"Learn not only from the failures of the past, but also from its triumphs."
—Isperia

Accumulated Knowledge

Draw a card, then draw cards equal to the number of cards named Accumulated Knowledge in all graveyards.

Because Accumulated Knowledge is still on the stack as you perform its instructions, it isn't in your graveyard and won't add to the number of cards drawn.

"You can come back once you've learned some manners—and figured out how to reconstitute your physical forms."

Aetherize

Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.

An "attacking creature" is one that has been declared as an attacker this combat, or one that was put onto the battlefield attacking this combat. Unless that creature leaves combat, it continues to be an attacking creature through the end of combat step, even if the player it was attacking has left the game, or the planeswalker it was attacking has left combat. There's no such thing as an attacking creature outside of the combat phase.

Banisher Priest

When Banisher Priest enters the battlefield, exile target creature an opponent controls until Banisher Priest leaves the battlefield. (That creature returns under its owner's control.)

Auras attached to the exiled creature will be put into their owners' graveyards. Equipment attached to the exiled creature will become unattached and remain on the battlefield. Any counters on the exiled creature will cease to exist.

Banisher Priest's ability causes a zone change with a duration, a new style of ability that's somewhat reminiscent of older cards like Oblivion Ring. However, unlike Oblivion Ring, cards like Banisher Priest have a single ability that creates two one-shot effects: one that exiles the creature when the ability resolves, and another that returns the exiled card to the battlefield immediately after Banisher Priest leaves the battlefield.

If Banisher Priest leaves the battlefield before its enters-the-battlefield ability resolves, the target creature won't be exiled.

If a creature token is exiled, it ceases to exist. It won't be returned to the battlefield.

In a multiplayer game, if Banisher Priest's owner leaves the game, the exiled card will return to the battlefield. Because the one-shot effect that returns the card isn't an ability that goes on the stack, it won't cease to exist along with the leaving player's spells and abilities on the stack.

The exiled card returns to the battlefield immediately after Banisher Priest leaves the battlefield. Nothing happens between the two events, including state-based actions. The two creatures aren't on the battlefield at the same time. For example, if the returning creature is a Clone, it can't enter the battlefield as a copy of Banisher Priest.

Captain of the Watch

Vigilance
Other Soldier creatures you control get +1/+1 and have vigilance.
When Captain of the Watch enters the battlefield, put three 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens onto the battlefield.

Captain of the Watch grants +1/+1 and vigilance to all other Soldier creatures you control, not just the ones its ability puts onto the battlefield.

Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)
Other Soldier creatures you control get +1/+1 and have vigilance.
When Captain of the Watch enters the battlefield, create three 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens.

"You were defeated the moment you declared your aggression."
—Gideon Jura

Celestial Flare

Target player sacrifices an attacking or blocking creature.

Celestial Flare targets only a player, not any creature. A creature with hexproof or protection from white can be sacrificed this way.

Creatures continue to be attacking or blocking creatures through the end of combat step. It is possible to cast Celestial Flare within combat but after combat damage is dealt (specifically, during the combat damage step or the end of combat step). Only attacking and blocking creatures that survived combat damage can be sacrificed at this time.

If the player sacrifices a blocking creature, any attacking creature it was blocking remains blocked. Unless that attacking creature has trample or is being blocked by another creature, it won’t assign or deal combat damage.

"Nature was slowly heading in the right direction, but we know how to achieve faster results."
—Vorel of the Hull Clade

Coiling Oracle

When Coiling Oracle enters the battlefield, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a land card, put it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, put that card into your hand.

"The Boros fight for justice. The Azorius fight for law. I hold the line between, and make sure the people are given both."

Court Street Denizen

Whenever another white creature enters the battlefield under your control, tap target creature an opponent controls.

"The people of Akros must learn from our leonin adversaries. If we match their staunch ferocity with our superior faith, we cannot fail."
—Cymede, queen of Akros

Dauntless Onslaught

Up to two target creatures each get +2/+2 until end of turn.

Decree of Justice

Put X 4/4 white Angel creature tokens with flying onto the battlefield.
Cycling {2}{W} ({2}{W}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle Decree of Justice, you may pay {X}. If you do, put X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens onto the battlefield.

A mana cost of {X}{X} means that you pay twice X. If you want X to be 3, you pay {8}{W}{W} to cast Decree of Justice.

The cycling ability and the triggered ability are separate. If the triggered ability doesn't resolve (because, for example, it has been countered, or all of its targets have become illegal), the cycling ability will still resolve, and you'll draw a card.

When you cycle this card, first the cycling ability goes on the stack, then the triggered ability goes on the stack on top of it. The triggered ability will resolve before you draw a card from the cycling ability.

Create X 4/4 white Angel creature tokens with flying.
Cycling {2}{W} ({2}{W}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle Decree of Justice, you may pay {X}. If you do, create X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens.

"In our war Heliod gave mortals some favor, yet other times he withheld aid. Are we still no more than game pieces to him?"
—Polyxene the Doubter

Dictate of Heliod

Elspeth, Sun's Champion

+1: Put three 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens onto the battlefield.
−3: Destroy all creatures with power 4 or greater.
−7: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control get +2/+2 and have flying."

[+1]: Create three 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens.
[−3]: Destroy all creatures with power 4 or greater.
[−7]: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control get +2/+2 and have flying."

Without the interfering hands of civilization, nature will always shape itself to its own needs.

Evolving Wilds

{T}, Sacrifice Evolving Wilds: Search your library for a basic land card and put it onto the battlefield tapped. Then shuffle your library.

{T}, Sacrifice Evolving Wilds: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

"I will never run out of new oceans to explore or new sea-dwellers to embrace as my own."
—Kiora

Explore

You may play an additional land this turn.
Draw a card.

Explore's effect allows you to play an additional land during your main phase. Doing so follows the normal timing rules for playing lands. In particular, you don't get to play a land as Explore resolves; Explore fully resolves first and you draw a card, perhaps a land you'll play later.

If you somehow manage to cast Explore when it's not your turn, you'll draw a card when it resolves, but you won't be able to play a land that turn.

The effects of multiple Explores in the same turn are cumulative. They're also cumulative with other effects that let you play additional lands, such as the one from Urban Evolution.

Torching Krosa would be pointless. It grows faster than it burns.

Explosive Vegetation

Search your library for up to two basic land cards and put them onto the battlefield tapped. Then shuffle your library.

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Forest

Gempalm Avenger

Cycling {2}{W} ({2}{W}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle Gempalm Avenger, Soldier creatures get +1/+1 and gain first strike until end of turn.

Cycling is an activated ability. Effects that interact with activated abilities (such as Stifle or Rings of Brighthearth) will interact with cycling. Effects that interact with spells (such as Remove Soul or Faerie Tauntings) will not.

The cycling ability and the triggered ability are separate. If the triggered ability doesn’t resolve (due to being countered with Stifle, for example, or if all its targets have become illegal), the cycling ability will still resolve and you’ll draw a card.

"Don't be fooled. If it were as docile as it looks, it would've died off long ago."
—Yon Basrel, Oran-Rief survivalist

Grazing Gladehart

Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you may gain 2 life.

The landfall ability triggers whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control for any reason. It triggers whenever you play a land, as well as whenever a spell or ability (such as Rampant Growth) causes you to put a land onto the battlefield under your control. It will even trigger when a spell or ability causes another player to put a land onto the battlefield under your control (as can happen with Yavimaya Dryad’s ability, for example).

When a land enters the battlefield under your control, each landfall ability of the permanents you control will trigger. You can put them on the stack in any order. The last ability you put on the stack will be the first one that resolves.

Banking steeply, the aven streaked toward the ground—and vanished.

Gustcloak Harrier

Flying
Whenever Gustcloak Harrier becomes blocked, you may untap it and remove it from combat.

"Our death-arrows flew in high arcs towards the aven. And then . . . nothing."
—Coliseum guard

Gustcloak Savior

Flying
Whenever a creature you control becomes blocked, you may untap that creature and remove it from combat.

Entire platoons have mysteriously vanished from battle, leaving enemy weapons to slice through empty air.

Gustcloak Sentinel

Whenever Gustcloak Sentinel becomes blocked, you may untap it and remove it from combat.

They're trained in the art of pressing their luck.

Gustcloak Skirmisher

Flying
Whenever Gustcloak Skirmisher becomes blocked, you may untap it and remove it from combat.

Icatian Javelineers

Icatian Javelineers enters the battlefield with a javelin counter on it.
{T}, Remove a javelin counter from Icatian Javelineers: Icatian Javelineers deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

Icatian Javelineers enters the battlefield with a javelin counter on it.
{T}, Remove a javelin counter from Icatian Javelineers: It deals 1 damage to any target.

"Into its maw went the seventh sea, never to be seen again while the world remains."
—Esper fable

Inkwell Leviathan

Trample
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Island

"If a boggart even dares breathe near one of my kin, I'll know. And I'll not be happy."

Kinsbaile Skirmisher

When Kinsbaile Skirmisher enters the battlefield, target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

"She may call herself Kiora but I believe she is Thassa, the embodiment of the sea and empress of the depths."

Kiora's Follower

Kiora, the Crashing Wave

+1: Until your next turn, prevent all damage that would be dealt to and dealt by target permanent an opponent controls.
−1: Draw a card. You may play an additional land this turn.
−5: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of your end step, put a 9/9 blue Kraken creature token onto the battlefield."

If Kiora leaves the battlefield after her second ability is activated but before it resolves, you’ll still be able to play an additional land after the ability resolves.

Kiora’s first ability can target any permanent an opponent controls, not just one that can deal or be dealt damage.

Kiora’s second ability allows you to play an additional land during your main phase. Doing so follows the normal timing rules for playing lands. In particular, you won’t play a land as that ability resolves. The ability will fully resolve (and you’ll draw a card, perhaps a land you’ll play later) first.

Once the first ability resolves, the damage prevention continues to apply even if that permanent changes controllers.

The effect of the second ability is cumulative with other effects that let you play additional lands, such as the one from Rites of Flourishing.

[+1]: Until your next turn, prevent all damage that would be dealt to and dealt by target permanent an opponent controls.
[−1]: Draw a card. You may play an additional land this turn.
[−5]: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of your end step, create a 9/9 blue Kraken creature token."

"Sometimes I snare the unexpected, but I know its purpose will be revealed in time."

Kor Skyfisher

Flying
When Kor Skyfisher enters the battlefield, return a permanent you control to its owner's hand.

If Kor Skyfisher is still on the battlefield as its triggered ability resolves, you may return Kor Skyfisher itself.

Kor Skyfisher’s triggered ability doesn’t target a permanent. You choose which one to return to its owner’s hand as the ability resolves. No one can respond to the choice.

"The enlightenment I never found in etherium I have found traced in the coatl's scales."
—Ranalus, vedalken heretic

Lorescale Coatl

Whenever you draw a card, you may put a +1/+1 counter on Lorescale Coatl.

If a spell or ability causes you to put a card into your hand without specifically using the word "draw," it's not a card drawn.

Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Lorescale Coatl.

"On every plane I've encountered loxodons, I've found stalwart and loyal friends."
—Elspeth

Loxodon Partisan

Battle cry (Whenever this creature attacks, each other attacking creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.)

"Beauty to the eye does not always translate to the touch."
—Naimah, Femeref philosopher

Man-o'-War

When Man-o'-War enters the battlefield, return target creature to its owner's hand.

If there are no other creatures on the battlefield when Man-o'-War enters the battlefield, its ability must target itself.

"The southern fortress taken by invaders? Heh, sure . . . when elephants fly."
—Brezard Skeinbow, captain of the guard

Mighty Leap

Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains flying until end of turn.

Giving a creature flying after it’s already been blocked won’t change or undo that block. If you want to affect what can block the creature, you must cast Mighty Leap during the declare attackers step at the latest.

"Such deeds should be common fare for such as us."
—Anax, king of Akros

Mortal's Ardor

Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains lifelink until end of turn. (Damage dealt by the creature also causes its controller to gain that much life.)

She will not touch a weapon, yet she is the greatest protector her people have ever known.

Mother of Runes

{T}: Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

It's not the two heads you should fear. It's the four fangs.

Nessian Asp

Reach
{6}{G}: Monstrosity 4. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put four +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)

An ability that triggers when a creature becomes monstrous won't trigger if that creature isn't on the battlefield when its monstrosity ability resolves.

Monstrous isn't an ability that a creature has. It's just something true about that creature. If the creature stops being a creature or loses its abilities, it will continue to be monstrous.

Once a creature becomes monstrous, it can't become monstrous again. If the creature is already monstrous when the monstrosity ability resolves, nothing happens.

It is an expert at culling individuals who stray too far from the herd.

Netcaster Spider

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Whenever Netcaster Spider blocks a creature with flying, Netcaster Spider gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

The Simic soon discovered that the sky offered as few constraints on size as the sea.

Nimbus Swimmer

Flying
Nimbus Swimmer enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it.

Noble Templar

Vigilance
Plainscycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Plains card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.)

Vigilance
Plainscycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Plains card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Her prophecies amaze her even as she speaks them.

Omenspeaker

When Omenspeaker enters the battlefield, scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)

Scry appears on some spells and abilities with one or more targets. If all of the spell or ability's targets are illegal when it tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't scry.

When you scry, you may put all the cards you look at back on top of your library, you may put all of those cards on the bottom of your library, or you may put some of those cards on top and the rest of them on the bottom.

You choose how to order cards returned to your library after scrying no matter where you put them.

You perform the actions stated on a card in sequence. For some spells and abilities, that means you'll scry last. For others, that means you'll scry and then perform other actions.

"Soulless demon, you are bound to me. Now we will both dwell in oblivion."

Peel from Reality

Return target creature you control and target creature you don't control to their owners' hands.

Plains

"Everything serves a purpose. Even you."
—Vorel of the Hull Clade

Plasm Capture

Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next precombat main phase, add X mana in any combination of colors to your mana pool, where X is that spell's converted mana cost.

If the countered spell had {X} in its mana cost, include the value chosen for that X when determining how much mana to add to your pool. For example, if you counter a spell that costs {X}{R} with X equal to 5, you'll add six mana to your mana pool.

Your precombat main phase is the main phase that happens immediately after your draw step, not any other main phase.

Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next precombat main phase, add X mana in any combination of colors, where X is that spell's mana value.

"In troubled times, we all need someone to watch our back."

Precinct Captain

First strike
Whenever Precinct Captain deals combat damage to a player, put a 1/1 white Soldier creature token onto the battlefield.

First strike
Whenever Precinct Captain deals combat damage to a player, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.

Like blinking or breathing, responding to an alarm is an involuntary reflex.

Raise the Alarm

Put two 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens onto the battlefield.

Create two 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens.

Scourge of Fleets

When Scourge of Fleets enters the battlefield, return each creature your opponents control with toughness X or less to its owner's hand, where X is the number of Islands you control.

The value of X is determined as the ability resolves.

Sealock Monster

Sealock Monster can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.
{5}{U}{U}: Monstrosity 3. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put three +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)
When Sealock Monster becomes monstrous, target land becomes an Island in addition to its other types.

The effect making the land an Island doesn't have a duration and will last indefinitely. The land retains any land types and abilities it already had. An Island has the ability “{T}: Add {U}.”

Secluded Steppe

Secluded Steppe enters the battlefield tapped.
{T}: Add {W} to your mana pool.
Cycling {W} ({W}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Secluded Steppe enters the battlefield tapped.
{T}: Add {W}.
Cycling {W} ({W}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

"We've bred out the shortcomings of the species' natural form and replaced them with assets of our own design."
—Momir Vig

Simic Sky Swallower

Flying, trample
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

"I was called to this world of steel, and it will be my steel that answers."
—Elspeth

Soul Parry

Prevent all damage one or two target creatures would deal this turn.

Soul Parry prevents all damage the targeted creatures would deal this turn, not just combat damage.

"Bant sentries were called the Angel Line. They never faltered, and they were ready to die defending their position."
—Elspeth

Standing Troops

"It's easy for the innocent to speak of justice. They seldom feel its terrible power."
—Orim, Samite inquisitor

Sunlance

Sunlance deals 3 damage to target nonwhite creature.

Surrakar Banisher

When Surrakar Banisher enters the battlefield, you may return target tapped creature to its owner's hand.

"When gods become apathetic, the people will worship anyone who answers their pleas."
—Kiora

Temple of the False God

{T}: Add {2} to your mana pool. Activate this ability only if you control five or more lands.

{T}: Add {C}{C}. Activate only if you control five or more lands.

Time to Feed

Choose target creature an opponent controls. When that creature dies this turn, you gain 3 life. Target creature you control fights that creature. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

If neither creature is a legal target when Time to Feed tries to resolve, the spell won't resolve and none of its effects will happen.

If the first target creature dies that turn, you'll gain 3 life no matter what caused the creature to die or who controls the creature at that time.

Time to Feed has two targets: a creature an opponent controls and a creature you control. If only one of those creatures is a legal target when Time to Feed tries to resolve, the creatures won't fight and neither will deal or be dealt damage. If the creature you don't control is the illegal target, you won't gain life when it dies.

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Accumulated Knowledge	Instant	$0.02 ^(0.00)
Aetherize	Instant	$0.15 ^(0.10)
Banisher Priest	Creature	$0.02 ^(0.00)
Captain of the Watch	Creature	$0.08 ^(0.00)
Celestial Flare	Instant	$0.02 ^(0.00)
Coiling Oracle	Creature	$0.02 ^(0.00)
Court Street Denizen	Creature	$0.02 ^(0.00)
Dauntless Onslaught	Instant	$0.02 ^(0.00)
Decree of Justice	Sorcery	$0.10 ^(0.00)
Dictate of Heliod	Enchantment	$0.08 ^(0.00)
Elspeth, Sun's Champion	Planeswalker	$0.00 ^(0.00)
Evolving Wilds	Land	$0.02 ^(0.00)
Explore	Sorcery	$0.02 ^(0.00)
Explosive Vegetation	Sorcery	$0.15 ^(0.10)
Forest	Land	$0.00 ^(0.00)
Forest	Land	$0.00 ^(0.00)
Forest	Land	$0.00 ^(0.00)
Gempalm Avenger	Creature	$0.02 ^(0.00)
Grazing Gladehart	Creature	$0.02 ^(0.00)
Gustcloak Harrier	Creature	$0.02 ^(0.00)
Gustcloak Savior	Creature	$0.10 ^(0.00)
Gustcloak Sentinel	Creature	$0.02 ^(0.00)
Gustcloak Skirmisher	Creature	$0.02 ^(0.00)
Icatian Javelineers	Creature	$0.02 ^(0.00)
Inkwell Leviathan	Creature	$0.08 ^(0.00)
Island	Land	$0.00 ^(0.00)
Island	Land	$0.00 ^(0.00)
Island	Land	$0.00 ^(0.00)
Kinsbaile Skirmisher	Creature	$0.02 ^(0.00)
Kiora's Follower	Creature	$0.05 ^(0.03)
Kiora, the Crashing Wave	Planeswalker	$0.00 ^(0.00)
Kor Skyfisher	Creature	$0.15 ^(0.13)
Lorescale Coatl	Creature	$0.02 ^(0.00)
Loxodon Partisan	Creature	$0.02 ^(0.00)
Man-o'-War	Creature	$0.02 ^(0.00)
Mighty Leap	Instant	$0.02 ^(0.00)
Mortal's Ardor	Instant	$0.02 ^(0.00)
Mother of Runes	Creature	$4.00 ^(0.00)
Nessian Asp	Creature	$0.02 ^(0.00)
Netcaster Spider	Creature	$0.02 ^(0.00)
Nimbus Swimmer	Creature	$0.02 ^(0.00)
Noble Templar	Creature	$0.02 ^(0.00)
Omenspeaker	Creature	$0.02 ^(0.00)
Peel from Reality	Instant	$0.02 ^(0.00)
Plains	Land	$0.00 ^(0.00)
Plains	Land	$0.00 ^(0.00)
Plains	Land	$0.00 ^(0.00)
Plains	Land	$0.00 ^(0.00)
Plasm Capture	Instant	$0.08 ^(0.00)
Precinct Captain	Creature	$0.08 ^(0.00)

Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora