Christopher Rush

Apprentice Sorcerer

{T}: Apprentice Sorcerer deals 1 damage to any target. Activate only during your turn, before attackers are declared.

Overgrowth

Enchant land
Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional {G}{G}.

The dark opening seemed to breathe the cold, damp air of the dead earth in a steady rhythm.

Tormod's Crypt

{T}, Sacrifice Tormod's Crypt: Exile target player's graveyard.

He wages war wherever the wind carries him.

Utvara Scalper

Flying
Utvara Scalper attacks each combat if able.

Lotus Bloom

Suspend 3—{0} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay {0} and exile it with three time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, cast it without paying its mana cost.)
{T}, Sacrifice Lotus Bloom: Add three mana of any one color.

Suspend 3—{0} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay {0} and exile it with three time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.)
{T}, Sacrifice Lotus Bloom: Add three mana of any one color.

Plains

It keeps the upper reaches of the forest free of every menace . . . except for the spider itself.

Canopy Spider

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)

"The fatal flaw in every plan is the assumption that you know more than your enemy."
—Volrath

Mana Leak

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

Wrap the flame as twine, Kingdoms will be thine.

Rathi Dragon

Flying
When Rathi Dragon enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you sacrifice two Mountains.

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
When Rathi Dragon enters, sacrifice it unless you sacrifice two Mountains.

Dread Reaper

Flying
When Dread Reaper enters the battlefield, you lose 5 life.

Flying
When Dread Reaper enters, you lose 5 life.

Junún Efreet

Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Junún Efreet unless you pay {B}{B}.

Radjan Spirit

{T}: Target creature loses flying until end of turn.

Brass Man

Brass Man doesn't untap during your untap step.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {1}. If you do, untap Brass Man.

Gauntlet of Might

Red creatures get +1/+1.
Whenever a Mountain is tapped for mana, its controller adds {R} to his or her mana pool (in addition to the mana the land produces).

Red creatures get +1/+1.
Whenever a Mountain is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional {R}.

Kormus Bell

All Swamps are 1/1 creatures that are still lands.

All Swamps are 1/1 black creatures that are still lands.

Urza was the first to understand that the war would not be lost for lack of power, but for lack of troops.

Rakalite

{2}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. Return Rakalite to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.

{2}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn. Return Rakalite to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.

Originally considered the work of Urza, this tablet was created by forgers seeking to imitate Urza's masterpieces.

Tablet of Epityr

Whenever an artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay {1}. If you do, you gain 1 life.

After Kroog was destroyed while most of its defenders were at his side, Urza vowed that none of his allies would ever need to fear for their own defense again, even while laying siege to a city far from their homes.

Yotian Soldier

"Any fool can pick up a sword and charge into battle. To emerge alive at the end, that is a gift that comes from leadership and experience."

Infantry Veteran

{T}: Target attacking creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

All Hallow's Eve

Exile All Hallow's Eve with two scream counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if All Hallow's Eve is exiled with a scream counter on it, remove a scream counter from it. If there are no more scream counters on it, put it into your graveyard and each player returns all creature cards from his or her graveyard to the battlefield.

Exile All Hallow's Eve with two scream counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if All Hallow's Eve is exiled with a scream counter on it, remove a scream counter from it. If there are no more scream counters on it, put it into your graveyard and each player returns all creature cards from their graveyard to the battlefield.

The Wretched

At end of combat, gain control of all creatures blocking The Wretched as long as you control The Wretched.

At end of combat, gain control of all creatures blocking The Wretched for as long as you control The Wretched.

Brimstone marks this drake's territory. Unfortunately for travelers, all of the Burning Isles smell likewise.

Fire Drake

Flying
{R}: Fire Drake gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate this ability only once each turn.

Flying
{R}: Fire Drake gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate only once each turn.

Storm World

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, Storm World deals X damage to that player, where X is 4 minus the number of cards in his or her hand.

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, Storm World deals X damage to that player, where X is 4 minus the number of cards in their hand.

Sunastian has roots in both sorcery and swordplay; he has learned never to depend too heavily on the latter.

Sunastian Falconer

After the Battle of Pitdown, Lady Ursnell fashioned the first such instrument out of Lord Ursnell's left leg.

Bone Flute

{2}, {T}: All creatures get -1/-0 until end of turn.

"Three such creatures stood burning at the crest of the hill. Only seconds later, the fireball struck our front line."
—Lydia, Countess Brellis

Coal Golem

{3}, Sacrifice Coal Golem: Add {R}{R}{R} to your mana pool.

{3}, Sacrifice Coal Golem: Add {R}{R}{R}.

"Look deep into the Grail, and see there what you desire most."
—Gerda Äagesdotter, Archmage of the Unseen

Sol Grail

As Sol Grail enters the battlefield, choose a color.
{T}: Add one mana of the chosen color to your mana pool.

As Sol Grail enters, choose a color.
{T}: Add one mana of the chosen color.

"Though Serra has not been seen for twenty years, her gargoyles still watch over our city and punish the guilty."
—Gulsen, abbey matron

Abbey Gargoyles

"I reeled from the blow, and then suddenly, I knew exactly what to do. Within moments, victory was mine."
—Gustha Ebbasdotter, Kjeldoran royal mage

Brainstorm

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

"Ihsan, the weak. Ihsan, the fallen. Ihsan, the betrayer. He has brought shame to the Serra paladins where none existed before. May his suffering equal his betrayal."
—Baris, Serra inquisitor

Ihsan's Shade

Krovikan Horror

At end of turn, if Krovikan Horror is in your graveyard with a creature card directly above it, you may return Krovikan Horror to your hand.
{1}, Sacrifice a creature: Krovikan Horror deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

At the beginning of the end step, if Krovikan Horror is in your graveyard with a creature card directly above it, you may return Krovikan Horror to your hand.
{1}, Sacrifice a creature: Krovikan Horror deals 1 damage to any target.

Forbidden Lore

Enchant land
Enchanted land has "{T}: Target creature gets +2/+1 until end of turn."

Snow-Covered Plains

"With a great cry, the goblin host broke and ran as the first wave of knights penetrated its ranks."
—Tivadar of Thorn, History of the Goblin Wars

Knights of Thorn

Protection from red; banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

Seraph

Flying
Whenever a creature dealt damage by Seraph this turn is put into a graveyard, put that card into play under your control at end of turn. Sacrifice the creature when you lose control of Seraph.

Flying
Whenever a creature dealt damage by Seraph this turn dies, put that card onto the battlefield under your control at the beginning of the next end step. Sacrifice the creature when you lose control of Seraph.

"It was in Urza's journals that I finally found the secret at the core of the summonings."
—Journal, author unknown

Word of Undoing

Return target creature and all white Auras you own attached to it to their owners' hands.

Nether Shadow

Haste
At the beginning of your upkeep, if Nether Shadow is in your graveyard with three or more creature cards above it, you may put Nether Shadow into play.

Haste
At the beginning of your upkeep, if Nether Shadow is in your graveyard with three or more creature cards above it, you may put Nether Shadow onto the battlefield.

The Crookshank military boasts a standing army of nearly twenty-four million, give or take twenty-two million.

Crookshank Kobolds

"While most overworlders fortunately don't realize this, gargoyles can be most delicious, providing you have the appropriate tools to carve them."
—Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar, The Underworld Cookbook

Granite Gargoyle

Flying
{R}: Granite Gargoyle gets +0/+1 until end of turn.

Lightning Bolt

Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to target creature or player.

Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.

Mana Flare

Whenever a player taps a land for mana, that player adds one mana of that type to his or her mana pool.

Whenever a player taps a land for mana, that player adds one mana of any type that land produced.

Flawed copies of relics from the Thran Empire, the su-chi were inherently unstable but provided useful knowledge for Tocasia's students.

Su-Chi

When Su-Chi is put into a graveyard from play, add {4} to your mana pool.

Tawnos's Coffin

You may choose not to untap Tawnos's Coffin during your untap step.
{3}, {T}: Remove target creature and all Auras attached to it from the game. Note the number and kind of counters that were on that creature. When Tawnos's Coffin leaves play or becomes untapped, return the removed card to play under its owner's control tapped with the noted number and kind of counters on it, and if you do, return the removed Aura cards to play under their owner's control attached to that permanent.

You may choose not to untap Tawnos's Coffin during your untap step.
{3}, {T}: Exile target creature and all Auras attached to it. Note the number and kind of counters that were on that creature. When Tawnos's Coffin leaves the battlefield or becomes untapped, return that exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control tapped with the noted number and kind of counters on it. If you do, return the other exiled cards to the battlefield under their owner's control attached to that permanent.

Urza's Bauble

{T}, Sacrifice Urza's Bauble: Look at a card at random in target player's hand. You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Forest

"Illusion is a crutch for those with no grounding in reality."
—Cho-Manno

Demystify

Saffiyah clapped her hands and twenty flying men appeared at her side, each well trained in the art of combat.

Flying Men

It was a moment in time, cast in stone—a moment whose time had come again.

Opal Guardian

When an opponent plays a creature spell, if Opal Guardian is an enchantment, Opal Guardian becomes a 3/4 Gargoyle creature with flying and protection from red.

When an opponent casts a creature spell, if Opal Guardian is an enchantment, Opal Guardian becomes a 3/4 Gargoyle creature with flying and protection from red.

"Eron would be much less of a hassle if only he were mortal."
—Reyhan, Samite alchemist

Eron the Relentless

Haste
{R}{R}{R}: Regenerate Eron the Relentless.

Harthag gave a jolly laugh as he surveyed the army before him. "Ho ho ho! Midgets! You think you can stand in my way?"

Craw Giant

Trample
Rampage 2 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)

Safe Haven

{2}, {T}: Remove target creature you control from the game.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may sacrifice Safe Haven. If you do, return each card removed from the game with Safe Haven to play under its owner's control.

{2}, {T}: Exile target creature you control.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may sacrifice Safe Haven. If you do, return each card exiled with Safe Haven to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Chronatog Totem

{T}: Add {U} to your mana pool.
{1}{U}: Chronatog Totem becomes a 1/2 blue Atog artifact creature until end of turn.
{0}: Chronatog Totem gets +3/+3 until end of turn. You skip your next turn. Play this ability only once each turn and only if Chronatog Totem is a creature.

{T}: Add {U}.
{1}{U}: Chronatog Totem becomes a 1/2 blue Atog artifact creature until end of turn.
{0}: Chronatog Totem gets +3/+3 until end of turn. You skip your next turn. Activate only once each turn and only if Chronatog Totem is a creature.

Rimerunners set off avalanches to immobilize foes as well as to create more challenging slopes.

Goblin Rimerunner

{T}: Target creature can't block this turn.
{S}: Goblin Rimerunner gains haste until end of turn. ({S} can be paid with one mana from a snow permanent.)

{T}: Target creature can't block this turn.
{S}: Goblin Rimerunner gains haste until end of turn. ({S} can be paid with one mana from a snow source.)

Its belly produces a boiling-hot fluid it can spit as a weapon or spin slowly enough to freeze into a defensive web.

Steam Spitter

Steam Spitter can block as though it had flying.
{R}: Steam Spitter gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
{R}: Steam Spitter gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

"Our thrulls dissolve from the inside out in a matter of days. Shoddy work, but they're a scream while they last."
—Uzric, Rakdos guildmage

Rakdos Ickspitter

{T}: Rakdos Ickspitter deals 1 damage to target creature and that creature's controller loses 1 life.

Twinstrike

Twinstrike deals 2 damage to each of two target creatures.
Hellbent Destroy those creatures instead if you have no cards in hand.

Twinstrike deals 2 damage to each of two target creatures.
Hellbent — Destroy those creatures instead if you have no cards in hand.

Muse Vessel

{3}, {T}: Target player removes a card in his or her hand from the game. Play this ability only any time you could play a sorcery.
{1}: Choose a card removed from the game with Muse Vessel. You may play that card this turn.

{3}, {T}: Target player exiles a card from their hand. Activate only as a sorcery.
{1}: Choose a card exiled with Muse Vessel. You may play that card this turn.

Netherborn Phalanx

When Netherborn Phalanx comes into play, each opponent loses 1 life for each creature he or she controls.
Transmute {1}{B}{B} ({1}{B}{B}, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same converted mana cost as this card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library. Play only as a sorcery.)

When Netherborn Phalanx enters, each opponent loses 1 life for each creature they control.
Transmute {1}{B}{B} ({1}{B}{B}, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

Three hundred years of practice thwarted by an instant of mischief.

Reroute

Change the target of target activated ability with a single target.
Draw a card.

Change the target of target activated ability with a single target. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)
Draw a card.

Circle of Protection: Black

{1}: The next time a black source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.

Circle of Protection: Red

{1}: The next time a red source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.

Imaginary Pet

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have a card in hand, return Imaginary Pet to its owner's hand.

"The blood of Kiyomaro flows in my veins. He did not let Eiganjo fall and neither shall I."

Descendant of Kiyomaro

As long as you have more cards in hand than each opponent, Descendant of Kiyomaro gets +1/+2 and has "Whenever this creature deals combat damage, you gain 3 life."

"Once, I looked to the mists for wisdom. Now I wish only for understanding."

Heed the Mists

Put the top card of your library into your graveyard, then draw cards equal to that card's converted mana cost.

Mill a card, then draw cards equal to the milled card's mana value.

Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar

If you would draw a card, look at the top three cards of your library instead. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

"Here fell Ishi-Ishi, King of the Flaming Pebbles, Scourge of the Mountain Kami, Lover of Goats. May his shell never burn."
—Cave inscription

Ishi-Ishi, Akki Crackshot

Whenever an opponent plays a Spirit or Arcane spell, Ishi-Ishi, Akki Crackshot deals 2 damage to that player.

Whenever an opponent casts a Spirit or Arcane spell, Ishi-Ishi, Akki Crackshot deals 2 damage to that player.

"None of you are yet samurai. Defend your homes with honor, die for your cause, and perhaps then you will be worthy of the word."
—General Takeno

Indomitable Will

You may play Indomitable Will any time you could play an instant.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+2.

Flash
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+2.

"The scholars of the Minamo School understood the veil between their world and that of the kami. Moreover, they knew how to exploit it."
—*Observations of the Kami War*

Field of Reality

Enchanted creature can't be blocked by Spirits.
{1}{U}: Return Field of Reality to its owner's hand.

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't be blocked by Spirits.
{1}{U}: Return Field of Reality to its owner's hand.

Mystic Restraints

You may play Mystic Restraints any time you could play an instant.
When Mystic Restraints comes into play, tap enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

Flash
Enchant creature
When Mystic Restraints enters, tap enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

Moonring Mirror

Whenever you draw a card, remove the top card of your library from the game face down.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may remove your hand from the game face down. If you do, put into your hand all other cards you own removed from the game with Moonring Mirror.

Whenever you draw a card, exile the top card of your library face down.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may exile all cards from your hand face down. If you do, put all other cards you own exiled with Moonring Mirror into your hand.

Not keen-edged enough for cutting armor, the no-dachi slew by folding its victim rapidly and violently under the weight of its impact.

No-Dachi

Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has first strike.
Equip {3} ({3}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)