Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas

Moroii

Moroii {2}{U}{B}

Creature - Vampire
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life.
"Touched by moroii"
—Undercity slang meaning "to grow old"
4/4
Blazing Specter

Blazing Specter {2}{B}{R}

Creature - Specter
Flying, haste
Whenever Blazing Specter deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card.
2/2
Fire-Field Ogre

Fire-Field Ogre {1}{U}{B}{R}

Creature - Ogre Mutant
First strike
Unearth {U}{B}{R}
4/2
Shriekmaw

Shriekmaw {4}{B}

Creature - Elemental
Fear
When Shriekmaw enters the battlefield, destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature.
Evoke {1}{B}
3/2
Ogre Savant

Ogre Savant {4}{R}

Creature - Ogre Wizard
When Ogre Savant enters the battlefield, if {U} was spent to cast it, return target creature to its owner's hand.
He's an oxymoron.
3/2
Jhessian Zombies

Jhessian Zombies {4}{U}{B}

Creature - Zombie
Fear
Islandcycling {2}, swampcycling {2}
2/4
Igneous Pouncer

Igneous Pouncer {4}{B}{R}

Creature - Elemental
Haste
Swampcycling {2}, mountaincycling {2}
5/1
Vapor Snag

Vapor Snag {U}

Instant
Return target creature to its owner's hand. Its controller loses 1 life.
"This creature is inadequate. Send it to the splicers for innovation."
—Malcator, Executor of Synthesis
Countersquall

Countersquall {U}{B}

Instant
Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller loses 2 life.
"The essence of every world, every spell, and every thought is power. Nothing else matters, because nothing else exists."
—Nicol Bolas
Obelisk of Grixis

Obelisk of Grixis {3}

Artifact
{T}: Add {U}, {B}, or {R}.
Like most features of Grixis, the obelisks that remain from the time of Alara now exist only for dark exploitation.
Recoil

Recoil {1}{U}{B}

Instant
Return target permanent to its owner's hand. Then that player discards a card.
Anything sent into a plagued world is bound to come back infected.
Undermine

Undermine {U}{U}{B}

Instant
Counter target spell. Its controller loses 3 life.
"Which would you like first, the insult or the injury?"
Grixis Charm

Grixis Charm {U}{B}{R}

Instant
Choose one —
• Return target permanent to its owner's hand.
• Target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.
• Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn.
"So many choices. Shall I choose loathing, hate, or malice today?"
—Eliza of the Keep
Icy Manipulator

Icy Manipulator {4}

Artifact
{1}, {T}: Tap target artifact, creature, or land.
In fire there is the spark of chaos and destruction, the seed of life. In ice there is perfect tranquility, perfect order, and the silence of death.
Deep Analysis

Deep Analysis {3}{U}

Sorcery
Target player draws two cards.
Flashback—{1}{U}, Pay 3 life.
"No fact escapes me. Why do you think you can?"
Agonizing Demise

Agonizing Demise {3}{B}

Instant
Kicker {1}{R}
Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. If this spell was kicked, Agonizing Demise deals damage equal to that creature's power to the creature's controller.
Slave of Bolas

Slave of Bolas {3}{U/R}{B}

Sorcery
Gain control of target creature. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
Nicol Bolas doesn't distinguish between servants and victims.
Elder Mastery

Elder Mastery {3}{U}{B}{R}

Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has flying.
Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to a player, that player discards two cards.
Taste his power, hunger for his command.
Cruel Ultimatum

Cruel Ultimatum {U}{U}{B}{B}{B}{R}{R}

Sorcery
Target opponent sacrifices a creature, discards three cards, then loses 5 life. You return a creature card from your graveyard to your hand, draw three cards, then gain 5 life.
There is always a greater power.
Profane Command

Profane Command {X}{B}{B}

Sorcery
Choose two —
• Target player loses X life.
• Return target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
• Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.
• Up to X target creatures gain fear until end of turn.
Spite

Spite {3}{U}

Instant
Counter target noncreature spell.
Card has other part: Malice
Malice

Malice {3}{B}

Instant
Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.
Card has other part: Spite
Pain

Pain {B}

Sorcery
Target player discards a card.
Card has other part: Suffering
Suffering

Suffering {3}{R}

Sorcery
Destroy target land.
Card has other part: Pain
Rise

Rise {U}{B}

Sorcery
Return target creature card from a graveyard and target creature on the battlefield to their owners' hands.
Card has other part: Fall