Abilities List
Arcmage Abilities List
B
Battle Scream
x Battle Scream y - When I attack, all other attacking x creatures get +y/+0.
e.g. Militia Battle Scream 1 - When I attack, all other attacking militia creatures get +1/+0.
Blood Vengeance
Blood Vengeance - I come into play with x +1/+0 counters, where x is equal to the damage dealt the previous turn by target opposing creature.
Bodyguard
Bodyguard x - Each turn, I may divert up to x damage from target creature you control and put that damage on myself instead.
Boost
Boost - When I am cast, pay x additional resources to put x +1/+1 counters on me.
Bruiser
Bruiser - To creatures, I deal damage in the form of -1/-1 counters.
C
Charge
Charge y x - When I attack together with another charging creature, I get +x/+0 and gain y.
e.g. Charge overrun 2 - When I attack together with another charging creature, I get +2/+0 and gain overrun.
D
Deadly
Deadly - Creatures I deal damage to in combat are destroyed. (regardless of their defensive strength)
Defiance
Defiance - All damage I deal while defending a city is added to its defense strength.
Devoted
Devoted - My devotion towards the city counts double.
Discount X
Discount x - I cost one resource less for each kind of x you control.
Dual Attack
Dual Attack - I deal first strike damage and normal combat damage.
E
Evolve
Evolve x y - When I die, put a x with casting cost y or less from your hand into your army marked.
e.g. Evolve Naga 4 - When I die, put a Naga with casting cost 4 or less from your hand into your army marked.
F
Fatigue
Fatigue - I come into play marked.
First Strike
First Strike - In combat, I deal damage first. The opposing creature only strikes back if it survives.
Flying
Flying - Only creatures with flying and ranged can defend against me.
Freeze
Freeze - I cannot mark, unmark, move, attack or defend.
H
Hidden
Hidden - Hidden creatures are placed back side up and are no longer in play. (Other cards may hide or unhide a creature.)
Homesick
Homesick - At the start of my controller's turn, if a I am not in a city of the same faction, I lose one loyalty mark; otherwise, I gains one. I cannot gain more than my original number and I dies when I have none left.
I
Incentive
Incentive x - I cannot attack unless you pay x resources.
Indestructible
Indestructible - If I would be sent to the graveyard from play, instead I remain in play.
Infiltrate
Infiltrate - I can move into opponents' cities.
M
Militia
Militia - The militia may attack a second, alternative city.
N
Necromancer
Necromancer - When a creature I have dealt damage to this turn dies, put a +1/+1 Undead Skeleton token into your army marked.
O
Overrun
Overrun - The surplus of unblocked damage I deal is carried over to the attacked city.
P
Pack
Pack - While attacking, you may combine me with other creatures into a single creature. (Packed creatures lose their other abilities during combat.)
Peaceful
Peaceful - I cannot attack.
Plunder
Plunder - Damage I deal while attacking is added to target city's defense strength.
Pioneer
Pioneer - While I'm in your hand, put me in any new city you build.
Produce
Produce x <faction> resources - Produces x amount of resources for the specified faction.
R
Rabies
Rabies - Creatures with rabies must attack each turn if able. Any creature damaged by a creature with rabies gains rabies. At the end of a player's turn, they must sacrifice all creatures with rabies.
Ranged
Ranged - I can defend against creatures with flying.
Recycle
Recycle - Convert me into a marked resource when I'm put in the graveyard.
S
Salvage
Salvage x - You may pay x resources to return me to your hand from the graveyard.
Sanctuary
Sanctuary - I can't be the target of spells or abilities from opponents.
Sand Copy
Sand Copy - I am a copy of an other card and have the Sand Copy type next to my other types. When the original card is destroyed, I am destroyed as well.
Sudden
Sudden - I can be played directly into your army.
Switch
Switch - Sacrifice me and put 'card X' from your deck in my place. Shuffle your deck.
T
Travel
Travel - I'm not bound by the move limit.
Taunt
Taunt - When I attack, you may have an opponent's creature unmark and defend against me if it is able to.
U
Unearth X
Unearth x - When I am converted into a resource card, reveal me and put x unearth counters on me. Remove one at the end of each turn and put me into your army when you remove the last counter.
Unique
Unique - No player cannot control more than one of this unit at any time.
V
Veteran
Veteran - I am not marked for attacking.
W
Water Tempest
Water Tempest - While attacking I gain +1/+1 for each House of Nobles resource card the defending player controls.
Arcmage Derived Abilities List
Some creature types have derived abilities, those abilities are applied as if they have the corresponding keyword.
L
Legend
Legend - No player cannot control more than one of this unit at any time.