Incubator Drone

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

When Incubator Drone enters the battlefield, put a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token onto the battlefield. It has "Sacrifice this creature: Add to your mana pool."

The touch of an Eldrazi brings life and death in turn.

Murk Strider

Creature - Eldrazi Processor

Devoid (This card has no color.)

When Murk Strider enters the battlefield, you may put a card an opponent owns from exile into that player's graveyard. If you do, return target creature to its owner's hand.

If you can see it, it's too late.

Brilliant Spectrum

Sorcery

Converge - Draw X cards, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast Brilliant Spectrum. Then discard two cards.

There are more sights on Zendikar than the eyes can see.

Cloud Manta

Creature - Fish

Flying

When Emeria's worshippers learned that she was no more than a twisted memory of Emrakul, they abandoned their temples to the god. The deserted shrines now serve as breeding grounds for the mantas.

Coastal Discovery

Sorcery

Draw two cards.

Awaken 4- (If you cast this spell for , also put four +1/+1 counters on target land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.)

Dampening Pulse

Enchantment

Creatures your opponents control get -1/-0.

"Quiet now, you dreadful vermin."-Noyan Dar, Tazeem roilmage

Roilmage's Trick

Instant

Converge - Creatures your opponents control get -X/-0 until end of turn, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast Roilmage's Trick.

Draw a card.

Weather on Zendikar is unpredictable-unless you're the one telling it what to do.

Mind Raker

Creature - Eldrazi Processor

Devoid (This card has no color.)

When Mind Raker enters the battlefield, you may put a card an opponent owns from exile into that player's graveyard. If you do, each opponent discards a card.

It consumes any dreams of victory.

Silent Skimmer

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Flying

Whenever Silent Skimmer attacks, defending player loses 2 life.

"I watched it pass at a distance. When I looked back to my companions, Najet was dead."-Akiri, kor line-slinger

Skitterskin

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Skitterskin can't block.

: Regenerate Skitterskin. Activate this ability only if you control another colorless creature.

Smothering Abomination

Creature - Eldrazi

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Flying

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature.

Whenever you sacrifice a creature, draw a card.

Bloodbond Vampire

Creature - Vampire Shaman Ally

Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Bloodbond Vampire.

"Let the vampires join us. In this war, we no longer have the luxury of choosing our comrades."-General Tazri, allied commander

Mire's Malice

Sorcery

Target opponent discards two cards.

Awaken 3- (If you cast this spell for , also put three +1/+1 counters on target land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.)

Rising Miasma

Sorcery

All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.

Awaken 3- (If you cast this spell for , also put three +1/+1 counters on target land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.)

Crumble to Dust

Sorcery

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Exile target nonbasic land. Search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with the same name as that land and exile them. Then that player shuffles his or her library.

Vestige of Emrakul

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Trample

Emrakul has not been seen in months. Though her brood's numbers have dwindled in her absence, each drone is still a deadly threat.

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.

Belligerent Whiptail

Creature - Wurm

Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, Belligerent Whiptail gains first strike until end of turn.

"Whiptails can sense a traveler's footsteps from a great distance. Measuring that distance has been . . . difficult."-Jalun, Affa sentry

Chasm Guide

Creature - Goblin Scout Ally

Rally - Whenever Chasm Guide or another Ally enters the battlefield under your control, creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.

With a single act of bravery, she went from expendable to indispensable.

Ondu Champion

Creature - Minotaur Warrior Ally

Rally - Whenever Ondu Champion or another Ally enters the battlefield under your control, creatures you control gain trample until end of turn.

"Put a minotaur at the head of an army and suddenly all the soldiers act like they have horns."-Gideon Jura

Volcanic Upheaval

Instant

Destroy target land.

Like a living organism, Zendikar rids itself of infection, and it does so abruptly and ruthlessly.

Zada, Hedron Grinder

Legendary Creature - Goblin Ally

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets only Zada, Hedron Grinder, copy that spell for each other creature you control that the spell could target. Each copy targets a different one of those creatures.

"A hedron holds magic for a thousand years-or less, if need be."

Eyeless Watcher

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

When Eyeless Watcher enters the battlefield, put two 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature tokens onto the battlefield. They have "Sacrifice this creature: Add to your mana pool."

Every Eldrazi in Ulamog's lineage is an extension of the titan's will.

From Beyond

Enchantment

Devoid (This card has no color.)

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token onto the battlefield. It has "Sacrifice this creature: Add to your mana pool."

, Sacrifice From Beyond: Search your library for an Eldrazi card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.

Broodhunter Wurm

Creature - Wurm

The native creatures of Zendikar have adapted to live under rocks and crawl through underbrush in order to avoid the most voracious predators. The Eldrazi have yet to make such adjustments.

Infuse with the Elements

Instant

Converge - Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast Infuse with the Elements. That creature gains trample until end of turn.

"Zendikar has given us the weapons to wage war on the appropriate scale."-Najiya, leader of the Tajuru

Murasa Ranger

Creature - Human Warrior

Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you may pay . If you do, put two +1/+1 counters on Murasa Ranger.

"If you're not prepared to fight, you'd best be prepared to die."

Reclaiming Vines

Sorcery

Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or land.

"This world tires of its long occupation."-Nissa Revane

Woodland Wanderer

Creature - Elemental

Vigilance, trample

Converge - Woodland Wanderer enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it.

"The elements understand better than anyone that actions speak louder than words."-Gideon Jura

Brutal Expulsion

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Choose one or both -

• Return target spell or creature to its owner's hand.

• Brutal Expulsion deals 2 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If that permanent would be put into a graveyard this turn, exile it instead.

Dust Stalker

Creature - Eldrazi

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Haste

At the beginning of each end step, if you control no other colorless creatures, return Dust Stalker to its owner's hand.

The only traces it leaves are silent gusts and prodigious amounts of wreckage.

Ulamog's Nullifier

Creature - Eldrazi Processor

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Flash

Flying

When Ulamog's Nullifier enters the battlefield, you may put two cards your opponents own from exile into their owners' graveyards. If you do, counter target spell.

Grove Rumbler

Creature - Elemental

Trample

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

"The land will not wait for the enemy to arrive."-Nissa Revane

Grovetender Druids

Creature - Elf Druid Ally

Rally - Whenever Grovetender Druids or another Ally enters the battlefield under your control, you may pay . If you do, put a 1/1 green Plant creature token onto the battlefield.

"The seedlings scream for us to loose them upon the Eldrazi, and we shall oblige."

Kiora, Master of the Depths

Planeswalker - Kiora (Loyalty: 4)

+1: Untap up to one target creature and up to one target land.

−2: Reveal the top four cards of your library. You may put a creature card and/or a land card from among them into your hand. Put the rest into your graveyard.

−8: You get an emblem with "Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may have it fight target creature." Then put three 8/8 blue Octopus creature tokens onto the battlefield.

Munda, Ambush Leader

Legendary Creature - Kor Ally

Haste

Rally - Whenever Munda, Ambush Leader or another Ally enters the battlefield under your control, you may look at the top four cards of your library. If you do, reveal any number of Ally cards from among them, then put those cards on top of your library in any order and the rest on the bottom in any order.

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.

Hedron Archive

Artifact

: Add to your mana pool.

, , Sacrifice Hedron Archive: Draw two cards.

"You've begun to understand the hedrons' true purpose," said Ugin. "The Eldrazi can be imprisoned.""And how did that work out last time?" asked Jace.

Thought-Knot Seer

Creature - Eldrazi

({C} represents colorless mana.)

When Thought-Knot Seer enters the battlefield, target opponent reveals his or her hand. You choose a nonland card from it and exile that card.

When Thought-Knot Seer leaves the battlefield, target opponent draws a card.

Warden of Geometries

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Vigilance

: Add {C} to your mana pool. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

The wastelands disorient even the most experienced scouts, making them easy prey for Kozilek's drones.

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."

Iona's Blessing

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +2/+2, has vigilance, and can block an additional creature.

"Walk now in my light. When the rest of the world closes its eyes, you will still see."
-Iona

Isolation Zone

Enchantment

When Isolation Zone enters the battlefield, exile target creature or enchantment an opponent controls until Isolation Zone leaves the battlefield. (That permanent returns under its owner's control.)

When properly aligned, hedrons become powerful tools of binding.

Relief Captain

Creature - Kor Knight Ally

When Relief Captain enters the battlefield, support 3. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to three other target creatures.)

Sometimes gestures of support are small. Sometimes not.

Spawnbinder Mage

Creature - Human Wizard Ally

Cohort - , Tap an untapped Ally you control: Tap target creature.

"Follow me. Step lightly. And resist the urge to kick them."

Gravity Negator

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Flying

Whenever Gravity Negator attacks, you may pay {C}. If you do, another target creature gains flying until end of turn. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

Thought Harvester

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Flying

Whenever you cast a colorless spell, target opponent exiles the top card of his or her library.

"I never thought I'd miss the gomazoa."
-Trinda, Hada spy patrol

Comparative Analysis

Instant

Surge (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)

Target player draws two cards.

"Our time grows short. If we wish to vanquish the Eldrazi, we must unlock the hedrons' secrets."
-Jace Beleren

Overwhelming Denial

Instant

Surge (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)

Overwhelming Denial can't be countered by spells or abilities.

Counter target spell.

Unity of Purpose

Instant

Support 2. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.)

Untap each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it.

Faced with the novel problem of inspiring an army, Jace asked himself: "What would Gideon say?"

Havoc Sower

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

{C}: Havoc Sower gets +2/+1 until end of turn. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

It grew with a terrible swiftness.

Inverter of Truth

Creature - Eldrazi

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Flying

When Inverter of Truth enters the battlefield, exile all cards from your library face down, then shuffle all cards from your graveyard into your library.

In its shadow, everything changed.

Oblivion Strike

Sorcery

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Exile target creature.

It's bad enough to be torn to pieces. It's worse by far to be torn from the world itself.

Sifter of Skulls

Creature - Eldrazi

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, put a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token onto the battlefield. It has "Sacrifice this creature: Add {C} to your mana pool." ({C} represents colorless mana.)

Witness the End

Sorcery

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Target opponent exiles two cards from his or her hand and loses 2 life.

"Ulamog stood before us at Sea Gate, ready to succumb . . . and then Kozilek arose. Whatever hope I had for our world died."
-Vandri, Kalastria emissary

Drana's Chosen

Creature - Vampire Shaman Ally

Cohort - , Tap an untapped Ally you control: Put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield tapped.

"Drana commands me. I command my nulls. And so her bidding is done."

Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

Legendary Creature - Vampire Warrior

Lifelink

If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, instead exile that card and put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield.

, Sacrifice another Vampire or Zombie: Put two +1/+1 counters on Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet.

Null Caller

Creature - Vampire Shaman

, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield tapped.

Zendikar's defenders include both healers and vampires. One way or another, the fallen will return to the fight.

Zulaport Chainmage

Creature - Human Shaman Ally

Cohort - , Tap an untapped Ally you control: Target opponent loses 2 life.

The chains obey her. Everything else would do best to get out of her way.

Consuming Sinkhole

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Choose one -

• Exile target land creature.

• Consuming Sinkhole deals 4 damage to target player.

"What will not yield will be consumed."
-Ayli, high priest of the Eternal Pilgrims

Maw of Kozilek

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

{C}: Maw of Kozilek gets +2/-2 until end of turn. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

"The Eldrazi make worse than ruins-they make a world where not even ruins stand."
-Gideon Jura

Embodiment of Fury

Creature - Elemental

Trample

Land creatures you control have trample.

Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you may have target land you control become a 3/3 Elemental creature with haste until end of turn. It's still a land.

Goblin Freerunner

Creature - Goblin Warrior Ally

Surge (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

There are old goblins and ambitious goblins, but very few old, ambitious goblins.

Pyromancer's Assault

Enchantment

Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, Pyromancer's Assault deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

Never ask a pyromancer if that's the best she's got.

Harvester Troll

Creature - Troll

When Harvester Troll enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice a creature or land. If you do, put two +1/+1 counters on Harvester Troll.

Having no interest in the greater conflict, the trolls continue to prey upon whatever wanders into their domain.

Saddleback Lagac

Creature - Lizard

When Saddleback Lagac enters the battlefield, support 2. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two other target creatures.)

"A good lagac will carry you through thick and thin. A bad one . . . well, it's a tasty dinner."
-Raff Slugeater, goblin shortcutter

Seed Guardian

Creature - Elemental

Reach

When Seed Guardian dies, put an X/X green Elemental creature token onto the battlefield, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard.

It is a reminder that spring will always follow winter.

Cliffhaven Vampire

Creature - Vampire Warrior Ally

Flying

Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.

"My people are no longer slaves to the Eldrazi, beholden to the past. We will determine our own future."

Mina and Denn, Wildborn

Legendary Creature - Elf Ally

You may play an additional land on each of your turns.

, Return a land you control to its owner's hand: Target creature gains trample until end of turn.

Greenweaver Mina and her twin brother Denn lead the last of the Mul Daya into an uncertain future.

Cathars' Crusade

Enchantment

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

Avacyn's holy warriors kept hope alive in her darkest hours. Now they will carry that hope across Innistrad.

Commander's Authority

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature has "At the beginning of your upkeep, put a 1/1 white Human creature token onto the battlefield."

"Wear her symbol with honor, a sign of faith upheld and honest deeds bravely done."

Defy Death

Sorcery

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. If it's an Angel, put two +1/+1 counters on it.

Gisela cornered the murderous demon among the graves of the dead villagers. "A fitting end," she murmured as she raised her sword.

Herald of War

Creature - Angel

Flying

Whenever Herald of War attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it.

Angel spells and Human spells you cast cost less to cast for each +1/+1 counter on Herald of War.

Spectral Gateguards

Creature - Spirit Soldier

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters the battlefield. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.)

As long as Spectral Gateguards is paired with another creature, both creatures have vigilance.

Arcane Melee

Enchantment

Instant and sorcery spells cost less to cast.

Debates between wizards are never purely academic.

Devastation Tide

Sorcery

Return all nonland permanents to their owners' hands.

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

It's hard to argue with a force made of divine will.

Gryff Vanguard

Creature - Human Knight

Flying

When Gryff Vanguard enters the battlefield, draw a card.

"Ghouls smashed the door, but I heard the call of the gryffs and knew we were saved."
-Ekka, shopkeeper of Hanweir

Lone Revenant

Creature - Spirit

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

Whenever Lone Revenant deals combat damage to a player, if you control no other creatures, look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Rotcrown Ghoul

Creature - Zombie

When Rotcrown Ghoul dies, target player puts the top five cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

"Don't look into its eyes. It's thinking things no dead thing should think."
-Captain Eberhart

Tamiyo, the Moon Sage

Planeswalker - Tamiyo (Loyalty: 4)

+1: Tap target permanent. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

-2: Draw a card for each tapped creature target player controls.

-8: You get an emblem with "You have no maximum hand size" and "Whenever a card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, you may return it to your hand."

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.)

Demonic Rising

Enchantment

At the beginning of your end step, if you control exactly one creature, put a 5/5 black Demon creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

Which is the greater folly, summoning the demon or expecting gratitude from it?

Descent into Madness

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a despair counter on Descent into Madness, then each player exiles X permanents he or she controls and/or cards from his or her hand, where X is the number of despair counters on Descent into Madness.

The stairs lead down in both directions.

Dread Slaver

Creature - Zombie Horror

Whenever a creature dealt damage by Dread Slaver this turn dies, return it to the battlefield under your control. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.

Half a brain rules the mindless.

Exquisite Blood

Enchantment

Whenever an opponent loses life, you gain that much life.

Even as humans regained the upper hand, some still willingly traded their lives for a chance at immortality.

Homicidal Seclusion

Enchantment

As long as you control exactly one creature, that creature gets +3/+1 and has lifelink.

"Damned crows and their endless squawking . . . blocks out the voices in my head . . ."
-Hermit of Hanne Hall

Marrow Bats

Creature - Bat Skeleton

Flying

Pay 4 life: Regenerate Marrow Bats.

"No matter how far we push into Stensia, undeath will always remain in these lands."
-Terhold, archmage of Drunau

Polluted Dead

Creature - Zombie

When Polluted Dead dies, destroy target land.

After the zombie attack, crops withered on the vine, and the thriving village became a ghost town almost overnight.

Renegade Demon

Creature - Demon

"Have you ever cornered a wounded vampire? That's a walk in the cathedral garden in comparison."
-Tristen, Cathar Marshal

Aggravate

Instant

Aggravate deals 1 damage to each creature target player controls. Each creature dealt damage this way attacks this turn if able.

"Barbarians! They burned my favorite chair! We'll kill them all!"
-Anje Falkenrath

Burn at the Stake

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast Burn at the Stake, tap any number of untapped creatures you control.

Burn at the Stake deals damage to target creature or player equal to three times the number of creatures tapped this way.

Malignus

Creature - Elemental Spirit

Malignus's power and toughness are each equal to half the highest life total among your opponents, rounded up.

Damage that would be dealt by Malignus can't be prevented.

It descended on Estwald like a sudden storm. Moments later, only ashes and agony remained.

Raging Poltergeist

Creature - Spirit

Some tried cremating their dead to stop the ghoulcallers. But the dead returned, furious about their fate.

Reforge the Soul

Sorcery

Each player discards his or her hand and draws seven cards.

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

In a wave of spells called the Cursemute, Avacyn cleansed the world with divine fire.

Zealous Conscripts

Creature - Human Warrior

Haste

When Zealous Conscripts enters the battlefield, gain control of target permanent until end of turn. Untap that permanent. It gains haste until end of turn.

Blessings of Nature

Sorcery

Distribute four +1/+1 counters among any number of target creatures.

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

Geist Trappers

Creature - Human Warrior

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters the battlefield. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.)

As long as Geist Trappers is paired with another creature, both creatures have reach.

Wildwood Geist

Creature - Spirit

Wildwood Geist gets +2/+2 as long as it's your turn.

The geists that dwell in the deep forests of Kessig are as untamable as the woods themselves.

Wolfir Silverheart

Creature - Wolf Warrior

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters the battlefield. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.)

As long as Wolfir Silverheart is paired with another creature, each of those creatures gets +4/+4.

Yew Spirit

Creature - Spirit Treefolk

: Yew Spirit gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is its power.

"I wonder what dwelled in the primordial forests before humans existed."
-Elder Rimheit