Balduvian Dead

Creature - Zombie 2/3, 3B (4)
{2}{R}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Put a 3/1 black and red Graveborn creature token with haste onto the battlefield. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.¹
Illus. Mike Kimble

Gatherer Card Rulings [Nov 2009]

• 10/1/2008: f the ability is activated during a turn's Ending phase (after any "at the beginning of the End step" triggers would have triggered that turn), the Graveborn token will remain on the battlefield until the following turn's End step.

Format Legality	Legal in Vintage, Legacy Banned in Extended, Standard
Printings (2/9)	Coldsnap Theme Decks (Special) Alliances (Uncommon)

Casting of Bones

Enchantment - Aura, 2B (3)
Enchant creature
When enchanted creature is put into a graveyard, draw three cards, then discard one of them.¹
"Only a necromancer would create such a foul form of divination." -Gerda Aagesdotter, Archmage of the Unseen
Illus. Anson Maddocks

Format Legality	Legal in Vintage, Legacy Banned in Extended, Standard
Versions (2)	Alliances #2 (Anson Maddocks) Alliances #3 (Anson Maddocks)
Printings (3/15)	Coldsnap Theme Decks (Special) Alliances (Common) → View All

Casting of Bones

Enchantment - Aura, 2B (3)
Enchant creature
When enchanted creature is put into a graveyard, draw three cards, then discard one of them.¹
"Whether whole or not, still we serve Lim-Dul's wishes." -Chaeska, Keeper of Tresserhorn
Illus. Anson Maddocks

Format Legality	Legal in Vintage, Legacy Banned in Extended, Standard
Versions (2)	Alliances #2 (Anson Maddocks) Alliances #3 (Anson Maddocks)
Printings (3/15)	Coldsnap Theme Decks (Special) Alliances (Common) → View All

Contagion

Instant, 3BB (5)
You may pay 1 life and exile a black card from your hand rather than pay Contagion's mana cost.
Distribute two -2/-1 counters among one or two target creatures.¹
Illus. Mike Raabe

Format Legality	Legal in Vintage, Legacy Banned in Extended, Standard
Printings (2/7)	Deckmasters (Special) Alliances (Uncommon)

Diseased Vermin

Creature - Rat 1/1, 2B (3)
Whenever Diseased Vermin deals combat damage to a player, put an infection counter on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, Diseased Vermin deals X damage to target opponent previously dealt damage by it, where X is the number of infection counters on it.¹
Illus. Scott Kirschner

Format Legality	Legal in Vintage, Legacy Banned in Extended, Standard
Printings (1/6)	Alliances (Uncommon)

Dystopia

Enchantment, 1BB (3)
Cumulative upkeep-Pay 1 life. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a green or white permanent.¹
Illus. Ruth Thompson

Gatherer Card Rulings [Nov 2009]

• 10/4/2004: The permanent is chosen and sacrificed during resolution.

Format Legality	Legal in Vintage, Legacy Banned in Extended, Standard
Printings (1/6)	Alliances (Rare)

Fatal Lore

Sorcery, 2BB (4)
An opponent chooses one - You draw three cards; or you destroy up to two target creatures that opponent controls and that player draws up to three cards. Those creatures can't be regenerated.¹
"All knowledge has its price." -Gerda Äagesdotter, Archmage of the Unseen
Illus. Lawrence Snelly

Gatherer Card Rulings [Nov 2009]

• 10/4/2004: The opponent chooses which option they want (this is a mode choice). If they choose the "destroy" option, you choose the zero, one, or two targets after that.
• 10/4/2004: It does not target the opponent, but you choose an opponent to do the targeting.

Format Legality	Legal in Vintage, Legacy Banned in Extended, Standard
Printings (1/6)	Alliances (Rare)

Feast or Famine

Instant, 3B (4)
Choose one - Put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield; or destroy target nonblack, nonartifact creature and it can't be regenerated.¹
"The living cannot understand the benefits of death." -Chaeska, Keeper of Tresserhorn
Illus. Pete Venters

Format Legality	Legal in Vintage, Legacy Banned in Extended, Standard
Versions (2)	Alliances #8 (Pete Venters) Alliances #9 (Pete Venters)
Printings (2/12)	Alliances (Common) → View All

Feast or Famine

Instant, 3B (4)
Choose one - Put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield; or destroy target nonblack, nonartifact creature and it can't be regenerated.¹
"We are not yet free of Lim-Dul's terrors." -Halvor Arensson, Kjeldoran Priest
Illus. Pete Venters

Format Legality	Legal in Vintage, Legacy Banned in Extended, Standard
Versions (2)	Alliances #8 (Pete Venters) Alliances #9 (Pete Venters)
Printings (2/12)	Alliances (Common) → View All

Fevered Strength

Instant, 2B (3)
Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.¹
"The burst of strength brought on by this plague should not be mistaken for a sign of renewed health." -Kolbjorn, High Honored Druid
Illus. Brian Snõddy

Format Legality	Legal in Vintage, Legacy Banned in Extended, Standard
Versions (2)	Alliances #10 (Brian Snõddy) Alliances #11 (Brian Snõddy)
Printings (2/12)	Alliances (Common) → View All

Fevered Strength

Instant, 2B (3)
Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.¹
"The fever clouds the mind as it energizes the body. Both will pass in time." -Halvor Arensson, Kjeldoran Priest
Illus. Brian Snõddy

Format Legality	Legal in Vintage, Legacy Banned in Extended, Standard
Versions (2)	Alliances #10 (Brian Snõddy) Alliances #11 (Brian Snõddy)
Printings (2/12)	Alliances (Common) → View All

Insidious Bookworms

Creature - Worm 1/1, B (1)
When Insidious Bookworms is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay {1}{B}. If you do, target player discards a card at random.¹
Illus. Greg Simanson

Format Legality	Legal in Vintage, Legacy Banned in Extended, Standard
Versions (2)	Alliances #12 (Greg Simanson) Alliances #13 (Greg Simanson)
Printings (3/15)	Coldsnap Theme Decks (Special) Alliances (Common) → View All

Insidious Bookworms

Creature - Worm 1/1, B (1)
When Insidious Bookworms is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay {1}{B}. If you do, target player discards a card at random.¹
Illus. Greg Simanson

Format Legality	Legal in Vintage, Legacy Banned in Extended, Standard
Versions (2)	Alliances #12 (Greg Simanson) Alliances #13 (Greg Simanson)
Printings (3/15)	Coldsnap Theme Decks (Special) Alliances (Common) → View All

Keeper of Tresserhorn

Creature - Avatar 6/6, 5B (6)
Whenever Keeper of Tresserhorn attacks and isn't blocked, it assigns no combat damage this turn and defending player loses 2 life.¹
Illus. Z. Plucinski & D. A. Gregory

Gatherer Card Rulings [Nov 2009]

• 10/4/2004: The ability triggers on declaration of blockers if the criteria is met.

Format Legality	Legal in Vintage, Legacy Banned in Extended, Standard
Printings (1/6)	Alliances (Rare)

Krovikan Horror

Creature - Horror Spirit 2/2, 3B (4)
At the beginning of the end step, if Krovikan Horror is in your graveyard with a creature card directly above it, you may return Krovikan Horror to your hand.
{1}, Sacrifice a creature: Krovikan Horror deals 1 damage to target creature or player.¹
Illus. Christopher Rush

Format Legality	Legal in Vintage, Legacy Banned in Extended, Standard
Printings (1/6)	Alliances (Rare)

Krovikan Plague

Enchantment - Aura, 2B (3)
Enchant non-Wall creature you control
When Krovikan Plague enters the battlefield, draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
Enchanted creature has "{T}: Put a -0/-1 counter on this creature, and Krovikan Plague deals 1 damage to target creature or player."¹
Illus. Liz Danforth

Gatherer Card Rulings [Nov 2009]

• 10/4/2004: The Aura will be put into the graveyard if you lose control of the creature or if it somehow becomes a Wall.

Format Legality	Legal in Vintage, Legacy Banned in Extended, Standard
Printings (1/6)	Alliances (Uncommon)

Lim-Dûl's High Guard

Creature - Skeleton 2/1, 1BB (3)
First strike
{1}{B}: Regenerate Lim-Dûl's High Guard.¹
"Death does not prevent us from service to our absent master. As long as Tresserhorn stands, so shall we." -Chaeska, Keeper of Tresserhorn
Illus. Anson Maddocks

Format Legality	Legal in Vintage, Legacy Banned in Extended, Standard
Versions (2)	Alliances #17 (Anson Maddocks) Alliances #18 (Anson Maddocks)
Printings (4/14)	Deckmasters (Special) Alliances (Common) → View All

Lim-Dûl's High Guard

Creature - Skeleton 2/1, 1BB (3)
First strike
{1}{B}: Regenerate Lim-Dûl's High Guard.¹
"The Guard will forever stand ready. For them, death is merely an inconvenience, not an ending." -Chaeska, Keeper of Tresserhorn
Illus. Anson Maddocks

Format Legality	Legal in Vintage, Legacy Banned in Extended, Standard
Versions (2)	Alliances #17 (Anson Maddocks) Alliances #18 (Anson Maddocks)
Printings (4/14)	Deckmasters (Special) Alliances (Common) → View All

Misinformation

Instant, B (1)
Put up to three target cards from an opponent's graveyard on top of his or her library in any order.
"When you cannot rely on your sources, trust your own senses. When you cannot trust those, you must follow your instincts." -Lovisa Coldeyes, Balduvian Chieftain
Illus. Richard Kane Ferguson

Gatherer Card Rulings [Nov 2009]

• 10/1/2008: You target the cards, but not the opponent.
• 10/1/2008: You don't need to show the opponent what order you put the cards on top of his or her library.

Format Legality	Legal in Vintage, Legacy Banned in Extended, Standard
Printings (1/6)	Alliances (Uncommon)

Phantasmal Fiend

Creature - Illusion 1/5, 3B (4)
{B}: Phantasmal Fiend gets +1/-1 until end of turn.
{1}{U}: Switch Phantasmal Fiend's power and toughness until end of turn.¹
Illus. Scott Kirschner

Gatherer Card Rulings [Nov 2009]

• 11/1/2005: Note that the wording "Effects that alter the creature's power alter its toughness instead, and vice versa, this turn" has been removed.
• 10/1/2008: Effects that switch power and toughness are always applied last when determining a creature's power and toughness, even if other power/toughness-changing effects are created later in the turn. For example, if you activate Phantasmal Fiend's first ability, it will become 2/4. Then if you activate its second ability, it will become 4/2. Then if you activate its first ability again, it will become 3/3.

Format Legality	Legal in Vintage, Legacy Banned in Extended, Standard
Versions (2)	Alliances #20 (Scott Kirschner) Alliances #21 (Scott Kirschner)
Printings (5/17)	Coldsnap Theme Decks (Special) Deckmasters (Special) Alliances (Common) → View All