Ephara's Warden

Creature - Human Cleric

: Tap target creature with power 3 or less.

"When you threaten the sanctity of the polis, you insult Ephara herself. If she doesn't smite you, I will."

Returned Centaur

Creature - Zombie Centaur

When Returned Centaur enters the battlefield, target player puts the top four cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

Driven away by his living kin, he wanders mourning through the wilderness, seeking the dead city of Asphodel.

Returned Phalanx

Creature - Zombie Soldier

Defender

: Returned Phalanx can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender.

They lived in different nations and fought in different eras, but as the Returned, they link arms as one.

Tormented Hero

Creature - Human Warrior

Tormented Hero enters the battlefield tapped.

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Tormented Hero, each opponent loses 1 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Evangel of Heliod

Creature - Human Cleric

When Evangel of Heliod enters the battlefield, put a number of 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens onto the battlefield equal to your devotion to white. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to white.)

Akroan Crusader

Creature - Human Soldier

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Akroan Crusader, put a 1/1 red Soldier creature token with haste onto the battlefield.

An Akroan soldier's worth is measured by the number of swords raised by his battle cry.

Arena Athlete

Creature - Human

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Arena Athlete, target creature an opponent controls can't block this turn.

The Iroan Games award no medals. Athletes vie for a visit from Iroas, god of victory.

Borderland Minotaur

Creature - Minotaur Warrior

"You have led us to triumph over the forces of Mogis!" said Brygus the Brave, clapping the Champion on the back.
The Champion wiped the sweat and blood from her brow.
"I count eight graves," she said. "Too many to call this a victory."
-The Theriad

Deathbellow Raider

Creature - Minotaur Berserker

Deathbellow Raider attacks each turn if able.

: Regenerate Deathbellow Raider.

"The temple has been rededicated. It belongs to Mogis now."
-Rastos, disciple of Mogis

Fabled Hero

Creature - Human Soldier

Double strike

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Fabled Hero, put a +1/+1 counter on Fabled Hero.

"You. Poet. Be sure to write this down."

Ember Swallower

Creature - Elemental

: Monstrosity 3. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put three +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)

When Ember Swallower becomes monstrous, each player sacrifices three lands.

Fanatic of Mogis

Creature - Minotaur Shaman

When Fanatic of Mogis enters the battlefield, it deals damage to each opponent equal to your devotion to red. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to red.)

Firedrinker Satyr

Creature - Satyr Shaman

Whenever Firedrinker Satyr is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to you.

: Firedrinker Satyr gets +1/+0 until end of turn and deals 1 damage to you.

Attending a satyr revel requires a high tolerance for pain.

Flamespeaker Adept

Creature - Human Shaman

Whenever you scry, Flamespeaker Adept gets +2/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.

"I see your future, mantled in ash."

Ill-Tempered Cyclops

Creature - Cyclops

Trample

: Monstrosity 3. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put three +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)

A cyclops has two moods: angry and asleep.

Labyrinth Champion

Creature - Human Warrior

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Labyrinth Champion, Labyrinth Champion deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

"It used to be a lair. Now it's just a tunnel."

Favored Hoplite

Creature - Human Soldier

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Favored Hoplite, put a +1/+1 counter on Favored Hoplite and prevent all damage that would be dealt to it this turn.

Minotaur Skullcleaver

Creature - Minotaur Berserker

Haste

When Minotaur Skullcleaver enters the battlefield, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

"Their only dreams are of full stomachs."
-Kleon the Iron-Booted

Priest of Iroas

Creature - Human Cleric

, Sacrifice Priest of Iroas: Destroy target enchantment.

"Even my last breath will be a blow struck for Iroas."

Rageblood Shaman

Creature - Minotaur Shaman

Trample

Other Minotaur creatures you control get +1/+1 and have trample.

"I see a spark of pure rage. Soon that spark will spread from the depths of Kragma. Soon its fire will engulf the polis."
-Hira, street oracle

Satyr Rambler

Creature - Satyr

Trample

A satyr is bound by nothing-not home, not family, not loyalty.

Stoneshock Giant

Creature - Giant

: Monstrosity 3. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put three +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)

When Stoneshock Giant becomes monstrous, creatures without flying your opponents control can't block this turn.

Stormbreath Dragon

Creature - Dragon

Flying, haste, protection from white

: Monstrosity 3. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put three +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)

When Stormbreath Dragon becomes monstrous, it deals damage to each opponent equal to the number of cards in that player's hand.

Titan of Eternal Fire

Creature - Giant

Each Human creature you control has ", : This creature deals 1 damage to target creature or player."

There is no gift more precious or more perilous than fire.

Two-Headed Cerberus

Creature - Hound

Double strike (This creature deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.)

The left head keeps the right head starved as motivation to track new prey.

Wild Celebrants

Creature - Satyr

When Wild Celebrants enters the battlefield, you may destroy target artifact.

"You can tell something's really valuable by the sound it makes when you slam your staff into it."

Agent of Horizons

Creature - Human Rogue

: Agent of Horizons can't be blocked this turn.

The light in the woods just before dawn reveals a glimmering network of branches, roots, and spiderwebs. The acolytes of Kruphix walk this lattice unseen.

Anthousa, Setessan Hero

Legendary Creature - Human Warrior

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Anthousa, Setessan Hero, up to three target lands you control each become 2/2 Warrior creatures until end of turn. They're still lands.

The warriors she leads can rarely keep pace with her, and neither can the tales.

Arbor Colossus

Creature - Giant

Reach

: Monstrosity 3. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put three +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)

When Arbor Colossus becomes monstrous, destroy target creature with flying an opponent controls.

Centaur Battlemaster

Creature - Centaur Warrior

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Centaur Battlemaster, put three +1/+1 counters on Centaur Battlemaster.

"A herd is only as strong as its weakest. Our weakest just killed his third minotaur raider-today."
-Braulios of Pheres Band

Karametra's Acolyte

Creature - Human Druid

: Add an amount of to your mana pool equal to your devotion to green. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to green.)

"The wilds are a garden tended by divine hands."

Mistcutter Hydra

Creature - Hydra

Mistcutter Hydra can't be countered.

Haste, protection from blue

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

Nemesis of Mortals

Creature - Snake

Nemesis of Mortals costs less to cast for each creature card in your graveyard.

: Monstrosity 5. This ability costs less to activate for each creature card in your graveyard. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put five +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)

Nessian Asp

Creature - Snake

Reach

: Monstrosity 4. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put four +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)

It's not the two heads you should fear. It's the four fangs.

Nessian Courser

Creature - Centaur Warrior

Nylea's Disciple

Creature - Centaur Archer

When Nylea's Disciple enters the battlefield, you gain life equal to your devotion to green. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to green.)

Pheres-Band Centaurs

Creature - Centaur Warrior

"Poets speak of your unrivaled speed," the Champion said to the assembled centaurs, "but it is plain to see that your true strength lies in your unwavering loyalty to one another."
-The Theriad

Polukranos, World Eater

Legendary Creature - Hydra

: Monstrosity X. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put X +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)

When Polukranos, World Eater becomes monstrous, it deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures your opponents control. Each of those creatures deals damage equal to its power to Polukranos.

Reverent Hunter

Creature - Human Archer

When Reverent Hunter enters the battlefield, put a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to your devotion to green. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to green.)

Satyr Hedonist

Creature - Satyr

, Sacrifice Satyr Hedonist: Add to your mana pool.

"Any festival you can walk away from wasn't worth attending in the first place."

Satyr Piper

Creature - Satyr Rogue

: Target creature must be blocked this turn if able.

"When I asked my commander the reward for killing that prancing nuisance, he told me, ‘None! I want to kill him myself!'"
-Phrogas, soldier of Akros

Sedge Scorpion

Creature - Scorpion

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

Thakolides the Mighty
Slayer of minotaurs
Vanquisher of giants
Killed by a scorpion
-Inscription on an Akroan grave

Staunch-Hearted Warrior

Creature - Human Warrior

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Staunch-Hearted Warrior, put two +1/+1 counters on Staunch-Hearted Warrior.

As soon as she faces a monster, she begins composing its epitaph.

Sylvan Caryatid

Creature - Plant

Defender, hexproof

: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.

Those who enter the copse never leave. They find peace there and take root, becoming part of the ever-growing grove.

Voyaging Satyr

Creature - Satyr Druid

: Untap target land.

"None can own the land's bounty. The gods made this world for all to share its riches. And I'm not just saying that because you caught me stealing your fruit."

Vulpine Goliath

Creature - Fox

Trample

"With a diet of hydras, giants, and massive serpents, anything would get that big."
-Corisande, Setessan hunter

Akroan Hoplite

Creature - Human Soldier

Whenever Akroan Hoplite attacks, it gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of attacking creatures you control.

"Fair fight? How could it be a fair fight? We're Akroans. They're not."

Anax and Cymede

Legendary Creature - Human Soldier

First strike, vigilance

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Anax and Cymede, creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain trample until end of turn.

Akros's greatest heroes are also its royalty.

Ashen Rider

Creature - Archon

Flying

When Ashen Rider enters the battlefield or dies, exile target permanent.

One offering to appease her on her arrival. Another to celebrate her departure.

Battlewise Hoplite

Creature - Human Soldier

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Battlewise Hoplite, put a +1/+1 counter on Battlewise Hoplite, then scry 1. (To scry 1, look at the top card of your library, then you may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

Chronicler of Heroes

Creature - Centaur Wizard

When Chronicler of Heroes enters the battlefield, draw a card if you control a creature with a +1/+1 counter on it.

She paints pictures with words, though not all pictures show the truth.

Daxos of Meletis

Legendary Creature - Human Soldier

Daxos of Meletis can't be blocked by creatures with power 3 or greater.

Whenever Daxos of Meletis deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of that player's library. You gain life equal to that card's converted mana cost. Until end of turn, you may cast that card and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.

Fleecemane Lion

Creature - Cat

: Monstrosity 1. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put a +1/+1 counter on it and it becomes monstrous.)

As long as Fleecemane Lion is monstrous, it has hexproof and indestructible.

Horizon Chimera

Creature - Chimera

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

Flying, trample

Whenever you draw a card, you gain 1 life.

Kragma Warcaller

Creature - Minotaur Warrior

Minotaur creatures you control have haste.

Whenever a Minotaur you control attacks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

A warcaller merely brings the herd together. After that, the meat-hunger is all the encouragement they need.

Medomai the Ageless

Legendary Creature - Sphinx

Flying

Whenever Medomai the Ageless deals combat damage to a player, take an extra turn after this one.

Medomai the Ageless can't attack during extra turns.

Pharika's Mender

Creature - Gorgon

When Pharika's Mender enters the battlefield, you may return target creature or enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand.

"The direst venom becomes a panacea under Pharika's guidance. I bring it to the worthy, clinging at the edge of the abyss."

Polis Crusher

Creature - Cyclops

Trample, protection from enchantments

: Monstrosity 3. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put three +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)

Whenever Polis Crusher deals combat damage to a player, if Polis Crusher is monstrous, destroy target enchantment that player controls.

Prophet of Kruphix

Creature - Human Wizard

Untap all creatures and lands you control during each other player's untap step.

You may cast creature cards as though they had flash.

"Time is fluid as a dance, and truth as fleeting."

Cavalry Pegasus

Creature - Pegasus

Flying

Whenever Cavalry Pegasus attacks, each attacking Human gains flying until end of turn.

"It is hope, hooved and winged."
-Cymede, queen of Akros

Hundred-Handed One

Creature - Giant

Vigilance

: Monstrosity 3. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put three +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)

As long as Hundred-Handed One is monstrous, it has reach and can block an additional ninety-nine creatures each combat.

Reaper of the Wilds

Creature - Gorgon

Whenever another creature dies, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

: Reaper of the Wilds gains deathtouch until end of turn.

: Reaper of the Wilds gains hexproof until end of turn.

Sentry of the Underworld

Creature - Griffin Skeleton

Flying, vigilance

, Pay 3 life: Regenerate Sentry of the Underworld.

When Athreos gathers the newly dead to be ferried across the Five Rivers That Ring the World, he sends skeletal griffins to fetch those who stray.

Shipwreck Singer

Creature - Siren

Flying

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

, : Attacking creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.

Her melody melds death and beauty with such artistry that even the gods weep to hear it.

Spellheart Chimera

Creature - Chimera

Flying, trample

Spellheart Chimera's power is equal to the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard.

Thaumaturges remain silent around chimeras, lest their words conjure even stranger beasts.

Triad of Fates

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard

, : Put a fate counter on another target creature.

, : Exile target creature that has a fate counter on it, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.

, : Exile target creature that has a fate counter on it. Its controller draws two cards.

Tymaret, the Murder King

Legendary Creature - Zombie Warrior

, Sacrifice another creature: Tymaret, the Murder King deals 2 damage to target player.

, Sacrifice a creature: Return Tymaret from your graveyard to your hand.

His memories remained in the Underworld, but his cruelty crossed the Rivers with him.

Underworld Cerberus

Creature - Hound

Underworld Cerberus can't be blocked except by three or more creatures.

Cards in graveyards can't be the targets of spells or abilities.

When Underworld Cerberus dies, exile it and each player returns all creature cards from his or her graveyard to his or her hand.

Lagonna-Band Elder

Creature - Centaur Advisor

When Lagonna-Band Elder enters the battlefield, if you control an enchantment, you gain 3 life.

"The best lessons are not the ones I teach. They are the ones the pupils realize for themselves."

Akroan Horse

Artifact Creature - Horse

Defender

When Akroan Horse enters the battlefield, an opponent gains control of it.

At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent puts a 1/1 white Soldier creature token onto the battlefield.

Anvilwrought Raptor

Artifact Creature - Bird

Flying, first strike

"I know its lightness, for I have seen it fly. I know its weight, for I have seen it strike."
-Brigone, soldier of Meletis

Bronze Sable

Artifact Creature - Sable

The Champion stood alone between the horde of the Returned and the shrine to Karametra, cutting down scores among hundreds. She would have been overcome if not for the aid of the temple guardians whom Karametra awakened.
-The Theriad

Burnished Hart

Artifact Creature - Elk

, Sacrifice Burnished Hart: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.

Forged by divine hands to wander mortal realms.

Colossus of Akros

Artifact Creature - Golem

Defender, indestructible

: Monstrosity 10. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put ten +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)

As long as Colossus of Akros is monstrous, it has trample and can attack as though it didn't have defender.

Guardians of Meletis

Artifact Creature - Golem

Defender

The histories speak of two feuding rulers whose deaths were celebrated and whose monuments symbolized the end of their wars. In truth they were peaceful lovers, their story lost to the ages.

Opaline Unicorn

Artifact Creature - Unicorn

: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.

Purphoros once loved Nylea, the god of the hunt. His passion inspired his most astounding works of art.

Leonin Snarecaster

Creature - Cat Soldier

When Leonin Snarecaster enters the battlefield, you may tap target creature.

Formerly oppressed by the polis of Meletis, leonin occasionally "mistake" their old enemies for game.

Phalanx Leader

Creature - Human Soldier

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Phalanx Leader, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

His soldiers etch his words on the insides of their shields, their inspiration always in sight during battle.

Scholar of Athreos

Creature - Human Cleric

: Each opponent loses 1 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

She asks pointed questions of the dead who wait for Athreos, learning of life from those who are about to leave it.

Setessan Battle Priest

Creature - Human Cleric

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Setessan Battle Priest, you gain 2 life.

"Your god teaches you only how to kill. Karametra teaches me to defend what I hold dear. That is why I will prevail."

Setessan Griffin

Creature - Griffin

Flying

: Setessan Griffin gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Activate this ability only once each turn.

Most griffins must be caught and broken into the service of the polis. Not so in Setessa, where they volunteer.

Silent Artisan

Creature - Giant

On the fourth day they passed through a forest of immense stacked stones. Althemone, youngest of the companions, called these pillars the work of a god, but the Champion knew better. She quickened her pace.
-The Theriad

Soldier of the Pantheon

Creature - Human Soldier

Protection from multicolored

Whenever an opponent casts a multicolored spell, you gain 1 life.

"I hear the gods' voices in my dreams each night, and I offer bloody trophies on their altars each day."

Traveling Philosopher

Creature - Human Advisor

The Champion and the philosopher Olexa returned from the opposing camp at dusk. Behind them, the enemy raised sail and departed, breaking the siege. When asked what the two had done, the Champion replied, "We spoke to them."
-The Theriad

Wingsteed Rider

Creature - Human Knight

Flying

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Wingsteed Rider, put a +1/+1 counter on Wingsteed Rider.

Trust is the only bridle a pegasus will accept.

Yoked Ox

Creature - Ox

It was in fields of grain, not fields of battle, that the Champion learned to bear the yoke of duty to the gods. She worked the land long before she was called on to defend it.
-The Theriad

Artisan of Forms

Creature - Human Wizard

Heroic - Whenever you cast a spell that targets Artisan of Forms, you may have Artisan of Forms become a copy of target creature and gain this ability.

Benthic Giant

Creature - Giant

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

"Some fates you can see coming for you, plain as day, and there's nothing you can do about them."
-Callaphe the mariner

Breaching Hippocamp

Creature - Horse Fish

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

When Breaching Hippocamp enters the battlefield, untap another target creature you control.

Don't try to ride this steed unless you've got gills too.

Coastline Chimera

Creature - Chimera

Flying

: Coastline Chimera can block an additional creature this turn.

Seeing a chimera overhead foretells good fortune, but only because seeing one any closer foretells dismemberment.

Crackling Triton

Creature - Merfolk Wizard

, Sacrifice Crackling Triton: Crackling Triton deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

He calls upon both the currents in the sea and the current in the clouds.

Horizon Scholar

Creature - Sphinx

Flying

When Horizon Scholar enters the battlefield, scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)

Master of Waves

Creature - Merfolk Wizard

Protection from red

Elemental creatures you control get +1/+1.

When Master of Waves enters the battlefield, put a number of 1/0 blue Elemental creature tokens onto the battlefield equal to your devotion to blue. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)

Meletis Charlatan

Creature - Human Wizard

, : The controller of target instant or sorcery spell copies it. That player may choose new targets for the copy.

"Every object has an echo in the Æther beyond the world. Every idea has a shadow that can be brought to light."

Mnemonic Wall

Creature - Wall

Defender

When Mnemonic Wall enters the battlefield, you may return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

"I'd build an entire fortress of them if I could."
-Mzali, Lighthouse archmage

Omenspeaker

Creature - Human Wizard

When Omenspeaker enters the battlefield, scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)

Her prophecies amaze her even as she speaks them.

Prescient Chimera

Creature - Chimera

Flying

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

Prognostic Sphinx

Creature - Sphinx

Flying

Discard a card: Prognostic Sphinx gains hexproof until end of turn. Tap it.

Whenever Prognostic Sphinx attacks, scry 3. (Look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)

Sealock Monster

Creature - Octopus

Sealock Monster can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.

: Monstrosity 3. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put three +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)

When Sealock Monster becomes monstrous, target land becomes an Island in addition to its other types.

Shipbreaker Kraken

Creature - Kraken

: Monstrosity 4. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put four +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)

When Shipbreaker Kraken becomes monstrous, tap up to four target creatures. Those creatures don't untap during their controllers' untap steps for as long as you control Shipbreaker Kraken.