Thraben Purebloods

Creature - Hound

"I've learned to trust my dogs' instincts. When they're calm, I'm calm. And when they get nervous, I get my crossbow."
-Hinrik of House Cecani

Battleground Geist

Creature - Spirit

Flying

Other Spirit creatures you control get +1/+0.

Not content to nudge vases and chill drawing rooms, some geists muster spectral armies to claw at the hearts of the living.

Mirror-Mad Phantasm

Creature - Spirit

Flying

: Mirror-Mad Phantasm's owner shuffles it into his or her library. If that player does, he or she reveals cards from the top of that library until a card named Mirror-Mad Phantasm is revealed. The player puts that card onto the battlefield and all other cards revealed this way into his or her graveyard.

Murder of Crows

Creature - Bird

Flying

Whenever another creature dies, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Even more than carrion, they crave the last words of the dying.

Sturmgeist

Creature - Spirit

Flying

Sturmgeist's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.

Whenever Sturmgeist deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Bitterheart Witch

Creature - Human Shaman

Deathtouch

When Bitterheart Witch dies, you may search your library for a Curse card, put it onto the battlefield attached to target player, then shuffle your library.

Bloodgift Demon

Creature - Demon

Flying

At the beginning of your upkeep, target player draws a card and loses 1 life.

He relishes the devotion of his Skirsdag puppets and their belief that it will earn them immortality.

Morkrut Banshee

Creature - Spirit

Morbid - When Morkrut Banshee enters the battlefield, if a creature died this turn, target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.

"Let go your grudges, or risk wandering the bogs forever in a murderous rage."
-Hildin, priest of Avacyn

Stromkirk Patrol

Creature - Vampire Soldier

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

"You'd best move along, human. Our palates are far less discerning than our master's."

Falkenrath Marauders

Creature - Vampire Warrior

Flying, haste

Whenever Falkenrath Marauders deals combat damage to a player, put two +1/+1 counters on it.

No slinking in the dark for them, no luring whispers. They claim their prey in the speed and glory of the hunt.

Night Revelers

Creature - Vampire

Night Revelers has haste as long as an opponent controls a Human.

Vampires think of themselves as the indisputable nobility of Innistrad, able to do as they please. There are few who can prove them wrong.

Pitchburn Devils

Creature - Devil

When Pitchburn Devils dies, it deals 3 damage to target creature or player.

The ingenuity of goblins, the depravity of demons, and the smarts of sheep.

Scourge of Geier Reach

Creature - Elemental

Scourge of Geier Reach gets +1/+1 for each creature your opponents control.

Stensian villagers mourned the loss of human life. Thraben vampire slayers mourned the loss of living wood.

Grizzled Outcasts

Creature - Human Werewolf

At the beginning of each upkeep, if no spells were cast last turn, transform Grizzled Outcasts.

Seen as unsavory, the hunters were never allowed in town-until one night they vanished.

Hollowhenge Scavenger

Creature - Elemental

Morbid - When Hollowhenge Scavenger enters the battlefield, if a creature died this turn, you gain 5 life.

After werewolves slaughtered the citizenry of Hollowhenge, other creatures moved in.

Kessig Cagebreakers

Creature - Human Rogue

Whenever Kessig Cagebreakers attacks, put a 2/2 green Wolf creature token onto the battlefield tapped and attacking for each creature card in your graveyard.

"They put bars on these noble beasts and then wonder why werewolves target our towns."

Somberwald Spider

Creature - Spider

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)

Morbid - Somberwald Spider enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it if a creature died this turn.

Stensian vampires encourage spiders near their manors so they can rob the webs.

Grimgrin, Corpse-Born

Legendary Creature - Zombie Warrior

Grimgrin, Corpse-Born enters the battlefield tapped and doesn't untap during your untap step.

Sacrifice another creature: Untap Grimgrin and put a +1/+1 counter on it.

Whenever Grimgrin attacks, destroy target creature defending player controls, then put a +1/+1 counter on Grimgrin.

Creepy Doll

Artifact Creature - Construct

Indestructible

Whenever Creepy Doll deals combat damage to a creature, flip a coin. If you win the flip, destroy that creature.

A child's porcelain doll went missing one night, as did a pair of kitchen shears and the town magistrate.

Manor Gargoyle

Artifact Creature - Gargoyle

Defender

Manor Gargoyle has indestructible as long as it has defender.

: Until end of turn, Manor Gargoyle loses defender and gains flying.

Nothing could break it but the fall.

Bazaar Krovod

Creature - Beast

Whenever Bazaar Krovod attacks, another target attacking creature gets +0/+2 until end of turn. Untap that creature.

The Hauler's Collective wields great influence over the Ravnican merchant class. Without it, little moves in the city.

Voidwielder

Creature - Human Wizard

When Voidwielder enters the battlefield, you may return target creature to its owner's hand.

"He makes up his own laws, and that's dangerous to all who love peace and prosperity. Kill him on sight."
-Mirela, Azorius hussar

Catacomb Slug

Creature - Slug

"The entire murder scene was covered in dripping, oozing slime. No need for a soothsayer to solve that one."
-Pel Javya, Wojek investigator

Batterhorn

Creature - Beast

When Batterhorn enters the battlefield, you may destroy target artifact.

Novice shopkeeps spend hours deciding how best to display their wares. Veterans focus on portability.

Gobbling Ooze

Creature - Ooze

, Sacrifice another creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on Gobbling Ooze.

The furious citizens blamed the Simic for releasing it in their district. The Simic pointed out that rats were no longer a problem.

Rubbleback Rhino

Creature - Rhino

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

The trouble started when a street urchin bet a goblin he could ride one until the clock on Shilbo's Tower struck thirteen.

Hypersonic Dragon

Creature - Dragon

Flying, haste

You may cast sorcery cards as though they had flash. (You may cast them any time you could cast an instant.)

"Even this primitive specimen of my kind is impressive."
-Niv-Mizzet

Mercurial Chemister

Creature - Human Wizard

, : Draw two cards.

, , Discard a card: Mercurial Chemister deals damage to target creature equal to the discarded card's converted mana cost.

What some see as "distracted" is really "fathoming the unfathomable."

Rakdos Ragemutt

Creature - Elemental Hound

Lifelink, haste

Ragemutts pull the chariots of the Butcher Clowns, a trio of wingless, zombified faeries formerly of the Izzet.

Spawn of Rix Maadi

Creature - Horror

Unleash (You may have this creature enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. It can't block as long as it has a +1/+1 counter on it.)

"Straight from the blood-drenched imagination of our illustrious parun!"
-Nyoser, Gore-House ringleader

Azor's Elocutors

Creature - Human Advisor

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a filibuster counter on Azor's Elocutors. Then if Azor's Elocutors has five or more filibuster counters on it, you win the game.

Whenever a source deals damage to you, remove a filibuster counter from Azor's Elocutors.

Golgari Longlegs

Creature - Insect

Despite its enormous stature, it can fold itself into a tunnel with startling quickness, vanishing back into the undercity.

Shattered Angel

Creature - Angel

Flying

Whenever a land enters the battlefield under an opponent's control, you may gain 3 life.

She preaches the blessings of the Machine Orthodoxy.

Chromeshell Crab

Creature - Crab Beast

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

When Chromeshell Crab is turned face up, you may exchange control of target creature you control and target creature an opponent controls.

Mulldrifter

Creature - Elemental

Flying

When Mulldrifter enters the battlefield, draw two cards.

Evoke (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters the battlefield.)

Battlegrace Angel

Creature - Angel

Flying

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

Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, it gains lifelink until end of turn.

Knight-Captain of Eos

Creature - Human Knight

When Knight-Captain of Eos enters the battlefield, put two 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens onto the battlefield.

, Sacrifice a Soldier: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

The strength of Bant's caste system is the unfailing loyalty of its meekest members.

Welkin Guide

Creature - Bird Cleric

Flying

When Welkin Guide enters the battlefield, target creature gets +2/+2 and gains flying until end of turn.

"Those talons really dig into your skin, but it's better than being dropped."
-Rafiq of the Many

Cloudheath Drake

Artifact Creature - Drake

Flying

: Cloudheath Drake gains vigilance until end of turn.

A permanent storm rages over the plain of Cloudheath, and drakes ride its currents-two reminders that some elements of Esper will not be controlled.

Corpse Connoisseur

Creature - Zombie Wizard

When Corpse Connoisseur enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a creature card and put that card into your graveyard. If you do, shuffle your library.

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

Dreg Reaver

Creature - Zombie Beast

"On our thirty-fourth day of digging, we unearthed a chamber that contained the intact remains of several species long extinct from Grixis. One in particular should make a fine siege engine . . . ."
-Last notes of Shungus Nod, fleshcrafter

Skeletal Kathari

Creature - Bird Skeleton

Flying

, Sacrifice a creature: Regenerate Skeletal Kathari.

Undeath doesn't end the kathari's search for carrion; it only removes one corpse from the Dregscape.

Bloodpyre Elemental

Creature - Elemental

Sacrifice Bloodpyre Elemental: Bloodpyre Elemental deals 4 damage to target creature. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.

Elementals born of Jund are as cruel and unstable as the plane itself.

Caldera Hellion

Creature - Hellion

Devour 1 (As this enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. This creature enters the battlefield with that many +1/+1 counters on it.)

When Caldera Hellion enters the battlefield, it deals 3 damage to each creature.

Scourge Devil

Creature - Devil

When Scourge Devil enters the battlefield, creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.

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

Mosstodon

Creature - Plant Elephant

: Target creature with power 5 or greater gains trample until end of turn.

Whether gargantuans are the manifested will of Progenitus or simply the result of overabundant resources is moot when a herd of them is thundering at you.

Mycoloth

Creature - Fungus

Devour 2 (As this enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. This creature enters the battlefield with twice that many +1/+1 counters on it.)

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a 1/1 green Saproling creature token onto the battlefield for each +1/+1 counter on Mycoloth.

Skullmulcher

Creature - Elemental

Devour 1 (As this enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. This creature enters the battlefield with that many +1/+1 counters on it.)

When Skullmulcher enters the battlefield, draw a card for each creature it devoured.

Carrion Thrash

Creature - Viashino Warrior

When Carrion Thrash dies, you may pay . If you do, return another target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Viashino hunt in gangs called thrashes. Not all thrashes hunt the freshest game.

Kresh the Bloodbraided

Legendary Creature - Human Warrior

Whenever another creature dies, you may put X +1/+1 counters on Kresh the Bloodbraided, where X is that creature's power.

Each of his twenty-two braids is bound with bone and leather from a foe.

Rakeclaw Gargantuan

Creature - Beast

: Target creature with power 5 or greater gains first strike until end of turn.

Naya teems with gargantuans, titanic monsters to whom both nature and civilization defer.

Waveskimmer Aven

Creature - Bird Soldier

Flying

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

The greatest gift you can give a sea aven is solitude.

Aven Archer

Creature - Bird Soldier Archer

Flying

, : Aven Archer deals 2 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.

Aimed by the eyes of eagles, their arrows never miss the mark.

Aven Flock

Creature - Bird Soldier

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

: Aven Flock gets +0/+1 until end of turn.

Just as each added feather steadies the wing, so does the flock grow stronger with each new member.

Aven Windreader

Creature - Bird Soldier Wizard

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

: Target player reveals the top card of his or her library.

"The tiniest ripple tells a story ten fathoms deep."

Balshan Griffin

Creature - Griffin

Flying

, Discard a card: Return Balshan Griffin to its owner's hand.

It helps to have an extra direction in which to run.

Pulsating Illusion

Creature - Illusion

Flying

Discard a card: Pulsating Illusion gets +4/+4 until end of turn. Activate this ability only once each turn.

Scrivener

Creature - Human Wizard

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

A good memory is no match for a good scribe.

Cursed Monstrosity

Creature - Horror

Flying

Whenever Cursed Monstrosity becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it unless you discard a land card.

"Run away It's an . . . um . . . run away"
-Nomad sentry

Repentant Vampire

Creature - Vampire

Flying

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

Threshold - As long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard, Repentant Vampire is white and has ": Destroy target black creature."

Sadistic Hypnotist

Creature - Human Minion

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

"Victory in the pits is almost as rewarding as the methods I use to achieve it."

Zombie Assassin

Creature - Zombie Assassin

, Exile two cards from your graveyard and Zombie Assassin: Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

"Zombies don't kill. They recruit."
-Braids, dementia summoner

Anarchist

Creature - Human Wizard

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

Those who will not follow are doomed to lead.

Dwarven Strike Force

Creature - Dwarf Berserker

Discard a card at random: Dwarven Strike Force gains first strike and haste until end of turn.

Any given foothill may hide dozens of dwarves waiting to spill from their tunnels like fire ants.

Frenetic Ogre

Creature - Ogre

, Discard a card at random: Frenetic Ogre gets +3/+0 until end of turn.

The best thing about ogres is that they never try to sneak up on you.

Savage Firecat

Creature - Elemental Cat

Trample

Savage Firecat enters the battlefield with seven +1/+1 counters on it.

Whenever you tap a land for mana, remove a +1/+1 counter from Savage Firecat.

Gorilla Titan

Creature - Ape

Trample

Gorilla Titan gets +4/+4 as long as there are no cards in your graveyard.

"I want a banana this big"

Metamorphic Wurm

Creature - Elephant Wurm

Threshold - Metamorphic Wurm gets +4/+4 as long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Only a handful have seen it transform. Or, from the wurm's perspective, only a mouthful.

Rabid Elephant

Creature - Elephant

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

When in doubt, stomp.

Atogatog

Legendary Creature - Atog

Sacrifice an Atog creature: Atogatog gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.

It relishes old-fashioned family meals.

Sensor Splicer

Creature - Artificer

When Sensor Splicer enters the battlefield, put a 3/3 colorless Golem artifact creature token onto the battlefield.

Golem creatures you control have vigilance.

Shriek Raptor

Creature - Bird

Flying

Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

"That's no glint hawk. The skies have changed for the worse."
-Ria Ivor, White Sun partisan

Spire Monitor

Creature - Drake

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

Flying

Each monitor is given an eye for each spire it is to guard.

Dementia Bat

Creature - Bat

Flying

, Sacrifice Dementia Bat: Target player discards two cards.

"When terror outweighs all other thoughts, they will understand that I am the true Father of Machines."
-Azax-Azog, the Demon Thane

Pith Driller

Artifact Creature - Horror

( can be paid with either or 2 life.)

When Pith Driller enters the battlefield, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.

After boring up through the crust of Mirrodin, it turned its expertise upon the surface dwellers.

Reaper of Sheoldred

Creature - Horror

Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

Whenever a source deals damage to Reaper of Sheoldred, that source's controller gets a poison counter.

Invader Parasite

Creature - Insect

Imprint - When Invader Parasite enters the battlefield, exile target land.

Whenever a land with the same name as the exiled card enters the battlefield under an opponent's control, Invader Parasite deals 2 damage to that player.

Slash Panther

Artifact Creature - Cat

( can be paid with either or 2 life.)

Haste

It runs an endless circuit along the ruined roads of the soon-to-be-forgotten Mirran civilization.

Urabrask the Hidden

Legendary Creature - Praetor

Creatures you control have haste.

Creatures your opponents control enter the battlefield tapped.

When the Mirran resistance arrived, the furnace dwellers looked to Urabrask for guidance. His decree stunned the others: "Let them be."

Rotted Hystrix

Creature - Beast

Vorinclex had no grand plan. The oil did its own work, evolving creatures into worthy predators.

Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer

Legendary Creature - Human Warrior

First strike

Metalcraft - Creatures you control get +3/+0 as long as you control three or more artifacts.

"As long as my hand holds a blade, there's hope for a pure Mirrodin once again."

Etched Monstrosity

Artifact Creature - Golem

Etched Monstrosity enters the battlefield with five -1/-1 counters on it.

, Remove five -1/-1 counters from Etched Monstrosity: Target player draws three cards.

Now etched only with the scars of phyresis.

Pestilent Souleater

Artifact Creature - Insect

: Pestilent Souleater gains infect until end of turn. ( can be paid with either or 2 life. A creature with infect deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

Loxodon Partisan

Creature - Elephant Soldier

Battle cry (Whenever this creature attacks, each other attacking creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.)

"This war is not about loxodon or leonin, Sylvok or Auriok. To defeat these rotters, we must do it together."

Spire Serpent

Creature - Serpent

Defender

Metalcraft - As long as you control three or more artifacts, Spire Serpent gets +2/+2 and can attack as though it didn't have defender.

A mirror to draw its eye, a rod to rouse its rage, and a sword to break its bonds.

Nested Ghoul

Creature - Zombie Warrior

Whenever a source deals damage to Nested Ghoul, put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield.

"The chest cavity is cleared of useless meat. I know just what to do with the space."
-Gyed, Vault Priest

Scourge Servant

Creature - Zombie

Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

"The union of the oil and necrogen has produced many pleasing reactions."
-Sheoldred, Whispering One

Galvanoth

Creature - Beast

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top card of your library. If it's an instant or sorcery card, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.

It chews open Mirrodin's husk and feeds on the outpouring of energy.

Kuldotha Ringleader

Creature - Giant Berserker

Battle cry (Whenever this creature attacks, each other attacking creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.)

Kuldotha Ringleader attacks each turn if able.

Being surrounded by goblins is less objectionable when they're fighting for you.

Melira's Keepers

Creature - Human Warrior

Melira's Keepers can't have counters placed on it.

Her warriors are the last defense against the coming storm.

Phyrexian Hydra

Creature - Hydra

Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

If damage would be dealt to Phyrexian Hydra, prevent that damage. Put a -1/-1 counter on Phyrexian Hydra for each 1 damage prevented this way.

Plaguemaw Beast

Creature - Beast

, Sacrifice a creature: Proliferate. (You choose any number of permanents and/or players with counters on them, then give each another counter of a kind already there.)

Phyrexia's spiral of consumption grows ever wider and darker.

Psychosis Crawler

Artifact Creature - Horror

Psychosis Crawler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.

Whenever you draw a card, each opponent loses 1 life.

"If that brain can't figure out the secret of the serum, then add more brains."
-Rhmir, Hand of the Augur

Tangle Hulk

Artifact Creature - Beast

: Regenerate Tangle Hulk.

"A true Phyrexian predator. It will never know death, just as nature intended."
-Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger

Razor Hippogriff

Creature - Hippogriff

Flying

When Razor Hippogriff enters the battlefield, return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand. You gain life equal to that card's converted mana cost.

She incubates her eggs in gold and mana.

Sky-Eel School

Creature - Fish

Flying

When Sky-Eel School enters the battlefield, draw a card, then discard a card.

They swim on tides few can see, away from a threat few yet understand.

Bleak Coven Vampires

Creature - Vampire Warrior

Metalcraft - When Bleak Coven Vampires enters the battlefield, if you control three or more artifacts, target player loses 4 life and you gain 4 life.

As the shadow of the Mephidross spread over the Tangle, the vampires' territory expanded.

Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon

Legendary Creature - Dragon Skeleton

Flying

Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

: Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon gains haste until end of turn.

: Regenerate Skithiryx.

Barrage Ogre

Creature - Ogre Warrior

, Sacrifice an artifact: Barrage Ogre deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

The elves had devised countless strategies to combat Memnarch's war machines, but they had no idea what to do when one was thrown at them.

Kuldotha Phoenix

Creature - Phoenix

Flying, haste

Metalcraft - : Return Kuldotha Phoenix from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate this ability only during your upkeep and only if you control three or more artifacts.