Flying
Whenever this creature deals damage to a player, that player discards a card.
First strike
: Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.
"The soldier's path is worn smooth by the tread of many feet—all in one direction, none returning."
—Oracle en-Vec
Flying
These spirits of the air are winsome and wild and cannot be truly contained. Only marginally intelligent, they often substitute whimsy for strategy, delighting in mischief and mayhem.
Flying
: Target attacking or blocking creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
If only every message were as perfect as its bearer.
Arc Lightning deals 3 damage divided as you choose among one, two, or three targets.
Rainclouds don't last long in Shiv, but that doesn't stop the lightning.
: Untap two target lands.
Sharpen your ears
—Elvish expression meaning "grow wiser"
Flying
"I always charge a little extra to take on a pegasus. They fly like eagles, kick like mules, and hide like hermits."
—Tahli en-Dal, bounty hunter
Flying
Little dreamt could seem so cruel
As waiting for the wings outspread,
The jagged teeth, the burning eyes,
And dagger-claws that clench to nerves.
: Return this creature to its owner's hand.
"Don't look at it! Maybe it'll go away!"
—Ib Halfheart, goblin tactician
Return this enchantment to its owner's hand: Regenerate target creature.
"I think I used up all my good luck and all my bad luck in the same fall."
—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
When this creature enters, each opponent discards a card.
Its windpipe is only the first to amplify its maddening laughter.
Destroy all lands or all creatures. Creatures destroyed this way can't be regenerated.
Radiant's eyes flashed. "Go, then," the angel spat at Serra, "and leave this world to those who truly care."
: Add .
: Add or . This land doesn't untap during your next untap step.
Enchant creature
You control enchanted creature.
Counter target spell.
Flying, haste
They are Phyrexia's couriers; the messages they carry are inscribed on their slick hides.
Each player returns a creature they control to its owner's hand.
". . . But I'm not tired!"
Add .
Whenever an opponent plays a land, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Few of Rath's rivers follow a steady course, so many new channels are carved for them.
Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
"I implore you not to forget the horrors of the past. You would have us start the Brothers' War anew!"
—Sorine Relicbane, Soldevi heretic
: Counter target spell unless its controller pays .
"Teferi is a problem student. Always late for class. No appreciation for constructive use of time."
—Barrin, progress report
This land enters tapped.
: Add .
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
, , Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target enchantment.
Bring the spear of ancient briar;
Bring the torch to light the pyre.
Bring the one who trod our ground;
Bring the spade to dig his mound.
Each player puts a creature card from their graveyard onto the battlefield.
"Death—an outmoded concept. We sleep, and we change."
—Sitrik, birth priest
Whenever a creature dies, that creature's controller may draw a card.
Life is eternal. A lifetime is ephemeral.
Enchant land
Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional one mana of any color.
The forest was too lush for the brothers to despoil—almost.
: This creature deals 1 damage to each other creature without flying.
Visitors to Shiv fear the dragons, the goblins, or the viashino. Natives fear the ants.
: Tap target creature without flying.
"A dash of cool water does wonders to clear a cluttered battlefield."
—Vibekke Ragnild, Witches and War
Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
They were formidable even before they learned the use of weapons.
Choose one —
• Target player gains 3 life.
• Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
Heat Ray deals X damage to target creature.
It's not known whether the Thran built the device to forge their wonders or to defend them.
Hurricane deals X damage to each creature with flying and each player.
: Target attacking creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
"The true dishonor for a soldier is surviving the war."
—Telim'Tor
At the beginning of your upkeep, if an opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for up to three basic land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.
Lhurgoyf's power is equal to the number of creature cards in all graveyards and its toughness is equal to that number plus 1.
"Ach! Hans, run! It's the lhurgoyf!"
—Saffi Eriksdotter, last words
Haste (This creature can attack and as soon as it comes under your control.)
A lightning elemental once killed an entire tribe of merfolk—simply by going for a swim.
Each player exiles all creature cards from their graveyard, then sacrifices all creatures they control, then puts all cards they exiled this way onto the battlefield.
: Add .
One bone broken for every twig snapped underfoot.
—Llanowar penalty for trespassing
When this creature enters, return target creature to its owner's hand.
"Beauty to the eye does not always translate to the touch."
—Naimah, Femeref philosopher
Counter target spell unless its controller pays .
"The fatal flaw in every plan is the assumption that you know more than your enemy."
—Volrath
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and can't block.
Only by sacrificing any semblance of defense could Gerrard best Greven.
: This creature gains flying until end of turn.
"Water is firmament to the finned."
—Oracle en-Vec
, : Tap target creature.
"A skilled decoy can throw your enemies off your trail. A master decoy can survive to do it again."
—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
: Add .
: Add or . This land doesn't untap during your next untap step.
First strike
When this creature enters, destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature. That creature can't be regenerated.
"I have seen the horrors Kaervek has freed. My Betrayal is certain—but of Kaervek or of Jamuraa, I cannot say."
—Jolrael
Target player draws four cards.
"He cocooned himself alone in his workshop for months. When he finally emerged, all broad grins and excited chatter, I knew he'd found his answer."
—Barrin, master wizard
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block.
For the first time in his life, Grakk felt a little warm and fuzzy inside.
At the beginning of the end step, if no creatures are on the battlefield, sacrifice this enchantment.
: This enchantment deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.
Sacrifice a creature: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
Phyrexia wastes nothing. Its food chain is a spiraling cycle.
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
"No fair! Since when does a bug get ta munch on me?"
—Squee, goblin cabin hand
: This creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. Activate only once each turn.
" . . . And the third little boar built his house out of rootwalla plates . . . ."
—Skyshroud children's story
This land enters tapped.
: Add .
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
: This creature deals 1 damage to any target.
Occasionally members of the Institute of Arcane Study acquire a taste for worldly pleasures. Seldom do they have trouble finding employment.
Haste (This creature can attack and as soon as it comes under your control.)
He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged.
Untap target creature an opponent controls and gain control of it until end of turn. That creature gains haste until end of turn. When you lose control of the creature, tap it.
"Heel."
Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to that card's mana value.
"You will learn to earn death."
—Volrath
This land enters tapped.
: Add .
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
: Regenerate this creature.
"But no one heard the snake's gentle hiss for peace over the elephant's trumpeting of war."
—Afari, Tales
Rolling Thunder deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of targets.
"Such rage," thought Vhati, gazing up at the thunderhead from the Predator. "It is Greven's mind manifest."