Afterlife
Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
Alabaster Wall
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
{T}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
Its mortar is mixed with waters straight from the Fountain of Cho.
Armistice
{3}{W}{W}: You draw a card and target opponent gains 3 life.
We all must profit for peace to last.
—Mercadian saying
Arrest
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.
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.
Ballista Squad
{X}{W}, {T}: Ballista Squad deals X damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
The perfect antidote for a tightly packed formation.
Charm Peddler
{W}, {T}, Discard a card: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to target creature this turn, prevent that damage.
Charmed Griffin
Flying
When Charmed Griffin enters the battlefield, each other player may put an artifact or enchantment card onto the battlefield from their hand.
Are you sure you can afford such a luxury?
Cho-Arrim Alchemist
{1}{W}{W}, {T}, Discard a card: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.
Cho-Arrim Bruiser
Whenever Cho-Arrim Bruiser attacks, you may tap up to two target creatures.
He doesn't know why the Cho-Arrim fight the Mercadians, but he's happy to bash heads for them anyway.
Cho-Arrim Legate
If an opponent controls a Swamp and you control a Plains, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Protection from black
Cho-Manno, Revolutionary
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to Cho-Manno, Revolutionary.
"Mercadia's masks can no longer hide the truth. Our day has come at last."
—Cho-Manno
Cho-Manno's Blessing
Flash
Enchant creature
As Cho-Manno's Blessing enters the battlefield, choose a color.
Enchanted creature has protection from the chosen color. This effect doesn't remove Cho-Manno's Blessing.
Common Cause
Nonartifact creatures get +2/+2 as long as they all share a color.
Mercadia City's troops are at their best when they have no enemy to fight.
Cornered Market
Players can't cast spells with the same name as a nontoken permanent.
Players can't play nonbasic lands with the same name as a nontoken permanent.
Don't step on the livelihood of other vendors, or they may step on you.
—Mercadian saying
Crackdown
Nonwhite creatures with power 3 or greater don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.
"There is no place for mercy in defense of our lives."
—Ta-Spon, Cho-Arrim executioner
Crossbow Infantry
{T}: Crossbow Infantry deals 1 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
The crossbow is the ideal weapon for the lazy Mercadians: just point and shoot.
Devout Witness
{1}{W}, {T}, Discard a card: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
The Cho-Arrim fought Mercadia's decadence with more than just swords.
Disenchant
Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
The scepter of power is fragile in a calloused hand.
—Cho-Arrim saying
Fountain Watch
Artifacts and enchantments you control have shroud. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities.)
The Cho-Arrim didn't rely only on a secret location to protect their Fountain.
Fresh Volunteers
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.
Honor the Fallen
Exile all creature cards from all graveyards. You gain 1 life for each card exiled this way.
"May the River claim Cho-Manno's body, wherever it lies."
—Ta-Karnst, Cho-Arrim healer
Ignoble Soldier
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.
Inviolability
Enchant creature
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to enchanted creature.
A soldier's faith is magic strong enough to protect against any blade.
Ivory Mask
You have shroud. (You can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
"I did not choose my role, Orim," said Cho-Manno patiently, "and I suspect Gerrard did not choose his."
Jhovall Queen
Vigilance
War-trained jhovalls eat twice their weight in war-trained soldiers daily.
Jhovall Rider
Trample
Don't be fooled by the riders' fluid grace—it takes years of practice to ride these beasts.
Last Breath
Exile target creature with power 2 or less. Its controller gains 4 life.
"The River flows. My soul returns."
Moment of Silence
Target player skips their next combat phase this turn.
The silence commemorates not those who've died, but those about to.
Moonlit Wake
Whenever a creature dies, you gain 1 life.
"As long as Rushwood glows, no life is ever truly lost."
—Ta-Karnst, Cho-Arrim healer
Muzzle
Enchant creature
Prevent all damage that would be dealt by enchanted creature.
Clenched teeth do not bite.
—Cho-Arrim saying
Nightwind Glider
Flying, protection from black
Once you learn to float on the shadows, you'll never fear them again.
Noble Purpose
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage, you gain that much life.
Fighting for the right reason is itself a source of strength.
Orim's Cure
If you control a Plains, you may tap an untapped creature you control rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Prevent the next 4 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
Pious Warrior
Whenever Pious Warrior is dealt combat damage, you gain that much life.
The Cho-Arrim make no distinction between healers and soldiers.
Ramosian Captain
First strike
{5}, {T}: Search your library for a Rebel permanent card with mana value 4 or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
The Cho-Arrim believe in leading by example.
Ramosian Commander
{6}, {T}: Search your library for a Rebel permanent card with mana value 5 or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
"Cho-Manno guides your spirit. I guide your sword."
Ramosian Lieutenant
{4}, {T}: Search your library for a Rebel permanent card with mana value 3 or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
"Give me your hand and I will give you victory."
Ramosian Rally
If you control a Plains, you may tap an untapped creature you control rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
Ramosian Sergeant
{3}, {T}: Search your library for a Rebel permanent card with mana value 2 or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Her commands are part rallying cry, part sermon, and wholly undeniable.
Ramosian Sky Marshal
Flying
{7}, {T}: Search your library for a Rebel permanent card with mana value 6 or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
The Cho-Arrim fell from the sky onto Mercadia City like a vengeful rain.
Rappelling Scouts
Flying
{2}{W}: Rappelling Scouts gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Renounce
Sacrifice any number of permanents. You gain 2 life for each permanent sacrificed this way.
Gerrard offered no defense to Orim's condemnation; the mission was under his command, and he was responsible.
Revered Elder
{1}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to Revered Elder this turn.
The Cho-Arrim worship life and revere those who've experienced it longest.
Reverent Mantra
You may exile a white card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Choose a color. All creatures gain protection from the chosen color until end of turn.
Righteous Aura
{W}, Pay 2 life: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
"There is a great difference between pain and injury."
—Cho-Manno
Righteous Indignation
Whenever a creature blocks a black or red creature, the blocking creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
"You are the disease that plagues Mercadia. I am the healer's knife that will cut you out."
Security Detail
{W}{W}: Create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token. Activate only if you control no creatures and only once each turn.
Soothing Balm
Target player gains 5 life.
Orim taught Ta-Karnst and the other Cho-Arrim healers a far less invasive method of healing.
