Fallen Empires (fem)

Delif's Cone (Fallen Empires)
Mark Tedin

{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: This turn, when target creature you control attacks and isn't blocked, you may gain life equal to its power. If you do, it assigns no combat damage this turn.

"Where is it written that beasts must cause pain?" —Delif, *Ponderings*

Deep Spawn (Fallen Empires)
Mark Tedin

Trample At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you mill two cards. {U}: This creature gains shroud until end of turn and doesn't untap during your next untap step. Tap this creature. (A creature with shroud can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Goblin Flotilla (Fallen Empires)
Tom Wänerstrand

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.) At the beginning of each combat, unless you pay {R}, whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked by a creature this combat, that creature gains first strike until end of turn.

Exceptionally poor sailors, Goblins usually arrived at their destination retching and in no condition to fight.

Vodalian Knights (Fallen Empires)
Susan Van Camp

First strike This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island. When you control no Islands, sacrifice this creature. {U}: This creature gains flying until end of turn.

Fear the Knight leaping from the water into the air, weapon ready.

Icatian Infantry (Fallen Empires)
Douglas Shuler

{1}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn. {1}: This creature gains banding until end of turn. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

"Valiant Icatia was the last of the Sarpadian empires to fall. Its faithful soldiers defended their cities to the very end." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. VI*

Feral Thallid (Fallen Empires)
Rob Alexander

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a spore counter on this creature. Remove three spore counters from this creature: Regenerate this creature.

"Born and bred of fungus, Thallids were nearly impossible to kill." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. I*

Thelon's Curse (Fallen Empires)
Pete Venters

Blue creatures don't untap during their controllers' untap steps. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player may choose any number of tapped blue creatures they control and pay {U} for each creature chosen this way. If the player does, untap those creatures.

Goblin Grenade (Fallen Empires)
Dan Frazier

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a Goblin. Goblin Grenade deals 5 damage to any target.

"I don't suppose we could teach them to *throw* the cursed things?" —Ivra Jursdotter

Orcish Spy (Fallen Empires)
Susan Van Camp

{T}: Look at the top three cards of target player's library.

"Yeah, they're ugly, they desert in droves, and their personal habits are enough to make you sick. But I'll say this for Orcs: they make great spies." —Ivra Jursdotter

Fungal Bloom (Fallen Empires)
Daniel Gelon

{G}{G}: Put a spore counter on target Fungus.

"Thallids could absorb energy from the forest itself. Even Elves were at a disadvantage in fighting them." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. III*

Merseine (Fallen Empires)
Heather Hudson

Enchant creature This Aura enters with three net counters on it. Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step if this Aura has a net counter on it. Pay enchanted creature's mana cost: Remove a net counter from this Aura. Only the controller of the enchanted creature may activate this ability.

Night Soil (Fallen Empires)
Heather Hudson

{1}, Exile two creature cards from a single graveyard: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.

The Elves gathered huge piles of rot to grow fungus. Out of imitation or forethought, the Thallids did the same.

Initiates of the Ebon Hand (Fallen Empires)
Heather Hudson

{1}: Add {B}. If this ability has been activated four or more times this turn, sacrifice this creature at the beginning of the next end step.

"We are no longer Nature's children, but her masters . . . ." —Oath of the Ebon Hand

Thelonite Druid (Fallen Empires)
Margaret Organ-Kean

{1}{G}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Forests you control become 2/3 creatures until end of turn. They're still lands.

"The magic at the heart of all living things can bear awe-inspiring fruit." —Kolevi of Havenwood, Elder Druid

Svyelunite Temple (Fallen Empires)
Mark Poole

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Add {U}{U}.

Basal Thrull (Fallen Empires)
Christopher Rush

{T}, Sacrifice this creature: Add {B}{B}.

"Above all, a well crafted Thrull should be hideous—blasted of countenance and twisted of limb—to inspire fear and revulsion." —Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder

Spore Flower (Fallen Empires)
Margaret Organ-Kean

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a spore counter on this creature. Remove three spore counters from this creature: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Goblin Chirurgeon (Fallen Empires)
Phil Foglio

Sacrifice a Goblin: Regenerate target creature.

"I asked one of my aides how they do it, but all he'd say was, 'Trust me, Mayor, you don't want to know.'" —Lydia Wynforth, Mayor of Trokair

Farrel's Mantle (Fallen Empires)
Anthony S. Waters

Enchant creature Whenever enchanted creature attacks and isn't blocked, its controller may have it deal damage equal to its power plus 2 to another target creature. If that player does, the attacking creature assigns no combat damage this turn.

Thorn Thallid (Fallen Empires)
Daniel Gelon

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a spore counter on this creature. Remove three spore counters from this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

"The danger in cultivating massive plants caught the Elves by surprise." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. III*

Dwarven Lieutenant (Fallen Empires)
Jeff A. Menges

{1}{R}: Target Dwarf creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

"Dwarven officers were tireless in battle, moving up and down the lines to rally their troops and boost morale." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. IV*

Orcish Spy (Fallen Empires)
Pete Venters

{T}: Look at the top three cards of target player's library.

"You idiot! Never let the spies mingle with the Orcish regulars after completing a mission. Now we'll never get them to fight!" —General Khurzog

Icatian Phalanx (Fallen Empires)
Kaja Foglio

Banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

Even after the wall was breached in half a dozen places, the Phalanxes fought on, standing solidly against the onrushing raiders. Disciplined and dedicated, they held their ranks to the end, even in the face of tremendous losses.

Aeolipile (Fallen Empires)
Heather Hudson

{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: It deals 2 damage to any target.

"Although fragile, the Aeolipile could be quite destructive." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. I*

Necrite (Fallen Empires)
Ron Spencer

Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, you may sacrifice it. If you do, destroy target creature defending player controls. It can't be regenerated.

Necrites killed Jherana Rure, ending the counter-insurgency.

Bottomless Vault (Fallen Empires)
Pat Lewis

This land enters tapped. You may choose not to untap this land during your untap step. At the beginning of your upkeep, if this land is tapped, put a storage counter on it. {T}, Remove any number of storage counters from this land: Add {B} for each storage counter removed this way.

Icatian Javelineers (Fallen Empires)
Scott Kirschner

This creature enters with a javelin counter on it. {T}, Remove a javelin counter from this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

Necrite (Fallen Empires)
Drew Tucker

Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, you may sacrifice it. If you do, destroy target creature defending player controls. It can't be regenerated.

Was it the sight, smell, or aura of the Necrite that killed so effectively?

Brassclaw Orcs (Fallen Empires)
Dan Frazier

This creature can't block creatures with power 2 or greater.

"Brassclaws were typical Orcs—quick to laud their own prowess in battle, quick to jeer at their opponents, and quicker still to run away when things started to look slightly dangerous." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. IV*

Tidal Flats (Fallen Empires)
Rob Alexander

{U}{U}: For each attacking creature without flying, its controller may pay {1}. If that player doesn't, creatures you control blocking that creature gain first strike until end of turn.

Goblin War Drums (Fallen Empires)
Richard Kane Ferguson

Creatures you control have menace. (They can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

"Defending the outer trenches, we strained our eyes in the darkness. All we could hear was the Drums' terrible pounding. Dobbs, on my right, broke first. Soon we were all heading for the walls." —Corporal Peter Douglas, courtmartial testimony

Icatian Lieutenant (Fallen Empires)
Pete Venters

{1}{W}: Target Soldier creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

To become an officer, an Icatian Soldier had to pass a series of tests. These evaluated not only fighting and leadership skills, but also integrity, honor, and moral strength.

Initiates of the Ebon Hand (Fallen Empires)
Liz Danforth

{1}: Add {B}. If this ability has been activated four or more times this turn, sacrifice this creature at the beginning of the next end step.

Ebon leaders soon realized that non-human races often had special talents that could be exploited.

Goblin Warrens (Fallen Empires)
Dan Frazier

{2}{R}, Sacrifice two Goblins: Create three 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.

"Goblins bred underground, their numbers hidden from the enemy until it was too late." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. IV*

Mindstab Thrull (Fallen Empires)
Heather Hudson

Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, you may sacrifice it. If you do, defending player discards three cards.

Icatian Scout (Fallen Empires)
Richard Kane Ferguson

{1}, {T}: Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.

"Because the Orc hordes attacked along the entire border, Scouts were essential to Icatia's defense." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. VI*

Dwarven Soldier (Fallen Empires)
Douglas Shuler

Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked by one or more Orcs, this creature gets +0/+2 until end of turn.

"Although the Dwarves staunchly defended their walled city-states against the Orcs, their civilization was the first to fall, and its name was sadly lost." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. I*

Homarid (Fallen Empires)
Quinton Hoover

This creature enters with a tide counter on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, put a tide counter on this creature. As long as there is exactly one tide counter on this creature, it gets -1/-1. As long as there are exactly three tide counters on this creature, it gets +1/+1. Whenever there are four or more tide counters on this creature, remove all tide counters from it.

Hymn to Tourach (Fallen Empires)
Liz Danforth

Target player discards two cards at random.

"Tourach's power was such that his followers deified him after his death." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. II*

Conch Horn (Fallen Empires)
Phil Foglio

{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw two cards, then put a card from your hand on top of your library.

Even the most skilled of modern mages only partially understand the Conch Horn's awesome powers.

Armor Thrull (Fallen Empires)
Scott Kirschner

{T}, Sacrifice this creature: Put a +1/+2 counter on target creature.

Occasionally, an ally balked at wearing a dead Thrull as armor. The priests' whips, however, were usually enough to encourage a more practical outlook.

Basal Thrull (Fallen Empires)
Richard Kane Ferguson

{T}, Sacrifice this creature: Add {B}{B}.

"To create the first Thrulls, I only introduced alchemic elements into the Order's necromancy; Tourach's principles remained unchanged." —Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder

Thrull Wizard (Fallen Empires)
Anson Maddocks

{1}{B}: Counter target black spell unless that spell's controller pays {B} or {3}.

"In crafting intelligent Thrulls to assist in sacrifices, Sahr inadvertantly set the stage for the Thrull Rebellion." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. II*

Merseine (Fallen Empires)
Margaret Organ-Kean

Enchant creature This Aura enters with three net counters on it. Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step if this Aura has a net counter on it. Pay enchanted creature's mana cost: Remove a net counter from this Aura. Only the controller of the enchanted creature may activate this ability.

Ring of Renewal (Fallen Empires)
Douglas Shuler

{5}, {T}: Discard a card at random, then draw two cards.

To the uninitiated, the Ring of Renewal is merely an oddity. For those fluent in the wielding of magic, however, it is a source of great knowledge.

Tourach's Chant (Fallen Empires)
Richard Kane Ferguson

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this enchantment unless you pay {B}. Whenever a player puts a Forest onto the battlefield, this enchantment deals 3 damage to that player unless they put a -1/-1 counter on a creature they control.

Soul Exchange (Fallen Empires)
Anthony S. Waters

As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile a creature you control. Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Put a +2/+2 counter on that creature if the exiled creature was a Thrull.

Breeding Pit (Fallen Empires)
Anson Maddocks

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this enchantment unless you pay {B}{B}. At the beginning of your end step, create a 0/1 black Thrull creature token.

The Thrulls bred at a terrifying pace. In the end, they overwhelmed the Order of the Ebon Hand.

Ebon Stronghold (Fallen Empires)
Mark Poole

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Add {B}{B}.

Brassclaw Orcs (Fallen Empires)
Rob Alexander

This creature can't block creatures with power 2 or greater.

"A whole skin is worth a thousand victories." —Orcish Veteran of the Battle of Montford

Ebon Praetor (Fallen Empires)
Randy Asplund-Faith

First strike, trample At the beginning of your upkeep, put a -2/-2 counter on this creature. Sacrifice a creature: Remove a -2/-2 counter from this creature. If the sacrificed creature was a Thrull, put a +1/+0 counter on this creature. Activate only during your upkeep and only once each turn.

Hymn to Tourach (Fallen Empires)
Susan Van Camp

Target player discards two cards at random.

"The eerie, wailing Hymn caused insanity even in hardened warriors." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. II*

Heroism (Fallen Empires)
Mark Poole

Sacrifice a white creature: For each attacking red creature, prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by that creature this turn unless its controller pays {2}{R}.

Raiding Party (Fallen Empires)
Quinton Hoover

This enchantment can't be the target of white spells or abilities from white sources. Sacrifice an Orc: Each player may tap any number of untapped white creatures they control. For each creature tapped this way, that player chooses up to two Plains. Then destroy all Plains that weren't chosen this way by any player.

High Tide (Fallen Empires)
Drew Tucker

Until end of turn, whenever a player taps an Island for mana, that player adds an additional {U}.

"When the very tides turn against you, it's time to consider retirement." —General Khurzog

Sand Silos (Fallen Empires)
Pat Lewis

This land enters tapped. You may choose not to untap this land during your untap step. At the beginning of your upkeep, if this land is tapped, put a storage counter on it. {T}, Remove any number of storage counters from this land: Add {U} for each storage counter removed this way.

Vodalian Mage (Fallen Empires)
Quinton Hoover

{U}, {T}: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.

Vodalian Mages were invaluable in magical combat. Unfortunately, the Homarids raided with strength, numbers, and very little magic.

Zelyon Sword (Fallen Empires)
Scott Kirschner

You may choose not to untap this artifact during your untap step. {3}, {T}: Target creature gets +2/+0 for as long as this artifact remains tapped.

No sheath shall hold what finds its home in flesh.

Combat Medic (Fallen Empires)
Anson Maddocks

{1}{W}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.

"Without Combat Medics, Icatia would probably not have withstood the forces of chaos as long as it did." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. VI*

Dwarven Hold (Fallen Empires)
Pat Lewis

This land enters tapped. You may choose not to untap this land during your untap step. At the beginning of your upkeep, if this land is tapped, put a storage counter on it. {T}, Remove any number of storage counters from this land: Add {R} for each storage counter removed this way.

Icatian Javelineers (Fallen Empires)
Melissa A. Benson

This creature enters with a javelin counter on it. {T}, Remove a javelin counter from this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

Order of Leitbur (Fallen Empires)
Randy Asplund-Faith

Protection from black {W}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn. {W}{W}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

"Trained to battle the followers of Tourach, the Order of Leitbur was not as successful in later conflicts with Orcish and Goblin raiders." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. I*

Elven Fortress (Fallen Empires)
Mark Poole

{1}{G}: Target blocking creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn.

"Thallids are not ordinary enemies of flesh and bone and reason. They attack with no thought for our strength or of their own losses. I fear our Fortresses shall be overwhelmed." —Kyliki of Havenwood

Homarid Warrior (Fallen Empires)
Douglas Shuler

{U}: This creature gains shroud until end of turn and doesn't untap during your next untap step. Tap it. (A creature with shroud can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Vodalian Soldiers (Fallen Empires)
Melissa A. Benson

"Vodalian Soldiers had some unique advantages. Often they would ride into battle on war machines rumored to have come from the far northern oceans." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. V*

Thorn Thallid (Fallen Empires)
Heather Hudson

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a spore counter on this creature. Remove three spore counters from this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

"The cooling climate forced the Elves to experiment with new food sources." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. I*

Order of the Ebon Hand (Fallen Empires)
Ron Spencer

Protection from white {B}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn. {B}{B}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Dedicated to the principles of Tourach, members of the Order of the Ebon Hand demonstrated their devotion with grisly rituals.

Armor Thrull (Fallen Empires)
Pete Venters

{T}, Sacrifice this creature: Put a +1/+2 counter on target creature.

"The worst thing about being a mercenary for the Ebon Hand is having to wear a dead Thrull." —Ivra Jursdotter

Elven Lyre (Fallen Empires)
Kaja Foglio

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

Scholars are uncertain whether it was the actual sound or some other magical property of the Elven Lyre that transformed its player.

Dwarven Soldier (Fallen Empires)
Randy Asplund-Faith

Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked by one or more Orcs, this creature gets +0/+2 until end of turn.

There is a legend among present-day Dwarves that the Dwarves of Sarpadia will one day return to defend Dwarvenkind against a deadly peril.

Order of the Ebon Hand (Fallen Empires)
Melissa A. Benson

Protection from white {B}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn. {B}{B}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

A true follower of Tourach took pride in achievement to the exclusion of other concerns.

Hymn to Tourach (Fallen Empires)
Quinton Hoover

Target player discards two cards at random.

Knowing the Hymn's power, the followers of Leitbur carefully guarded their pillaged transcriptions.

Dwarven Soldier (Fallen Empires)
Rob Alexander

Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked by one or more Orcs, this creature gets +0/+2 until end of turn.

"Let no one say we did not fight until the last . . . ." —Headstone fragment from a mass grave found in the Crimson Peaks

Tidal Flats (Fallen Empires)
Sandra Everingham

{U}{U}: For each attacking creature without flying, its controller may pay {1}. If that player doesn't, creatures you control blocking that creature gain first strike until end of turn.

Thallid (Fallen Empires)
Edward P. Beard, Jr.

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a spore counter on this creature. Remove three spore counters from this creature: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.

Vodalian Soldiers (Fallen Empires)
Susan Van Camp

"The cooling climate introduced a new threat to Vodalia: the Homarids. Once a minor nuisance, they thrived in the changing environment. Their ceaseless attacks strained Vodalia's defenses to their limit, eventually overwhelming the empire." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. V*

High Tide (Fallen Empires)
Amy Weber

Until end of turn, whenever a player taps an Island for mana, that player adds an additional {U}.

"By the time their enemies noticed the sea's changing mood, the Vodalians had often shifted formation and were ready to attack." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. V*

Icatian Town (Fallen Empires)
Tom Wänerstrand

Create four 1/1 white Citizen creature tokens.

Icatia's once peaceful towns faced increasing attacks from Orcs and Goblins as the climate cooled. By the time the empire fell, they were little more than armed camps.

Icatian Moneychanger (Fallen Empires)
Edward P. Beard, Jr.

This creature enters with three credit counters on it. When this creature enters, it deals 3 damage to you. At the beginning of your upkeep, put a credit counter on this creature. Sacrifice this creature: You gain 1 life for each credit counter on this creature. Activate only during your upkeep.

Spore Cloud (Fallen Empires)
Jesper Myrfors

Tap all blocking creatures. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Each attacking creature and each blocking creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Spore Cloud (Fallen Empires)
Amy Weber

Tap all blocking creatures. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Each attacking creature and each blocking creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Vodalian Soldiers (Fallen Empires)
Richard Kane Ferguson

"Stalwart Soldiers, you stand against the Homarids for Vodalia and for honor. Your homeland cries out for protection, and the moment has come. Now let your valor shine, and sound the cry to battle. Victory to Vodalia!" —Marshall Volnikov

Vodalian War Machine (Fallen Empires)
Amy Weber

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Tap an untapped Merfolk you control: This creature can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender. Tap an untapped Merfolk you control: This creature gets +2/+1 until end of turn. When this creature dies, destroy all Merfolk tapped this turn to pay for its abilities.

Icatian Priest (Fallen Empires)
Drew Tucker

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

"May you be strong and valiant, to defeat the enemies of the pure." —"Leitbur's Prayer"

Combat Medic (Fallen Empires)
Liz Danforth

{1}{W}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.

"Time enough to become a Medic once you're hurt too badly to fight. For now, Icatia needs your strength more than your compassion." —Lydia Wynforth, Mayor of Trokair

Tidal Influence (Fallen Empires)
Tom Wänerstrand

Cast this spell only if no permanents named Tidal Influence are on the battlefield. This enchantment enters with a tide counter on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, put a tide counter on this enchantment. As long as there is exactly one tide counter on this enchantment, all blue creatures get -2/-0. As long as there are exactly three tide counters on this enchantment, all blue creatures get +2/+0. Whenever there are four or more tide counters on this enchantment, remove all tide counters from it.

Hand of Justice (Fallen Empires)
Melissa A. Benson

{T}, Tap three untapped white creatures you control: Destroy target creature.

"The Hand of Justice will come to cleanse the world if we are true." —Oliver Farrel

Farrel's Zealot (Fallen Empires)
Melissa A. Benson

Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, you may have it deal 3 damage to target creature. If you do, this creature assigns no combat damage this turn.

After the fall of Trokair, Farrel and his followers formally broke their ties with the rest of Icatia.

Elvish Scout (Fallen Empires)
Mark Poole

{G}, {T}: Untap target attacking creature you control. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by it this turn.

Even one whose ears were closely tuned to the sounds of Havenwood could miss hearing a Scout move past.

Dwarven Ruins (Fallen Empires)
Mark Poole

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Add {R}{R}.

Mindstab Thrull (Fallen Empires)
Richard Kane Ferguson

Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, you may sacrifice it. If you do, defending player discards three cards.

Delif's Cube (Fallen Empires)
Mark Tedin

{2}, {T}: This turn, when target creature you control attacks and isn't blocked, it assigns no combat damage this turn and you put a cube counter on this artifact. {2}, Remove a cube counter from this artifact: Regenerate target creature.

Ruins of Trokair (Fallen Empires)
Mark Poole

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Add {W}{W}.

Thorn Thallid (Fallen Empires)
Jesper Myrfors

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a spore counter on this creature. Remove three spore counters from this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

"I don't know which is worse, getting hit with those darts or having to watch them grow back." —Orcish Soldier

Farrelite Priest (Fallen Empires)
Phil Foglio

{1}: Add {W}. If this ability has been activated four or more times this turn, sacrifice this creature at the beginning of the next end step.

Although their methods were often brutal, Farrel's followers believed in the preservation of justice and virtue.

Basal Thrull (Fallen Empires)
Kaja Foglio

{T}, Sacrifice this creature: Add {B}{B}.

Initially bred for sacrifice, the Thrulls eventually turned on their masters, the Order of the Ebon Hand, with gruesome results. —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. II*

Goblin War Drums (Fallen Empires)
Dan Frazier

Creatures you control have menace. (They can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

"The Goblins' dreaded War Drums struck terror into the hearts of even their bravest foes." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. IV*

Dwarven Catapult (Fallen Empires)
Jeff A. Menges

Dwarven Catapult deals X damage divided evenly, rounded down, among all creatures target opponent controls.

"Often greatly outnumbered in battle, Dwarves relied on catapults as one means of damaging a large army." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. IV*

Elvish Scout (Fallen Empires)
Christopher Rush

{G}, {T}: Untap target attacking creature you control. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by it this turn.

Although the Elves of Havenwood lived in isolated villages, their swift communications allowed them to act as a single community.

Thorn Thallid (Fallen Empires)
Mark Tedin

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a spore counter on this creature. Remove three spore counters from this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

"Scholars still debate whether the Thallids were truly sentient." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. III*

Thallid Devourer (Fallen Empires)
Ron Spencer

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a spore counter on this creature. Remove three spore counters from this creature: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token. Sacrifice a Saproling: This creature gets +1/+2 until end of turn.

Vodalian Mage (Fallen Empires)
Susan Van Camp

{U}, {T}: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.

"Vodalian Mages are remarkable. Their merchants bring them arcane lore and devices from across the seas." —Lydia Wynforth, Mayor of Trokair

Orcish Veteran (Fallen Empires)
Dan Frazier

This creature can't block white creatures with power 2 or greater. {R}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn.

"Orcs often greeted promotions to Icatian battle with anguished wails and pleas for mercy." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. VI*

Orcish Veteran (Fallen Empires)
Quinton Hoover

This creature can't block white creatures with power 2 or greater. {R}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn.

Unsuccessful in their early battle for Montford, the Orcs quickly tempered their bloodlust with cowardice.

Farrel's Zealot (Fallen Empires)
Edward P. Beard, Jr.

Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, you may have it deal 3 damage to target creature. If you do, this creature assigns no combat damage this turn.

Farrel, a former priest, believed Icatia was far too complacent toward the Order of the Ebon Hand.

Thallid (Fallen Empires)
Jesper Myrfors

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a spore counter on this creature. Remove three spore counters from this creature: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.

Armor Thrull (Fallen Empires)
Ron Spencer

{T}, Sacrifice this creature: Put a +1/+2 counter on target creature.

"They gave their lives to strengthen the Order's armies, until they declined this honor in favor of joining the Thrull Rebellion." —Jherana Rure, Counter-Insurgency Commander

Svyelunite Priest (Fallen Empires)
Ron Spencer

{U}{U}, {T}: Target creature gains shroud until end of turn. Activate only during your upkeep. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

"Early Vodalians worshipped Svyelun, goddess of the Pearl Moon. Later she became a more abstract figure." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. V*

Thrull Retainer (Fallen Empires)
Ron Spencer

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. Sacrifice this Aura: Regenerate enchanted creature.

"Until the Rebellion, Thrulls served their masters faithfully—even at the cost of their own lives." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. II*

Goblin Grenade (Fallen Empires)
Ron Spencer

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a Goblin. Goblin Grenade deals 5 damage to any target.

"According to accepted theory, the Grenade held some kind of flammable mixture and was carried to its target by a hapless Goblin." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. IV*

Balm of Restoration (Fallen Empires)
Margaret Organ-Kean

{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Choose one — • You gain 2 life. • Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.

"Not all armies enjoyed the services of a medic. For them, Balm of Restoration was that much more valuable." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. I*

Orcish Spy (Fallen Empires)
Daniel Gelon

{T}: Look at the top three cards of target player's library.

"Orcish armies often employed the smaller, swifter, and less intelligent Goblins as spies." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. I*

Hymn to Tourach (Fallen Empires)
Scott Kirschner

Target player discards two cards at random.

Members of the Order often played the Hymn on instruments made from their victims' bones.

Thallid (Fallen Empires)
Ron Spencer

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a spore counter on this creature. Remove three spore counters from this creature: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.

Merseine (Fallen Empires)
Pete Venters

Enchant creature This Aura enters with three net counters on it. Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step if this Aura has a net counter on it. Pay enchanted creature's mana cost: Remove a net counter from this Aura. Only the controller of the enchanted creature may activate this ability.

Goblin War Drums (Fallen Empires)
Heather Hudson

Creatures you control have menace. (They can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

The War Drums enabled Goblin and Orcish armies to crush the sparsely defended Dwarven cities.

Icatian Moneychanger (Fallen Empires)
Melissa A. Benson

This creature enters with three credit counters on it. When this creature enters, it deals 3 damage to you. At the beginning of your upkeep, put a credit counter on this creature. Sacrifice this creature: You gain 1 life for each credit counter on this creature. Activate only during your upkeep.

Thelon's Chant (Fallen Empires)
Melissa A. Benson

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this enchantment unless you pay {G}. Whenever a player puts a Swamp onto the battlefield, this enchantment deals 3 damage to that player unless the player puts a -1/-1 counter on a creature they control.

Thelonite Monk (Fallen Empires)
Bryon Wackwitz

{T}, Sacrifice a green creature: Target land becomes a Forest. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

"As the climate worsened, some Thelonites turned to fertilizing with fresh blood in an attempt to keep Havenwood alive and growing." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. III*

Icatian Scout (Fallen Empires)
Rob Alexander

{1}, {T}: Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.

"Of course I'm not a spy! The enemy has spies. I am a Scout." —Ailis Connaut

Tidal Flats (Fallen Empires)
Rob Alexander

{U}{U}: For each attacking creature without flying, its controller may pay {1}. If that player doesn't, creatures you control blocking that creature gain first strike until end of turn.

Orcish Veteran (Fallen Empires)
Melissa A. Benson

This creature can't block white creatures with power 2 or greater. {R}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn.

Although models of courage for Orcs, the Veterans quickly learned to fear the swift justice of their Icatian enemies.

Icatian Infantry (Fallen Empires)
Drew Tucker

{1}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn. {1}: This creature gains banding until end of turn. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

"Never Surrender" —Motto carved into a fragment of an Icatian wall

Orcish Veteran (Fallen Empires)
Douglas Shuler

This creature can't block white creatures with power 2 or greater. {R}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn.

Orcs are not exactly known for their valor—although most Orcs have seen countless battles, only a handful have actually fought in them.

Elvish Hunter (Fallen Empires)
Anson Maddocks

{1}{G}, {T}: Target creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

"As the climate cooled, many Elves turned to Thallid farming for food, while the Hunters honed their skills on what little game remained." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. III*

Farrel's Zealot (Fallen Empires)
Richard Kane Ferguson

Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, you may have it deal 3 damage to target creature. If you do, this creature assigns no combat damage this turn.

Farrel and his followers became a formidable band of vigilantes, battling Icatians and followers of Tourach.

Elven Fortress (Fallen Empires)
Pete Venters

{1}{G}: Target blocking creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn.

Many Elven Fortresses weren't built by masons and carpenters, but created from the living forest itself.

Havenwood Battleground (Fallen Empires)
Mark Poole

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Add {G}{G}.

High Tide (Fallen Empires)
Anson Maddocks

Until end of turn, whenever a player taps an Island for mana, that player adds an additional {U}.

"May Svyelun and her tides favor you." —Traditional Merfolk blessing

Derelor (Fallen Empires)
Anson Maddocks

Black spells you cast cost {B} more to cast.

"Strength it has, but at the cost of a continuous supply of energy. Such failure can bear only one result." —From the execution order for Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder

Spirit Shield (Fallen Empires)
Scott Kirschner

You may choose not to untap this artifact during your untap step. {2}, {T}: Target creature gets +0/+2 for as long as this artifact remains tapped.

At times, survival must outweigh all other considerations.

Icatian Store (Fallen Empires)
Pat Lewis

This land enters tapped. You may choose not to untap this land during your untap step. At the beginning of your upkeep, if this land is tapped, put a storage counter on it. {T}, Remove any number of storage counters from this land: Add {W} for each storage counter removed this way.

Elvish Farmer (Fallen Empires)
Richard Kane Ferguson

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a spore counter on this creature. Remove three spore counters from this creature: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token. Sacrifice a Saproling: You gain 2 life.

Goblin Grenade (Fallen Empires)
Christopher Rush

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a Goblin. Goblin Grenade deals 5 damage to any target.

"Without their massive numbers, the Goblins could never have launched such a successful offensive." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. VI*

Icatian Skirmishers (Fallen Empires)
Heather Hudson

First strike; banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.) Whenever this creature attacks, all creatures banded with it gain first strike until end of turn.

Skirmishers engaged raiders before they could reach the towns. Although these units typically suffered huge losses, they never lacked volunteers.

Spore Cloud (Fallen Empires)
Susan Van Camp

Tap all blocking creatures. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Each attacking creature and each blocking creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Armor Thrull (Fallen Empires)
Jeff A. Menges

{T}, Sacrifice this creature: Put a +1/+2 counter on target creature.

"Except for a bare spot at the base of their skulls, Armor Thrulls bear interlocking plates and spikes with the strength of steel. Their design is almost artistic." —Endrek Sahr, "Thrulls"

Icatian Scout (Fallen Empires)
Phil Foglio

{1}, {T}: Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.

"Scouting is the art of balancing the need to go undiscovered with the need to get all the information you can. It's only by Leitbur's good grace that I'm still alive today." —Ailis Connaut, *Diary*

Homarid (Fallen Empires)
Bryon Wackwitz

This creature enters with a tide counter on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, put a tide counter on this creature. As long as there is exactly one tide counter on this creature, it gets -1/-1. As long as there are exactly three tide counters on this creature, it gets +1/+1. Whenever there are four or more tide counters on this creature, remove all tide counters from it.

Implements of Sacrifice (Fallen Empires)
Margaret Organ-Kean

{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add two mana of any one color.

Relics of the Order of the Ebon Hand, the bowl and dagger bespeak the hideous cruelty of its rituals.

Icatian Scout (Fallen Empires)
Douglas Shuler

{1}, {T}: Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.

"Let it be known that Ailis Connaut acted with honor and bravery in the defense of the town of Montford, risking her life to scout the enemy's position . . . ." —Proclamation granting knighthood

Elven Fortress (Fallen Empires)
Tom Wänerstrand

{1}{G}: Target blocking creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn.

"Burn it down, you say? Now *there's* a stupid idea. What do you suppose will become of those overhanging branches, hmm? And then what do you suppose will become of us?" —Ivra Jursdotter

Orgg (Fallen Empires)
Daniel Gelon

Trample This creature can't attack if defending player controls an untapped creature with power 3 or greater. This creature can't block creatures with power 3 or greater.

It's bigger than it thinks.

Thrull Champion (Fallen Empires)
Daniel Gelon

Thrull creatures get +1/+1. {T}: Gain control of target Thrull for as long as you control this creature.

"Those idiots should never have bred Thrulls for combat!" —Jherana Rure

Combat Medic (Fallen Empires)
Edward P. Beard, Jr.

{1}{W}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.

"Although Icatia's Combat Medics borrowed much of their knowledge from other societies, their skills were their own." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. VI*

Elvish Scout (Fallen Empires)
Pete Venters

{G}, {T}: Untap target attacking creature you control. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by it this turn.

"Even for Elves, they were stealthy little twerps. They'd taken our measure before we'd even seen them." —Marshall Volnikov

Night Soil (Fallen Empires)
Sandra Everingham

{1}, Exile two creature cards from a single graveyard: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.

Some said killing the Thallids only encouraged them.

Hollow Trees (Fallen Empires)
Pat Lewis

This land enters tapped. You may choose not to untap this land during your untap step. At the beginning of your upkeep, if this land is tapped, put a storage counter on it. {T}, Remove any number of storage counters from this land: Add {G} for each storage counter removed this way.

Homarid Shaman (Fallen Empires)
Amy Weber

{U}: Tap target green creature.

"The ground grew swampy; hooves and claws sank into the marshy earth. Snarls of rage and bleats of despair echoed through the trees as the waters grew higher and higher." —Kyliki of Havenwood, "Havenwood Remembered"

Goblin Kites (Fallen Empires)
Anson Maddocks

{R}: Target creature you control with toughness 2 or less gains flying until end of turn. Flip a coin at the beginning of the next end step. If you lose the flip, sacrifice that creature.

Rainbow Vale (Fallen Empires)
Kaja Foglio

{T}: Add one mana of any color. An opponent gains control of this land at the beginning of the next end step.

In the feudal days of Icatia, finding the Rainbow Vale was often the goal of Knights' quests.

Order of the Ebon Hand (Fallen Empires)
Christopher Rush

Protection from white {B}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn. {B}{B}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

"There are intriguing similarities between the Order and Icatia's Leitbur religion, suggesting the two had a common origin." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. VI*

Initiates of the Ebon Hand (Fallen Empires)
Kaja Foglio

{1}: Add {B}. If this ability has been activated four or more times this turn, sacrifice this creature at the beginning of the next end step.

"Many Initiates sacrificed a hand to become full members of the Order." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. II*

Order of Leitbur (Fallen Empires)
Bryon Wackwitz

Protection from black {W}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn. {W}{W}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Followers of Tourach regarded all other religions equally: with open contempt. Not so the followers of Leitbur, who made it their mission to eradicate the Order of the Ebon Hand.

Elven Fortress (Fallen Empires)
Randy Asplund-Faith

{1}{G}: Target blocking creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn.

"The size of the obvious Fortress walls often misled foes. Actually, the Elves enchanted the forest itself to provide the first line of defense with tangling vines and stinging thorns." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. III*

Seasinger (Fallen Empires)
Amy Weber

When you control no Islands, sacrifice this creature. You may choose not to untap this creature during your untap step. {T}: Gain control of target creature whose controller controls an Island for as long as you control this creature and this creature remains tapped.

Elvish Hunter (Fallen Empires)
Susan Van Camp

{1}{G}, {T}: Target creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

The Elves never had a standing army; when battle came, they pressed Hunters, Scouts, and Farmers into a surprisingly effective militia.

Goblin Chirurgeon (Fallen Empires)
Dan Frazier

Sacrifice a Goblin: Regenerate target creature.

"Perhaps Goblins are good for something after all." —Attributed to General Khurzog

Icatian Infantry (Fallen Empires)
Edward P. Beard, Jr.

{1}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn. {1}: This creature gains banding until end of turn. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

The Icatian army easily repelled early surprise attacks by the Orcs on border towns like Montford.

Vodalian Mage (Fallen Empires)
Mark Poole

{U}, {T}: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.

"Come back, cowards! Everyone knows Merfolk can't wield magic!" —Pashadar Dirf, Goblin Flotilla Commander, last words

Night Soil (Fallen Empires)
Drew Tucker

{1}, Exile two creature cards from a single graveyard: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.

"There were often more Thallids after a battle than before." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. III*

Elvish Hunter (Fallen Empires)
Mark Poole

{1}{G}, {T}: Target creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

"Elves often tipped their arrows with a drug that caused a deep but harmless sleep." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. III*

Homarid (Fallen Empires)
Mark Tedin

This creature enters with a tide counter on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, put a tide counter on this creature. As long as there is exactly one tide counter on this creature, it gets -1/-1. As long as there are exactly three tide counters on this creature, it gets +1/+1. Whenever there are four or more tide counters on this creature, remove all tide counters from it.

Dwarven Armorer (Fallen Empires)
Bryon Wackwitz

{R}, {T}, Discard a card: Put a +0/+1 counter or a +1/+0 counter on target creature.

"The few remaining pieces from this period suggest the Dwarves eventually made weapons and armor out of everything, even children's toys." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. IV*

Basal Thrull (Fallen Empires)
Phil Foglio

{T}, Sacrifice this creature: Add {B}{B}.

Although my later designs were much more sophisticated, Basal Thrulls were no less a success." —Endrek Sahr, "Thrulls"

Thallid (Fallen Empires)
Daniel Gelon

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a spore counter on this creature. Remove three spore counters from this creature: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.

Mindstab Thrull (Fallen Empires)
Mark Tedin

Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, you may sacrifice it. If you do, defending player discards three cards.

Brassclaw Orcs (Fallen Empires)
Heather Hudson

This creature can't block creatures with power 2 or greater.

"The large brass claws worn by some Sarpadian Orc tribes were among the least feared weapons ever known." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. IV*

Order of Leitbur (Fallen Empires)
Bryon Wackwitz

Protection from black {W}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn. {W}{W}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

"The powers of the corrupt will fade before the fury of the pure." —Bethan Leitbur, "The Way"

Icatian Infantry (Fallen Empires)
Christopher Rush

{1}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn. {1}: This creature gains banding until end of turn. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

Although they had long been concerned about the Order of the Ebon Hand, the Icatians faced an even greater threat from Goblin and Orcish raiders.

Icatian Moneychanger (Fallen Empires)
Drew Tucker

This creature enters with three credit counters on it. When this creature enters, it deals 3 damage to you. At the beginning of your upkeep, put a credit counter on this creature. Sacrifice this creature: You gain 1 life for each credit counter on this creature. Activate only during your upkeep.

Orcish Captain (Fallen Empires)
Mark Tedin

{1}: Flip a coin. If you win the flip, target Orc creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. If you lose the flip, it gets -0/-2 until end of turn.

There's a chance to win every battle.

Tourach's Gate (Fallen Empires)
Sandra Everingham

Enchant land you control Sacrifice a Thrull: Put three time counters on this Aura. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter from this Aura. If there are no time counters on this Aura, sacrifice it. Tap enchanted land: Attacking creatures you control get +2/-1 until end of turn. Activate only if enchanted land is untapped.

River Merfolk (Fallen Empires)
Douglas Shuler

{U}: This creature gains mountainwalk until end of turn. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)

"Dwelling in icy mountain streams near Goblin and Orcish foes, the River Merfolk were known for their stoicism." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. V*

Goblin War Drums (Fallen Empires)
Jeff A. Menges

Creatures you control have menace. (They can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

When creating a new War Drum, Goblin designers sought out the highest quality skulls. Serra Angel skulls were most highly prized, although most acknowledged that the skull of the exotic Sea Serpent made for a richer tone.

Combat Medic (Fallen Empires)
Susan Van Camp

{1}{W}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.

"We'd no sooner knock 'em back on their heels than that accursed sawbones would show up and patch 'em back together again." —Ivra Jursdotter

Homarid (Fallen Empires)
Heather Hudson

This creature enters with a tide counter on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, put a tide counter on this creature. As long as there is exactly one tide counter on this creature, it gets -1/-1. As long as there are exactly three tide counters on this creature, it gets +1/+1. Whenever there are four or more tide counters on this creature, remove all tide counters from it.

Draconian Cylix (Fallen Empires)
Edward P. Beard, Jr.

{2}, {T}, Discard a card at random: Regenerate target creature.

"There is no gain without sacrifice." —Icatian proverb

Vodalian Soldiers (Fallen Empires)
Jeff A. Menges

"You think you know everything there is to know about battle? You know Orc droppings! Underwater combat is three dimensional. Those thrice-damned Vodalians don't attack in ranks; they attack in schools." —Ivra Jursdotter

Homarid Spawning Bed (Fallen Empires)
Douglas Shuler

{1}{U}{U}, Sacrifice a blue creature: Create X 1/1 blue Camarid creature tokens, where X is the sacrificed creature's mana value.

Brassclaw Orcs (Fallen Empires)
Rob Alexander

This creature can't block creatures with power 2 or greater.

"The Brassclaws delighted in lightning raids on Icatian and Dwarven towns; an unprepared enemy is easier to defeat." —*Sarpadian Empires, vol. IV*

Icatian Javelineers (Fallen Empires)
Edward P. Beard, Jr.

This creature enters with a javelin counter on it. {T}, Remove a javelin counter from this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

Homarid Warrior (Fallen Empires)
Daniel Gelon

{U}: This creature gains shroud until end of turn and doesn't untap during your next untap step. Tap it. (A creature with shroud can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Goblin Chirurgeon (Fallen Empires)
Daniel Gelon

Sacrifice a Goblin: Regenerate target creature.

The Chirurgeons patched up their fallen comrades with a gruesome mix of twisted limbs and mangled flesh.

Necrite (Fallen Empires)
Christopher Rush

Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, you may sacrifice it. If you do, destroy target creature defending player controls. It can't be regenerated.

"Ever see a wall drop dead of fright, kid? It ain't pretty." —Cpl. Dobbs

Homarid Warrior (Fallen Empires)
Randy Asplund-Faith

{U}: This creature gains shroud until end of turn and doesn't untap during your next untap step. Tap it. (A creature with shroud can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Merseine (Fallen Empires)
Drew Tucker

Enchant creature This Aura enters with three net counters on it. Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step if this Aura has a net counter on it. Pay enchanted creature's mana cost: Remove a net counter from this Aura. Only the controller of the enchanted creature may activate this ability.