Armory of Iroas

Artifact - Equipment

Whenever equipped creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it.

Equip

From a distance the weapons look pristine, but in fact they are tarnished and dented, each as unique as the champion who carried it to battle.

Arms Dealer

Creature - Goblin Rogue

, Sacrifice a Goblin: Arms Dealer deals 4 damage to target creature.

"Guaranteed to leave your enemies sufficiently stabbed, bitten, cleaved, or exploded."
-Grezkrick's Emporium motto

Army Ants

Creature - Insect

, Sacrifice a land: Destroy target land.

"Do not underestimate the power of many against one."
-Sidar Jabari

Army of Allah

Instant

Attacking creatures get +2/+0 until end of turn.

On the day of victory no one is tired. -Arab proverb

Army of the Damned

Sorcery

Put thirteen 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens onto the battlefield tapped.

Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sometimes death comes knocking. Sometimes it tears down the walls.

Arnjlot's Ascent

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.)

: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

"The dreams of a child fulfilled:
The wind on my brow,
the air 'neath my feet."
-Arnjlot Olasson, Sky Mage

Arrest

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.

"We will prove your guilt. We don't arrest the innocent, you know."
-Arrester Lavinia, Tenth Precinct

Arrogant Bloodlord

Creature - Vampire Knight

Whenever Arrogant Bloodlord blocks or becomes blocked by a creature with power 1 or less, destroy Arrogant Bloodlord at end of combat.

"I would rather take my own head than be thwarted by a presumptuous wretch with a shield and a dream."

Arrogant Wurm

Creature - Wurm

Trample

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

It's hard to be humble when the whole world is bite size.

Arrow Storm

Sorcery

Arrow Storm deals 4 damage to target creature or player.

Raid - If you attacked with a creature this turn, instead Arrow Storm deals 5 damage to that creature or player and the damage can't be prevented.

First the thunder, then the rain.

Arrow Volley Trap

Instant - Trap

If four or more creatures are attacking, you may pay rather than pay Arrow Volley Trap's mana cost.

Arrow Volley Trap deals 5 damage divided as you choose among any number of target attacking creatures.

Arrows of Justice

Instant

Arrows of Justice deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.

Archers from the Horizon Military Academy hone their skills by targeting pickpockets blocks away.

Arsenal Thresher

Artifact Creature - Construct

As Arsenal Thresher enters the battlefield, you may reveal any number of other artifact cards from your hand. Arsenal Thresher enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each card revealed this way.

Artful Dodge

Sorcery

Target creature is unblockable this turn.

Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Those who know the alleys and sewers of the Erdwal can disappear like smoke.

Artful Maneuver

Instant

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

Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)

Artifact Blast

Instant

Counter target artifact spell.

The first line of defense against Urza and Mishra, the Artifact Blast achieved widespread fame until an unlucky mage discovered it was useless on the devices the brothers had already created.

Artifact Mutation

Instant

Destroy target artifact. It can't be regenerated. Put X 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens onto the battlefield, where X is that artifact's converted mana cost.

"From shards and splinters I call forth my living horde."
-Molimo, maro-sorcerer

Artifact Possession

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant artifact

Whenever enchanted artifact becomes tapped or a player activates an ability of enchanted artifact without in its activation cost, Artifact Possession deals 2 damage to that artifact's controller.

Any black mage could coax a Thraxodemon to inhabit a magical device.

Artifact Ward

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature can't be blocked by artifact creatures.

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to enchanted creature by artifact sources.

Enchanted creature can't be the target of abilities from artifact sources.

Artificer's Hex

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant Equipment

At the beginning of your upkeep, if enchanted Equipment is attached to a creature, destroy that creature.

"Some treasures aren't worth finding, let alone stealing."-Dack Fayden

Artificer's Intuition

Enchantment

, Discard an artifact card: Search your library for an artifact card with converted mana cost 1 or less, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

Artificial Evolution

Instant

Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one creature type with another. The new creature type can't be Wall. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Artillerize

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Artillerize, sacrifice an artifact or creature.

Artillerize deals 5 damage to target creature or player.

Phyrexian or Mirran, most goblins stick to the job they know best.

Artisan of Forms

Creature - Human Wizard

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Artisan of Forms, you may have Artisan of Forms become a copy of target creature and gain this ability.

Artisan of Kozilek

Creature - Eldrazi

When you cast Artisan of Kozilek, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Annihilator 2 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices two permanents.)

Artisan's Sorrow

Instant

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)

Some seers read bones or entrails. Others just like to break things.

Ascendant Evincar

Legendary Creature - Vampire

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

Other black creatures get +1/+1.

Nonblack creatures get -1/-1.

His soul snared by an angel's curse, Crovax twisted heroism into its purest shadow.

Ascended Lawmage

Creature - Vedalken Wizard

Flying, hexproof

A lawmage's runic script is an act of governance given form: legislation written directly onto the air itself.

Ascending Aven

Creature - Bird Soldier

Flying

Ascending Aven can block only creatures with flying.

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

Asceticism

Enchantment

Creatures you control have hexproof. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

: Regenerate target creature.

"Let my ignominy build walls thicker than iron and stronger than darksteel."
-Thrun, the last troll

Ash Zealot

Creature - Human Warrior

First strike, haste

Whenever a player casts a spell from a graveyard, Ash Zealot deals 3 damage to that player.

"Smarter than death? Let's see you outsmart my mace, necromancer!"

Asha's Favor

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature has flying, first strike, and vigilance.

As his new wings lifted him high above Bant, Taric felt his earthly aspirations transform into heavenly resolve.

Ashcloud Phoenix

Creature - Phoenix

Flying

When Ashcloud Phoenix dies, return it to the battlefield face down.

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

When Ashcloud Phoenix is turned face up, it deals 2 damage to each player.

Ashcoat Bear

Creature - Bear

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

The bears wade into time rifts to feed. They do not fear the storms, and they are quick enough to snatch prey just as it blinks in or out of time.

Ashen Firebeast

Creature - Elemental Beast

: Ashen Firebeast deals 1 damage to each creature without flying.

"I'm not sure which impresses me most, its thoroughness or its intensity."
-Matoc, lavamancer

Ashen Ghoul

Creature - Zombie

Haste

: Return Ashen Ghoul from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate this ability only during your upkeep and only if three or more creature cards are above Ashen Ghoul.

Ashen Monstrosity

Creature - Spirit

Haste

Ashen Monstrosity attacks each turn if able.

There was a dull thunder at the vanguard, then shocked cries in the midst of the column. Moments later, Takada, last of the rearguard, faced the kami alone.

Ashen Powder

Sorcery

Put target creature card from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

"What you call decay, I call ripening. You'll gain no sustenance from this harvest."
-Kaervek

Ashen Rider

Creature - Archon

Flying

When Ashen Rider enters the battlefield or dies, exile target permanent.

One offering to appease her on her arrival. Another to celebrate her departure.

Ashen-Skin Zubera

Creature - Zubera Spirit

When Ashen-Skin Zubera dies, target opponent discards a card for each Zubera that died this turn.

When the Honden of Night's Reach began to crumble, its attendants swarmed Kamigawa to haunt mortal dreams.