Rivals Quick Start Set
Rivals Quick Start Set contains 65 cards.
Released: 1996-07-01
Base set size: 65 cards.
Alabaster Potion {X}{W}{W}
Instant
Choose one —
• Target player gains X life.
• Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
• Target player gains X life.
• Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
"Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity."
—D'Avenant proverb
—D'Avenant proverb
Circle of Protection: Black {1}{W}
Enchantment
{1}: The next time a black source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
Circle of Protection: Red {1}{W}
Enchantment
{1}: The next time a red source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
Healing Salve {W}
Instant
Choose one —
• Target player gains 3 life.
• Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
• Target player gains 3 life.
• Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
Related card:
Healing Leaves
Mesa Pegasus {1}{W}
Creature - Pegasus
Flying; banding
Before a woman marries in the village of Sursi, she must visit the land of the Mesa Pegasus. Legend has it that if the woman is pure of heart and her love is true, a Mesa Pegasus will appear, blessing her family with long life and good fortune.
1/1
Pearled Unicorn {2}{W}
Creature - Unicorn
"'Do you know, I always thought Unicorns were fabulous monsters, too? I never saw one alive before!' 'Well, now that we have seen each other,' said the Unicorn, 'if you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you.'"
—Lewis Carroll
—Lewis Carroll
2/2
Reverse Damage {1}{W}{W}
Instant
The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.
Energy Flux {2}{U}
Enchantment
All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay {2}."
Related card:
Golgothian Sylex
Feedback {2}{U}
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant enchantment
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted enchantment's controller, Feedback deals 1 damage to that player.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted enchantment's controller, Feedback deals 1 damage to that player.
Merfolk of the Pearl Trident {U}
Creature - Merfolk
Most human scholars believe that Merfolk are the survivors of sunken Atlantis, humans adapted to the water. Merfolk, however, believe that humans sprang forth from Merfolk who adapted themselves in order to explore their last frontier.
1/1
Power Sink {X}{U}
Instant
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.
Zephyr Falcon {1}{U}
Creature - Bird
Flying, vigilance
Although greatly prized among falconers, the Zephyr Falcon is capricious and not easily tamed.
1/1
Bog Imp {1}{B}
Creature - Imp
Flying
On guard for larger dangers, we underestimated the power and speed of the Imp's muck-crusted claws.
1/1
Bog Wraith {3}{B}
Creature - Wraith
Swampwalk
'Twas in the bogs of Cannelbrae My mate did meet an early grave 'Twas nothing left for us to save In the peat-filled bogs of Cannelbrae.
3/3
Cursed Land {2}{B}{B}
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant land
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted land's controller, Cursed Land deals 1 damage to that player.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted land's controller, Cursed Land deals 1 damage to that player.
Lost Soul {1}{B}{B}
Creature - Spirit Minion
Swampwalk
Her hand gently beckons, she whispers your name—
But those who go with her are never the same.
But those who go with her are never the same.
2/1
Murk Dwellers {3}{B}
Creature - Zombie
Whenever Murk Dwellers attacks and isn't blocked, it gets +2/+0 until end of combat.
When Raganorn unsealed the catacombs, he found more than the dead and their treasures.
2/2
Scathe Zombies {2}{B}
Creature - Zombie
"They groaned, they stirred, they all uprose,
Nor spake, nor moved their eyes;
It had been strange, even in a dream,
To have seen those dead men rise."
—Samuel Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
Nor spake, nor moved their eyes;
It had been strange, even in a dream,
To have seen those dead men rise."
—Samuel Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
2/2
Sorceress Queen {1}{B}{B}
Creature - Human Wizard
{T}: Target creature other than Sorceress Queen has base power and toughness 0/2 until end of turn.
1/1
Related cards:
City in a Bottle
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Serendib Sorcerer
Terror {1}{B}
Instant
Destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.
Related card:
Garth One-Eye
Vampire Bats {B}
Creature - Bat
Flying
{B}: Vampire Bats gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate no more than twice each turn.
{B}: Vampire Bats gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate no more than twice each turn.
"For something is amiss or out of place When mice with wings can wear a human face."
—Theodore Roethke, "The Bat"
—Theodore Roethke, "The Bat"
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