Absorb Vis

Sorcery

Target player loses 4 life and you gain 4 life.

Basic landcycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.)

Absorb

Instant

Counter target spell. You gain 3 life.

"Your presumption is your downfall."

Absolver Thrull

Creature - Thrull Cleric

Haunt (When this creature dies, exile it haunting target creature.)

When Absolver Thrull enters the battlefield or the creature it haunts dies, destroy target enchantment.

Absolute Law

Enchantment

All creatures have protection from red.

The strength of law is unwavering. It is an iron bar in a world of water.

Absolute Grace

Enchantment

All creatures have protection from black.

In pursuit of Urza, the Phyrexians sent countless foul legions into Serra's realm. Though beaten back, they left it tainted with uncleansable evil.

Abrupt Decay

Instant

Abrupt Decay can't be countered by spells or abilities.

Destroy target nonland permanent with converted mana cost 3 or less.

The Izzet quickly suspended their policy of lifetime guarantees.

About Face

Instant

Switch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn.

The overconfident are the most vulnerable.

Aboshan, Cephalid Emperor

Legendary Creature - Cephalid

Tap an untapped Cephalid you control: Tap target permanent.

: Tap all creatures without flying.

"No one can fight the tide forever."

Aboshan's Desire

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature has flying.

Threshold - Enchanted creature has shroud as long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Aboroth

Creature - Elemental

Cumulative upkeep-Put a -1/-1 counter on Aboroth. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

The Weatherlight banked sharply as the colossal beast rose up to crush the lone rider. "My bet's on the dirt," Gerrard said flatly.

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.)

Abomination

Creature - Horror

Whenever Abomination blocks or becomes blocked by a green or white creature, destroy that creature at end of combat.

Abolish

Instant

You may discard a Plains card rather than pay Abolish's mana cost.

Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

As war raged on, the young mages became more direct in their tactics, often at great cost.

Abjure

Instant

As an additional cost to cast Abjure, sacrifice a blue permanent.

Counter target spell.

Mirri's hackles rose as Ertai continued expounding his virtues. "If that arrogant brat doesn't shut up soon," she growled to herself, "I'm going to have to kill him."

Abhorrent Overlord

Creature - Demon

Flying

When Abhorrent Overlord enters the battlefield, put a number of 1/1 black Harpy creature tokens with flying onto the battlefield equal to your devotion to black. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature.

Abeyance

Instant

Until end of turn, target player can't cast instant or sorcery spells, and that player can't activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.

Draw a card.

"I'm too modest a wizard to reveal the full extent of my abilities."
-Ertai, wizard adept

Abduction

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature

When Abduction enters the battlefield, untap enchanted creature.

You control enchanted creature.

When enchanted creature dies, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Abbey Matron

Creature - Human Cleric

, : Abbey Matron gets +0/+3 until end of turn.

"The Matrons are kindly souls, but don't ask one for an ale."
-Halina, Dwarven Trader

Abbey Griffin

Creature - Griffin

Flying, vigilance

"The darkness crawls with vampires and ghouls, but we are not without allies."
-Mikaeus, the Lunarch

Abbey Gargoyles

Creature - Gargoyle

Flying, protection from red

"They don't move, do they?"
"Only for the wrong sort of people."
"Are we the wrong sort of people?"

Abattoir Ghoul

Creature - Zombie

First strike

Whenever a creature dealt damage by Abattoir Ghoul this turn dies, you gain life equal to that creature's toughness.

Death took his humanity but not his skill with the knife.

Abandoned Outpost

Land

Abandoned Outpost enters the battlefield tapped.

: Add to your mana pool.

, Sacrifice Abandoned Outpost: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.

Abandon Hope

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast Abandon Hope, discard X cards.

Look at target opponent's hand and choose X cards from it. That player discards those cards.

As Gerrard's form vanished into the maw of trees, Hanna mouthed a silent plea, mourning a crushed dream.

Basic Land - Forest