Droning Bureaucrats

Creature - Human Advisor

, : Each creature with converted mana cost X can't attack or block this turn.

" . . . and you must also apply for an application license, file documents 136(iv) and 22-C and -D in triplicate, pay all requisite fees, request a . . ."

Drowned Rusalka

Creature - Spirit

, Sacrifice a creature: Discard a card, then draw a card.

Lurking below the current, she thirsts until others come to drink.

Dryad Sophisticate

Creature - Dryad

Nonbasic landwalk

From Tin Street to the Outcast Mansions, she walks unbidden and unbound, her graceful silence never shaken by the riot of city life around her.

Dune-Brood Nephilim

Creature - Nephilim

Whenever Dune-Brood Nephilim deals combat damage to a player, put a 1/1 colorless Sand creature token onto the battlefield for each land you control.

When it awoke, it spawned nameless thousands to herald its arrival.

Exhumer Thrull

Creature - Thrull

Haunt (When this creature dies, exile it haunting target creature.)

When Exhumer Thrull enters the battlefield or the creature it haunts dies, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Feral Animist

Creature - Goblin Shaman

: Feral Animist gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is its power.

He chanted over a pot of boiling blood and honey. His brain buzzed like a nest of hornets, and his muscles rippled with the might of the bear.

Gatherer of Graces

Creature - Human Druid

Gatherer of Graces gets +1/+1 for each Aura attached to it.

Sacrifice an Aura: Regenerate Gatherer of Graces.

"Garb is for common folk. I prefer to wear insight and zeal, ambition and flame."

Gelectrode

Creature - Weird

: Gelectrode deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may untap Gelectrode.

"Diametrically opposing energies in self-sealed plasmodermic bubbles make great pets!"
-Trivaz, Izzet mage

Ghor-Clan Bloodscale

Creature - Viashino Warrior

First strike

: Ghor-Clan Bloodscale gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Activate this ability only once each turn.

At mealtimes, the Gruul customarily omit such niceties as using forks or killing the entrée.

Ghor-Clan Savage

Creature - Centaur Berserker

Bloodthirst 3 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on it.)

The snap of sinew. The crunch of bone. A cry for mercy. These are the music of the Gruul.

Ghost Council of Orzhova

Legendary Creature - Spirit

When Ghost Council of Orzhova enters the battlefield, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

, Sacrifice a creature: Exile Ghost Council of Orzhova. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Giant Solifuge

Creature - Insect

( can be paid with either or .)

Trample; haste; shroud (This permanent can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Glint-Eye Nephilim

Creature - Nephilim

Whenever Glint-Eye Nephilim deals combat damage to a player, draw that many cards.

, Discard a card: Glint-Eye Nephilim gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

When it awoke, it shook the plane with the thunder of its craving.

Goblin Flectomancer

Creature - Goblin Wizard

Sacrifice Goblin Flectomancer: You may change the targets of target instant or sorcery spell.

Rerouting magic through a goblin's brain is the surest way to throw it wildly off course.

Graven Dominator

Creature - Gargoyle

Flying

Haunt (When this creature dies, exile it haunting target creature.)

When Graven Dominator enters the battlefield or the creature it haunts dies, each other creature becomes 1/1 until end of turn.

Gristleback

Creature - Boar Beast

Bloodthirst 1 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Sacrifice Gristleback: You gain life equal to Gristleback's power.

Loyal in battle, hearty in stew.

Gruul Guildmage

Creature - Human Shaman

( can be paid with either or .)

, Sacrifice a land: Gruul Guildmage deals 2 damage to target player.

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

Gruul Nodorog

Creature - Beast

: Gruul Nodorog can't be blocked this turn except by two or more creatures.

Petting the nodorog
-Gruul expression meaning
"making a really big mistake"

Gruul Scrapper

Creature - Human Berserker

When Gruul Scrapper enters the battlefield, if was spent to cast Gruul Scrapper, it gains haste until end of turn.

The Gruul aren't satisfied with just smashing things. They continue smashing other things with the things they just smashed.

Harrier Griffin

Creature - Griffin

Flying

At the beginning of your upkeep, tap target creature.

Moon Market merchants sell a bottled scent to cutpurses and other criminals. Those doused in the liquid become "griffin bait."

Ink-Treader Nephilim

Creature - Nephilim

Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, if Ink-Treader Nephilim is the only target of that spell, copy the spell for each other creature that spell could target. Each copy targets a different one of those creatures.

When it awoke, the mirrors of the world reflected only darkness.

Izzet Chronarch

Creature - Human Wizard

When Izzet Chronarch enters the battlefield, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

He ensures not only whether but also when and where the lightning strikes twice.

Izzet Guildmage

Creature - Human Wizard

( can be paid with either or .)

: Copy target instant spell you control with converted mana cost 2 or less. You may choose new targets for the copy.

: Copy target sorcery spell you control with converted mana cost 2 or less. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Lionheart Maverick

Creature - Human Knight

Vigilance

: Lionheart Maverick gets +1/+2 until end of turn.

"Your signet is no symbol of power. It marks only your need for numbers to aid you. What do you do, guild-rat, now that you face my blade alone?"

Living Inferno

Creature - Elemental

: Living Inferno deals damage equal to its power divided as you choose among any number of target creatures. Each of those creatures deals damage equal to its power to Living Inferno.

Martyred Rusalka

Creature - Spirit

, Sacrifice a creature: Target creature can't attack this turn.

Rakdos cultists hanged her for sport in the township square. Her ghost now stands vigil at what has become known as the Tree of Weeping.

Mourning Thrull

Creature - Thrull

( can be paid with either or .)

Flying

Whenever Mourning Thrull deals damage, you gain that much life.

Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind

Legendary Creature - Dragon Wizard

Flying

Whenever you draw a card, Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

: Draw a card.

Ogre Savant

Creature - Ogre Wizard

When Ogre Savant enters the battlefield, if was spent to cast Ogre Savant, return target creature to its owner's hand.

He's an oxymoron.

Order of the Stars

Creature - Human Cleric

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

As Order of the Stars enters the battlefield, choose a color.

Order of the Stars has protection from the chosen color.

As stoic as the marble halls, as unblinking as the stars upon their shields.

Orzhov Euthanist

Creature - Human Assassin

Haunt (When this creature dies, exile it haunting target creature.)

When Orzhov Euthanist enters the battlefield or the creature it haunts dies, destroy target creature that was dealt damage this turn.

Orzhov Guildmage

Creature - Human Wizard

: Target player gains 1 life.

: Each player loses 1 life.

Orzhov Pontiff

Creature - Human Cleric

Haunt (When this creature dies, exile it haunting target creature.)

When Orzhov Pontiff enters the battlefield or the creature it haunts dies, choose one - Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn; or creatures you don't control get -1/-1 until end of turn.

Ostiary Thrull

Creature - Thrull

, : Tap target creature.

Orzhov churches don't pass the plate for collection. They charge for admission.

Petrahydrox

Creature - Weird

( can be paid with either or .)

When Petrahydrox becomes the target of a spell or ability, return Petrahydrox to its owner's hand.

Petrified Wood-Kin

Creature - Elemental Warrior

Petrified Wood-Kin can't be countered.

Bloodthirst X (This creature enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the damage dealt to your opponents this turn.)

Protection from instants

Plagued Rusalka

Creature - Spirit

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

"Look at her, once filled with innocence. Death has a way of wringing away such . . . deficiencies."
-Savra

Poisonbelly Ogre

Creature - Ogre Warrior

Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, its controller loses 1 life.

Some claim it's a failed Simic experiment, others say a Golgari creation. Both guilds deny all responsibility, while secretly studying its strange virulence.

Rabble-Rouser

Creature - Goblin Shaman

Bloodthirst 1 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

, : Attacking creatures get +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is Rabble-Rouser's power.

Restless Bones

Creature - Skeleton

, : Target creature gains swampwalk until end of turn.

: Regenerate Restless Bones.

"We mourn our dead. We shroud our dead. We bury our dead. Too often, it seems, we must kill our dead again."
-Grazda, veteran armorer

Revenant Patriarch

Creature - Spirit

When Revenant Patriarch enters the battlefield, if was spent to cast it, target player skips his or her next combat phase.

Revenant Patriarch can't block.

"The Golgari raise the bodies of their dead to serve. We raise the spirits of our dead to lead."

Rumbling Slum

Creature - Elemental

At the beginning of your upkeep, Rumbling Slum deals 1 damage to each player.

Sanguine Praetor

Creature - Avatar Praetor

, Sacrifice a creature: Destroy each creature with the same converted mana cost as the sacrificed creature.

"Our fealty to guilds dooms us. The old gods shall resurface. Our skins will wave upon the guild-masts over emptied streets, and our bones will clatter in the wind."
-Ilromov, traveling storyteller

Scab-Clan Mauler

Creature - Human Berserker

Bloodthirst 2 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it.)

Trample

Scorched Rusalka

Creature - Spirit

, Sacrifice a creature: Scorched Rusalka deals 1 damage to target player.

Each small blaze she sets jogs her memory, letting her piece together the mystery of her own fiery end.

Shrieking Grotesque

Creature - Gargoyle

Flying

When Shrieking Grotesque enters the battlefield, if was spent to cast it, target player discards a card.

Orzhov mage-sculptors bring their stone to life before they carve it. The shrieking begins as soon as the mouths are formed.

Silhana Ledgewalker

Creature - Elf Rogue

Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Silhana Ledgewalker can't be blocked except by creatures with flying.

Street folk call them "spire mice," but behind the mockery is an unspoken envy of the ledgewalkers' skill at avoiding harm.

Silhana Starfletcher

Creature - Elf Druid Archer

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)

As Silhana Starfletcher enters the battlefield, choose a color.

: Add one mana of the chosen color to your mana pool.

In light he finds both gift and weapon.

Skarrgan Firebird

Creature - Phoenix

Bloodthirst 3 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on it.)

Flying

: Return Skarrgan Firebird from your graveyard to your hand. Activate this ability only if an opponent was dealt damage this turn.

Skarrgan Pit-Skulk

Creature - Human Warrior

Bloodthirst 1 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Creatures with power less than Skarrgan Pit-Skulk's power can't block it.

Skarrgan Skybreaker

Creature - Giant Shaman

Bloodthirst 3 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on it.)

, Sacrifice Skarrgan Skybreaker: Skarrgan Skybreaker deals damage equal to its power to target creature or player.

Skeletal Vampire

Creature - Vampire Skeleton

Flying

When Skeletal Vampire enters the battlefield, put two 1/1 black Bat creature tokens with flying onto the battlefield.

, Sacrifice a Bat: Put two 1/1 black Bat creature tokens with flying onto the battlefield.

Sacrifice a Bat: Regenerate Skeletal Vampire.

Sky Swallower

Creature - Leviathan

Flying

When Sky Swallower enters the battlefield, target opponent gains control of all other permanents you control.

Would you trade the world for such a pet?

Skyrider Trainee

Creature - Human Soldier

Skyrider Trainee has flying as long as it's enchanted.

"Of course I plan on going up. Kang here is the most trusted 'fin on the squad. Afraid? Me? No, I'm just . . . waiting for the right wind conditions."

Smogsteed Rider

Creature - Human Wizard

Whenever Smogsteed Rider attacks, each other attacking creature gains fear until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

"An entire order of mages who draw their power from Ravnica's smog? Yet another indicator of our world's decay."
-Dravash, dowsing shaman

Souls of the Faultless

Creature - Spirit

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

Whenever Souls of the Faultless is dealt combat damage, you gain that much life and attacking player loses that much life.

Spelltithe Enforcer

Creature - Elephant Wizard

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player sacrifices a permanent unless he or she pays .

His assistants calculate the amount of the tribute. He measures out the punishment for delinquency.

Starved Rusalka

Creature - Spirit

, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life.

"No more wretched fate is there than to waste away. If you are slain, your ghost may at least avenge itself upon your killer. But what release is there for one slain by Time?"
-Ilromov, traveling storyteller

Steamcore Weird

Creature - Weird

When Steamcore Weird enters the battlefield, if was spent to cast Steamcore Weird, it deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

Like many Izzet creations, weirds are based on wild contradictions yet somehow manage to work.

Stratozeppelid

Creature - Beast

Flying

Stratozeppelid can block only creatures with flying.

The "Days of Darkness" mark the stratozeppelids' annual migration, when for five days they blot out the sun and trumpet their passing.

Streetbreaker Wurm

Creature - Wurm

Teysa, Orzhov Scion

Legendary Creature - Human Advisor

Sacrifice three white creatures: Exile target creature.

Whenever another black creature you control dies, put a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

Tibor and Lumia

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard

Whenever you cast a blue spell, target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Whenever you cast a red spell, Tibor and Lumia deals 1 damage to each creature without flying.

Tin Street Hooligan

Creature - Goblin Rogue

When Tin Street Hooligan enters the battlefield, if was spent to cast Tin Street Hooligan, destroy target artifact.

"Rauck-Chauv's like a holiday! Only it isn't on the calendars, and instead of dancing you knock people flat, and instead of giving gifts you break stuff."

Torch Drake

Creature - Drake

Flying

: Torch Drake gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

"Drakes? Bah! Things that breathe don't interest me. It breathes fire, you say? Well, that's a different story!"
-Zataz, Izzet clockwork artificer

Ulasht, the Hate Seed

Legendary Creature - Hellion Hydra

Ulasht, the Hate Seed enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each other red creature you control and a +1/+1 counter on it for each other green creature you control.

, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Ulasht: Choose one - Ulasht deals 1 damage to target creature; or put a 1/1 green Saproling creature token onto the battlefield.

Vedalken Plotter

Creature - Vedalken Wizard

When Vedalken Plotter enters the battlefield, exchange control of target land you control and target land an opponent controls.

"Fair? At what point in our negotiations did you convince yourself my goal was to be fair?"

Vertigo Spawn

Creature - Illusion

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

Whenever Vertigo Spawn blocks a creature, tap that creature. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Wee Dragonauts

Creature - Faerie Wizard

Flying

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Wee Dragonauts gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Wild Cantor

Creature - Human Druid

( can be paid with either or .)

Sacrifice Wild Cantor: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.

Witch-Maw Nephilim

Creature - Nephilim

Whenever you cast a spell, you may put two +1/+1 counters on Witch-Maw Nephilim.

Whenever Witch-Maw Nephilim attacks, it gains trample until end of turn if its power is 10 or greater.

Yore-Tiller Nephilim

Creature - Nephilim

Whenever Yore-Tiller Nephilim attacks, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped and attacking.

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.

Auratouched Mage

Creature - Human Wizard

When Auratouched Mage enters the battlefield, search your library for an Aura card that could enchant it. If Auratouched Mage is still on the battlefield, put that Aura card onto the battlefield attached to it. Otherwise, reveal the Aura card and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

Autochthon Wurm

Creature - Wurm

Convoke (Each creature you tap while casting this spell reduces its cost by or by one mana of that creature's color.)

Trample

The trainer awoke to begin the journey from the wurm's tail to its head. The sun was setting when she arrived.

Barbarian Riftcutter

Creature - Human Barbarian

, Sacrifice Barbarian Riftcutter: Destroy target land.

"Riftcutters are suicidal anarchists, waving those lightning axes around so much that the walls are as likely to fall as their foes."
-Heruj, Selesnya initiate

Benevolent Ancestor

Creature - Spirit

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

Although the door is flimsy and the lock pathetically small, Josuri's family never fears the night outside.

Blazing Archon

Creature - Archon

Flying

Creatures can't attack you.

"Through the haze of battle I saw the glint of sun on golden mane, the sheen of glory clad in mail, and I dropped my sword and wept at the idiocy of war."
-Dravin, Gruul deserter

Boros Guildmage

Creature - Human Wizard

: Target creature gains haste until end of turn.

: Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.

Boros Recruit

Creature - Goblin Soldier

( can be paid with either or .)

First strike

"Look at this goblin, once wild, untamed, and full of idiocy. The Boros have given him the skill of a soldier and focused his heart with a single cause."
-Razia

Boros Swiftblade

Creature - Human Soldier

Double strike

When the Boros Legion attacks, swiftblades enter the fray first. They pick off the archers and mages, softening the enemy front before the flame-kin and giants go in.

Bramble Elemental

Creature - Elemental

Whenever an Aura becomes attached to Bramble Elemental, put two 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens onto the battlefield.

Ravnica is a seamless urban tapestry, each city bleeding into the next. In abandoned corners, however, nature has begun to reclaim what it once owned.

Caregiver

Creature - Human Cleric

, Sacrifice a creature: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

"The guilds each believe its way is right, but their ways only bring blood to Ravnica's streets and tears to Ravnica's families."

Carrion Howler

Creature - Zombie Wolf

Pay 1 life: Carrion Howler gets +2/-1 until end of turn.

They chase tirelessly after the bone-carts that speed along the streets of the Plague Quarter.

Carven Caryatid

Creature - Spirit

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

When Carven Caryatid enters the battlefield, draw a card.

So-called "old wood" is rare in deforested Ravnica. Statues carved from it are said to house the last of the ancient nature spirits.

Centaur Safeguard

Creature - Centaur Warrior

( can be paid with either or .)

When Centaur Safeguard dies, you may gain 3 life.

Swift, strong, and selfless, the centaurs are the shields of the Conclave.

Cerulean Sphinx

Creature - Sphinx

Flying

: Cerulean Sphinx's owner shuffles it into his or her library.

"About the sphinx, I have mixed feelings. Their wisdom I crave, but their secrecy I can't tolerate."
-Szadek

Chorus of the Conclave

Legendary Creature - Dryad

Forestwalk

As an additional cost to cast creature spells, you may pay any amount of mana. If you do, that creature enters the battlefield with that many additional +1/+1 counters on it.

"We are many, yet one. We are separate in body, yet speak with a single voice. Join us in our chorus."

Circu, Dimir Lobotomist

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard

Whenever you cast a blue spell, exile the top card of target library.

Whenever you cast a black spell, exile the top card of target library.

Your opponents can't cast nonland cards with the same name as a card exiled with Circu, Dimir Lobotomist.

Coalhauler Swine

Creature - Boar Beast

Whenever Coalhauler Swine is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to each player.

Nothing stops industry in Ravnica-certainly not the safety of its workers.

Conclave Equenaut

Creature - Human Soldier

Convoke (Each creature you tap while casting this spell reduces its cost by or by one mana of that creature's color.)

Flying

Equenauts are the seeds of the Conclave, scattered on the four winds, searching for new places to take root.

Conclave Phalanx

Creature - Human Soldier

Convoke (Each creature you tap while casting this spell reduces its cost by or by one mana of that creature's color.)

When Conclave Phalanx enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life for each creature you control.

Courier Hawk

Creature - Bird

Flying, vigilance

The Orzhov started using hawks as messengers in order to bypass the many toll roads and bridges that dot Ravnica. Soon the service became one of their most profitable businesses.

Dark Confidant

Creature - Human Wizard

At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its converted mana cost.

Greatness, at any cost.

Dimir Cutpurse

Creature - Spirit

Whenever Dimir Cutpurse deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card and you draw a card.

Other guilds demand tolls from those who travel their territories, but not House Dimir. It takes its share secretly, one coin purse at a time.

Dimir Doppelganger

Creature - Shapeshifter

: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Dimir Doppelganger becomes a copy of that card and gains this ability.

"Fear not. Your life will not go unlived."

Dimir Guildmage

Creature - Human Wizard

( can be paid with either or .)

: Target player draws a card. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.

: Target player discards a card. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.

Dimir House Guard

Creature - Skeleton

Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Sacrifice a creature: Regenerate Dimir House Guard.

Transmute (, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same converted mana cost as this card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

Dimir Infiltrator

Creature - Spirit

Dimir Infiltrator is unblockable.

Transmute (, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same converted mana cost as this card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

Divebomber Griffin

Creature - Griffin

Flying

, Sacrifice Divebomber Griffin: Divebomber Griffin deals 3 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.

Justice flies swiftly on angry wings.