Quinton Hoover

Merrow schools rarely form by design. They come together naturally as eager learners surround the wisest teachers.

Stonybrook Schoolmaster

Whenever Stonybrook Schoolmaster becomes tapped, you may create a 1/1 blue Merfolk Wizard creature token.

The people of Amrou were scattered by war and driven into hiding. Scouts maintain the beacon fires that signal "return" and "home."

Amrou Scout

{4}, {T}: Search your library for a Rebel permanent card with converted mana cost 3 or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library.

{4}, {T}: Search your library for a Rebel permanent card with mana value 3 or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

The paradise of Amrou Haven had become a field of cinders. Its people struggled to survive, hoping to see visions of its past in the strange storms that quickly passed.

Amrou Seekers

Amrou Seekers can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or white creatures.

"We have a proud history of self-sacrifice. But it is easy, in these bleak times, to find one among us who is eager to die for any cause."
—Tavalus, acolyte of Korlis

Children of Korlis

Sacrifice Children of Korlis: You gain life equal to the life you've lost this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Vesuvan Shapeshifter

As Vesuvan Shapeshifter enters the battlefield or is turned face up, you may choose another creature on the battlefield. If you do, until Vesuvan Shapeshifter is turned face down, it becomes a copy of that creature, except it has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may turn this creature face down."
Morph {1}{U}

As Vesuvan Shapeshifter enters or is turned face up, you may choose another creature on the battlefield. If you do, until Vesuvan Shapeshifter is turned face down, it becomes a copy of that creature, except it has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may turn this creature face down."
Morph {1}{U}

Eidren, perfect of Lys Alana, ordered hundreds of trees uprooted and rearranged into a pattern he deemed beautiful. Thus the Gilt-Leaf Wood was born.

Leaf Gilder

The sky rang with the cries of armored seraphs, and the darkness made a tactical retreat.

Archangel

"I followed her song only to find it was a dirge."
—Crovax

Whispers of the Muse

Buyback {5} (You may pay an additional {5} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Draw a card.

Elvish Fury

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.)
Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

We asked Captain Soll what became of the Serafina, but all he said was, "Ships that go down shouldn't come back up."

Drowned

Quick and agile, Amrou Kithkin can usually escape from even the most fearsome opponents.

Amrou Kithkin

Amrou Kithkin can't be blocked by creatures with power 3 or greater.

Lesser Werewolf

{B}: If Lesser Werewolf's power is 1 or more, it gets -1/-0 until end of turn and put a -0/-1 counter on target creature blocking or blocked by Lesser Werewolf. Activate this ability only during the declare blockers step.

{B}: If Lesser Werewolf's power is 1 or more, it gets -1/-0 until end of turn and put a -0/-1 counter on target creature blocking or blocked by Lesser Werewolf. Activate only during the declare blockers step.

"What do you have that I cannot obtain?"
—Mairsil, called the Pretender

Fellwar Stone

{T}: Add to your mana pool one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Ivory Gargoyle

Flying
When Ivory Gargoyle is put into a graveyard from play, return it to play under its owner's control at end of turn and you skip your next draw step.
{4}{W}: Remove Ivory Gargoyle from the game.

Flying
When Ivory Gargoyle dies, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step and you skip your next draw step.
{4}{W}: Exile Ivory Gargoyle.

Krovikan Vampire

At end of turn, if a creature dealt damage by Krovikan Vampire this turn was put into a graveyard, put that card into play under your control. Sacrifice it when you lose control of Krovikan Vampire.

At the beginning of each end step, if a creature dealt damage by Krovikan Vampire this turn died, put that card onto the battlefield under your control. Sacrifice it when you lose control of Krovikan Vampire.

Unsuccessful in their early battle for Montford, the orcs quickly tempered their bloodlust with cowardice.

Orcish Veteran

Orcish Veteran can't block white creatures with power 2 or greater.
{R}: Orcish Veteran gains first strike until end of turn.

"We orphans of Fyndhorn have found no welcome in this alien place."
—Taaveti of Kelsinko, elvish hunter

Yavimaya Ancients

{G}: Yavimaya Ancients gets +1/-2 until end of turn.

Elkin Bottle

{3}, {T}: Remove the top card of your library from the game. Until the beginning of your next upkeep, you may play that card.

{3}, {T}: Exile the top card of your library. Until the beginning of your next upkeep, you may play that card.

Kithkin Zephyrnaut

Kinship At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top card of your library. If it shares a creature type with Kithkin Zephyrnaut, you may reveal it. If you do, Kithkin Zephyrnaut gets +2/+2 and gains flying and vigilance until end of turn.

Kinship — At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top card of your library. If it shares a creature type with Kithkin Zephyrnaut, you may reveal it. If you do, Kithkin Zephyrnaut gets +2/+2 and gains flying and vigilance until end of turn.

The knights are a major attraction at every Lammastide festival. Teams of riders perform daring feats of flight to the delight of all below.

Plover Knights

Sometimes it's best to let sleeping dragons lie.

Elder Land Wurm

Defender, trample
When Elder Land Wurm blocks, it loses defender.

Preacher

You may choose not to untap Preacher during your untap step.
{T}: Gain control of target creature of an opponent's choice that he or she controls as long as Preacher remains tapped.

You may choose not to untap Preacher during your untap step.
{T}: For as long as Preacher remains tapped, gain control of target creature of an opponent's choice they control.

Illusions of Grandeur

Cumulative upkeep {2}
When Illusions of Grandeur comes into play, you gain 20 life.
When Illusions of Grandeur leaves play, you lose 20 life.

Cumulative upkeep {2} (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.)
When Illusions of Grandeur enters, you gain 20 life.
When Illusions of Grandeur leaves the battlefield, you lose 20 life.

Vesuvan Doppelganger

As Vesuvan Doppelganger comes into play, you may choose a creature in play. If you do, Vesuvan Doppelganger comes into play as a copy of that creature except for its color and gains "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may have this creature become a copy of target creature except for its color. If you do, this creature gains this ability."

You may have Vesuvan Doppelganger enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it doesn't copy that creature's color and it has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may have this creature become a copy of target creature, except it doesn't copy that creature's color and it has this ability."

Knowing the hymn's power, the followers of Leitbur carefully guarded their pillaged transciptions.

Hymn to Tourach

Target player discards two cards at random.

Ball Lightning

Trample, haste
At end of turn, sacrifice Ball Lightning.

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.)
At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this creature.

"It had a mouth like that of a great beast, and gnashed its teeth as it strained to reach us. I am thankful it possessed no means of locomotion."
—Vervamon the Elder

Carnivorous Plant

A skilled ranger can glance at the mud on your boots and tell where you last camped.

Firebrand Ranger

o
G, oc
T: Put a basic land card from your hand into play.

{G}, {T}: You may put a basic land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

"Dominaria touches us all."
—Molimo, maro-sorcerer

Wandering Stream

You gain 2 life for each basic land type among lands you control.

Domain — You gain 2 life for each basic land type among lands you control.

Outbreak

You may discard a swamp from your hand instead of paying Outbreak's mana cost.
Choose a creature type. All creatures of that type get -1/-1 until end of turn.

You may discard a Swamp card rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Choose a creature type. All creatures of that type get -1/-1 until end of turn.

I heard their eerie howling, the wolves calling their kindred across the frozen plains.

Tundra Wolves

First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

Wrath of God

Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.

"In the soil of leadership sprout the seeds of immortality."
—Kaysa, Elder Druid of the Juniper

Gorilla Chieftain

"A mysterious people indeed. Their origins are as secret as their traditions."
—Lord Magnus of Llanowar

Pradesh Gypsies

o1o
G, oc
T: Target creature gets -2/-0 until end of turn.

{1}{G}, {T}: Target creature gets -2/-0 until end of turn.

Regeneration

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.)
{G}: Regenerate enchanted creature. (The next time that creature would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)

Meekstone

Each creature with power 3 or greater doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

Creatures with power 3 or greater don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.

Forest

"I would weep, but my tears have been stolen; I would shout, but my voice has been taken. Thus, I write."

Tragic Poet

oc
T, Sacrifice Tragic Poet: Return target enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand.

{T}, Sacrifice Tragic Poet: Return target enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand.

Who harnesses fire controls the world.
—Ghitu proverb

Pyromancy

o3, Discard a card at random: Pyromancy deals to target creature or player damage equal to the total casting cost of the discarded card.

{3}, Discard a card at random: Pyromancy deals damage to any target equal to the mana value of the discarded card.

"These runes are tough enough without the distraction," Ertai muttered, one eye on the drake.

Canyon Drake

Flying
o1, Discard a card at random: Canyon Drake gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Flying
{1}, Discard a card at random: Canyon Drake gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

The old Vec tell tales of a beast that fed on scraps but turned its nose up at the lavish banquet they set in its honor.

Pallimud

Pallimud has power equal to the number of tapped lands target opponent controls.

As Pallimud enters, choose an opponent.
Pallimud's power is equal to the number of tapped lands the chosen player controls.

"If the druids are so devoted to their trees, I will carve them coffins from their precious heartwood."
—Volrath

Fugitive Druid

Whenever any player successfully casts an enchantment spell that targets Fugitive Druid, draw a card.

Whenever Fugitive Druid becomes the target of an Aura spell, you draw a card.

Feedback

During the upkeep of enchanted enchantment's controller, Feedback deals 1 damage to him or her.

Enchant enchantment
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted enchantment's controller, Feedback deals 1 damage to that player.

"Oh, no—not *you* again?!"
—Jaya Ballard, Task Mage

"The Ancients teach us that if we can but last, we shall prevail."
—Kaysa, Elder Druid of the Juniper Order

"Flittering, wheeling, / darting in to strike, and then / gone just as you blink." —"Dragonfly Haiku," poet unknown

Emerald Dragonfly

Flying
o
Goo
G First strike until end of turn

Flying
{G}{G}: Emerald Dragonfly gains first strike until end of turn.

"There is no nobler creature in all of Terisiare."
—General Jarkeld, the Arctic Fox

Adarkar Unicorn

oc
T: Add either o
U or o
U and one colorless mana to your mana pool. This mana is usable only for cumulative upkeep. Play this ability as an interrupt.

{T}: Add {U} or {C}{U}. Spend this mana only to pay cumulative upkeep costs.

Balduvian Shaman

oc
T: Permanently change the text of target white enchantment you control that does not have cumulative upkeep by replacing all instances of one color word with another. For example, you may change "Counters black spells" to "Counters blue spells." Balduvian Shaman cannot change mana symbols. That enchantment now has Cumulative Upkeep: o1.

{T}: Change the text of target white enchantment you control that doesn't have cumulative upkeep by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (For example, you may change "black creatures can't attack" to "blue creatures can't attack.") That enchantment gains "Cumulative upkeep {1}." (At the beginning of its controller's upkeep, that player puts an age counter on it, then sacrifices it unless they pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

"Although my official log will state there is no evidence pointing to the existence of the Mistfolk, my certainty is lessened by the cursed consistency of the expedition's eyewitness accounts."
—Disa the Restless, journal entry

Mistfolk

oo
U Counter target spell that targets Mistfolk.

{U}: Counter target spell that targets Mistfolk.

"Virtue has its rewards, as does its opposite."
—Lim-Dûl, the Necromancer

Spoils of Evil

For each artifact or creature in target opponent's graveyard, add one colorless mana to your mana pool and gain 1 life.

For each artifact or creature card in target opponent's graveyard, add {C} and you gain 1 life.

"What's that smell?"
—Perena Deepcutter, Dwarven Armorer

Karplusan Yeti

oc
T: Karplusan Yeti deals an amount of damage equal to its power to target creature. That creature deals an amount of damage equal to its power to Karplusan Yeti.

{T}: Karplusan Yeti deals damage equal to its power to target creature. That creature deals damage equal to its power to Karplusan Yeti.

Orcish Healer

o
Ro
R,oc
T: Target creature cannot regenerate this turn.
o
Ro
Bo
B,oc
T: Regenerate target black or green creature.
o
Ro
Go
G,oc
T: Regenerate target black or green creature.

{R}{R}, {T}: Target creature can't be regenerated this turn.
{B}{B}{R}, {T}: Regenerate target black or green creature.
{R}{G}{G}, {T}: Regenerate target black or green creature.

"They're a hardy bunch, but I'd still bet that they just slept through the worst of the cold times."
—Disa the Restless, journal entry

Balduvian Bears

Arcum's Whistle

o3,oc
T: Target non-wall creature must attack. At end of turn, destroy that creature if it could not attack. Use this ability only during the creature's controller's turn before the attack. The creature's controller may counter this effect by paying X, where X is equal to the creature's casting cost. Arcum's Whistle does not affect creatures brought under their controller's control this turn.

{3}, {T}: Choose target non-Wall creature the active player has controlled continuously since the beginning of the turn. That player may pay {X}, where X is that mana value. If they don't pay, the creature attacks this turn if able, and at the beginning of the next end step, destroy it if it didn't attack this turn. Activate only before attackers are declared.

"The standard cure for leeches requires the application of burning embers. Alternative methods must be devised should an ember of sufficient size prove more harmful than the leech."
—Vervamon the Elder

Land Leeches

Homarid

Put a tide counter on Homarid when it is brought into play and during your upkeep. If there is one tide counter on Homarid, it gets -1/-1. If there are three tide counters on Homarid, it gets +1/+1. When there are four tide counters on Homarid, remove them all.

Homarid enters with a tide counter on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a tide counter on Homarid.
As long as there is exactly one tide counter on Homarid, it gets -1/-1.
As long as there are exactly three tide counters on Homarid, it gets +1/+1.
Whenever there are four or more tide counters on Homarid, remove all tide counters from it.

Vodalian Mages were invaluable in magical combat. Unfortunately, the Homarids raided with strength, numbers, and very little magic.

Vodalian Mage

o
U, oc
T: Counters a target spell if caster of target spell does not pay an additional o1. Play this ability as an interrupt.

{U}, {T}: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.

Raiding Party

Raiding Party may not be the target of white spells or effects.
o0: Sacrifice an Orc to destroy all plains. A player may tap a white creature to prevent up to two plains from being destroyed. Any number of creatures may be tapped in this manner.

Raiding Party can't be the target of white spells or abilities from white sources.
Sacrifice an Orc: Each player may tap any number of untapped white creatures they control. For each creature tapped this way, that player chooses up to two Plains. Then destroy all Plains that weren't chosen this way by any player.

"If you don't have your health, you don't have anything."
—Proverb

Grave Robbers

o
B, oc
T: Take one artifact from any graveyard and remove it from the game. Gain 2 life.

{B}, {T}: Exile target artifact card from a graveyard. You gain 2 life.

Nameless Race

Trample
Pay * life when bringing Nameless Race into play. Effects that prevent or redirect damage may not be used to counter this loss of life. When Nameless Race is brought into play, * may not be greater than the total number of white cards all opponents have in play and in their graveyards.

Trample
As Nameless Race enters, pay any amount of life. The amount you pay can't be more than the total number of white nontoken permanents your opponents control plus the total number of white cards in their graveyards.
Nameless Race's power and toughness are each equal to the life paid as it entered.

Even the other Goblin races shun the Marsh Goblins, thanks to certain unwholesome customs they practice.

Marsh Goblins

Swampwalk
Counts as both a black card and a red card.

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

Wand of Ith

o3, oc
T: Look at one card at random from target player's hand. If the card is not a land, target player must choose either to discard it or pay an amount of life equal to its casting cost. If the card is a land, target player must choose either to discard it or pay 1 life. Effects that prevent or redirect damage may not be used to counter this loss of life. Can only be used during controller's turn.

{3}, {T}: Target player reveals a card at random from their hand. If it's a land card, that player discards it unless they pay 1 life. If it isn't a land card, the player discards it unless they pay life equal to its mana value. Activate only during your turn.

Darkpact

Remove Darkpact from your deck before playing if you're not playing for ante.
You own target card in the ante. Exchange that card with the top card of your library.

Nettling Imp

{T}: Choose target non-Wall creature the active player has controlled continuously since the beginning of the turn. That creature attacks this turn if able. Destroy it at the beginning of the next end step if it didn't attack this turn. Activate only during an opponent's turn, before attackers are declared.

Earthbind

Enchant creature
When Earthbind enters, if enchanted creature has flying, Earthbind deals 2 damage to that creature and Earthbind gains "Enchanted creature loses flying."

Brine Hag

On the turn during which Hag is placed in the graveyard, all creatures who dealt damage to Hag that turn become 0/2 creatures. Use counters to mark these creatures.

When Brine Hag dies, change the base power and toughness of all creatures that dealt damage to it this turn to 0/2. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

". . . [T]he ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head . . . he sometimes passes along the Hollow, like a midnight blast . . ."
—Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Headless Horseman

Aisling Leprechaun

All creatures that block or are blocked by Leprechaun become green creatures. Use counters to indicate changed creatures. Cost to tap, maintain, or use a special ability of target creature remains entirely unchanged.

Whenever Aisling Leprechaun blocks or becomes blocked by a creature, that creature becomes green. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)