Daniel Gelon

The smartest—and only—goblin cabin boy aboard the *Weatherlight*, Squee has learned that intelligence and common sense are very different things. This matters little, however, since he has neither.

Squee, Goblin Nabob

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may return Squee, Goblin Nabob from your graveyard to your hand.

"When a sliver of this breed enters the hive, the others claw each other in frenzied fits, thereby ensuring their rapid growth."
—Rukarumel, field journal

Fungus Sliver

All Sliver creatures have "Whenever this creature is dealt damage, put a +1/+1 counter on it." (It must survive the damage to get the counter.)

Water is life. Or perhaps it is just something to wash it down with.

Sea Monster

Sea Monster can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.

Magmasaur

Magmasaur enters the battlefield with five +1/+1 counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may remove a +1/+1 counter from Magmasaur. If you don't, sacrifice Magmasaur and it deals damage equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on it to each creature without flying and each player.

Magmasaur enters with five +1/+1 counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may remove a +1/+1 counter from Magmasaur. If you don't, sacrifice Magmasaur and it deals damage equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on it to each creature without flying and each player.

The traditional kings of the jungle command a healthy respect in other climates as well. Relying mainly on their stealth and speed, Savannah Lions can take a victim by surprise, even in the endless flat plains of their homeland.

Savannah Lions

Out of the blackness and stench of the engulfing swamp emerged a shimmering figure. Only the splattered armor and ichor-stained sword hinted at the unfathomable evil the knight had just laid waste.

White Knight

First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
Protection from black (This creature can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything black.)

Dread Wight

At end of combat, put a paralyzation counter on all creatures blocking or blocked by Dread Wight and tap those creatures. They gain "If this creature has a paralyzation counter on it, it doesn't untap during its controller's untap step" and "{4}: Remove a paralyzation counter from this creature."

At end of combat, put a paralyzation counter on each creature blocking or blocked by Dread Wight and tap those creatures. Each of those creatures doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as it has a paralyzation counter on it. Each of those creatures gains "{4}: Remove a paralyzation counter from this creature."

Lich

As Lich enters the battlefield, you lose life equal to your life total.
You don't lose the game for having 0 or less life.
If you would gain life, draw that many cards instead.
Whenever you're dealt damage, sacrifice that many nontoken permanents. If you can't, you lose the game.
When Lich is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you lose the game.

As Lich enters, you lose life equal to your life total.
You don't lose the game for having 0 or less life.
If you would gain life, draw that many cards instead.
Whenever you're dealt damage, sacrifice that many nontoken permanents. If you can't, you lose the game.
When Lich is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you lose the game.

Wheel of Fortune

Each player discards his or her hand and draws seven cards.

Each player discards their hand, then draws seven cards.

Library of Leng

You have no maximum hand size.
If an effect causes you to discard a card, discard it, but you may put it on top of your library instead of into your graveyard.

Unlike previous conflicts, the war between Urza and Mishra made Dominia itself a casualty of war.

Strip Mine

{T}: Add {1} to your mana pool.
{T}, Sacrifice Strip Mine: Destroy target land.

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}, Sacrifice Strip Mine: Destroy target land.

Takklemaggot

Enchant creature
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, put a -0/-1 counter on that creature.
When enchanted creature is put into a graveyard, that creature's controller chooses a creature that Takklemaggot could enchant. If he or she does, return Takklemaggot to the battlefield under your control attached to that creature. If he or she doesn't, return Takklemaggot to the battlefield under your control as a non-Aura enchantment. It loses "enchant creature" and gains "At the beginning of that player's upkeep, Takklemaggot deals 1 damage to him or her."

Enchant creature
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, put a -0/-1 counter on that creature.
When enchanted creature dies, that creature's controller chooses a creature that Takklemaggot could enchant. If the player does, return Takklemaggot to the battlefield under your control attached to that creature. If they don't, return Takklemaggot to the battlefield under your control as a non-Aura enchantment. It loses "enchant creature" and gains "At the beginning of that player's upkeep, Takklemaggot deals 1 damage to that player."

Noted neither for their good looks nor their charm, manticores can be fearsome allies. As dinner companions, however, they are best left alone.

Crimson Manticore

Flying
{R}, {T}: Crimson Manticore deals 1 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.

The frost giants have been out in the cold a long, long time, but they have their rage to keep them warm.

Frost Giant

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

Arboria

Creatures can't attack a player who didn't cast a spell and didn't put a card onto the battlefield during his or her last turn.

Creatures can't attack a player unless that player cast a spell or put a nontoken permanent onto the battlefield during their last turn.

Gabriel Angelfire

At the beginning of your upkeep, choose flying, first strike, trample, or rampage 3. Gabriel Angelfire gains that ability until your next upkeep.

At the beginning of your upkeep, choose flying, first strike, trample, or rampage 3. Gabriel Angelfire gains that ability until your next upkeep. (Whenever a creature with rampage 3 becomes blocked, it gets +3/+3 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)

Marjhan

Marjhan doesn't untap during your untap step.
Marjhan can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.
When you control no Islands, sacrifice Marjhan.
{U}{U}, Sacrifice a creature: Untap Marjhan. Play this ability only during your upkeep.
{U}{U}: Marjhan gets -1/-0 until end of turn and deals 1 damage to target attacking creature without flying.

Marjhan doesn't untap during your untap step.
{U}{U}, Sacrifice a creature: Untap Marjhan. Activate only during your upkeep.
Marjhan can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.
{U}{U}: Marjhan gets -1/-0 until end of turn and deals 1 damage to target attacking creature without flying.
When you control no Islands, sacrifice Marjhan.

"They aren't the brightest or the quickest of giants. For that matter, the same holds true if you compare them to rocks."
—Disa the Restless, journal entry

Karplusan Giant

Tap an untapped snow land you control: Karplusan Giant gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

"Thallids could absorb energy from the forest itself. Even elves were at a disadvantage in fighting them."
—*Sarpadian Empires, vol. III*

Fungal Bloom

{G}{G}: Put a spore counter on target Fungus.

"To bring her down we must be on all sides at once—leave one avenue open and we'll all be dead."
—Taaveti of Kelsinko, elvish hunter

Johtull Wurm

Whenever Johtull Wurm becomes blocked, it gets -2/-1 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.

"We need not fear the forces of the air; I've yet to see a spider without an appetite."
—Taaveti of Kelsinko, elvish hunter

Woolly Spider

Reach
Whenever Woolly Spider blocks a creature with flying, Woolly Spider gets +0/+2 until end of turn.

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Whenever Woolly Spider blocks a creature with flying, Woolly Spider gets +0/+2 until end of turn.

Telekinesis

Tap target creature. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by that creature this turn. It doesn't untap during its controller's next two untap steps.

"Those idiots should never have bred thrulls for combat!"
—Jherana Rure

Thrull Champion

Thrull creatures get +1/+1.
{T}: Gain control of target Thrull as long as you control Thrull Champion.

Thrull creatures get +1/+1.
{T}: Gain control of target Thrull for as long as you control Thrull Champion.

Goblin Mutant

Trample
Goblin Mutant can't attack if defending player controls an untapped creature with power 3 or greater.
Goblin Mutant can't block creatures with power 3 or greater.

Goblin Wizard

{T}: You may put a Goblin permanent card from your hand into play.
{R}: Target Goblin gains protection from white until end of turn.

{T}: You may put a Goblin permanent card from your hand onto the battlefield.
{R}: Target Goblin gains protection from white until end of turn.

"Chub toad, chub toad
At the door.
Run away quick
Or you'll run no more."
—Traditional children's rhyme

Chub Toad

Whenever Chub Toad blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Solitude drove the old hermit insane. Now he only keeps company with those he can catch.

Uncle Istvan

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to Uncle Istvan by creatures.

"Strength in numbers? Right."
—Ib Halfheart, goblin tactician

Goblin Snowman

Whenever Goblin Snowman blocks, prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by it this turn.
{T}: Goblin Snowman deals 1 damage to target creature it's blocking.

Orgg

Trample
Orgg can't attack if defending player controls an untapped creature with power 3 or greater.
Orgg can't block creatures with power 3 or greater.

They traverse the mana-starved wastes in search of richer lands.

Mana Skimmer

Flying
Whenever Mana Skimmer deals damage to a player, tap target land that player controls. That land doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

"A tome stored in its light is as crisp as the day it was written."
—Ettovard, Tolarian archivist

Candles of Leng

{4}, {T}: Reveal the top card of your library. If it has the same name as a card in your graveyard, put it into your graveyard. Otherwise, draw a card.

"Aw, he's just a silly, dirty little man. What's to be afraid of?"

Rag Man

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Bo
Bo
B, oc
T: Look at target opponent's hand. That player discards a creature card at random from it. Play this ability only during your turn.

{B}{B}{B}, {T}: Target opponent reveals their hand and discards a creature card at random. Activate only during your turn.

"Flourishing during the Ice Age, these wurms were the bane of all Kjeldorans. Their great size and ferocity made them the subject of countless nightmares—they embodied the worst of the Ice Age."
—*Kjeldor: Ice Civilization*

Scaled Wurm

The fountain had stood in the town square for centuries, but only the pigeons knew its secret.

Fountain of Youth

"I'm allergic to shellfish—not only did it kill my entire village, it also gave me this nasty rash."
—Olivia, fisher

King Crab

o1o
U, oc
T: Put target green creature on top of owner's library.

{1}{U}, {T}: Put target green creature on top of its owner's library.

Pygmy Troll

For each creature that blocks it, Pygmy Troll gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
oo
G Regenerate Pygmy Troll.

Whenever Pygmy Troll becomes blocked by a creature, Pygmy Troll gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
{G}: Regenerate Pygmy Troll.

Spike Worker

Spike Worker comes into play with two +1/+1 counters on it.
o2, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Spike Worker: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Spike Worker enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
{2}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Spike Worker: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

The Furnace of Rath is periodically illuminated by their sparkling yawns.

Flowstone Salamander

o
R: Flowstone Salamander deals 1 damage to target creature blocking it.

{R}: Flowstone Salamander deals 1 damage to target creature blocking it.

The most terrifying thing about the craw wurm is probably the horrible crashing sound it makes as it speeds through the forest. This noise is so loud it echoes through the trees and seems to come from all directions at once.

Craw Wurm

"I've seen those Trolls devour a drowning sailor faster than his lungs could fill with water."
—Zeki, Reef Pirate

Sea Troll

o
U: Regenerate. Use this ability only during a turn in which Sea Troll blocked a blue creature or a blue creature blocked Sea Troll.

{U}: Regenerate Sea Troll. Activate only if Sea Troll blocked or was blocked by a blue creature this turn.

And then the Archangel Anthius spoke to them, saying, "Fear shall be vanquished by the Sword of Faith."

Keepers of the Faith

Bogardan is a land as volatile as the creatures who live there.

Beasts of Bogardan

Protection from red
As long as any opponent controls any white cards, Beasts of Bogardan gets +1/+1.

Protection from red
Beasts of Bogardan gets +1/+1 as long as an opponent controls a nontoken white permanent.

"My foes serve me twice: in dying, and in death."
—Lim-Dûl, the Necromancer

Burnt Offering

Sacrifice a creature to add that creature's casting cost in any combination of red and/or black mana to your mana pool.

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Add X mana in any combination of {B} and/or {R}, where X is the sacrificed creature's mana value.

Mole Worms

You may choose not to untap Mole Worms during your untap phase.
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T: Tap target land. As long as Mole Worms remains tapped, that land does not untap during its controller's untap phase.

You may choose not to untap Mole Worms during your untap step.
{T}: Tap target land. It doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as Mole Worms remains tapped.

"Ouphes love trinkets and love to take them apart. I only wish they wouldn't do so with the magical ones."
—Taaveti of Kelsinko, Elvish Hunter

Brown Ouphe

o1o
G,oc
T: Counter target artifact ability requiring an activation cost. Play this ability as an interrupt.

{1}{G}, {T}: Counter target activated ability from an artifact source. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

"We found this staff useful on our visit to this very commission. Would Relicbane prefer we had been slain by Lim-Dûl's horrors?"
—Arcum Dagsson, Soldevi Machinist

Staff of the Ages

Creatures with any landwalk ability may be blocked as though they did not have those abilities.

Creatures with landwalk abilities can be blocked as though they didn't have those abilities.

Energy Tap

Tap target creature you control. Add an amount of colorless mana equal to that creature's casting cost to your mana pool.

Tap target untapped creature you control. If you do, add an amount of {C} equal to that creature's mana value.

Stone Rain

Rather than sheltering her young, the female Fungusaur often injures her own offspring, thereby ensuring their rapid growth.

Fungusaur

At the end of any turn in which Fungusaur receives damage but does not leave play, put a +1/+1 counter on it.

Whenever Fungusaur is dealt damage, put a +1/+1 counter on it.

oc
T: Add one colorless mana to your mana pool.
oc
T: Sacrifice Strip Mine to destroy target land.

Homarid Warrior

oo
U Homarid Warrior may not be the target of spells or effects until end of turn and does not untap as normal during your next untap phase. If Homarid Warrior is untapped, tap it.

{U}: Homarid Warrior gains shroud until end of turn and doesn't untap during your next untap step. Tap Homarid Warrior. (A creature with shroud can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

The Chirurgeons patched up their fallen comrades with a gruesome mix of twisted limbs and mangled flesh.

Goblin Chirurgeon

o0: Sacrifice a Goblin to regenerate a target creature.

Sacrifice a Goblin: Regenerate target creature.

"Orcish armies often employed the smaller, swifter, and less intelligent Goblins as spies."
—*Sarpadian Empires, vol. I*

Orcish Spy

oc
T: Look at the top three cards of target player's library and return them in the same order.

{T}: Look at the top three cards of target player's library.

Thallid

During your upkeep, put a spore counter on Thallid.
o0: Remove three spore counters from Thallid to put a Saproling token into play. Treat this token as a 1/1 green creature.

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a spore counter on Thallid.
Remove three spore counters from Thallid: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.

"The danger in cultivating massive plants caught the Elves by surprise."
—*Sarpadian Empires, vol. III*

Thorn Thallid

During your upkeep, put a spore counter on Thorn Thallid.
o0: Remove three spore counters from Thorn Thallid to have it deal 1 damage to any target.

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a spore counter on Thorn Thallid.
Remove three spore counters from Thorn Thallid: It deals 1 damage to any target.

Demonic Attorney

Remove Demonic Attorney from your deck before playing if you're not playing for ante.
Each player antes the top card of their library.

Clergy of the Holy Nimbus

When Clergy are destroyed or take lethal damage, unless opponent pays o1 Clergy are regenerated.

If Clergy of the Holy Nimbus would be destroyed, regenerate it.
{1}: Clergy of the Holy Nimbus can't be regenerated this turn. Only your opponents may activate this ability.

Venarian Gold

Put X counters on target creature. Target creature becomes tapped when Venarian Gold is cast. Creature does not untap as normal if it has any of these counters on it. Remove one counter during creature's controller's upkeep phase.

Enchant creature
When Venarian Gold enters, tap enchanted creature and put X sleep counters on it.
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step if it has a sleep counter on it.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, remove a sleep counter from that creature.

Tap to add 1 colorless mana to your mana pool or place Strip Mine in your graveyard and destroy one land of your choice.

Strategy, Schmategy

Roll a six-sided die. Strategy, Schmategy has the indicated effect.
1 — Do nothing.
2 — Destroy all artifacts.
3 — Destroy all lands.
4 — Strategy, Schmategy deals 3 damage to each creature and each player.
5 — Each player discards their hand and draws seven cards.
6 — Repeat this process two more times.

Goblin Matron

When Goblin Matron enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a Goblin card, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. If you do, shuffle your library.

When Goblin Matron enters, you may search your library for a Goblin card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Letter Bomb

When Letter Bomb enters, sign it and shuffle it into target player's library. That player reveals each card they draw until they draw Letter Bomb. When that player draws Letter Bomb, it deals 19½ damage to them.

Devout Monk

When Devout Monk comes into play, you gain 1 life.

When Devout Monk enters, you gain 1 life.

Plucking the chicken
—Elvish expression meaning "flinging the monkey"

Lexivore

If Lexivore damages any player, destroy target card in play, other than Lexivore, with the most lines of text in its text box. (If more than one card has the most lines of text, you choose which of those cards to destroy.)

Whenever Lexivore deals damage to a player, destroy target permanent other than Lexivore with the most lines of text in its text box. (If two or more cards are tied, target any one of them.)

"I'd hate to see the bird that could get *this* wurm!"
—Alaborn soldier