Susan Van Camp

"Part of me believes that Barrin taught me meditation simply to shut me up."
—Ertai, wizard adept

Meditate

Draw four cards. You skip your next turn.

"Flying like a bird does not make you as free as one."
—Volrath

Wind Dancer

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

Mijae Djinn

Whenever Mijae Djinn attacks, flip a coin. If you lose the flip, remove Mijae Djinn from combat and tap it.

Old Man of the Sea

You may choose not to untap Old Man of the Sea during your untap step.
{T}: Gain control of target creature with power less than or equal to Old Man of the Sea's power as long as Old Man of the Sea remains tapped and that creature's power remains less than or equal to Old Man of the Sea's power.

You may choose not to untap Old Man of the Sea during your untap step.
{T}: Gain control of target creature with power less than or equal to Old Man of the Sea's power for as long as Old Man of the Sea remains tapped and that creature's power remains less than or equal to Old Man of the Sea's power.

"It's nice to see a sister Dwarf in a position of such power, but why'd it have to be one of those seafaring muleheads?"
—Halina, Dwarven Trader

Reveka, Wizard Savant

{T}: Reveka, Wizard Savant deals 2 damage to target creature or player and doesn't untap during your next untap step.

{T}: Reveka, Wizard Savant deals 2 damage to any target and doesn't untap during your next untap step.

Desert Twister

"Faeries talk all in riddles and tricky bits, 'cept the Nobles. Now, there's some straight talkers."
—Joskun, An-Havva Constable

Faerie Noble

Flying
Other Faerie creatures you control get +0/+1.
{T}: Other Faerie creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.

"Those of faith are those of strength."
—Autumn Willow

Willow Priestess

{T}: You may put a Faerie permanent card from your hand onto the battlefield.
{2}{G}: Target green creature gains protection from black until end of turn.

Spore Cloud

Tap all blocking creatures. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Each attacking creature and each blocking creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Psychic Purge

Psychic Purge deals 1 damage to target creature or player.
When a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard Psychic Purge, that player loses 5 life.

Psychic Purge deals 1 damage to any target.
When a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard Psychic Purge, that player loses 5 life.

"No one can catch what won't be caught."
—Kakra, sea troll

Sea Sprite

Fear the knight leaping from the water into the air, weapon ready.

Vodalian Knights

First strike
Vodalian Knights can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.
When you control no Islands, sacrifice Vodalian Knights.
{U}: Vodalian Knights gains flying until end of turn.

"What tries to crush our spirit only strengthens our resolve."
—Lovisa Coldeyes, Balduvian chieftain

Varchild's War-Riders

Cumulative upkeep—
Put a 1/1 red Survivor creature token into play under an opponent's control.
Trample, rampage 1 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)

Cumulative upkeep—Have an opponent create a 1/1 red Survivor creature token. (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.)
Trample; rampage 1 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)

Tornado

Cumulative upkeep {G}
{2}{G}, Pay 3 life for each velocity counter on Tornado: Destroy target permanent and put a velocity counter on Tornado. Play this ability only once each turn.

Cumulative upkeep {G} (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.)
{2}{G}, Pay 3 life for each velocity counter on Tornado: Destroy target permanent and put a velocity counter on Tornado. Activate only once each turn.

"When one wolf calls, others follow. Who wants to fight creatures that eat scorpions?"
—Maimun al-Wyluli, diary

Wyluli Wolf

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

Whirling Dervish

Protection from black
At end of turn, if Whirling Dervish dealt damage to an opponent this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on it.

Protection from black
At the beginning of each end step, if Whirling Dervish dealt damage to an opponent this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on it.

Waiting in the Weeds

Each player counts the untapped forests he or she controls and puts that many 1/1 green Cat creature tokens into play.

Each player creates a 1/1 green Cat creature token for each untapped Forest they control.

Thalakos Dreamsower

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
You may choose not to untap Thalakos Dreamsower during your untap phase.
If Thalakos Dreamsower damages any opponent, tap target creature. As long as Thalakos Dreamsower remains tapped, that creature does not untap during its controller's untap phase.

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
You may choose not to untap Thalakos Dreamsower during your untap step.
Whenever Thalakos Dreamsower deals damage to an opponent, tap target creature. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as Thalakos Dreamsower remains tapped.

"In this dark place, yes, I *am* afraid of my own shadow."
—Mirri of the *Weatherlight*

Darkling Stalker

o
B: Regenerate Darkling Stalker.
o
B: Darkling Stalker gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

{B}: Regenerate Darkling Stalker.
{B}: Darkling Stalker gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Ertai volunteered to open the portal. He figured he owed it one.

Ancient Runes

During each player's upkeep, Ancient Runes deals 1 damage to that player for each artifact he or she controls.

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, Ancient Runes deals damage to that player equal to the number of artifacts they control.

The first morning after acquiring her familiar, the wizard awoke with fleabites and mange.

Jackal Pup

For each 1 damage dealt to Jackal Pup, it deals 1 damage to you.

Whenever Jackal Pup is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to you.

Mirri listened intently, even as Hanna held the healing water to her lips. Would the sound of the spring drown out the elves' approach?

Natural Spring

Wellspring

When Wellspring comes into play, gain control of enchanted land.
At the end of each of your turns, lose control of enchanted land.
At the beginning of each of your turns, gain control of enchanted land.

Enchant land
When Wellspring enters, gain control of enchanted land until end of turn.
At the beginning of your upkeep, untap enchanted land. You gain control of that land until end of turn.

Elvish Bard

All creatures able to block Elvish Bard do so. If this forces a creature to block more attackers than allowed, defending player assigns that creature to block as many of those attackers as allowed.

All creatures able to block Elvish Bard do so.

Gift of the Woods

If enchanted creature blocks or is blocked by any creatures, enchanted creature gets +0/+3 until end of turn and you gain 1 life.

Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +0/+3 until end of turn and you gain 1 life.

"Poor, foolish Veldrane. He goes wherever the Baron wills him. One day, he'll go to die."
—Halina, Dwarven Trader

Veldrane of Sengir

o1o
Boo
B Forestwalk and -3/-0 until end of turn

{1}{B}{B}: Veldrane of Sengir gets -3/-0 and gains forestwalk until end of turn. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)

"Swift as the wind and harder to catch—that's the Faeries for you."
—Daria

Willow Faerie

"The Autumn Willow cannot be everywhere at once—that's what her grandchildren are for."
—Gulsen, Abbey Matron

"You know what I was,/ You see what I am: change me, change me!"
—Randall Jarrell, *The Woman at the Washington Zoo*

Transmutation

Until end of turn, switch target creature's power and toughness. Effects that alter power alter toughness instead, and vice versa.

Switch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn.

Magnetic Mountain

Blue creatures do not untap during their controllers' untap phase. During his or her upkeep, a player may pay an additional o4 to untap a blue creature he or she controls.

Blue creatures don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player may choose any number of tapped blue creatures they control and pay {4} for each creature chosen this way. If the player does, untap those creatures.

"We'd no sooner knock 'em back on their heels than that accursed sawbones would show up and patch 'em back together again."
—Ivra Jursdotter

Combat Medic

o1oo
W Prevent 1 damage to any player or creature.

{1}{W}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.

"Vodalian Mages are remarkable. Their merchants bring them arcane lore and devices from across the seas."
—Lydia Wynforth, Mayor of Trokair

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}.

"The cooling climate introduced a new threat to Vodalia: the Homarids. Once a minor nuisance, they thrived in the changing environment. Their ceaseless attacks strained Vodalia's defenses to their limit, eventually overwhelming the empire."
—*Sarpadian Empires, vol. V*

Vodalian Soldiers

"The eerie, wailing Hymn caused insanity even in hardened warriors."
—*Sarpadian Empires, vol. II*

Hymn to Tourach

Target player discards two cards at random from his or her hand. If target player does not have enough cards, his or her entire hand is discarded.

Target player discards two cards at random.

"Yeah, they're ugly, they desert in droves, and their personal habits are enough to make you sick. But I'll say this for Orcs: they make great spies."
—Ivra Jursdotter

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.

The Elves never had a standing army; when battle came, they pressed Hunters, Scouts, and Farmers into a surprisingly effective militia.

Elvish Hunter

o1o
G, oc
T: Target creature does not untap as normal during its controller's next untap phase.

{1}{G}, {T}: Target creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Equinox

Tap land enchanted with Equinox to counter a spell that destroys one or more of your lands. This ability is played as an interrupt.

Enchant land
Enchanted land has "{T}: Counter target spell if it would destroy a land you control."

Any wall can be battered down, but at what cost?

Glyph of Life

Damage done to target wall by attacking creatures is added to your life point total.

Choose target Wall creature. Whenever that creature is dealt damage by an attacking creature this turn, you gain that much life.

Glyph of Delusion

Put X counters on one target creature that target wall blocked during this turn; X is the power of the blocked creature. Creature does not untap as normal while it has one or more of these counters on it. Remove one counter during creature's controller's upkeep.

Put X glyph counters on target creature that target Wall blocked this turn, where X is the power of that blocked creature. The creature gains "This creature doesn't untap during your untap step if it has a glyph counter on it" and "At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a glyph counter from this creature."

"He knows he has a short span of life, that the day will come when he must pass through the wall of oblivion . . ."
—William Faulkner

Glyph of Doom

All creatures blocked by target wall are destroyed at the end of combat.

Choose target Wall creature. At this turn's next end of combat, destroy all creatures that were blocked by that creature this turn.

Blazing Effigy

When placed in the graveyard from play, Effigy does 3 damage to target creature. If an Effigy is damaged by another Effigy in this manner and is placed in the graveyard that turn, it deals the amount of damage received from the other Effigy in addition to its normal 3.

When Blazing Effigy dies, it deals X damage to target creature, where X is 3 plus the amount of damage dealt to Blazing Effigy this turn by other sources named Blazing Effigy.

Glyph of Destruction

Target wall you control gains +10/+0 when blocking. Any damage dealt to target wall is reduced to zero. Target wall is destroyed at end of turn.

Target blocking Wall you control gets +10/+0 until end of combat. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to it this turn. Destroy it at the beginning of the next end step.

Glyph of Reincarnation

Play after combat is over. All surviving creatures blocked by target wall this turn are buried. For each creature buried in this manner, choose one creature from attacker's graveyard and return it to play under attacker's control. Treat these creatures as if they were just summoned. If there are not enough creatures in attacker's graveyard, all creatures in attacker's graveyard are returned to play.

Cast this spell only after combat.
Destroy all creatures that were blocked by target Wall this turn. They can't be regenerated. For each creature that died this way, put a creature card from the graveyard of the player who controlled that creature the last time it became blocked by that Wall onto the battlefield under its owner's control.