Rivals of Ixalan Checklist

Path of Mettle // Metzali, Tower of Triumph

Path of Mettle

When Path of Mettle enters, it deals 1 damage to each creature that doesn't have first strike, double strike, vigilance, or haste.
Whenever you attack with at least two creatures that have first strike, double strike, vigilance, and/or haste, transform Path of Mettle.

Metzali, Tower of Triumph

(Transforms from Path of Mettle.)
{T}: Add one mana of any color.
{1}{R}, {T}: Metzali deals 2 damage to each opponent.
{2}{W}, {T}: Choose a creature at random that attacked this turn. Destroy that creature.

The sunlight falls pristine on the temple at Epityr, softened by the remembered shadows of angelic saviors' wings.

Clifftop Retreat

This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Plains.
{T}: Add {R} or {W}.

"As Terisiare's mines ran dry, scrap metal became increasingly plentiful."
—*The Antiquities War*

Battlefield Forge

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {R} or {W}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Temple of Triumph

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
{T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Since the river ran dry, travelers wander where fish once swam.

Sunbaked Canyon

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {R} or {W}.
{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.

"Log 2.2.119: Kiln, known for its blazing forges and ancient lava seeps. The footing may be treacherous, but the metallurgy is grand!"
—*Maisie's Edge Chronicles*

Sacred Foundry

({T}: Add {R} or {W}.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Hobs bury their kin far from home. They believe the dry, open ground keeps hags from stealing the bones and gwyllions from stealing the spirits.

Rugged Prairie

{T}: Add {C}.
{R/W}, {T}: Add {R}{R}, {R}{W}, or {W}{W}.

Gale stared into the pool and saw a stranger. The similarities were uncanny, but it was not him.

Reflecting Pool

{T}: Add one mana of any type that a land you control could produce.

Gemstone Caverns

If this card is in your opening hand and you're not the starting player, you may begin the game with Gemstone Caverns on the battlefield with a luck counter on it. If you do, exile a card from your hand.
{T}: Add {C}. If Gemstone Caverns has a luck counter on it, instead add one mana of any color.

Inspiring Vantage

This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
{T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Arid Mesa

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Mountain or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Kobolds of Kher Keep

Kher Keep

"I swear, for every one Prossh devours, three more pop out of a hole somewhere."
—Jaya Ballard

{T}: Add {C}.
{1}{R}, {T}: Create a 0/1 red Kobold creature token named Kobolds of Kher Keep.

Command Tower

Tower Winder

Safe havens amid the desert and dragonstorms, Abzan fortresses attract merchants, travelers, outcasts, and exiles.

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

The arbiter Galanda Feudkiller judges Lorwyn's squabbles from a lofty perspective.

Ancient Amphitheater

As this land enters, you may reveal a Giant card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Its courtyards are lit during every hour of the day so that night may never fall within its walls.

Slayers' Stronghold

{T}: Add {C}.
{R}{W}, {T}: Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains vigilance and haste until end of turn.

Plains

Mountain

Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire

{T}: Add {W}.
Channel — {2}{W}, Discard this card: It deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Once guarded by the Knights of the Reliquary, the tower stands now protected only by its own remoteness, its dusty treasures open to plunder by anyone.

Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size.
{T}: Add {C}.

Furycalm Snarl

As this land enters, you may reveal a Mountain or Plains card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Boros Garrison

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
{T}: Add {R}{W}.

The loudest and most heartfelt cheers come from the cheap seats.

Spectator Seating

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
{T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Eidolon of the Great Revel

Whenever a player casts a spell with mana value 3 or less, this creature deals 2 damage to that player.

"Imagine a thunderstorm that's also a tactical genius. That's him."
—Dars Gostok, Firefist captain

Boros Reckoner

Whenever this creature is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to any target.
{R/W}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn.

Flamewake Phoenix

Flying, haste
This creature attacks each combat if able.
Ferocious — At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control a creature with power 4 or greater, you may pay {R}. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

"Smarter than death? Let's see you outsmart my mace, necromancer!"

Ash Zealot

First strike, haste
Whenever a player casts a spell from a graveyard, this creature deals 3 damage to that player.

Chandra's Incinerator

This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the total amount of noncombat damage dealt to your opponents this turn.
Trample
Whenever a source you control deals noncombat damage to an opponent, this creature deals that much damage to target creature or planeswalker that player controls.

Stormblood Berserker

Bloodthirst 2 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.)
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

Kargan Intimidator

A-Kargan Intimidator

Cowards can't block Warriors.
{1}: Choose one that hasn't been chosen this turn —
• This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
• Target creature becomes a Coward until end of turn.
• Target Warrior gains trample until end of turn.

Hellhound packs roam the Spikefields, basking in the harsh sunlight and lighting the night with their flames.

Akoum Hellhound

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, this creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Chandra, Fire Artisan

Whenever one or more loyalty counters are removed from Chandra, she deals that much damage to target opponent or planeswalker.
+1: Exile the top card of your library. You may play it this turn.
−7: Exile the top seven cards of your library. You may play them this turn.

Her words inspire action. Her actions inspire victory.

Honored Crop-Captain

Whenever this creature attacks, other attacking creatures get +1/+0 until end of turn.

Hanweir Battlements

Human

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Hanweir Garrison

Hanweir, the Writhing Township

Whenever this creature attacks, create two 1/1 red Human creature tokens that are tapped and attacking.
(Melds with Hanweir Battlements.)

Tajic, Legion's Edge

Haste
Mentor (Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature with lesser power.)
Prevent all noncombat damage that would be dealt to other creatures you control.
{R}{W}: Tajic gains first strike until end of turn.

Aurelia, Exemplar of Justice

Flying
Mentor (Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature with lesser power.)
At the beginning of combat on your turn, choose up to one target creature you control. Until end of turn, that creature gets +2/+0, gains trample if it's red, and gains vigilance if it's white.

"Fair fight? How could it be a fair fight? We're Akroans. They're not."

Akroan Hoplite

Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of attacking creatures you control.

Stoneforge Mystic

When this creature enters, you may search your library for an Equipment card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
{1}{W}, {T}: You may put an Equipment card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Combat Celebrant

If this creature hasn't been exerted this turn, you may exert it as it attacks. When you do, untap all other creatures you control and after this phase, there is an additional combat phase. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)

"Oh sure, they buy a lot of ale, but I always find myself needing to rebuild after the giants have paid a visit."
—Belko, owner of Titan's Keg tavern

Hammerfist Giant

{T}: This creature deals 4 damage to each creature without flying and each player.

"Before I let you wield one of these, let's see you dodge one!"

Sunhome Stalwart

First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
Mentor (Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature with lesser power.)

Harsh Mentor

Whenever an opponent activates an ability of an artifact, creature, or land on the battlefield, if it isn't a mana ability, this creature deals 2 damage to that player.

Lightning Bolt

Toralf's Disciple

Thayan Evokers

Indris, the Hydrostatic Surge

The sparkmage shrieked, calling on the rage of the storms of his youth. To his surprise, the sky responded with a fierce energy he'd never thought to see again.

Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.

After heavy casualties in the Phyrexian invasion, the Boros mage-priests trained as many rank-and-file soldiers as possible to wield the Legion's legendary battle magic.

Lightning Helix

Lightning Helix deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.

"No, it's not quite as simple as 'point and boom,' but if you must summarize."
—Daretti

Lightning Strike

Lightning Strike deals 3 damage to any target.

Searing Blaze

Searing Blaze deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker and 1 damage to target creature that player or that planeswalker's controller controls.
Landfall — If you had a land enter the battlefield under your control this turn, Searing Blaze deals 3 damage to that player or planeswalker and 3 damage to that creature instead.

Boros Charm

Choose one —
• Boros Charm deals 4 damage to target player or planeswalker.
• Permanents you control gain indestructible until end of turn.
• Target creature gains double strike until end of turn.

Boros Fury-Shield

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target attacking or blocking creature this turn. If {R} was spent to cast this spell, Boros Fury-Shield deals damage to that creature's controller equal to the creature's power.

Water can be crushing, but it is predictable. Fire is always dynamic, its rage absolute and all-consuming.

Pyroblast

Choose one —
• Counter target spell if it's blue.
• Destroy target permanent if it's blue.

Gyara Spearhurler would have been renowned for her deadly accuracy, if it weren't for her deadly accuracy.

Flame Javelin

({2/R} can be paid with any two mana or with {R}. This card's mana value is 6.)
Flame Javelin deals 4 damage to any target.

Wear

Destroy target artifact.
Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)

Tear

Destroy target enchantment.
Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)

Wear // Tear

Blessed Alliance

Escalate {2} (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.)
Choose one or more —
• Target player gains 4 life.
• Untap up to two target creatures.
• Target opponent sacrifices an attacking creature of their choice.

Deflecting Palm

The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. If damage is prevented this way, Deflecting Palm deals that much damage to that source's controller.

Izzet mages often acquire their magic reagents from dubious sources, so the potency of their spells is never predictable.

Char

Char deals 4 damage to any target and 2 damage to you.

Whoever survives the first blow lives to land the second.

Gilded Light

You gain shroud until end of turn. (You can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

"Early olive buds? A good omen. Flock of crows? Not so good. Mountain exploding? Bad. Very, very bad."
—Hira, street oracle

Peak Eruption

Destroy target Mountain. Peak Eruption deals 3 damage to that land's controller.

"We pray to Avacyn on high.
On snow-white wings fearless you fly.
Keep safe our souls. Keep safe our lives.
May angels watch us from the skies."
—Children's prayer

Always Watching

Nontoken creatures you control get +1/+1 and have vigilance.

It's not the most subtle incantation, but it gets the point across.

Lava Spike

Lava Spike deals 3 damage to target player or planeswalker.

Rift Bolt

Rift Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.
Suspend 1—{R} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {R} and exile it with a time counter on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.)

In the early days of Valley, desperate animalfolk harnessed the power of Calamity Beasts in ways that destroyed more than defended.

Blasphemous Act

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield.
Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.

"Avacyn has abandoned us! We have nothing left except what we can take!"

Faithless Looting

Draw two cards, then discard two cards.
Flashback {2}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

If at first you don't succeed, hit them again.

Double Cleave

Target creature gains double strike until end of turn. (It deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.)

"I have calculated that a dragon in flight, in a single strafing run, can cover an area of—"
—Thaedus the Clever, last words

Flame Sweep

Flame Sweep deals 2 damage to each creature except for creatures you control with flying.

Renegades find ever more creative ways to work around the Consulate's aether regulations.

Acrobatic Maneuver

Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.
Draw a card.

"If you must die today, make your death worthy of legend."
—Alesha, Who Smiles at Death

Arcbond

Choose target creature. Whenever that creature is dealt damage this turn, it deals that much damage to each other creature and each player.

Archmage attacks are little more than annoyances to Kalamax.

Deflecting Swat

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
You may choose new targets for target spell or ability.

"Now that I've dealt with your little toys, I can focus on the real problem: you."
—Chandra Nalaar, to Dovin Baan

Chandra's Pyrohelix

Chandra's Pyrohelix deals 2 damage divided as you choose among one or two targets.

They fell screaming into the depths of the chasm like so many pebbles tossed down a well.

Earthquake

Earthquake deals X damage to each creature without flying and each player.

It came as a cruel answer to the farmers' prayers.

Molten Rain

Destroy target land. If that land was nonbasic, Molten Rain deals 2 damage to the land's controller.

Chained to the Rocks

Enchant Mountain you control
When this Aura enters, exile target creature an opponent controls until this Aura leaves the battlefield. (That creature returns under its owner's control.)

"May the memory of our fallen heroes ensnare the violent hearts of lesser men."
—Great Threshold of Monserkat inscription

Ghostly Prison

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

A paragon of honor, Galo Aher fell to a blast of fire. The Order of the White Orchid was so saddened that they forged a new sigil in his likeness.

Mark of Asylum

Prevent all noncombat damage that would be dealt to creatures you control.

Dragon Mantle

Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, draw a card.
Enchanted creature has "{R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn."

"We have barely begun to learn the secrets of the Fourth People. Every remnant of their presence, however cryptic, is a gift."
—Akal Pakal, First Steward of Oteclan

Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}.
{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

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