Gatecrash

Skygames

Skygames {1}{U}

Enchantment - Aura
Enchant land
Enchanted land has "{T}: Target creature gains flying until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery."
Both Boros and Azorius scout the games in hopes of recruiting the finest athletes.
Spell Rupture

Spell Rupture {1}{U}

Instant
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.
"Like water, mana will drain from an inferior vessel."
—Jalan Tosk, Simic forcemage
Stolen Identity

Stolen Identity {4}{U}{U}

Sorcery
Create a token that's a copy of target artifact or creature.
Cipher
Totally Lost

Totally Lost {4}{U}

Instant
Put target nonland permanent on top of its owner's library.
Fblthp had always hated crowds.
Voidwalk

Voidwalk {3}{U}

Sorcery
Exile target creature. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
Cipher
Way of the Thief

Way of the Thief {3}{U}

Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2.
Enchanted creature can't be blocked as long as you control a Gate.
A true shortcut isn't a way other people don't know; it's a way other people can't go.
Balustrade Spy

Balustrade Spy {3}{B}

Creature - Vampire Rogue
Flying
When Balustrade Spy enters the battlefield, target player reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a land card, then puts those cards into their graveyard.
2/3
Basilica Screecher

Basilica Screecher {1}{B}

Creature - Bat
Flying
Extort
A screech in the night is all it takes for Orzhov debtors to clutch at their coin purses.
1/2
Contaminated Ground

Contaminated Ground {1}{B}

Enchantment - Aura
Enchant land
Enchanted land is a Swamp.
Whenever enchanted land becomes tapped, its controller loses 2 life.
"No one cares about pollution until they can see it."
—Gurras, Golgari rot farmer
Corpse Blockade

Corpse Blockade {2}{B}

Creature - Zombie
Defender
Sacrifice another creature: Corpse Blockade gains deathtouch until end of turn.
There are laws against it, but the dead have no one to complain to and the living are too frightened to investigate.
1/4
Crypt Ghast

Crypt Ghast {3}{B}

Creature - Spirit
Extort
Whenever you tap a Swamp for mana, add an additional {B}.
2/2
Death's Approach

Death's Approach {B}

Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -X/-X, where X is the number of creature cards in its controller's graveyard.
"It's cold in the grave, and the dead crave your warmth. Who are you to deny them?"
—Strava, Dimir mage
Devour Flesh

Devour Flesh {1}{B}

Instant
Target player sacrifices a creature, then gains life equal to that creature's toughness.
His twisted mind concluded that if he was what he ate, and he wanted to stay human, . . .
Dying Wish

Dying Wish {1}{B}

Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature you control
When enchanted creature dies, target player loses X life and you gain X life, where X is its power.
"I wish I could rewrite my every deed and kill you with my first breath instead of my last."
Gateway Shade

Gateway Shade {2}{B}

Creature - Shade
{B}: Gateway Shade gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Tap an untapped Gate you control: Gateway Shade gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
Tireless and merciless, shades are harnessed as spies by the Dimir.
1/1
Grisly Spectacle

Grisly Spectacle {2}{B}{B}

Instant
Destroy target nonartifact creature. Its controller mills cards equal to that creature's power.
"Watch people flock to a murder scene. Then tell me we're not all a little sick in the head."
—Juri, proprietor of the Juri Revue
Gutter Skulk

Gutter Skulk {1}{B}

Creature - Zombie Rat
Upon finding his warehouse infested, Gaven didn't know whether to get an exterminator or an exorcist.
2/2
Horror of the Dim

Horror of the Dim {4}{B}

Creature - Horror
{U}: Horror of the Dim gains hexproof until end of turn.
"Lesser minds can scarcely imagine such a marriage of necromancy and mind magic."
—Strava, Dimir mage
3/4
Illness in the Ranks

Illness in the Ranks {B}

Enchantment
Creature tokens get -1/-1.
"Selesnya denied us tribute. Let's show them the error of their ways."
—Milana, Orzhov prelate
Killing Glare

Killing Glare {X}{B}

Instant
Destroy target creature with power X or less.
A casual glance into a dark corner may be your last.
Lord of the Void

Lord of the Void {4}{B}{B}{B}

Creature - Demon
Flying
Whenever Lord of the Void deals combat damage to a player, exile the top seven cards of that player's library, then put a creature card from among them onto the battlefield under your control.
7/7
Mental Vapors

Mental Vapors {3}{B}

Sorcery
Target player discards a card.
Cipher
Midnight Recovery

Midnight Recovery {3}{B}

Sorcery
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Cipher
Ogre Slumlord

Ogre Slumlord {3}{B}{B}

Creature - Ogre Rogue
Whenever another nontoken creature dies, you may create a 1/1 black Rat creature token.
Rats you control have deathtouch.
"His tenement is filled with the most vile, disgusting vermin. It's infested with rats, too."
—Branko One-Ear
3/3
Sepulchral Primordial

Sepulchral Primordial {5}{B}{B}

Creature - Avatar
Intimidate
When Sepulchral Primordial enters the battlefield, for each opponent, you may put up to one target creature card from that player's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
5/4