Isolation Zone

Enchantment

When Isolation Zone enters the battlefield, exile target creature or enchantment an opponent controls until Isolation Zone leaves the battlefield. (That permanent returns under its owner's control.)

When properly aligned, hedrons become powerful tools of binding.

Relief Captain

Creature - Kor Knight Ally

When Relief Captain enters the battlefield, support 3. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to three other target creatures.)

Sometimes gestures of support are small. Sometimes not.

Spawnbinder Mage

Creature - Human Wizard Ally

Cohort - , Tap an untapped Ally you control: Tap target creature.

"Follow me. Step lightly. And resist the urge to kick them."

Gravity Negator

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Flying

Whenever Gravity Negator attacks, you may pay {C}. If you do, another target creature gains flying until end of turn. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

Thought Harvester

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Flying

Whenever you cast a colorless spell, target opponent exiles the top card of his or her library.

"I never thought I'd miss the gomazoa."
-Trinda, Hada spy patrol

Comparative Analysis

Instant

Surge (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)

Target player draws two cards.

"Our time grows short. If we wish to vanquish the Eldrazi, we must unlock the hedrons' secrets."
-Jace Beleren

Overwhelming Denial

Instant

Surge (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)

Overwhelming Denial can't be countered by spells or abilities.

Counter target spell.

Unity of Purpose

Instant

Support 2. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.)

Untap each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it.

Faced with the novel problem of inspiring an army, Jace asked himself: "What would Gideon say?"

Havoc Sower

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

{C}: Havoc Sower gets +2/+1 until end of turn. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

It grew with a terrible swiftness.

Inverter of Truth

Creature - Eldrazi

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Flying

When Inverter of Truth enters the battlefield, exile all cards from your library face down, then shuffle all cards from your graveyard into your library.

In its shadow, everything changed.

Oblivion Strike

Sorcery

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Exile target creature.

It's bad enough to be torn to pieces. It's worse by far to be torn from the world itself.

Sifter of Skulls

Creature - Eldrazi

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, put a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token onto the battlefield. It has "Sacrifice this creature: Add {C} to your mana pool." ({C} represents colorless mana.)

Witness the End

Sorcery

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Target opponent exiles two cards from his or her hand and loses 2 life.

"Ulamog stood before us at Sea Gate, ready to succumb . . . and then Kozilek arose. Whatever hope I had for our world died."
-Vandri, Kalastria emissary

Drana's Chosen

Creature - Vampire Shaman Ally

Cohort - , Tap an untapped Ally you control: Put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield tapped.

"Drana commands me. I command my nulls. And so her bidding is done."

Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

Legendary Creature - Vampire Warrior

Lifelink

If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, instead exile that card and put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield.

, Sacrifice another Vampire or Zombie: Put two +1/+1 counters on Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet.

Null Caller

Creature - Vampire Shaman

, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield tapped.

Zendikar's defenders include both healers and vampires. One way or another, the fallen will return to the fight.

Zulaport Chainmage

Creature - Human Shaman Ally

Cohort - , Tap an untapped Ally you control: Target opponent loses 2 life.

The chains obey her. Everything else would do best to get out of her way.

Consuming Sinkhole

Instant

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Choose one -

• Exile target land creature.

• Consuming Sinkhole deals 4 damage to target player.

"What will not yield will be consumed."
-Ayli, high priest of the Eternal Pilgrims

Maw of Kozilek

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

{C}: Maw of Kozilek gets +2/-2 until end of turn. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

"The Eldrazi make worse than ruins-they make a world where not even ruins stand."
-Gideon Jura

Embodiment of Fury

Creature - Elemental

Trample

Land creatures you control have trample.

Landfall - Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you may have target land you control become a 3/3 Elemental creature with haste until end of turn. It's still a land.

Goblin Freerunner

Creature - Goblin Warrior Ally

Surge (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

There are old goblins and ambitious goblins, but very few old, ambitious goblins.

Pyromancer's Assault

Enchantment

Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, Pyromancer's Assault deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

Never ask a pyromancer if that's the best she's got.

Harvester Troll

Creature - Troll

When Harvester Troll enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice a creature or land. If you do, put two +1/+1 counters on Harvester Troll.

Having no interest in the greater conflict, the trolls continue to prey upon whatever wanders into their domain.

Saddleback Lagac

Creature - Lizard

When Saddleback Lagac enters the battlefield, support 2. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two other target creatures.)

"A good lagac will carry you through thick and thin. A bad one . . . well, it's a tasty dinner."
-Raff Slugeater, goblin shortcutter

Seed Guardian

Creature - Elemental

Reach

When Seed Guardian dies, put an X/X green Elemental creature token onto the battlefield, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard.

It is a reminder that spring will always follow winter.

Cliffhaven Vampire

Creature - Vampire Warrior Ally

Flying

Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.

"My people are no longer slaves to the Eldrazi, beholden to the past. We will determine our own future."

Mina and Denn, Wildborn

Legendary Creature - Elf Ally

You may play an additional land on each of your turns.

, Return a land you control to its owner's hand: Target creature gains trample until end of turn.

Greenweaver Mina and her twin brother Denn lead the last of the Mul Daya into an uncertain future.

Reality Smasher

Creature - Eldrazi

({C} represents colorless mana.)

Trample, haste

Whenever Reality Smasher becomes the target of a spell an opponent controls, counter that spell unless its controller discards a card.

As easy to stop as it is to comprehend.

Walker of the Wastes

Creature - Eldrazi

({C} represents colorless mana.)

Trample

Walker of the Wastes gets +1/+1 for each land you control named Wastes.

In the absence of life, something yet grows.

Expedition Raptor

Creature - Bird

Flying

When Expedition Raptor enters the battlefield, support 2. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two other target creatures.)

General Tazri

Legendary Creature - Human Ally

When General Tazri enters the battlefield, you may search your library for an Ally creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.

: Ally creatures you control get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of colors among those creatures.

Munda's Vanguard

Creature - Kor Knight Ally

Cohort - , Tap an untapped Ally you control: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

"Do not let yourselves fall now. Zendikar is depending on us-on you!"

Steppe Glider

Creature - Elemental

Flying, vigilance

: Target creature with a +1/+1 counter on it gains flying and vigilance until end of turn.

It glides over the landscape. It also happens to be one.

Cyclone Sire

Creature - Elemental

Flying

When Cyclone Sire dies, you may put three +1/+1 counters on target land you control. If you do, that land becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste that's still a land.

The rampaging Roil creates life out of the most volatile elements.

Jwar Isle Avenger

Creature - Sphinx

Surge (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)

Flying

Though solitary by nature, the sphinxes did not hesitate to join in the fight against the Eldrazi.

Kozilek's Translator

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Pay 1 life: Add {C} to your mana pool. Activate this ability only once each turn. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

From nothingness, sustenance.

Malakir Soothsayer

Creature - Vampire Shaman Ally

Cohort - , Tap an untapped Ally you control: You draw a card and you lose 1 life.

"Your blood whispers secrets your mind could never comprehend."

Remorseless Punishment

Sorcery

Target opponent loses 5 life unless that player discards two cards or sacrifices a creature or planeswalker. Repeat this process once.

"I have suffered a thousand lifetimes of agony on this wretched world. I've far less time to share with you, but I assure you, no less pain."
-Ob Nixilis

Boulder Salvo

Sorcery

Surge (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)

Boulder Salvo deals 4 damage to target creature.

"If someone claims the sky is falling, I listen."
-Yon Basrel, Oran-Rief survivalist

Cinder Hellion

Creature - Hellion

Trample

When Cinder Hellion enters the battlefield, it deals 2 damage to target opponent.

Chandra used jets of flame to lure hellions into the path of oncoming Eldrazi.