Hurr Jackal

Creature - Hound

: Target creature can't be regenerated this turn.

Bog Rats

Creature - Rat

Bog Rats can't be blocked by Walls.

Their stench was vile and strong enough, but not nearly as powerful as their hunger.

Initiates of the Ebon Hand

Creature - Cleric

: Add to your mana pool. If this ability has been activated four or more times this turn, sacrifice Initiates of the Ebon Hand at the beginning of the next end step.

"We are no longer Nature's children, but her masters . . . ."
-Oath of the Ebon Hand

Kjeldoran Dead

Creature - Skeleton

When Kjeldoran Dead enters the battlefield, sacrifice a creature.

: Regenerate Kjeldoran Dead.

"They shall drink sorrow's dregs. They shall kill those whom once they loved."
-Lim-Dûl, the Necromancer

Ghazbán Ogre

Creature - Ogre

At the beginning of your upkeep, if a player has more life than each other player, the player with the most life gains control of Ghazbán Ogre.

"We were holding our own-until the ogre guiding us suddenly grinned and turned on our commander."
-Ivra Jursdotter, Sarpadian mercenary

Scavenger Folk

Creature - Human

, , Sacrifice Scavenger Folk: Destroy target artifact.

"Stoop, pick, turn, toss.
This is the way we mourn our loss."
-Scavenger dirge

Tarpan

Creature - Horse

When Tarpan dies, you gain 1 life.

"A good tarpan will serve you, faithful and true. A bad one will kick you in the head."
-General Jarkeld, the Arctic Fox

Goblin Digging Team

Creature - Goblin

, Sacrifice Goblin Digging Team: Destroy target Wall.

"From down here we can make the whole wall collapse!"
"Uh, yeah, boss, but how do we get out?"

Mountain Goat

Creature - Goat

Mountainwalk

"Folklore has it that to capture a mountain goat is a sign of divine blessing. I just know it's a sign that dinner is on the way."
-Klazina Jansdotter,
Leader of the Order of the Sacred Torch

Orcish Captain

Creature - Orc Warrior

: Flip a coin. If you win the flip, target Orc creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. If you lose the flip, it gets -0/-2 until end of turn.

There's a chance to win every battle.

Orcish Conscripts

Creature - Orc

Orcish Conscripts can't attack unless at least two other creatures attack.

Orcish Conscripts can't block unless at least two other creatures block.

Primordial Ooze

Creature - Ooze

Primordial Ooze attacks each turn if able.

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on Primordial Ooze. Then you may pay , where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on it. If you don't, tap Primordial Ooze and it deals X damage to you.

Death Speakers

Creature - Human Cleric

Protection from black

"The dead may be beyond the law, but speaking the wisdom of the dead will afford no protection!"
-Calmont, Aysen bureaucrat

Icatian Scout

Creature - Human Soldier Scout

, : Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.

"In these, our final days, I offer this. Though we could not save Icatia, we gave our children time to grow, and love, before it fell."
-Ailis Connaut, diary

Resistance Fighter

Creature - Human Soldier

Sacrifice Resistance Fighter: Prevent all combat damage target creature would deal this turn.

"My soldiers fought without hesitation, died without doubt."
-Sidar Jabari

Blood Pet

Creature - Thrull

Sacrifice Blood Pet: Add to your mana pool.

"You are wrong," Volrath said. "I do not hate the living. They often prove quite useful to me." And then he laughed.

Eager Cadet

Creature - Human Soldier

"Training? Seeing my crops burnt to cinders was all the ‘training' I needed."

Elvish Lyrist

Creature - Elf

, , Sacrifice Elvish Lyrist: Destroy target enchantment.

To an elf, magic and music are the same.

Maggot Carrier

Creature - Zombie

When Maggot Carrier enters the battlefield, each player loses 1 life.

"We do not suddenly fall on death, but advance towards it by slight degrees; we die every day."
-Seneca, Epistles, trans. Gummere

Cinder Wall

Creature - Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

When Cinder Wall blocks, destroy it at end of combat.

"The smell of roasted flesh hung over the valley for hours."
-Onean sergeant

Orcish Spy

Creature - Orc Rogue

: Look at the top three cards of target player's library.

"You idiot Never let the spies mingle with the orcish regulars after completing a mission. Now we'll never get them to fight"
-General Khurzog

Elvish Pioneer

Creature - Elf Druid

When Elvish Pioneer enters the battlefield, you may put a basic land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.

"Destruction is the work of an afternoon. Creation is the work of a lifetime."

Elvish Scrapper

Creature - Elf

, , Sacrifice Elvish Scrapper: Destroy target artifact.

"The stories tell of a distant time when machines overran the forests, destroying everything that lived. That time will not come again."

Stone-Throwing Devils

Creature - Devil

First strike

Sometimes those with the most sin cast the first stones.

Flying Men

Creature - Human

Flying

Saffiyah clapped her hands and twenty flying men appeared at her side, each well trained in the art of combat.

Merchant Ship

Creature - Human

Merchant Ship can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.

Whenever Merchant Ship attacks and isn't blocked, you gain 2 life.

When you control no Islands, sacrifice Merchant Ship.

Abu Ja'far

Creature - Human

When Abu Ja'far dies, destroy all creatures blocking or blocked by it. They can't be regenerated.

Camel

Creature - Camel

Banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

As long as Camel is attacking, prevent all damage Deserts would deal to Camel and to creatures banded with Camel.

Everyone knew Walid was a pious man, for he had been blessed with many sons, many jewels, and a great many Camels.

Goblin Artisans

Creature - Goblin Artificer

: Flip a coin. If you win the flip, draw a card. If you lose the flip, counter target artifact spell you control that isn't the target of an ability from another creature named Goblin Artisans.

Aisling Leprechaun

Creature - Faerie

Whenever Aisling Leprechaun blocks or becomes blocked by a creature, that creature becomes green. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Clergy of the Holy Nimbus

Creature - Human Cleric

If Clergy of the Holy Nimbus would be destroyed, regenerate it.

: Clergy of the Holy Nimbus can't be regenerated this turn. Only any opponent may activate this ability.

Electric Eel

Creature - Fish

When Electric Eel enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to you.

: Electric Eel gets +2/+0 until end of turn and deals 1 damage to you.

Water Wurm

Creature - Wurm

Water Wurm gets +0/+1 as long as an opponent controls an Island.

Elves of Deep Shadow

Creature - Elf Druid

: Add to your mana pool. Elves of Deep Shadow deals 1 damage to you.

"They are aberrations who have turned on everything we hold sacred. Let them be cast out." -Ailheen, Speaker of the Council

Savaen Elves

Creature - Elf

, : Destroy target Aura attached to a land.

"Purity of magic can only come from purity of the land. How can a meal nourish if the ingredients are spoiled?" -Sidaine of Savaen

Whippoorwill

Creature - Bird

, : Target creature can't be regenerated this turn. Damage that would be dealt to that creature this turn can't be prevented or dealt instead to another creature or player. When the creature dies this turn, exile the creature.

If the Whippoorwill remains silent, the soul has not reached its reward.

Goblins of the Flarg

Creature - Goblin Warrior

Mountainwalk

When you control a Dwarf, sacrifice Goblins of the Flarg.

Miracle Worker

Creature - Human Cleric

: Destroy target Aura attached to a creature you control.

"Those blessed hands could bring surcease to even the most tainted soul." -Sister Betje, Miracles of the Saints

Elvish Scout

Creature - Elf Scout

, : Untap target attacking creature you control. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by it this turn.

Even one whose ears were closely tuned to the sounds of Havenwood could miss hearing a Scout move past.

Thallid

Creature - Fungus

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a spore counter on Thallid.

Remove three spore counters from Thallid: Put a 1/1 green Saproling creature token onto the battlefield.

Dwarven Armorer

Creature - Dwarf

, , Discard a card: Put a +0/+1 counter or a +1/+0 counter on target creature.

"The few remaining pieces from this period suggest the Dwarves eventually made weapons and armor out of everything, even children's toys."
-Sarpadian Empires, vol. IV

Goblin Chirurgeon

Creature - Goblin Shaman

Sacrifice a Goblin: Regenerate target creature.

The Chirurgeons patched up their fallen comrades with a gruesome mix of twisted limbs and mangled flesh.

Icatian Infantry

Creature - Human Soldier

: Icatian Infantry gains first strike until end of turn.

: Icatian Infantry gains banding until end of turn. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

The Icatian army easily repelled early surprise attacks by the Orcs on border towns like Montford.

Icatian Javelineers

Creature - Human Soldier

Icatian Javelineers enters the battlefield with a javelin counter on it.

, Remove a javelin counter from Icatian Javelineers: Icatian Javelineers deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

Balduvian Shaman

Creature - Human Cleric Shaman

: Change the text of target white enchantment you control that doesn't have cumulative upkeep by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (For example, you may change "black creatures can't attack" to "blue creatures can't attack.") That enchantment gains "Cumulative upkeep ." (At the beginning of its controller's upkeep, that player puts an age counter on it, then sacrifices it unless he or she pays its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

Brown Ouphe

Creature - Ouphe

, : Counter target activated ability from an artifact source. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

"Ouphes love trinkets and love to take them apart. I only wish they wouldn't do so with the magical ones."
-Taaveti of Kelsinko, Elvish Hunter

Fyndhorn Elves

Creature - Elf Druid

: Add to your mana pool.

"Living side by side with the Elves for so long leaves me with no doubt that we serve the same goddess."
-Kolbjörn, Elder Druid of the Juniper Order

Rime Dryad

Creature - Dryad

Snow forestwalk

"The Dryads told us to stay, as no new horrors would come when it was so cold. Three of us left anyway. The rest believed their lies, and their skeletons weren't found until the thaw."
-Disa the Restless, journal entry

Tinder Wall

Creature - Plant Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

Sacrifice Tinder Wall: Add to your mana pool.

, Sacrifice Tinder Wall: Tinder Wall deals 2 damage to target creature it's blocking.

Orcish Lumberjack

Creature - Orc

, Sacrifice a Forest: Add three mana in any combination of and/or to your mana pool.

"How did I ever let myself get talked into this project?"
-Toothlicker Harj, Orcish Captain

Kelsinko Ranger

Creature - Human

: Target green creature gains first strike until end of turn.

"Rangers not trained by the Elves just aren't the same."
-Lucilde Fiksdotter, Leader of the Order of the White Shield

Kjeldoran Warrior

Creature - Human Warrior

Banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

"Give me a thousand such Warriors and I could change the world."
-Avram Garrisson, Leader of the Knights of Stromgald

Folk of An-Havva

Creature - Human

Whenever Folk of An-Havva blocks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

"This town's only for good folk. The rest can go to the city."
-Joskun, An-Havva Constable

Joven's Ferrets

Creature - Ferret

Whenever Joven's Ferrets attacks, it gets +0/+2 until end of turn.

At end of combat, tap all creatures that blocked Joven's Ferrets this turn. They don't untap during their controller's next untap step.

Dwarven Pony

Creature - Horse

, : Target Dwarf creature gains mountainwalk until end of turn.

"I hear Halina's got a pony that can count to six-and likes to eat meat."
-Chandler

Dwarven Trader

Creature - Dwarf

"Their definition of ‘fair profit' is certainly novel."
-Reveka, Wizard Savant

Trade Caravan

Creature - Human Nomad

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a currency counter on Trade Caravan.

Remove two currency counters from Trade Caravan: Untap target basic land. Activate this ability only during an opponent's upkeep.

Roterothopter

Artifact Creature - Thopter

Flying

: Roterothopter gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate this ability no more than twice each turn.

"The Roterothopter is as insidious as it is ingenious. It is one of the few creations of our school that I take no pride in."
-Baki, Wizard Attendant

Insidious Bookworms

Creature - Worm

When Insidious Bookworms dies, you may pay . If you do, target player discards a card at random.

Agent of Stromgald

Creature - Human Knight

: Add to your mana pool.

"The Order of Stromgald spreads its poisonous lies from within Varchild's troops, and still she sees only visions of conquest."
-Lovisa Coldeyes, Balduvian Chieftain

Gorilla Shaman

Creature - Ape Shaman

: Destroy target noncreature artifact with converted mana cost X.

"Frankly, destruction is best left to professionals."
-Jaya Ballard, Task Mage

Soldier of Fortune

Creature - Human Mercenary

, : Target player shuffles his or her library.

"Loyalty to coin alone is loyalty nonetheless."
-General Varchild

Royal Herbalist

Creature - Human Cleric

, Exile the top card of your library: You gain 1 life.

"Just as an Herbalist heals a wound, so must we heal the rift between Balduvia and Kjeldor."
-King Darien of Kjeldor

Kjeldoran Javelineer

Creature - Human Soldier

Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

: Kjeldoran Javelineer deals damage equal to the number of age counters on it to target attacking or blocking creature.

Martyr of Sands

Creature - Human Cleric

, Reveal X white cards from your hand, Sacrifice Martyr of Sands: You gain three times X life.

"Only in our vulnerability is there true power, and that power is life itself."

Martyr of Frost

Creature - Human Wizard

, Reveal X blue cards from your hand, Sacrifice Martyr of Frost: Counter target spell unless its controller pays .

"Do not call the Balduvians barbaric. Their magic is as potent as it is primal."
-Zur the Enchanter

Martyr of Bones

Creature - Human Wizard

, Reveal X black cards from your hand, Sacrifice Martyr of Bones: Exile up to X target cards from a single graveyard.

Puppeteered by Heidar's icy hand, they were sacrificed to the Frost Marsh to raise Haakon's army.

Lightning Serpent

Creature - Elemental Serpent

Trample, haste

Lightning Serpent enters the battlefield with X +1/+0 counters on it.

At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice Lightning Serpent.

Ice exploded into steam in its wake, hissing like a thousand serpents hailing their blazing master.

Martyr of Ashes

Creature - Human Shaman

, Reveal X red cards from your hand, Sacrifice Martyr of Ashes: Martyr of Ashes deals X damage to each creature without flying.

She turns ash into flame and burns enemies to ash.

Martyr of Spores

Creature - Human Shaman

, Reveal X green cards from your hand, Sacrifice Martyr of Spores: Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn.

"Weep not for me. I will rise with the spring's new growth."

Sewer Rats

Creature - Rat

, Pay 1 life: Sewer Rats gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate this ability no more than three times each turn.

You lie down with rats, and the rats run away.
-Suq'Ata insult

Shadow Guildmage

Creature - Human Wizard

, : Put target creature you control on top of its owner's library.

, : Shadow Guildmage deals 1 damage to target creature or player and 1 damage to you.

To keep the dead so others may live.
-Shadow Guild maxim

Shaper Guildmage

Creature - Human Wizard

, : Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.

, : Target creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Shape this world in Zhalfir's image.
-Shaper Guild maxim

Granger Guildmage

Creature - Human Wizard

, : Granger Guildmage deals 1 damage to target creature or player and 1 damage to you.

, : Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.

Leave no mouth agape, no stomach unfilled.
-Granger Guild maxim

Mtenda Lion

Creature - Cat

Whenever Mtenda Lion attacks, defending player may pay . If that player does, prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by Mtenda Lion this turn.

"The lion drank that lake right up! In thanks, he gave Siti the power to speak with lions and make them leave the goats alone."
-Afari, Tales

Village Elder

Creature - Human Druid

, , Sacrifice a Forest: Regenerate target creature.

"Enchant me with your tale-telling. Tell about Tree, Grass, River, and Wind. / Tell why Truth must fight with Falsehood, and why Truth will always win."
-"Love Song of Night and Day"

Armorer Guildmage

Creature - Human Wizard

, : Target creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

, : Target creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn.

Zhalfir's destiny rings in tempered steel.
-Armorer Guild maxim

Goblin Soothsayer

Creature - Goblin Shaman

, , Sacrifice a Goblin: Red creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn.

"I see a great victory and rivers of blood. And . . . hmm, looks like a spleen."
-Grishnak, goblin soothsayer

Civic Guildmage

Creature - Human Wizard

, : Target creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn.

, : Put target creature you control on top of its owner's library.

To condemn the innocent you must first condemn yourself.
-Civic Guild maxim

Mtenda Herder

Creature - Human Scout

Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.)

"All animals-even humans-can be herded. The trick is to make them think they choose their own destination."
-Mangara

Vigilant Martyr

Creature - Human Cleric

Sacrifice Vigilant Martyr: Regenerate target creature.

, , Sacrifice Vigilant Martyr: Counter target spell that targets an enchantment.

Phyrexian Dreadnought

Artifact Creature - Dreadnought

Trample

When Phyrexian Dreadnought enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you sacrifice any number of creatures with total power 12 or greater.

Shrieking Drake

Creature - Drake

Flying

When Shrieking Drake enters the battlefield, return a creature you control to its owner's hand.

"Kaervek believes the drakes' cries herald his victory; in truth, they mourn aloud for his impending demise."
-Teferi

Quirion Ranger

Creature - Elf

Return a Forest you control to its owner's hand: Untap target creature. Activate this ability only once each turn.

"Respect the earth, for it will one day be your shield and another day your blanket."
-Liefellen, Quirion exarch

Goblin Swine-Rider

Creature - Goblin

Whenever Goblin Swine-Rider becomes blocked, it deals 2 damage to each attacking creature and each blocking creature.

"May you get the mount you deserve."
-Suq'Ata curse

Keeper of Kookus

Creature - Goblin

: Keeper of Kookus gains protection from red until end of turn.

Wanted: Thick-skinned goblin for guarding mean ol' Kookus. Must like fires. Must heal quickly.

Circling Vultures

Creature - Bird

Flying

You may discard Circling Vultures any time you could cast an instant.

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Circling Vultures unless you exile the top creature card of your graveyard.

Mwonvuli Ooze

Creature - Ooze

Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay for each age counter on it.)

Mwonvuli Ooze's power and toughness are each equal to 1 plus twice the number of age counters on it.

"Ewww!"

Rogue Elephant

Creature - Elephant

When Rogue Elephant enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you sacrifice a Forest.

"When are trees like grass?"
-The One Thousand Questions

Veteran Explorer

Creature - Human Soldier Scout

When Veteran Explorer dies, each player may search his or her library for up to two basic land cards and put them onto the battlefield. Then each player who searched his or her library this way shuffles it.

Goblin Vandal

Creature - Goblin Rogue

Whenever Goblin Vandal attacks and isn't blocked, you may pay . If you do, destroy target artifact defending player controls and Goblin Vandal assigns no combat damage this turn.

Roc Hatchling

Creature - Bird

Roc Hatchling enters the battlefield with four shell counters on it.

At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a shell counter from Roc Hatchling.

As long as Roc Hatchling has no shell counters on it, it gets +3/+2 and has flying.

Benalish Missionary

Creature - Human Cleric

, : Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target blocked creature this turn.

"These horn-haters say no gods but theirs exist. I say let him find out for himself-right now!"
-Tahngarth of the Weatherlight

Straw Golem

Artifact Creature - Golem

When an opponent casts a creature spell, sacrifice Straw Golem.

"Don't look at me. I didn't build it."
-Hanna, Weatherlight navigator

Pit Imp

Creature - Imp

Flying

: Pit Imp gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate this ability no more than twice each turn.

The moans of the Death Pits were underscored by the chattering of imps, for whom the ship was cause for much discussion.

Manta Riders

Creature - Merfolk

: Manta Riders gains flying until end of turn.

"Water is firmament to the finned."
-Oracle en-Vec

Rootwater Diver

Creature - Merfolk

, Sacrifice Rootwater Diver: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

"Drop a dagger into the murky deep and the merfolk will cut your throat with it."
-Skyshroud saying

Spike Drone

Creature - Spike Drone

Spike Drone enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.

, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Spike Drone: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Jackal Pup

Creature - Hound

Whenever Jackal Pup is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to you.

The first morning after acquiring her familiar, the wizard awoke with fleabites and mange.

Mogg Conscripts

Creature - Goblin

Mogg Conscripts can't attack unless you've cast a creature spell this turn.

"Torahn's horns! They've seen us. Now, statue, you must fight to save yourself!"
-Tahngarth, aboard the Predator