Profane Memento

Artifact

Whenever a creature card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, you gain 1 life.

"An angel's skull is left too plain by death. I made a few aesthetic modifications."
-Dommique, blood artist

Shield of the Avatar

Artifact - Equipment

If a source would deal damage to equipped creature, prevent X of that damage, where X is the number of creatures you control.

Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

We are made stronger by those we fight for.
Designed by Richard Garriott

Defiant Strike

Instant

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

Draw a card.

"Stand where the whole battle can see you. Strike so they'll never forget."
-Anafenza, khan of the Abzan

Erase

Instant

Exile target enchantment.

"Don't trust your eyes, for mages are skilled in deception. Trust only in your faith. It will wipe everything clean."
-Lila, Erunian priest

Firehoof Cavalry

Creature - Human Berserker

: Firehoof Cavalry gets +2/+0 and gains trample until end of turn.

"What warrior worth the name fears to leave a trail? If my enemies seek me, let them follow the ashes in my wake."

Herald of Anafenza

Creature - Human Soldier

Outlast (, : Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Outlast only as a sorcery.)

Whenever you activate Herald of Anafenza's outlast ability, put a 1/1 white Warrior creature token onto the battlefield.

Mardu Hateblade

Creature - Human Warrior

: Mardu Hateblade gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

"There may be little honor in my tactics, but there is no honor in losing."

Embodiment of Spring

Creature - Elemental

, , Sacrifice Embodiment of Spring: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.

Arel dreamed of winter's end. The next morning she followed a strange trail and found a seedling in the snow.

Icy Blast

Instant

Tap X target creatures.

Ferocious - If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, those creatures don't untap during their controllers' next untap steps.

"Do not think the sand or the sun will hold back the breath of winter."

Stubborn Denial

Instant

Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays .

Ferocious - If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, counter that spell instead.

The Temur have no patience for subtlety.

Bloodsoaked Champion

Creature - Human Warrior

Bloodsoaked Champion can't block.

Raid - : Return Bloodsoaked Champion from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate this ability only if you attacked with a creature this turn.

"Death is merely another foe the Mardu will overcome."

Despise

Sorcery

Target opponent reveals his or her hand. You choose a creature or planeswalker card from it. That player discards that card.

"Truth is always a weapon in your enemies' hands."
-Geth, Lord of the Vault

Disowned Ancestor

Creature - Spirit Warrior

Outlast (, : Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Outlast only as a sorcery.)

Long after death, the spirits of the Disowned continue to seek redemption among their Abzan kin.

Molting Snakeskin

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +2/+0 and has ": Regenerate this creature."

Flesh wounds are meaningless to those who discard their flesh so readily.

Retribution of the Ancients

Enchantment

, Remove X +1/+1 counters from among creatures you control: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.

Abzan ancestors died to protect their Houses, and they protect them still.

Ruthless Ripper

Creature - Human Assassin

Deathtouch

Morph-Reveal a black card in your hand. (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for . Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

When Ruthless Ripper is turned face up, target player loses 2 life.

Crater's Claws

Sorcery

Crater's Claws deals X damage to target creature or player.

Ferocious - Crater's Claws deals X plus 2 damage to that creature or player instead if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.

Monastery Swiftspear

Creature - Human Monk

Haste

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

The calligraphy of combat is written with strokes of sudden blood.

Hardened Scales

Enchantment

If one or more +1/+1 counters would be placed on a creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are placed on it instead.

"Naga shed their scales. We wear ours with pride."
-Golran, dragonscale captain

Kin-Tree Warden

Creature - Human Warrior

: Regenerate Kin-Tree Warden.

Morph (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for . Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

"The amber of the tree and the blood of my veins are the same."

Altar of the Brood

Artifact

Whenever another permanent enters the battlefield under your control, each opponent puts the top card of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

Supplicants offer flesh and silver, flowers and blood. The altar takes what it will, eyes gleaming with unspoken promises.

Ghostfire Blade

Artifact - Equipment

Equipped creature gets +2/+2.

Equip

Ghostfire Blade's equip ability costs less to activate if it targets a colorless creature.

If you fear the dragon's fire, you are unworthy to wield it.

Lens of Clarity

Artifact

You may look at the top card of your library and at face-down creatures you don't control. (You may do this at any time.)

"Water shifts and confuses, but as ice it holds the stillness of truth."
-Arel the Whisperer

Cliffside Lookout

Creature - Kor Scout Ally

: Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

Though losses run high among the scouts of the Stone Havens, they never flinch from their duty.

Expedition Envoy

Creature - Human Scout Ally

The unofficial motto of every expedition house is "ready for anything," a phrase whose significance has been amplified since the emergence of the Eldrazi.

Kitesail Scout

Creature - Kor Scout

Flying

"The wind in one's hair, the sun on one's back, the joy of open skies . . . the next generation of kor must know this kind of peace."

Lithomancer's Focus

Instant

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to that creature this turn by colorless sources.

"Even in the hands of amateurs, Nahiri's hedrons can harm the Eldrazi."-Ugin

Salvage Drone

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Ingest (Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles the top card of his or her library.)

When Salvage Drone dies, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Clutch of Currents

Sorcery

Return target creature to its owner's hand.

Awaken 3- (If you cast this spell for , also put three +1/+1 counters on target land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.)

Rush of Ice

Sorcery

Tap target creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Awaken 3- (If you cast this spell for , also put three +1/+1 counters on target land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.)

Sludge Crawler

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Ingest (Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles the top card of his or her library.)

: Sludge Crawler gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Bone Splinters

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast Bone Splinters, sacrifice a creature.

Destroy target creature.

"Which do you deserve, the heft of a femur or the graceful sharpness of a forearm? Decisions, decisions . . ."
-Gisa the Mad

Vampiric Rites

Enchantment

, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life and draw a card.

For vampires, blood carries more than life. Memories long eroded from the minds of bloodchiefs can be reclaimed from the veins of their sired kin.

Dragonmaster Outcast

Creature - Human Shaman

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control six or more lands, put a 5/5 red Dragon creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

"Cast out by my tribe, I am a pariah trapped in this mammal's carcass. Only my true kin hear my cries."

Lavastep Raider

Creature - Goblin Warrior

: Lavastep Raider gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Goblins were first to see the potential of hedrons in the fight against the Eldrazi, for the magical stones came ready-made with pointy bits.

Outnumber

Instant

Outnumber deals damage to target creature equal to the number of creatures you control.

Everyone who could still lift a weapon had a part in retaking Sea Gate.

Blisterpod

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

When Blisterpod dies, put a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token onto the battlefield. It has "Sacrifice this creature: Add to your mana pool."

A blisterpod's corpse is a scion's cradle.

Jaddi Offshoot

Creature - Plant

Defender

Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you gain 1 life.

On Murasa, even the trees grow trees.

Scythe Leopard

Creature - Cat

Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, Scythe Leopard gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Eldrazi are not the leopard's preferred prey, but they are better than no prey at all.

Hedron Blade

Artifact - Equipment

Equipped creature gets +1/+1.

Whenever equipped creature becomes blocked by one or more colorless creatures, it gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)