Magic: The Gathering-Commander Spoilers 318/0
Show TextAcidic Slime
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
When Acidic Slime enters the battlefield, destroy target artifact, enchantment, or land.
illus. Karl Kopinski # 140/0
Acorn Catapult
, : Acorn Catapult deals 1 damage to any target. That permanent's controller or that player creates a 1/1 green Squirrel creature token.
The Kalonian word for "ammunition" is the same as the word for "bait."
illus. Jesper Ejsing # 241/0
Aethersnipe
When Aethersnipe enters the battlefield, return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
Evoke (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters the battlefield.)
illus. Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai # 39/0
Afterlife
Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
illus. Brian Snoddy # 2/0
Akoum Refuge
Akoum Refuge enters the battlefield tapped.
When Akoum Refuge enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life.
: Add or .
illus. Fred Fields # 264/0
Akroma, Angel of Fury
This spell can't be countered.
Flying, trample, protection from white and from blue
: Akroma, Angel of Fury gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Morph (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for . Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
illus. Daren Bader # 108/0
Akroma's Vengeance
Destroy all artifacts, creatures, and enchantments.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Ixidor had only to imagine their ruin and Akroma made it so.
illus. Greg & Tim Hildebrandt # 3/0
Alliance of Arms
Join forces — Starting with you, each player may pay any amount of mana. Each player creates X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens, where X is the total amount of mana paid this way.
illus. Johann Bodin # 4/0
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, Boros archangel
illus. Todd Lockwood # 180/0
Angelic Arbiter
Flying
Each opponent who cast a spell this turn can't attack with creatures.
Each opponent who attacked with a creature this turn can't cast spells.
illus. Steve Argyle # 5/0
Anger
Haste
As long as Anger is in your graveyard and you control a Mountain, creatures you control have haste.
"For its time as a mortal, Anger chose a shell of boiling rock."—Scroll of Beginnings
illus. John Avon # 109/0
Animar, Soul of Elements
Protection from white and from black
Whenever you cast a creature spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Animar, Soul of Elements.
Creature spells you cast cost less to cast for each +1/+1 counter on Animar.
illus. Peter Mohrbacher # 181/0
Aquastrand Spider
Graft 2 (This creature enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it. Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, you may move a +1/+1 counter from this creature onto it.)
: Target creature with a +1/+1 counter on it gains reach until end of turn. (It can block creatures with flying.)
illus. Dany Orizio # 141/0
Arbiter of Knollridge
Vigilance
When Arbiter of Knollridge enters the battlefield, each player's life total becomes the highest life total among all players.
Though giants are mortal, they live so long and on such a grand scale that many small folk don't believe they ever truly die.
illus. Brandon Dorman # 6/0
Archangel of Strife
Flying
As Archangel of Strife enters the battlefield, each player chooses war or peace.
Creatures controlled by players who chose war get +3/+0.
Creatures controlled by players who chose peace get +0/+3.
illus. Greg Staples # 7/0
Armillary Sphere
, , Sacrifice Armillary Sphere: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
The mysterious purpose of two of the rings had eluded Esper mages—until now.
illus. Franz Vohwinkel # 242/0
Artisan of Kozilek
When you cast this spell, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Annihilator 2 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices two permanents.)
illus. Jason Felix # 1/0
Attrition
, Sacrifice a creature: Destroy target nonblack creature.
"I will trade life for life with the insurgents. Our resources, unlike theirs, are limitless."—Davvol, Evincar of Rath
illus. Scott M. Fischer # 72/0
Aura Shards
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Gaea forged her soldiers into self-wielding weapons that struck down all impurities.
illus. Ron Spencer # 182/0
Austere Command
Choose two —
• Destroy all artifacts.
• Destroy all enchantments.
• Destroy all creatures with converted mana cost 3 or less.
• Destroy all creatures with converted mana cost 4 or greater.
illus. Wayne England # 8/0
Avatar of Fury
If an opponent controls seven or more lands, this spell costs less to cast.
Flying
: Avatar of Fury gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
illus. rk post # 110/0
Avatar of Slaughter
All creatures have double strike and attack each combat if able.
"Diplomacy has solved nothing. Only bloodspill can end this now. Call forth the warbringer."—Basandra, Battle Seraph
illus. Jason A. Engle # 111/0
Avatar of Woe
If there are ten or more creature cards total in all graveyards, this spell costs less to cast.
Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
: Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.
illus. rk post # 73/0
Awakening Zone
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token. It has "Sacrifice this creature: Add ."
The ground erupted in time with the hedron's thrum, a dirge of the last days.
illus. Johann Bodin # 142/0
Azorius Chancery
Azorius Chancery enters the battlefield tapped.
When Azorius Chancery enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
illus. John Avon # 265/0
Azorius Guildmage
: Tap target creature.
: Counter target activated ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)
illus. Christopher Moeller # 183/0
Baloth Woodcrasher
Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, Baloth Woodcrasher gets +4/+4 and gains trample until end of turn.
Its insatiable hunger quickly depletes a region of prey. It must migrate from place to place to feed its massive bulk.
illus. Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai # 143/0
Barren Moor
Barren Moor enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
illus. Heather Hudson # 266/0
Basandra, Battle Seraph
Flying
Players can't cast spells during combat.
: Target creature attacks this turn if able.
"Why listen to the mumblings of wizards when the lash speaks true?"
illus. Terese Nielsen # 184/0
Bathe in Light
Radiance — Choose a color. Target creature and each other creature that shares a color with it gain protection from the chosen color until end of turn.
"Truth shines even in darkness. Those who march on the side of truth walk always in righteous light."
illus. Alex Horley-Orlandelli # 9/0
Bestial Menace
Create a 1/1 green Snake creature token, a 2/2 green Wolf creature token, and a 3/3 green Elephant creature token.
"My battle cry reaches ears far keener than yours."—Saidah, Joraga hunter
illus. Andrew Robinson # 144/0
Bladewing the Risen
Flying
When Bladewing the Risen enters the battlefield, you may return target Dragon permanent card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
: Dragon creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn.
illus. Kev Walker # 185/0
Bojuka Bog
Bojuka Bog enters the battlefield tapped.
When Bojuka Bog enters the battlefield, exile all cards from target player's graveyard.
: Add .
illus. Howard Lyon # 267/0
Boros Garrison
Boros Garrison enters the battlefield tapped.
When Boros Garrison enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
illus. John Avon # 268/0
Boros Guildmage
: Target creature gains haste until end of turn.
: Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.
illus. Parente # 186/0
Boros Signet
, : Add .
"Have you ever held a Boros signet? There's a weight to it that belies its size—a weight of strength and of pride."—Agrus Kos
illus. Greg Hildebrandt # 243/0
Brainstorm
Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
"I see more than others do because I know where to look."—Saprazzan vizier
illus. DiTerlizzi # 40/0
Brawn
Trample
As long as Brawn is in your graveyard and you control a Forest, creatures you control have trample.
"‘I have arrived,' bellowed Brawn, and the plane shuddered."—Scroll of Beginnings
illus. Matt Cavotta # 145/0
Breath of Darigaaz
Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Breath of Darigaaz deals 1 damage to each creature without flying and each player. If this spell was kicked, it deals 4 damage to each creature without flying and each player instead.
illus. Greg & Tim Hildebrandt # 112/0
Brion Stoutarm
Lifelink
, , Sacrifice another creature: Brion Stoutarm deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to target player or planeswalker.
illus. Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai # 187/0
Buried Alive
Search your library for up to three creature cards and put them into your graveyard. Then shuffle your library.
The scrape of shovels and the tumble of cold dirt soon muffled their pleas.
illus. Greg Staples # 74/0
Butcher of Malakir
Flying
Whenever Butcher of Malakir or another creature you control dies, each opponent sacrifices a creature.
His verdict is always guilty. His sentence is always death.
illus. Jason Chan # 75/0
Call the Skybreaker
Create a 5/5 blue and red Elemental creature token with flying.
Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)
It hears and answers every orison across Shadowmoor.
illus. Randy Gallegos # 188/0
Celestial Force
At the beginning of each upkeep, you gain 3 life.
"Wishing upon only one star seems like a failure of imagination."—Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
illus. Véronique Meignaud # 10/0
Chain Reaction
Chain Reaction deals X damage to each creature, where X is the number of creatures on the battlefield.
"We train for the improbable, like lightning striking the same place twice, or striking everywhere at once."—Nundari, Sea Gate militia captain
illus. Trevor Claxton # 113/0
Champion's Helm
Equipped creature gets +2/+2.
As long as equipped creature is legendary, it has hexproof. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Equip
illus. Alan Pollack # 244/0
Chaos Warp
The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.
illus. Trevor Claxton # 114/0
Chartooth Cougar
: Chartooth Cougar gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Mountaincycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a Mountain card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.)
illus. Tony Szczudlo # 115/0
Chorus of the Conclave
Forestwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)
As an additional cost to cast creature spells, you may pay any amount of mana. If you do, that creature enters the battlefield with that many additional +1/+1 counters on it.
"We are many, yet one. We are separate in body, yet speak with a single voice. Join us in our chorus."
illus. Brian Despain # 189/0
Chromeshell Crab
Morph (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for . Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When Chromeshell Crab is turned face up, you may exchange control of target creature you control and target creature an opponent controls.
illus. Ron Spencer # 41/0
Cleansing Beam
Radiance — Cleansing Beam deals 2 damage to target creature and each other creature that shares a color with it.
"Justice is toothless without punishment. Righteousness cannot succeed without the suffering of the guilty."—Razia, Boros archangel
illus. Pat Lee # 116/0
Cobra Trap
If a noncreature permanent under your control was destroyed this turn by a spell or ability an opponent controlled, you may pay rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Create four 1/1 green Snake creature tokens.
illus. Scott Chou # 146/0
Collective Voyage
Join forces — Starting with you, each player may pay any amount of mana. Each player searches their library for up to X basic land cards, where X is the total amount of mana paid this way, puts them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffles their library.
illus. Charles Urbach # 147/0
Colossal Might
Target creature gets +4/+2 and gains trample until end of turn.
"Never corner a barbarian. You become the path of least resistance."—Sarkhan Vol
illus. Justin Sweet # 190/0
Comet Storm
Multikicker (You may pay an additional any number of times as you cast this spell.)
Choose any target, then choose another target for each time this spell was kicked. Comet Storm deals X damage to each of them.
illus. Jung Park # 117/0
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
When defeat is near and guidance is scarce, all eyes look in one direction.
illus. Ryan Yee # 269/0
Congregate
Target player gains 2 life for each creature on the battlefield.
"In the gathering there is strength for all who founder, renewal for all who languish, love for all who sing."—Song of All, canto 642
illus. Mark Zug # 11/0
Conundrum Sphinx
Flying
Whenever Conundrum Sphinx attacks, each player chooses a card name. Then each player reveals the top card of their library. If the card a player revealed has the name they chose, that player puts it into their hand. If it doesn't, that player puts it on the bottom of their library.
illus. Michael Komarck # 42/0
Court Hussar
Vigilance
When Court Hussar enters the battlefield, look at the top three cards of your library, then put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
When Court Hussar enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless was spent to cast it.
illus. Ron Spears # 43/0
Crescendo of War
At the beginning of each upkeep, put a strife counter on Crescendo of War.
Attacking creatures get +1/+0 for each strife counter on Crescendo of War.
Blocking creatures you control get +1/+0 for each strife counter on Crescendo of War.
illus. Daarken # 12/0
Cultivate
Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, and put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
All seeds share a common bond, calling to each other across infinity.
illus. Anthony Palumbo # 148/0
Damia, Sage of Stone
Deathtouch
Skip your draw step.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have fewer than seven cards in hand, draw cards equal to the difference.
Ask your query and be on your way. Just don't look her in the eye.
illus. Steve Argyle # 191/0
Dark Hatchling
Flying
When Dark Hatchling enters the battlefield, destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.
illus. Mark A. Nelson # 76/0
Darksteel Ingot
Indestructible
: Add one mana of any color.
illus. Martina Pilcerova # 245/0
Deadly Recluse
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
illus. Warren Mahy # 149/0
Deadwood Treefolk
Vanishing 3 (This creature enters the battlefield with three time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter from it. When the last is removed, sacrifice it.)
When Deadwood Treefolk enters the battlefield or leaves the battlefield, return another target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
illus. Don Hazeltine # 150/0
Death by Dragons
Each player other than target player creates a 5/5 red Dragon creature token with flying.
Suddenly, Eldo felt very alone.
illus. Austin Hsu # 118/0
Death Mutation
Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. Create X 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens, where X is that creature's converted mana cost.
illus. Carl Critchlow # 192/0
Desecrator Hag
When Desecrator Hag enters the battlefield, return to your hand the creature card in your graveyard with the greatest power. If two or more cards are tied for greatest power, you choose one of them.
Loose earth is not a burial but an appetizer.
illus. Fred Harper # 193/0
Diabolic Tutor
Search your library for a card and put that card into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
The wise always keep an ear open to the whispers of power.
illus. Greg Staples # 77/0
Dimir Aqueduct
Dimir Aqueduct enters the battlefield tapped.
When Dimir Aqueduct enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
illus. John Avon # 270/0
Dimir Signet
, : Add .
An emblem of a secret guild, the Dimir insignia is seen only by its own members—and the doomed.
illus. Greg Hildebrandt # 246/0
Disaster Radius
As an additional cost to cast this spell, reveal a creature card from your hand.
Disaster Radius deals X damage to each creature your opponents control, where X is the revealed card's converted mana cost.
illus. James Paick # 119/0
Dominus of Fealty
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may gain control of target permanent until end of turn. If you do, untap it and it gains haste until end of turn.
"Nothing is truly your own. It is his, whether you know it or not."—The Seer's Parables
illus. Kev Walker # 194/0
Doom Blade
Destroy target nonblack creature.
The void is without substance but cuts like steel.
illus. Chippy # 78/0
Dragon Whelp
Flying
: Dragon Whelp gets +1/+0 until end of turn. If this ability has been activated four or more times this turn, sacrifice Dragon Whelp at the beginning of the next end step.
illus. Steven Belledin # 120/0
Dread Cacodemon
When Dread Cacodemon enters the battlefield, if you cast it from your hand, destroy all creatures your opponents control, then tap all other creatures you control.
Those who hear its roar perish. The lucky ones only feel its fetid breath.
illus. Izzy # 79/0
Dreadship Reef
: Add .
, : Put a storage counter on Dreadship Reef.
, Remove X storage counters from Dreadship Reef: Add X mana in any combination of and/or .
illus. Lars Grant-West # 271/0
Dreamborn Muse
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player puts the top X cards of their library into their graveyard, where X is the number of cards in their hand.
"Her voice is insight, piercing and true."—Ixidor, reality sculptor
illus. Kev Walker # 44/0
Dreamstone Hedron
: Add .
, , Sacrifice Dreamstone Hedron: Draw three cards.
Only the Eldrazi mind thinks in the warped paths required to open the hedrons and tap the power within.
illus. Eric Deschamps # 247/0
Duergar Hedge-Mage
When Duergar Hedge-Mage enters the battlefield, if you control two or more Mountains, you may destroy target artifact.
When Duergar Hedge-Mage enters the battlefield, if you control two or more Plains, you may destroy target enchantment.
illus. Dave Allsop # 195/0
Earthquake
Earthquake deals X damage to each creature without flying and each player.
They fell screaming into the depths of the chasm like so many pebbles tossed down a well.
illus. Adrian Smith # 121/0
Edric, Spymaster of Trest
Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller may draw a card.
"I am not at liberty to reveal my sources, but I can assure you, the price on your head is high."
illus. Volkan Baga # 196/0
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 # 197/0
Elvish Aberration
: Add .
Forestcycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a Forest card, reveal it, and put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.)
illus. Matt Cavotta # 151/0
Eternal Witness
When Eternal Witness enters the battlefield, you may return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
She remembers every word spoken, from the hero's oath to the baby's cry.
illus. Terese Nielsen # 152/0
Evincar's Justice
Buyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Evincar's Justice deals 2 damage to each creature and each player.
illus. Hannibal King # 80/0
Evolving Wilds
, Sacrifice Evolving Wilds: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.
Every world is an organism, able to grow new lands. Some just do it faster than others.
illus. Steven Belledin # 272/0
Explosive Vegetation
Search your library for up to two basic land cards and put them onto the battlefield tapped. Then shuffle your library.
Torching Krosa would be pointless. It grows faster than it burns.
illus. John Avon # 153/0
Extractor Demon
Flying
Whenever another creature leaves the battlefield, you may have target player put the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.
Unearth (: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)
illus. Carl Critchlow # 81/0
Fact or Fiction
Reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.
"Try to pretend like you understand what's important."
illus. Matt Cavotta # 45/0
Fallen Angel
Flying
Sacrifice a creature: Fallen Angel gets +2/+1 until end of turn.
"Why do you weep for the dead? I rejoice, for they have died for me."
illus. Matthew D. Wilson # 82/0
False Prophet
When False Prophet dies, exile all creatures.
"You lived for Serra's love. Will you not die for it?"
illus. Eric Peterson # 13/0
Faultgrinder
Trample
When Faultgrinder enters the battlefield, destroy target land.
Evoke (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters the battlefield.)
illus. Anthony S. Waters # 122/0
Fellwar Stone
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
"What do you have that I cannot obtain?"—Mairsil, the Pretender
illus. John Avon # 248/0
Fertilid
Fertilid enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Fertilid: Target player searches their library for a basic land card and puts it onto the battlefield tapped. Then that player shuffles their library.
illus. Wayne Reynolds # 154/0
Fierce Empath
When Fierce Empath enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a creature card with converted mana cost 6 or greater, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.
illus. Alan Pollack # 155/0
Fire // Ice
Fire deals 2 damage divided as you choose among one or two targets.
illus. David Martin # 198/0
Firespout
Firespout deals 3 damage to each creature without flying if was spent to cast Firespout and 3 damage to each creature with flying if was spent to cast it. (Do both if was spent.)
illus. Jeff Miracola # 199/0
Fists of Ironwood
Enchant creature
When Fists of Ironwood enters the battlefield, create two 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens.
Enchanted creature has trample.
Saprolings add the three and the four to the "one-two punch."
illus. Glen Angus # 156/0
Flametongue Kavu
When Flametongue Kavu enters the battlefield, it deals 4 damage to target creature.
"For dim-witted, thick-skulled genetic mutants, they have pretty good aim."—Sisay, captain of the Weatherlight
illus. Slawomir Maniak # 123/0
Fleshbag Marauder
When Fleshbag Marauder enters the battlefield, each player sacrifices a creature.
Grixis is a world where the only things found in abundance are death and decay. Corpses, whole or in part, are the standard currency among necromancers and demons.
illus. Pete Venters # 83/0
Flusterstorm
Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays .
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
illus. Erica Yang # 46/0
Fog Bank
Defender, flying
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by Fog Bank.
illus. Scott Kirschner # 47/0
Footbottom Feast
Put any number of target creature cards from your graveyard on top of your library.
Draw a card.
The scent of rot and vinegar fills the marsh, inviting boggarts from every warren to reunite and feast.
illus. Jim Nelson # 84/0
Forgotten Cave
Forgotten Cave enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
illus. Tony Szczudlo # 273/0
Fungal Reaches
: Add .
, : Put a storage counter on Fungal Reaches.
, Remove X storage counters from Fungal Reaches: Add X mana in any combination of and/or .
illus. Martina Pilcerova # 274/0
Furnace Whelp
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
: Furnace Whelp gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Baby dragons can't figure out humans—if they didn't want to be killed, why were they made of meat and treasure?
illus. Matt Cavotta # 124/0
Garruk Wildspeaker
+1: Untap two target lands.
−1: Create a 3/3 green Beast creature token.
−4: Creatures you control get +3/+3 and gain trample until end of turn.
illus. Aleksi Briclot # 157/0
Ghave, Guru of Spores
Ghave, Guru of Spores enters the battlefield with five +1/+1 counters on it.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
, Sacrifice a creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
illus. James Paick # 200/0
Ghostly Prison
Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays for each creature they control that's attacking you.
"May the memory of our fallen heroes ensnare the violent hearts of lesser men."—Great Threshold of Monserkat inscription
illus. Wayne England # 14/0
Goblin Cadets
Whenever Goblin Cadets blocks or becomes blocked, target opponent gains control of it. (This removes Goblin Cadets from combat.)
"If you kids don't stop that racket, I'm turning this expedition around right now!"
illus. Jerry Tiritilli # 125/0
Golgari Guildmage
, Sacrifice a creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
illus. Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai # 201/0
Golgari Rot Farm
Golgari Rot Farm enters the battlefield tapped.
When Golgari Rot Farm enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
illus. John Avon # 275/0
Golgari Signet
, : Add .
Depending on your point of view, the seal represents a proud guardian of the natural cycle or one who has sold her soul to darkness for eternal life.
illus. Greg Hildebrandt # 249/0
Gomazoa
Defender, flying
: Put Gomazoa and each creature it's blocking on top of their owners' libraries, then those players shuffle their libraries.
To explorers, "point man" is a polite way of saying "gomazoa fodder."
illus. Chippy # 48/0
Grave Pact
Whenever a creature you control dies, each other player sacrifices a creature.
"The bonds of loyalty can tie one to the grave."—Crovax, ascendant evincar
illus. Puddnhead # 85/0
Gravedigger
When Gravedigger enters the battlefield, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Only a thin layer of dirt separates civilization from an undead apocalypse.
illus. Dermot Power # 86/0
Gruul Signet
, : Add .
Gruul territorial markings need not be legible. The blood, snot, and muck used to smear them are unmistakably Gruul.
illus. Greg Hildebrandt # 250/0
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 # 276/0
Guard Gomazoa
Defender, flying
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to Guard Gomazoa.
It lingers near the outposts of the Makindi Trenches, inadvertently granting another layer of defense.
illus. Rob Alexander # 49/0
Gwyllion Hedge-Mage
When Gwyllion Hedge-Mage enters the battlefield, if you control two or more Plains, you may create a 1/1 white Kithkin Soldier creature token.
When Gwyllion Hedge-Mage enters the battlefield, if you control two or more Swamps, you may put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
illus. Todd Lockwood # 202/0
Harmonize
Draw three cards.
"Words lie. People lie. The land tells the truth."
illus. Paul Lee # 158/0
Hex
Destroy six target creatures.
When killing five just isn't enough.
illus. Michael Sutfin # 87/0
Homeward Path
: Add .
: Each player gains control of all creatures they own.
"Let your heels point you home."—Ancient blessing
illus. Tomasz Jedruszek # 277/0
Hornet Queen
Flying
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
When Hornet Queen enters the battlefield, create four 1/1 green Insect creature tokens with flying and deathtouch.
illus. Martina Pilcerova # 159/0
Hour of Reckoning
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)
Destroy all nontoken creatures.
"Ravnica, like a hedge, must be pruned, leaving only leaves of verdant uniformity."—Niszka, Selesnya evangel
illus. Randy Gallegos # 15/0
Howling Mine
At the beginning of each player's draw step, if Howling Mine is untapped, that player draws an additional card.
The mine's riches never end, nor do the moans of the spirits doomed to haunt them.
illus. Ralph Horsley # 251/0
Hull Breach
Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Destroy target artifact and target enchantment.
"Crovax knows we're coming now," said a grinning Sisay. "I just sent the Predator crashing into his stronghold."
illus. Brian Snoddy # 203/0
Hunting Pack
Create a 4/4 green Beast creature token.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn.)
illus. Jim Nelson # 160/0
Hydra Omnivore
Whenever Hydra Omnivore deals combat damage to an opponent, it deals that much damage to each other opponent.
"We should learn from the hydra. It never plays favorites; it devours everyone equally."—Thrass, elder druid
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 161/0
Insurrection
Untap all creatures and gain control of them until end of turn. They gain haste until end of turn.
"Maybe they wanted to be on the winning side for once."—Matoc, lavamancer
illus. Mark Zug # 126/0
Intet, the Dreamer
Flying
Whenever Intet, the Dreamer deals combat damage to a player, you may pay . If you do, exile the top card of your library face down. You may look at that card for as long as it remains exiled. You may play that card without paying its mana cost for as long as Intet remains on the battlefield.
illus. Dan Scott # 204/0
Invigorate
If you control a Forest, rather than pay this spell's mana cost, you may have an opponent gain 3 life.
Target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.
illus. Dan Frazier # 162/0
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 # 278/0
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 # 205/0
Izzet Signet
, : Add .
The Izzet signet is redesigned often, each time becoming closer to a vanity portrait of Niv-Mizzet.
illus. Greg Hildebrandt # 252/0
Jötun Grunt
Cumulative upkeep—Put two cards from a single graveyard on the bottom of their owner's library. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
illus. Franz Vohwinkel # 16/0
Journey to Nowhere
When Journey to Nowhere enters the battlefield, exile target creature.
When Journey to Nowhere leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control.
illus. Warren Mahy # 17/0
Jwar Isle Refuge
Jwar Isle Refuge enters the battlefield tapped.
When Jwar Isle Refuge enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life.
: Add or .
illus. Cyril Van Der Haegen # 279/0
Kaalia of the Vast
Flying
Whenever Kaalia of the Vast attacks an opponent, you may put an Angel, Demon, or Dragon creature card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking that opponent.
"I'll have my revenge if I have to call on every force from above and below."
illus. Michael Komarck # 206/0
Karador, Ghost Chieftain
This spell costs less to cast for each creature card in your graveyard.
During each of your turns, you may cast one creature card from your graveyard.
"Death tried to uncrown me. But now I return, king of a greater realm."
illus. Todd Lockwood # 207/0
Kazandu Refuge
Kazandu Refuge enters the battlefield tapped.
When Kazandu Refuge enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life.
: Add or .
illus. Franz Vohwinkel # 280/0
Kodama's Reach
Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, and put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
"The land grows only where the kami will it."—Dosan the Falling Leaf
illus. Heather Hudson # 163/0
Krosan Tusker
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle Krosan Tusker, you may search your library for a basic land card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library. (Do this before you draw.)
illus. Kev Walker # 164/0
Lash Out
Lash Out deals 3 damage to target creature. Clash with an opponent. If you win, Lash Out deals 3 damage to that creature's controller. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of their library, then puts that card on the top or bottom. A player wins if their card had a higher converted mana cost.)
illus. Scott Hampton # 127/0
Lhurgoyf
Lhurgoyf's power is equal to the number of creature cards in all graveyards and its toughness is equal to that number plus 1.
"Ach! Hans, run! It's the lhurgoyf!"—Saffi Eriksdotter, last words
illus. Pete Venters # 165/0
Lightkeeper of Emeria
Multikicker (You may pay an additional any number of times as you cast this spell.)
Flying
When Lightkeeper of Emeria enters the battlefield, you gain 2 life for each time it was kicked.
illus. James Ryman # 18/0
Lightning Greaves
Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip
After lightning struck the cliffs, the ore became iron, the iron became steel, and the steel became greaves. The lightning never left.
illus. Jeremy Jarvis # 253/0
Living Death
Each player exiles all creature cards from their graveyard, then sacrifices all creatures they control, then puts all cards they exiled this way onto the battlefield.
illus. Charles Gillespie # 88/0
Lonely Sandbar
Lonely Sandbar enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
illus. Heather Hudson # 281/0
Magmatic Force
At the beginning of each upkeep, Magmatic Force deals 3 damage to any target.
"Granted, it's the pinnacle of utter destructiveness. So what would you call two of them?"—Riku of Two Reflections
illus. Jung Park # 128/0
Magus of the Vineyard
At the beginning of each player's precombat main phase, that player adds .
Battered and beaten by years of salt and claw, he never ceased to walk, and to seed. Only now, in this time of rebirth, do his seeds take root.
illus. Jim Murray # 166/0
Malfegor
Flying
When Malfegor enters the battlefield, discard your hand. Each opponent sacrifices a creature for each card discarded this way.
A demon cannot be trusted, and a dragon will not be ruled.
illus. Jason Chan # 208/0
Mana-Charged Dragon
Flying, trample
Join forces — Whenever Mana-Charged Dragon attacks or blocks, each player starting with you may pay any amount of mana. Mana-Charged Dragon gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the total amount of mana paid this way.
illus. Mike Bierek # 129/0
Martyr's Bond
Whenever Martyr's Bond or another nonland permanent you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, each opponent sacrifices a permanent that shares a card type with it.
"Our lives are connected by divine law. The truth of this will be made evident in time."—Zedruu the Greathearted
illus. Ryan Pancoast # 19/0
Master Warcraft
Cast this spell only before attackers are declared.
You choose which creatures attack this turn.
You choose which creatures block this turn and how those creatures block.
illus. Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai # 209/0
Memory Erosion
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player puts the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.
"The Filigree Texts do not compel you to act in accordance with their precepts. They only specify the consequences should you fail."—Lodus of the Ethersworn
illus. Howard Lyon # 50/0
Minds Aglow
Join forces — Starting with you, each player may pay any amount of mana. Each player draws X cards, where X is the total amount of mana paid this way.
illus. Yeong-Hao Han # 51/0
Molten Slagheap
: Add .
, : Put a storage counter on Molten Slagheap.
, Remove X storage counters from Molten Slagheap: Add X mana in any combination of and/or .
illus. Daren Bader # 282/0
Monk Realist
When Monk Realist enters the battlefield, destroy target enchantment.
"We plant the seeds of doubt to harvest the crop of wisdom."
illus. Daren Bader # 20/0
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 # 211/0
Mortivore
Mortivore's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creature cards in all graveyards.
: Regenerate Mortivore.
The light sigh of its breath whistles through its bones.
illus. Anthony S. Waters # 89/0
Mother of Runes
: Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
"My family protects all families."
illus. Scott M. Fischer # 21/0
Mulldrifter
Flying
When Mulldrifter enters the battlefield, draw two cards.
Evoke (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters the battlefield.)
illus. Eric Fortune # 52/0
Murmurs from Beyond
Reveal the top three cards of your library. An opponent chooses one of them. Put that card into your graveyard and the rest into your hand.
Like pools of fog that hid treacherous rocks from sailors' eyes, so too were the hands of the kami.
illus. Parente # 53/0
Nantuko Husk
Sacrifice a creature: Nantuko Husk gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
The soul sheds light, and death is its shadow. When the light dims, life and death embrace.—Nantuko teaching
illus. Carl Critchlow # 90/0
Necrogenesis
: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
"Those may be the squirms of one life ending or of another beginning. Either way, I'd leave it alone."—Rakka Mar
illus. Trevor Claxton # 212/0
Nemesis Trap
If a white creature is attacking, you may pay rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Exile target attacking creature. Create a token that's a copy of that creature. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.
illus. Ryan Pancoast # 91/0
Nezumi Graverobber
: Exile target card from an opponent's graveyard. If no cards are in that graveyard, flip Nezumi Graverobber.
illus. Jim Nelson # 92/0
Nin, the Pain Artist
, : Nin, the Pain Artist deals X damage to target creature. That creature's controller draws X cards.
"Your body is a delicate instrument that tells me truths. These devices help me ‘tune' that instrument."
illus. Brad Rigney # 213/0
Nucklavee
When Nucklavee enters the battlefield, you may return target red sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
When Nucklavee enters the battlefield, you may return target blue instant card from your graveyard to your hand.
It loathes all tastes but two: spells and flesh.
illus. Trevor Hairsine # 214/0
Numot, the Devastator
Flying
Whenever Numot, the Devastator deals combat damage to a player, you may pay . If you do, destroy up to two target lands.
illus. Dan Dos Santos # 215/0
Oblation
The owner of target nonland permanent shuffles it into their library, then draws two cards.
"A richer people could give more but they could never give as much."
illus. Doug Chaffee # 22/0
Oblivion Ring
When Oblivion Ring enters the battlefield, exile another target nonland permanent.
When Oblivion Ring leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control.
illus. Franz Vohwinkel # 23/0
Oblivion Stone
, : Put a fate counter on target permanent.
, , Sacrifice Oblivion Stone: Destroy each nonland permanent without a fate counter on it, then remove all fate counters from all permanents.
illus. Sam Wood # 254/0
Oni of Wild Places
Haste
At the beginning of your upkeep, return a red creature you control to its owner's hand.
The oni leapt easily from peak to peak, toying with its victims, its voice a purr from the rumbling depths of nightmare.
illus. Mark Tedin # 130/0
Orim's Thunder
Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Destroy target artifact or enchantment. If this spell was kicked, it deals damage equal to that permanent's converted mana cost to target creature.
illus. Carl Critchlow # 24/0
Oros, the Avenger
Flying
Whenever Oros, the Avenger deals combat damage to a player, you may pay . If you do, Oros deals 3 damage to each nonwhite creature.
illus. Daren Bader # 216/0
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 # 283/0
Orzhov Guildmage
: Target player gains 1 life.
: Each player loses 1 life.
illus. Greg Staples # 217/0
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. Greg Hildebrandt # 255/0
Path to Exile
Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle their library.
illus. Todd Lockwood # 25/0
Patron of the Nezumi
Rat offering (You may cast this card any time you could cast an instant by sacrificing a Rat and paying the difference in mana costs between this and the sacrificed Rat. Mana cost includes color.)
Whenever a permanent is put into an opponent's graveyard, that player loses 1 life.
illus. Kev Walker # 93/0
Penumbra Spider
Reach
When Penumbra Spider dies, create a 2/4 black Spider creature token with reach.
illus. Jeff Easley # 167/0
Perilous Research
Draw two cards, then sacrifice a permanent.
When the School of the Unseen fell, so many magical treasures lay abandoned that no amount of death could deter the stream of thieves and desperate scholars.
illus. Dany Orizio # 54/0
Plumeveil
Flash
Defender, flying
"It was vast, a great sheet of soaring wings, and equally silent. It caught us unawares and blocked our view of the kithkin stronghold."—Grensch, merrow cutthroat
illus. Nils Hamm # 218/0
Pollen Lullaby
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Clash with an opponent. If you win, creatures that player controls don't untap during the player's next untap step. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of their library, then puts that card on the top or bottom. A player wins if their card had a higher converted mana cost.)
illus. Warren Mahy # 26/0
Prison Term
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under an opponent's control, you may attach Prison Term to that creature.
illus. Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai # 27/0
Propaganda
Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays for each creature they control that's attacking you.
"You've failed Gerrard. You've failed the Legacy. You've failed yourself. I can do no more."—Volrath, to Karn
illus. Jeff Miracola # 55/0
Prophetic Bolt
Prophetic Bolt deals 4 damage to any target. Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
illus. Dave Dorman # 219/0
Prophetic Prism
When Prophetic Prism enters the battlefield, draw a card.
, : Add one mana of any color.
"The explorer who found it got a bad deal when he sold it. He merely got rich."
illus. John Avon # 256/0
Punishing Fire
Punishing Fire deals 2 damage to any target.
Whenever an opponent gains life, you may pay . If you do, return Punishing Fire from your graveyard to your hand.
illus. Christopher Moeller # 131/0
Pyrohemia
At the beginning of the end step, if no creatures are on the battlefield, sacrifice Pyrohemia.
: Pyrohemia deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.
illus. Stephen Tappin # 132/0
Rakdos Carnarium
Rakdos Carnarium enters the battlefield tapped.
When Rakdos Carnarium enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
illus. John Avon # 284/0
Rakdos Signet
, : Add .
Made of bone and boiled in blood, a Rakdos signet is not considered finished until it has been used as a murder weapon.
illus. Greg Hildebrandt # 257/0
Rapacious One
Trample
Whenever Rapacious One deals combat damage to a player, create that many 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature tokens. They have "Sacrifice this creature: Add ."
illus. Jason A. Engle # 133/0
Ray of Command
Untap target creature an opponent controls and gain control of it until end of turn. That creature gains haste until end of turn. When you lose control of the creature, tap it.
"Heel."
illus. Andrew Robinson # 56/0
Razorjaw Oni
Black creatures can't block.
It gnashed its teeth, and the battlefield filled with the screech of blade striking blade.
illus. Carl Critchlow # 94/0
Reins of Power
Untap all creatures you control and all creatures target opponent controls. You and that opponent each gain control of all creatures the other controls until end of turn. Those creatures gain haste until end of turn.
illus. Colin MacNeil # 57/0
Reiver Demon
Flying
When Reiver Demon enters the battlefield, if you cast it from your hand, destroy all nonartifact, nonblack creatures. They can't be regenerated.
illus. Brom # 95/0
Relic Crush
Destroy target artifact or enchantment and up to one other target artifact or enchantment.
There are many ruins, but there used to be many more.
illus. Steven Belledin # 168/0
Repulse
Return target creature to its owner's hand.
Draw a card.
"You aren't invited."
illus. Aaron Boyd # 58/0
Return to Dust
Exile target artifact or enchantment. If you cast this spell during your main phase, you may exile up to one other target artifact or enchantment.
Some timelines forever fray, branch, and intermingle. Others end abruptly.
illus. Wayne Reynolds # 28/0
Riddlekeeper
Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, that creature's controller puts the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.
Fools surrender their sanity to his riddles. Even greater fools try to solve them.
illus. Steve Prescott # 59/0
Righteous Cause
Whenever a creature attacks, you gain 1 life.
"Until the world unites in vengeful fury and Phage is destroyed, I will not stay my hand."—Akroma, angelic avenger
illus. Scott M. Fischer # 29/0
Riku of Two Reflections
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may pay . If you do, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Whenever another nontoken creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may pay . If you do, create a token that's a copy of that creature.
illus. Izzy # 220/0
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. Vance Kovacs # 96/0
Ruhan of the Fomori
At the beginning of combat on your turn, choose an opponent at random. Ruhan of the Fomori attacks that player this combat if able.
Unfettered by allegiance, driven by war.
illus. Raymond Swanland # 221/0
Ruination
Destroy all nonbasic lands.
"We have built a wall upon sand. The wall will vanish. The sand will remain."—Oracle en-Vec
illus. Dermot Power # 134/0
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.
illus. Jaime Jones # 285/0
Sakura-Tribe Elder
Sacrifice Sakura-Tribe Elder: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.
Slain warriors were buried with a tree sapling, so they would become a part of the forest after death.
illus. Carl Critchlow # 169/0
Savage Twister
Savage Twister deals X damage to each creature.
"Frozen, we watched the funnel pluck up three of the goats—pook! pook! pook!—before we ran for the wadi."—Travelogue of Najat
illus. Bob Eggleton # 222/0
Scattering Stroke
Counter target spell. Clash with an opponent. If you win, at the beginning of your next main phase, you may add an amount of equal to that spell's converted mana cost. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of their library, then puts that card on the top or bottom. A player wins if their card had a higher converted mana cost.)
illus. Franz Vohwinkel # 60/0
Scavenging Ooze
: Exile target card from a graveyard. If it was a creature card, put a +1/+1 counter on Scavenging Ooze and you gain 1 life.
In nature, not a single bone or scrap of flesh goes to waste.
illus. Austin Hsu # 170/0
Scythe Specter
Flying
Whenever Scythe Specter deals combat damage to a player, each opponent discards a card. Each player who discarded a card with the highest converted mana cost among cards discarded this way loses life equal to that converted mana cost.
illus. Vincent Proce # 97/0
Secluded Steppe
Secluded Steppe enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
illus. Heather Hudson # 286/0
Selesnya Evangel
, , Tap an untapped creature you control: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
"The clamor of the city drowns all voices. But together we can sing a harmony that will resonate from Ravnica's tallest spires to her deepest wells."
illus. Rob Alexander # 223/0
Selesnya Guildmage
: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
: Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
illus. Mark Zug # 224/0
Selesnya Sanctuary
Selesnya Sanctuary enters the battlefield tapped.
When Selesnya Sanctuary enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
illus. John Avon # 287/0
Selesnya Signet
, : Add .
The symbol of the Conclave is one of unity, with tree supporting sun and sun feeding tree.
illus. Greg Hildebrandt # 258/0
Serra Angel
Flying, vigilance
Perfect justice in service of a perfect will.
illus. Greg Staples # 30/0
Sewer Nemesis
As Sewer Nemesis enters the battlefield, choose a player.
Sewer Nemesis's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in the chosen player's graveyard.
Whenever the chosen player casts a spell, that player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.
illus. Nils Hamm # 98/0
Shared Trauma
Join forces — Starting with you, each player may pay any amount of mana. Each player puts the top X cards of their library into their graveyard, where X is the total amount of mana paid this way.
illus. Clint Cearley # 99/0
Shattered Angel
Flying
Whenever a land enters the battlefield under an opponent's control, you may gain 3 life.
She preaches the blessings of the Machine Orthodoxy.
illus. Kev Walker # 31/0
Shriekmaw
Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
When Shriekmaw enters the battlefield, destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature.
Evoke (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters the battlefield.)
illus. Steve Prescott # 100/0
Sigil Captain
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, if that creature is 1/1, put two +1/+1 counters on it.
"One sigil awarded for valor, the other awarded for surviving Hellkite's Pass."
illus. Howard Lyon # 225/0
Sign in Blood
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
Little agonies pave the way to greater power.
illus. Howard Lyon # 101/0
Simic Growth Chamber
Simic Growth Chamber enters the battlefield tapped.
When Simic Growth Chamber enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add .
illus. John Avon # 288/0
Simic Signet
, : Add .
For the Simic Combine, its sigil serves not as an emblem of honor but as a trademark. Its familiar image on any biological commodity attests to superb craftsmanship, ingenious innovation, and higher cost.
illus. Greg Hildebrandt # 259/0
Simic Sky Swallower
Flying, trample
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
"We've bred out the shortcomings of the species' natural form and replaced them with assets of our own design."—Momir Vig
illus. rk post # 226/0
Skullbriar, the Walking Grave
Haste
Whenever Skullbriar, the Walking Grave deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
Counters remain on Skullbriar as it moves to any zone other than a player's hand or library.
illus. Nils Hamm # 227/0
Skullclamp
Equipped creature gets +1/-1.
Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards.
Equip
The mind is a beautiful bounty encased in an annoying bone container.
illus. Luca Zontini # 260/0
Skyscribing
Each player draws X cards.
Forecast — , Reveal Skyscribing from your hand: Each player draws a card. (Activate this ability only during your upkeep and only once each turn.)
illus. Luca Zontini # 61/0
Slipstream Eel
Slipstream Eel can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
"It's a fine way to travel, if you don't mind the smell."
illus. Mark Tedin # 62/0
Sol Ring
: Add .
Lost to time is the artificer's art of trapping light from a distant star in a ring of purest gold.
illus. Mike Bierek # 261/0
Solemn Simulacrum
When Solemn Simulacrum enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.
When Solemn Simulacrum dies, you may draw a card.
illus. Greg Staples # 262/0
Soul Snare
, Sacrifice Soul Snare: Exile target creature that's attacking you or a planeswalker you control.
"Body and spirit are sworn enemies. They will take any excuse to be rid of each other."—Tariel, Reckoner of Souls
illus. Carl Critchlow # 32/0
Spawnwrithe
Trample
Whenever Spawnwrithe deals combat damage to a player, create a token that's a copy of Spawnwrithe.
Its victims feel only an itchy, wriggling feeling just under their skin. By then, it's far too late.
illus. Daarken # 171/0
Spell Crumple
Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put it on the bottom of its owner's library instead of into that player's graveyard. Put Spell Crumple on the bottom of its owner's library.
illus. Dan Scott # 63/0
Spike Feeder
Spike Feeder enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Spike Feeder: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Remove a +1/+1 counter from Spike Feeder: You gain 2 life.
illus. Heather Hudson # 172/0
Spitebellows
When Spitebellows leaves the battlefield, it deals 6 damage to target creature.
Evoke (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters the battlefield.)
Disaster stalks with gaping jaws across unready lands.
illus. Larry MacDougall # 135/0
Spurnmage Advocate
: Return two target cards from an opponent's graveyard to their hand. Destroy target attacking creature.
"Our unity humbles our foes."
illus. Ron Spears # 33/0
Squallmonger
: Squallmonger deals 1 damage to each creature with flying and each player. Any player may activate this ability.
"Squall, gale, hurricane—it's all a matter of size . . . and price."
illus. Heather Hudson # 173/0
Stitch Together
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Threshold — Return that card from your graveyard to the battlefield instead if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.
illus. Arnie Swekel # 102/0
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 # 34/0
Stranglehold
Your opponents can't search libraries.
If an opponent would begin an extra turn, that player skips that turn instead.
The correct answer to a barbarian's riddle is to choke on your cleverness and die.
illus. John Stanko # 136/0
Sulfurous Blast
Sulfurous Blast deals 2 damage to each creature and each player. If you cast this spell during your main phase, Sulfurous Blast deals 3 damage to each creature and each player instead.
The Keldons used the toxic vents in the cracked earth to bolster their home's defenses.
illus. Jeff Miracola # 137/0
Svogthos, the Restless Tomb
: Add .
: Until end of turn, Svogthos, the Restless Tomb becomes a black and green Plant Zombie creature with "This creature's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard." It's still a land.
illus. Martina Pilcerova # 289/0
Symbiotic Wurm
When Symbiotic Wurm dies, create seven 1/1 green Insect creature tokens.
The insects keep the wurm's hide free from parasites. In return, the wurm doesn't eat the insects.
illus. Matt Cavotta # 174/0
Syphon Flesh
Each other player sacrifices a creature. You create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token for each creature sacrificed this way.
Necromancers deal in commodities far more precious than gold and grain.
illus. Ironbrush # 103/0
Syphon Mind
Each other player discards a card. You draw a card for each card discarded this way.
When tempers run high, it's easy to lose your head.
illus. Jeff Easley # 104/0
Szadek, Lord of Secrets
Flying
If Szadek, Lord of Secrets would deal combat damage to a player, instead put that many +1/+1 counters on Szadek and that player puts that many cards from the top of their library into their graveyard.
illus. Donato Giancola # 228/0
Tariel, Reckoner of Souls
Flying, vigilance
: Choose a creature card at random from target opponent's graveyard. Put that card onto the battlefield under your control.
"After death you face paradise, damnation, or Tariel."—Priest's teaching
illus. Wayne Reynolds # 229/0
Temple of the False God
: Add . Activate this ability only if you control five or more lands.
Those who bring nothing to the temple take nothing away.
illus. Brian Snoddy # 290/0
Teneb, the Harvester
Flying
Whenever Teneb, the Harvester deals combat damage to a player, you may pay . If you do, put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
illus. Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai # 230/0
Terminate
Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.
"I've seen death before. My mother succumbing to illness, my comrades bleeding on the battlefield . . . But I'd never seen anything as dreadful as that."—Taani, berserker of Etlan
illus. Wayne Reynolds # 231/0
Terramorphic Expanse
, Sacrifice Terramorphic Expanse: Search your library for a basic land card and put it onto the battlefield tapped. Then shuffle your library.
Take two steps north into the unsettled future, south into the unquiet past, east into the present day, or west into the great unknown.
illus. Dan Scott # 291/0
The Mimeoplasm
As The Mimeoplasm enters the battlefield, you may exile two creature cards from graveyards. If you do, it enters the battlefield as a copy of one of those cards with a number of additional +1/+1 counters on it equal to the power of the other card.
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 210/0
Trade Secrets
Target opponent draws two cards, then you draw up to four cards. That opponent may repeat this process as many times as they choose.
illus. Ron Spears # 64/0
Tranquil Thicket
Tranquil Thicket enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
illus. Heather Hudson # 292/0
Trench Gorger
Trample
When Trench Gorger enters the battlefield, you may search your library for any number of land cards, exile them, then shuffle your library. If you do, Trench Gorger has base power and base toughness each equal to the number of cards exiled this way.
illus. Hideaki Takamura # 65/0
Tribute to the Wild
Each opponent sacrifices an artifact or enchantment.
"You may enter, but leave those lifeless things of your world behind."—Modruni, maro-sorcerer
illus. Hideaki Takamura # 175/0
Triskelavus
Flying
Triskelavus enters the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on it.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Triskelavus: Create a 1/1 colorless Triskelavite artifact creature token with flying. It has "Sacrifice this creature: This creature deals 1 damage to any target."
illus. Mark Zug # 263/0
Troll Ascetic
Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
: Regenerate Troll Ascetic.
It's no coincidence that the oldest trolls are also the angriest.
illus. Puddnhead # 176/0
Unnerve
Each opponent discards two cards.
"If fear is the only tool you have left, then you'll never control me."—Xantcha, to Gix
illus. Terese Nielsen # 105/0
Valley Rannet
Mountaincycling , forestcycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a Mountain or Forest card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.)
illus. Dave Allsop # 232/0
Vampire Nighthawk
Flying, deathtouch, lifelink
illus. Jason Chan # 106/0
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 # 66/0
Vengeful Rebirth
Return target card from your graveyard to your hand. If you return a nonland card to your hand this way, Vengeful Rebirth deals damage equal to that card's converted mana cost to any target.
Exile Vengeful Rebirth.
illus. Vance Kovacs # 233/0
Veteran Explorer
When Veteran Explorer dies, each player may search their library for up to two basic land cards and put them onto the battlefield. Then each player who searched their library this way shuffles it.
illus. David A. Cherry # 177/0
Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
Flying, lifelink
Sacrifice a creature: Put X +1/+1 counters on Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.
Remove all +1/+1 counters from Vish Kal: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each +1/+1 counter removed this way.
illus. Michael C. Hayes # 234/0
Vision Skeins
Each player draws two cards.
"I could see in the other mage's eyes that he'd thought of it too. Then it became a race to exploit the knowledge first."
illus. Aleksi Briclot # 67/0
Vivid Crag
Vivid Crag enters the battlefield tapped with two charge counters on it.
: Add .
, Remove a charge counter from Vivid Crag: Add one mana of any color.
illus. Martina Pilcerova # 293/0
Vivid Creek
Vivid Creek enters the battlefield tapped with two charge counters on it.
: Add .
, Remove a charge counter from Vivid Creek: Add one mana of any color.
illus. Fred Fields # 294/0
Vivid Grove
Vivid Grove enters the battlefield tapped with two charge counters on it.
: Add .
, Remove a charge counter from Vivid Grove: Add one mana of any color.
illus. Howard Lyon # 295/0
Vivid Marsh
Vivid Marsh enters the battlefield tapped with two charge counters on it.
: Add .
, Remove a charge counter from Vivid Marsh: Add one mana of any color.
illus. John Avon # 296/0
Vivid Meadow
Vivid Meadow enters the battlefield tapped with two charge counters on it.
: Add .
, Remove a charge counter from Vivid Meadow: Add one mana of any color.
illus. Rob Alexander # 297/0
Voice of All
Flying
As Voice of All enters the battlefield, choose a color.
Voice of All has protection from the chosen color.
illus. rk post # 35/0
Vorosh, the Hunter
Flying
Whenever Vorosh, the Hunter deals combat damage to a player, you may pay . If you do, put six +1/+1 counters on Vorosh.
illus. Mark Zug # 235/0
Vow of Duty
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2, has vigilance, and can't attack you or a planeswalker you control.
"I prefer loyalty to be a matter of respect, not of magic. But one does what one must."—Kaalia of the Vast
illus. Wayne Reynolds # 36/0
Vow of Flight
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2, has flying, and can't attack you or a planeswalker you control.
"Soaring is wasted on the winged."—Edric, Spymaster of Trest
illus. Erica Yang # 68/0
Vow of Lightning
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2, has first strike, and can't attack you or a planeswalker you control.
"Ruhan would never agree to such terms."—Ruhan of the Fomori
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 138/0
Vow of Malice
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2, has intimidate, and can't attack you or a planeswalker you control. (A creature with intimidate can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
"I grant you blades—on the condition that they are not pointed at me."—Damia, Sage of Stone
illus. Jesper Ejsing # 107/0
Vow of Wildness
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3, has trample, and can't attack you or a planeswalker you control.
"Savagery is the birthright of every creature that draws breath—or wishes it could."—Karador, Ghost Chieftain
illus. Jim Pavelec # 178/0
Vulturous Zombie
Flying
Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, put a +1/+1 counter on Vulturous Zombie.
"When something dies, all things benefit. Well okay, just our things."—Ezoc, Golgari rot farmer
illus. Greg Staples # 236/0
Wall of Denial
Defender, flying
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
It provides what every discerning mage requires—time to think.
illus. Howard Lyon # 237/0
Wall of Omens
Defender
When Wall of Omens enters the battlefield, draw a card.
"I search for a vision of Zendikar that does not include the Eldrazi."—Expedition journal entry
illus. James Paick # 37/0
Whirlpool Whelm
Clash with an opponent, then return target creature to its owner's hand. If you win, you may put that creature on top of its owner's library instead. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of their library, then puts that card on the top or bottom. A player wins if their card had a higher converted mana cost.)
illus. Cyril Van Der Haegen # 69/0
Wild Ricochet
You may choose new targets for target instant or sorcery spell. Then copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
"I knew that trick long before your great-grandmother's great-grandmother was born."
illus. Dan Scott # 139/0
Windborn Muse
Flying
Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays for each creature they control that's attacking you.
"Her voice is justice, clear and relentless."—Akroma, angelic avenger
illus. Adam Rex # 38/0
Windfall
Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.
"To fill your mind with knowledge, we must start by emptying it."—Barrin, master wizard
illus. Pete Venters # 70/0
Wonder
Flying
As long as Wonder is in your graveyard and you control an Island, creatures you control have flying.
"The awestruck birds gazed at Wonder. Slowly, timidly, they rose into the air."—Scroll of Beginnings
illus. Rebecca Guay # 71/0
Wrecking Ball
Destroy target creature or land.
Rakdos festivals almost leave enough rubble in their wake to hide the bodies.
illus. Ron Spears # 238/0
Wrexial, the Risen Deep
Islandwalk, swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island or a Swamp.)
Whenever Wrexial, the Risen Deep deals combat damage to a player, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from that player's graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that card would be put into a graveyard this turn, exile it instead.
illus. Eric Deschamps # 239/0
Yavimaya Elder
When Yavimaya Elder dies, you may search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal them, and put them into your hand. If you do, shuffle your library.
, Sacrifice Yavimaya Elder: Draw a card.
illus. Matt Cavotta # 179/0
Zedruu the Greathearted
At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain X life and draw X cards, where X is the number of permanents you own that your opponents control.
: Target opponent gains control of target permanent you control.
illus. Mark Zug # 240/0
Zoetic Cavern
: Add .
Morph (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for . Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
Nothing lives within it, yet there is life.
illus. Lars Grant-West # 298/0
