Serra's Hymn

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a verse counter on Serra's Hymn.

Sacrifice Serra's Hymn: Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt this turn to any number of target creatures and/or players, divided as you choose, where X is the number of verse counters on Serra's Hymn.

Serra's Liturgy

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a verse counter on Serra's Liturgy.

, Sacrifice Serra's Liturgy: Destroy up to X target artifacts and/or enchantments, where X is the number of verse counters on Serra's Liturgy.

Sicken

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets -1/-1.

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Urza dared to attack Phyrexia. Slowly, it retaliated.

Sneak Attack

Enchantment

: You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Sacrifice the creature at the beginning of the next end step.

"Nothin' beat surprise-'cept rock."

Sporogenesis

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a fungus counter on target nontoken creature.

Whenever a creature with a fungus counter on it dies, put a 1/1 green Saproling creature token onto the battlefield for each fungus counter on that creature.

When Sporogenesis leaves the battlefield, remove all fungus counters from all creatures.

Sulfuric Vapors

Enchantment

If a red spell would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals that much damage plus 1 to that permanent or player instead.

It was the dragons who first learned to chase their prey into the vapors before igniting them.

Torch Song

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a verse counter on Torch Song.

, Sacrifice Torch Song: Torch Song deals X damage to target creature or player, where X is the number of verse counters on Torch Song.

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.

Veil of Birds

Enchantment

When an opponent casts a spell, if Veil of Birds is an enchantment, Veil of Birds becomes a 1/1 Bird creature with flying.

When wind marries sky, even the bride's veil sings her praises.

Veiled Apparition

Enchantment

When an opponent casts a spell, if Veiled Apparition is an enchantment, Veiled Apparition becomes a 3/3 Illusion creature with flying and "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Veiled Apparition unless you pay ."

Veiled Crocodile

Enchantment

When a player has no cards in hand, if Veiled Crocodile is an enchantment, Veiled Crocodile becomes a 4/4 Crocodile creature.

Some roads are paved with bad intentions.

Veiled Sentry

Enchantment

When an opponent casts a spell, if Veiled Sentry is an enchantment, Veiled Sentry becomes an Illusion creature with power and toughness each equal to that spell's converted mana cost.

Veiled Serpent

Enchantment

When an opponent casts a spell, if Veiled Serpent is an enchantment, Veiled Serpent becomes a 4/4 Serpent creature that can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Venomous Fangs

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to a creature, destroy the other creature.

All the pain of the shattered forest contained in a single drop.

Vile Requiem

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a verse counter on Vile Requiem.

, Sacrifice Vile Requiem: Destroy up to X target nonblack creatures, where X is the number of verse counters on Vile Requiem. They can't be regenerated.

War Dance

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a verse counter on War Dance.

Sacrifice War Dance: Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of verse counters on War Dance.

Zephid's Embrace

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Spells will shun you, as will everyone else.

Bequeathal

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

When enchanted creature dies, you draw two cards.

"On my death, I give you this treasure: the knowledge that life is hard, yet too soon past."
-Dal funeral rite

Convalescence

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have 10 or less life, you gain 1 life.

Selenia had hurt Mirri terribly, but injuries of the flesh could be treated. The wounds she had torn in Crovax's soul would never close.

Cunning

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +3/+3.

When enchanted creature attacks or blocks, sacrifice Cunning at the beginning of the next cleanup step.

". . . Dry-walkers die
We feed on sweet flesh . . . ."
-Rootwater Saga

Cursed Flesh

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets -1/-1 and has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

A farewell to arms . . . and feet . . . and legs . . . .

Dizzying Gaze

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature you control

: Enchanted creature deals 1 damage to target creature with flying.

"When I cut down my angel I only started my fall."
-Crovax

Elven Palisade

Enchantment

Sacrifice a Forest: Target attacking creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn.

"Volrath is not the only one who can shape this world to serve him."
-Eladamri, Lord of Leaves

Limited Resources

Enchantment

When Limited Resources enters the battlefield, each player chooses five lands he or she controls and sacrifices the rest.

Players can't play lands as long as ten or more lands are on the battlefield.

Manabond

Enchantment

At the beginning of your end step, you may reveal your hand and put all land cards from it onto the battlefield. If you do, discard your hand.

Mind Over Matter

Enchantment

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

Lyna turned to the figure beside her. "They're gone. What now?"
"As ever," said Urza, "we wait."

Oath of Druids

Enchantment

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player chooses target player who controls more creatures than he or she does and is his or her opponent. The first player may reveal cards from the top of his or her library until he or she reveals a creature card. If he or she does, that player puts that card onto the battlefield and all other cards revealed this way into his or her graveyard.

Oath of Ghouls

Enchantment

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player chooses target player whose graveyard has fewer creature cards in it than his or her graveyard does and is his or her opponent. The first player may return a creature card from his or her graveyard to his or her hand.

Oath of Lieges

Enchantment

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player chooses target player who controls more lands than he or she does and is his or her opponent. The first player may search his or her library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle his or her library.

Oath of Mages

Enchantment

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player chooses target player who has more life than he or she does and is his or her opponent. The first player may have Oath of Mages deal 1 damage to the second player.

Oath of Scholars

Enchantment

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player chooses target player who has more cards in hand than he or she does and is his or her opponent. The first player may discard his or her hand and draw three cards.

Onslaught

Enchantment

Whenever you cast a creature spell, tap target creature.

The last thing to go through the mogg's mind was its teeth.

Pandemonium

Enchantment

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, that creature's controller may have it deal damage equal to its power to target creature or player of his or her choice.

"If we cannot live proudly, we die so!"
-Eladamri, Lord of Leaves

Paroxysm

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player reveals the top card of his or her library. If that card is a land card, destroy that creature. Otherwise, it gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

Penance

Enchantment

Put a card from your hand on top of your library: The next time a black or red source of your choice would deal damage this turn, prevent that damage.

Predatory Hunger

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Whenever an opponent casts a creature spell, put a +1/+1 counter on enchanted creature.

Hunger growls, never purrs.

Reconnaissance

Enchantment

: Remove target attacking creature you control from combat and untap it.

War favors the informed.

Recurring Nightmare

Enchantment

Sacrifice a creature, Return Recurring Nightmare to its owner's hand: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.

"I am confined by sleep and defined by nightmare."
-Crovax

Shackles

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

: Return Shackles to its owner's hand.

Shackles of gold are still shackles.

Song of Serenity

Enchantment

Creatures that are enchanted can't attack or block.

Heartwood brings peace in great symphonies where dryads conduct the trees through every note.

Spellshock

Enchantment

Whenever a player casts a spell, Spellshock deals 2 damage to that player.

A snap of fingers, a snap of teeth.

Survival of the Fittest

Enchantment

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

Volrath's Dungeon

Enchantment

Pay 5 life: Destroy Volrath's Dungeon. Any player may activate this ability but only during his or her turn.

Discard a card: Target player puts a card from his or her hand on top of his or her library. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.

Amok

Enchantment

, Discard a card at random: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Crovax's rage was horrifying. Within moments only blood and shreds of flesh remained of the shapeshifter.

Awakening

Enchantment

At the beginning of each upkeep, untap all creatures and lands.

"There are times when destiny calls forth a people and demands an action. Now is the time. We are the people. This is our action. Charge!"
-Eladamri, Lord of Leaves

Bottomless Pit

Enchantment

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player discards a card at random.

"I'm sure it came with the place. I don't think you build one on purpose."
-Gerrard

Burgeoning

Enchantment

Whenever an opponent plays a land, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

"The plants said, ‘We will fight the stone with root and stem and seed. We are patient. We will win.'"
-Skyshroud myth of the forest

Contemplation

Enchantment

Whenever you cast a spell, you gain 1 life.

"How fascinating it is to watch the machinations of one's own mind play themselves out."
-Volrath

Contempt

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Whenever enchanted creature attacks, return it and Contempt to their owners' hands at end of combat.

"Predictable little man. In all these years you taught me so much yet learned so little."
-Volrath, to Starke

Conviction

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +1/+3.

: Return Conviction to its owner's hand.

It was not the minotaur's shoulders but his soul that bore the heaviest weight.

Dream Halls

Enchantment

Rather than pay the mana cost for a spell, its controller may discard a card that shares a color with that spell.

Within without.

Flowstone Blade

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

: Enchanted creature gets +1/-1 until end of turn.

"Remember the fable of the elf who came upon a cave of gold. In trying to free the largest piece, she was crushed by its weight."
-Karn, silver golem

Heat of Battle

Enchantment

Whenever a creature blocks, Heat of Battle deals 1 damage to that creature's controller.

"Takara, it's me!" shouted Starke. It was no use-she obeyed Volrath.

Hesitation

Enchantment

When a player casts a spell, sacrifice Hesitation and counter that spell.

Gerrard hesitated, looking up at the enemy ship. The future hesitated with him, changed forever by the pause.

Hidden Retreat

Enchantment

Put a card from your hand on top of your library: Prevent all damage that would be dealt by target instant or sorcery spell this turn.

After an hour in the hidey-hole, Squee seriously pondered the advantages of danger over boredom.

Invasion Plans

Enchantment

All creatures block each turn if able.

The attacking player chooses how each creature blocks each turn.

Gerrard studied the globe as Mirri kept watch. Suddenly, his eyes widened. "This is Dominaria!"

Mortuary

Enchantment

Whenever a creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, put that card on top of your library.

"Think of them not as failures but as works in progress."
-Volrath

Pursuit of Knowledge

Enchantment

If you would draw a card, you may put a study counter on Pursuit of Knowledge instead.

Remove three study counters from Pursuit of Knowledge, Sacrifice Pursuit of Knowledge: Draw seven cards.

Samite Blessing

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

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

Knit bone, darn flesh,
Stitch skin, weave breath.
-Samite healing ritual

Torment

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets -3/-0.

"Volrath has killed me. All that remains of me is the scar!"
-Tahngarth

Tortured Existence

Enchantment

, Discard a creature card: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

"There are terrors lurking in the unseen corners of us all."
-Crovax

Volrath's Gardens

Enchantment

, Tap an untapped creature you control: You gain 2 life. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.

"Watch yourself," warned Starke. "These plants aren't nice when they're hungry."

Aluren

Enchantment

Any player may play creature cards with converted mana cost 3 or less without paying their mana cost and as though they had flash.

Squee bounced up and down. "I sees a horsey, an' a piggy, an' a-"
"If you don't shut up," hissed Mirri, "you'll see a kidney and a spleeny."

Ancient Runes

Enchantment

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, Ancient Runes deals damage to that player equal to the number of artifacts he or she controls.

Ertai volunteered to open the portal. He figured he owed it one.

Broken Fall

Enchantment

Return Broken Fall to its owner's hand: Regenerate target creature.

"I think I used up all my good luck and all my bad luck in the same fall."
-Gerrard of the Weatherlight

Circle of Protection: Shadow

Enchantment

: The next time a creature of your choice with shadow would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.

Crown of Flames

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

: Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

: Return Crown of Flames to its owner's hand.

It is the forge of kings.

Dauthi Embrace

Enchantment

: Target creature gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)

"The Dauthi army grows by screams and bounds."
-Lyna, Soltari emissary

Duplicity

Enchantment

When Duplicity enters the battlefield, exile the top five cards of your library face down.

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may exile all cards from your hand face down. If you do, put all other cards you own exiled with Duplicity into your hand.

At the beginning of your end step, discard a card.

When you lose control of Duplicity, put all cards exiled with Duplicity into their owner's graveyard.

Earthcraft

Enchantment

Tap an untapped creature you control: Untap target basic land.

"The land gives up little, but we are masters of persuasion."
-Eladamri, Lord of Leaves

Eladamri's Vineyard

Enchantment

At the beginning of each player's precombat main phase, add to that player's mana pool.

The mushroom wine made Gerrard's head spin, and his stomach soon followed suit.

Endless Scream

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Endless Scream enters the battlefield with X scream counters on it.

Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 for each scream counter on Endless Scream.

"I have made Crovax weep; now I will make him scream. The pain will not end, but will bind him to me."
-Volrath

Fevered Convulsions

Enchantment

: Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.

"Tell me again why you failed to capture Gerrard, you worthless pile of spine."
-Volrath, to Greven

Field of Souls

Enchantment

Whenever a nontoken creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, put a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

Flickering Ward

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

As Flickering Ward enters the battlefield, choose a color.

Enchanted creature has protection from the chosen color. This effect doesn't remove Flickering Ward.

: Return Flickering Ward to its owner's hand.

Frog Tongue

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

When Frog Tongue enters the battlefield, draw a card.

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

"But why can't I get one?" sniveled Squee. "All da bugs here got wings."

Gerrard's Battle Cry

Enchantment

: Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

Gerrard grinned and drew his sword. "This won't be a fair fight," he called to his crew. "They should have brought a second ship!"

Goblin Bombardment

Enchantment

Sacrifice a creature: Goblin Bombardment deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

One mogg to aim the catapult, one mogg to steer the rock.

Hand to Hand

Enchantment

During combat, players can't cast instant spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.

The match between Tahngarth and Greven was close only in the mind of the minotaur.

Hanna's Custody

Enchantment

All artifacts have shroud. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities.)

"I protect the Legacy with my life if necessary, for its purpose is far more important than my own."
-Hanna, Weatherlight navigator

Havoc

Enchantment

Whenever an opponent casts a white spell, he or she loses 2 life.

As Orim put the lightning rod into place on the bow, she cast a spell of protection to shield herself from the heat. That's when the Furnace got personal.

Humility

Enchantment

All creatures lose all abilities and are 1/1.

"One cannot cleanse the wounds of failure."
-Karn, silver golem

Legacy's Allure

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a treasure counter on Legacy's Allure.

Sacrifice Legacy's Allure: Gain control of target creature with power less than or equal to the number of treasure counters on Legacy's Allure. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Mirri's Guile

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

Hanna was astounded. Mirri read every leaf and wisp of breeze like a book of ancient lore.

No Quarter

Enchantment

Whenever a creature becomes blocked by a creature with lesser power, destroy the blocking creature.

Whenever a creature blocks a creature with lesser power, destroy the attacking creature.

As Gerrard and Greven neared each other, the moggs caught between them realized they should flee.

Orim's Prayer

Enchantment

Whenever one or more creatures attack you, you gain 1 life for each attacking creature.

"As usual, there will be time for prayer only after the worst happens."
-Orim, Samite healer

Pegasus Refuge

Enchantment

, Discard a card: Put a 1/1 white Pegasus creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

The first Rath-born pegasus was so offended by the sky that it hid its eyes in the earth.
-Vec lore

Precognition

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top card of target opponent's library. If you do, you may put that card on the bottom of that player's library.

A gleam like struggling sunlight penetrated Selenia's dark thoughts.

Recycle

Enchantment

Skip your draw step.

Whenever you play a card, draw a card.

Your maximum hand size is two.

Sadistic Glee

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Whenever a creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on enchanted creature.

"First blood isn't as important as last blood."
-Gerrard of the Weatherlight

Safeguard

Enchantment

: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target creature this turn.

"I'm amused by wasted effort when it's not my own."
-Hanna, Weatherlight navigator

Sarcomancy

Enchantment

When Sarcomancy enters the battlefield, put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield.

At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are no Zombies on the battlefield, Sarcomancy deals 1 damage to you.

Spinal Graft

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +3/+3.

When enchanted creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, destroy that creature. It can't be regenerated.

"This one has not screamed enough to show effective implantation. Kill it."
-Volrath

Spirit Mirror

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are no Reflection tokens on the battlefield, put a 2/2 white Reflection creature token onto the battlefield.

: Destroy target Reflection.

Steal Enchantment

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant enchantment

You control enchanted enchantment.

"Why should I flatter another with imitation when I can satisfy myself through possession?"
-Ertai, wizard adept

Storm Front

Enchantment

: Tap target creature with flying.

The calmest day on Rath would be thought a storm anywhere else.

Tahngarth's Rage

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +3/+0 as long as it's attacking. Otherwise, it gets -2/-1.

"Taste my horns!"
-Tahngarth of the Weatherlight

Tooth and Claw

Enchantment

Sacrifice two creatures: Put a 3/1 red Beast creature token named Carnivore onto the battlefield.

"You deify nature as female-kind and gentle-yet you cringe at what is natural."
-Mirri of the Weatherlight

Volrath's Curse

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated. That creature's controller may sacrifice a permanent for that player to ignore this effect until end of turn.

: Return Volrath's Curse to its owner's hand.

Alms

Enchantment

, Exile the top card of your graveyard: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.

"Helping people is mostly a matter of teaching them to help themselves."
-Sisay, journal