Forerunner of Slaughter

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

: Target colorless creature gains haste until end of turn.

"While we delay, they're on the move. They will not wait as we bicker. We are losing this war by moments as our goal slips beyond our reach."-Gideon Jura

Skyrider Elf

Creature - Elf Warrior Ally

Flying

Converge - Skyrider Elf enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it.

"It may be unconventional, but I'll take any steady mount in a storm."

Eldrazi Mimic

Creature - Eldrazi

Whenever another colorless creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may change Eldrazi Mimic's base power and toughness to that creature's power and toughness until end of turn.

It is consistently inconsistent.

Makindi Aeronaut

Creature - Kor Scout Ally

Flying

"The Eldrazi have surprised us before. It's my job to make sure that never happens again."

Ondu War Cleric

Creature - Human Cleric Ally

Cohort - , Tap an untapped Ally you control: You gain 2 life.

"I will follow the light of Iona into battle, and I will know no fear."

Stone Haven Outfitter

Creature - Kor Artificer Ally

Equipped creatures you control get +1/+1.

Whenever an equipped creature you control dies, draw a card.

The makers and menders are the first called to battle and the last to leave.

Blinding Drone

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

{C}, : Tap target creature. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

"Zendikar's true gods have risen. Whether in reverence or agony, all the world will kneel."
-Ayli, high priest of the Eternal Pilgrims

Dimensional Infiltrator

Creature - Eldrazi

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Flash

Flying

{C}: Target opponent exiles the top card of his or her library. If it's a land card, you may return Dimensional Infiltrator to its owner's hand. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

Umara Entangler

Creature - Merfolk Rogue Ally

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

"Sea Gate is gone, the Halimar basin empty. But rebuild the seawall and give these waters time, and they will fill the basin anew."

Bearer of Silence

Creature - Eldrazi

Devoid (This card has no color.)

When you cast Bearer of Silence, you may pay {C}. If you do, target opponent sacrifices a creature. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

Flying

Bearer of Silence can't block.

Sky Scourer

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Flying

Whenever you cast a colorless spell, Sky Scourer gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

"The Eldrazi are nothing if not thorough."
-Jace Beleren

Slaughter Drone

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

{C}: Slaughter Drone gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it. {C} represents colorless mana.)

It kills what is, making way for what should not be.

Immobilizer Eldrazi

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

{C}: Each creature with toughness greater than its power can't block this turn. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

It denied the Zendikari the chance to stand and die fighting.

Zada's Commando

Creature - Goblin Archer Ally

First strike

Cohort - , Tap an untapped Ally you control: Zada's Commando deals 1 damage to target opponent.

"There's a word for someone who brings too much gear to battle: ‘survivor.'"
-Zada of Slab Haven

Stalking Drone

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

{C}: Stalking Drone gets +1/+2 until end of turn. Activate this ability only once each turn. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

As the Eldrazi adapted to the jungles of Zendikar, some took on the tactics of more familiar predators.

Baloth Pup

Creature - Beast

Baloth Pup has trample as long as it has a +1/+1 counter on it.

A young baloth channels its energy into playful destructiveness. Over time, it becomes less playful but no less destructive.

Loam Larva

Creature - Insect

When Loam Larva enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, then shuffle your library and put that card on top of it.

The forest floor of Murasa is home to life as diverse and vibrant as that of the canopy above.

Sylvan Advocate

Creature - Elf Druid Ally

Vigilance

As long as you control six or more lands, Sylvan Advocate and land creatures you control get +2/+2.

"The land gives of itself. Its abundance provides, even in times of chaos."

Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim

Legendary Creature - Kor Cleric

Deathtouch

, Sacrifice another creature: You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness.

, Sacrifice another creature: Exile target nonland permanent. Activate this ability only if you have at least 10 life more than your starting life total.

Stormchaser Mage

Creature - Human Wizard

Flying, haste

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

Roilmages' tactics are as chaotic as the energies they channel.

Weapons Trainer

Creature - Human Soldier Ally

Other creatures you control get +1/+0 as long as you control an Equipment.

"When I'm done training you, anything will be a deadly weapon."

Hedron Crawler

Artifact Creature - Construct

: Add {C} to your mana pool. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

"It's endearing, in a mystical, pointy sort of way."
-General Tazri, allied commander

Cathedral Sanctifier

Creature - Human Cleric

When Cathedral Sanctifier enters the battlefield, you gain 3 life.

"Evil will soon be vanquished. What Innistrad most needs now is healing."

Midnight Duelist

Creature - Human Soldier

Protection from Vampires

Avacyn's return did not rid him of his desire for revenge.

Nephalia Smuggler

Creature - Human Rogue

, : Exile another target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.

"My drivers are trustworthy. I removed their tongues myself. Any other questions?"

Wingcrafter

Creature - Human Wizard

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters the battlefield. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.)

As long as Wingcrafter is paired with another creature, both creatures have flying.

Hunted Ghoul

Creature - Zombie

Hunted Ghoul can't block Humans.

Even after Hanweir was saved, Gisa's lost ghouls would shamble through, still following the twisted orders of their imprisoned master.

Somberwald Vigilante

Creature - Human Warrior

Whenever Somberwald Vigilante becomes blocked by a creature, Somberwald Vigilante deals 1 damage to that creature.

He has nothing left but his resentment.

Stonewright

Creature - Human Shaman

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters the battlefield. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.)

As long as Stonewright is paired with another creature, each of those creatures has ": This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn."

Vexing Devil

Creature - Devil

When Vexing Devil enters the battlefield, any opponent may have it deal 4 damage to him or her. If a player does, sacrifice Vexing Devil.

It's not any fun until someone loses an eye.

Diregraf Escort

Creature - Human Cleric

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters the battlefield. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.)

As long as Diregraf Escort is paired with another creature, both creatures have protection from Zombies.

Ulvenwald Tracker

Creature - Human Shaman

, : Target creature you control fights another target creature. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

"Peace will come to Innistrad, but only after all abominations have been dealt with, one by one."

War Falcon

Creature - Bird

Flying

War Falcon can't attack unless you control a Knight or a Soldier.

The falcon is the picture of nobility, maintaining a regal bearing even as it conducts the bloody business of war.

Warclamp Mastiff

Creature - Hound

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

"One bite from that dog will send you to the healer's tent for days."
-Watchmaster Finn of An Karras

Jace's Phantasm

Creature - Illusion

Flying

Jace's Phantasm gets +4/+4 as long as an opponent has ten or more cards in his or her graveyard.

In the abstract memories of the Iquati, Jace found interesting ideas to improve upon.

Kraken Hatchling

Creature - Kraken

A spike and a maul are needed to crack their shells, but the taste is worth the effort.

Merfolk of the Pearl Trident

Creature - Merfolk

"The merfolk of the Pearl Trident have risen from the waves since the earliest days, at times allies to humans, other times enemies. Now their power is cresting again, and who can say which way the new tide will flow."
-Kalis, Onean scholar

Duty-Bound Dead

Creature - Skeleton

Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

: Regenerate Duty-Bound Dead. (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.)

Tormented Soul

Creature - Spirit

Tormented Soul can't block and can't be blocked.

Those who raged most bitterly at the world in life are cursed to roam the nether realms in death.

Goblin Arsonist

Creature - Goblin Shaman

When Goblin Arsonist dies, you may have it deal 1 damage to target creature or player.

With great power comes great risk of getting yourself killed.

Slumbering Dragon

Creature - Dragon

Flying

Slumbering Dragon can't attack or block unless it has five or more +1/+1 counters on it.

Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, put a +1/+1 counter on Slumbering Dragon.

Arbor Elf

Creature - Elf Druid

: Untap target Forest.

"The forest will surround you with its life if you are still and calm."

Bond Beetle

Creature - Insect

When Bond Beetle enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

A beetle on your shoulder
-Elvish expression meaning
"a blessing of luck"

Chronomaton

Artifact Creature - Golem

, : Put a +1/+1 counter on Chronomaton.

On the third night, the villagers destroyed their clocks. The sounds of whirring gears and chiming metal held only dread for them.

Elite Vanguard

Creature - Human Soldier

The vanguard is skilled at waging war alone. The enemy is often defeated before its reinforcements reach the front.

Gideon's Lawkeeper

Creature - Human Soldier

, : Tap target creature.

"The essence of a lawful society is swift deterrence."

Pride Guardian

Creature - Cat Monk

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

Whenever Pride Guardian blocks, you gain 3 life.

"Any hotheaded cub can raise a sword in anger."

Phantasmal Bear

Creature - Bear Illusion

When Phantasmal Bear becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it.

"You know it to be false, but when its claws find you, what you know won't matter much at all."
-Pol Jamaar, illusionist

Goblin Fireslinger

Creature - Goblin Warrior

: Goblin Fireslinger deals 1 damage to target player.

A rock between your eyes hurts. A burning rock between your eyes ruins your whole day.

Grim Lavamancer

Creature - Human Wizard

, , Exile two cards from your graveyard: Grim Lavamancer deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

"Fools dig for water, corpses, or gold. The earth's real treasure is far deeper."

Birds of Paradise

Creature - Bird

Flying

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

"The gods used their feathers to paint all the colors of the world."
-Yare-Tiva, warden of Gramur forest

Gladecover Scout

Creature - Elf Scout

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

"The forest is my cover and I hold it close. In such a tight embrace, there is no room for wickedness."

Llanowar Elves

Creature - Elf Druid

: Add to your mana pool.

One bone broken for every twig snapped underfoot.
-Llanowar penalty for trespassing

Sanctuary Cat

Creature - Cat

Cats prowl the corridors of Avacyn's churches in search of devils or signs of their mischief.

Gravecrawler

Creature - Zombie

Gravecrawler can't block.

You may cast Gravecrawler from your graveyard as long as you control a Zombie.

"Innistrad's ghoulcallers are talented enough, but let me show you what someone with real power can create."
-Liliana Vess

Forge Devil

Creature - Devil

When Forge Devil enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to target creature and 1 damage to you.

Devils infiltrated the lower levels of Thraben Cathedral, making cracks in load-bearing pillars and setting fire to precious archives.

Wolfbitten Captive

Creature - Human Werewolf

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

At the beginning of each upkeep, if no spells were cast last turn, transform Wolfbitten Captive.

Young Wolf

Creature - Wolf

Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

The Ulvenwald makes no allowances for youth. Today's newborn is either tomorrow's hunter or tomorrow's lunch.

Champion of the Parish

Creature - Human Soldier

Whenever another Human enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on Champion of the Parish.

"I stand for every cobbler, tanner, and fool in this town-and they stand for me."

Doomed Traveler

Creature - Human Soldier

When Doomed Traveler dies, put a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

He vowed he would never rest until he reached his destination. He doesn't know how right he was.

Mikaeus, the Lunarch

Legendary Creature - Human Cleric

Mikaeus, the Lunarch enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it.

: Put a +1/+1 counter on Mikaeus.

, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Mikaeus: Put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control.

Selfless Cathar

Creature - Human Cleric

, Sacrifice Selfless Cathar: Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

"If I fail to offer myself, we will surely be overrun. My fate would be the same."

Delver of Secrets

Creature - Human Wizard

At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. You may reveal that card. If an instant or sorcery card is revealed this way, transform Delver of Secrets.

Diregraf Ghoul

Creature - Zombie

Diregraf Ghoul enters the battlefield tapped.

"At least this one still has arms and legs. Well, most of its legs."
-Enslow, ghoulcaller of Nephalia

Typhoid Rats

Creature - Rat

Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Kidnappers caught in Havengul are given two choices: languish in prison or become rat catchers. The smart ones go to prison.

Reckless Waif

Creature - Human Rogue Werewolf

At the beginning of each upkeep, if no spells were cast last turn, transform Reckless Waif.

"Yes, I'm alone. No, I'm not worried."

Stromkirk Noble

Creature - Vampire

Stromkirk Noble can't be blocked by Humans.

Whenever Stromkirk Noble deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.

"A responsible king walks among his subjects."

Avacyn's Pilgrim

Creature - Human Monk

: Add to your mana pool.

"Avacyn's protection is everywhere. From the holy church to the sacred glade, all that we see is under her blessed watch."

Trained Caracal

Creature - Cat

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

Some Ravnicans consider carrying a sword to be beneath them, preferring instead a tooth-and-claw escort.

Faerie Impostor

Creature - Faerie Rogue

Flying

When Faerie Impostor enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you return another creature you control to its owner's hand.

Many Tin Street shops display a sign on the door: "No cloaks allowed."

Drainpipe Vermin

Creature - Rat

When Drainpipe Vermin dies, you may pay . If you do, target player discards a card.

When times are tough, the poor eat the rats. When times are tougher, the rats eat the poor.

Bellows Lizard

Creature - Lizard

: Bellows Lizard gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

As the price of wood and coal rose, smiths found creative ways to keep their forges burning.

Centaur's Herald

Creature - Elf Scout

, Sacrifice Centaur's Herald: Put a 3/3 green Centaur creature token onto the battlefield.

The farther they go from Vitu-Ghazi, the less willing the crowd is to part for them.

Blistercoil Weird

Creature - Weird

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Blistercoil Weird gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Untap it.

Azorius lawmages would like to outlaw the creation of weirds, but first they'd have to settle their long-standing debate on how to classify them.

Deathrite Shaman

Creature - Elf Shaman

: Exile target land card from a graveyard. Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.

, : Exile target instant or sorcery card from a graveyard. Each opponent loses 2 life.

, : Exile target creature card from a graveyard. You gain 2 life.

Dryad Militant

Creature - Dryad Soldier

If an instant or sorcery card would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.

"We will defend the Worldsoul from Izzet ‘progress' at any cost."

Judge's Familiar

Creature - Bird

Flying

Sacrifice Judge's Familiar: Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays .

"It misses nothing and it has no sense of humor."
-Barvisa, courtroom scribe

Nivmagus Elemental

Creature - Elemental

Exile an instant or sorcery spell you control: Put two +1/+1 counters on Nivmagus Elemental. (That spell won't resolve.)

When it escaped, the experimenters hesitated. It would cause untold havoc, yet they wished to see it in action.

Rakdos Cackler

Creature - Devil

Unleash (You may have this creature enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. It can't block as long as it has a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Devil-blades and dripping blood make music Rakdos never tires of hearing.

Slitherhead

Creature - Plant Zombie

Scavenge (, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to this card's power on target creature. Scavenge only as a sorcery.)

"It makes better use of Uncle Dragi's head than he ever did."
-Pesha, retired blacksmith

Mother of Runes

Creature - Human Cleric

: Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

"My family protects all families."

Spurnmage Advocate

Creature - Human Nomad

: Return two target cards from an opponent's graveyard to his or her hand. Destroy target attacking creature.

"Our unity humbles our foes."

Akrasan Squire

Creature - Human Soldier

Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

Bant's armies are primarily composed of members of the Mortar caste, loyal commoners who haven't yet earned a sigil.

Angel's Herald

Creature - Human Cleric

, , Sacrifice a green creature, a white creature, and a blue creature: Search your library for a card named Empyrial Archangel and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.

Rigorous faith and belief are rewarded on occasion, and richly so.

Cathartic Adept

Creature - Human Wizard

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

"Forget. Only then will there be space for hope between the pain and fear."

Sphinx's Herald

Artifact Creature - Vedalken Wizard

, , Sacrifice a white creature, a blue creature, and a black creature: Search your library for a card named Sphinx Sovereign and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.

He calls a riddle through the gaps of cloven clouds, hoping for an answer.

Deathgreeter

Creature - Human Shaman

Whenever another creature dies, you may gain 1 life.

"The bones of allies grant wisdom. The bones of enemies grant strength. The bones of dragons grant life eternal."

Demon's Herald

Creature - Human Wizard

, , Sacrifice a blue creature, a black creature, and a red creature: Search your library for a card named Prince of Thralls and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.

"May these deaths be the first of many."

Dragon's Herald

Creature - Goblin Shaman

, , Sacrifice a black creature, a red creature, and a green creature: Search your library for a card named Hellkite Overlord and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.

The penultimate step of the ritual involves bathing in a delicious glaze.

Goblin Mountaineer

Creature - Goblin Scout

Mountainwalk

Goblin lairs sit high in Jund's mountains. This gives the goblins easy access to the sacrificial peaks above and lets them build up a head of steam before attacking prey down below.

Behemoth's Herald

Creature - Elf Shaman

, , Sacrifice a red creature, a green creature, and a white creature: Search your library for a card named Godsire and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.

"Mine is an insatiable god, with appetites as magnificent as the jungle itself."

Feral Hydra

Creature - Hydra Beast

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

: Put a +1/+1 counter on Feral Hydra. Any player may activate this ability.

It shreds its prey as each head fights for the choicest bits.

Wild Nacatl

Creature - Cat Warrior

Wild Nacatl gets +1/+1 as long as you control a Mountain.

Wild Nacatl gets +1/+1 as long as you control a Plains.

"The Cloud Nacatl sit and think, a bunch of soft paws. We are the Claws of Marisi, stalking, pouncing, drawing blood."

Furnace Scamp

Creature - Beast

Whenever Furnace Scamp deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice it. If you do, Furnace Scamp deals 3 damage to that player.

Born of the core, and dying to stoke it.

Slag Fiend

Creature - Construct

Slag Fiend's power and toughness are each equal to the number of artifact cards in all graveyards.

"Seal the furnace vents. Admit no others. We'll tend our forges without their tainted ways."
-Decree of Urabrask

Glistener Elf

Creature - Elf Warrior

Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

"Beg me for life, and I will fill you with the glory of Phyrexian perfection."

Hex Parasite

Artifact Creature - Insect

: Remove up to X counters from target permanent. For each counter removed this way, Hex Parasite gets +1/+0 until end of turn. ( can be paid with either or 2 life.)

Drawn by power, fueled by conquest.

Ardent Recruit

Creature - Human Soldier

Metalcraft - Ardent Recruit gets +2/+2 as long as you control three or more artifacts.

"We lost our homes and our kin. We won't let those rotters take our future as well."

Signal Pest

Artifact Creature - Pest

Battle cry (Whenever this creature attacks, each other attacking creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.)

Signal Pest can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.

It leaps from tree to tree, revealing the enemy's positions.

Glint Hawk

Creature - Bird

Flying

When Glint Hawk enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you return an artifact you control to its owner's hand.

Its eyes burned nearly blind by the Whitesun, it hunts by metallic gleam.