Descent from the Highlands

Descent from the Highlands contains 137 cards.
Released: 2019-07-01
Written in the Stars

Written in the Stars {W}{U}

Enchantment
You may look at the top card of your library at any time.
Whenever one or more creatures attack you, you may pay {1}{U}. When you do, draw a card.
The sky tells the history of Astento- every moment of the past written in light, and every secret hidden by dusk.
Breach the Mind

Breach the Mind {U}{B}

Instant
Counter target spell unless its controller discards two cards.
In the brutal hierarchy of the Gloaming cults, no skill is as valued as being able to get inside your enemies' heads.
Divine in Blood

Divine in Blood {1}{U}{B}{B}

Sorcery
Divine in Blood deals 2 damage to target player, then that player draws four cards.
No matter the contract, a demon's price is the same—heart's blood, the last few drops as the light leaves the eyes.
Soulcarver

Soulcarver {4}{U}{B}

Creature - Demon
When Soulcarver enters the battlefield, destroy up to one target non-Demon creature. If you do, create a 2/2 black Demon creature token and draw a card.
The demons of the Gloam don't need to inhabit bodies- they simply enjoy massacring the living in the skins of the dead.
3/3
Blinded Avenger

Blinded Avenger {1}{B}{R}

Creature - Angel Berserker
Flying
Glorious end — When Blinded Avenger dies, if it was tapped, destroy target creature you don't control.
As her last act of sanity, the angel tore out her eyes. She could no longer bear the sight of the carnage she wreaked.
2/2
Gift to the Gloam

Gift to the Gloam {B}{R}

Instant
Sacrifice a creature. At the beginning of the next end step, return that card from a graveyard to the battlefield under your control with two +1/+1 counters on it, except it's a black Demon instead of its other colors and types.
The only thing more honorable than death in battle is to die twice.
Toros the Warchief

Toros the Warchief {2}{B}{R}

Legendary Creature - Cat Berserker
Glorious end — When Toros the Warchief dies, if it was tapped, return it to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step.
Attacking creatures you control have deathtouch.
4/4
Glorybound Chorister

Glorybound Chorister {R}{G}{G}

Creature - Elf Warrior Bard
Whenever Glorybound Chorister attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on each other attacking creature you control.
The choristers are the composers of the Pyrsesong, singing the tales of triumphant warriors in battle for the first time.
4/4
Hymn of Fury

Hymn of Fury {1}{R}{G}

Sorcery
Hymn of Fury deals 1 damage to each creature, then each creature you control gains haste and double strike until end of turn.
To the elves, the relentless beat of the Pyresong and the sounds of weapons cleaving flesh are a singular rhythm.
Pyresong Aspirant

Pyresong Aspirant {R}{G}

Creature - Elf Warrior
Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has trample.
{1}{R}{G}: Pyresong Aspirant deals 1 damage to target creature. You may have that creature gain hexproof until end of turn.
“Today we make our name!”
3/2
Armadillo Cloak

Armadillo Cloak {1}{G}{W}

Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has trample.
Whenever enchanted creature deals damage, you gain that much life.
Remembrance of Light

Remembrance of Light {1}{G}{W}

Creature - Spirit
When Remembrance of Light enters the battlefield, you may return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.
Revive—{4}{G}, Discard a card. ({4}{G}, Discard a card, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it except it has no mana cost. Revive only as a sorcery.)
3/2
Scion of Fecundity

Scion of Fecundity {1}{G}{W}

Creature - Elk Spirit
When Scion of Fecundity enters the battlefield, search your library for a creature card with mana value 2 or less, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Revive—{1}{G}{W}, Discard a card. ({1}{G}{W}, Discard a card, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it except it has no mana cost. Revive only as a sorcery.)
2/2
Vindictive Regent

Vindictive Regent {1}{W}{B}

Creature - Dragon
Flying, lifelink
Whenever a creature you control dies, Vindictive Regent gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, each opponent sacrifices a creature.
2/2
Arcanist's Spellsurge

Arcanist's Spellsurge {U}{R}

Instant
Until end of turn, creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain prowess. If there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, draw a card.
Some mages who escape the demons' clutches flee to the Craterfields, using the leonin's pyromancy to ensure their continued freedom.
Wealth of the Underbrush

Wealth of the Underbrush {B}{G}

Sorcery
Mill five cards, then return up to one permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.
Autumn rot and spreading molds
will feed the next spring's marigolds.
Hallowed Executioner

Hallowed Executioner {3}{R}{W}

Creature - Angel Berserker
Flying
When Hallowed Executioner enters the battlefield, it deals 2 damage to each creature without flying.
Some minds, though shattered, retain some recollection of their original purpose.
4/3
Hexfang Ascetic

Hexfang Ascetic {1}{G}{U}

Creature - Human Shaman
Flash
When Hexfang Ascetic enters the battlefield, return target spell to its owner's hand.
Some few souls resist the allure of the demonic cults, preferring asceticism to study their own unique magics.
3/1
Rain Zai, Spiritscale

Rain Zai, Spiritscale {W}{B}{G}

Legendary Planeswalker - Rain
[+1]: Mill two cards. Create a 1/1 green Spirit Snake creature token.
[0]: You may sacrifice a Spirit. When you do, return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.
[–2]: Exile another target nonland permanent until Rain Zai leaves the battlefield. You gain 2 life.
Loyalty:
3
Carven Guardian

Carven Guardian {5}

Artifact Creature - Construct
{2}: Carven Guardian gains reach until end of turn.
Most of what is left of the old world is shattered and disparate, but some more resilient works do remain.
4/5
Granite Watchers

Granite Watchers {3}

Artifact Creature - Construct
Defender
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Granite Watchers: It deals 3 damage to target creature.
“What are you worried about? They're just big statues, you gecko.”
—Adventurer Telam, last words
3/3
Hallowed Fragment

Hallowed Fragment {3}

Artifact
{T}: Add {C}. You gain 1 life.
Fragments from the craterfields can be found embedded in the mountainsides, surrounded by a soft, warm aura.
Joyous Chromatelk

Joyous Chromatelk {3}

Artifact Creature - Elk
As Joyous Chromatelk enters the battlefield, choose a color.
All cards that aren't on the battlefield, spells, and permanents are the chosen color in addition to their other colors.
{T}: Add one mana of the chosen color.
It roams the mountains, spreading wild flowers for a purpose lost to time.
2/2
Mind-Mute

Mind-Mute {2}

Artifact
As Mind-Mute enters the battlefield, choose a card name.
Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.
{5}: Return Mind-Mute to its owner's hand.
Vanquisher's Banner

Vanquisher's Banner {5}

Artifact
As Vanquisher's Banner enters the battlefield, choose a creature type.
Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1.
Whenever you cast a creature spell of the chosen type, draw a card.