Ajani Vengeant

Planeswalker - Ajani (Loyalty: 3)

+1: Target permanent doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

-2: Ajani Vengeant deals 3 damage to target creature or player and you gain 3 life.

-7: Destroy all lands target player controls.

Ajani's Chosen

Creature - Cat Soldier

Whenever an enchantment enters the battlefield under your control, put a 2/2 white Cat creature token onto the battlefield. If that enchantment is an Aura, you may attach it to the token.

"United, our roar will level mountains."

Ajani's Mantra

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may gain 1 life.

"He hasn't returned to the Cloud Forest. But I can still sense his calming presence."
-Zaliki of Naya

Ajani's Presence

Instant

Strive - Ajani's Presence costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.

Any number of target creatures each get +1/+1 and gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)

Ajani's Pridemate

Creature - Cat Soldier

Whenever you gain life, you may put a +1/+1 counter on Ajani's Pridemate.

"When one of us prospers, the pride prospers."
-Jazal Goldmane

Ajani's Sunstriker

Creature - Cat Cleric

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

"Ajani goes where he is needed most and in his name we keep his lands safe."

Ajani, Caller of the Pride

Planeswalker - Ajani (Loyalty: 4)

+1: Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature.

−3: Target creature gains flying and double strike until end of turn.

−8: Put X 2/2 white Cat creature tokens onto the battlefield, where X is your life total.

Ajani, Mentor of Heroes

Planeswalker - Ajani (Loyalty: 4)

+1: Distribute three +1/+1 counters among one, two, or three target creatures you control.

+1: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal an Aura, creature, or planeswalker card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

-8: You gain 100 life.

Akki Avalanchers

Creature - Goblin Warrior

Sacrifice a land: Akki Avalanchers gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Activate this ability only once each turn.

Among Godo's hordes, "beware of falling rocks" came to mean "akki live nearby."

Akki Blizzard-Herder

Creature - Goblin Shaman

When Akki Blizzard-Herder dies, each player sacrifices a land.

"It remains unclear whether the akki shamans could in fact create storms or simply predicted them."
-The History of Kamigawa

Akki Coalflinger

Creature - Goblin Shaman

First strike

, : Attacking creatures gain first strike until end of turn.

No matter where you find them, goblins love rocks.

Akki Drillmaster

Creature - Goblin Shaman

: Target creature gains haste until end of turn.

"What part of 'hayaku ikee!' did you not understand?"

Akki Lavarunner

Creature - Goblin Warrior

Haste

Whenever Akki Lavarunner deals damage to an opponent, flip it.

Akki Raider

Creature - Goblin Warrior

Whenever a land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Akki Raider gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Akki were very territorial, attacking and destroying any settlements that came too close to their mountain homes. The more successful their raids, the bolder they became.

Akki Rockspeaker

Creature - Goblin Shaman

When Akki Rockspeaker enters the battlefield, add to your mana pool.

The lava-proof shells of akki evolved over centuries, as akki pranks almost always got seriously out of hand.

Akki Underling

Creature - Goblin Warrior

As long as you have seven or more cards in hand, Akki Underling gets +2/+1 and has first strike.

"I lost my hounds in the war and thus found myself employing akki as servants. I found their training to be remarkably similar."
-Kensuke, houndmaster

Akki Underminer

Creature - Goblin Rogue Shaman

Whenever Akki Underminer deals combat damage to a player, that player sacrifices a permanent.

"Deep inside the Sokenzan Mountains, a band of akki discovered a cache of ancient items of power. Their ensuing spree of destruction became known as ‘The Three Days of Fun.'"
-Observations of the Kami War

Akoum Battlesinger

Creature - Human Berserker Ally

Haste

Whenever Akoum Battlesinger or another Ally enters the battlefield under your control, you may have Ally creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.

Akoum Boulderfoot

Creature - Giant Warrior

When Akoum Boulderfoot enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

"If you're in Akoum and you glimpse a shadow overhead, the worst thing you can do is duck."
-Chadir the Navigator

Akoum Firebird

Creature - Phoenix

Flying, haste

Akoum Firebird attacks each turn if able.

Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you may pay . If you do, return Akoum Firebird from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Akoum Flameseeker

Creature - Human Shaman Ally

Cohort - , Tap an untapped Ally you control: Discard a card. If you do, draw a card.

In the face of extinction, the most perilous endeavors can be cause for hope.

Akoum Hellkite

Creature - Dragon

Flying

Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, Akoum Hellkite deals 1 damage to target creature or player. If that land is a Mountain, Akoum Hellkite deals 2 damage to that creature or player instead.

Akoum Refuge

Land

Akoum Refuge enters the battlefield tapped.

When Akoum Refuge enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life.

: Add or to your mana pool.

Akoum Stonewaker

Creature - Human Shaman

Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you may pay . If you do, put a 3/1 red Elemental creature token with trample and haste onto the battlefield. Exile that token at the beginning of the next end step.

Akrasan Squire

Creature - Human Soldier

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

Bant's armies are primarily composed of members of the Mortar caste, loyal commoners who haven't yet earned a sigil.

Akroan Conscriptor

Creature - Human Shaman

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Akroan Conscriptor, gain control of another target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.

"The time to serve is now."

Akroan Crusader

Creature - Human Soldier

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Akroan Crusader, put a 1/1 red Soldier creature token with haste onto the battlefield.

An Akroan soldier's worth is measured by the number of swords raised by his battle cry.

Akroan Hoplite

Creature - Human Soldier

Whenever Akroan Hoplite attacks, it gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of attacking creatures you control.

"Fair fight? How could it be a fair fight? We're Akroans. They're not."

Akroan Horse

Artifact Creature - Horse

Defender

When Akroan Horse enters the battlefield, an opponent gains control of it.

At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent puts a 1/1 white Soldier creature token onto the battlefield.

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.

Akroan Mastiff

Creature - Hound

, : Tap target creature.

Even when many of the soldiers who guarded Akros were called away, its safety was never in doubt.

Akroan Phalanx

Creature - Human Soldier

Vigilance

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

Shields up, spears out, heels set, hearts firm.

Akroan Skyguard

Creature - Human Soldier

Flying

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

"Trust me. When you have earned a god's favor, you'll know."

Akroma's Memorial

Legendary Artifact

Creatures you control have flying, first strike, vigilance, trample, haste, and protection from black and from red.

"No rest. No mercy. No matter what."
-Memorial inscription

Akroma's Vengeance

Sorcery

Destroy all artifacts, creatures, and enchantments.

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Ixidor had only to imagine their ruin and Akroma made it so.

Akroma, Angel of Fury

Legendary Creature - Angel

Akroma, Angel of Fury can't be countered.

Flying, trample, protection from white and from blue

: Akroma, Angel of Fury gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

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

Akroma, Angel of Wrath

Legendary Creature - Angel

Flying, first strike, vigilance, trample, haste, protection from black and from red

"No rest. No mercy. No matter what."

Akuta, Born of Ash

Legendary Creature - Spirit

Haste

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have more cards in hand than each opponent, you may sacrifice a Swamp. If you do, return Akuta, Born of Ash from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Alabaster Kirin

Creature - Kirin

Flying, vigilance

The appearance of a kirin signifies the passing or arrival of an important figure. As word of sightings spread, all the khans took it to mean themselves. Only the shaman Chianul thought of Sarkhan Vol.

Alabaster Mage

Creature - Human Wizard

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

"We hold sacred the powers of light and life. Truth and honor are our greatest weapons."
-Alabaster creed

Aladdin's Ring

Artifact

, : Aladdin's Ring deals 4 damage to target creature or player.

"A good lamp will light your way. A good ring will clear it."
-Nervan, royal jeweler

Alchemist's Apprentice

Creature - Human Wizard

Sacrifice Alchemist's Apprentice: Draw a card.

Side effects may include foul odors, scalding steam, and spontaneous nonexistence.

Alchemist's Refuge

Land

: Add to your mana pool.

, : You may cast nonland cards this turn as though they had flash.

Persecuted alchemists fled deep into Kessig's wilds, seeking solitude to continue their ghoulish craft.

Alesha's Vanguard

Creature - Orc Warrior

Dash (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)

Boundaries drawn on maps or marked with stone have no meaning for the Mardu.

Alesha, Who Smiles at Death

Legendary Creature - Human Warrior

First strike

Whenever Alesha, Who Smiles at Death attacks, you may pay . If you do, return target creature card with power 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped and attacking.

"Greet death with sword in hand."

Algae Gharial

Creature - Crocodile

Shroud

Whenever another creature dies, you may put a +1/+1 counter on Algae Gharial.

It lurks just under the surface, using the algae-choked tar pits of Jund as both home and hunting blind.

Aligned Hedron Network

Artifact

When Aligned Hedron Network enters the battlefield, exile all creatures with power 5 or greater until Aligned Hedron Network leaves the battlefield. (Those creatures return under their owners' control.)

The last hedron slotted into place, locking Ulamog in an infinite loop of binding energy.

Alive (Alive/Well)

Sorcery

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

Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)

All Is Dust

Tribal Sorcery - Eldrazi

Each player sacrifices all colored permanents he or she controls.

"The emergence of the Eldrazi isn't necessarily a bad thing, as long as you've already lived a fulfilling and complete life without regrets."
-Javad Nasrin, Ondu relic hunter

All Suns' Dawn

Sorcery

For each color, return up to one target card of that color from your graveyard to your hand. Exile All Suns' Dawn.

Alliance of Arms

Sorcery

Join forces - Starting with you, each player may pay any amount of mana. Each player puts X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens onto the battlefield, where X is the total amount of mana paid this way.

Allied Reinforcements

Sorcery

Put two 2/2 white Knight Ally creature tokens onto the battlefield.

"Our formation was scattered after Sea Gate fell. If you're fighting the Eldrazi, consider us your newest recruits."

Allosaurus Rider

Creature - Elf Warrior

You may exile two green cards from your hand rather than pay Allosaurus Rider's mana cost.

Allosaurus Rider's power and toughness are each equal to 1 plus the number of lands you control.

Alloy Myr

Artifact Creature - Myr

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

With or without witnesses, the suns continued their prismatic dance.

Alluring Siren

Creature - Siren

: Target creature an opponent controls attacks you this turn if able.

She lures victims with promises of flesh, captures them in a net of deceit, and destroys them in the embrace of the sea.

Ally Encampment

Land

: Add to your mana pool.

: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool. Spend this mana only to cast an Ally spell.

, , Sacrifice Ally Encampment: Return target Ally you control to its owner's hand.

Alms Beast

Creature - Beast

Creatures blocking or blocked by Alms Beast have lifelink.

Alms-coins are only redeemable at Orzhov businesses.

Alpha Authority

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature has hexproof and can't be blocked by more than one creature.

Even the bitterest enemies of the Burning-Tree Clan respect the strength of Borborygmos's rule.

Alpha Brawl

Sorcery

Target creature an opponent controls deals damage equal to its power to each other creature that player controls, then each of those creatures deals damage equal to its power to that creature.

Being an alpha means proving it every full moon.

Alpha Myr

Artifact Creature - Myr

Alpha Tyrranax

Creature - Beast

Hunger seized the tyrranax, and the Sylvok's vision quest ended in disaster.

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.

Altac Bloodseeker

Creature - Human Berserker

Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, Altac Bloodseeker gets +2/+0 and gains first strike and haste until end of turn. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike, and it can attack and as soon as it comes under your control.)

Altar Golem

Artifact Creature - Golem

Trample

Altar Golem's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures on the battlefield.

Altar Golem doesn't untap during your untap step.

Tap five untapped creatures you control: Untap Altar Golem.

Altar of Dementia

Artifact

Sacrifice a creature: Target player puts a number of cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power from the top of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

"It is not that you will go mad. It is that you will beg for madness."
-Volrath

Altar of Shadows

Artifact

At the beginning of your precombat main phase, add to your mana pool for each charge counter on Altar of Shadows.

, : Destroy target creature. Then put a charge counter on Altar of Shadows.

Altar of the Brood

Artifact

Whenever another permanent enters the battlefield under your control, each opponent puts the top card of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

Supplicants offer flesh and silver, flowers and blood. The altar takes what it will, eyes gleaming with unspoken promises.

Altar of the Lost

Artifact

Altar of the Lost enters the battlefield tapped.

: Add two mana in any combination of colors to your mana pool. Spend this mana only to cast spells with flashback from a graveyard.

Altar's Light

Instant

Exile target artifact or enchantment.

"The altar does nothing; the device is crushed under the weight of its own impurity."
-Ushanti, leonin seer

Altar's Reap

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Altar's Reap, sacrifice a creature.

Draw two cards.

"The demons don't care if we mutter niceties and act out ceremonies. Just kill him."
-Bishop Volpaig, servant of Griselbrand

Amass the Components

Sorcery

Draw three cards, then put a card from your hand on the bottom of your library.

"I knew I'd find a use for all that newt spittle!"

Ambassador Laquatus

Legendary Creature - Merfolk Wizard

: Target player puts the top three cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

"Life is a game. The only thing that matters is whether you're a pawn or a player."

Ambassador Oak

Creature - Treefolk Warrior

When Ambassador Oak enters the battlefield, put a 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature token onto the battlefield.

Treefolk and elves share a common interest in the forests, but really the elves just feel at home with the view from above.

Ambition's Cost

Sorcery

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

"Knowledge demands sacrifice."

Ambuscade Shaman

Creature - Orc Shaman

Whenever Ambuscade Shaman or another creature enters the battlefield under your control, that creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Dash (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)

Ambush Krotiq

Creature - Insect

Trample

When Ambush Krotiq enters the battlefield, return another creature you control to its owner's hand.

The Abzan merchants soon discovered why this route was clear of dragons.

Ambush Viper

Creature - Snake

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

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

"Living creatures seldom impress me. But I like this one."
-Uta Falkenrath

Amoeboid Changeling

Creature - Shapeshifter

Changeling (This card is every creature type at all times.)

: Target creature gains all creature types until end of turn.

: Target creature loses all creature types until end of turn.

Amphin Cutthroat

Creature - Salamander Rogue

"The amphin have long built their society in secret. While surface dwellers squabbled over trivial borders, they patiently expanded, building their ammonite temple-caves. Now amphin priests eye the shore, and amphin hunters gird for war."
-Gor Muldrak, Cryptohistories

Amphin Pathmage

Creature - Salamander Wizard

: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

"There are those who do not believe in the existence of the amphin. This seems somehow to be of their own design."
-Gor Muldrak, Cryptohistories

Amrou Scout

Creature - Kithkin Rebel Scout

, : Search your library for a Rebel permanent card with converted mana cost 3 or less and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.

The people of Amrou were scattered by war and driven into hiding. Scouts maintain the beacon fires that signal "return" and "home."

Amrou Seekers

Creature - Kithkin Rebel

Amrou Seekers can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or white creatures.

The paradise of Amrou Haven had become a field of cinders. Its people struggled to survive, hoping to see visions of its past in the strange storms that quickly passed.

Amulet of Vigor

Artifact

Whenever a permanent enters the battlefield tapped and under your control, untap it.

"After years of study, I've learned an important lesson: the relics we watch may be watching us back."
-Anowon, the Ruin Sage

Ana Battlemage

Creature - Human Wizard

Kicker and/or (You may pay an additional and/or as you cast this spell.)

When Ana Battlemage enters the battlefield, if it was kicked with its kicker, target player discards three cards.

When Ana Battlemage enters the battlefield, if it was kicked with its kicker, tap target untapped creature and that creature deals damage equal to its power to its controller.

Anaba Bodyguard

Creature - Minotaur

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

"They who challenge a minotaur enjoy the taste of their own blood."
-Mirri of the Weatherlight

Anaba Shaman

Creature - Minotaur Shaman

, : Anaba Shaman deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

Just try taking this bull by the horns.

Anaconda

Creature - Snake

Swampwalk (This creature is unblockable as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)

If you're smaller than the anaconda, it considers you food. If you're larger than the anaconda, it considers you a lot of food.

Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit

Legendary Creature - Spirit Soldier

Whenever another nontoken creature enters the battlefield under your control, bolster 1. (Choose a creature with the least toughness among creatures you control and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Martyred for worshipping her ancestors, she now walks among them.

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.

Anarchist

Creature - Human Wizard

When Anarchist enters the battlefield, you may return target sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Those who will not follow are doomed to lead.

Anathemancer

Creature - Zombie Wizard

When Anathemancer enters the battlefield, it deals damage to target player equal to the number of nonbasic lands that player controls.

Unearth (: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

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.

Ancestor's Chosen

Creature - Human Cleric

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

When Ancestor's Chosen enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life for each card in your graveyard.

"The will of all, by my hand done."

Ancestral Statue

Artifact Creature - Golem

When Ancestral Statue enters the battlefield, return a nonland permanent you control to its owner's hand.

The mage awakened the statue in hopes of learning the lost lore of her clan, but the statue was interested only in war.

Ancestral Vengeance

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

When Ancestral Vengeance enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Enchanted creature gets -1/-1.

The defenses of the Abzan extend well beyond the walls of their fortresses.

Ancestral Vision

Sorcery

Illus. Mark Poole

Ancient Amphitheater

Land

As Ancient Amphitheater enters the battlefield, you may reveal a Giant card from your hand. If you don't, Ancient Amphitheater enters the battlefield tapped.

: Add or to your mana pool.

The arbiter Galanda Feudkiller judges Lorwyn's squabbles from a lofty perspective.

Ancient Carp

Creature - Fish

"Why eat now what could one day grow into a feast?"
-Ojutai, translated from Draconic

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.

Ancient Craving

Sorcery

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

Knowledge demands sacrifice.