Phylactery Lich

Creature - Zombie

Indestructible

As Phylactery Lich enters the battlefield, put a phylactery counter on an artifact you control.

When you control no permanents with phylactery counters on them, sacrifice Phylactery Lich.

Ravenous Rats

Creature - Rat

When Ravenous Rats enters the battlefield, target opponent discards a card.

Devouring books is only the beginning. The librarian's next.

Servant of Nefarox

Creature - Human Cleric

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

"My cause is power, and at the altar of power I will gladly forfeit my soul."

Shimian Specter

Creature - Specter

Flying

Whenever Shimian Specter deals combat damage to a player, that player reveals his or her hand. You choose a nonland card from it. Search that player's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as that card and exile them. Then that player shuffles his or her library.

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.

Vampire Nighthawk

Creature - Vampire Shaman

Flying

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

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

Vampire Nocturnus

Creature - Vampire

Play with the top card of your library revealed.

As long as the top card of your library is black, Vampire Nocturnus and other Vampire creatures you control get +2/+1 and have flying.

"Your life will set with the sun."

Veilborn Ghoul

Creature - Zombie

Veilborn Ghoul can't block.

Whenever a Swamp enters the battlefield under your control, you may return Veilborn Ghoul from your graveyard to your hand.

Liliana's voice carries far, reaching beyond the cold pall of death.

Walking Corpse

Creature - Zombie

"Feeding a normal army is a problem of logistics. With zombies, it is an asset. Feeding is why they fight. Feeding is why they are feared."
-Jadar, ghoulcaller of Nephalia

Xathrid Gorgon

Creature - Gorgon

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

, : Put a petrification counter on target creature. It gains defender and becomes a colorless artifact in addition to its other types. Its activated abilities can't be activated. (A creature with defender can't attack.)

Zombie Goliath

Creature - Zombie Giant

"Removing the encumbrance of useless brain tissue grants several advantages: a slight increase in mobility, a response of revulsion and horror from the enemy, and, in the case of large specimens, room for passengers."
-Zul Ashur, lich lord

Arms Dealer

Creature - Goblin Rogue

, Sacrifice a Goblin: Arms Dealer deals 4 damage to target creature.

"Guaranteed to leave your enemies sufficiently stabbed, bitten, cleaved, or exploded."
-Grezkrick's Emporium motto

Bladetusk Boar

Creature - Boar

Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)

Those who dare stand in its path are either brave or mindless. Or in the case of goblins, both.

Canyon Minotaur

Creature - Minotaur Warrior

"We'll scale these cliffs, traverse Brittle Bridge, and then fight our way down the volcanic slopes on the other side."
"Isn't the shortest route through the canyon?"
"Yes."
"So shouldn't we-"
"No."

Crimson Muckwader

Creature - Lizard

Crimson Muckwader gets +1/+1 as long as you control a Swamp.

: Regenerate Crimson Muckwader. (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.)

Dragon Hatchling

Creature - Dragon

Flying

: Dragon Hatchling gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

"Those dragons grow fast. For a while they feed on squirrels and goblins and then suddenly you're missing a mammoth."
-Hurdek, Mazar mammoth trainer

Fire Elemental

Creature - Elemental

"Fire set free is a fearsome force-destructive, merciless, always hungry. Given direction, it is much worse."
-Jeflin, Vastwood shaman

Firewing Phoenix

Creature - Phoenix

Flying

: Return Firewing Phoenix from your graveyard to your hand.

"When a phoenix nests in a volcano, we rejoice, for it means a hundred years of war."
-Golmak, Keldon warlord

Furnace Whelp

Creature - Dragon

Flying

: Furnace Whelp gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Baby dragons can't figure out humans-if they didn't want to be killed, why were they made of meat and treasure?

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.

Goblin Battle Jester

Creature - Goblin

Whenever you cast a red spell, target creature can't block this turn.

Somehow goblins found a tactical advantage by sending a clown to war.

Hamletback Goliath

Creature - Giant Warrior

Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, you may put X +1/+1 counters on Hamletback Goliath, where X is that creature's power.

"If you live on a giant's back, there's only one individual you'll ever need to fear."
-Gaddock Teeg

Krenko, Mob Boss

Legendary Creature - Goblin Warrior

: Put X 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens onto the battlefield, where X is the number of Goblins you control.

"He displays a perverse charisma fueled by avarice. Highly dangerous. Recommend civil sanctions."
-Agmand Sarv, Azorius hussar

Mindclaw Shaman

Creature - Viashino Shaman

When Mindclaw Shaman enters the battlefield, target opponent reveals his or her hand. You may cast an instant or sorcery card from it without paying its mana cost.

Nicol Bolas gives power to those who will abuse it most.

Mogg Flunkies

Creature - Goblin

Mogg Flunkies can't attack or block alone.

They'll attack whatever's in front of them-as long as you tell them where that is.

Reckless Brute

Creature - Ogre Warrior

Haste (This creature can attack and as soon as it comes under your control.)

Reckless Brute attacks each turn if able.

His mind knows no fear, registering only the burning impulse to destroy.

Rummaging Goblin

Creature - Goblin Rogue

, Discard a card: Draw a card.

To a goblin, value is based on the four S's: shiny, stabby, smelly, and super smelly.

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.

Thundermaw Hellkite

Creature - Dragon

Flying

Haste (This creature can attack and as soon as it comes under your control.)

When Thundermaw Hellkite enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to each creature with flying your opponents control. Tap those creatures.

Torch Fiend

Creature - Devil

, Sacrifice Torch Fiend: Destroy target artifact.

Devils redecorate every room with fire.

Wall of Fire

Creature - Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

: Wall of Fire gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Mercy is for those who keep their distance.

Acidic Slime

Creature - Ooze

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

When Acidic Slime enters the battlefield, destroy target artifact, enchantment, or land.

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"

Centaur Courser

Creature - Centaur Warrior

"The centaurs are truly free. Never will they be tamed by temptation or controlled by fear. They live in total harmony, a feat not yet achieved by our kind."
-Ramal, sage of Westgate

Deadly Recluse

Creature - Spider

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)

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

Even dragons fear its silken strands.

Duskdale 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.)

Elderscale Wurm

Creature - Wurm

Trample

When Elderscale Wurm enters the battlefield, if your life total is less than 7, your life total becomes 7.

As long as you have 7 or more life, damage that would reduce your life total to less than 7 reduces it to 7 instead.

Elvish Archdruid

Creature - Elf Druid

Other Elf creatures you control get +1/+1.

: Add to your mana pool for each Elf you control.

He knows the name of every elf born in the last four centuries. More importantly, they all know his.

Elvish Visionary

Creature - Elf Shaman

When Elvish Visionary enters the battlefield, draw a card.

"From a tiny sprout, the greatest trees grow and flourish. May the seeds of your mind be equally fruitful."

Flinthoof Boar

Creature - Boar

Flinthoof Boar gets +1/+1 as long as you control a Mountain.

: Flinthoof Boar gains haste until end of turn. (It can attack and this turn.)

Through the smoke and flames it hunts, sniffing out the panicked and confused.

Garruk's Packleader

Creature - Beast

Whenever another creature with power 3 or greater enters the battlefield under your control, you may draw a card.

"He has learned much in his long years. And unlike selfish humans, he's willing to share."
-Garruk Wildspeaker

Mwonvuli Beast Tracker

Creature - Human Scout

When Mwonvuli Beast Tracker enters the battlefield, search your library for a creature card with deathtouch, hexproof, reach, or trample and reveal it. Shuffle your library and put that card on top of it.

"The more dangerous, the better."

Primal Huntbeast

Creature - Beast

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

"To the unskilled, it appears as blurred patches of distorted light. Few have seen its true form."
-Garruk Wildspeaker

Primordial Hydra

Creature - Hydra

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

At the beginning of your upkeep, double the number of +1/+1 counters on Primordial Hydra.

Primordial Hydra has trample as long as it has ten or more +1/+1 counters on it.

Quirion Dryad

Creature - Dryad

Whenever you cast a white, blue, black, or red spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Quirion Dryad.

"Never underestimate the ability of natural forces to adapt to unnatural influences."
-Molimo, maro-sorcerer

Roaring Primadox

Creature - Beast

At the beginning of your upkeep, return a creature you control to its owner's hand.

"They're easy enough to find. Question is, are you sure you want to find one?"
-Juruk, Kalonian tracker

Sentinel Spider

Creature - Spider

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

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)

"Your first reaction may be to stand very still and hope she didn't see you. Trust me, she did."
-Endril, Kalonian naturalist

Silklash Spider

Creature - Spider

Reach

: Silklash Spider deals X damage to each creature with flying.

By the time the spider comes to slurp up its dinner, its victims have been partially dissolved by acidic silk.

Spiked Baloth

Creature - Beast

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.)

If a baloth isn't hungry, it's dead.

Thragtusk

Creature - Beast

When Thragtusk enters the battlefield, you gain 5 life.

When Thragtusk leaves the battlefield, put a 3/3 green Beast creature token onto the battlefield.

"Always carry two spears."
-Mokgar, Kalonian hunter

Timberpack Wolf

Creature - Wolf

Timberpack Wolf gets +1/+1 for each other creature you control named Timberpack Wolf.

"The need for the pack is bred in their bones. Their true strength will not show itself for any other purpose."
-Garruk Wildspeaker

Vastwood Gorger

Creature - Wurm

"A long and difficult incision revealed that all vital organs are housed in the head, save for a long chain of stomachs, forty in all, leading from its throat to the end of the tail."
-Mulak Ffar, Vastwood Biodiversity

Yeva, Nature's Herald

Legendary Creature - Elf Shaman

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

You may cast green creature cards as though they had flash.

"I can call an army to my side in the blink of an eye. Best not blink."

Yeva's Forcemage

Creature - Elf Shaman

When Yeva's Forcemage enters the battlefield, target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

"Nature can't be stopped. It rips and tears at Ravnica's tallest buildings to claim its place in the sun."

Aegis Angel

Creature - Angel

Flying

When Aegis Angel enters the battlefield, another target permanent is indestructible for as long as you control Aegis Angel. (Effects that say "destroy" don't destroy that permanent. An indestructible creature can't be destroyed by damage.)

Alabaster Mage

Creature - Human Wizard

: Target creature you control gains lifelink until end of turn. (Damage dealt by the creature also causes its controller to gain that much life.)

"We hold sacred the powers of light and life. Truth and honor are our greatest weapons."
-Alabaster creed

Arbalest Elite

Creature - Human Archer

, : Arbalest Elite deals 3 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. Arbalest Elite doesn't untap during your next untap step.

There are few things as satisfying as a good, healthy thunk.

Archon of Justice

Creature - Archon

Flying

When Archon of Justice dies, exile target permanent.

In dark times, Truth bears a blade.

Armored Warhorse

Creature - Horse

"When we of the Northern Verge claim a mount, no peasant's nag will do. It must be as strong as our virtue, and must join us of its own will."
-Sarlena, paladin of the Northern Verge

Assault Griffin

Creature - Griffin

Flying

"Griffins do not serve. They give freely to those they trust."
-Amira, skycaptain of Thune

Auramancer

Creature - Human Wizard

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

"In memories, we can find our deepest reserves of strength."

Benalish Veteran

Creature - Human Soldier

Whenever Benalish Veteran attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

"One day I will rest and join my comrades in the afterlife, but not while scum like you still sully this world."

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 Avenger

Creature - Human Soldier

Whenever a creature an opponent controls becomes tapped, put a +1/+1 counter on Gideon's Avenger.

"The good don't sit and wait for the evil to act. They prepare to defend. They prepare to punish."

Gideon's Lawkeeper

Creature - Human Soldier

, : Tap target creature.

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

Grand Abolisher

Creature - Human Cleric

During your turn, your opponents can't cast spells or activate abilities of artifacts, creatures, or enchantments.

"Your superstitions and mumblings are useless chaff before my righteousness."

Griffin Rider

Creature - Human Knight

As long as you control a Griffin creature, Griffin Rider gets +3/+3 and has flying.

After fighting alongside the griffin riders, older knights of Thune learned to admire a mount that could rip an enemy to shreds in seconds.

Griffin Sentinel

Creature - Griffin

Flying

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

Once a griffin sentinel adopts a territory as its own, only death can force it to betray its post.

Mesa Enchantress

Creature - Human Druid

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

"Scholars seek to understand the way the world is. I wish to shape the world into what it should be."

Peregrine Griffin

Creature - Griffin

Flying

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

A griffin is not just an eagle's wings and a lion's claws. It is also the fiercest of hearts.

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."

Roc Egg

Creature - Bird

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

When Roc Egg dies, put a 3/3 white Bird creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

A thin shell lies between the roc and a world of bite-sized treats.

Siege Mastodon

Creature - Elephant

"The walls of the wicked will fall before us. Ready the siege engines. We proceed to war!"
-General Avitora

Stonehorn Dignitary

Creature - Rhino Soldier

When Stonehorn Dignitary enters the battlefield, target opponent skips his or her next combat phase.

It did not escape the ambassador's notice that the sound of war drums could also marshal the city to attention.

Stormfront Pegasus

Creature - Pegasus

Flying

Its hooves touch the earth only when a hero must rise.

Sun Titan

Creature - Giant

Vigilance

Whenever Sun Titan enters the battlefield or attacks, you may return target permanent card with converted mana cost 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

A blazing sun that never sets.

Æther Adept

Creature - Human Wizard

When Æther Adept enters the battlefield, return target creature to its owner's hand.

"The universe is my instrument, and the song I play upon it is one you are forbidden to hear."

Alluring Siren

Creature - Siren

: Target creature an opponent controls attacks you this turn if able.

She lures victims with promises of flesh, captures them in a net of deceit, and destroys them in the embrace of the sea.

Amphin Cutthroat

Creature - Salamander Rogue

"The amphin have long built their society in secret. While surface dwellers squabbled over trivial borders, they patiently expanded, building their ammonite temple-caves. Now amphin priests eye the shore, and amphin hunters gird for war."
-Gor Muldrak, Cryptohistories

Aven Fleetwing

Creature - Bird Soldier

Flying

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

"It was too fast, even for our veteran archers. They might as well have been blowing it kisses."
-Vulok, elvish archer

Azure Mage

Creature - Human Wizard

: Draw a card.

"We draw our power from the infinite ocean of the mind, where all manner of things can be conceived."
-Azure creed

Belltower Sphinx

Creature - Sphinx

Flying

Whenever a source deals damage to Belltower Sphinx, that source's controller puts that many cards from the top of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

Chasm Drake

Creature - Drake

Flying

Whenever Chasm Drake attacks, target creature you control gains flying until end of turn.

"Once he's got you, hold on. Fall from a drake and you'll suffer much worse than a bruise."
-Garl, drake trainer

Coral Merfolk

Creature - Merfolk

Merfolk are best known for their subtle magic. But those who try to fight them in their own territory quickly realize that merfolk are hardly defenseless on the field of battle.

Djinn of Wishes

Creature - Djinn

Flying

Djinn of Wishes enters the battlefield with three wish counters on it.

, Remove a wish counter from Djinn of Wishes: Reveal the top card of your library. You may play that card without paying its mana cost. If you don't, exile it.

Frost Titan

Creature - Giant

Whenever Frost Titan becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter that spell or ability unless its controller pays .

Whenever Frost Titan enters the battlefield or attacks, tap target permanent. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Jace's Archivist

Creature - Vedalken Wizard

, : Each player discards his or her hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

"This is a sacred duty. Master Beleren's trust has bought an eternity of my loyalty."

Lord of the Unreal

Creature - Human Wizard

Illusion creatures you control get +1/+1 and have hexproof. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

"The dream does not end until I say so."

Master Thief

Creature - Human Rogue

When Master Thief enters the battlefield, gain control of target artifact for as long as you control Master Thief.

Possession is ten-tenths of the law.

Merfolk Looter

Creature - Merfolk Rogue

: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Merfolk don't always know what they're looking for, but they're certain once they find it.

Merfolk Mesmerist

Creature - Merfolk Wizard

, : Target player puts the top two cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

"Don't you think if I saw a half-woman, half-fish with three glowing eyes, I'd have remembered?"
-Drugo, town guard

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

Phantasmal Dragon

Creature - Dragon Illusion

Flying

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

Its hunger and ire are no less for being wrought of lies and mist.

Phantasmal Image

Creature - Illusion

You may have Phantasmal Image enter the battlefield as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it's an Illusion in addition to its other types and it gains "When this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it."

Skywinder Drake

Creature - Drake

Flying

Skywinder Drake can block only creatures with flying.

It's so light and fragile that it can glide where the air is thinnest.

Blood Seeker

Creature - Vampire Shaman

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under an opponent's control, you may have that player lose 1 life.

A drop now is all he needs to find you later.

Bloodlord of Vaasgoth

Creature - Vampire Warrior

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

Flying

Whenever you cast a Vampire creature spell, it gains bloodthirst 3.

Bloodrage Vampire

Creature - Vampire

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

The most genteel facades hide the most abominable desires.

Cemetery Reaper

Creature - Zombie

Other Zombie creatures you control get +1/+1.

, : Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield.

Every grave cradles a recruit.