Arnie Swekel

The symbols are spread throughout Aphetto, marking sites where minions of the Raven Guild and the Cabal can seek refuge.

Unspeakable Symbol

Pay 3 life: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

His battle cry unleashes an avalanche of dwarves.

Dwarven Bloodboiler

Tap an untapped Dwarf you control: Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

"It is all in my grasp. Every petty dream, every grand scheme, every soul, every fear. It all flows through me and from me."
—Memnarch

Fist of Suns

You may pay {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} rather than pay the mana cost for spells you cast.

To save Dominaria, nine planeswalkers sought the annihilation of Phyrexia itself.

Implode

Aquamoeba

Discard a card: Switch Aquamoeba's power and toughness until end of turn.

"Don't you agree that mogg intellects are improved by zombification?"
—Lord Dralnu

Dralnu's Crusade

All Goblins get +1/+1.
All Goblins are black and are Zombies in addition to their other creature types.

Phantom Nishoba

Trample
Phantom Nishoba enters the battlefield with seven +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever Phantom Nishoba deals damage, you gain that much life.
If damage would be dealt to Phantom Nishoba, prevent that damage. Remove a +1/+1 counter from Phantom Nishoba.

Trample
Phantom Nishoba enters with seven +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever Phantom Nishoba deals damage, you gain that much life.
If damage would be dealt to Phantom Nishoba, prevent that damage. Remove a +1/+1 counter from Phantom Nishoba.

Giant Caterpillar

{G}, Sacrifice Giant Caterpillar: Create a 1/1 green Insect creature token with flying named Butterfly at the beginning of the next end step.

Yawgmoth's Agenda

You can't cast more than one spell each turn.
You may play lands and cast spells from your graveyard.
If a card would be put into your graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.

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.

Clockwork Dragon

Flying
Clockwork Dragon enters with six +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever Clockwork Dragon attacks or blocks, remove a +1/+1 counter from it at end of combat.
{3}: Put a +1/+1 counter on Clockwork Dragon.

This storm blows gales through the dreams of mortals.

Sire of the Storm

Flying
Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may draw a card.

Sylvan Might

Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains trample until end of turn.
Flashback {2}{G}{G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Boros soldiers are like a cache of bombs ready to explode, and the flame-kin light their fuses.

Flame-Kin Zealot

When Flame-Kin Zealot enters, creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain haste until end of turn.

Mercadian soldiers excel at finding things to stand behind.

Crenellated Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
{T}: Target creature gets +0/+4 until end of turn.

Soul Foundry

Imprint — When Soul Foundry enters the battlefield, you may exile a creature card from your hand.
{X}, {T}: Create a token that's a copy of the exiled card. X is the converted mana cost of that card.

Imprint — When Soul Foundry enters, you may exile a creature card from your hand.
{X}, {T}: Create a token that's a copy of the exiled card. X is the mana value of that card.

Root-Kin Ally

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.)
Tap two untapped creatures you control: Root-Kin Ally gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Gerrard savored a grim smile as the Phyrexian portals disappeared behind the *Weatherlight*.

Distorting Wake

Return X target nonland permanents to their owners' hands.

Dampen Thought

Target player puts the top four cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
Splice onto Arcane {1}{U} (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

Target player mills four cards.
Splice onto Arcane {1}{U} (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

Early Jamuraan hunters devised a weapon that would return to its source. Tolarian Aethermancers developed a spell that skipped the weapon entirely.

Boomerang

Return target permanent to its owner's hand.

Dehydration

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

Built with neither a way to steer nor a way to stop, the juggernauts were simply aimed at an enemy's best defenses and told to charge.

Juggernaut

Juggernaut attacks each turn if able.
Juggernaut can't be blocked by Walls.

Juggernaut attacks each combat if able.
Juggernaut can't be blocked by Walls.

Flight

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has flying.

Goblin Brigand

Goblin Brigand attacks each combat if able.

Veil of Secrecy

Target creature is unblockable and can't be the target of spells or abilities this turn.
Splice onto Arcane—
Return a blue creature you control to its owner's hand. (As you play an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

Target creature gains shroud until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn. (A creature with shroud can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Splice onto Arcane—Return a blue creature you control to its owner's hand. (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

Hired Muscle // Scarmaker

Whenever you play a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may put a ki counter on Hired Muscle.
At end of turn, if there are two or more ki counters on Hired Muscle, you may flip it.

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may put a ki counter on Hired Muscle.
At the beginning of the end step, if there are two or more ki counters on Hired Muscle, you may flip it.

"Where a once-proud human city stood, only the ruins of Numai remain, deep amid rotting bamboo and plagued by oni."
—*The History of Kamigawa*

Scourge of Numai

At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 2 life if you don't control an Ogre.

Genju of the Cedars

{2}: Enchanted Forest becomes a 4/4 green Spirit creature until end of turn. It's still a land.
When enchanted Forest is put into a graveyard, you may return Genju of the Cedars from your graveyard to your hand.

Enchant Forest
{2}: Enchanted Forest becomes a 4/4 green Spirit creature until end of turn. It's still a land.
When enchanted Forest is put into a graveyard, you may return Genju of the Cedars from your graveyard to your hand.

"Say, what rhymes with 'run for your lives'?"
—Ku-Ku, akki poet

Scaled Hulk

Whenever you play a Spirit or Arcane spell, Scaled Hulk gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, Scaled Hulk gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

At the waterfall, the border between the humanoid and the spirit worlds was weakest. The kami moved across it with ease and at will.

Part the Veil

Return all creatures you control to their owner's hand.

Swirl the Mists

As Swirl the Mists comes into play, choose a color word.
All instances of color words on spells and permanents become the chosen color word.

As Swirl the Mists enters, choose a color word.
All instances of color words in the text of spells and permanents are changed to the chosen color word.

Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho

Equipped creature gets +3/+1.
Whenever equipped creature is put into a graveyard from play, return that card to play under your control if it's a Samurai.
When Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho is put into a graveyard from play, remove equipped creature from the game.
Equip {2}

Equipped creature gets +3/+1.
Whenever equipped creature dies, return that card to the battlefield under your control if it's a Samurai card.
When Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, exile equipped creature.
Equip {2}

The Auriok have fought the metal hordes for so long now that knowing how to cripple them has become an instinct.

Metal Fatigue

The longer it weaves through the twisted vines of the Tangle, the more it adopts their hidden strength.

Tangle Golem

Affinity for Forests (This spell costs {1} less to play for each Forest you control.)

Affinity for Forests (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each Forest you control.)

Clockwork Beetle

Clockwork Beetle comes into play with two +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever Clockwork Beetle attacks or blocks, remove a +1/+1 counter from it at end of combat.

Clockwork Beetle enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever Clockwork Beetle attacks or blocks, remove a +1/+1 counter from it at end of combat.

Clockwork Condor

Flying
Clockwork Condor comes into play with three +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever Clockwork Condor attacks or blocks, remove a +1/+1 counter from it at end of combat.

Flying
Clockwork Condor enters with three +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever Clockwork Condor attacks or blocks, remove a +1/+1 counter from it at end of combat.

Clockwork Vorrac

Trample
Clockwork Vorrac comes into play with four +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever Clockwork Vorrac attacks or blocks, remove a +1/+1 counter from it at end of combat.
{T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on Clockwork Vorrac.

Trample
Clockwork Vorrac enters with four +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever Clockwork Vorrac attacks or blocks, remove a +1/+1 counter from it at end of combat.
{T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on Clockwork Vorrac.

The vedalken protect the Knowledge Pool at any cost.

Grid Monitor

Rust Elemental

Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice an artifact other than Rust Elemental. If you can't, tap Rust Elemental and you lose 4 life.

Where herds have passed, the dented ground is lined with piles of rust.

Rustspore Ram

When Rustspore Ram comes into play, destroy target Equipment.

When Rustspore Ram enters, destroy target Equipment.

"The treasure in my mind is greater than any worldly glory."

Concentrate

"The light of the Ancestor will scour the taint of darkness from the land."

Wipe Clean

Remove target enchantment from the game.
Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card from your hand: Draw a card.)

Exile target enchantment.
Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Krosan Drover

Creature spells you play with converted mana cost 6 or more cost {2} less to play.

Creature spells you cast with mana value 6 or greater cost {2} less to cast.

Riptide Mangler

{1}{U}: Change Riptide Mangler's power to target creature's power. (It doesn't change back at end of turn.)

{1}{U}: Change Riptide Mangler's base power to target creature's power. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

"The harder we press forward, the harder Krosa pushes us back."
—Aven scout

Berserk Murlodont

Whenever a Beast becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature blocking it.

Riptide Shapeshifter

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U, Sacrifice Riptide Shapeshifter: Choose a creature type. Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card of that type. Put that card into play and shuffle the rest into your library.

{2}{U}{U}, Sacrifice Riptide Shapeshifter: Choose a creature type. Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card of that type. Put that card onto the battlefield and shuffle the rest into your library.

Blistering Firecat

Trample, haste
At end of turn, sacrifice Blistering Firecat.
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Trample, haste
At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice Blistering Firecat.
Morph {R}{R} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

"All we know about the Krosan Forest we have learned from those few who made it out alive."
—Elvish refugee

Ravenous Baloth

The Mirari twisted all that lived in the Krosan Forest into gross mockeries of their former selves.

Towering Baloth

Morph o6o
G (You may play this face down as a 2/2 creature for o3. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

Morph {6}{G} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

It's so tough it can frighten *itself* into hiding.

Anurid Brushhopper

Discard two cards from your hand: Remove Anurid Brushhopper from the game. Return it to play under its owner's control at end of turn.

Discard two cards: Exile Anurid Brushhopper. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

"The only kind of water that should fly through the air is rain."
—Kamahl, pit fighter

Hydromorph Gull

Flying
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U, Sacrifice Hydromorph Gull: Counter target spell that targets one or more creatures you control.

Flying
{U}, Sacrifice Hydromorph Gull: Counter target spell that targets a creature you control.

Chainer's madness personified, it exists only to slaughter the innocent.

Shambling Swarm

When Shambling Swarm is put into a graveyard from play, distribute three -1/-1 counters among one, two, or three target creatures. Remove those counters at end of turn.

When Shambling Swarm dies, distribute three -1/-1 counters among one, two, or three target creatures. For each -1/-1 counter you put on a creature this way, remove a -1/-1 counter from that creature at the beginning of the next end step.

Pulsating Illusion

Flying
Discard a card from your hand: Pulsating Illusion gets +4/+4 until end of turn. Play this ability only once each turn.

Flying
Discard a card: Pulsating Illusion gets +4/+4 until end of turn. Activate only once each turn.

Balshan wizards have long used them to gnaw away the memories they wish to forget.

Thought Nibbler

Flying
Your maximum hand size is reduced by two.

Haunting Echoes

Remove all cards in target player's graveyard other than basic land cards from the game. Search that player's library for all cards with the same name as cards removed this way and remove them from the game. Then that player shuffles his or her library.

Exile all cards from target player's graveyard other than basic land cards. For each card exiled this way, search that player's library for all cards with the same name as that card and exile them. Then that player shuffles.

The fondest memories burn brightest. As they're lost forever, the flames grow hotter still.

Tombfire

Target player removes all cards with flashback in his or her graveyard from the game.

Target player exiles all cards with flashback from their graveyard.

Springing Tiger

Threshold Springing Tiger gets +2/+2. (You have threshold as long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard.)

Threshold — Springing Tiger gets +2/+2 as long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Swamp

Haunted Angel

Flying
When Haunted Angel is put into a graveyard from play, remove Haunted Angel from the game and each other player puts a 3/3 black Angel creature token with flying into play.

Flying
When Haunted Angel dies, exile Haunted Angel and each other player creates a 3/3 black Angel creature token with flying.

Raka Disciple

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W, oc
T: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.
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U, oc
T: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

{W}, {T}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
{U}, {T}: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

"Why do you weep for the dead? I rejoice, for they have died for me."
—Fallen angel, to Serra

Fallen Angel

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

A hollow dog is never empty. It is filled with thirst for the hunt.

Hollow Dogs

Whenever Hollow Dogs attacks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

He's smart for a goblin. He can do *two* things: hit *and* run.

Goblin Raider

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

As powerful and malleable as the molten rock it calls home.

Caldera Kavu

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B: Caldera Kavu gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
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G: Caldera Kavu becomes the color of your choice until end of turn.

{1}{B}: Caldera Kavu gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
{G}: Caldera Kavu becomes the color of your choice until end of turn.

It doesn't need a bite. The bark works just fine.

Mirrorwood Treefolk

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W: The next time damage would be dealt to Mirrorwood Treefolk this turn, that damage is dealt to target creature or player instead.

{2}{R}{W}: The next time damage would be dealt to Mirrorwood Treefolk this turn, that damage is dealt to any target instead.

"Rise, metathran. You shall serve a nobler cause in death."
—Tsabo Tavoc, Phyrexian general

Metathran Zombie

Bend or Break

Each player separates all land cards he or she controls into two face-up piles. For each player, an opponent chooses a pile. Destroy all lands in that pile. Tap all lands in the other pile.

Each player separates all nontoken lands they control into two piles. For each player, one of their piles is chosen by one of their opponents of their choice. Destroy all lands in the chosen piles. Tap all lands in the other piles.

Broken and punctured by dozens of Phyrexian portals, the angry sky began to spit lightning back at the world.

Lightning Dart

Lightning Dart deals 1 damage to target creature. If that creature is white or blue, Lightning Dart deals 4 damage to it instead.

Explosive Growth

Kicker o5 (You may pay an additional o5 as you play this spell.)
Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If you paid the kicker cost, that creature gets +5/+5 until end of turn instead.

Kicker {5} (You may pay an additional {5} as you cast this spell.)
Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, that creature gets +5/+5 until end of turn instead.