Abomination
Smn Abomination
3BB
2/6
U
Mark Tedin
At the end of combat, destroy all green and white creatures blocking
or blocked by Abomination.
Alabaster Potion
Instant
XWW
C
Harold McNeill
Give target player X life, or prevent X damage to any creature or
player.
"Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of
opportunity." -D'Avenant proverb
Ali Baba
Smn Ali Baba
R
1/1
U
Julie Baroh
: Tap target wall.
"When he reached the entrance of the cavern, he pronounced the words,
'Open, Sesame!'" -The Arabian Nights, Junior Classics trans.
Amrou Kithkin
Smn Kithkin
WW
1/1
C
Quinton Hoover
No creature with power greater than 2 may be assigned to block
Kithkin.
Quick and agile, Amrou Kithkin can usually escape from even the most
fearsome opponents.
Amulet of Kroog
Artifact
2
C
Margaret Organ-Kean
<2, T>: Prevent 1 damage to any creature or player.
Among the first allies Urza gained were the people of Kroog. As a sign
of friendship, Urza gave the healers of the city potent amulets;
afterwards, thousands journeyed to Kroog in hope of healing.
Angry Mob
Smn Mob
2WW
2+*/2+*
U
Drew Tucker
Trample ; During your turn, Angry Mob has power and toughness each
equal to 2 plus the total number of swamps opponents control. During
other turns, Angry Mob has power and toughness 2/2.
Apprentice Wizard
Smn Wizard
1UU
0/1
C
Dan Frazier
: Add <3> to your mana pool. Play this ability as an interrupt.
Ashes to Ashes
Sorcery
1BB
U
Drew Tucker
Ashes to Ashes removes two target non-artifact creatures from the game
and deals 5 damage to you.
"All rivers eventually run to the sea. My job is to sort out who goes
first." -Maeveen O'Donagh, Memoirs of a Soldier
Ashnod's Battle Gear
Artifact
2
U
Mark Poole
<2, T>: Target creature you control gets +2/-2 as long as Ashnod's
Battle Gear remains tapped. You may choose not to untap Ashnod's
Battle Gear during your untap phase.
This invention shows why Ashnod was feared by her troops as well as
her foes.
Backfire
Echt Crt
U
U
Brian Snġddy
Backfire deals 1 damage to target creature's controller for each 1
damage dealt to you by that creature.
Ball Lightning
Smn Ball Lightning
RRR
6/1
R
Quinton Hoover
Trample ; Ball Lightning can attack the turn it comes into play. ; At
the end of any turn, bury Ball Lightning.
Battering Ram
Artf Crt
2
1/1
C
Jeff A. Menges
Banding when attacking ; At the end of combat, destroy all walls
blocking Battering Ram.
By the time Mishra was defeated, no mage was foolish enough to rely
heavily on walls.
Bird Maiden
Smn Bird Maiden
2R
1/2
C
Kaja Foglio
Flying
Four things that never meet do here unite/ To shed my blood and to
ravage my heart,/ A radiant brow and tresses that beguile/ And rosy
cheeks and a glittering smile." -The Arabian Nights, trans. Haddawy
Black Mana Battery
Artifact
4
R
Anson Maddocks
<2, T>: Put one charge counter on Black Mana Battery. ; : Add
to your mana pool and remove as many charge counters as you wish. For
each charge counter removed from Black Mana Battery, add to your
mana pool. Play this ability as an interrupt.
Blight
Echt Land
BB
U
Pete Venters
If target land becomes tapped, destroy it at end of turn.
Blood Lust
Instant
1R
C
Anson Maddocks
Target creature gets +4/-4 until end of turn. If this reduces
creature's toughness to less than 1, creature's toughness becomes 1.
Blue Mana Battery
Artifact
4
R
Amy Weber
<2, T>: Put one charge counter on Blue Mana Battery. ; : Add to
your mana pool and remove as many charge counters as you wish. For
each charge counter removed from Blue Mana Battery, add to your
mana pool. Play this ability as an interrupt.
Bog Imp
Smn Imp
1B
1/1
C
Ron Spencer
Flying
On guard for larger dangers, we underestimated the power and speed of
the Imp's muck-crusted claws.
Brainwash
Echt Crt
W
C
Pete Venters
Target creature cannot attack unless its controller pays an additional
<3>.
"They're not your friends; they despise you. I'm the only one you can
count on. Trust me."
Bronze Tablet
Artifact
6
R
Tom Wänerstrand
Comes into play tapped. ; <4, T>: Remove Bronze Tablet and target card
opponent owns from the game. You become owner of opponent's card and
opponent becomes owner of Bronze Tablet. Opponent may prevent this
exchange by paying 10 life; if he or she does so, destroy Bronze
Tablet. Effects that prevent or redirect damage cannot be used to
counter this loss of life. Play this ability as an interrupt. ; Remove
Bronze Tablet from your deck before playing if not playing for ante.
Brothers of Fire
Smn Brothers
1RR
2/2
C
Mark Tedin
<1RR>: Brothers of Fire deals 1 damage to target creature or player
and 1 damage to you.
Fire is never a gentle master.
Carnivorous Plant
Smn Wall
3G
4/5
C
Quinton Hoover
"It had a mouth like that of a great beast, and gnashed its teeth as
it strained to reach us. I am thankful it possessed no means of
locomotion." -Vervamon the Elder
Carrion Ants
Smn Ants
2BB
0/1
U
Richard Thomas
<1>: +1/+1 until end of turn.
"War is no picnic," my father liked to say. But the Ants seemed to
disagree.
Cave People
Smn Cave People
1RR
1/4
U
Drew Tucker
When attacking, Cave People gets +1/-2 until end of turn. ; <1RR, T>:
Target creature gains mountainwalk until end of turn.
Circle of Protection: Artifacts
Enchantment
1W
U
Pete Venters
<2>: Prevent all damage against you from one artifact source. If a
source deals damage to you more than once in a turn, you may pay <2>
each time to prevent the damage.
Clay Statue
Artf Crt
4
3/1
C
Jesper Myrfors
<2>: Regenerate
Tawnos won fame as Urza's greatest assistant. After he created these
warriors, Urza ended his apprenticeship, promoting him directly to the
rank of master.
Clockwork Avian
Artf Crt
5
0/4
R
Randy Asplund-Faith
Flying ; When Clockwork Avian comes into play, put four +1/+0 counters
on it. At the end of any combat in which Clockwork Avian is assigned
to attack or block, remove a counter. ; : Put X +1/+0 counters
on Clockwork Avian. You may have no more than four of these counters
on Clockwork Avian. Use this ability only during your upkeep.
Colossus of Sardia
Artf Crt
9
9/9
R
Jesper Myrfors
Trample ; Colossus does not untap during your untap phase. ; <9>:
Untap Colossus. Use this ability only during your upkeep.
From the Sardian mountains wakes ancient doom: Warrior born from a
rocky womb.
Coral Helm
Artifact
3
R
Amy Weber
<3>: Discard a card at random from your hand to give target creature
+2/+2 until end of turn.
Cosmic Horror
Smn Horror
3BBB
7/7
R
Jesper Myrfors
First Strike ; During your upkeep, pay <3BBB> or destroy Cosmic
Horror. If you destroy Cosmic Horror in this way, it deals 7 damage to
you.
". . .[S]creams of horror rend th' affrighted skies." -Alexander Pope,
The Rape of the Lock
Crimson Manticore
Smn Manticore
2RR
2/2
R
Daniel Gelon
Flying ; : Manticore deals 1 damage to target attacking or
blocking creature.
Noted neither for their good looks nor their charm, Manticores can be
fearsome allies. As dinner companions, however, they are best left
alone.
Cursed Rack
Artifact
4
U
Richard Thomas
Target opponent discards down to four cards during his or her discard
phase.
Ashnod invented several torture techniques that could make victims
even miles away beg for mercy as if the End had come.
Cyclopean Mummy
Smn Mummy
1B
2/1
C
Edward Beard, Jr.
If Mummy is put into the graveyard from play, remove it from the game.
The ritual of plucking out an eye to gain future sight is but a curse
that enables the living to see their own deaths.
Detonate
Sorcery
XR
U
Randy Asplund-Faith
Bury target artifact. Detonate deals X damage to the artifact's
controller, where X is the casting cost of the artifact.
Diabolic Machine
Artf Crt
7
4/4
U
Anson Maddocks
<3>: Regenerate
"The bolts of our ballistae smashed into the monstrous thing, but our
hopes died in our chests as its gears continued turning." -Sevti
Mukul, The Fall of Alsoor
Divine Transformation
Echt Crt
2WW
U
NéNé Thomas
Target creature gets +3/+3.
Glory surged through her and radiance surrounded her. All things were
possible with the blessing of the Divine.
Durkwood Boars
Smn Boars
4G
4/4
C
Mike Kimble
"And the unclean spirits went out, and entered the swine: and the herd
ran violently . . ." -Mark 5:13
Elder Land Wurm
Smn Wurm
4WWW
5/5
R
Quinton Hoover
Trample ; Cannot attack until assigned as a blocker.
Sometimes it's best to let sleeping dragons lie.
Elven Riders
Smn Riders
3GG
3/3
U
Melissa Benson
Cannot be blocked except by walls and by creatures with flying.
"Sometimes it is better to be swift of foot than strong of swordarm."
-Elven proverb
Energy Tap
Sorcery
U
C
Daniel Gelon
Tap target creature you control. Add an amount of colorless mana equal
to that creature's casting cost to your mana pool.
Erosion
Echt Land
UUU
C
Pete Venters
During his or her upkeep, target land's controller pays <1> or 1 life,
or target land is destroyed. Effects that prevent or redirect damage
cannot be used to counter this loss of life.
Eternal Warrior
Echt Crt
R
C
Anson Maddocks
Attacking does not cause target creature to tap.
Warriors of the Tsunami-nito School spend years in training to master
the way of effortless effort.
Fellwar Stone
Artifact
2
U
Quinton Hoover
: Add one mana to your mana pool. This mana may be of any type that
any land opponent controls can produce. Play this ability as an
interrupt.
"What do you have that I cannot obtain?" -Mairsil, called the
Pretender
Fissure
Instant
3RR
C
Douglas Shuler
Bury target land or creature.
"Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?" -Plato
Flood
Enchantment
U
C
Dennis Detwiller
: Tap target creature without flying.
"A dash of cool water does wonders to clear a cluttered battlefield."
-Vibekke Ragnild, Witches and War
Fortified Area
Enchantment
1WW
C
Randy Asplund-Faith
All walls you control gain banding and get +1/+0.
Gaseous Form
Echt Crt
2U
C
Phil Foglio
Target creature neither deals nor receives damage during combat.
". . .[A]nd gives to airy nothing/ A local habitation and a name."
-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer-Night's Dream
Ghost Ship
Smn Ship
2UU
2/4
U
Tom Wänerstrand
Flying ; : Regenerate
"That phantom prow split the storm as lightning cast its long shadow
on the battlefield below." -Mireille Gaetane, The Valeriad
Giant Strength
Echt Crt
RR
C
Justin Hampton
Target creature gets +2/+2.
"O! it is excellent/ To have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous/
To use it like a giant." -William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
Giant Tortoise
Smn Tortoise
1U
1/1
C
Kaja Foglio
Giant Tortoise gets +0/+3 while untapped.
Goblin Rock Sled
Smn Rock Sled
1R
3/1
C
Dennis Detwiller
Trample ; Cannot attack if defending player controls no mountains.
Rock Sled does not untap during your untap phase if it attacked during
your last turn.
Grapeshot Catapult
Artf Crt
4
2/3
C
Dan Frazier
: Grapeshot Catapult deals 1 damage to target creature with flying.
Recent research suggests these creatures were invented by Urza's and
Mishra's original master, Tocasia, and that both brothers used them.
Greed
Enchantment
3B
R
Phil Foglio
: Pay 2 life to draw a card. Effects that prevent or redirect
damage cannot be used to counter this loss of life.
"There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. . . . And there is
no greater disaster than greed." -Tao Te Ching 46
Green Mana Battery
Artifact
4
R
Christopher Rush
<2, T>: Put one charge counter on Green Mana Battery. ; : Add
to your mana pool and remove as many charge counters as you wish. For
each charge counter removed from Green Mana Battery, add to your
mana pool. Play this ability as an interrupt.
Hurr Jackal
Smn Jackal
R
1/1
R
Drew Tucker
: Target creature cannot regenerate this turn.
Immolation
Echt Crt
R
C
Scott Kirschner
Target creature gets +2/-2.
Inferno
Instant
5RR
R
Randy Asplund-Faith
Inferno deals 6 damage to all players and all creatures.
"Any scrap of compassion that still existed in my soul was permanently
snuffed out when they cast me out into the flames." -Mairsil, called
the Pretender
Ironclaw Orcs
Smn Orcs
1R
2/2
C
Anson Maddocks
Cannot be assigned to block any creature with power greater than 1.
Generations of genetic weeding have given rise to the deviously
cowardly Ironclaw clan. To say that Orcs in general are vicious,
depraved, and ignoble does not do justice to the Ironclaw.
Junun Efreet
Smn Efreet
1BB
3/3
U
Christopher Rush
Flying ; During your upkeep, pay or bury Junun Efreet.
Killer Bees
Smn Bees
1GG
0/1
U
Phil Foglio
Flying ; : +1/+1 until end of turn.
The communal mind produces a savage strategy, yet no one could predict
that this vicious crossbreed would unravel the secret of steel.
Kismet
Enchantment
3W
U
Kaja Foglio
All of target player's creatures, lands, and artifacts come into play
tapped.
Land Leeches
Smn Leeches
1GG
2/2
C
Quinton Hoover
First strike
"The standard cure for leeches requires the application of burning
embers. Alternative methods must be devised should an ember of
sufficient size prove more harmful than the leech." -Vervamon the
Elder
Land Tax
Enchantment
W
R
Brian Snġddy
During your upkeep, if an opponent controls more land than you, you
may search your library and remove up to three basic land cards and
put them into your hand. Reshuffle your library afterwards.
Leviathan
Smn Leviathan
5UUUU
10/10
R
Mark Tedin
Trample ; Comes into play tapped and does not untap during your untap
phase. ; During your upkeep, you may sacrifice two islands to untap
Leviathan. ; Leviathan cannot attack unless you sacrifice two islands
during your attack.
Lost Soul
Smn Lost Soul
1BB
2/1
C
Randy Asplund-Faith
Swampwalk
Her hand gently beckons, she whispers your name-But those who go with
her are never the same.
Mana Clash
Sorcery
R
R
Mark Tedin
You and target opponent each flip a coin. Mana Clash deals 1 damage to
any player whose coin comes up tails. Repeat this process until both
players' coins come up heads at the same time.
Marsh Gas
Instant
B
C
Douglas Shuler
All creatures get -2/-0 until end of turn.
"Comes right outta th' ground. If ya can smell it, it's too late."
-Keevy Bogsbury
Marsh Viper
Smn Viper
3G
1/2
C
Ron Spencer
If Marsh Viper damages a player, he or she gets two poison counters.
If a player has ten or more poison counters, he or she loses the game.
"All we had left were their black and bloated bodies." -Maeveen
O'Donagh, Memoirs of a Soldier
Mind Bomb
Sorcery
U
U
Mark Tedin
Mind Bomb deals 3 damage to each player. All players may discard up to
three cards of their choice from their hands. Each card a player
discards in this manner prevents 1 damage to that player from Mind
Bomb.
Mishra's Factory
Land
U
Kaja & Phil Foglio
: Add one colorless mana to your mana pool. ; <1>: Mishra's Factory
becomes an Assembly Worker, a 2/2 artifact creature, until end of
turn. Assembly Worker still counts as a land but cannot be tapped for
mana the turn it comes into play. ; : Target Assembly Worker gets
+1/+1 until end of turn.
Morale
Instant
1WW
C
Mark Poole
All attacking creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn.
"After Lacjsi's speech, the Knights grew determined to crush their
ancient enemies clan by clan." -Tivadar of Thorn, History of the
Goblin Wars
Murk Dwellers
Smn Murk Dwellers
3B
2/2
C
Drew Tucker
When attacking and not blocked, Murk Dwellers gets +2/+0 until end of
turn.
When Raganorn unsealed the catacombs, he found more than the dead and
their treasures.
Nafs Asp
Smn Asp
G
1/1
C
Christopher Rush
If Nafs Asp damages a player, it also deals 1 damage to that player
during his or her next draw phase. Before then, the player may pay <1>
to prevent this damage.
Oasis
Land
U
Brian Snġddy
: Prevent 1 damage to any creature.
Osai Vultures
Smn Vultures
1W
1/1
U
Dan Frazier
Flying ; At the end of any turn in which a creature is put into the
graveyard from play, put a carrion counter on Vultures. ; <0>: Remove
two carrion counters to give Vultures +1/+1 until end of turn.
Piety
Instant
2W
C
Mark Poole
All blocking creatures get +0/+3 until end of turn.
"Whoever obeys God and His Prophet, fears God and does his duty to
Him, will surely find success." -The Qur'an, 24:52
Pikemen
Smn Pikemen
1W
1/1
C
Dennis Detwiller
Banding, first strike
"As the cavalry bore down, we faced them with swords drawn and pikes
hidden in the grass at our feet. 'Don't lift your pikes 'til I give
the word,' I said." -Maeveen O'Donagh, Memoirs of a Soldier
Pit Scorpion
Smn Scorpion
2B
1/1
C
Scott Kirschner
If Pit Scorpion damages a player, he or she gets a poison counter. If
a player has ten or more poison counters, he or she loses the game.
Sometimes the smallest nuisance can be the greatest pain.
Pradesh Gypsies
Smn Gypsies
2G
1/1
C
Quinton Hoover
<1G, T>: Target creature gets -2/-0 until end of turn.
Psionic Entity
Smn Entity
4U
2/2
R
Justin Hampton
: Psionic Entity deals 2 damage to target creature or player and 3
damage to itself.
Creatures of the Ĉther are notorious for neglecting their own
well-being.
Pyrotechnics
Sorcery
4R
U
Anson Maddocks
Pyrotechnics deals 4 damage divided any way you choose among any
number of target creatures and/or players.
"Hi! ni! ya! Behold the man of flint, that's me! Four lightnings
zigzag from me, strike and return." -Navajo war chant
Radjan Spirit
Smn Spirit
3G
3/2
U
Christopher Rush
: Target creature loses flying until end of turn.
Rag Man
Smn Rag Man
2BB
2/1
R
Daniel Gelon
: Look at target opponent's hand. If that player has any
creature cards in hand, he or she discards one of them at random. Use
this ability only during your turn.
"Aw, he's just a silly, dirty little man. What's to be afraid of?"
Rebirth
Sorcery
3GGG
R
Mark Tedin
Each player may be healed to 20 life. Any player choosing to be so
healed antes an additional card from the top of his or her library.
Remove Rebirth from your deck before playing if not playing for ante.
Red Mana Battery
Artifact
4
R
Mark Tedin
<2, T>: Put one charge counter on Red Mana Battery. ; : Add to
your mana pool and remove as many charge counters as you wish. For
each charge counter removed from Red Mana Battery, add to your
mana pool. Play this ability as an interrupt.
Relic Bind
Echt Art
2U
R
Christopher Rush
When target artifact opponent controls becomes tapped, you may give 1
life or have Relic Bind deal 1 damage to target player.
Sandstorm
Instant
G
C
Brian Snġddy
Sandstorm deals 1 damage to all attacking creatures.
Even the landscape turned against Sarsour, first rising up and pelting
him, then rearranging itself so he could no longer find his way.
Seeker
Echt Crt
2WW
C
Mark Poole
Target creature cannot be blocked except by white creatures and
artifact creatures.
Segovian Leviathan
Smn Leviathan
4U
3/3
U
Melissa Benson
Islandwalk
"Leviathan, too! Can you catch him with a fish-hook or run a line
round his tongue?" -Job 40:25
Shapeshifter
Artf Crt
6
*/(7-*)
U
Dan Frazier
Shapeshifter has power and toughness that add up to seven, but neither
may be more than seven. Set them when Shapeshifter comes into play;
you may change them during your upkeep.
Sindbad
Smn Sindbad
1U
1/1
U
Julie Baroh
: Draw a card. If it is not a land, discard it.
Sisters of the Flame
Smn Sisters
1RR
2/2
C
Jesper Myrfors
: Add to your mana pool. Play this ability as an interrupt.
We are many wicks sharing a common tallow; we feed the skies with the
ashes of our prey.
Spirit Link
Echt Crt
W
U
Kaja Foglio
Gain 1 life for every 1 damage target creature deals. You may gain
more life than the toughness or the total life of the creature or
player damaged by the creature Spirit Link enchants.
Spirit Shackle
Echt Crt
BB
U
Edward Beard, Jr.
Put a -0/-2 counter on target creature every time it becomes tapped.
These counters remain even if Spirit Shackle is removed.
Strip Mine
Land
U
Daniel Gelon
: Add one colorless mana to your mana pool. ; : Sacrifice Strip
Mine to destroy target land.
Unlike previous conflicts, the war between Urza and Mishra made
Dominia itself a casualty of war.
Sunken City
Enchantment
UU
C
Jesper Myrfors
All blue creatures get +1/+1. During your upkeep, pay or destroy
Sunken City.
Sylvan Library
Enchantment
1G
R
Harold McNeill
You may draw two extra cards during your draw phase. If you do so, put
two of the cards drawn this turn back on top of your library (in any
order) or pay 4 life per card not replaced. Effects that prevent or
redirect damage cannot be used to counter this loss of life.
Tawnos's Wand
Artifact
4
U
Douglas Shuler
<2, T>: Target creature with power no greater than 2 becomes
unblockable until end of turn. Other effects may later be used to
increase the creature's power beyond 2.
Tawnos's Weaponry
Artifact
2
U
Dan Frazier
<2, T>: Target creature gets +1/+1 as long as Tawnos's Weaponry
remains tapped. ; You may choose not to untap Tawnos's Weaponry during
your untap phase.
When war machines became too costly, Tawnos's Weaponry replaced them.
Tempest Efreet
Smn Efreet
1RRR
3/3
R
NéNé Thomas
: Choose a card at random from target opponent's hand and put it in
yours. Bury Tempest Efreet in opponent's graveyard. The change in
ownership is permanent. Play this ability as an interrupt. Before you
choose the card to be switched, the opponent may prevent effect by
paying 10 life or conceding game; if this is done, bury Tempest
Efreet. Effects that prevent or redirect damage cannot be used to
counter this loss of life. Remove Tempest Efreet from your deck before
playing if not playing for ante.
Tetravus
Artf Crt
6
1/1
R
Mark Tedin
Flying ; When Tetravus comes into play, put three +1/+1 counters on
it. ; During your upkeep, you may move each of these counters on or
off of Tetravus, regardless of who controls them. Counters that are
removed become Tetravite tokens. Treat these tokens as 1/1 artifact
creatures with flying. These creatures cannot have enchantments played
on them and do not share any enchantments on Tetravus.
The Brute
Echt Crt
1R
C
Mark Poole
Target creature gets +1/+0. ; : Regenerate target creature The
Brute enchants.
"Union may be strength, but it is mere blind brute strength unless
wisely directed." -Samuel Butler
Time Elemental
Smn Elemental
2U
0/2
R
Amy Weber
<2UU, T>: Return target permanent to owner's hand. You cannot use this
ability on permanents with enchantment cards played on them. If Time
Elemental blocks or attacks, destroy it at end of combat. In this
case, Time Elemental deals 5 damage to its controller.
Triskelion
Artf Crt
6
1/1
R
Douglas Shuler
When Triskelion comes into play, put three +1/+1 counters on it. ;
<0>: Remove one of these counters from Triskelion to have Triskelion
deal 1 damage to target creature or player.
A brainchild of Tawnos, the Triskelion later proved both versatile and
useful.
Tundra Wolves
Smn Wolves
W
1/1
C
Quinton Hoover
First strike
I heard their eerie howling, the wolves calling their kindred across
the frozen plains.
Twiddle
Instant
U
C
Rob Alexander
Tap or untap target land, artifact, or creature.
Uncle Istvan
Smn Uncle Istvan
1BBB
1/3
U
Daniel Gelon
All damage done to Uncle Istvan by creatures is reduced to 0.
Solitude drove the old hermit insane. Now he only keeps company with
those he can catch.
Untamed Wilds
Sorcery
2G
U
NéNé Thomas
Search your library for any one basic land and put it directly into
play. This does not count towards your one land per turn limit.
Reshuffle your library afterwards.
Urza's Avenger
Artf Crt
6
4/4
R
Amy Weber
<0>: Urza's Avenger gets -1/-1 until end of turn and your choice of
flying, banding, first strike, or trample until end of turn.
Unable to settle on just one design, Urza decided to create one
versatile being.
Vampire Bats
Smn Bats
B
0/1
C
Anson Maddocks
Flying ; : +1/+0 until end of turn. You cannot spend more than
in this way each turn.
"For something is amiss or out of place When mice with wings can wear
a human face." -Theodore Roethke, "The Bat"
Venom
Echt Crt
1GG
C
Tom Wänerstrand
At the end of combat, destroy all non-wall creatures blocking or
blocked by target creature.
"I told him it was just a flesh wound, but the next time I looked at
him, poor Tadhg was dead and gone." -Maeveen O'Donagh, Memoirs of a
Soldier
Visions
Sorcery
W
U
NéNé Thomas
Look at the top five cards of any library. You may then shuffle that
library.
"Visions of glory, spare my aching sight,/ Ye unborn ages, crowd not
on my soul!" -Thomas Gray, "The Bard"
Wall of Dust
Smn Wall
2R
1/4
U
Richard Thomas
No creature blocked by Wall of Dust may attack during its controller's
next turn.
An ever-moving swarm of dust engulfs and disorients anything that
comes near.
Wall of Spears
Artf Crt
3
2/3
C
Sandra Everingham
First strike, counts as a wall
Even the most conservative generals revised their tactics after the
Battle of Sarinth, during which a handful of peasant-pikemen held off
a trio of rampaging Craw Wurms.
Whirling Dervish
Smn Dervish
GG
1/1
U
Susan Van Camp
Protection from black ; Put a +1/+1 counter on Whirling Dervish at the
end of each turn in which it damages opponent.
White Mana Battery
Artifact
4
R
Anthony Waters
<2, T>: Put one charge counter on White Mana Battery. ; : Add
to your mana pool and remove as many charge counters as you wish. For
each charge counter removed from White Mana Battery, add to your
mana pool. Play this ability as an interrupt.
Winds of Change
Sorcery
R
R
Justin Hampton
All players shuffle their hands into their libraries and then draw the
same number of cards they originally held.
"'Tis the set of sails, and not the gales,/ Which tells us the way to
go." -Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Winter Blast
Sorcery
XG
U
Kaja Foglio
Tap X target creatures. Winter Blast deals 2 damage to each of these
target creatures with flying.
"Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!" -William
Shakespeare, King Lear
Word of Binding
Sorcery
XBB
C
Ron Spencer
Tap X target creatures.
"That was the worst experience of my days: standing there helpless as
they killed my whole troop." -Maeveen O'Donagh, Memoirs of a Soldier
Xenic Poltergeist
Smn Poltergeist
1BB
1/1
R
Dan Frazier
: Target non-creature artifact becomes an artifact creature with
power and toughness each equal to its casting cost. Target retains all
original abilities. This change lasts until your next upkeep.
Yotian Soldier
Artf Crt
3
1/4
C
Christopher Rush
Attacking does not cause Yotian Soldier to tap.
After Kroog was destroyed while most of its defenders were at his
side, Urza vowed that none of his allies would ever need to fear for
their own defense again, even while laying siege to a city far from
their homes.
Zephyr Falcon
Smn Falcon
1U
1/1
C
Heather Hudson
Flying ; Attacking does not cause Zephyr Falcon to tap.
Although greatly prized among falconers, the Zephyr Falcon is
capricious and not easily tamed.
Statistics:
Number of cards 122 Cards
Colors 23 Red, 19 Black, 18 White, 18 Blue, 16 Green, 25 Artifacts
Types 3 Lands 62 Creatures 57 Spells
Rarity 31 Rares 40 Uncommons 51 Commons
Card Value $0.00
Cards by Edition 122 Renaissance