Pearl Dragon

Creature - Dragon

Flying

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

"They knew Bantau was lost when, to hide the pearl he had found on the beach, he swallowed it-and soon grew wings."
-Hakim, Loreweaver

Necrosavant

Creature - Zombie Giant

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

Elite Archers

Creature - Human Soldier Archer

: Elite Archers deals 3 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.

They fletch their arrows with the feathers of angels.

Abyssal Horror

Creature - Horror

Flying

When Abyssal Horror enters the battlefield, target player discards two cards.

"I dreamt of it once. Now I fear it dreams of me."
-Tolarian scholar

Dakmor Lancer

Creature - Human Knight

When Dakmor Lancer enters the battlefield, destroy target nonblack creature.

The darkness of his shield reflects the inky blackness of his soul.

Bloodshot Cyclops

Creature - Cyclops Giant

, Sacrifice a creature: Bloodshot Cyclops deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to target creature or player.

After their first encounter, the goblins named him Chuck.

Gang of Elk

Creature - Elk Beast

Whenever Gang of Elk becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn for each creature blocking it.

"I felt the ground shake, so I hid in my tent until the earthquake passed. It passed all right, and it left hoofprints."
-Femeref explorer

Two-Headed Dragon

Creature - Dragon

Flying

: Two-Headed Dragon gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Two-Headed Dragon can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.

Two-Headed Dragon can block an additional creature.

Brass Herald

Artifact Creature - Golem

As Brass Herald enters the battlefield, choose a creature type.

When Brass Herald enters the battlefield, reveal the top four cards of your library. Put all creature cards of the chosen type revealed this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Creatures of the chosen type get +1/+1.

Firestorm Phoenix

Creature - Phoenix

Flying

If Firestorm Phoenix would die, return Firestorm Phoenix to its owner's hand instead. Until that player's next turn, that player plays with that card revealed in his or her hand and can't play it.

"The bird of wonder dies, the maiden phoenix,/ Her ashes new-create another heir/ As great in admiration as herself." -William Shakespeare, King Henry the Eighth.

Frost Giant

Creature - Giant

Rampage 2 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)

The Frost Giants have been out in the cold a long, long time, but they have their rage to keep them warm.

Bartel Runeaxe

Legendary Creature - Giant Warrior

Vigilance

Bartel Runeaxe can't be the target of Aura spells.

Thundering down from Hammerheim, no foe could slow Bartel's charge.

Dakkon Blackblade

Legendary Creature - Human Warrior

Dakkon Blackblade's power and toughness are each equal to the number of lands you control.

"My power is as vast as the plains, my strength is that of mountains. Each wave that crashes upon the shore thunders like blood in my veins." -Memoirs

Hunding Gjornersen

Legendary Creature - Human Warrior

Rampage 1 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)

"You would never guess, at the terrifying sight of the man, that Hunding was as charming a companion as one could wish for."

Jerrard of the Closed Fist

Legendary Creature - Human Knight

Once, the order of the Closed Fist reached throughout the Kb'Briann Highlands. Now, Jerrard alone remains to uphold their standard.

Johan

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard

At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may have Johan gain "Johan can't attack" until end of combat. If you do, attacking doesn't cause creatures you control to tap this combat if Johan is untapped.

Kasimir the Lone Wolf

Legendary Creature - Human Warrior

Popular indeed is the tale of how Kasimir was once a Holy man who renounced his order to take up the sword. But this tale is no more likely than any other.

Livonya Silone

Legendary Creature - Human Warrior

First strike, legendary landwalk

Livonya's own nature is a matter of mystery. Nothing is known for sure, merely rumors of unearthly stealth, and unholy alliances.

Lord Magnus

Legendary Creature - Human Druid

First strike

Creatures with plainswalk can be blocked as though they didn't have plainswalk.

Creatures with forestwalk can be blocked as though they didn't have forestwalk.

Marhault Elsdragon

Legendary Creature - Elf Warrior

Rampage 1 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)

Marhault follows a strict philosophy, never letting emotions cloud his thoughts. No chance observer could imagine the rage in his heart.

Pavel Maliki

Legendary Creature - Human

: Pavel Maliki gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

We all know the legend: Pavel wanders the realms, helping those in greatest need. But is this a measure of his generosity, or of his obligation to atone?

Princess Lucrezia

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard

: Add to your mana pool.

Ramirez DePietro

Legendary Creature - Human Pirate

First strike

Ramirez DePietro is a most flamboyant pirate. Be careful not to believe his tall tales, especially when you ask his age.

Ramses Overdark

Legendary Creature - Human Assassin

: Destroy target enchanted creature.

Rasputin Dreamweaver

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard

Rasputin Dreamweaver enters the battlefield with seven dream counters on it.

Remove a dream counter from Rasputin: Add to your mana pool.

Remove a dream counter from Rasputin: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to Rasputin this turn.

At the beginning of your upkeep, if Rasputin started the turn untapped, put a dream counter on it.

Rasputin can't have more than seven dream counters on it.

Rohgahh of Kher Keep

Legendary Creature - Kobold

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay . If you don't, tap Rohgahh of Kher Keep and all creatures named Kobolds of Kher Keep, then an opponent gains control of them.

Creatures you control named Kobolds of Kher Keep get +2/+2.

Sir Shandlar of Eberyn

Legendary Creature - Human Knight

"Remember Sir Shandlar! Remember and stand firm!" -rallying cry of the Eberyn militia

Stangg

Legendary Creature - Human Warrior

When Stangg enters the battlefield, put a legendary 3/4 red and green Human Warrior creature token named Stangg Twin onto the battlefield. When Stangg leaves the battlefield, exile that token. When that token leaves the battlefield, sacrifice Stangg.

The Lady of the Mountain

Legendary Creature - Giant

Her given name has been lost in the mists of time. Legend says that her silent vigil will one day be ended by the one who, pure of heart and spirit, calls out that name again.

Torsten Von Ursus

Legendary Creature - Human Soldier

"How can you accuse me of evil? Though these deeds be unsavory, no one will argue: good shall follow from them."

Giant Shark

Creature - Fish

Giant Shark can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.

Whenever Giant Shark blocks or becomes blocked by a creature that has been dealt damage this turn, Giant Shark gets +2/+0 and gains trample until end of turn.

When you control no Islands, sacrifice Giant Shark.

Ebon Praetor

Creature - Avatar Praetor

First strike, trample

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a -2/-2 counter on Ebon Praetor.

Sacrifice a creature: Remove a -2/-2 counter from Ebon Praetor. If the sacrificed creature was a Thrull, put a +1/+0 counter on Ebon Praetor. Activate this ability only during your upkeep and only once each turn.

Feral Thallid

Creature - Fungus

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

Remove three spore counters from Feral Thallid: Regenerate Feral Thallid.

"Born and bred of fungus, Thallids were nearly impossible to kill."
-Sarpadian Empires, vol. I

Hand of Justice

Creature - Avatar

, Tap three untapped white creatures you control: Destroy target creature.

"The Hand of Justice will come to cleanse the world if we are true."
-Oliver Farrel

Shambling Strider

Creature - Yeti

: Shambling Strider gets +1/-1 until end of turn.

Freyalise forbid that any stranger should wander into the Striders' territory.

Wiitigo

Creature - Yeti

Wiitigo enters the battlefield with six +1/+1 counters on it.

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on Wiitigo if it has blocked or been blocked since your last upkeep. Otherwise, remove a +1/+1 counter from it.

Kjeldoran Phalanx

Creature - Human Soldier

First strike; 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.)

"There's nothing I like better than watching a street full of soldiers kicking down the doors of the guilty and the impure."
-Avram Garrisson, Leader of the Knights of Stromgald

Storm Spirit

Creature - Elemental Spirit

Flying

: Storm Spirit deals 2 damage to target creature.

"Come to us, with your lightning. Come to us, with your thunder. Serve us with your strength, and smite our foes with your power."
-Steinar Icefist, Balduvian Shaman

Ihsan's Shade

Legendary Creature - Shade Knight

Protection from white

"Ihsan, the weak. Ihsan, the fallen. Ihsan, the betrayer. He has brought shame to the Serra Paladins where none existed before. May his suffering equal his betrayal."
-Baris, Serra Inquisitor

Autumn Willow

Legendary Creature - Avatar

Shroud

: Until end of turn, Autumn Willow can be the target of spells and abilities controlled by target player as though it didn't have shroud.

"We must shake her limbs and rattle her brains."
-Grandmother Sengir

Keeper of Tresserhorn

Creature - Avatar

Whenever Keeper of Tresserhorn attacks and isn't blocked, it assigns no combat damage this turn and defending player loses 2 life.

Storm Elemental

Creature - Elemental

Flying

, Exile the top card of your library: Tap target creature with flying.

, Exile the top card of your library: If the exiled card is a snow land, Storm Elemental gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Darien, King of Kjeldor

Legendary Creature - Human Soldier

Whenever you're dealt damage, you may put that many 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens onto the battlefield.

"With his dream of unification fulfilled, Darien became the last king of Kjeldor. Those who followed were known as the kings of New Argive."
-Kjeldor: Ice Civilization

Kjeldoran Gargoyle

Creature - Gargoyle

Flying, first strike

Whenever Kjeldoran Gargoyle deals damage, you gain that much life.

The gargoyles were taken from the walls of flooded Kjeldoran cities and brought upland to guard the outposts of New Argive.

Void Maw

Creature - Horror

Trample

If another creature would die, exile it instead.

Put a card exiled with Void Maw into its owner's graveyard: Void Maw gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Greater Stone Spirit

Creature - Elemental Spirit

Greater Stone Spirit can't be blocked by creatures with flying.

: Until end of turn, target creature gets +0/+2 and gains ": This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn."

Having charted their way up the difficult face, the two mountaineers had to contend with the mountain's decision to stand up.

Arctic Nishoba

Creature - Cat Warrior

Trample

Cumulative upkeep or (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.)

When Arctic Nishoba dies, you gain 2 life for each age counter on it.

Aurochs Herd

Creature - Aurochs

Trample

When Aurochs Herd enters the battlefield, you may search your library for an Aurochs card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you do, shuffle your library.

Whenever Aurochs Herd attacks, it gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each other attacking Aurochs.

Deepfire Elemental

Creature - Elemental

: Destroy target artifact or creature with converted mana cost X.

"There are deep, deep places in this world that have long burned hot with little regard for the whitening of the earth's thin skin."
-Sek'Kuar, Deathkeeper

Catacomb Dragon

Creature - Dragon

Flying

Whenever Catacomb Dragon becomes blocked by a nonartifact, non-Dragon creature, that creature gets -X/-0 until end of turn, where X is half the creature's power, rounded down.

Mist Dragon

Creature - Dragon

: Mist Dragon gains flying. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

: Mist Dragon loses flying. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

: Mist Dragon phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before you untap during your next untap step.)

"Across the plains, farmers who braved the mists began to vanish. Most blamed the goblins; none guessed the truth."
-Hakim, Loreweaver

Canopy Dragon

Creature - Dragon

Trample

: Canopy Dragon gains flying and loses trample until end of turn.

"In the Mwonvuli you must divide your attention between what hangs overhead and what lies underfoot."
-Sidar Jabari

Rock Basilisk

Creature - Basilisk

Whenever Rock Basilisk blocks or becomes blocked by a non-Wall creature, destroy that creature at end of combat.

In the eastern reaches of Jamuraa are arrangements of massive stones. No one knows their origins-for certain.

Firestorm Hellkite

Creature - Dragon

Flying, trample

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.)

"If it can scar the sky with fire, do not share its destination."
-Mwani, Mtenda herder

Viashivan Dragon

Creature - Dragon

Flying

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

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

The Viashivan understand that cruelty arises from opportunity.

Cloud Djinn

Creature - Djinn

Flying

Cloud Djinn can block only creatures with flying.

As elusive as the footprint of a djinn
-Suq'Ata expression

Aboroth

Creature - Elemental

Cumulative upkeep-Put a -1/-1 counter on Aboroth. (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.)

The Weatherlight banked sharply as the colossal beast rose up to crush the lone rider. "My bet's on the dirt," Gerrard said flatly.

Maraxus of Keld

Legendary Creature - Human Warrior

Maraxus of Keld's power and toughness are each equal to the number of untapped artifacts, creatures, and lands you control.

"I have no master. I am chaos."
-Maraxus of Keld

Alabaster Dragon

Creature - Dragon

Flying

When Alabaster Dragon dies, shuffle it into its owner's library.

Commander Greven il-Vec

Legendary Creature - Human Warrior

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

When Commander Greven il-Vec enters the battlefield, sacrifice a creature.

"Rage is the only freedom left me."
-Greven il-Vec

Minion of the Wastes

Creature - Minion

Trample

As Minion of the Wastes enters the battlefield, pay any amount of life.

Minion of the Wastes's power and toughness are each equal to the life paid as it entered the battlefield.

Flowstone Sculpture

Artifact Creature - Shapeshifter

, Discard a card: Put a +1/+1 counter on Flowstone Sculpture or Flowstone Sculpture gains flying, first strike, or trample. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

The sculptor, weary of his work, created art that would finish itself.

Carnassid

Creature - Beast

Trample

: Regenerate Carnassid.

The hunter would never forget the time or place where he first met the carnassid, for they buried him there.

Flowstone Mauler

Creature - Beast

Trample

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

Once these horrifying creatures were perfected, there was no need for armodons.

Warrior Angel

Creature - Angel Warrior

Flying

Whenever Warrior Angel deals damage, you gain that much life.

She represents not hope, but hope's desperate fury.

Exalted Dragon

Creature - Dragon

Flying

Exalted Dragon can't attack unless you sacrifice a land.

If dragons excel at anything more than vanity, it is greed.

Ephemeron

Creature - Illusion

Flying

Discard a card: Return Ephemeron to its owner's hand.

From nothing came teeth.

Workhorse

Artifact Creature - Horse

Workhorse enters the battlefield with four +1/+1 counters on it.

Remove a +1/+1 counter from Workhorse: Add to your mana pool.

Drifting Djinn

Creature - Djinn

Flying

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Drifting Djinn unless you pay .

Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Zephid

Creature - Illusion

Flying; shroud (This permanent can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Once you've seen one, you'll understand why spells won't go near them.

Dark Hatchling

Creature - Horror

Flying

When Dark Hatchling enters the battlefield, destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

Witch Engine

Creature - Horror

Swampwalk

: Add to your mana pool. Target opponent gains control of Witch Engine. (Activate this ability only any time you could cast an instant.)

Crater Hellion

Creature - Hellion Beast

Echo (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)

When Crater Hellion enters the battlefield, it deals 4 damage to each other creature.

Child of Gaea

Creature - Elemental

Trample

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Child of Gaea unless you pay .

: Regenerate Child of Gaea.

King Crab

Creature - Crab

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

"I'm allergic to shellfish-not only did it kill my entire village, it also gave me this nasty rash."
-Olivia, fisher

Shivan Phoenix

Creature - Phoenix

Flying

When Shivan Phoenix dies, return Shivan Phoenix to its owner's hand.

To strike down the phoenix is to slash at the flame.

Multani, Maro-Sorcerer

Legendary Creature - Elemental

Shroud (This permanent can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Multani, Maro-Sorcerer's power and toughness are each equal to the total number of cards in all players' hands.

"To make peace with the forest, make peace with me."
-Multani, to Urza

Goblin Marshal

Creature - Goblin Warrior

Echo (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)

When Goblin Marshal enters the battlefield or dies, put two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens onto the battlefield.

Cho-Arrim Bruiser

Creature - Ogre Rebel

Whenever Cho-Arrim Bruiser attacks, you may tap up to two target creatures.

He doesn't know why the Cho-Arrim fight the Mercadians, but he's happy to bash heads for them anyway.

Jhovall Queen

Creature - Cat Rebel

Vigilance

War-trained jhovalls eat twice their weight in war-trained soldiers daily.

Aerial Caravan

Creature - Human Soldier

Flying

: Exile the top card of your library. Until end of turn, you may play that card. (Reveal the card as you exile it.)

Successful delivery is *not* guaranteed.

Cateran Slaver

Creature - Horror Mercenary

Swampwalk

, : Search your library for a Mercenary permanent card with converted mana cost 5 or less and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.

Sliptide Serpent

Creature - Serpent

: Return Sliptide Serpent to its owner's hand.

It's futile to fight something you can see only in the corner of your eye.

Volrath the Fallen

Legendary Creature - Shapeshifter

, Discard a creature card: Volrath the Fallen gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the discarded card's converted mana cost.

"I stepped out. I did not step down."

Nesting Wurm

Creature - Wurm

Trample

When Nesting Wurm enters the battlefield, you may search your library for up to three cards named Nesting Wurm, reveal them, and put them into your hand. If you do, shuffle your library.

Ruham Djinn

Creature - Djinn

First strike

Ruham Djinn gets -2/-2 as long as white is the most common color among all permanents or is tied for most common.

Wayfaring Giant

Creature - Giant

Domain - Wayfaring Giant gets +1/+1 for each basic land type among lands you control.

Its stature and stride increase with each step it takes.

Zanam Djinn

Creature - Djinn

Flying

Zanam Djinn gets -2/-2 as long as blue is the most common color among all permanents or is tied for most common.

Goham Djinn

Creature - Djinn

: Regenerate Goham Djinn.

Goham Djinn gets -2/-2 as long as black is the most common color among all permanents or is tied for most common.

Callous Giant

Creature - Giant

If a source would deal 3 or less damage to Callous Giant, prevent that damage.

"The invasion has awoken slumbering mountains," noted Urza. "Good. We can use all the help we can get."

Halam Djinn

Creature - Djinn

Haste

Halam Djinn gets -2/-2 as long as red is the most common color among all permanents or is tied for most common.

Sulam Djinn

Creature - Djinn

Trample

Sulam Djinn gets -2/-2 as long as green is the most common color among all permanents or is tied for most common.

Verdeloth the Ancient

Legendary Creature - Treefolk

Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)

Saproling creatures and other Treefolk creatures get +1/+1.

When Verdeloth the Ancient enters the battlefield, if it was kicked, put X 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens onto the battlefield.

Crosis, the Purger

Legendary Creature - Dragon

Flying

Whenever Crosis, the Purger deals combat damage to a player, you may pay . If you do, choose a color, then that player reveals his or her hand and discards all cards of that color.

Darigaaz, the Igniter

Legendary Creature - Dragon

Flying

Whenever Darigaaz, the Igniter deals combat damage to a player, you may pay . If you do, choose a color, then that player reveals his or her hand and Darigaaz deals damage to the player equal to the number of cards of that color revealed this way.

Dromar, the Banisher

Legendary Creature - Dragon

Flying

Whenever Dromar, the Banisher deals combat damage to a player, you may pay . If you do, choose a color, then return all creatures of that color to their owners' hands.

Rith, the Awakener

Legendary Creature - Dragon

Flying

Whenever Rith, the Awakener deals combat damage to a player, you may pay . If you do, choose a color, then put a 1/1 green Saproling creature token onto the battlefield for each permanent of that color.

Sabertooth Nishoba

Creature - Cat Beast Warrior

Trample, protection from blue and from red

They sneer at the terrestrial dangers found on peaks and shores, eager to prove themselves against new and even mightier foes.

Treva, the Renewer

Legendary Creature - Dragon

Flying

Whenever Treva, the Renewer deals combat damage to a player, you may pay . If you do, choose a color, then you gain 1 life for each permanent of that color.

Alloy Golem

Artifact Creature - Golem

As Alloy Golem enters the battlefield, choose a color.

Alloy Golem is the chosen color. (It's still an artifact.)

"We turned old weapons into new warriors."
-Jhoira, master artificer