Ruination Guide

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Ingest (Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles the top card of his or her library.)

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

Spell Shrivel

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Counter target spell unless its controller pays . If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

Halimar Tidecaller

Creature - Human Wizard Ally

When Halimar Tidecaller enters the battlefield, you may return target card with awaken from your graveyard to your hand.

Land creatures you control have flying.

"Quiet the waves? Why would I want to do that?"

Retreat to Coralhelm

Enchantment

Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, choose one -

• You may tap or untap target creature.

• Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

Scatter to the Winds

Instant

Counter target spell.

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.)

Complete Disregard

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Exile target creature with power 3 or less.

"We returned to the field and found poor Len, every detail of his final moment perfectly cast in that awful dust."-Javad Nasrin, outrider captain

Dominator Drone

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Ingest (Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles the top card of his or her library.)

When Dominator Drone enters the battlefield, if you control another colorless creature, each opponent loses 2 life.

Grave Birthing

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Target opponent exiles a card from his or her graveyard. You put a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token onto the battlefield. It has "Sacrifice this creature: Add to your mana pool."

Draw a card.

Swarm Surge

Sorcery

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn. Colorless creatures you control also gain first strike until end of turn.

The Eldrazi rampaged across Zendikar in a tide of chittering, heaving flesh.

Wasteland Strangler

Creature - Eldrazi Processor

Devoid (This card has no color.)

When Wasteland Strangler enters the battlefield, you may put a card an opponent owns from exile into that player's graveyard. If you do, target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn.

Drana, Liberator of Malakir

Legendary Creature - Vampire Ally

Flying, first strike

Whenever Drana, Liberator of Malakir deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on each attacking creature you control.

"I will not live as a slave. If you would be free, then fight alongside me."

Hagra Sharpshooter

Creature - Human Assassin Ally

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

"It's hard to find their weak points, but I very much enjoy the discovery process."

Malakir Familiar

Creature - Bat

Flying, deathtouch

Whenever you gain life, Malakir Familiar gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

"They are deadly, and they are loyal. We can spare them a little blood."-Harak, Malakir bloodwitch

Nirkana Assassin

Creature - Vampire Assassin Ally

Whenever you gain life, Nirkana Assassin gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Nirkana assassins craft incurable concoctions by mixing basilisk marrow and deathwillow sap with the vital fluids of a dozen other poisonous species.

Painful Truths

Sorcery

Converge - You draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast Painful Truths.

As the Eldrazi spread, no secret that could give Zendikar's defenders an advantage was considered too dangerous to seek.

Retreat to Hagra

Enchantment

Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, choose one -

• Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains deathtouch until end of turn.

• Each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Ruinous Path

Sorcery

Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Awaken 4- (If you cast this spell for , also put four +1/+1 counters on target land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.)

Voracious Null

Creature - Zombie

, Sacrifice another creature: Put two +1/+1 counters on Voracious Null. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.

"These days, there's no shortage of food for the nulls of Guul Draz."-Drana, Kalastria bloodchief

Molten Nursery

Enchantment

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Whenever you cast a colorless spell, Molten Nursery deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

"Some detours just aren't worth it."-Raff Slugeater, goblin shortcutter

Nettle Drone

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

: Nettle Drone deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Whenever you cast a colorless spell, untap Nettle Drone.

Touch of the Void

Sorcery

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Touch of the Void deals 3 damage to target creature or player. If a creature dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead.

Some wounds never heal.

Vile Aggregate

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Vile Aggregate's power is equal to the number of colorless creatures you control.

Trample

Ingest (Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles the top card of his or her library.)

Firemantle Mage

Creature - Human Shaman Ally

Rally - Whenever Firemantle Mage or another Ally enters the battlefield under your control, creatures you control gain menace until end of turn. (A creature with menace can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

"Come on, you twisted things! Don't you want to get acquainted?"

Radiant Flames

Sorcery

Converge - Radiant Flames deals X damage to each creature, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast Radiant Flames.

The fires of Zendikar are always hungry, and there is much on which they can feed.

Retreat to Valakut

Enchantment

Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, choose one -

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

• Target creature can't block this turn.

Tunneling Geopede

Creature - Insect

Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, Tunneling Geopede deals 1 damage to each opponent.

As Ulamog's brood reduces the earth to dust, geopedes burst from their tunnels in search of solid ground.

Valakut Invoker

Creature - Human Shaman

: Valakut Invoker deals 3 damage to target creature or player.

"As long as we have walked this world, we have known it as a harsh and unforgiving place."-The Invokers' Tales

Valakut Predator

Creature - Elemental

Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, Valakut Predator gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

"Whatever volcanoes dream of, it seems like they always wake up grumpy."-Raff Slugeater, goblin shortcutter

Call the Scions

Sorcery

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Put two 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature tokens onto the battlefield. They have "Sacrifice this creature: Add to your mana pool."

Ulamog's progeny swarm the land, draining Zendikar's mana to feed the titan's insatiable hunger.

Unnatural Aggression

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Target creature you control fights target creature an opponent controls. If the creature an opponent controls would die this turn, exile it instead.

The battle served as a grim reminder of what a final victory for the Eldrazi would mean.

Void Attendant

Creature - Eldrazi Processor

Devoid (This card has no color.)

, Put a card an opponent owns from exile into that player's graveyard: Put a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token onto the battlefield. It has "Sacrifice this creature: Add to your mana pool."

The Eldrazi don't merely extinguish life-they supplant it.

Lifespring Druid

Creature - Elf Druid

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

"The land is not dead, merely sick. I will nurse it back to health."

Natural Connection

Instant

Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.

"Zendikar will not surrender, and neither can we."

Retreat to Kazandu

Enchantment

Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, choose one -

• Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

• You gain 2 life.

Tajuru Stalwart

Creature - Elf Scout Ally

Converge - Tajuru Stalwart enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it.

"In its time of hardship, all of Zendikar cries out in pain. Are you listening?"

Undergrowth Champion

Creature - Elemental

If damage would be dealt to Undergrowth Champion while it has a +1/+1 counter on it, prevent that damage and remove a +1/+1 counter from Undergrowth Champion.

Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on Undergrowth Champion.

Catacomb Sifter

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

When Catacomb Sifter enters the battlefield, put a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token onto the battlefield. It has "Sacrifice this creature: Add to your mana pool."

Whenever another creature you control dies, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

Herald of Kozilek

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Colorless spells you cast cost less to cast.

"Some Eldrazi, their purpose is obvious: suck the life out of the land, birth new Eldrazi. Others aren't so obvious, and those are the ones that make me really nervous."-Chadir the Navigator

Drana's Emissary

Creature - Vampire Cleric Ally

Flying

At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

"The taste of freedom is sweeter than blood."

Roil Spout

Sorcery

Put target creature on top of its owner's library.

Awaken 4- (If you cast this spell for , also put four +1/+1 counters on target land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.)

Veteran Warleader

Creature - Human Soldier Ally

Veteran Warleader's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures you control.

Tap another untapped Ally you control: Veteran Warleader gains your choice of first strike, vigilance, or trample until end of turn.

Pilgrim's Eye

Artifact Creature - Thopter

Flying

When Pilgrim's Eye enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.

The kor send their thopter kites to see if the land is in a welcoming mood.

Courier Griffin

Creature - Griffin

Flying

When Courier Griffin enters the battlefield, you gain 2 life.

"Sea Gate has fallen. Survivors are on the move. Will send another griffin when we find refuge. Stay hidden. Stay safe."-Message from Tars Olan, kor world-gift

Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

Planeswalker - Gideon (Loyalty: 4)

+1: Until end of turn, Gideon, Ally of Zendikar becomes a 5/5 Human Soldier Ally creature with indestructible that's still a planeswalker. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to him this turn.

0: Put a 2/2 white Knight Ally creature token onto the battlefield.

−4: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control get +1/+1."

Inspired Charge

Instant

Creatures you control get +2/+1 until end of turn.

"Impossible! How could they overwhelm us? We had barricades, war elephants, . . . and they were barely a tenth of our number!"
-General Avitora

Ondu Greathorn

Creature - Beast

First strike

Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, Ondu Greathorn gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

"May your horns get lodged in an Eldrazi's bony face, ornery brute!"-Bruse Tarl, Goma Fada nomad

Retreat to Emeria

Enchantment

Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, choose one -

• Put a 1/1 white Kor Ally creature token onto the battlefield.

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

Smite the Monstrous

Instant

Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater.

Though the old holy wards and roadside shrines have begun to fail, faith in Avacyn still holds true power.

Unified Front

Sorcery

Converge - Put a 1/1 white Kor Ally creature token onto the battlefield for each color of mana spent to cast Unified Front.

The kor's pride in their independence has given way to a strong sense of community that embraces all of Zendikar.

Adverse Conditions

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Tap up to two target creatures. Those creatures don't untap during their controller's next untap step. Put a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token onto the battlefield. It has "Sacrifice this creature: Add to your mana pool."

Cryptic Cruiser

Creature - Eldrazi Processor

Devoid (This card has no color.)

, Put a card an opponent owns from exile into that player's graveyard: Tap target creature.

"The seas are no less imperiled than the dry lands. This fight is mine as much as it is yours."-Kiora, to Gideon Jura

Incubator Drone

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

When Incubator Drone enters the battlefield, put a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token onto the battlefield. It has "Sacrifice this creature: Add to your mana pool."

The touch of an Eldrazi brings life and death in turn.

Murk Strider

Creature - Eldrazi Processor

Devoid (This card has no color.)

When Murk Strider enters the battlefield, you may put a card an opponent owns from exile into that player's graveyard. If you do, return target creature to its owner's hand.

If you can see it, it's too late.

Brilliant Spectrum

Sorcery

Converge - Draw X cards, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast Brilliant Spectrum. Then discard two cards.

There are more sights on Zendikar than the eyes can see.

Cloud Manta

Creature - Fish

Flying

When Emeria's worshippers learned that she was no more than a twisted memory of Emrakul, they abandoned their temples to the god. The deserted shrines now serve as breeding grounds for the mantas.

Coastal Discovery

Sorcery

Draw two cards.

Awaken 4- (If you cast this spell for , also put four +1/+1 counters on target land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.)

Dampening Pulse

Enchantment

Creatures your opponents control get -1/-0.

"Quiet now, you dreadful vermin."-Noyan Dar, Tazeem roilmage

Roilmage's Trick

Instant

Converge - Creatures your opponents control get -X/-0 until end of turn, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast Roilmage's Trick.

Draw a card.

Weather on Zendikar is unpredictable-unless you're the one telling it what to do.

Mind Raker

Creature - Eldrazi Processor

Devoid (This card has no color.)

When Mind Raker enters the battlefield, you may put a card an opponent owns from exile into that player's graveyard. If you do, each opponent discards a card.

It consumes any dreams of victory.

Silent Skimmer

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Flying

Whenever Silent Skimmer attacks, defending player loses 2 life.

"I watched it pass at a distance. When I looked back to my companions, Najet was dead."-Akiri, kor line-slinger

Skitterskin

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Skitterskin can't block.

: Regenerate Skitterskin. Activate this ability only if you control another colorless creature.

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

Dutiful Return

Sorcery

Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.

"We have a word for enemies too mutilated for military service: furniture."
-Taigam, Sidisi's Hand

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.

Blight Herder

Creature - Eldrazi Processor

When you cast Blight Herder, you may put two cards your opponents own from exile into their owners' graveyards. If you do, put three 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature tokens onto the battlefield. They have "Sacrifice this creature: Add to your mana pool."

Kozilek's Channeler

Creature - Eldrazi

: Add to your mana pool.

"In the dark places of our world, something horrible is growing. I fear our foes may be more numerous than we had imagined."-Nissa Revane

Ghostly Sentinel

Creature - Kor Spirit

Flying, vigilance

Mystics of the Stone Havens call upon the spirits of fallen heroes to defend the refuges.

Hero of Goma Fada

Creature - Human Knight Ally

Rally - Whenever Hero of Goma Fada or another Ally enters the battlefield under your control, creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.

"They seek to break us. Let us show them our strength!"

Kor Entanglers

Creature - Kor Soldier Ally

Rally - Whenever Kor Entanglers or another Ally enters the battlefield under your control, tap target creature an opponent controls.

"We came into this world together. We fight for this world together. We'll leave this world together."

Planar Outburst

Sorcery

Destroy all nonland creatures.

Awaken 4- (If you cast this spell for , also put four +1/+1 counters on target land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.)

Roil's Retribution

Instant

Roil's Retribution deals 5 damage divided as you choose among any number of target attacking or blocking creatures.

"We can use their hunger to lead them into danger. If we're already prey, we may as well be bait!"-Yon Basrel, Oran-Rief survivalist

Oracle of Dust

Creature - Eldrazi Processor

Devoid (This card has no color.)

, Put a card an opponent owns from exile into that player's graveyard: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Whatever it is searching for, it will stop at nothing to find it.

Ulamog's Reclaimer

Creature - Eldrazi Processor

Devoid (This card has no color.)

When Ulamog's Reclaimer enters the battlefield, you may put a card an opponent owns from exile into that player's graveyard. If you do, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.