MTG Keywords & Abilities

Flying

1,452 cards

Flying creatures can only be blocked by other creatures with flying or reach. Flying is the most com...

Trample

450 cards

When a creature with trample deals combat damage to a blocking creature, any excess damage carries o...

Vigilance

327 cards

Creatures with vigilance don't tap when they attack, so they can still block on your opponent's turn...

Haste

302 cards

Creatures with haste can attack and use tap abilities the turn they enter the battlefield, bypassing...

Flash

287 cards

Cards with flash can be cast at any time you could cast an instant — including during your opponen...

Mill

218 cards

Mill puts cards from the top of a player's library directly into their graveyard. Named after the ca...

Scry

198 cards

Scry lets you look at the top card(s) of your library and put them on top or bottom, giving you cont...

Reach

192 cards

Creatures with reach can block flying creatures even though they don't have flying themselves. Reach...

Lifelink

185 cards

When a creature with lifelink deals damage, its controller gains that much life. Lifelink works on b...

Menace

175 cards

A creature with menace can only be blocked by two or more creatures, making it harder for opponents ...

First strike

171 cards

Creatures with first strike deal their combat damage before creatures without it. This means a first...

Defender

163 cards

Creatures with defender can't attack — they can only block. Many defenders have high toughness and...

Deathtouch

151 cards

Any amount of damage dealt by a creature with deathtouch is enough to destroy the creature it damage...

Protection

87 cards

Protection from a quality prevents damage, enchanting/equipping, blocking, and targeting by sources ...

Ward

81 cards

Ward makes opponents pay an additional cost when they target your permanent with a spell or ability....

Indestructible

63 cards

Indestructible permanents can't be destroyed by damage or "destroy" effects. They can still be exile...

Double strike

56 cards

Creatures with double strike deal both first strike and regular combat damage, effectively hitting t...

Hexproof

51 cards

A permanent with hexproof can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. Hexproo...

Cycling

205 cards

Cycling lets you discard a card and draw a new one for a small cost, smoothing your draws when a car...

Treasure

196 cards

Treasure tokens are artifact tokens you can sacrifice to add one mana of any color. Treasure generat...

Kicker

119 cards

Kicker is an optional additional cost you can pay when casting a spell for an enhanced effect. Kicke...

Surveil

111 cards

Surveil lets you look at the top card(s) of your library and put each into your graveyard or back on...

Landfall

99 cards

Landfall abilities trigger whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control. Landfall rewar...

Flashback

80 cards

Flashback lets you cast a spell from your graveyard for its flashback cost. The spell is exiled afte...

Food

60 cards

Food tokens are artifacts you can sacrifice for 2 mana to gain 3 life. Many cards synergize with Foo...

Convoke

57 cards

Convoke lets your creatures help pay for spells — each creature you tap while casting pays for one...

Investigate

48 cards

Investigate creates a Clue artifact token. You can sacrifice a Clue and pay 2 mana to draw a card. I...

Morph

48 cards

Morph lets you cast a creature face-down as a 2/2 for 3 generic mana, then flip it face-up for its m...

Proliferate

44 cards

Proliferate lets you add another counter to any number of permanents and/or players that already hav...

Transform

16 cards

Transform cards are double-faced — they have a front and back with different characteristics. When...

Crew

70 cards

Fight

64 cards

Landwalk

62 cards

Cumulative upkeep

60 cards

Partner

52 cards

Prowess

48 cards

Devoid

41 cards

Plot

38 cards

Venture into the dungeon

36 cards

Warp

36 cards

Typecycling

34 cards

Affinity

33 cards

Changeling

33 cards

Explore

33 cards

Landcycling

32 cards

Threshold

32 cards

Mutate

31 cards

Station

31 cards

Delirium

29 cards

Suspend

29 cards

Goad

28 cards

Raid

28 cards

Bestow

27 cards

Partner with

27 cards

Earthbend

25 cards

Heroic

25 cards

Magecraft

24 cards

Banding

23 cards

Ascend

22 cards

Connive

22 cards

Domain

22 cards

Exert

22 cards

Flanking

22 cards

Manifest

22 cards

Saddle

22 cards

Waterbend

22 cards

Blight

21 cards

Madness

21 cards

Spree

21 cards

Amass

20 cards

Firebending

20 cards

Foretell

20 cards

Learn

20 cards

Enrage

19 cards

Exhaust

19 cards

Infect

19 cards

Behold

18 cards

Islandwalk

18 cards

Monstrosity

18 cards

Shroud

18 cards

Unearth

18 cards

Bloodthirst

17 cards

Fear

17 cards

Ninjutsu

17 cards

Toxic

17 cards

Buyback

16 cards

Casualty

16 cards

Evoke

16 cards

Start your engines!

16 cards

Swampwalk

16 cards

Disguise

15 cards

Embalm

15 cards

Exalted

15 cards

Overload

15 cards

Void

15 cards

Bushido

14 cards

Choose a background

14 cards

Clash

14 cards

Offspring

14 cards

Vivid

14 cards

Blitz

13 cards

Constellation

13 cards

Delve

13 cards

Doctor's companion

13 cards

Echo

13 cards

Entwine

13 cards

Gift

13 cards

Hexproof from

13 cards

Rampage

13 cards

Rebound

13 cards

Role token

13 cards

Alliance

12 cards

Escape

12 cards

Forestwalk

12 cards

Max speed

12 cards

Megamorph

12 cards

Mobilize

12 cards

Renew

12 cards

Assemble

11 cards

Endure

11 cards

Flurry

11 cards

Incubate

11 cards

Intimidate

11 cards

Mountainwalk

11 cards

Open an Attraction

11 cards

Persist

11 cards

Adapt

10 cards

Afflict

10 cards

Cascade

10 cards

Companion

10 cards

Evolve

10 cards

Exploit

10 cards

Hideaway

10 cards

Mayhem

10 cards

Metalcraft

10 cards

Myriad

10 cards

Phasing

10 cards

Shadow

10 cards

Adamant

9 cards

Discover

9 cards

Eternalize

9 cards

Ferocious

9 cards

Harmonize

9 cards

Inspired

9 cards

Multikicker

9 cards

Spell mastery

9 cards

Support

9 cards

Unleash

9 cards

Web-slinging

9 cards

Assist

8 cards

Awaken

8 cards

Basic landcycling

8 cards

Converge

8 cards

Descend

8 cards

Devour

8 cards

Extort

8 cards

Hidden agenda

8 cards

Improvise

8 cards

Mentor

8 cards

Pack tactics

8 cards

Renown

8 cards

Revolt

8 cards

Soulshift

8 cards

Splice

8 cards

Split second

8 cards

Storm

8 cards

Swampcycling

8 cards

Undying

8 cards

Vanishing

8 cards

Bargain

7 cards

Battalion

7 cards

Corrupted

7 cards

Dash

7 cards

Horsemanship

7 cards

Level Up

7 cards

Manifest dread

7 cards

Miracle

7 cards

Modular

7 cards

Populate

7 cards

Prototype

7 cards

Retrace

7 cards

Transmute

7 cards

Wither

7 cards

Afterlife

6 cards

Airbend

6 cards

Bloodrush

6 cards

Celebration

6 cards

Channel

6 cards

Coven

6 cards

Eerie

6 cards

Encore

6 cards

Enlist

6 cards

Imprint

6 cards

Job select

6 cards

Living weapon

6 cards

Morbid

6 cards

Read Ahead

6 cards

Reconfigure

6 cards

Scavenge

6 cards

Solved

6 cards

Soulbond

6 cards

Squad

6 cards

Strive

6 cards

Surge

6 cards

Time Travel

6 cards

Training

6 cards

Annihilator

5 cards

Augment

5 cards

Bolster

5 cards

Chroma

5 cards

Cipher

5 cards

Collect evidence

5 cards

Detain

5 cards

Emerge

5 cards

Fading

5 cards

For Mirrodin!

5 cards

Forecast

5 cards

Forestcycling

5 cards

Formidable

5 cards

Graft

5 cards

Haunt

5 cards

Hellbent

5 cards

Plainscycling

5 cards

Replicate

5 cards

Sunburst

5 cards

Suspect

5 cards

Umbra armor

5 cards

Will of the council

5 cards

Backup

4 cards

Battle Cry

4 cards

Boast

4 cards

Cohort

4 cards

Compleated

4 cards

Conspire

4 cards

Double team

4 cards

Fabricate

4 cards

Freerunning

4 cards

Ingest

4 cards

Jump

4 cards

Mountaincycling

4 cards

Paradox

4 cards

Radiance

4 cards

Rally

4 cards

Reinforce

4 cards

Riot

4 cards

Ripple

4 cards

Specialize

4 cards

Spectacle

4 cards

Tiered

4 cards

Tribute

4 cards

Valiant

4 cards

Amplify

3 cards

Cleave

3 cards

Demonstrate

3 cards

Eminence

3 cards

Escalate

3 cards

Forage

3 cards

Islandcycling

3 cards

Kinship

3 cards

Lieutenant

3 cards

Meld

3 cards

Melee

3 cards

Outlast

3 cards

Recover

3 cards

Skulk

3 cards

Undergrowth

3 cards