Codex Shredder

Artifact

: Target player puts the top card of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

, , Sacrifice Codex Shredder: Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.

Pithing Needle

Artifact

As Pithing Needle enters the battlefield, name a card.

Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.

The fearful want the procedure before a blood festival. The guilty seek it afterward.

Cloudfin Raptor

Creature - Bird Mutant

Flying

Evolve (Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)

Illness in the Ranks

Enchantment

Creature tokens get -1/-1.

"Selesnya denied us tribute. Let's show them the error of their ways."
-Milana, Orzhov prelate

Experiment One

Creature - Human Ooze

Evolve (Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)

Remove two +1/+1 counters from Experiment One: Regenerate Experiment One.

Gridlock

Instant

Tap X target nonland permanents.

"One tiny peg pulled from a single wagon wheel, and an entire district grinds to a halt."
-Lazav

Mugging

Sorcery

Mugging deals 2 damage to target creature. That creature can't block this turn.

Scream: muffled. Pockets: emptied. Neck function: never the same again.

Legion Loyalist

Creature - Goblin Soldier

Haste

Battalion - Whenever Legion Loyalist and at least two other creatures attack, creatures you control gain first strike and trample until end of turn and can't be blocked by creature tokens this turn.

Smite

Instant

Destroy target blocked creature.

"The mighty rely solely on their strength. They are shocked when we do the same."
-Tars Olan, kor world-gift

Boros Elite

Creature - Human Soldier

Battalion - Whenever Boros Elite and at least two other creatures attack, Boros Elite gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

"First, you must fight among the rank and file. It is there I will discern your skills as a leader."
-Aurelia, to Gideon Jura

Serene Remembrance

Sorcery

Shuffle Serene Remembrance and up to three target cards from a single graveyard into their owners' libraries.

While Lazav schemed and Niv-Mizzet researched, Trostani sought the future in the whispers of the past.

Wasteland Viper

Creature - Snake

Deathtouch

Bloodrush - , Discard Wasteland Viper: Target attacking creature gets +1/+2 and gains deathtouch until end of turn.

"The Gruul embrace all things poisonous and living in the cracks of society."
-Teysa Karlov, Grand Envoy of Orzhov

Shadow Alley Denizen

Creature - Vampire Rogue

Whenever another black creature enters the battlefield under your control, target creature gains intimidate until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)

Rapid Hybridization

Instant

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. That creature's controller puts a 3/3 green Frog Lizard creature token onto the battlefield.

"We've merged your life essence with that of several creatures at once. You're welcome."
-Speaker Trifon

Forced Adaptation

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on enchanted creature.

"We're planting the seeds of change. Sometimes, we plant them in people."
-Vorel of the Hull Clade

Burst of Strength

Instant

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature and untap it.

"Our fight is not about territory or revenge. It is about freedom, plain and simple."
-Ruric Thar, Ghor-Clan chieftain

Killing Glare

Instant

Destroy target creature with power X or less.

A casual glance into a dark corner may be your last.

Guildscorn Ward

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature has protection from multicolored.

"The Gateless have risen. The Ten shall fall."
-Ninth District graffiti

Death's Approach

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets -X/-X, where X is the number of creature cards in its controller's graveyard.

"It's cold in the grave, and the dead crave your warmth. Who are you to deny them?"
-Strava, Dimir mage

Shielded Passage

Instant

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.

Izzet delved into the depths of Ravnica's past, and Selesnya followed without fear.

Foundry Street Denizen

Creature - Goblin Warrior

Whenever another red creature enters the battlefield under your control, Foundry Street Denizen gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

After the Foundry Street riot, Arrester Hulbein tried to ban bludgeons. Which, inevitably, resulted in another riot.

Realmwright

Creature - Vedalken Wizard

As Realmwright enters the battlefield, choose a basic land type.

Lands you control are the chosen type in addition to their other types.

There is not a single inch of Ravnica that hasn't been altered at one point or another to fit someone's whims.

Glaring Spotlight

Artifact

Creatures your opponents control with hexproof can be the targets of spells and abilities you control as though they didn't have hexproof.

, Sacrifice Glaring Spotlight: Creatures you control gain hexproof until end of turn and are unblockable this turn.

Bioshift

Instant

Move any number of +1/+1 counters from target creature onto another target creature with the same controller.

"It's all right if you change your mind. There's always a chance we can rearrange parts later."
-Zija, Simic mutationist

Dutiful Thrull

Creature - Thrull

: Regenerate Dutiful Thrull.

"They are useful, but there's little satisfaction in supplication that throws itself under your heel."
-Jozica, Orzhov enforcer

Furious Resistance

Instant

Target blocking creature gets +3/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.

"At least the Gateless rebels have ideals. Rakdos just mocks, defiles, and kills all we hold dear."
-Libuse, Boros sergeant

Skyblinder Staff

Artifact - Equipment

Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and can't be blocked by creatures with flying.

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

"If bats are the only thing between me and a mountain of Orzhov coins, then I'm about to be a very rich thief."

Spire Tracer

Creature - Elf Scout

Spire Tracer can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.

Cartographers on Ravnica chart not just the horizontal, but also the vertical.

Beckon Apparition

Instant

Exile target card from a graveyard. Put a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

When a graveyard is full, the gwyllions rattle the tombs and unleash the spirits into the sky.

Thrull Parasite

Creature - Thrull

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay . If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)

, Pay 2 life: Remove a counter from target nonland permanent.

The hunger of a vampire and the subtlety of a tax collector.

Wake the Reflections

Sorcery

Populate. (Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

"You see a bird, an oak, a packbeast. I see the potential for an army."
-Lalia, Selesnya dryad

Trait Doctoring

Sorcery

Change the text of target permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another or one basic land type with another until end of turn.

Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)

Sinister Possession

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Whenever enchanted creature attacks or blocks, its controller loses 2 life.

"You caught something on a cold night's stroll? No, I'd say something caught you."
-Mezim Magrah, civic healer

Clear a Path

Sorcery

Destroy target creature with defender.

"Why do guards always look surprised when we bash them?" asked Ruric.
"I think they expect a bribe," said Thar.

Weapon Surge

Instant

Target creature you control gets +1/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.

Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")

Mending Touch

Instant

Regenerate target creature.

"The gift of life must be freely given. Anything less would diminish us all."
-Arin, Selesnya healer

Mutant's Prey

Instant

Target creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it fights target creature an opponent controls. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

Every street corner is a hunting ground, every citizen potential prey.

Brave the Elements

Instant

Choose a color. White creatures you control gain protection from the chosen color until end of turn. (They can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything of that color.)

"Trust me, your lost fingers and toes are nothing compared to the lost treasures of Sejiri."
-Zahr Gada, Halimar expedition leader

Pay No Heed

Instant

Prevent all damage a source of your choice would deal this turn.

"Inhale life. Exhale pain."
-Mystic elder

Silence

Instant

Your opponents can't cast spells this turn. (Spells cast before this resolves are unaffected.)

"Take a quiet moment to reflect on your sins."
-Cleph, Order of Redeemed Souls