Shards of Alara

Mindlock Orb

Mindlock Orb {3}{U}

Artifact
Players can't search libraries.
Rogue mechanists once rummaged through the wastes of the Tidehollow, constructing unauthorized golems to threaten the hegemony of the sphinxes. The orbs put a stop to that.
Outrider of Jhess

Outrider of Jhess {3}{U}

Creature - Human Knight
Exalted
The island nation of Jhess is under constant siege from Valeron on the mainland. Riders traverse the coastline, always on the lookout for sails or aven.
2/2
Protomatter Powder

Protomatter Powder {2}{U}

Artifact
{4}{W}, {T}, Sacrifice Protomatter Powder: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
"There is no such thing as scrap metal. All such material can be repaired with the proper bonding agent."
—Quennus, metallurgeon
Resounding Wave

Resounding Wave {2}{U}

Instant
Return target permanent to its owner's hand.
Cycling {5}{W}{U}{B}
When you cycle Resounding Wave, return two target permanents to their owners' hands.
Sharding Sphinx

Sharding Sphinx {4}{U}{U}

Artifact Creature - Sphinx
Flying
Whenever an artifact creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may create a 1/1 blue Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
Whether mechanical or biological, life finds a way to propagate itself.
4/4
Skill Borrower

Skill Borrower {2}{U}

Artifact Creature - Human Wizard
Play with the top card of your library revealed.
As long as the top card of your library is an artifact or creature card, Skill Borrower has all activated abilities of that card.
1/3
Spell Snip

Spell Snip {2}{U}

Instant
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.
Cycling {2}
"Magic cast through a hand of flesh is just as weak as the flesh itself."
—Lodus of the Ethersworn
Sphinx's Herald

Sphinx's Herald {U}

Artifact Creature - Vedalken Wizard
{2}{U}, {T}, Sacrifice a white creature, a blue creature, and a black creature: Search your library for a card named Sphinx Sovereign, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
He calls a riddle through the gaps of cloven clouds, hoping for an answer.
1/1
Related card: Sphinx Sovereign
Steelclad Serpent

Steelclad Serpent {5}{U}

Artifact Creature - Serpent
Steelclad Serpent can't attack unless you control another artifact.
"From the highest towers to the deepest sea, all life must be touched by etherium."
—Lodus of the Ethersworn
4/5
Tezzeret the Seeker

Tezzeret the Seeker {3}{U}{U}

Legendary Planeswalker - Tezzeret
[+1]: Untap up to two target artifacts.
[–X]: Search your library for an artifact card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
[–5]: Artifacts you control become artifact creatures with base power and toughness 5/5 until end of turn.
Loyalty:
4
Tortoise Formation

Tortoise Formation {3}{U}

Instant
Creatures you control gain shroud until end of turn.
At sea, the Jhessian fleet strikes swiftly and decisively. On land, facing the elite cavalry of Valeron, its marines must rely on more cautious strategies.
Vectis Silencers

Vectis Silencers {2}{U}

Artifact Creature - Human Rogue
{2}{B}: Vectis Silencers gains deathtouch until end of turn.
Even on Esper, there are those who eschew the use of magic in favor of simpler methods.
1/2
Ad Nauseam

Ad Nauseam {3}{B}{B}

Instant
Reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value. You may repeat this process any number of times.
When the task spilled over into undeath, he stopped calling it his life's work.
Archdemon of Unx

Archdemon of Unx {5}{B}{B}

Creature - Demon
Flying, trample
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a non-Zombie creature, then create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
The necropolis at Unx was once a living city, its streets untrodden by death.
6/6
Banewasp Affliction

Banewasp Affliction {1}{B}

Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
When enchanted creature dies, that creature's controller loses life equal to its toughness.
The consuming undeath of Grixis terrifies the survivors of Vithia, but its fauna is just as fearsome.
Blister Beetle

Blister Beetle {1}{B}

Creature - Insect
When Blister Beetle enters the battlefield, target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Warriors of the Rip Clan wear their beetle-acid scars proudly, even modifying clothing and armor to better display the trophy.
1/1
Bone Splinters

Bone Splinters {B}

Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Destroy target creature.
Witches of the Split-Eye Coven speak of a future when Grixis will overflow with life energy. For now, they must harvest vis from the living to fuel their dark magics.
Corpse Connoisseur

Corpse Connoisseur {4}{B}

Creature - Zombie Wizard
When Corpse Connoisseur enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a creature card, put that card into your graveyard, then shuffle.
Unearth {3}{B}
3/3
Cunning Lethemancer

Cunning Lethemancer {2}{B}

Creature - Human Wizard
At the beginning of your upkeep, each player discards a card.
"Give me your memories, and you will have release from the suffering they bring you."
2/2
Death Baron

Death Baron {1}{B}{B}

Creature - Zombie Wizard
Skeletons you control and other Zombies you control get +1/+1 and have deathtouch.
For the necromancer barons, killing and recruitment are one and the same.
2/2
Deathgreeter

Deathgreeter {B}

Creature - Human Shaman
Whenever another creature dies, you may gain 1 life.
"The bones of allies grant wisdom. The bones of enemies grant strength. The bones of dragons grant life eternal."
1/1
Demon's Herald

Demon's Herald {B}

Creature - Human Wizard
{2}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice a blue creature, a black creature, and a red creature: Search your library for a card named Prince of Thralls, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
"May these deaths be the first of many."
1/1
Related card: Prince of Thralls
Dreg Reaver

Dreg Reaver {4}{B}

Creature - Zombie Beast
"On our thirty-fourth day of digging, we unearthed a chamber that contained the intact remains of several species long extinct from Grixis. One in particular should make a fine siege engine . . . ."
—Last notes of Shungus Nod, fleshcrafter
4/3
Dregscape Zombie

Dregscape Zombie {1}{B}

Creature - Zombie
Unearth {B}
The undead of Grixis are fueled by their hatred of the living.
2/1
Executioner's Capsule

Executioner's Capsule {B}

Artifact
{1}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice Executioner's Capsule: Destroy target nonblack creature.
There is always a moment of trepidation before opening a message capsule, for fear of the judgment that might be contained within.