@database IA_BLACK.guide @author "Tom de Ruyter" @$VER: MTG.guide 1.11 nov.96 @node MAIN "Ice Age - Black Cards" @{" " link MTG_CARD_LISTS.guide/CL_IA} @{b}Ice Age - Black Cards@{ub} @{" Abyssal Specter " link ABYSS} @{" Ashen Ghoul " link ASHEN} @{" Brine Shaman " link BRINE} @{" Burnt Offering " link BURNT} @{" Cloak of Confusion " link CLOAK} @{" Dance of the Dead " link DANCE} @{" Dark Banishing " link DARKB} @{" Dark Ritual " link 4E_BLACK.guide/DRITU} @{" Demonic Consultation " link DEMON} @{" Dread Wight " link DREAD} @{" Drift of the Dead " link DRIFT} @{" Fear " link 4E_BLACK.guide/FEAR_} @{" Flow of Maggots " link FLOWO} @{" Foul Familiar " link FOULF} @{" Gangrenous Zombies " link GANGR} @{" Gaze of Pain " link GAZEO} @{" Gravebind " link GRAVE} @{" Hecatomb " link HECAT} @{" Hoar Shade " link HOARS} @{" Howl from Beyond " link 4E_BLACK.guide/HOWLF} @{" Hyalopterous Lemure " link HYALO} @{" Icequake " link ICEQU} @{" Infernal Darkness " link INFDA} @{" Infernal Denizen " link INFDE} @{" Kjeldoran Dead " link KJELD} @{" Knight of Stromgald " link KNIGH} @{" Krovikan Elementalist " link KROEL} @{" Krovikan Fetish " link KROFE} @{" Krovikan Vampire " link KROVA} @{" Legions of Lim-Dul " link LEGIO} @{" Leshrac's Rite " link LESRI} @{" Leshrac's Sigil " link LESSI} @{" Lim-Dul's Cohort " link LIMCO} @{" Lim-Dul's Hex " link LIMHE} @{" Mind Ravel " link MIRAV} @{" Mind Warp " link MIWAR} @{" Mind Whip " link MIWHI} @{" Minion of Leshrac " link MINLE} @{" Minion of Tevesh Szat " link MINTE} @{" Mole Worms " link MOLEW} @{" Moor Fiend " link MOORF} @{" Necropotence " link NECRO} @{" Norritt " link NORRI} @{" Oath of Lim-Dul " link OATHO} @{" Pestilence Rats " link PESTI} @{" Pox " link _POX_} @{" Seizures " link SEIZU} @{" Songs of the Damned " link SONGS} @{" Soul Burn " link SOULB} @{" Soul Kiss " link SOULK} @{" Spoils of Evil " link SPOEV} @{" Spoils of War " link SPOWA} @{" Stench of Evil " link STENC} @{" Stromgald Cabal " link STROM} @{" Touch of Death " link TOUCH} @{" Withering Wisps " link WITHE} @endnode @node ABYSS "Abyssal Specter" @{b}Abyssal Specter@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(U) Type = Summon Specter (2/3) Cost = 2BB Artist = Ruth Thompson Text(IA): Flying Whenever Abyssal Specter damages any player, that player chooses and discards a card from his or her hand. Ignore this ability if the player has no cards in hand. Flavor Text: @{i}"Open the gates, and bid them enter." ---Lim-Dul, the Necromancer@{ui} @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub} @endnode @node ASHEN "Ashen Ghoul" @{b}Ashen Ghoul@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(U) Type = Summon Ghoul (3/1) Cost = 3B Artist = Ron Spencer Text(IA): Ashen Ghoul can attack the turn it comes into play. : Return Ashen Ghoul to play under your control. Use this ability only at the end of your upkeep and only if Ashen Ghoul is in your graveyard with at least three creature cards above it. @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub} @endnode @node BRINE "Brine Shaman" @{b}Brine Shaman@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(C) Type = Summon Cleric (1/1) Cost = 1B Artist = Cornelius Brudi Text(IA): : Sacrifice a creature to give target creature +2/+2 until end of turn. <1UU>: Sacrifice a creature to counter target summon spell. Flavor Text: @{i}"The Shamans of Marit Lage do her bidding in secret, but they do it gladly." ---Halvor Arenson, Kjeldoran Priest@{ui} @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_B.guide/BSHAM} @endnode @node BURNT "Burnt Offering" @{b}Burnt Offering@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(C) Type = Interrupt Cost = B Artist = Daniel Gelon Text(IA): Sacrifice a creature to add that creature's casting cost in any combination of red and/or black mana to your mana pool. Flavor Text: @{i}"My foes serve my twice: in dying, and in death." ---Lim-Dul, the Necromancer@{ui} @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub} @endnode @node CLOAK "Cloak of Confusion" @{b}Cloak of Confusion@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(C) Type = Enchant Creature Cost = 1B Artist = Margaret Organ-Kean Text(IA): If target creature you control attacks and is not blocked, you may choose to have it deal no damage to defending player this turn. If you do so, that player discards a card at random from his or her hand. Ignore this ability if that player has no cards in hand. @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_C.guide/CLOAK} @endnode @node DANCE "Dance of the Dead" @{b}Dance of the Dead@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(U) Type = Enchant Dead Creature Cost = 1B Artist = Randy Gallegos Text(IA): Take target creature from any graveyard and put it directly into play under your control, tapped, with +1/+1. Treat that creature as though it were just summoned. The creature does not untap during its controller's untap phase. At the end of his or her upkeep, its controller may pay an additional <1B> to untap it. If Dance of the Dead is removed, bury the creature in its owner's graveyard. @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_D.guide/DDEAD} @endnode @node DARKB "Dark Banishing" @{b}Dark Banishing@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(C) / MI(C) Type = Instant Cost = 2B Artist = Drew Tucker (IA) / Dermont Power (MI) @{b}NOTE@{ub}: Both cards have different artwork and different Flavor Texts. Text(MI): Bury target non-black creature. Text(IA): Bury target non-black creature. Flavor Text(IA): @{i}"Will not the mountains quake and hills melt at the coming of the darkness? Share this vision with your enemies, Lim-Dul, and they shall wither." ---Leshrac, Walker of Night@{ui} @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub} @endnode @node DEMON "Demonic Consultation" @{b}Demonic Consultation@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(U) Type = Instant Cost = B Artist = Rob Alexander Text(IA): Name a card. Remove the top six cards of your library from the game and reveal the next card to all players. If it is the card named, put it into your hand. If not, remove that card from the game and continue revealing the top card of your library and removing it from the game until the named card appears. @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_D.guide/DCONS} @endnode @node DREAD "Dread Wight" @{b}Dread Wight@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(R) Type = Summon Wight (3/4) Cost = 3BB Artist = Daniel Gelon Text(IA): At end of combat, put a paralyzation counter on any creature blocking or blocked by Dread Wight and tap that creature. As long as the creature has a paralyzation counter on it, it does not untap during its controller's untap phase. As a non-interrupt fast effect, the creature's controller may pay <4> to remove a paralyzation counter. @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub} @endnode @node DRIFT "Drift of the Dead" @{b}Drift of the Dead@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(U) Type = Summon Wall (*/*) Cost = 3B Artist = Brian Snoddy Text(IA): Drift of the Dead has power and toughness each equal to the number of snow-covered lands you control. Flavor Text: @{i}"Take their dead, and entomb them in the snow. Risen, they shall serve a new purpose." ---Lim-Dul, the Necromancer@{ui} @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub} @endnode @node FLOWO "Flow of Maggots" @{b}Flow of Maggots@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(R) Type = Summon Insects (2/2) Cost = 2B Artist = Ron Spencer Text(IA): Cumulative Upkeep: <1> Cannot be blocked by non-wall creatures. Flavor Text: @{i}"The very earth seemd alive and made a sound like the writhing of the damned." ---Lucilde Fiksdotter, Leader of the Order of the White Shield@{ui} @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub} @endnode @node FOULF "Foul Familiar" @{b}Foul Familiar@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(C) Type = Summon Spirit (3/1) Cost = 2B Artist = Anson Maddocks Text(IA): Cannot be declared as a blocking creature. : Pay 1 life to return Foul Familiar to owner's hand. Effects that prevent or redirect damage cannot be used to counter this loss of life. Flavor Text: @{i}"Serve me, and live forever." ---Lim-Dul, the Necromancer@{ui} @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_F.guide/FOULF} @endnode @node GANGR "Gangrenous Zombies" @{b}Gangrenous Zombies@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(C) Type = Summon Zombies (2/2) Cost = 1BB Artist = Brian Snoddy Text(IA): : Sacrifice Gangrenous Zombies to have it deal 1 damage to each creature and player. If you control any snow-covered swamps, Gangrenous Zombies instead deals 2 damage to each creature and player. @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_G.guide/GANGR} @endnode @node GAZEO "Gaze of Pain" @{b}Gaze of Pain@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(C) (Promo) Type = Sorcery Cost = 1B Artist = Anson Maddocks Text(IA): For each creature you control that attacks and is not blocked, you may choose to have it deal no damage to defending player this turn. If you do so, it instead deals damage equal to its power to any target creature. Flavor Text: @{i}Remove the guardians to ensure your victory.@{ui} @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_G.guide/GAZEO} @endnode @node GRAVE "Gravebind" @{b}Gravebind@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(R) Type = Instant Cost = B Artist = Drew Tucker Text(IA): Target creature cannot regenerate this turn. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. Flavor Text: @{i}One foot in the grave, firmly planted.@{ui} @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_G.guide/GRBIN} @endnode @node HECAT "Hecatomb" @{b}Hecatomb@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(R) Type = Enchantment Cost = 1BB Artist = NeNe Thomas Text(IA): When Hecatomb comes into play, sacrifice four creatures. <0>: Tap target swamp you control to have Hecatomb deal 1 damage to target creature or player. @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_H.guide/HECAT} @endnode @node HOARS "Hoar Shade" @{b}Hoar Shade@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(C) Type = Summon Shade (1/2) Cost = 3B Artist = Richard Thomas Text(IA): : +1/+1 until end of turn Flavor Text: @{i}"The creature we fought in the western waste was double dangerous: mortally wounded, it rebounded and attacked again." ---Disa the Restless, journal entry@{ui} @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub} @endnode @node HYALO "Hyalopterous Lemure" @{b}Hyalopterous Lemure@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(U) Type = Summon Lemure (4/3) Cost = 4B Artist = Richard Thomas Text(IA): <0>: Flying and -1/-0 until end of turn Flavor Text: @{i}"The Lemures looked harmless, until they descended on my troops. Within moments, only bones remained." ---Lucilda Fiksdotter, Leader of the Order of the White Shield@{ui} @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub} @endnode @node ICEQU "Icequake" @{b}Icequake@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(U) Type = Sorcery Cost = 1BB Artist = Richard Kane-Ferguson Text(IA): Destroy target land. If that land is a snow-covered land, Icequake deals 1 damage to the land's controller. Flavor Text: @{i}"When the earth shakes, and their animals are swalled up by the ground, perhaps they will think twice before attacking again." ---Lim-Dul, the Necromancer@{ui} @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_I.guide/ICEQU} @endnode @node INFDA "Infernal Darkness" @{b}Infernal Darkness@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(R) Type = Enchantment Cost = 2BB Artist = Phil Foglio Text(IA): Cumulative Upkeep: and 1 life All mana-producing lands produce instead of their normal mana. Flavor Text: @{i}"I thought the day had brought enough horrors for our ragged band, but the night was far worse." ---Lucilde Fiksdotter, Leader of the Order of the White Shield@{ui} @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_I.guide/INFDA} @endnode @node INFDE "Infernal Denizen" @{b}Infernal Denizen@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(R) Type = Summon Infernal Denizen (5/7) Cost = 7B Artist = Drew Tucker Text(IA): During your upkeep, sacrifice two swamps. If you cannot, tap Infernal Denizen, and target opponent may gain control of target creature of his or her choice you control. The opponent loses control of that creature if Infernal Denizen leaves play. : Gain control of target creature. Lose control of that creature if Infernal Denizen leaves play. @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_I.guide/INFDE} @endnode @node KJELD "Kjeldoran Dead" @{b}Kjeldoran Dead@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(C) Type = Summon Dead (3/1) Cost = B Artist = Melissa Benson Text(IA): : Regenerate When Kjeldoran Dead comes into play, sacrifice a creature. Flavor Text: @{i}"They shall kill those whome once they loved." ---Lim-Dul, the Necromancer@{ui} @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_K.guide/KJDEA} @endnode @node KNIGH "Knight of Stromgald" @{b}Knight of Stromgald@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(U) Type = Summon Knight (2/1) Cost = BB Artist = Mark Poole Text(IA): Protection from white : +1/+0 until end of turn : First strike until end of turn Flavor Text: @{i}"Kjeldorans should rule supreme, and to the rest, death!" ---Avram Garrison, Leader of the Knights of Stromgald@{ui} @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub} @endnode @node KROEL "Krovikan Elementalist" @{b}Krovikan Elementalist@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(U) Type = Summon Wizard (1/1) Cost = BB Artist = Douglas Shuler Text(IA): <2R>: Target creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. : Target creature you control gains flying until end of turn. At end of turn, bury that creature. Flavor Text: @{i}"The Elementalist's talents could be useful if turned to other purposes." ---Zur the Enchanter@{ui} @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub} @endnode @node KROFE "Krovikan Fetish" @{b}Krovikan Fetish@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(C) Type = Enchant Creature Cost = 2B Artist = Heather Hudson Text(IA): Draw a card at the beginning of the upkeep of the turn after Krovikan Fetish comes into play. Target creature gets +1/+1. Flavor Text: @{i}Some Krovikans find strength in the ears and eyes of their victims and wear such fetishes into battle.@{ui} @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_K.guide/KROVF} @endnode @node KROVA "Krovikan Vampire" @{b}Krovikan Vampire@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(U) Type = Summon Vampire (3/3) Cost = 3BB Artist = Quinton Hoover Text(IA): At the end of a turn in which any creature is damaged by Krovikan Vampire and put into any graveyard, put that creature directly into play under your control. Treat the creature as though it were just summoned. If you lose control of Krovikan Vampire or Krovikan Vampire leaves play, bury the creature. @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_K.guide/KROVV} @endnode @node LEGIO "Legions of Lim-Dul" @{b}Legions of Lim-Dul@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(C) Type = Summon Zombies (2/3) Cost = 1BB Artist = Anson Maddocks Text(IA): Snow-covered swampwalk Flavor Text: @{i}"I have seen the faces of my dead friends among that grim band, and I can bear no more." ---Lucilde Fiksdotter, Leader of the Order of the White Shield@{ui} @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub} @endnode @node LESRI "Leshrac's Rite" @{b}Leshrac's Rite@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(U) Type = Enchant Creature Cost = B Artist = Richard Thomas Text(IA): Target creature gains swampwalk. Flavor Text: @{i}"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-Dul, the Necromancer@{ui} @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub} @endnode @node LESSI "Leshrac's Sigil" @{b}Leshrac's Sigil@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(U) Type = Enchantment Cost = BB Artist = Drew Tucker Text(IA): : When any opponent successfully casts a green spell, look at that player's hand and choose a card; he or she then discards that card. Use this ability only once each time a green spell is cast. : Return Leshrac's Sigil to owner's hand. @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_L.guide/LESHR} @endnode @node LIMCO "Lim-Dul's Cohort" @{b}Lim-Dul's Cohort@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(C) Type = Summon Zombies (2/3) Cost = 1BB Artist = Douglas Shuler Text(IA): Creatures blocking or blocked by Lim-Dul's Cohort cannot regenerate this turn. Flavor Text: @{i}Join me in the place of power, you risen dead. Join me where the waters weep and the trees have no hearts.@{ui} @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub} @endnode @node LIMHE "Lim-Dul's Hex" @{b}Lim-Dul's Hex@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(U) Type = Enchantment Cost = 1B Artist = Liz Danforth Text(IA): During your upkeep, Lim-Dul's Hex deals 1 damage to each player. Each player may pay or <3> to prevent the damage to himself or herself. Flavor Text: @{i}"The weak shall fall. The strong shall remain." ---Lim-Dul, the Necromancer@{ui} @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub} @endnode @node MIRAV "Mind Ravel" @{b}Mind Ravel@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(C) Type = Sorcery Cost = 2B Artist = Mark Tedin Text(IA): Target player chooses and discards a card from his or her hand. Ignore this ability if that player has no cards in hand. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. Flavor Text: @{i}An end to reason, an end to order. Forget all that has been.@{ui} @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_M.guide/MINDR} @endnode @node MIWAR "Mind Warp" @{b}Mind Warp@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(U) Type = Sorcery Cost = X3B Artist = Liz Danforth Text(IA): Look at target player's hand and choose X cards; that player then discards those cards. If the player does not have enough cards in hand, his or her entire hand is discarded. @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub} @endnode @node MIWHI "Mind Whip" @{b}Mind Whip@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(R) Type = Enchant Creature Cost = 2BB Artist = Drew Tucker Text(IA): During target creature's controller's upkeep, he or she pays <3> or Mind Whip deals 2 damage to him or her. If Mind Whip deals damage in this way, tap that creature. Flavor Text: @{i}"A mind in agony is a sparrow without wings." ---Lim-Dul, the Necromancer@{ui} @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_M.guide/MINWH} @endnode @node MINLE "Minion of Leshrac" @{b}Minion of Leshrac@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(R) Type = Summon Demon (5/5) Cost = 4BBB Artist = L.A. Williams Text(IA): Protection from black During your upkeep, sacrifice a creature or Minion of Leshrac deals 5 damage to you. If Minion of Leshrac deals damage to you in this way, tap it. You cannot sacrifice Minion of Leshrac to itself. : Destroy target creature or land. @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_M.guide/MINIO} @endnode @node MINTE "Minion of Tevesh Szat" @{b}Minion of Tevesh Szat@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(R) Type = Summon Demon (4/4) Cost = 4BBB Artist = Julie Baroh Text(IA): During your upkeep, pay or Minion of Tevesh Szat deals 2 damage to you. : Target creature gets +3/-2 until end of turn. Flavor Text: @{i}"A minion given over to Tevesh Szat is a stronger minion gained." ---Lim-Dul, the Necromancer@{ui} @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub} @endnode @node MOLEW "Mole Worms" @{b}Mole Worms@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(U) Type = Summon Worms (1/1) Cost = 2B Artist = Daniel Gelon Text(IA): You may choose not to untap Mole Worms during your untap phase. : Tap target land. As long as Mole Worms remains tapped, that land does not untap during its controller's untap phase. @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_M.guide/MOLEW} @endnode @node MOORF "Moor Fiend" @{b}Moor Fiend@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(C) Type = Summon Fiend (3/3) Cost = 3B Artist = Anson Maddocks Text(IA): Swampwalk Flavor Text: @{i}"Let them close the gates of Krov from dusk until dawn if they so choose. It matters not. My fiends shall yet rend their flesh from their bones." ---Lim-Dul, the Necromancer@{ui} @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub} @endnode @node NECRO "Necropotence" @{b}Necropotence@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(R) Type = Enchantment Cost = BBB Artist = Mark Tedin Text(IA): Skip your draw phase. If you discard a card from your hand, remove that card from the game. <0>: Pay 1 life to set aside the top card of your library. At the beginning of your next discard phase, put that card into your hand. Effects that prevent or redirect damage cannot be used to counter this loss of life. @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_N.guide/NECPO} @endnode @node NORRI "Norritt" @{b}Norritt@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(C) (Promo) Type = Summon Imp (1/1) Cost = 3B Artist = Mike Raabe Text(IA): : Untap target blue creature. : Force target non-wall creature to attack. If creature cannot attack, destroy it at end of turn. Use this ability only during target creature's controller's turn, before the attack. Cannot target creatures brought under their controller's control this turn. @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_N.guide/NORRI} @endnode @node OATHO "Oath of Lim-Dul" @{b}Oath of Lim-Dul@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(R) Type = Enchantment Cost = 3B Artist = Douglas Shuler Text(IA): For each 1 damage dealt to you or 1 life you lose, sacrifice a permanent you control or choose and discard a card from your hand. You cannot sacrifice Oath of Lim-Dul in this way. Ignore this effect if you control no permanents other than Oath of Lim-Dul and have no cards in hand. : Draw a card. @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_O.guide/OATHO} @endnode @node PESTI "Pestilence Rats" @{b}Pestilence Rats@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(C) Type = Summon Rats (*/3) Cost = 2B Artist = Jeff A. Menges Text(IA): Pestilence Rats has power equal to the total number of other Rats in play, no matter who controls them. For example, as long as there are two other Rats in play, Pestilence Rats has power and toughness 2/3. @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_P.guide/PESRA} @endnode @node _POX_ "Pox" @{b}Pox@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(R) Type = Sorcery Cost = BBB Artist = Cornelius Brudi Text(IA): Each player loses 1/3 of his or her life; then chooses and discards 1/3 of the cards in his or her hand; then sacrifices 1/3 of the creatures he or she controls; and finally sacrifices 1/3 of the lands he or she controls. Round each loss up. Effects that prevent or redirect damage cannot be used to counter this loss of life. @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub} @endnode @node SEIZU "Seizures" @{b}Seizures@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(C) Type = Enchant Creature Cost = 1B Artist = Julie Baroh Text(IA): Whenever target creature becomes tapped, that creature's controller pays <3> or Seizures deals 3 damage to him or her. Flavor Text: @{i}"Sheathe your sword, warrior, lest ye fall on it when stricken." ---Lim-Dul, the Necromancer@{ui} @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub} @endnode @node SONGS "Songs of the Damned" @{b}Songs of the Damned@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(C) Type = Interrupt Cost = B Artist = Pete Venters Text(IA): Add to your mana pool for each creature in your graveyard. Flavor Text: @{i}Not wind, but the breath of the dead.@{ui} @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_S.guide/SONGS} @endnode @node SOULB "Soul Burn" @{b}Soul Burn@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(C) Type = Sorcery Cost = 2B Artist = Rob Alexander Text(IA): Soul Burn deals 1 damage to a single target creature or player for each or you pay in addition to the casting cost. Gain 1 life for each you spend in this way. You cannot gain more life than the toughness of the creature or the total life of the targeted player. @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_S.guide/SOUBU} @endnode @node SOULK "Soul Kiss" @{b}Soul Kiss@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(C) Type = Enchant Creature Cost = 2B Artist = Nicola Leonard Text(IA): When Soul Kiss comes into play, choose target creature. : Pay 1 life to give creature Soul Kiss enchants +2/+2 until end of turn. You cannot spend more than in this way each turn. Effects that prevent or redirect damage cannot be used to counter this loss of life. @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_S.guide/SOUKI} @endnode @node SPOEV "Spoils of Evil" @{b}Spoils of Evil@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(R) Type = Interrupt Cost = 2B Artist = Quinton Hoover Text(IA): For each artifact or creature in target opponent's graveyard, add one colorless mana to your mana pool and gain 1 life. Flavor Text: @{i}"Virtue has its rewards, as does its opposite." ---Lim-Dul, the Necromancer@{ui} @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_S.guide/SPOEV} @endnode @node SPOWA "Spoils of War" @{b}Spoils of War@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(R) Type = Sorcery Cost = XB Artist = Pete Venters Text(IA): Put X +1/+1 counters on any number of target creatures, distributed any way you choose, where X is equal to the number of creatures and artifacts in target opponent's graveyard. Flavor Text: @{i}"This is the fun part!" ---Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician@{ui} @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_S.guide/SPOWA} @endnode @node STENC "Stench of Evil" @{b}Stench of Evil@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(U) Type = Sorcery Cost = 2BB Artist = Mark Tedin Text(IA): Destroy all plains. Stench of Evil deals 1 damage to each player for each plains he or she controls that is destroyed in this way. Each player may pay <2> for each 1 damage he or she wishes to prevent from Stench of Evil. @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_S.guide/STENC} @endnode @node STROM "Stromgald Cabal" @{b}Stromgald Cabal@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(R) Type = Summon Knights (2/2) Cost = 1BB Artist = Anson Maddocks Text(IA): : Pay 1 life to counter target white spell. Effects that prevent or redirect damage cannot be used to counter this loss of life. Play this ability as an interrupt. Flavor Text: @{i}"Kjeldor must be supreme at any cost." ---Avram Garrison, Leader of the Knights of Stromgald@{ui} @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub} @endnode @node TOUCH "Touch of Death" @{b}Touch of Death@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(C) Type = Sorcery Cost = 2B Artist = Melissa Benson Text(IA): Touch of Death deals 1 damage to target player, and you gain 1 life. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. Flavor Text: @{i}"What was yours is mine. Your land, your people, and now your life." ---Lim-Dul, the Necromancer@{ui} @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_T.guide/TOUDE} @endnode @node WITHE "Withering Wisps" @{b}Withering Wisps@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = IA(U) Type = Enchantment Cost = 1BB Artist = NeNe Thomas Text(IA): At the end of any turn, if there are no creatures in play, bury Withering Wisps. : Withering Wisps deals 1 damage to each creature and each player. You cannot spend more in this way each turn than the number of snow-covered swamps you control. @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub} @endnode