Immediate Action

Conspiracy

Hidden agenda (Start the game with this conspiracy face down in the command zone and secretly name a card. You may turn this conspiracy face up any time and reveal the chosen name.)

Creatures you control with the chosen name have haste.

Iterative Analysis

Conspiracy

Hidden agenda (Start the game with this conspiracy face down in the command zone and secretly name a card. You may turn this conspiracy face up any time and reveal the chosen name.)

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell with the chosen name, you may draw a card.

Muzzio's Preparations

Conspiracy

Hidden agenda (Start the game with this conspiracy face down in the command zone and secretly name a card. You may turn this conspiracy face up any time and reveal the chosen name.)

Each creature you control with the chosen name enters the battlefield with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.

Power Play

Conspiracy

(Start the game with this conspiracy face up in the command zone.)

You are the starting player. If multiple players would be the starting player, one of those players is chosen at random.

Secret Summoning

Conspiracy

Hidden agenda (Start the game with this conspiracy face down in the command zone and secretly name a card. You may turn this conspiracy face up any time and reveal the chosen name.)

Whenever a creature with the chosen name enters the battlefield under your control, you may search your library for any number of cards with that name, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle your library.

Secrets of Paradise

Conspiracy

Hidden agenda (Start the game with this conspiracy face down in the command zone and secretly name a card. You may turn this conspiracy face up any time and reveal the chosen name.)

Creatures you control with the chosen name have ": Add one mana of any color to your mana pool."

Sentinel Dispatch

Conspiracy

(Start the game with this conspiracy face up in the command zone.)

At the beginning of the first upkeep, put a 1/1 colorless Construct artifact creature token with defender onto the battlefield.

"Unusual. Security also worth stealing."
-Dack Fayden

Unexpected Potential

Conspiracy

Hidden agenda (Start the game with this conspiracy face down in the command zone and secretly name a card. You may turn this conspiracy face up any time and reveal the chosen name.)

You may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast spells with the chosen name.

Worldknit

Conspiracy

(Start the game with this conspiracy face up in the command zone.)

As long as every card in your card pool started the game in your library or in the command zone, lands you control have ": Add one mana of any color to your mana pool."

Basic Land - Forest

Briber's Purse

Artifact

Briber's Purse enters the battlefield with X gem counters on it.

, , Remove a gem counter from Briber's Purse: Target creature can't attack or block this turn.

Victory is certain. The price, negotiable.

Endless One

Creature - Eldrazi

Endless One enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it.

It embodies all possible meanings of the word "infinite."

Cathedral Sanctifier

Creature - Human Cleric

When Cathedral Sanctifier enters the battlefield, you gain 3 life.

"Evil will soon be vanquished. What Innistrad most needs now is healing."

Cloudshift

Instant

Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.

"Even storm clouds bow to worship Avacyn."
-Elder Rimheit

Divine Deflection

Instant

Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to you and/or permanents you control this turn. If damage is prevented this way, Divine Deflection deals that much damage to target creature or player.

Midnight Duelist

Creature - Human Soldier

Protection from Vampires

Avacyn's return did not rid him of his desire for revenge.

Righteous Blow

Instant

Righteous Blow deals 2 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.

"Monsters will no longer find safety under the mists of Morkrut!"
-Bruna, Light of Alabaster

Fleeting Distraction

Instant

Target creature gets -1/-0 until end of turn.

Draw a card.

The first spell taught to young mages, it has spared the lives of many whose hands are too small to hold a sword.

Nephalia Smuggler

Creature - Human Rogue

, : Exile another target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.

"My drivers are trustworthy. I removed their tongues myself. Any other questions?"

Outwit

Instant

Counter target spell that targets a player.

The student asks how a spell is begun. The master ponders what ends it.

Wingcrafter

Creature - Human Wizard

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters the battlefield. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.)

As long as Wingcrafter is paired with another creature, both creatures have flying.

Appetite for Brains

Sorcery

Target opponent reveals his or her hand. You choose a card from it with converted mana cost 4 or greater and exile that card.

Just as with a peach, the first bite is always the juiciest.

Bone Splinters

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast Bone Splinters, sacrifice a creature.

Destroy target creature.

"Which do you deserve, the heft of a femur or the graceful sharpness of a forearm? Decisions, decisions . . ."
-Gisa the Mad

Death Wind

Instant

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

Leukin stared at the smoldering angel feathers. "Run!" he screamed to his patrol. "We don't stand a chance!"

Ghoulflesh

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets -1/-1 and is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.

The body dies in stages. First the skin, then the muscle. The brain is last, much to the victim's dismay.

Human Frailty

Instant

Destroy target Human creature.

"I have seen a hundred mortal families rise and fall. I shall outlast a thousand more."
-Olivia Voldaren

Hunted Ghoul

Creature - Zombie

Hunted Ghoul can't block Humans.

Even after Hanweir was saved, Gisa's lost ghouls would shamble through, still following the twisted orders of their imprisoned master.

Killing Wave

Sorcery

For each creature, its controller sacrifices it unless he or she pays X life.

"I come looking for demons and I find a plane full of angels. I hate angels."
-Liliana Vess

Predator's Gambit

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +2/+1.

Enchanted creature has intimidate as long as its controller controls no other creatures. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)

Banners Raised

Instant

Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.

After the destruction of the Helvault, fearful mobs soon became fearless battalions.

Bonfire of the Damned

Sorcery

Bonfire of the Damned deals X damage to target player and each creature he or she controls.

Miracle (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Guise of Fire

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +1/-1 and attacks each turn if able.

"Fire will eventually destroy a zombie, but a fiery zombie destroys a lot of other things first."
-Rem Karolus, Blade of the Inquisitors

Pillar of Flame

Sorcery

Pillar of Flame deals 2 damage to target creature or player. If a creature dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead.

"May the worthy spend an eternity in Blessed Sleep. May the wicked find the peace of oblivion."

Somberwald Vigilante

Creature - Human Warrior

Whenever Somberwald Vigilante becomes blocked by a creature, Somberwald Vigilante deals 1 damage to that creature.

He has nothing left but his resentment.

Stonewright

Creature - Human Shaman

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters the battlefield. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.)

As long as Stonewright is paired with another creature, each of those creatures has ": This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn."

Vexing Devil

Creature - Devil

When Vexing Devil enters the battlefield, any opponent may have it deal 4 damage to him or her. If a player does, sacrifice Vexing Devil.

It's not any fun until someone loses an eye.

Abundant Growth

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant land

When Abundant Growth enters the battlefield, draw a card.

Enchanted land has ": Add one mana of any color to your mana pool."

Diregraf Escort

Creature - Human Cleric

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters the battlefield. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.)

As long as Diregraf Escort is paired with another creature, both creatures have protection from Zombies.

Joint Assault

Instant

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If it's paired with a creature, that creature also gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

"By my power, werewolves shall become the wolfir, our allies in combat against darkness."
-Avacyn's Cursemute Decree

Snare the Skies

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains reach until end of turn. (It can block creatures with flying.)

A hunter's precision and a durkvine's strength are a potent combination.

Ulvenwald Tracker

Creature - Human Shaman

, : Target creature you control fights another target creature. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

"Peace will come to Innistrad, but only after all abominations have been dealt with, one by one."

Bladed Bracers

Artifact - Equipment

Equipped creature gets +1/+1.

As long as equipped creature is a Human or an Angel, it has vigilance.

Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Forged from the rubble of the Helvault.

Scroll of Avacyn

Artifact

, Sacrifice Scroll of Avacyn: Draw a card. If you control an Angel, you gain 5 life.

Words to bless the eye that reads them, telling of a future beyond the reach of fear.

Scroll of Griselbrand

Artifact

, Sacrifice Scroll of Griselbrand: Target opponent discards a card. If you control a Demon, that player loses 3 life.

Words no eyes should see, telling of things no sane mind could fathom.

Erase

Instant

Exile target enchantment.

"Don't trust your eyes, for mages are skilled in deception. Trust only in your faith. It will wipe everything clean."
-Lila, Erunian priest

Rain of Blades

Instant

Rain of Blades deals 1 damage to each attacking creature.

Some say they are the weapons of heroes fallen in battle, eager for one last chance at glory.

War Falcon

Creature - Bird

Flying

War Falcon can't attack unless you control a Knight or a Soldier.

The falcon is the picture of nobility, maintaining a regal bearing even as it conducts the bloody business of war.

Warclamp Mastiff

Creature - Hound

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

"One bite from that dog will send you to the healer's tent for days."
-Watchmaster Finn of An Karras

Hydrosurge

Instant

Target creature gets -5/-0 until end of turn.

"Thirsty?"
-Drunvalus, hydromancer

Index

Sorcery

Look at the top five cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

"What good is having all the right answers if you have them at all the wrong times?"

Jace's Phantasm

Creature - Illusion

Flying

Jace's Phantasm gets +4/+4 as long as an opponent has ten or more cards in his or her graveyard.

In the abstract memories of the Iquati, Jace found interesting ideas to improve upon.

Kraken Hatchling

Creature - Kraken

A spike and a maul are needed to crack their shells, but the taste is worth the effort.

Merfolk of the Pearl Trident

Creature - Merfolk

"The merfolk of the Pearl Trident have risen from the waves since the earliest days, at times allies to humans, other times enemies. Now their power is cresting again, and who can say which way the new tide will flow."
-Kalis, Onean scholar

Unsummon

Instant

Return target creature to its owner's hand.

Not to be. That is the answer.

Crippling Blight

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets -1/-1 and can't block.

"Still alive? No matter. I'll leave you as a warning to others who would oppose me."
-Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter

Disentomb

Sorcery

Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

"I deal so often in rotting corpses that when I come across the freshly dead . . . why, it's like my birthday come early."
-Nevinyrral, necromancer

Duress

Sorcery

Target opponent reveals his or her hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

"Don't worry. I'm not going to deprive you of all your secrets. Just your most precious one."
-Liliana Vess

Duty-Bound Dead

Creature - Skeleton

Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

: Regenerate Duty-Bound Dead. (The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, it isn't. Instead tap it, remove all damage from it, and remove it from combat.)

Tormented Soul

Creature - Spirit

Tormented Soul can't block and can't be blocked.

Those who raged most bitterly at the world in life are cursed to roam the nether realms in death.

Vile Rebirth

Instant

Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield.

"‘Here lies our beloved Gartu, the gentlest of all men.' Ooh, I love irony."
-Jadar, ghoulcaller of Nephalia

Goblin Arsonist

Creature - Goblin Shaman

When Goblin Arsonist dies, you may have it deal 1 damage to target creature or player.

With great power comes great risk of getting yourself killed.

Kindled Fury

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.

"Rage is a dangerous weapon. Your enemies will try to use your anger against you. Use it against them first."
-Ajani Goldmane

Slumbering Dragon

Creature - Dragon

Flying

Slumbering Dragon can't attack or block unless it has five or more +1/+1 counters on it.

Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, put a +1/+1 counter on Slumbering Dragon.

Smelt

Instant

Destroy target artifact.

"Looks like that wasn't darksteel after all."
-Koth of the Hammer

Arbor Elf

Creature - Elf Druid

: Untap target Forest.

"The forest will surround you with its life if you are still and calm."

Bond Beetle

Creature - Insect

When Bond Beetle enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

A beetle on your shoulder
-Elvish expression meaning
"a blessing of luck"

Fog

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

"I fear no army or beast, but only the morning fog. Our assault can survive everything else."
-Lord Hilneth

Prey Upon

Sorcery

Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

"You don't find many old werewolf hunters."
-Paulin, trapper of Somberwald

Rancor

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +2/+0 and has trample.

When Rancor is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Rancor to its owner's hand.

Chronomaton

Artifact Creature - Golem

, : Put a +1/+1 counter on Chronomaton.

On the third night, the villagers destroyed their clocks. The sounds of whirring gears and chiming metal held only dread for them.

Elixir of Immortality

Artifact

, : You gain 5 life. Shuffle Elixir of Immortality and your graveyard into their owner's library.

"Bottled life. Not as tasty as I'm used to, rather stale, but it has the same effect."
-Baron Sengir

Demystify

Instant

Destroy target enchantment.

Behind every mage is a trail of shattered lies.

Elite Vanguard

Creature - Human Soldier

The vanguard is skilled at waging war alone. The enemy is often defeated before its reinforcements reach the front.

Gideon's Lawkeeper

Creature - Human Soldier

, : Tap target creature.

"The essence of a lawful society is swift deterrence."

Lifelink

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature has lifelink. (Damage dealt by the creature also causes its controller to gain that much life.)

The spoils of war are not measured only in gold and silver.

Pride Guardian

Creature - Cat Monk

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

Whenever Pride Guardian blocks, you gain 3 life.

"Any hotheaded cub can raise a sword in anger."

Stave Off

Instant

Target creature gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. (It can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything of that color.)

Flight

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature has flying.

"Those who claim to know the world in its entirety rarely have the requisite perspective."
-Ulmarus the Wise

Phantasmal Bear

Creature - Bear Illusion

When Phantasmal Bear becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it.

"You know it to be false, but when its claws find you, what you know won't matter much at all."
-Pol Jamaar, illusionist

Ponder

Sorcery

Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle your library.

Draw a card.

Tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.

Visions of Beyond

Instant

Draw a card. If a graveyard has twenty or more cards in it, draw three cards instead.

"The past is the foundation for all that exists in the present. We merely reconstruct what our ancestors have already discovered."
-Sachimir, Sage of Memories

Deathmark

Sorcery

Destroy target green or white creature.

"Let the final vision of doom be etched upon their unblinking eyes."
-Zul Ashur, lich lord

Taste of Blood

Sorcery

Taste of Blood deals 1 damage to target player and you gain 1 life.

"How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads, to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams."
-Bram Stoker, Dracula

Wring Flesh

Instant

Target creature gets -3/-1 until end of turn.

"Don't blame me. You're the one walking around with skin."
-Zul Ashur, lich lord

Fireball

Sorcery

Fireball deals X damage divided evenly, rounded down, among any number of target creatures and/or players.

Fireball costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.

Firebreathing

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

: Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

The mage breathed in life-giving air and breathed out death-bringing fire.

Goblin Fireslinger

Creature - Goblin Warrior

: Goblin Fireslinger deals 1 damage to target player.

A rock between your eyes hurts. A burning rock between your eyes ruins your whole day.

Goblin Grenade

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast Goblin Grenade, sacrifice a Goblin.

Goblin Grenade deals 5 damage to target creature or player.

Don't underestimate the aerodynamic qualities of the common goblin.

Grim Lavamancer

Creature - Human Wizard

, , Exile two cards from your graveyard: Grim Lavamancer deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

"Fools dig for water, corpses, or gold. The earth's real treasure is far deeper."

Shock

Instant

Shock deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

"The beauty of it is they never see it coming. Ever."
-Razzix, sparkmage

Autumn's Veil

Instant

Spells you control can't be countered by blue or black spells this turn, and creatures you control can't be the targets of blue or black spells this turn.

The rustling of leaves and a passing shadow are a dryad's only trace.

Birds of Paradise

Creature - Bird

Flying

: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.

"The gods used their feathers to paint all the colors of the world."
-Yare-Tiva, warden of Gramur forest

Gladecover Scout

Creature - Elf Scout

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

"The forest is my cover and I hold it close. In such a tight embrace, there is no room for wickedness."

Llanowar Elves

Creature - Elf Druid

: Add to your mana pool.

One bone broken for every twig snapped underfoot.
-Llanowar penalty for trespassing

Reclaim

Instant

Put target card from your graveyard on top of your library.

The wise pay as much attention to what they throw away as to what they keep.

Burden of Guilt

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

: Tap enchanted creature.

"Grab an axe and defend the gate! Your despair is an extravagance we can ill afford."
-Thalia, Knight-Cathar

Faith's Shield

Instant

Target permanent you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Fateful hour - If you have 5 or less life, instead you and each permanent you control gain protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Sanctuary Cat

Creature - Cat

Cats prowl the corridors of Avacyn's churches in search of devils or signs of their mischief.

Artful Dodge

Sorcery

Target creature is unblockable this turn.

Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Those who know the alleys and sewers of the Erdwal can disappear like smoke.

Increasing Confusion

Sorcery

Target player puts the top X cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard. If Increasing Confusion was cast from a graveyard, that player puts twice that many cards into his or her graveyard instead.

Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)