Magic: The Gathering -- Portal Second Age Spoiler Card List Wizards of the Coast, Inc. (Released June 24, 1998) Card Title: Abyssal Nightstalker Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Nightstalker Casting Cost: 3B Pwr/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: If Abyssal Nightstalker attacks and isn't blocked, your opponent chooses and discards a card from his or her hand. (Ignore this effect if your opponent doesn't have any cards.) Flavor Text: Artist: Sam Wood Rarity: U Card Title: Air Elemental Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Elemental Casting Cost: 3UU Pwr/Tgh: 4/4 Card Text: Flying Flavor Text: As insubstantial, and as powerful, as the wind that carries it. Artist: Doug Chaffee Rarity: U Card Title: Alaborn Cavalier Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Knight Casting Cost: 2WW Pwr/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: If Alaborn Cavalier attacks, you may choose to tap any one creature. (Tapped creatures can't block.) Flavor Text: "Course he ran! I wouldn't want to stare down that barrel, either!" -Alaborn soldier Artist: Kev Walker Rarity: U Card Title: Alaborn Grenadier Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Soldier Casting Cost: WW Pwr/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: Attacking doesn't cause Alaborn Grenadier to tap. Flavor Text: "Ever proud, ever vigilant." -Grenadier motto Artist: David A Cherry Rarity: C Card Title: Alaborn Musketeer Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Soldier Casting Cost: 1W Pwr/Tgh: 2/1 Card Text: Alaborn Musketeer can block creatures with flying. Flavor Text: Muskets gave the Alaborn army an advantage it had long lacked-air defense. Artist: Heather Hudson Rarity: C Card Title: Alaborn Trooper Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Soldier Casting Cost: 2W Pwr/Tgh: 2/3 Card Text: Flavor Text: "I dedicate my body to my country And my life to my King." -Alaborn Soldier's Oath Artist: Lubov Rarity: C Card Title: Alaborn Veteran Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Knight Casting Cost: 2W Pwr/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: On your turn, before you attack, you may tap Alaborn Veteran to give any one creature +2S/+2D until the end of the turn. Flavor Text: Artist: Henry Van Der Linde Rarity: R Card Title: Alaborn Zealot Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Soldier Casting Cost: W Pwr/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: If Alaborn Zealot blocks, destroy both Alaborn Zealot and the creature it blocks. (Destroy both creatures before you deal damage.) Flavor Text: Artist: David Horne Rarity: U Card Title: Alluring Scent Color: Green Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 1GG Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Choose any one creature. This turn, all creatures able to block it do so. Flavor Text: No earthly armor is protection against this sweetness. Artist: Melissa A. Benson Rarity: R Card Title: Ancient Craving Color: Black Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 3B Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Draw 3 cards. You lose 3 life. Flavor Text: "Knowledge demands sacrifice." -Tojira, swamp queen Artist: Rob Alexander Rarity: R Card Title: Angel of Fury Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Angel Casting Cost: 4WW Pwr/Tgh: 3/5 Card Text: Flying If Angel of Fury is put into your graveyard from play, you may choose to shuffle Angel of Fury into your library. Flavor Text: Artist: Keith Parkinson Rarity: R Card Title: Angel of Mercy Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Angel Casting Cost: 4W Pwr/Tgh: 3/3 Card Text: Flying When Angel of Mercy comes into play from your hand, you gain 3 life. Flavor Text: Artist: Melissa A. Benson Rarity: U Card Title: Angelic Blessing Color: White Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 2W Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Any one creature gets +3S/+3D and gains flying until the end of the turn. Flavor Text: The man who rose up to fight was not the same man knocked down. Artist: Henry Van Der Linde Rarity: C Card Title: Angelic Wall Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Wall Casting Cost: 1W Pwr/Tgh: 0/4 Card Text: Flying Walls can't attack. Flavor Text: Be at peace, and observe its beauty. Be at war, and feel its justice. Artist: Rebecca Guay Rarity: C Card Title: Apprentice Sorcerer Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Wizard Casting Cost: 2U Pwr/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: On your turn, before you attack, you may tap Apprentice Sorcerer to have it deal 1 damage to any one creature or player. Flavor Text: Artist: Christopher Rush Rarity: U Card Title: Archangel Color: White Type & Class: Creature Angel Casting Cost: 5WW Pwr/Tgh: 5/5 Card Text: Attacking does not cause Archangel to tap. Flavor Text: Artist: rk post Rarity: R Card Title: Archangel Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Angel Casting Cost: 5WW Pwr/Tgh: 5/5 Card Text: Flying Attacking doesn't cause Archangel to tap. Flavor Text: Artist: rk post Rarity: R Card Title: Armageddon Color: White Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 3W Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Destroy all lands. (This includes your lands.) Flavor Text: War destroys more than just the land. War destroys hope. Artist: Rob Alexander Rarity: R Card Title: Armored Galleon Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Ship Casting Cost: 4U Pwr/Tgh: 5/4 Card Text: Armored Galleon can't attack unless the defending player has an island in play. Flavor Text: "Information equals profits. Our merchants sell it, or our pirates use it." -Jefan, Talas ship captain Artist: Doug Chaffee Rarity: U Card Title: Armored Griffin Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Griffin Casting Cost: 3W Pwr/Tgh: 2/3 Card Text: Flying Attacking doesn't cause Armored Griffin to tap. Flavor Text: Artist: Brad Williams Rarity: U Card Title: Barbtooth Wurm Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Wurm Casting Cost: 5G Pwr/Tgh: 6/4 Card Text: Flavor Text: In its lair lies a carpet of bones. Artist: Rebecca Guay Rarity: C Card Title: Bargain Color: White Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 2W Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Your opponent draws a card and you gain 7 life. Flavor Text: Bargaining with a goblin is like trading with a child; both believe they already own everything. Artist: Phil Foglio Rarity: U Card Title: Bear Cub Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Bear Casting Cost: 1G Pwr/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: Flavor Text: Every little cub has its mother's teeth to guard it. -Elvish saying Artist: Ron Spencer Rarity: C Card Title: Bee Sting Color: Green Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 3G Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Bee Sting deals 2 damage to any one creature or player. Flavor Text: Busy as a bumblebee, blistered as a goblin. -Alaborn saying Artist: Cris Dornaus Rarity: U Card Title: Blaze Color: Red Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: XR Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Blaze deals X damage to any one creature or player. Flavor Text: "This isn't what i meant by 'facing the heat of battle!'" -Jefan, Talas ship captain Artist: David A Cherry Rarity: U Card Title: Bloodcurdling Scream Color: Black Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: XB Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Any one creature gets +XS/+0D until the end of the turn. Flavor Text: "I have all the weapons my enemies have-and far deeper rage." -Tojira, swamp queen Artist: Dan Frazier Rarity: U Card Title: Breath of Life Color: White Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 3W Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Take any one creature from your graveyard and put that card into play. Treat it as though you just played it from your hand. Flavor Text: Artist: Lubov Rarity: C Card Title: Brimstone Dragon Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Dragon Casting Cost: 6RR Pwr/Tgh: 6/6 Card Text: Flying Brimstone Dragon is unaffected by summoning sickness. Flavor Text: Artist: David A Cherry Rarity: R Card Title: Brutal Nightstalker Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Nightstalker Casting Cost: 3BB Pwr/Tgh: 3/2 Card Text: When Brutal Nightstalker comes into play from your hand, you may force your opponent to choose and discard a card from his or her hand. Flavor Text: Artist: Brom Rarity: U Card Title: Chorus of Woe Color: Black Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: B Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: All your creatures get +1S/+0D until the end of the turn. Flavor Text: When nightstalkers sing, nothing in creation sleeps. Artist: Randy Gallegos Rarity: C Card Title: Coastal Wizard Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Wizard Casting Cost: 2UU Pwr/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: On your turn, before you attack, you may tap Coastal Wizard to return it and any one other creature to their owners' hands. Flavor Text: Artist: Edward P. Beard Jr. Rarity: R Card Title: Coercion Color: Black Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 2B Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Look at your opponent's hand and choose a card. Your opponent discards that card. Flavor Text: "Human tenderness is simply weakness in a pretty package." -Tojira, swamp queen Artist: Jeffrey R. Busch Rarity: U Card Title: Cruel Edict Color: Black Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 1B Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Your opponent chooses one of his or her creatures. Destroy that creature. Flavor Text: "Such a fragile organ, the brain." -Tojira, swamp queen Artist: Jeffrey R. Busch Rarity: C Card Title: Cunning Giant Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Giant Casting Cost: 5R Pwr/Tgh: 4/4 Card Text: If Cunning Giant attacks and isn't blocked, you may choose to have it deal its damage to any one of your opponent's creatures instead of to him or her. Flavor Text: Artist: Jeffrey R. Busch Rarity: R Card Title: Dakmor Bat Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Bat Casting Cost: 1B Pwr/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: Flying Flavor Text: The bat thrives on what underestimates it. Artist: Una Fricker Rarity: C Card Title: Dakmor Plague Color: Black Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 3BB Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Dakmor Plague deals 3 damage to each creature and player. (This includes your creatures and you.) Flavor Text: The tiniest cough can be deadlier than the fiercest dragon. Artist: Jeff Miracola Rarity: U Card Title: Dakmor Scorpion Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Scorpion Casting Cost: 1B Pwr/Tgh: 2/1 Card Text: Flavor Text: A scorpion this big you won't find curled up in your boot. Maybe around your boot, but not in it. Artist: Randy Gallegos Rarity: C Card Title: Dakmor Sorceress Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Wizard Casting Cost: 5B Pwr/Tgh: */4 Card Text: Dakmor Sorceress has power equal to the number of swamp cards in play. (This includes both tapped and untapped swamp cards.) Flavor Text: Artist: Matthew Wilson Rarity: R Card Title: Dark Offering Color: Black Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 4BB Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Destroy any one creature that isn't black. You gain 3 life. Flavor Text: "Our greatest hope has become our enemy's greatest triumph." -Restela, Alaborn marshal Artist: Edward P. Beard Jr. Rarity: U Card Title: Deathcoil Wurm Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Wurm Casting Cost: 6GG Pwr/Tgh: 7/6 Card Text: If Deathcoil Wurm attacks and is blocked, you may choose to have it deal its damage to the defending player instead of to the creatures blocking it. Flavor Text: Artist: Rebecca Guay Rarity: R Card Title: Deep Wood Color: Green Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 1G Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Play Deep Wood only after you're attacked, before you declare blockers. This turn, all damage dealt to you by attacking creatures is reduced to 0. Flavor Text: Artist: Jeff Miracola Rarity: U Card Title: Deja Vu Color: Blue Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 2U Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Return any one sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. Flavor Text: History is the study of repetition. Artist: David Horne Rarity: C Card Title: Denizen of the Deep Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Serpent Casting Cost: 6UU Pwr/Tgh: 11/11 Card Text: When Denizen of the Deep comes into play from your hand, return all your other creatures from play to your hand. Flavor Text: Artist: Anson Maddocks Rarity: R Card Title: Earthquake Color: Red Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: XR Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Earthquake deals X damage to each player and each creature without flying. (This includes you and your creatures without flying.) Flavor Text: Artist: Jeffrey R. Busch Rarity: R Card Title: Exhaustion Color: Blue Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 2U Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: At the beginning of your opponent's next turn, he or she skips untapping his or her creatures and lands. Flavor Text: Artist: Kaja Foglio Rarity: R Card Title: Extinguish Color: Blue Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 1U Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Play Extinguish only in response to another player playing a sorcery. That sorcery has no effect, and that player puts it into his or her graveyard. Flavor Text: Artist: Douglas Shuler Rarity: C Card Title: Eye Spy Color: Blue Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: U Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Look at the top card of any player's library. You may choose to put that card back on top of that library or into that player's graveyard. Flavor Text: Artist: DiTerlizzi Rarity: U Card Title: False Summoning Color: Blue Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 1U Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Play False Summoning only in response to another player playing a creature. That creature card has no effect, and that player puts it into his or her graveyard. Flavor Text: Artist: DiTerlizzi Rarity: C Card Title: Festival of Trokin Color: White Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: W Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: For each creature you have in play, you gain 2 life. Flavor Text: Everyone loves a good sale. Artist: Jeffrey R. Busch Rarity: C Card Title: Forest Color: Land Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Flavor Text: Artist: Quinton Hoover Rarity: L Card Title: Forest Color: Land Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Flavor Text: Artist: Quinton Hoover Rarity: L Card Title: Forest Color: Land Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Flavor Text: Artist: Quinton Hoover Rarity: L Card Title: Foul Spirit Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Spirit Casting Cost: 2B Pwr/Tgh: 3/2 Card Text: Flying When Foul Spirit comes into play from your hand, destroy one of your lands. Flavor Text: Artist: rk post Rarity: U Card Title: Goblin Cavaliers Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Goblins Casting Cost: 2R Pwr/Tgh: 3/2 Card Text: Flavor Text: They get along so well with their goats because they're practically goats themselves. Artist: DiTerlizzi Rarity: C Card Title: Goblin Firestarter Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Goblin Casting Cost: R Pwr/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: On your turn, before you attack, you may destroy Goblin Firestarter to have it deal 1 damage to any one creature or player. Flavor Text: Artist: Keith Parkinson Rarity: U Card Title: Goblin General Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Goblin Casting Cost: 1RR Pwr/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: When Goblin General attacks, all your Goblins get +1S/+1D until the end of the turn. Flavor Text: Lead, follow, or run like crazy. Artist: Keith Parkinson Rarity: R Card Title: Goblin Glider Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Goblin Casting Cost: 1R Pwr/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: Flying Goblin Glider can't block. Flavor Text: The goblins call the gliders "death from above." Everyone else calls them "clods in the clouds." Artist: Pete Venters Rarity: C Card Title: Goblin Lore Color: Red Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 1R Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Draw four cards and put them into your hand. Then discard three cards at random from your hand. Flavor Text: "I done forgot more than you'll ever know, pipsqueak." "Yeah-that's your problem." Artist: D. Alexander Gregory Rarity: U Card Title: Goblin Matron Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Goblin Casting Cost: 2R Pwr/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: When Goblin Matron comes into play from your hand, search your library for a Goblin card and put that card into your hand. Shuffle your library afterwards. Flavor Text: Artist: Daniel Gelon Rarity: U Card Title: Goblin Mountaineer Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Goblin Casting Cost: R Pwr/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: Mountainwalk (If defending player has any mountains in play, Goblin Mountaineer can't be blocked.) Flavor Text: Goblin mountaineer, barely keeps his family fed. Artist: DiTerlizzi Rarity: C Card Title: Goblin Piker Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Goblin Casting Cost: 1R Pwr/Tgh: 2/1 Card Text: Flavor Text: Once he'd worked out which end of the thing was sharp, he was promoted to guard duty. Artist: DiTerlizzi Rarity: C Card Title: Goblin Raider Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Goblin Casting Cost: 1R Pwr/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: Goblin Raider can't block. Flavor Text: "I seen lots o' fights. To win ya gotta bash hard and not get bashed back." -Goblin grunt Artist: Matt Stawicki Rarity: C Card Title: Goblin War Cry Color: Red Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 2R Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Your opponent chooses one of his or her creatures. Only that creature can block this turn. Flavor Text: "Goblins cry, soldiers fly. Stones fly, soldiers die!" Artist: Anson Maddocks Rarity: U Card Title: Goblin War Strike Color: Red Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: R Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Goblin War Strike deals to your opponent damage equal to the number of Goblin cards you have in play. (This includes both tapped and untapped Goblin cards.) Flavor Text: Artist: Michael Weaver Rarity: C Card Title: Golden Bear Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Bear Casting Cost: 3G Pwr/Tgh: 4/3 Card Text: Flavor Text: The elvish scout was scrupulous about the truth. She told the traders that gold lay nearby. Artist: Una Fricker Rarity: C Card Title: Hand of Death Color: Black Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 2B Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Destroy any one creature that isn't black. Flavor Text: The touch of death is never gentle. Artist: Heather Hudson Rarity: C Card Title: Harmony of Nature Color: Green Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 2G Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Tap any number of your creatures. You gain 4 life for each creature tapped in this way. (Tapped creatures can't block.) Flavor Text: Artist: Kaja Foglio Rarity: U Card Title: Hidden Horror Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Horror Casting Cost: 1BB Pwr/Tgh: 4/4 Card Text: When Hidden Horror comes into play from your hand, choose and discard a creature card from your hand or destroy Hidden Horror. Flavor Text: Artist: Brom Rarity: R Card Title: Hurricane Color: Green Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: XG Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Hurricane deals X damage to each player and each creature with flying. (This includes you and your creatures with flying.) Flavor Text: Artist: Rob Alexander Rarity: R Card Title: Ironhoof Ox Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Ox Casting Cost: 3GG Pwr/Tgh: 4/4 Card Text: Ironhoof Ox can't be blocked by more than one creature. Flavor Text: The good news is it's a vegetarian. The bad news is it just doesn't like you. Artist: Una Fricker Rarity: U Card Title: Island Color: Land Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Flavor Text: Artist: John Avon Rarity: L Card Title: Island Color: Land Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Flavor Text: Artist: John Avon Rarity: L Card Title: Island Color: Land Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Flavor Text: Artist: John Avon Rarity: L Card Title: Jagged Lightning Color: Red Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 3RR Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Choose any two creatures. Jagged Lightning deals 3 damage to each of them. (You can't play Jagged Lightning unless you can choose two creatures to damage.) Flavor Text: Artist: Michael Weaver Rarity: U Card Title: Just Fate Color: White Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 2W Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Play Just Fate only after you're attacked, before you declare blockers. Destroy any one attacking creature. Flavor Text: Artist: Brad Williams Rarity: R Card Title: Kiss of Death Color: Black Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 4BB Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Kiss of Death deals 4 damage to your opponent. You gain 4 life. Flavor Text: "I'd sooner lock lips with a viper. At least I might walk away from that." -Elvish scout Artist: Melissa A. Benson Rarity: U Card Title: Lava Axe Color: Red Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 4R Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Lava Axe deals 5 damage to your opponent. Flavor Text: Meant to cut through the body and burn straight to the soul. Artist: Edward P. Beard Jr. Rarity: C Card Title: Lone Wolf Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Wolf Casting Cost: 2G Pwr/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: If Lone Wolf attacks and is blocked, you may choose to have it deal its damage to the defending player instead of to the creatures blocking it. Flavor Text: Artist: Michael Weaver Rarity: U Card Title: Lurking Nightstalker Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Nightstalker Casting Cost: BB Pwr/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: If Lurking Nightstalker attacks, it gets +2S/+0D until the end of the turn. Flavor Text: The shadows know. Artist: Kev Walker Rarity: C Card Title: Lynx Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Cat Casting Cost: 1G Pwr/Tgh: 2/1 Card Text: Forestwalk (If defending player has any forests in play, Lynx can't be blocked.) Flavor Text: Rarely seen, hardly heard, never caught. Artist: Rebecca Guay Rarity: C Card Title: Magma Giant Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Giant Casting Cost: 5RR Pwr/Tgh: 5/5 Card Text: When Magma Giant comes into play from your hand, it deals 2 damage to each creature and player. (This includes you and your creatures, including Magma Giant.) Flavor Text: Artist: Michael Weaver Rarity: R Card Title: Mind Rot Color: Black Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 2B Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Your opponent chooses and discards two cards from his or her hand. (If your opponent has only one card, he or she discards it.) Flavor Text: Artist: Douglas Shuler Rarity: C Card Title: Moaning Spirit Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Spirit Casting Cost: 2B Pwr/Tgh: 2/1 Card Text: Flying Flavor Text: The dead sing their own lullabies. Artist: Rebecca Guay Rarity: C Card Title: Monstrous Growth Color: Green Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 1G Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Any one creature gets +4S/+4D until the end of the turn. Flavor Text: The nightstalkers' little game of tease-the-squirrel suddenly took an unexpected turn. Artist: Una Fricker Rarity: C Card Title: Mountain Color: Land Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Flavor Text: Artist: Rob Alexander Rarity: L Card Title: Mountain Color: Land Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Flavor Text: Artist: Rob Alexander Rarity: L Card Title: Mountain Color: Land Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Flavor Text: Artist: Rob Alexander Rarity: L Card Title: Muck Rats Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Rats Casting Cost: B Pwr/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: Flavor Text: "Just as some fool said it couldn't get worse, the rats began to show up." -Alaborn soldier Artist: Una Fricker Rarity: C Card Title: Mystic Denial Color: Blue Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 1UU Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Play Mystic Denial only in response to another player playing a creature or a sorcery. That card has no effect, and that player puts it into his or her graveyard. Flavor Text: Artist: DiTerlizzi Rarity: U Card Title: Natural Spring Color: Green Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 3GG Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: You gain 8 life. Flavor Text: The dying ask for water because they know it contains life. Artist: Jeffrey R. Busch Rarity: C Card Title: Nature's Lore Color: Green Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 1G Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Search your library for a forest card and put it into play. Shuffle your library afterwards. Flavor Text: "Every seed planted is another lesson the forest can teach us." -Arathel, elvish queen Artist: Lubov Rarity: C Card Title: Nightstalker Engine Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Nightstalker Casting Cost: 4B Pwr/Tgh: */3 Card Text: Nightstalker Engine has power equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard. Flavor Text: Part metal, part bone, and all death. Artist: Mark Tedin Rarity: R Card Title: Norwood Archers Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Elves Casting Cost: 3G Pwr/Tgh: 3/3 Card Text: Norwood Archers can block creatures with flying. Flavor Text: "'Air superiority?' Not while our archers scan the skies." -Elvish scout Artist: Rebecca Guay Rarity: C Card Title: Norwood Priestess Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Elf Casting Cost: 2GG Pwr/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: On your turn, before you attack, you may tap Norwood Priestess to put any green creature from your hand into play without paying for it. Flavor Text: Artist: Melissa A. Benson Rarity: R Card Title: Norwood Ranger Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Elf Casting Cost: G Pwr/Tgh: 1/2 Card Text: Flavor Text: Some trees bear deadly fruit. Artist: Ron Spencer Rarity: C Card Title: Norwood Riders Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Elves Casting Cost: 3G Pwr/Tgh: 3/3 Card Text: Norwood Riders can't be blocked by more than one creature. Flavor Text: "Trade my moose? Sure-when I find a horse that can spear ten goblins at a time!" Artist: Rebecca Guay Rarity: C Card Title: Norwood Warrior Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Elf Casting Cost: 2G Pwr/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: If Norwood Warrior attacks and is blocked, it gets +1S/+1D until the end of the turn. Flavor Text: "The woods hold peace for those who desire it, but those who seek battle will find me." Artist: Rebecca Guay Rarity: C Card Title: Obsidian Giant Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Giant Casting Cost: 4R Pwr/Tgh: 4/4 Card Text: Flavor Text: After a while, ships stopped sailing within his reach. Artist: David A Cherry Rarity: U Card Title: Ogre Arsonist Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Ogre Casting Cost: 4R Pwr/Tgh: 3/3 Card Text: When Ogre Arsonist comes into play from your hand, destroy any one land. (If you're the only one with lands, destroy one of them.) Flavor Text: Artist: Jeffrey R. Busch Rarity: U Card Title: Ogre Berserker Color: Red Type & Class: Summon Ogre Casting Cost: 4R Pwr/Tgh: 4/2 Card Text: Ogre Berserker is unaffected by summoning sickness. Flavor Text: The machine does the growling, so the ogre's free to smile. Artist: David A Cherry Rarity: C Card Title: Ogre Taskmaster Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Ogre Casting Cost: 3R Pwr/Tgh: 4/3 Card Text: Ogre Taskmaster can't block. Flavor Text: Three little goblins, enjoying their brew. One bumped an ogre, and then there were two. Artist: Dan Frazier Rarity: U Card Title: Ogre Warrior Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Ogre Casting Cost: 3R Pwr/Tgh: 3/3 Card Text: Flavor Text: Assault and battery included. Artist: Jeff Miracola Rarity: C Card Title: Path of Peace Color: White Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 3W Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Destroy any one creature. That creature's owner gains 4 life. Flavor Text: "You could die famous or you could die old. I chose old." -Former soldier Artist: David A Cherry Rarity: C Card Title: Piracy Color: Blue Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: UU Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: This turn, you may tap your opponent's lands to help pay for your spells. Flavor Text: The sea gives, and the sea takes. Some just help with the taking. Artist: Brad Williams Rarity: R Card Title: Plains Color: Land Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Flavor Text: Artist: Fred Fields Rarity: L Card Title: Plains Color: Land Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Flavor Text: Artist: Fred Fields Rarity: L Card Title: Plains Color: Land Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Flavor Text: Artist: Fred Fields Rarity: L Card Title: Plated Wurm Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Wurm Casting Cost: 4G Pwr/Tgh: 4/5 Card Text: Flavor Text: "I'd hate to see the bird that could get this wurm!" -Alaborn soldier Artist: Daniel Gelon Rarity: C Card Title: Predatory Nightstalker Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Nightstalker Casting Cost: 3BB Pwr/Tgh: 3/2 Card Text: When Predatory Nightstalker comes into play from your hand, you may force your opponent to destroy any one of his or her creatures. (Your opponent chooses the creature.) Flavor Text: Artist: D. Alexander Gregory Rarity: U Card Title: Prowling Nightstalker Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Nightstalker Casting Cost: 3B Pwr/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: Prowling Nightstalker can't be blocked except by other black creatures. Flavor Text: Silent as a serpent, twisted as a lone bog tree, evil as Tojira's heart. Artist: Keith Parkinson Rarity: C Card Title: Raging Goblin Color: Red Type & Class: Creature - Goblin Casting Cost: R Pwr/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: Raging Goblin is unaffected by summoning sickness. Flavor Text: He raged at the world, at his family, at his life. But mostly he just raged. Artist: Jeff Miracola Rarity: C Card Title: Raiding Nightstalker Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Nightstalker Casting Cost: 2B Pwr/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: Swampwalk (If defending player has any swamps in play, Raiding Nightstalker can't be blocked.) Flavor Text: "Our steeds need food, water, stabling. Theirs just need prey." -Restela, Alaborn marshal Artist: Pete Venters Rarity: C Card Title: Rain of Daggers Color: Black Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 4BB Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Destroy all your opponent's creatures. For each creature destroyed this way, you lose 2 life. Flavor Text: Knives in the sky, cries in the air, and blood on the ground. Artist: Melissa A. Benson Rarity: R Card Title: Raise Dead Color: Black Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: B Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Return any one creature from your graveyard to your hand. Flavor Text: "Life from death is part of the natural cycle. This is merely a shortcut." -Tojira, swamp queen Artist: Anson Maddocks Rarity: C Card Title: Rally the Troops Color: White Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: W Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Play Rally the Troops only after you're attacked, before you declare blockers. Untap all your creatures. Flavor Text: Artist: Mark Poole Rarity: U Card Title: Ravenous Rats Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Rats Casting Cost: 1B Pwr/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: When Ravenous Rats comes into play from your hand, your opponent chooses and discards a card from his or her hand. (Ignore this effect if your opponent doesn't have any cards.) Flavor Text: Artist: Edward P. Beard Jr. Rarity: C Card Title: Razorclaw Bear Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Bear Casting Cost: 2GG Pwr/Tgh: 3/3 Card Text: If Razorclaw Bear attacks and is blocked, it gets +2S/+2D until the end of the turn. Flavor Text: One razorclaw is three bears too many. -Elvish saying Artist: Heather Hudson Rarity: R Card Title: Relentless Assault Color: Red Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 2RR Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Untap all your creatures that attacked this turn. You may declare an additional attack this turn. Flavor Text: Artist: Tom Wanerstrand Rarity: R Card Title: Remove Color: Blue Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: U Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Play Remove only after you're attacked, before you declare blockers. Return any one attacking creature to its owner's hand. Flavor Text: Artist: DiTerlizzi Rarity: U Card Title: Renewing Touch Color: Green Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: G Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Choose any number of creature cards in your graveyard. Shuffle those cards into your library. Flavor Text: Death just encourages life the more. Artist: Rebecca Guay Rarity: U Card Title: Return of the Nightstalkers Color: Black Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 5BB Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Return all the Nightstalker cards from your graveyard to play. Then destroy all your swamps. (Treat these Nightstalkers as though they just came into play from your hand.) Flavor Text: Artist: Randy Gallegos Rarity: R Card Title: Righteous Charge Color: White Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 1WW Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: All your creatures get +2S/+2D until the end of the turn. Flavor Text: "Bravery shines brightest in a pure soul." -Restela, Alaborn marshal Artist: Jeffrey R. Busch Rarity: C Card Title: Righteous Fury Color: White Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 4WW Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Destroy all tapped creatures. For each creature destroyed this way, you gain 2 life. (This includes your creatures.) Flavor Text: Artist: Edward P. Beard Jr. Rarity: R Card Title: River Bear Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Bear Casting Cost: 3G Pwr/Tgh: 3/3 Card Text: Islandwalk (If defending player has any islands in play, River Bear can't be blocked.) Flavor Text: The bears had been isolated on an island for hundreds of years, until the island sank and the bears didn't. Artist: Una Fricker Rarity: U Card Title: Salvage Color: Green Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: G Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Take any one card from your graveyard and put that card on the top of your library. Flavor Text: "What was taken shall be restored." -Arathel, elvish queen Artist: Keith Parkinson Rarity: C Card Title: Screeching Drake Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Drake Casting Cost: 3U Pwr/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: Flying When Screeching Drake comes into play from your hand, draw a card, then choose and discard a card from your hand. Flavor Text: Artist: Anson Maddocks Rarity: C Card Title: Sea Drake Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Drake Casting Cost: 2U Pwr/Tgh: 4/3 Card Text: Flying When Sea Drake comes into play from your hand, return any two of your lands from play to your hand. Flavor Text: Artist: Rebecca Guay Rarity: U Card Title: Sleight of Hand Color: Blue Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: U Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other on the bottom of your library. Flavor Text: Artist: Phil Foglio Rarity: C Card Title: Spitting Earth Color: Red Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 1R Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Spitting Earth deals to any one creature damage equal to the number of mountains you have in play. (This includes both tapped and untapped mountains.) Flavor Text: Artist: David Horne Rarity: C Card Title: Steam Catapult Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Soldiers Casting Cost: 3WW Pwr/Tgh: 2/3 Card Text: On your turn, before you attack, you may tap Steam Catapult to destroy any one tapped creature. Flavor Text: "You idiots! Turn it around! Turn it around!" Artist: Mark Tedin Rarity: R Card Title: Steam Frigate Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Ship Casting Cost: 2U Pwr/Tgh: 3/3 Card Text: Steam Frigate can't attack unless the defending player has an island in play. Flavor Text: "Is it merchants or is it pirates?" "It's Talas - there's no difference." Artist: Mark Tedin Rarity: C Card Title: Stone Rain Color: Red Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 2R Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Destroy any one land. Flavor Text: There goes the neighborhood! Artist: Doug Chaffee Rarity: C Card Title: Swamp Color: Land Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Flavor Text: Artist: Susan Van Camp Rarity: L Card Title: Swamp Color: Land Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Flavor Text: Artist: Susan Van Camp Rarity: L Card Title: Swamp Color: Land Type & Class: Land Casting Cost: Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Flavor Text: Artist: Susan Van Camp Rarity: L Card Title: Swarm of Rats Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Rats Casting Cost: 1B Pwr/Tgh: */1 Card Text: Swarm of Rats has power equal to the number of Rat cards you have in play. (This includes both tapped and untapped Rat cards.) Flavor Text: Artist: Kev Walker Rarity: C Card Title: Sylvan Basilisk Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Basilisk Casting Cost: 3GG Pwr/Tgh: 2/4 Card Text: If Sylvan Basilisk attacks and is blocked, destroy all creatures blocking it. (Destroy the creatures before they deal damage. The Basilisk doesn't damage your opponent.) Flavor Text: Artist: Ron Spencer Rarity: R Card Title: Sylvan Yeti Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Beast Casting Cost: 2GG Pwr/Tgh: */4 Card Text: Sylvan Yeti has power equal to the number of cards you have in your hand. Flavor Text: The deeper the wood, the greater its strength. Artist: Brom Rarity: R Card Title: Talas Researcher Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Wizard Casting Cost: 4U Pwr/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: On your turn, before you attack, you may tap Talas Researcher to draw a card. Flavor Text: From time, knowledge. From knowledge, power. Artist: Kaja Foglio Rarity: R Card Title: Talas Air Ship Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Ship Casting Cost: 3U Pwr/Tgh: 3/2 Card Text: Flying Flavor Text: "Their ships pollute our air as they themselves pollute our forest." -Arathel, elvish queen Artist: Mark Tedin Rarity: C Card Title: Talas Explorer Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Merchant Casting Cost: 1U Pwr/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: Flying When Talas Explorer comes into play from your hand, look at your opponent's hand. Flavor Text: Artist: Douglas Shuler Rarity: C Card Title: Talas Merchant Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Merchant Casting Cost: 1U Pwr/Tgh: 1/3 Card Text: Flavor Text: The trader let loose a laugh that made all around him check their purses. Artist: Lubov Rarity: C Card Title: Talas Scout Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Pirate Casting Cost: 1U Pwr/Tgh: 1/2 Card Text: Flying Flavor Text: "Scouting a battle before you fight it is just good business." -Jefan, Talas ship captain Artist: Heather Hudson Rarity: C Card Title: Talas Warrior Color: Blue Type & Class: Creature - Pirate Casting Cost: 1UU Pwr/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: Talas Warrior can't be blocked. Flavor Text: The sea is in their blood. Literally. Artist: Douglas Shuler Rarity: R Card Title: Temple Acolyte Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Cleric Casting Cost: 1W Pwr/Tgh: 1/3 Card Text: When Temple Acolyte comes into play from your hand, you gain 3 life. Flavor Text: Young, yes. Inexperienced, yes. Weak? Don't count on it. Artist: Lubov Rarity: C Card Title: Temple Elder Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Cleric Casting Cost: 2W Pwr/Tgh: 1/2 Card Text: On your turn, before you attack, you may tap Temple Elder to gain 1 life. Flavor Text: "Give us breath. Give us life. Prepare us for the day we make." -The Alaborn "Rite of Battle" Artist: David Horne Rarity: U Card Title: Temporal Manipulation Color: Blue Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 3UU Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: You take an extra turn after this one. Flavor Text: Doing something at the last minute isn't so bad when you can make that minute last. Artist: Anson Maddocks Rarity: R Card Title: Theft of Dreams Color: Blue Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 2U Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: For each tapped creature your opponent has in play, you draw a card. Flavor Text: "First they fight, then they sleep, then they dream. And finally I receive my reward." Artist: Randy Gallegos Rarity: U Card Title: Tidal Surge Color: Blue Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 1U Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Tap any one, two, or three creatures without flying. (Tapped creatures can't block.) Flavor Text: Four little goblins, trapped by the sea. One teased a serpent, and then there were three. Artist: Phil Foglio Rarity: C Card Title: Time Ebb Color: Blue Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 2U Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Return any one creature from play to the top of its owner's library. Flavor Text: "The ogre had come from out of the blue, so that's where I sent it back." -Talas wizard Artist: Sam Wood Rarity: C Card Title: Touch of Brilliance Color: Blue Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 3U Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Draw two cards. Flavor Text: "I don't want what I don't have. I want more of what I do have." Artist: Kaja Foglio Rarity: C Card Title: Town Sentry Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Soldier Casting Cost: 2W Pwr/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: If Town Sentry blocks, it gets +0S/+2D until the end of the turn. Flavor Text: "So he gots a sword. Big deal." "Yeah, it's a big deal-it's a big sword!" -Two goblins outside the gates of Trokin Artist: Brad Williams Rarity: C Card Title: Tree Monkey Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Monkey Casting Cost: G Pwr/Tgh: 1/1 Card Text: Tree Monkey can block creatures with flying. Flavor Text: "They serve the world best on a platter with shallots and onions." -Talas sailor Artist: Una Fricker Rarity: C Card Title: Tremor Color: Red Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: R Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Tremor deals 1 damage to each creature without flying. (This includes your creatures without flying.) Flavor Text: One little goblin shook up the ground. When the dust cleared, no one was found. Artist: Pete Venters Rarity: C Card Title: Trokin High Guard Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Knight Casting Cost: 3W Pwr/Tgh: 3/3 Card Text: Flavor Text: Battle tempers soldiers as fire tempers steel. Artist: Ron Spencer Rarity: C Card Title: Undo Color: Blue Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 1UU Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Return any two creatures from play to their owner's hand. (You can't play Undo unless you can choose two creatures to return.) Flavor Text: Artist: Henry Van Der Linde Rarity: U Card Title: Untamed Wilds Color: Green Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 2G Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Search your library for a plains, island, swamp, mountain, or forest card and put that land into play. Shuffle your library afterwards. Flavor Text: Artist: Jeffrey R. Busch Rarity: U Card Title: Vampiric Spirit Color: Black Type & Class: Creature - Spirit Casting Cost: 2BB Pwr/Tgh: 4/3 Card Text: Flying When Vampiric Spirit comes into play from your hand, you lose 4 life. (The person who plays Vampiric Spirit loses the life.) Flavor Text: Artist: Anson Maddocks Rarity: R Card Title: Vengeance Color: White Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 3W Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Destroy any one tapped creature. Flavor Text: A bullet renders all sizes equal. Artist: Keith Parkinson Rarity: U Card Title: Volcanic Hammer Color: Red Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 1R Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Volcanic Hammer deals 3 damage to any one creature or player. Flavor Text: Fire finds its form in the heat of the forge. Artist: Edward P. Beard Jr. Rarity: C Card Title: Volunteer Militia Color: White Type & Class: Creature Soldier Casting Cost: W Pwr/Tgh: 1/2 Card Text: Flavor Text: Artist: Keith Parkinson Rarity: C Card Title: Volunteer Militia Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Soldier Casting Cost: W Pwr/Tgh: 1/2 Card Text: Flavor Text: People fight hardest on their own soil. Artist: Keith Parkinson Rarity: C Card Title: Warrior's Stand Color: White Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 1W Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Play Warrior's Stand only after you're attacked, before you declare blockers. All your creatures get +2S/+2D until the end of the turn. Flavor Text: Artist: Keith Parkinson Rarity: U Card Title: Wild Griffin Color: White Type & Class: Creature - Griffin Casting Cost: 2W Pwr/Tgh: 2/2 Card Text: Flying Flavor Text: Two little goblins, out in the sun. Down came a griffin, and then there was one. Artist: Jeff Miracola Rarity: C Card Title: Wild Ox Color: Green Type & Class: Creature - Ox Casting Cost: 3G Pwr/Tgh: 3/3 Card Text: Swampwalk (If defending player has any swamps in play, Wild Ox can't be blocked.) Flavor Text: It has the run of the swamps, and it knows it. Artist: Jeffrey R. Busch Rarity: U Card Title: Wildfire Color: Red Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 4RR Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: You destroy four of your lands and your opponent destroys four of his or her lands. Then Wildfire deals 4 damage to each creature. (This includes your creatures.) Flavor Text: Artist: Rob Alexander Rarity: R Card Title: Wind Sail Color: Blue Type & Class: Sorcery Casting Cost: 1U Pwr/Tgh: Card Text: Any one or two creatures gain flying until the end of the turn. Flavor Text: It pays to be at home both on the sea and in the sky. Artist: Matt Stawicki Rarity: C Wizards of the Coast, Magic: The Gathering, Portal and Portal Second Age are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast, Inc. (C)1998 Wizards of the Coast, Inc.