Scars of Mirrodin
Turn Aside
Counter target spell that targets a permanent you control.
"It's not my job to ask our leaders about their experiments at the Knowledge Pool. It's my job to make sure they can continue performing them."
Twisted Image
Switch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn.
Draw a card.
"True strength is in the mind, for the body is too malleable a form."
—Politus, vedalken emisar
Vault Skyward
Target creature gains flying until end of turn. Untap it.
"The edges of the Quicksilver Sea run dark with the spread of the Mephidross. Two more aerial passes before I can be sure what I'm seeing . . ."
—Lafarius, Neurok sky agent
Vedalken Certarch
Metalcraft — {T}: Tap target artifact, creature, or land. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts.
"An appropriately detailed model is indistinguishable from reality, and much easier to control."
Volition Reins
Enchant permanent
When Volition Reins enters the battlefield, if enchanted permanent is tapped, untap it.
You control enchanted permanent.
"Glorifying the will is a mistake. It is simply one more force to be mastered."
Blackcleave Goblin
Haste
Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
"Bitten? Save time, amputate now."
—Lephar, loxodon surgeon
Bleak Coven Vampires
Metalcraft — When Bleak Coven Vampires enters the battlefield, if you control three or more artifacts, target player loses 4 life and you gain 4 life.
As the shadow of the Mephidross spread over the Tangle, the vampires' territory expanded.
Blistergrub
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
When Blistergrub dies, each opponent loses 2 life.
"The sooner you join Phyrexia, the sooner you'll forget your painful rebirth."
—Sheoldred, Whispering One
Carnifex Demon
Flying
Carnifex Demon enters the battlefield with two -1/-1 counters on it.
{B}, Remove a -1/-1 counter from Carnifex Demon: Put a -1/-1 counter on each other creature.
Every contagion has a host.
Contagious Nim
Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
"This species has grown to be my preferred receptacle for our divine message."
—Sheoldred, Whispering One
Corrupted Harvester
{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Regenerate Corrupted Harvester.
"Before the blessed assault begins, we must seek specimens that are well-adapted to our way of . . . life."
—Sheoldred, Whispering One
Dross Hopper
Sacrifice a creature: Dross Hopper gains flying until end of turn.
Bred in the vicious Mephidross, dross hoppers learned to eat quickly and escape faster.
Exsanguinate
Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Vampires don't consider patience a virtue nor gluttony a sin.
Flesh Allergy
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Destroy target creature. Its controller loses life equal to the number of creatures that died this turn.
Fume Spitter
Sacrifice Fume Spitter: Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
"Our archers made sport of it as it fumbled its way up the slag ridge. As it collapsed we thought ourselves safe, but the foul thing carried more than necrogen."
—Adaran, Tangle hunter
Geth, Lord of the Vault
Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
{X}{B}: Put target artifact or creature card with mana value X from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control tapped. Then that player mills X cards.
Grasp of Darkness
Target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.
On a world with five suns, night is compelled to become an aggressive force.
Hand of the Praetors
Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
Other creatures you control with infect get +1/+1.
Whenever you cast a creature spell with infect, target player gets a poison counter.
Ichor Rats
Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
When Ichor Rats enters the battlefield, each player gets a poison counter.
Instill Infection
Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
Draw a card.
"The results of our ninth inoculation were the same. The specimen was, of course, euthanized before the contagion could spread."
—Vedalken research notes
Memoricide
Choose a nonland card name. Search target player's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with that name and exile them. Then that player shuffles.
"You claim wisdom, yet I see nothing in here but tawdry wishes."
Moriok Reaver
"The Moriok are fools. They try so hard to gain my favor. All I want is for them to die quickly, to join the ranks of the nim."
—Geth, Lord of the Vault
Necrogen Scudder
Flying
When Necrogen Scudder enters the battlefield, you lose 3 life.
Contrary to popular belief, it's kept aloft by necrogen gas, not the screaming agony of a thousand murdered souls.
Necrotic Ooze
As long as Necrotic Ooze is on the battlefield, it has all activated abilities of all creature cards in all graveyards.
"To death all must go, and so in death lies ultimate power."
—Geth, Lord of the Vault
Painful Quandary
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player loses 5 life unless they discard a card.
"For each word spoken, one forgotten. For each thought, a memory rotten."
—Moriok incantation
Painsmith
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you may have target creature get +2/+0 and gain deathtouch until end of turn.
The Moriok see the artificer as a taskmaster, forcing lazy metal into more potent shapes.
Plague Stinger
Flying
Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
It leaves its victims one sting closer to phyresis.
Psychic Miasma
Target player discards a card. If a land card is discarded this way, return Psychic Miasma to its owner's hand.
"A mind may be steeled against madness, but all battlements fall in time."
—Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
Relic Putrescence
Enchant artifact
Whenever enchanted artifact becomes tapped, its controller gets a poison counter.
"Until we shed the curse of sentience, we must endure its grotesque handiwork."
—Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
Skinrender
When Skinrender enters the battlefield, put three -1/-1 counters on target creature.
"Your creations are effective, Sheoldred, but we must unite the flesh, not merely flay it."
—Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
Flying
Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
{B}: Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon gains haste until end of turn.
{B}{B}: Regenerate Skithiryx.
Tainted Strike
Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains infect until end of turn. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
"Welcome to perfection."
—Sheoldred, Whispering One
Arc Trail
Arc Trail deals 2 damage to any target and 1 damage to another target.
"Don't try to hit your enemies. Concentrate on the space between them, and fill the air with doom."
—Spear-Tribe teaching
Assault Strobe
Target creature gains double strike until end of turn. (It deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.)
When breaking someone's face once just isn't enough.
Barrage Ogre
{T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Barrage Ogre deals 2 damage to any target.
The elves had devised countless strategies to combat Memnarch's war machines, but they had no idea what to do when one was *thrown* at them.
Blade-Tribe Berserkers
Metalcraft — When Blade-Tribe Berserkers enters the battlefield, if you control three or more artifacts, Blade-Tribe Berserkers gets +3/+3 and gains haste until end of turn.
Bloodshot Trainee
{T}: Bloodshot Trainee deals 4 damage to target creature. Activate only if Bloodshot Trainee's power is 4 or greater.
"Just think how strong I'll be if my arms don't tear off!"
Cerebral Eruption
Target opponent reveals the top card of their library. Cerebral Eruption deals damage equal to the revealed card's mana value to that player and each creature that player controls. If a land card is revealed this way, return Cerebral Eruption to its owner's hand.
Embersmith
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you may pay {1}. If you do, Embersmith deals 1 damage to any target.
The Vulshok see the artificer as a catalyst, bringing the spark of creation that ignites change.
Ferrovore
{R}, Sacrifice an artifact: Ferrovore gets +3/+0 until end of turn.
The Vulshok use its digestion to break down the most obstinate artifacts, from darksteel myr to seastrider plates.
Flameborn Hellion
Haste
Flameborn Hellion attacks each combat if able.
"The most reliable omen of a future hellion attack is a past hellion attack."
—Spear-Tribe teaching
Furnace Celebration
Whenever you sacrifice another permanent, you may pay {2}. If you do, Furnace Celebration deals 2 damage to any target.
Reduce. Reuse. Wreak havoc.
Galvanic Blast
Galvanic Blast deals 2 damage to any target.
Metalcraft — Galvanic Blast deals 4 damage instead if you control three or more artifacts.
Mirrodin has little weather, but it certainly has lightning.
Goblin Gaveleer
Trample
Goblin Gaveleer gets +2/+0 for each Equipment attached to it.
"When everything looks like a nail, you really need to get yourself a hammer."
—Krol, goblin furnace-priest
Hoard-Smelter Dragon
Flying
{3}{R}: Destroy target artifact. Hoard-Smelter Dragon gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is that artifact's mana value.
He collects the precious metals, and then converts the rest to propellant.
Koth of the Hammer
+1: Untap target Mountain. It becomes a 4/4 red Elemental creature until end of turn. It's still a land.
−2: Add {R} for each Mountain you control.
−5: You get an emblem with "Mountains you control have '{T}: This land deals 1 damage to any target.'"
Kuldotha Phoenix
Flying, haste
Metalcraft — {4}: Return Kuldotha Phoenix from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only during your upkeep and only if you control three or more artifacts.
Kuldotha Rebirth
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact.
Create three 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.
All goblin rituals serve a dual purpose as fertility rites, even the destructive ones. Especially the destructive ones.
