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Core Set - Ninth Edition

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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
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 Blessing

Sorcery, 2W (3)
Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains flying until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)1
Only the warrior who can admit mortal weakness will be bolstered by immortal strength.
Illus. Mark Zug


Format Legality Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended, Standard

Printings (7/41) Tenth Edition (Common)
Core Set - Ninth Edition (Common)
Starter 2000 Box Set (Special)
Starter (Common)
Exodus (Common)
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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)


Ballista Squad

Creature - Human Rebel 2/2, 3W (4)
{X}{W}, {T}: Ballista Squad deals X damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
The perfect antidote for a tightly packed formation.
Illus. Matthew D. Wilson

Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries

  • Note - Prior to Ninth Edition and Oracle 2005/08/01, this card was of creature type Rebel and not Human Rebel.

Format Legality Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended, Standard

Printings (3/24) Tenth Edition (Uncommon)
Core Set - Ninth Edition (Uncommon)
Mercadian Masques (Uncommon)


Blessed Orator

Creature - Human Cleric 1/4, 3W (4)
Other creatures you control get +0/+1.
"He spoke with the tongue of Angels; we fought with the strength of lions." -Handel, infantry soldier
Illus. Terese Nielsen

Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries

  • Note - Prior to Ninth Edition and Oracle 2005/08/01, this card was of creature type Cleric and not Human Cleric.

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

Printings (2/15) Core Set - Ninth Edition (Uncommon)
Odyssey (Uncommon)


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)


Blinking Spirit

Creature - Spirit 2/2, 3W (4)
{0}: Return Blinking Spirit to its owner's hand.
"Don't look at it! Maybe it'll go away!" -Ib Halfheart, goblin tactician
Illus. L. A. Williams

Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries

  • Note - This card was of creature type Blinking Spirit and is now of creature type Spirit. [Oracle 2000/02/01]

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

Printings (4/23) Core Set - Ninth Edition (Rare)
Battle Royale (Special)
Fifth Edition (Rare)
Ice Age (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. Christopher Rush

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: 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. Christopher Rush

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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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)


Foot Soldiers

Creature - Human Soldier 2/4, 3W (4)
Infantry deployment is the art of putting your troops in the wrong place at the right time.
Illus. Kev Walker

Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries

  • All tournament formats banned this card until 2005/08/20 when it was added to Ninth Edition.
  • Note - The Portal version had no creature type.
  • Note - This card was of creature type "Soldier" and not "Human Soldier" until Ninth Edition and Oracle 2005/08/01.

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

Printings (3/14) Core Set - Ninth Edition (Common)
Starter (Common)
Portal (Common)


Gift of Estates

Sorcery, 1W (2)
If an opponent controls more lands than you, search your library for up to three Plains cards, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then shuffle your library.1
Illus. Hugh Jamieson

Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries

  • All tournament formats banned this card until 2005/08/20 because it was only in Portal.

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

Printings (2/13) Core Set - Ninth Edition (Uncommon)
Portal (Rare)


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)


Glory Seeker

Creature - Human Soldier 2/2, 1W (2)
The turning of the tide always begins with one soldier's decision to head back into the fray.
Illus. Dave Dorman

Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries

  • Note - This card was of creature type "Soldier" and not "Human Soldier" until Ninth Edition and Oracle 2005/08/01.

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

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


Holy Day

Instant, W (1)
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
"The day of Spirits; my soul's calm retreat / Which none disturb!" -Henry Vaughan, "The Night"
Illus. Pete Venters

Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries

  • Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) banned this card until 2000/10/01.

Format Legality Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended, Standard

Printings (5/32) Tenth Edition (Common)
Core Set - Ninth Edition (Common)
Core Set - Eighth Edition (Common)
Invasion (Common)
Legends (Common)


Holy Strength

Enchantment - Aura, W (1)
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you play this. This card comes into play attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature gets +1/+2.
1
Such power protects the body with the strength of the soul.
Illus. Scott M. Fischer

Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries

  • Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
  • Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Ninth Edition and Oracle 2005/08/01.

Format Legality Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended, Standard

Printings (10/54) Tenth Edition (Common)
Core Set - Ninth Edition (Common)
Core Set - Eighth Edition (Common)
Seventh Edition (Common)
Fifth Edition (Common)
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Honor Guard

Creature - Human Soldier 1/1, W (1)
{W}: Honor Guard gets +0/+1 until end of turn.
The strength of one. The courage of ten.
Illus. Mark Zug

Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries

  • Note - This card was of creature type "Soldier" and not "Human Soldier" until Ninth Edition and Oracle 2005/08/01.

Format Legality Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended, Standard

Printings (5/36) Tenth Edition (Common)
Core Set - Ninth Edition (Common)
Core Set - Eighth Edition (Common)
Seventh Edition (Common)
Stronghold (Common)


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