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Mechanics | Reimagined Color Pie | Trinities of Conflict | Card Types | Skeleton | Core mechanics pie | Evergreen Keywords

(To withdraw, return that permanent to its owner's hand.): return that permanent to its owner's hand Used on 1 cards: Unsummon*

Evergreen keyword action. If used as a cost, you can only withdraw permanents that you control.

(To withdraw as a cost, return a permanent you control of that type to its owner's hand.): Used on 2 cards: Soratami Scholar, Orochi Scholar
(Enters tapped.): Used on 10 cards: BG Land Common, WU Land Common, UB Land Common, BR Land Common, RG Land Common, GW Land Common, WB Land Common, UR Land Common, GU Land Common, RW Land Common

Delayed supertype

(Tap it and it gains frozen. If it would untap, it loses frozen instead.): Used on 3 cards: Bant Battlemage A, Tangle*, Incubate

Evergreen keyword action.

Primary blue, green

**Aegis from \1**: This permanent can't be the target of PARAM1 spells or abilities your opponents control Used on 3 cards: Orderly Steed, Knight of Elegance, Knight of Malcontent

Evergreen keyword ability (was hexproof from).

Primary white, blue.

**Thrive**: This creature gains a +1/+1 counter as it deals combat damage. Used on 2 cards: Frogs on Trampoline, Accelerating Snowmobile

Evergreen keyword ability

Primary blue, green

Multiple instances of Thrive are cumulative. So a creature with "Thrive, Thrive" has "Thrive 2" and can gain two counters per combat.

**Burrowing**: This creature can't be blocked by creatures with flying. Used on 4 cards: Terror from Beneath, Insatiable Bookwurm, Tiller Wurm, Ascendant Metamorph

Evergreen keyword ability.

Evokes 3-way conflict between normal creatures, flying creatures, and burrowing creatures.

Primary green, black.

**grinds**: that player exiles the top card of their library until PARAM1 land cards are exiled this way Used on 6 cards: Head Grind, Rogue of Atlantis, Head Piercing, Esper Battlemage A, Grinding Stone, Grind to Dust

Evergreen keyword action. A variation of milling that is proportional to deck size, such that it is scalable whether one is playing constructed or limited or casual.

Cards are exiled so opponent gains no benefit compared to if cards were dumped to graveyard.

**Lobotomize**: A player dealt damage by this permanent grinds 1 for each damage instead of losing life. Used on 5 cards: Grinding Elemental, Intellectual Charm, Prefrontal Graft, Mind Drinker, Skulltap Specter

Evergreen keyword ability that goes mainly on a creature. Multiple instances of lobotomize are redundant.

Primary blue, black.

**Virulent**: Damage dealt by this source can't be prevented. Used on 2 cards: Double-Edged Dummy, Pinpoint Avalanche*

Evergreen keyword ability.

Primary black, red.

**shred \1 cards**: put the top PARAM1 cards of the library into the graveyard Used on 3 cards: Deep Exploration, Insatiable Bookwurm, Tiller Wurm

Evergreen keyword action.

Putting cards from library to graveyard should mostly benefit controller of the effect.

**Escort**: Creatures with escort must be blocked before creatures without escort. Used on 9 cards: Yavimaya Rattlesnake, Orderly Steed, Warring Horse, Goblin Firefighter, Urza's Juggernaut, Guiding Beacon, Khentaki Firewatch, Benalish Private, Suppressive Fire

Evergreen keyword ability.

Primary in white, red.

Contrast Rearguard.

**Guile**: This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures. Used on 4 cards: Chariot of Rath, Soratami Scholar, Midnight Messenger, Leshrac Nightwalker

Evergreen keyword ability (was menace).

Primary black, blue.

**Aegis**: This permanent can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control Used on 6 cards: Soratami Scholar, Protective Charm, Kithkin Acolyte, Elusive Penetrator, Illusionary Wall, Angel of Purity

Evergreen keyword ability (was hexproof).

Primary white, blue.

**Unharmed by \1**: Prevent all damage dealt to this permanent by PARAM1 sources. Used on 3 cards: Orderly Steed, Knight of Elegance, Knight of Malcontent

Evergreen keyword ability

Primary white, green

**Homebound**: This creature can't attack Used on 8 cards: Immense Wall, Elephant Guard, Emergency Blockade, Minister of Defense, Suspension, Illusionary Wall, Angel of Purity, Primordial Clay

Evergreen keyword ability (was defender).

Primary white, blue.

**Stalwart**: This creature assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power Used on 4 cards: Rook Ship, Defiant Stand, Minister of Defense, Angel of Purity

Evergreen keyword ability

Primary white, blue

**Inform**: When this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw PARAM1ASWORDS cards. Used on 2 cards: Midnight Messenger, Vampire Truthstealer

Evergreen keyword ability.

Primary blue, black

Multiple instances of Inform are triggered separately. So a creature with "Inform, Inform" will trigger twice.

**Berserk**: This creature attacks each combat if able. Used on 0 cards:

Evergreen keyword ability

Primary red, green.

**Bond**: Idle, PARAM2: Attach this to another PARAM1. Used on 1 cards: Virus Zero

BIO mod creatures

**Retreat**: When this creature is blocked by creatures with total power greater than or equal to its toughness, you may remove this creature from combat. Used on 3 cards: Slippery Eel, Heavy Greataxe, Cowardly Imp

Evergreen keyword ability.

Primary blue, black

**Frostbite**: When this object deals damage to a permanent, freeze that permanent. Used on 2 cards: Ice Spear, Brown Recluse

Evergreen keyword ability.

Primary blue, green

**Eternally Frozen**: This permanent can't untap. If it's untapped, tap it. Used on 1 cards: Eternal Freeze

Evergreen keyword of a permanent.

Primary blue, green

A permanent that is Eternally Frozen can't untap. If it's untapped, tap it immediately.

Eternally frozen also count as frozen, regardless of whether the permanent is tapped or untapped. Unlike regular frozen, it doesn't lose eternally frozen from untapping.

**Debilitator**: Creatures blocking or blocked by this creature is disempowered--has base power 0--until the end of combat. Used on 1 cards: Illusionary Wall

Evergreen keyword ability.

Primary black, blue

**Frozen**: If this would untap, it loses frozen instead. Used on 0 cards:

Evergreen keyword of permanents.

Primary blue, green.

The freeze keyword action grants a permanent this keyword: frozen, only if it becomes tapped.

The next time a frozen permanent would untap, instead it loses frozen. A frozen permanent ceases to be frozen the moment it untaps.

Eternally frozen permanents can't untap. If it's untapped, tap it immediately.

**Rearguard**: Can't be blocked unless all attacking creatures without rearguard have been blocked. Used on 3 cards: Goblin Coward, Precise Trebuchet, Routing Cavalry

Evergreen keyword ability.

Primary in white, red.

Contrast Escort (vanguard).

**Elude**: This creature can't be blocked. Used on 1 cards: Elusive Penetrator

Evergreen keyword.

Primary blue, black.

Elude can be standalone or be followed by characteristic.

**Eludes \1**: This creature can't be blocked by PARAM1 creatures. Used on 2 cards: Contour Ooze, Street Rat

Evergreen keyword.

Primary blue, black.

Variant of elude.

**Disempowered**: that creature has final power 0 Used on 2 cards: Sorceress Empress, Wall of Words

Evergreen state.

Primary black, blue

**Impervious**: Prevent all damage dealt to this unless a single source deals lethal damage to it Used on 2 cards: Xanthic Ooze, Pfphpr Tripper
**Defenseless**: can't block Used on 1 cards: Xanthic Ooze
**Mirror**: This creature may deal combat damage equal to the power of another attacking or blocking creature. Used on 0 cards:

Primary red, blue

**Animosity**: You may have this creature assign its combat damage as though it weren't blocked. Used on 3 cards: Guiding Beacon, Bloodhunter Master, Thorn Elemental*

Evergreen keyword ability.

Primary green, red

**Hexdoom**: Sacrifice this when it's targeted by opponent's spell or ability Used on 1 cards: Pfphpr Tripper

Evergreen keyword ability

Primary blue, black

**Guardian**: This creature can block an additional creature each combat. Used on 4 cards: Immense Wall, Red Frenemy, Two-Headed Hound of Foriys, Khentaki Firewatch

Evergreen keyword ability

Primary white, blue

Multiple instances of Guardian are cumulative. So a creature with "Guardian, Guardian" has "Guardian 2" and can block two additional creatures.




In card text or details pages, write the mechanic's code name (playtest name) between square brackets, like "[Crittercast]", "[Bushido 1]" or "[Delay 4 {2}{R}{R}]". It will be expanded to the mechanic's name plus reminder text, such as "Suspend 4 – {2}{r}{r}. (Rather than cast this spell from your hand,...)"
To expand a mechanic's name but not its reminder text, include parentheses at the end of the square brackets: "[Crittercast()]", "[Delay 9 {R}()]".