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.

Ride Down

Instant

Destroy target blocking creature. Creatures that were blocked by that creature this combat gain trample until end of turn.

"I will wash you from my hooves!"
-Mardu taunt

Rite of the Serpent

Sorcery

Destroy target creature. If that creature had a +1/+1 counter on it, put a 1/1 green Snake creature token onto the battlefield.

"From your death, new life. From your loss, our profit."
-Kirada, Qarsi overseer

Riverwheel Aerialists

Creature - Djinn Monk

Flying

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

Adepts of the Riverwheel Stronghold can run through rain and never get wet; masters use the raindrops as stepping stones.

Roar of Challenge

Sorcery

All creatures able to block target creature this turn do so.

Ferocious - That creature gains indestructible until end of turn if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.

Rotting Mastodon

Creature - Zombie Elephant

Mastodons became extinct long ago, but foul forces of the Gurmag Swamp sometimes animate their decaying remains. The Sultai happily exploit such creatures but consider them inferior to their own necromantic creations.

Rugged Highlands

Land

Rugged Highlands enters the battlefield tapped.

When Rugged Highlands enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life.

: Add or to your mana pool.

Rush of Battle

Sorcery

Creatures you control get +2/+1 until end of turn. Warrior creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn. (Damage dealt by those Warriors also causes their controller to gain that much life.)

The Mardu charge reflects the dragon's speed-and its hunger.

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.

Sage of the Inward Eye

Creature - Djinn Wizard

Flying

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.

"No one petal claims beauty for the lotus."

Sage-Eye Harrier

Creature - Bird Warrior

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.)

These winged warriors meditate in flight, tracing mandalas in the clouds.

Sagu Archer

Creature - Naga Archer

Reach (This creature can block creatures with 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.)

His arrows whistle like a serpent's hiss.

Sagu Mauler

Creature - Beast

Trample, hexproof

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 Sagu Jungle's thick undergrowth conceals even the largest predators-if they wish to remain hidden.

Salt Road Patrol

Creature - Human Scout

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

"Soldiers win battles, but supplies win wars."
-Kadri, Abzan caravan master

Sandsteppe Citadel

Land

Sandsteppe Citadel enters the battlefield tapped.

: Add , , or to your mana pool.

That which endures, survives.

Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker

Planeswalker - Sarkhan (Loyalty: 4)

+1: Until end of turn, Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker becomes a legendary 4/4 red Dragon creature with flying, indestructible, and haste. (He doesn't lose loyalty while he's not a planeswalker.)

−3: Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker deals 4 damage to target creature.

−6: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of your draw step, draw two additional cards" and "At the beginning of your end step, discard your hand."

Savage Knuckleblade

Creature - Ogre Warrior

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

: Return Savage Knuckleblade to its owner's hand.

: Savage Knuckleblade gains haste until end of turn.

Savage Punch

Sorcery

Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control.

Ferocious - The creature you control gets +2/+2 until end of turn before it fights if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.

Scaldkin

Creature - Elemental

Flying

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

The Temur believe that scaldkin are born when eruptions melt the frozen whispers of sleeping ancestors.

Scion of Glaciers

Creature - Elemental

: Scion of Glaciers gets +1/-1 until end of turn.

"There is nothing so free as the spring river born of winter's ice."
-Nitula, the Hunt Caller

Scoured Barrens

Land

Scoured Barrens enters the battlefield tapped.

When Scoured Barrens enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life.

: Add or to your mana pool.

Scout the Borders

Sorcery

Reveal the top five cards of your library. You may put a creature or land card from among them into your hand. Put the rest into your graveyard.

"I am in my element: the element of surprise."
-Mogai, Sultai scout

Secret Plans

Enchantment

Face-down creatures you control get +0/+1.

Whenever a permanent you control is turned face up, draw a card.

Rakshasa trade in secrets, amassing wealth from their careful revelation.

See the Unwritten

Sorcery

Reveal the top eight cards of your library. You may put a creature card from among them onto the battlefield. Put the rest into your graveyard.

Ferocious - If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, you may put two creature cards onto the battlefield instead of one.

Seek the Horizon

Sorcery

Search your library for up to three basic land cards, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

Raked by vertical spikes of glass and stone, Ravnica's vistas offer only a rare glimpse of the horizon.

Seeker of the Way

Creature - Human Warrior

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

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, Seeker of the Way gains lifelink until end of turn.

"I don't know where my destiny lies, but I know it isn't here."

Set Adrift

Sorcery

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

Put target nonland permanent on top of its owner's library.

The envoy spoke, and Sidisi replied.

Shambling Attendants

Creature - Zombie

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

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

"Let the world behold what becomes of those who defy us."
-Taigam, Sidisi's Hand

Shatter

Instant

Destroy target artifact.

"I am an artist, a builder, a creator . . . I create the biggest explosions around."
-Krol, goblin furnace-priest

Sidisi's Pet

Creature - Zombie Ape

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.)

The Sultai distinguish between pet and slave by the material of the chain.

Sidisi, Brood Tyrant

Legendary Creature - Naga Shaman

Whenever Sidisi, Brood Tyrant enters the battlefield or attacks, put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.

Whenever one or more creature cards are put into your graveyard from your library, put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield.

Siege Rhino

Creature - Rhino

Trample

When Siege Rhino enters the battlefield, each opponent loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.

The mere approach of an Abzan war beast is enough to send enemies fleeing in panic.

Siegecraft

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +2/+4.

"They thought their fortress impregnable . . . until we marched up with ours, and blocked out the sun."
-Golran, dragonscale captain

Singing Bell Strike

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

When Singing Bell Strike enters the battlefield, tap enchanted creature.

Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

Enchanted creature has ": Untap this creature."

Smite the Monstrous

Instant

Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater.

Though the old holy wards and roadside shrines have begun to fail, faith in Avacyn still holds true power.

Smoke Teller

Creature - Human Shaman

: Look at target face-down creature.

"See your enemies from a thousand sides. Then you will find a thousand ways to kill them."

Snowhorn Rider

Creature - Human Warrior

Trample

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

Sure-footed, strong-willed, and ill-tempered-and so is the ram.

Sorin, Solemn Visitor

Planeswalker - Sorin (Loyalty: 4)

+1: Until your next turn, creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain lifelink.

−2: Put a 2/2 black Vampire creature token with flying onto the battlefield.

−6: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature."

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.

Sultai Ascendancy

Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top two cards of your library. Put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest back on top of your library in any order.