Abomination of Gudul

Creature - Horror

Flying

Whenever Abomination of Gudul deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

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

Abzan Ascendancy

Enchantment

When Abzan Ascendancy enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, put a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

Abzan Banner

Artifact

: Add , , or to your mana pool.

, , Sacrifice Abzan Banner: Draw a card.

Stone to endure, roots to remember.

Abzan Battle Priest

Creature - Human Cleric

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

Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has lifelink.

"Wherever I walk, the ancestors walk too."

Abzan Charm

Instant

Choose one -

• Exile target creature with power 3 or greater.

• You draw two cards and you lose 2 life.

• Distribute two +1/+1 counters among one or two target creatures.

Abzan Falconer

Creature - Human Soldier

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

Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has flying.

The fastest way across the dunes is above.

Abzan Guide

Creature - Human Warrior

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

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

"These roads are desolate and changeable. Follow me, or die in the wastes."

Act of Treason

Sorcery

Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. (It can attack and this turn.)

"Rage courses in every heart, yearning to betray its rational prison."
-Sarkhan Vol

Ainok Bond-Kin

Creature - Hound Soldier

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

Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has first strike.

"Hold the line, for family and the fallen!"

Ainok Tracker

Creature - Hound Scout

First strike

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

Some ainok of the mountains are accepted among the Temur as trusted hunt-mates.

Alabaster Kirin

Creature - Kirin

Flying, vigilance

The appearance of a kirin signifies the passing or arrival of an important figure. As word of sightings spread, all the khans took it to mean themselves. Only the shaman Chianul thought of Sarkhan Vol.

Alpine Grizzly

Creature - Bear

The Temur welcome bears into the clan, fighting alongside them in battle. The relationship dates back to when they labored side by side under Sultai rule.

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.

Anafenza, the Foremost

Legendary Creature - Human Soldier

Whenever Anafenza, the Foremost attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on another target tapped creature you control.

If a creature card would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.

Rarely at rest on the Amber Throne, Anafenza always leads the Abzan Houses to battle.

Ankle Shanker

Creature - Goblin Berserker

Haste

Whenever Ankle Shanker attacks, creatures you control gain first strike and deathtouch until end of turn.

The stature of the fighter matters less than the depth of the cut.

Arc Lightning

Sorcery

Arc Lightning deals 3 damage divided as you choose among one, two, or three target creatures and/or players.

Rainclouds don't last long in Shiv, but that doesn't stop the lightning.

Archers' Parapet

Creature - Wall

Defender

, : Each opponent loses 1 life.

Every shaft is graven with a name from a kin tree, calling upon the spirits of the ancestors to make it fly true.

Armament Corps

Creature - Human Soldier

When Armament Corps enters the battlefield, distribute two +1/+1 counters among one or two target creatures you control.

The Abzan avoid extended supply lines by incorporating weapons stores into their battle formations.

Arrow Storm

Sorcery

Arrow Storm deals 4 damage to target creature or player.

Raid - If you attacked with a creature this turn, instead Arrow Storm deals 5 damage to that creature or player and the damage can't be prevented.

First the thunder, then the rain.

Ashcloud Phoenix

Creature - Phoenix

Flying

When Ashcloud Phoenix dies, return it to the battlefield face down.

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

When Ashcloud Phoenix is turned face up, it deals 2 damage to each player.

Avalanche Tusker

Creature - Elephant Warrior

Whenever Avalanche Tusker attacks, target creature defending player controls blocks it this combat if able.

"Hold the high ground, then bring it to your enemy."
-Surrak, khan of the Temur

Awaken the Bear

Instant

Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains trample until end of turn.

When Temur warriors enter the battle trance known as "awakening the bear," they lose all sense of enemy or friend, seeing only threats to the wilderness.

Barrage of Boulders

Sorcery

Barrage of Boulders deals 1 damage to each creature you don't control.

Ferocious - If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, creatures can't block this turn.

Crude tactics can be effective nonetheless.

Bear's Companion

Creature - Human Warrior

When Bear's Companion enters the battlefield, put a 4/4 green Bear creature token onto the battlefield.

"The Sultai came hunting for a bear hide. Now I have a belt of naga skin, and my friend has a full belly."

Become Immense

Instant

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for .)

Target creature gets +6/+6 until end of turn.

Bellowing Saddlebrute

Creature - Orc Warrior

Raid - When Bellowing Saddlebrute enters the battlefield, you lose 4 life unless you attacked with a creature this turn.

Bitter Revelation

Sorcery

Look at the top four cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. You lose 2 life.

"Here you lie then, Ugin. The corpses of worlds will join you in the tomb."
-Sorin Markov

Blinding Spray

Instant

Creatures your opponents control get -4/-0 until end of turn.

Draw a card.

"The stronger our enemies seem, the more vulnerable they are."
-Sultai secret

Bloodfell Caves

Land

Bloodfell Caves enters the battlefield tapped.

When Bloodfell Caves enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life.

: Add or to your mana pool.

Bloodfire Expert

Creature - Efreet Monk

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

Some efreet abandon their homes in the volcanic Fire Rim to embrace the Jeskai Way and discipline their innate flames.

Bloodfire Mentor

Creature - Efreet Shaman

, : Draw a card, then discard a card.

The adept underwent months of preparation to withstand pain, until he was finally ready to receive the efreet master's teachings.

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."

Bloodstained Mire

Land

, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Bloodstained Mire: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.

Blossoming Sands

Land

Blossoming Sands enters the battlefield tapped.

When Blossoming Sands enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life.

: Add or to your mana pool.

Brave the Sands

Enchantment

Creatures you control have vigilance.

Each creature you control can block an additional creature.

Enduring the most desolate and dangerous conditions, Abzan sentries unfailingly guard the stronghold gates.

Briber's Purse

Artifact

Briber's Purse enters the battlefield with X gem counters on it.

, , Remove a gem counter from Briber's Purse: Target creature can't attack or block this turn.

Victory is certain. The price, negotiable.

Bring Low

Instant

Bring Low deals 3 damage to target creature. If that creature has a +1/+1 counter on it, Bring Low deals 5 damage to it instead.

"People are often humbled by the elements. But the elements, too, can be humbled."
-Surrak, khan of the Temur

Burn Away

Instant

Burn Away deals 6 damage to target creature. When that creature dies this turn, exile all cards from its controller's graveyard.

"Your corruption will burn, serpent, until there is nothing left to defile."
-Asmala, bloodfire mystic

Butcher of the Horde

Creature - Demon

Flying

Sacrifice another creature: Butcher of the Horde gains your choice of vigilance, lifelink, or haste until end of turn.

Cancel

Instant

Counter target spell.

Canyon Lurkers

Creature - Human Rogue

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 broken Qal Sisma foothills make poor terrain for cavalry, but a perfect setting for ambushes.

Chief of the Edge

Creature - Human Warrior

Other Warrior creatures you control get +1/+0.

"We are the swift, the strong, the blade's sharp shriek! Fear nothing, and strike!"

Chief of the Scale

Creature - Human Warrior

Other Warrior creatures you control get +0/+1.

"We are the shield unbroken. If we fall today, we will die well, and our trees will bear our names in honor."

Clever Impersonator

Creature - Shapeshifter

You may have Clever Impersonator enter the battlefield as a copy of any nonland permanent on the battlefield.

"Our own selves are the greatest obstacles to enlightenment."
-Narset, khan of the Jeskai

Crackling Doom

Instant

Crackling Doom deals 2 damage to each opponent. Each opponent sacrifices a creature with the greatest power among creatures he or she controls.

Do not fear the lightning. Fear the one it obeys.

Cranial Archive

Artifact

, Exile Cranial Archive: Target player shuffles his or her graveyard into his or her library. Draw a card.

The greatest idea the zombie ever had in its head wasn't even its own.

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.

Crippling Chill

Instant

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

Draw a card.

One breath of the geist turns veins to rivers of ice and freezes hearts midbeat.

Dazzling Ramparts

Creature - Wall

Defender

, : Tap target creature.

When Anafenza holds court under the First Tree, the gates of Mer-Ek are sealed. No safer place exists in all of Tarkir.

Dead Drop

Sorcery

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for .)

Target player sacrifices two creatures.

Got a diving lesson
-Sultai expression meaning
"was fed to the crocodiles"

Death Frenzy

Sorcery

All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn. Whenever a creature dies this turn, you gain 1 life.

The crocodiles' putrid jaws swallow everything but the screams.

Debilitating Injury

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets -2/-2.

"If weakness does not exist within the Temur then we shall force it upon them."
-Sidisi, khan of the Sultai

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

Deflecting Palm

Instant

The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. If damage is prevented this way, Deflecting Palm deals that much damage to that source's controller.

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

Dig Through Time

Instant

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for .)

Look at the top seven cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Disdainful Stroke

Instant

Counter target spell with converted mana cost 4 or greater.

"You are beneath contempt. Your lineage will be forgotten."

Dismal Backwater

Land

Dismal Backwater enters the battlefield tapped.

When Dismal Backwater enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life.

: Add or to your mana pool.

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.

Dragon Grip

Enchantment - Aura

Ferocious - If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, you may cast Dragon Grip as though it had flash. (You may cast it any time you could cast an instant.)

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +2/+0 and has first strike.

Dragon Throne of Tarkir

Legendary Artifact - Equipment

Equipped creature has defender and ", : Other creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is this creature's power."

Equip

What once soared high above Tarkir is now reduced to a seat.

Dragon's Eye Savants

Creature - Human Wizard

Morph-Reveal a blue 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 Dragon's Eye Savants is turned face up, look at target opponent's hand.

Dragon-Style Twins

Creature - Human Monk

Double strike

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

"We are the flicker of the flame and its heat, the two sides of a single blade."

Dragonscale Boon

Instant

Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature and untap it.

"When we were lost and weary, the ainok showed us how to survive. They have earned the right to call themselves Abzan, and to wear the Scale."
-Anafenza, khan of the Abzan

Duneblast

Sorcery

Choose up to one creature. Destroy the rest.

The Abzan turn to this spell only as a last resort, for its inevitable result is what they most dread: to be alone.

Dutiful Return

Sorcery

Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.

"We have a word for enemies too mutilated for military service: furniture."
-Taigam, Sidisi's Hand

Efreet Weaponmaster

Creature - Efreet Monk

First strike

When Efreet Weaponmaster enters the battlefield or is turned face up, another target creature you control gets +3/+0 until end of turn.

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

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.

Empty the Pits

Instant

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for .)

Put X 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens onto the battlefield tapped.

The Sultai would rebuild the empire on the backs of the dead.

End Hostilities

Sorcery

Destroy all creatures and all permanents attached to creatures.

Her palm flared like the eye of a waking dragon. Then all was calm.

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

Feat of Resistance

Instant

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Dragons are extinct on Tarkir, but Abzan magic still emulates their endurance.

Feed the Clan

Instant

You gain 5 life.

Ferocious - You gain 10 life instead if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.

The Temur believe three things only are needed in life: a hot fire, a full belly, and a strong companion.

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."

Flooded Strand

Land

, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Flooded Strand: Search your library for a Plains or Island card and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.

Flying Crane Technique

Instant

Untap all creatures you control. They gain flying and double strike until end of turn.

There are many Jeskai styles: Riverwalk imitates flowing water, Dragonfist the ancient hellkites, and Flying Crane the wild aven of the high peaks.

Force Away

Instant

Return target creature to its owner's hand.

Ferocious - If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Where an enemy once rode, not even a whisper remains.

Forest

Basic Land - Forest

(: Add to your mana pool.)

Frontier Bivouac

Land

Frontier Bivouac enters the battlefield tapped.

: Add , , or to your mana pool.

"The most powerful dreams visit those who shelter in a dragon's skull."
-Chianul, Who Whispers Twice

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.

Glacial Stalker

Creature - Elemental

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

"Have you spent a winter high in the mountains, where the ice walks and speaks to the wind? It is not a place for those who have not learned respect."
-Ulnok, Temur shaman

Goblinslide

Enchantment

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, you may pay . If you do, put a 1/1 red Goblin creature token with haste onto the battlefield.

Goblins, like snowflakes, are only dangerous in numbers.

Grim Haruspex

Creature - Human Wizard

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

Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, draw a card.

"We all want to know what's going on in someone else's head. I simply open it up and look."

Gurmag Swiftwing

Creature - Bat

Flying, first strike, haste

"Anything a falcon can do, a bat can do in pitch darkness."
-Urdnan the Wanderer

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

Heart-Piercer Bow

Artifact - Equipment

Whenever equipped creature attacks, Heart-Piercer Bow deals 1 damage to target creature defending player controls.

Equip

Designed by an ancient artificer, the finest Mardu bows are carved from dragon bone and strung with the wind itself.

Heir of the Wilds

Creature - Human Warrior

Deathtouch

Ferocious - Whenever Heir of the Wilds attacks, if you control a creature with power 4 or greater, Heir of the Wilds gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

In the high caves of the Qal Sisma mountains, young hunters quest to hear the echoes of their fierce ancestors.

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.

High Sentinels of Arashin

Creature - Bird Soldier

Flying

High Sentinels of Arashin gets +1/+1 for each other creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it.

: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Highland Game

Creature - Elk

When Highland Game dies, you gain 2 life.

"Bring down a stag and fix its horns upon her head. This one hears the whispers."
-Chianul, at the weaving of Arel

Highspire Mantis

Creature - Insect

Flying, trample

Its wings produce a high-pitched, barely audible whirring sound in flight. Only Jeskai masters are quiet enough to hear one coming.

Hooded Hydra

Creature - Snake Hydra

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

When Hooded Hydra dies, put a 1/1 green Snake creature token onto the battlefield for each +1/+1 counter on it.

Morph

As Hooded Hydra is turned face up, put five +1/+1 counters on it.

Hooting Mandrills

Creature - Ape

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for .)

Trample

Interlopers in Sultai territory usually end up as crocodile chow or baboon bait.

Horde Ambusher

Creature - Human Berserker

Whenever Horde Ambusher blocks, it deals 1 damage to you.

Morph-Reveal a red 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 Horde Ambusher is turned face up, target creature can't block this turn.

Hordeling Outburst

Sorcery

Put three 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens onto the battlefield.

"Leave no scraps, lest you attract pests."
-Mardu threat

Howl of the Horde

Sorcery

When you cast your next instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Raid - If you attacked with a creature this turn, when you cast your next instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell an additional time. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Icefeather Aven

Creature - Bird Shaman

Flying

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

When Icefeather Aven is turned face up, you may return another target creature to its owner's hand.

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."

Incremental Growth

Sorcery

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature, two +1/+1 counters on another target creature, and three +1/+1 counters on a third target creature.

"Tie a mouse under a bridge, and your cabbages will triple in size."
-Kithkin superstition

Island

Basic Land - Island

(: Add to your mana pool.)