Viashino Slasher

Creature - Viashino Warrior

: Viashino Slasher gets +1/-1 until end of turn.

Citizens of Ravnica stick to the main streets. Shortcuts may look tempting, but down each alley, dozens of hungry hands await, and screams do not carry into the busy market throng.

Vindictive Mob

Creature - Human Berserker

When Vindictive Mob enters the battlefield, sacrifice a creature.

Vindictive Mob can't be blocked by Saprolings.

Many minds, a single madness.

Vinelasher Kudzu

Creature - Plant

Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on Vinelasher Kudzu.

It grows to hate you.

Votary of the Conclave

Creature - Human Soldier

: Regenerate Votary of the Conclave.

An ageless order, the votaries receive the gift of rejuvenation from the temple gardens they guard.

Vulturous Zombie

Creature - Plant Zombie

Flying

Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, put a +1/+1 counter on Vulturous Zombie.

"When something dies, all things benefit. Well okay, just our things."
-Ezoc, Golgari rot farmer

War-Torch Goblin

Creature - Goblin Warrior

, Sacrifice War-Torch Goblin: War-Torch Goblin deals 2 damage to target blocking creature.

"In a town shaped by the subtle machinations and political intrigue of its guilds, it's reassuring to see a goblin waving his torch and screaming about some nonsense or other."
-Agrus Kos

Watchwolf

Creature - Wolf

Only in Ravnica do the wolves watch the flock.

Wizened Snitches

Creature - Faerie Rogue

Flying

Players play with the top card of their libraries revealed.

"Be careful what information you ask them to find, for it will likely be the subject of tale time at the alehouse."
-Sirislav, Dimir spy

Woebringer Demon

Creature - Demon

Flying

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature. If the player can't, sacrifice Woebringer Demon.

Each soul he devours adds its hunger to his own.

Wojek Apothecary

Creature - Human Cleric

Radiance - : Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature and each other creature that shares a color with it this turn.

"A few arrows aren't enough to pierce your faith, soldier. You'll be back on the battlefield by sun's dawn."

Wojek Embermage

Creature - Human Wizard

Radiance - : Wojek Embermage deals 1 damage to target creature and each other creature that shares a color with it.

"Your brother's crimes are your crimes. You stood by and lent support, so you too must face judgment."

Woodwraith Corrupter

Creature - Elemental Horror

, : Target Forest becomes a 4/4 black and green Elemental Horror creature. It's still a land.

"Its darkened sap penetrates natural fibers and spreads its own genes. Emulation experiments are underway."
-Simic research notes

Woodwraith Strangler

Creature - Plant Zombie

Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Regenerate Woodwraith Strangler.

"Nothing could be more natural than roots sucking nourishment from the dead."
-Savra

Zephyr Spirit

Creature - Spirit

When Zephyr Spirit blocks, return it to its owner's hand.

A spiteful force exists on Ravnica that binds these ghosts to the land of the living but forbids them to touch it.

Anaba Shaman

Creature - Minotaur Shaman

, : Anaba Shaman deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

Just try taking this bull by the horns.

Anaconda

Creature - Snake

Swampwalk (This creature is unblockable as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)

If you're smaller than the anaconda, it considers you food. If you're larger than the anaconda, it considers you a lot of food.

Anarchist

Creature - Human Wizard

When Anarchist enters the battlefield, you may return target sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Those who will not follow are doomed to lead.

Ancient Silverback

Creature - Ape

: Regenerate Ancient Silverback. (The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, it isn't. Instead tap it, remove all damage from it, and remove it from combat.)

Archivist

Creature - Human Wizard

: Draw a card.

"Sit down and read. Educate yourself for the coming conflicts."
-Mary Harris "Mother" Jones

Aven Flock

Creature - Bird Soldier

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

: Aven Flock gets +0/+1 until end of turn.

Just as each added feather steadies the wing, so does the flock grow stronger with each new member.

Balduvian Barbarians

Creature - Human Barbarian

"From the snowy slopes of Kaelor,
To the canyons of Bandu,
We drink and fight and feast and die
As we were born to do."
-Balduvian tavern song

Beast of Burden

Artifact Creature - Golem

Beast of Burden's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures on the battlefield.

Though it was built as an instrument of labor, it wasn't long before it became an instrument of war.

Blessed Orator

Creature - Human Cleric

Other creatures you control get +0/+1.

His quiet words fade into the night's chill, yet they burn into his listeners' minds with all the power of a thousand suns.

Blinding Angel

Creature - Angel

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

Whenever Blinding Angel deals combat damage to a player, that player skips his or her next combat phase.

"Their eyes will shrivel and blacken before faith's true light."

Blinking Spirit

Creature - Spirit

: Return Blinking Spirit to its owner's hand.

"Don't look at it! Maybe it'll go away!"
-Ib Halfheart, goblin tactician

Bog Imp

Creature - Imp

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

Think of it as a butcher knife with wings.

Crossbow Infantry

Creature - Human Soldier Archer

: Crossbow Infantry deals 1 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.

"He can split a marshfly in two from halfway across the range."
-Onean sergeant

Dancing Scimitar

Artifact Creature - Spirit

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

A blade that has never known sheath, a hilt that has never known hand.

Daring Apprentice

Creature - Human Wizard

, Sacrifice Daring Apprentice: Counter target spell.

In front of every great wizard is a doomed apprentice.

Deathgazer

Creature - Lizard

Whenever Deathgazer blocks or becomes blocked by a nonblack creature, destroy that creature at end of combat.

Your entire life passes before its eyes.

Dream Prowler

Creature - Illusion

Dream Prowler is unblockable as long as it's attacking alone.

"To think that some find sleep a restful state."
-Volrath

Elvish Bard

Creature - Elf Shaman

All creatures able to block Elvish Bard do so.

Helplessly drawn in, the bard's enemies quickly find there's more than song to be found.

Emperor Crocodile

Creature - Crocodile

When you control no other creatures, sacrifice Emperor Crocodile.

The king of Yavimaya's waters pays constant attention to his subjects . . . and thrives on their adulation.

Fleeting Image

Creature - Illusion

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

: Return Fleeting Image to its owner's hand.

"Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow."
-Aesop, Fables, trans. Jacobs

Flowstone Crusher

Creature - Beast

: Flowstone Crusher gets +1/-1 until end of turn.

"What's better than smashing things with a rock? A rock that gets up and smashes things for you."
-Toggo, goblin weaponsmith

Flowstone Shambler

Creature - Beast

: Flowstone Shambler gets +1/-1 until end of turn.

Flowstone troops are notoriously difficult to keep in formation.

Foot Soldiers

Creature - Human Soldier

Infantry deployment is the art of putting your troops in the wrong place at the right time.

Force of Nature

Creature - Elemental

Trample (If this creature would assign enough damage to its blockers to destroy them, you may have it assign the rest of its damage to defending player or planeswalker.)

At the beginning of your upkeep, Force of Nature deals 8 damage to you unless you pay .

Foul Imp

Creature - Imp

Flying

When Foul Imp enters the battlefield, you lose 2 life.

The imp, unaware of its own odor, paused to catch its breath . . . and promptly died.

Giant Cockroach

Creature - Insect

Toren had stepped on a lot of bugs during his life, so he couldn't help feeling embarrassed when a bug stepped on him.

Gluttonous Zombie

Creature - Zombie

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

Greed and gluttony led him to death. Now they are his greatest assets.

Goblin Brigand

Creature - Goblin Warrior

Goblin Brigand attacks each turn if able.

Like a loaded cannon-point and shoot.

Goblin Chariot

Creature - Goblin Warrior

Haste (This creature can attack the turn it comes under your control.)

The hardest part of his training is learning not to eat the boar.

Groundskeeper

Creature - Human Druid

: Return target basic land card from your graveyard to your hand.

"Soldiers speak of defending the soil, but they care only for their nations. I care nothing for their nations and everything for the soil."

Hell's Caretaker

Creature - Horror

, Sacrifice a creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate this ability only during your upkeep.

Hollow Dogs

Creature - Zombie Hound

Whenever Hollow Dogs attacks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

A hollow dog is never empty. It is filled with thirst for the hunt.

Imaginary Pet

Creature - Illusion

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have a card in hand, return Imaginary Pet to its owner's hand.

"It followed me home. Can I keep it?"

Kami of Old Stone

Creature - Spirit

"There was a wall here. Now it is dust. A tower rose here. Now it is fallen. An army fought here. Now it is dead. A spirit was here. It is all that remains."
-Snow-Fur, kitsune poet

Karplusan Yeti

Creature - Yeti

: Karplusan Yeti deals damage equal to its power to target creature. That creature deals damage equal to its power to Karplusan Yeti.

King Cheetah

Creature - Cat

Flash

If you find yourself and a friend being chased by a king cheetah, you have but one chance: Trip your friend.
-Suq'Ata wisdom

Kird Ape

Creature - Ape

Kird Ape gets +1/+2 as long as you control a Forest.

It puts the "fur" in "fury."

Ley Druid

Creature - Human Druid

: Untap target land.

After years of training, the druid becomes one with nature, drawing power from the land and returning it when needed.

Llanowar Behemoth

Creature - Elemental

Tap an untapped creature you control: Llanowar Behemoth gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

"Most people can't build decent weapons out of stone or steel. Trust the elves to do it with only mud and vines."
-Gerrard of the Weatherlight

Magnivore

Creature - Lhurgoyf

Haste (This creature can attack the turn it comes under your control.)

Magnivore's power and toughness are each equal to the number of sorcery cards in all graveyards.

Marble Titan

Creature - Giant

Creatures with power 3 or greater don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.

It entered the temple with all the pomp and decorum of a rock hitting a goblin's skull.

Maro

Creature - Elemental

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

No two see the same Maro.

Master Decoy

Creature - Human Soldier

, : Tap target creature.

A skilled decoy can throw your enemies off your trail. A master decoy can survive to do it again.

Master Healer

Creature - Human Cleric

: Prevent the next 4 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

Behind his eyes is the pain of every soldier his hands have healed.

Mindslicer

Creature - Horror

When Mindslicer dies, each player discards his or her hand.

It is the thing that goes bump in the night.

Mogg Sentry

Creature - Goblin Warrior

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, Mogg Sentry gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Nothing makes a mogg madder than having to wake up.

Norwood Ranger

Creature - Elf Scout

The song of the forest is in perfect harmony. If a single note is out of place, the elves will find its source.

Ogre Taskmaster

Creature - Ogre

Ogre Taskmaster can't block.

Three little goblins, enjoying their brew. One bumped an ogre, and then there were two.

Oracle's Attendants

Creature - Human Soldier

: All damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn by a source of your choice is dealt to Oracle's Attendants instead.

They follow the prophecy to each new prophet, guarding the future from the present.

Order of the Sacred Bell

Creature - Human Monk

"My brother, it may now be time to ring the bell and put out the call for aid."

Pegasus Charger

Creature - Pegasus

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

Phyrexian Gargantua

Creature - Horror

When Phyrexian Gargantua enters the battlefield, you draw two cards and you lose 2 life.

Other Phyrexians have nightmares about the gargantua.

Rathi Dragon

Creature - Dragon

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

When Rathi Dragon enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you sacrifice two Mountains.

Razortooth Rats

Creature - Rat

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

"Men and rats both hunger: we for our playthings; they, for us."
-Crovax, ascendant evincar

River Bear

Creature - Bear

Islandwalk (This creature is unblockable as long as defending player controls an Island.)

The bears had been isolated on an island for hundreds of years, until the island sank and the bears didn't.

Rogue Kavu

Creature - Kavu

Whenever Rogue Kavu attacks alone, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Every litter of kavu yields one cub that refuses to hunt with the pack.

Rootbreaker Wurm

Creature - Wurm

Trample (If this creature would assign enough damage to its blockers to destroy them, you may have it assign the rest of its damage to defending player or planeswalker.)

Rukh Egg

Creature - Bird

When Rukh Egg dies, put a 4/4 red Bird creature token with flying onto the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step.

Called "stonefeathers" by many lowlanders, rukhs are thought to descend from a phoenix that sacrificed its flame for a body of stone.

Sage Aven

Creature - Bird Wizard

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

When Sage Aven enters the battlefield, look at the top four cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

Sanctum Guardian

Creature - Human Cleric

Sacrifice Sanctum Guardian: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to target creature or player this turn, prevent that damage.

Sandstone Warrior

Creature - Human Soldier Warrior

First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

: Sandstone Warrior gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Savannah Lions

Creature - Cat

Even the brave are scared by a lion three times: first by its tracks, again by its roar, and one last time face to face.
-Somali proverb

Scaled Wurm

Creature - Wurm

The wurms become so big, a single scale can be used as a roof for a human dwelling.

Seasoned Marshal

Creature - Human Soldier

Whenever Seasoned Marshal attacks, you may tap target creature.

"We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat."
-Queen Victoria

Serpent Warrior

Creature - Snake Warrior

When Serpent Warrior enters the battlefield, you lose 3 life.

They are incubated by swamp gases and cut their teeth on zombie flesh. Serpent warriors are not to be trifled with.

Shard Phoenix

Creature - Phoenix

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

Sacrifice Shard Phoenix: Shard Phoenix deals 2 damage to each creature without flying.

: Return Shard Phoenix from your graveyard to your hand. Activate this ability only during your upkeep.

Storm Crow

Creature - Bird

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

Storm crow descending, winter unending. Storm crow departing, summer is starting.

Swarm of Rats

Creature - Rat

Swarm of Rats's power is equal to the number of Rats you control.

"Rats, rats, rats! Hundreds, thousands, millions of them, and every one a life."
-Bram Stoker, Dracula

Temporal Adept

Creature - Human Wizard

, : Return target permanent to its owner's hand.

"If yesterday was two days ago tomorrow, will the day after tomorrow be today or yesterday?"
-Temporal Manipulation 101 final exam,
Tolarian Academy

Thought Courier

Creature - Human Wizard

: Draw a card, then discard a card.

"There's an assortment to satisfy all your needs: deep, fleeting, dirty, pure, scientific, philosophical, after, and even fore. For a price."

Thundermare

Creature - Elemental Horse

Haste (This creature can attack the turn it comes under your control.)

When Thundermare enters the battlefield, tap all other creatures.

Its hooves strike lightning and the thunder follows quickly after.

Tidal Kraken

Creature - Kraken

Tidal Kraken is unblockable.

To merfolk, pirates are a nuisance. To pirates, merfolk are a threat. To the kraken, they're both appetizers.

Trained Armodon

Creature - Elephant

Armodons are trained to step on things. Enemy things.

Tree Monkey

Creature - Ape

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)

The vines and branches of the jungle canopy are all the wings it needs.

Utopia Tree

Creature - Plant

: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.

The fruit of this fabled tree takes on the flavor of whatever food you love most.

Verduran Enchantress

Creature - Human Druid

Whenever you cast an enchantment spell, you may draw a card.

"Graceful? Yes. Beautiful? Absolutely. Harmless? Definitely not."
-Fyndhorn elder

Veteran Cavalier

Creature - Human Knight

Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)

Spirit is the sword and experience the sharpening stone.
-Arabian proverb

Viashino Sandstalker

Creature - Viashino Warrior

Haste (This creature can attack the turn it comes under your control.)

At the beginning of the end step, return Viashino Sandstalker to its owner's hand. (Return it only if it's on the battlefield.)

"Some believe sandstalkers to be illusions; those with scars know better."
-Zhalfirin Guide to the Desert

Wanderguard Sentry

Creature - Drone

When Wanderguard Sentry enters the battlefield, look at target opponent's hand.

It allows those with dangerous weapons to pass. But not those with dangerous thoughts.

Weathered Wayfarer

Creature - Human Nomad Cleric

, : Search your library for a land card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library. Activate this ability only if an opponent controls more lands than you.

Whip Sergeant

Creature - Human Soldier

: Target creature gains haste until end of turn. (It can attack this turn.)

Keldon soldiers learn to move faster than the whip.

Will-O'-The-Wisp

Creature - Spirit

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

: Regenerate Will-o'-the-Wisp. (The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, it isn't. Instead tap it, remove all damage from it, and remove it from combat.)

Wood Elves

Creature - Elf Scout

When Wood Elves enters the battlefield, search your library for a Forest card and put that card onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.

Every branch a crossroads, every vine a swift steed.

Yawgmoth Demon

Creature - Demon

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may sacrifice an artifact. If you don't, tap Yawgmoth Demon and it deals 2 damage to you.

Zealous Inquisitor

Creature - Human Cleric

: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to Zealous Inquisitor this turn is dealt to target creature instead.

Wine and balm for the confessions of the repentant. Razors and irons for the confessions of the unrepentant.

Zodiac Monkey

Creature - Ape

Forestwalk (This creature is unblockable as long as defending player controls a Forest.)

It lives mainly on fruit, leaves, and the occasional nose.