Anthologies

Destroy all lands.

Flying

Asked how it survived a run-in with a bog imp, the pegasus just shook its mane and burped.

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)

First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

"We called them 'armored lightning.'"

—Gerrard of the Weatherlight

: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.

"Without Combat Medics, Icatia would probably not have withstood the forces of chaos as long as it did."

—Sarpadian Empires, vol. VI

Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Flying, protection from red

"That does it! I'm going back to hunting chickens!"

—Rhirhok, goblin archer

This creature enters with a javelin counter on it.

, Remove a javelin counter from this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

: Target attacking creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

"The true dishonor for a soldier is surviving the war."

—Telim'Tor

Protection from black

: This creature gains first strike until end of turn.

: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

A shield of light admits no shadow.

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature can't attack or block.

For the first time in his life, Grakk felt a little warm and fuzzy inside.

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

"The clouds came alive and dove to the earth! Hooves flashed among the dark army, who fled before the spectacle of fury."

—Song of All, canto 211

Buyback—Sacrifice a land. (You may sacrifice a land in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)

Create a 1/1 white Pegasus creature token with flying.

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this enchantment unless you sacrifice a Pegasus.

: Create a 1/1 white Pegasus creature token with flying.

"Do not go there, do not go / unless you rise on wings, unless you walk on hooves."

—"Song to the Sun," Femeref song

: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.

Healers ultimately acquire the divine gifts of spiritual and physical wholeness. The most devout are also granted the ability to pass physical wholeness on to others.

Flying

Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)

Born with wings of light and a sword of faith, this heavenly incarnation embodies both fury and purity.

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

"We are to be bound together as the reeds of a basket."

—Asmira, Rashida, and Jabari, unity chant

First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

Protection from black (This creature can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything black.)

Out of the blackness and stench of the engulfing swamp emerged a shimmering figure. Only the splattered armor and ichor-stained sword hinted at the unfathomable evil the knight had just laid waste.

First strike

"Let no child be without a sword. We will all fight, for if we fail, we will certainly all die."

—Oracle en-Vec

First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

Protection from white (This creature can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything white.)

"Battle doesn't need a purpose; the battle is its own purpose. You don't ask why a plague spreads or a field burns. Don't ask why I fight."

: This creature deals 1 damage to any target and 1 damage to any target of an opponent's choice.

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +4/+0.

"Could there be a fouler act? No doubt the baron knows of one."

—Autumn Willow

Target player discards two cards at random.

Flying

Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, that player discards a card at random.

Protection from white

"Ihsan, the weak. Ihsan, the fallen. Ihsan, the betrayer. He has brought shame to the Serra Paladins where none existed before. May his suffering equal his betrayal."

—Baris, Serra Inquisitor

Protection from white

: This creature gains first strike until end of turn.

: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +2/+1.

This spell costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.

Fireball deals X damage divided evenly, rounded down, among any number of targets.

: This creature gains flying until end of turn.

"From up here we can drop rocks and arrows and more rocks!"

"Uh, yeah boss, but how do we get down?"

, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target Wall.

"From down here we can make the whole wall collapse!"

"Uh, yeah, boss, but how do we get out?"

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a Goblin.

Goblin Grenade deals 5 damage to any target.

"I don't suppose we could teach them to throw the cursed things?"

—Ivra Jursdotter

"When you're a goblin, you don't have to step forward to be a hero—everyone else just has to step back!"

—Biggum Flodrot, goblin veteran

Other Goblins get +1/+1 and have mountainwalk.

To be king, Numsgil did in Blog, who did in Unkful, who did in Viddle, who did in Loll, who did in Alrok . . . .

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a Goblin card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Trample

This creature can't attack if defending player controls an untapped creature with power 3 or greater.

This creature can't block creatures with power 3 or greater.

Create X 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.

They certainly are.

When this creature enters, search your library for any number of Goblin cards, reveal them, then shuffle and put those cards on top in any order.

"Next!"

Whenever this creature blocks, prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by it this turn.

: This creature deals 1 damage to target creature it's blocking.

"Strength in numbers? Right."

—Ib Halfheart, goblin tactician

, : Destroy target artifact. That artifact deals damage equal to its mana value to this creature.

"Can they do that?"

—Imwita, Zhalfirin artificer, last words

Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, you may pay . If you do, destroy target artifact defending player controls and this creature assigns no combat damage this turn.

, Sacrifice two Goblins: Create three 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.

"Goblins bred underground, their numbers hidden from the enemy until it was too late."

—Sarpadian Empires, vol. IV

Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.

Sacrifice this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

"I got it! I got it! I—"

This creature can't attack or block alone.

They'll attack whatever's in front of them—as long as you tell them where that is.

Sacrifice a Goblin: Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

The evisceration of one mogg always cheers up the rest.

You may exile a red card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Pyrokinesis deals 4 damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures.

Pyrotechnics deals 4 damage divided as you choose among any number of targets.

"Hi! ni! ya! Behold the man of flint, that's me! / Four lightnings zigzag from me, strike and return."

—Navajo war chant

Haste (This creature can attack and as soon as it comes under your control.)

Charging alone takes uncommong daring or uncommon stupidity. Or both.

: Regenerate this creature.

"Oi oi oi, me gotta hurt in 'ere,

Oi oi oi, me smell a ting is near,

Gonna bosh 'n gonna nosh

'n da hurt'll disappear."

—Troll chant

Flying, haste

Speed and fire are always a deadly combination.

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)

"We know our place in the cycle of life—and it is not as flies."

—Eladamri, Lord of Leaves

Defender

"It had a mouth like that of a great beast, and gnashed its teeth as it strained to reach us. I am thankful it possessed no means of locomotion."

—Vervamon the Elder

At the beginning of your upkeep, target non-Wall creature an opponent controls gains forestwalk until your next upkeep. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)

Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)

While it possesses potent venom, the giant spider often chooses not to paralyze its victims. Perhaps the creature enjoys the gentle rocking motion caused by its captives' struggles to escape its web.

: Regenerate this creature.

"Oh, no—not you again?!"

—Jaya Ballard, task mage

Hurricane deals X damage to each creature with flying and each player.

"The raging winds . . . , settling on the sea, the surges sweep, / Raise liquid mountains, and disclose the deep."

—Virgil, Aeneid, Book I, trans. Dryden

: Add .

One bone broken for every twig snapped underfoot.

—Llanowar penalty for trespassing

First strike, forestwalk, vigilance (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike, it can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest, and attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)