Arcane Encyclopedia

Akroma, Vision of Ixidor

Flying, first strike, vigilance, trample
At the beginning of each combat, until end of turn, each other creature you control gets +1/+1 if it has flying, +1/+1 if it has first strike, and so on for double strike, deathtouch, haste, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, menace, protection, reach, trample, vigilance, and partner.
Partner

Cleansing Nova

Choose one —
• Destroy all creatures.
• Destroy all artifacts and enchantments.

Urza's Sylex

{2}{W}{W}, {T}, Exile Urza's Sylex: Each player chooses six lands they control. Destroy all other permanents. Activate only as a sorcery.
When Urza's Sylex is put into exile from the battlefield, you may pay {2}. If you do, search your library for a planeswalker card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Platinum Angel

Flying
You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game.

Sephara, Sky's Blade

You may pay {W} and tap four untapped creatures you control with flying rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Flying, lifelink
Other creatures you control with flying have indestructible. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)

Metropolis Reformer

Flying, vigilance
You have hexproof.
Whenever Metropolis Reformer is dealt damage, you gain that much life.

Farewell

Choose one or more —
• Exile all artifacts.
• Exile all creatures.
• Exile all enchantments.
• Exile all graveyards.

Serra's Emissary

Flying
As Serra's Emissary enters, choose a card type.
You and creatures you control have protection from the chosen card type.

Helm of Awakening

The Battle of Bywater

Destroy all creatures with power 3 or greater. Then create a Food token for each creature you control. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.")

Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Quietus Spike

Equipped creature has deathtouch.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses half their life, rounded up.
Equip {3}

Plains

Bishop of Wings

Whenever an Angel you control enters, you gain 4 life.
Whenever an Angel you control dies, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.

Indomitable Archangel

Flying
Metalcraft — Artifacts you control have shroud as long as you control three or more artifacts. (An artifact with shroud can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Flickerform

Enchant creature
{2}{W}{W}: Exile enchanted creature and all Auras attached to it. At the beginning of the next end step, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. If you do, return the other cards exiled this way to the battlefield under their owners' control attached to that creature.

Caduceus, Staff of Hermes

Equipped creature has lifelink.
As long as you have 30 or more life, equipped creature gets +5/+5 and has indestructible and "Prevent all damage that would be dealt to this creature."
Equip {W}{W}

Angel of Jubilation

Flying
Other nonblack creatures you control get +1/+1.
Players can't pay life or sacrifice creatures to cast spells or activate abilities.

Gilraen, Dúnedain Protector

{2}, {T}: Exile another target creature you control. You may return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. If you don't, at the beginning of the next end step, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control with a vigilance counter and a lifelink counter on it.

Blacksmith's Skill

Target permanent gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. If it's an artifact creature, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Shielded by Faith

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has indestructible.
Whenever a creature enters, you may attach Shielded by Faith to that creature.

Giada, Font of Hope

Flying, vigilance
Each other Angel you control enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it for each Angel you already control.
{T}: Add {W}. Spend this mana only to cast an Angel spell.

Inspiring Overseer

Flying
When this creature enters, you gain 1 life and draw a card.

Emeria Shepherd

Flying
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may return target nonland permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. If that land is a Plains, you may return that nonland permanent card to the battlefield instead.

Heavenly Blademaster

Flying, double strike
When Heavenly Blademaster enters, you may attach any number of Auras and Equipment you control to it.
Other creatures you control get +1/+1 for each Aura and Equipment attached to Heavenly Blademaster.

Celestial Armor

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control. That creature gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has flying.
Equip {3}{W} ({3}{W}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Planar Cleansing

Authority of the Consuls

Creatures your opponents control enter tapped.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you gain 1 life.

Throne of Eldraine

As Throne of Eldraine enters, choose a color.
{T}: Add four mana of the chosen color. Spend this mana only to cast monocolored spells of that color.
{3}, {T}: Draw two cards. Spend only mana of the chosen color to activate this ability.

Goldnight Redeemer

Flying
When Goldnight Redeemer enters, you gain 2 life for each other creature you control.

Teleportation Circle

At the beginning of your end step, exile up to one target artifact or creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Anointer of Valor

Flying
Whenever a creature attacks, you may pay {3}. When you do, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.

Eerie Interlude

Exile any number of target creatures you control. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Glorious Enforcer

Flying, lifelink
At the beginning of each combat, if you have more life than an opponent, Glorious Enforcer gains double strike until end of turn.

Mass Calcify

Temple of the False God

{T}: Add {C}{C}. Activate only if you control five or more lands.

Shattered Angel

Flying
Whenever a land an opponent controls enters, you may gain 3 life.

Caged Sun

As Caged Sun enters, choose a color.
Creatures you control of the chosen color get +1/+1.
Whenever a land's ability causes you to add one or more mana of the chosen color, add one additional mana of that color.

Sol Ring

Angelic Arbiter

Flying
Each opponent who cast a spell this turn can't attack with creatures.
Each opponent who attacked with a creature this turn can't cast spells.

Angel of Condemnation

Flying, vigilance
{2}{W}, {T}: Exile another target creature. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
{2}{W}, {T}, Exert Angel of Condemnation: Exile another target creature until Angel of Condemnation leaves the battlefield. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)

Adarkar Valkyrie

Flying, vigilance
{T}: When target creature other than Adarkar Valkyrie dies this turn, return that card to the battlefield under your control.

Semester's End

Exile any number of target creatures and/or planeswalkers you control. At the beginning of the next end step, return each of them to the battlefield under its owner's control. Each of them enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it if it's a creature and an additional loyalty counter on it if it's a planeswalker.

Angel of Renewal

Flying
When Angel of Renewal enters, you gain 1 life for each creature you control.

Coveted Jewel

When Coveted Jewel enters, draw three cards.
{T}: Add three mana of any one color.
Whenever one or more creatures an opponent controls attack you and aren't blocked, that player draws three cards and gains control of Coveted Jewel. Untap it.

Austere Command

Choose two —
• Destroy all artifacts.
• Destroy all enchantments.
• Destroy all creatures with mana value 3 or less.
• Destroy all creatures with mana value 4 or greater.

Resolute Archangel

Flying
When Resolute Archangel enters, if your life total is less than your starting life total, it becomes equal to your starting life total.

Angel of Finality

Flying
When this creature enters, exile target player's graveyard.

Segovian Angel

Emancipation Angel

Flying
When Emancipation Angel enters, return a permanent you control to its owner's hand.

Leyline Axe

If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has double strike and trample.
Equip {3} ({3}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Dawning Angel

Flying
When Dawning Angel enters, you gain 4 life.

Basilica Shepherd

Flying
When Basilica Shepherd enters, create two 1/1 colorless Phyrexian Mite artifact creature tokens with toxic 1 and "This creature can't block." (Players dealt combat damage by them also get a poison counter.)

Deathless Angel

Flying
{W}{W}: Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn.

Urza's Ruinous Blast

(You may cast a legendary sorcery only if you control a legendary creature or planeswalker.)
Exile all nonland permanents that aren't legendary.

Hammer of Nazahn

Whenever Hammer of Nazahn or another Equipment you control enters, you may attach that Equipment to target creature you control.
Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has indestructible.
Equip {4}

Guardian of Ghirapur

Flying
When Guardian of Ghirapur enters, exile up to one other target creature or artifact you control. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Vanguard Seraph

Flying
Whenever you gain life for the first time each turn, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Angelic Enforcer

Flying
You have hexproof.
Angelic Enforcer's power and toughness are each equal to your life total.
Whenever Angelic Enforcer attacks, double your life total.

Enduring Angel

Flying, double strike
You have hexproof.
If your life total would be reduced to 0 or less, instead transform Enduring Angel and your life total becomes 3. Then if Enduring Angel didn't transform this way, you lose the game.

Enduring Angel // Angelic Enforcer

Nevermore

As Nevermore enters, choose a nonland card name.
Spells with the chosen name can't be cast.

Valkyrie Harbinger

Flying
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 4 or more life this turn, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying and vigilance.

Thran Dynamo

Angel of the Ruins

Flying
When Angel of the Ruins enters, exile up to two target artifacts and/or enchantments.
Plainscycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Plains card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Arch of Orazca

Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
{T}: Add {C}.
{5}, {T}: Draw a card. Activate only if you have the city's blessing.

Reya Dawnbringer

Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Court of Grace

When Court of Grace enters, you become the monarch.
At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying. If you're the monarch, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying instead.

Triumphant Reckoning

Return all artifact, enchantment, and planeswalker cards from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Resplendent Angel

Flying
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 5 or more life this turn, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying and vigilance.
{3}{W}{W}{W}: Until end of turn, Resplendent Angel gets +2/+2 and gains lifelink.

Exquisite Archangel

Flying
If you would lose the game, instead exile Exquisite Archangel and your life total becomes equal to your starting life total.

The Book of Exalted Deeds

At the beginning of your end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, create a 3/3 white Angel creature token with flying.
{W}{W}{W}, {T}, Exile The Book of Exalted Deeds: Put an enlightened counter on target Angel. It gains "You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game." Activate only as a sorcery.

Valkyrie's Call

Whenever a nontoken, non-Angel creature you control dies, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it. It has flying and is an Angel in addition to its other types.

Avenging Angel

Flying
When Avenging Angel dies, you may put it on top of its owner's library.

Exemplar of Light

Flying
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Whenever you put one or more +1/+1 counters on this creature, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Burnished Hart

{3}, Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Akroma's Vengeance

Destroy all artifacts, creatures, and enchantments.
Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Thraben Watcher

Flying, vigilance
Other nontoken creatures you control get +1/+1 and have vigilance.

Angelic Field Marshal

Flying
Lieutenant — As long as you control your commander, Angelic Field Marshal gets +2/+2 and creatures you control have vigilance.

Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size.
{T}: Add {C}.

Nyx Lotus

Nyx Lotus enters tapped.
{T}: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to your devotion to that color. (Your devotion to a color is the number of mana symbols of that color in the mana costs of permanents you control.)

Boon-Bringer Valkyrie

Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following abilities until end of turn.)
Flying, first strike, lifelink

Oblivion Stone

{4}, {T}: Put a fate counter on target permanent.
{5}, {T}, Sacrifice Oblivion Stone: Destroy each nonland permanent without a fate counter on it, then remove all fate counters from all permanents.

Ajani, Caller of the Pride

+1: Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature.
−3: Target creature gains flying and double strike until end of turn.
−8: Create X 2/2 white Cat creature tokens, where X is your life total.

Flawless Maneuver

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.

Restoration Angel

Flash
Flying
When Restoration Angel enters, you may exile target non-Angel creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.

Subjugator Angel

Flying
When Subjugator Angel enters, tap all creatures your opponents control.

Akroma, Angel of Wrath

Flying, first strike, vigilance, trample, haste, protection from black and from red

Wispweaver Angel

Flying
When Wispweaver Angel enters, you may exile another target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Ondu Skyruins

Ondu Skyruins enters tapped.
{T}: Add {W}.

Ondu Inversion

Ondu Inversion // Ondu Skyruins

Patron of the Valiant

Flying
When Patron of the Valiant enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it.

Angel of Serenity

Flying
When Angel of Serenity enters, you may exile up to three other target creatures from the battlefield and/or creature cards from graveyards.
When Angel of Serenity leaves the battlefield, return the exiled cards to their owners' hands.

Sword of the Animist

Equipped creature gets +1/+1.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, you may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Equip {2}

Seraph Sanctuary

When Seraph Sanctuary enters, you gain 1 life.
Whenever an Angel you control enters, you gain 1 life.
{T}: Add {C}.

Far Traveler

Commander creatures you own have "At the beginning of your end step, exile up to one target tapped creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control."

Sunfall

Exile all creatures. Incubate X, where X is the number of creatures exiled this way. (Create an Incubator token with X +1/+1 counters on it and "{2}: Transform this artifact." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)

Moonsilver Spear

Equipped creature has first strike.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying.
Equip {4}

Linvala, Keeper of Silence

Flying
Activated abilities of creatures your opponents control can't be activated.

Wrath of God

Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.

Sunblast Angel

Flying
When Sunblast Angel enters, destroy all tapped creatures.

Light of the Legion

Flying
Mentor (Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature with lesser power.)
When Light of the Legion dies, put a +1/+1 counter on each white creature you control.

Gift of Estates

If an opponent controls more lands than you, search your library for up to three Plains cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.

Bonders' Enclave

{T}: Add {C}.
{3}, {T}: Draw a card. Activate only if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.