Containment Priest

Creature - Human Cleric

Flash

If a nontoken creature would enter the battlefield and it wasn't cast, exile it instead.

Some protection requires a bit of finesse.

Hallowed Spiritkeeper

Creature - Avatar

Vigilance

When Hallowed Spiritkeeper dies, put X 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying onto the battlefield, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard.

Jazal Goldmane

Legendary Creature - Cat Warrior

First strike

: Attacking creatures you control get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of attacking creatures.

"As my kha, he is the source of my inspiration. As my brother, he is the embodiment of my aspirations."
-Ajani Goldmane

Breaching Leviathan

Creature - Leviathan

When Breaching Leviathan enters the battlefield, if you cast it from your hand, tap all nonblue creatures. Those creatures don't untap during their controllers' next untap steps.

These waters remain uncharted, but not for lack of trying.

Dulcet Sirens

Creature - Siren

, : Target creature attacks target opponent this turn if able.

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

What are the orders of a king or the demands of a creed next to such melodies?

Reef Worm

Creature - Worm

When Reef Worm dies, put a 3/3 blue Fish creature token onto the battlefield with "When this creature dies, put a 6/6 blue Whale creature token onto the battlefield with ‘When this creature dies, put a 9/9 blue Kraken creature token onto the battlefield.'"

Stitcher Geralf

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard

, : Each player puts the top three cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard. Exile up to two creature cards put into graveyards this way. Put an X/X blue Zombie creature token onto the battlefield, where X is the total power of the cards exiled this way.

Stormsurge Kraken

Creature - Kraken

Hexproof

Lieutenant - As long as you control your commander, Stormsurge Kraken gets +2/+2 and has "Whenever Stormsurge Kraken becomes blocked, you may draw two cards."

Most see krakens as wantonly violent, failing to notice their meticulous attention to detail when dismantling a vessel.

Demon of Wailing Agonies

Creature - Demon

Flying

Lieutenant - As long as you control your commander, Demon of Wailing Agonies gets +2/+2 and has "Whenever Demon of Wailing Agonies deals combat damage to a player, that player sacrifices a creature."

Flesh Carver

Creature - Human Wizard

Intimidate

, Sacrifice another creature: Put two +1/+1 counters on Flesh Carver.

When Flesh Carver dies, put an X/X black Horror creature token onto the battlefield, where X is Flesh Carver's power.

"Just a taste?"

Ghoulcaller Gisa

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard

, , Sacrifice another creature: Put X 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens onto the battlefield, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.

"Geralf, must you always whine? I agreed to nothing. I'll raise ghouls anytime I wish."

Overseer of the Damned

Creature - Demon

Flying

When Overseer of the Damned enters the battlefield, you may destroy target creature.

Whenever a nontoken creature an opponent controls dies, put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield tapped.

Raving Dead

Creature - Zombie

Deathtouch

At the beginning of combat on your turn, choose an opponent at random. Raving Dead attacks that player this combat if able.

Whenever Raving Dead deals combat damage to a player, that player loses half his or her life, rounded down.

Dualcaster Mage

Creature - Human Wizard

Flash

When Dualcaster Mage enters the battlefield, copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

"It has been my experience that disasters like to strike in pairs."

Feldon of the Third Path

Legendary Creature - Human Artificer

, : Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of target creature card in your graveyard, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types. It gains haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

"She will come back to me."

Tyrant's Familiar

Creature - Dragon

Flying, haste

Lieutenant - As long as you control your commander, Tyrant's Familiar gets +2/+2 and has "Whenever Tyrant's Familiar attacks, it deals 7 damage to target creature defending player controls."

Nothing escapes its gaze-or its breath.

Warmonger Hellkite

Creature - Dragon

Flying

All creatures attack each combat if able.

: Attacking creatures get +1/+0 until end of turn.

Its wings beat to the howls of war and fan the fires of rage.

Creeperhulk

Creature - Plant Elemental

Trample

: Until end of turn, target creature you control has base power and toughness 5/5 and gains trample.

"I saw the devastation when the juggernauts crashed the walls of An Karras. Then I got to thinking."
-Janji, sylvan druid

Grave Sifter

Creature - Elemental Beast

When Grave Sifter enters the battlefield, each player chooses a creature type and returns any number of cards of that type from his or her graveyard to his or her hand.

It claws at the earth in a vain attempt to reclaim what it once was.

Lifeblood Hydra

Creature - Hydra

Trample

Lifeblood Hydra enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it.

When Lifeblood Hydra dies, you gain life and draw cards equal to its power.

Pharika has written her secrets on its bones so that only the worthy may discover them.

Siege Behemoth

Creature - Beast

Hexproof

As long as Siege Behemoth is attacking, for each creature you control, you may have that creature assign its combat damage as though it weren't blocked.

"Hold the line, hold the li-"
-General Srok, last words

Thunderfoot Baloth

Creature - Beast

Trample

Lieutenant - As long as you control your commander, Thunderfoot Baloth gets +2/+2 and other creatures you control get +2/+2 and have trample.

If you hear it, it's too late.

Titania, Protector of Argoth

Legendary Creature - Elemental

When Titania, Protector of Argoth enters the battlefield, return target land card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Whenever a land you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put a 5/3 green Elemental creature token onto the battlefield.

Riptide Survivor

Creature - Human Wizard

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

When Riptide Survivor is turned face up, discard two cards, then draw three cards.

Beetleback Chief

Creature - Goblin Warrior

When Beetleback Chief enters the battlefield, put two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens onto the battlefield.

Whether trained, ridden, or eaten, few goblin military innovations have rivaled the bug.

Goblin Welder

Creature - Goblin Artificer

: Choose target artifact a player controls and target artifact card in that player's graveyard. If both targets are still legal as this ability resolves, that player simultaneously sacrifices the artifact and returns the artifact card to the battlefield.

"I wrecked your metal guy, boss. But look! I made you an ashtray."

Priest of Titania

Creature - Elf Druid

: Add to your mana pool for each Elf on the battlefield.

Titania rewards all those who honor the forest by making them a living part of it.

Sylvan Safekeeper

Creature - Human Wizard

Sacrifice a land: Target creature you control gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

"How could someone so small cause so much trouble?"
-Nomad sentry

Timberwatch Elf

Creature - Elf

: Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of Elves on the battlefield.

Even through the Mirari's voice, the elves still hear the call of their kinship.

Titania's Chosen

Creature - Elf Archer

Whenever a player casts a green spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Titania's Chosen.

"What do a hero and an arrow have in common? In times of war are many more made."
-Elvish riddle

Wellwisher

Creature - Elf

: You gain 1 life for each Elf on the battlefield.

"Close your ears to the voice of greed, and you can turn a gift for one into a gift for many."

Abzan Skycaptain

Creature - Bird Soldier

Flying

When Abzan Skycaptain dies, bolster 2. (Choose a creature with the least toughness among creatures you control and put two +1/+1 counters on it.)

"A tempest is coming. Turn your faces toward the wind!"

Arashin Cleric

Creature - Human Cleric

When Arashin Cleric enters the battlefield, you gain 3 life.

"We'll have time to put out the fires when those trapped within the ruins are safe."

Aven Skirmisher

Creature - Bird Warrior

Flying

"We do not hide from the dragons that pretend to rule the skies. If we did, the dragons would become our rulers, and our way of life would be lost."

Daghatar the Adamant

Legendary Creature - Human Warrior

Vigilance

Daghatar the Adamant enters the battlefield with four +1/+1 counters on it.

: Move a +1/+1 counter from target creature onto a second target creature.

"Our victories will protect a thousand generations."

Dragon Bell Monk

Creature - Human Monk

Vigilance

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

He has spent years training his eyes and ears to detect the subtle signs of a dragon's approach.

Dragonscale General

Creature - Human Warrior

At the beginning of your end step, bolster X, where X is the number of tapped creatures you control. (Choose a creature with the least toughness among creatures you control and put X +1/+1 counters on it.)

"Dragons seek war. I bring it to them."

Elite Scaleguard

Creature - Human Soldier

When Elite Scaleguard enters the battlefield, bolster 2. (Choose a creature with the least toughness among creatures you control and put two +1/+1 counters on it.)

Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it attacks, tap target creature defending player controls.

Great-Horn Krushok

Creature - Beast

Perfectly suited for life in the Shifting Wastes, the krushok is well protected by its horn, its hide, and its temper.

Jeskai Barricade

Creature - Wall

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

Defender

When Jeskai Barricade enters the battlefield, you may return another target creature you control to its owner's hand.

Lotus-Eye Mystics

Creature - Human Monk

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

When Lotus-Eye Mystics enters the battlefield, return target enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand.

Every action has a foreseen purpose.

Mardu Woe-Reaper

Creature - Human Warrior

Whenever Mardu Woe-Reaper or another Warrior enters the battlefield under your control, you may exile target creature card from a graveyard. If you do, you gain 1 life.

"Those who died in battle deserve their rest."

Monastery Mentor

Creature - Human Monk

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, put a 1/1 white Monk creature token with prowess onto the battlefield.

"Speak little. Do much."

Sandsteppe Outcast

Creature - Human Warrior

When Sandsteppe Outcast enters the battlefield, choose one -

• Put a +1/+1 counter on Sandsteppe Outcast.

• Put a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

Soulfire Grand Master

Creature - Human Monk

Lifelink

Instant and sorcery spells you control have lifelink.

: The next time you cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand this turn, put that card into your hand instead of into your graveyard as it resolves.

Wandering Champion

Creature - Human Monk

Whenever Wandering Champion deals combat damage to a player, if you control a blue or red permanent, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.

"Learn from your enemies, but do not tolerate them."

Wardscale Dragon

Creature - Dragon

Flying

As long as Wardscale Dragon is attacking, defending player can't cast spells.

Dromoka's brood emerge from the dragon tempests covered with tough scales that protect them from most clan weapons and magic.

Aven Surveyor

Creature - Bird Scout

Flying

When Aven Surveyor enters the battlefield, choose one -

• Put a +1/+1 counter on Aven Surveyor.

• Return target creature to its owner's hand.

Frost Walker

Creature - Elemental

When Frost Walker becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it.

"As the clans carved out their territories, we saw allies where the Mardu saw only obstacles."
-Yasova Dragonclaw

Jeskai Infiltrator

Creature - Human Monk

Jeskai Infiltrator can't be blocked as long as you control no other creatures.

When Jeskai Infiltrator deals combat damage to a player, exile it and the top card of your library in a face-down pile, shuffle that pile, then manifest those cards. (To manifest a card, put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

Jeskai Sage

Creature - Human Monk

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

When Jeskai Sage dies, draw a card.

"The one who conquers the mind is greater than the one who conquers the world."

Lotus Path Djinn

Creature - Djinn Monk

Flying

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

"The lotus takes root where body and mind intersect. It blooms when body and mind become one."

Marang River Prowler

Creature - Human Rogue

Marang River Prowler can't block and can't be blocked.

You may cast Marang River Prowler from your graveyard as long as you control a black or green permanent.

The currents of the Marang wash away both tracks and blood.

Mindscour Dragon

Creature - Dragon

Flying

Whenever Mindscour Dragon deals combat damage to an opponent, target player puts the top four cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

"The bells may one day ring as an anthem of our own end."
-Kyu, Sage-Eye mystic

Mistfire Adept

Creature - Human Monk

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

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

"The quieter the skies, the calmer the mind."

Renowned Weaponsmith

Creature - Human Artificer

: Add to your mana pool. Spend this mana only to cast artifact spells or activate abilities of artifacts.

, : Search your library for a card named Heart-Piercer Bow or Vial of Dragonfire, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.

Sage-Eye Avengers

Creature - Djinn Monk

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

Whenever Sage-Eye Avengers attacks, you may return target creature to its owner's hand if its power is less than Sage-Eye Avengers's power.

Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest

Legendary Creature - Human Monk

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, you may pay . If you do, target creature gains double strike until end of turn.

Sultai Skullkeeper

Creature - Naga Shaman

When Sultai Skullkeeper enters the battlefield, put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.

A skullkeeper is the first to arrive after the palace archers strike down intruders, probing their brains for choice bits of knowledge.

Torrent Elemental

Creature - Elemental

Flying

Whenever Torrent Elemental attacks, tap all creatures defending player controls.

: Put Torrent Elemental from exile onto the battlefield tapped. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.

Alesha's Vanguard

Creature - Orc Warrior

Dash (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)

Boundaries drawn on maps or marked with stone have no meaning for the Mardu.

Archfiend of Depravity

Creature - Demon

Flying

At the beginning of each opponent's end step, that player chooses up to two creatures he or she controls, then sacrifices the rest.

"Why would I kill you all? Who then would be left to worship me?"

Battle Brawler

Creature - Orc Warrior

As long as you control a red or white permanent, Battle Brawler gets +1/+0 and has first strike.

Every time he returns from battle unscathed, he feels a tinge of disappointment.

Brutal Hordechief

Creature - Orc Warrior

Whenever a creature you control attacks, defending player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

: Creatures your opponents control block this turn if able, and you choose how those creatures block.

Gurmag Angler

Creature - Zombie Fish

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for .)

If everything in the Gurmag Swamp hungers for human flesh, what bait could be more effective?

Hooded Assassin

Creature - Human Assassin

When Hooded Assassin enters the battlefield, choose one -

• Put a +1/+1 counter on Hooded Assassin.

• Destroy target creature that was dealt damage this turn.

Mardu Shadowspear

Creature - Human Warrior

Whenever Mardu Shadowspear attacks, each opponent loses 1 life.

Dash (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)

Mardu Strike Leader

Creature - Human Warrior

Whenever Mardu Strike Leader attacks, put a 2/1 black Warrior creature token onto the battlefield.

Dash (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)

Merciless Executioner

Creature - Orc Warrior

When Merciless Executioner enters the battlefield, each player sacrifices a creature.

He enjoys his work, for he sees only the worst Abzan criminals: those who betray their own kin.

Noxious Dragon

Creature - Dragon

Flying

When Noxious Dragon dies, you may destroy target creature with converted mana cost 3 or less.

Dragons of Silumgar's brood begin to digest their prey even before consuming it, letting their caustic breath do much of the work.

Orc Sureshot

Creature - Orc Archer

Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, target creature an opponent controls gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

"Words have yet to halt an arrow."

Qarsi High Priest

Creature - Human Cleric

, , Sacrifice another creature: Manifest the top card of your library. (Put that card onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

"Hear me, nameless, and obey."

Sibsig Host

Creature - Zombie

When Sibsig Host enters the battlefield, each player puts the top three cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

"They were your friends, your family, your clan. They want only to welcome you."
-Tasigur, the Golden Fang

Sibsig Muckdraggers

Creature - Zombie

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for .)

When Sibsig Muckdraggers enters the battlefield, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Soulflayer

Creature - Demon

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for .)

If a creature card with flying was exiled with Soulflayer's delve ability, Soulflayer has flying. The same is true for first strike, double strike, deathtouch, haste, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, reach, trample, and vigilance.

Sultai Emissary

Creature - Zombie Warrior

When Sultai Emissary dies, manifest the top card of your library. (Put that card onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

To the Sultai, Ugin's power was just one more resource to be exploited.

Tasigur, the Golden Fang

Legendary Creature - Human Shaman

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for .)

: Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard, then return a nonland card of an opponent's choice from your graveyard to your hand.

Alesha, Who Smiles at Death

Legendary Creature - Human Warrior

First strike

Whenever Alesha, Who Smiles at Death attacks, you may pay . If you do, return target creature card with power 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped and attacking.

"Greet death with sword in hand."

Bloodfire Enforcers

Creature - Human Monk

Bloodfire Enforcers has first strike and trample as long as an instant card and a sorcery card are in your graveyard.

Bloodfire practitioners train to focus their rage, building it deep inside themselves until they are ready to release it as a devastating attack.

Defiant Ogre

Creature - Ogre Warrior

When Defiant Ogre enters the battlefield, choose one -

• Put a +1/+1 counter on Defiant Ogre.

• Destroy target artifact.

"I have no clan, but I still have purpose."

Flamerush Rider

Creature - Human Warrior

Whenever Flamerush Rider attacks, put a token onto the battlefield tapped and attacking that's a copy of another target attacking creature. Exile the token at end of combat.

Dash (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)

Flamewake Phoenix

Creature - Phoenix

Flying, haste

Flamewake Phoenix attacks each turn if able.

Ferocious - At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control a creature with power 4 or greater, you may pay . If you do, return Flamewake Phoenix from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Goblin Heelcutter

Creature - Goblin Berserker

Whenever Goblin Heelcutter attacks, target creature can't block this turn.

Dash (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)

Gore Swine

Creature - Boar

"The Mardu are like the gore swine. We are wild, hunt in packs, and rarely clean the blood from our blades."
-Vallash, Mardu warrior

Humble Defector

Creature - Human Rogue

: Draw two cards. Target opponent gains control of Humble Defector. Activate this ability only during your turn.

"You were once Mardu, so your body and will are strong. Now we must train your mind."
-Houn, Jeskai elder

Hungering Yeti

Creature - Yeti

As long as you control a green or blue permanent, you may cast Hungering Yeti as though it had flash. (You may cast it any time you could cast an instant.)

No clan is as adept at saying "go away" as the Temur.

Lightning Shrieker

Creature - Dragon

Flying, trample, haste

At the beginning of the end step, Lightning Shrieker's owner shuffles it into his or her library.

Dragonslayers learned to keep silent about their deeds after seeing the terrible vengeance wrought by Kolaghan and her brood.

Mardu Scout

Creature - Goblin Scout

Dash (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)

The Mardu all enjoy war, but only the goblins make a game of it.

Shaman of the Great Hunt

Creature - Orc Shaman

Haste

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.

Ferocious - : Draw a card for each creature you control with power 4 or greater.

Shockmaw Dragon

Creature - Dragon

Flying

Whenever Shockmaw Dragon deals combat damage to a player, it deals 1 damage to each creature that player controls.

Dragons of the Kolaghan brood are always on the move. They are the driving force behind the Mardu's nomadic way of life.

Smoldering Efreet

Creature - Efreet Monk

When Smoldering Efreet dies, it deals 2 damage to you.

The efreet are drawn to the Kaisham Wanderers, a loosely organized Jeskai school where trickery is employed to challenge the status quo and upend the belief systems of others.

Vaultbreaker

Creature - Orc Rogue

Whenever Vaultbreaker attacks, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.

Dash (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)

Abzan Beastmaster

Creature - Hound Shaman

At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card if you control the creature with the greatest toughness or tied for the greatest toughness.

His beasts move the great siege towers of the Abzan across the endless sands.

Abzan Kin-Guard

Creature - Human Warrior

Abzan Kin-Guard has lifelink as long as you control a white or black permanent.

"The Mardu rush headlong toward extinction. We ensure the longevity of our clan by protecting our territory, not rampaging through it."

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.

Ambush Krotiq

Creature - Insect

Trample

When Ambush Krotiq enters the battlefield, return another creature you control to its owner's hand.

The Abzan merchants soon discovered why this route was clear of dragons.

Arashin War Beast

Creature - Beast

Whenever Arashin War Beast deals combat damage to one or more blocking creatures, manifest the top card of your library. (Put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

Archers of Qarsi

Creature - Naga Archer

Defender

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)

"We think of the naga as creeping cutthroats, slitherers in the swamps. But they are equally at home in the trees."
-Goton, Qal Sisma shaman

Battlefront Krushok

Creature - Beast

Battlefront Krushok can't be blocked by more than one creature.

Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it can't be blocked by more than one creature.

Krushoks clear debris from fertile fields, fallow fields, and battlefields.

Destructor Dragon

Creature - Dragon

Flying

When Destructor Dragon dies, destroy target noncreature permanent.

After countless attacks on the Salt Road where it passes through the frozen tundra, the Abzan began to refer to the area as Atarka territory rather than Temur lands.