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.

Nimbus Swimmer

Creature - Leviathan

Flying

Nimbus Swimmer enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it.

The Simic soon discovered that the sky offered as few constraints on size as the sea.

Nightveil Specter

Creature - Specter

Flying

Whenever Nightveil Specter deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles the top card of his or her library.

You may play cards exiled with Nightveil Specter.

Nav Squad Commandos

Creature - Human Soldier

Battalion - Whenever Nav Squad Commandos and at least two other creatures attack, Nav Squad Commandos gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Untap it.

Funded by the Azorius to keep current maps of the undercity, the Boros nav squads survey even the most unsavory areas.

Naturalize

Instant

Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

"When your cities and trinkets crumble, only nature will remain."
-Garruk Wildspeaker

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

Murder Investigation

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature you control

When enchanted creature dies, put X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens onto the battlefield, where X is its power.

"Every death has a web of consequences. Our job is to find the spider."

Mugging

Sorcery

Mugging deals 2 damage to target creature. That creature can't block this turn.

Scream: muffled. Pockets: emptied. Neck function: never the same again.

Mortus Strider

Creature - Skeleton

When Mortus Strider dies, return it to its owner's hand.

Dimir's best agents hide from death itself.

Molten Primordial

Creature - Avatar

Haste

When Molten Primordial enters the battlefield, for each opponent, gain control of up to one target creature that player controls until end of turn. Untap those creatures. They gain haste until end of turn.

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.

Mind Grind

Sorcery

Each opponent reveals cards from the top of his or her library until he or she reveals X land cards, then puts all cards revealed this way into his or her graveyard. X can't be 0.

Miming Slime

Sorcery

Put an X/X green Ooze creature token onto the battlefield, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.

"We paid the Simic very well for this capability, but we should quickly recoup our expenses in saved wages."
-Milana, Orzhov prelate

Millennial Gargoyle

Artifact Creature - Gargoyle

Flying

"You've got to keep your wits about you on the roofs. Not all stones are compliant handholds."
-Iveta, rooftop runner

Millenial Gargoyle

Midnight Recovery

Sorcery

Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

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.)

Metropolis Sprite

Creature - Faerie Rogue

Flying

: Metropolis Sprite gets +1/-1 until end of turn.

"Well, if that goblin didn't want his tongue pierced, he shouldn't have stuck it out at me."

Merfolk of the Depths

Creature - Merfolk Soldier

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

When giant sinkholes opened across Ravnica, they revealed buried oceans and the merfolk, once thought to be extinct.

Merciless Eviction

Sorcery

Choose one - Exile all artifacts; or exile all creatures; or exile all enchantments; or exile all planeswalkers.

"I once saw the Obzedat moved to action. Since that day, I've been thankful that they're mainly lazy, and dead."
-Aurelia, to Gideon Jura

Mental Vapors

Sorcery

Target player discards a card.

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.)

Master Biomancer

Creature - Elf Wizard

Each other creature you control enters the battlefield with a number of additional +1/+1 counters on it equal to Master Biomancer's power and as a Mutant in addition to its other types.

"Nature is a wonderful engineer but works far too slowly for my tastes."

Massive Raid

Instant

Massive Raid deals damage to target creature or player equal to the number of creatures you control.

"The Boros lack vision. Give them a convenient scapegoat and they'll be blind to the true threats."
-Lazav

Martial Glory

Instant

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

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

"Yes, Boros tactics are unparalleled. But when your comrades are dying around you, inner strength must carry the day."
-Gideon Jura, to Aurelia

Mark for Death

Sorcery

Target creature an opponent controls blocks this turn if able. Untap that creature. Other creatures that player controls can't block this turn.

Everyone roots for the little guy, but nobody bets on him.

Madcap Skills

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +3/+0 and can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.

The larger the crowd, the harder it is for them to run away.

Luminate Primordial

Creature - Avatar

Vigilance

When Luminate Primordial enters the battlefield, for each opponent, exile up to one target creature that player controls and that player gains life equal to its power.

Lord of the Void

Creature - Demon

Flying

Whenever Lord of the Void deals combat damage to a player, exile the top seven cards of that player's library, then put a creature card from among them onto the battlefield under your control.

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

Legion Loyalist

Creature - Goblin Soldier

Haste

Battalion - Whenever Legion Loyalist and at least two other creatures attack, creatures you control gain first strike and trample until end of turn and can't be blocked by creature tokens this turn.

Lazav, Dimir Mastermind

Legendary Creature - Shapeshifter

Hexproof

Whenever a creature card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, you may have Lazav, Dimir Mastermind become a copy of that card except its name is still Lazav, Dimir Mastermind, it's legendary in addition to its other types, and it gains hexproof and this ability.

Last Thoughts

Sorcery

Draw a card.

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.)

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

Knight of Obligation

Creature - Human Knight

Vigilance

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay . If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)

He can calculate interest to six decimal places even in the midst of a deadly duel.

Kingpin's Pet

Creature - Thrull

Flying

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay . If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)

"Debt and death sound so similar, and thrulls are so hard of hearing. Mistakes are inevitable."
-Milana, Orzhov prelate

Killing Glare

Instant

Destroy target creature with power X or less.

A casual glance into a dark corner may be your last.

Keymaster Rogue

Creature - Human Rogue

Keymaster Rogue is unblockable.

When Keymaster Rogue enters the battlefield, return a creature you control to its owner's hand.

"This one opens the grate outside Zelzo Base. This one is for Ismeri Library. This one is for an invisible door . . . No, I've said too much."

Ivy Lane Denizen

Creature - Elf Warrior

Whenever another green creature enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

"Skyknight gear? Well, I have drake-skin gauntlets, supple and fireproof. Or a ceratok chestplate that'll stop a crossbow bolt."

Incursion Specialist

Creature - Human Wizard

Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, Incursion Specialist gets +2/+0 until end of turn and is unblockable this turn.

"Work for the Dimir again? That depends. Tell me more about this maze."

Immortal Servitude

Sorcery

Return each creature card with converted mana cost X from your graveyard to the battlefield.

"The fine print of countless contracts has ensured we are never defenseless."
-Teysa Karlov, Grand Envoy of Orzhov

Illusionist's Bracers

Artifact - Equipment

Whenever an ability of equipped creature is activated, if it isn't a mana ability, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Equip

It's easy to believe you're a god when you're twice as powerful as everyone else.

Illness in the Ranks

Enchantment

Creature tokens get -1/-1.

"Selesnya denied us tribute. Let's show them the error of their ways."
-Milana, Orzhov prelate

Hydroform

Instant

Target land becomes a 3/3 Elemental creature with flying until end of turn. It's still a land.

"While the sea may be our home, the sky is our destiny."
-Prime Speaker Zegana

Horror of the Dim

Creature - Horror

: Horror of the Dim gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

"Lesser minds can scarcely imagine such a marriage of necromancy and mind magic."
-Strava, Dimir mage

Homing Lightning

Instant

Homing Lightning deals 4 damage to target creature and each other creature with the same name as that creature.

"I see countless worlds. What makes them think I can't find them in just one?"
-Ral Zarek

Holy Mantle

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from creatures.

"The guilds promise to provide safety. I prefer to make my own."
-Briska, Ninth District freemage

Hold the Gates

Enchantment

Creatures you control get +0/+1 for each Gate you control and have vigilance.

"We grew up on these streets. We know them better than any Boros grunt from Zelzo."

Hindervines

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by creatures with no +1/+1 counters on them.

"Woodlands and laws. Both grow faster than the Azorius's ability to manage them."
-Suniel the Woodwise

High Priest of Penance

Creature - Human Cleric

Whenever High Priest of Penance is dealt damage, you may destroy target nonland permanent.

"All I require is faith, loyalty, obedience, trust, and complete and utter devotion."

Hellraiser Goblin

Creature - Goblin Berserker

Creatures you control have haste and attack each combat if able.

Don't let him lead the soldiers, but by all means let him lead the way.

Hellkite Tyrant

Creature - Dragon

Flying, trample

Whenever Hellkite Tyrant deals combat damage to a player, gain control of all artifacts that player controls.

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control twenty or more artifacts, you win the game.

Hands of Binding

Sorcery

Tap target creature an opponent controls. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

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.)

Gyre Sage

Creature - Elf Druid

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.)

: Add to your mana pool for each +1/+1 counter on Gyre Sage.

Gutter Skulk

Creature - Zombie Rat

Upon finding his warehouse infested, Gaven didn't know whether to get an exterminator or an exorcist.

Guildscorn Ward

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature has protection from multicolored.

"The Gateless have risen. The Ten shall fall."
-Ninth District graffiti

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.

Gruul Ragebeast

Creature - Beast

Whenever Gruul Ragebeast or another creature enters the battlefield under your control, that creature fights target creature an opponent controls.

"If the other guilds want a war, they should know we've been ready the whole time."
-Ruric Thar, Ghor-Clan chieftain

Gruul Keyrune

Artifact

: Add or to your mana pool.

: Gruul Keyrune becomes a 3/2 red and green Beast artifact creature with trample until end of turn.

As perilous and unpredictable as the wilds themselves.

Gruul Guildgate

Land - Gate

Gruul Guildgate enters the battlefield tapped.

: Add or to your mana pool.

Enter and leave the shackles of society behind.

Gruul Charm

Instant

Choose one - Creatures without flying can't block this turn; or gain control of all permanents you own; or Gruul Charm deals 3 damage to each creature with flying.

"Not Gruul? Then die!"
-Borborygmos

Ground Assault

Sorcery

Ground Assault deals damage to target creature equal to the number of lands you control.

"Taking down a dragon is easy. All you need is enough space to get in a good swing."
-Narbulg Nine Fingers

Grisly Spectacle

Instant

Destroy target nonartifact creature. Its controller puts a number of cards equal to that creature's power from the top of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

"Watch people flock to a murder scene. Then tell me we're not all a little sick in the head."
-Juri, proprietor of the Juri Revue

Gridlock

Instant

Tap X target nonland permanents.

"One tiny peg pulled from a single wagon wheel, and an entire district grinds to a halt."
-Lazav

Greenside Watcher

Creature - Elf Druid

: Untap target Gate.

"The Izzet may incite war, but my duty is here. I will not abandon the wild."

Godless Shrine

Land - Plains Swamp

(: Add or to your mana pool.)

As Godless Shrine enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, Godless Shrine enters the battlefield tapped.

Glaring Spotlight

Artifact

Creatures your opponents control with hexproof can be the targets of spells and abilities you control as though they didn't have hexproof.

, Sacrifice Glaring Spotlight: Creatures you control gain hexproof until end of turn and are unblockable this turn.

Gift of Orzhova

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has flying and lifelink.

"Remember by whose gift you ascend."
-Milana, Orzhov prelate

Gideon, Champion of Justice

Planeswalker - Gideon (Loyalty: 4)

+1: Put a loyalty counter on Gideon, Champion of Justice for each creature target opponent controls.

0: Until end of turn, Gideon, Champion of Justice becomes an indestructible Human Soldier creature with power and toughness each equal to the number of loyalty counters on him. He's still a planeswalker. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to him this turn.

-15: Exile all other permanents.

Giant Adephage

Creature - Insect

Trample

Whenever Giant Adephage deals combat damage to a player, put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of Giant Adephage.

"To a creature like that, we must seem like, well, bugs."
-Dars Gostok, Firefist captain

Ghor-Clan Rampager

Creature - Beast

Trample

Bloodrush - , Discard Ghor-Clan Rampager: Target attacking creature gets +4/+4 and gains trample until end of turn.

"The Simic come from the cold slow depths. How could they understand the fire in a wild heart?"
-Kroshkar, Gruul shaman

Gateway Shade

Creature - Shade

: Gateway Shade gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Tap an untapped Gate you control: Gateway Shade gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Tireless and merciless, shades are harnessed as spies by the Dimir.

Furious Resistance

Instant

Target blocking creature gets +3/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.

"At least the Gateless rebels have ideals. Rakdos just mocks, defiles, and kills all we hold dear."
-Libuse, Boros sergeant

Frontline Medic

Creature - Human Cleric

Battalion - Whenever Frontline Medic and at least two other creatures attack, creatures you control are indestructible this turn.

Sacrifice Frontline Medic: Counter target spell with in its mana cost unless its controller pays .

Frilled Oculus

Creature - Homunculus

: Frilled Oculus gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Activate this ability only once each turn.

"Understand the Simic? That's about as easy as winning a staring contest with a homunculus."
-Dars Gostok, Firefist captain

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

Foundry Street Denizen

Creature - Goblin Warrior

Whenever another red creature enters the battlefield under your control, Foundry Street Denizen gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

After the Foundry Street riot, Arrester Hulbein tried to ban bludgeons. Which, inevitably, resulted in another riot.

Foundry Champion

Creature - Elemental Soldier

When Foundry Champion enters the battlefield, it deals damage to target creature or player equal to the number of creatures you control.

: Foundry Champion gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

: Foundry Champion gets +0/+1 until end of turn.

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

Forced Adaptation

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

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

"We're planting the seeds of change. Sometimes, we plant them in people."
-Vorel of the Hull Clade

Five-Alarm Fire

Enchantment

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage, put a blaze counter on Five-Alarm Fire.

Remove five blaze counters from Five-Alarm Fire: Five-Alarm Fire deals 5 damage to target creature or player.

Firemane Avenger

Creature - Angel

Flying

Battalion - Whenever Firemane Avenger and at least two other creatures attack, Firemane Avenger deals 3 damage to target creature or player and you gain 3 life.

Firemane Nevena led the victorious assault on the Barbu Rooftop rebels. Now the Gateless have marked her for death.

Firefist Striker

Creature - Human Soldier

Battalion - Whenever Firefist Striker and at least two other creatures attack, target creature can't block this turn.

The flaming fist of Boros holds the promise of both protection and destruction in its grasp.

Fathom Mage

Creature - Human Wizard

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.)

Whenever a +1/+1 counter is placed on Fathom Mage, you may draw a card.

Experiment One

Creature - Human Ooze

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.)

Remove two +1/+1 counters from Experiment One: Regenerate Experiment One.

Executioner's Swing

Instant

Target creature that dealt damage this turn gets -5/-5 until end of turn.

"The contract specified an appendage for a missed payment. Read the fine print: the head is an appendage."

Enter the Infinite

Sorcery

Draw cards equal to the number of cards in your library, then put a card from your hand on top of your library. You have no maximum hand size until your next turn.

"Don't just have an idea-have all of them."
-Niv-Mizzet

Ember Beast

Creature - Beast

Ember Beast can't attack or block alone.

Spot one ember beast, attack.
Spot a second, best fall back.
-Dwarven saying

Elusive Krasis

Creature - Fish Mutant

Elusive Krasis is unblockable.

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.)

Dying Wish

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature you control

When enchanted creature dies, target player loses X life and you gain X life, where X is its power.

"I wish I could rewrite my every deed and kill you with my first breath instead of my last."

Dutiful Thrull

Creature - Thrull

: Regenerate Dutiful Thrull.

"They are useful, but there's little satisfaction in supplication that throws itself under your heel."
-Jozica, Orzhov enforcer

Duskmantle Seer

Creature - Vampire Wizard

Flying

At the beginning of your upkeep, each player reveals the top card of his or her library, loses life equal to that card's converted mana cost, then puts it into his or her hand.

Duskmantle Guildmage

Creature - Human Wizard

: Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere this turn, that player loses 1 life.

: Target player puts the top two cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

Drakewing Krasis

Creature - Lizard Drake

Flying, trample

Cautious not to repeat Vig's mistakes, the Simic fuse life essences using magic alone. Each result is called a krasis.

Domri Rade

Planeswalker - Domri (Loyalty: 3)

+1: Look at the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, you may reveal it and put it into your hand.

-2: Target creature you control fights another target creature.

-7: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control have double strike, trample, hexproof, and haste."

Disciple of the Old Ways

Creature - Human Warrior

: Disciple of the Old Ways gains first strike until end of turn.

"Selesnya thinks nature is a pretty plaything. True nature would rip their faces off and wear their skins as trophies."

Dinrova Horror

Creature - Horror

When Dinrova Horror enters the battlefield, return target permanent to its owner's hand, then that player discards a card.

"Welcome to the Dimir Public Offices. Not responsible for death or loss of property. Basement off-limits."
-Sign outside Dinrova Building

Dimir Keyrune

Artifact

: Add or to your mana pool.

: Dimir Keyrune becomes a 2/2 blue and black Horror artifact creature until end of turn and is unblockable this turn.

A key that slips through every lock.

Dimir Guildgate

Land - Gate

Dimir Guildgate enters the battlefield tapped.

: Add or to your mana pool.

Enter and become a mastermind of spies, lies, and deception.

Dimir Charm

Instant

Choose one - Counter target sorcery spell; or destroy target creature with power 2 or less; or look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put one back and the rest into that player's graveyard.

"Dangerous to recognize. Deadly not to."
-Lazav

Diluvian Primordial

Creature - Avatar

Flying

When Diluvian Primordial enters the battlefield, for each opponent, you may cast up to one target instant or sorcery card from that player's graveyard without paying its mana cost. If a card cast this way would be put into a graveyard this turn, exile it instead.

Devour Flesh

Instant

Target player sacrifices a creature, then gains life equal to that creature's toughness.

His twisted mind concluded that if he was what he ate, and he wanted to stay human, . . .