143 Card Expansion Set
Release Date: Mar 02nd 1998
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Bandage

Bandage
Bandage
Instant

Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.

Draw a card.

Takara shook with guilt. She knew the last image her father had seen was her sword flashing toward him.

Calming Licid

Calming Licid
Calming Licid
Creature — Licid

{W}, {T}: Calming Licid loses this ability and becomes an Aura enchantment with enchant creature. Attach it to target creature. You may pay {W} to end this effect.

Enchanted creature can't attack.

2/2

Change of Heart

Change of Heart
Change of Heart
Instant

Buyback {3} (You may pay an additional {3} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)

Target creature can't attack this turn.

Contemplation

Contemplation
Contemplation
Enchantment

Whenever you cast a spell, you gain 1 life.

"How fascinating it is to watch the machinations of one's own mind play themselves out."

—Volrath

Conviction

Conviction
Conviction
Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +1/+3.

{W}: Return Conviction to its owner's hand.

It was not the minotaur's shoulders but his soul that bore the heaviest weight.

Hidden Retreat

Hidden Retreat
Hidden Retreat
Enchantment

Put a card from your hand on top of your library: Prevent all damage that would be dealt by target instant or sorcery spell this turn.

After an hour in the hidey-hole, Squee seriously pondered the advantages of danger over boredom.

Honor Guard

Honor Guard
Honor Guard
Creature — Human Soldier

{W}: Honor Guard gets +0/+1 until end of turn.

"It is not a choice I make, to have this guard. It is the choice of my people, and my duty to them."

—Oracle *en*-Vec

1/1

Lancers en-Kor

Lancers en-Kor
Lancers en-Kor
Creature — Kor Soldier

Trample

{0}: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to Lancers en-Kor this turn is dealt to target creature you control instead.

Nearly all sets of Kor twins are trained as lancers.

3/3

Nomads en-Kor

Nomads en-Kor
Nomads en-Kor
Creature — Kor Nomad Soldier

{0}: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to Nomads en-Kor this turn is dealt to target creature you control instead.

The Kor forsake roots for the winding of the path; forsake voices for the silence of the mind; forsake all else for the poverty of isolation.

1/1

Pursuit of Knowledge

Pursuit of Knowledge
Pursuit of Knowledge
Enchantment

If you would draw a card, you may put a study counter on Pursuit of Knowledge instead.

Remove three study counters from Pursuit of Knowledge, Sacrifice Pursuit of Knowledge: Draw seven cards.

Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones
Rolling Stones
Enchantment

Wall creatures can attack as though they didn't have defender.

Walls collapse and kill people all the time. Some are just more aggressive about it.

Sacred Ground

Sacred Ground
Sacred Ground
Enchantment

Whenever a spell or ability an opponent controls causes a land to be put into your graveyard from the battlefield, return that card to the battlefield.

"That which knows itself cannot be shaped to another's will."

—Oracle *en*-Vec

Samite Blessing

Samite Blessing
Samite Blessing
Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature has "{T}: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to target creature this turn, prevent that damage."

Knit bone, darn flesh, Stitch skin, weave breath.

—Samite healing ritual

Scapegoat

Scapegoat
Scapegoat
Instant

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.

Return any number of target creatures you control to their owner's hand.

"Enjoy your deception, Vuel," Gerrard said as Volrath's features melted from the dead shapeshifter. "I'll count this one as practice."

Shaman en-Kor

Shaman en-Kor
Shaman en-Kor
Creature — Kor Cleric Shaman

{0}: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to Shaman en-Kor this turn is dealt to target creature you control instead.

{1}{W}: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to target creature this turn, that damage is dealt to Shaman en-Kor instead.

1/2

Skyshroud Falcon

Skyshroud Falcon
Skyshroud Falcon
Creature — Bird

Flying, vigilance

The falcon slits the sky to let the light drip through.

—Kor saying

1/1

Smite

Smite
Smite
Instant

Destroy target blocked creature.

"You've got your childhood wish at last. Now you get to die."

—Gerrard, to Volrath

Soltari Champion

Soltari Champion
Soltari Champion
Creature — Soltari Soldier

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)

Whenever Soltari Champion attacks, other creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

2/2

Spirit en-Kor

Spirit en-Kor
Spirit en-Kor
Creature — Kor Spirit

Flying

{0}: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to Spirit en-Kor this turn is dealt to target creature you control instead.

Death free throat from thirst, mouth from speech, feet from earth.

—Kor requiem

2/2

Temper

Temper
Temper
Instant

Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn. For each 1 damage prevented this way, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.

"I don't need a plan, just a goal. The rest will follow on its own."

—Gerrard

Venerable Monk

Venerable Monk
Venerable Monk
Creature — Human Monk Cleric

When Venerable Monk enters the battlefield, you gain 2 life.

Age wears the flesh but galvanizes the soul.

2/2

Wall of Essence

Wall of Essence
Wall of Essence
Creature — Wall

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

Whenever Wall of Essence is dealt combat damage, you gain that much life.

The ceiling and the floor fell in love, but only the wall knew.

—Dal saying

0/4

Warrior en-Kor

Warrior en-Kor
Warrior en-Kor
Creature — Kor Warrior Knight

{0}: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to Warrior en-Kor this turn is dealt to target creature you control instead.

Only a matter as vital as destroying Volrath could bring together the reclusive Kor people.

2/2

Warrior Angel

Warrior Angel
Warrior Angel
Creature — Angel Warrior

Flying

Whenever Warrior Angel deals damage, you gain that much life.

She represents not hope, but hope's desperate fury.

3/4

Youthful Knight

Youthful Knight
Youthful Knight
Creature — Human Knight

First strike

"Let no child be without a sword. We will all fight, for if we fail, we will certainly all die."

—Oracle *en*-Vec

2/1

Cloud Spirit

Cloud Spirit
Cloud Spirit
Creature — Spirit

Flying

Cloud Spirit can block only creatures with flying.

Clouds are the soil, dreams are the crop.

—Kor saying

3/1

Contempt

Contempt
Contempt
Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature

When enchanted creature attacks, return it and Contempt to their owners' hands at end of combat.

"Predictable little man. In all these years you taught me so much yet learned so little."

—Volrath, to Starke

Dream Halls

Dream Halls
Dream Halls
Enchantment

Rather than pay the mana cost for a spell, its controller may discard a card that shares a color with that spell.

Within without.

Dream Prowler

Dream Prowler
Dream Prowler
Creature — Illusion

Dream Prowler can't be blocked as long as it's attacking alone.

"To think that some find sleep a restful state."

—Volrath

1/5

Evacuation

Evacuation
Evacuation
Instant

Return all creatures to their owners' hands.

The first step of every exodus is from the blood and the fire onto the trail.

Gliding Licid

Gliding Licid
Gliding Licid
Creature — Licid

{U}, {T}: Gliding Licid loses this ability and becomes an Aura enchantment with enchant creature. Attach it to target creature. You may pay {U} to end this effect.

Enchanted creature has flying.

2/2

Hammerhead Shark

Hammerhead Shark
Hammerhead Shark
Creature — Shark

Hammerhead Shark can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.

Cross the eyes of a hammerhead and you'll dot its teeth.

2/3

Hesitation

Hesitation
Hesitation
Enchantment

When a player casts a spell, sacrifice Hesitation and counter that spell.

Gerrard hesitated, looking up at the enemy ship. The future hesitated with him, changed forever by the pause.

Intruder Alarm

Intruder Alarm
Intruder Alarm
Enchantment

Creatures don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, untap all creatures.

Mirri was startled by Volrath's apparition—it had no scent.

Leap

Leap
Leap
Instant

Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Draw a card.

Mirri leapt quickly and silently. The guard died likewise.

Mana Leak

Mana Leak
Mana Leak
Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

"The fatal flaw in every plan is the assumption that you know more than your enemy."

—Volrath

Mask of the Mimic

Mask of the Mimic
Mask of the Mimic
Instant

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.

Search your library for a card with the same name as target nontoken creature, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Mind Games

Mind Games
Mind Games
Instant

Buyback {2}{U} (You may pay an additional {2}{U} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)

Tap target artifact, creature, or land.

Ransack

Ransack
Ransack
Sorcery

Look at the top five cards of target player's library. Put any number of them on the bottom of that library in any order and the rest on top of the library in any order.

Rebound

Rebound
Rebound
Instant

Change the target of target spell that targets only a player. The new target must be a player.

Insult, like an arrow, is beyond control once loosed.

Reins of Power

Reins of Power
Reins of Power
Instant

Untap all creatures you control and all creatures target opponent controls. You and that opponent each gain control of all creatures the other controls until end of turn. Those creatures gain haste until end of turn.

Sift

Sift
Sift
Sorcery

Draw three cards, then discard a card.

"Twice I have let the Legacy slip away. Never again."

—Karn, silver golem

Silver Wyvern

Silver Wyvern
Silver Wyvern
Creature — Drake

Flying

{U}: Change the target of target spell or ability that targets only Silver Wyvern. The new target must be a creature.

4/3

Spindrift Drake

Spindrift Drake
Spindrift Drake
Creature — Drake

Flying

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Spindrift Drake unless you pay {U}.

Sea brine for blood, washing foam for laughter.

2/1

Thalakos Deceiver

Thalakos Deceiver
Thalakos Deceiver
Creature — Thalakos Wizard

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)

Whenever Thalakos Deceiver attacks and isn't blocked, you may sacrifice it. If you do, gain control of target creature. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

1/1

Tidal Surge

Tidal Surge
Tidal Surge
Sorcery

Tap up to three target creatures without flying.

"It is nature that gives us our boundaries and nature that enforces them."

—Eladamri, Lord of Leaves

Tidal Warrior

Tidal Warrior
Tidal Warrior
Creature — Merfolk Warrior

{T}: Target land becomes an Island until end of turn.

The tide of battle favors those who can swim.

1/1

Volrath's Shapeshifter

Volrath's Shapeshifter
Volrath's Shapeshifter
Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter

As long as the top card of your graveyard is a creature card, Volrath's Shapeshifter has the full text of that card and has the text "{2}: Discard a card." (Volrath's Shapeshifter has that card's name, mana cost, color, types, abilities, power, and toughness.)

{2}: Discard a card.

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