Karma

Enchantment

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

Larceny

Enchantment

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card.

Opportunity makes the thief.
-Roman proverb

Lava Hounds

Creature - Hound

Haste

When Lava Hounds enters the battlefield, it deals 4 damage to you.

Lesser Gargadon

Creature - Beast

Whenever Lesser Gargadon attacks or blocks, sacrifice a land.

"In some cultures, elephants are ridden by those in power. I don't think a mere elephant would even be noticed in Keld."
-Onean sergeant

Lhurgoyf

Creature - Lhurgoyf

Lhurgoyf's power is equal to the number of creature cards in all graveyards and its toughness is equal to that number plus 1.

"Ach! Hans, run! It's the lhurgoyf"
-Saffi Eriksdotter, last words

Lightning Blast

Instant

Lightning Blast deals 4 damage to target creature or player.

"Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do."
-Selenia, dark angel

Living Terrain

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant land

Enchanted land is a 5/6 green Treefolk creature that's still a land.

Some warriors walk the earth. Others are born of it.

Lone Wolf

Creature - Wolf

You may have Lone Wolf assign its combat damage as though it weren't blocked.

A wolf without a pack is either a survivor or a brute.

Maggot Carrier

Creature - Zombie

When Maggot Carrier enters the battlefield, each player loses 1 life.

"We do not suddenly fall on death, but advance towards it by slight degrees; we die every day."
-Seneca, Epistles, trans. Gummere

Merchant of Secrets

Creature - Human Wizard

When Merchant of Secrets enters the battlefield, draw a card.

To scrape out a living in Aphetto, wizards are reduced to selling rumors, lies, forgeries, or-if they get desperate enough-the truth.

Merchant Scroll

Sorcery

Search your library for a blue instant card, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

Lat-Nam wizards trade knowledge on scrolls made of magic so they can better guard against thieves and spies.

Mind Slash

Enchantment

, Sacrifice a creature: Target opponent reveals his or her hand. You choose a card from it. That player discards that card. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.

"I can't think with all that screaming."

Monstrous Growth

Sorcery

Target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.

Get in touch with your inner monster.

Moss Monster

Creature - Elemental

After the battle, an eerie silence gripped the forest. The losers' remains were lightly dusted with green.

Murderous Betrayal

Enchantment

, Pay half your life, rounded up: Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

Which hurts more: a sword in the gut or a dagger in the back?

Nantuko Disciple

Creature - Insect Druid

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

Unanswered prayers are themselves answers.
-Nantuko teaching

Nausea

Sorcery

All creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.

No fear. No sense. And soon, no lunch.

Noble Purpose

Enchantment

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage, you gain that much life.

Fighting for the right reason is itself a source of strength.

Obliterate

Sorcery

Obliterate can't be countered.

Destroy all artifacts, creatures, and lands. They can't be regenerated.

"The enemy has been destroyed, sir. So have the forest, the city, your palace, your dog . . ."
-Keldon soldier

Okk

Creature - Goblin

Okk can't attack unless a creature with greater power also attacks.

Okk can't block unless a creature with greater power also blocks.

Orcish Spy

Creature - Orc Rogue

: Look at the top three cards of target player's library.

"You idiot Never let the spies mingle with the orcish regulars after completing a mission. Now we'll never get them to fight"
-General Khurzog

Patagia Golem

Artifact Creature - Golem

: Patagia Golem gains flying until end of turn.

It scattered falcons like a lion hunting among jackals.

Peach Garden Oath

Sorcery

You gain 2 life for each creature you control.

"We three, though of separate ancestry, join in brotherhood. . . . We dare not hope to be together always but hereby vow to die the selfsame day."
-Peach Garden Oath

Phyrexian Colossus

Artifact Creature - Golem

Phyrexian Colossus doesn't untap during your untap step.

Pay 8 life: Untap Phyrexian Colossus.

Phyrexian Colossus can't be blocked except by three or more creatures.

Phyrexian Plaguelord

Creature - Carrier

, Sacrifice Phyrexian Plaguelord: Target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.

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

"The final stage of the illness: delirium, convulsions, and death."
-Phyrexian progress notes

Planar Portal

Artifact

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

These devices have been known to pull entire worlds through the Æther.

Plow Under

Sorcery

Put two target lands on top of their owners' libraries.

To renew the land, plow the land.
To destroy the land, do nothing.
-Druids' saying

Primeval Force

Creature - Elemental

When Primeval Force enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you sacrifice three Forests.

It has germinated in the earth for thousands of years. Finally it wakes to the battle's call.

Primeval Shambler

Creature - Horror Mercenary

: Primeval Shambler gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

His mind, like his body, is made up of the swamp's flotsam.

Pyrotechnics

Sorcery

Pyrotechnics deals 4 damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures and/or players.

"Hi! ni! ya! Behold the man of flint, that's me!
Four lightnings zigzag from me, strike and return."
-Navajo war chant

Redeem

Instant

Prevent all damage that would be dealt this turn to up to two target creatures.

"Let me redeem my brothers both from death."
-William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus

Ridgeline Rager

Creature - Beast

: Ridgeline Rager gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

While armies battled across Jamuraa, beasts stalked the high places looking for victims.

Rolling Stones

Enchantment

Wall creatures can attack as though they didn't have defender.

"We spent three weeks trying to knock that wall down. Now it's knocking us down."
-Onean sergeant

Sabretooth Tiger

Creature - Cat

First strike

"I fear anything with teeth measured in handspans!"
-Norin the Wary

Sage of Lat-Nam

Creature - Human Artificer

, Sacrifice an artifact: Draw a card.

Within each device is a spark of its creator's soul. Within each sage is a lamp that awaits that spark.

Salt Marsh

Land

Salt Marsh enters the battlefield tapped.

: Add or to your mana pool.

Only death breeds in stagnant water.
-Urborg saying

Sanctimony

Enchantment

Whenever an opponent taps a Mountain for mana, you may gain 1 life.

"The peasants labor for my profit. I approve."

Searing Wind

Instant

Searing Wind deals 10 damage to target creature or player.

"The first wind of ascension is Forger, burning away impurity."
-Keld Triumphant

Sever Soul

Sorcery

Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. You gain life equal to its toughness.

"The mortal world is a grove of sweet fruit, and I am ready to harvest it."
-Fallen angel

Shifting Sky

Enchantment

As Shifting Sky enters the battlefield, choose a color.

All nonland permanents are the chosen color.

Master the sky and you rule everything beneath it.
-Metathran saying