CardName: Dust District
Cost: 
Type: Land
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: {T}: Add {C}.
{3}, {T}, Sacrifice Dust District: Search your library for
up to two basic land cards with different names and reveal
them. Put one of them onto the battlefield tapped and the
rest into your hand, then shuffle.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Common



CardName: Arresting Enlightenment
Cost: {2}{W}
Type: Enchantment - Aura
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Enlighten (If the difference between your life total and
that of another player is 7 or more, you achieve
enlightenment for the rest of the game.)
Enchanted creature can’t attack or block. As long as you’re
enlightened, enchanted creature’s activated abilities can’t
be activated.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Common



CardName: Desperate Scuffle
Cost: {W}
Type: instant
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Target blocking creature gains double strike until end of
turn.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Common



CardName: Draughian Hound
Cost: {w}
Type: Creature - Hound
Pow/Tgh: 2/1
Rules Text: Draughian Hound can’t attack alone.
Draughian Hound has vigilance as long as you control a
Knight or a Soldier.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Uncommon



CardName: Fragile Enforcer
Cost: {3}{W}
Type: Creature - Human Soldier
Pow/Tgh: 5/3
Rules Text: Creatures blocking Fragile Enforcer have first strike.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Common



CardName: Grand Inventor
Cost: {2}{W}
Type: Creature - Human
Pow/Tgh: 2/3
Rules Text: Enlighten (If the difference between your life total and
that of another player is 7 or more, you achieve
enlightenment for the rest of the game.)
As long as you are enlightened, artifact creatures you
control get +1/+1.
Flavour Text: He is hailed by many as a genius who would bring about an
age of enlightenment.
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Rare



CardName: Granny Rags
Cost: {4}{W}
Type: Legendary Planeswalker - Rags
Pow/Tgh: /4
Rules Text: [+1]You may sacrifice an artifact or enchantment you
control. If you do, create a 2/2 white Knight creature token
with vigilance. Otherwise, create a 1/1 red and white Human
Soldier creature token.
[-3]Return target artifact or enchantment card with
converted mana cost 4 or less from your graveyard to the
battlefield under your control.
[-7]Reveal the top seven cards of your library. Put any
number of artifact and enchantment cards with converted mana
cost 7 or less from among those cards onto the battlefield.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Mythic



CardName: Head Overseer
Cost: {1}{W}
Type: Creature - Human
Pow/Tgh: 2/2
Rules Text: When Head Overseer enters the battlefield, choose a color.
Whenever an opponent casts a spell of the chosen color, you
gain 2 life.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Rare



CardName: Merchant's Stall
Cost: {2}{W}
Type: Legendary Artifact
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: {X}{W}, {T}: Choose one —
• Put X level counters on target creature.
• Return target noncreature artifact card with converted
mana cost X or less from your graveyard to your hand.
• Until your next turn, noncreature spells your opponents
cast cost X more to cast.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Rare



CardName: Obfuscate
Cost: {W}
Type: Sorcery
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Destroy target enchantment.
Gain 3 life.
Flavour Text: “I lost my train of thought...”
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Common



CardName: Preach Goodwill
Cost: {2}{W}
Type: Enchantment - Quest
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Quest (Whenever you complete a mission, put a quest counter
on it. Sacrifice this Quest and get the reward when each
mission is completed.)
Mission: Gain 3 or more life from a single source.
Mission: Control three or more creatures.
Reward: Creatures you control get +2/+1 and gain first
strike and vigilance until end of turn.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Common



CardName: Riposte
Cost: {W}
Type: Instant
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Prevent all damage a source of your choice would deal this
turn. If that source was black or red, you gain life equal
to the amount of damage prevented this way.
Flavour Text: Skill always trumps raw strength.
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Uncommon



CardName: Stun into Submission
Cost: {1}{W}
Type: Instant
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Enlighten (If the difference between your life total and
that of another player is 7 or more, you achieve
enlightenment for the rest of the game.)
Tap target creature. If its power is 4 or greater and you’re
enlightened, destroy that creature.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Uncommon



CardName: Tactical Dynamism
Cost: {3}{W}
Type: Enchantment
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: When Tactical Dynamism enters the battlefield, create a 2/2
white Knight creature token.
Whenever you attack with three or more creatures, you choose
which creatures block this turn and how those creatures
block.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Rare



CardName: Time of Heroes
Cost: {1}{W}
Type: Enchantment
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Each creature you control with a level counter on it gets
+2/+2.
Flavour Text: "In radiance may we find victory."
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Uncommon



CardName: Try On For Size
Cost: {4}{W}
Type: Sorcery
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Enlighten (If the difference between your life total and
that of another player is 7 or more, you achieve
enlightenment for the rest of the game.)
Search your library and/or graveyard for up to two Equipment
cards and reveal them. If you’re enlightened, put those
cards onto the battlefield under your control. Otherwise,
put them into your hand. If you searched your library this
way, shuffle it.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Uncommon



CardName: Unconventional Blessing
Cost: {6}{W}
Type: Instant
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Exile target creature or enchantment.
Return target enchantment card from your graveyard to your
hand.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Common



CardName: Assassin's Informant
Cost: {2}{U}
Type: Creature - Human
Pow/Tgh: 2/2
Rules Text: Assassin's Informant gets +1/+1 as long as you control a
Swamp.
{2}{B}: Target player reveals cards from the top of their
library until they reveal a land card, then puts those cards
into their graveyard.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Uncommon



CardName: Exhibit Collection
Cost: {4}{U}
Type: Instant
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Create a token that’s a copy of target artifact or
enchantment.
Draw a card.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Uncommon



CardName: Immerse in Oil
Cost: {2}{U}
Type: Instant
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Enshrine target creature spell. If a card is exiled this
way, draw a card. (Exile that card face down, then create a
legendary Shrine artifact token with “When this artifact
leaves play, return the exiled card to its owner’s hand.”)
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Uncommon



CardName: Insightful Curation
Cost: {3}{U}
Type: Sorcery
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Draw two cards, then enshrine the top card of your library.
(Exile that card face down, then create a legendary Shrine
artifact token with “When this artifact leaves play, return
the exiled card to its owner’s hand.”)
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune None



CardName: Deadly Technique
Cost: {B}
Type: Instant
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Enlighten (If the difference between your life total and
that of another player is 7 or more, you achieve
enlightenment for the rest of the game.)
Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. If you’re
enlightened, it gets -2/-2 until end of turn instead.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Common



CardName: Nocturnal Observation
Cost: {2}{B}
Type: Enchantment - Aura
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 for each artifact and/or
enchantment you control and has lifelink.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Uncommon



CardName: Shieldbreaker
Cost: {2}{B}
Type: Creature - Human Warrior
Pow/Tgh: 3/3
Rules Text: Enlighten (If the difference between your life total and
that of another player is 7 or more, you achieve
enlightenment for the rest of the game.)
Shieldbreaker can’t block unless you’re enlightened.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Common



CardName: Spread Plague
Cost: {2}{B}
Type: Instant
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker. Each
player who can’t discards a card.
Flavour Text: There are some things you can't fight off with a a sword.
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Uncommon



CardName: Untimely Demise
Cost: {5}{B}
Type: Instant
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Untimely Demise costs {1} less to cast for each color among
permanents you control.
Exile target creature or planeswalker.
Flavour Text: And now, the darkness holds dominion... as black as death.
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Rare



CardName: Beggar Queen
Cost: {1}{R}
Type: Creature - Human
Pow/Tgh: 1/1
Rules Text: Whenever you sacrifice a permanent, put a +1/+1 counter on
Beggar Queen.
{T}, Remove seven +1/+1 counters from Beggar Queen: Exile
the top seven cards of your library. Until the end of your
next turn, you may play those cards.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Rare



CardName: Merciless Flagellant
Cost: {2}{R}
Type: Creature - Human
Pow/Tgh: 0/2
Rules Text: {T}: Merciless Flagellant deals 1 damage to target creature
and 1 damage to itself.
Whenever a creature dies, untap Merciless Flagellant.
Flavour Text: Awash in blood and delusion, he bears the burden of a
thousand lifetimes.
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Rare



CardName: Orion's Retaliaton
Cost: {4}{R}
Type: Sorcery
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Orion’s Retaliation deals 6 damage to each creature with
greater toughness than target creature.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Rare



CardName: Sunkot, Prolific Inventor
Cost: {5}{R}
Type: Legendary Creature - Human
Pow/Tgh: 4/3
Rules Text: At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top X cards of
your library, where X is the number of artifact creatures
you control. Exile one of those cards and put the rest on
the bottom of your library in any order. You may play the
exiled card until you exile another card with Sunkot,
Prolific Inventor.
{T}: Create a colorless 2/2 Construct artifact creature.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Rare



CardName: Treasonous Activity
Cost: {3}{R}
Type: Sorcery
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap it.
It gains haste and brutal until end of turn. (If a creature
with brutal would deal damage to a creature with higher
power or toughness, it deals double that damage instead.)
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Uncommon



CardName: Corner The Enemy
Cost: {G}
Type: Sorcery
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Choose target creature you control and target creature you
don’t control. If the second creature is black or blue, the
first creature gains indestructible until end of turn. Then
they fight.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Uncommon



CardName: Insatiable Wurm
Cost: {5}{G}
Type: Creature - Wurm
Pow/Tgh: 6/5
Rules Text: Enlighten (If the difference between your life total and
that of another player is 7 or more, you achieve
enlightenment for the rest of the game.)
Insatiable Wurm has trample as long as you’re enlightened.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Common



CardName: Lupine Rune
Cost: {G}
Type: Enchantment
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: {2}{G}, Sacrifice Lupine Rune: Create a 2/2 green Wolf
creature token with brutal. (If a creature with brutal would
deal damage to a creature with higher power or toughness, it
deals double that damage instead.)
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Common



CardName: Mark of Death
Cost: {G}
Type: Enchantment - Aura
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature attacks, it must be blocked this
turn if able.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Uncommon



CardName: Shambling Malignity
Cost: {6}{G}
Type: Legendary Creature - Ooze Horror
Pow/Tgh: 7/7
Rules Text: Ward {7}
Whenever a nontoken Ooze you control dies and at the
beginning of your end step, create two 1/1 green Ooze Horror
creature tokens.
Sacrifice an Ooze: Creatures you don't control must block
Shambling Malignity this turn if able.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Mythic



CardName: Spur the Pack
Cost: {3}{G}{G}
Type: Sorcery
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Create two green 2/2 Wolf creature tokens with brutal. (If a
creature with brutal would deal damage to a creature with
higher power or toughness, it deals double that damage
instead.)
Flavour Text: Nothing, save death, can force a wolf pack to back down
until they catch their prey.
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Common



CardName: Eternal City
Cost: 
Type: Land
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: {T}, Exile a multicolored card from your graveyard: Add one
mana of any color.
Flavour Text: History lasts day to day in the city, and it keeps its
secrets close.
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Rare



CardName: Keep The Peace
Cost: {W}{U}
Type: Enchantment - Quest
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Quest (Whenever you complete a mission, put a quest counter
on it. Sacrifice this Quest and get the reward when each
mission is completed.)
Mission: Prevent at least 2 damage from a single source.
Mission: Return a permanent to its owner’s hand.
Reward: Draw two cards and gain 2 life.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Uncommon



CardName: Languid Wyrm
Cost: {W}{U}
Type: Creature - Spirit
Pow/Tgh: 3/1
Rules Text: Languid Wyrm has flying as long as you control a red
permanent.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Common



CardName: Belly of the Beast
Cost: {1}{U}{B}
Type: Legendary Enchantment
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: When you cast Belly of the Beast, enshrine the top card of
your library.
{X}{U}{B}: Until end of turn, target artifact you control
becomes a copy of target creature card in your graveyard
with converted mana cost X. It’s an artifact in addition to
its other types.
{2}{G}: Put the top card of your library into your
graveyard. Then, if there are four or more creature cards in
your graveyard, you may transform Belly of the Beast.
Flavour Text: 
Back side:
CardName: Darkest Dungeon
Cost: 
Type: Legendary Land
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: (Transforms from Belly of the Beast.)
{T}: Add X mana of any one color, where X is the number of
creature cards in your graveyard.
Flavour Text: At last, the twisted heart of the world is laid bare for
sword or supplication.

Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Rare



CardName: Shadow Prowler
Cost: {U}{B}
Type: Creature - Human Assassin
Pow/Tgh: 2/2
Rules Text: Shadow Prowler gets +0/+1 and has deathtouch as long as you
control a green permanent.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Common



CardName: Turn to Stone
Cost: {2}{U}{B}
Type: Enchantment - Aura
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Enchant creature or planeswalker
Enchanted permanent is a colorless artifact with
indestructible and loses all other card types and abilities.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Rare



CardName: Jester
Cost: {3}{B}{R}
Type: Creature - Human
Pow/Tgh: 3/2
Rules Text: Haste
Whenever Jester enters the battlefield or dies, it deals 1
damage to target creature, then put a +1/+1 counter on that
creature. (If it survives the damage.)
Flavour Text: He raises spirits, at the cost of singling out a target for
his acrimonious scandalizing.
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Uncommon



CardName: Hooligan Gang
Cost: {R}{G}
Type: Creature - Human
Pow/Tgh: 3/2
Rules Text: As long as you control a blue permanent, you may cast
Hooligan Gang as though it had flash. (You may cast it any
time you could cast an instant.)
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Common



CardName: Void's Grasp
Cost: {W}{B}
Type: Sorcery
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Enlighten (If the difference between your life total and
that of another player is 7 or more, you achieve
enlightenment for the rest of the game.)
Exile target nonland permanent if it’s a creature or if
you’re enlightened. You lose 3 life.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Rare



CardName: Crocodilian Beetle
Cost: {B}{G}
Type: Creature - Insect
Pow/Tgh: 1/4
Rules Text: Crocodilian Beetle has lifelink as long as you control a
white permanent.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Common



CardName: Question of Trust
Cost: {1}{B}{G}
Type: Sorcery
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Enlighten (If the difference between your life total and
that of another player is 7 or more, you achieve
enlightenment for the rest of the game.)
Target player draws two cards. If you’re not enlightened,
that player loses 2 life.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Common



CardName: Schizophrenic Alchemist
Cost: {3}{B}{G}
Type: Creature - Human
Pow/Tgh: 1/1
Rules Text: Lifelink
When Schizophrenic Alchemist dies, create a 5/5 black Horror
creature token with trample and “When this creature dies,
return a card named Schizophrenic Alchemist from your
graveyard to your hand.”
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Rare



CardName: Enterprising Initiate
Cost: {2}{G}{U}
Type: Creature - Human
Pow/Tgh: 2/2
Rules Text: When Enterprising Initiate enters the battlefield, look at
the top four cards of your library. You may reveal an
artifact or enchantment card from among them and put it into
your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a
random order.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Common



CardName: Industrious Colliers
Cost: {R}{W}
Type: Creature - Human
Pow/Tgh: 2/2
Rules Text: Industrious Colliers gets +1/-1 and has first strike as long
as you control a black permanent.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Common



CardName: Keep In Line
Cost: {3}{R}{W}
Type: Instant
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Create three 1/1 red and white Human Soldier creature
tokens.
Target player loses 1 life for each {B} spent to cast this
spell.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Uncommon



CardName: Mine Baron
Cost: {2}{R}{W}
Type: Creature - Human
Pow/Tgh: 5/2
Rules Text: Haste
Mine Baron has indestructible as long as it’s attacking.
Whenever Mine Baron deals combat damage to a player, you may
destroy target nonbasic land.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Mythic



CardName: Somber Parade
Cost: {1}{R}{W}
Type: Sorcery
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Create two 1/1 red and white Human Soldier creature tokens.
Up to two target creatures can't block this turn.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Common



CardName: Orion, Vengeant Rebel
Cost: {1}{U}{R}{G}
Type: Legendary Creature - Human
Pow/Tgh: 2/4
Rules Text: Brutal (If this creature would deal damage to a creature
with higher power or toughness, it deals double that damage
instead.)
Whenever a creature dealt damage by Orion, Vengeant Rebel
dies this turn, you may draw two cards. If you do, discard a
card.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Rare



CardName: Camping Skills
Cost: {1}{B}{G}{W}
Type: Sorcery
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Activate an activated ability of target creature you control
without paying its activation cost.
If your life total is less than your starting life total,
you gain 5 life.
Flavour Text: “Huddled together, furtive and vulnerable as we are... Still
we find hope.”
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Rare



CardName: Delilah Copperspoon
Cost: {3}{W}{U}{R}
Type: Legendary Creature - Human
Pow/Tgh: 3/5
Rules Text: Hexproof
Whenever Delilah Copperspoon attacks, you may reveal cards
from the top of your library until you reveal an enchantment
card. If you do, put that card onto the battlefield and the
rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Rare



CardName: The Collector
Cost: {2}{G}{U}{B}
Type: Legendary Creature - Elemental
Pow/Tgh: 2/3
Rules Text: When The Collector enters the battlefield, you may enshrine
target creature. (Exile that card face down, then create a
legendary Shrine artifact token with “When this artifact
leaves play, return the exiled card to its owner’s hand.”)
Shrines you control aren’t legendary.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Rare



CardName: Clockwork Hawk
Cost: {5}
Type: Artifact Creature - Construct
Pow/Tgh: 3/2
Rules Text: Flying
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Common



CardName: Clockwork Soldier
Cost: {4}
Type: Artifact Creature - Construct
Pow/Tgh: 5/3
Rules Text: Clockwork Soldier attacks each turn if able unless you
control an Artificer.
Whenever Clockwork Soldier attacks a player, if that player
attacked you during his or her last turn, it gains first
strike until end of turn.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Rare



CardName: Electrifying Sphere
Cost: {3}
Type: Artifact
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Empower 1 (Tap a creature you control with power 1 or more:
This artifact becomes empowered for as long as that creature
remains tapped. You may choose not to untap that creature
during your untap step.)
{4}, {T}: Tap target nonland permanent if it’s a creature or
if Electrifying Sphere is empowered.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune None



CardName: Menacing Suit
Cost: {3}
Type: Artifact Creature - Construct
Pow/Tgh: 0/4
Rules Text: Defender, reach
Empower 2 (Tap a creature you control with power 2 or more:
This artifact becomes empowered for as long as that creature
remains tapped. You may choose not to untap that creature
during your untap step.)
Menacing Suit has +2/+0 and loses defender as long as it’s
empowered.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Common



CardName: Oil Dispenser
Cost: {1}
Type: Artifact
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Empower 3 (Tap a creature you control with power 3 or more:
This artifact becomes empowered for as long as that creature
remains tapped. You may choose not to untap that creature
during your untap step.)
{T}: Add {C}. Spend this mana only to cast a instant or
sorcery spell. If Oil Dispenser is empowered, that spell
can’t be countered.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Uncommon



CardName: Weaponized Lighthouse
Cost: {2}
Type: Artifact
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Empower 2 (Tap a creature you control with power 2 or more:
This artifact becomes empowered for as long as that creature
remains tapped. You may choose not to untap that creature
during your untap step.)
Creatures your opponents control lose hexproof and can’t
have or gain hexproof.
{3}, {T}: Tap target artifact or creature. Activate this
ability only if Weaponized Lighthouse is empowered.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Uncommon



CardName: Serkonan Sands
Cost: 
Type: Land
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Serkonan Sands enters the battlefield tapped.
{T}: Add {W} or {U}.
{W/U}, {T}: Add {R}.
Flavour Text: 
Set/Rarity: Mounting Misfortune Uncommon