Guildpact Spoilers 166/0
Show TextAbsolver Thrull
Haunt (When this creature dies, exile it haunting target creature.)
When Absolver Thrull enters the battlefield or the creature it haunts dies, destroy target enchantment.
illus. Rob Alexander # 1/0
Abyssal Nocturnus
Whenever an opponent discards a card, Abyssal Nocturnus gets +2/+2 and gains fear until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
"I fear to keep an open mind, for there are those who would use it as a door to my soul."—Voka Schlak,Mauzam Asylum inmate, diary
illus. Jon Foster # 43/0
Aetherplasm
Whenever Aetherplasm blocks a creature, you may return Aetherplasm to its owner's hand. If you do, you may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield blocking that creature.
Its fickle form holds hints of a thousand former identities.
illus. Nottsuo # 22/0
Agent of Masks
At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 1 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
"You say that I am two-faced? Enough with the flattery. We have business to conduct."
illus. Matt Thompson # 100/0
Angel of Despair
Flying
When Angel of Despair enters the battlefield, destroy target permanent.
"I feel in them a sense of duty and commitment, yet I can feel nothing else. It is as if their duty is to an empty void."—Razia
illus. Todd Lockwood # 101/0
Battering Wurm
Bloodthirst 1 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Creatures with power less than Battering Wurm's power can't block it.
illus. Darrell Riche # 79/0
Beastmaster's Magemark
Enchant creature
Creatures you control that are enchanted get +1/+1.
Whenever a creature you control that's enchanted becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature blocking it.
illus. Brandon Kitkouski # 80/0
Belfry Spirit
Flying
Haunt (When this creature dies, exile it haunting target creature.)
When Belfry Spirit enters the battlefield or the creature it haunts dies, create two 1/1 black Bat creature tokens with flying.
illus. Daren Bader # 2/0
Benediction of Moons
You gain 1 life for each player.
Haunt (When this spell card is put into a graveyard after resolving, exile it haunting target creature.)
When the creature Benediction of Moons haunts dies, you gain 1 life for each player.
illus. Matt Cavotta # 3/0
Bioplasm
Whenever Bioplasm attacks, exile the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, Bioplasm gets +X/+Y until end of turn, where X is the exiled creature card's power and Y is its toughness.
illus. Jon Foster # 81/0
Blind Hunter
Flying
Haunt (When this creature dies, exile it haunting target creature.)
When Blind Hunter enters the battlefield or the creature it haunts dies, target player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
illus. Warren Mahy # 102/0
Bloodscale Prowler
Bloodthirst 1 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
It tracks its victims by the scent of their breath, preferring to dine on those who recently ate well.
illus. Lars Grant-West # 64/0
Borborygmos
Trample
Whenever Borborygmos deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
"It's easy to see why those Gruul dirtbags follow him—the only orders he gives are ‘Crush them' and ‘We eat'"—Teysa
illus. Todd Lockwood # 103/0
Burning-Tree Bloodscale
Bloodthirst 1 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
: Target creature can't block Burning-Tree Bloodscale this turn.
: Target creature blocks Burning-Tree Bloodscale this turn if able.
illus. Kev Walker # 104/0
Burning-Tree Shaman
Whenever a player activates an ability that isn't a mana ability, Burning-Tree Shaman deals 1 damage to that player.
Gruul shamans are bent on punishing the civilized. Any act more complex than rubbing sticks together or eating with utensils is met with the stinging burn of their magic.
illus. Dan Scott # 105/0
Castigate
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it and exile that card.
"We have no need for military might. We wield two of the sharpest swords ever forged: Faith in our left hand, Wealth in our right."—Vuliev of the Ghost Council
illus. Darrell Riche # 106/0
Caustic Rain
Exile target land.
"Looking out the great windows of Vitu-Ghazi at the foundry stacks belching their smoke to the sky, I wonder when the sky will take its vengeance."—Heruj, Selesnya initiate
illus. Luca Zontini # 44/0
Cerebral Vortex
Target player draws two cards, then Cerebral Vortex deals damage to that player equal to the number of cards they've drawn this turn.
Izzet brains and Izzet boilers: contents under pressure.
illus. Jeremy Jarvis # 107/0
Citywide Bust
Destroy all creatures with toughness 4 or greater.
"Oh you fellas are going to love the lockup. Excellent Gruel. Very low ceilings." —Libuse, Boros sergeant
illus. Victor Adame Minguez # 4/0
Conjurer's Ban
Choose a card name. Until your next turn, spells with the chosen name can't be cast and lands with the chosen name can't be played.
Draw a card.
Orzhov faithful file past to have their minds purged of "impure" desires. There, the guiltwardens eliminate any thoughts of hope or self-sufficiency.
illus. Pete Venters # 108/0
Crash Landing
Target creature with flying loses flying until end of turn. Crash Landing deals damage to that creature equal to the number of Forests you control.
"The other guilds think they're untouchable. It's time we brought them back down to earth."—Ghut Rak, Gruul guildmage
illus. Darrell Riche # 82/0
Cremate
Exile target card from a graveyard.
Draw a card.
Cremation of the dead is not a religious ritual in Ravnica. It's a business designed to keep the Golgari from growing in numbers.
illus. Paolo Parente # 45/0
Cry of Contrition
Target player discards a card.
Haunt (When this spell card is put into a graveyard after resolving, exile it haunting target creature.)
When the creature Cry of Contrition haunts dies, target player discards a card.
illus. Daren Bader # 46/0
Cryptwailing
, Exile two creature cards from your graveyard: Target player discards a card. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.
"Piece the tragic notes together and is it not a melody?"—Teysa
illus. Nick Percival # 47/0
Crystal Seer
When Crystal Seer enters the battlefield, look at the top four cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
: Return Crystal Seer to its owner's hand.
"Surprise is a useless, untidy emotion—the plaything of goblins and fools."
illus. Glen Angus # 23/0
Culling Sun
Destroy each creature with converted mana cost 3 or less.
"Who truly runs this city? Look to the sky on hallowed days, and see whose sigil is stamped clearly onto the heavens."—Vuliev of the Ghost Council
illus. Daren Bader # 109/0
Daggerclaw Imp
Flying
Daggerclaw Imp can't block.
The Simic use the claws as scalpels, while the Rakdos use them for tattooing and torture. The Gruul use them to pick their teeth after lunching on the rest of the carcass.
illus. Pete Venters # 48/0
Debtors' Knell
(
can be paid with either or .)At the beginning of your upkeep, put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
One moment, conscious only of a sense of repose. The next moment, hearing the trudge of his own footsteps. He sighed and squinted into the glare ahead.
illus. Kev Walker # 141/0
Djinn Illuminatus
(
can be paid with either or .)Flying
Each instant and sorcery spell you cast has replicate. The replicate cost is equal to its mana cost. (When you cast it, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
illus. Carl Critchlow # 142/0
Douse in Gloom
Douse in Gloom deals 2 damage to target creature and you gain 2 life.
Orzhov prisoners are steeped in a blackened brew that robs their souls of strength. Patriarchs drink that brew to extend their own lives.
illus. Kev Walker # 49/0
Droning Bureaucrats
, : Each creature with converted mana cost X can't attack or block this turn.
" . . . and you must also apply for an application license, file documents 136(iv) and 22-C and -D in triplicate, pay all requisite fees, request a . . ."
illus. Kev Walker # 4/0
Drowned Rusalka
, Sacrifice a creature: Discard a card, then draw a card.
Lurking below the current, she thirsts until others come to drink.
illus. Dany Orizio # 24/0
Dryad Sophisticate
Nonbasic landwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a nonbasic land.)
From Tin Street to the Outcast Mansions, she walks unbidden and unbound, her graceful silence never shaken by the riot of city life around her.
illus. Ron Spears # 83/0
Dune-Brood Nephilim
Whenever Dune-Brood Nephilim deals combat damage to a player, create a 1/1 colorless Sand creature token for each land you control.
When it awoke, it spawned nameless thousands to herald its arrival.
illus. Jim Murray # 110/0
Earth Surge
Each land gets +2/+2 as long as it's a creature.
"Some gardeners sing to plants. I tell them stories—stories of how they once ruled the world, of the mortals who destroyed their kind, and of revenge."—Bougrat, druid of the Cult of Yore
illus. Luca Zontini # 84/0
Electrolyze
Electrolyze deals 2 damage divided as you choose among one or two targets.
Draw a card.
The Izzet learn something from every lesson they teach.
illus. Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai # 111/0
Exhumer Thrull
Haunt (When this creature dies, exile it haunting target creature.)
When Exhumer Thrull enters the battlefield or the creature it haunts dies, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
illus. Warren Mahy # 50/0
Fencer's Magemark
Enchant creature
Creatures you control that are enchanted get +1/+1 and have first strike.
"The first blow is the most important. It often negates the need for a second."—Agrus Kos
illus. Brandon Kitkouski # 65/0
Feral Animist
: Feral Animist gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is its power.
He chanted over a pot of boiling blood and honey. His brain buzzed like a nest of hornets, and his muscles rippled with the might of the bear.
illus. Ron Spears # 112/0
Frazzle
Counter target nonblue spell.
The chant was interrupted, the components cooked, and Zok worried that it was his brain he smelled smoking.
illus. Pete Venters # 25/0
Gatherer of Graces
Gatherer of Graces gets +1/+1 for each Aura attached to it.
Sacrifice an Aura: Regenerate Gatherer of Graces.
"Garb is for common folk. I prefer to wear insight and zeal, ambition and flame."
illus. Heather Hudson # 85/0
Gelectrode
: Gelectrode deals 1 damage to any target.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may untap Gelectrode.
"Diametrically opposing energies in self-sealed plasmodermic bubbles make great pets"—Trivaz, Izzet mage
illus. Dan Scott # 113/0
Ghor-Clan Bloodscale
First strike
: Ghor-Clan Bloodscale gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Activate this ability only once each turn.
At mealtimes, the Gruul customarily omit such niceties as using forks or killing the entrée.
illus. Paolo Parente # 66/0
Ghor-Clan Savage
Bloodthirst 3 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on it.)
The snap of sinew. The crunch of bone. A cry for mercy. These are the music of the Gruul.
illus. Greg Staples # 86/0
Ghost Council of Orzhova
When Ghost Council of Orzhova enters the battlefield, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
, Sacrifice a creature: Exile Ghost Council of Orzhova. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
illus. Greg Staples # 114/0
Ghost Warden
: Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
"I thought of fate as an iron lattice, intricate but rigidly unchangeable. That was until some force bent fate's bars to spare my life."—Ilromov, traveling storyteller
illus. Ittoku # 5/0
Ghostway
Exile each creature you control. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
"I watched its blade swing through me, but I was hollow, empty. I saw its face contort in rage but could not hear it snarl."—Klattic, Boros legionnaire
illus. Jim Murray # 6/0
Giant Solifuge
(
can be paid with either or .)Trample; haste; shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
"We respect all lifeforms, but this one we respect from a distance."—Mandor, Selesnya ranger
illus. Pat Lee # 143/0
Gigadrowse
Replicate
(When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.)Tap target permanent.
illus. Alex Horley-Orlandelli # 26/0
Glint-Eye Nephilim
Whenever Glint-Eye Nephilim deals combat damage to a player, draw that many cards.
, Discard a card: Glint-Eye Nephilim gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
When it awoke, it shook the plane with the thunder of its craving.
illus. Mark Zug # 115/0
Goblin Flectomancer
Sacrifice Goblin Flectomancer: You may change the targets of target instant or sorcery spell.
Rerouting magic through a goblin's brain is the surest way to throw it wildly off course.
illus. Matt Cavotta # 116/0
Godless Shrine
(
: Add or .)As Godless Shrine enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, Godless Shrine enters the battlefield tapped.
illus. Rob Alexander # 157/0
Graven Dominator
Flying
Haunt (When this creature dies, exile it haunting target creature.)
When Graven Dominator enters the battlefield or the creature it haunts dies, each other creature has base power and toughness 1/1 until end of turn.
illus. Carl Critchlow # 7/0
Gristleback
Bloodthirst 1 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Sacrifice Gristleback: You gain life equal to Gristleback's power.
Loyal in battle, hearty in stew.
illus. Lars Grant-West # 87/0
Gruul Guildmage
(
can be paid with either or .), Sacrifice a land: Gruul Guildmage deals 2 damage to target player or planeswalker.
: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
illus. Paolo Parente # 144/0
Gruul Nodorog
: Gruul Nodorog gains menace until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Petting the nodorog—Gruul expression meaning"making a really big mistake"
illus. Pete Venters # 88/0
Gruul Scrapper
When Gruul Scrapper enters the battlefield, if
was spent to cast Gruul Scrapper, it gains haste until end of turn.The Gruul aren't satisfied with just smashing things. They continue smashing other things with the things they just smashed.
illus. Liam Sharp # 89/0
Gruul Signet
, : Add .
Gruul territorial markings need not be legible. The blood, snot, and muck used to smear them are unmistakably Gruul.
illus. Tim Hildebrandt # 150/0
Gruul Turf
Gruul Turf enters the battlefield tapped.
When Gruul Turf enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
illus. John Avon # 158/0
Gruul War Plow
Creatures you control have trample.
: Gruul War Plow becomes a 4/4 Juggernaut artifact creature until end of turn.
"Steering apparatus? What for? Rip it out, sharpen it, and lash it to the front"—Ktank, Gruul plowmaster
illus. Martina Pilcerova # 151/0
Guardian's Magemark
Flash
Enchant creature
Creatures you control that are enchanted get +1/+1.
The soldier moved with fluid poise, his awareness extending far beyond five senses.
illus. Brandon Kitkouski # 8/0
Harrier Griffin
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, tap target creature.
Moon Market merchants sell a bottled scent to cutpurses and other criminals. Those doused in the liquid become "griffin bait."
illus. Jim Nelson # 9/0
Hatching Plans
When Hatching Plans is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw three cards.
So wondrous to behold, so delicate and finely crafted—and yet, such a pleasure to smash.
illus. Heather Hudson # 27/0
Hissing Miasma
Whenever a creature attacks you, its controller loses 1 life.
All that remains when the fog finishes are neat piles of polished bones, like acid-etched glass. Orzhov servants collect them to make altar chimes.
illus. Ben Thompson # 51/0
Hypervolt Grasp
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "
: This creature deals 1 damage to any target.": Return Hypervolt Grasp to its owner's hand.
Zap on. Zap off.
illus. Mark Romanoski # 67/0
Infiltrator's Magemark
Enchant creature
Creatures you control that are enchanted get +1/+1 and can't be blocked except by creatures with defender.
"In secrecy is strength. None can oppose one who cannot be found."—Szadek
illus. Brandon Kitkouski # 28/0
Ink-Treader Nephilim
Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, if that spell targets only Ink-Treader Nephilim, copy the spell for each other creature that spell could target. Each copy targets a different one of those creatures.
When it awoke, the mirrors of the world reflected only darkness.
illus. Christopher Moeller # 117/0
Invoke the Firemind
Choose one —
• Draw X cards.
• Invoke the Firemind deals X damage to any target.
To those in tune with the Firemind, there is no difference between knowledge and flame.
illus. Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai # 118/0
Izzet Boilerworks
Izzet Boilerworks enters the battlefield tapped.
When Izzet Boilerworks enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
illus. John Avon # 159/0
Izzet Chronarch
When Izzet Chronarch enters the battlefield, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
He ensures not only whether but also when and where the lightning strikes twice.
illus. Nick Percival # 119/0
Izzet Guildmage
(
can be paid with either or .): Copy target instant spell you control with converted mana cost 2 or less. You may choose new targets for the copy.
: Copy target sorcery spell you control with converted mana cost 2 or less. You may choose new targets for the copy.
illus. Jim Murray # 145/0
Izzet Signet
, : Add .
The Izzet signet is redesigned often, each time becoming closer to a vanity portrait of Niv-Mizzet.
illus. Greg Hildebrandt # 152/0
Killer Instinct
At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, put it onto the battlefield. That creature gains haste until end of turn. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
"Take the bridge, men Victory Victory is ou— Retreat RETREAT"
illus. Christopher Moeller # 120/0
Leap of Flame
Replicate
(When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.)Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains flying and first strike until end of turn.
illus. Greg Hildebrandt # 121/0
Leyline of Lifeforce
If Leyline of Lifeforce is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
Creature spells can't be countered.
Where sovereignty and flesh converge.
illus. Kev Walker # 90/0
Leyline of Lightning
If Leyline of Lightning is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay
. If you do, Leyline of Lightning deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker.Where storm and spellcraft converge.
illus. Paolo Parente # 68/0
Leyline of Singularity
If Leyline of Singularity is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
All nonland permanents are legendary.
Where renown and solitude converge.
illus. Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai # 29/0
Leyline of the Meek
If Leyline of the Meek is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
Creature tokens get +1/+1.
Where strength and humility converge.
illus. Mark Zug # 10/0
Leyline of the Void
If Leyline of the Void is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
If a card would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.
Where treachery and oblivion converge.
illus. Adam Rex # 52/0
Lionheart Maverick
Vigilance
: Lionheart Maverick gets +1/+2 until end of turn.
"Your signet is no symbol of power. It marks only your need for numbers to aid you. What do you do, guild-rat, now that you face my blade alone?"
illus. Hideaki Takamura # 11/0
Living Inferno
: Living Inferno deals damage equal to its power divided as you choose among any number of target creatures. Each of those creatures deals damage equal to its power to Living Inferno.
illus. John Avon # 69/0
Martyred Rusalka
, Sacrifice a creature: Target creature can't attack this turn.
Rakdos cultists hanged her for sport in the township square. Her ghost now stands vigil at what has become known as the Tree of Weeping.
illus. Alex Horley-Orlandelli # 12/0
Mimeofacture
Replicate
(When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.)Choose target permanent an opponent controls. Search that player's library for a card with the same name and put it onto the battlefield under your control. Then that player shuffles their library.
illus. Dan Scott # 30/0
Mizzium Transreliquat
: Mizzium Transreliquat becomes a copy of target artifact until end of turn.
: Mizzium Transreliquat becomes a copy of target artifact and gains this ability.
"What is it? Um . . . what do you want it to be?"—Juzba, Izzet tinker
illus. John Avon # 153/0
Moratorium Stone
, : Exile target card from a graveyard.
, , Sacrifice Moratorium Stone: Exile target nonland card from a graveyard, all other cards from graveyards with the same name as that card, and all permanents with that name.
illus. Martina Pilcerova # 154/0
Mortify
Destroy target creature or enchantment.
The eyes let flow with tears, then blood, then the very soul—the whole wrung inside out, dripping down into the blackened puddle of the past.
illus. Glen Angus # 122/0
Mourning Thrull
(
can be paid with either or .)Flying
Whenever Mourning Thrull deals damage, you gain that much life.
During their ascent to spirithood, patriarchs of Orzhova shed both flesh and emotion. This earthly slag is collected and formed into thrulls.
illus. Dany Orizio # 146/0
Necromancer's Magemark
Enchant creature
Creatures you control that are enchanted get +1/+1.
If a creature you control that's enchanted would die, return it to its owner's hand instead.
illus. Brandon Kitkouski # 53/0
Nivix, Aerie of the Firemind
: Add .
, : Exile the top card of your library. Until your next turn, you may cast that card if it's an instant or sorcery card.
Niv-Mizzet's genius and vanity reverberate throughout the mirrored halls of Nivix.
illus. Martina Pilcerova # 160/0
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
Flying
Whenever you draw a card, Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind deals 1 damage to any target.
: Draw a card.
"(Z–>)90º – (E–N²W)90ºt = 1"
illus. Todd Lockwood # 123/0
Ogre Savant
When Ogre Savant enters the battlefield, if
was spent to cast Ogre Savant, return target creature to its owner's hand.He's an oxymoron.
illus. Paolo Parente # 70/0
Order of the Stars
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
As Order of the Stars enters the battlefield, choose a color.
Order of the Stars has protection from the chosen color.
As stoic as the marble halls, as unblinking as the stars upon their shields.
illus. Heather Hudson # 13/0
Orzhov Basilica
Orzhov Basilica enters the battlefield tapped.
When Orzhov Basilica enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
illus. John Avon # 161/0
Orzhov Euthanist
Haunt (When this creature dies, exile it haunting target creature.)
When Orzhov Euthanist enters the battlefield or the creature it haunts dies, destroy target creature that was dealt damage this turn.
illus. Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai # 54/0
Orzhov Guildmage
: Target player gains 1 life.
: Each player loses 1 life.
illus. Greg Staples # 147/0
Orzhov Pontiff
Haunt (When this creature dies, exile it haunting target creature.)
When Orzhov Pontiff enters the battlefield or the creature it haunts dies, choose one —
• Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
• Creatures you don't control get -1/-1 until end of turn.
illus. Adam Rex # 124/0
Orzhov Signet
, : Add .
The form of the sigil is just as important as the sigil itself. If it's carried on a medallion, its bearer is a master. If it's tattooed on the body, its bearer is a slave.
illus. Tim Hildebrandt # 155/0
Orzhova, the Church of Deals
: Add .
, : Target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Unlike most churches, at Orzhova it's best to pray before you arrive.
illus. Martina Pilcerova # 162/0
Ostiary Thrull
, : Tap target creature.
Orzhov churches don't pass the plate for collection. They charge for admission.
illus. Ron Spencer # 55/0
Parallectric Feedback
Parallectric Feedback deals damage to target spell's controller equal to that spell's converted mana cost.
"You can't have so many people living so close together, all practicing so much magic, and not expect some feedback."
illus. Mitch Cotie # 71/0
Petrahydrox
(
can be paid with either or .)When Petrahydrox becomes the target of a spell or ability, return Petrahydrox to its owner's hand.
It departs through the streets' fissures with a sound like gravel pouring into a pond.
illus. Anthony S. Waters # 148/0
Petrified Wood-Kin
This spell can't be countered.
Bloodthirst X (This creature enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the damage dealt to your opponents this turn.)
Protection from instants
illus. Kev Walker # 91/0
Pillory of the Sleepless
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block.
Enchanted creature has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life."
Which is worse—the sleep which never ends or that which never comes?
illus. Mark Romanoski # 125/0
Plagued Rusalka
, Sacrifice a creature: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
"Look at her, once filled with innocence. Death has a way of wringing away such . . . deficiencies."—Savra
illus. Alex Horley-Orlandelli # 56/0
Poisonbelly Ogre
Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, its controller loses 1 life.
Some claim it's a failed Simic experiment, others say a Golgari creation. Both guilds deny all responsibility, while secretly studying its strange virulence.
illus. Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai # 57/0
Predatory Focus
You may have creatures you control assign their combat damage this turn as though they weren't blocked.
Instinct blood-tinted his world until he could see only one thing clearly: his prey.
illus. Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai # 92/0
Primeval Light
Destroy all enchantments target player controls.
"Look to the old tomes, those bound in hides and written in yarberry ink. They hold the spells that can free us of the clutter of modern magecraft."—Dravash, dowsing shaman
illus. Jim Nelson # 93/0
Pyromatics
Replicate
(When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.)Pyromatics deals 1 damage to any target.
illus. Glen Angus # 72/0
Quicken
The next sorcery card you cast this turn can be cast as though it had flash. (It can be cast any time you could cast an instant.)
Draw a card.
A skilled Izzet chronarch can carry out an epic vendetta between the fall of one hourglass grain and the next.
illus. Aleksi Briclot # 31/0
Rabble-Rouser
Bloodthirst 1 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
, : Attacking creatures get +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is Rabble-Rouser's power.
illus. Justin Norman # 73/0
Repeal
Return target nonland permanent with converted mana cost X to its owner's hand.
Draw a card.
"Your deed cannot be undone. You, however, can be."—Agosto, Azorius imperator
illus. Dan Scott # 32/0
Restless Bones
, : Target creature gains swampwalk until end of turn. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
: Regenerate Restless Bones.
"We mourn our dead. We shroud our dead. We bury our dead. Too often, it seems, we must kill our dead again."—Grazda, veteran armorer
illus. Glenn Fabry # 58/0
Revenant Patriarch
When Revenant Patriarch enters the battlefield, if
was spent to cast it, target player skips their next combat phase.Revenant Patriarch can't block.
"The Golgari raise the bodies of their dead to serve. We raise the spirits of our dead to lead."
illus. Nick Percival # 59/0
Rumbling Slum
At the beginning of your upkeep, Rumbling Slum deals 1 damage to each player.
The Orzhov contract the Izzet to animate slum districts and banish them to the wastes. The Gruul adopt them and send them back to the city for vengeance.
illus. Carl Critchlow # 126/0
Runeboggle
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
.Draw a card.
"Ever try to count hyperactive schoolchildren while someone shouts random numbers in your ear? It's like that."—Geetra, frustrated mage
illus. Ron Spencer # 33/0
Sanguine Praetor
, Sacrifice a creature: Destroy each creature with the same converted mana cost as the sacrificed creature.
"Our fealty to guilds dooms us. The old gods shall resurface. Our skins will wave upon the guild-masts over emptied streets, and our bones will clatter in the wind."—Ilromov, traveling storyteller
illus. rk post # 60/0
Savage Twister
Savage Twister deals X damage to each creature.
"Nature is the ultimate mindless destroyer, capable of power and ferocity no army can match, and the Gruul follow its example."—Trigori, Azorius senator
illus. Luca Zontini # 127/0
Scab-Clan Mauler
Bloodthirst 2 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it.)
Trample
They inflict pain to forget their own and break foes to feel whole.
illus. Liam Sharp # 128/0
Schismotivate
Target creature gets +4/+0 until end of turn. Another target creature gets -4/-0 until end of turn.
"I ran the experiment through the brain of a schizophrenic lab-goblin. My burners' flames fell asleep while the beakers jumped about and shattered. Success"—Myznar, Izzet psychomancer
illus. Ron Spencer # 129/0
Scorched Rusalka
, Sacrifice a creature: Scorched Rusalka deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker.
Each small blaze she sets jogs her memory, letting her piece together the mystery of her own fiery end.
illus. Luca Zontini # 74/0
Seize the Soul
Destroy target nonwhite, nonblack creature. Create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
Haunt (When this spell card is put into a graveyard after resolving, exile it haunting target creature.)
When the creature Seize the Soul haunts dies, destroy target nonwhite, nonblack creature. Create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
illus. Aleksi Briclot # 61/0
Shadow Lance
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has first strike.
: Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
Shadow lances are crafted from harvested souls. The more wicked the sinner, the keener the blade.
illus. Hideaki Takamura # 14/0
Shattering Spree
Replicate
(When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.)Destroy target artifact.
illus. Pat Lee # 75/0
Shrieking Grotesque
Flying
When Shrieking Grotesque enters the battlefield, if
was spent to cast it, target player discards a card.Orzhov mage-sculptors bring their stone to life before they carve it. The shrieking begins as soon as the mouths are formed.
illus. Dany Orizio # 15/0
Siege of Towers
Replicate
(When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.)Target Mountain becomes a 3/1 creature. It's still a land.
illus. Anthony S. Waters # 76/0
Silhana Ledgewalker
Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Silhana Ledgewalker can't be blocked except by creatures with flying.
Street folk call them "spire mice," but behind the mockery is an unspoken envy of the ledgewalkers' skill at avoiding harm.
illus. James Wong # 94/0
Silhana Starfletcher
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
As Silhana Starfletcher enters the battlefield, choose a color.
: Add one mana of the chosen color.
In light he finds both gift and weapon.
illus. Alex Horley-Orlandelli # 95/0
Sinstriker's Will
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "
: This creature deals damage equal to its power to target attacking or blocking creature.""Steel rusts. Arrows break. But righteousness is always strong, always sharp."
illus. Ben Thompson # 16/0
Skarrg, the Rage Pits
: Add .
, : Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.
"This palace will be our fire-spit, and roasted prince our victory meal. Send in the torch-pigs"—Ghut Rak, Gruul guildmage
illus. Martina Pilcerova # 163/0
Skarrgan Firebird
Bloodthirst 3 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on it.)
Flying
: Return Skarrgan Firebird from your graveyard to your hand. Activate this ability only if an opponent was dealt damage this turn.
illus. Kev Walker # 77/0
Skarrgan Pit-Skulk
Bloodthirst 1 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Creatures with power less than Skarrgan Pit-Skulk's power can't block it.
illus. Liam Sharp # 96/0
Skarrgan Skybreaker
Bloodthirst 3 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on it.)
, Sacrifice Skarrgan Skybreaker: It deals damage equal to its power to any target.
"The sky isn't falling—it's being thrown at us"—Otak, Tin Street shopkeep
illus. Dan Scott # 130/0
Skeletal Vampire
Flying
When Skeletal Vampire enters the battlefield, create two 1/1 black Bat creature tokens with flying.
, Sacrifice a Bat: Create two 1/1 black Bat creature tokens with flying.
Sacrifice a Bat: Regenerate Skeletal Vampire.
illus. Wayne Reynolds # 62/0
Sky Swallower
Flying
When Sky Swallower enters the battlefield, target opponent gains control of all other permanents you control.
Would you trade the world for such a pet?
illus. rk post # 34/0
Skyrider Trainee
Skyrider Trainee has flying as long as it's enchanted.
"Of course I plan on going up. Kang here is the most trusted 'fin on the squad. Afraid? Me? No, I'm just . . . waiting for the right wind conditions."
illus. Adam Rex # 17/0
Smogsteed Rider
Whenever Smogsteed Rider attacks, each other attacking creature gains fear until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
"An entire order of mages who draw their power from Ravnica's smog? Yet another indicator of our world's decay."—Dravash, dowsing shaman
illus. Alex Horley-Orlandelli # 63/0
Souls of the Faultless
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Whenever Souls of the Faultless is dealt combat damage, you gain that much life and attacking player loses that much life.
"More horrible than their empty forms are their noble eyes. I dare not strike."—Klattic, Boros legionnaire
illus. Pat Lee # 131/0
Spelltithe Enforcer
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player sacrifices a permanent unless they pay
.His assistants calculate the amount of the tribute. He measures out the punishment for delinquency.
illus. Greg Staples # 18/0
Starved Rusalka
, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life.
"No more wretched fate is there than to waste away. If you are slain, your ghost may at least avenge itself upon your killer. But what release is there for one slain by Time?"—Ilromov, traveling storyteller
illus. Dany Orizio # 97/0
Steam Vents
(
: Add or .)As Steam Vents enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, Steam Vents enters the battlefield tapped.
illus. Rob Alexander # 164/0
Steamcore Weird
When Steamcore Weird enters the battlefield, if
was spent to cast Steamcore Weird, it deals 2 damage to any target.Like many Izzet creations, weirds are based on wild contradictions yet somehow manage to work.
illus. Justin Norman # 35/0
Stitch in Time
Flip a coin. If you win the flip, take an extra turn after this one.
Quyzl was told by his mentor to "make more time" for his studies.
illus. Jon Foster # 132/0
Stomping Ground
(
: Add or .)As Stomping Ground enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, Stomping Ground enters the battlefield tapped.
illus. Rob Alexander # 165/0
Storm Herd
Create X 1/1 white Pegasus creature tokens with flying, where X is your life total.
"When you hear thunder on a cloudless day, take cover and brace for the coming of the storm herd."—Skotov, Tin Street basket vendor
illus. Jim Nelson # 19/0
Stratozeppelid
Flying
Stratozeppelid can block only creatures with flying.
The "Days of Darkness" mark the stratozeppelids' annual migration, when for five days they blot out the sun and trumpet their passing.
illus. Ittoku # 36/0
Streetbreaker Wurm
The Orzhov run a construction unit whose only business is rebuilding the wreckage left in the wake of wurms. When business is slow, they pay Golgari carnomancers to lure the wurms to the surface.
illus. Greg Hildebrandt # 133/0
Sword of the Paruns
As long as equipped creature is tapped, tapped creatures you control get +2/+0.
As long as equipped creature is untapped, untapped creatures you control get +0/+2.
: You may tap or untap equipped creature.
Equip
illus. Tim Hildebrandt # 156/0
Teysa, Orzhov Scion
Sacrifice three white creatures: Exile target creature.
Whenever another black creature you control dies, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
illus. Todd Lockwood # 134/0
Thunderheads
Replicate
(When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost.)Create a 3/3 blue Weird creature token with defender and flying. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.
The clouds grew thick, and then they grew teeth.
illus. Hideaki Takamura # 37/0
Tibor and Lumia
Whenever you cast a blue spell, target creature gains flying until end of turn.
Whenever you cast a red spell, Tibor and Lumia deals 1 damage to each creature without flying.
Tracing the horizon in a dance of wind and fire.
illus. Jim Murray # 135/0
Tin Street Hooligan
When Tin Street Hooligan enters the battlefield, if
was spent to cast Tin Street Hooligan, destroy target artifact."Rauck-Chauv's like a holiday Only it isn't on the calendars, and instead of dancing you knock people flat, and instead of giving gifts you break stuff."
illus. Luca Zontini # 78/0
To Arms!
Untap all creatures you control.
Draw a card.
"The call came, spell-borne through mortar and stone to the ear of every soldier. The call came, and the advantage was ours."—Lodusz, captain of the watch
illus. Aleksi Briclot # 20/0
Torch Drake
Flying
: Torch Drake gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
"Drakes? Bah Things that breathe don't interest me. It breathes fire, you say? Well, that's a different story"—Zataz, Izzet clockwork artificer
illus. Daren Bader # 38/0
Train of Thought
Replicate
(When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost.)Draw a card.
"But then . . . oh, but . . . which means . . . which would lead to . . . exactly"
illus. Matt Thompson # 39/0
Ulasht, the Hate Seed
Ulasht, the Hate Seed enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each other red creature you control and a +1/+1 counter on it for each other green creature you control.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Ulasht: Choose one —
• Ulasht deals 1 damage to target creature.
• Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
illus. Nottsuo # 136/0
Vacuumelt
Replicate
(When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.)Return target creature to its owner's hand.
illus. Nottsuo # 40/0
Vedalken Plotter
When Vedalken Plotter enters the battlefield, exchange control of target land you control and target land an opponent controls.
"Fair? At what point in our negotiations did you convince yourself my goal was to be fair?"
illus. Greg Staples # 41/0
Vertigo Spawn
Defender
Whenever Vertigo Spawn blocks a creature, tap that creature. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
illus. Ittoku # 42/0
Wee Dragonauts
Flying
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Wee Dragonauts gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
"The blazekite is a simple concept, really—just a vehicular application of dragscoop ionics and electropropulsion magnetronics."—Juzba, Izzet tinker
illus. Greg Staples # 137/0
Wild Cantor
(
can be paid with either or .)Sacrifice Wild Cantor: Add one mana of any color.
They are the voice of the wild, crying out with nature's fury and bringing forth its primeval might.
illus. Glenn Fabry # 149/0
Wildsize
Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains trample until end of turn.
Draw a card.
Two times the size, four times the smell.
illus. Jim Murray # 98/0
Witch-Maw Nephilim
Whenever you cast a spell, you may put two +1/+1 counters on Witch-Maw Nephilim.
Whenever Witch-Maw Nephilim attacks, it gains trample until end of turn if its power is 10 or greater.
When it awoke, it shattered the hillsides to make way for its passage.
illus. Greg Staples # 138/0
Withstand
Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
Draw a card.
"Defense is as much a part of war as offense, the shield as important a tool as the sword."—Alovnek, Boros guildmage
illus. Ron Spears # 21/0
Wreak Havoc
This spell can't be countered.
Destroy target artifact or land.
"Crush them"—Borborygmos
illus. Wayne Reynolds # 139/0
Wurmweaver Coil
Enchant green creature
Enchanted creature gets +6/+6.
, Sacrifice Wurmweaver Coil: Create a 6/6 green Wurm creature token.
Some use magic to spy through walls. Others use it to crush them.
illus. Mitch Cotie # 99/0
Yore-Tiller Nephilim
Whenever Yore-Tiller Nephilim attacks, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped and attacking.
When it awoke, the worms of the earth hissed in a chorus of beckoning.
illus. Jeremy Jarvis # 140/0