Ephemeral Shields

Instant

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)

Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Kinsbaile Skirmisher

Creature - Kithkin Soldier

When Kinsbaile Skirmisher enters the battlefield, target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

"If a boggart even dares breathe near one of my kin, I'll know. And I'll not be happy."

Oreskos Swiftclaw

Creature - Cat Warrior

After the Battle of Pharagax Bridge, the Champion spent many months among the leonin of Oreskos. She found that they were quick to take offense, not because they were thin-skinned, but because they were always eager for a fight.
-The Theriad

Raise the Alarm

Instant

Put two 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens onto the battlefield.

"The nim raid our homes without warning. We must defend our homes without hesitation."

Return to the Ranks

Sorcery

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)

Return X target creature cards with converted mana cost 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Spirit Bonds

Enchantment

Whenever a nontoken creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may pay . If you do, put a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

, Sacrifice a Spirit: Target non-Spirit creature gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Designed by Justin Gary

Sungrace Pegasus

Creature - Pegasus

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

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

The sacred feathers of the pegasus are said to have healing powers.

Wall of Essence

Creature - Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

Whenever Wall of Essence is dealt combat damage, you gain that much life.

The ceiling and the floor fell in love, but only the wall knew.
-Dal saying

Chief Engineer

Creature - Vedalken Artificer

Artifact spells you cast have convoke. (Your creatures can help cast those spells. Each creature you tap while casting an artifact spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)

An eye for detail, a mind for numbers, a soul of clockwork.

Diffusion Sliver

Creature - Sliver

Whenever a Sliver creature you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter that spell or ability unless its controller pays .

"The hive shimmered, and its walls seemed a living mirror."
-Hastric, Thunian scout

Ensoul Artifact

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant artifact

Enchanted artifact is a creature with base power and toughness 5/5 in addition to its other types.

Too often, some self-described genius comes up with a "labor-saving device" that ends up creating far more work.

Invisibility

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature can't be blocked except by Walls.

Military Intelligence

Enchantment

Whenever you attack with two or more creatures, draw a card.

To know the battlefield is to anticipate the enemy. To know the enemy is to anticipate victory.

Mind Sculpt

Sorcery

Target opponent puts the top seven cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

"Your mind was a curious mix of madness and genius. I just took away the genius."
-Jace Beleren

Negate

Instant

Counter target noncreature spell.

Masters of the arcane savor a delicious irony. Their study of deep and complex arcana leads to such a simple end: the ability to say merely yes or no.

Peel from Reality

Instant

Return target creature you control and target creature you don't control to their owners' hands.

"Soulless demon, you are bound to me. Now we will both dwell in oblivion."

Quickling

Creature - Faerie Rogue

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

Flying

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

Research Assistant

Creature - Human Wizard

, : Draw a card, then discard a card.

There are many words and phrases that can cause an experienced wizard to tremble in fear. Chief among them is "oops."

Turn to Frog

Instant

Until end of turn, target creature loses all abilities and becomes a blue Frog with base power and toughness 1/1.

"Ribbit."

Welkin Tern

Creature - Bird

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

Welkin Tern can block only creatures with flying.

"It preys on other birds. And drakelings. And drakes. Pretty much anything that crosses its flight path is fair game."
-Amira, skycaptain of Thune

Black Cat

Creature - Zombie Cat

When Black Cat dies, target opponent discards a card at random.

Its last life is spent tormenting your dreams.

Child of Night

Creature - Vampire

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

Sins that would be too gruesome in the light of day are made more pleasing in the dark of night.

Eternal Thirst

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature has lifelink and "Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature." (Damage dealt by a creature with lifelink also causes its controller to gain that much life.)

Leeching Sliver

Creature - Sliver

Whenever a Sliver you control attacks, defending player loses 1 life.

"Seeing one slowly devour one of my party begged the question-do they know what cruelty is?"
-Hastric, Thunian scout

Necromancer's Stockpile

Enchantment

, Discard a creature card: Draw a card. If the discarded card was a Zombie card, put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield tapped.

The experiments decided to perform some research of their own.

Sign in Blood

Sorcery

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Little agonies pave the way to greater power.

Waste Not

Enchantment

Whenever an opponent discards a creature card, put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield.

Whenever an opponent discards a land card, add to your mana pool.

Whenever an opponent discards a noncreature, nonland card, draw a card.

Designed by the Magic community

Altac Bloodseeker

Creature - Human Berserker

Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, Altac Bloodseeker gets +2/+0 and gains first strike and haste until end of turn. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike, and it can attack and as soon as it comes under your control.)

Borderland Marauder

Creature - Human Warrior

Whenever Borderland Marauder attacks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Though she is rightly feared, there are relatively few tales of her deeds in battle, for few survive her raids.

Circle of Flame

Enchantment

Whenever a creature without flying attacks you or a planeswalker you control, Circle of Flame deals 1 damage to that creature.

"Which do you think is a better deterrent: a moat of water or one of fire?"
-Chandra Nalaar

Generator Servant

Creature - Elemental

, Sacrifice Generator Servant: Add to your mana pool. If that mana is spent on a creature spell, it gains haste until end of turn. (That creature can attack and as soon as it comes under your control.)

Goblin Kaboomist

Creature - Goblin Warrior

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a colorless artifact token named Land Mine onto the battlefield with ", Sacrifice this artifact: This artifact deals 2 damage to target attacking creature without flying." Then flip a coin. If you lose the flip, Goblin Kaboomist deals 2 damage to itself.

Designed by Stone Librande

Inferno Fist

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature you control

Enchanted creature gets +2/+0.

, Sacrifice Inferno Fist: Inferno Fist deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

"I've never been above throwing the first punch."

Lightning Strike

Instant

Lightning Strike deals 3 damage to target creature or player.

"The hand of Keranos can be seen in every rumbling storm cloud. Best not to stand where he points."
-Rakleia of Shrine Peak

Shrapnel Blast

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Shrapnel Blast, sacrifice an artifact.

Shrapnel Blast deals 5 damage to target creature or player.

Torch Fiend

Creature - Devil

, Sacrifice Torch Fiend: Destroy target artifact.

Devils redecorate every room with fire.

Back to Nature

Instant

Destroy all enchantments.

"Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays

Genesis Hydra

Creature - Plant Hydra

When you cast Genesis Hydra, reveal the top X cards of your library. You may put a nonland permanent card with converted mana cost X or less from among them onto the battlefield. Then shuffle the rest into your library.

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

Life's Legacy

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast Life's Legacy, sacrifice a creature.

Draw cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

At the instant of death, the mystery of life.

Naturalize

Instant

Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

"When your cities and trinkets crumble, only nature will remain."
-Garruk Wildspeaker