Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari

Quicksilver Dagger

Quicksilver Dagger {1}{U}{R}

Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "{T}: This creature deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker. You draw a card."
The dwarves call their quicksilver techniques "improvisational weaponsmithing."
Prophetic Bolt

Prophetic Bolt {3}{U}{R}

Instant
Prophetic Bolt deals 4 damage to any target. Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Overwhelming Intellect

Overwhelming Intellect {4}{U}{U}

Instant
Counter target creature spell. Draw cards equal to that spell's mana value.
"My brain hurts."
Sphinx-Bone Wand

Sphinx-Bone Wand {7}

Artifact
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may put a charge counter on Sphinx-Bone Wand. If you do, Sphinx-Bone Wand deals damage equal to the number of charge counters on it to any target.
Its host's final curse lies captured within.
Street Spasm

Street Spasm {X}{R}

Instant
Street Spasm deals X damage to target creature without flying you don't control.
Overload {X}{X}{R}{R}
Invoke the Firemind

Invoke the Firemind {X}{U}{U}{R}

Sorcery
Choose one —
• Draw X cards.
• Invoke the Firemind deals X damage to any target.
To those in tune with the Firemind, there is no difference between knowledge and flame.
Fire

Fire {1}{R}

Instant
Fire deals 2 damage divided as you choose among one or two targets.
Card has other part: Ice
Ice

Ice {1}{U}

Instant
Tap target permanent.
Draw a card.
Card has other part: Fire
Forgotten Cave

Forgotten Cave

Land
Forgotten Cave enters the battlefield tapped.
{T}: Add {R}.
Cycling {R}
Izzet Boilerworks

Izzet Boilerworks

Land
Izzet Boilerworks enters the battlefield tapped.
When Izzet Boilerworks enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
{T}: Add {U}{R}.
Lonely Sandbar

Lonely Sandbar

Land
Lonely Sandbar enters the battlefield tapped.
{T}: Add {U}.
Cycling {U}
Nivix, Aerie of the Firemind

Nivix, Aerie of the Firemind

Land
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}{U}{R}, {T}: Exile the top card of your library. Until your next turn, you may cast it if it's an instant or sorcery spell.
Niv-Mizzet's genius and vanity reverberate throughout the mirrored halls of Nivix.
Island

Island

Basic Land - Island
({T}: Add {U}.)
Island

Island

Basic Land - Island
({T}: Add {U}.)
Island

Island

Basic Land - Island
({T}: Add {U}.)
Island

Island

Basic Land - Island
({T}: Add {U}.)
Mountain

Mountain

Basic Land - Mountain
({T}: Add {R}.)
Mountain

Mountain

Basic Land - Mountain
({T}: Add {R}.)
Mountain

Mountain

Basic Land - Mountain
({T}: Add {R}.)
Mountain

Mountain

Basic Land - Mountain
({T}: Add {R}.)
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord

Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord {B}{B}{G}{G}

Legendary Creature - Zombie Elf
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord gets +1/+1 for each creature card in your graveyard.
{1}{B}{G}, Sacrifice another creature: Each opponent loses life equal to the sacrificed creature's power.
Sacrifice a Swamp and a Forest: Return Jarad from your graveyard to your hand.
2/2
Plagued Rusalka

Plagued Rusalka {B}

Creature - Spirit
{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
"Look at her, once filled with innocence. Death has a way of wringing away such . . . deficiencies."
—Savra
1/1
Elves of Deep Shadow

Elves of Deep Shadow {G}

Creature - Elf Druid
{T}: Add {B}. Elves of Deep Shadow deals 1 damage to you.
Cast out of the Conclave generations ago, these elves found a home in the corrupted districts of the Golgari.
1/1
Golgari Thug

Golgari Thug {1}{B}

Creature - Human Warrior
When Golgari Thug dies, put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Dredge 4
1/1
Ravenous Rats

Ravenous Rats {1}{B}

Creature - Rat
When Ravenous Rats enters the battlefield, target opponent discards a card.
Devouring books is only the beginning. The librarian's next.
1/1