Mercadian Masques Spoiler List Wizards of the Coast, Inc. (Released Septmeber 25, 1999) 350 Cards Total Color: 57 Black, 57 Blue, 57 Green, 57 Red, 57 White, 30 Artifacts, 35 Land Rarity: 110 Commons, 110 Uncommons, 110 Rare, 20 Basic Land Card Title: Afterlife Card Color: White Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 2W Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller puts a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying into play. Artist: Brian Snoddy Rarity: U Card #: 1 Card Title: Alabaster Wall Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Wall Casting Cost: 2W Pow/Tgh: 0/4 Card Text: (Walls can't attack.). Tap: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. Flavor Text: Its mortar is mixed with waters straight from the Fountain of Cho. Artist: Randy Gallegos Rarity: C Card #: 2 Card Title: Armistice Card Color: White Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 2W Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: 3WW: You draw a card and target opponent gains 3 life. Flavor Text: We all must profit for peace to last. -Mercadian saying. Artist: Dan Frazier Rarity: R Card #: 3 Card Title: Arrest Card Color: White Type & Class: Enchant Creature Casting Cost: 2W Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated Abilities can't be played. Flavor Text: Orim had no memory of the previous night-the first thing she could remember was waking up with the dead guard's blood on her hands. Artist: Edward P. Beard, Jr. Rarity: U Card #: 4 Card Title: Ballista Squad Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Rebel Casting Cost: 3W Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: XW, Tap: Ballista Squad deals X damage to target attacking or blocking creature. Flavor Text: The perfect antidote for a tightly packed formation. Artist: Matthew D. Wilson Rarity: U Card #: 5 Card Title: Charm Peddler Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Spellshaper Casting Cost: W Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: W, Tap, Discard a card from your hand: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to target creature this turn, prevent that damage. Artist: John Matson Rarity: C Card #: 6 Card Title: Charmed Griffin Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Griffin Casting Cost: 3W Pow/Tgh: 3/3 Card Text: Flying When Charmed Griffin comes into play, each other player may put an artifact or enchantment card into play from his or her hand. Flavor Text: Are you sure you can afford such a luxury?. Artist: Ray Lago Rarity: U Card #: 7 Card Title: Cho-Arrim Alchemist Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Spellshaper Casting Cost: W Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: 1WW, Tap, Discard a card from your hand: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage and gain that much life. Artist: Scott M. Fischer Rarity: R Card #: 8 Card Title: Cho-Arrim Bruiser Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Rebel Casting Cost: 5W Pow/Tgh: 3/4 Card Text: Whenever Cho-Arrim Bruiser attacks, you may tap up to two target creatures. Flavor Text: He doesn't know why the Cho-Arrim fight the Mercadians, but he's happy to bash heads for them anyway. Artist: Paolo Parente Rarity: R Card #: 9 Card Title: Cho-Arrim Legate Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Soldier Casting Cost: 2W Pow/Tgh: 1/2 Card Text: Protection from black If an opponent controls a swamp and you control a plains, you may play Cho-Arrim Legate without paying its mana cost. Artist: rk post Rarity: U Card #: 10 Card Title: Cho-Manno, Revolutionary Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Rebel Legend Casting Cost: 2WW Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: Prevent all damage that would be dealt to Cho-Manno, Revolutionary. Flavor Text: "Mercadia's masks can no longer hide the truth. Our day has come at last."-Cho-Manno. Artist: Greg & Tim Hildebrandt Rarity: R Card #: 11 Card Title: Cho-Manno's Blessing Card Color: White Type & Class: Enchant Creature Casting Cost: WW Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: You may play Cho-Manno's Blessing any time you could play an instant. As Cho-Manno's Blessing comes into play, choose a color. Enchanted creature has protection from the chosen color. This effect doesn't remove Cho-Manno's Blessing. Artist: John Matson Rarity: C Card #: 12 Card Title: Common Cause Card Color: White Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 2W Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Nonartifact creatures get +2/+2 as long as they all share a color. Flavor Text: Mercadia City's troops are at their best when they have no enemy to fight. Artist: John Matson Rarity: R Card #: 13 Card Title: Cornered Market Card Color: White Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 2W Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Players can't play spells or nonbasic lands with the same name as a card in play. Flavor Text: Don't step on the livelihood of other vendors, or they may step on you. -Mercadian saying. Artist: Edward P. Beard, Jr. Rarity: R Card #: 14 Card Title: Crackdown Card Color: White Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 2W Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Nonwhite creatures with power 3 or greater don't untap during their controllers' untap steps. Flavor Text: "There is no place for mercy in defense of our lives." -Ta-Spon, Cho-Arrim executioner. Artist: Rebecca Guay Rarity: R Card #: 15 Card Title: Crossbow Infantry Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Soldier Casting Cost: 1W Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: Tap: Crossbow Infantry deals 1 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. Flavor Text: The crossbow is the ideal weapon for the lazy Mercadians: just point and shoot. Artist: Greg & Tim Hildebrandt Rarity: C Card #: 16 Card Title: Devout Witness Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Spellshaper Casting Cost: 2W Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: 1W, Tap, Discard a card from your hand: Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Flavor Text: The Cho-Arrim fought Mercadia's decadence with more than just swords. Artist: Don Hazeltine Rarity: C Card #: 17 Card Title: Disenchant Card Color: White Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 1W Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Flavor Text: The scepter of power is fragile in a calloused hand. -Cho-Arrim saying. Artist: Adam Rex Rarity: C Card #: 18 Card Title: Fountain Watch Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Guardian Casting Cost: 3WW Pow/Tgh: 2/4 Card Text: Artifacts and enchantments you control can't be the target of spells or abilities. Flavor Text: The Cho-Arrim didn't rely only on a secret location to protect their Fountain. Artist: Jeff Miracola Rarity: R Card #: 19 Card Title: Fresh Volunteers Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Rebel Casting Cost: 1W Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: Flavor Text: Every Cho-Arrim villager is a potential warrior; when they are called, they abandon their peaceful way of life and take up arms to defend it. Artist: Jeff Miracola Rarity: C Card #: 20 Card Title: Honor the Fallen Card Color: White Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 1W Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Remove all creature cards in all graveyards from the game. You gain 1 life for each card removed this way. Flavor Text: "May the River claim Cho-Manno's body, wherever it lies." -Ta-Karnst, Cho-Arrim healer. Artist: Terese Nielsen Rarity: R Card #: 21 Card Title: Ignoble Soldier Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Soldier Casting Cost: 2W Pow/Tgh: 3/1 Card Text: Whenever Ignoble Soldier becomes blocked, prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by it this turn. Cowardice is a term invented by those with no cunning. Artist: Mark Romanoski Rarity: U Card #: 22 Card Title: Inviolability Card Color: White Type & Class: Enchant Creature Casting Cost: 1W Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Prevent all damage that would be dealt to enchanted creature. Flavor Text: A soldier's faith is magic strong enough to protect against any blade. Artist: DiTerlizzi Rarity: C Card #: 23 Card Title: Ivory Mask Card Color: White Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 2WW Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: You can't be the target of spells or abilities. Flavor Text: "I did not choose my role, Orim," said Cho-Manno patiently, "and I suspect Gerrard did not choose his.". Artist: Glen Angus Rarity: R Card #: 24 Card Title: Jhovall Queen Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Rebel Casting Cost: 4WW Pow/Tgh: 4/7 Card Text: Attacking doesn't cause Jhovall Queen to tap. Flavor Text: War-trained jhovalls eat twice their weight in war-trained soldiers daily. Artist: Michael Sutfin Rarity: R Card #: 25 Card Title: Jhovall Rider Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Rebel Casting Cost: 4W Pow/Tgh: 3/3 Card Text: Trample. Flavor Text: Don't be fooled by the riders' fluid grace-it takes years of practice to ride these beasts. Artist: Scott M. Fischer Rarity: U Card #: 26 Card Title: Last Breath Card Color: White Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 1W Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Remove target creature with power 2 or less from the game. Its controller gains 4 life. Flavor Text: "The River flows. My soul returns.". Artist: DiTerlizzi Rarity: U Card #: 27 Card Title: Moment of Silence Card Color: White Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: W Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Target player skips his or her combat phase this turn. Flavor Text: The silence commemorates not those who've died, but those about to. Artist: Christopher Moeller Rarity: C Card #: 28 Card Title: Moonlit Wake Card Color: White Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 2W Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Whenever a creature is put into a graveyard from play, you gain 1 life. Flavor Text: "As long as Rushwood glows, no life is ever truly lost." -Ta-Karnst, Cho-Arrim healer. Artist: Greg & Tim Hildebrandt Rarity: U Card #: 29 Card Title: Muzzle Card Color: White Type & Class: Enchant Creature Casting Cost: 1W Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Prevent all damage that would be dealt by enchanted creature. Flavor Text: Clenched teeth do not bite. -Cho-Arrim saying. Artist: Matt Cavotta Rarity: C Card #: 30 Card Title: Nightwind Glider Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Rebel Casting Cost: 2W Pow/Tgh: 2/1 Card Text: Flying, protection from black. Flavor Text: Once you learn to float on the shadows, you'll never fear them again. Artist: Randy Gallegos Rarity: C Card #: 31 Card Title: Noble Purpose Card Color: White Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 3WW Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage, you gain that much life. Flavor Text: Fighting for the right reason is itself a source of strength. Artist: Kev Walker Rarity: U Card #: 32 Card Title: Orim's Cure Card Color: White Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 1W Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: If you control a plains, you may tap an untapped creature you control instead of paying the mana cost of Orim's Cure. Prevent the next 4 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. Artist: Don Hazeltine Rarity: C Card #: 33 Card Title: Pious Warrior Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Rebel Casting Cost: 3W Pow/Tgh: 2/3 Card Text: Whenever Pious Warrior is dealt combat damage, you gain that much life. Flavor Text: The Cho-Arrim make no distinction between healers and soldiers. Artist: Jeff Miracola Rarity: C Card #: 34 Card Title: Ramosian Captain Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Rebel Casting Cost: 1WW Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: First strike 5, Tap: Search your library for a Rebel card with converted mana cost 4 or less and put that card into play. Then shuffle your library. Flavor Text: The Cho-Arrim believe in leading by example. Artist: Matthew D. Wilson Rarity: U Card #: 35 Card Title: Ramosian Commander Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Rebel Casting Cost: 2WW Pow/Tgh: 2/4 Card Text: 6, Tap: Search your library for a Rebel card with converted mana cost 5 or less and put that card into play. Then shuffle your library. Flavor Text: "Cho-Manno guides your spirit. I guide your sword.". Artist: Scott Hampton Rarity: U Card #: 36 Card Title: Ramosian Lieutenant Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Rebel Casting Cost: 1W Pow/Tgh: 1/2 Card Text: 4, Tap: Search your library for a Rebel card with converted mana cost 3 or less and put that card into play. Then shuffle your library. Flavor Text: "Give me your hand and I will give you victory.". Artist: Alan Pollack Rarity: C Card #: 37 Card Title: Ramosian Rally Card Color: White Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 3W Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: If you control a plains, you may tap an untapped creature you control instead of paying Ramosian Rally's mana cost. Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. Artist: Christopher Moeller Rarity: C Card #: 38 Card Title: Ramosian Sergeant Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Rebel Casting Cost: W Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: 3, Tap: Search your library for a Rebel card with converted mana cost 2 or less and put that card into play. Then shuffle your library. Flavor Text: Her commands are part rallying cry, part sermon, and wholly undeniable. Artist: Don Hazeltine Rarity: C Card #: 39 Card Title: Ramosian Sky Marshal Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Rebel Casting Cost: 3WW Pow/Tgh: 3/3 Card Text: Flying 7, Tap: Search your library for a Rebel card with converted mana cost 6 or less and put that card into play. Then shuffle your library. Flavor Text: The Cho-Arrim fell from the sky onto Mercadia City like a vengeful rain. Artist: Matt Cavotta Rarity: R Card #: 40 Card Title: Rappelling Scouts Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Rebel Casting Cost: 2WW Pow/Tgh: 1/4 Card Text: Flying 2W: Rappelling Scouts gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. Artist: Nelson DeCastro Rarity: R Card #: 41 Card Title: Renounce Card Color: White Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 1W Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Sacrifice any number of permanents. You gain 2 life for each one sacrificed this way. Flavor Text: Gerrard offered no defense to Orim's condemnation; the mission was under his command, and he was responsible. Artist: Carl Critchlow Rarity: U Card #: 42 Card Title: Revered Elder Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Cleric Casting Cost: 2W Pow/Tgh: 1/2 Card Text: 1: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to Revered Elder this turn. Flavor Text: The Cho-Arrim worship life and revere those who've experienced it longest. Artist: Donato Giancola Rarity: C Card #: 43 Card Title: Reverent Mantra Card Color: White Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 3W Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: You may remove a white card in your hand from the game instead of paying Reverent Mantra's mana cost. All creatures gain protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. Artist: Rebecca Guay Rarity: R Card #: 44 Card Title: Righteous Aura Card Color: White Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 1W Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: W, Pay 2 life: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. Flavor Text: "There is a great difference between pain and injury." -Cho-Manno. Artist: Paolo Parente Rarity: U Card #: 45 Card Title: Righteous Indignation Card Color: White Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 2W Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Whenever a creature blocks a black or red creature, the blocking creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Flavor Text: "You are the disease that plagues Mercadia. I am the healer's knife that will cut you out.". Artist: Val Mayerik Rarity: U Card #: 46 Card Title: Security Detail Card Color: White Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 3W Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: WW: Put a 1/1 white Soldier creature token into play. Play this ability only if you control no creatures and only once each turn. Artist: Val Mayerik Rarity: R Card #: 47 Card Title: Soothing Balm Card Color: White Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 1W Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Target player gains 5 life. Flavor Text: Orim taught Ta-Karnst and the other Cho-Arrim healers a far less invasive method of healing. Artist: Scott M. Fischer Rarity: C Card #: 48 Card Title: Spiritual Focus Card Color: White Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 1W Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Whenever a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard a card, you gain 2 life and you may draw a card. Artist: Andrew Goldhawk Rarity: R Card #: 49 Card Title: Steadfast Guard Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Rebel Casting Cost: WW Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: Attacking doesn't cause Steadfast Guard to tap. Flavor Text: The Mercadians were prepared for the guard, but the guard was even more prepared for the Mercadians. Artist: Adam Rex Rarity: C Card #: 50 Card Title: Story Circle Card Color: White Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 1WW Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: As Story Circle comes into play, choose a color. W: The next time a source of your choice of the chosen color would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. Artist: Bradley Williams Rarity: U Card #: 51 Card Title: Task Force Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Rebel Casting Cost: 2W Pow/Tgh: 1/3 Card Text: Whenever Task Force becomes the target of a spell or ability, it gets +0/+3 until end of turn. Flavor Text: They are the reflection of Rushwood's glow on the edge of a wooden sword. Artist: Gary Ruddell Rarity: C Card #: 52 Card Title: Thermal Glider Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Rebel Casting Cost: 2W Pow/Tgh: 2/1 Card Text: Flying, protection from red. Flavor Text: "The Mercadians are too busy looking down on us to see us coming." -Cho-Arrim rebel. Artist: Mark Zug Rarity: C Card #: 53 Card Title: Tonic Peddler Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Spellshaper Casting Cost 1W Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: W, Tap, Discard a card from your hand: Target player gains 3 life. Flavor Text: "The price is written at the bottom of the cup.". Artist: Adam Rex Rarity: U Card #: 54 Card Title: Trap Runner Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Soldier Casting Cost: 2WW Pow/Tgh: 2/3 Card Text: Tap: Target attacking unblocked creature becomes blocked. .(This ability works on unblockable creatures.). Flavor Text: "How could I catch her when the trees conspired to stop me?". Artist: Ron Spencer Rarity: U Card #: 55 Card Title: Wave of Reckoning Card Color: White Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 4W Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Each creature deals to itself damage equal to its power. Flavor Text: Inner conflict can defeat a soldier more quickly than any army. Artist: Bradley Williams Rarity: R Card #: 56 Card Title: Wishmonger Card Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Monger Casting Cost: 3W Pow/Tgh: 3/3 Card Text: 2: Target creature gains protection from the color of its controller's choice until end of turn. Any player may play this ability. Flavor Text: "It's not what you ask for, but how you ask for it.". Artist: Heather Hudson Rarity: U Card #: 57 Card Title: Aerial Caravan Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Soldier Casting Cost: 4UU Pow/Tgh: 4/3 Card Text: Flying 1UU: Remove the top card of your library from the game. Until end turn, you may play that card as though it were in your hand. reveal the card as you remove it from the game.). Flavor Text: successful delivery is .not. guaranteed. Artist: DiTerlizzi Rarity: R Card #: 58 Card Title: Balloon Peddler Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Spellshaper Casting Cost: 2U Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: U, Tap, Discard a card from your hand: Target creature gains flying until end of turn. Flavor Text: The market festival turned out to be the high point of Jaffy's visit. Artist: Paolo Parente Rarity: C Card #: 59 Card Title: Blockade Runner Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Merfolk Casting Cost: 3U Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: U: Blockade Runner is unblockable this turn. Flavor Text: "I need to get back to Mercadia City," said Sisay. "We can get you there," the vizier answered. "Easily.". Artist: Carl Critchlow Rarity: C Card #: 60 Card Title: Brainstorm Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: U Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order. Flavor Text: "I see more than others do because I know where to look." -Saprazzan vizier. Artist: DiTerlizzi Rarity: C Card #: 61 Card Title: Bribery Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 3UU Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Search target opponent's library for a creature card and put that card into play under your control. That player then shuffles his or her library. Flavor Text: In Mercadia City, loyalties extend only as far as your purse can stretch. Artist: Andrew Robinson Rarity: R Card #: 62 Card Title: Buoyancy Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Enchant Creature Casting Cost: 1U Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: You may play Buoyancy any time you could play an instant. Enchanted creature has flying. Flavor Text: Saprazzan merfolk become legged on land, but some find it quicker to bring the water with them. Artist: Jeff Miracola Rarity: C Card #: 63 Card Title: Chambered Nautilus Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Beast Casting Cost: 2U Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: Whenever Chambered Nautilus becomes blocked, you may draw a card. Flavor Text: What's merely a home for the nautilus can become exquisite jewelry in the hands of Saprazzan artisans. Artist: John Matson Rarity: U Card #: 64 Card Title: Chameleon Spirit Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Illusion Casting Cost: 3U Pow/Tgh: */* Card Text: As Chameleon Spirit comes into play, choose a color. Chameleon Spirit's power and toughness are each equal to the number of permanents of the chosen color your opponents control. Artist: Bradley Williams Rarity: U Card #: 65 Card Title: Charisma Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Enchant Creature Casting Cost: UUU Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to a creature, you control that creature as long as Charisma remains in play. Flavor Text: It was Gerrard's nature to lead and the Mercadians' to follow. Artist: Terese Nielsen Rarity: R Card #: 66 Card Title: Cloud Sprite Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Faerie Casting Cost: U Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: Flying Cloud Sprite may block only creatures with flying. Flavor Text: The delicate sprites carry messages for Saprazzans, but they refuse to land anywhere near Mercadia City's filthy markets. Artist: Mark Zug Rarity: C Card #: 67 Card Title: Coastal Piracy Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 2UU Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to an opponent, you may draw a card. Flavor Text: "I don't like to think of myself as a pirate. I'm more like a stimulator of the local economy."-Rishadan pirate. Artist: Matthew D. Wilson Rarity: U Card #: 68 Card Title: Counterspell Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: UU Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Counter target spell. Flavor Text: "Your attack has been rendered harmless. It is, however, quite pretty."-Saprazzan vizier. Artist: Gao Yan Rarity: C Card #: 69 Card Title: Cowardice Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 3UU Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Whenever a creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, return that creature to its owner's hand. Flavor Text: Gerrard was the Mercadian soldiers' greatest hero; they followed him blindly. When he left, they stumbled around blindly. Artist: Scott M. Fischer Rarity: R Card #: 70 Card Title: Customs Depot Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 1U Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Whenever you play a creature spell, you may pay 1. If you do, draw a card, then discard a card from your hand. Flavor Text: A bribe is always faster than filling out paperwork. Artist: Scott M. Fischer Rarity: U Card #: 71 Card Title: Darting Merfolk Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Merfolk Casting Cost: 1U Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: U: Return Darting Merfolk to its owner's hand. You might as well try to catch water with a net. Artist: Sam Wood Rarity: C Card #: 72 Card Title: Dehydration Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Enchant Creature Casting Cost: 3U Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step. Flavor Text: "You say Saprazzo is a city built on water? I hope they have enough to wash the dust from my throat." -Sisay. Artist: Val Mayerik Rarity: C Card #: 73 Card Title: Diplomatic Escort Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Spellshaper Casting Cost: 1U Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: U, Tap, Discard a card from your hand: Counter target spell or ability that targets a creature. Artist: Rebecca Guay Rarity: U Card #: 74 Card Title: Diplomatic Immunity Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Enchant Creature Casting Cost: 1U Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Enchanted creature can't be the target of spells or abilities. Diplomatic Immunity can't be the target of spells or abilities. Artist: Terese Nielsen Rarity: C Card #: 75 Card Title: Drake Hatchling Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Drake Casting Cost: 2U Pow/Tgh: 1/3 Card Text: Flying U: Drake Hatchling gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Play this ability only once each turn. Flavor Text: There is beauty in the space between learning to fly and taking it for granted. Artist: Bradley Williams Rarity: C Card #: 76 Card Title: Embargo Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 3U Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Nonland permanents don't untap during their controllers' untap steps. At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 2 life. Artist: Nelson DeCastro Rarity: R Card #: 77 Card Title: Energy Flux Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 2U Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: All artifacts gain "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay 2.". Flavor Text: Karn said nothing-he just grasped the powerstone and squeezed tightly. The wild flashing ceased. Artist: Qiao Dafu Rarity: U Card #: 78 Card Title: Extravagant Spirit Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Spirit Casting Cost: 3U Pow/Tgh: 4/4 Card Text: Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Extravagant Spirit unless you pay 1 for each card in your hand. Flavor Text: The fewer your possessions, the fewer your worries. Artist: Edward P. Beard, Jr. Rarity: R Card #: 79 Card Title: False Demise Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Enchant Creature Casting Cost: 2U Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: When enchanted creature is put into a graveyard, return that creature to play under your control. Flavor Text: "Go down there and fish him out. Maybe his hide will fetch a price.". Artist: Pat Morrissey Rarity: U Card #: 80 Card Title: Glowing Anemone Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Beast Casting Cost: 3U Pow/Tgh: 1/3 Card Text: When Glowing Anemone comes into play, you may return target land to its owner's hand. Flavor Text: Beautiful to behold, terrible to be held. Artist: Pete Venters Rarity: U Card #: 81 Card Title: Gush Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 4U Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: You may return two islands you control to their owner's hand instead of paying Gush's mana cost. Draw two cards. Flavor Text: Don't trust your secrets to the sea. Artist: Kev Walker Rarity: C Card #: 82 Card Title: High Seas Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 2U Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Red creature spells and green creature spells cost 1 more to play. Flavor Text: Bend as the wave breaks or it will break you as well. -Saprazzan saying. Artist: Massimilano Frezzato Rarity: U Card #: 83 Card Title: Hoodwink Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 1U Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Return target artifact, enchantment, or land to its owner's hand. Flavor Text: The youths of Rishada's marketplace are always ready for a quick footrace. Artist: Arnie Swekel Rarity: C Card #: 84 Card Title: Indentured Djinn Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Djinn Casting Cost: 1UU Pow/Tgh: 4/4 Card Text: Flying When Indentured Djinn comes into play, each other player may draw up to three cards. Flavor Text: It's not always clear who's the master and who's the servant. Artist: Val Mayerik Rarity: U Card #: 85 Card Title: Karn's Touch Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: UU Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Target noncreature artifact becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its converted mana cost until end of turn. .(It retains its abilities.). Artist: Alan Pollack Rarity: R Card #: 86 Card Title: Misdirection Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 3UU Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: You may remove a blue card in your hand from the game instead of paying Misdirection's mana cost. Target spell with a single target targets another target instead. Artist: Paolo Parente Rarity: R Card #: 87 Card Title: Misstep Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 1U Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Creatures target player controls don't untap during that player's next untap step. Flavor Text: The feet have no eyes. -Saprazzan saying. Artist: Kev Walker Rarity: C Card #: 88 Card Title: Overtaker Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Spellshaper Casting Cost: 1U Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: 3U, Tap, Discard a card from your hand: Untap target creature and gain control of it until end of turn. That creature gains haste until end of turn. (It may attack and .Tap. the turn it comes under your control.). Flavor Text: "It's no challenge to master a Mercadian.". Artist: Clyde Caldwell Rarity: R Card #: 89 Card Title: Port Inspector Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Townsfolk Casting Cost: 1U Pow/Tgh: 1/2 Card Text: Whenever Port Inspector becomes blocked, you may look at defending player's hand. Flavor Text: "There may be a few minor additional fees, levies, duties, surtaxes, tariffs, imposts, tolls . . . .". Artist: Dan Frazier Rarity: C Card #: 90 Card Title: Rishadan Airship Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Pirate Casting Cost: 2U Pow/Tgh: 3/1 Card Text: Flying Rishadan Airship may block only creatures with flying. Flavor Text: The view is truly spectacular-as long as you don't look at Rishada itself. Artist: Kev Walker Rarity: C Card #: 91 Card Title: Rishadan Brigand Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Pirate Casting Cost: 4U Pow/Tgh: 3/2 Card Text: Flying When Rishadan Brigand comes into play, each opponent sacrifices a permanent unless he or she pays 3. Rishadan Brigand may block only creatures with flying. Artist: Scott Hampton Rarity: R Card #: 92 Card Title: Rishadan Cutpurse Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Pirate Casting Cost: 2U Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: When Rishadan Cutpurse comes into play, each opponent sacrifices a permanent unless he or she pays 1. Flavor Text: The bigger the purse, the greater the fool. -Rishadan saying. Artist: Christopher Moeller Rarity: C Card #: 93 Card Title: Rishadan Footpad Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Pirate Casting Cost: 3U Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: When Rishadan Footpad comes into play, each opponent sacrifices a Permanent unless he or she pays 2. Flavor Text: “The best things in life are free. Money, for instance”. Artist: Adam Rex Rarity: U Card #: 94 Card Title: Sailmonger Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature – Monger Casting Cost: 3U Pow/Tgh: 3/3 Card Text: 2: Target creature gains flying until end of turn. Any player may Play this ability. Flavor Text: Clients who cheat the sailmonger make an impact on the rest. Artist: Michael Sutfin Rarity: U Card #: 95 Card Title: Sand Squid Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Beast Casting Cost: 3U Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: Islandwalk .(This creature is unblockable as long as defending player controls an island.). You may choose not to untap Sand Squid during your untap step. Tap: Tap target creature. That creature does not untap during its controller's untap step as long as Sand Squid remains tapped. Artist: Kev Walker Rarity: R Card #: 96 Card Title: Saprazzan Bailiff Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Merfolk Casting Cost: 3UU Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: When Saprazzan Bailiff comes into play, remove all artifact and enchantment cards in all graveyards from the game. When Saprazzan Bailiff leaves play, return all artifact and enchantment cards from all graveyards to their owners' hands. Artist: Ron Spencer Rarity: R Card #: 97 Card Title: Saprazzan Breaker Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Beast Casting Cost: 4U Pow/Tgh: 3/3 Card Text: U: Put the top card of your library into your graveyard. If that card is a land card, Saprazzan Breaker is unblockable this turn. Artist: Pete Venters Rarity: U Card #: 98 Card Title: Saprazzan Heir Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Merfolk Casting Cost: 1U Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: Whenever Saprazzan Heir becomes blocked, you may draw three cards. Flavor Text: Within the walls of the floating city, Saprazzan wealth is like Saprazzan water: abundant, free-flowing, and accessible to all. Artist: Terese Nielsen Rarity: R Card #: 99 Card Title: Saprazzan Legate Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Soldier Casting Cost: 3U Pow/Tgh: 1/3 Card Text: Flying If an opponent controls a mountain and you control an island, you may play Saprazzan Legate without paying its mana cost. Artist: Andrew Goldhawk Rarity: U Card #: 100 Card Title: Saprazzan Outrigger Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Ship Casting Cost: 3U Pow/Tgh: 5/5 Card Text: When Saprazzan Outrigger attacks or blocks, put it on top of its owner's library at end of combat. Flavor Text: The Saprazzans excel at both tactics: hit .and. run. Artist: Doug Chaffee Rarity: C Card #: 101 Card Title: Saprazzan Raider Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Merfolk Casting Cost: 2U Pow/Tgh: 1/2 Card Text: When Saprazzan Raider becomes blocked, return it to its owner's hand. Flavor Text: Some quick dagger work and then back to the sea-that's the Saprazzan way. Artist: Jeff Miracola Rarity: C Card #: 102 Card Title: Shoving Match Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 2U Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Until end of turn, all creatures gain "Tap: Tap target creature.". Flavor Text: Rishadan barkeeps know something the Mercadians have yet to learn: if you keep pushing, someone will eventually push back. Artist: Dave Dorman Rarity: U Card #: 103 Card Title: Soothsaying Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: U Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: 3UU: Shuffle your library. X: Look at the top X cards of your library and put them back in any order. Flavor Text: The vizier's wisdom proved invaluable in untangling the Mercadian knot of lies. Artist: Pat Morrissey Rarity: U Card #: 104 Card Title: Squeeze Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 3U Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Sorcery spells cost 3 more to play. Flavor Text: Any pirate would prefer Rishada's swift and cruel justice to Saprazzo's patient punishments. Artist: DiTerlizzi Rarity: R Card #: 105 Card Title: Statecraft Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 3U Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by creatures you control. Flavor Text: "Inside these walls, peace; outside, sharks. You choose." -Saprazzan vizier. Artist: Mike Ploog Rarity: R Card #: 106 Card Title: Stinging Barrier Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature –Wall Casting Cost: 2UU Pow/Tgh: 0/4 Card Text: (Walls can’t attack). U,TAP: Stinging Barrier deals 1 damage To target creature or player. Artist: Mike Ploog Rarity: C Card #: 107 Card Title: Thwart Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 2UU Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: You may return three islands you control to their owner's hand instead of paying Thwart's mana cost. Counter target spell. Artist: Christopher Moeller Rarity: U Card #: 108 Card Title: Tidal Bore Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 1U Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: You may return an island you control to its owner's hand instead of paying Tidal Bore's mana cost. Tap or untap target creature. Flavor Text: The dry riverbed became a raging torrent, and the Cho-Arrim claimed their prize. Artist: Frank Kelly Freas Rarity: C Card #: 109 Card Title: Tidal Kraken Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Monster Casting Cost: 5UUU Pow/Tgh: 6/6 Card Text: Tidal Kraken is unblockable. Flavor Text: To merfolk, pirates are a nuisance. To pirates, merfolk are a threat. To the kraken, they're both appetizers. Artist: Christopher Moeller Rarity: R Card #: 110 Card Title: Timid Drake Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Drake Casting Cost: 2U Pow/Tgh: 3/3 Card Text: Flying Whenever another creature comes into play, return Timid Drake to its owner's hand. Flavor Text: It flees from anything that isn't shaped like a cloud. Artist: Edward P. Beard, Jr. Rarity: U Card #: 111 Card Title: Trade Routes Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 1U Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: 1: Return target land you control to its owner's hand. 1, Discard a land card from your hand: Draw a card. Like the price of goods, the value of the routes was renegotiated daily. Artist: Matt Cavotta Rarity: R Card #: 112 Card Title: War Tax Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 2U Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: XU: Creatures can't attack this turn unless their controller pays X for each attacking creature. Flavor Text: The worst thing about being a depraved pirate is having to work with a bunch of depraved pirates. Artist: Greg & Tim Hildebrandt Rarity: U Card #: 113 Card Title: Waterfront Bouncer Card Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Spellshaper Casting Cost: 1U Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: U, Tap, Discard a card from your hand: Return target creature to its owner's hand. Flavor Text: Closing time comes earlier to some than to others. Artist: Paolo Parente Rarity: C Card #: 114 Card Title: Alley Grifters Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Mercenary Casting Cost: 1BB Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: Whenever Alley Grifters becomes blocked, defending player discards a card from his or her hand. Flavor Text: One distracts the victim, the other extracts the valuables. Artist: Paolo Parente Rarity: C Card #: 115 Card Title: Black Market Card Color: Black Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 3BB Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Whenever a creature is put into a graveyard from play, put a charge counter on Black Market. At the beginning of your precombat main phase, add B to your mana pool for each charge counter on Black Market. Artist: Jeff Easley Rarity: R Card #: 116 Card Title: Bog Smugglers Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Mercenary Casting Cost: 1BB Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: Swampwalk .(This creature is unblockable as long as defending player controls a swamp.). Flavor Text: They slide over the bog like oil across glass. Artist: Mike Ploog Rarity: C Card #: 117 Card Title: Bog Witch Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Spellshaper Casting Cost: 2B Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: B, Tap, Discard a card from your hand: Add BBB to your mana pool. Flavor Text: The world is the body. The mana is the blood. The witch is the surgeon. Artist: Gao Yan Rarity: C Card #: 118 Card Title: Cackling Witch Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Spellshaper Casting Cost: 1B Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: XB, Tap, Discard a card from your hand: Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn. Flavor Text: The touch of his madness can drive anyone into a killing frenzy. Artist: Brian Despain Rarity: U Card #: 119 Card Title: Cateran Brute Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Mercenary Casting Cost: 2B Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: 2, Tap: Search your library for a Mercenary card with converted mana cost 2 or less and put that card into play. Then shuffle your library. Flavor Text: The Cateran guild prefers to call them "public relations.". Artist: Mark Romanoski Rarity: C Card #: 120 Card Title: Cateran Enforcer Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Mercenary Casting Cost: 3BB Pow/Tgh: 4/3 Card Text: Cateran Enforcer can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and black creatures. 4, Tap: Search your library for a Mercenary card with converted mana cost 4 or less and put that card into play. Then shuffle your library. Artist: Mike Ploog Rarity: U Card #: 121 Card Title: Cateran Kidnappers Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Mercenary Casting Cost: 2BB Pow/Tgh: 4/2 Card Text: 3, Tap: Search your library for a Mercenary card with converted mana cost 3 or less and put that card into play. Then shuffle your library. Flavor Text: Recruits aren't always volunteers. Artist: Carl Critchlow Rarity: U Card #: 122 Card Title: Cateran Overlord Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Mercenary Casting Cost: 4BBB Pow/Tgh: 7/5 Card Text: Sacrifice a creature: Regenerate Cateran Overlord. 6, Tap: Search your library for a Mercenary card with converted mana cost 6 or less and put that card into play. Then shuffle your library. Artist: Edward P. Beard, Jr. Rarity: R Card #: 123 Card Title: Cateran Persuader Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Mercenary Casting Cost: BB Pow/Tgh: 2/1 Card Text: 1, Tap: Search your library for a Mercenary card with converted mana cost 1 or less and put that card into play. Then shuffle your library. Artist: Carl Critchlow Rarity: C Card #: 124 Card Title: Cateran Slaver Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Mercenary Casting Cost: 4BB Pow/Tgh: 5/5 Card Text: Swampwalk .(This creature is unblockable as long as defending player controls a swamp.). 5, Tap: Search your library for a Mercenary card with converted mana cost 5 or less and put that card into play. Then shuffle your library. Artist: Carl Critchlow Rarity: R Card #: 125 Card Title: Cateran Summons Card Color: Black Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: B Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Search your library for a Mercenary card, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library. Flavor Text: Even when recruitment is slow, the guild can always cook something up. Artist: Alan Pollack Rarity: U Card #: 126 Card Title: Conspiracy Card Color: Black Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 3BB Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: As Conspiracy comes into play, choose a creature type. Creatures you control and creature cards in your graveyard, hand, and library are of the chosen type. Artist: Jeff Easley Rarity: R Card #: 127 Card Title: Corrupt Official Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Minion Casting Cost: 4B Pow/Tgh: 3/1 Card Text: 2B: Regenerate Corrupt Official. Whenever Corrupt Official becomes blocked, defending player discards a card at random from his or her hand. His favor comes at a high price. Artist: Greg & Tim Hildebrandt Rarity: R Card #: 128 Card Title: Dark Ritual Card Color: Black Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: B Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Add BBB to your mana pool. Flavor Text: "Eye of twilight, give us sight. Take our offer, give us might. Make our power tears of night.". Artist: Rebecca Guay Rarity: C Card #: 129 Card Title: Deathgazer Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Lizard Casting Cost: 3B Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: Whenever Deathgazer blocks or becomes blocked by a nonblack creature, destroy that creature at end of combat. Artist: Donato Giancola Rarity: U Card #: 130 Card Title: Deepwood Ghoul Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Zombie Casting Cost: 2B Pow/Tgh: 2/1 Card Text: Pay 2 life: Regenerate Deepwood Ghoul. They feed on the living to stay undead. Artist: Alan Pollack Rarity: C Card #: 131 Card Title: Deepwood Legate Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Shade Casting Cost: 3B Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: If an opponent controls a forest and you control a swamp, you may play Deepwood Legate without paying its mana cost. B: Deepwood Legate gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Artist: Pete Venters Rarity: U Card #: 132 Card Title: Delraich Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Horror Casting Cost: 6B Pow/Tgh: 6/6 Card Text: Trample You may sacrifice three black creatures instead of paying Delraich's mana cost. Flavor Text: It wears the souls of its victims like jewels on a chain. Artist: Todd Lockwood Rarity: R Card #: 133 Card Title: Enslaved Horror Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Horror Casting Cost: 3B Pow/Tgh: 4/4 Card Text: When Enslaved Horror comes into play, each other player may return a creature card from his or her graveyard to play. Artist: Mike Ploog Rarity: U Card #: 134 Card Title: Extortion Card Color: Black Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 3BB Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Look at target player's hand and choose up to two cards from it. That player discards those cards. Flavor Text: The enforcers make no effort to distinguish gold from flesh. Artist: Pete Venters Rarity: R Card #: 135 Card Title: Forced March Card Color: Black Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: XBBB Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Destroy all creatures with converted mana cost X or less. Flavor Text: The Caterans call it a screening process. The dead are in no condition to argue. Artist: Greg & Tim Hildebrandt Rarity: R Card #: 136 Card Title: Ghoul's Feast Card Color: Black Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 1B Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard. Flavor Text: Mercadians not wealthy enough to buy a tomb are thrown into a bog called "the Ghoul's Larder.". Artist: Alan Pollack Rarity: U Card #: 137 Card Title: Haunted Crossroads Card Color: Black Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 2B Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: B: Put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library. Flavor Text: It seemed as if no one wanted them to reach the Henge of Ramos -not even the dead. Artist: Carl Critchlow Rarity: U Card #: 138 Card Title: Highway Robber Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Mercenary Casting Cost: 2BB Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: When Highway Robber comes into play, you gain 2 life and target opponent loses 2 life. Flavor Text: "Tonight, madam, it's your money .and. your life.". Artist: Kev Walker Rarity: C Card #: 139 Card Title: Instigator Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Spellshaper Casting Cost: 1B Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: 1BB, Tap, Discard a card from your hand: Creatures target player controls attack this turn if able. Flavor Text: The desecration of their dead makes even the Saprazzans careless. Artist: Fred Fields Rarity: R Card #: 140 Card Title: Insubordination Card Color: Black Type & Class: Enchant Creature Casting Cost: BB Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: At the end of the turn of enchanted creature's controller, Insubordination deals 2 damage to that player unless enchanted creature attacked this turn. Artist: Andrew Goldhawk Rarity: C Card #: 141 Card Title: Intimidation Card Color: Black Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 2BBB Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Creatures you control can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and black creatures. Flavor Text: "If they move, kill them. In fact, kill one now to make sure the other understands.". Artist: Terese Nielsen Rarity: U Card #: 142 Card Title: Larceny Card Color: Black Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 3BB Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card from his or her hand. Artist: Dave Dorman Rarity: U Card #: 143 Card Title: Liability Card Color: Black Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 1BB Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Whenever a card is put into a player's graveyard from play, that player loses 1 life. Flavor Text: Gerrard realized that the helpless woman they'd rescued from Rath was nothing of the sort. Artist: Christopher Moeller Rarity: R Card #: 144 Card Title: Maggot Therapy Card Color: Black Type & Class: Enchant Creature Casting Cost: 2B Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: You may play Maggot Therapy any time you could play an instant. Enchanted creature gets +2/-2. Flavor Text: "If this is the cure, I'd hate to see the disease."-Orim. Artist: Jeff Easley Rarity: C Card #: 145 Card Title: Midnight Ritual Card Color: Black Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: X2B Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Remove X target creature cards in your graveyard from the game. For each creature card removed this way, put a black 2/2 Zombie creature token into play. Flavor Text: Bury old friends deeply, lest they return bearing worms. Artist: Jeff Easley Rarity: R Card #: 146 Card Title: Misshapen Fiend Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Mercenary Casting Cost: 1B Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: Flying. Flavor Text: You'd scarcely believe they could fly until they drop out of the sky onto you. Artist: Adam Rex Rarity: C Card #: 147 Card Title: Molting Harpy Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Mercenary Casting Cost: B Pow/Tgh: 2/1 Card Text: Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Molting Harpy unless you pay 2. Flavor Text: Shed harpy feathers leave painful wounds-which explains the harpies' mood. Artist: Jeff Laubenstein Rarity: U Card #: 148 Card Title: Nether Spirit Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Spirit Casting Cost: 1BB Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: At the beginning of your upkeep, if Nether Spirit is the only creature card in your graveyard, you may return Nether Spirit to play. Flavor Text: It roams in both the worlds of the living and the dead but belongs to neither. Artist: Alan Pollack Rarity: R Card #: 149 Card Title: Notorious Assassin Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Spellshaper Casting Cost: 3B Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: 2B, Tap, Discard a card from your hand: Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. Flavor Text: He wears his infamy like a fine silk shirt. Artist: Heather Hudson Rarity: R Card #: 150 Card Title: Pretender's Claim Card Color: Black Type & Class: Enchant Creature Casting Cost: 1B Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Whenever enchanted creature becomes blocked, tap all lands defending player controls. Flavor Text: The surest way to lose your holdings is to plead for them in Mercadia City's courts. Artist: Greg & Tim Hildebrandt Rarity: U Card #: 151 Card Title: Primeval Shambler Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Mercenary Casting Cost: 4B Pow/Tgh: 3/3 Card Text: B: Primeval Shambler gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Flavor Text: His mind, like his body, is made up of the swamp's flotsam. Artist: Chippy Rarity: U Card #: 152 Card Title: Putrefaction Card Color: Black Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 4B Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Whenever a player plays a white spell or green spell, that player discards a card from his or her hand. Flavor Text: "Do you want to be alive or whole?"-Ta-Karnst, Cho-Arrim healer. Artist: DiTerlizzi Rarity: U Card #: 153 Card Title: Quagmire Lamprey Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Fish Casting Cost: 2B Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: Whenever Quagmire Lamprey becomes blocked by a creature, put a -1/-1 counter on that creature. Artist: Glen Angus Rarity: U Card #: 154 Card Title: Rain of Tears Card Color: Black Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 1BB Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Destroy target land. Flavor Text: Mercadian elitism is reinforced daily by physical position: their neighbors are literally beneath them and are treated accordingly. Artist: Edward P. Beard, Jr. Rarity: U Card #: 155 Card Title: Rampart Crawler Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Mercenary Casting Cost: B Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: Rampart Crawler can't be blocked by Walls. Flavor Text: "Not even the magistrate in his lofty tower is out of our reach." -Cateran overlord. Artist: Pete Venters Rarity: C Card #: 156 Card Title: Rouse Card Color: Black Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 1B Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: If you control a swamp, you may pay 2 life instead of paying Rouse's mana cost. Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Artist: Dave Dorman Rarity: C Card #: 157 Card Title: Scandalmonger Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Monger Casting Cost: 3B Pow/Tgh: 3/3 Card Text: 2: Target player discards a card from his or her hand. Any player may play this ability but only if he or she could play a sorcery. Flavor Text: "Silence costs extra. Breaking it costs extra still.". Artist: Matt Cavotta Rarity: U Card #: 158 Card Title: Sever Soul Card Color: Black Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 3BB Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. You gain life equal to its toughness. Flavor Text: "With the proper tools, even the Great River can be dammed." -Ta-Spon, Cho-Arrim executioner. Artist: Jeff Easley Rarity: C Card #: 159 Card Title: Silent Assassin Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Mercenary Casting Cost: BB Pow/Tgh: 2/1 Card Text: 3B: Destroy target blocking creature at end of combat. Flavor Text: She feels no need to disturb her victim's slumber. Artist: rk post Rarity: R Card #: 160 Card Title: Skulking Fugitive Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Mercenary Casting Cost: 2B Pow/Tgh: 3/4 Card Text: When Skulking Fugitive becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice Skulking Fugitive. Flavor Text: In the Cateran guild, being caught is a capital offense. Artist: Scott M. Fischer Rarity: C Card #: 161 Card Title: Snuff Out Card Color: Black Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 3B Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: If you control a swamp, you may pay 4 life instead of paying Snuff Out's mana cost. Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. Flavor Text: Squee watched his Kyren cousins fall with a mixture of sympathy and relief. Artist: Mike Ploog Rarity: C Card #: 162 Card Title: Soul Channeling Card Color: Black Type & Class: Enchant Creature Casting Cost: 2B Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Pay 2 life: Regenerate enchanted creature. Flavor Text: Driven by masters more terrible than the Mercadians could imagine, the dark overseers would pay any price to keep their shipwrights working. Artist: DiTerlizzi Rarity: C Card #: 163 Card Title: Specter's Wail Card Color: Black Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 1B Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Target player discards a card at random from his or her hand. Flavor Text: As he gritted his teeth to focus through the pain, Tahngarth glanced at Takara. She seemed completely unaffected. Artist: Randy Gallegos Rarity: C Card #: 164 Card Title: Strongarm Thug Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Mercenary Casting Cost: 2B Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: When Strongarm Thug comes into play, you may return a Mercenary card from your graveyard to your hand. Flavor Text: "No, I insist-let .me. carry all that heavy jewelry.". Artist: Rebecca Guay Rarity: U Card #: 165 Card Title: Thrashing Wumpus Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Beast Casting Cost: 3BB Pow/Tgh: 3/3 Card Text: B: Thrashing Wumpus deals 1 damage to each creature and each player. Flavor Text: Young wumpuses are malevolent and vicious-but they grow out of it. Artist: Jeff Miracola Rarity: R Card #: 166 Card Title: Undertaker Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Spellshaper Casting Cost: 1B Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: B, Tap, Discard a card from your hand: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Flavor Text: The weight of death is heavy but not immovable. Artist: Jeff Easley Rarity: C Card #: 167 Card Title: Unmask Card Color: Black Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 3B Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: You may remove a black card in your hand from the game instead of paying Unmask's mana cost. Look at target player's hand and choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. Artist: rk post Rarity: R Card #: 168 Card Title: Unnatural Hunger Card Color: Black Type & Class: Enchant Creature Casting Cost: 3BB Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, Unnatural Hunger deals to that player damage equal to enchanted creature's power unless he or she sacrifices another creature. Artist: Jeff Miracola Rarity: R Card #: 169 Card Title: Vendetta Card Color: Black Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: B Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. You lose life equal to that creature's toughness. Flavor Text: Starke knew the voice was Takara's, but the venom was Volrath's. Artist: Dan Frazier Rarity: C Card #: 170 Card Title: Wall of Distortion Card Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Wall Casting Cost: 2BB Pow/Tgh: 1/3 Card Text: (Walls can't attack.). 2B, Tap: Target player discards a card from his or her hand. Play this ability only if you could play a sorcery. Flavor Text: It reflects only nightmares. Artist: Mark Tedin Rarity: C Card #: 171 Card Title: Arms Dealer Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Goblin Casting Cost: 2R Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: 1R, Sacrifice a Goblin: Arms Dealer deals 4 damage to target creature. Flavor Text: He has the weapons, he has the connections, and he knows the hangar's dark secret. Artist: Luca Zontini Rarity: U Card #: 172 Card Title: Battle Rampart Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Wall Casting Cost: 2R Pow/Tgh: 1/3 Card Text: (Walls can't attack.). Tap: Target creature gains haste until end of turn. .(That creature may attack and .Tap. the turn it comes under your control.). Artist: Ron Spencer Rarity: C Card #: 173 Card Title: Battle Squadron Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Ship Casting Cost: 3RR Pow/Tgh: */* Card Text: Flying Battle Squadron's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures you control. Flavor Text: The goblins made an unruly pile with military precision. Artist: Mark Tedin Rarity: R Card #: 174 Card Title: Blaster Mage Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Spellshaper Casting Cost: 2R Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: R, Tap, Discard a card from your hand: Destroy target Wall. Flavor Text: "Don't get up. I'll show myself out.". Artist: George Pratt Rarity: C Card #: 175 Card Title: Blood Hound Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Hound Casting Cost: 2R Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: Whenever you're dealt damage, you may put that many +1/+1 counters on Blood Hound. At the end of your turn, remove all +1/+1 counters from Blood Hound. Artist: Bradley Williams Rarity: R Card #: 176 Card Title: Blood Oath Card Color: Red Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 3R Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Choose a card type. Target opponent reveals his or her hand. Blood Oath deals 3 damage to that player for each card of the chosen type revealed this way. .(The card types are artifact, creature, enchantment, instant, land, and sorcery.). Artist: Mike Ploog Rarity: R Card #: 177 Card Title: Brawl Card Color: Red Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 3RR Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Until end of turn, all creatures gain "Tap: This creature deals damage equal to its power to target creature.". Flavor Text: Anything can happen when patience is scarce and wine is abundant. Artist: Edward P. Beard, Jr. Rarity: R Card #: 178 Card Title: Cave Sense Card Color: Red Type & Class: Enchant Creature Casting Cost: 1R Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has mountainwalk. (It's unblockable as long as defending player controls a mountain.). Artist: Mark Romanoski Rarity: C Card #: 179 Card Title: Cave-In Card Color: Red Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 3RR Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: You may remove a red card in your hand from the game instead of paying Cave-In's mana cost. Cave-In deals 2 damage to each creature and each player. Flavor Text: One fleet was gone; others were poised. Artist: Mark Tedin Rarity: R Card #: 180 Card Title: Cavern Crawler Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Insect Casting Cost: 2R Pow/Tgh: 0/3 Card Text: Mountainwalk .(This creature is unblockable as long as defending player controls a mountain.). R: Cavern Crawler gets +1/-1 until end of turn. Artist: Pete Venters Rarity: C Card #: 181 Card Title: Ceremonial Guard Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Soldier Casting Cost: 2R Pow/Tgh: 3/4 Card Text: When Ceremonial Guard attacks or blocks, destroy it at end of combat. Flavor Text: "These guards are the most disciplined military unit in the city. They couldn't fight their way out of a broom closet, but they've got discipline."-Gerrard, to Sisay. Artist: Daren Bader Rarity: C Card #: 182 Card Title: Cinder Elemental Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Elemental Casting Cost: 3R Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: XR, Tap, Sacrifice Cinder Elemental: Cinder Elemental deals X damage to target creature or player. Flavor Text: Their rage can grow to such proportions that they explode in a cloud of fire. Artist: Greg Staples Rarity: U Card #: 183 Card Title: Close Quarters Card Color: Red Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 2RR Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Whenever a creature you control becomes blocked, Close Quarters deals 1 damage to target creature or player. Flavor Text: The Mercadians' ineptitude in close combat sometimes accidentally pays off. Artist: Ron Spencer Rarity: U Card #: 184 Card Title: Crag Saurian Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Lizard Casting Cost: RRR Pow/Tgh: 4/4 Card Text: Whenever Crag Saurian is dealt damage, the controller of that damage's source gains control of Crag Saurian. Flavor Text: It follows the strongest leader-the one with the longest whip. Artist: Matthew D. Wilson Rarity: R Card #: 185 Card Title: Crash Card Color: Red Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 2R Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: You may sacrifice a mountain instead of paying Crash's mana cost. Destroy target artifact. Flavor Text: Gerrard shook his head as the ground rushed to meet him. "This," he thought, "is not the start I was hoping for.". Artist: Doug Chaffee Rarity: C Card #: 186 Card Title: Flailing Manticore Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Monster Casting Cost: 3R Pow/Tgh: 3/3 Card Text: Flying, first strike 1: Flailing Manticore gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Any player may play this ability. 1: Flailing Manticore gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Any player may play this ability. Artist: Roger Raupp Rarity: R Card #: 187 Card Title: Flailing Ogre Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Ogre Casting Cost: 2R Pow/Tgh: 3/3 Card Text: 1: Flailing Ogre gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Any player may play this ability. 1: Flailing Ogre gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Any player may play this ability. Artist: Daniel R. Horne Rarity: U Card #: 188 Card Title: Flailing Soldier Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Soldier Casting Cost: R Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: 1: Flailing Soldier gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Any player may play this ability. 1: Flailing Soldier gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Any player may play this ability. Artist: Orizio Daniele Rarity: C Card #: 189 Card Title: Flaming Sword Card Color: Red Type & Class: Enchant Creature Casting Cost: 1R Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: You may play Flaming Sword any time you could play an instant. Target creature gets +1/+0 and has first strike. Flavor Text: "It's not Talruum crystal, but I must admit-it gets the job done."-Tahngarth. Artist: Randy Gallegos Rarity: C Card #: 190 Card Title: Furious Assault Card Color: Red Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 2R Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Whenever you play a creature spell, Furious Assault deals 1 damage to target player. Flavor Text: "Does it burn, Saprazzan? Do you wish you had never raised arms against us?"-Kyren overseer. Artist: Greg Staples Rarity: C Card #: 191 Card Title: Gerrard's Irregulars Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Soldier Casting Cost: 4R Pow/Tgh: 4/2 Card Text: Trample; haste .(This creature may attack and .Tap. the turn it comes under your control.). Flavor Text: Had Gerrard realized he'd end up fighting against them, he might not have trained them so well. Artist: Eric Peterson Rarity: C Card #: 192 Card Title: Hammer Mage Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Spellshaper Casting Cost: 1R Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: XR, Tap, Discard a card from your hand: Destroy all artifacts with converted mana X or less. Flavor Text: When he's holding the hammers, everything looks like a nail. Artist: Rebecca Guay Rarity: U Card #: 193 Card Title: Hired Giant Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Giant Casting Cost: 3R Pow/Tgh: 4/4 Card Text: When Hired Giant comes into play, each other player may search his or her library for a land card, put that card into play, then shuffle that library. Artist: Ben Thompson Rarity: U Card #: 194 Card Title: Kris Mage Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Spellshaper Casting Cost: R Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: R, Tap, Discard a card from your hand: Kris Mage deals 1 damage to target creature or player. Flavor Text: "Her blade draws blood without ever touching its target.". Artist: Matthew D. Wilson Rarity: C Card #: 195 Card Title: Kyren Glider Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Goblin Casting Cost: 1R Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: Flying Kyren Glider can't block. Flavor Text: Mercadia's Kyren goblins are the opposite of Dominarian goblins: they're smart and cowardly. Artist: Daren Bader Rarity: C Card #: 196 Card Title: Kyren Legate Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Goblin Casting Cost: 1R Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: If an opponent controls a plains and you control a mountain, you may play Kyren Legate without paying its mana cost. Haste .(This creature may attack and .Tap. the turn it comes under your control.). Artist: Dave Dorman Rarity: U Card #: 197 Card Title: Kyren Negotiations Card Color: Red Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 2RR Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Tap an untapped creature you control: Kyren Negotiations deals 1 damage to target player. Flavor Text: Kyren goblins always speak in questions and never allow wrong answers. Artist: Scott Hampton Rarity: U Card #: 198 Card Title: Kyren Sniper Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Goblin Casting Cost: 2R Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: At the beginning of your upkeep, you may have Kyren Sniper deal 1 damage to target player. Flavor Text: Kyren goblins always act behind the scenes-even in battle. Artist: Carl Critchlow Rarity: C Card #: 199 Card Title: Lava Runner Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Lizard Casting Cost: 1RR Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: Haste .(This creature may attack and .Tap. the turn it comes under your control.). Whenever Lava Runner becomes the target of a spell or ability, that spell or ability's controller sacrifices a land. Artist: Donato Giancola Rarity: R Card #: 200 Card Title: Lightning Hounds Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Hound Casting Cost: 2RR Pow/Tgh: 3/2 Card Text: First strike. Flavor Text: Quick enough to avoid jhovalls when alone and fierce enough to attack them in packs, the hounds were as at home in the mountains as the Mercadians were atop theirs. Artist: Andrew Robinson Rarity: C Card #: 201 Card Title: Lithophage Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Insect Casting Cost: 3RR Pow/Tgh: 7/7 Card Text: At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Lithophage unless you sacrifice a mountain. Flavor Text: It's viciously territorial, destroying every creature on the mountain it has chosen to consume. Artist: Mike Ploog Rarity: R Card #: 202 Card Title: Lunge Card Color: Red Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 2R Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Lunge deals 2 damage to target creature and 2 damage to target player. Flavor Text: Cho-Arrim righteousness was no match for Benalish combat training. Artist: Dan Frazier Rarity: C Card #: 203 Card Title: Magistrate's Veto Card Color: Red Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 2R Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: White creatures and blue creatures can't block. Flavor Text: The magistrate had been the goblins' puppet for so long that he made the right decisions with little prompting. Artist: Brian Snoddy Rarity: U Card #: 204 Card Title: Mercadia's Downfall Card Color: Red Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 2R Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Attacking creatures get +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of nonbasic lands defending player controls. Flavor Text: With an explosion that shook the foundation of the city, the .Weatherlight. burst from the underground hangar. Artist: Pete Venters Rarity: U Card #: 205 Card Title: Ogre Taskmaster Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Ogre Casting Cost: 3R Pow/Tgh: 4/3 Card Text: Ogre Taskmaster can't block. Flavor Text: He doesn't have to be smart-his masters only ever give him one command. Artist: Orizio Daniele Rarity: U Card #: 206 Card Title: Pulverize Card Color: Red Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 4RR Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: You may sacrifice two mountains instead of paying Pulverize's mana cost. Destroy all artifacts. Artist: Scott M. Fischer Rarity: R Card #: 207 Card Title: Puppet's Verdict Card Color: Red Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 1RR Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Flip a coin. If you win the flip, destroy all creatures with power 2 or less. If you lose the flip, destroy all creatures with power 3 or greater. Flavor Text: "What was heads again?"-Mercadian magistrate. Artist: Edward P. Beard, Jr. Rarity: R Card #: 208 Card Title: Robber Fly Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Insect Casting Cost: 2R Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: Flying Whenever Robber Fly becomes blocked, defending player discards his or her hand, then draws that many cards. Flavor Text: In pursuit of the juicy fly, Squee stumbled on the hidden hangar. Artist: John Matson Rarity: U Card #: 209 Card Title: Rock Badger Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Beast Casting Cost: 4R Pow/Tgh: 3/3 Card Text: Mountainwalk .(This creature is unblockable as long as defending player controls a mountain.). Flavor Text: The Kyren goblins created most of the inverted mountain's tunnels simply by driving the beast before them. Artist: Heather Hudson Rarity: U Card #: 210 Card Title: Seismic Mage Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Spellshaper Casting Cost: 3R Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: 2R, Tap, Discard a card from your hand: Destroy target land. Flavor Text: The ground shakes when he walks. His customers shake if they're late with his fee. Artist: Pete Venters Rarity: R Card #: 211 Card Title: Shock Troops Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Soldier Casting Cost: 3R Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: Sacrifice Shock Troops: Shock Troops deals 2 damage to target creature or player. Flavor Text: When goblins blow themselves up, it's called stupidity. When humans do, it's called heroism. Artist: Jeff Miracola Rarity: C Card #: 212 Card Title: Sizzle Card Color: Red Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 2R Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Sizzle deals 3 damage to each opponent. Flavor Text: Explosions ripped through the ship overhead, and those unfortunate enough to be directly below scrambled to find cover. Artist: Brian Snoddy Rarity: C Card #: 213 Card Title: Squee, Goblin Nabob Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Goblin Legend Casting Cost: 2R Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: At the beginning of your upkeep, if Squee, Goblin Nabob is in your graveyard, you may return Squee to your hand. Flavor Text: "General?!" Tahngarth roared. "General .nuisance,. maybe.". Artist: David Monette Rarity: R Card #: 214 Card Title: Stone Rain Card Color: Red Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 2R Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Destroy target land. Flavor Text: The return of Ramos was foretold by devastating natural disasters and unnatural storms. Artist: Ben Thompson Rarity: C Card #: 215 Card Title: Tectonic Break Card Color: Red Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: XRR Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Each player sacrifices X lands. Flavor Text: Only the foolish and the rich build their houses where the land is thin and the ocean is near. Artist: Rebecca Guay Rarity: R Card #: 216 Card Title: Territorial Dispute Card Color: Red Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 4RR Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Players can't play lands. At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Territorial Dispute unless you sacrifice a land. Flavor Text: Bit by bit, Mercadia City had forced the Cho-Arrim from their ancestral lands. They would be pushed no further. Artist: Mike Ploog Rarity: R Card #: 217 Card Title: Thieves' Auction Card Color: Red Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 4RRR Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Set aside all permanents. You choose one of those cards and put it into play tapped under your control. Then your opponent chooses one and puts it into play tapped under his or her control. Repeat this process until all cards set aside this way have been chosen. (Local enchantments with no permanent to enchant remain removed from the game.). Artist: Kevin Murphy Rarity: R Card #: 218 Card Title: Thunderclap Card Color: Red Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 2R Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: You may sacrifice a mountain instead of paying Thunderclap's mana cost. Thunderclap deals 3 damage to target creature. Artist: Tom Wänerstrand Rarity: C Card #: 219 Card Title: Tremor Card Color: Red Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: R Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Tremor deals 1 damage to each creature without flying. Flavor Text: Without a word, Gerrard and Sisay ran deeper into the mountain. Neither of them intended to leave Mercadia without the Weatherlight. and its crew. Artist: Mark Romanoski Rarity: C Card #: 220 Card Title: Two-Headed Dragon Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Dragon Casting Cost: 4RR Pow/Tgh: 4/4 Card Text: Flying 1R: Two-Headed Dragon gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Two-Headed Dragon can't be blocked except by two or more creatures. It may block one additional creature. (All blocks must be legal.). Artist: Sam Wood Rarity: R Card #: 221 Card Title: Uphill Battle Card Color: Red Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 2R Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Creatures your opponents play come into play tapped. Flavor Text: Cho-Manno knew he had no choice but to ally with Gerrard. If that's what it took to free his people, he'd pay the price. Artist: Pete Venters Rarity: U Card #: 222 Card Title: Volcanic Wind Card Color: Red Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 4RR Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Volcanic Wind deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures, where X is the number of creatures in play. Flavor Text: The Cho-Arrim call it "the fury of Ramos.". Artist: Rebecca Guay Rarity: U Card #: 223 Card Title: War Cadence Card Color: Red Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 2R Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: XR: Creatures can't block this turn unless their controller pays X for each attacking creature. Flavor Text: The rhythm isn't a call to arms, but a signal that the goblins have made a new enemy. Artist: John Matson Rarity: U Card #: 224 Card Title: Warmonger Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Monger Casting Cost: 3R Pow/Tgh: 3/3 Card Text: 2: Warmonger deals 1 damage to each creature without flying and each player. Any player may play this ability. Flavor Text: Funny how money and war travel so well together. Artist: Heather Hudson Rarity: U Card #: 225 Card Title: Warpath Card Color: Red Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 3R Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Warpath deals 3 damage to each blocking creature and each blocked creature. Flavor Text: Cho-Manno had never seen Mercadia City's forces fight so well. The magistrate must have hired a new hero. Artist: Paolo Parente Rarity: U Card #: 226 Card Title: Wild Jhovall Card Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Cat Casting Cost: 3R Pow/Tgh: 3/3 Card Text: n/a Flavor Text: Jhovalls sharpen their claws on trees-or on Mercadians, if no trees are handy. Artist: Daren Bader Rarity: C Card #: 227 Card Title: Word of Blasting Card Color: Red Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 1R Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Destroy target Wall. It can't be regenerated. Word of Blasting deals damage equal to that Wall's converted mana cost to the Wall's controller. Artist: Eric Peterson Rarity: U Card #: 228 Card Title: Ancestral Mask Card Color: Green Type & Class: Enchant Creature Casting Cost: 2G Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 for each other enchantment in play. Flavor Text: The masks, like the ancient trees they're grown from, lend strength to the dryads. Artist: Massimilano Frezzato Rarity: C Card #: 229 Card Title: Bifurcate Card Color: Green Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 3G Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Search your library for a copy of target creature card in play and put that card into play. Then shuffle your library. Artist: John Matson Rarity: R Card #: 230 Card Title: Boa Constrictor Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Snake Casting Cost: 4G Pow/Tgh: 3/3 Card Text: Tap: Boa Constrictor gets +3/+3 until end of turn. Flavor Text: Its eyes are bigger than its stomach, but its mouth is larger still. Artist: Carl Critchlow Rarity: U Card #: 231 Card Title: Briar Patch Card Color: Green Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 1GG Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Whenever a creature attacks you, it gets -1/-0 until end of turn. Flavor Text: As easily as the dryads could close a fist, so could the branches and underbrush entangle. Artist: Rebecca Guay Rarity: U Card #: 232 Card Title: Caller of the Hunt Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Lord Casting Cost: 2G Pow/Tgh: */* Card Text: As you play Caller of the Hunt, choose a creature type. Caller of the Hunt's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures in play of the chosen type. Artist: Clyde Caldwell Rarity: R Card #: 233 Card Title: Caustic Wasps Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Insect Casting Cost: 2G Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: Flying Whenever Caustic Wasps deals combat damage to a player, you may destroy target artifact that player controls. Flavor Text: Even the wasp knows how to pay the magistrate his due respect. Artist: Glen Angus Rarity: U Card #: 234 Card Title: Clear the Land Card Color: Green Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 2G Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Each player reveals the top five cards of his or her library, puts into play tapped all land cards revealed this way, and removes the rest from the game. Artist: Bradley Williams Rarity: R Card #: 235 Card Title: Collective Unconscious Card Color: Green Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 4GG Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Draw a card for each creature you control. Flavor Text: Gerrard knew little of Ramos, the sky god they worshipped. But he felt the power of the chant. Artist: Andrew Goldhawk Rarity: R Card #: 236 Card Title: Dawnstrider Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Spellshaper Casting Cost: 1G Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: G, Tap, Discard a card from your hand: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Flavor Text: Morning's mists can hide many things. Artist: rk post Rarity: R Card #: 237 Card Title: Deadly Insect Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Insect Casting Cost: 4G Pow/Tgh: 6/1 Card Text: Deadly Insect can't be the target of spells or abilities. Flavor Text: With his newfound sense of self-importance, Squee set his sights on ever-bigger bugs. Artist: Randy Gallegos Rarity: C Card #: 238 Card Title: Deepwood Drummer Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Spellshaper Casting Cost: 1G Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: G, Tap, Discard a card from your hand: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. His drums echo Deepwood's heartbeat. Artist: Ron Spears Rarity: C Card #: 239 Card Title: Deepwood Elder Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Spellshaper Casting Cost: GG Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: XGG, Tap, Discard a card from your hand: X target lands become forests until end of turn. Flavor Text: They'd guarded the Henge so long that they were almost as attuned to the powerstones as they were to the trees. Artist: Greg & Tim Hildebrandt Rarity: R Card #: 240 Card Title: Deepwood Tantiv Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Beast Casting Cost: 4G Pow/Tgh: 2/4 Card Text: Whenever Deepwood Tantiv becomes blocked, you gain 2 life. Flavor Text: A single tantiv is just as dangerous as a herd. Artist: Joel Biske Rarity: U Card #: 241 Card Title: Deepwood Wolverine Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Wolverine Casting Cost: G Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: Whenever Deepwood Wolverine becomes blocked, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Flavor Text: The jhovalls are depleting its food sources, the Mercadians are eroding its home, and you're wondering why it's angry?. Artist: Ray Lago Rarity: C Card #: 242 Card Title: Desert Twister Card Color: Green Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 4GG Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Destroy target permanent. Flavor Text: The magical dust clouds Mercadian mages use to traverse the plane generate storms that devastate the surrounding terrain. But as long as the storms don't touch the mountain, the nobles simply don't care. Artist: Kevin Murphy Rarity: U Card #: 243 Card Title: Erithizon Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Beast Casting Cost: 2GG Pow/Tgh: 4/4 Card Text: Whenever Erithizon attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature of defending player's choice. Flavor Text: Unlike scorpions, the erithizon isn't immune to its own weaponry. Artist: Scott M. Fischer Rarity: R Card #: 244 Card Title: Ferocity Card Color: Green Type & Class: Enchant Creature Casting Cost: 1G Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Whenever enchanted creature blocks or becomes blocked, you may put a +1/+1 counter on it. Flavor Text: "You lot go on ahead. I'll keep killing them until it sticks." -Tahngarth. Artist: Pete Venters Rarity: C Card #: 245 Card Title: Food Chain Card Color: Green Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 2G Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Remove a creature you control from the game: Add X mana of any color to your mana pool, where X is the removed creature's converted mana cost plus one. This mana may be spent only to play creature spells. Artist: Val Mayerik Rarity: R Card #: 246 Card Title: Foster Card Color: Green Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 2GG Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Whenever a creature you control is put into a graveyard, you may pay 1. If you do, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card. Put that card into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. Artist: Carl Critchlow Rarity: R Card #: 247 Card Title: Game Preserve Card Color: Green Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 2G Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: At the beginning of your upkeep, each player reveals the top card of his or her library. If all cards revealed this way are creature cards, put those cards into play under their owners' control. (Otherwise, put them back face-down on top of their owners' libraries.). Artist: Luca Zontini Rarity: R Card #: 248 Card Title: Giant Caterpillar Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Insect Casting Cost: 3G Pow/Tgh: 3/3 Card Text: G, Sacrifice Giant Caterpillar: Put a 1/1 green Butterfly creature token with flying into play at end of turn. Artist: Arnie Swekel Rarity: C Card #: 249 Card Title: Groundskeeper Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Druid Casting Cost: G Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: 1G: Return target basic land card from your graveyard to your hand. Flavor Text: Whereas the rebels fight to defend the land, they work to renew it. Artist: Alan Rabinowitz Rarity: U Card #: 250 Card Title: Horned Troll Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Troll Casting Cost: 2G Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: G: Regenerate Horned Troll. Flavor Text: "If I says it's a troll, it's a troll. Goblins is always right in Mercadia."-Squee. Artist: Heather Hudson Rarity: C Card #: 251 Card Title: Howling Wolf Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Wolf Casting Cost: 2GG Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: When Howling Wolves comes into play, you may search your library for up to three Howling Wolves cards, reveal them, and put them into your hand. If you do, shuffle your library. Artist: Heather Hudson Rarity: C Card #: 252 Card Title: Hunted Wumpus Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature – Beast Casting Cost: 3G Pow/Tgh: 6/6 Card Text: When Hunted Wumpus comes into play, each other play may put a creature card from his or her hand into play under his or her control. Flavor Text; Just one can feed a dozen people for a month. Artist: Heather Hudson Rarity: C Card #: 253 Card Title: Invigorate Card Color: Green Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 2G Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: If you control a forest, you may have an opponent gain 3 life instead of paying Invigorate's mana cost. Target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn. Artist: Dan Frazier Rarity: C Card #: 254 Card Title: Land Grant Card Color: Green Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 1G Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: If you have no land cards in hand, you may reveal your hand instead of paying Land Grant's mana cost. Search your library for a forest card and put that card into your hand. Then shuffle your library. Artist: D. Alexander Gregory Rarity: C Card #: 255 Card Title: Ley Line Card Color: Green Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 3G Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player may put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Flavor Text: "I can feel the strength of the entire forest."-Gerrard. Artist: Terese Nielsen Rarity: U Card #: 256 Card Title: Lumbering Satyr Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Beast Casting Cost: 2GG Pow/Tgh: 5/4 Card Text: All creatures gain forestwalk. .(They're unblockable as long as defending player controls a forest.). Flavor Text: The satyr carves the path that all of Rushwood follows. -Cho-Arrim saying. Artist: Alan Pollack Rarity: U Card #: 257 Card Title: Lure Card Color: Green Type & Class: Enchant Creature Casting Cost: 1GG Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: All creatures able to block enchanted creature do so if able. Flavor Text: Deepwood's reach is not long, so it invites its enemies in. Artist: DiTerlizzi Rarity: U Card #: 258 Card Title: Megatherium Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Beast Casting Cost: 2G Pow/Tgh: 4/4 Card Text: Trample When Megatherium comes into play, sacrifice it unless you pay 1 for each card in your hand. Artist: Paolo Parente Rarity: R Card #: 259 Card Title: Natural Affinity Card Color: Green Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 2G Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: All lands become 2/2 creatures until end of turn. They still counts lands. Flavor Text: As long as the dryads are a part of the forest, the forest is a part of the army. Artist: Pete Venters Rarity: R Card #: 260 Card Title: Pangosaur Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Lizard Casting Cost: 2GG Pow/Tgh: 6/6 Card Text: Whenever a player plays a land, return Pangosaur to its owner's hand. Flavor Text: Only Rushwood is vast enough to swallow this creature whole. Artist: Mark Tedin Rarity: R Card #: 261 Card Title: Revive Card Color: Green Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 1G Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Return target green card from your graveyard to your hand. Flavor Text: Gerrard's heart ached, recalling the living wreath Mirri laid for her dead kin. No such memorial was left for her in Rath. Artist: Matthew D. Wilson Rarity: U Card #: 262 Card Title: Rushwood Dryad Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Dryad Casting Cost: 1G Pow/Tgh: 2/1 Card Text: Forestwalk .(This creature is unblockable as long as defending player controls a forest.). Flavor Text: Rushwood is a living jewel that reflects its dwellers' hearts. Artist: Todd Lockwood Rarity: C Card #: 263 Card Title: Rushwood Elemental Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Elemental Casting Cost: GGGGG Pow/Tgh: 4/4 Card Text: Trample At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a +1/+1 counter on Rushwood Elemental. Artist: Hannibal King Rarity: R Card #: 264 Card Title: Rushwood Herbalist Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Spellshaper Casting Cost: 2G Pow/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: G, Tap, Discard a card from your hand: Regenerate target creature. Flavor Text: When generals gather their armies, healers gather their herbs. Artist: Terese Nielsen Rarity: C Card #: 265 Card Title: Rushwood Legate Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Dryad Casting Cost: 2G Pow/Tgh: 2/1 Card Text: If an opponent controls an island and you control a forest, you may play Rushwood Legate without paying its mana cost. Artist: Mark Romanoski Rarity: U Card #: 266 Card Title: Saber Ants Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Insect Casting Cost: 3G Pow/Tgh: 2/3 Card Text: Whenever Saber Ants is dealt damage, you may put that many 1/1 green Insect creature tokens into play. Flavor Text: They stay on the battlefield only long enough to consume the losers. Artist: Greg Staples Rarity: U Card #: 267 Card Title: Sacred Prey Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature – Beast Casting Cost: G Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: When Sacred Prey becomes blocked, you gain 1 life. Flavor Text: To see one is a good omen to the Cho-Arrim. Artist: Rebecca Guay Rarity: C Card #: 268 Card Title: Silverglade Elemental Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Elemental Casting Cost: 4G Pow/Tgh: 4/4 Card Text: When Silverglade Elemental comes into play, you may search your library for a forest card and put that card into play. If you do, shuffle your library. Artist: Chippy Rarity: C Card #: 269 Card Title: Silverglade Pathfinder Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Spellshaper Casting Cost: 1G Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: 1G, Tap, Discard a card from your hand: Search your library for a basic land card and put that card into play tapped. Then shuffle your library. Artist: rk post Rarity: U Card #: 270 Card Title: Snake Pit Card Color: Green Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 3G Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Whenever an opponent plays a blue or black spell, you may put a 1/1 green Snake creature token into play. Flavor Text: If the ground is smooth, the way will be rough.-Deepwood saying. Artist: Carl Critchlow Rarity: U Card #: 271 Card Title: Snorting Gahr Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Beast Casting Cost: 2GG Pow/Tgh: 3/3 Card Text: Whenever Snorting Gahr becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Flavor Text: There's little advantage to surprising the gahr. Artist: Andrew Goldhawk Rarity: C Card #: 272 Card Title: Spidersilk Armor Card Color: Green Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 2G Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Creatures you control get +0/+1 and may block as though they had flying. Flavor Text: It hardly weighs anything, but it takes all day to remove. Artist: Scott Hampton Rarity: C Card #: 273 Card Title: Spontaneous Generation Card Color: Green Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 3G Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Put a 1/1 green Saproling creature token into play for each card In your hand. Flavor Text: Saprolings always thrive on the ruins of others, and Mercadia ruins more than most. Artist: Alan Pollack Rarity: R Card #: 274 Card Title: Squall Card Color: Green Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 2G Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Squall deals 2 damage to each creature with flying. Flavor Text: The air that holds them aloft can just as easily put them down. Artist: Val Mayerik Rarity: C Card #: 275 Card Title: Squallmonger Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Monger Casting Cost: 3G Pow/Tgh: 3/3 Card Text: 2: Squallmonger deals 1 damage to each creature with flying and each player. Any player may play this ability. Flavor Text: "Squall, gale, hurricane-it's all a matter of size . . . and price.". Artist: Heather Hudson Rarity: U Card #: 276 Card Title: Stamina Card Color: Green Type & Class: Enchant Creature Casting Cost: 2G Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Attacking doesn't cause enchanted creature to tap. Sacrifice Stamina: Regenerate enchanted creature. Artist: Paolo Parente Rarity: U Card #: 277 Card Title: Sustenance Card Color: Green Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 1G Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: 1, Sacrifice a land: Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Flavor Text: like the dryads, the forest itself willingly gives up some of its life for the sake of the future. Artist: Qiao Dafu Rarity: U Card #: 278 Card Title: Tiger Claws Card Color: Green Type & Class: Enchant Creature Casting Cost: 2G Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: You may play Tiger Claws any time you could play an instant. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has trample. Flavor Text: Cho-Arrim martial artists emulate the beasts of their home. Artist: Adam Rex Rarity: C Card #: 279 Card Title: Tranquility Card Color: Green Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 2G Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Destroy all enchantments. Flavor Text: Sisay had been restored to her place on the ship, the Legacy had been recovered, and the .Weatherlight. was sailing home to Dominaria. Gerrard focused on the debts he'd settled . . . and on those he'd soon collect. Artist: Heather Hudson Rarity: C Card #: 280 Card Title: Venomous Breath Card Color: Green Type & Class: Instant Casting Cost: 3G Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: At end of combat, destroy all creatures that blocked or were blocked by target creature this turn. Flavor Text: The dryads need neither size nor strength to defeat their enemies in battle. Artist: DiTerlizzi Rarity: U Card #: 281 Card Title: Venomous Dragonfly Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Insect Casting Cost: 3G Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: Flying Whenever Venomous Dragonfly blocks or becomes blocked by a creature, destroy that creature at end of combat. Flavor Text: A pretty little death is still death. Artist: Tom Wänerstrand Rarity: C Card #: 282 Card Title: Vernal Equinox Card Color: Green Type & Class: Enchantment Casting Cost: 3G Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Any player may play creature and enchantment spells any time he or she could play an instant. Artist: Rebecca Guay Rarity: R Card #: 283 Card Title: Vine Dryad Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Dryad Casting Cost: 3G Pow/Tgh: 1/3 Card Text: Forestwalk .(This creature is unblockable as long as defending player controls a forest.). You may play Vine Dryad any time you could play an instant. You may remove a green card in your hand from the game instead of paying Vine Dryad's mana cost. Artist: Jeff Laubenstein Rarity: R Card #: 284 Card Title: Vine Trellis Card Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Wall Casting Cost: 1G Pow/Tgh: 0/4 Card Text: (Walls can't attack.). Tap: Add one green mana to your mana pool. Flavor Text: "We protect our own with our own.". Artist: DiTerlizzi Rarity: C Card #: 285 Card Title: Assembly Hall Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Casting Cost: 5 Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: 4, Tap: Reveal a creature card in your hand, search your library for a copy of that card, and put the card into your hand. Then shuffle your library. Artist: Val Mayerik Rarity: R Card #: 286 Card Title: Barbed Wire Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Casting Cost: 3 Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: At the beginning of each player's upkeep, Barbed Wire deals 1 damage to that player. 2: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt by Barbed Wire this turn. Flavor Text: A steel snake with ten thousand teeth. Artist: Ron Spencer Rarity: U Card #: 287 Card Title: Bargaining Table Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Casting Cost: 5 Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: X, Tap: Draw a card. X is the number of cards in an opponent's hand. Flavor Text: Although it looks like a game, business around the table is deadly serious. Artist: Scott M. Fischer Rarity: R Card #: 288 Card Title: Credit Voucher Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Casting Cost: 2 Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: 2, Tap, Sacrifice Credit Voucher: Shuffle any number of cards from your hand into your library, then draw that many cards. Artist: D. Alexander Gregory Rarity: U Card #: 289 Card Title: Crenellated Wall Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Creature - Wall Casting Cost: 4 Pow/Tgh: 0/4 Card Text: (Walls can't attack.). Tap: Target creature gets +0/+4 until end of turn. Flavor Text: Mercadian soldiers excel at finding things to stand behind. Artist: Arnie Swekel Rarity: U Card #: 290 Card Title: Crooked Scales Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Casting Cost: 4 Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: 4, Tap: Choose target creature you control and target creature an opponent controls. Flip a coin. If you win the flip, destroy the creature the opponent controls. If you lose the flip, destroy the creature you control unless you pay 3 and reflip the coin. Artist: Ron Spears Rarity: R Card #: 291 Card Title: Crumbling Sanctuary Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Casting Cost: 5 Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: For each 1 damage that would be dealt to a player, that player removes the top card of his or her library from the game instead. Artist: Randy Gallegos Rarity: R Card #: 292 Card Title: Distorting Lens Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Casting Cost: 2 Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Tap: Target permanent becomes the color of your choice until end of turn. Flavor Text: The magistrate seems to prefer a distorted perspective of reality. Artist: Glen Angus Rarity: R Card #: 293 Card Title: Eye of Ramos Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Casting Cost: 3 Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Tap: Add one blue mana to your mana pool. Sacrifice Eye of Ramos: Add one blue mana to your mana pool. Flavor Text: Ramos wept, and there were seas. Artist: David Martin Rarity: R Card #: 294 Card Title: General's Regalia Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Casting Cost: 3 Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: 3: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, that damage is dealt to target creature you control instead. Flavor Text: A uniform fit for a goblin. Artist: David Monette Rarity: R Card #: 295 Card Title: Heart of Ramos Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Casting Cost: 3 Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Tap: Add one red mana to your mana pool. Sacrifice Heart of Ramos: Add one red mana to your mana pool. Flavor Text: Ramos bled, and there was fire. Artist: David Martin Rarity: R Card #: 296 Card Title: Henge Guardian Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Creature Casting Cost: 5 Pow/Tgh: 3/4 Card Text: 2: Henge Guardian gains trample until end of turn. Flavor Text: Like so many Thran relics, the wurm engine kept operating long after its creators were gone. Artist: Chippy Rarity: U Card #: 297 Card Title: Horn of Plenty Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Casting Cost: 6 Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Whenever a player plays a spell, he or she may pay 1. If that player does, he or she draws a card at end of turn. Flavor Text: "This horn is an exact replica of the fabled Horn of Ramos, except mine is more lavish."-Mercadian magistrate. Artist: Brian Despain Rarity: R Card #: 298 Card Title: Horn of Ramos Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Casting Cost: 3 Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Tap: Add one green mana to your mana pool. Sacrifice Horn of Ramos: Add one green mana to your mana pool. Flavor Text: Ramos touched, and there was life. Artist: David Martin Rarity: R Card #: 299 Card Title: Iron Lance Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Casting Cost: 2 Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: 3, Tap: Target creature gains first strike until end of turn. Flavor Text: "The only way to get Mercadians to fight on the front lines is to give them really long weapons."-Gerrard. Artist: Scott M. Fischer Rarity: U Card #: 300 Card Title: Jeweled Torque Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Casting Cost: 2 Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: As Jeweled Torque comes into play, choose a color. Whenever a player plays a spell of the chosen color, you may pay o2. If you do, you gain 2 life. Artist: Mark Zug Rarity: U Card #: 301 Card Title: Kyren Archive Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Casting Cost: 3 Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: At the beginning of your upkeep, you may remove the top card of your library from the game face down. 5, Discard your hand, Sacrifice Kyren Archive: Put all cards removed from the game with Kyren Archive into their owner's hand. Artist: Roger Raupp Rarity: R Card #: 302 Card Title: Kyren Toy Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Casting Cost: 3 Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: 1, Tap: Put a charge counter on Kyren Toy. Tap, Remove X charge counters from Kyren Toy: Add X plus one colorless mana to your mana pool. Artist: Arnie Swekel Rarity: R Card #: 303 Card Title: Magistrate's Scepter Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Casting Cost: 3 Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: 4, Tap: Put a charge counter on Magistrate's Scepter. Tap, Remove three charge counters from Magistrate's Scepter: Take another turn after this one. Artist: Adam Rex Rarity: R Card #: 304 Card Title: Mercadian Atlas Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Casting Cost: 5 Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: At the end of your turn, if you didn't play a land this turn, you may draw a card. Flavor Text: One may as well chart the clouds as try to map Mercadia. Artist: Dan Frazier Rarity: R Card #: 305 Card Title: Mercadian Lift Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Casting Cost: 2 Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: 1, Tap: Put a winch counter on Mercadian Lift. Tap, Remove X winch counters from Mercadian Lift: Put a creature card with converted mana cost X from your hand into play. Artist: Gary Ruddell Rarity: R Card #: 306 Card Title: Monkey Cage Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Casting Cost: 5 Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: When a creature comes into play, sacrifice Monkey Cage and put into play a number of 2/2 green Ape creature tokens equal to that creature's converted mana cost. Artist: Carl Critchlow Rarity: R Card #: 307 Card Title: Panacea Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Casting Cost: 4 Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: XX, Tap: Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. Flavor Text: A drop numbs the tongue. A sip sends the heart racing. A draught reforges the body. Artist: Donato Giancola Rarity: U Card #: 308 Card Title: Power Matrix Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Casting Cost: 4 Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Tap: Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains flying, first strike, and trample until end of turn. Flavor Text: As he repaired the ship's planeswalking engine, Karn saw for the first time how he could catalyze the .Weatherlight.'s evolution. Artist: Alan Pollack Rarity: R Card #: 309 Card Title: Puffer Extract Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Casting Cost: 5 Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: X, Tap: Target creature you control gets +X/+X until end of turn. Destroy it at end of turn. Flavor Text: The puffer's flesh is the deadliest in the sea-and therefore the most useful. Artist: Heather Hudson Rarity: U Card #: 310 Card Title: Rishadan Pawnshop Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Casting Cost: 2 Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: 2, Tap: Shuffle target card in play you control into its owner's library. Flavor Text: Everything comes to the waterfront eventually, on the tide or on credit. Artist: Joel Biske Rarity: R Card #: 311 Card Title: Skull of Ramos Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Casting Cost: 3 Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Tap: Add one black mana to your mana pool. Sacrifice Skull of Ramos: Add one black mana to your mana pool. . Flavor Text: Ramos fell, and there was night. Artist: David Martin Rarity: R Card #: 312 Card Title: Tooth of Ramos Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Casting Cost: 3 Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Tap: Add one white mana to your mana pool. Sacrifice Tooth of Ramos: Add one white mana to your mana pool. Flavor Text: Ramos smiled, and there was day. Artist: David Martin Rarity: R Card #: 313 Card Title: Toymaker Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Creature - Spellshaper Casting Cost: 2 Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: 1, Tap, Discard a card from your hand: Target noncreature artifact becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its converted mana cost until end of turn. .(It retains its abilities.). Artist: Frank Kelly Freas Rarity: U Card #: 314 Card Title: Worry Beads Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Artifact Casting Cost: 3 Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player puts the top card of his or her library into his or her graveyard. Artist: rk post Rarity: R Card #: 315 Card Title: Dust Bowl Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Tap: Add one colorless mana to your mana pool. 3, Tap, Sacrifice a land: Destroy target nonbasic land. Artist: Ben Thompson Rarity: R Card #: 316 Card Title: Fountain of Cho Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh : n/a Card Text: Fountain of Cho comes into play tapped. Tap: Put a storage counter on Fountain of Cho. Tap, Remove any number of storage counters from Fountain of Cho: Add one white mana to your mana pool for each storage counter removed this way. Artist: Scott Hampton Rarity: U Card #: 317 Card Title: Henge of Ramos Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Tap: Add one colorless mana to your mana pool. 2, Tap: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool. It is the hub. Flavor Text: We are the wheel.-Dryad saying. Artist: Edward P. Beard, Jr. Rarity: U Card #: 318 Card Title: Hickory Woodlot Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Hickory Woodlot comes into play tapped with two depletion counters on it. Tap, Remove a depletion counter from Hickory Woodlot: Add two green mana to your mana pool. If there are no depletion counters on Hickory Woodlot, sacrifice it. Artist: Sean McConnell Rarity: C Card #: 319 Card Title: High Market Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Tap: Add one colorless mana to your mana pool. Tap, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life. Flavor Text: If it can't be had here, it can't be had on any world. Artist: Carl Critchlow Rarity: R Card #: 320 Card Title: Mercadian Bazaar Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Mercadian Bazaar comes into play tapped. Tap: Put a storage counter on Mercadian Bazaar. Tap, Remove any number of storage counters from Mercadian Bazaar: Add one red mana to your mana pool for each storage counter removed this way. Artist: Terese Nielsen Rarity: U Card #: 321 Card Title: Peat Bog Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Peat Bog comes into play tapped with two depletion counters on it. Tap, Remove a depletion counter from Peat Bog: Add two black mana to your mana pool. If there are no depletion counters on Peat Bog, sacrifice it. Artist: Val Mayerik Rarity: C Card #: 322 Card Title: Remote Farm Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Remote Farm comes into play tapped with two depletion counters on it. Tap, Remove a depletion counter from Remote Farm: Add two white mana to your mana pool. If there are no depletion counters on Remote Farm, sacrifice it. Artist: Rob Alexander Rarity: C Card #: 323 Card Title: Rishadan Port Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Tap: Add one colorless mana to your mana pool. 1, Tap: Tap target land. Flavor Text: Rishada is the gateway to free trade-but the key will cost you. Artist: Jerry Tiritilli Rarity: R Card #: 324 Card Title: Rushwood Grove Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Rushwood Grove comes into play tapped. Tap: Put a storage counter on Rushwood Grove. Tap, Remove any number of storage counters from Rushwood Grove: Add one green mana to your mana pool for each storage counter removed this way. Artist: George Pratt Rarity: U Card #: 325 Card Title: Sandstone Needle Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Sandstone Needle comes into play tapped with two depletion counters on it. Tap, Remove a depletion counter from Sandstone Needle: Add two red mana to your mana pool. If there are no depletion counters on Sandstone Needle, sacrifice it. Artist: Alan Rabinowitz Rarity: C Card #: 326 Card Title: Saprazzan Cove Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Saprazzan Cove comes into play tapped. Tap: Put a storage counter on Saprazzan Cove. Tap, Remove any number of storage counters from Saprazzan Cove: Add one blue mana to your mana pool for each storage counter removed this way. Artist: Rebecca Guay Rarity: U Card #: 327 Card Title: Saprazzan Skerry Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Saprazzan Skerry comes into play tapped with two depletion counters on it. Tap, Remove a depletion counter from Saprazzan Skerry: Add two blue mana to your mana pool. If there are no depletion counters on Saprazzan Skerry, sacrifice it. Artist: Pat Morrissey Rarity: C Card #: 328 Card Title: Subterranean Hangar Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Subterranean Hangar comes into play tapped. Tap: Put a storage counter on Subterranean Hangar. Tap, Remove any number of storage counters from Subterranean Hangar: Add one black mana to your mana pool for each storage counter removed this way. Artist: Matt Cavotta Rarity: U Card #: 329 Card Title: Tower of the Magistrate Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: Tap: Add one colorless mana to your mana pool. 1, Tap: Target creature gains protection from artifacts until end of turn. Flavor Text: Like the city, weakest at its foundation. Artist: Thomas Gianni Rarity: R Card #: 330 Card Title: Plains A Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: [W] Artist: Terry Springer Rarity: L Card #: 331 Card Title: Plains B Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: [W] Artist: Scott Bailey Rarity: L Card #: 332 Card Title: Plains C Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: [W] Artist: Dana Knutson Rarity: L Card #: 333 Card Title: Plains D Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: [W] Artist: Edward P. Beard, Jr. Rarity: L Card #: 334 Card Title: Island A Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: [U] Artist: Terry Springer Rarity: L Card #: 335 Card Title: Island B Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: [U] Artist: Scott Bailey Rarity: L Card #: 336 Card Title: Island C Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: [U] Artist: Scott Bailey Rarity: L Card #: 337 Card Title: Island D Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: [U] Artist: Tony Szczudlo Rarity: L Card #: 338 Card Title: Swamp A Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: [B] Artist: Jeff Easley Rarity: L Card #: 339 Card Title: Swamp B Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: [B] Artist: Rob Alexander Rarity: L Card #: 340 Card Title: Swamp C Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: [B] Artist: Rob Alexander Rarity: L Card #: 341 Card Title: Swamp D Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: [B] Artist: Terry Springer Rarity: L Card #: 342 Card Title: Mountain A Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: [R] Artist: Terry Springer Rarity: L Card #: 343 Card Title: Mountain B Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: [R] Artist: Scott Bailey Rarity: L Card #: 344 Card Title: Mountain C Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: [R] Artist: Dana Knutson Rarity: L Card #: 345 Card Title: Mountain D Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: [R] Artist: Rob Alexander Rarity: L Card #: 346 Card Title: Forest A Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: [G] Artist: Donato Giancola Rarity: L Card #: 347 Card Title: Forest B Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: [G] Artist: Rob Alexander Rarity: L Card #: 348 Card Title: Forest C Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: [G] Artist: Rob Alexander Rarity: L Card #: 349 Card Title: Forest D Card Color: n/a Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: n/a Pow/Tgh: n/a Card Text: [G] Artist: Terry Springer Rarity: L Card #: 350 Copyright 1999 Wizards of the Coast, Inc. 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