Anson Maddocks

"Life from death is part of the natural cycle. This is merely a shortcut."
—Tojira, swamp queen

Raise Dead

Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Fallen Ideal

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has flying and "Sacrifice a creature: This creature gets +2/+1 until end of turn."
When Fallen Ideal is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Fallen Ideal to its owner's hand.

According to merfolk legend, a denizen of the deep swallows the horizon at the end of each day, bringing on the cold blanket of night.

Denizen of the Deep

When Denizen of the Deep enters the battlefield, return each other creature you control to its owner's hand.

When Denizen of the Deep enters, return each other creature you control to its owner's hand.

Gerrard: "But it doesn't do anything!"
Hanna: "No—it does nothing."

Null Rod

Activated abilities of artifacts can't be activated.

Tedious research made the Sages of the College of Lat-Nam adept in repairing broken artifacts.

Reconstruction

Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Serendib Djinn

Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a land. If you sacrifice an Island this way, Serendib Djinn deals 3 damage to you.
When you control no lands, sacrifice Serendib Djinn.

Transmute Artifact

Sacrifice an artifact. If you do, search your library for an artifact card. If that card's converted mana cost is less than or equal to the sacrificed artifact's converted mana cost, put it onto the battlefield. It it's greater, you may pay {X}, where X is the difference. If you do, put it onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard. Then shuffle your library.

Sacrifice an artifact. If you do, search your library for an artifact card. If that card's mana value is less than or equal to the sacrificed artifact's mana value, put it onto the battlefield. If it's greater, you may pay {X}, where X is the difference. If you do, put it onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard. Then shuffle.

Deathgrip

Sengir Vampire

Flying
Whenever a creature dealt damage by Sengir Vampire this turn is put into a graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on Sengir Vampire.

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Whenever a creature dealt damage by Sengir Vampire this turn dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Sengir Vampire.

Two-Headed Giant of Foriys

Trample
Two-Headed Giant of Foriys can block an additional creature.

Trample
Two-Headed Giant of Foriys can block an additional creature each combat.

Drop of Honey

At the beginning of your upkeep, destroy the creature with the least power. It can't be regenerated. If two or more creatures are tied for least power, you choose one of them.
When there are no creatures on the battlefield, sacrifice Drop of Honey.

Ashnod's Altar

Sacrifice a creature: Add {2} to your mana pool.

Cyclopean Tomb

{2}, {T}: Put a mire counter on target non-Swamp land. That land is a Swamp for as long as it has a mire counter on it. Activate this ability only during your upkeep.
When Cyclopean Tomb is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, at the beginning of each of your upkeeps for the rest of the game, remove all mire counters from a land that a mire counter was put onto with Cyclopean Tomb but that a mire counter has not been removed from with Cyclopean Tomb.

{2}, {T}: Put a mire counter on target non-Swamp land. That land is a Swamp for as long as it has a mire counter on it. Activate only during your upkeep.
When Cyclopean Tomb is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, at the beginning of each of your upkeeps for the rest of the game, remove all mire counters from a land that a mire counter was put onto with Cyclopean Tomb but that a mire counter has not been removed from with Cyclopean Tomb.

"The bolts of our ballistae smashed into the monstrous thing, but our hopes died in our chests as its gears continued turning."
—Sevti Mukul, The Fall of Alsoor

Diabolic Machine

Those who believed the city of Kroog would never fall to Mishra's forces severely underestimated the might of his war machines.

Dragon Engine

{2}: Dragon Engine gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Jade Monolith

{1}: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to target creature this turn, that source deals that damage to you instead.

Some fiendish mage had created a horrifying wall of living flesh, patched together from a jumble of still-recognizable body parts. As we sought to hew our way through it, some unknown power healed the gaping wounds we cut, denying us passage.

Living Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
{1}: Regenerate Living Wall.

An early inspiration for Urza, Tocasia's Onulets contained magical essences that could be cannibalized after they stopped functioning.

Onulet

When Onulet is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you gain 2 life.

There was more malice in its button eyes than should have been possible in something that had never known life.

Scarecrow

{6}, {T}: Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn by creatures with flying.

Soldevi Golem

Soldevi Golem doesn't untap during your untap step.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may untap target tapped creature an opponent controls. If you do, untap Soldevi Golem.

Maze of Ith

{T}: Untap target attacking creature. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this turn.

Mines became common as cities during the days of the artificers.

Urza's Mine

{T}: Add {1} to your mana pool. If you control an Urza's Power-Plant and an Urza's Tower, add {2} to your mana pool instead.

{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Power-Plant and an Urza's Tower, add {C}{C} instead.

"I doubt any labyrinth minotaurs still live—but then again, we minotaurs are stubborn beings."
—Onatah, Anaba Shaman

Labyrinth Minotaur

Whenever Labyrinth Minotaur blocks a creature, that creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Demonic Torment

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack.
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by enchanted creature.

"The Ancestors are the wisdom of the tribe and the soul of the Homelands. I am eternally in their debt."
—Taysir

Anaba Ancestor

{T}: Another target Minotaur creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

"The Spirit Crafters sing of all our people. They sing of those lost, of those found, and of those who are yet to be."
—Onatah, Anaba Shaman

Anaba Spirit Crafter

Blood Lust

If target creature has toughness 5 or greater, it gets +4/-4 until end of turn. Otherwise, it gets +4/-X until end of turn, where X is its toughness minus 1.

"Kobolds are harmless."
—Bearand the Bold, epitaph

Crimson Kobolds

The minotaurs of the Hurloon Mountains are known for their love of battle. They are also known for their hymns to the dead, sung for friend and foe alike. These hymns can last for days, filling the mountain valleys with their low, haunting sounds.

Hurloon Minotaur

"Keep your chainmail, warrior. I have my own form of protection."
—Halvor Arenson, Kjeldoran priest

Armor of Faith

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.
{W}: Enchanted creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn.

"Without combat medics, Icatia would probably not have withstood the forces of chaos as long as it did."
—*Sarpadian Empires, vol. VI*

Combat Medic

{1}{W}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

{1}{W}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.

Icy Prison

When Icy Prison comes into play, remove target creature from the game.
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Icy Prison unless any player pays {3}.
When Icy Prison leaves play, return the removed creature to play under its owner's control.

When Icy Prison enters, exile target creature.
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Icy Prison unless any player pays {3}.
When Icy Prison leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Screeching Drake

Flying
When Screeching Drake comes into play, draw a card, then discard a card.

Flying
When Screeching Drake enters, draw a card, then discard a card.

Doing something at the last minute isn't so bad when you can make that minute last.

Temporal Manipulation

"Serve me, and live forever."
—Lim-Dûl, the Necromancer

Foul Familiar

Foul Familiar can't block.
{B}, Pay 1 life: Return Foul Familiar to its owner's hand.

"The guard will forever stand ready. For them, death is merely an inconvenience, not an ending."
—Chaeska, Keeper of Tresserhorn

Lim-Dûl's High Guard

First strike
{1}{B}: Regenerate Lim-Dûl's High Guard.

"Rumors persist of dark deeds performed in the depths of Soldev. When will Dagsson heed the danger therein?"
—Sorine Relicbane, Soldevi heretic

Ritual of the Machine

As an additional cost to play Ritual of the Machine, sacrifice a creature.
Gain control of target nonblack, nonartifact creature.

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Gain control of target nonartifact, nonblack creature.

"Kjeldor must be supreme at any cost."
—Avram Garrisson, leader of the Knights of Stromgald

Stromgald Cabal

{T}, Pay 1 life: Counter target white spell.

Generations of genetic weeding have given rise to the deviously cowardly Ironclaw clan.

Ironclaw Orcs

Ironclaw Orcs can't block creatures with power 2 or greater.

Carapace

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +0/+2.
Sacrifice Carapace: Regenerate enchanted creature.

"As the climate cooled, many elves turned to thallid farming for food, while the hunters honed their skills on what little game remained."
—*Sarpadian Empires, vol. III*

Elvish Hunter

{1}{G}, {T}: Target creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Snow-Covered Island

"May Svyelun and her tides favor you."
—Traditional merfolk blessing

High Tide

Until end of turn, whenever a player taps an Island for mana, that player adds {U} to his or her mana pool.

Until end of turn, whenever a player taps an Island for mana, that player adds an additional {U}.

Serendib Efreet

Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, Serendib Efreet deals 1 damage to you.

Animate Dead

Enchant creature card in a graveyard
When Animate Dead comes into play, if it's in play, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put into play with Animate Dead." Return enchanted creature card to play under your control and attach Animate Dead to it. When Animate Dead leaves play, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
Enchanted creature gets -1/-0.

Enchant creature card in a graveyard
When Animate Dead enters, if it's on the battlefield, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with Animate Dead." Return enchanted creature card to the battlefield under your control and attach Animate Dead to it. When Animate Dead leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
Enchanted creature gets -1/-0.

The thrulls bred at a terrifying pace. In the end, they overwhelmed the Order of the Ebon Hand.

Breeding Pit

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Breeding Pit unless you pay {B}{B}.
At the end of your turn, put a 0/1 black Thrull creature token into play.

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Breeding Pit unless you pay {B}{B}.
At the beginning of your end step, create a 0/1 black Thrull creature token.

"Strength it has, but at the cost of a continuous supply of energy. Such failure can bear only one result."
—Execution order of Endrek Sahr, master breeder

Derelor

Black spells you play cost {B} more to play.

Black spells you cast cost {B} more to cast.

Paralyze

Enchant creature
When Paralyze comes into play, tap enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player may pay {4}. If he or she does, untap the creature.

Enchant creature
When Paralyze enters, tap enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player may pay {4}. If the player does, untap the creature.

"Striking silent as a dream, Cutting short the strangled scream . . ."
—Tobrian, "Watchdragon"

Spinal Villain

Lord of Tresserhorn

When Lord of Tresserhorn comes into play, you lose 2 life and sacrifice two creatures, and an opponent draws two cards.
{B}: Regenerate Lord of Tresserhorn.

When Lord of Tresserhorn enters, you lose 2 life, you sacrifice two creatures, and target opponent draws two cards.
{B}: Regenerate Lord of Tresserhorn.

"This shield is a true rarity: an artifact whose purpose is obvious."
—Arcum Dagsson, Soldevi machinist

Shield of the Ages

{2}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to you this turn.

Healers ultimately acquire the divine gifts of spiritual and physical wholeness. The most devout are also granted the ability to pass physical wholeness on to others.

Samite Healer

{T}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

{T}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.

A focal point for time rifts, Foriys contends simultaneously with foes both new and old.

Foriysian Interceptor

Flash (You may play this spell any time you could play an instant.)
Defender
Foriysian Interceptor can block an additional creature.

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Defender
Foriysian Interceptor can block an additional creature each combat.

Disintegrate

Disintegrate deals X damage to target creature or player. That creature can't be regenerated this turn. If the creature would be put into a graveyard this turn, remove it from the game instead.

Disintegrate deals X damage to any target. If it's a creature, it can't be regenerated this turn, and if it would die this turn, exile it instead.

Spitting Slug

Whenever Spitting Slug blocks or becomes blocked, you may pay {1}{G}. If you do, Spitting Slug gains first strike until end of turn. Otherwise, each creature blocking or blocked by Spitting Slug gains first strike until end of turn.

Foriysian Totem

{T}: Add {R} to your mana pool.
{4}{R}: Foriysian Totem becomes a 4/4 red Giant artifact creature with trample until end of turn.
As long as Foriysian Totem is a creature, it can block an additional creature.

{T}: Add {R}.
{4}{R}: Foriysian Totem becomes a 4/4 red Giant artifact creature with trample until end of turn.
As long as Foriysian Totem is a creature, it can block an additional creature each combat.

Vampiric Spirit

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying.)
When Vampiric Spirit comes into play, you lose 4 life.

Flying
When Vampiric Spirit enters, you lose 4 life.

The earliest mystics believed that the falcon slit the sky to let the light break through.

Skyshroud Falcon

Flying
Attacking doesn't cause Skyshroud Falcon to tap.

"Angels are simply extensions of truth upon the fabric of life—and there is far more dark than light."
—Baron Sengir

Fallen Angel

Flying
Sacrifice a creature: Fallen Angel gets +2/+1 until end of turn.

"Not all minotaurs are tribal. Some are freelance."
—Eron the Relentless

Anaba Bodyguard

First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

"The shamans? Ha! They are craven cows not capable of true magic."
—Irini Sengir

Anaba Shaman

o
R, oc
T: Anaba Shaman deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

{R}, {T}: Anaba Shaman deals 1 damage to any target.

"Hi!ni!ya! Behold the man of flint, that's me! / Four lightnings zigzag from me, strike and return."
—Navajo war chant

Pyrotechnics

Pyrotechnics deals 4 damage divided any way you choose among any number of target creatures and/or players.

Pyrotechnics deals 4 damage divided as you choose among any number of targets.

"I tell you, there was so many arrows flying about you couldn't hardly see the sun. So I says to young Angus, 'Well, at least now we're fighting in the shade!'"

Elvish Archers

One bone broken for every twig snapped underfoot.
—Llanowar penalty for trespassing

Llanowar Elves

When setting a snare, success depends not on the quality of the trap, but the quality of the bait.

Lure

All creatures able to block enchanted creature do so.

Enchant creature
All creatures able to block enchanted creature do so.

Bobbing merrily from opponent to opponent, the scimitar began adding playful little flourishes to its strokes; it even turned a couple of somersaults.

Dancing Scimitar

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

Holy Strength

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+2.

"Should you a Rat to madness tease Why ev'n a Rat may plague you . . . ."
—Samuel Coleridge, "Recantation"

Plague Rats

Plague Rats has power and toughness each equal to the number of Plague Rats in play.

Plague Rats's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures named Plague Rats on the battlefield.

"For something is amiss or out of place / When mice with wings can wear a human face."
—Theodore Roethke, "The Bat"

Vampire Bats

Flying
oo
B +1/+0 until end of turn. You cannot spend more than o
Bo
B in this way each turn.

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
{B}: Vampire Bats gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate no more than twice each turn.

"Good neighbors make good walls."
—Jakkarak the Maimer

Wall of Bone

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
{B}: Regenerate Wall of Bone. (The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, it isn't. Instead tap it, remove all damage from it, and remove it from combat.)

Warriors of the Tsunami-nito School spend years in training to master the way of effortless effort.

Eternal Warrior

Attacking does not cause enchanted creature to tap.

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has vigilance.