Portal- Three Kingdoms Spoiler (180 cards)
![]() | ForestBuy (1), Unknown Land [G] Illus. Ji Yong |
![]() | ForestBuy (2), Unknown Land [G] Illus. Ji Yong |
![]() | ForestBuy (3), Unknown Land [G] Illus. Ji Yong |
![]() | IslandBuy (1), Unknown Land [U] Illus. Ku Xueming |
![]() | IslandBuy (2), Unknown Land [U] Illus. Ku Xueming |
![]() | IslandBuy (3), Unknown Land [U] Illus. Ku Xueming |
![]() | MountainBuy (2), Unknown Land [R] Illus. Qin Jun |
![]() | MountainBuy (3), Unknown Land [R] Illus. Qin Jun |
![]() | MountainBuy (1), Unknown Land [R] Illus. Qin Jun |
![]() | PlainsBuy (1), Unknown Land [W] Illus. He Jiancheng |
![]() | PlainsBuy (2), Unknown Land [W] Illus. He Jiancheng |
![]() | PlainsBuy (3), Unknown Land [W] Illus. He Jiancheng |
![]() | SwampBuy (1), Unknown Land [B] Illus. Wang Chuxiong |
![]() | SwampBuy (2), Unknown Land [B] Illus. Wang Chuxiong |
![]() | SwampBuy (3), Unknown Land [B] Illus. Wang Chuxiong |
![]() | Alert Shu InfantryBuy, 2W, Uncommon Creature - Soldiers [2/2] Attacking doesn't cause Alert Shu Infantry to tap. Kongming's predecessor helped Liu Bei win the battle of Fancheng by recognizing and defeating Cao Ren's use of the dreaded “Eight Gold Locks” formation. Illus. Solomon Au Yeung |
![]() | Eightfold MazeBuy, 2W, Rare Sorcery Play Eightfold Maze only after you're attacked, before you declare blockers. Destroy any one attacking creature. Illus. Shang Huitong |
![]() | Empty City RuseBuy, W, Uncommon Sorcery Choose any one player. That player can't attack on his or her next turn. Out of time and options, Kongming was forced to bluff at Xicheng. He tricked an army of 150,000 Wei by leaving the city gates open and calmly playing the zither. Illus. Qu Xin |
![]() | False DefeatBuy, 3W, Common Sorcery Take any one creature card from your graveyard and put that creature into play. ”All warfare is based on deception.” —Sun Tzu, Art of War (trans. Giles) Illus. Li Wang |
![]() | Flanking TroopsBuy, 2WW, Uncommon Creature - Soldiers [2/2] When Flanking Troops attacks, you may tap any one creature. (Tapped creatures can't block.) Following the battle of Redcliffs, both Liu Bei and Sun Quan coveted the province of Jingzhou. After Sun Quan's troops failed to capture it, Liu Bei succeeded. Illus. Li Wang |
![]() | Guan Yu's 1,000-Li MarchBuy, 4WW, Rare Sorcery Destroy all tapped creatures. (This includes your tapped creatures.) “He [Guan Yu] covered the ground on a thousand- li horse; / With dragon blade he took each pass by force.” Illus. Yang Guangmai |
![]() | Guan Yu, Sainted WarriorBuy, 3WW, Rare Creature - Legend [3/5] Horsemanship When Guan Yu is put into your graveyard from play, you may shuffle Guan Yu into your library. Illus. Qiao Dafu |
![]() | Huang Zhong, Shu GeneralBuy, 2WW, Rare Creature - Legend [2/3] Huang Zhong can't be blocked by more than one creature each turn. “Virile in war, he kept the north in fear; His prodigies subdued the western sphere. Illus. Quan Xuejun |
![]() | Kongming's ContraptionsBuy, 3W, Rare Creature - Soldiers [2/4] After you're attacked, before you declare blockers, you may tap Kongming's Contraptions to have it deal 2 damage to any one attacking creature. Illus. Jiaming |
![]() | Kongming, Sleeping DragonBuy, 2WW, Rare Creature - Legend [2/2] All your other creatures get +1S/+1D as long as Kongming is in play. “Such a lord as this—all virtues' height— Had never been, nor ever was again.” Illus. Gao Yan |
![]() | Liu Bei, Lord of ShuBuy, 3WW, Rare Creature - Legend [2/4] Horsemanship As long as you have Guan Yu and/or Zhang Fei in play, Liu Bei gets +2S/+2D. “Only wisdom and virtue can truly win men's devotion.” —Liu Bei Illus. Qiao Dafu |
![]() | Loyal RetainersBuy, 2W, Uncommon Creature - Advisor [1/1] On your turn, before you attack you may put Loyal Retainers in your graveyard to take any one Legend card from your graveyard and put that creature into play. Illus. Solomon Au Yeung |
![]() | Misfortune's GainBuy, 3W, Common Sorcery Destroy any one creature. That creature's owner gains 4 life. The mourning families of commanders and generals were often given land, valuables, or money to compensate for their losses. Illus. Jiaming |
![]() | Pang Tong, Young PhoenixBuy, 1WW, Rare Creature - Legend [1/2] On your turn, before you attack, you may tap Pang Tong to give any one creature +0S/+2D until the end of the turn. “. . .It was Pang Tong's boat-connecting scheme That let Zhou Yu accomplish his great deed.” Illus. Li Tie |
![]() | Peach Garden OathBuy, W, Uncommon Sorcery For each creature you have in play, you gain 2 life. “We three, though of separate ancestry, join in brotherhood . . . . We dare not hope to be together always but hereby vow to die the selfsame day.” —Peach Garden Oath Illus. Qiao Dafu |
![]() | Rally the TroopsBuy, W, Uncommon Sorcery Play Rally the Troops only after you're attacked, before you declare blockers. Untap all your creatures. Illus. Shang Huitong |
![]() | Ravages of WarBuy, 3W, Rare Sorcery Destroy all lands. (This includes your lands.) “Thorn bushes spring up wherever the army has passed, Lean years follow in the wake of a great war.” —Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching (trans. Feng and English) Illus. Fang Yue |
![]() | Riding Red HareBuy, 2W, Common Sorcery Any one creature gets +3S/+3D and gains horsemanship until the end of the turn. One of the greatest steeds in the empire, Red Hare could travel a thousand li a day and climb hills as if running on flat ground. Illus. Qi Baocheng |
![]() | Shu CavalryBuy, 2W, Common Creature - Soldiers [2/2] Horsemanship In establishing the Shu kingdom, Liu Bei's forces fought against Ma Chao at Chengdu. Eventually, Ma Chao surrendered and became one of Liu Bei's Tiger Generals. Illus. Li Xiaohua |
![]() | Shu DefenderBuy, 2W, Common Creature - Soldier [2/2] When Shu Defender blocks, it gets +0S/+2D until the end of the turn. Confronting Cao Cao's army at Steepslope Bridge, Zhang Fei bellowed, “I am Zhang Fei of Yan! Who dares fight me to the death?” Cao Cao's army cowered and fled. Illus. Sun Nan |
![]() | Shu Elite CompanionsBuy, 4W, Uncommon Creature - Soldiers [3/3] Horsemanship Throughout the three kingdoms, important generals were often guarded by small groups of expert soldiers known as “elite companions.” Illus. Qiao Dafu |
![]() | Shu Elite InfantryBuy, 3W, Common Creature - Soldiers [3/3] Kongming's first campaign against the Wei kingdom was a rousing success until an arrogant Shu general, Ma Su, foolishly lost the city of Jieting. Illus. Song Shikai |
![]() | Shu FarmerBuy, 1W, Common Creature - Farmer [1/1] On your turn, before you attack, you may tap Shu Farmer to gain 1 life. “The common folk are ceaselessly active. The fields are fertile and the soil productive, and neither flood nor drought plagues us.” —A Shu diplomat Illus. Li Xiaohua |
![]() | Shu Foot SoldiersBuy, 2W, Common Creature - Soldiers [2/3] Liu Bei lost many men at the battle of Runan because of his lack of strategy. It wasn't until he met Kongming that the he began to truly succeed as a leader. Illus. Xu Tan |
![]() | Shu GeneralBuy, 3W, Uncommon Creature - Soldier [2/2] Horsemanship Attacking doesn't cause Shu General to tap. Illus. Li Xiaohua |
![]() | Shu Grain CaravanBuy, 2W, Common Creature - Soldiers [2/2] When Shu Grain Caravan comes into play, you gain 2 life. Keeping a million-man army fed was no easy task. Grain and rice caravans were the lifeblood of the empire. Illus. Li Wang |
![]() | Shu Soldier-FarmersBuy, 4W, Uncommon Creature - Soldiers [2/4] When Shu Soldier-Farmers comes into play, you gain 4 life. During Kongming's campaigns against the Wei, his Shu troops rotated from the battlefront to the fields every hundred days. Illus. Li Xiaohua |
![]() | VengeanceBuy, 3W, Uncommon Sorcery Destroy any one tapped creature. “Until I've gnawed their flesh and exterminated their clans, my humiliation will not be effaced.” —Liu Bei, on the death of his oath-brother Guan Yu Illus. Solomon Au Yeung |
![]() | Virtuous ChargeBuy, 2W, Common Sorcery All your creatures get +1S/+1D until the end of the turn. “The empire belongs to no one man but to all in the empire. He who has virtue shall possess it.” Illus. Qu Xin |
![]() | Volunteer MilitiaBuy, W, Common Creature - Soldiers [1/2] After making the Peach Garden Oath, the three brothers raised an army of 500 youths to fight the Yellow Scarves rebellion. Illus. Lin Yan |
![]() | Warrior's StandBuy, 1W, Uncommon Sorcery Play Warrior's Stand only after you're attacked, before you declare blockers. All your creatures get +2S/+2D until the end of the turn. Illus. Qiao Dafu |
![]() | Zhang Fei, Fierce WarriorBuy, 4WW, Rare Creature - Legend [4/4] Horsemanship Attacking doesn't cause Zhang Fei to tap. Zhang Fei's uncharacteristic alliance with a defeated Riverlands general, Yan Yan, allowed Shu forces to advance through forty-five Riverlands strongpoints with no casualties. Illus. Qiao Dafu |
![]() | Zhao Zilong, Tiger GeneralBuy, 3WW, Rare Creature - Legend [3/3] Horsemanship When Zhao Zilong blocks, it gets +1S/+1D until the end of the turn. Zhao Zilong was a brave and noble warrior. He twice rescued Liu Bei's son and heir, Liu Shan. Illus. Quan Xuejun |
![]() | Balance of PowerBuy, 3UU, Rare Sorcery If you have fewer cards in your hand than your opponent does, you draw until you have the same number. (When you play Balance of Power it doesn't count as in your hand.) Illus. Quan Xuejun |
![]() | Borrowing 100,000 ArrowsBuy, 2U, Uncommon Sorcery For each tapped creature your opponent has in play, you draw a card. Kongming and Lu Su tricked Wei troops into shooting over 100,000 arrows at them to later use against the Wei at Red Cliffs. Illus. Song Shikai |
![]() | Brilliant PlanBuy, 4U, Uncommon Sorcery Draw three cards. At Red Cliffs, Kongming and Zhou Yu each wrote his plan for defeating Wei on the palm of his hand. They laughed as they both revealed the same word, “Fire.” Illus. Song Shikai |
![]() | Broken DamBuy, U, Common Sorcery Tap any one or two creatures without horsemanship. (Tapped creatures can't block.) Using nature to their advantage, wise Three Kingdoms generals often let dammed rivers loose to destroy their enemies. Illus. Jiang Zhuqing |
![]() | Capture of JingzhouBuy, 3UU, Rare Sorcery You take another turn after this one. The province of Jingzhou was the fulcrum of the three kingdoms. At separate times it was coveted and controlled by the Wu, the Shu, and the Wei. Illus. Jack Wei |
![]() | Champion's VictoryBuy, U, Uncommon Sorcery Play Champion's Victory only after you're attacked, before you declare blockers. Return any one attacking creature to its owner's hand. Illus. Hong Yan |
![]() | Council of AdvisorsBuy, 2U, Uncommon Creature - Advisor [1/1] When Council of Advisors comes into play, draw a card. Sun Quan's long and successful rule in the years 199 to 251 was due to his ability to choose and foster talented advisors and generals. Illus. Liu Shangying |
![]() | CounterintelligenceBuy, 2UU, Uncommon Sorcery Return any one or two creatures to their owner's hand. Before the battle of Red Cliffs, a supposedly sleeping Zhou Yu allowed his old friend, a Wei advisor, to steal a planted letter forged as if from Wei's two best admirals. Illus. Wang Feng |
![]() | ExhaustionBuy, 2U, Rare Sorcery At the beginning of your opponent's next turn, he or she skips untapping creatures and lands. Starving and worn, Cao Cao escaped from the battle of Red Cliffs with only 27 of his original 800,000 men. Illus. Qu Xin |
![]() | ExtinguishBuy, 1U, Common Sorcery Play Extinguish only in response to another player playing a sorcery. That sorcery has no effect, and that player puts it into his or her graveyard. Illus. Ding Songjian |
![]() | Forced RetreatBuy, 2U, Common Sorcery Return any one creature from play to the top of its owner's library. “Leadership, not numbers, determines victory.” —A Wu commander, before his 5,000 troops forced 15,000 Wei troops to retreat from Ruxu Illus. Huang Qishi |
![]() | Lady SunBuy, 1UU, Rare Creature - Legend [1/1] On your turn, before you attack, you may tap Lady Sun to return it and any one other creature to their owners' hands. Sister to Sun Quan and wife to Liu Bei, Lady Sun often felt her loyalty to both tested. Illus. Miao Aili |
![]() | Lu Meng, Wu GeneralBuy, 3UU, Rare Creature - Legend [4/4] Horsemanship As the Wu chief commander, Lu Meng conquered Shu-held Jingzhou in 219 by disguising soldiers as merchants on boats filled with hiding troops. Illus. Gao Yan |
![]() | Lu Su, Wu AdvisorBuy, 3UU, Rare Creature - Legend [1/2] On your turn, before you attack, you may tap Lu Su to draw a card. Lu Su served as an intermediary between the Wu and Shu kingdoms until Zhou Yu's death in 210, when he became Wu's supreme commander. Illus. Zhao Tan |
![]() | Lu Xun, Scholar GeneralBuy, 2UU, Rare Creature - Legend [1/3] Horsemanship When Lu Xun successfully damages your opponent, you may draw a card. Illus. Xu Xiaoming |
![]() | Mystic DenialBuy, 1UU, Uncommon Sorcery Play Mystic Denial only in response to another player playing a creature or a sorcery. That card has no effect, and that player puts it into his or her graveyard. Illus. Kang Yu |
![]() | Preemptive StrikeBuy, 1U, Common Sorcery Play Preemptive Strike only in response to another player playing a creature card. That creature has no effect, and that player puts it into his or her graveyard. Illus. Jiaming |
![]() | Red Cliffs ArmadaBuy, 4U, Uncommon Creature - Ships [5/4] Red Cliffs Armada can't attack unless the defending player has an island in play. By the battle of Red Cliffs in the year 208, the Wu kingdom controlled more than 7,000 warships on the Yangtze. Illus. Zhang Jiazhen |
![]() | Sage's KnowledgeBuy, 2U, Common Sorcery Return any one sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. “Those who know do not talk. Those who talk do not know.” —Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching (trans. Feng and English) Illus. Ding Songjian |
![]() | Strategic PlanningBuy, 1U, Uncommon Sorcery Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. ”Plans evolved within the tent decide a victory 1,000 li away.” Illus. Zhang Jiazhen |
![]() | Straw SoldiersBuy, 1U, Common Creature - Soldiers [1/3] The overnight appearance of miles of “armed” Wu forts at Guangling frightened a much vaster Wei force into fleeing for their lives. Illus. Cai Tingting |
![]() | Sun Ce, Young ConquererBuy, 3UU, Rare Creature - Legend [3/3] Horsemanship When Sun Ce comes into play, you may return any one creature from play to its owner's hand. Illus. Yang Guangmai |
![]() | Sun Quan, Lord of WuBuy, 4UU, Rare Creature - Legend [4/4] All your creatures gain horsemanship as long as Sun Quan is in play. (This includes Sun Quan.) “One score and four he reigned, the Southland king: / A dragon coiled, a tiger poised below the mighty Yangtze.” Illus. Xu Xiaoming |
![]() | Wu AdmiralBuy, 4U, Uncommon Creature - Soldier [3/3] As long as your opponent has an island in play, Wu Admiral gets +1S/+1D. The Wu kingdom's well-trained admirals were integral to the Southlands' victory at Red Cliffs as well as the kingdom's defense. Illus. Zhang Jiazhen |
![]() | Wu Elite CavalryBuy, 3U, Common Creature - Soldiers [2/3] Horsemanship At the second battle of Ruxu, the brave Wu general Gan Ning raided Cao Cao's camp of 400,000 men with only 100 cavalry. Not a single man or horse was lost. Illus. Li Wang |
![]() | Wu InfantryBuy, 1U, Common Creature - Soldiers [2/1] The first battle of Hefei was Sun Quan's last as a field general. From then on he let his generals command in the field while he directed battle from behind the front lines. Illus. Xu Xiaoming |
![]() | Wu Light CavalryBuy, 1U, Common Creature - Soldiers [1/2] Horsemanship A cunning strategist, Cao Ren tricked Zhou Yu by letting him enter Nanjun. Zhou Yu thought he was capturing the city until Cao Ren's arrows rained down upon him. Illus. Huang Qishi |
![]() | Wu LongbowmanBuy, 2U, Uncommon Creature - Soldier [1/1] On your turn, before you attack, you may tap Wu Longbowman to have it deal 1 damage to any one creature or player. Illus. Xu Tan |
![]() | Wu ScoutBuy, 1U, Common Creature - Soldier [1/1] Horsemanship When Wu Scout comes into play, look at your opponent's hand. Illus. Jiaming |
![]() | Wu SpyBuy, 1U, Uncommon Creature - Soldier [1/1] When Wu Spy comes into play, look at the top two cards of any player's library. Put one of them on the top of that player's library and the other in his or her graveyard. Illus. Zhao Tan |
![]() | Wu WarshipBuy, 2U, Common Creature - Ship [3/3] Wu Warship can't attack unless the defending player has an island in play. Both Wu and Wei warships patrolled the Yangtze River, the natural border between the two kingdoms. Illus. Jiang Zhuqing |
![]() | Zhou Yu, Chief CommanderBuy, 5UU, Rare Creature - Legend [8/8] Zhou Yu can't attack unless your opponent has an island in play. “After making me, Zhou Yu, did you have to make Kongming?” —Zhou Yu crying to heaven on his deathbed Illus. Xu Xiaoming |
![]() | Zhuge Jin, Wu StrategistBuy, 1UU, Rare Creature - Legend [1/1] On your turn, before you attack, you may tap Zhuge Jin to make any one creature unblockable this turn. When Zhuge Jin proposed the marriage of Guan Yu's daugher and Sun Quan's heir, Guan Yu's arrogant refusal led to disaster. Illus. Song Shikai |
![]() | Ambition's CostBuy, 3B, Rare Sorcery Draw three cards. You lose 3 life. “When you give offense to heaven, to whom can you pray?” —Cao Cao, quoting Confucius Illus. Junko Taguchi |
![]() | Cao Cao, Lord of WeiBuy, 3BB, Rare Creature - Legend [3/3] On your turn, before you attack, you may tap Cao Cao to force your opponent to choose and discard two cards from his or her hand. (If your opponent has only one card, he or she discards it.) Illus. Gao Jianzhang |
![]() | Cao Ren, Wei CommanderBuy, 2BB, Rare Creature - Legend [3/3] Horsemanship When Cao Ren comes into play, you lose 3 life. Cao Cao's cousin, Cao Ren was known throughout the three kingdoms as the fiercest of warriors. Illus. Junko Taguchi |
![]() | CoercionBuy, 2B, Uncommon Sorcery Look at your opponent's hand and choose a card from it. Your opponent discards that card. Though he held the title of prime minister, Cao Cao used the emperor's name to exert his own influence on the empire. Illus. Kang Yu |
![]() | Corrupt Court OfficialBuy, 2B, Uncommon Creature - Advisor [1/1] When Corrupt Official comes into play, your opponent chooses and discards a card from his or her hand. (Ignore this effect if your opponent doesn't have any cards.) Illus. Li Yousong |
![]() | Cunning AdvisorBuy, 3B, Uncommon Creature - Advisor [1/1] On your turn, before you attack, you may tap Cunning Advisor to force your opponent to choose and discard a card from his or her hand. Illus. Gao Jianzhang |
![]() | DeceptionBuy, 2B, Common Sorcery Your opponent chooses and discards two cards from his or her hand. (If your opponent has only one card, he or she discards it.) Believing they wrote the forged letter that had been stolen from Zhou Yu, Cao Cao rashly executed his two best admirals for treason. Illus. Wang Feng |
![]() | Desperate ChargeBuy, 2B, Uncommon Sorcery All your creatures get +2S/+0D until the end of the turn. “Lieutenants dishonored, corpses carted home; The general raises troops again to take revenge.” Illus. Chen Weidong |
![]() | FamineBuy, 3BB, Uncommon Sorcery Famine deals 3 damage to each creature and player. (This includes your creatures and you.) “But it was a year of dearth. People were reduced to eating leaves of jujube trees. Corpses were seen everywhere in the countryside.” Illus. Sun Nan |
![]() | Ghostly VisitBuy, 2B, Common Sorcery Destroy any one creature that isn't black. Cao Cao was haunted to death by the ghosts of the empresses and other high courtiers he had murdered. Illus. Kang Yu |
![]() | Imperial EdictBuy, 1B, Common Sorcery Your opponent chooses one of his or her creatures. Destroy that creature. Frustrated with Cao Cao's control of the imperial court, Emperor Xian secretly issued an edict condemning him, using his own blood as ink. Illus. Xu Xiaoming |
![]() | Imperial SealBuy, B, Rare Sorcery Search your library for any one card. Shuffle your library and put that card on top of it. You lose 2 life. “If Heaven has placed it in your hands, it means that the throne is destined to be yours.” Illus. Li Tie |
![]() | Overwhelming ForcesBuy, 6BB, Rare Sorcery Destroy all your opponent's creatures. you draw a card for each creature destroyed in this way. By the year 208, Cao Cao commanded more than 1,000 experienced generals and a million infantry, cavalry, and naval troops. Illus. Gao Yan |
![]() | Poison ArrowBuy, 4BB, Uncommon Sorcery Destroy any one creature that isn't black. You gain 3 life. In ancient China, not wearing armor could be a fatal mistake. Guan Yu, Zhou Yu, Sun Ce, and other heros were struck by poison arrows. Illus. Li Tie |
![]() | Return to BattleBuy, B, Common Sorcery Return any one creature card from your graveyard to your hand. “Swallowing his eye, the valiant Xiahou Dun fought on; / But Cao Cao's vanguard, its commander wounded, could not hold out for long.” Illus. Ding Songjian |
![]() | Sima Yi, Wei Field MarshalBuy, 5B, Rare Creature - Legend [*/4] Sima Yi has power equal to the number of swamp cards you have in play. (This includes both tapped and untapped swamp cards.) Sima Yi fought for four generations of the Cao family before his own grandson became emperor and united the three kingdoms. Illus. Gao Yan |
![]() | Stolen GrainBuy, 4BB, Uncommon Sorcery Stolen Grain deals 5 damage to your opponent. You gain 5 life. At the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao by raiding his grain depot, leaving him with no way to feed his troops. Illus. LHQ |
![]() | Stone CatapultBuy, 4B, Rare Creature - Catapult [1/2] On your turn, before you attack, you may tap Stone Catapult to destroy any one tapped creature that isn't black. Illus. Shang Huitong |
![]() | Wei Ambush ForceBuy, 1B, Common Creature - Soldiers [1/1] When Wei Ambush Force attacks, it gets +2S/+0D until the end of the turn. The battle of Puyang marked the beginning of the end for Lu Bu. He lost the city—and later his life—to Cao Cao. Illus. Ku Xueming |
![]() | Wei AssassinsBuy, 3BB, Uncommon Creature - Soldiers [3/2] When Wei Assassins comes into play, your opponent chooses one of his or her creatures. Destroy that creature. (Ignore this effect if your opponent has no creatures in play.) Illus. Xu Tan |
![]() | Wei Elite CompanionsBuy, 4B, Uncommon Creature - Soldiers [3/3] Horsemanship Cao Cao was more concerned with capabilities than lineage. He excelled at recruiting and retaining men of talent to serve him. Illus. Li Youliang |
![]() | Wei InfantryBuy, 1B, Common Creature - Soldiers [2/1] Wei won the battle of Hefei when Zhang Liao defeated Sun Quan and then foiled a Wu scheme to incite rebellion. Illus. LHQ |
![]() | Wei Night RaidersBuy, 2BB, Uncommon Creature - Soldiers [2/2] Horsemanship When Wei Night Raiders successfully damages your opponent, he or she chooses and discards a card from his or her hand. (Ignore this effect if your opponent doesn't have any cards.) Illus. Wang Feng |
![]() | Wei ScoutBuy, 1B, Common Creature - Soldiers [1/1] Horsemanship He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.” —Sun Tzu, Art of War (trans. Giles) Illus. Jiang Zhuqing |
![]() | Wei Strike ForceBuy, 2B, Common Creature - Soldiers [2/1] Horsemanship At the battle of Chang'an, Ma Chao defeated the two generals Cao Cao sent to guard the pass but was forced to flee when Cao Cao's trickery turned his own ally against him. Illus. Tang Xiaogu |
![]() | Xiahou Dun, the One-EyedBuy, 2BB, Rare Creature - Legend [3/2] Horsemanship On your turn, before you attack, you may put Xiahou Dun into your graveyard to return a black card from your graveyard to your hand. Illus. Junko Taguchi |
![]() | Xun Yu, Wei AdvisorBuy, 1BB, Rare Creature - Legend [1/1] On your turn, before you attack, you may tap Xun Yu to give one of your creatures +2S/+0D until the end of the turn. “A splendid talent, admired of all men! His folly lay in serving Cao Cao's power.” Illus. Jack Wei |
![]() | Young Wei RecruitsBuy, 1B, Common Creature - Soldiers [2/2] Young Wei Recruit can't block. “To send the common people to war untrained is to throw them away.” —Confucius, The Analects (trans. Lau) Illus. Li Youliang |
![]() | Zhang He, Wei GeneralBuy, 3BB, Rare Creature - Legend [4/2] Horsemanship When Zhang He attacks, all your other creatures get +1S/+0D until the end of the turn. Illus. Jack Wei |
![]() | Zhang Liao, Hero of HefeiBuy, 4BB, Rare Creature - Legend [3/3] When Zhang Liao successfully damages your opponent, he or she chooses and discard a card from his or her hand. (Ignore this effect if your opponent doesn't have any cards.) Illus. Li Youliang |
![]() | Zodiac PigBuy, 3B, Uncommon Creature - Pig [3/3] Swampwalk (If defending player has a swamp in play, Zodiac Pig can't be blocked.) “. . . Zhong Hui and Deng Ai next led armies west: / And to the Cao, Han's hills and streams now passed. . . .” Illus. Qi Baocheng |
![]() | Zodiac RatBuy, B, Common Creature - Rat [1/1] Swampwalk (If defending player has a swamp in play, Zodiac Rat can't be blocked.) “ . . . Cao Pi, Cao Rui, Fang, Mao, and briefly, Huan— / The Sima took the empire in their turn. . . .” Illus. Qi Baocheng |
![]() | Zodiac SnakeBuy, 2B, Common Creature - Snake [2/2] Swampwalk (If defending player has a swamp in play, Zodiac Snake can't be blocked.) “Thrice Xuande's ardent quest led to Nanyang, / Where Sleeping Dragon unveiled Han's partition: . . .” Illus. Qi Baocheng |
![]() | Barbarian GeneralBuy, 4R, Uncommon Creature - Soldier [3/2] Horsemanship “Barbarian tribes with their rulers are inferior to Chinese states without them.” —Confucius, The Analects (trans. Lau) Illus. Kuang Sheng |
![]() | Barbarian HordeBuy, 3R, Common Creature - Soldiers [3/3] Only twenty years after the Sima clan united the empire, invading barbarians divided it again. Illus. Kuang Sheng |
![]() | BlazeBuy, XR, Uncommon Sorcery Blaze deals X damage to any one creature or player. “Spreading flames illumined cloud and sea: Cao Cao went down; 'twas Zhou Yu's victory.” Illus. Qu Xin |
![]() | Burning FieldsBuy, 4R, Common Sorcery Burning Fields deals 5 damage to your opponent. “In raiding and plundering, be like fire, in immovability like a mountain.” —Sun Tzu, Art of War (trans. Giles) Illus. Yang Hong |
![]() | Burning of XinyeBuy, 4RR, Rare Sorcery You destroy four of your lands and your opponent destroys four of his or her lands. Then Burning of Xinye deals 4 damage to each creature. (This includes your creatures.) Illus. Yang Hong |
![]() | Control of the CourtBuy, 1R, Uncommon Sorcery Draw four cards and put them into your hand. Then discard three cards at random from your hand. ”Power-hungry eunuchs, the curse of the dynasty, have thrown the masses of the people into the depths of misery.” Illus. Li Yousong |
![]() | Corrupt EunuchsBuy, 3R, Uncommon Creature - Advisor [2/2] When Corrupt Eunuchs comes into play, it deals 2 damage to any one creature. (If you're the only one with a creature, choose one of your creatures.) Illus. Li Yousong |
![]() | Desert SandstormBuy, 2R, Common Sorcery Desert Sandstorm deals 1 damage to each creature. (This includes your creatures.) While pursuing the remnants of Yuan Shao's forces into the Wuhan Desert, Cao Cao was temporarily turned back by a fierce sandstorm. Illus. Xu Tan |
![]() | Diaochan, Artful BeautyBuy, 3R, Rare Creature - Legend [1/1] On your turn, before you attack, you may tap Diaochan to destroy any one creature. Then, your opponent destroys any one creature of his or her choice. Illus. Miao Aili |
![]() | Dong Zhou, the TyrantBuy, 4R, Rare Creature - Legend [3/3] When Dong Zhou comes into play, choose one of your opponent's creatures. That creature deals damage to him or her equal to its power. (Ignore this effect if your opponent doesn't have any creatures in play.) Illus. Inoue Junichi |
![]() | Eunuchs' IntriguesBuy, 2R, Uncommon Sorcery Your opponent chooses one of his or her creatures. Only that creature can block this turn. Taking control of powerful court positions one by one, eunuchs eventually brought on the fall of the Han dynasty, leading to the chaos of the Three Kingdoms. Illus. Li Yousong |
![]() | Fire AmbushBuy, 1R, Common Sorcery Fire Ambush deals 3 damage to any one creature or player. “With fire he broke the battle at Bowang . . . . Striking fear deep into Cao Cao's soul, thus Kongming scored a coup at his debut.” Illus. Tang Xiaogu |
![]() | Fire BowmanBuy, R, Uncommon Creature - Soldier [1/1] On your turn, before you attack, you may destroy Fire Bowman to have it deal 1 damage to any one creature or player. Illus. Cai Tingting |
![]() | Imperial RecruiterBuy, 2R, Uncommon Creature - Soldier [1/1] When Imperial Recruiter comes into play, search your library for a creature card with power no greater than 2, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your library afterward. Illus. Mitsuaki Sagiri |
![]() | Independent TroopsBuy, 1R, Common Creature - Soldiers [2/1] “The empire, long united, must divide, and long divided, must unite.” Illus. Kuang Sheng |
![]() | Lu Bu, Master-at-ArmsBuy, 5R, Rare Creature - Legend [4/3] Horsemanship Lu Bu is unaffected by summoning sickness. “Dong Zhuo's man, Lu Bu, warrior without peer, / Far surpassed the champions of his sphere.” Illus. Gao Jianzhang |
![]() | Ma Chao, Western WarriorBuy, 3RR, Rare Creature - Legend [3/3] Horsemanship Whenever Ma Chao attacks and no other creatures do, Ma Chao can't be blocked. Illus. Koji |
![]() | Mountain BanditBuy, R, Common Creature - Soldier [1/1] Mountain Bandit is unaffected by summoning sickness. Penniless and far from home, many former Yellow Scarves and other soldiers became bandits to survive. Illus. Xu Xiaoming |
![]() | Ravaging HordeBuy, 3RR, Uncommon Creature - Soldiers [3/3] When Ravaging Horde comes into play, destroy any one land. Upon his return to the capitol after taking soldiers to loot a nearby peaceful town, the prime minister, Dong Zhou, boasted of it as a victory over bandits. Illus. Liu Jianjian |
![]() | Relentless AssaultBuy, 2RR, Rare Sorcery Untap all creatures that attacked this turn. You may declare an additional attack this turn. With only 70,000 men under his command at the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao was able to defeat Yuan Shao and his 700,000. Illus. He Jiancheng |
![]() | Renegade TroopsBuy, 4R, Uncommon Creature - Soldiers [4/2] Renegade Troops is unaffected by summoning sickness. “Across the land rebellions seethed and swarmed / As vicious war lords swooped down on all sides.” Illus. Liu Jianjian |
![]() | Rockslide AmbushBuy, 1R, Uncommon Sorcery Rockslide Ambush deals to any one creature damage equal to the number of mountain cards you have in play. (This includes both tapped and untapped mountain cards.) Illus. Inoue Junichi |
![]() | Rolling EarthquakeBuy, XR, Rare Sorcery Rolling Earthquake deals X damage to each player and each creature without horsemanship. (This includes you and your creatures without horsemanship.) Illus. Yang Hong |
![]() | Stone RainBuy, 2R, Common Sorcery Destroy any one land. Soldiers often blocked off the steep mountain passes to ambush enemy troops in western and central China. Illus. Mitsuaki Sagiri |
![]() | Warrior's OathBuy, RR, Rare Sorcery Take another turn after this one. At the end of that turn, you lose the game. (You don't lose if you've already won.) “If I fail, my head is yours.” —Warrior's oath common during the Three Kingdoms period Illus. Mitsuaki Sagiri |
![]() | Yellow Scarves CavalryBuy, 1R, Common Creature - Soldiers [1/1] Horsemanship Yellow Scarves Cavalry can't block. Illus. Chen Weidong |
![]() | Yellow Scarves GeneralBuy, 3R, Rare Creature - Soldiers [2/2] Horsemanship Yellow Scarves General can't block. Zhang Jue, leader of the Yellow Scarves rebellion, was a Taoist master and tutored his soldiers in those arts. Illus. Chen Weidong |
![]() | Yellow Scarves TroopsBuy, 1R, Common Creature - Soldiers [2/2] Yellow Scarves Troops can't block. Over 500,000 commoners followed Zhang Jue, General of Heaven, in his attempt to overthrow the corrupt Han Dynasty. Illus. Chen Weidong |
![]() | Yuan Shao's InfantryBuy, 3R, Uncommon Creature - Soldiers [2/2] Whenever Yuan Shao's Infantry attacks and no other creatures do, Yuan Shao's Infantry can't be blocked. Illus. Lin Yan |
![]() | Yuan Shao, the IndecisiveBuy, 4R, Rare Creature - Legend [2/3] Horsemanship Each of your creatures can't be blocked by more than one creature each turn as long as Yuan Shao is in play. Illus. Inoue Junichi |
![]() | Zodiac DogBuy, 2R, Common Creature - Dog [2/2] Mountainwalk (If defending player has a mountain in play, Zodiac Dog can't be blocked.) “. . . Jiang Wei alone still strove with might and main: / Nine times more he fought the north—in vain. . . .” Illus. Qi Baocheng |
![]() | Zodiac DragonBuy, 7RR, Rare Creature - Dragon [8/8] If Zodiac Dragon is put into your graveyard, you may return Zodiac Dragon to your hand. “. . . The kingdoms three are now the stuff of dream, / For men to ponder, past all praise or blame.” Illus. Qi Baocheng |
![]() | Zodiac GoatBuy, R, Common Creature - Goat [1/1] Mountainwalk (If defending player has a mountain in play, Zodiac Goat can't be blocked.) “. . . Near death in Baidi, having reigned three years, / Bei sadly placed his son in Kongming's care. . . .” Illus. Qi Baocheng |
![]() | Borrowing the East WindBuy, XGG, Rare Sorcery Borrowing the East Wind deals X damage to each player and each creature with horsemanship. (This includes you and your creatures with horsemanship.) Illus. Gao Yan |
![]() | False MourningBuy, G, Uncommon Sorcery Take any one card from your graveyard and put that card on the top of your library. Zhou Yu, Sun Ce, and other famous generals feigned their deaths in order to later surprise their opponents. Illus. Koji |
![]() | Forest BearBuy, 1G, Common Creature - Bear [2/2] Fish and bear paws—one can't have both. —Chinese idiom meaning “you can't have it both ways” Illus. Wang Yuqun |
![]() | Heavy FogBuy, 1G, Uncommon Sorcery Play Heavy Fog only after you're attacked, before you declare blockers. This turn, all damage dealt to you by attacking creatures is reduced to 0. Illus. Liu Shangying |
![]() | Hua Tuo, Honored PhysicianBuy, 1GG, Rare Creature - Legend [1/2] On your turn, before you attack, you may tap Hua Tuo to put any one creature card from your graveyard on the top of your library. Illus. Gao Jianzhang |
![]() | Hunting CheetahBuy, 2G, Uncommon Creature - Cheetah [2/3] When Hunting Cheetah successfully damages your opponent, you may search your library for a forest card, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your library afterward. Illus. Fang Yue |
![]() | Lady Zhurong, Warrior QueenBuy, 4G, Rare Creature - Legend [4/3] Horsemanship “A man, and such a fool! I, a woman, will fight them for you.” —Lady Zhurong to her husband Meng Huo, before leading an army against the Shu Illus. Miao Aili |
![]() | Lone WolfBuy, 2G, Uncommon Creature - Wolf [2/2] When Lone Wolf attacks and is blocked, you may have it deal its damage to the defending player instead of to the creatures blocking it. Illus. Yang Jun Kwon |
![]() | Marshaling the TroopsBuy, 1G, Rare Sorcery Tap any number of your creatures. You gain 4 life for each creature tapped this way. (Tapped creatures can't block.) Illus. Liu Shangying |
![]() | Meng Huo's HordeBuy, 4G, Common Creature - Soldiers [4/5] Through his allies, Meng Huo commanded several hundred thousand troops composed of cavalry, rattan-armored warriors, infantry, naked men with swords, and wild animals. Illus. Li Tie |
![]() | Meng Huo, Barbarian KingBuy, 3GG, Rare Creature - Legend [4/4] All your other green creatures get +1S/+1D as long as Meng Huo is in play. The stubborn Meng Huo was captured and released by Kongming seven times before finally surrendering. Illus. Yang Guangmai |
![]() | Riding the Dilu HorseBuy, 2G, Rare Sorcery Any one creature gets +2S/+2D and gains horsemanship. “All men have their appointed time; that's something no horse can change.” —Liu Bei, after being told that the Dilu brings its master ill fortune Illus. Hong Yan |
![]() | Slashing TigerBuy, 2GG, Rare Creature - Tiger [3/3] When Slashing Tiger attacks and is blocked, it gets +2S/+2D until the end of the turn. If you do not brave the tiger's lair, you cannot get hold of the tiger's cubs? —Sun Tzu, Art of War (trans. Giles) Illus. Yang Jun Kwon |
![]() | Southern ElephantBuy, 3G, Common Creature - Elephant [3/4] While defending their southern borders, both the Wu and Shu kingdoms fought against the barbarians' trained elephants. Illus. Wang Yuqun |
![]() | Spoils of VictoryBuy, 2G, Uncommon Sorcery Search your library for a plains, island, swamp, mountain, or forest card and put that land into play. Shuffle your library afterward. Illus. Sun Nan |
![]() | Spring of Eternal PeaceBuy, 3GG, Common Sorcery You gain 8 life. Bathing in this spring could cure ailments of body and mind alike. Illus. Wang Yuqun |
![]() | Stalking TigerBuy, 3G, Common Creature - Tiger [3/3] Stalking Tiger can't be blocked by more than one creature. Throughout Chinese history, generals have often been referred to as tigers for their fierceness, strength, and bravery. Illus. Kang Yu |
![]() | Taoist HermitBuy, 2G, Uncommon Creature - Mystic [2/2] Whenever your opponent chooses a creature in play, he or she can't choose Taoist Hermit. Taoists chose to be hermits for many reasons, but all shared one unchanging goal: to follow the Tao. Illus. Wang Yuqun |
![]() | Taoist MysticBuy, 2G, Rare Creature - Mystic [2/2] Taoist Mystic can't be blocked by creatures with horsemanship. By appearing in places miles apart at the same time, Zuo Ci exhibited the mystic's ability to "shrink the land." Illus. Qu Xin |
![]() | Taunting ChallengeBuy, 1GG, Rare Sorcery Choose any one creature. This turn, all creatures able to block it do so. Incensed by their opponents' unrelenting taunts, even wise generals were known to rashly lead their troops into battle—often to disastrous defeats. Illus. Gao Yan |
![]() | Three VisitsBuy, 1G, Common Sorcery Search your library for a forest card and put that forest into play. Shuffle your library afterward. “Trying to meet a worthy man in the wrong way is as bad as closing the door on an invited guest.” —Mencius, a Chinese philosopher Illus. Qu Xin |
![]() | Trained CheetahBuy, 2G, Uncommon Creature - Cheetah [2/2] When Trained Cheetah attacks and is blocked, it gets +1S/+1D until the end of the turn. “[King Mulu's cheetahs] came riding on the winds, charging, with fangs bared and claws flexed." Illus. Fang Yue |
![]() | Trained JackalBuy, G, Common Creature - Jackal [1/2] To taunt a man into action, call him a coward. To insult him beyond forgiveness, call him a jackal. Illus. Yang Jun Kwon |
![]() | Trip WireBuy, 2G, Uncommon Sorcery Destroy any one creature with horsemanship. Trip wire, hooked poles, and sunken pits were commonly used to unhorse riders during the Three Kingdoms period. Illus. Hong Yan |
![]() | Wielding the Green DragonBuy, 1G, Common Sorcery Any one creature gets +4S/+4D until the end of the turn. Named for the eastern part of the sky, the source of energy and renewal, Guan Yu's crescent-moon blade weighed over 100 pounds. Illus. Quan Xuejun |
![]() | Wolf PackBuy, 6GG, Rare Creature - Wolves [7/6] When Wolf Pack attacks and is blocked, you may have it deal its damage to the defending player instead of to the creatures blocking it. Illus. Yang Jun Kwon |
![]() | Zodiac HorseBuy, 3G, Uncommon Creature - Horse [3/3] Islandwalk (If defending player has a island in play, Zodiac Horse can't be blocked.) “. . . ‘First take Jingzhou, next the Riverlands; / On that rich region, base your own royal stand.' . . .” Illus. Ai Desheng |
![]() | Zodiac MonkeyBuy, 1G, Common Creature - Monkey [2/1] Forestwalk (If defending player has a forest in play, Zodaic Monkey can't be blocked.) “. . . By six offensives from the hills of Qi Kongming sought to change Han's destiny. . . .” Illus. Ai Desheng |
![]() | Zodiac OxBuy, 3G, Uncommon Creature - Ox [3/3] Swampwalk (If defending player has a swamp in play, Zodiac Ox can't be blocked.) “. . . Cao's abdication changed the face of all; / No mighty battles marked the Southland's fall. . . .” Illus. Ai Desheng |
![]() | Zodiac RabbitBuy, G, Common Creature - Rabbit [1/1] Forestwalk (If defending player has a forest in play, Zodiac Hare can't be blocked.) “. . . The world's affairs rush on, an endless stream; / A sky-told fate, infinite in reach, dooms all. . . .” Illus. Ai Desheng |
![]() | Zodiac RoosterBuy, 1G, Common Creature - Rooster [2/1] Plainswalk (If defending player has a plain in play, Zodiac Rooster can't be blocked.) “. . . But the time of Han had run—could he [Kongming] not tell?— / That night his master star fell past the hills. . . .” Illus. Ai Desheng |
![]() | Zodiac TigerBuy, 2GG, Uncommon Creature - Tiger [3/4] Forestwalk (If defending player has a forest in play, Zodiac Tiger can't be blocked.) “. . . Three kings no more—Chenliu, Guiming, Anle. / The fiefs and posts must now be filled anew. . . .” Illus. Ai Desheng |
![]() | Zuo Ci, the Mocking SageBuy, 1GG, Rare Creature - Legend [1/2] Zuo Ci can't be blocked by creatures with horsemanship. Whenever your opponent chooses a creature in play, he or she can't choose Zuo Ci. Illus. Wang Yuqun |