Its spear has no shaft, its shield no handle.
Flying
When this creature enters, look at target player's hand.
When this creature enters, return target creature to its owner's hand.
Are merfolk humans with fins, or are humans merfolk with feet?
Counter target creature or sorcery spell.
Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle.
Draw a card.
Flying
When this creature enters, draw a card, then discard a card.
Search your library for a sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
This creature can't be blocked.
The phantom warrior comes from nowhere and returns there just as quickly.
Each player draws X cards.
"Life can never be too good."
Each player draws X cards.
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Drakes claim to be dragons—until the dragons show up.
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Drakes claim to be dragons—until the dragons show up.
Look at target opponent's hand.
Draw a card.
Do not react; anticipate.
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Storm crow descending, winter unending. Storm crow departing, summer is starting.
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Storm crow descending, winter unending. Storm crow departing, summer is starting.
Return target creature to its owner's hand.
Draw a card.
". . . inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of solitude . . . ."
—Kate Chopin, The Awakening
During target player's next turn, creatures that player controls attack you if able.
During target player's next turn, creatures that player controls attack you if able.
Draw a card for each tapped creature target opponent controls.
Energy is never lost, only transformed.
Whenever this creature attacks, sacrifice it unless you sacrifice an Island.
Seafarers fear sailing off the world's edge not so much as down its gullet.
Tap up to three target creatures without flying.
"'Twas when the seas were roaring With hollow blasts of wind . . . ."
—John Gay, "The What D'Ye Call It"
Put target creature on top of its owner's library.
Like the tide, time both ebbs and flows.
Draw two cards.
Acting on one good idea is better than hoarding all the world's knowledge.
Flying
"No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings."
—William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Target opponent reveals their hand. You draw a card for each Forest and green card in it.
Flying
Charm and grace may hide a foul heart.
Cast this spell only during the declare attackers step and only if you've been attacked this step.
Destroy target nonblack attacking creature.
Cast this spell only during the declare attackers step and only if you've been attacked this step.
Destroy target nonblack attacking creature.
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Don't be fooled by their looks. Think of them as little knives with wings.
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
Those who live amid decay must expect scavengers.
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
It moved through the troops leaving no footprints, save on their souls.
Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
The fear in their victims' eyes is their most cherished reward.
This creature can't block.
"I say victory is better than honor."
Draw four cards. You lose half your life, rounded up.
Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.
The more you pay for the lesson, the better you'll remember it.
Black creatures you control can't be blocked this turn except by black creatures.
"As equal were their souls, so equal was their fate."
—John Dryden, "Ode to Mrs. Anne Killigrew"
Flying
When this creature enters, you lose 5 life.
Dry Spell deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.
A fist of dust to line your throat, a bowl of sand to fill your belly.
Flying
When this creature enters, you may have target opponent discard a card.
When this creature dies, return it to its owner's hand.
Flying
Not all shadows are cast by light—some are cast by darkness.
Flying
Not all shadows are cast by light—some are cast by darkness.
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Final Strike deals damage to target opponent or planeswalker equal to the sacrificed creature's power.
When this creature enters, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Destroy target nonblack creature.
Death claims all but the darkest souls.
Destroy target nonblack creature.
Death claims all but the darkest souls.
Target creature gets +4/+0 until end of turn.
I howl my soul to the moon, and the moon howls with me.
: Destroy target tapped creature. Activate only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
Fear is as effective a weapon as the blade.
When this creature enters, sacrifice it unless you discard a creature card.
Target opponent discards a card at random.
To dodge the unerring knife, one must be free of thought.
Target player discards two cards.
The difference between a nuisance and a threat is often merely a matter of numbers.
Destroy all green creatures.
One chill blast—the exhalation of the grave.
When this creature dies, each opponent discards a card.
What could it have swallowed to grow so large?
Destroy target land.
When emotions rain down, what rivers will be born?
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
The earth cannot hold that which magic commands.
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
The earth cannot hold that which magic commands.