D. Alexander Gregory

Ajani, Caller of the Pride

+1: Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature.
−3: Target creature gains flying and double strike until end of turn.
−8: Create X 2/2 white Cat creature tokens, where X is your life total.

[+1]: Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature.
[−3]: Target creature gains flying and double strike until end of turn.
[−8]: Create X 2/2 white Cat creature tokens, where X is your life total.

Each of Malakir's great families boasts a contingent of nulls appropriate to its rank in society.

Kalastria Highborn

Whenever this creature or another Vampire you control dies, you may pay {B}. If you do, target player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

With each grunt of pain from Haddad, Greel's grin widened.

Steal Strength

Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Another target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

It protects her from the ravages of Phyrexia and the savages of Rath.

Belbe's Armor

{X}, {T}: Target creature gets -X/+X until end of turn.

Despondency

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -2/-0.
When Despondency is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Despondency to its owner's hand.

Predatory Nightstalker

When Predatory Nightstalker enters, you may have target opponent sacrifice a creature of their choice.

Land Grant

If you have no land cards in hand, you may reveal your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Search your library for a Forest card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Some find inspiration in their swords. Others find it in their leaders.

Pianna, Nomad Captain

Whenever Pianna, Nomad Captain attacks, attacking creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn.

Angel of Salvation

Flash; 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.)
Flying
When Angel of Salvation enters the battlefield, prevent the next 5 damage that would be dealt this turn to any number of targets, divided as you choose.

Flash; 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.)
Flying
When Angel of Salvation enters, prevent the next 5 damage that would be dealt this turn to any number of targets, divided as you choose.

"For what are leaves but countless blades
To fight a countless foe on high."
—Skyshroud hymn

Elvish Champion

Other Elf creatures get +1/+1 and have forestwalk. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)

Vampiric Feast

Vampiric Feast deals 4 damage to any target and you gain 4 life.

Garruk, Primal Hunter

+1: Create a 3/3 green Beast creature token.
−3: Draw cards equal to the greatest power among creatures you control.
−6: Create a 6/6 green Wurm creature token for each land you control.

[+1]: Create a 3/3 green Beast creature token.
[−3]: Draw cards equal to the greatest power among creatures you control.
[−6]: Create a 6/6 green Wurm creature token for each land you control.

Outrider en-Kor

Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.)
{0}: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to Outrider en-Kor this turn is dealt to target creature you control instead.

They wait in darkened depths, laughing eagerly.

Coral Trickster

Morph {U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When Coral Trickster is turned face up, you may tap or untap target permanent.

To save this plane, he must forsake all others.

Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir

Flash
Creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield have flash.
Each opponent can cast spells only any time they could cast a sorcery.

"From a tiny sprout, the greatest trees grow and flourish. May the seeds of your mind be equally fruitful."

Elvish Visionary

When Elvish Visionary enters the battlefield, draw a card.

When Elvish Visionary enters, draw a card.

"I done forgot more than you'll ever know, pipsqueak."
"Yeah—that's your problem."

Goblin Lore

Draw four cards, then discard three cards at random.

Calming Licid

{W}, {T}: Calming Licid loses this ability and becomes an Aura enchantment with enchant creature. Attach it to target creature. You may pay {W} to end this effect.
Enchanted creature can't attack.

Nicol Bolas

Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Nicol Bolas unless you pay {U}{B}{R}.
Whenever Nicol Bolas deals damage to an opponent, that player discards their hand.

Some think that dryads are the dreams of trees.

Willow Dryad

Forestwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)

Samite healers never mix their pungent elixir with sweetener or tea. The threat of a second dose is enough to get most warriors back on their feet.

Reviving Dose

"An angel appeared in the smoldering skies above the fray, her clothes as flames, her armor as fire."
—"Hymn of Angelfire"

Empyrial Armor

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each card in your hand.

Aura of Silence

Artifact and enchantment spells your opponents cast cost {2} more to cast.
Sacrifice Aura of Silence: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Dreams' riches are easily spent.
—Suq'Ata adage

Dream Cache

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand both on top of your library or both on the bottom of your library.

It makes the insignificant conspicuous, the repulsive alluring, and the deadly irresistible.

Lure

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

Gifts Ungiven

Search your library for up to four cards with different names and reveal them. Target opponent chooses two of those cards. Put the chosen cards into your graveyard and the rest into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

Search your library for up to four cards with different names and reveal them. Target opponent chooses two of those cards. Put the chosen cards into your graveyard and the rest into your hand. Then shuffle.

Spirit Mirror

At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are no Reflection tokens on the battlefield, put a 2/2 white Reflection creature token onto the battlefield.
{0}: Destroy target Reflection.

At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are no Reflection tokens on the battlefield, create a 2/2 white Reflection creature token.
{0}: Destroy target Reflection.

Searing Touch

Buyback {4} (You may pay an additional {4} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Searing Touch deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

Buyback {4} (You may pay an additional {4} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Searing Touch deals 1 damage to any target.

Cursed Scroll

{3}, {T}: Name a card. Reveal a card at random from your hand. If it's the named card, Cursed Scroll deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

{3}, {T}: Choose a card name, then reveal a card at random from your hand. If that card has the chosen name, Cursed Scroll deals 2 damage to any target.

Maze of Shadows

{T}: Add {1} to your mana pool.
{T}: Untap target attacking creature with shadow. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this turn.

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

Jace, Memory Adept

+1: Draw a card. Target player puts the top card of his or her library into his or her graveyard.0: Target player puts the top ten cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.-7: Any number of target players each draw twenty cards.

[+1]: Draw a card. Target player mills a card.
[0]: Target player mills ten cards.
[−7]: Any number of target players each draw twenty cards.

Liliana of the Dark Realms

+1: Search your library for a Swamp card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.-3: Target creature gets +X/+X or -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of Swamps you control.-6: You get an emblem with "Swamps you control have ‘{T}: Add {B}{B}{B}{B} to your mana pool.'"

[+1]: Search your library for a Swamp card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
[−3]: Target creature gets +X/+X or -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of Swamps you control.
[−6]: You get an emblem with "Swamps you control have '{T}: Add {B}{B}{B}{B}.'"

Chandra, the Firebrand

+1: Chandra, the Firebrand deals 1 damage to target creature or player.
-2: When you cast your next instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
-6: Chandra, the Firebrand deals 6 damage to each of up to six target creatures and/or players.

[+1]: Chandra, the Firebrand deals 1 damage to any target.
[−2]: When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
[−6]: Chandra, the Firebrand deals 6 damage to each of up to six targets.

Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker

+3: Destroy target noncreature permanent.
-2: Gain control of target creature.
-9: Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker deals 7 damage to target player. That player discards seven cards, then sacrifices seven permanents.

[+3]: Destroy target noncreature permanent.
[−2]: Gain control of target creature.
[−9]: Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker deals 7 damage to target player or planeswalker. That player or that planeswalker's controller discards seven cards, then sacrifices seven permanents of their choice.

Lightwielder Paladin

First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
Whenever Lightwielder Paladin deals combat damage to a player, you may exile target black or red permanent that player controls.

Personal Tutor

Search your library for a sorcery card and reveal that card. Shuffle your library, then put the card on top of it.

Search your library for a sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Age wears the flesh but galvanizes the soul.

Venerable Monk

When Venerable Monk comes into play, you gain 2 life.

When Venerable Monk enters, you gain 2 life.

"The day will come when the righteous warrior faces a battle she cannot win. She will greet that day as she has any other."
—Asmira, holy avenger

Warrior's Honor

Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

Mountain

"Of all the tyrannies on humane kind
The worst is that which persecutes the mind."
—John Dryden,
"The Hind and the Panther"

Persecute

Choose a color. Target player reveals his or her hand and discards all cards of that color.

Choose a color. Target player reveals their hand and discards all cards of that color.

"Know your foes' strengths as well as their weaknesses."
—Arcum Dagsson, Soldevi machinist

Jester's Cap

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Jester's Cap: Search target player's library for three cards and exile them. Then that player shuffles.

"We have no sun to guide our dead, so I tend the prismatic flames of the spirit fires that show the souls their way. When I die, I hope there is one left to guide my spirit home."

Viridian Acolyte

{1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.

"Nothing in this world, not even magic, likes to be caged."

Deconstruct

Destroy target artifact. Then add {G}{G}{G} to your mana pool.

"Let me redeem my brothers both from death."
—William Shakespeare, *Titus Andronicus*

Redeem

Prevent all damage that would be dealt this turn to up to two target creatures.

She'd have a fearsome reputation if she left any survivors.

Krosan Avenger

Trample
Threshold o1o
G: Regenerate Krosan Avenger. (Play this ability only if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.)

Trample
Threshold — {1}{G}: Regenerate Krosan Avenger. Activate only if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Coat of Arms

Each creature gets +1/+1 for each other creature in play that shares a creature type with it. (For example, if there are three Goblins in play, each gets +2/+2.)

Each creature gets +1/+1 for each other creature on the battlefield that shares at least one creature type with it. (For example, if two Goblin Warriors and a Goblin Shaman are on the battlefield, each gets +2/+2.)

Stormscape Apprentice

o
W, oc
T: Tap target creature.
o
B, oc
T: Target player loses 1 life.

{W}, {T}: Tap target creature.
{B}, {T}: Target player loses 1 life.

Devouring Strossus

Flying, trample
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature.
Sacrifice a creature: Regenerate Devouring Strossus.

Thunderscape Apprentice

o
B, oc
T: Target player loses 1 life.
o
G, oc
T: Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

{B}, {T}: Target player loses 1 life.
{G}, {T}: Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Lobotomy

Look at target player's hand and choose a card other than a basic land card from it. Search that player's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as the chosen card and remove them from the game. Then that player shuffles his or her library.

Target player reveals their hand, then you choose a card other than a basic land card from it. Search that player's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as the chosen card and exile them. Then that player shuffles.

"Tell me again," said Latulla, raising her fist, "how just one woman held back an entire Keldon platoon."

Entangler

Enchanted creature may block any number of creatures.

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can block any number of creatures.

"The Keldons may have explosive tempers, but *I* have explosives."

Mine Bearer

oc
T, Sacrifice Mine Bearer: Destroy target attacking creature.

{T}, Sacrifice Mine Bearer: Destroy target attacking creature.

Rackling

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, Rackling deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in his or her hand fewer than three.

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, Rackling deals X damage to that player, where X is 3 minus the number of cards in their hand.

Credit Voucher

o2, oc
T, Sacrifice Credit Voucher: Shuffle any number of cards from your hand into your library, then draw that many cards.

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Credit Voucher: Shuffle any number of cards from your hand into your library, then draw that many cards.

Crusade

Forbidden Crypt

Whenever you would draw a card, instead return target card from your graveyard to your hand. If you can't, you lose the game.
Whenever a card would be put into your graveyard, instead remove that card from the game.

If you would draw a card, return a card from your graveyard to your hand instead. If you can't, you lose the game.
If a card would be put into your graveyard from anywhere, exile that card instead.

Want all, lose all.
—Zhalfirin aphorism

Final Fortune

Take another turn after this one. At the end of that turn, you lose the game.

Take an extra turn after this one. At the beginning of that turn's end step, you lose the game.

Pass me from soul to soul, / soldier to herder, herder to beast, beast to soil / until I am everywhere. / Then pass me those souls.
—Totem inscription (translated)

Cursed Totem

Players can't play activated abilities of creatures.

Activated abilities of creatures can't be activated.

Sky Diamond

Sky Diamond comes into play tapped.
oc
T: Add o
U to your mana pool.

Shimmering Barrier

(Walls cannot attack.)
First strike
Cycling o2 (You may pay o2 and discard this card from your hand to draw a card. Play this ability as an instant.)

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
First strike
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Enchantment Alteration

Move target enchantment from one creature to another or from one land to another. (The enchantment's new target must be legal.)

Attach target Aura attached to a creature or land to another permanent of that type.

Lifeline

Whenever a creature is put into a graveyard and a creature is in play, return that creature from your graveyard to play at end of turn.

Whenever a creature dies, if another creature is on the battlefield, return the first card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Selenia had hurt Mirri terribly, but injuries of the flesh could be treated. The wounds she had torn in Crovax's soul would never close.

Convalescence

During your upkeep, if you have 10 or less life, gain 1 life.

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have 10 or less life, you gain 1 life.

Keeper of the Light

o
W, oc
T: Gain 3 life. Play this ability only if you have less life than target opponent.

{W}, {T}: Choose target opponent who has more life than you do as you activate this ability. You gain 3 life.

"On my death, I give you this treasure: the knowledge that life is hard, yet too soon past."
—Dal funeral rite

Bequeathal

If enchanted creature is put into any graveyard, draw two cards.

Enchant creature
When enchanted creature dies, you draw two cards.

Crovax had witnessed Selenia lead the *Predator* to the *Weatherlight*. As the battle raged on deck, he felt his strength melt in the heat of her betrayal.

Enfeeblement

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature gets -2/-2.

A lightning elemental once killed an entire tribe of merfolk—simply by going for a swim.

Lightning Elemental

Lightning Elemental is unaffected by summoning sickness.

Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.)

"Save me from Maraxus," Starke pleaded, "or condemn me to his wrath. Either way, do not ignore me!"

Inner Sanctum

Cumulative upkeep—2 life
All damage dealt to creatures you control is reduced to 0.

Cumulative upkeep—Pay 2 life. (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.)
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to creatures you control.