Absolver Thrull

Creature — Thrull Cleric 2/3, 3W (4)

Haunt (When this creature dies, exile it haunting target creature.)

When Absolver Thrull enters the battlefield or the creature it haunts dies, destroy target enchantment.

Illus. Rob Alexander

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Academy Researchers

Creature — Human Wizard 2/2, 1UU (3)

When Academy Researchers enters the battlefield, you may put an Aura card from your hand onto the battlefield attached to Academy Researchers.

They brandish their latest theories as warriors would wield weapons.

Illus. Stephen Daniele

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 7/15/2007: You can't put an Aura card from your hand onto the battlefield this way if that Aura can't legally enchant Academy Researchers. For example, you can't put an Aura with "enchant land" or "enchant green creature" onto the battlefield attached to Academy Researchers (unless Academy Researchers somehow turned into a land or a green creature before the ability resolved).

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Acid Web Spider

Creature — Spider 3/5, 3GG (5)

Reach

When Acid Web Spider enters the battlefield, you may destroy target Equipment.

Its web is an excellent source of found copper for the daring or the stupid.

Illus. Austin Hsu

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Acidic Slime

Creature — Ooze 2/2, 3GG (5)

Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

When Acidic Slime enters the battlefield, destroy target artifact, enchantment, or land.

Illus. Karl Kopinski

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Standard (Type 2)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Aegis Angel

Creature — Angel 5/5, 4WW (6)

Flying

When Aegis Angel enters the battlefield, another target permanent is indestructible for as long as you control Aegis Angel. (Effects that say "destroy" don't destroy that permanent. An indestructible creature can't be destroyed by damage.)

Illus. Aleksi Briclot

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 9/22/2011: If Aegis Angel leaves the battlefield, you no longer control it.
• 9/22/2011: If another player gains control of Aegis Angel, the permanent will no longer be indestructible, even if you regain control of Aegis Angel.
• 9/22/2011: If Aegis Angel and the permanent would be destroyed simultaneously, only Aegis Angel will be destroyed.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Æther Adept

Creature — Human Wizard 2/2, 1UU (3)

When Æther Adept enters the battlefield, return target creature to its owner's hand.

"The universe is my instrument, and the song I play upon it is one you are forbidden to hear."

Illus. Eric Deschamps

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 8/15/2010: If there are no other creatures on the battlefield when Æther Adept enters the battlefield, it must target itself.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Æthersnipe

Creature — Elemental 4/4, 5U (6)

When Æthersnipe enters the battlefield, return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.

Evoke {1}{U}{U} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters the battlefield.)

Illus. Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 4/15/2013: If you cast this card for its evoke cost, you may put the sacrifice trigger and the regular enters the battlefield trigger on the stack in either order.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Affa Guard Hound

Creature — Hound 2/2, 2W (3)

Flash

When Affa Guard Hound enters the battlefield, target creature gets +0/+3 until end of turn.

Once a welcoming hub for explorers, Affa became a place of guarded tongues and quick defenses.

Illus. Ryan Pancoast

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Ambassador Oak

Creature — Treefolk Warrior 3/3, 3G (4)

When Ambassador Oak enters the battlefield, put a 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature token onto the battlefield.

Treefolk and elves share a common interest in the forests, but really the elves just feel at home with the view from above.

Illus. Steve Prescott

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Ana Battlemage

Creature — Human Wizard 2/2, 2G (3)

Kicker {2}{U} and/or {1}{B} (You may pay an additional {2}{U} and/or {1}{B} as you cast this spell.)

When Ana Battlemage enters the battlefield, if it was kicked with its {2}{U} kicker, target player discards three cards.

When Ana Battlemage enters the battlefield, if it was kicked with its {1}{B} kicker, tap target untapped creature and that creature deals damage equal to its power to its controller.

Illus. Jim Nelson

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 2/1/2007: The second triggered ability targets an untapped creature. If there are no other untapped creatures when Ana Battlemage enters the battlefield, it must target Ana Battlemage. If the target becomes tapped by the time the ability tries to resolve, the ability will be countered.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Ancestor's Chosen

Creature — Human Cleric 4/4, 5WW (7)

First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

When Ancestor's Chosen enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life for each card in your graveyard.

"The will of all, by my hand done."

Illus. Pete Venters

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Angel of Glory's Rise

Creature — Angel 4/6, 5WW (7)

Flying

When Angel of Glory's Rise enters the battlefield, exile all Zombies, then return all Human creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield.

"Justice isn't done until undeath is undone."

Illus. James Ryman

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 5/1/2012: Only Zombie permanents on the battlefield are exiled. Zombie cards in other zones are not.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Standard (Type 2)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Angel of Mercy

Creature — Angel 3/3, 4W (5)

Flying

When Angel of Mercy enters the battlefield, you gain 3 life.

Every tear shed is a drop of immortality.

Illus. Volkan Baga

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Angel of Salvation

Creature — Angel 5/5, 6WW (8)

Flash; convoke (Each creature you tap while casting this spell reduces its cost by {1} or by one mana of that creature's color.)

Flying

When Angel of Salvation enters the battlefield, prevent the next 5 damage that would be dealt this turn to any number of target creatures and/or players, divided as you choose.

Illus. D. Alexander Gregory

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 5/1/2007: You choose how the damage prevention shields will be divided when you put the triggered ability on the stack. The number of targets must be at least one and at most five.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Angel of Serenity

Creature — Angel 5/6, 4WWW (7)

Flying

When Angel of Serenity enters the battlefield, you may exile up to three other target creatures from the battlefield and/or creature cards from graveyards.

When Angel of Serenity leaves the battlefield, return the exiled cards to their owners' hands.

Illus. Aleksi Briclot

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 10/1/2012: If Angel of Serenity leaves the battlefield before its enters-the-battlefield ability has resolved, its leaves-the-battlefield ability will trigger and do nothing. Then the enters-the-battlefield ability will resolve and exile the targeted creatures and/or creature cards indefinitely.
• 1/24/2013: You choose up to three total targets from among other creatures on the battlefield and creature cards in graveyards. You may choose zero targets.
• 1/24/2013: You choose the targets as part of putting the enters-the-battlefield trigger on the stack. Because that ability includes “you may,” you choose whether to exile the targets when the ability resolves.
• 1/24/2013: If a creature targeted by the enters-the-battlefield ability dies before that ability resolves, it will become an illegal target even though it may be a creature card in a graveyard when the ability resolves. It won’t be exiled.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Standard (Type 2)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Arbiter of Knollridge

Creature — Giant Wizard 5/5, 6W (7)

Vigilance

When Arbiter of Knollridge enters the battlefield, each player's life total becomes the highest life total among all players.

Though giants are mortal, they live so long and on such a grand scale that many small folk don't believe they ever truly die.

Illus. Brandon Dorman

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 10/1/2007: Abilities that trigger when a player gains life may trigger as a result of this ability.
• 10/1/2007: In other multiplayer formats, each player's life total is set to the highest life total within his or her range of influence. These changes happen at the same time. For example, if each player has a range of influence of one, and the players in the game are Alice (4 life), Barry (8 life), Carrie (11 life), and Doug (7 life), in that order, then Alice's life total will become 8 and Barry and Doug's life totals will each become 11.
• 6/15/2010: In a Two-Headed Giant game, each team chooses one person on that team to gain the appropriate amount of life. This basically means that the triggered ability will set the life total of each team to that of the team with the highest life total.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Archaeomancer

Creature — Human Wizard 1/2, 2UU (4)

When Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

"Words of power never disappear. They sleep, awaiting those with the will to rouse them."

Illus. Zoltan Boros

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 7/1/2012: If an instant or sorcery spell puts Archaeomancer onto the battlefield, you can return that card to your hand.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Standard (Type 2)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Arctic Wolves

Creature — Wolf 4/5, 3GG (5)

Cumulative upkeep {2} (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.)

When Arctic Wolves enters the battlefield, draw a card.

"No matter where we cat warriors go in the world, those stupid slobberers find us."
—Mirri of the Weatherlight

Illus. Steve White

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 10/1/2008: Paying cumulative upkeep is always optional. If it's not paid, the permanent with cumulative upkeep is sacrificed. Partial payments of the total cumulative upkeep cost can't be made. For example, if a permanent with "cumulative upkeep {1}" has three age counters on it when its cumulative upkeep ability triggers, it gets another age counter and then its controller chooses to either pay {4} or sacrifice the permanent.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander

Argothian Wurm

Creature — Wurm 6/6, 3G (4)

Trample

When Argothian Wurm enters the battlefield, any player may sacrifice a land. If a player does, put Argothian Wurm on top of its owner's library.

Illus. Kev Walker

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 2/1/2007: When Argothian Wurm enters the battlefield, first the active player gets the option to sacrifice a land. If he or she declines, the next player in turn order gets the option. If a player elects to sacrifice a land, Argothian Wurm is put on top of its owner's library, but then all remaining players still get the option. If all players decline, then nothing happens and Argothian Wurm stays on the battlefield.

• Official Reprint Policy (This card is on the reserved list)

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander

Armada Wurm

Creature — Wurm 5/5, 2WWGG (6)

Trample

When Armada Wurm enters the battlefield, put a 5/5 green Wurm creature token with trample onto the battlefield.

No one in the Conclave acts alone.

Illus. Volkan Baga

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Standard (Type 2)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern