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Angel of Mercy

Creature - Angel 3/3, 4W (5)
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
When Angel of Mercy comes into play, you gain 3 life.
1
A song of life soars over fields of blood.
Illus. Melissa A. Benson

Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries


Format Legality Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended, Standard

Printings (6/39) Tenth Edition (Uncommon)
Core Set - Ninth Edition (Uncommon)
Core Set - Eighth Edition (Uncommon)
Invasion (Uncommon)
Starter (Uncommon)
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Angelic Page

Creature - Angel Spirit 1/1, 1W (2)
Flying
{T}: Target attacking or blocking creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
1
If only every message were as perfect as its bearer.
Illus. Marc Fishman

Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries

  • Note - This card was creature type "Spirit" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Angel Spirit".

Format Legality Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended
Banned in Standard

Printings (4/20) Core Set - Eighth Edition (Common)
Seventh Edition (Common)
Battle Royale (Special)
Urza's Saga (Common)


Ardent Militia

Creature - Human Soldier 2/5, 4W (5)
Vigilance1
Knights fight for honor and mercenaries fight for gold. The militia fights for hearth and home.
Illus. Paolo Parente

Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries

  • Note - The Portal version had no creature type. It was then of creature type "Soldier" until Oracle 2007/05/01 when it became "Human Soldier".
  • Note - Also see Vigilance, Rule 502.14.

Format Legality Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended
Banned in Standard

Printings (6/31) Core Set - Eighth Edition (Uncommon)
Seventh Edition (Uncommon)
Starter (Uncommon)
Classic Sixth Edition (Uncommon)
Weatherlight (Common)
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Avatar of Hope

Creature - Avatar 4/9, 6WW (8)
If you have 3 life or less, Avatar of Hope costs {6} less to play.
Flying
Avatar of Hope can block any number of creatures.
1
Illus. Mark Zug

Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries

  • The converted mana cost (see Rule G3.29) of this card is still 8, even if you only pay {W}{W} to play it. [DeLaney 2000/05/29]

Format Legality Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended
Banned in Standard

Printings (3/13) Core Set - Eighth Edition (Rare)
Prophecy prerelease participation bonus. (Special)
Prophecy (Rare)


Aven Cloudchaser

Creature - Bird Soldier 2/2, 3W (4)
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
When Aven Cloudchaser comes into play, destroy target enchantment.
1
Illus. Justin Sweet


Format Legality Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended, Standard

Printings (4/30) Tenth Edition (Common)
Core Set - Ninth Edition (Common)
Core Set - Eighth Edition (Common)
Odyssey (Common)


Aven Flock

Creature - Bird Soldier 2/3, 4W (5)
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying.)
{W}: Aven Flock gets +0/+1 until end of turn.
1
Just as each added feather steadies the wing, so does the flock grow stronger with each new member.
Illus. Greg & Tim Hildebrandt


Format Legality Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended
Banned in Standard

Printings (3/21) Core Set - Ninth Edition (Common)
Core Set - Eighth Edition (Common)
Odyssey (Common)


Blessed Reversal

Instant, 1W (2)
You gain 3 life for each creature attacking you.
Even an enemy is a valuable resource.
Illus. Christopher Moeller

Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries

  • The creatures are counted on resolution. [Barclay 1999/02/03]
  • Can be cast when there are no attacking creatures, and even out of combat, to gain zero life. [DeLaney 1999/02/10]
  • Note - The Portal version was a Sorcery.

Format Legality Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended
Banned in Standard

Printings (4/22) Core Set - Eighth Edition (Rare)
Seventh Edition (Rare)
Urza's Legacy (Rare)
Portal (Rare)


Blinding Angel

Creature - Angel 2/4, 3WW (5)
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying.)
Whenever Blinding Angel deals combat damage to a player, that player skips his or her next combat phase.
1
"Their eyes will shrivel and blacken before faith's true light."
Illus. Todd Lockwood

Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries

  • If you are damaged by more than one, the effects are cumulative and you skip multiple combat phases. [8E FAQ 2003/07/28]

Format Legality Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended
Banned in Standard

Printings (3/21) Core Set - Ninth Edition (Rare)
Core Set - Eighth Edition (Rare)
Nemesis (Rare)


Chastise

Instant, 3W (4)
Destroy target attacking creature. You gain life equal to its power.
"Why do we pray to the Ancestor? Because She listens." - Mystic elder
Illus. Carl Critchlow


Format Legality Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended
Banned in Standard

Printings (3/21) Core Set - Ninth Edition (Uncommon)
Core Set - Eighth Edition (Uncommon)
Judgment (Uncommon)


Circle of Protection: Black

Enchantment, 1W (2)
{1}: The next time a black source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
Illus. Mark Romanoski

Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries

  • Can be used even when there is no damage to prevent. It prevents the next damage (if any) from the source this turn. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
  • A source is a permanent (a land, creature, artifact, or enchantment) or a spell. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
  • Can be used multiple times each turn for damage from the same source or for damage from different sources. [D'Angelo 1997/10/10]
  • Note - Was not in the Alpha printing of the Limited Edition.

Format Legality Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended
Banned in Standard

Printings (12/65) Core Set - Ninth Edition (Uncommon)
Core Set - Eighth Edition (Uncommon)
Seventh Edition (Common)
Classic Sixth Edition (Common)
Tempest (Common)
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Circle of Protection: Blue

Enchantment, 1W (2)
{1}: The next time a blue source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
Illus. Greg & Tim Hildebrandt

Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries


Format Legality Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended
Banned in Standard

Printings (11/54) Core Set - Eighth Edition (Uncommon)
Seventh Edition (Common)
Classic Sixth Edition (Common)
Tempest (Common)
Fifth Edition (Common)
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Circle of Protection: Green

Enchantment, 1W (2)
{1}: The next time a green source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
Illus. Alan Pollack

Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries


Format Legality Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended
Banned in Standard

Printings (11/54) Core Set - Eighth Edition (Uncommon)
Seventh Edition (Common)
Classic Sixth Edition (Common)
Tempest (Common)
Fifth Edition (Common)
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Circle of Protection: Red

Enchantment, 1W (2)
{1}: The next time a red source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
Illus. Gary Ruddell

Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries


Format Legality Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended
Banned in Standard

Printings (14/67) 2005 FNM Promos (Special)
Core Set - Ninth Edition (Uncommon)
Core Set - Eighth Edition (Uncommon)
Seventh Edition (Common)
Classic Sixth Edition (Common)
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Circle of Protection: White

Enchantment, 1W (2)
{1}: The next time a white source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
Illus. Darrell Riche

Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries


Format Legality Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended
Banned in Standard

Printings (11/54) Core Set - Eighth Edition (Uncommon)
Seventh Edition (Common)
Classic Sixth Edition (Common)
Tempest (Common)
Fifth Edition (Common)
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Crossbow Infantry

Creature - Human Soldier Archer 1/1, 1W (2)
{T}: Crossbow Infantry deals 1 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
"He can split a marshfly in two from halfway across the range." - Onean sergeant
Illus. James Bernardin

Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries

  • Note - This card was creature type "Soldier" until Ninth Edition and Oracle 2005/08/01, when it became "Human Soldier". Then with Oracle 2008/01/01 it became "Human Soldier Archer".

Format Legality Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended
Banned in Standard

Printings (4/27) Core Set - Ninth Edition (Common)
Core Set - Eighth Edition (Common)
Seventh Edition (Common)
Mercadian Masques (Common)


Demystify

Instant, W (1)
Destroy target enchantment.
Illus. Christopher Rush


Format Legality Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended, Standard

Printings (4/30) Tenth Edition (Common)
Core Set - Ninth Edition (Common)
Core Set - Eighth Edition (Common)
Onslaught (Common)


Diving Griffin

Creature - Griffin 2/2, 1WW (3)
Flying, vigilance1
To outrace the griffin - Kipamu expression meaning "to do the impossible"
Illus. John Howe

Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries


Format Legality Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended
Banned in Standard

Printings (2/12) Core Set - Eighth Edition (Common)
Prophecy (Common)


Elite Archers

Creature - Human Soldier Archer 3/3, 5W (6)
{T}: Elite Archers deals 3 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
They fletch their arrows with the feathers of angels.
Illus. Greg Staples

Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries

  • Note - This card was creature type "Soldier" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Human Soldier Archer".

Format Legality Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended
Banned in Standard

Printings (3/18) Core Set - Eighth Edition (Rare)
Seventh Edition (Rare)
Urza's Saga (Rare)


Elite Javelineer

Creature - Human Soldier 2/2, 2W (3)
Whenever Elite Javelineer blocks, it deals 1 damage to target attacking creature.
"Precision is frequently more valuable than force."
Illus. Mark Poole

Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries

  • Note - This card was creature type "Soldier" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Human Soldier".

Format Legality Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended
Banned in Standard

Printings (2/12) Core Set - Eighth Edition (Uncommon)
Tempest (Common)


Glorious Anthem

Enchantment, 1WW (3)
Creatures you control get +1/+1.
Each victory adds a new verse.
Illus. Kev Walker


Format Legality Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended, Standard

Printings (5/36) Tenth Edition (Rare)
Core Set - Ninth Edition (Rare)
Core Set - Eighth Edition (Rare)
Seventh Edition (Rare)
Urza's Saga (Rare)


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