Drooling Ogre

Creature - Ogre

Whenever a player casts an artifact spell, that player gains control of Drooling Ogre. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

"Is it the stomping kind or the munching kind?"
-Slobad, goblin tinkerer

Goblin Archaeologist

Creature - Goblin Artificer

, : Flip a coin. If you win the flip, destroy target artifact and untap Goblin Archaeologist. If you lose the flip, sacrifice Goblin Archaeologist.

Always easily impressed, Durg was about to be blown away.

Slobad, Goblin Tinkerer

Legendary Creature - Goblin Artificer

Sacrifice an artifact: Target artifact is indestructible this turn. ("Destroy" effects and lethal damage don't destroy that artifact.)

"I used to joke that he had been exiled for being too smart. Now I know why he never laughed."
-Glissa Sunseeker

Viridian Zealot

Creature - Elf Warrior

, Sacrifice Viridian Zealot: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

"I will fight only the way nature intended-and nature intended us to win."

Arcbound Ravager

Artifact Creature - Beast

Sacrifice an artifact: Put a +1/+1 counter on Arcbound Ravager.

Modular 1 (This enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. When it dies, you may put its +1/+1 counters on target artifact creature.)

Arcbound Slith

Artifact Creature - Slith

Whenever Arcbound Slith deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.

Modular 1 (This enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. When it dies, you may put its +1/+1 counters on target artifact creature.)

Arcbound Stinger

Artifact Creature - Insect

Flying

Modular 1 (This enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. When it dies, you may put its +1/+1 counters on target artifact creature.)

Coretapper

Artifact Creature - Myr

: Put a charge counter on target artifact.

Sacrifice Coretapper: Put two charge counters on target artifact.

It converts the faintest surges of power from Mirrodin's core into usable energy, providing endless power for Memnarch's creations on the surface.

Spincrusher

Artifact Creature - Construct

Whenever Spincrusher blocks, put a +1/+1 counter on it.

Remove a +1/+1 counter from Spincrusher: Spincrusher is unblockable this turn.

It rolls with the punches.

Auriok Champion

Creature - Human Cleric

Protection from black and from red

Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, you may gain 1 life.

"Her will shall banish the shadows. Her might shall punish the lawless. Her beauty shall restore the light."
-Ushanti, leonin seer

Leonin Squire

Creature - Cat Soldier

When Leonin Squire enters the battlefield, return target artifact card with converted mana cost 1 or less from your graveyard to your hand.

"I may be kha, but without my soldiers, my people, I am nothing."
-Raksha Golden Cub

Blind Creeper

Creature - Zombie Beast

Whenever a player casts a spell, Blind Creeper gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

It shuns everything except its next meal.

Sylvok Explorer

Creature - Human Druid

: Add to your mana pool one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Any creature on a druid's shoulder is his family, any land under his feet his home.

Tangle Asp

Creature - Snake

Whenever Tangle Asp blocks or becomes blocked by a creature, destroy that creature at end of combat.

"I have no fangs, yet I constantly bite. I have no scales, yet I slither through you. What am I?"
-Riddle of the viper's venom

Eight-and-a-Half-Tails

Legendary Creature - Fox Cleric

: Target permanent you control gains protection from white until end of turn.

: Target spell or permanent becomes white until end of turn.

"Virtue is an inner light that can prevail in every soul."

Kami of Ancient Law

Creature - Spirit

Sacrifice Kami of Ancient Law: Destroy target enchantment.

"Duty and law are the foundation on which civilization stands. They must not fall, for when they do, they take everything with them."
-Lord Konda

Konda's Hatamoto

Creature - Human Samurai

Bushido 1 (When this blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

As long as you control a legendary Samurai, Konda's Hatamoto gets +1/+2 and has vigilance. (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)

Samurai of the Pale Curtain

Creature - Fox Samurai

Bushido 1 (When this blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

If a permanent would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.

Sensei Golden-Tail

Legendary Creature - Fox Samurai

Bushido 1 (When this blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

, : Put a training counter on target creature. That creature gains bushido 1 and becomes a Samurai in addition to its other creature types. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.

Silent-Chant Zubera

Creature - Zubera Spirit

When Silent-Chant Zubera dies, you gain 2 life for each Zubera that died this turn.

When the Honden of Cleansing Fire was abandoned, its attendants swarmed Kamigawa to erode mortal will.

Floating-Dream Zubera

Creature - Zubera Spirit

When Floating-Dream Zubera dies, draw a card for each Zubera that died this turn.

When the Honden of Seeing Winds was forgotten, its attendants swarmed Kamigawa to uncover mortal secrets.

Guardian of Solitude

Creature - Spirit

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, target creature gains flying until end of turn.

"It seemed an easy thing, to step into the nothingness, to fall, to die. But then, for an instant, I saw it, eyes filled with endless sorrow, and I turned back to face my pain."
-Snow-Fur, kitsune poet

Hisoka's Guard

Creature - Human Wizard

You may choose not to untap Hisoka's Guard during your untap step.

, : Target creature you control other than Hisoka's Guard has shroud for as long as Hisoka's Guard remains tapped. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Jushi Apprentice

Creature - Human Wizard

, : Draw a card. If you have nine or more cards in hand, flip Jushi Apprentice.

Soratami Cloudskater

Creature - Moonfolk Rogue

Flying

, Return a land you control to its owner's hand: Draw a card, then discard a card.

"You hide your actions from eyes on the ground, but nothing escapes the clouds."

Student of Elements

Creature - Human Wizard

When Student of Elements has flying, flip it.

Ashen-Skin Zubera

Creature - Zubera Spirit

When Ashen-Skin Zubera dies, target opponent discards a card for each Zubera that died this turn.

When the Honden of Night's Reach began to crumble, its attendants swarmed Kamigawa to haunt mortal dreams.

Cruel Deceiver

Creature - Spirit

: Look at the top card of your library.

: Reveal the top card of your library. If it's a land card, Cruel Deceiver gains "Whenever Cruel Deceiver deals damage to a creature, destroy that creature" until end of turn. Activate this ability only once each turn.

Kiku, Night's Flower

Legendary Creature - Human Assassin

, : Target creature deals damage to itself equal to its power.

"A wanderer has told me of an assassin in the Takenuma Swamp who uses her dark arts to animate her enemies' shadows against them. A wild tale, but it explains much."
-Diary of Azusa

Nezumi Bone-Reader

Creature - Rat Shaman

, Sacrifice a creature: Target player discards a card. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.

Four generations ago, old Split-Tail stole a bundle of scrolls from the Minamo School. Soon after, the first nezumi shamans were born.

Nezumi Cutthroat

Creature - Rat Warrior

Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Nezumi Cutthroat can't block.

"These nezumi, they disgust me. The things they will do for money no other thinking creature would consider. This, of course, makes them useful beyond words."
-Meloku the Clouded Mirror

Nezumi Graverobber

Creature - Rat Rogue

: Exile target card from an opponent's graveyard. If no cards are in that graveyard, flip Nezumi Graverobber.

Nezumi Shortfang

Creature - Rat Rogue

, : Target opponent discards a card. Then if that player has no cards in hand, flip Nezumi Shortfang.

Wicked Akuba

Creature - Spirit

: Target player dealt damage by Wicked Akuba this turn loses 1 life.

The sound of children weeping is a song that fills its heart with joy.

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.

Battle-Mad Ronin

Creature - Human Samurai

Bushido 2 (When this blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.)

Battle-Mad Ronin attacks each turn if able.

"I fought fiercely, bravely, and without mercy. Had I not struck down my captain in the heat of battle, I might have become a hero instead of an outcast."

Ember-Fist Zubera

Creature - Zubera Spirit

When Ember-Fist Zubera dies, it deals damage to target creature or player equal to the number of Zubera that died this turn.

When the Honden of Infinite Rage shattered, its attendants swarmed Kamigawa to sow mortal destruction.

Hearth Kami

Creature - Spirit

, Sacrifice Hearth Kami: Destroy target artifact with converted mana cost X.

"Every treachery, great or small, begets a spirit that rages at the injustice. Given the opportunity, each will return that treachery to its owner tenfold."
-Sensei Hisoka

Budoka Gardener

Creature - Human Monk

: You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you control ten or more lands, flip Budoka Gardener.

Dripping-Tongue Zubera

Creature - Zubera Spirit

When Dripping-Tongue Zubera dies, put a 1/1 colorless Spirit creature token onto the battlefield for each Zubera that died this turn.

When the Honden of Life's Web was destroyed, its attendants swarmed Kamigawa to ensure mortal defeat.

Humble Budoka

Creature - Human Monk

Shroud (This permanent can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Each time wanderers entered the forest seeking enlightenment, Dosan was there, waiting for them to arrive.

Orochi Ranger

Creature - Snake Warrior

Whenever Orochi Ranger deals combat damage to a creature, tap that creature and it doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

"The young come to me, confused. They have been taught to respect the kami, and now they must fight them? I do not know what to say."
-Sachi, to her father

Orochi Sustainer

Creature - Snake Shaman

: Add to your mana pool.

"Nothing is the same anymore. The forests are not as lush, the waters not as pure, the air not as clear. Without the kami to direct and sustain the forces of nature, it's only a matter of time before we feel their neglect."

Sakura-Tribe Elder

Creature - Snake Shaman

Sacrifice Sakura-Tribe Elder: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.

There were no tombstones in orochi territory. Slain warriors were buried with a tree sapling, so they would become a part of the forest after death.

Soilshaper

Creature - Spirit

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, target land becomes a 3/3 creature until end of turn. It's still a land.

It spoke with the voice of nature, but its words were curses spat upon humankind.

Kentaro, the Smiling Cat

Legendary Creature - Human Samurai

Bushido 1 (When this blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

You may pay rather than pay the mana cost for Samurai spells you cast, where X is that spell's converted mana cost.

"The bonds of bushido will draw the dishonored back someday, and I will be there waiting."

Split-Tail Miko

Creature - Fox Cleric

, : Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

"I wish there were no use for those with my talents. I wish that I could walk Kamigawa forgotten and unneeded, with no war wounds to heal and no broken bones to mend."

Tallowisp

Creature - Spirit

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may search your library for an Aura card with enchant creature, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you do, shuffle your library.

Isolated on its little candlewick, the kami never heard of the crime that drove its comrades to war.

Floodbringer

Creature - Moonfolk Wizard

Flying

, Return a land you control to its owner's hand: Tap target land.

"Such a small thing, a drop of water . . . And yet enough of them together can flood a field, cleanse a mire, or choke a forest."

Kaijin of the Vanishing Touch

Creature - Spirit

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

Whenever Kaijin of the Vanishing Touch blocks a creature, return that creature to its owner's hand at end of combat. (Return it only if it's on the battlefield.)

When it's finished, all that's left of you is a ripple on a still pond.

Minamo Sightbender

Creature - Human Wizard

, : Target creature with power X or less is unblockable this turn.

Woven from threads of the spirit world, the mistcloak rendered its wearer invisible, but quickly fell to tatters.

Skullsnatcher

Creature - Rat Ninja

Ninjutsu (, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)

Whenever Skullsnatcher deals combat damage to a player, exile up to two target cards from that player's graveyard.

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 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.

Blademane Baku

Creature - Spirit

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may put a ki counter on Blademane Baku.

, Remove X ki counters from Blademane Baku: For each counter removed, Blademane Baku gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Ishi-Ishi, Akki Crackshot

Legendary Creature - Goblin Warrior

Whenever an opponent casts a Spirit or Arcane spell, Ishi-Ishi, Akki Crackshot deals 2 damage to that player.

"Here fell Ishi-Ishi, King of the Flaming Pebbles, Scourge of the Mountain Kami, Lover of Goats. May his shell never burn."
-Cave inscription

Loam Dweller

Creature - Spirit

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.

"You know its mood by the plants that spring up around it. When it is placid, fields of lilies flow in its wake; when it is angry, every stem has a thorn."
-Isao, Enlightened Bushi

Matsu-Tribe Sniper

Creature - Snake Warrior Archer

: Matsu-Tribe Sniper deals 1 damage to target creature with flying.

Whenever Matsu-Tribe Sniper deals damage to a creature, tap that creature and it doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Petalmane Baku

Creature - Spirit

Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, you may put a ki counter on Petalmane Baku.

, Remove X ki counters from Petalmane Baku: Add X mana of any one color to your mana pool.

Araba Mothrider

Creature - Human Samurai

Flying

Bushido 1 (When this blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

"My finest creations are fashioned after the moths of Eiganjo. They fly higher, faster, and more gracefully than any of my own designs."
-Noboru, master kitemaker

Hand of Honor

Creature - Human Samurai

Protection from black

Bushido 1 (When this blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

"The sword is just a tool. It is the samurai's hand that brings it to life."

Inner-Chamber Guard

Creature - Human Samurai

Bushido 2 (When this blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.)

"It seems that each time I visit Lord Konda his guards are more on edge, perhaps even more eager for the war to reach them."
-Masako the Humorless

Kataki, War's Wage

Legendary Creature - Spirit

All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay ."

"Before the war, we prayed to Kataki to sharpen our swords and harden our armor. Without his blessing our weapons are all but useless against the kami hordes."
-Kenzo the Hardhearted

Kitsune Loreweaver

Creature - Fox Cleric

: Kitsune Loreweaver gets +0/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand.

"Know your history. The lessons of the past will shield you in times of doubt."

Erayo, Soratami Ascendant

Legendary Creature - Moonfolk Monk

Flying

Whenever the fourth spell of a turn is cast, flip Erayo, Soratami Ascendant.

Ghost-Lit Warder

Creature - Spirit

, : Counter target spell unless its controller pays .

Channel - , Discard Ghost-Lit Warder: Counter target spell unless its controller pays .

Kami of the Crescent Moon

Legendary Creature - Spirit

At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws an additional card.

"He's a lot like me, that masterless little kami . . . unimpressed by grandeur and never at a loss for a trick."
-Toshiro Umezawa

Minamo Scrollkeeper

Creature - Human Wizard

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

Your maximum hand size is increased by one.

The scrollkeepers never stepped an inch away from the doors of the Great Library, not even when the ogres and their oni masters swept through Minamo.

Oboro Breezecaller

Creature - Moonfolk Wizard

Flying

, Return a land you control to its owner's hand: Untap target land.

"I feel their unnatural influence in the weary, weeping land. Do they care nothing for the creatures who walk below their clouds?"
-Eight-and-a-Half-Tails

Shape Stealer

Creature - Shapeshifter Spirit

Whenever Shape Stealer blocks or becomes blocked by a creature, change Shape Stealer's power and toughness to that creature's power and toughness until end of turn.

"Stand back. I know just what to do."
-Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker

Deathknell Kami

Creature - Spirit

Flying

: Deathknell Kami gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

Soulshift 1 (When this creature dies, you may return target Spirit card with converted mana cost 1 or less from your graveyard to your hand.)

Hand of Cruelty

Creature - Human Samurai

Protection from white

Bushido 1 (When this blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

"The sword is just a tool. It is the samurai's hand that delivers death."

Kuro's Taken

Creature - Rat Samurai

Bushido 1 (When this blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

: Regenerate Kuro's Taken.

Simple bargains are the most tempting, and oni bargains are the simplest of all: eternal life for eternal service.

Raving Oni-Slave

Creature - Ogre Warrior

When Raving Oni-Slave enters the battlefield or leaves the battlefield, you lose 3 life if you don't control a Demon.

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

Shinen of Life's Roar

Creature - Spirit

All creatures able to block Shinen of Life's Roar do so.

Channel - , Discard Shinen of Life's Roar: All creatures able to block target creature this turn do so.

Courier Hawk

Creature - Bird

Flying, vigilance

The Orzhov started using hawks as messengers in order to bypass the many toll roads and bridges that dot Ravnica. Soon the service became one of their most profitable businesses.

Veteran Armorer

Creature - Human Soldier

Other creatures you control get +0/+1.

"Give me a sword and I'll kill a few enemies. But give me a hammer and a fiery forge, and I'll turn the tide of battle."

Drake Familiar

Creature - Drake

Flying

When Drake Familiar enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you return an enchantment to its owner's hand.

"Falconry? A fine sport I suppose, if you're attracted to the frailty of birds."
-Trivaz, Izzet mage

Lore Broker

Creature - Human Rogue

: Each player draws a card, then discards a card.

Lies are sold as often as truths-and used just as effectively.

Surveilling Sprite

Creature - Faerie Rogue

Flying

When Surveilling Sprite dies, you may draw a card.

Their natural curiosity, combined with a knack for trespassing, makes sprites excellent spies.

Dark Confidant

Creature - Human Wizard

At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its converted mana cost.

Greatness, at any cost.

Golgari Thug

Creature - Human Warrior

When Golgari Thug dies, put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Dredge 4 (If you would draw a card, instead you may put exactly four cards from the top of your library into your graveyard. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Otherwise, draw a card.)

Hunted Horror

Creature - Horror

Trample

When Hunted Horror enters the battlefield, put two 3/3 green Centaur creature tokens with protection from black onto the battlefield under target opponent's control.

Roofstalker Wight

Creature - Zombie

: Roofstalker Wight gains flying until end of turn.

No heartbeat to hear, no greed to bribe, no fear of death.

Sell-Sword Brute

Creature - Human Mercenary

When Sell-Sword Brute dies, it deals 2 damage to you.

"Killing is easy. Just wrap your hand around the haft, and wrap your enemy around the blade."

Viashino Slasher

Creature - Viashino Warrior

: Viashino Slasher gets +1/-1 until end of turn.

Citizens of Ravnica stick to the main streets. Shortcuts may look tempting, but down each alley, dozens of hungry hands await, and screams do not carry into the busy market throng.

Transluminant

Creature - Dryad Shaman

, Sacrifice Transluminant: Put a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying onto the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step.

"Forget yourself. Forget your city. Forget your homes, your families, the debts and obligations that hold you to this world."

Vinelasher Kudzu

Creature - Plant

Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on Vinelasher Kudzu.

It grows to hate you.

Boros Swiftblade

Creature - Human Soldier

Double strike

When the Boros Legion attacks, swiftblades enter the fray first. They pick off the archers and mages, softening the enemy front before the flame-kin and giants go in.

Dimir Infiltrator

Creature - Spirit

Dimir Infiltrator is unblockable.

Transmute (, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same converted mana cost as this card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

Selesnya Evangel

Creature - Elf Shaman

, , Tap an untapped creature you control: Put a 1/1 green Saproling creature token onto the battlefield.

"The clamor of the city drowns all voices. But together we can sing a harmony that will resonate from Ravnica's tallest spires to her deepest wells."

Thundersong Trumpeter

Creature - Human Soldier

: Target creature can't attack or block this turn.

"Hear that? Those notes mean we've arrived at Sunhome! Let our allies' hearts soar and our enemies' hearts shatter at the sound!"
-Klattic, Boros legionnaire

Watchwolf

Creature - Wolf

Only in Ravnica do the wolves watch the flock.

Boros Guildmage

Creature - Human Wizard

: Target creature gains haste until end of turn.

: Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.

Dimir Guildmage

Creature - Human Wizard

( can be paid with either or .)

: Target player draws a card. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.

: Target player discards a card. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.

Golgari Guildmage

Creature - Elf Shaman

, Sacrifice a creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Lurking Informant

Creature - Human Rogue

( can be paid with either or .)

, : Look at the top card of target player's library. You may put that card into that player's graveyard.

In the undercity, forgetfulness is often encouraged at the point of a blade.

Selesnya Guildmage

Creature - Elf Wizard

: Put a 1/1 green Saproling creature token onto the battlefield.

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

Vertigo Spawn

Creature - Illusion

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

Whenever Vertigo Spawn blocks a creature, tap that creature. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.