At the beginning of each upkeep, this creature deals 3 damage to any target.
It's the pinnacle of utter destructiveness.
: Target creature with power 2 or less can't be blocked this turn.
"The expected way through the trial is far too tedious."
, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target artifact.
"The gods of Theros are born of the expectations and beliefs of mortals. If I have found godhood, what does that say about their true desires?"
—Xenagos, god of revels
Shock deals 2 damage to any target.
The tools of invention became the weapons of revolution.
Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
Lightning reflexes, thunderous might.
Attacking creatures get +2/+0 until end of turn.
"Do you hear that, Sarkhan? The glory of the horde! I made a legend from what you abandoned."
—Zurgo, khan of the Mardu
Whenever an opponent taps a land for mana, tap all lands that player controls.
If a creature an opponent controls attacks, all creatures that opponent controls attack if able.
Razia, archangel of war, demands total commitment.
Wrap in Flames deals 1 damage to each of up to three target creatures. Those creatures can't block this turn.
"Our pyromancer's flames may not have killed them, but they bought us the time we needed."
—The War Diaries
Untap target creature. It gets +2/+2 and gains reach until end of turn.
"A slayer gets by on wits and reflexes."
—Higa, slayer-captain of Gatstaf
Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.
"Monsters dwell in every heart. We only think civilization tames them."
―Euphemia, Nexus watcher
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
It keeps the upper reaches of the forest free of every menace . . . except for the spider itself.
This creature can't be blocked by more than one creature.
The knights of Troinir Keep took the rhino as their emblem due to its intense focus when charging down a perceived threat—a trait they discovered on a hunting excursion.
Consulate guards who pursue fleeing renegades into the Cowl often become lost—occasionally permanently—in the city's wildest greenbelt.
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
"Petrifying gaze, deadly fangs, knifelike dorsal spines, venomous saliva . . . Am I missing anything? . . . Toxic bones? Seriously?"
—Samila, Murasa Expeditionary House
If an effect would create one or more tokens under your control, it creates twice that many of those tokens instead.
If an effect would put one or more counters on a permanent you control, it puts twice that many of those counters on that permanent instead.
When this creature enters, draw a card.
"From a tiny sprout, the greatest trees grow and flourish. May the seeds of your mind be equally fruitful."
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Any player may activate this ability.
It shreds its prey as each head fights for the choicest bits.
Enchant land
Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional one mana of any color.
The true strength of nature is not the raging storm or the charging rhino, but the inexorable vitality of life.
This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Target player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffles.
Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
"The prohibition of unnecessary tossing of the citizenry by giants shall also extend to spontaneous giants."
—Isperia's Edict, provision VII.789.2
Sacrifice a creature: Draw cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power, then discard three cards.
"There's wisdom to be gained in death—whether it be one's own or someone else's."
—Jarad, Golgari Lich-Lord
When this creature enters, each other player may put a creature card from their hand onto the battlefield.
Just one can feed a dozen people for a month.
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, draw a card.
Enchanted creature has ": Add one mana of any color."
The harvest god's cornucopia contains the fruits of the fields, the forest, and beyond.
: This creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
The insectile kraul lurk in the tunnels below street level. Many are loyal to the Golgari Swarm, but others follow their own esoteric caste system.
Support 2. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.)
Gideon and Nissa carved a path through the Eldrazi swarm, and their Zendikari allies charged into the fray behind them.
, : Untap X target lands.
"What would Urza think, I wonder, if he could hear how the nature mages still snarl at his name, but venerate the work of his apprentice?"
—Teferi, to Jhoira
Trample
Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
"It might fight the Eldrazi, but don't mistake it for a companion, Gideon. It's not interested in your concept of strength through unity."
—Najiya, leader of the Tajuru
Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
"To the unskilled, it appears as blurred patches of distorted light. Few have seen its true form."
—Garruk Wildspeaker
Return target creature or land card from a graveyard to its owner's hand. You gain 6 life.
"Little flower twirl and bloom, arise from this, your rocky tomb. Little warrior slash and brawl, be born again to free us all."
Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or creature with flying.
"Dragons are feared for their breath and their bite, but it is their wings that make them unconquerable. Bring them to earth, and they die like any other beast."
—Kassur, Sultai hunter
When this creature enters, support 2. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two other target creatures.)
"A good lagac will carry you through thick and thin. A bad one ... well, it's a tasty dinner."
—Raff Slugeater, goblin shortcutter
Untap all permanents you control during each other player's untap step.
"Her voice is the wilderness, savage and pure."
—Kamahl, druid acolyte
Search your library for up to two Forest cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
The forest's constant struggle is to keep the spreading flowstone at bay.
When this creature dies, each player may search their library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Trample
If damage would be dealt to another creature you control, prevent that damage. Put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each 1 damage prevented this way.
When Vigor is put into a graveyard from anywhere, shuffle it into its owner's library.
Creatures with power less than this creature's power can't block it.
Humans still feared wolves, though no connection between them and the curse of lycanthropy had ever been proved.
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. If X is 5 or more, it enters with an additional X +1/+1 counters on it.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.
Target creature gets +4/-4 until end of turn.
"Finally, a weapon the Boros can't confiscate!"
—Juri, proprietor of the Juri Revue
When this creature enters, you gain 3 life.
Instructors at the Kasarna training grounds are capable healers in case their students fail to grasp the subtleties of combat.
When this creature enters, return target permanent to its owner's hand, then that player discards a card.
"Welcome to the Dimir Public Offices. Not responsible for death or loss of property. Basement off-limits."
—Sign outside Dinrova Building
Flying
Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on another creature you control, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Only the sun that beats down upon Arashin's walls could shine more brightly.
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it has ", : Destroy target creature with the same name as this creature."
You can always tell the evil one by the dagger he's sticking in you.
, : Put a bribery counter on target creature you don't control. Its controller draws a card.
Creatures with bribery counters on them can't attack or block.
"Everyone has a price."
Flying, vigilance
Whenever this creature attacks, other attacking creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn.
Few among the Azorius have ever spoken with the sphinxes, but all have felt their influence.
Target player gains 7 life and draws two cards.
Once a year, Akrasa holds a joust that draws knights and their leotaus from every nation on Bant. The prize is an Akrasan sigil, but the true reward is the angel's kiss.
: This creature gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.
"I swore to take one head for each member of my family they killed. My task is nowhere near its end."
"In this new world, I have seen the once-devout rhoxes take up arms with the savages of Jund. I would be offended, but I see the wisdom in their choice."
—Gernan, Dawnray archer
Vigilance
When this creature dies, draw a card.
It sleeps with its claws open.
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, add . Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end.
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has trample and lifelink. (Damage dealt by the creature also causes its controller to gain that much life.)
Flying
This creature attacks each combat if able.
Relentless as the sea, remorseless as death.
Defender
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
All skyships entering or leaving the fairgrounds must pass through the security checkpoint.
, Sacrifice a creature: Put a charge counter on this artifact.
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card for each charge counter on this artifact.
"Forswear the flesh and you will truly see."
—Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
When this creature enters, each player may scry 1. (To scry 1, look at the top card of your library, then you may put that card on the bottom.)
Loyal to a fault, it anticipates its master's every need.
Whenever a nontoken creature enters, if this artifact is untapped, that creature's controller creates a 1/1 colorless Myr artifact creature token.
"As the experimental population grows, so does the number of myr. It's a perfect equilibrium."
—Memnarch
Flying
Blessed by the gods. Coveted by mortals. Beholden to neither.
"Use everything. Iron, rust, scrap . . . even the ground must join our cause."
—Ezuri, renegade leader
This creature attacks each combat if able.
This creature can't be blocked by Walls.
Many a besieged city has surrendered upon hearing the distinctive rumble of the juggernaut.
Flying
"You've got to keep your wits about you on the roofs. Not all stones are compliant handholds."
—Iveta, rooftop runner
Whenever an opponent draws a card, you may pay . If you do, draw a card.
"Ideas drift like petals on the wind. I have only to lift my face to the breeze."