Cursed Rack

Cursed Rack (Antiquities)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. The chosen player's maximum hand size is four.

Ashnod invented several torture techniques that could make victims even miles away beg for mercy as if the End had come.

Cursed Rack (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. The chosen player's maximum hand size is four.

Cursed Rack (Renaissance)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. The chosen player's maximum hand size is four.

Cursed Rack (Rinascimento)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. The chosen player's maximum hand size is four.

Power Sink (Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.

Lightning Blast (Classic Sixth Edition)
Richard Thomas

Lightning Blast deals 4 damage to any target.

"Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do." —Selenia, dark angel

Red Elemental Blast (Limited Edition Beta)
Richard Thomas

Choose one — • Counter target blue spell. • Destroy target blue permanent.

Thunder Wall (Ice Age)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Flying {U}: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

"The Lemures had barely taken wing when the sky roared with thunder. The swarm of little beasts wavered, divided, and fell, crashing to the earth." —General Jarkeld, the Arctic Fox

Black Vise (Unlimited Edition)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.

Wall of Water (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {U}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Black Vise (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.

Wall of Water (Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {U}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Power Sink (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.

Red Elemental Blast (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Richard Thomas

Choose one — • Counter target blue spell. • Destroy target blue permanent.

Channel (30th Anniversary Edition)
Richard Thomas

Until end of turn, any time you could activate a mana ability, you may pay 1 life. If you do, add {C}.

The Rack (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is 3 minus the number of cards in their hand.

Tsunami (Revised Edition)
Richard Thomas

Destroy all Islands.

Blue Elemental Blast (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Richard Thomas

Choose one — • Counter target red spell. • Destroy target red permanent.

Cursed Rack (Antiquities)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. The chosen player's maximum hand size is four.

Ashnod invented several torture techniques that could make victims even miles away beg for mercy as if the End had come.

Hoar Shade (Ice Age)
Richard Thomas

{B}: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

"The creature we fought in the western waste was doubly dangerous: mortally wounded, it rebounded and attacked again." —Disa the Restless, journal entry

Air Elemental (Unlimited Edition)
Richard Thomas

Flying

These spirits of the air are winsome and wild, and cannot be truly contained. Only marginally intelligent, they often substitute whimsy for strategy, delighting in mischief and mayhem.

Dwarven Armory (Ice Age)
Richard Thomas

{2}, Sacrifice a land: Put a +2/+2 counter on target creature. Activate only during any upkeep step.

"Few of us left, now. Confounded Yeti have opened all the vents. We'd best hide here with the weapons." —Perena Deepcutter, Dwarven Armorer

Black Vise (30th Anniversary Edition)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.

Channel (Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

Until end of turn, any time you could activate a mana ability, you may pay 1 life. If you do, add {C}.

Wall of Vapor (Legends)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Prevent all damage that would be dealt to this creature by creatures it's blocking.

"Walls of a castle are made out of stone,/ Walls of a house out of bricks or of wood./ My walls are made out of magic alone,/ Stronger than any that ever have stood." —Chrysoberyl Earthsdaughter, *Incantations*

Wall of Air (Revised Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender, flying (This creature can't attack, and it can block creatures with flying.)

"This 'standing windstorm' can hold us off indefinitely? Ridiculous!" Saying nothing, she put a pinch of salt on the table. With a bang she clapped her hands, and the salt disappeared, blown away.

Karma (30th Anniversary Edition)
Richard Thomas

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals damage to that player equal to the number of Swamps they control.

Black Vise (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.

Wall of Air (Unlimited Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender, flying (This creature can't attack, and it can block creatures with flying.)

"This 'standing windstorm' can hold us off indefinitely? Ridiculous!" Saying nothing, she put a pinch of salt on the table. With a bang she clapped her hands, and the salt disappeared, blown away.

Wall of Ice (Collectors' Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

"And through the drifts the snowy cliffs/ Did send a dismal sheen:/ Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken—/ The ice was all between."/ —Samuel Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

Wall of Fire (30th Anniversary Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Conjured from the bowels of hell, the fiery wall forms an impassable barrier, searing the soul of any creature attempting to pass through its terrible bursts of flame.

Tsunami (30th Anniversary Edition)
Richard Thomas

Destroy all Islands.

Wall of Air (Collectors' Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender, flying (This creature can't attack, and it can block creatures with flying.)

"This 'standing windstorm' can hold us off indefinitely? Ridiculous!" Saying nothing, she put a pinch of salt on the table. With a bang she clapped her hands, and the salt disappeared, blown away.

Wall of Air (Limited Edition Beta)
Richard Thomas

Defender, flying (This creature can't attack, and it can block creatures with flying.)

"This 'standing windstorm' can hold us off indefinitely? Ridiculous!" Saying nothing, she put a pinch of salt on the table. With a bang she clapped her hands, and the salt disappeared, blown away.

Wall of Air (Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

Defender, flying (This creature can't attack, and it can block creatures with flying.)

Dread of Night (Tempest)
Richard Thomas

White creatures get -1/-1.

"These moonless, foreign skies keep me in thrall. Dark whispers echo in the night, and I cannot resist." —Selenia, dark angel

Dread of Night (Classic Sixth Edition)
Richard Thomas

White creatures get -1/-1.

"These moonless, foreign skies keep me in thrall. Dark whispers echo in the night, and I cannot resist." —Selenia, dark angel

Rolling Thunder (Battle Royale Box Set)
Richard Thomas

Rolling Thunder deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of targets.

"Such rage," thought Vhati, gazing up at the thunderhead from the *Predator*. "It is Greven's mind manifest."

The Rack (Antiquities)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is 3 minus the number of cards in their hand.

Invented in Mishra's earlier days, the Rack was once his most feared creation.

Nova Pentacle (Legends)
Richard Thomas

{3}, {T}: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, that damage is dealt to target creature of an opponent's choice instead.

Karma (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Richard Thomas

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals damage to that player equal to the number of Swamps they control.

Black Vise (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.

Wall of Air (Classic Sixth Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender, flying (This creature can't attack, and it can block creatures with flying.)

When no falcons fly, beware the sky. —Femeref aphorism

Black Vise (Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.

Power Sink (Limited Edition Alpha)
Richard Thomas

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.

Channel (Fourth Edition)
Richard Thomas

Until end of turn, any time you could activate a mana ability, you may pay 1 life. If you do, add {C}.

The Rack (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is 3 minus the number of cards in their hand.

Invented in Mishra's earlier days, the Rack was once his most feared creation.

Karma (Limited Edition Beta)
Richard Thomas

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals damage to that player equal to the number of Swamps they control.

Wall of Fire (Fourth Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Conjured from the bowels of hell, the fiery wall forms an impassable barrier, searing the soul of any creature attempting to pass through its terrible bursts of flame.

Wall of Ice (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

"And through the drifts the snowy cliffs/ Did send a dismal sheen:/ Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken—/ The ice was all between."/ —Samuel Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

Blue Elemental Blast (30th Anniversary Edition)
Richard Thomas

Choose one — • Counter target red spell. • Destroy target red permanent.

Wall of Ice (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

"And through the drifts the snowy cliffs Did send a dismal sheen: Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken— The ice was all between." —Samuel Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

Karma (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Richard Thomas

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals damage to that player equal to the number of Swamps they control.

Channel (30th Anniversary Edition)
Richard Thomas

Until end of turn, any time you could activate a mana ability, you may pay 1 life. If you do, add {C}.

Gleemax (Unhinged)
Richard Thomas

You choose all targets for all spells and abilities.

Help us . . . R&D under mental domination of alien brain in jar . . . only chance . . . Gleemax's blatant disregard for flavor text . . . send help!

Wall of Water (Fourth Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {U}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

A deafening roar arose as the fury of an enormous vertical river supplanted our serenity. Eddies turned into whirling geysers, leveling everything in their path.

Wall of Fire (Classic Sixth Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

"Struggle, and you will only fan the flames." —Talibah, embermage

Hunding Gjornersen (Legends)
Richard Thomas

Rampage 1 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)

"You would never guess, at the terrifying sight of the man, that Hunding was as charming a companion as one could wish for."

Cursed Rack (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. The chosen player's maximum hand size is four.

Despotic Scepter (Ice Age)
Richard Thomas

{T}: Destroy target permanent you own. It can't be regenerated.

"We were not meant to have such terrible things. They should be left where we found them, if not destroyed!" —Sorine Relicbane, Soldevi Heretic

Wall of Wonder (Chronicles)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {2}{U}{U}: This creature gets +4/-4 until end of turn and can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender.

So confusing is the Wall's appearance that few of its victims even see it move.

Karma (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Richard Thomas

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals damage to that player equal to the number of Swamps they control.

Air Elemental (Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

Flying

Karma (Collectors' Edition)
Richard Thomas

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals damage to that player equal to the number of Swamps they control.

Tsunami (Limited Edition Beta)
Richard Thomas

Destroy all Islands.

General Jarkeld (Ice Age)
Richard Thomas

{T}: Choose two target blocked attacking creatures. If each of those creatures could be blocked by all creatures that the other is blocked by, each creature that's blocking exactly one of those attacking creatures stops blocking it and is blocking the other attacking creature. Activate only during the declare blockers step.

Dread of Night (World Championship Decks 1998)
Richard Thomas

White creatures get -1/-1.

"These moonless, foreign skies keep me in thrall. Dark whispers echo in the night, and I cannot resist." —Selenia, dark angel

Fyndhorn Brownie (Classic Sixth Edition)
Richard Thomas

{2}{G}, {T}: Untap target creature.

"I've been insulted by drunks in a hundred inns, but never as skillfully or annoyingly as by those blasted brownies." —General Jarkeld, the Arctic Fox

Blue Elemental Blast (Limited Edition Alpha)
Richard Thomas

Choose one — • Counter target red spell. • Destroy target red permanent.

Wall of Fire (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Wall of Air (30th Anniversary Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender, flying (This creature can't attack, and it can block creatures with flying.)

"This 'standing windstorm' can hold us off indefinitely? Ridiculous!" Saying nothing, she put a pinch of salt on the table. With a bang she clapped her hands, and the salt disappeared, blown away.

Tsunami (30th Anniversary Edition)
Richard Thomas

Destroy all Islands.

Channel (Limited Edition Alpha)
Richard Thomas

Until end of turn, any time you could activate a mana ability, you may pay 1 life. If you do, add {C}.

Wall of Fire (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Conjured from the bowels of hell, the fiery wall forms an impassable barrier, searing the soul of any creature attempting to pass through its terrible bursts of flame.

Cursed Rack (Renaissance)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. The chosen player's maximum hand size is four.

Karma (Limited Edition Alpha)
Richard Thomas

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals damage to that player equal to the number of Swamps they control.

Blaze of Glory (Unlimited Edition)
Richard Thomas

Cast this spell only during combat before blockers are declared. Target creature defending player controls can block any number of creatures this turn. It blocks each attacking creature this turn if able.

Wall of Air (30th Anniversary Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender, flying (This creature can't attack, and it can block creatures with flying.)

"This 'standing windstorm' can hold us off indefinitely? Ridiculous!" Saying nothing, she put a pinch of salt on the table. With a bang she clapped her hands, and the salt disappeared, blown away.

Tsunami (Fourth Edition)
Richard Thomas

Destroy all Islands.

Wall of Water (Unlimited Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {U}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

A deafening roar arose as the fury of an enormous vertical river supplanted our serenity. Eddies turned into whirling geysers, leveling everything in their path.

Carrion Ants (Renaissance)
Richard Thomas

{1}: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Power Sink (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Richard Thomas

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.

Karma (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Richard Thomas

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals damage to that player equal to the number of Swamps they control.

Red Elemental Blast (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

Choose one — • Counter target blue spell. • Destroy target blue permanent.

Tsunami (Unlimited Edition)
Richard Thomas

Destroy all Islands.

Red Elemental Blast (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Richard Thomas

Choose one — • Counter target blue spell. • Destroy target blue permanent.

Wall of Dust (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Whenever this creature blocks a creature, that creature can't attack during its controller's next turn.

Air Elemental (Fourth Edition)
Richard Thomas

Flying

These spirits of the air are winsome and wild and cannot be truly contained. Only marginally intelligent, they often substitute whimsy for strategy, delighting in mischief and mayhem.

Wall of Air (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender, flying (This creature can't attack, and it can block creatures with flying.)

"This 'standing windstorm' can hold us off indefinitely? Ridiculous!" Saying nothing, she put a pinch of salt on the table. With a bang she clapped her hands, and the salt disappeared, blown away.

Black Vise (Pro Tour Collector Set)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.

Black Vise (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.

Wall of Water (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {U}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

A deafening roar arose as the fury of an enormous vertical river supplanted our serenity. Eddies turned into whirling geysers, leveling everything in their path.

Channel (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Richard Thomas

Until end of turn, any time you could activate a mana ability, you may pay 1 life. If you do, add {C}.

Gosta Dirk (Legends)
Richard Thomas

First strike Creatures with islandwalk can be blocked as though they didn't have islandwalk.

Wall of Dust (Legends)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Whenever this creature blocks a creature, that creature can't attack during its controller's next turn.

An ever-moving swarm of dust engulfs and disorients anything that comes near.

Tsunami (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

Destroy all Islands.

Air Elemental (30th Anniversary Edition)
Richard Thomas

Flying

These spirits of the air are winsome and wild, and cannot be truly contained. Only marginally intelligent, they often substitute whimsy for strategy, delighting in mischief and mayhem.

Fire Diamond (World Championship Decks 1999)
Richard Thomas

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}.

Karma (30th Anniversary Edition)
Richard Thomas

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals damage to that player equal to the number of Swamps they control.

The Rack (Revised Edition)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is 3 minus the number of cards in their hand.

Invented in Mishra's earlier days, the Rack was once his most feared creation.

Carrion Ants (Legends)
Richard Thomas

{1}: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

"'War is no picnic,' my father liked to say. But the Ants seemed to disagree." —*General Chanek Valteroth*

Red Elemental Blast (Fourth Edition)
Richard Thomas

Choose one — • Counter target blue spell. • Destroy target blue permanent.

Black Vise (Collectors' Edition)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.

Gleemax (Unhinged)
Richard Thomas

You choose all targets for all spells and abilities.

Help us . . . R&D under mental domination of alien brain in jar . . . only chance . . . Gleemax's blatant disregard for flavor text . . . send help!

Blue Elemental Blast (Revised Edition)
Richard Thomas

Choose one — • Counter target red spell. • Destroy target red permanent.

Blue Elemental Blast (Collectors' Edition)
Richard Thomas

Choose one — • Counter target red spell. • Destroy target red permanent.

Air Elemental (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Richard Thomas

Flying

These spirits of the air are winsome and wild, and cannot be truly contained. Only marginally intelligent, they often substitute whimsy for strategy, delighting in mischief and mayhem.

Red Elemental Blast (Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

Choose one — • Counter target blue spell. • Destroy target blue permanent.

Wall of Heat (Battle Royale Box Set)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

At a distance, we mistook the sound for a waterfall . . . .

Red Elemental Blast (Collectors' Edition)
Richard Thomas

Choose one — • Counter target blue spell. • Destroy target blue permanent.

Kry Shield (Legends)
Richard Thomas

{2}, {T}: Prevent all damage that would be dealt this turn by target creature you control. That creature gets +0/+X until end of turn, where X is its mana value.

Wall of Fire (Limited Edition Alpha)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Conjured from the bowels of hell, the fiery wall forms an impassable barrier, searing the soul of any creature attempting to pass through its terrible bursts of flame.

Wall of Fire (Collectors' Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Conjured from the bowels of hell, the fiery wall forms an impassable barrier, searing the soul of any creature attempting to pass through its terrible bursts of flame.

Barbarian Guides (Ice Age)
Richard Thomas

{2}{R}, {T}: Choose a land type. Target creature you control gains snow landwalk of the chosen type until end of turn. Return that creature to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a snow land of that type.)

Rolling Thunder (Tempest)
Richard Thomas

Rolling Thunder deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of targets.

"Such rage," thought Vhati, gazing up at the thunderhead from the *Predator*. "It is Greven's mind manifest."

Carrion Ants (Fourth Edition)
Richard Thomas

{1}: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

"War is no picnic," my father liked to say. But the Ants seemed to disagree.

Wall of Dust (Renaissance)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Whenever this creature blocks a creature, that creature can't attack during its controller's next turn.

Wall of Ice (30th Anniversary Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

"And through the drifts the snowy cliffs Did send a dismal sheen: Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken— The ice was all between." —Samuel Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

Blue Elemental Blast (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Richard Thomas

Choose one — • Counter target red spell. • Destroy target red permanent.

Power Sink (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Richard Thomas

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.

Wall of Fire (Revised Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Conjured from the bowels of hell, the fiery wall forms an impassable barrier, searing the soul of any creature attempting to pass through its terrible bursts of flame.

Blue Elemental Blast (30th Anniversary Edition)
Richard Thomas

Choose one — • Counter target red spell. • Destroy target red permanent.

Blaze of Glory (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Richard Thomas

Cast this spell only during combat before blockers are declared. Target creature defending player controls can block any number of creatures this turn. It blocks each attacking creature this turn if able.

The Rack (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is 3 minus the number of cards in their hand.

Invented in Mishra's earlier days, the Rack was once his most feared creation.

Tsunami (Collectors' Edition)
Richard Thomas

Destroy all Islands.

Blaze of Glory (30th Anniversary Edition)
Richard Thomas

Cast this spell only during combat before blockers are declared. Target creature defending player controls can block any number of creatures this turn. It blocks each attacking creature this turn if able.

Red Elemental Blast (Limited Edition Alpha)
Richard Thomas

Choose one — • Counter target blue spell. • Destroy target blue permanent.

Wall of Water (30th Anniversary Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {U}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

A deafening roar arose as the fury of an enormous vertical river supplanted our serenity. Eddies turned into whirling geysers, leveling everything in their path.

Wall of Fire (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Conjured from the bowels of hell, the fiery wall forms an impassable barrier, searing the soul of any creature attempting to pass through its terrible bursts of flame.

The Rack (Time Spiral Timeshifted)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is 3 minus the number of cards in their hand.

Invented in Mishra's earlier days, the rack was once his most feared creation.

Cursed Rack (Rinascimento)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. The chosen player's maximum hand size is four.

Wall of Ice (30th Anniversary Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

"And through the drifts the snowy cliffs/ Did send a dismal sheen:/ Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken—/ The ice was all between."/ —Samuel Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

Lightning Blast (Tempest)
Richard Thomas

Lightning Blast deals 4 damage to any target.

"Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do." —Selenia, dark angel

Wall of Fire (Limited Edition Beta)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Conjured from the bowels of hell, the fiery wall forms an impassable barrier, searing the soul of any creature attempting to pass through its terrible bursts of flame.

Carrion Ants (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

{1}: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Leshrac's Rite (Ice Age)
Richard Thomas

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has swampwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)

"Bind me to thee, my soul to thine. I am your servant and your slave. I shall hunger for your word and thirst for your blessing. Blood for blood, flesh for flesh, Leshrac, my lord." —Lim-Dûl, the Necromancer

Lightning Blast (Eighth Edition)
Richard Thomas

Lightning Blast deals 4 damage to any target.

"Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do." —Selenia, dark angel

Wall of Dust (Fourth Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Whenever this creature blocks a creature, that creature can't attack during its controller's next turn.

An ever-moving swarm of dust engulfs and disorients anything that comes near.

Tsunami (Limited Edition Alpha)
Richard Thomas

Destroy all Islands.

Blue Elemental Blast (Fourth Edition)
Richard Thomas

Choose one — • Counter target red spell. • Destroy target red permanent.

Wall of Putrid Flesh (Legends)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Protection from white Prevent all damage that would be dealt to this creature by enchanted creatures.

Air Elemental (Collectors' Edition)
Richard Thomas

Flying

These spirits of the air are winsome and wild and cannot be truly contained. Only marginally intelligent, they often substitute whimsy for strategy, delighting in mischief and mayhem.

Wall of Ice (Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

Karma (Revised Edition)
Richard Thomas

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals damage to that player equal to the number of Swamps they control.

Air Elemental (30th Anniversary Edition)
Richard Thomas

Flying

These spirits of the air are winsome and wild, and cannot be truly contained. Only marginally intelligent, they often substitute whimsy for strategy, delighting in mischief and mayhem.

Wall of Water (30th Anniversary Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {U}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

A deafening roar arose as the fury of an enormous vertical river supplanted our serenity. Eddies turned into whirling geysers, leveling everything in their path.

Wall of Air (Fourth Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender, flying (This creature can't attack, and it can block creatures with flying.)

"This 'standing windstorm' can hold us off indefinitely? Ridiculous!" Saying nothing, she put a pinch of salt on the table. With a bang she clapped her hands, and the salt disappeared, blown away.

Wall of Air (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

Defender, flying (This creature can't attack, and it can block creatures with flying.)

Blaze of Glory (Limited Edition Beta)
Richard Thomas

Cast this spell only during combat before blockers are declared. Target creature defending player controls can block any number of creatures this turn. It blocks each attacking creature this turn if able.

Power Sink (Unlimited Edition)
Richard Thomas

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.

Wall of Ice (Fourth Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

"And through the drifts the snowy cliffs Did send a dismal sheen: Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken— The ice was all between." —Samuel Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

Tsunami (Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

Destroy all Islands.

Karma (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals damage to that player equal to the number of Swamps they control.

Wall of Water (Limited Edition Alpha)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {U}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

A deafening roar arose as the fury of an enormous vertical river supplanted our serenity. Eddies turned into whirling geysers, leveling everything in their path.

Channel (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

Until end of turn, any time you could activate a mana ability, you may pay 1 life. If you do, add {C}.

Wall of Air (Limited Edition Alpha)
Richard Thomas

Defender, flying (This creature can't attack, and it can block creatures with flying.)

"This 'standing windstorm' can hold us off indefinitely? Ridiculous!" Saying nothing, she put a pinch of salt on the table. With a bang she clapped her hands, and the salt disappeared, blown away.

Channel (Unlimited Edition)
Richard Thomas

Until end of turn, any time you could activate a mana ability, you may pay 1 life. If you do, add {C}.

Jokulhaups (Ice Age)
Richard Thomas

Destroy all artifacts, creatures, and lands. They can't be regenerated.

"I was shocked when I first saw the aftermath of the Yavimaya Valley disaster. The raging waters had swept away trees, bridges, and even houses. My healers had much work to do." —Halvor Arenson, Kjeldoran Priest

Black Vise (Fourth Edition)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.

Channel (Limited Edition Beta)
Richard Thomas

Until end of turn, any time you could activate a mana ability, you may pay 1 life. If you do, add {C}.

Wall of Ice (Limited Edition Alpha)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

"And through the drifts the snowy cliffs/ Did send a dismal sheen:/ Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken—/ The ice was all between."/ —Samuel Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

Wall of Ice (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

Wall of Water (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {U}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Jokulhaups (Deckmasters)
Richard Thomas

Destroy all artifacts, creatures, and lands. They can't be regenerated.

"I was shocked when I first saw the aftermath of the Yavimaya Valley disaster. The raging waters had swept away trees, bridges, and even houses. My healers had much work to do." —Halvor Arenson, Kjeldoran Priest

Black Vise (Limited Edition Beta)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.

Power Sink (30th Anniversary Edition)
Richard Thomas

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.

Power Sink (Collectors' Edition)
Richard Thomas

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.

Power Sink (Fifth Edition)
Richard Thomas

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.

Hyalopterous Lemure (Ice Age)
Richard Thomas

{0}: This creature gets -1/-0 and gains flying until end of turn.

"The Lemures looked harmless, until they descended on my troops. Within moments, only bones remained." —Lucilde Fiksdotter, Leader of the Order of the White Shield

Rolling Thunder (Planechase)
Richard Thomas

Rolling Thunder deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of targets.

"Such rage," thought Vhati, gazing up at the thunderhead from the *Predator*. "It is Greven's mind manifest."

Karma (Unlimited Edition)
Richard Thomas

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals damage to that player equal to the number of Swamps they control.

Channel (Revised Edition)
Richard Thomas

Until end of turn, any time you could activate a mana ability, you may pay 1 life. If you do, add {C}.

Wall of Heat (Legends)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

At a distance, we mistook the sound for a waterfall . . .

Power Sink (Fourth Edition)
Richard Thomas

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.

Red Elemental Blast (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Richard Thomas

Choose one — • Counter target blue spell. • Destroy target blue permanent.

Power Sink (Revised Edition)
Richard Thomas

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.

Power Sink (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Richard Thomas

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.

Power Sink (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.

The Rack (Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is 3 minus the number of cards in their hand.

Black Vise (Limited Edition Alpha)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.

Wall of Water (Revised Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {U}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

A deafening roar arose as the fury of an enormous vertical river supplanted our serenity. Eddies turned into whirling geysers, leveling everything in their path.

Red Elemental Blast (Revised Edition)
Richard Thomas

Choose one — • Counter target blue spell. • Destroy target blue permanent.

Red Elemental Blast (Unlimited Edition)
Richard Thomas

Choose one — • Counter target blue spell. • Destroy target blue permanent.

Blue Elemental Blast (Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

Choose one — • Counter target red spell. • Destroy target red permanent.

Power Sink (Limited Edition Beta)
Richard Thomas

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.

Wall of Light (Legends)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Protection from black

As many attackers were dazzled by the wall's beauty as were halted by its force.

Wall of Fire (Unlimited Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Conjured from the bowels of hell, the fiery wall forms an impassable barrier, searing the soul of any creature attempting to pass through its terrible bursts of flame.

Wall of Water (Limited Edition Beta)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {U}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

A deafening roar arose as the fury of an enormous vertical river supplanted our serenity. Eddies turned into whirling geysers, leveling everything in their path.

Power Sink (Introductory Two-Player Set)
Richard Thomas

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.

Wall of Air (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Richard Thomas

Defender, flying (This creature can't attack, and it can block creatures with flying.)

"This 'standing windstorm' can hold us off indefinitely? Ridiculous!" Saying nothing, she put a pinch of salt on the table. With a bang she clapped her hands, and the salt disappeared, blown away.

Air Elemental (Revised Edition)
Richard Thomas

Flying

These spirits of the air are winsome and wild, and cannot be truly contained. Only marginally intelligent, they often substitute whimsy for strategy, delighting in mischief and mayhem.

Wall of Water (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {U}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

A deafening roar arose as the fury of an enormous vertical river supplanted our serenity. Eddies turned into whirling geysers, leveling everything in their path.

Karma (Fourth Edition)
Richard Thomas

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals damage to that player equal to the number of Swamps they control.

Black Vise (30th Anniversary Edition)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.

Blue Elemental Blast (Limited Edition Beta)
Richard Thomas

Choose one — • Counter target red spell. • Destroy target red permanent.

Blaze of Glory (Limited Edition Alpha)
Richard Thomas

Cast this spell only during combat before blockers are declared. Target creature defending player controls can block any number of creatures this turn. It blocks each attacking creature this turn if able.

Power Sink (30th Anniversary Edition)
Richard Thomas

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.

Red Elemental Blast (30th Anniversary Edition)
Richard Thomas

Choose one — • Counter target blue spell. • Destroy target blue permanent.

Tsunami (Fifth Edition)
Richard Thomas

Destroy all Islands.

Wall of Ice (Limited Edition Beta)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

"And through the drifts the snowy cliffs/ Did send a dismal sheen:/ Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken—/ The ice was all between."/ —Samuel Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

Wall of Heat (Chronicles)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

At a distance, we mistook the sound for a waterfall . . . .

Red Elemental Blast (30th Anniversary Edition)
Richard Thomas

Choose one — • Counter target blue spell. • Destroy target blue permanent.

Wall of Vapor (Chronicles)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Prevent all damage that would be dealt to this creature by creatures it's blocking.

"Walls of a castle are made out of stone,/ Walls of a house out of bricks or of wood./ My walls are made out of magic alone,/ Stronger than any that ever have stood." —Chrysoberyl Earthsdaughter, *Incantations*

Wall of Fire (30th Anniversary Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Conjured from the bowels of hell, the fiery wall forms an impassable barrier, searing the soul of any creature attempting to pass through its terrible bursts of flame.

Blaze of Glory (Collectors' Edition)
Richard Thomas

Cast this spell only during combat before blockers are declared. Target creature defending player controls can block any number of creatures this turn. It blocks each attacking creature this turn if able.

Wall of Earth (Legends)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

The ground shuddered violently and the earth seemed to come to life. The elemental force contained in the vast wall of earth was trapped, bent to its controller's will.

Shyft (Ice Age)
Richard Thomas

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may have this creature become the color or colors of your choice. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

"Capturing this specimen was not easy. Study it well, that you someday might be as versatile." —Gerda Äagesdotter, Archmage of the Unseen

Fyndhorn Brownie (Ice Age)
Richard Thomas

{2}{G}, {T}: Untap target creature.

"I've been insulted by drunks in a hundred inns, but never as skillfully or annoyingly as by those blasted Brownies." —General Jarkeld, the Arctic Fox

Wall of Ice (Revised Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

"And through the drifts the snowy cliffs Did send a dismal sheen: Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken— The ice was all between." —Samuel Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

Tsunami (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Richard Thomas

Destroy all Islands.

Channel (Collectors' Edition)
Richard Thomas

Until end of turn, any time you could activate a mana ability, you may pay 1 life. If you do, add {C}.

Wall of Ice (Unlimited Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.)

"And through the drifts the snowy cliffs/ Did send a dismal sheen:/ Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken—/ The ice was all between."/ —Samuel Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

Wall of Wonder (Legends)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {2}{U}{U}: This creature gets +4/-4 until end of turn and can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender.

So confusing is the Wall's appearance that few of its victims even see it move.

Blue Elemental Blast (Unlimited Edition)
Richard Thomas

Choose one — • Counter target red spell. • Destroy target red permanent.

Fire Diamond (Mirage)
Richard Thomas

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}.

Air Elemental (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Richard Thomas

Flying

These spirits of the air are winsome and wild and cannot be truly contained. Only marginally intelligent, they often substitute whimsy for strategy, delighting in mischief and mayhem.

Air Elemental (Limited Edition Alpha)
Richard Thomas

Flying

These spirits of the air are winsome and wild, and cannot be truly contained. Only marginally intelligent, they often substitute whimsy for strategy, delighting in mischief and mayhem.

Air Elemental (Limited Edition Beta)
Richard Thomas

Flying

These spirits of the air are winsome and wild, and cannot be truly contained. Only marginally intelligent, they often substitute whimsy for strategy, delighting in mischief and mayhem.

Wall of Water (Collectors' Edition)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {U}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

A deafening roar arose as the fury of an enormous vertical river supplanted our serenity. Eddies turned into whirling geysers, leveling everything in their path.

Karma (Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals damage to that player equal to the number of Swamps they control.

Blue Elemental Blast (Media and Collaboration Promos)
Richard Thomas

Choose one — • Counter target red spell. • Destroy target red permanent.

Vibrating Sphere (Ice Age)
Richard Thomas

During your turn, creatures you control get +2/+0. During turns other than yours, creatures you control get -0/-2.

"Unearthly and invisible fibers emanate from this sphere, entangling all who draw near." —Arcum Dagsson, Soldevi Machinist

Fire Diamond (Classic Sixth Edition)
Richard Thomas

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}.

Air Elemental (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

Flying

Blue Elemental Blast (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

Choose one — • Counter target red spell. • Destroy target red permanent.

Wall of Dust (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Whenever this creature blocks a creature, that creature can't attack during its controller's next turn.

Black Vise (Revised Edition)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.

The Rack (Fourth Edition)
Richard Thomas

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is 3 minus the number of cards in their hand.

Invented in Mishra's earlier days, the Rack was once his most feared creation.

Wall of Fire (Foreign Black Border)
Richard Thomas

Defender (This creature can't attack.) {R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.