All creatures have protection from black.
In pursuit of Urza, the Phyrexians sent countless foul legions into Serra's realm. Though beaten back, they left it tainted with uncleansable evil.
All creatures have protection from red.
The strength of law is unwavering. It is an iron bar in a world of water.
Whenever a creature you control enters, you gain life equal to its toughness.
The very young and the very old know best the song the angels sing.
Flying
: Target attacking or blocking creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
If only every message were as perfect as its bearers.
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+2.
When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return it to its owner's hand.
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."
Destroy target enchantment.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Target player gains 2 life for each creature on the battlefield.
"In the gathering there is strength for all who founder, renewal for all who languish, love for all who sing."
—Song of All, canto 642
Rather than the attacking player, you assign the combat damage of each creature attacking you. You can divide that creature's combat damage as you choose among any of the creatures blocking it.
"Your enemies will pound upon the door of your defenses, but only you shall have the key, and it is the key of life."
—Song of All, canto 873
Protection from black
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Beauty is beyond law.
Protection from red
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
A religious order for religious order.
Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
"Let Phyrexia breed evil in the darkness; my holy light will reveal its taint."
—Serra
: This creature deals 3 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
Arrows fletched with the feathers of angels seldom miss their mark.
Sacrifice an enchantment: You gain life equal to the sacrificed enchantment's mana value.
The power of faith is quiet. It is the leaf unmoved by the hurricane.
Creatures you control get +1/+1.
Once heard, the battle song of an angel becomes part of the listener forever.
Choose one —
• Target player gains 3 life.
• Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
"Xantcha is recovering. The medicine is slow, but my magic would have killed her."
—Serra, to Urza
Flying, vigilance
Echo (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
Until end of turn, target creature loses all abilities and has base power and toughness 0/1.
"It is not your place to rule, Radiant. It may not even be mine."
—Serra
: Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater.
"We each have our own strengths, Radiant," Serra said with a sly smile. "If all of my people were like this one, who would carry your scrolls?"
When this creature enters, return target enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand.
"Belief is the strongest mortar."
When this creature enters, destroy target enchantment.
"We plant the seeds of doubt to harvest the crop of wisdom."
Whenever an opponent casts a creature spell, if this permanent is an enchantment, it becomes a 2/4 Soldier creature.
: This permanent becomes an enchantment.
When an opponent casts a creature spell, if this permanent is an enchantment, it becomes a 5/5 Angel creature with flying and vigilance.
When an opponent casts a creature spell, if this permanent is an enchantment, it becomes a 2/2 Soldier creature.
When an opponent casts a creature spell, if this permanent is an enchantment, it becomes a 2/2 Gargoyle creature with flying.
When an opponent casts a creature spell, if this permanent is an enchantment, it becomes a 4/4 Giant creature with protection from each of that spell's colors.
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block.
"Fight? I cannot. I do not care if I live or die, so long as I can rest."
—Urza, to Serra
Enchant creature
All damage that would be dealt to you is dealt to enchanted creature instead.
"It is not sad," Radiant chided the lesser angel. "It is right. Every society must have its outcasts."
Destroy target creature. Its owner gains 4 life.
"When the sword becomes a burden, let the warrior lay it aside that another with a truer heart might take it up."
—Radiant, archangel
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
Return all basic land cards from all graveyards to the battlefield tapped under their owners' control.
"From womb of nothingness sprang this place of beauty, purity, and hope realized."
—Song of All, canto 3
Whenever a player casts an enchantment spell, counter it.
Peace to all. Peace be all.
—Great Hall floor inscription
Prevent all damage that would be dealt this turn to up to two target creatures.
"That they are saved from death is immaterial. What is important is that they know the source of their benefaction."
—Radiant, archangel
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, you may search your library for a card with the same name as that creature, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
: The next time an artifact source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
: The next time a black source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
: The next time a blue source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
: The next time a green source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
: The next time a land source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
: The next time a red source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
: The next time a white source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
: Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
Serra told them to guard Urza as he healed. Five years they stood.
Sacrifice this creature: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to any target this turn, prevent that damage.
"Protect our mother in her womb."
Whenever this creature attacks, you may tap target creature.
There are only two rules of tactics: never be without a plan, and never rely on it.
Serra Avatar's power and toughness are each equal to your life total.
When Serra Avatar is put into a graveyard from anywhere, shuffle it into its owner's library.
First strike
"The humans are useful in their way, but they must be commanded as the builder commands the stone. Be soft with them, and they will become soft."
—Radiant, archangel
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying and vigilance. (Attacking doesn't cause it to tap.)
"Lifted beyond herself, for that battle Brindri was an angel of light and fury."
—Song of All, canto 524
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a verse counter on this enchantment.
Sacrifice this enchantment: Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt this turn to any number of targets, divided as you choose, where X is the number of verse counters on this enchantment.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a verse counter on this enchantment.
, Sacrifice this enchantment: Destroy up to X target artifacts and/or enchantments, where X is the number of verse counters on this enchantment.
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
First strike
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
: You gain 1 life.
"The answer to life should never be death; it should always be more life, wrapped tight around us like precious silks."
: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by target attacking creature with flying.
The true names of birds are songs woven into their souls.
, : Target creature becomes an enchantment and loses all abilities until a player casts a creature spell.
Does the stone mimic life, or did it once live?
Flying, protection from black
"Opposite Law is Grace, and Grace must be preserved. If the strands of Grace are unraveled, its design will be lost, and the people with it."
—Song of All, canto 167
Flying, protection from red
"Life's balance is as a star: on one point is Law, and Law must be upheld. If the knots of order are loosened, chaos will spill through."
—Song of All, canto 167
Create three 2/2 white Knight creature tokens. Exile them at the beginning of the next cleanup step.
"You reek of corruption," spat the knight. "Why are you even here?"
If you control a creature, damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead.
"Believe in the ideal, not the idol."
—Serra
When this creature enters, you may put an Aura card from your hand onto the battlefield attached to this creature.
Counter target artifact or enchantment spell.
The most effective way to destroy a spell is to ensure it was never cast in the first place.
Each player can't cast more than one spell each turn.
It soon became obvious that some experiments were best overseen by fireproof teachers.