Mission Statement
So the first thing you may notice about me is that dragons are awesome. Okay, so that's not really "about me". It's just objective fact, and the sooner everyone realises and accepts this simple truth the better off we'll all be. So when Dragons of Tarkir was first announced, I was really looking forward to it. Finally, after Scourge failed to deliver on its promise of "the definitive Dragon set", we were getting another shot at it!
...what a let down that turned out to be.
Dragons of Tarkir was, I felt, a huge disappointment. It felt less like "DRAGONS of Tarkir" and more like "Khans of Tarkir 2.0: Now They're Big And Scaly". It focused too much on being the third Tarkir set and not enough on being the definitive Dragon set. Fine for those people who wanted that sort of thing, I suppose, but for a guy who hated Khans of Tarkir, had no real interest in "the third Tarkir set", and just wanted an awesome fun Dragon-y time, I was disappointed.
Thus I decided to get off my hoard of gold, stretch my wings, and put together "the Dragon set" myself.
The purpose of this set wasn't just to show off some Dragons (although that is one thing I wanted to do as well). It was to evoke the feeling of being a Dragon. The mechanics, the themes, the flavour - everything was chosen with the express purpose of making you, the player, feel like a Dragon. Spells with names like Rending Claws, Intimidating Roar, and Feast on the Weak to represent your array of natural weaponry. A cycle of spells representing your given breath weapon. The hoard mechanic lets you amass a pile of Treasure, while the land subtype Lair makes its first appearance since Planeshift, and is much expanded upon to let you establish your own domain. And of course, what good is being a Dragon if you don't get to chow down on some overzealous Knights?
******Full Spoiler******
White
Commons
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Ancient Griffineer
Creature - Spirit
Flying
Ancient Griffineer enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it if you control an Equipment.
2/3
In times long past, the griffins and their masters ruled the air. Now they return to reclaim their place.
Centaur Crusader
Creature - Centaur Knight
4/6
“My family, my home, and my herd were all taken from me. I’ll not rest until I’ve exacted the same price from every dragon I see.”
Covetous Dragonlet
Creature - Dragon
Flying
When Covetous Dragonlet enters the battlefield, if you control a Lair, you gain 4 life.
2/2
Dragons envy the power of their own kind even moments after breaking the shell.
Defensive Stance
Instant
Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to you this turn. You may exile two cards from your graveyard. If you do, return Defensive Stance to its owner’s hand.
Alden was surprised at how quickly Khoreth’s warriors were able to adapt and learn from his knights.
Frontline Spearmaster
Creature - Human Soldier
: Frontline Spearmaster gains first strike until end of turn.3/1
“Look to your left. Look to your right. Only with both of these men will you return from the coming battle.”
—Cymria, Hero of Merestan
Griffineer Trainee
Creature - Human Soldier
Flying
Reinforce 1 -
(, Discard this card: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.)1/3
Never before has the training been so difficult, but never before has it been so crucial.
Griffineer's Charge
Instant
Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. Creatures with flying you control gain lifelink until end of turn.
“Our blades are no match for their claws. Our shields are no match for their scales. But if we stand as one, their savagery will be no match for us.”
Heroic Sacrifice
Instant
As an additional cost to cast Heroic Sacrifice, sacrifice a creature.
Destroy target tapped creature.
The knights didn’t understand the hissing language of the viashino that had once been their enemy, but his intent was all too clear.
Into the Maw
Sorcery
Exile target creature. You gain life equal to its toughness.
The knight thought the best place to strike was the soft flesh under its jaw. He underestimated just how wide the beast’s jaws could open.
Loyal Steed
Creature - Horse
Vigilance
When Loyal Steed enters the battlefield, you may put a +1/+1 counter on target Knight creature.
Reinforce 2 —
(, Discard this card: Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.)2/3
“No matter where the battlefield, no matter the might of the foe, no matter the strength of our numbers, he always returns to me.”
Merestan Gateguard
Creature - Spirit Knight
Lifelink
1/1
Priests of Merestan often summoned the souls of the willing deceased in times of great need.
Merestan Skirmisher
Creature - Human Knight
Armoured 1 (This creature enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. If it would be destroyed while it has a +1/+1 counter, instead remove all damage and a counter.)
1/1
“I do not expect to return from this battle. But if my efforts mean one other person does, then I am willing.”
Silverblade Servitude
Sorcery
Create two 2/2 white Knight creature tokens with reach. Hoard 2. (Create two tapped Treasure artifact tokens with “
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.)The rise of the dragons gave rise to the Silverblades, an order of knights dedicated to serving and protecting their new masters.
Silverblade Squire
Creature - Human Knight
First strike
Whenever you cast a spell with converted mana cost 4 or greater, put a +1/+1 counter on Silverblade Squire.
2/2
“The citadel of Merestan stood against countless attacks in generations past, yet the dragons demolished it in mere hours. Which is more worthy of my loyalty?”
Steelwing Elite
Creature - Bird Knight
Flying
Armoured 2 (This creature enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it. If it would be destroyed while it has a +1/+1 counter, instead remove all damage and a counter.)
3/2
While griffineers peppered the dragons with arrows and bolts, dauntless aven rose to meet them, claw to blade.
Stoic Serenity
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can’t attack or block.
Enchanted creature has “
, Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card”.It is most often in moments of chaos that a warrior finds harmony.
Sunplate Champion
Creature - Human Knight
When Sunplate Champion enters the battlefield, Knights you control gain indestructible until your next turn.
3/3
He led his army through countless assaults from the Bahed hordes. He now leads those same hordes against a much greater foe.
Support of the Masses
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on enchanted creature.
The knight’s hand trembled as he grasped his blade. Then he looked down at the mass of hopeful faces, and his hand grew still.
Trained Griffin
Creature - Griffin
Flying
Trained Griffin can’t attack or block unless it has a +1/+1 counter on it.
2/2
“Griffins are easy enough to train. Form a bond at an early age, make sure it knows you’re the boss, and try not to look like food.”
Uncommons
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Battlefront Rallier
Creature - Human Knight
Each other Knight creature you control enters the battlefield with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.
2/2
“To my banner! The old kings of Merestan smile upon us!”
Deploy to the Front
Enchantment
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control: Create a 2/2 white Knight creature token with reach., Sacrifice Deploy to the Front: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.Draconic Abductor
Creature - Dragon
Flying
When Draconic Abductor enters the battlefield, if you control a Lair, exile target nonland permanent you don’t control until Draconic Abductor leaves the battlefield.
4/3
Travel alone at your own peril, lest a wandering dragon decides you were sent as an offering.
Dragon Slayer
Creature - Human Knight
Vigilance
When Dragon Slayer enters the battlefield, you may destroy target Dragon.
3/2
As the beast’s head fell and its eyes shone cold and dark, the knight bowed his head in a silent prayer of apology.
Griffineer Commander
Creature - Human Soldier
Flying
Whenever Griffineer Commander or another creature with flying enters the battlefield under your control, creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
3/3
Griffineers provide both guidance to their armies in battle and reason to fight it.
Merestan Shieldmate
Creature - Human Knight
Merestan Shieldmate can block an additional creature each combat.
Reinforce 2 —
(, Discard this card: Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.)When Merestan Shieldmate reinforces a creature, untap that creature. It can block an additional creature this turn.
2/3
Merestan Smith
Creature - Human
When Merestan Smith enters the battlefield, search your library for an Equipment card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
Reinforce 1 —
2/2
Sinless Priest
Creature - Human Cleric
Activated abilities of Treasures can't be activated.
2/1
“Dragons are the pinnacle of greed and indulgence. We must take care to shun such temptations, lest we become no greater than the beasts we fight.”
Smelter Dragon
Creature - Dragon
Flying
Breath weapon — When Smelter Dragon enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to each of up to two target creatures. Destroy all Auras and Equipment attached to creatures dealt damage this way.
4/5
“Our weapons were specially forged to take down these tyrants. As long as we hold them, we will be victorious!”
Subdue the Beast
Instant
Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater.
Reinforce 4 —
(, Discard this card: Put four +1/+1 counters on target creature.)Only with Alden’s knights and Khoreth’s warriors fighting as one were they able to take down the tyrant of the skies.
Volley of Spears
Instant
Untap all creatures you control. Until end of turn, those creatures gain “
: This creature deals 1 damage to target attacking or blocking creature”.Merestan defenders always reach for their horns before their weapons.
Vyrios's Plea
Sorcery
Search your library for a creature card with flying, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
“Why fight only on the ground when a much larger battlefield surrounds us?”
Rares
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Alden, King of Merestan
Legendary Creature - Human Knight
When Alden, King of Merestan enters the battlefield, create a legendary Equipment artifact token named Blade of the First King. It has “Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has double strike” and equip
.As long as Alden is equipped, other creatures you control get +1/+1.
2/4
Aven Sustainer
Creature - Bird Cleric
Flying
Exile Aven Sustainer: You can’t lose the game this turn and your opponents can’t win the game this turn. Until end of turn, damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead.
2/1
Bane of the Wicked
Creature - Angel
Flying
When Bane of the Wicked enters the battlefield, destroy all creatures with power 4 or greater.
3/3
Vyrios’s prayers never go unanswered.
Hunter Griffin
Creature - Griffin
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control that has a +1/+1 counter on it.
2/2
They can wait and watch for hours, as the hunt lasts only a few brief seconds.
Smiting Breath
Instant
Smiting Breath deals 3 damage to each attacking creature.
Whenever two or more creatures attack you, you may pay
and exile Smiting Breath from your graveyard. If you do, copy it and cast the copy without paying its mana cost.Steelshaper's Mastery
Enchantment
Equipment spells you cast cost
less to cast.Equip abilities of Equipment you control cost
less to activate.A dragon’s captured fire lights the perfect forge.
Sworn Defenders
Creature - Human Knight
Armoured 1 (This creature enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. If it would be destroyed while it has a +1/+1 counter, instead remove all damage and a counter.)
Defender
Sworn Defenders can block any number of creatures.
0/3
Is the greater hero the one who returns victorious, or the one who gave his life for the first?
Unified Resolve
Enchantment
When Unified Resolve enters the battlefield, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Whenever a creature with first strike enters the battlefield under your control, creatures you control gain first strike until end of turn. The same is true for flying, deathtouch, double strike, haste, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, menace, trample, and vigilance.
Unyielding Sentinel
Creature - Human Knight
If a source would deal damage to Unyielding Sentinel or another Knight creature you control, prevent 1 of that damage.
2/3
“Blade or claw, magic or fire breath. All are the same, and none shall get by.”
Mythics
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Vyrios, Divine Guardian
Planeswalker - Vyrios
: Create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying. At the beginning of your next upkeep, exile it.
: Return target creature card with converted mana cost 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
: You get an emblem with “Whenever a nontoken creature enters the battlefield under your control, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying”.
Vyrios's Last Hope
Creature - Angel
Cast Vyrios’s Last Hope only if you have 5 life or less.
Flying, lifelink
Vyrios’s Last Hope can block an additional creature each combat.
5/5
Blue
Commons
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Beneath Notice
Sorcery
Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Draw a card.
It is a myth that dragons actively hunt people out. In truth, they are wild and driven by instinct, hunting what can easily be found.
Chosen Griffineer
Creature - Human Soldier
Flying
Whenever you cast a spell with converted mana cost 4 or greater, put a +1/+1 counter on Chosen Griffineer.
2/2
“I share the skies with the dragons only by their grace, and I will repay them for their kindness.”
Cloud Mind
Instant
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
for each card in his or her graveyard.The spell granted the dragon a brief moment of heightened intellect—just enough for it to remember the screams of its victims, and to feel sorrow.
Dedicated Trainee
Creature - Human Soldier
Prowess
1/3
Those who are prepared to give the most are those who have already lost everything.
Deepsea Ancient
Creature - Turtle
2/6
Empires rise and fall. Species die and are reborn. Wars are fought, peace is made, and power changes hands. And deep below the waves, they have seen it repeat.
Gleanscale
Creature - Serpent
When Gleanscale enters the battlefield, hoard 2. (Create two tapped Treasure artifact tokens with “
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.)Sacrifice a Treasure: Target creature gains hexproof until end of turn.
6/6
Gold Guardian
Creature - Dragon
Flying, defender
When Gold Guardian enters the battlefield, hoard 2. (Create two tapped Treasure artifact tokens with “
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.)5/5
There is little that can motivate some dragons to leave their treasure unprotected.
Goldcrest Griffin
Creature - Griffin
Flying
When Goldcrest Griffin enters the battlefield, hoard 1. (Create a tapped Treasure artifact token with “
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.)2/4
Haughty Thief
Creature - Human Rogue
When Haughty Thief deals combat damage to a player, sacrifice it and hoard 2. (Create two tapped Treasure artifact tokens with “
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.)2/1
“The dragon’s treasure stretches as far as the eye can see. Surely he won’t miss a few coins...”
Illishar's Chosen
Creature - Bird Warrior
Flying
Whenever another creature with flying enters the battlefield under your control, Illishar’s Chosen gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
1/2
Illishar took a few of his most promising warriors to an aerie far beyond the castle, teaching them that they were small pieces of a much larger whole.
Illusory Dragon
Creature - Dragon Illusion
Flying
4/1
Tell yourself that its physical form is a lie while its teeth are piercing your flesh.
Intimidating Roar
Instant
Target creature’s owner puts it on top of his or her library. If you control a Lair, you may have that player shuffle his or her library.
Such a sound can strike fear into the heart of even the most battle hardened veteran.
Journey Into the Den
Instant
Return target creature to its owner’s hand. Hoard 1. (Create a tapped Treasure artifact token with “T, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.)
Full of small crannies and shadowy corners, sometimes the safest place from a dragon is in its very lair.
Kneel in Awe
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
: Tap enchanted creature.Enchanted creature doesn’t untap during its controller’s untap step if you control a Dragon.
His journey to slay the beast had been long and arduous. But with the mere sight of it standing before him, he knew it was all for nought.
Lost in the Tunnels
Instant
You may tap or untap target permanent. You may exile two cards from your graveyard. If you do, return Lost in the Tunnels to its owner’s hand.
One passage leads to air and freedom, one to a hungry maw, and one to three more passages.
Mesmerising Glint
Sorcery
Target player puts the top seven cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard. Hoard 2. (Create two tapped Treasure artifact tokens with “
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.)She wondered when the crystalline mirror showed her deepest thoughts, smiled when it showed her fondest memories, and was maddened when it showed her ultimate fate.
Plundering Magpie
Creature - Bird
Flying
When Plundering Magpie enters the battlefield, target player puts the top three cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
1/1
“Enjoy the skies, friend. They will be ours again soon.”
–Illishar, aven warrior
Raid the Hoard
Sorcery
Draw three cards. Hoard 3. (Create three tapped Treasure artifact tokens with “
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.)He didn’t realise how little time he would have to enjoy his discovery.
Underground Delver
Creature - Human Rogue
Whenever Underground Delver attacks, if there is a land card in defending player’s graveyard, Underground Delver can’t be blocked this turn.
2/3
“Only a fool would storm a dragon’s lair from the entrance.”
Uncommons
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Azure Shieldmage
Creature - Human Wizard
Hexproof
Reinforce 2 —
(, Discard this card: Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.)When Azure Shieldmage reinforces a creature, that creature gains hexproof until end of turn.
1/4
“To learn the secrets of halting their destructive breath, I have returned to the vaults of the fallen castle.”
Daring Decoy
Creature - Human Rogue
: Untap another target permanent.
, Sacrifice Daring Decoy: Return up to three target creatures to their owners’ hands.1/2
“Once the beast’s eyes are on me, it won’t look anywhere else. Use that time to get to cover. I’ll meet you there.”
Diamond Dragon
Creature - Dragon
Flying
: All other creatures get -1/-0 until end of turn.: Target creature can’t be blocked this turn.4/5
Frost Dragon
Creature - Dragon
Flying
Breath weapon — When Frost Dragon enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to each of up to two target creatures. Tap each creature dealt damage this way and they don’t untap during their controllers’ next untap steps.
3/4
It is not only fire that can burn one’s soul.
Gustrider Aven
Creature - Bird Warrior
Flash
Flying, armoured 1 (This creature enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. If it would be destroyed while it has a +1/+1 counter, instead remove all damage and a counter.)
Gustrider Aven can block only creatures with flying.
2/1
Hidden Cache
Sorcery
Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. Hoard 2. (Create two tapped Treasure artifact tokens with “
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.)The wizard took the tome written by ancient scholars. The knight took the shield hardened by dragonfire. The goblin took the shiniest thing.
Infinite Horizon
Enchantment
Whenever one or more creatures with flying you control deal combat damage to a player, draw a card.
“Through the chaos they bring, it’s easy to forget that these creatures can also feel joy in less destructive moments.”
—Illishar, aven warrior
Keymaster Adept
Creature - Human Rogue
Tap two untapped Treasures you control: Untap target permanent.
1/2
With a little ingenuity, any trinket can open any door.
Lethargy
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -3/-0.
At the beginning of enchanted creature’s controller’s upkeep, that player puts the top three cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
Masterful Ambush
Instant
Untap all creatures you control. Creatures you don’t control get -2/-0 until end of turn.
The easiest path to victory is the one of no resistance.
Outwit
Instant
Cast Outwit only during combat.
Counter target spell or activated ability.
Reinforce 1 —
(, Discard this card: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.)“I usually learn something new from every encounter. All I’ve learned from you is how to fail.”
Sentry Griffin
Creature - Griffin
Flying
When Sentry Griffin enters the battlefield, if you control another creature with flying, draw two cards.
3/2
A griffin has the keenest eyes of any creature, land or sky. With two watching the aerie, nothing escapes their gaze.
Rares
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Buffeting Wings
Instant
Put all attacking creatures on top of their owners’ libraries.
Every part of a dragon’s body is a weapon, a shield, or both.
Crystal Dragon
Creature - Dragon
Flying
Whenever Crystal Dragon deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
, Discard a card with converted mana cost X: Counter target spell with converted mana cost X.2/5
Some believe that gemstones are the scales of such creature, shed in ages long past.
Freezing Breath
Instant
Target player skips his or her next untap step.
Whenever two or more creatures attack you, you may pay
and exile Freezing Breath from your graveyard. If you do, copy it and cast the copy without paying its mana cost.Illusion of Glory
Instant
Exile target creature. Its controller creates a 4/4 red Dragon creature token with flying. When that token leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner’s control.
: Return Illusion of Glory from your graveyard to your hand.Managild
Instant
Counter target spell. Hoard X, where X is that spell’s converted mana cost. (Create X tapped Treasure artifact tokens with “
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.)Lost to all but a few is the secret art of trapping the essence of magic in pure gemstone.
Mindthief Adept
Creature - Human Wizard
When Mindthief Adept enters the battlefield, target opponent puts the top five cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
Whenever a creature deals combat damage to you, return Mindthief Adept to its owner’s hand.
1/3
Storm Dragon
Creature - Dragon
Flying
When Storm Dragon enters the battlefield, search your library for up to two Island cards, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
Whenever an Island enters the battlefield under your control, hoard 1. (Create a tapped Treasure artifact token with “
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.)5/5
Unseen Thief
Creature - Human Rogue
When Unseen Thief enters the battlefield, hoard 1. (Create a tapped Treasure artifact token with “
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.)Treasures you control have “
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card”.2/3
“Dragons are far too proud to keep their eyes to the ground. Can I be blamed for taking advantage?”
Veteran Tactician
Creature - Human Soldier
Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.
: Return target creature you control to its owner’s hand.2/1
“I didn’t guide our armies to countless victories to have them felled by simple wild animals.”
Mythics
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Aurora Dragon
Creature - Dragon
Flying
If you would create one or more Treasure tokens, create twice that many Treasure tokens instead.
Sacrifice seven Treasures: Take an extra turn after this one.
4/3
The night sky is its lair, and the stars are its hoard.
Willbreaking Glory
Sorcery
Gain control of all creatures.
“Look to the skies and see the majesty of the greatest creature to grace land and air. How can you not fall to your knees and renounce your self-styled kings beneath such true power?”
—Udiil, Dragoncaller
Black
Commons
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Ashmaw Dragonlet
Creature - Dragon
Flying
Breath weapon — When Ashmaw Dragonlet enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to up to two target creatures. If a creature dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead.
2/1
Even the youngest dragons have a lethal array of weaponry.
Burst of Aggression
Instant
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It gains indestructible until end of turn.
Boiling blood is not easily cooled.
Catacomb Rat
Creature - Rat
Deathtouch
When Catacomb Rat dies, target player puts the top three cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
1/2
Castle dungeon or dragon’s den — the coming of the dragons made little difference to the rats.
Cavern Bat
Creature - Bat
Flying
Reinforce 1 —
(, Discard this card: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.)0/2
In exchange for extracting pesky parasites from beneath their scales, dragons allow bats to feast on their rich blood. Generations of these bats swiftly outgrow their weaker kin.
Deathsong Warrior
Creature - Minotaur Warrior
Armoured 2 (This creature enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it. If it would be destroyed while it has a +1/+1 counter, instead remove all damage and a counter.)
4/2
Among the wild minotaur warriors, there is no greater funerary song than a furious battle cry.
Fallen Crusader
Creature - Skeleton Knight
When Fallen Crusader enters the battlefield or dies, you may put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
2/2
Merestan legends speak of a knight who left on a quest with seven soldiers. A year later, only one soldier returned, who would never speak of what he had seen.
Fearsome Glare
Sorcery
Target player discards two cards and puts the top two cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
The most dangerous dragons aren’t the most violent, but the ones that simply wait, and stare.
Grisly Warning
Instant
Target player sacrifices a creature. If you control a creature with greater power than that creature, that player loses 4 life.
No word spoken, no parchment carried, but the message could not have been clearer.
Lost Secrets
Sorcery
Target player draws a card and loses 1 life. You may exile two cards from your graveyard. If you do, return Lost Secrets to its owner’s hand.
Delving into the dragon’s lair, he found not gold or treasure, but something far greater and more terrible than he imagined.
Marsh Scouts
Creature - Human Scout
When Marsh Scouts enters the battlefield, if you control a Lair, create a 3/3 black Lizard creature token.
2/4
“The lizards are naturally territorial. If we can point enough of them towards a dragon, with luck, they will drive it away for us.”
“Okay, but then what do we do about all the lizards?”
Mutilated Dragon
Creature - Zombie Dragon
5/2
Seeing the unholy creature gave the knights pause. Killing dragons for their own survival was a necessity, but who would take the time to torture the beast to this extent? And to what purpose?
Poisonbreath Dragon
Creature - Dragon
Flying
Breath weapon — When Poisonbreath Dragon enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to up to two target creatures. If a creature dealt damage this way has already been dealt damage this turn, destroy it.
3/3
The knights held their breath, but their wounds itched and burned. The deadly mist would not be kept out.
Rise From the Swamp
Sorcery
Choose one or both —
• Return target creature card with converted mana cost 3 or less from your graveyard to your hand.
• Return target creature card with converted mana cost 4 or greater from your graveyard to your hand.
Skeletal Knight
Creature - Skeleton Knight
Armoured 1 (This creature enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. If it would be destroyed while it has a +1/+1 counter, instead remove all damage and a counter.)
Skeletal Knight can’t block.
3/1
His hatred is as eternal as his life was fleeting.
Skulking Viashino
Creature - Viashino Rogue
As long as you control a Dragon, Skulking Viashino gets +1/+0 and has menace.
2/2
When all eyes are on the beast overhead, its servants prowl unseen towards their enemies.
Souls of the Unmourned
Creature - Spirit
Lifelink
Reinforce 2 —
(, Discard this card: Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.)2/1
Honour the dead, lest they return to ensure you never forget them again.
Spew Poison
Instant
Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the power of target creature you control.
“Oh, stop your whining. It’s just your internal organs liquidising.”
—Cardock, dragon’s servant
Stricken With Fear
Instant
Up to two target creatures each get -3/-3 until end of turn.
Sir Mira had never faltered in the war with the Bahed hordes. Nor had he ever stared directly into a mouth large enough to swallow him whole.
Undead Steed
Creature - Zombie Horse
Haste
Whenever you cast a spell with converted mana cost 4 or greater, put a +1/+1 counter on Undead Steed.
2/2
As abhorrent in death as it was noble in life.
Uncommons
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Acidic Dragon
Creature - Dragon
Flying
Breath weapon — When Acidic Dragon enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to each of up to two target creatures. Remove all counters from all creatures dealt damage this way.
3/3
“My armour just barely turned the beast’s claws, and I finally felt relief...then it opened its maw.”
Blood Seer
Creature - Human Shaman
, , Sacrifice another creature: Scry X, where X is the sacrificed creature’s power, then draw a card.3/3
“A man’s blood provides a glimpse into tomorrow. A minotaur’s gives omens of the near future. I have performed only one rite with the blood of a dragon, and have seen generations beyond.”
Catacomb Shade
Creature - Shade
: Catacomb Shade gets +1/+1 until end of turn.Reinforce X —
(, Discard this card: Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature.)2/2
Every night he roams the dungeons, looking for the next fresh soul to prey upon.
Dracolich's Favour
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Whenever a Dragon creature you control dies, enchanted creature’s controller sacrifices it. If he or she does, return that Dragon card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Forsaken Cache
Enchantment
: Exile two target cards from a single graveyard. Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.Dragon lairs are littered with the treasures of fools who come seeking the riches of past victims.
Parasitism
Enchantment
Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on a creature you control, target creature you don’t control gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of counters that were put on the first creature.
Power is constant. Every strength is another’s weakness.
Rending Claws
Sorcery
Destroy target non-Dragon creature.
Don’t be so afraid of a dragon’s fire that you forget the dozens of other ways it can kill you.
Scale Parasite
Creature - Insect
Flying, deathtouch
Whenever a Dragon enters the battlefield under your control, return Scale Parasite from your graveyard to your hand.
1/1
Though they were nearly eradicated, feeding on rich dragon blood has given them a surge of vitality and made them stronger than ever before.
Shadow Dragon
Creature - Dragon
Flying
: Exile three target cards from an opponent’s graveyard. Return Shadow Dragon from your graveyard to your hand.4/4
“This one was not like the others. We took up arms, but it hardly seemed to notice us. As it approached, we froze...and it moved straight through us, its eyes fixed on something we couldn’t imagine.”
Shadowbound Skeleton
Creature - Skeleton
: Target creature with a +1/+1 counter on it gains indestructible until end of turn.Reinforce 2 —
(, Discard this card: Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.)1/1
Those who have felt death’s caress are those who run from it the fastest.
Treacherous Tyrant
Creature - Dragon
Flying
When Treacherous Tyrant enters the battlefield, each opponent hoards 1. (Each of those players creates a tapped Treasure artifact token with “
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.)3/3
Dragons are not traitors. They are their own masters.
Whipstitched Warrior
Creature - Zombie Warrior
Lifelink, deathtouch
Reinforce 2 —
(, Discard this card: Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.)When Whipstiched Warrior reinforces a creature, that creature gains lifelink and deathtouch until end of turn.
3/3
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Choking Breath
Instant
Creatures your opponents control get -2/-2 until end of turn.
Whenever two or more creatures attack you, you may pay
and exile Choking Breath from your graveyard. If you do, copy it and cast the copy without paying its mana cost.Doomwing
Creature - Dragon
Flying
Whenever a creature is dealt damage, destroy it.
5/4
It flew over Merestan the night before the castle fell. It flew over Khoreth’s camp the night before his death. It didn’t take much longer for superstition to spread.
Eternal Servant
Creature - Zombie
Eternal Servant can’t block.
Reinforce 2 –
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control: Return Eternal Servant from your graveyard to your hand.2/1
Neither his death nor his master's ended his servitude.
Prove Power
Sorcery
Each player chooses a Dragon creature he or she controls, then sacrifices all other creatures he or she controls.
When dragons do battle, everyone below loses.
Rite of Withering
Enchantment
Whenever you cast a spell, each opponent loses life equal to that spell's converted mana cost.
The cultists believed that performing the ritual in the dragon’s ribcage would spread its power throughout the land, the way the beast’s heart once pumped its blood through its veins.
Shadow Thief
Creature - Spirit
Flying
Whenever Shadow Thief deals combat damage to a player, search that player’s library for that many cards and put them into his or her graveyard. Then that player shuffles his or her library.
1/1
Soulstealer Dragon
Creature - Dragon
Flash
Flying
Breath weapon — When Soulstealer Dragon enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to each of up to two target creatures. When a creature dealt damage this way dies this turn, return it to the battlefield under your control.
7/6
Traitor to the Kingdom
Creature - Human Knight
Armoured 1 (This creature enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. If it would be destroyed while it has a +1/+1 counter, instead remove all damage and a counter.)
Menace
When Traitor to the Kingdom enters the battlefield, target opponent creates two 2/2 white Knight creature token with reach.
3/3
Tyrant of the Broken Kingdom
Creature - Dragon
Flying
Whenever a land enters the battlefield under an opponent’s control, that player puts the top three cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
You may play land cards from your opponents’ graveyards.
4/4
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Dracolich
Creature - Zombie Dragon
Flying
When Dracolich enters the battlefield, put target non-Dragon creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It’s a Thrall in addition to its other types.
Dracolich has indestructible as long as you control a Thrall.
Sacrifice a Thrall: Draw three cards.
8/8
Dragon's Counsel
Sorcery
Target player loses half his or her life, rounded up, then draws cards equal to the life lost this way.
With near endless life comes near endless power, commanding a near endless price.
Red
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Allure of Gold
Sorcery
Untap target creature and gain control of it until end of turn. It gains haste until end of turn. Hoard 2. (Create two tapped Treasure artifact tokens with “
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.)Even the most loyal of knights has a price.
Bloodcrag Butcher
Creature - Minotaur Warrior
8/8
The treacherous mountains of the Bloodcrag was once home to wild minotaurs who never considered themselves under Khoreth’s rule. With their home taken by dragons, they no longer had much choice.
Break Apart
Sorcery
Destroy target artifact. Hoard 1. (Create a tapped Treasure artifact token with “
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.)Once a legendary blade wielded by countless kings, now its shards form a dragon’s bed.
Claim Territory
Sorcery
Gain control of target land. Hoard 2. (Create two tapped Treasure artifact tokens with “
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.)“...no, you tell him to move.”
Draconic Rage
Instant
Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. If it’s a Dragon, it gains trample until end of turn.
Griffineer Dryten knew the trouble his steed caused when in a foul mood. He was not prepared for this.
Dragon Worshipper
Creature - Minotaur Warrior
Trample
Whenever you cast a spell with converted mana cost 4 or greater, put a +1/+1 counter on Dragon Worshipper.
2/2
Minotaurs who began to worship the dragons believed that the most devoted among them would soon join their masters in the sky.
Dragonfire
Sorcery
You may pay
and tap an untapped Dragon you control rather than pay Dragonfire’s mana cost.Dragonfire deals 4 damage to target creature or player.
Goblin Scaleservant
Creature - Goblin
When Goblin Scaleservant enters the battlefield, hoard 1. (Create a tapped Treasure artifact token with “
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.)2/1
Devoted goblins eagerly bring their masters shiny new treasures, with the hopes of one day earning the great honour of being devoured by them.
Goldfire Shaman
Creature - Human Shaman
When Goldfire Shaman enters the battlefield, hoard 2. (Create two tapped Treasure artifact tokens with “
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.)Treasures you control have “
, Sacrifice this artifact: This artifact deals 1 damage to each opponent”.2/2
Her touch can make a dragon’s treasure burn like its breath.
Khoreth's Elite
Creature - Minotaur Warrior
Khoreth's Elite gets +4/+0 as long as you control an Equipment.
4/4
Minotaurs in the horde are raised to kill from the moment they can hold a weapon.
Lair Prowler
Creature - Dragon
Flying, defender
Lair Prowler can attack as though it didn’t have defender as long as you control a Lair.
4/4
Dragons are rarely satisfied with one lair. Once settled, they will roam far and wide to expand their dominion.
Minotaur Vanguard
Creature - Minotaur Warrior
Minotaur Vanguard attacks each combat if able.
Tap an untapped artifact you control: Minotaur Vanguard gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
3/3
He cares as little about who he hits as he does about what he hits them with.
Searing Jet
Sorcery
Searing Jet deals 1 damage to target creature. Hoard 1. (Create a tapped Treasure artifact token with “
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.)Tasty Goblin
Creature - Goblin
, , Sacrifice Tasty Goblin: Create a 4/4 red Dragon creature token with flying.1/1
“Being eaten by a dragon can’t be that bad. I always liked sleeping by the fire, how different can it—”
Tormenting Dragonlet
Creature - Dragon
Flash
Flying
Breath weapon — When Tormenting Dragonlet enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to up to two target creatures. Those creatures attack this turn if able.
1/1
The incessant chirps that summon a protective parent can drive a man into a frenzy.
Viashino Vassal
Creature - Viashino Warrior
When Viashino Vassal enters the battlefield, hoard 2. (Create two tapped Treasure artifact tokens with “
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.)5/4
Of all the dragons’ servants, the viashino believe themselves to be the greatest and favourites of their masters.
Visions in Fire
Sorcery
Exile the top two cards of your library. You can play those cards this turn. Hoard 1. (Create a tapped Treasure artifact token with “
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.)“I see a world consumed by fire and one of pristine beauty. I cannot say which one comes first.”
Warband's Call
Sorcery
Create a 1/1 red Warrior creature token with haste. You may exile two cards from your graveyard. If you do, return Warband’s Call to its owner’s hand.
The dream of many young viashino is to be mentored by the veteran warriors of the horde. Unfortunately for them, their warriors rarely live long enough to become veterans.
Young Dragonlet
Creature - Dragon
Flying
Young Dragonlet gets +1/+2 as long as you control another Dragon.
1/1
The life of their young is the only life that matters to a dragon.
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Dragon-Blessed Viashino
Creature - Viashino Warrior
: Dragon-Blessed Viashino gains flying until end of turn.: Dragon-Blessed Viashino gets +1/+0 until end of turn.3/3
“You may brand him a traitor. But given the same opportunity, can you say you would have refused?”
—Alden, to Khoreth
Egg Thief
Creature - Goblin
, : Hoard 1. Activate this ability only if you control a Dragon. (Create a tapped Treasure artifact token with “T, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.)2/2
Lantern had no idea what he would do when the eggs hatched, but surely that was at least an hour away...
Firesweeper
Creature - Viashino Warrior
Whenever a Treasure enters the battlefield under your control, create a 1/1 red Warrior creature token with haste.
Sacrifice a Treasure: Target creature can’t block this turn.
3/2
Flamespeaker Goblin
Creature - Goblin Shaman
When Flamespeaker Goblin enters the battlefield, search your library for a Dragon card and reveal it. Shuffle your library, then put that card on top of it.
: Add to your mana pool. Spend this mana only to cast a Dragon spell or activate abilities of Dragons.1/2
Frenzy Dragon
Creature - Dragon
Flying
Breath weapon — When Frenzy Dragon enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to up to two target creatures. Those creatures fight each other.
3/3
When all is fire, brother will turn on brother and swordmate on shieldmate. Anything to escape the hellish flames.
Goblin Bladerunner
Creature - Goblin
Haste
Goblin Bladerunner gets +2/+0 as long as you control an artifact.
1/2
Hatchling Swarm
Sorcery
Create X 2/2 red Dragon creature tokens with flying, where X is the number of Lairs you control.
Roars replaced thunder, fire replaced rain, wings replaced cloud. This was a storm that none could prepare for.
Hoarding Instincts
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant artifact
When Hoarding Instincts enters the battlefield, hoard 2. (Create two tapped Treasure artifacts with “
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.)You control enchanted artifact.
Lunge of Steel
Instant
Lunge of Steel deals 3 damage to target creature. If you control an Equipment, Lunge of Steel deals 5 damage to that creature instead.
Finely-honed sword or crude wooden club—there’s little difference when it’s crushing your skull.
Momentary Glory
Sorcery
Target creature gets +X/+0 and gains flying until end of turn.
The briefest taste of power was all the warrior needed to know which side he should fight for.
Viashino Raid-Gang
Creature - Viashino Warrior
Haste
Reinforce 2 —
(, Discard this card: Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.)When Viashino Raid-Gang reinforces a creature, create two 1/1 red Warrior creature tokens with haste.
4/4
With their world plunged into chaos and confusion, some of the wilder viashino saw an opportunity to take the castle once and for all.
Young Conquerer
Creature - Dragon
Flying
When Young Conquerer enters the battlefield, if you control a Lair, you may have Young Conquerer deal 3 damage to target creature.
3/3
Barely days out of the egg, a young dragon will take off to establish its own domain.
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Envious Dragon
Creature - Dragon
Flying
When Envious Dragon enters the battlefield, gain control of all artifacts target player controls for as long as you control Envious Dragon.
5/4
When a dragon wants something, there’s little that can stop him from getting it.
Goblin Warcaller
Creature - Goblin
Sacrifice four Treasures: Create a 4/4 red Dragon creature token with flying.
1/1
Any army can be bought with enough gold.
Lava Dragon
Creature - Dragon
Flying
Breath weapon — When Lava Dragon enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to each of up to two target creatures. Each creature dealt damage this way gains “At the beginning of your upkeep, this creature deals 1 damage to you”.
4/4
Nothing will end the tormenting pain.
Mating Call
Enchantment
Whenever you cast a Dragon spell, create a 4/4 red Dragon creature token with flying.
Dragons rarely strike alone.
Minotaur Battlemaster
Creature - Minotaur Warrior
Double strike, haste
Whenever Minotaur Battlemaster attacks, if you control an Equipment, put a +1/+1 counter on Minotaur Battlemaster.
2/2
Some minotaurs remained loyal to Khoreth. Some defected to the dragons. But a small few chose to rule themselves, embracing their wild nature to survive.
Scorching Breath
Instant
Until your next end step, if a source you control would deal damage, it deals twice that much damage instead.
Whenever two or more creatures attack you, you may pay
and exile Scorching Breath from your graveyard. If you do, copy it and cast the copy without paying its mana cost.Seized in Claws
Sorcery
Gain control of up to two target creatures until end of turn. Untap those creatures. Until end of turn, they get +3/+3 and gain flying and haste. At the beginning of the next end step, exile them.
Sweeping Fires
Sorcery
Dragon creatures get +X/+0 until end of turn. Sweeping Fires deals X damage to each non-Dragon creature.
“Merestan has fallen. The land is theirs, now.”
—Alden
Volcanic Hellkite
Creature - Dragon
Flying
, Discard a land card or sacrifice a land: Volcanic Hellkite deals 2 damage to target creature. If the discarded card or sacrificed land was a Lair, Volcanic Hellkite deals 2 damage to that creature’s controller.4/4
If a dragon dislikes the landscape of his new lair, it’s rarely a problem for long.
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Apocalypse Herald
Creature - Dragon
Flying
Whenever a player casts a spell or draws a card, that player sacrifices a permanent.
Whenever a creature attacks or blocks, its controller sacrifices a permanent.
6/6
The end will come on wings of fire.
Khoreth, Bahed Commander
Legendary Creature - Minotaur Warrior
Haste
Armoured 3 (This creature enters the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on it. If it would be destroyed while it has a +1/+1 counter, instead remove all damage and a counter.)
At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield with three additional +1/+1 counters on it. It gains haste until end of turn.
3/3
Green
Commons
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Broken Wing
Sorcery
Destroy target creature with flying.
Draw a card.
“Alden’s castle fell to the dragons. Mine tears them from the sky and breaks their bodies.”
—Khoreth
Canopy Dryad
Creature - Dryad
: Target creature loses flying until end of turn.3/1
Nothing passes overhead without the permission of the dryads.
Carapace Beetle
Creature - Insect
Flash
When Carapace Beetle enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.
2/2
Each beetle gathers the shells of its fallen kin, resulting in each generation growing tougher than the last.
Centaur Avenger
Creature - Centaur Warrior
Whenever you cast a spell with converted mana cost 4 or greater, put a +1/+1 counter on Centaur Avenger.
3/3
“Neither Khoreth nor Alden tolerated challenges to their authority. Why should they expect our new kings to do so?”
Centaur Cavalry
Creature - Centaur Knight
Reinforce 3 —
(, Discard this card: Put three +1/+1 counters on target creature.)4/3
Those who don’t believe a single centaur can be called a cavalry have never fought one.
Clobberhorn
Creature - Goat Beast
Whenever Clobberhorn attacks, target creature gains trample until end of turn.
4/2
It doesn’t cut as deep or clean as a blade, but you’ll wish it did.
Destructive Charge
Instant
Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn. You may exile two cards from your graveyard. If you do, return Destructive Charge to its owner’s hand.
“You have to appreciate the logic of destroying everything in your path. It’s so simple that no one ever prepares for it.”
–Khoreth
Fruitful Growth
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant land
When Fruitful Growth enters the battlefield, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Enchanted land has “
: Add two mana of any one colour to your mana pool”.Groundshaker Wurm
Creature - Wurm
7/6
Ancient cousins of the dragons, the wurms began to take after their returned kin.
Impenetrable Scales
Instant
Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn.
Draw a card.
“The blessings of nature will always outmatch the armour of mortals.”
–Udiil, Dragoncaller
Inspiring Hero
Creature - Human Knight
When Inspiring Hero dies, create a 2/2 white Knight creature token with reach.
2/2
Tales of his deeds have inspired many a young squire.
Ironleaf Armorer
Creature - Human Knight
When Ironleaf Armorer enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
0/1
When the castle fell, he found new materials for his craft in the wilderness.
Knight's Lunge
Instant
Target creature you control fights target creature you don’t control. If the creature you control is a Knight, put a +1/+1 counter on it before it fights.
Though strong steel is no match for a bold heart, few can stand against the union of both.
Nesting Dragon
Creature - Dragon
Flying
When Nesting Dragon enters the batttlefield, search your library for a Lair card and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.
2/3
The whole world is a dragon’s den. Its nest is only where it chooses to sleep.
Retreat to the Lair
Instant
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. If you control a Lair, you gain 4 life.
The knights paused for breath. They knew the beast would be back, but at least they had bought time to get the survivors to safety.
Steadfast Centaur
Creature - Centaur Knight
Vigilance
Whenever another Knight creature enters the battlefield under your control, Steadfast Centaur gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
4/4
Venomtooth Viashino
Creature - Viashino Warrior
: Venomtooth Viashino gains deathtouch until end of turn.2/3
“Alden’s knights were raised to believe poisoned weapons are somehow ‘dishonourable’. I’m sure the dead can appreciate honour.”
Vineweaver Acolyte
Creature - Human Druid
Reach
: Add to your mana pool.0/3
The same magic that channels the energy of the wilds can turn it into a potent weapon against those who would ravage it.
Wildmane Lancer
Creature - Centaur Knight
Reach
When Wildmane Lancer enters the battlefield, draw a card.
4/5
“Minotaurs are the more skilled warriors, but the enthusiasm of the centaurs can’t be matched.”
—Khoreth
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Cavern Monitor
Creature - Lizard
Cavern Monitor gets +2/+2 as long as you control a Lair.
4/4
Dragons may be fiercely territorial, but a few extra guards are always welcome.
Golden Dawn
Sorcery
Until end of turn, permanents you control gain “
: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.“The world itself rejoices to see its true kings return.”
—Udiil, Dragoncaller
Herd's Charge
Sorcery
Creatures you control get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.
Reinforce 3 –
(, Discard this card: Put three +1/+1 counters on target creature.)Hunter's Instinct
Sorcery
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don’t control.
Nothing works up an appetite like particularly playful prey.
Jadegrove Alpha
Creature - Beast
Reinforce 2 —
(, Discard this card: Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.)When Jadegrove Alpha reinforces a creature, that creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
6/6
In a world overrun by dragons, the wildlife must be strong enough to compete for their prey.
Jadegrove Hunter
Creature - Cat
7: Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn and must be blocked this turn if able. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.
2/2
Out of bravery or stubbornness, they see anything as potential prey.
Memorial Keeper
Creature - Human Knight
Whenever Memorial Keeper or another Knight creature you control dies, draw a card.
3/4
No heroic deed should remain unsung.
Merestan Centaur
Creature - Centaur Knight
Trample
Armoured 1 (This creature enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. If it would be destroyed while it has a +1/+1 counter, instead remove all damage and a counter.)
2/1
“I may have defected from my herd, but if we are to survive in this new world, all landbound creatures must stand as one.”
Sacred Hart
Creature - Elk
Sacred Hart gets +1/+1 and has hexproof as long as you control a Lair.
1/1
Though no one knows why, where they make their homes, dragons will not tread.
Scan the Horizons
Sorcery
Look at the top seven cards of your library. You may reveal up to one creature card, up to one land card, up to one Dragon card, and up to one Lair card from among them. Put those cards into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
Be it food, territory, or a mate, dragons do not rest until they find what they’re looking for.
Stand Together
Instant
Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature and two +1/+1 counters on another target creature.
“Your herd is not lost. As long as you live, so do they.”
Trained Predator
Creature - Bear
Trained Predator costs
less to cast, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.Trained Predator can’t be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.
6/6
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Acid Breath
Instant
Destroy up to two target artifacts, enchantments, planeswalkers, and/or nonbasic lands.
Whenever two or more creatures attack you, you may pay
and exile Acid Breath from your graveyard. If you do, copy it and cast the copy without paying its mana cost.Ancient Egg
Creature - Dragon
Defender
When Ancient Egg dies, you may put a Dragon card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you don’t, create a 4/4 red Dragon creature token with flying.
0/5
Battlefront Paladin
Creature - Centaur Knight
Armoured 2 (This creature enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it. If it would be destroyed while it has a +1/+1 counter, instead remove all damage and a counter.)
Whenever another Knight you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, you may pay
. If you do, change a target of that spell or ability to Battlefront Paladin.2/3
Bloomscale Dragon
Creature - Dragon
Flying
When Bloomscale Dragon enters the battlefield, hoard 6. (Create six tapped Treasure artifact tokens with “
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.): Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.5/5
Broodback Spider
Creature - Spider
Reach
: Create a 1/2 green Spider creature token with deathtouch.4/5
The mother spider weaves webs to ensnare their prey, the hatchlings swarm over and paralyze it lethal toxins, then all enjoy the feast.
Centaur Hero
Creature - Centaur Warrior
Armoured 2 (This creature enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it. If it would be destroyed while it has a +1/+1 counter, instead remove all damage and a counter.)
All creatures able to block Centaur Hero do so.
3/1
Heroes' Company
Sorcery
Create five 2/2 white Knight creature tokens with reach.
Reinforce 10 –
“I slew a beast above Jadegrove, brought one down on Ivory Hill, and killed a mated pair in the Bloodcrags. Stand with me, and avenge the castle!”
—Cymria, Hero of Merestan
Lotus Keeper
Creature - Human Druid
: Put a lotus counter on Lotus Keeper., Remove a lotus counter from Lotus Keeper: Add three mana of any one colour to your mana pool.1/1
He protects the few patches of life and beauty left in a world consumed by fire.
Skyshot Viashino
Creature - Viashino Knight
Flash
Reach, deathtouch
You can cast Knight spells as though they had flash.
Other Knights you control have reach and deathtouch.
2/2
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Arkadi, Dragon of Eternities
Planeswalker - Arkadi
: Hoard 1. (Create a tapped Treasure artifact token with “, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.)
: You get an emblem with “Your mana pool doesn’t empty as steps and phases end” and “2, Sacrifice a land: Draw a card”.
: Add twenty mana in any combination of colours to your mana pool.
Vinewoven Dragon
Creature - Elemental Dragon
Reach
Vinewoven Dragon enters the battlefield with three times X +1/+1 counters on it.
0/0
Despite their threat, the dragons gave the druids of the Jadegrove inspiration for new and improved defences.
Multicolour
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Bloodrage Knight
Creature - Human Knight
Bloodrage Knight has double strike as long as you control an Equipment.
2/3
“There is little room for chivalry or honour left in this world. If we wish to endure, we must be no less ruthless than the dragons.”
Dumbfound
Sorcery
Target opponent puts the top X cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard. You may cast a nonland card with converted mana cost X or less from that player’s graveyard without paying its mana cost.
Frontline Griffin
Creature - Griffin
Flash
Flying
Whenever Frontline Griffin or another creature with flying enters the battlefield under your control, you may tap target creature.
2/3
“We are the griffins’ brothers in arms, not their masters. They understand perfectly the need to fight for their very survival.”
—Cole, veteran griffineer
Ivyscale Predator
Creature - Dragon
Flying, hexproof
6/6
The most successful survivors of the castle’s fall learned from the best how to adapt to any new environment.
Lair Raider
Creature - Goblin
When Lair Raider enters the battlefield, if you control a Lair, hoard 3. (Create three tapped Treasure artifact token with “
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.)3/2
Wrench’s joy at his discovery was shattered by the loss of his best friend. Still, Barrel had some neat stuff on him, and it would have been a shame to waste it.
Merestan Quartermaster
Creature - Human Knight
Vigilance
: Put a +1/+1 counter on each Knight creature you control.3/3
“They have their fire, their wings, and their savagery. They will come at us like waves crashing on the rocks. And like those rocks, we will never yield.”
Rapacious Dragon
Creature - Dragon
Flying
Rapacious Dragon gets +2/+2 for each Treasure you control.
2/2
Dragons eat gold to grow stronger scale. A larger hoard is a warning sign to other dragons of tough hide and sharp claw.
Titan Constrictor
Creature - Snake
Titan Constrictor enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it.
When Titan Constrictor enters the battlefield, you may destroy target creature with power less than Titan Constrictor’s.
Tormented Knight
Creature - Human Knight
Armoured 1 (This creature enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. If it would be destroyed while it has a +1/+1 counter, instead remove all damage and a counter.)
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from another creature you control: Put a +1/+1 counter on Tormented Knight.1/1
Viashino Hunter
Creature - Viashino Warrior
As long as you control a Dragon, Viashino Hunter gets +2/+0 and has haste.
3/4
The dragon leads its servant to the prey, while the viashino waits in ambush for the perfect moment to strike.
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Duel of Titans
Sorcery
Target opponent may put a creature card from his or her hand onto the battlefield. Then you may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. If two creatures are put onto the battlefield this way, those creatures fight each other.
The rush of wings met the roar of fire, and for a brief moment, the fighting below stopped as every eye turned skyward.
Enthrall
Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
When Enthrall enters the battlefield, untap enchanted creature.
You control enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature has haste.
“Bear my spirit on your wings. Temper my resolve in your flames. My life and servitude are yours.”
Feast on the Weak
Sorcery
Destroy all creatures with power 3 or less. You gain 3 life for each creature destroyed this way.
“What protection do your walls offer you now, Alden?”
—Udiil, Dragoncaller
Hellkite Monarch
Creature - Dragon
Flying
When Hellkite Monarch enters the battlefield, hoard 3. (Create three tapped Treasure artifact tokens with “
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.)Sacrifice a Treasure: Hellkite Monarch deals 1 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
6/6
Illishar, Hero of the Skies
Legendary Creature - Bird Warrior
Flying
Whenever you cast a creature spell with flying, put a +1/+1 counter on Illishar, Hero of the Skies and you gain 2 life.
2/5
Though his eyes were burned by dragonfire, he never lost sight of a world where he could fly free once more.
Mercaius Farwalker
Legendary Creature - Human Scout
Creature cards in your hand have “Reinforce 1 —
”., Remove a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control: Draw a card.2/2
“I will not bow to Udiil’s pets, but nor do I falsely believe we can stand against them. I spend my efforts looking for a new home, where we can rebuild.”
Merestan Spymaster
Creature - Human Scout
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to an opponent, draw a card and put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.
1/1
With a few altercations to the mixture, a healing balm can mask one’s scent from a dragon’s keen nose.
Trebuchet Master
Creature - Minotaur Warrior
: Until end of turn, another target creature you control gets +2/+0 and gains flying and haste. At the beginning of the next end step, sacrifice that creature.5/5
"Get in."
Wandering Lich
Creature - Zombie
When Wandering Lich enters the battlefield, exile up to three target cards from an opponent’s graveyard.
You can cast nonland cards exiled with Wandering Lich. You may spend mana as though it were mana of any colour to cast those cards.
3/7
Not all of Merestan's kings were as noble as Alden.
Wildmane Paladin
Creature - Centaur Knight
Vigilance
Whenever another Knight enters the battlefield under your control, you gain 2 life.
, : Create a 2/2 white Knight creature token with reach., : Target Knight gains indestructible until end of turn.4/2
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Dracoshifter
Creature - Dragon Shapeshifter
You may have Dracoshifter enter the battlefield as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it’s still a Dragon, gets +2/+2, and has flying and “
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn”.0/0
Alden himself fell to his knees, all hope lost, as his once-trusted captain Gesc sprouted wings.
Exalted Skylord
Creature - Dragon
Flying
Creatures can’t attack you or planeswalkers you control unless their controller pays
for each of those creatures.Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, Exalted Skylord deals 2 damage to that creature.
6/6
Udiil, Dragoncaller
Legendary Creature - Human Shaman
Whenever you cast a creature spell, you may pay
. If you do, create a 4/4 red Dragon creature token with flying.1/1
“While Alden and Khoreth were busy playing at war, I was labouring to free the true masters of this world.”
Artifacts
Commons
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Fletched Longbow
Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has reach.
As long as equipped creature is a Knight, it has first strike.
Equip
Griffineer's Harness
Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has flying.
Equip
Ready or not, griffineer trainees were forced to take the saddle.
Training Equipment
Artifact - Equipment
: Equipped creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.Equip
Every child of the Bahed hordes learns how to handle a blade as soon as they can hold one.
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Dragonbone Flail
Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature gets +2/+2.
Equip
Reinforce 2 —
(, Discard this card: Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.)Made of dragon bone, fused by dragon fire, imbued with the ferocity of a dragon’s grief.
Dragonfire Shrine
Artifact
, , Sacrifice three creatures: Search your library for a Dragon card and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.The cultists believe their chanting and offerings summon forth their god. The dragon simply sees an easy banquet.
Golden Plate
Artifact - Equipment
When Golden Plate enters the battlefield, hoard 2. (Create two tapped Treasure artifact token with “
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.)Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each Treasure you control.
Equip
Steel Plate Armour
Artifact - Equipment
When Steel Plate Armour enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
Equipped creature has armoured. (If it would be destroyed while it has a +1/+1 counter, instead remove all damage and a counter from it.)
Equip
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Celestial Plating
Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature gets +X/+X, where X is your life total.
Equip
“The angels do not give gifts lightly. Its power may be great, but the need for it is greater.”
—Vyrios
Champion's Sword
Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and can’t be blocked by more than one creature.
If equipped creature is a Knight, it has “Whenever this creature attacks, target creature blocks it this combat if able”.
Equip
Dragon's Hoard
Artifact
At the beginning of each player’s upkeep, hoard 1. (Create a tapped Treasure artifact token with “
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.), , Sacrifice Dragon’s Hoard: Search your library for a card and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.Hero's Standard
Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has vigilance.
As long as equipped creature is a Knight, other creatures you control get +1/+1.
Equip
Sacrificial Stone
Legendary Artifact
At the beginning of each opponent’s upkeep, that player may sacrifice a creature. If he or she doesn’t, create a 4/4 red Dragon creature token with flying.
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Silent Sword
Artifact - Equipment
When Silent Sword enters the battlefield, destroy all creatures.
Equipped creature gets +4/+4 and has indestructible.
Equip
“Some weapons, no mortal was ever meant to wield.”
—Vyrios
Tomb of the First King
Legendary Artifact
Indestructible
You don’t lose the game for having 0 life or less.
When your life total is 0 or less, exile Tomb of the First King. If you do, create a legendary 7/7 black Zombie creature token named The First King. It has armoured 1 and “You don’t lose the game for having 0 life or less”.
Lands
Commons
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Cavern of Reflection
Land - Lair
Cavern of Reflection enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add to your mana pool., : Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool.Lava Passage
Land - Lair
Lava Passage enters the battlefield tapped with two charge counters on it.
: Add to your mana pool., Remove a charge counter from Lava Passage: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool.Winding Tunnels
Land - Lair
: Add 
to your mana pool., , Sacrifice Winding Tunnels: Search your library for a basic land or Lair card and put it onto the battlefield tapped. Then shuffle your library.
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Bonstrewn Lair
Land - Lair
Bonestrewn Lair enters the battlefield tapped unless you control another Lair or Dragon.
: Add or to your mana pool.
, , Sacrifice Bonestrewn Lair: Target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery and only if you control a Dragon.Frozen Lair
Land - Lair
Frozen Lair enters the battlefield tapped unless you control another Lair or Dragon.
: Add or to your mana pool.
, , Sacrifice Frozen Lair: Tap up to two target permanents. They don’t untap during their controllers’ next untap steps. Activate this ability only if you control a Dragon.Open Lair
Land - Lair
Open Lair enters the battlefield tapped unless you control another Lair or Dragon.
: Add or to your mana pool., , Sacrifice Open Lair: Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery and only if you control a Dragon.Scorched Lair
Land - Lair
Scorched Lair enters the battlefield tapped unless you control another Lair or Dragon.
: Add or to your mana pool.
, , Sacrifice Scorched Lair: Scorched Lair deals 4 damage to each opponent. Activate this ability only if you control a Dragon.Temple Lair
Land - Lair
Temple Lair enters the battlefield tapped unless you control another Lair or Dragon.
: Add or to your mana pool.
, , Sacrifice Temple Lair: You gain 8 life. Activate this ability only if you control a Dragon.Treasure Chamber
Land - Lair
Treasure Chamber enters the battlefield with two gold counters on it.
: Add to your mana pool., , Remove a gold counter from Treasure Chamber: Hoard 1. (Create a tapped Treasure artifact token with “, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool”.)
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Dark Hatchery
Land - Lair
: Add to your mana pool.: Add one mana of any colour to your mana pool. Spend this mana only to cast Dragon spells., : Create a 2/2 red Dragon creature token with flying. Activate this ability only if you control a Dragon.Lair in the Basin
Land - Lair
Hideaway (This land enters the battlefield tapped. When it does, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom of your library.)
: Add or to your mana pool., : You may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost if you have eight or more cards in hand.Lair in the Bayou
Land - Lair
Hideaway (This land enters the battlefield tapped. When it does, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom of your library.)
: Add or to your mana pool., : You may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost if two or more creatures you control died this turn.Lair in the Palace
Land - Lair
Hideaway (This land enters the battlefield tapped. When it does, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom of your library.)
: Add or to your mana pool., , Remove five +1/+1 counters from among creatures you control: You may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost.Lair in the Volcano
Land - Lair
Hideaway (This land enters the battlefield tapped. When it does, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom of your library.)
: Add or to your mana pool., : You may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost if you cast two or more spells this turn.Lair on the Plateau
Land - Lair
Hideaway (This land enters the battlefield tapped. When it does, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom of your library.)
: Add or to your mana pool., , Tap five untapped creatures you control: You may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost.
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