Braidwood Sextant

Artifact

, , Sacrifice Braidwood Sextant: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

Thran Foundry

Artifact

, , Exile Thran Foundry: Target player shuffles his or her graveyard into his or her library.

"What we do not use up, we use again."
-Urza

Charm Peddler

Creature - Human Spellshaper

, , Discard a card: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to target creature this turn, prevent that damage.

Cho-Arrim Alchemist

Creature - Human Spellshaper

, , Discard a card: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.

Moment of Silence

Instant

Target player skips his or her next combat phase this turn.

The silence commemorates not those who've died, but those about to.

Ramosian Sergeant

Creature - Human Rebel

, : Search your library for a Rebel permanent card with converted mana cost 2 or less and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.

Her commands are part rallying cry, part sermon, and wholly undeniable.

Soothsaying

Enchantment

: Shuffle your library.

: Look at the top X cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

The vizier's wisdom proved invaluable in untangling the Mercadian knot of lies.

Cateran Summons

Sorcery

Search your library for a Mercenary card, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

Even when recruitment is slow, the guild can always cook something up.

Molting Harpy

Creature - Harpy Mercenary

Flying

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

Shed harpy feathers leave painful wounds-which explains the harpies' mood.

Rampart Crawler

Creature - Lizard Mercenary

Rampart Crawler can't be blocked by Walls.

"Not even the magistrate in his lofty tower is out of our reach."
-Cateran overlord

Flailing Soldier

Creature - Human Soldier

: Flailing Soldier gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Any player may activate this ability.

: Flailing Soldier gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Any player may activate this ability.

Kris Mage

Creature - Human Spellshaper

, , Discard a card: Kris Mage deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

Her blade draws blood without ever touching its target.

Deepwood Wolverine

Creature - Wolverine

Whenever Deepwood Wolverine becomes blocked, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

The jhovalls are depleting its food sources, the Mercadians are eroding its home, and you're wondering why it's angry?

Sacred Prey

Creature - Horse

Whenever Sacred Prey becomes blocked, you gain 1 life.

To see one is a good omen to the Cho-Arrim.

Netter en-Dal

Creature - Human Spellshaper

, , Discard a card: Target creature can't attack this turn.

The wizard's vocabulary of mogg profanities increased with every net she cast.

Off Balance

Instant

Target creature can't attack or block this turn.

A heavy weapon deals plenty of damage-but it does have to hit.

Air Bladder

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature has flying.

Enchanted creature can block only creatures with flying.

Random mutations among Rootwater merfolk were common-and disturbing.

Infiltrate

Instant

Target creature is unblockable this turn.

Getting in was the easy part. Getting out proved to be more difficult.

Seal of Removal

Enchantment

Sacrifice Seal of Removal: Return target creature to its owner's hand.

"I am the unraveler, the loosened thread that will not hold."
-Seal inscription

Trickster Mage

Creature - Human Spellshaper

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

"If it ain't broke, I'll break it. If it *is* broke, I'll fix it."

Laccolith Rig

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Whenever enchanted creature becomes blocked, you may have it deal damage equal to its power to target creature. If you do, the first creature assigns no combat damage this turn.

Laccolith Whelp

Creature - Beast

Whenever Laccolith Whelp becomes blocked, you may have it deal damage equal to its power to target creature. If you do, Laccolith Whelp assigns no combat damage this turn.

They don't feed; they stoke.

Seal of Fire

Enchantment

Sacrifice Seal of Fire: Seal of Fire deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

"I am the romancer, the passion that consumes the flesh."
-Seal inscription

Animate Land

Instant

Until end of turn, target land becomes a 3/3 creature that's still a land.

Irony is getting walked on by the earth instead of the other way around.

Harvest Mage

Creature - Human Spellshaper

, , Discard a card: Until end of turn, if you tap a land for mana, it produces one mana of a color of your choice instead of any other type and amount.

"Why should one limit oneself to the resources at hand?"

Mossdog

Creature - Plant Hound

Whenever Mossdog becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, put a +1/+1 counter on Mossdog.

The more you look at it, the more dangerous it becomes.

Seal of Strength

Enchantment

Sacrifice Seal of Strength: Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

"I am the feeder, the morsel that revives the starving."
-Seal inscription

Skyshroud Ridgeback

Creature - Beast

Fading 2 (This creature enters the battlefield with two fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)

Stampede Driver

Creature - Human Spellshaper

, , Discard a card: Creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain trample until end of turn.

"The thunder of hooves is music to my ears."

Excise

Instant

Exile target attacking creature unless its controller pays .

"Creation is no great feat. Anything you make, I can unmake in a heartbeat."
-Alexi, zephyr mage

Glittering Lynx

Creature - Cat

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to Glittering Lynx.

: Until end of turn, Glittering Lynx loses "Prevent all damage that would be dealt to Glittering Lynx." Any player may activate this ability.

Sheltering Prayers

Enchantment

Basic lands each player controls have shroud as long as that player controls three or fewer lands. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities.)

"It matters not if the gods hear my prayers. Jamuraa does."

Soul Strings

Sorcery

Return two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand unless any player pays .

Everyone is manipulated. It's just more obvious with the dead.

Branded Brawlers

Creature - Human Soldier

Branded Brawlers can't attack if defending player controls an untapped land.

Branded Brawlers can't block if you control an untapped land.

"The sword or the lash. Choose."
-Akul, Keldon whip sergeant

Brutal Suppression

Enchantment

Activated abilities of nontoken Rebels cost an additional "Sacrifice a land" to activate.

"They no longer care about their own suffering. Show them something worse."
-Latulla, Keldon overseer

Inflame

Instant

Inflame deals 2 damage to each creature dealt damage this turn.

Wound, maim, kill: it's all the same to a Keldon.

Marsh Boa

Creature - Snake

Swampwalk

Though a powerful constrictor, it prefers simply to drown its prey.

Spore Frog

Creature - Frog

Sacrifice Spore Frog: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

The end of one life is merely the beginning of thousands more.

Thrive

Sorcery

Put a +1/+1 counter on each of X target creatures.

"We wait and watch, and as we prepare for war, we grow strong."

Alabaster Leech

Creature - Leech

White spells you cast cost more to cast.

"Its stones seem to serve a healing function, but removing them intact is an exhausting process."
-Tolarian research notes

Orim's Touch

Instant

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

Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. If Orim's Touch was kicked, prevent the next 4 damage that would be dealt to that creature or player this turn instead.

Sunscape Apprentice

Creature - Human Wizard

, : Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

, : Put target creature you control on top of its owner's library.

Essence Leak

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant permanent

As long as enchanted permanent is red or green, it has "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this permanent unless you pay its mana cost."

"We define the boundaries of reality; they don't define us."
-Teferi

Faerie Squadron

Creature - Faerie

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

If Faerie Squadron was kicked, it enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it and with flying.

Opt

Instant

Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.

Draw a card.

"We need alternatives, Hanna," yelled Gerrard. "Now"

Stormscape Apprentice

Creature - Human Wizard

, : Tap target creature.

, : Target player loses 1 life.

Tidal Visionary

Creature - Merfolk Wizard

: Target creature becomes the color of your choice until end of turn.

Beneath the waves, things appear the way merfolk want them to.

Dredge

Instant

Sacrifice a creature or land.

Draw a card.

"I'd strip away the world to see what's under it, but I'd never just leave it to these Phyrexian parasites and their false god."
-Urborg witch

Duskwalker

Creature - Human Minion

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

If Duskwalker was kicked, it enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it and with fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Nightscape Apprentice

Creature - Zombie Wizard

, : Put target creature you control on top of its owner's library.

, : Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.

Phyrexian Battleflies

Creature - Insect

Flying

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

After encountering them, Squee finally lost his appetite for bugs.

Urborg Skeleton

Creature - Skeleton

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

: Regenerate Urborg Skeleton.

If Urborg Skeleton was kicked, it enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.

Ghitu Fire

Sorcery

You may cast Ghitu Fire any time you could cast an instant if you pay more to cast it.

Ghitu Fire deals X damage to target creature or player.

Goblin Spy

Creature - Goblin Rogue

Play with the top card of your library revealed.

"Isn't he on our side?"
"Yep."
"Why's he spyin' on us?"
"Don't ask."

Overload

Instant

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

Destroy target artifact if its converted mana cost is 2 or less. If Overload was kicked, destroy that artifact if its converted mana cost is 5 or less instead.

Scarred Puma

Creature - Cat

Scarred Puma can't attack unless a black or green creature also attacks.

It's not eager to lose the other eye.

Thunderscape Apprentice

Creature - Human Wizard

, : Target player loses 1 life.

, : Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Explosive Growth

Instant

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

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If Explosive Growth was kicked, that creature gets +5/+5 until end of turn instead.

Llanowar Elite

Creature - Elf

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

Trample

If Llanowar Elite was kicked, it enters the battlefield with five +1/+1 counters on it.

Thornscape Apprentice

Creature - Human Wizard

, : Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.

, : Tap target creature.

Vigorous Charge

Instant

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

Target creature gains trample until end of turn. Whenever that creature deals combat damage this turn, if Vigorous Charge was kicked, you gain life equal to that damage.

Whip Silk

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature has reach. (It can block creatures with flying.)

: Return Whip Silk to its owner's hand.

Llanowar forges weapons of steel. Yavimaya grows her weapons within.

Stand (Stand/Deliver)

Instant

Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.

Pain (Pain/Suffering)

Sorcery

Target player discards a card.

Assault (Assault/Battery)

Sorcery

Assault deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

Wax (Wax/Wane)

Instant

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Chromatic Sphere

Artifact

, , Sacrifice Chromatic Sphere: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool. Draw a card.

"Let insight and energy be your guides."
-The Blind Seer, to Gerrard

Honorable Scout

Creature - Human Soldier Scout

When Honorable Scout enters the battlefield, you gain 2 life for each black and/or red creature target opponent controls.

"I've faced your kind before. This time I'm ready for you."

Orim's Chant

Instant

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

Target player can't cast spells this turn.

If Orim's Chant was kicked, creatures can't attack this turn.

Pollen Remedy

Instant

Kicker-Sacrifice a land. (You may sacrifice a land in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell.)

Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt this turn to any number of target creatures and/or players, divided as you choose. If Pollen Remedy was kicked, prevent the next 6 damage this way instead.

Ertai's Trickery

Instant

Counter target spell if it was kicked.

"Don't worry, Gerrard," said Ertai. "I'm sure the crew will come to your rescue as quickly as they came to mine."

Sisay's Ingenuity

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

When Sisay's Ingenuity enters the battlefield, draw a card.

Enchanted creature has ": Target creature becomes the color of your choice until end of turn."

Singe

Instant

Singe deals 1 damage to target creature. That creature becomes black until end of turn.

Burnt flesh. Blackened soul.

Strafe

Sorcery

Strafe deals 3 damage to target nonred creature.

"All right, let's light ‘em up"
-Gerrard

Gaea's Might

Instant

Domain - Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each basic land type among lands you control.

With the Heart of Yavimaya aiding him, Multani didn't even strain at the load.

Multani's Harmony

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

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

"Welcome to paradise."

Coalition Flag

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature you control

Enchanted creature is a Flagbearer.

While choosing targets as part of casting a spell or activating an ability, your opponents must choose at least one Flagbearer on the battlefield if able.

Dega Disciple

Creature - Human Wizard

, : Target creature gets -2/-0 until end of turn.

, : Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

"There is no true equity of power. There is only more and less."

Divine Light

Sorcery

Prevent all damage that would be dealt this turn to creatures you control.

"Phyrexia is an unforgiving place, and I am an angry lord in an unforgiving mood."
-Lord Windgrace

Shield of Duty and Reason

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature has protection from green and from blue.

The duty: to defend. The reason: to survive.

Ceta Disciple

Creature - Merfolk Wizard

, : Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

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

"The sea holds all that you need. You simply must know how to ask for it."

Reef Shaman

Creature - Merfolk Shaman

: Target land becomes the basic land type of your choice until end of turn.

With one gesture, she can render a thousand years of navigational charts obsolete.

Necra Disciple

Creature - Human Wizard

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

, : Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

"The darkness merely hides the light."

Bloodfire Dwarf

Creature - Dwarf

, Sacrifice Bloodfire Dwarf: Bloodfire Dwarf deals 1 damage to each creature without flying.

For them, the only honorable death is one that leaves a crater.

Illuminate

Sorcery

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

Illuminate deals X damage to target creature. If Illuminate was kicked with its kicker, it deals X damage to that creature's controller. If Illuminate was kicked with its kicker, you draw X cards.

Raka Disciple

Creature - Minotaur Wizard

, : Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

, : Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

"The strong can also be subtle."

Tahngarth's Glare

Sorcery

Look at the top three cards of target opponent's library, then put them back in any order. That player looks at the top three cards of your library, then puts them back in any order.

Ana Disciple

Creature - Human Wizard

, : Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

, : Target creature gets -2/-0 until end of turn.

"The blessings of Gaea alone are no longer enough."

Lay of the Land

Sorcery

Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.

Victory favors neither the righteous nor the wicked. It favors the prepared.

Illusion (Illusion/Reality)

Instant

Target spell or permanent becomes the color of your choice until end of turn.

Life (Life/Death)

Sorcery

All lands you control become 1/1 creatures until end of turn. They're still lands.

Night (Night/Day)

Instant

Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

Pay No Heed

Instant

Prevent all damage a source of your choice would deal this turn.

"Inhale life. Exhale pain."
-Mystic elder

Breakthrough

Sorcery

Draw four cards, then choose X cards in your hand and discard the rest.

The ideas came flooding in so fast that they couldn't all be contained.

Coral Net

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant green or white creature

Enchanted creature has "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you discard a card."

Obsessive Search

Instant

Draw a card.

Madness (If you discard this card, you may cast it for its madness cost instead of putting it into your graveyard.)

The question strained his sanity. The answer snapped it in half.

Retraced Image

Sorcery

Reveal a card in your hand, then put that card onto the battlefield if it has the same name as a permanent.

An army from a soldier, a flock from a bird, a school from a fish . . . a profit from an atrocity.

Carrion Rats

Creature - Rat

Whenever Carrion Rats attacks or blocks, any player may exile a card from his or her graveyard. If a player does, Carrion Rats assigns no combat damage this turn.

"Just what I need-more competition."
-Cabal grave robber

Putrid Imp

Creature - Zombie Imp

Discard a card: Putrid Imp gains flying until end of turn.

Threshold - As long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard, Putrid Imp gets +1/+1 and can't block.

Restless Dreams

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast Restless Dreams, discard X cards.

Return X target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.

Braids dreams of dark rebirth.