When this creature enters, discard a card.
To Hazoret, those who fight for her are her beloved children.
Target creature gets +3/+1 and gains trample until end of turn. (It can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
"Oketra had our crop build an obelisk to prove the power of working together. But I am stronger without the weak."
Destroy X target artifacts.
"Dissent? Your gods can't even begin to comprehend the dissent that's about to happen here!"
—Chandra Nalaar
Enchant creature you control
When this Aura enters, target creature can't block this turn.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has haste. (It can attack and no matter when it came under your control.)
The fifth cartouche is the final affirmation of glory, granted only to the worthy dead.
If this creature hasn't been exerted this turn, you may exert it as it attacks. When you do, untap all other creatures you control and after this phase, there is an additional combat phase. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has "At the beginning of your upkeep, put a -1/-1 counter on this creature."
Headlong is the only way to pass through the gate to the afterlife.
Deem Worthy deals 7 damage to target creature.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, you may have it deal 2 damage to target creature.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
The endless expanse of desert surrounding Naktamun sometimes yields threats that the gods themselves must answer.
Electrify deals 4 damage to target creature.
"Some hid from the storm. I embraced it and learned its name."
You may exert this creature as it attacks. When you do, it gets +1/+1 and gains menace until end of turn. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step. A creature with menace can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
"My stride will break only against the twin points of Hazoret's spear."
Menace
Whenever you cycle or discard a card, this creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
"Allow zealous flames to light your path and the glory you seek will be revealed."
—Hazoret, god of zeal
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Fling deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to any target.
Never flinch. Never falter. Never fear.
End the turn. (Exile all spells and abilities from the stack, including this card. The player whose turn it is discards down to their maximum hand size. Damage wears off, and "this turn" and "until end of turn" effects end.)
At the beginning of your next end step, you lose the game.
Flying, haste
You may exert this creature as it attacks. When you do, it deals 4 damage to target non-Dragon creature an opponent controls. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
What the initiates face in the final trial is completely at Hazoret's discretion.
Whenever an opponent activates an ability of an artifact, creature, or land on the battlefield, if it isn't a mana ability, this creature deals 2 damage to that player.
"Fight through it."
Indestructible, haste
Hazoret can't attack or block unless you have one or fewer cards in hand.
, Discard a card: Hazoret deals 2 damage to each opponent.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may have target creature you control get +2/+0 and gain haste until end of turn. If you do, sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
Hazoret's gift is bestowed only once.
When this creature enters, you may sacrifice another creature. When you do, this creature deals damage equal to that creature's power to any target.
Embalm (, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Manticore with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)
With carrion a rarity in the Broken Lands, the hyenas that stalk the deserts hunt in packs.
Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
"When the time comes, only one of you will be honored by my spear."
—Hazoret, god of zeal
Magma Spray deals 2 damage to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.
"Ashes can't be embalmed."
—Neheb, initiate of Ahn crop
When this creature enters, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature you control. This creature deals 3 damage to target opponent or planeswalker.
In the training ground known as the Gauntlet, initiates are pushed to practice more destructive techniques.
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
"Those wings are no advantage. I will pin them to the ceiling of the Hekma."
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
You may exert this creature as it attacks. When you do, it gets +1/+2 until end of turn. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
"If you do not feel the thrill of battle, alive like a flame, you will never triumph."
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
"In the Hour of Glory, the gods and the untested will prove their worth before the God-Pharaoh."
—The Accounting of Hours
: Target creature with power 2 or less can't be blocked this turn.
"The expected way through the trial is far too tedious."
Attacking creatures get +2/+0 until end of turn.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
"Combat is a form of worship, the clash of steel a solemn prayer."
—Pytamun, initiate of Nef crop
Prowess
If a source you control would deal noncombat damage to a creature an opponent controls, put that many -1/-1 counters on that creature instead.
Sweltering Suns deals 3 damage to each creature.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
The Hekma may repel storms and monsters, but nothing holds back the heat of the suns.
This creature gets +1/+2 as long as you have one or fewer cards in hand.
The sound of its plated tail beating on desert rocks is often mistaken for the footfalls of a much larger predator.
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards.
"You are undeserving of the afterlife. You will never feel the God-Pharaoh's embrace."
When this enchantment enters, it deals 3 damage to any target.
When a Cartouche you control enters, return this enchantment to its owner's hand.
"Eternal glory awaits you, my child."
You may exert this creature as it attacks. (It won't untap during your next untap step.)
Whenever you exert a creature, creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.
Shoulder to shoulder until blade must turn against blade.
Destroy target artifact or land.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Initiates in the heat of combat must be able to adapt to changing conditions.
When this creature enters, it deals X damage to target creature an opponent controls, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard.
Minotaurs favor magic that manifests as weapons wrapped in flame.
Reveal the top five cards of your library. You may put a creature card and/or an enchantment card from among them into your hand. Put the rest into your graveyard.
It falls to the gods to help all become worthy of the afterlife.
You may exert this creature as it attacks. When you do, it gets +1/+0 and gains deathtouch until end of turn. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
"The vizier of poisons teaches an unconventional kind of strength."
Enchant creature you control
When this Aura enters, you may have enchanted creature fight target creature an opponent controls. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has trample.
You may exert this creature as it attacks. When you do, you may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
The only way to finish the Trial of Strength is with a basilisk scale in hand.
When this creature enters, put three -1/-1 counters on target creature you control.
, Remove a -1/-1 counter from this creature: Add one mana of any color.
"If it is bigger, you must be faster. If it is stronger, you must be sharper. Anything less, and you will never seize a place in our God-Pharaoh's perfect afterlife."
—Rhonas, god of strength
Haste
When this creature enters, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature you control.
"Everything in the trial has teeth. You will overcome them, or you will feed them."
—Rhonas, god of strength
When this creature enters, put two -1/-1 counters on target creature you control.
Whenever you put one or more -1/-1 counters on this creature, remove a -1/-1 counter from another target creature you control.
Destroy target artifact.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
"When all doubts have melted away, the worthy will meet the Hour of Eternity and earn a place at the God-Pharaoh's side."
—The Accounting of Hours
When this creature enters, put three -1/-1 counters on target creature you control.
Whenever this creature attacks, remove a -1/-1 counter from it. If you do, you gain 1 life.
"No one is born worthy."
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
The Broken Lands are littered with the remnants of civilizations long dead and infested by terrors very much alive.
Enchant land
When this Aura enters, you gain 3 life.
Enchanted land has ": Add two mana of any one color."
This creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
A sandwurm can lie in wait beneath the sands for years until the slightest tremor alerts it to the presence of prey.
Target creature you control gains hexproof until end of turn. Remove all -1/-1 counters from it. (A creature with hexproof can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
"If you fear poisons, it is because you are ignorant of them."
—Hapatra, vizier of poisons
Search your library for up to X basic land cards, where X is the number of tapped creatures you control, put those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
A true reflection of nature: death fostering life.
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Few can overcome an assault of such aggressive serenity.
Trample
Embalm (, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Snake Hydra with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)
Even gods have pets.
You may exert this creature as it attacks. When you do, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
Nagas wielding twin daggers excel at the fighting technique known as the Bite of Rhonas.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, untap target creature or land.
"I'd like to say that it's our pet, but the reverse may be closer to the truth."
—Ixor, initiate of Rhet crop
When this creature enters, you may destroy target artifact.
Artifacts your opponents control enter tapped.
"Rely too much on your weapons and watch your dreams shatter in your hands."
—Rhonas, god of strength
: Add one mana of any type that a land you control could produce.
"The lands of the God-Pharaoh are suffused with his breath."
, , Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
"Like fruits in the field, we will be harvested when the season is right."
When this creature enters, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature you control.
Debate rages among the viziers whether comparing the kudu's horns to the God-Pharaoh's is blasphemy or reverence.
Flash
Rhonas's monument is home to a wider variety of creatures than anywhere else in the city of Naktamun—a feature most initiates fail to appreciate.
This spell can't be countered.
Creature spells you control can't be countered.
The viziers serving Rhonas, the god of strength, maintain the menagerie of animals employed during his trial.