Vedalken Outlander

Artifact Creature - Vedalken Scout

Protection from red

The Seekers of Carmot searched across the unknown lands for the mystical red stone that could reforge Esper in ethereal perfection.

Vedalken Orrery

Artifact

You may cast nonland cards as though they had flash.

The model incorporated the fifth sun effortlessly, as if it had always known.

Vedalken Mastermind

Creature - Vedalken Wizard

, : Return target permanent you control to its owner's hand.

The vedalken see other beings from a cold distance, as either experimental subjects or objects of study.

Vedalken Infuser

Creature - Vedalken Wizard

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a charge counter on target artifact.

"All plans begin as dreams. I intend to awaken them."

Vedalken Heretic

Creature - Vedalken Rogue

Whenever Vedalken Heretic deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.

"Etherium clouded my eyes, clogged my ears, desensitized my skin. Now that I can feel, I can begin to learn."

Vedalken Ghoul

Creature - Vedalken Zombie

Whenever Vedalken Ghoul becomes blocked, defending player loses 4 life.

For four nights following Ennor's death and the reclaiming of his etherium, its recipients were found slain, the etherium ripped from their bodies.

Vedalken Entrancer

Creature - Vedalken Wizard

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

"Don't get any ideas."

Vedalken Engineer

Creature - Vedalken Artificer

: Add two mana of any one color to your mana pool. Spend this mana only to cast artifact spells or activate abilities of artifacts.

Art is unknown to the vedalken-for them, all creations must serve a purpose.

Vedalken Dismisser

Creature - Vedalken Wizard

When Vedalken Dismisser enters the battlefield, put target creature on top of its owner's library.

"I crept up on him, quiet as a guttermouse. And then suddenly I found myself facedown in a latrine pit behind Tin Street Market."
-Sirislav, Dimir spy

Vedalken Certarch

Creature - Vedalken Wizard

Metalcraft - : Tap target artifact, creature, or land. Activate this ability only if you control three or more artifacts.

"An appropriately detailed model is indistinguishable from reality, and much easier to control."

Vedalken Æthermage

Creature - Vedalken Wizard

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

When Vedalken Æthermage enters the battlefield, return target Sliver to its owner's hand.

Wizardcycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a Wizard card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.)

Vedalken Archmage

Creature - Vedalken Wizard

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, draw a card.

"The Knowledge Pool knows. Memnarch understands."
-Janus, speaker of the synod

Vedalken Anatomist

Creature - Vedalken Wizard

, : Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature. You may tap or untap that creature.

"Specimen 211 examination report. Observation: graft sublimation incomplete. Result: death. Prepare specimen 212."

Vector Asp

Artifact Creature - Snake

: Vector Asp gains infect until end of turn. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

Phyrexia's machines take inspiration from nature. Twisted, disturbing inspiration.

Vectis Silencers

Artifact Creature - Human Rogue

: Vectis Silencers gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy that creature.)

Even on Esper, there are those who eschew the use of magic in favor of simpler methods.

Vectis Dominator

Artifact Creature - Human Wizard

: Tap target creature unless its controller pays 2 life.

"I appreciate the artistry of the telemins, but the creatures of the other worlds provide a much more dramatic performance."
-Ennor, mentalist

Vectis Agents

Artifact Creature - Human Rogue

: Vectis Agents gets -2/-0 until end of turn and is unblockable this turn.

With their life energy suppressed under their etherium enhancements, thieves from Esper found it surprisingly easy to explore the ruins of Grixis.

Vec Townships

Land

: Add to your mana pool.

: Add or to your mana pool. Vec Townships doesn't untap during your next untap step.

Vebulid

Creature - Horror

Vebulid enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a +1/+1 counter on Vebulid.

When Vebulid attacks or blocks, destroy it at end of combat.

Vaultbreaker

Creature - Orc Rogue

Whenever Vaultbreaker attacks, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.

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.)

Vault Skyward

Instant

Target creature gains flying until end of turn. Untap it.

"The edges of the Quicksilver Sea run dark with the spread of the Mephidross. Two more aerial passes before I can be sure what I'm seeing . . ."
-Lafarius, Neurok sky agent

Vault Skirge

Artifact Creature - Imp

( can be paid with either or 2 life.)

Flying

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

From the remnants of the dead, Geth forged a swarm to safeguard his throne.

Vault of Whispers

Artifact Land

(Vault of Whispers isn't a spell.)

: Add to your mana pool.

Vault of the Archangel

Land

: Add to your mana pool.

, : Creatures you control gain deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.

"For centuries my creation kept this world in balance. Now only her shadow remains."
-Sorin Markov

Vastwood Zendikon

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant land

Enchanted land is a 6/4 green Elemental creature. It's still a land.

When enchanted land dies, return that card to its owner's hand.

Vastwood Hydra

Creature - Hydra

Vastwood Hydra enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it.

When Vastwood Hydra dies, you may distribute a number of +1/+1 counters equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on Vastwood Hydra among any number of creatures you control.

Vastwood Gorger

Creature - Wurm

"A long and difficult incision revealed that all vital organs are housed in the head, save for a long chain of stomachs, forty in all, leading from its throat to the end of the tail."
-Mulak Ffar, Vastwood Biodiversity

Vastwood Animist

Creature - Elf Shaman Ally

: Target land you control becomes an X/X Elemental creature until end of turn, where X is the number of Allies you control. It's still a land.

He calls on the forests for counsel and summons the earth to his cause.

Vassal's Duty

Enchantment

: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to target legendary creature you control this turn is dealt to you instead.

"My life is yours, my lord. There is no greater service than to yield it for your safety."

Vassal Soul

Creature - Spirit

Flying

For the Azorius, the opportunity to serve the law is too great an honor for death to interrupt.

Varolz, the Scar-Striped

Legendary Creature - Troll Warrior

Each creature card in your graveyard has scavenge. The scavenge cost is equal to its mana cost. (Exile a creature card from your graveyard and pay its mana cost: Put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to that card's power on target creature. Scavenge only as a sorcery.)

Sacrifice another creature: Regenerate Varolz, the Scar-Striped.

Varchild's War-Riders

Creature - Human Warrior

Cumulative upkeep-Put a 1/1 red Survivor creature token onto the battlefield under an opponent's control. (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.)

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

"What tries to crush our spirit only strengthens our resolve." -Lovisa Coldeyes, Balduvian Chieftain

Varchild's Crusader

Creature - Human Knight

: Varchild's Crusader can't be blocked this turn except by Walls. Sacrifice Varchild's Crusader at the beginning of the next end step.

"We could have peace, but Varchild would rather have the maps of the new Kjeldor drawn in Balduvian blood."King Darien of Kjeldor

Vaporous Djinn

Creature - Djinn

Flying

At the beginning of your upkeep, Vaporous Djinn phases out unless you pay . (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.)

"What is taking them so long to fill the waterskins?"
-Mwani, Mtenda goatherd

Vaporkin

Creature - Elemental

Flying

Vaporkin can block only creatures with flying.

"Mists are carefree. They drift where they will, unencumbered by rocks and river beds."
-Thrasios, triton hero

Vapor Snare

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

You control enchanted creature.

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Vapor Snare unless you return a land you control to its owner's hand.

Vapor Snag

Instant

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Its controller loses 1 life.

"This creature is inadequate. Send it to the splicers for innovation."
-Malcator, Executor of Synthesis

Vanquish the Foul

Sorcery

Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

Vanquish

Instant

Destroy target blocking creature.

"All beings have an inner light. Let me show you yours."
-Ushanti, leonin seer

Vanishment

Instant

Put target nonland permanent on top of its owner's library.

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

Vanishing

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

: Enchanted creature phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before its controller untaps during his or her next untap step.)

"Careless, like a child with fire, so was I with time."
-Teferi

Vanish into Memory

Instant

Exile target creature. You draw cards equal to that creature's power. At the beginning of your next upkeep, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. If you do, discard cards equal to its toughness.

Out of sight, into mind.

Vanguard's Shield

Artifact - Equipment

Equipped creature gets +0/+3 and can block an additional creature.

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

Wars are not fought on a single front.

Vanguard of Brimaz

Creature - Cat Soldier

Vigilance

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Vanguard of Brimaz, put a 1/1 white Cat Soldier creature token with vigilance onto the battlefield.

"The humans and their gods never blessed me. Only the pride deserves my allegiance."

Vandalize

Sorcery

Choose one or both -

• Destroy target artifact.

• Destroy target land.

"As we have learned from Kolaghan, to ruin is to rule."
-Shensu, Kolaghan rider

Vandalblast

Sorcery

Destroy target artifact you don't control.

Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")

Beauty is in the eye of the exploder.

Vampirism

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

When Vampirism enters the battlefield, draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each other creature you control.

Other creatures you control get -1/-1.

Vampiric Tutor

Instant

Search your library for a card, then shuffle your library and put that card on top of it. You lose 2 life.

"I write upon clean white parchment with a sharp quill and the blood of my students, divining their secrets."
-Shauku, Endbringer

Vampiric Spirit

Creature - Spirit

Flying

When Vampiric Spirit enters the battlefield, you lose 4 life.

Vampiric Sliver

Creature - Sliver

All Sliver creatures have "Whenever a creature dealt damage by this creature this turn dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature."

They draw upon the strength of their hive and of their victims.

Vampiric Rites

Enchantment

, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life and draw a card.

For vampires, blood carries more than life. Memories long eroded from the minds of bloodchiefs can be reclaimed from the veins of their sired kin.

Vampiric Link

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Whenever enchanted creature deals damage, you gain that much life.

The familiar's fangs deliver the master's bite.

Vampiric Fury

Instant

Vampire creatures you control get +2/+0 and gain first strike until end of turn.

Many peasants secretly admire vampires' glamour and elegance-until they witness a moment of pure bloodlust.

Vampiric Embrace

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying.

Whenever a creature dealt damage by enchanted creature this turn dies, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.

Vampiric Dragon

Creature - Vampire Dragon

Flying

Whenever a creature dealt damage by Vampiric Dragon this turn dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Vampiric Dragon.

: Vampiric Dragon deals 1 damage to target creature.

Vampire's Bite

Instant

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

Target creature gets +3/+0 until end of turn. If Vampire's Bite was kicked, that creature gains lifelink until end of turn. (Damage dealt by the creature also causes its controller to gain that much life.)

Vampire Warlord

Creature - Vampire Warrior

Sacrifice another creature: Regenerate Vampire Warlord. (The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, it isn't. Instead tap it, remove all damage from it, and remove it from combat.)

"How can you serve me? By dying."

Vampire Outcasts

Creature - Vampire

Bloodthirst 2 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it.)

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

Vampire Nocturnus

Creature - Vampire

Play with the top card of your library revealed.

As long as the top card of your library is black, Vampire Nocturnus and other Vampire creatures you control get +2/+1 and have flying.

"Your life will set with the sun."

Vampire Nighthawk

Creature - Vampire Shaman

Flying

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

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

Vampire Lacerator

Creature - Vampire Warrior

At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life unless an opponent has 10 or less life.

The lacerators cut themselves before each hunt. They must feed before the sun rises or bleed to death.

Vampire Interloper

Creature - Vampire Scout

Flying

Vampire Interloper can't block.

He listens to every heartbeat, deciding which one of hundreds he will stop.

Vampire Hounds

Creature - Vampire Hound

Discard a creature card: Vampire Hounds gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

The hounds' barks are a horrifying chorus of screams, moans, and whispers.

Vampire Hexmage

Creature - Vampire Shaman

First strike

Sacrifice Vampire Hexmage: Remove all counters from target permanent.

When the blood hunt lost its thrill, she looked for less tangible means of domination.

Vampire Envoy

Creature - Vampire Cleric Ally

Flying

Whenever Vampire Envoy becomes tapped, you gain 1 life.

"Zendikar will fight until it has bled its last."

Vampire Bats

Creature - Bat

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

: Vampire Bats gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate this ability no more than twice each turn.

Vampire Aristocrat

Creature - Vampire Rogue

Sacrifice a creature: Vampire Aristocrat gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

"I admit, I am a creature of the city. The sights, the nightly excitement, the abundance of fine drink . . ."

Valorous Stance

Instant

Choose one -

• Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn.

• Destroy target creature with toughness 4 or greater.

"Every choice alters the path of fate."
-Sarkhan Vol

Valor Made Real

Instant

Target creature can block any number of creatures this turn.

"As my father taught, ‘Training will raise your shield to the blow, but courage fills the gaps the shield leaves open.'"

Valor

Creature - Incarnation

First strike

As long as Valor is in your graveyard and you control a Plains, creatures you control have first strike.

"The cracks widened, the shell crumbled, and Valor spread throughout the land."
-Scroll of Beginnings

Valleymaker

Creature - Giant Shaman

, Sacrifice a Mountain: Valleymaker deals 3 damage to target creature.

, Sacrifice a Forest: Choose a player. That player adds to his or her mana pool.

Their home uprooted by a giant, the gang of boggarts mourned their old stomping ground.

Valley Rannet

Creature - Beast

Mountaincycling , forestcycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a Mountain or Forest card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.)

Valley Dasher

Creature - Human Berserker

Haste

Valley Dasher attacks each turn if able.

Mardu riders' greatest fear is that a battle might end before their weapons draw blood.

Valiant Guard

Creature - Human Soldier

As the outsiders invaded Bant, soldiers who once saw sigils as the highest marks of glory began to see the scars of battle as tokens of equal worth.

Valeron Outlander

Creature - Human Scout

Protection from black

After years of honing her philosophy in debate with stubborn rhoxes, Niella was ready to convert any heathen.

Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

Land

Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle enters the battlefield tapped.

Whenever a Mountain enters the battlefield under your control, if you control at least five other Mountains, you may have Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle deal 3 damage to target creature or player.

: Add to your mana pool.

Valakut Predator

Creature - Elemental

Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, Valakut Predator gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

"Whatever volcanoes dream of, it seems like they always wake up grumpy."-Raff Slugeater, goblin shortcutter

Valakut Invoker

Creature - Human Shaman

: Valakut Invoker deals 3 damage to target creature or player.

"As long as we have walked this world, we have known it as a harsh and unforgiving place."-The Invokers' Tales

Valakut Fireboar

Creature - Elemental Boar

Whenever Valakut Fireboar attacks, switch its power and toughness until end of turn.

"Just move very slowly, and for the love of Ula, do not get it mad."
-Chadir the Navigator

Vagrant Plowbeasts

Creature - Beast

: Regenerate target creature with power 5 or greater.

Plowbeasts of Naya escaped their harnesses in droves, content to snack on the conveniently cultivated fields of Eos and Valeron.

Vaevictis Asmadi

Legendary Creature - Elder Dragon

Flying

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

: Vaevictis Asmadi gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

: Vaevictis Asmadi gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

: Vaevictis Asmadi gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Vacuumelt

Sorcery

Replicate (When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

Return target creature to its owner's hand.

Uyo, Silent Prophet

Legendary Creature - Moonfolk Wizard

Flying

, Return two lands you control to their owner's hand: Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Utvara Scalper

Creature - Goblin Scout

Flying

Utvara Scalper attacks each turn if able.

He wages war wherever the wind carries him.

Utvara Hellkite

Creature - Dragon

Flying

Whenever a Dragon you control attacks, put a 6/6 red Dragon creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

The fear of dragons is as old and as powerful as the fear of death itself.

Utter End

Instant

Exile target nonland permanent.

"I came seeking a challenge. All I found was you."
-Zurgo, khan of the Mardu

Utopia Vow

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature can't attack or block.

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

"I'll guard this fruit and its seedling until the land is healed. My life now belongs to Dominaria."

Utopia Tree

Creature - Plant

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

The fruit of this fabled tree takes on the flavor of whatever food you love most.

Utopia Sprawl

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant Forest

As Utopia Sprawl enters the battlefield, choose a color.

Whenever enchanted Forest is tapped for mana, its controller adds one mana of the chosen color to his or her mana pool (in addition to the mana the land produces).

Utopia Mycon

Creature - Fungus

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a spore counter on Utopia Mycon.

Remove three spore counters from Utopia Mycon: Put a 1/1 green Saproling creature token onto the battlefield.

Sacrifice a Saproling: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.

Uthden Troll

Creature - Troll

: Regenerate Uthden Troll.

"Oi oi oi, me gotta hurt in 'ere,
Oi oi oi, me smell a ting is near,
Gonna bosh 'n gonna nosh 'n da
hurt'll disappear."
-Traditional

Urza's Tower

Land - Urza's Tower

: Add to your mana pool. If you control an Urza's Mine and an Urza's Power-Plant, add to your mana pool instead.

Urza's Rage

Instant

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

Urza's Rage can't be countered by spells or abilities.

Urza's Rage deals 3 damage to target creature or player. If Urza's Rage was kicked, instead it deals 10 damage to that creature or player and the damage can't be prevented.

Urza's Power Plant

Land - Urza's Power-Plant

: Add to your mana pool. If you control an Urza's Mine and an Urza's Tower, add to your mana pool instead.

Urza's Miter

Artifact

Whenever an artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, if it wasn't sacrificed, you may pay . If you do, draw a card.

Urza's Mine

Land - Urza's Mine

: Add to your mana pool. If you control an Urza's Power-Plant and an Urza's Tower, add to your mana pool instead.

Urza's Incubator

Artifact

As Urza's Incubator enters the battlefield, choose a creature type.

Creature spells of the chosen type cost less to cast.

"Stop thinking like an artificer, Urza, and start thinking like a father!"
-Rayne, Academy Chancellor

Urza's Guilt

Sorcery

Each player draws two cards, then discards three cards, then loses 4 life.

Deep in Yawgmoth's realm, Urza stopped dead in his tracks and rubbed his soot-filled eyes. "Mishra?"

Urza's Filter

Artifact

Multicolored spells cost up to less to cast.

"It's a tool for aiding my other tools," explained Urza. "Now they'll work in harmony."

Urza's Factory

Land - Urza's

: Add to your mana pool.

, : Put a 2/2 colorless Assembly-Worker artifact creature token onto the battlefield.

"Though their ideals are leagues apart, Urza's and Mishra's creations have a surprising harmony with one another."
-Tocasia, journal entry