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.

Giant Mantis

Creature - Insect

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)

"I hate insects of every sort. The only mercy is that they are generally small."
-Mwani, Mtenda goatherd

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.

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.

Knightly Valor

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

When Knightly Valor enters the battlefield, put a 2/2 white Knight creature token with vigilance onto the battlefield.

Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has vigilance.

Sphere of Safety

Enchantment

Creatures can't attack you or a planeswalker you control unless their controller pays for each of those creatures, where X is the number of enchantments you control.

The Rakdos believe that all are eager to join their revels, even when told otherwise.

Psychic Spiral

Instant

Shuffle all cards from your graveyard into your library. Target player puts that many cards from the top of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

An elocutor forces criminals to confess to the laws they merely intended to break.

Search the City

Enchantment

When Search the City enters the battlefield, exile the top five cards of your library.

Whenever you play a card with the same name as one of the exiled cards, you may put one of those cards with that name into its owner's hand. Then if there are no cards exiled with Search the City, sacrifice it. If you do, take an extra turn after this one.

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

Destroy the Evidence

Sorcery

Destroy target land. Its controller reveals cards from the top of his or her library until he or she reveals a land card, then puts those cards into his or her graveyard.

Everyone knew the Dimir had done the damage. Everyone suspected the Izzet had hired them.

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.

Goblin Rally

Sorcery

Put four 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens onto the battlefield.

You don't so much hire goblins as put ideas in their heads.

Pyroconvergence

Enchantment

Whenever you cast a multicolored spell, Pyroconvergence deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

"The Izzet are an equation that turns lunacy into explosions."
-Leonos, Azorius arbiter

Survey the Wreckage

Sorcery

Destroy target land. Put a 1/1 red Goblin creature token onto the battlefield.

Goblins and architects seldom get along.

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.

Fall of the Gavel

Instant

Counter target spell. You gain 5 life.

"My ruling is final. Order is upheld. Justice is done."

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.

Righteous Authority

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each card in its controller's hand.

At the beginning of the draw step of enchanted creature's controller, that player draws an additional card.

Skull Rend

Sorcery

Skull Rend deals 2 damage to each opponent. Those players each discard two cards at random.

"We could never accept anyone with a face that pretty or a mind that sane."
-Nyoser, Gore-House ringleader

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

Thoughtflare

Instant

Draw four cards, then discard two cards.

"If this is thinking, I don't know what I was doing before."

Vraska the Unseen

Planeswalker - Vraska (Loyalty: 5)

+1: Until your next turn, whenever a creature deals combat damage to Vraska the Unseen, destroy that creature.

-3: Destroy target nonland permanent.

-7: Put three 1/1 black Assassin creature tokens onto the battlefield with "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses the game."

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.

Towering Thunderfist

Creature - Giant Soldier

: Towering Thunderfist gains vigilance until end of turn.

"Nothing ruins a party like one of those big killjoys bursting through the door and setting all the guests free."
-Ruba, Rakdos cultist

Tin Street Market

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant land

Enchanted land has ", Discard a card: Draw a card."

"Sometimes I stroll along Tin Street and watch citizens busy with their daily lives. It reminds me why I do my job."
-Arrester Lavinia, Tenth Precinct

Obzedat, Ghost Council

Legendary Creature - Spirit Advisor

When Obzedat, Ghost Council enters the battlefield, target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

At the beginning of your end step, you may exile Obzedat. If you do, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of your next upkeep. It gains haste.

Guardian of the Gateless

Creature - Angel

Flying

Guardian of the Gateless can block any number of creatures.

Whenever Guardian of the Gateless blocks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature it's blocking.

Adaptive Snapjaw

Creature - Lizard Beast

Evolve (Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)

"Eh, needs more toad."
-Gulistan, Simic biomancer

Knight Watch

Sorcery

Put two 2/2 white Knight creature tokens with vigilance onto the battlefield.

"We lost respect after the battle for Barbu Rooftop. Send the troops to mingle respectfully with the citizens."
-Commander Yaszen of Boros

Leyline Phantom

Creature - Illusion

When Leyline Phantom deals combat damage, return it to its owner's hand. (Return it only if it survived combat.)

"Is the maze itself a phantom? Or is one as real as the other? Perhaps I am as mad as the dragon."
-Jace Beleren, journal

Frenzied Tilling

Sorcery

Destroy target land. Search your library for a basic land card and put that card onto the battlefield tapped. Then shuffle your library.

"Beneath her scars, Dominaria's beauty yet shines."
-Multani, maro-sorcerer

Debtor's Pulpit

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant land

Enchanted land has ": Tap target creature."

"You may not be able to pay. But you can still kneel."
-Milana, Orzhov prelate

Primal Visitation

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has haste.

Gruul shamans believe all sentient beings have the soul of savagery inside them, an animal form clawing to escape.

Mystic Genesis

Instant

Counter target spell. Put an X/X green Ooze creature token onto the battlefield, where X is that spell's converted mana cost.

"The Simic can grow anything out of a puddle of sludge. I just hope they never join forces with the Golgari."
-Teysa Karlov, Grand Envoy of Orzhov

Shadow Slice

Sorcery

Target opponent loses 3 life.

Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)

Fortress Cyclops

Creature - Cyclops Soldier

Whenever Fortress Cyclops attacks, it gets +3/+0 until end of turn.

Whenever Fortress Cyclops blocks, it gets +0/+3 until end of turn.

"They think they tamed him, but he will always be a wild titan, a force of nature."
-Nedja, Gruul shaman

Mindeye Drake

Creature - Drake

Flying

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

They can map both the cityscape and the minds of its architects.

Totally Lost

Instant

Put target nonland permanent on top of its owner's library.

Fblthp had always hated crowds.