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Mercadian Masques

Pretender's Claim {1}{B}

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature becomes blocked, tap all lands defending player controls.

The surest way to lose your holdings is to plead for them in Mercadia City's courts.

Primeval Shambler {4}{B}

Creature - Horror Mercenary

: Primeval Shambler gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

His mind, like his body, is made up of the swamp's flotsam.

3/3

Putrefaction {4}{B}

Enchantment

Whenever a player casts a green or white spell, that player discards a card.

"Do you want to be alive or whole?"
—Ta-Karnst, Cho-Arrim healer

Quagmire Lamprey {2}{B}

Creature - Fish

Whenever Quagmire Lamprey becomes blocked by a creature, put a -1/-1 counter on that creature.

1/1

Rain of Tears {1}{B}{B}

Sorcery

Destroy target land.

Mercadian elitism is reinforced daily by physical position: their neighbors are literally beneath them and are treated accordingly.

Rampart Crawler {B}

Creature - Lizard Mercenary

Rampart Crawler can't be blocked by Walls.

"Not even the magistrate in his lofty tower is out of our reach."
—Cateran overlord

1/1

Rouse {1}{B}

Instant

If you control a Swamp, you may pay 2 life rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Scandalmonger {3}{B}

Creature - Boar Monger

: Target player discards a card. Any player may activate this ability but only as a sorcery.

Silence costs extra. Breaking it costs extra still.

3/3

Sever Soul {3}{B}{B}

Sorcery

Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. You gain life equal to its toughness.

"With the proper tools, even the Great River can be dammed."
—Ta-Spon, Cho-Arrim executioner

Silent Assassin {B}{B}

Creature - Human Mercenary Assassin

: Destroy target blocking creature at end of combat.

She feels no need to disturb her victim's slumber.

2/1

Skulking Fugitive {2}{B}

Creature - Horror Mercenary

When Skulking Fugitive becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it.

In the Cateran guild, being caught is a capital offense.

3/4

Snuff Out {3}{B}

Instant

If you control a Swamp, you may pay 4 life rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

Squee watched his Kyren cousins fall with a mixture of sympathy and relief.

Soul Channeling {2}{B}

Enchantment - Aura

Enchant creature
Pay 2 life: Regenerate enchanted creature.

Driven by masters more terrible than the Mercadians could imagine, the dark overseers would pay any price to keep their shipwrights working.

Specter's Wail {1}{B}

Sorcery

Target player discards a card at random.

As he gritted his teeth to focus through the pain, Tahngarth glanced at Takara. She seemed completely unaffected.

Strongarm Thug {2}{B}

Creature - Human Mercenary

When Strongarm Thug enters, you may return target Mercenary card from your graveyard to your hand.

"No, I insist—let me carry all that heavy jewelry."

1/1

Thrashing Wumpus {3}{B}{B}

Creature - Beast

: Thrashing Wumpus deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.

Young wumpuses are malevolent and vicious—but they grow out of it.

3/3

Undertaker {1}{B}

Creature - Human Spellshaper

, , Discard a card: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

The weight of death is heavy but not immovable.

1/1

Unmask {3}{B}

Sorcery

You may exile a black card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

Enchant creature
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, Unnatural Hunger deals damage equal to that creature's power to that player unless they sacrifice another creature of their choice.