Opportunity

Instant

Target player draws four cards.

Little things like morals shouldn't hinder one's ambition.
-Pirate creed

Abyssal Horror

Creature - Horror

Flying

When Abyssal Horror enters the battlefield, target player discards two cards.

"I dreamt of it once. Now I fear it dreams of me."
-Tolarian scholar

Dakmor Lancer

Creature - Human Knight

When Dakmor Lancer enters the battlefield, destroy target nonblack creature.

The darkness of his shield reflects the inky blackness of his soul.

Bloodshot Cyclops

Creature - Cyclops Giant

, Sacrifice a creature: Bloodshot Cyclops deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to target creature or player.

After their first encounter, the goblins named him Chuck.

Gang of Elk

Creature - Elk Beast

Whenever Gang of Elk becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn for each creature blocking it.

"I felt the ground shake, so I hid in my tent until the earthquake passed. It passed all right, and it left hoofprints."
-Femeref explorer

Two-Headed Dragon

Creature - Dragon

Flying

: Two-Headed Dragon gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Two-Headed Dragon can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.

Two-Headed Dragon can block an additional creature.

Collective Unconscious

Sorcery

Draw a card for each creature you control.

"The beasts of the wild are my senses. It is through their eyes that all knowledge shall come to me."

Brass Herald

Artifact Creature - Golem

As Brass Herald enters the battlefield, choose a creature type.

When Brass Herald enters the battlefield, reveal the top four cards of your library. Put all creature cards of the chosen type revealed this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Creatures of the chosen type get +1/+1.

Planar Portal

Artifact

, : Search your library for a card and put that card into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

These devices have been known to pull entire worlds through the Æther.

Urza's Armor

Artifact

If a source would deal damage to you, prevent 1 of that damage.

Urza protected his body well, but neglected his soul.

Pyramids

Artifact

: Choose one - Destroy target Aura attached to a land; or the next time target land would be destroyed this turn, remove all damage marked on it instead.

Rakalite

Artifact

: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. Return Rakalite to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.

Urza was the first to understand that the war would not be lost for lack of power, but for lack of troops.

Firestorm Phoenix

Creature - Phoenix

Flying

If Firestorm Phoenix would die, return Firestorm Phoenix to its owner's hand instead. Until that player's next turn, that player plays with that card revealed in his or her hand and can't play it.

"The bird of wonder dies, the maiden phoenix,/ Her ashes new-create another heir/ As great in admiration as herself." -William Shakespeare, King Henry the Eighth.

Frost Giant

Creature - Giant

Rampage 2 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)

The Frost Giants have been out in the cold a long, long time, but they have their rage to keep them warm.

Mana Matrix

Artifact

Instant and enchantment spells you cast cost up to less to cast.

Mirror Universe

Artifact

, Sacrifice Mirror Universe: Exchange life totals with target opponent. Activate this ability only during your upkeep.

Planar Gate

Artifact

Creature spells you cast cost up to less to cast.

Nireya reached through the Gate, sensing the energies trapped beyond.

Sword of the Ages

Artifact

Sword of the Ages enters the battlefield tapped.

, Sacrifice Sword of the Ages and any number of creatures you control: Sword of the Ages deals X damage to target creature or player, where X is the total power of the creatures sacrificed this way, then exile Sword of the Ages and those creature cards.

Voodoo Doll

Artifact

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a pin counter on Voodoo Doll.

At the beginning of your end step, if Voodoo Doll is untapped, destroy Voodoo Doll and it deals damage to you equal to the number of pin counters on it.

, : Voodoo Doll deals damage equal to the number of pin counters on it to target creature or player. X is the number of pin counters on Voodoo Doll.

Bartel Runeaxe

Legendary Creature - Giant Warrior

Vigilance

Bartel Runeaxe can't be the target of Aura spells.

Thundering down from Hammerheim, no foe could slow Bartel's charge.

Dakkon Blackblade

Legendary Creature - Human Warrior

Dakkon Blackblade's power and toughness are each equal to the number of lands you control.

"My power is as vast as the plains, my strength is that of mountains. Each wave that crashes upon the shore thunders like blood in my veins." -Memoirs

Hunding Gjornersen

Legendary Creature - Human Warrior

Rampage 1 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)

"You would never guess, at the terrifying sight of the man, that Hunding was as charming a companion as one could wish for."

Jerrard of the Closed Fist

Legendary Creature - Human Knight

Once, the order of the Closed Fist reached throughout the Kb'Briann Highlands. Now, Jerrard alone remains to uphold their standard.

Johan

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard

At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may have Johan gain "Johan can't attack" until end of combat. If you do, attacking doesn't cause creatures you control to tap this combat if Johan is untapped.

Kasimir the Lone Wolf

Legendary Creature - Human Warrior

Popular indeed is the tale of how Kasimir was once a Holy man who renounced his order to take up the sword. But this tale is no more likely than any other.

Livonya Silone

Legendary Creature - Human Warrior

First strike, legendary landwalk

Livonya's own nature is a matter of mystery. Nothing is known for sure, merely rumors of unearthly stealth, and unholy alliances.

Lord Magnus

Legendary Creature - Human Druid

First strike

Creatures with plainswalk can be blocked as though they didn't have plainswalk.

Creatures with forestwalk can be blocked as though they didn't have forestwalk.

Marhault Elsdragon

Legendary Creature - Elf Warrior

Rampage 1 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)

Marhault follows a strict philosophy, never letting emotions cloud his thoughts. No chance observer could imagine the rage in his heart.

Pavel Maliki

Legendary Creature - Human

: Pavel Maliki gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

We all know the legend: Pavel wanders the realms, helping those in greatest need. But is this a measure of his generosity, or of his obligation to atone?

Princess Lucrezia

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard

: Add to your mana pool.

Ramirez DePietro

Legendary Creature - Human Pirate

First strike

Ramirez DePietro is a most flamboyant pirate. Be careful not to believe his tall tales, especially when you ask his age.

Ramses Overdark

Legendary Creature - Human Assassin

: Destroy target enchanted creature.

Rasputin Dreamweaver

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard

Rasputin Dreamweaver enters the battlefield with seven dream counters on it.

Remove a dream counter from Rasputin: Add to your mana pool.

Remove a dream counter from Rasputin: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to Rasputin this turn.

At the beginning of your upkeep, if Rasputin started the turn untapped, put a dream counter on it.

Rasputin can't have more than seven dream counters on it.

Rohgahh of Kher Keep

Legendary Creature - Kobold

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay . If you don't, tap Rohgahh of Kher Keep and all creatures named Kobolds of Kher Keep, then an opponent gains control of them.

Creatures you control named Kobolds of Kher Keep get +2/+2.

Sir Shandlar of Eberyn

Legendary Creature - Human Knight

"Remember Sir Shandlar! Remember and stand firm!" -rallying cry of the Eberyn militia

Stangg

Legendary Creature - Human Warrior

When Stangg enters the battlefield, put a legendary 3/4 red and green Human Warrior creature token named Stangg Twin onto the battlefield. When Stangg leaves the battlefield, exile that token. When that token leaves the battlefield, sacrifice Stangg.

The Lady of the Mountain

Legendary Creature - Giant

Her given name has been lost in the mists of time. Legend says that her silent vigil will one day be ended by the one who, pure of heart and spirit, calls out that name again.

Torsten Von Ursus

Legendary Creature - Human Soldier

"How can you accuse me of evil? Though these deeds be unsavory, no one will argue: good shall follow from them."

Amnesia

Sorcery

Target player reveals his or her hand and discards all nonland cards.

"When one has witnessed the unspeakable, 'tis sometimes better to forget." -Vervamon the Elder

Giant Shark

Creature - Fish

Giant Shark can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.

Whenever Giant Shark blocks or becomes blocked by a creature that has been dealt damage this turn, Giant Shark gets +2/+0 and gains trample until end of turn.

When you control no Islands, sacrifice Giant Shark.

Hidden Path

Enchantment

Green creatures have forestwalk.

"Where moments before we were lost beyond hope, the strange, floating lights showed us the way and restored our morale." -Vervamon the Elder

Book of Rass

Artifact

, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.

Runesword

Artifact

, : Target attacking creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. When that creature leaves the battlefield this turn, sacrifice Runesword. If the creature deals damage to a creature this turn, the creature dealt damage can't be regenerated this turn. If a creature dealt damage by the targeted creature would die this turn, exile that creature instead.

Ebon Praetor

Creature - Avatar Praetor

First strike, trample

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a -2/-2 counter on Ebon Praetor.

Sacrifice a creature: Remove a -2/-2 counter from Ebon Praetor. If the sacrificed creature was a Thrull, put a +1/+0 counter on Ebon Praetor. Activate this ability only during your upkeep and only once each turn.

Feral Thallid

Creature - Fungus

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a spore counter on Feral Thallid.

Remove three spore counters from Feral Thallid: Regenerate Feral Thallid.

"Born and bred of fungus, Thallids were nearly impossible to kill."
-Sarpadian Empires, vol. I

Hand of Justice

Creature - Avatar

, Tap three untapped white creatures you control: Destroy target creature.

"The Hand of Justice will come to cleanse the world if we are true."
-Oliver Farrel

Ritual of Subdual

Enchantment

Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

If a land is tapped for mana, it produces colorless mana instead of any other type.

"That which does not bend to the will of Freyalise shall surely break."
-Kolbjörn, Elder Druid of the Juniper Order

Shambling Strider

Creature - Yeti

: Shambling Strider gets +1/-1 until end of turn.

Freyalise forbid that any stranger should wander into the Striders' territory.

Wiitigo

Creature - Yeti

Wiitigo enters the battlefield with six +1/+1 counters on it.

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on Wiitigo if it has blocked or been blocked since your last upkeep. Otherwise, remove a +1/+1 counter from it.

Kjeldoran Phalanx

Creature - Human Soldier

First strike; banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

"There's nothing I like better than watching a street full of soldiers kicking down the doors of the guilty and the impure."
-Avram Garrisson, Leader of the Knights of Stromgald

Amulet of Quoz

Artifact

Remove Amulet of Quoz from your deck before playing if you're not playing for ante.

, Sacrifice Amulet of Quoz: Target opponent may add the top card of his or her library to the ante. If he or she doesn't, you flip a coin. If you win the flip, that player loses the game. If you lose the flip, you lose the game. Activate this ability only during your upkeep.

Celestial Sword

Artifact

, : Target creature you control gets +3/+3 until end of turn. Its controller sacrifices it at the beginning of the next end step.

"So great is its power, only the chosen can wield it and live."
-Avram Garrisson, Leader of the Knights of Stromgald

Earthlink

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Earthlink unless you pay .

Whenever a creature dies, that creature's controller sacrifices a land.

Storm Spirit

Creature - Elemental Spirit

Flying

: Storm Spirit deals 2 damage to target creature.

"Come to us, with your lightning. Come to us, with your thunder. Serve us with your strength, and smite our foes with your power."
-Steinar Icefist, Balduvian Shaman

Ihsan's Shade

Legendary Creature - Shade Knight

Protection from white

"Ihsan, the weak. Ihsan, the fallen. Ihsan, the betrayer. He has brought shame to the Serra Paladins where none existed before. May his suffering equal his betrayal."
-Baris, Serra Inquisitor

Autumn Willow

Legendary Creature - Avatar

Shroud

: Until end of turn, Autumn Willow can be the target of spells and abilities controlled by target player as though it didn't have shroud.

"We must shake her limbs and rattle her brains."
-Grandmother Sengir

Aysen Highway

Enchantment

White creatures have plainswalk.

"Tread the roads of righteousness, Murat, lest you lose your way and be consumed."
-Baris, Serra Inquisitor

Keeper of Tresserhorn

Creature - Avatar

Whenever Keeper of Tresserhorn attacks and isn't blocked, it assigns no combat damage this turn and defending player loses 2 life.

Storm Elemental

Creature - Elemental

Flying

, Exile the top card of your library: Tap target creature with flying.

, Exile the top card of your library: If the exiled card is a snow land, Storm Elemental gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Nature's Wrath

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Nature's Wrath unless you pay .

Whenever a player puts an Island or blue permanent onto the battlefield, he or she sacrifices an Island or blue permanent.

Whenever a player puts a Swamp or black permanent onto the battlefield, he or she sacrifices a Swamp or black permanent.

Pyrokinesis

Instant

You may exile a red card from your hand rather than pay Pyrokinesis's mana cost.

Pyrokinesis deals 4 damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures.

"Anybody want some . . . toast?"
-Jaya Ballard, Task Mage

Adarkar Valkyrie

Snow Creature - Angel

Flying, vigilance

: When target creature other than Adarkar Valkyrie dies this turn, return that card to the battlefield under your control.

She doesn't escort the dead to the afterlife, but instead raises them to fight and die again.

Darien, King of Kjeldor

Legendary Creature - Human Soldier

Whenever you're dealt damage, you may put that many 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens onto the battlefield.

"With his dream of unification fulfilled, Darien became the last king of Kjeldor. Those who followed were known as the kings of New Argive."
-Kjeldor: Ice Civilization

Kjeldoran Gargoyle

Creature - Gargoyle

Flying, first strike

Whenever Kjeldoran Gargoyle deals damage, you gain that much life.

The gargoyles were taken from the walls of flooded Kjeldoran cities and brought upland to guard the outposts of New Argive.

Ronom Serpent

Snow Creature - Serpent

Ronom Serpent can't attack unless defending player controls a snow land.

When you control no snow lands, sacrifice Ronom Serpent.

With the spread of Rimewind's sorcerous winter, snow dwellers reclaimed their places atop the food chain.

Void Maw

Creature - Horror

Trample

If another creature would die, exile it instead.

Put a card exiled with Void Maw into its owner's graveyard: Void Maw gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Greater Stone Spirit

Creature - Elemental Spirit

Greater Stone Spirit can't be blocked by creatures with flying.

: Until end of turn, target creature gets +0/+2 and gains ": This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn."

Having charted their way up the difficult face, the two mountaineers had to contend with the mountain's decision to stand up.

Arctic Nishoba

Creature - Cat Warrior

Trample

Cumulative upkeep or (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

When Arctic Nishoba dies, you gain 2 life for each age counter on it.

Aurochs Herd

Creature - Aurochs

Trample

When Aurochs Herd enters the battlefield, you may search your library for an Aurochs card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you do, shuffle your library.

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

Shape of the Wiitigo

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

When Shape of the Wiitigo enters the battlefield, put six +1/+1 counters on enchanted creature.

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on enchanted creature if it attacked or blocked since your last upkeep. Otherwise, remove a +1/+1 counter from it.

Deepfire Elemental

Creature - Elemental

: Destroy target artifact or creature with converted mana cost X.

"There are deep, deep places in this world that have long burned hot with little regard for the whitening of the earth's thin skin."
-Sek'Kuar, Deathkeeper

Phyrexian Snowcrusher

Snow Artifact Creature - Juggernaut

Phyrexian Snowcrusher attacks each turn if able.

{S}: Phyrexian Snowcrusher gets +1/+0 until end of turn. ({S} can be paid with one mana from a snow permanent.)

Its plow wasn't designed for snow, but to carve a path through shrieking armies.

Catacomb Dragon

Creature - Dragon

Flying

Whenever Catacomb Dragon becomes blocked by a nonartifact, non-Dragon creature, that creature gets -X/-0 until end of turn, where X is half the creature's power, rounded down.

Mist Dragon

Creature - Dragon

: Mist Dragon gains flying. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

: Mist Dragon loses flying. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

: Mist Dragon phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before you untap during your next untap step.)

"Across the plains, farmers who braved the mists began to vanish. Most blamed the goblins; none guessed the truth."
-Hakim, Loreweaver

Canopy Dragon

Creature - Dragon

Trample

: Canopy Dragon gains flying and loses trample until end of turn.

"In the Mwonvuli you must divide your attention between what hangs overhead and what lies underfoot."
-Sidar Jabari

Rock Basilisk

Creature - Basilisk

Whenever Rock Basilisk blocks or becomes blocked by a non-Wall creature, destroy that creature at end of combat.

In the eastern reaches of Jamuraa are arrangements of massive stones. No one knows their origins-for certain.

Fireblast

Instant

You may sacrifice two Mountains rather than pay Fireblast's mana cost.

Fireblast deals 4 damage to target creature or player.

Embermages aren't well known for their diplomatic skills.

Firestorm Hellkite

Creature - Dragon

Flying, trample

Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

"If it can scar the sky with fire, do not share its destination."
-Mwani, Mtenda herder

Viashivan Dragon

Creature - Dragon

Flying

: Viashivan Dragon gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

: Viashivan Dragon gets +0/+1 until end of turn.

The Viashivan understand that cruelty arises from opportunity.

Spinning Darkness

Instant

You may exile the top three black cards of your graveyard rather than pay Spinning Darkness's mana cost.

Spinning Darkness deals 3 damage to target nonblack creature. You gain 3 life.

Cloud Djinn

Creature - Djinn

Flying

Cloud Djinn can block only creatures with flying.

As elusive as the footprint of a djinn
-Suq'Ata expression

Aboroth

Creature - Elemental

Cumulative upkeep-Put a -1/-1 counter on Aboroth. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

The Weatherlight banked sharply as the colossal beast rose up to crush the lone rider. "My bet's on the dirt," Gerrard said flatly.

Maraxus of Keld

Legendary Creature - Human Warrior

Maraxus of Keld's power and toughness are each equal to the number of untapped artifacts, creatures, and lands you control.

"I have no master. I am chaos."
-Maraxus of Keld

Alabaster Dragon

Creature - Dragon

Flying

When Alabaster Dragon dies, shuffle it into its owner's library.

Commander Greven il-Vec

Legendary Creature - Human Warrior

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

When Commander Greven il-Vec enters the battlefield, sacrifice a creature.

"Rage is the only freedom left me."
-Greven il-Vec

Minion of the Wastes

Creature - Minion

Trample

As Minion of the Wastes enters the battlefield, pay any amount of life.

Minion of the Wastes's power and toughness are each equal to the life paid as it entered the battlefield.

Recycle

Enchantment

Skip your draw step.

Whenever you play a card, draw a card.

Your maximum hand size is two.

Flowstone Sculpture

Artifact Creature - Shapeshifter

, Discard a card: Put a +1/+1 counter on Flowstone Sculpture or Flowstone Sculpture gains flying, first strike, or trample. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

The sculptor, weary of his work, created art that would finish itself.

Carnassid

Creature - Beast

Trample

: Regenerate Carnassid.

The hunter would never forget the time or place where he first met the carnassid, for they buried him there.

Flowstone Mauler

Creature - Beast

Trample

: Flowstone Mauler gets +1/-1 until end of turn.

Once these horrifying creatures were perfected, there was no need for armodons.

Warrior Angel

Creature - Angel Warrior

Flying

Whenever Warrior Angel deals damage, you gain that much life.

She represents not hope, but hope's desperate fury.

Exalted Dragon

Creature - Dragon

Flying

Exalted Dragon can't attack unless you sacrifice a land.

If dragons excel at anything more than vanity, it is greed.

Ephemeron

Creature - Illusion

Flying

Discard a card: Return Ephemeron to its owner's hand.

From nothing came teeth.

Mind Over Matter

Enchantment

Discard a card: You may tap or untap target artifact, creature, or land.

Lyna turned to the figure beside her. "They're gone. What now?"
"As ever," said Urza, "we wait."

Workhorse

Artifact Creature - Horse

Workhorse enters the battlefield with four +1/+1 counters on it.

Remove a +1/+1 counter from Workhorse: Add to your mana pool.

Catastrophe

Sorcery

Destroy all lands or all creatures. Creatures destroyed this way can't be regenerated.

Radiant's eyes flashed. "Go, then," the angel spat at Serra, "and leave this world to those who truly care."

Drifting Djinn

Creature - Djinn

Flying

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Drifting Djinn unless you pay .

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

Time Spiral

Sorcery

Exile Time Spiral. Each player shuffles his or her graveyard and hand into his or her library, then draws seven cards. You untap up to six lands.

Zephid

Creature - Illusion

Flying; shroud (This permanent can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Once you've seen one, you'll understand why spells won't go near them.

Dark Hatchling

Creature - Horror

Flying

When Dark Hatchling enters the battlefield, destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.