Matthew D. Wilson

"Yes, it's huge and strong and breathes fire. But we're smart!"
—Tadith the Wise, last words

Dragon Mage

Flying
Whenever Dragon Mage deals combat damage to a player, each player discards their hand, then draws seven cards.

"I don't like to think of myself as a pirate. I'm more like a stimulator of the local economy."

Coastal Piracy

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.

Dakmor Sorceress

Dakmor Sorceress's power is equal to the number of Swamps you control.

Rayne, Academy Chancellor

Whenever you or a permanent you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, you may draw a card. You may draw an additional card if Rayne, Academy Chancellor is enchanted.

"My mind has changed. My strength has not."

Kamahl, Fist of Krosa

{G}: Target land becomes a 1/1 creature until end of turn. It's still a land.
{2}{G}{G}{G}: Creatures you control get +3/+3 and gain trample until end of turn.

Day of the Dragons

When Day of the Dragons enters the battlefield, exile all creatures you control. Then create that many 5/5 red Dragon creature tokens with flying.
When Day of the Dragons leaves the battlefield, sacrifice all Dragons you control. Then return the exiled cards to the battlefield under your control.

When Day of the Dragons enters, exile all creatures you control. Then create that many 5/5 red Dragon creature tokens with flying.
When Day of the Dragons leaves the battlefield, sacrifice all Dragons you control. Then return the exiled cards to the battlefield under your control.

Daze

You may return an Island you control to its owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.

Even what is lost beyond recall returns when coaxed by a dryad's hand.

Revive

Return target green card from your graveyard to your hand.

"Why do you weep for the dead? I rejoice, for they have died for me."

Fallen Angel

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

Reya Dawnbringer

Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Avenging Angel

Flying
When Avenging Angel dies, you may put it on top of its owner's library.

If dragons excel at anything more than vanity, it is greed.

Exalted Dragon

Flying
Exalted Dragon can't attack unless you sacrifice a land. (This cost is paid as attackers are declared.)

"In times of war the victors rarely save their best for last."
—Gerrard of the Weatherlight

Soltari Lancer

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Soltari Lancer has first strike as long as it's attacking.

Dream Halls

Rather than pay the mana cost for a spell, its controller may discard a card that shares a color with that spell.

Kezzerdrix

First strike
At the beginning of your upkeep, if your opponents control no creatures, Kezzerdrix deals 4 damage to you.

The assassin sees only throats and hears only heartbeats.

Stronghold Assassin

{T}, Sacrifice a creature: Destroy target nonblack creature.

The elves and merfolk have nothing but bitterness for each other. The trolls, however, find them both rather tasty.

Skyshroud Troll

"I am light. I am dark. I must give my life to serve; not even death can release me."

Selenia, Dark Angel

Flying
Pay 2 life: Return Selenia, Dark Angel to its owner's hand.

"They are convenient in having no souls, but less so in having no spirit."
—Volrath

Phyrexian Hulk

Palinchron

Flying
When Palinchron enters the battlefield, untap up to seven lands.
{2}{U}{U}: Return Palinchron to its owner's hand.

Flying
When Palinchron enters, untap up to seven lands.
{2}{U}{U}: Return Palinchron to its owner's hand.

"The Dauthi believe they dignify murder by paying for it."
—Lyna, Soltari emissary

Dauthi Mercenary

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
{1}{B}: Dauthi Mercenary gets +1/+0 until end of turn

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
{1}{B}: Dauthi Mercenary gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

"The most disappointing thing about learning telepathy is finding out how boring people really are."
—Teferi, fourth-level student

Telepathy

Your opponents play with their hands revealed.

The perfect antidote for a tightly packed formation.

Ballista Squad

{X}{W}, {T}: Ballista Squad deals X damage to target attacking or blocking creature.

Spirit Weaver

{2}: Target green or blue creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn.

What it lacks in backbone, it makes up for in cruelty.

Spineless Thug

Soul Collector

Flying
Whenever a creature dealt damage by Soul Collector this turn is put into a graveyard, return that card to play under your control.
Morph {B}{B}{B} (You may play this face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

Flying
Whenever a creature dealt damage by Soul Collector this turn dies, return that card to the battlefield under your control.
Morph {B}{B}{B} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

Jolrael, Empress of Beasts

{2}{G}, {T}, Discard two cards: Until end of turn, all lands target player controls are 3/3 creatures that are still lands.

{2}{G}, {T}, Discard two cards: All lands target player controls become 3/3 creatures until end of turn. They're still lands.

"We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat."
—Queen Victoria

Seasoned Marshal

Whenever Seasoned Marshal attacks, you may tap target creature.

Her roots connect her to the forest's wishes.

Yavimaya Enchantress

Yavimaya Enchantress gets +1/+1 for each enchantment in play.

Yavimaya Enchantress gets +1/+1 for each enchantment on the battlefield.

Mephidross Vampire

Flying
Each creature you control is a Vampire in addition to its other creature types and has "Whenever this creature deals damage to a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature."

Furnace Dragon

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to play for each artifact you control.)
Flying
When Furnace Dragon comes into play, if you played it from your hand, remove all artifacts from the game.

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Flying
When Furnace Dragon enters, if you cast it from your hand, exile all artifacts.

Luminous Angel

Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying into play.

Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.

"It is my honor to keep safe Tel-Jilad's secrets, not to know them."

Tel-Jilad Chosen

Karona, False God

Haste
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player untaps Karona, False God and gains control of it.
Whenever Karona attacks, creatures of the type of your choice get +3/+3 until end of turn.

Haste
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player untaps Karona, False God and gains control of it.
Whenever Karona attacks, creatures of the creature type of your choice get +3/+3 until end of turn.

"The Cabal and the Order really aren't that different. After all, we are both empowered by faith."

Vile Deacon

Whenever Vile Deacon attacks, it gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of Clerics in play.

Whenever Vile Deacon attacks, it gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of Clerics on the battlefield.

Even those born to battle could only lay their blades at Akroma's feet.

Pacifism

Enchanted creature can't attack or block.

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block.

Silver Seraph

Flying
Threshold Other creatures you control get +2/+2. (You have threshold as long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard.)

Flying
Threshold — Other creatures you control get +2/+2 as long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Masked Gorgon

Green creatures and white creatures have protection from Gorgons.
Threshold Masked Gorgon has protection from green and from white. (You have threshold as long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard.)

Green creatures and white creatures have protection from Gorgons.
Threshold — Masked Gorgon has protection from green and from white as long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Breaking Point

Destroy all creatures unless a player has Breaking Point deal 6 damage to him or her. Creatures destroyed this way can't be regenerated.

Any player may have Breaking Point deal 6 damage to them. If no one does, destroy all creatures. Creatures destroyed this way can't be regenerated.

Knights are quick to pledge their loyalty and even quicker to charge into battle.

Knight Errant

An angel's blessing prepares a soldier for war better than a thousand military drills.

Serra Advocate

Flying
oc
T: Target attacking or blocking creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Flying
{T}: Target attacking or blocking creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

The truthful will stand in the gaze of death and escape unharmed.
—Obsidian acolyte creed

Obsidian Acolyte

Protection from black
oo
W Target creature gains protection from black until end of turn.

Protection from black
{W}: Target creature gains protection from black until end of turn.

"Rest now. You've neither won nor lost, but this battle is over for you just the same."
—Teferi

Wash Out

Return all permanents of the color of your choice to their owners' hands.

Urza's Rage

Kicker o8o
R (You may pay an additional o8o
R as you play this spell.)
Urza's Rage can't be countered by spells or abilities.
Urza's Rage deals 3 damage to target creature or player. If you paid the kicker cost, instead Urza's Rage deals 10 damage to that creature or player and the damage can't be prevented.

Kicker {8}{R} (You may pay an additional {8}{R} as you cast this spell.)
This spell can't be countered.
Urza's Rage deals 3 damage to any target. If this spell was kicked, instead it deals 10 damage to that permanent or player and the damage can't be prevented.

The Keldons would never admit it, but Greel unsettles them, too.

Flay

Target player discards a card at random from his or her hand. Then that player discards another card at random from his or her hand unless he or she pays o1.

Target player discards a card at random. Then that player discards another card at random unless they pay {1}.

The Cho-Arrim believe in leading by example.

Ramosian Captain

First strike
o5, oc
T: Search your library for a Rebel card with converted mana cost 4 or less and put that card into play. Then shuffle your library.

First strike
{5}, {T}: Search your library for a Rebel permanent card with mana value 4 or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

It follows the strongest leader—the one with the longest whip.

Crag Saurian

Whenever Crag Saurian is dealt damage, the controller of that damage's source gains control of Crag Saurian.

Whenever a source deals damage to Crag Saurian, that source's controller gains control of Crag Saurian.

Her blade draws blood without ever touching its target.

Kris Mage

o
R, oc
T, Discard a card from your hand: Kris Mage deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

{R}, {T}, Discard a card: Kris Mage deals 1 damage to any target.

Poorly trained griffins sometimes attack the noble audiences that gather to watch their progress.

Tethered Griffin

Flying
When you control no enchantments, sacrifice Tethered Griffin.

"The academy educates; I employ. It's a perfect arrangement."
—Gatha, Tolarian renegade

Treachery

When Treachery comes into play, untap up to five lands.
You control enchanted creature.

Enchant creature
When Treachery enters, untap up to five lands.
You control enchanted creature.

Rath is a disease all its inhabitants carry.

Disease Carriers

When Disease Carriers is put into a graveyard from play, target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.

When Disease Carriers dies, target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.

Festering Wound

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put an infection counter on Festering Wound.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, Festering Wound deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of infection counters on Festering Wound.

Enchant creature
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put an infection counter on Festering Wound.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, Festering Wound deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of infection counters on Festering Wound.

They're not just retrievers, they're carriers.

Plague Dogs

When Plague Dogs is put into a graveyard from play, all creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.
o2, Sacrifice Plague Dogs: Draw a card.

When Plague Dogs dies, all creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.
{2}, Sacrifice Plague Dogs: Draw a card.

Disciple of Law

Protection from red
Cycling o2 (You may pay o2 and discard this card from your hand to draw a card. Play this ability as an instant.)

Protection from red
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Herald of Serra

Flying; echo (During your next upkeep after this permanent comes under your control, pay its casting cost or sacrifice it.)
Attacking does not cause Herald of Serra to tap.

Flying, vigilance
Echo {2}{W}{W} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)

Purging Scythe

During your upkeep, Purging Scythe deals 2 damage to the creature with the lowest toughness. If two or more creatures are tied for the lowest toughness, you decide to which creature Purging Scythe deals damage.

At the beginning of your upkeep, Purging Scythe deals 2 damage to the creature with the least toughness. If two or more creatures are tied for least toughness, you choose one of them.

Keeper of the Mind

o
U, oc
T: Draw a card. Play this ability only if target opponent has at least two more cards in hand than you.

{U}, {T}: Choose target opponent who has at least two more cards in hand than you do as you activate this ability. Draw a card.

"I don't need a plan, just a goal. The rest will follow on its own."
—Gerrard

Temper

Prevent up to X damage to target creature. For each 1 damage prevented in this way, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.

Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn. For each 1 damage prevented this way, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.

Every sentence in Volrath's prisons ends the same way.

Rabid Rats

oc
T: Target blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

{T}: Target blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

"Takara, it's me!" shouted Starke. It was no use—she obeyed Volrath.

Heat of Battle

Whenever any creature blocks, Heat of Battle deals 1 damage to that creature's controller.

Whenever a creature blocks, Heat of Battle deals 1 damage to that creature's controller.

Miss Demeanor

Flying, first strike
During each other player's turn, compliment that player on his or her game play or sacrifice Miss Demeanor.

Flying, first strike
At the beginning of each other player's upkeep, you may compliment that player on their game play. If you don't, sacrifice Miss Demeanor.

Sex Appeal

Prevent up to 3 damage total to any number of creatures and/or players. If there are more players in the room of the opposite sex, prevent up to 3 additional damage total to any number of creatures and/or players.

Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt this turn to any number of targets, divided as you choose. If there are more people in the room of a different gender than you are as you cast this spell, prevent the next 6 damage this way instead.

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Censorship

When Censorship comes into play, choose a CENSORED word.
Whenever any CENSORED player says the chosen CENSORED word, Censorship deals 2 CENSORED damage to him or her.

As Censorship enters, choose a word.
Whenever a player says the chosen word, Censorship deals 2 damage to that player.

Too chaotic for even the other warlords of Keld, Maraxus has devoted himself to serving as a hired killer for the sinister Volrath. A man fond of his work, he's more than willing to put in those extra hours needed to perfect his craft.

Maraxus

Named for a benevolent goddess at birth, Serra fulfilled the prophecy of that goddess's coming. As a planeswalker, she embodies white mana and helps whole civilizations develop while both directly and indirectly inspiring countless individuals to be steadfast and strong in the service of light.