Regathan Firecat

Creature - Elemental Cat

It stalks the Regathan highlands, leaving behind melted snow, scorched earth, and the charred corpses of would-be temple robbers.

Advocate of the Beast

Creature - Elf Shaman

At the beginning of your end step, put a +1/+1 counter on target Beast creature you control.

"I am neither their drover nor their leader. To these majestic beasts, I am simply their herdmate and nothing more."

Brindle Boar

Creature - Boar

Sacrifice Brindle Boar: You gain 4 life.

"Tell the cooks to prepare the fires. Tonight we feast!"
-Tolar Wolfbrother, Krosan tracker

Rootwalla

Creature - Lizard

: Rootwalla gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Activate this ability only once each turn.

If you try to sneak up on a rootwalla, you'll suddenly find yourself dealing with twice the lizard.

Witchstalker

Creature - Wolf

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

Whenever an opponent casts a blue or black spell during your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on Witchstalker.

Sliver Construct

Artifact Creature - Sliver Construct

Slivers destroy those who come close to the Skep, the central hive. Shards of torn metal litter the ground as a warning to any artificers inquisitive about the hive's inner workings.

Fabled Hero

Creature - Human Soldier

Double strike

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Fabled Hero, put a +1/+1 counter on Fabled Hero.

"You. Poet. Be sure to write this down."

Lagonna-Band Elder

Creature - Centaur Advisor

When Lagonna-Band Elder enters the battlefield, if you control an enchantment, you gain 3 life.

"The best lessons are not the ones I teach. They are the ones the pupils realize for themselves."

Scholar of Athreos

Creature - Human Cleric

: Each opponent loses 1 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

She asks pointed questions of the dead who wait for Athreos, learning of life from those who are about to leave it.

Wingsteed Rider

Creature - Human Knight

Flying

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Wingsteed Rider, put a +1/+1 counter on Wingsteed Rider.

Trust is the only bridle a pegasus will accept.

Crackling Triton

Creature - Merfolk Wizard

, Sacrifice Crackling Triton: Crackling Triton deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

He calls upon both the currents in the sea and the current in the clouds.

Meletis Charlatan

Creature - Human Wizard

, : The controller of target instant or sorcery spell copies it. That player may choose new targets for the copy.

"Every object has an echo in the Æther beyond the world. Every idea has a shadow that can be brought to light."

Triton Fortune Hunter

Creature - Merfolk Soldier

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Triton Fortune Hunter, draw a card.

"Thassa has blessed me with power and insight. I am careful not to disappoint her."

Wavecrash Triton

Creature - Merfolk Wizard

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Wavecrash Triton, tap target creature an opponent controls. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Agent of the Fates

Creature - Human Assassin

Deathtouch

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Agent of the Fates, each opponent sacrifices a creature.

"You are breathing borrowed air."

Blood-Toll Harpy

Creature - Harpy

Flying

When Blood-Toll Harpy enters the battlefield, each player loses 1 life.

When harpies demand a toll to cross through their territory, consider yourself lucky if they permit payment in coin.

Felhide Minotaur

Creature - Minotaur

With spear held high, the Champion came to meet Thyrogog of the Ashlands, who wore the old king's skin as a cloak and fed on the flesh of innocents. The foul minotaur raised the great axe called Goremaster and charged.
-The Theriad

Mogis's Marauder

Creature - Human Berserker

When Mogis's Marauder enters the battlefield, up to X target creatures each gain intimidate and haste until end of turn, where X is your devotion to black. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

Flamespeaker Adept

Creature - Human Shaman

Whenever you scry, Flamespeaker Adept gets +2/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.

"I see your future, mantled in ash."

Minotaur Skullcleaver

Creature - Minotaur Berserker

Haste

When Minotaur Skullcleaver enters the battlefield, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

"Their only dreams are of full stomachs."
-Kleon the Iron-Booted

Rageblood Shaman

Creature - Minotaur Shaman

Trample

Other Minotaur creatures you control get +1/+1 and have trample.

"I see a spark of pure rage. Soon that spark will spread from the depths of Kragma. Soon its fire will engulf the polis."
-Hira, street oracle

Two-Headed Cerberus

Creature - Hound

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

The left head keeps the right head starved as motivation to track new prey.

Agent of Horizons

Creature - Human Rogue

: Agent of Horizons can't be blocked this turn.

The light in the woods just before dawn reveals a glimmering network of branches, roots, and spiderwebs. The acolytes of Kruphix walk this lattice unseen.

Nessian Courser

Creature - Centaur Warrior

Reverent Hunter

Creature - Human Archer

When Reverent Hunter enters the battlefield, put a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to your devotion to green. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to green.)

Satyr Piper

Creature - Satyr Rogue

: Target creature must be blocked this turn if able.

"When I asked my commander the reward for killing that prancing nuisance, he told me, ‘None! I want to kill him myself!'"
-Phrogas, soldier of Akros

Anax and Cymede

Legendary Creature - Human Soldier

First strike, vigilance

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Anax and Cymede, creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain trample until end of turn.

Akros's greatest heroes are also its royalty.

Chronicler of Heroes

Creature - Centaur Wizard

When Chronicler of Heroes enters the battlefield, draw a card if you control a creature with a +1/+1 counter on it.

She paints pictures with words, though not all pictures show the truth.

Daxos of Meletis

Legendary Creature - Human Soldier

Daxos of Meletis can't be blocked by creatures with power 3 or greater.

Whenever Daxos of Meletis deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of that player's library. You gain life equal to that card's converted mana cost. Until end of turn, you may cast that card and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.

Spellheart Chimera

Creature - Chimera

Flying, trample

Spellheart Chimera's power is equal to the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard.

Thaumaturges remain silent around chimeras, lest their words conjure even stranger beasts.

Burnished Hart

Artifact Creature - Elk

, Sacrifice Burnished Hart: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.

Forged by divine hands to wander mortal realms.

Guardians of Meletis

Artifact Creature - Golem

Defender

The histories speak of two feuding rulers whose deaths were celebrated and whose monuments symbolized the end of their wars. In truth they were peaceful lovers, their story lost to the ages.

Opaline Unicorn

Artifact Creature - Unicorn

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

Purphoros once loved Nylea, the god of the hunt. His passion inspired his most astounding works of art.

Brimaz, King of Oreskos

Legendary Creature - Cat Soldier

Vigilance

Whenever Brimaz, King of Oreskos attacks, put a 1/1 white Cat Soldier creature token with vigilance onto the battlefield attacking.

Whenever Brimaz blocks a creature, put a 1/1 white Cat Soldier creature token with vigilance onto the battlefield blocking that creature.

Elite Skirmisher

Creature - Human Soldier

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Elite Skirmisher, you may tap target creature.

Some adopted the tactics of the leonin to combat the ferocity of the minotaurs.

Ashiok's Adept

Creature - Human Wizard

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Ashiok's Adept, each opponent discards a card.

"Every nightmare is a caged bird that yearns to be set free."
-Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver

Black Oak of Odunos

Creature - Zombie Treefolk

Defender

, Tap another untapped creature you control: Black Oak of Odunos gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Phenax promised the newly dead souls they would be spared from Erebos. In this, he did not lie.

Odunos River Trawler

Creature - Zombie

When Odunos River Trawler enters the battlefield, return target enchantment creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

, Sacrifice Odunos River Trawler: Return target enchantment creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Servant of Tymaret

Creature - Zombie

Inspired - Whenever Servant of Tymaret becomes untapped, each opponent loses 1 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

: Regenerate Servant of Tymaret.

Life is most precious to those who have already lost it.

Kragma Butcher

Creature - Minotaur Warrior

Inspired - Whenever Kragma Butcher becomes untapped, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Minotaurs go into battle hungry. The first sight of their enemies' blood sends them into a flesh-eating rage.

Satyr Nyx-Smith

Creature - Satyr Shaman

Haste

Inspired - Whenever Satyr Nyx-Smith becomes untapped, you may pay . If you do, put a 3/1 red Elemental enchantment creature token with haste onto the battlefield.

Stormcaller of Keranos

Creature - Human Shaman

Haste

: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

A prayer answered by Keranos is clear for all to witness.

Scourge of Skola Vale

Creature - Hydra

Trample

Scourge of Skola Vale enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it.

, Sacrifice another creature: Put a number of +1/+1 counters on Scourge of Skola Vale equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness.

Setessan Oathsworn

Creature - Satyr Warrior

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Setessan Oathsworn, put two +1/+1 counters on Setessan Oathsworn.

"Setessa is not the city of my birth, but it is the place I fight for, and the place I'm willing to die for. Does that not make it my home?"

Fanatic of Xenagos

Creature - Centaur Warrior

Trample

Tribute 1 (As this creature enters the battlefield, an opponent of your choice may place a +1/+1 counter on it.)

When Fanatic of Xenagos enters the battlefield, if tribute wasn't paid, it gets +1/+1 and gains haste until end of turn.

Ragemonger

Creature - Minotaur Shaman

Minotaur spells you cast cost less to cast. This effect reduces only the amount of colored mana you pay. (For example, if you cast a Minotaur spell with mana cost , it costs to cast.)

Siren of the Silent Song

Creature - Zombie Siren

Flying

Inspired - Whenever Siren of the Silent Song becomes untapped, each opponent discards a card, then puts the top card of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

Pillar of War

Artifact Creature - Golem

Defender

As long as Pillar of War is enchanted, it can attack as though it didn't have defender.

Just because a temple has no guards doesn't mean it's undefended.

Eagle of the Watch

Creature - Bird

Flying, vigilance

"Even from miles away, I could see our eagles circling. That's when I gave the command to pick up the pace. I knew we were needed at home."
-Kanlos, Akroan captain

Tethmos High Priest

Creature - Cat Cleric

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Tethmos High Priest, return target creature card with converted mana cost 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

"Death is tyranny. Like all tyranny, it must be opposed."

Daring Thief

Creature - Human Rogue

Inspired - Whenever Daring Thief becomes untapped, you may exchange control of target nonland permanent you control and target permanent an opponent controls that shares a card type with it.

Honesty is the first casualty of war.

War-Wing Siren

Creature - Siren Soldier

Flying

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets War-Wing Siren, put a +1/+1 counter on War-Wing Siren.

Once she sang sailors to their doom. Now she leads them to glory.

Felhide Petrifier

Creature - Minotaur Warrior

Deathtouch

Other Minotaur creatures you control have deathtouch.

It's common practice among minotaurs to collect the heads of their victims as trophies. Sometimes the trophies prove more than ornamental.

Akroan Line Breaker

Creature - Human Warrior

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Akroan Line Breaker, Akroan Line Breaker gets +2/+0 and gains intimidate until end of turn.

The enemies' shields are the first to shatter, and their battle line is never far behind.

Pensive Minotaur

Creature - Minotaur Warrior

The Champion and her companions marched through the night, but the battle was over before they arrived. In the middle of the carnage sat a solitary minotaur, lost in what seemed to the Champion to be thought.
-The Theriad

Prophetic Flamespeaker

Creature - Human Shaman

Double strike, trample

Whenever Prophetic Flamespeaker deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of your library. You may play it this turn.

Fire to destroy. Fire to create.

Geist of the Moors

Creature - Spirit

Flying

"The battle is won. There's work to be done. / The Blessed Sleep must wait. / A fiend is about. It stalks the devout. / I'll save them from my fate."
-"The Good Geist's Vow"

Heliod's Pilgrim

Creature - Human Cleric

When Heliod's Pilgrim enters the battlefield, you may search your library for an Aura card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.

The blessings of Heliod are apparent for all to see.

Hushwing Gryff

Creature - Hippogriff

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

Flying

Creatures entering the battlefield don't cause abilities to trigger.

An overwhelming sense of calm accompanies the gryffs that wheel above the roofs of Gavony.

Midnight Guard

Creature - Human Soldier

Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, untap Midnight Guard.

"When you're on watch, no noise is harmless and no shadow can be ignored."
-Olgard of the Skiltfolk

Preeminent Captain

Creature - Kithkin Soldier

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

Whenever Preeminent Captain attacks, you may put a Soldier creature card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking.

"If you need an example to lead others to the front lines, consider the precedent set."

Warden of the Beyond

Creature - Human Wizard

Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)

Warden of the Beyond gets +2/+2 as long as an opponent owns a card in exile.

He draws strength from a vast source few mortals can fathom.
Designed by Isaiah Cartwright

Aeronaut Tinkerer

Creature - Human Artificer

Aeronaut Tinkerer has flying as long as you control an artifact. (It can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

"All tinkerers have their heads in the clouds. I don't intend to stop there."

Chasm Skulker

Creature - Squid Horror

Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Chasm Skulker.

When Chasm Skulker dies, put X 1/1 blue Squid creature tokens with islandwalk onto the battlefield, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on Chasm Skulker. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)

Designed by Mike Neumann

Coral Barrier

Creature - Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

When Coral Barrier enters the battlefield, put a 1/1 blue Squid creature token with islandwalk onto the battlefield. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)

Frost Lynx

Creature - Elemental Cat

When Frost Lynx enters the battlefield, tap target creature an opponent controls. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

It readily attacks much larger prey, knowing retaliation is impossible.

Illusory Angel

Creature - Angel Illusion

Flying

Cast Illusory Angel only if you've cast another spell this turn.

"Yes, she is made of pure belief-but I hardly see why that makes her unique."
-Reith, master illusionist

Jorubai Murk Lurker

Creature - Leech

Jorubai Murk Lurker gets +1/+1 as long as you control a Swamp.

: Target creature gains lifelink until end of turn. (Damage dealt by the creature also causes its controller to gain that much life.)

Carrion Crow

Creature - Zombie Bird

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

Carrion Crow enters the battlefield tapped.

When carrion feeds on carrion, dark days approach.

Necrogen Scudder

Creature - Horror

Flying

When Necrogen Scudder enters the battlefield, you lose 3 life.

Contrary to popular belief, it's kept aloft by necrogen gas, not the screaming agony of a thousand murdered souls.

Necromancer's Assistant

Creature - Zombie

When Necromancer's Assistant enters the battlefield, put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.

Zombies and necromancers agree: easy access to brains is preferred.

Wall of Limbs

Creature - Zombie Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Wall of Limbs.

, Sacrifice Wall of Limbs: Target player loses X life, where X is Wall of Limbs's power.

Witch's Familiar

Creature - Frog

Some bog witches practice the strange art of batrachomancy, reading portents in the number, size, and color of warts on a toad's hide.

Xathrid Slyblade

Creature - Human Assassin

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

: Until end of turn, Xathrid Slyblade loses hexproof and gains first strike and deathtouch. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike. Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Designed by Rob Pardo

Belligerent Sliver

Creature - Sliver

Sliver creatures you control have menace. (They can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

"The slivers became adept at provoking a fear response in other species."
-Hastric, Thunian scout

Goblin Rabblemaster

Creature - Goblin Warrior

Other Goblin creatures you control attack each turn if able.

At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a 1/1 red Goblin creature token with haste onto the battlefield.

Whenever Goblin Rabblemaster attacks, it gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each other attacking Goblin.

Goblin Roughrider

Creature - Goblin Knight

Astride the bucking creature, Gribble hurtled down the mountainside while his Grotag brethren cheered. It was at that moment that legend of the Skrill Tamer was born.

Krenko's Enforcer

Creature - Goblin Warrior

Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)

He just likes to break legs. Collecting the debt is a bonus.

Rummaging Goblin

Creature - Goblin Rogue

, Discard a card: Draw a card.

To a goblin, value is based on the four S's: shiny, stabby, smelly, and super smelly.

Wall of Fire

Creature - Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

: Wall of Fire gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Mercy is for those who keep their distance.

Hornet Nest

Creature - Insect

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

Whenever Hornet Nest is dealt damage, put that many 1/1 green Insect creature tokens with flying and deathtouch onto the battlefield. (Any amount of damage a creature with deathtouch deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Invasive Species

Creature - Insect

When Invasive Species enters the battlefield, return another permanent you control to its owner's hand.

It's easier to relocate a village that lies in their path than to turn the bugs aside.

Netcaster Spider

Creature - Spider

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)

Whenever Netcaster Spider blocks a creature with flying, Netcaster Spider gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

It is an expert at culling individuals who stray too far from the herd.

Reclamation Sage

Creature - Elf Shaman

When Reclamation Sage enters the battlefield, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment.

"What was once formed by masons, shaped by smiths, or given life by mages, I will return to the embrace of the earth."

Yisan, the Wanderer Bard

Legendary Creature - Human Rogue

, , Put a verse counter on Yisan, the Wanderer Bard: Search your library for a creature card with converted mana cost equal to the number of verse counters on Yisan, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library.

Designed by Brian Fargo

Gargoyle Sentinel

Artifact Creature - Gargoyle

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

: Until end of turn, Gargoyle Sentinel loses defender and gains flying.

"Do not mistake a quiet rampart for one that is unguarded. Some things stir only when they need to."
-Bonovar, siege commander

Abzan Falconer

Creature - Human Soldier

Outlast (, : Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Outlast only as a sorcery.)

Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has flying.

The fastest way across the dunes is above.

Mardu Hordechief

Creature - Human Warrior

Raid - When Mardu Hordechief enters the battlefield, if you attacked with a creature this turn, put a 1/1 white Warrior creature token onto the battlefield.

The horde grows with each assault.

Watcher of the Roost

Creature - Bird Soldier

Flying

Morph-Reveal a white card in your hand. (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for . Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

When Watcher of the Roost is turned face up, you gain 2 life.

Jeskai Windscout

Creature - Bird Scout

Flying

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

They range from Sage-Eye Stronghold to the farthest reaches of Tarkir.

Monastery Flock

Creature - Bird

Defender, flying

Morph (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for . Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

"The arrow strikes one bird down, but the flock remains."
-Jeskai teaching

Grim Haruspex

Creature - Human Wizard

Morph (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for . Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, draw a card.

"We all want to know what's going on in someone else's head. I simply open it up and look."

Kheru Bloodsucker

Creature - Vampire

Whenever a creature you control with toughness 4 or greater dies, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

, Sacrifice another creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on Kheru Bloodsucker.

It stares through the empty, pain-twisted faces of those it has drained.

Bloodfire Expert

Creature - Efreet Monk

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

Some efreet abandon their homes in the volcanic Fire Rim to embrace the Jeskai Way and discipline their innate flames.

Bloodfire Mentor

Creature - Efreet Shaman

, : Draw a card, then discard a card.

The adept underwent months of preparation to withstand pain, until he was finally ready to receive the efreet master's teachings.

Mardu Blazebringer

Creature - Ogre Warrior

When Mardu Blazebringer attacks or blocks, sacrifice it at end of combat.

"Make sure he's pointed in the right direction before you light him. And don't let the goblins anywhere near the torch."
-Kerai Suddenblade, Mardu hordechief

Alpine Grizzly

Creature - Bear

The Temur welcome bears into the clan, fighting alongside them in battle. The relationship dates back to when they labored side by side under Sultai rule.

Tuskguard Captain

Creature - Human Warrior

Outlast (, : Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Outlast only as a sorcery.)

Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has trample.

One quiet word sets off the stampede.

Anafenza, the Foremost

Legendary Creature - Human Soldier

Whenever Anafenza, the Foremost attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on another target tapped creature you control.

If a creature card would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.

Rarely at rest on the Amber Throne, Anafenza always leads the Abzan Houses to battle.

Mantis Rider

Creature - Human Monk

Flying, vigilance, haste

Mantis riders know their mounts owe them no allegiance. Even a mantis ridden for years would consume a rider who loses focus for only a moment.