Shards of Alara
Topan Ascetic {2}{G}
Creature - Human Monk
Tap an untapped creature you control: Topan Ascetic gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Monks from Topa wander all of Bant, encouraging the Unbeholden to find their place in society through honorable combat.
2/2
Wild Nacatl {G}
Creature - Cat Warrior
Wild Nacatl gets +1/+1 as long as you control a Mountain.
Wild Nacatl gets +1/+1 as long as you control a Plains.
Wild Nacatl gets +1/+1 as long as you control a Plains.
"The Cloud Nacatl sit and think, a bunch of soft paws. We are the Claws of Marisi, stalking, pouncing, drawing blood."
1/1
Agony Warp {U}{B}
Instant
Target creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn.
Target creature gets -0/-3 until end of turn.
Target creature gets -0/-3 until end of turn.
Life's circle has become inverted in Grixis. The same energy is endlessly recycled and becomes more stagnant with each pass.
Ajani Vengeant {2}{R}{W}
Legendary Planeswalker - Ajani
[+1]: Target permanent doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
[–2]: Ajani Vengeant deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.
[–7]: Destroy all lands target player controls.
[–2]: Ajani Vengeant deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.
[–7]: Destroy all lands target player controls.
Loyalty:
3
Bant Charm {G}{W}{U}
Instant
Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Put target creature on the bottom of its owner's library.
• Counter target instant spell.
• Destroy target artifact.
• Put target creature on the bottom of its owner's library.
• Counter target instant spell.
Bant is a world where death and chaos hold no sway.
Blightning {1}{B}{R}
Sorcery
Blightning deals 3 damage to target player or planeswalker. That player or that planeswalker's controller discards two cards.
While the smell of burning flesh is common in Grixis, the odor of smoldering brain matter is a rare treat.
Blood Cultist {1}{B}{R}
Creature - Human Wizard
{T}: Blood Cultist deals 1 damage to target creature.
Whenever a creature dealt damage by Blood Cultist this turn dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Blood Cultist.
Whenever a creature dealt damage by Blood Cultist this turn dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Blood Cultist.
"To immortality."
1/1
Branching Bolt {1}{R}{G}
Instant
Choose one or both —
• Branching Bolt deals 3 damage to target creature with flying.
• Branching Bolt deals 3 damage to target creature without flying.
• Branching Bolt deals 3 damage to target creature with flying.
• Branching Bolt deals 3 damage to target creature without flying.
"Lightning lives in everything, in living flesh and growing things. It must be set free."
—Rakka Mar
—Rakka Mar
Brilliant Ultimatum {W}{W}{U}{U}{U}{B}{B}
Sorcery
Exile the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. You may play lands and cast spells from one of those piles. If you cast a spell this way, you cast it without paying its mana cost.
Revealing the truth only deepened Tezzeret's curiosity for the secrets still buried.
Broodmate Dragon {3}{B}{R}{G}
Creature - Dragon
Flying
When Broodmate Dragon enters the battlefield, create a 4/4 red Dragon creature token with flying.
When Broodmate Dragon enters the battlefield, create a 4/4 red Dragon creature token with flying.
Frozen in fear, the goblins stared upward at the circling hunter—and were promptly eaten by its diving mate.
4/4
Bull Cerodon {4}{R}{W}
Creature - Beast
Vigilance, haste
It holds motionless vigil, watching Naya in silence through the screen of the whitecover. When it senses anything amiss, it launches forward with the uncanny sound of torn fog.
5/5
Carrion Thrash {2}{B}{R}{G}
Creature - Viashino Warrior
When Carrion Thrash dies, you may pay {2}. If you do, return another target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Viashino hunt in gangs called thrashes. Not all thrashes hunt the freshest game.
4/4
Clarion Ultimatum {G}{G}{W}{W}{W}{U}{U}
Sorcery
Choose five permanents you control. For each of those permanents, you may search your library for a card with the same name as that permanent. Put those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Be worthy of a single blessing, and many more will follow.
Cruel Ultimatum {U}{U}{B}{B}{B}{R}{R}
Sorcery
Target opponent sacrifices a creature, discards three cards, then loses 5 life. You return a creature card from your graveyard to your hand, draw three cards, then gain 5 life.
There is always a greater power.
Deft Duelist {W}{U}
Creature - Human Rogue
First strike
Shroud
Shroud
Some Serul Cove rogues traffic in stolen sigils, which fetch a high price from those who would rather pay for honor than earn it.
2/1
Empyrial Archangel {4}{G}{W}{W}{U}
Creature - Angel
Flying
Shroud
All damage that would be dealt to you is dealt to Empyrial Archangel instead.
Shroud
All damage that would be dealt to you is dealt to Empyrial Archangel instead.
Her wings are the prayers of the devoted; her sword, the despair of the vile.
5/8
Related card:
Angel's Herald
Esper Charm {W}{U}{B}
Instant
Choose one —
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Draw two cards.
• Target player discards two cards.
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Draw two cards.
• Target player discards two cards.
"Thoughts are commodities. Someone will pay a good price for them. Even ones as simplistic as yours . . ."
—Ennor, mentalist
—Ennor, mentalist
Goblin Deathraiders {B}{R}
Creature - Goblin Warrior
Trample
Every once in a while, when they aren't getting incinerated in lava, crushed under rock slides, or devoured by dragons, goblins experience moments of unmitigated glory in battle.
3/1
Godsire {4}{R}{G}{G}{W}
Creature - Beast
Vigilance
{T}: Create an 8/8 Beast creature token that's red, green, and white.
{T}: Create an 8/8 Beast creature token that's red, green, and white.
"Lay sacrifice to the godsire that it may spare us, but save some for his progeny who also will hunger."
—Syeena, elvish godtoucher
—Syeena, elvish godtoucher
8/8
Related card:
Behemoth's Herald
Grixis Charm {U}{B}{R}
Instant
Choose one —
• Return target permanent to its owner's hand.
• Target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.
• Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn.
• Return target permanent to its owner's hand.
• Target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.
• Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn.
"So many choices. Shall I choose loathing, hate, or malice today?"
—Eliza of the Keep
—Eliza of the Keep
Hellkite Overlord {4}{B}{R}{R}{G}
Creature - Dragon
Flying, trample, haste
{R}: Hellkite Overlord gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
{B}{G}: Regenerate Hellkite Overlord.
{R}: Hellkite Overlord gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
{B}{G}: Regenerate Hellkite Overlord.
"The dragon has no pretense of compassion, no false mask of civilization—just hunger, heat, and need."
—Sarkhan Vol
—Sarkhan Vol
8/8
Related card:
Dragon's Herald
Hindering Light {W}{U}
Instant
Counter target spell that targets you or a permanent you control.
Draw a card.
Draw a card.
Centuries of careful practice have elevated the casting of protective spells to an art form. What little offensive magic remains on Bant stands little chance of breaching them.
Jhessian Infiltrator {G}{U}
Creature - Human Rogue
Jhessian Infiltrator can't be blocked.
The Jhessian navy makes successful raids on Valeron's coastal towns thanks to their spies planted during peacetime.
2/2
Jund Charm {B}{R}{G}
Instant
Choose one —
• Exile target player's graveyard.
• Jund Charm deals 2 damage to each creature.
• Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.
• Exile target player's graveyard.
• Jund Charm deals 2 damage to each creature.
• Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.
Jund pulses with raw energy, waiting for shamans to shape it into useful form.