Magic Vanguard Cards
Reformulated for current rules as of March 2009.
| Name | Hand Size | Life Change | Original Text | Rules Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashnod | 8 | 12 | Whenever a creature successfully damages you, destroy it. | Whenever a creature deals damage to you, destroy it. |
| Barrin | 7 | 26 | You may sacrifice a permanent to return any creature to its owner's hand. Play this ability as an instant. | Sacrifice a permanent: Return target creature to its owner's hand. |
| Crovax | 9 | 20 | Whenever any of your creatures damages any creature or player, gain 1 life. | Whenever a creature you control deals damage, you gain 1 life. |
| Eladamri | 6 | 35 | You may redirect to yourself any amount of damage dealt to creatures you control. | 0: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature you control this turn is dealt to you instead. |
| Ertai | 6 | 24 | Your creatures can't be the target of your opponents' spells or abilities. | Creatures you control can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. |
| Gerrard | 3 | 20 | During your draw phase, draw an additional card. | At the beginning of your draw step, draw an additional card. |
| Greven il-Vec | 6 | 22 | Whenever any of your creatures damages any creature, bury the damaged creature. | Whenever a creature you control deals damage to another creature, destroy that creature. It can't be regenerated. |
| Gix | 5 | 38 | 3: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. | 3: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. |
| Hanna | 8 | 15 | Your spells cost 1 less to play. | Spells you play cost 1 less to play. |
| Karn | 8 | 26 | Each of your noncreature artifacts is also an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its total casting cost. | Each noncreature artifact you control is an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its converted mana cost. |
| Lyna | 9 | 16 | All creatures you control gain shadow. (Those creatures can block and be blocked only by creatures with shadow.) | Creatures you control have shadow. |
| Maraxus | 8 | 22 | Your creatures get +1/+0. | Creatures you control get +1/+0. |
| Mirri | 7 | 25 | Each of your basic lands may be tapped to produce any color of mana instead of its normal type. | Basic lands you control have "T: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool." |
| Mishra | 7 | 17 | Double all damage dealt by creatures you control. | If a creature you control would deal damage to a creature or player, it deals double that damage to that creature or player instead. |
| Multani | 4 | 18 | All creatures you control get +X/+0, where X is the number of cards in your hand. | Creatures you control get +X/+0, where X is the number of cards in your hand. |
| Oracle | 8 | 29 | You may untap any attacking creatures you control and remove them from combat. | 0: Remove target attacking creature you control from combat and untap it. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this turn. |
| Orim | 7 | 32 | Your creatures can block as though they had flying. | Creatures you control have reach. |
| Rofellos | 5 | 24 | Whenever a creature you control is put into a graveyard from play, draw a card. | Whenever a creature you control is put into a graveyard from play, draw a card. |
| Selenia | 8 | 27 | Attacking doesn't cause your creatures to tap. | Creatures you control have vigilance. |
| Serra | 8 | 21 | All creatures you control get +0/+2. | Creatures you control get +0/+2. |
| Sidar Kondo | 6 | 32 | 3: Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. | 3: Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. |
| Sisay | 5 | 17 | Whenever you tap a land for mana, it produces one additional mana of the same type. | Whenever you tap a land for mana, add one mana to your mana pool of any type that land produced. |
| Sliver Queen, Brood Mother | 7 | 28 | 3: Put a Sliver token into play. Treat this token as a 1/1 colorless creature. | 3: Put a 1/1 colorless Sliver creature token into play. |
| Squee | 10 | 16 | Your opponents play with their hands face up. | Your opponents play with their hands revealed. |
| Starke | 7 | 18 | During your draw phase, you may draw an additional card and then put any card in your hand on the bottom of your library. | At the beginning of your draw step, you may draw an additional card. If you do, put a card from your hand on the bottom of your library. |
| Tahngarth | 6 | 27 | Your creatures are unaffected by summoning sickness. | Creatures you control have haste. |
| Takara | 10 | 12 | Sacrifice a creature: Takara deals 1 damage to target creature or player. | Sacrifice a creature: Takara deals 1 damage to target creature or player. |
| Tawnos | 10 | 16 | You may play artifact, creature, and enchantment spells any time you could play an instant. | You may play artifact, creature, and enchantment cards as though they had flash. |
| Titania | 9 | 15 | You may play an additional land each of your turns. | You may play an additional land on each of your turns. |
| Urza | 6 | 30 | 3: Urza deals 1 damage to target creature or player. | 3: Urza deals 1 damage to target creature or player. |
| Volrath | 9 | 17 | Whenever any of your creatures is put into your graveyard from play, you may put that creature on top of your library. | Whenever a nontoken creature you control is put into your graveyard from play, you may put that card on top of your library. |
| Xantcha | 8 | 23 | Sacrifice a permanent: Regenerate target creature. | Sacrifice a permanent: Regenerate target creature. |
