Target creature and all other creatures with the same name as that creature get -3/-3 until end of turn.
Not an arrow loosed, javelin thrown, nor sword raised. None were needed.
Defender
, Tap another untapped creature you control: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Phenax promised the newly dead souls they would be spared from Erebos. In this, he did not lie.
, , Sacrifice X other creatures: Return X target creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield.
: Put this card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has ", : Target player loses 2 life."
Priests of Erebos give an occasional reminder to mortals who have forgotten their mortality.
All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
"The sad truth is that the whip of Erebos is long enough to wrap around all our throats."
—Perisophia the philosopher
Flying
, Sacrifice another creature: Regenerate this creature.
, Sacrifice two other creatures: Destroy target creature.
Gods can be appeased. Demons, however . . .
Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. If it's a Cyclops, destroy it.
One chance. One throw. One perfect hit.
Whenever an opponent draws a card, this creature deals 1 damage to that player.
"Never forget that the life you've built can be undone by a single loose thread."
—Perisophia the philosopher
Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It gains indestructible. If it's your turn, scry 2.
This creature can't block unless you control another Minotaur.
Burial rites among the Felhide minotaurs involve devouring those who fell in battle, to remove their shame from memory and to fuel the survivors' revenge.
Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
Inspired — Whenever this creature becomes untapped, you may pay . If you do, create a 2/2 black Zombie enchantment creature token.
"More children taken. This is an evil we will track without mercy."
—Anthousa of Setessa
When this creature dies, mill four cards.
It is a terrible thing when the path of the Returned leads them back to the Underworld.
Exile target creature. Create a Gold token. (It's an artifact with "Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Merchants of the Underworld trade in coins of clay. Gold serves another purpose.
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, draw a card.
Enchanted creature has intimidate. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
Bestow (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life.
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has flying.
This spell costs less to cast, where X is your devotion to black. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
A favorite of Erebos, for it has sent many to the Underworld.
Target creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. Regenerate it. (The next time that creature would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)
A servant of Pharika must know countless balms that heal and soothe—and countless more that do the opposite.
Bestow (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)
Enchanted creature gets +2/+1.
A body Returned, a soul still lost.
When this creature enters, return target enchantment creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
, Sacrifice this creature: Return target enchantment creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Inspired — Whenever this creature becomes untapped, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to that card's mana value.
Every twitching nerve and pulsing vein carries a message, discernible with the right tools.
You draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is your devotion to black. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
Inspired — Whenever this creature becomes untapped, each opponent loses 1 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
: Regenerate this creature.
Life is most precious to those who have already lost it.
Flying
Tribute 2 (As this creature enters, an opponent of your choice may put two +1/+1 counters on it.)
When this creature enters, if tribute wasn't paid, target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Bestow (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)
Whenever this creature or enchanted creature attacks, defending player loses 2 life.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.
Inspired — Whenever this creature becomes untapped, target creature you control gains intimidate until end of turn. (A creature with intimidate can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -3/-2.
Proud Alkmenos, who would not bow to Erebos in death, is now bowed by his own hubris for all eternity.
Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets this creature, gain control of another target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.
"The time to serve is now."
Creatures you control have trample.
Creatures your opponents control lose trample and can't have or gain trample.
"Did Purphoros bless Maikal because of his rage? Or did Maikal's rage blossom after he'd been blessed? Only the gods know."
—Eocles, oracle of Purphoros
Bolt of Keranos deals 3 damage to any target. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
The breakthroughs granted by Keranos, god of epiphany, can be surprisingly literal.
The Champion armed herself to face the cyclops, heedless of her companions' despair. "How will you defeat it with only one spear?" asked young Althemone. The Champion raised her weapon. "It has but one eye."
—The Theriad
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has ", , Discard a card: Draw a card."
In Meletis, certain oracles are trained to be divine lightning rods, receiving countless visions in an instant.
Bestow (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. If it's an Aura, enchanted creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn instead.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to another target creature.
It is unwise to insult the god of the forge. It is also unwise to stand near anyone else who has insulted him.
Fated Conflagration deals 5 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If it's your turn, scry 2.
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has ": Target creature can't block this creature this turn."
Purphoros is god of creation and destruction, which makes him the most creatively destructive god in the pantheon.
Inspired — Whenever this creature becomes untapped, you may pay . If you do, create a token that's a copy of another target creature, except it's an enchantment in addition to its other types. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.
Flying
Tribute 2 (As this creature enters, an opponent of your choice may put two +1/+1 counters on it.)
When this creature enters, if tribute wasn't paid, it gains haste and "When this creature dies, return it to its owner's hand."
Flying
: This creature deals 1 damage to target creature. That creature can't block this combat. Activate only if this creature is attacking.
The Akroans fashion their helms to honor the dragons, not to protect against them, as that would be of little help.
Flying, haste
This creature attacks each combat if able.
"I will soar higher than the walls of Akros! Higher than the clouds! Higher than Heliod himself!"
Inspired — Whenever this creature becomes untapped, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
Minotaurs go into battle hungry. The first sight of their enemies' blood sends them into a flesh-eating rage.
Until end of turn, creatures you control gain ": This creature deals 1 damage to any target."
"We are the motes of rain that join to make the thundercloud. The power of the storm god surges through us!"
Bestow (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.
Haste
Tribute 2 (As this creature enters, an opponent of your choice may put two +1/+1 counters on it.)
When this creature enters, if tribute wasn't paid, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand without paying its mana cost.
Tribute 2 (As this creature enters, an opponent of your choice may put two +1/+1 counters on it.)
When this creature enters, if tribute wasn't paid, this creature deals 5 damage to each opponent.
Pinnacle of Rage deals 3 damage to each of two targets.
Mount Sulano erupted not in magma but in anger.
, 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
Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.
Plidius wagered that Arissa couldn't kill a chimera with her javelins alone. She proved him wrong in a way everyone could see for days to come.
Whenever an instant or sorcery spell you control deals damage to an opponent, this creature deals that much damage to target creature that player controls.
His heart, the coal; his eye, the spark; his hand, the whirling flame.
Haste
Inspired — Whenever this creature becomes untapped, you may pay . If you do, create a 3/1 red Elemental enchantment creature token with haste.
Scouring Sands deals 1 damage to each creature your opponents control. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
When Purphoros cleans the ashes from his forge, entire cities vanish.
Searing Blood deals 2 damage to target creature. When that creature dies this turn, Searing Blood deals 3 damage to the creature's controller.
Purphoros's blessing: sometimes a boon, sometimes a bane. Always ablaze.
Haste
: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
A prayer answered by Keranos is clear for all to witness.
Trample
Tribute 3 (As this creature enters, an opponent of your choice may put three +1/+1 counters on it.)
When this creature enters, if tribute wasn't paid, it gains haste until end of turn.
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature attacks, it gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is your devotion to red. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to red.)
Starting with you, each player separates all permanents they control into three piles. Then each player chooses one of their piles at random and sacrifices those permanents. (Piles can be empty.)
Creatures you control have hexproof.
Creatures your opponents control lose hexproof and can't have or gain hexproof.
Despite its fearsome stature, it is as elusive as a shadow, circling round to stalk those who presume to hunt it.
Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is your devotion to green. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to green.)
"Even alone I outnumber you."
Trample
"If the hierarchies of nature were determined by ferocity alone, the badger would be lord of the beasts."
—Anthousa of Setessa
Play with the top card of your library revealed.
You may play lands from the top of your library.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Target creature blocks this turn if able.
Hunt without Nylea's leave and you may find yourself the next quarry.