Starter 2000 Spoilers 56/0
Show TextAngelic Blessing
Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains flying until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Only the warrior who can admit mortal weakness will be bolstered by immortal strength.
illus. Mark Zug # ?/0
Armored Pegasus
Flying
Asked how it survived a run-in with a bog imp, the pegasus just shook its mane and burped.
illus. Andrew Robinson # ?/0
Bog Imp
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Don't be fooled by their looks. Think of them as little knives with wings.
illus. Christopher Rush # ?/0
Breath of Life
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
illus. DiTerlizzi # ?/0
Coercion
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a card from it. That player discards that card.
A rhino's bargain—Femeref expression meaning"a situation with no choices"
illus. DiTerlizzi # ?/0
Counterspell
Counter target spell.
illus. Hannibal King # ?/0
Disenchant
Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
illus. Brian Snoddy # ?/0
Drudge Skeletons
: Regenerate Drudge Skeletons. (The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, it isn't. Instead tap it, remove all damage from it, and remove it from combat.)
"The dead make good soldiers. They can't disobey orders, they never surrender, and they don't stop fighting when a random body part falls off."—Nevinyrral, Necromancer's Handbook
illus. Ian Miller # ?/0
Durkwood Boars
"And the unclean spirits went out, and entered the swine: and the herd ran violently . . . ."—The Bible, Mark 5:13
illus. Mike Kimble # ?/0
Eager Cadet
The enthusiasm of the young, sharpened by the discipline of a soldier.
illus. Scott M. Fischer # ?/0
Flame Spirit
: Flame Spirit gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
"The spirit of the flame is the spirit of change."—Lovisa Coldeyes,Balduvian chieftain
illus. Justin Hampton # ?/0
Flight
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has flying.
illus. Jerry Tiritilli # ?/0
Giant Growth
Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
illus. DiTerlizzi # ?/0
Giant Octopus
At the sight of the thing the calamari vendor's eyes went wide, but from fear or avarice none could tell.
illus. John Matson # ?/0
Goblin Hero
"When you're a goblin, you don't have to step forward to be a hero—everyone else just has to step back"—Biggum Flodrot, goblin veteran
illus. Pete Venters # ?/0
Hand of Death
Destroy target nonblack creature.
The touch of death is never gentle.
illus. Heather Hudson # ?/0
Hero's Resolve
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+5.
"Destiny, chance, fate, fortune—they're all just ways of claiming your successes without claiming your failures."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
illus. Pete Venters # ?/0
Inspiration
Target player draws two cards.
"Madness and genius are separated only by degrees of success."—Sidar Jabari
illus. Zina Saunders # ?/0
Knight Errant
". . . Before honor is humility."—The Bible, Proverbs 15:33
illus. Dan Frazier # ?/0
Lava Axe
Lava Axe deals 5 damage to target player or planeswalker.
Meant to cut through the body and burn straight to the soul.
illus. Brian Snoddy # ?/0
Llanowar Elves
: Add .
One bone broken for every twig snapped underfoot.—Llanowar penalty for trespassing
illus. Anson Maddocks # ?/0
Merfolk of the Pearl Trident
Are merfolk humans with fins, or are humans merfolk with feet?
illus. DiTerlizzi # ?/0
Mons's Goblin Raiders
Just because they have a club doesn't mean they're organized.
illus. Pete Venters # ?/0
Monstrous Growth
Target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.
The nightstalkers' little game of tease-the-squirrel suddenly took an unexpected turn.
illus. Una Fricker # ?/0
Moon Sprite
Flying
"I am that merry wanderer of the night."—William Shakespeare,A Midsummer Night's Dream
illus. Terese Nielsen # ?/0
Obsianus Golem
"The foot stone is connected to the ankle stone, the ankle stone is connected to the leg stone . . . ."—"Song of the Artificer"
illus. Jesper Myrfors # ?/0
Ogre Warrior
Assault and battery included.
illus. Jeff Miracola # ?/0
Orcish Oriflamme
Attacking creatures you control get +1/+0.
illus. Dan Frazier # ?/0
Prodigal Sorcerer
: Prodigal Sorcerer deals 1 damage to any target.
Occasionally members of the Institute of Arcane Study acquire a taste for worldly pleasures. Seldom do they have trouble finding employment.
illus. Douglas Shuler # ?/0
Python
"How can you claim the gods are merciless when they robbed the snake of its limbs to give the other creatures a sporting chance?"—Hakim, Loreweaver
illus. Steve White # ?/0
Rod of Ruin
, : Rod of Ruin deals 1 damage to any target.
illus. Christopher Rush # ?/0
Royal Falcon
Flying
Hunter by instinct, weapon by training.
illus. Carl Critchlow # ?/0
Samite Healer
: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
Healers ultimately acquire the divine gifts of spiritual and physical wholeness. The most devout are also granted the ability to pass physical wholeness on to others.
illus. Tom Wänerstrand # ?/0
Scathe Zombies
"They groaned, they stirred, they all uprose,Nor spake, nor moved their eyes;It had been strange, even in a dream,To have seen those dead men rise."—Samuel Coleridge,"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
illus. Jesper Myrfors # ?/0
Shock
Shock deals 2 damage to any target.
Lightning tethers souls to the world.—Kor saying
illus. Randy Gallegos # ?/0
Soul Net
Whenever a creature dies, you may pay . If you do, you gain 1 life.
illus. Andrew Robinson # ?/0
Spined Wurm
"As it moved, the wurm's spines gathered up bits of flowstone, which took the shapes of dead villagers' heads. Each head spoke a single sound, but if taken together, they said, ‘Alas for the living.'"—Dal myth of the wurm
illus. Keith Parkinson # ?/0
Stone Rain
Destroy target land.
illus. John Matson # ?/0
Terror
Destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.
illus. Ron Spencer # ?/0
Time Ebb
Put target creature on top of its owner's library.
Like the tide, time both ebbs and flows.
illus. Alan Rabinowitz # ?/0
Trained Orgg
All orggs know how to kill; training teaches them what to kill.
illus. Eric Peterson # ?/0
Venerable Monk
When Venerable Monk enters the battlefield, you gain 2 life.
His presence brings not only a strong arm but also renewed hope.
illus. D. Alexander Gregory # ?/0
Vizzerdrix
Its swamp cousin may be meaner, but the vizzerdrix is much bigger.
illus. Eric Peterson # ?/0
Wild Griffin
Flying
Two little goblins, out in the sun. Down came a griffin, and then there was one.
illus. Jeff Miracola # ?/0
Willow Elf
The forest lives in the elf as the elf lives in the forest.
illus. DiTerlizzi # ?/0
Wind Drake
Flying
"No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings."—William Blake,The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
illus. Zina Saunders # ?/0
Arlinn, the Moon's Fury
Nightbound
+2: Add .
0: Until end of turn, Arlinn, the Moon's Fury becomes a 5/5 Werewolf with trample, indestructible, and haste.
illus. Eric Deschamps # 279/0
Fangbladefang Ripper
: Bladefang Eviscerator gets +1/+0 and First Strike until the end of turn.
: Creatures you control get +2/+0 until the end of turn.
Nightbound
illus. Vincent Proce # 139/0
Sigardian Paladin
As long as you put one or more +1/+1 counters on a creature this turn, Sigardian Paladin has trample and lifelink.
: Target creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it gains trample and lifelink until end of turn.
illus. Slawomir Maniak # 247/0