The List
Desertion {3}{U}{U}
Instant
Counter target spell. If an artifact or creature spell is countered this way, put that card onto the battlefield under your control instead of into its owner's graveyard.
First the insult, then the injury.
Fleeting Distraction {U}
Instant
Target creature gets -1/-0 until end of turn.
Draw a card.
Draw a card.
The first spell taught to young mages, it has spared the lives of many whose hands are too small to hold a sword.
Repulse {2}{U}
Instant
Return target creature to its owner's hand.
Draw a card.
Draw a card.
"You aren't invited."
Driver of the Dead {3}{B}
Creature - Vampire
When this creature dies, return target creature card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Some vampires resorted to corpse trading after cathars burned their estates and drove them from their ancestral feeding grounds.
3/2
Infest {1}{B}{B}
Sorcery
All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.
"This is why we don't go out in banewasp weather."
—Rannon, Vithian holdout
—Rannon, Vithian holdout
Phyrexian Arena {1}{B}{B}
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
A spark of resistance against a tide of corruption.
Stromkirk Patrol {4}{B}
Creature - Vampire Soldier
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
"You'd best move along, human. Our palates are far less discerning than our master's."
4/3
Goblin Balloon Brigade {R}
Creature - Goblin Warrior
{R}: This creature gains flying until end of turn.
"The enemy is getting too close! Quick! Inflate the toad!"
1/1
Lieutenants of the Guard {4}{W}
Creature - Human Soldier
Council's dilemma — When this creature enters, starting with you, each player votes for strength or numbers. Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature for each strength vote and create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token for each numbers vote.
2/2
Ill-Tempered Cyclops {3}{R}
Creature - Cyclops
Trample
{5}{R}: Monstrosity 3.
{5}{R}: Monstrosity 3.
A cyclops has two moods: angry and asleep.
3/3
Birds of Paradise {G}
Creature - Bird
Flying
{T}: Add one mana of any color.
{T}: Add one mana of any color.
"The gods used their feathers to paint all the colors of the world."
—Yare-Tiva, warden of Gramur Forest
—Yare-Tiva, warden of Gramur Forest
0/1
Palace Jailer {2}{W}{W}
Creature - Human Soldier
When this creature enters, you become the monarch.
When this creature enters, exile target creature an opponent controls until an opponent becomes the monarch.
When this creature enters, exile target creature an opponent controls until an opponent becomes the monarch.
2/2
Fade into Antiquity {2}{G}
Sorcery
Exile target artifact or enchantment.
"Are the gods angry at our discontent with what they give us, or jealous that we made a thing they cannot?"
—Kleon the Iron-Booted
—Kleon the Iron-Booted
Lay of the Land {G}
Sorcery
Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Victory favors neither the righteous nor the wicked. It favors the prepared.
Palace Sentinels {3}{W}
Creature - Human Soldier
When this creature enters, you become the monarch.
"One who ruled willing subjects would need no such protection."
—Adriana, Captain of the Guard
—Adriana, Captain of the Guard
2/4
Ravenous Leucrocota {3}{G}
Creature - Beast
Vigilance
{6}{G}: Monstrosity 3.
{6}{G}: Monstrosity 3.
Hunger makes a leucrocota dangerous. A full belly makes it angry and dangerous.
2/4
Akroan Hoplite {R}{W}
Creature - Human Soldier
Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of attacking creatures you control.
"Fair fight? How could it be a fair fight? We're Akroans. They're not."
1/2
Shipwreck Singer {U}{B}
Creature - Siren
Flying
{1}{U}: Target creature an opponent controls attacks this turn if able.
{1}{B}, {T}: Attacking creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.
{1}{U}: Target creature an opponent controls attacks this turn if able.
{1}{B}, {T}: Attacking creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.
1/2
Stormchaser Chimera {2}{U}{R}
Creature - Chimera
Flying
{2}{U}{R}: Scry 1, then reveal the top card of your library. This creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is that card's mana value.
{2}{U}{R}: Scry 1, then reveal the top card of your library. This creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is that card's mana value.
2/3
Platinum Angel {7}
Artifact Creature - Angel
Flying
You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game.
You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game.
She is the apex of the artificer's craft, the spirit of the divine called out of base metal.
4/4
Recruiter of the Guard {2}{W}
Creature - Human Soldier
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a creature card with toughness 2 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Before a cause can have supporters, it has to have a voice.
1/1
Coveted Peacock {3}{U}{U}
Creature - Bird
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, you may goad target creature defending player controls.
Whenever this creature attacks, you may goad target creature defending player controls.
3/4
Expropriate {7}{U}{U}
Sorcery
Council's dilemma — Starting with you, each player votes for time or money. For each time vote, take an extra turn after this one. For each money vote, choose a permanent owned by the voter and gain control of it. Exile Expropriate.
Few things are more valuable than time or money—and Leovold has plenty of both.
Jeering Homunculus {1}{U}
Creature - Homunculus
When this creature enters, you may goad target creature.
Mklthd had always hated crowds . . . and they had always hated him.
0/4