"I have seen and heard much here. There are secrets within secrets. Let me show you."
—Takara, to Eladamri

Accumulated Knowledge

Draw a card, then draw cards equal to the number of Accumulated Knowledge cards 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.

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

"Creatures fade in and out of existence. It's an unfortunate side effect. The losses are tolerable."
—Belbe

Aether Barrier

Whenever a player plays a creature spell, that player sacrifices a permanent unless he or she pays o1.

Whenever a player casts a creature spell, that player sacrifices a permanent unless they pay {1}.

Random mutations among Rootwater merfolk were common—and disturbing.

Air Bladder

Enchanted creature has flying.
Enchanted creature can block only creatures with flying.

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has flying.
Enchanted creature can block only creatures with flying.

Ancient Hydra

Fading 5 (This creature comes into play with five fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)
o1, Remove a fade counter from Ancient Hydra: Ancient Hydra deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

Fading 5 (This creature enters with five fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)
{1}, Remove a fade counter from Ancient Hydra: It deals 1 damage to any target.

Angelic Favor

If you control a plains, you may tap an untapped creature you control instead of paying Angelic Favor's mana cost.
Play Angelic Favor only during combat.
Put a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying into play. Remove it from the game at end of turn.

If you control a Plains, you may tap an untapped creature you control rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Cast this spell only during combat.
Create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.

Irony is getting walked on by the earth instead of the other way around.

Animate Land

Until end of turn, target land is a 3/3 creature that's still a land.

A noncreature permanent that turns into a creature can attack, and its {T} abilities can be activated, only if its controller has continuously controlled that permanent since the beginning of their most recent turn. It doesn’t matter how long the permanent has been a creature.

Until end of turn, target land becomes a 3/3 creature that's still a land.

Arc Mage

o2o
R, oc
T, Discard a card from your hand: Arc Mage deals 2 damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures and/or players.

You can’t choose zero targets. You must choose between 1 and 2 targets.

{2}{R}, {T}, Discard a card: Arc Mage deals 2 damage divided as you choose among one or two targets.

"Things are going to change around here."
—Crovax

Ascendant Evincar

Flying
Other black creatures get +1/+1.
Nonblack creatures get -1/-1.

If Ascendant Evincar stops being black, it gives itself -1/-1.

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Other black creatures get +1/+1.
Nonblack creatures get -1/-1.

Avenger en-Dal

o2o
W, oc
T, Discard a card from your hand: Remove target attacking creature from the game. Its controller gains life equal to its toughness.

{2}{W}, {T}, Discard a card: Exile target attacking creature. Its controller gains life equal to its toughness.

Battlefield Percher

Flying
Battlefield Percher can block only creatures with flying.
o1oo
B Battlefield Percher gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Flying
Battlefield Percher can block only creatures with flying.
{1}{B}: Battlefield Percher gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

It protects her from the ravages of Phyrexia and the savages of Rath.

Belbe's Armor

o
X, oc
T: Target creature gets -X/+X until end of turn.

{X}, {T}: Target creature gets -X/+X until end of turn.

Long and powerful, these birds were used to carry messages to and from the evincar.

Belbe's Percher

Flying
Belbe's Percher can block only creatures with flying.

The fight will continue on a new battlefield.

Belbe's Portal

As Belbe's Portal comes into play, choose a creature type.
o3, oc
T: Put a creature card of the chosen type from your hand into play.

Putting the card onto the battlefield is optional. When the ability resolves, you can choose not to.

As Belbe's Portal enters, choose a creature type.
{3}, {T}: You may put a creature card of the chosen type from your hand onto the battlefield.

Blastoderm

Fading 3 (This creature comes into play with three fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)
Blastoderm can't be the target of spells or abilities.

Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Fading 3 (This creature enters with three fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)

"Their eyes will shrivel and blacken before faith's true light."

Blinding Angel

Flying
Whenever Blinding Angel deals combat damage to a player, that player skips his or her next combat phase.

If you are damaged by more than one, the effects are cumulative and you skip multiple combat phases.

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Whenever Blinding Angel deals combat damage to a player, that player skips their next combat phase.

The ingredients for panic include equal parts danger, uncertainty, and helplessness.

Bola Warrior

o
R, oc
T, Discard a card from your hand: Target creature can't block this turn.

{R}, {T}, Discard a card: Target creature can't block this turn.

A wall built from the bodies of the enemy will never lack building material in times of war.

Carrion Wall

(Walls can't attack.)
o1oo
B Regenerate Carrion Wall.

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
{1}{B}: Regenerate Carrion Wall.

The clearest commands are practical examples.

Chieftain en-Dal

Whenever Chieftain en-Dal attacks, attacking creatures gain first strike until end of turn.

Chieftain en-Dal does give itself first strike when attacking.

Cloudskate

Flying
Fading 3 (This creature comes into play with three fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)

Flying
Fading 3 (This creature enters with three fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)

Only the elves know where the woods end and the woodworm begins.

Coiling Woodworm

Coiling Woodworm's power is equal to the number of forests in play.

Coiling Woodworm's power is equal to the number of Forests on the battlefield.

"This wasteful design cannot possibly be Phyrexian."
—Belbe

Complex Automaton

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control seven or more permanents, return Complex Automaton to its owner's hand.

Dark Triumph

If you control a swamp, you may sacrifice a creature instead of paying Dark Triumph's mana cost.
Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn.

If you control a Swamp, you may sacrifice a creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn.

Daze

You may return an island you control to its owner's hand instead of paying Daze's mana cost.
Counter target spell unless its controller pays o1.

If another effect causes Daze to cost more, you must pay that additional cost even if you pay its alternative cost.

You may return an Island you control to its owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.

"Kill them all and feed them to the new recruits."
—Crovax

Death Pit Offering

As Death Pit Offering comes into play, sacrifice all creatures you control.
Creatures you control get +2/+2.

When Death Pit Offering enters, sacrifice all creatures you control.
Creatures you control get +2/+2.

Defender en-Vec

Fading 4 (This creature comes into play with four fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)
Remove a fade counter from Defender en-Vec: Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

Fading 4 (This creature enters with four fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)
Remove a fade counter from Defender en-Vec: Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.

Defiant Falcon

Flying
o4, oc
T: Search your library for a Rebel card with converted mana cost 3 or less and put that card into play. Then shuffle your library.

You do not have to find a Rebel card if you do not want to.

Flying
{4}, {T}: Search your library for a Rebel permanent card with mana value 3 or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Defiant Vanguard

When Defiant Vanguard blocks, at end of combat, destroy it and all creatures it blocked this turn.
o5, oc
T: Search your library for a Rebel card with converted mana cost 4 or less and put that card into play. Then shuffle your library.

When Defiant Vanguard blocks, at end of combat, destroy it and all creatures it blocked this turn.
{5}, {T}: Search your library for a Rebel permanent card with mana value 4 or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Divining Witch

o1o
B, oc
T, Discard a card from your hand: Name a card. Remove the top six cards of your library from the game. Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal the named card, then put that card into your hand. Remove all other cards revealed this way from the game.

You name a card during resolution of the ability.

{1}{B}, {T}, Discard a card: Choose a card name. Exile the top six cards of your library, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a card with the chosen name. Put that card into your hand and exile all other cards revealed this way.

"I've come to reclaim what is mine. And you, Greven, are mine."
—Volrath

Dominate

Gain control of target creature with converted mana cost X or less. (This spell's effect doesn't end at end of turn.)

Gain control of target creature with mana value X or less.

Downhill Charge

You may sacrifice a mountain instead of paying Downhill Charge's mana cost.
Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of mountains you control.

You may sacrifice a Mountain rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of Mountains you control.

Rootwater has become as dangerous to its denizens as to its enemies.

Ensnare

You may return two islands you control to their owner's hand instead of paying Ensnare's mana cost.
Tap all creatures.

You may return two Islands you control to their owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Tap all creatures.

Eye of Yawgmoth

o3, oc
T, Sacrifice a creature: Reveal cards from the top of your library equal to the sacrificed creature's power. Put one into your hand and remove the rest from the game.

{3}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Reveal a number of cards from the top of your library equal to the sacrificed creature's power. Put one into your hand and exile the rest.

The Oracle told Eladamri he would save his people by abandoning them. His followers adopted that ideal.

Fanatical Devotion

Sacrifice a creature: Regenerate target creature.

Crovax hungered for power, and the stronghold devoured the sky.

Flame Rift

Flame Rift deals 4 damage to each player.

Flint Golem

Whenever Flint Golem becomes blocked, defending player puts the top three cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

Whenever Flint Golem becomes blocked, defending player mills three cards.

Flowstone Armor

You may choose not to untap Flowstone Armor during your untap step.
o3, oc
T: Target creature gets +1/-1 as long as Flowstone Armor remains tapped.

You may choose not to untap Flowstone Armor during your untap step.
{3}, {T}: Target creature gets +1/-1 for as long as Flowstone Armor remains tapped.

"Someone must have done something very bad to make a rock that angry."
—Rebel scout

Flowstone Crusher

oo
R Flowstone Crusher gets +1/-1 until end of turn.

Flowstone Crusher’s ability can be activated multiple times, but Flowstone Crusher is put into the graveyard after an effect resolves that makes its toughness 0.

{R}: Flowstone Crusher gets +1/-1 until end of turn.

The rebels couldn't see where the roar was coming from. Then they saw it was coming from everywhere.

Flowstone Overseer

o
Roo
R Target creature gets +1/-1 until end of turn.

{R}{R}: Target creature gets +1/-1 until end of turn.

It may look like soil, but its nature is malice.

Flowstone Slide

All creatures get +X/-X until end of turn.

Flowstone Strike

Target creature gets +1/-1 and gains haste until end of turn. (It may attack and oc
T the turn it comes under your control.)

Target creature gets +1/-1 and gains haste until end of turn.

The army was never at a loss for weapons; Crovax was their forge.

Flowstone Surge

Airborne flowstone isn't less dangerous, only less common.

Flowstone Thopter

o1: Flowstone Thopter gets +1/-1 and gains flying until end of turn.

{1}: Flowstone Thopter gets +1/-1 and gains flying until end of turn.

The rebels assaulted the wall, never suspecting the wall would assault back.

Flowstone Wall

(Walls can't attack.)
oo
R Flowstone Wall gets +1/-1 until end of turn.

Defender (This creature can't attack.)
{R}: Flowstone Wall gets +1/-1 until end of turn.

Realizing they weren't getting past the fog, the elves did the only thing they could do: wait.

Fog Patch

Play Fog Patch only during the declare blockers step.
Attacking creatures become blocked. (This spell works on unblockable creatures.)

Cast this spell only during the declare blockers step.
Attacking creatures become blocked. (This spell works on creatures that can't be blocked.)

"Why should one limit oneself to the resources at hand?"

Harvest Mage

o
G, oc
T, Discard a card from your hand: Until end of turn, if you tap a land for mana, it produces one mana of any color instead of its normal type and amount.

{G}, {T}, Discard a card: Until end of turn, if you tap a land for mana, it produces one mana of a color of your choice instead of any other type and amount.

Getting in was the easy part. Getting out proved to be more difficult.

Infiltrate

Target creature is unblockable this turn.

Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Jolting Merfolk

Fading 4 (This creature comes into play with four fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)
Remove a fade counter from Jolting Merfolk: Tap target creature.

Fading 4 (This creature enters with four fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)
Remove a fade counter from Jolting Merfolk: Tap target creature.

Success is largely a matter of knowing which lever to pull.

Kill Switch

o2, oc
T: Tap all other artifacts. They don't untap during their controllers' untap steps as long as Kill Switch remains tapped.

Note that you can't choose to leave this card tapped during your untap step (unless some other effect says so).

Only the artifacts that it tried to tap when the ability resolved are prevented from untapping. Artifacts that enter after that or permanents that become artifacts after that are not affected.

{2}, {T}: Tap all other artifacts. They don't untap during their controllers' untap steps for as long as Kill Switch remains tapped.

Kor Haven

oc
T: Add one colorless mana to your mana pool.
o1o
W, oc
T: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target attacking creature this turn.

{T}: Add {C}.
{1}{W}, {T}: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target attacking creature this turn.

Laccolith Grunt

Whenever Laccolith Grunt becomes blocked, you may have it deal damage equal to its power to target creature. If you do, Laccolith Grunt deals no combat damage this turn.

It can target any creature on the battlefield, not just one of the ones blocking it.

The ability allows you to deal damage during the declare blockers step of combat, which is well before even first strike creatures deal damage.

The ability is optional. You can decide to allow it to deal combat damage as normal.

The ability triggers even if a spell or ability makes it blocked, instead of being blocked by a creature.

Whenever Laccolith Grunt becomes blocked, you may have it deal damage equal to its power to target creature. If you do, Laccolith Grunt assigns no combat damage this turn.

Laccolith Rig

Whenever enchanted creature becomes blocked, you may have it deal damage equal to its power to target creature. If you do, enchanted creature deals no combat damage this turn.

If placed on a Laccolith creature, both this card’s ability and the Laccolith’s ability will trigger and have their effect.

If this is on an opponent’s creature, the controller of this card (not the creature’s controller) decides whether to use this card’s ability or not, and decides what the target will be.

Moving the enchantment after the ability triggers will not affect which creatures are affected.

Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature becomes blocked, you may have it deal damage equal to its power to target creature. If you do, the first creature assigns no combat damage this turn.

Laccolith Titan

Whenever Laccolith Titan becomes blocked, you may have it deal damage equal to its power to target creature. If you do, Laccolith Titan deals no combat damage this turn.

Whenever Laccolith Titan becomes blocked, you may have it deal damage equal to its power to target creature. If you do, Laccolith Titan assigns no combat damage this turn.

The screams are brief. The silence lingers.

Laccolith Warrior

Whenever Laccolith Warrior becomes blocked, you may have it deal damage equal to its power to target creature. If you do, Laccolith Warrior deals no combat damage this turn.

Whenever Laccolith Warrior becomes blocked, you may have it deal damage equal to its power to target creature. If you do, Laccolith Warrior assigns no combat damage this turn.

Card (143)	Type	^{$81.09 (1151.47)} Price
Accumulated Knowledge - 1997	Instant	$0.05 ^(7.55)
Aether Barrier - 1997	Enchantment	$0.75 ^(16.75)
Air Bladder - 1997	Enchantment	$0.00 ^(0.15)
Ancient Hydra - 1997	Creature	$0.02 ^(3.50)
Angelic Favor - 1997	Instant	$0.02 ^(1.02)
Animate Land - 1997	Instant	$0.02 ^(2.00)
Arc Mage - 1997	Creature	$0.00 ^(0.05)
Ascendant Evincar - 1997	Creature	$2.00 ^(21.00)
Avenger en-Dal - 1997	Creature	$0.00 ^(12.00)
Battlefield Percher - 1997	Creature	$0.00 ^(0.05)
Belbe's Armor - 1997	Artifact	$0.02 ^(2.52)
Belbe's Percher - 1997	Creature	$0.00 ^(0.05)
Belbe's Portal - 1997	Artifact	$0.75 ^(14.75)
Blastoderm - 1997	Creature	$0.00 ^(6.00)
Blinding Angel - 1997	Creature	$4.00 ^(36.00)
Bola Warrior - 1997	Creature	$0.00 ^(0.02)
Carrion Wall - 1997	Creature	$0.00 ^(0.15)
Chieftain en-Dal - 1997	Creature	$0.00 ^(1.50)
Cloudskate - 1997	Creature	$0.00 ^(0.05)
Coiling Woodworm - 1997	Creature	$0.05 ^(4.00)
Complex Automaton - 1997	Creature	$0.00 ^(2.00)
Dark Triumph - 1997	Instant	$0.02 ^(1.00)
Daze - 1997	Instant	$0.50 ^(100.50)
Death Pit Offering - 1997	Enchantment	$0.15 ^(7.00)
Defender en-Vec - 1997	Creature	$0.02 ^(0.02)
Defiant Falcon - 1997	Creature	$0.02 ^(2.00)
Defiant Vanguard - 1997	Creature	$0.00 ^(0.10)
Divining Witch - 1997	Creature	$0.15 ^(14.15)
Dominate - 1997	Instant	$0.02 ^(3.02)
Downhill Charge - 1997	Instant	$0.02 ^(3.00)
Ensnare - 1997	Instant	$0.15 ^(5.15)
Eye of Yawgmoth - 1997	Artifact	$0.00 ^(0.50)
Fanatical Devotion - 1997	Enchantment	$0.15 ^(9.15)
Flame Rift - 1997	Sorcery	$0.25 ^(6.00)
Flint Golem - 1997	Creature	$0.02 ^(0.05)
Flowstone Armor - 1997	Artifact	$0.00 ^(0.05)
Flowstone Crusher - 1997	Creature	$0.00 ^(0.02)
Flowstone Overseer - 1997	Creature	$0.00 ^(5.00)
Flowstone Slide - 1997	Sorcery	$0.00 ^(1.50)
Flowstone Strike - 1997	Instant	$0.02 ^(0.02)
Flowstone Surge - 1997	Enchantment	$0.00 ^(0.50)
Flowstone Thopter - 1997	Creature	$0.00 ^(0.15)
Flowstone Wall - 1997	Creature	$0.00 ^(0.02)
Fog Patch - 1997	Instant	$0.00 ^(1.00)
Harvest Mage - 1997	Creature	$0.00 ^(9.00)
Infiltrate - 1997	Instant	$0.02 ^(0.50)
Jolting Merfolk - 1997	Creature	$0.00 ^(0.15)
Kill Switch - 1997	Artifact	$7.50 ^(21.50)
Kor Haven - 1997	Land	$9.00 ^(39.00)
Laccolith Grunt - 1997	Creature	$0.00 ^(0.02)

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