Angel of Serenity

Creature - Angel

Flying

When Angel of Serenity enters the battlefield, you may exile up to three other target creatures from the battlefield and/or creature cards from graveyards.

When Angel of Serenity leaves the battlefield, return the exiled cards to their owners' hands.

Minotaur Aggressor

Creature - Minotaur Berserker

First strike, haste

The smelting district is home to many who see the guilds as not for them.

Splatter Thug

Creature - Human Warrior

First strike

Unleash (You may have this creature enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. It can't block as long as it has a +1/+1 counter on it.)

The mask isn't meant to hide his identity. It's meant to keep the viscera out of his eyes.

Tenement Crasher

Creature - Beast

Haste

Nothing was going to stop it-not the narrow alleys, not the Boros garrison, and certainly not the four-story Orzhov cathedral.

Fencing Ace

Creature - Human Soldier

Double strike (This creature deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.)

His prowess gives the guildless hope that they can hold out against tyranny.

Utvara Hellkite

Creature - Dragon

Flying

Whenever a Dragon you control attacks, put a 6/6 red Dragon creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

The fear of dragons is as old and as powerful as the fear of death itself.

Viashino Racketeer

Creature - Viashino Rogue

When Viashino Racketeer enters the battlefield, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.

"You may call me a fool, selling this stuff on Orzhov turf. Well, you need to be a little reckless to survive."

Archweaver

Creature - Spider

Reach, trample

The silk of the archweavers adds structural integrity to otherwise unstable Izzet building sites.

Axebane Guardian

Creature - Human Druid

Defender

: Add X mana in any combination of colors to your mana pool, where X is the number of creatures with defender you control.

Only a worthy few are permitted within the sentient forest known as Axebane.

Axebane Stag

Creature - Elk

"When the spires have burned and the cobblestones are dust, he will take his rightful place as king of the wilds."
-Kirce, Axebane guardian

Brushstrider

Creature - Beast

Vigilance

Magistrate Ludy agreed to designate land for the brushstriders only after several broken windows and dozens of missing blini-cakes.

Centaur's Herald

Creature - Elf Scout

, Sacrifice Centaur's Herald: Put a 3/3 green Centaur creature token onto the battlefield.

The farther they go from Vitu-Ghazi, the less willing the crowd is to part for them.

Keening Apparition

Creature - Spirit

Sacrifice Keening Apparition: Destroy target enchantment.

Some souls are too damaged to be of use to the Orzhov.

Deadbridge Goliath

Creature - Insect

Scavenge (, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to this card's power on target creature. Scavenge only as a sorcery.)

Some Golgari insects live for centuries-and they never stop growing.

Drudge Beetle

Creature - Insect

Scavenge (, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to this card's power on target creature. Scavenge only as a sorcery.)

The Street Swarm is the labor class that drives the Golgari's endless cycle of life and death.

Gatecreeper Vine

Creature - Plant

Defender

When Gatecreeper Vine enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a basic land card or a Gate card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.

Every inch of Ravnica is home to something.

Gobbling Ooze

Creature - Ooze

, Sacrifice another creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on Gobbling Ooze.

The furious citizens blamed the Simic for releasing it in their district. The Simic pointed out that rats were no longer a problem.

Golgari Decoy

Creature - Elf Rogue

All creatures able to block Golgari Decoy do so.

Scavenge (, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to this card's power on target creature. Scavenge only as a sorcery.)

Korozda Monitor

Creature - Lizard

Trample

Scavenge (, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to this card's power on target creature. Scavenge only as a sorcery.)

Oak Street Innkeeper

Creature - Elf

As long as it's not your turn, tapped creatures you control have hexproof.

The city is vast and perilous, but there are places where a weary traveler can feel very much at home.

Rubbleback Rhino

Creature - Rhino

Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

The trouble started when a street urchin bet a goblin he could ride one until the clock on Shilbo's Tower struck thirteen.

Stonefare Crocodile

Creature - Crocodile

: Stonefare Crocodile gains lifelink until end of turn. (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

The Izzet's plans to exploit the undercity ran into a few stubborn obstacles.

Towering Indrik

Creature - Beast

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)

It chases its airborne prey relentlessly, heedless to what it pulverizes beneath its hooves.

Wild Beastmaster

Creature - Human Shaman

Whenever Wild Beastmaster attacks, each other creature you control gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is Wild Beastmaster's power.

"When they covered the world in city, all they did was give themselves nowhere to run."

Worldspine Wurm

Creature - Wurm

Trample

When Worldspine Wurm dies, put three 5/5 green Wurm creature tokens with trample onto the battlefield.

When Worldspine Wurm is put into a graveyard from anywhere, shuffle it into its owner's library.

Archon of the Triumvirate

Creature - Archon

Flying

Whenever Archon of the Triumvirate attacks, detain up to two target nonland permanents your opponents control. (Until your next turn, those permanents can't attack or block and their activated abilities can't be activated.)

Armada Wurm

Creature - Wurm

Trample

When Armada Wurm enters the battlefield, put a 5/5 green Wurm creature token with trample onto the battlefield.

No one in the Conclave acts alone.

Carnival Hellsteed

Creature - Nightmare Horse

First strike, haste

Unleash (You may have this creature enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. It can't block as long as it has a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Its favorite treats are candied hands and sweet hearts.

Centaur Healer

Creature - Centaur Cleric

When Centaur Healer enters the battlefield, you gain 3 life.

Instructors at the Kasarna training grounds are capable healers in case their students fail to grasp the subtleties of combat.

Palisade Giant

Creature - Giant Soldier

All damage that would be dealt to you or another permanent you control is dealt to Palisade Giant instead.

Refusing guild allegiances, she fights for those who can't protect themselves.

Corpsejack Menace

Creature - Fungus

If one or more +1/+1 counters would be placed on a creature you control, twice that many +1/+1 counters are placed on it instead.

Weakness is not in the nature of the Swarm.

Dreg Mangler

Creature - Plant Zombie

Haste

Scavenge (, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to this card's power on target creature. Scavenge only as a sorcery.)

Phantom General

Creature - Spirit Soldier

Creature tokens you control get +1/+1.

After his death, the general was reunited with fallen soldiers from over thirty of his campaigns.

Goblin Electromancer

Creature - Goblin Wizard

Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost less to cast.

When asked how much power is required, Izzet mages always answer "more."

Hellhole Flailer

Creature - Ogre Warrior

Unleash (You may have this creature enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. It can't block as long as it has a +1/+1 counter on it.)

, Sacrifice Hellhole Flailer: Hellhole Flailer deals damage equal to its power to target player.

Hussar Patrol

Creature - Human Knight

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)

Vigilance

"You think no one is watching, you think you're smart enough to escape, and most foolish of all, you think no one cares."
-Arrester Lavinia, Tenth Precinct

Precinct Captain

Creature - Human Soldier

First strike

Whenever Precinct Captain deals combat damage to a player, put a 1/1 white Soldier creature token onto the battlefield.

"In troubled times, we all need someone to watch our back."

Hypersonic Dragon

Creature - Dragon

Flying, haste

You may cast sorcery cards as though they had flash. (You may cast them any time you could cast an instant.)

"Even this primitive specimen of my kind is impressive."
-Niv-Mizzet

Isperia, Supreme Judge

Legendary Creature - Sphinx

Flying

Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, you may draw a card.

"I serve only justice. But through that duty, I serve all of Ravnica."

Izzet Staticaster

Creature - Human Wizard

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)

Haste

: Izzet Staticaster deals 1 damage to target creature and each other creature with the same name as that creature.

Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord

Legendary Creature - Zombie Elf

Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord gets +1/+1 for each creature card in your graveyard.

, Sacrifice another creature: Each opponent loses life equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

Sacrifice a Swamp and a Forest: Return Jarad from your graveyard to your hand.

Korozda Guildmage

Creature - Elf Shaman

: Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains intimidate until end of turn.

, Sacrifice a nontoken creature: Put X 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens onto the battlefield, where X is the sacrificed creature's toughness.

Lotleth Troll

Creature - Zombie Troll

Trample

Discard a creature card: Put a +1/+1 counter on Lotleth Troll.

: Regenerate Lotleth Troll.

He lurks in the undercity, eager for the corpse haulers to unload their rotting cargo.

Loxodon Smiter

Creature - Elephant Soldier

Loxodon Smiter can't be countered.

If a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard Loxodon Smiter, put it onto the battlefield instead of putting it into your graveyard.

Lyev Skyknight

Creature - Human Knight

Flying

When Lyev Skyknight enters the battlefield, detain target nonland permanent an opponent controls. (Until your next turn, that permanent can't attack or block and its activated abilities can't be activated.)

Mercurial Chemister

Creature - Human Wizard

, : Draw two cards.

, , Discard a card: Mercurial Chemister deals damage to target creature equal to the discarded card's converted mana cost.

What some see as "distracted" is really "fathoming the unfathomable."

New Prahv Guildmage

Creature - Human Wizard

: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

: Detain target nonland permanent an opponent controls. (Until your next turn, that permanent can't attack or block and its activated abilities can't be activated.)

Nivix Guildmage

Creature - Human Wizard

: Draw a card, then discard a card.

: Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy.

"The only action worth taking is one with an unknown outcome."

Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius

Legendary Creature - Dragon Wizard

Flying

Whenever Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius deals damage to a player, you may draw a card.

: Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

He has no patience for minds that do not inspire him or explode by trying.

Rakdos Ragemutt

Creature - Elemental Hound

Lifelink, haste

Ragemutts pull the chariots of the Butcher Clowns, a trio of wingless, zombified faeries formerly of the Izzet.

Rakdos Ringleader

Creature - Skeleton Warrior

First strike

Whenever Rakdos Ringleader deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card at random.

: Regenerate Rakdos Ringleader.

Rakdos, Lord of Riots

Legendary Creature - Demon

You can't cast Rakdos, Lord of Riots unless an opponent lost life this turn.

Flying, trample

Creature spells you cast cost less to cast for each 1 life your opponents have lost this turn.

Risen Sanctuary

Creature - Elemental

Vigilance

When one of the great guardians arises, it sweeps enemies aside like chaff yet takes care not to crush a single insect underfoot.

Rix Maadi Guildmage

Creature - Human Shaman

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

: Target player who lost life this turn loses 1 life.

Insatiable, irresistible, and insane.

Skymark Roc

Creature - Bird

Flying

Whenever Skymark Roc attacks, you may return target creature defending player controls with toughness 2 or less to its owner's hand.

"Try not to look guilty. Or delicious."
-Thorpe, street urchin

Sluiceway Scorpion

Creature - Scorpion

Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Scavenge (, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to this card's power on target creature. Scavenge only as a sorcery.)

Spawn of Rix Maadi

Creature - Horror

Unleash (You may have this creature enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. It can't block as long as it has a +1/+1 counter on it.)

"Straight from the blood-drenched imagination of our illustrious parun!"
-Nyoser, Gore-House ringleader

Armory Guard

Creature - Giant Soldier

Armory Guard has vigilance as long as you control a Gate.

The Dimir agents watched from the shadows. "Eight hours, and I've yet to see him blink," Nefara hissed. "I suggest we find another way in."

Trestle Troll

Creature - Troll

Defender

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)

: Regenerate Trestle Troll.

Unwelcome in Golgari colonies, he found his own dark place from which to represent the Swarm.

Trostani, Selesnya's Voice

Legendary Creature - Dryad

Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, you gain life equal to that creature's toughness.

, : Populate. (Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

Vitu-Ghazi Guildmage

Creature - Dryad Shaman

: Put a 3/3 green Centaur creature token onto the battlefield.

: Populate. (Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

"Preachers of freedom forget that conformity can be beautiful."

Wayfaring Temple

Creature - Elemental

Wayfaring Temple's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures you control.

Whenever Wayfaring Temple deals combat damage to a player, populate. (Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

Selesnya Sentry

Creature - Elephant Soldier

: Regenerate Selesnya Sentry.

Ravnicans still tell tales about the Battle of Sumala where four Selesnya sentries held off an entire clan of Gruul warriors.

Azor's Elocutors

Creature - Human Advisor

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a filibuster counter on Azor's Elocutors. Then if Azor's Elocutors has five or more filibuster counters on it, you win the game.

Whenever a source deals damage to you, remove a filibuster counter from Azor's Elocutors.

Blistercoil Weird

Creature - Weird

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Blistercoil Weird gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Untap it.

Azorius lawmages would like to outlaw the creation of weirds, but first they'd have to settle their long-standing debate on how to classify them.

Cryptborn Horror

Creature - Horror

Trample

Cryptborn Horror enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the total life lost by your opponents this turn.

Although Cryptwitch Merree vanished after a spat with Rakdos, her playthings lingered.

Deathrite Shaman

Creature - Elf Shaman

: Exile target land card from a graveyard. Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.

, : Exile target instant or sorcery card from a graveyard. Each opponent loses 2 life.

, : Exile target creature card from a graveyard. You gain 2 life.

Dryad Militant

Creature - Dryad Soldier

If an instant or sorcery card would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.

"We will defend the Worldsoul from Izzet ‘progress' at any cost."

Frostburn Weird

Creature - Weird

: Frostburn Weird gets +1/-1 until end of turn.

Many chemisters are oblivious to the innumerable machinations of their guild, instead focusing obsessively on creating the perfect weird.

Golgari Longlegs

Creature - Insect

Despite its enormous stature, it can fold itself into a tunnel with startling quickness, vanishing back into the undercity.

Judge's Familiar

Creature - Bird

Flying

Sacrifice Judge's Familiar: Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays .

"It misses nothing and it has no sense of humor."
-Barvisa, courtroom scribe

Nivmagus Elemental

Creature - Elemental

Exile an instant or sorcery spell you control: Put two +1/+1 counters on Nivmagus Elemental. (That spell won't resolve.)

When it escaped, the experimenters hesitated. It would cause untold havoc, yet they wished to see it in action.

Seller of Songbirds

Creature - Human

When Seller of Songbirds enters the battlefield, put a 1/1 white Bird creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

"Lady Wren is the one merchant in Keyhole Downs who isn't running a scam."
-Mirela, Azorius hussar

Rakdos Cackler

Creature - Devil

Unleash (You may have this creature enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. It can't block as long as it has a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Devil-blades and dripping blood make music Rakdos never tires of hearing.

Rakdos Shred-Freak

Creature - Human Berserker

Haste

"If there were such a thing as a soul, I think it would be behind the gallbladder but above the kidneys."

Slitherhead

Creature - Plant Zombie

Scavenge (, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to this card's power on target creature. Scavenge only as a sorcery.)

"It makes better use of Uncle Dragi's head than he ever did."
-Pesha, retired blacksmith

Vassal Soul

Creature - Spirit

Flying

For the Azorius, the opportunity to serve the law is too great an honor for death to interrupt.

Street Sweeper

Artifact Creature - Construct

Whenever Street Sweeper attacks, destroy all Auras attached to target land.

The sweepers roam endlessly, scrubbing away the refuse-and anything else too slow or too clumsy to get out of their way.

Volatile Rig

Artifact Creature - Construct

Trample

Volatile Rig attacks each turn if able.

Whenever Volatile Rig is dealt damage, flip a coin. If you lose the flip, sacrifice Volatile Rig.

When Volatile Rig dies, flip a coin. If you lose the flip, it deals 4 damage to each creature and each player.

Sunspire Griffin

Creature - Griffin

Flying

"For each griffin wounded by an arrow, there's a corpse with a bow nearby."
-Pel Javya, Wojek investigator

Trained Caracal

Creature - Cat

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

Some Ravnicans consider carrying a sword to be beneath them, preferring instead a tooth-and-claw escort.

Aquus Steed

Creature - Beast

, : Target creature gets -2/-0 until end of turn.

In water, it's as graceful as a dolphin. On land, it darts and jerks so unpredictably that few can ride it for long.

Crosstown Courier

Creature - Vedalken

Whenever Crosstown Courier deals combat damage to a player, that player puts that many cards from the top of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

Information travels quickly through Ravnica's network of messengers and thought agents.

Doorkeeper

Creature - Homunculus

Defender

, : Target player puts the top X cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard, where X is the number of creatures with defender you control.

One piercing stare usually convinces thieves to go elsewhere.

Faerie Impostor

Creature - Faerie Rogue

Flying

When Faerie Impostor enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you return another creature you control to its owner's hand.

Many Tin Street shops display a sign on the door: "No cloaks allowed."

Hover Barrier

Creature - Illusion Wall

Defender, flying

As whispers and rumors increased, so did the demand for fail-safe barriers.

Isperia's Skywatch

Creature - Vedalken Knight

Flying

When Isperia's Skywatch enters the battlefield, detain target creature an opponent controls. (Until your next turn, that creature can't attack or block and its activated abilities can't be activated.)

Runewing

Creature - Bird

Flying

When Runewing dies, draw a card.

In the hands of the open-minded, a runewing quill writes wisdom of its own.

Azorius Arrester

Creature - Human Soldier

When Azorius Arrester enters the battlefield, detain target creature an opponent controls. (Until your next turn, that creature can't attack or block and its activated abilities can't be activated.)

"You have the right to remain silent. Mostly because I tire of your excuses."

Skyline Predator

Creature - Drake

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)

Flying

"It will dodge your first arrow and flatten you before there's a second."
-Alcarus, Selesnya archer

Soulsworn Spirit

Creature - Spirit

Soulsworn Spirit is unblockable.

When Soulsworn Spirit enters the battlefield, detain target creature an opponent controls. (Until your next turn, that creature can't attack or block and its activated abilities can't be activated.)

Sphinx of the Chimes

Creature - Sphinx

Flying

Discard two nonland cards with the same name: Draw four cards.

"I've dreamt of the future, Isperia. Danger is on the horizon. You must heed my warning."

Stealer of Secrets

Creature - Human Rogue

Whenever Stealer of Secrets deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

The Dimir would hire her, if only they knew where she lived. The Azorius would condemn her, if only they knew her name.

Tower Drake

Creature - Drake

Flying

: Tower Drake gets +0/+1 until end of turn.

The first motion put forth in the pristine Jelenn Column was for severe restrictions on the airspace around New Prahv.

Voidwielder

Creature - Human Wizard

When Voidwielder enters the battlefield, you may return target creature to its owner's hand.

"He makes up his own laws, and that's dangerous to all who love peace and prosperity. Kill him on sight."
-Mirela, Azorius hussar

Catacomb Slug

Creature - Slug

"The entire murder scene was covered in dripping, oozing slime. No need for a soothsayer to solve that one."
-Pel Javya, Wojek investigator

Azorius Justiciar

Creature - Human Wizard

When Azorius Justiciar enters the battlefield, detain up to two target creatures your opponents control. (Until your next turn, those creatures can't attack or block and their activated abilities can't be activated.)

"Your potential to commit a crime warrants further investigation."

Daggerdrome Imp

Creature - Imp

Flying

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

One of the many reasons why open-air markets close at dusk.

Dark Revenant

Creature - Spirit

Flying

When Dark Revenant dies, put it on top of its owner's library.

The murderer faced justice in the Azorius courts, but his soul was set free on a technicality.

Dead Reveler

Creature - Zombie

Unleash (You may have this creature enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. It can't block as long as it has a +1/+1 counter on it.)

He's the unlife of the party.