Aegis Angel

Creature - Angel

Flying

When Aegis Angel enters the battlefield, another target permanent is indestructible for as long as you control Aegis Angel. (Effects that say "destroy" don't destroy that permanent. An indestructible creature can't be destroyed by damage.)

Aegis of Honor

Enchantment

: The next time an instant or sorcery spell would deal damage to you this turn, that spell deals that damage to its controller instead.

Aegis of the Gods

Enchantment Creature - Human Soldier

You have hexproof. (You can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Athreos cares little for the other gods' conflict with mortals. He is concerned only with safe passage for the dead.

Aegis of the Meek

Artifact

, : Target 1/1 creature gets +1/+2 until end of turn.

"With this marvel, even the weak have a fighting chance!"
-Arcum Dagsson,
Soldevi Machinist

Aeolipile

Artifact

, , Sacrifice Aeolipile: Aeolipile deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

"Although fragile, the Aeolipile could be quite destructive."
-Sarpadian Empires, vol. I

Aeon Chronicler

Creature - Avatar

Aeon Chronicler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.

Suspend X-. X can't be 0. (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay and exile it with X time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)

Whenever a time counter is removed from Aeon Chronicler while it's exiled, draw a card.

Aerial Caravan

Creature - Human Soldier

Flying

: Exile the top card of your library. Until end of turn, you may play that card. (Reveal the card as you exile it.)

Successful delivery is *not* guaranteed.

Aerial Formation

Instant

Strive - Aerial Formation costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.

Any number of target creatures each get +1/+1 and gain flying until end of turn.

Aerial Maneuver

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains flying and first strike until end of turn.

"When you put all of yourself into an attack, without fear or hesitation, in that instant you may attain greatness."
-Predak, Gateless freemage

Aerial Predation

Instant

Destroy target creature with flying. You gain 2 life.

In the towering trees of the Samok Stand and the predators that guard them, the might of the Ravnican wild has returned.

Aerie Bowmasters

Creature - Hound Archer

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)

Megamorph (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for . Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Aerie Mystics

Creature - Bird Wizard

Flying

: Creatures you control gain shroud until end of turn.

They are cautious with their body language and facial expressions. Any stray movement could betray the positions of the troops they protect and cost many lives.

Aerie Ouphes

Creature - Ouphe

Sacrifice Aerie Ouphes: Aerie Ouphes deals damage equal to its power to target creature with flying.

Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

Aerie Worshippers

Creature - Human Cleric

Inspired - Whenever Aerie Worshippers becomes untapped, you may pay . If you do, put a 2/2 blue Bird enchantment creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

They can conjure stars from a clear sky.

Aeronaut Tinkerer

Creature - Human Artificer

Aeronaut Tinkerer has flying as long as you control an artifact. (It can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

"All tinkerers have their heads in the clouds. I don't intend to stop there."

Aesthetic Consultation

Instant

Name an artist. Remove the top six cards of your library from the game, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a card by the named artist. Put that card in your hand, then remove all the other cards revealed this way from the game.

Aesthir Glider

Artifact Creature - Bird

Flying

Aesthir Glider can't block.

"Sacrilege A noble ally in life, made nothing more than a glorified kite in death"
-Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain

Affa Guard Hound

Creature - Hound

Flash

When Affa Guard Hound enters the battlefield, target creature gets +0/+3 until end of turn.

Once a welcoming hub for explorers, Affa became a place of guarded tongues and quick defenses.

Affa Protector

Creature - Human Soldier Ally

Vigilance

"Through all the terrors we face, I hold on to the memory of the world before the Eldrazi came. I'd like to see that world again."

Afflict

Instant

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

Draw a card.

When one of the Patriarch's champions displeased him, he would only shake his finger. That was enough.

Afflicted Deserter

Creature - Human Werewolf

At the beginning of each upkeep, if no spells were cast last turn, transform Afflicted Deserter.

The rising of the first full moon eliminated any doubt as to the horrible truth lurking within.

Afiya Grove

Enchantment

Afiya Grove enters the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on it.

At the beginning of your upkeep, move a +1/+1 counter from Afiya Grove onto target creature.

When Afiya Grove has no +1/+1 counters on it, sacrifice it.

Afterlife

Instant

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller puts a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

Aftershock

Sorcery

Destroy target artifact, creature, or land. Aftershock deals 3 damage to you.

"Every act of destruction has a repercussion."
-Karn, silver golem

Agadeem Occultist

Creature - Human Shaman Ally

: Put target creature card from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control if its converted mana cost is less than or equal to the number of Allies you control.

Ageless Entity

Creature - Elemental

Whenever you gain life, put that many +1/+1 counters on Ageless Entity.

Tel-Jilad's sworn protectors are the trolls, yet more fearsome protectors were created by the Tangle itself.

Ageless Sentinels

Creature - Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

Flying

When Ageless Sentinels blocks, it becomes a Bird Giant, and it loses defender. (It's no longer a Wall. This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Agent of Acquisitions

Artifact Creature - Construct

Draft Agent of Acquisitions face up.

Instead of drafting a card from a booster pack, you may draft each card in that booster pack, one at a time. If you do, turn Agent of Acquisitions face down and you can't draft cards for the rest of this draft round. (You may look at booster packs passed to you.)

Agent of Erebos

Enchantment Creature - Zombie

Constellation - Whenever Agent of Erebos or another enchantment enters the battlefield under your control, exile all cards from target player's graveyard.

Erebos's minions hunt the Returned and warn those who consider the same folly.

Agent of Horizons

Creature - Human Rogue

: Agent of Horizons can't be blocked this turn.

The light in the woods just before dawn reveals a glimmering network of branches, roots, and spiderwebs. The acolytes of Kruphix walk this lattice unseen.

Agent of Masks

Creature - Human Advisor

At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 1 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

"You say that I am two-faced? Enough with the flattery. We have business to conduct."

Agent of Shauku

Creature - Human Mercenary

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

"Go ahead. Take it. You'll be so very powerful . . . and what harm can it do?"

Agent of Stromgald

Creature - Human Knight

: Add to your mana pool.

"The Order of Stromgald spreads its poisonous lies from within Varchild's troops, and still she sees only visions of conquest."
-Lovisa Coldeyes, Balduvian Chieftain

Agent of the Fates

Creature - Human Assassin

Deathtouch

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Agent of the Fates, each opponent sacrifices a creature.

"You are breathing borrowed air."

Aggravate

Instant

Aggravate deals 1 damage to each creature target player controls. Each creature dealt damage this way attacks this turn if able.

"Barbarians! They burned my favorite chair! We'll kill them all!"
-Anje Falkenrath

Aggravated Assault

Enchantment

: Untap all creatures you control. After this main phase, there is an additional combat phase followed by an additional main phase. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.

Aggression

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant non-Wall creature

Enchanted creature has first strike and trample.

At the beginning of the end step of enchanted creature's controller, destroy that creature if it didn't attack this turn.

The star that burns twice as bright burns half as long.

Aggressive Mining

Enchantment

You can't play lands.

Sacrifice a land: Draw two cards. Activate this ability only once each turn.

Designed by Markus Persson

Aggressive Urge

Instant

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

Draw a card.

The power of the wild, concentrated in a single charge.

Agility

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has flanking. (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.)

Agonizing Demise

Instant

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

Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. If Agonizing Demise was kicked, it deals damage equal to that creature's power to the creature's controller.

Agonizing Memories

Sorcery

Look at target player's hand and choose two cards from it. Put them on top of that player's library in any order.

In the aftermath of war, when the slaying is long done, the greatest miseries come home to roost.

Agony Warp

Instant

Target creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn.

Target creature gets -0/-3 until end of turn.

Life's circle has become inverted in Grixis. The same energy is endlessly recycled and becomes more stagnant with each pass.

Agoraphobia

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets -5/-0.

: Return Agoraphobia to its owner's hand.

"Everyone in this city is choosing sides. I choose inside."

Agrus Kos, Wojek Veteran

Legendary Creature - Human Soldier

Whenever Agrus Kos, Wojek Veteran attacks, attacking red creatures get +2/+0 and attacking white creatures get +0/+2 until end of turn.

Lieutenant Kos has never met a group of recruits he could not inspire or a mob he could not quell.

Ainok Artillerist

Creature - Hound Archer

Ainok Artillerist has reach as long as it has a +1/+1 counter on it. (It can block creatures with flying.)

"In the Tarkir I once knew, the Abzan revered their ancestor trees. Now, as Dromoka, they cut their finest groves to make weapons."
-Sarkhan Vol

Ainok Bond-Kin

Creature - Hound Soldier

Outlast (, : Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Outlast only as a sorcery.)

Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has first strike.

"Hold the line, for family and the fallen!"

Ainok Guide

Creature - Hound Scout

When Ainok Guide enters the battlefield, choose one -

• Put a +1/+1 counter on Ainok Guide.

• Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, then shuffle your library and put that card on top of it.

Ainok Survivalist

Creature - Hound Shaman

Megamorph (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for . Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)

When Ainok Survivalist is turned face up, destroy target artifact or enchantment an opponent controls.

Ainok Tracker

Creature - Hound Scout

First strike

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

Some ainok of the mountains are accepted among the Temur as trusted hunt-mates.

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.

Air Elemental

Creature - Elemental

Flying

"The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly Weather, is an impassive-faced tyrant with a sharp poniard held behind his back for a treacherous stab."
-Joseph Conrad, The Mirror of the Sea

Air Servant

Creature - Elemental

Flying

: Tap target creature with flying.

"Wind is forceful, yet ephemeral. It can knock a dragon out of the sky, yet pass through the smallest crack unhindered."
-Jestus Dreya, Of Elements and Eternity

Airborne Aid

Sorcery

Draw a card for each Bird on the battlefield.

"We help our Southern Order comrades as much as we can. But the Cabal's insidious influence spreads, dividing our forces and leaving new arrivals to fend for themselves."
-Commander Eesha

Airdrop Condor

Creature - Bird

Flying

, Sacrifice a Goblin creature: Airdrop Condor deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to target creature or player.

It has two kinds of droppings, neither of which is particularly pleasant.

Aisling Leprechaun

Creature - Faerie

Whenever Aisling Leprechaun blocks or becomes blocked by a creature, that creature becomes green. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Ajani Goldmane

Planeswalker - Ajani (Loyalty: 4)

+1: You gain 2 life.

-1: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. Those creatures gain vigilance until end of turn.

-6: Put a white Avatar creature token onto the battlefield. It has "This creature's power and toughness are each equal to your life total."

Ajani Steadfast

Planeswalker - Ajani (Loyalty: 4)

+1: Until end of turn, up to one target creature gets +1/+1 and gains first strike, vigilance, and lifelink.

−2: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control and a loyalty counter on each other planeswalker you control.

−7: You get an emblem with "If a source would deal damage to you or a planeswalker you control, prevent all but 1 of that damage."

Ajani Vengeant

Planeswalker - Ajani (Loyalty: 3)

+1: Target permanent doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

-2: Ajani Vengeant deals 3 damage to target creature or player and you gain 3 life.

-7: Destroy all lands target player controls.

Ajani's Chosen

Creature - Cat Soldier

Whenever an enchantment enters the battlefield under your control, put a 2/2 white Cat creature token onto the battlefield. If that enchantment is an Aura, you may attach it to the token.

"United, our roar will level mountains."

Ajani's Mantra

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may gain 1 life.

"He hasn't returned to the Cloud Forest. But I can still sense his calming presence."
-Zaliki of Naya

Ajani's Presence

Instant

Strive - Ajani's Presence costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.

Any number of target creatures each get +1/+1 and gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)

Ajani's Pridemate

Creature - Cat Soldier

Whenever you gain life, you may put a +1/+1 counter on Ajani's Pridemate.

"When one of us prospers, the pride prospers."
-Jazal Goldmane

Ajani's Sunstriker

Creature - Cat Cleric

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

"Ajani goes where he is needed most and in his name we keep his lands safe."

Ajani, Caller of the Pride

Planeswalker - Ajani (Loyalty: 4)

+1: Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature.

−3: Target creature gains flying and double strike until end of turn.

−8: Put X 2/2 white Cat creature tokens onto the battlefield, where X is your life total.

Ajani, Mentor of Heroes

Planeswalker - Ajani (Loyalty: 4)

+1: Distribute three +1/+1 counters among one, two, or three target creatures you control.

+1: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal an Aura, creature, or planeswalker card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

-8: You gain 100 life.

Akki Avalanchers

Creature - Goblin Warrior

Sacrifice a land: Akki Avalanchers gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Activate this ability only once each turn.

Among Godo's hordes, "beware of falling rocks" came to mean "akki live nearby."

Akki Blizzard-Herder

Creature - Goblin Shaman

When Akki Blizzard-Herder dies, each player sacrifices a land.

"It remains unclear whether the akki shamans could in fact create storms or simply predicted them."
-The History of Kamigawa

Akki Coalflinger

Creature - Goblin Shaman

First strike

, : Attacking creatures gain first strike until end of turn.

No matter where you find them, goblins love rocks.

Akki Drillmaster

Creature - Goblin Shaman

: Target creature gains haste until end of turn.

"What part of 'hayaku ikee!' did you not understand?"

Akki Lavarunner

Creature - Goblin Warrior

Haste

Whenever Akki Lavarunner deals damage to an opponent, flip it.

Akki Raider

Creature - Goblin Warrior

Whenever a land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Akki Raider gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Akki were very territorial, attacking and destroying any settlements that came too close to their mountain homes. The more successful their raids, the bolder they became.

Akki Rockspeaker

Creature - Goblin Shaman

When Akki Rockspeaker enters the battlefield, add to your mana pool.

The lava-proof shells of akki evolved over centuries, as akki pranks almost always got seriously out of hand.

Akki Underling

Creature - Goblin Warrior

As long as you have seven or more cards in hand, Akki Underling gets +2/+1 and has first strike.

"I lost my hounds in the war and thus found myself employing akki as servants. I found their training to be remarkably similar."
-Kensuke, houndmaster

Akki Underminer

Creature - Goblin Rogue Shaman

Whenever Akki Underminer deals combat damage to a player, that player sacrifices a permanent.

"Deep inside the Sokenzan Mountains, a band of akki discovered a cache of ancient items of power. Their ensuing spree of destruction became known as ‘The Three Days of Fun.'"
-Observations of the Kami War

Akoum Battlesinger

Creature - Human Berserker Ally

Haste

Whenever Akoum Battlesinger or another Ally enters the battlefield under your control, you may have Ally creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.

Akoum Boulderfoot

Creature - Giant Warrior

When Akoum Boulderfoot enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

"If you're in Akoum and you glimpse a shadow overhead, the worst thing you can do is duck."
-Chadir the Navigator

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.

Akoum Flameseeker

Creature - Human Shaman Ally

Cohort - , Tap an untapped Ally you control: Discard a card. If you do, draw a card.

In the face of extinction, the most perilous endeavors can be cause for hope.

Akoum Hellkite

Creature - Dragon

Flying

Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, Akoum Hellkite deals 1 damage to target creature or player. If that land is a Mountain, Akoum Hellkite deals 2 damage to that creature or player instead.

Akoum Refuge

Land

Akoum Refuge enters the battlefield tapped.

When Akoum Refuge enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life.

: Add or to your mana pool.

Akoum Stonewaker

Creature - Human Shaman

Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you may pay . If you do, put a 3/1 red Elemental creature token with trample and haste onto the battlefield. Exile that token at the beginning of the next end step.

Akrasan Squire

Creature - Human Soldier

Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

Bant's armies are primarily composed of members of the Mortar caste, loyal commoners who haven't yet earned a sigil.

Akroan Conscriptor

Creature - Human Shaman

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Akroan Conscriptor, gain control of another target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.

"The time to serve is now."

Akroan Crusader

Creature - Human Soldier

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Akroan Crusader, put a 1/1 red Soldier creature token with haste onto the battlefield.

An Akroan soldier's worth is measured by the number of swords raised by his battle cry.

Akroan Hoplite

Creature - Human Soldier

Whenever Akroan Hoplite attacks, it gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of attacking creatures you control.

"Fair fight? How could it be a fair fight? We're Akroans. They're not."

Akroan Horse

Artifact Creature - Horse

Defender

When Akroan Horse enters the battlefield, an opponent gains control of it.

At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent puts a 1/1 white Soldier creature token onto the battlefield.

Akroan Line Breaker

Creature - Human Warrior

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Akroan Line Breaker, Akroan Line Breaker gets +2/+0 and gains intimidate until end of turn.

The enemies' shields are the first to shatter, and their battle line is never far behind.

Akroan Mastiff

Creature - Hound

, : Tap target creature.

Even when many of the soldiers who guarded Akros were called away, its safety was never in doubt.

Akroan Phalanx

Creature - Human Soldier

Vigilance

: Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.

Shields up, spears out, heels set, hearts firm.

Akroan Skyguard

Creature - Human Soldier

Flying

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Akroan Skyguard, put a +1/+1 counter on Akroan Skyguard.

"Trust me. When you have earned a god's favor, you'll know."

Akroma's Blessing

Instant

Choose a color. Creatures you control gain protection from the chosen color until end of turn.

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

The clerics saw her as a divine gift. She saw them only as allies in her war against Phage.

Akroma's Devoted

Creature - Human Cleric

Cleric creatures have vigilance.

Akroma asked for only one thing from her troops: unwavering, unconditional loyalty.

Akroma's Memorial

Legendary Artifact

Creatures you control have flying, first strike, vigilance, trample, haste, and protection from black and from red.

"No rest. No mercy. No matter what."
-Memorial inscription

Akroma's Vengeance

Sorcery

Destroy all artifacts, creatures, and enchantments.

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

Ixidor had only to imagine their ruin and Akroma made it so.

Akroma, Angel of Fury

Legendary Creature - Angel

Akroma, Angel of Fury can't be countered.

Flying, trample, protection from white and from blue

: Akroma, Angel of Fury gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

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

Akroma, Angel of Wrath

Legendary Creature - Angel

Flying, first strike, vigilance, trample, haste, protection from black and from red

"No rest. No mercy. No matter what."

Akron Legionnaire

Creature - Giant Soldier

Except for creatures named Akron Legionnaire and artifact creatures, creatures you control can't attack.

Aku Djinn

Creature - Djinn

Trample

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature each opponent controls.

"Your arrogance amazes me, Kaervek. Did you not know the price you would pay?"
-Mangara

Akuta, Born of Ash

Legendary Creature - Spirit

Haste

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have more cards in hand than each opponent, you may sacrifice a Swamp. If you do, return Akuta, Born of Ash from your graveyard to the battlefield.