—often to disastrous defeats.
illus. Gao Yan # 152/0
Three Visits
Search your library for a Forest card and put that card onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.
"Trying to meet a worthy man in the wrong way is as bad as closing the door on an invited guest."—Mencius, a Chinese philosopher
illus. Qu Xin # 153/0
Trained Cheetah
Whenever Trained Cheetah becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
"King Mulu's cheetahs came riding on the winds, charging, with fangs bared and claws flexed."
illus. Fang Yue # 155/0
Trained Jackal
To taunt a man into action, call him a coward. To insult him beyond forgiveness, call him a jackal.
illus. Yang Jun Kwon # 155/0
Trip Wire
Destroy target creature with horsemanship.
Trip wire, hooked poles, and sunken pits were commonly used to unhorse riders during the Three Kingdoms period.
illus. Hong Yan # 154/0
Vengeance
Destroy target tapped creature.
"Until I've gnawed their flesh and exterminated their clans, my humiliation will not be effaced."—Liu Bei, on the death ofhis oath-brother Guan Yu
illus. Solomon Au Yeung # 28/0
Virtuous Charge
Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
"The empire belongs to no one man but to all in the empire. He who has virtue shall possess it."
illus. Qu Xin # 29/0
Volunteer Militia
After making the Peach Garden Oath, the three brothers raised an army of 500 youths to fight the Yellow Scarves rebellion.
illus. Lin Yan # 30/0
Warrior's Oath
Take an extra turn after this one. At the beginning of that turn's end step, you lose the game.
"If I fail, my head is yours."—Warrior's oath commonduring the Three Kingdoms period
illus. Mitsuaki Sagiri # 124/0
Warrior's Stand
Cast this spell only during the declare attackers step and only if you've been attacked this step.
Creatures you control get +2/+2 until end of turn.
illus. Zhao Dafu # 31/0
Wei Ambush Force
Whenever Wei Ambush Force attacks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
The battle of Puyang marked the beginning of the end for Lu Bu. He lost the city—and later his life—to Cao Cao.
illus. Ku Xueming # 85/0
Wei Assassins
When Wei Assassins enters the battlefield, target opponent chooses a creature they control. Destroy that creature.
illus. Xu Tan # 86/0
Wei Elite Companions
Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
Cao Cao was more concerned with capabilities than lineage. He excelled at recruiting and retaining men of talent to serve him.
illus. Li Youliang # 87/0
Wei Infantry
Wei won the battle of Hefei when Zhang Liao defeated Sun Quan and then foiled a Wu scheme to incite rebellion.
illus. LHQ # 88/0
Wei Night Raiders
Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
Whenever Wei Night Raiders deals damage to an opponent, that player discards a card.
illus. Wang Feng # 89/0
Wei Scout
Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared."—Sun Tzu, Art of War (trans. Giles)
illus. Jiang Zhuqing # 90/0
Wei Strike Force
Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
At the battle of Chang'an, Ma Chao defeated the two generals Cao Cao sent to guard the pass but was forced to flee when Cao Cao's trickery turned his own ally against him.
illus. Tang Xiaogu # 91/0
Wielding the Green Dragon
Target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.
Named for the eastern part of the sky, the source of energy and renewal, Guan Yu's crescent-moon blade weighed over 100 pounds.
illus. Quan Xuejun # 157/0
Wolf Pack
You may have Wolf Pack assign its combat damage as though it weren't blocked.
illus. Yang Jun Kwon # 158/0
Wu Admiral
Wu Admiral gets +1/+1 as long as an opponent controls an Island.
The Wu kingdom's well-trained admirals were integral to the Southlands' victory at Red Cliffs as well as the kingdom's defense.
illus. Zhang Jiazhen # 57/0
Wu Elite Cavalry
Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
At the second battle of Ruxu, the brave Wu general Gan Ning raided Cao Cao's camp of 400,000 men with only 100 cavalry. Not a single man or horse was lost.
illus. Li Wang # 58/0
Wu Infantry
The first battle of Hefei was Sun Quan's last as a field general. From then on he let his generals command in the field while he directed battle from behind the front lines.
illus. Xu Xiaoming # 59/0
Wu Light Cavalry
Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
A cunning strategist, Cao Ren tricked Zhou Yu by letting him enter Nanjun. Zhou Yu thought he was capturing the city until Cao Ren's arrows rained down upon him.
illus. Huang Qishi # 60/0
Wu Longbowman
: Wu Longbowman deals 1 damage to any target. Activate this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
illus. Xu Tan # 61/0
Wu Scout
Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
When Wu Scout enters the battlefield, look at target opponent's hand.
illus. Jiaming # 62/0
Wu Spy
When Wu Spy enters the battlefield, look at the top two cards of target player's library. Put one of them into their graveyard.
illus. Zhao Tan # 63/0
Wu Warship
Wu Warship can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.
Both Wu and Wei warships patrolled the Yangtze River, the natural border between the two kingdoms.
illus. Jiang Zhuqing # 64/0
Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed
Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
Sacrifice Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed: Return target black card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
illus. Junko Taguchi # 92/0
Xun Yu, Wei Advisor
: Target creature you control gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Activate this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
"A splendid talent, admired of all men His folly lay in serving Cao Cao's power."
illus. Jack Wei # 93/0
Yellow Scarves Cavalry
Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
Yellow Scarves Cavalry can't block.
illus. Chen Weidong # 125/0
Yellow Scarves General
Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
Yellow Scarves General can't block.
Zhang Jue, leader of the Yellow Scarves rebellion, was a Taoist master and tutored his soldiers in those arts.
illus. Chen Weidong # 126/0
Yellow Scarves Troops
Yellow Scarves Troops can't block.
Over 500,000 commoners followed Zhang Jue, General of Heaven, in his attempt to overthrow the corrupt Han dynasty.
illus. Chen Weidong # 127/0
Young Wei Recruits
Young Wei Recruits can't block.
"To send the common people to war untrained is to throw them away."—Confucius, The Analects (trans. Lau)
illus. Li Youliang # 94/0
Yuan Shao, the Indecisive
Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
Each creature you control can't be blocked by more than one creature.
illus. Inoue Junichi # 128/0
Yuan Shao's Infantry
Whenever Yuan Shao's Infantry attacks alone, Yuan Shao's Infantry can't be blocked this combat.
illus. Lin Yan # 129/0
Zhang Fei, Fierce Warrior
Vigilance; horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
Zhang Fei's uncharacteristic alliance with a defeated Riverlands general, Yan Yan, allowed Shu forces to advance through forty-five Riverlands strongpoints with no casualties.
illus. Zhao Dafu # 32/0
Zhang He, Wei General
Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
Whenever Zhang He, Wei General attacks, each other creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
illus. Jack Wei # 95/0
Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei
Whenever Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei deals damage to an opponent, that opponent discards a card.
illus. Li Youliang # 96/0
Zhao Zilong, Tiger General
Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
Whenever Zhao Zilong, Tiger General blocks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Zhao Zilong was a brave and noble warrior. He twice rescued Liu Bei's son and heir, Liu Shan.
illus. Quan Xuejun # 33/0
Zhou Yu, Chief Commander
Zhou Yu, Chief Commander can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.
"After making me, Zhou Yu, did you have to make Kongming?"—Zhou Yu crying to heaven on his deathbed
illus. Xu Xiaoming # 65/0
Zhuge Jin, Wu Strategist
: Target creature can't be blocked this turn. Activate this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
When Zhuge Jin proposed the marriage of Guan Yu's daugher and Sun Quan's heir, Guan Yu's arrogant refusal led to disaster.
illus. Song Shikai # 66/0
Zodiac Dog
Mountainwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)
". . . Jiang Wei alone still strove with might and main: / Nine times more he fought the north—in vain. . . ."
illus. Qi Baocheng # 130/0
Zodiac Dragon
When Zodiac Dragon is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may return it to your hand.
". . . The kingdoms three are now the stuff of dream, / For men to ponder, past all praise or blame."
illus. Qi Baocheng # 131/0
Zodiac Goat
Mountainwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)
". . . Near death in Baidi, having reigned three years, / Bei sadly placed his son in Kongming's care. . . ."
illus. Qi Baocheng # 132/0
Zodiac Horse
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
". . . ‘First take Jingzhou, next the Riverlands; / On that rich region, base your own royal stand.' . . ."
illus. Ai Desheng # 159/0
Zodiac Monkey
Forestwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)
". . . By six offensives from the hills of QiKongming sought to change Han's destiny. . . ."
illus. Ai Desheng # 160/0
Zodiac Ox
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
". . . Cao's abdication changed the face of all; / No mighty battles marked the Southland's fall. . . ."
illus. Ai Desheng # 161/0
Zodiac Pig
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
". . . Zhong Hui and Deng Ai next led armies west: / And to the Cao, Han's hills and streams now passed. . . ."
illus. Qi Baocheng # 97/0
Zodiac Rabbit
Forestwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)
". . . The world's affairs rush on, an endless stream; / A sky-told fate, infinite in reach, dooms all. . . ."
illus. Ai Desheng # 162/0
Zodiac Rat
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
" . . . Cao Pi, Cao Rui, Fang, Mao, and briefly, Huan— / The Sima took the empire in their turn. . . ."
illus. Qi Baocheng # 98/0
Zodiac Rooster
Plainswalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Plains.)
". . . But the time of Han had run—could he Kongming not tell?— / That night his master star fell past the hills. . . ."
illus. Ai Desheng # 163/0
Zodiac Snake
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
"Thrice Xuande's ardent quest led to Nanyang, / Where Sleeping Dragon unveiled Han's partition: . . ."
illus. Qi Baocheng # 99/0
Zodiac Tiger
Forestwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)
". . . Three kings no more—Chenliu, Guiming, Anle. / The fiefs and posts must now be filled anew. . . ."
illus. Ai Desheng # 164/0
Zuo Ci, the Mocking Sage
Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Zuo Ci, the Mocking Sage can't be blocked by creatures with horsemanship.
illus. Wang Yuqun # 165/0
