Kor Sky Climber

Creature - Kor Soldier Ally

: Kor Sky Climber gains flying until end of turn.

"With rope, I can fly as far as the rope can reach. But with light, the sky is the limit."

Linvala, the Preserver

Legendary Creature - Angel

Flying

When Linvala, the Preserver enters the battlefield, if an opponent has more life than you, you gain 5 life.

When Linvala enters the battlefield, if an opponent controls more creatures than you, put a 3/3 white Angel creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

Make a Stand

Instant

Creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)

For a moment they stood tall, all fear forgotten.

Makindi Aeronaut

Creature - Kor Scout Ally

Flying

"The Eldrazi have surprised us before. It's my job to make sure that never happens again."

Mighty Leap

Instant

Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains flying until end of turn.

"The southern fortress taken by invaders? Heh, sure . . . when elephants fly."
-Brezard Skeinbow, captain of the guard

Munda's Vanguard

Creature - Kor Knight Ally

Cohort - , Tap an untapped Ally you control: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

"Do not let yourselves fall now. Zendikar is depending on us-on you!"

Endbringer

Creature - Eldrazi

Untap Endbringer during each other player's untap step.

: Endbringer deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

{C}, : Target creature can't attack or block this turn.

{C}{C}, : Draw a card.

Oath of Gideon

Legendary Enchantment

When Oath of Gideon enters the battlefield, put two 1/1 white Kor Ally creature tokens onto the battlefield.

Each planeswalker you control enters the battlefield with an additional loyalty counter on it.

"For justice and peace, I will keep watch."

Ondu War Cleric

Creature - Human Cleric Ally

Cohort - , Tap an untapped Ally you control: You gain 2 life.

"I will follow the light of Iona into battle, and I will know no fear."

Relief Captain

Creature - Kor Knight Ally

When Relief Captain enters the battlefield, support 3. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to three other target creatures.)

Sometimes gestures of support are small. Sometimes not.

Searing Light

Instant

Destroy target attacking or blocking creature with power 2 or less.

"Light can lay bare our fears. It can also make them go away."
-Nazra of the Stone Havens

Shoulder to Shoulder

Sorcery

Support 2. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.)

Draw a card.

"Sea Gate may have fallen, but we still stand. We still fight."
-Gideon Jura

Spawnbinder Mage

Creature - Human Wizard Ally

Cohort - , Tap an untapped Ally you control: Tap target creature.

"Follow me. Step lightly. And resist the urge to kick them."

Steppe Glider

Creature - Elemental

Flying, vigilance

: Target creature with a +1/+1 counter on it gains flying and vigilance until end of turn.

It glides over the landscape. It also happens to be one.

Stone Haven Outfitter

Creature - Kor Artificer Ally

Equipped creatures you control get +1/+1.

Whenever an equipped creature you control dies, draw a card.

The makers and menders are the first called to battle and the last to leave.

Stoneforge Acolyte

Creature - Kor Artificer Ally

Cohort - , Tap an untapped Ally you control: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal an Equipment card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

"The stone speaks. We are merely interpreters."

Wall of Resurgence

Creature - Wall

Defender

When Wall of Resurgence enters the battlefield, you may put three +1/+1 counters on target land you control. If you do, that land becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste that's still a land.

Kozilek, the Great Distortion

Legendary Creature - Eldrazi

When you cast Kozilek, the Great Distortion, if you have fewer than seven cards in hand, draw cards equal to the difference.

Menace

Discard a card with converted mana cost X: Counter target spell with converted mana cost X.

A void as cryptic as reality itself.

Abstruse Interference

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Counter target spell unless its controller pays . You put a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token onto the battlefield. It has "Sacrifice this creature: Add {C} to your mana pool." ({C} represents colorless mana.)

Blinding Drone

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

{C}, : Tap target creature. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

"Zendikar's true gods have risen. Whether in reverence or agony, all the world will kneel."
-Ayli, high priest of the Eternal Pilgrims

Cultivator Drone

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

: Add {C} to your mana pool. Spend this mana only to cast a colorless spell, activate an ability of a colorless permanent, or pay a cost that contains {C}. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

Deepfathom Skulker

Creature - Eldrazi

Devoid (This card has no color.)

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

{C}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

Dimensional Infiltrator

Creature - Eldrazi

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Flash

Flying

{C}: Target opponent exiles the top card of his or her library. If it's a land card, you may return Dimensional Infiltrator to its owner's hand. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

Gravity Negator

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Flying

Whenever Gravity Negator attacks, you may pay {C}. If you do, another target creature gains flying until end of turn. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

Prophet of Distortion

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

{C}: Draw a card. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

It doesn't twist words. It twists worlds.

Slip Through Space

Sorcery

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Draw a card.

The Eldrazi twisted in a direction that had no name, and a frontal assault became a panicked rout.

Thought Harvester

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Flying

Whenever you cast a colorless spell, target opponent exiles the top card of his or her library.

"I never thought I'd miss the gomazoa."
-Trinda, Hada spy patrol

Void Shatter

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

Eldrazi break concentration like glass.

Kozilek's Pathfinder

Creature - Eldrazi

{C}: Target creature can't block Kozilek's Pathfinder this turn. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

"We didn't know where it came from or where it was going. All we knew was that we did not matter."
-Akiri, kor line-slinger

Ancient Crab

Creature - Crab

After the fall of Sea Gate and the draining of the Halimar basin, the crab set off to find a new home.

Comparative Analysis

Instant

Surge (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)

Target player draws two cards.

"Our time grows short. If we wish to vanquish the Eldrazi, we must unlock the hedrons' secrets."
-Jace Beleren

Containment Membrane

Enchantment - Aura

Surge (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

Crush of Tentacles

Sorcery

Surge (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)

Return all nonland permanents to their owners' hands. If Crush of Tentacles's surge cost was paid, put an 8/8 blue Octopus creature token onto the battlefield.

Cyclone Sire

Creature - Elemental

Flying

When Cyclone Sire dies, you may put three +1/+1 counters on target land you control. If you do, that land becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste that's still a land.

The rampaging Roil creates life out of the most volatile elements.

Gift of Tusks

Instant

Until end of turn, target creature loses all abilities and becomes a green Elephant with base power and toughness 3/3.

It's an experience you'll never forget.

Grip of the Roil

Instant

Surge (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)

Tap target creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Draw a card.

Hedron Alignment

Enchantment

Hexproof

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may reveal your hand. If you do, you win the game if you own a card named Hedron Alignment in exile, in your hand, in your graveyard, and on the battlefield.

: Scry 1.

Jwar Isle Avenger

Creature - Sphinx

Surge (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)

Flying

Though solitary by nature, the sphinxes did not hesitate to join in the fight against the Eldrazi.

Negate

Instant

Counter target noncreature spell.

Masters of the arcane savor a delicious irony. Their study of deep and complex arcana leads to such a simple end: the ability to say merely yes or no.

Matter Reshaper

Creature - Eldrazi

({C} represents colorless mana.)

When Matter Reshaper dies, reveal the top card of your library. You may put that card onto the battlefield if it's a permanent card with converted mana cost 3 or less. Otherwise, put that card into your hand.

Oath of Jace

Legendary Enchantment

When Oath of Jace enters the battlefield, draw three cards, then discard two cards.

At the beginning of your upkeep, scry X, where X is the number of planeswalkers you control.

"For the sake of the Multiverse, I will keep watch."

Overwhelming Denial

Instant

Surge (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)

Overwhelming Denial can't be countered by spells or abilities.

Counter target spell.

Roiling Waters

Sorcery

Return up to two target creatures your opponents control to their owners' hands. Target player draws two cards.

"The Roil may be unpredictable, but it is not uncontrollable."
-Noyan Dar, Tazeem roilmage

Sphinx of the Final Word

Creature - Sphinx

Sphinx of the Final Word can't be countered.

Flying, hexproof

Instant and sorcery spells you control can't be countered by spells or abilities.

He answers questions as readily as he asks them, but his answer is always "no."

Sweep Away

Instant

Return target creature to its owner's hand. If that creature is attacking, you may put it on top of its owner's library instead.

The Roil takes many forms. It also takes many victims.

Umara Entangler

Creature - Merfolk Rogue Ally

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

"Sea Gate is gone, the Halimar basin empty. But rebuild the seawall and give these waters time, and they will fill the basin anew."

Unity of Purpose

Instant

Support 2. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.)

Untap each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it.

Faced with the novel problem of inspiring an army, Jace asked himself: "What would Gideon say?"

Bearer of Silence

Creature - Eldrazi

Devoid (This card has no color.)

When you cast Bearer of Silence, you may pay {C}. If you do, target opponent sacrifices a creature. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

Flying

Bearer of Silence can't block.

Dread Defiler

Creature - Eldrazi

Devoid (This card has no color.)

{C}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Target opponent loses life equal to the exiled card's power. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

It left behind an echoing emptiness more horrible than the grave.

Essence Depleter

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

{C}: Target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

When Kozilek emerged at Sea Gate, his brood lineage swarmed to the surface.

Reality Smasher

Creature - Eldrazi

({C} represents colorless mana.)

Trample, haste

Whenever Reality Smasher becomes the target of a spell an opponent controls, counter that spell unless its controller discards a card.

As easy to stop as it is to comprehend.

Flaying Tendrils

Sorcery

Devoid (This card has no color.)

All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn. If a creature would die this turn, exile it instead.

Only one Eldrazi stood against them, yet the defenders were outnumbered.

Havoc Sower

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

{C}: Havoc Sower gets +2/+1 until end of turn. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

It grew with a terrible swiftness.

Inverter of Truth

Creature - Eldrazi

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Flying

When Inverter of Truth enters the battlefield, exile all cards from your library face down, then shuffle all cards from your graveyard into your library.

In its shadow, everything changed.

Kozilek's Shrieker

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

{C}: Kozilek's Shrieker gets +1/+0 and gains menace until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures. {C} represents colorless mana.)

Listen to the sound of defeat.

Kozilek's Translator

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Pay 1 life: Add {C} to your mana pool. Activate this ability only once each turn. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

From nothingness, sustenance.

Oblivion Strike

Sorcery

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Exile target creature.

It's bad enough to be torn to pieces. It's worse by far to be torn from the world itself.

Reaver Drone

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life unless you control another colorless creature.

Kozilek's brood infiltrates and deceives. The spawn of Ulamog mindlessly consume.

Sifter of Skulls

Creature - Eldrazi

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, put a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token onto the battlefield. It has "Sacrifice this creature: Add {C} to your mana pool." ({C} represents colorless mana.)

Sky Scourer

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Flying

Whenever you cast a colorless spell, Sky Scourer gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

"The Eldrazi are nothing if not thorough."
-Jace Beleren

Slaughter Drone

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

{C}: Slaughter Drone gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it. {C} represents colorless mana.)

It kills what is, making way for what should not be.

Spatial Contortion

Instant

({C} represents colorless mana.)

Target creature gets +3/-3 until end of turn.

"For those without the Planeswalker spark, the merest touch of the Blind Eternities can kill."
-Ugin

Unnatural Endurance

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Regenerate it.

"Eldrazi don't die easy. Sometimes they don't die at all."
-Yon Basrel, Oran-Rief survivalist

Visions of Brutality

Enchantment - Aura

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature can't block.

Whenever enchanted creature deals damage, its controller loses that much life.

Witness the End

Sorcery

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Target opponent exiles two cards from his or her hand and loses 2 life.

"Ulamog stood before us at Sea Gate, ready to succumb . . . and then Kozilek arose. Whatever hope I had for our world died."
-Vandri, Kalastria emissary

Corpse Churn

Instant

Put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard, then you may return a creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

"The distraction of your life has ended. Now your service begins."
-Kalitas, thrall of Ulamog

Drana's Chosen

Creature - Vampire Shaman Ally

Cohort - , Tap an untapped Ally you control: Put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield tapped.

"Drana commands me. I command my nulls. And so her bidding is done."

Grasp of Darkness

Instant

Target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.

On a world with five suns, night is compelled to become an aggressive force.

Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

Legendary Creature - Vampire Warrior

Lifelink

If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, instead exile that card and put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield.

, Sacrifice another Vampire or Zombie: Put two +1/+1 counters on Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet.

Malakir Soothsayer

Creature - Vampire Shaman Ally

Cohort - , Tap an untapped Ally you control: You draw a card and you lose 1 life.

"Your blood whispers secrets your mind could never comprehend."

Null Caller

Creature - Vampire Shaman

, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield tapped.

Zendikar's defenders include both healers and vampires. One way or another, the fallen will return to the fight.

Remorseless Punishment

Sorcery

Target opponent loses 5 life unless that player discards two cards or sacrifices a creature or planeswalker. Repeat this process once.

"I have suffered a thousand lifetimes of agony on this wretched world. I've far less time to share with you, but I assure you, no less pain."
-Ob Nixilis

Thought-Knot Seer

Creature - Eldrazi

({C} represents colorless mana.)

When Thought-Knot Seer enters the battlefield, target opponent reveals his or her hand. You choose a nonland card from it and exile that card.

When Thought-Knot Seer leaves the battlefield, target opponent draws a card.

Tar Snare

Instant

Target creature gets -3/-2 until end of turn.

The amorphous, magically animated residue known as the Fathom Sludge lurks in the Hagra Cistern, attacking its prey with pseudopods and dragging it down to be digested.

Untamed Hunger

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +2/+1 and has menace. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

"Mindlessness is not weakness. When we are lost to hunger we are unstoppable."
-Drana, Kalastria bloodchief

Vampire Envoy

Creature - Vampire Cleric Ally

Flying

Whenever Vampire Envoy becomes tapped, you gain 1 life.

"Zendikar will fight until it has bled its last."

Zulaport Chainmage

Creature - Human Shaman Ally

Cohort - , Tap an untapped Ally you control: Target opponent loses 2 life.

The chains obey her. Everything else would do best to get out of her way.

Consuming Sinkhole

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Choose one -

• Exile target land creature.

• Consuming Sinkhole deals 4 damage to target player.

"What will not yield will be consumed."
-Ayli, high priest of the Eternal Pilgrims

Eldrazi Aggressor

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Eldrazi Aggressor has haste as long as you control another colorless creature.

"They employ a foul sort of teamwork."
-General Tazri, allied commander

Eldrazi Obligator

Creature - Eldrazi

Devoid (This card has no color.)

When you cast Eldrazi Obligator, you may pay {C}. If you do, gain control of target creature until end of turn, untap that creature, and it gains haste until end of turn. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

Haste

Immobilizer Eldrazi

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

{C}: Each creature with toughness greater than its power can't block this turn. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

It denied the Zendikari the chance to stand and die fighting.

Kozilek's Return

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Kozilek's Return deals 2 damage to each creature.

Whenever you cast an Eldrazi creature spell with converted mana cost 7 or greater, you may exile Kozilek's Return from your graveyard. If you do, Kozilek's Return deals 5 damage to each creature.

Maw of Kozilek

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

{C}: Maw of Kozilek gets +2/-2 until end of turn. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

"The Eldrazi make worse than ruins-they make a world where not even ruins stand."
-Gideon Jura