Sea Serpent

Sea Serpent (Summer Magic / Edgar)
Jeff A. Menges

This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island. When you control no Islands, sacrifice this creature.

Legend has it that Serpents used to be bigger, but how could that be?

Sea Serpent (30th Anniversary Edition)
Jeff A. Menges

This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island. When you control no Islands, sacrifice this creature.

Legend has it that Serpents used to be bigger, but how could that be?

Sea Serpent (Limited Edition Beta)
Jeff A. Menges

This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island. When you control no Islands, sacrifice this creature.

Legend has it that Serpents used to be bigger, but how could that be?

Sea Serpent (Foreign Black Border)
Jeff A. Menges

This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island. When you control no Islands, sacrifice this creature.

Sea Serpent (Fourth Edition)
Jeff A. Menges

This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island. When you control no Islands, sacrifice this creature.

Legend has it that Serpents used to be bigger, but how could that be?

Sea Serpent (Unlimited Edition)
Jeff A. Menges

This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island. When you control no Islands, sacrifice this creature.

Legend has it that Serpents used to be bigger, but how could that be?

Sea Serpent (30th Anniversary Edition)
Jeff A. Menges

This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island. When you control no Islands, sacrifice this creature.

Legend has it that Serpents used to be bigger, but how could that be?

Sea Serpent (Collectors' Edition)
Jeff A. Menges

This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island. When you control no Islands, sacrifice this creature.

Legend has it that Serpents used to be bigger, but how could that be?

Sea Serpent (Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border)
Jeff A. Menges

This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island. When you control no Islands, sacrifice this creature.

Sea Serpent (Limited Edition Alpha)
Jeff A. Menges

This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island. When you control no Islands, sacrifice this creature.

Legend has it that Serpents used to be bigger, but how could that be?

Sea Serpent (Intl. Collectors' Edition)
Jeff A. Menges

This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island. When you control no Islands, sacrifice this creature.

Legend has it that Serpents used to be bigger, but how could that be?

Sea Serpent (Revised Edition)
Jeff A. Menges

This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island. When you control no Islands, sacrifice this creature.

Legend has it that Serpents used to be bigger, but how could that be?

Mindbender Spores (Mirage)
Ian Miller

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Flying Whenever this creature blocks a creature, put four fungus counters on that creature. The creature gains "This creature doesn't untap during your untap step if it has a fungus counter on it" and "At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fungus counter from this creature."

Blighted Shaman (Classic Sixth Edition)
Ian Miller

{T}, Sacrifice a Swamp: Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Blighted Shaman (Mirage)
Ian Miller

{T}, Sacrifice a Swamp: Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Shrieking Drake (Modern Horizons 3)
Ian Miller

Flying When this creature enters, return a creature you control to its owner's hand.

"Kaervek believes the drakes' cries herald his victory; in truth, they mourn aloud for his impending demise." —Teferi

Drudge Skeletons (Fifth Edition)
Ian Miller

{B}: Regenerate this creature. (The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)

"The dead make good soldiers. They can't disobey orders, they never surrender, and they don't stop fighting when a random body part falls off." —Nevinyrral, *Necromancer's Handbook*

Rock Basilisk (Mirage)
Ian Miller

Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked by a non-Wall creature, destroy that creature at end of combat.

In the eastern reaches of Jamuraa are arrangements of massive stones. No one knows their origins—for certain.

Triangle of War (Visions)
Ian Miller

{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Target creature you control fights target creature an opponent controls. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

The Zhalfirin war triangle represents a trinity of might, faith, and guile.

Kozilek, Butcher of Truth (Double Masters 2022)
Ian Miller

When you cast this spell, draw four cards. Annihilator 4 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices four permanents of their choice.) When Kozilek is put into a graveyard from anywhere, its owner shuffles their graveyard into their library.

Damnation (Double Masters 2022)
Ian Miller

Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.

Their bodies rotted, their bones splintered, and their souls frayed to tatters. Only then were they granted the mercy of death.

Blight (Classic Sixth Edition)
Ian Miller

Enchant land When enchanted land becomes tapped, destroy it.

Kozilek, Butcher of Truth (Double Masters 2022)
Ian Miller

When you cast this spell, draw four cards. Annihilator 4 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices four permanents of their choice.) When Kozilek is put into a graveyard from anywhere, its owner shuffles their graveyard into their library.

Brushwagg (Mirage)
Ian Miller

Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets -2/+2 until end of turn.

"Defiantly, the young cyclops popped the brushwagg into his mouth. His cheeks suddenly puffed, his eye bulged, and he was forced to agree with his elder." —Afari, *Tales*

Ankh of Mishra (Fifth Edition)
Ian Miller

Whenever a land enters, this artifact deals 2 damage to that land's controller.

Tawnos finally cracked the puzzle: the strange structures did not house Mishra's malevolent creations but were themselves among his creations.

Righteous War (Visions)
Ian Miller

White creatures you control have protection from black. Black creatures you control have protection from white.

"This is a war without neutrality." —Asmira, Holy Avenger

Pearl Dragon (Mirage)
Ian Miller

Flying {1}{W}: This creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn.

"They knew Bantau was lost when, to hide the pearl he had found on the beach, he swallowed it—and soon grew wings." —Hakim, Loreweaver

Drudge Skeletons (Classic Sixth Edition)
Ian Miller

{B}: Regenerate this creature. (The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)

"The dead make good soldiers. They can't disobey orders, they never surrender, and they don't stop fighting when a random body part falls off." —Nevinyrral, *Necromancer's Handbook*

Sedris, the Traitor King (Double Masters 2022)
Ian Miller

Each creature card in your graveyard has unearth {2}{B}. ({2}{B}: Return the card to the battlefield. The creature gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

Skull Catapult (Fifth Edition)
Ian Miller

{1}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: This artifact deals 2 damage to any target.

"Let any who doubt the evil of using the ancient devices look at this infernal machine. What manner of fiend would design such a sadistic device?" —Sorine Relicbane, Soldevi heretic

Horrible Hordes (Mirage)
Ian Miller

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

Few are able to underestimate the hordes.

Ankh of Mishra (Classic Sixth Edition)
Ian Miller

Whenever a land enters, this artifact deals 2 damage to that land's controller.

Tawnos finally cracked the puzzle: the strange structures did not house Mishra's malevolent creations but were themselves among his creations.

Barreling Attack (Mirage)
Ian Miller

Target creature gains trample until end of turn. When that creature becomes blocked this turn, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature blocking it.

"The trollish game of push-fall inspired this impressive tactic." —Sidar Jabari

Johtull Wurm (Fifth Edition)
Ian Miller

Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets -2/-1 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.

"To bring her down we must be on all sides at once—leave one avenue open and we'll all be dead." —Taaveti of Kelsinko, elvish hunter

Pit Scorpion (Fifth Edition)
Ian Miller

Whenever this creature deals damage to a player, that player gets a poison counter. (A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.)

Sometimes the smallest nuisance can be the greatest pain.

Skull Catapult (Classic Sixth Edition)
Ian Miller

{1}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: This artifact deals 2 damage to any target.

"What manner of fiend would design such a sadistic device?" —Sorine Relicbane, Soldevi heretic

Kaervek's Hex (Mirage)
Ian Miller

Kaervek's Hex deals 1 damage to each nonblack creature and an additional 1 damage to each green creature.

"If the curse does not strike you dead, question your soul." —Kaervek

Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire (Kaldheim)
Ian Miller

Deathtouch Boast — {1}{B}: Target player searches their library for a card, then shuffles and puts that card on top. (Activate only if this creature attacked this turn and only once each turn.)

Crimson Roc (Mirage)
Ian Miller

Flying Whenever this creature blocks a creature without flying, this creature gets +1/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.

Odylic Wraith (Weatherlight)
Ian Miller

Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.) Whenever this creature deals damage to a player, that player discards a card.

By the time you've seen it, you won't remember that you did.

Kukemssa Serpent (Mirage)
Ian Miller

This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island. {U}, Sacrifice an Island: Target land an opponent controls becomes an Island until end of turn. When you control no Islands, sacrifice this creature.

Taniwha (Mirage)
Ian Miller

Trample Phasing (This phases in or out before you untap during each of your untap steps. While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist.) At the beginning of your upkeep, all lands you control phase out. (They phase in before you untap during your next untap step.)

"Taniwha rolls in its sleep, and the land is awash with the waves." —Poetics of Hanan

Viashivan Dragon (Visions)
Ian Miller

Flying {R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. {G}: This creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn.

The Viashivan understand that cruelty arises from opportunity.

Pearl Dragon (Classic Sixth Edition)
Ian Miller

Flying {1}{W}: This creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn.

"They knew Bantau was lost when, to hide the pearl he had found on the beach, he swallowed it—and soon grew wings." —Hakim, Loreweaver

Blight (Fifth Edition)
Ian Miller

Enchant land When enchanted land becomes tapped, destroy it.

Shrieking Drake (Visions)
Ian Miller

Flying When this creature enters, return a creature you control to its owner's hand.

"Kaervek believes the drakes' cries herald his victory; in truth, they mourn aloud for his impending demise." —Teferi

Restless Dead (Mirage)
Ian Miller

{B}: Regenerate this creature.

The rich's heirs often thank them after death . . . but preferably not in person. —Suq'Ata epigram