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Card Title: Afterlife
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Instant
Casting Cost: 2W
Pow/Tgh: n/a
Card Text: Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller
puts a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying into play.
Artist: Brian Snoddy
Rarity: U
Card #: 1

Card Title: Alabaster Wall
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Wall
Casting Cost: 2W
Pow/Tgh: 0/4
Card Text: (Walls can't attack.). Tap: Prevent the next 1 damage that would
be dealt to target creature or player this turn.
Flavor Text: Its mortar is mixed with waters straight from the Fountain of
Cho.
Artist: Randy Gallegos
Rarity: C
Card #: 2

Card Title: Armistice
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Enchantment
Casting Cost: 2W
Pow/Tgh: n/a
Card Text: 3WW: You draw a card and target opponent gains 3 life.
Flavor Text: We all must profit for peace to last. -Mercadian saying.
Artist: Dan Frazier
Rarity: R
Card #: 3

Card Title: Arrest
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Enchant Creature
Casting Cost: 2W
Pow/Tgh: n/a
Card Text: Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated
Abilities can't be played.
Flavor Text: Orim had no memory of the previous night-the first thing she
could remember was waking up with the dead guard's blood on her
hands.
Artist: Edward P. Beard, Jr.
Rarity: U
Card #: 4

Card Title: Ballista Squad
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Rebel
Casting Cost: 3W
Pow/Tgh: 2/2
Card Text: XW, Tap: Ballista Squad deals X damage to target attacking or
blocking creature.
Flavor Text: The perfect antidote for a tightly packed formation.
Artist: Matthew D. Wilson
Rarity: U
Card #: 5

Card Title: Charm Peddler
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Spellshaper
Casting Cost: W
Pow/Tgh: 1/1
Card Text: W, Tap, Discard a card from your hand: The next time a source of
your choice would deal damage to target creature this turn,
prevent that damage.
Artist: John Matson
Rarity: C
Card #: 6

Card Title: Charmed Griffin
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Griffin
Casting Cost: 3W
Pow/Tgh: 3/3
Card Text: Flying
When Charmed Griffin comes into play, each other player may put an
artifact or enchantment card into play from his or her hand.
Flavor Text: Are you sure you can afford such a luxury?.
Artist: Ray Lago
Rarity: U
Card #: 7

Card Title: Cho-Arrim Alchemist
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Spellshaper
Casting Cost: W
Pow/Tgh: 1/1
Card Text: 1WW, Tap, Discard a card from your hand: The next time a source of
your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that
damage and gain that much life.
Artist: Scott M. Fischer
Rarity: R
Card #: 8

Card Title: Cho-Arrim Bruiser
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Rebel
Casting Cost: 5W
Pow/Tgh: 3/4
Card Text: Whenever Cho-Arrim Bruiser attacks, you may tap up to two target
creatures.
Flavor Text: He doesn't know why the Cho-Arrim fight the Mercadians, but he's
happy to bash heads for them anyway.
Artist: Paolo Parente
Rarity: R
Card #: 9

Card Title: Cho-Arrim Legate
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Soldier
Casting Cost: 2W
Pow/Tgh: 1/2
Card Text: Protection from black
If an opponent controls a swamp and you control a plains, you may
play Cho-Arrim Legate without paying its mana cost.
Artist: rk post
Rarity: U
Card #: 10

Card Title: Cho-Manno, Revolutionary
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Rebel Legend
Casting Cost: 2WW
Pow/Tgh: 2/2
Card Text: Prevent all damage that would be dealt to Cho-Manno,
Revolutionary.
Flavor Text: "Mercadia's masks can no longer hide the truth. Our day has come
at last."-Cho-Manno.
Artist: Greg & Tim Hildebrandt
Rarity: R
Card #: 11

Card Title: Cho-Manno's Blessing
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Enchant Creature
Casting Cost: WW
Pow/Tgh: n/a
Card Text: You may play Cho-Manno's Blessing any time you could play an
instant. As Cho-Manno's Blessing comes into play, choose a color.
Enchanted creature has protection from the chosen color. This
effect doesn't remove Cho-Manno's Blessing.
Artist: John Matson
Rarity: C
Card #: 12

Card Title: Common Cause
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Enchantment
Casting Cost: 2W
Pow/Tgh: n/a
Card Text: Nonartifact creatures get +2/+2 as long as they all share a color.
Flavor Text: Mercadia City's troops are at their best when they have no enemy
to fight.
Artist: John Matson
Rarity: R
Card #: 13

Card Title: Cornered Market
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Enchantment
Casting Cost: 2W
Pow/Tgh: n/a
Card Text: Players can't play spells or nonbasic lands with the same name as
a card in play.
Flavor Text: Don't step on the livelihood of other vendors, or they may step on
you. -Mercadian saying.
Artist: Edward P. Beard, Jr.
Rarity: R
Card #: 14

Card Title: Crackdown
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Enchantment
Casting Cost: 2W
Pow/Tgh: n/a
Card Text: Nonwhite creatures with power 3 or greater don't untap during
their controllers' untap steps.
Flavor Text: "There is no place for mercy in defense of our lives."
-Ta-Spon, Cho-Arrim executioner.
Artist: Rebecca Guay
Rarity: R
Card #: 15

Card Title: Crossbow Infantry
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Soldier
Casting Cost: 1W
Pow/Tgh: 1/1
Card Text: Tap: Crossbow Infantry deals 1 damage to target attacking or
blocking creature.
Flavor Text: The crossbow is the ideal weapon for the lazy Mercadians: just
point and shoot.
Artist: Greg & Tim Hildebrandt
Rarity: C
Card #: 16

Card Title: Devout Witness
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Spellshaper
Casting Cost: 2W
Pow/Tgh: 2/2
Card Text: 1W, Tap, Discard a card from your hand: Destroy target artifact
or enchantment.
Flavor Text: The Cho-Arrim fought Mercadia's decadence with more than just
swords.
Artist: Don Hazeltine
Rarity: C
Card #: 17

Card Title: Disenchant
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Instant
Casting Cost: 1W
Pow/Tgh: n/a
Card Text: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Flavor Text: The scepter of power is fragile in a calloused hand.
-Cho-Arrim saying.
Artist: Adam Rex
Rarity: C
Card #: 18

Card Title: Fountain Watch
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Guardian
Casting Cost: 3WW
Pow/Tgh: 2/4
Card Text: Artifacts and enchantments you control can't be the target of
spells or abilities.
Flavor Text: The Cho-Arrim didn't rely only on a secret location to protect
their Fountain.
Artist: Jeff Miracola
Rarity: R
Card #: 19

Card Title: Fresh Volunteers
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Rebel
Casting Cost: 1W
Pow/Tgh: 2/2
Card Text:
Flavor Text: Every Cho-Arrim villager is a potential warrior; when they are
called, they abandon their peaceful way of life and take up arms
to defend it.
Artist: Jeff Miracola
Rarity: C
Card #: 20

Card Title: Honor the Fallen
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Instant
Casting Cost: 1W
Pow/Tgh: n/a
Card Text: Remove all creature cards in all graveyards from the game. You
gain 1 life for each card removed this way.
Flavor Text: "May the River claim Cho-Manno's body, wherever it lies."
-Ta-Karnst, Cho-Arrim healer.
Artist: Terese Nielsen
Rarity: R
Card #: 21

Card Title: Ignoble Soldier
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Soldier
Casting Cost: 2W
Pow/Tgh: 3/1
Card Text: Whenever Ignoble Soldier becomes blocked, prevent all combat
damage that would be dealt by it this turn. Cowardice is a term
invented by those with no cunning.
Artist: Mark Romanoski
Rarity: U
Card #: 22

Card Title: Inviolability
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Enchant Creature
Casting Cost: 1W
Pow/Tgh: n/a
Card Text: Prevent all damage that would be dealt to enchanted creature.
Flavor Text: A soldier's faith is magic strong enough to protect against any blade.
Artist: DiTerlizzi
Rarity: C
Card #: 23

Card Title: Ivory Mask
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Enchantment
Casting Cost: 2WW
Pow/Tgh: n/a
Card Text: You can't be the target of spells or abilities.
Flavor Text: "I did not choose my role, Orim," said Cho-Manno patiently, "and
I suspect Gerrard did not choose his.".
Artist: Glen Angus
Rarity: R
Card #: 24

Card Title: Jhovall Queen
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Rebel
Casting Cost: 4WW
Pow/Tgh: 4/7
Card Text: Attacking doesn't cause Jhovall Queen to tap.
Flavor Text: War-trained jhovalls eat twice their weight in war-trained
soldiers daily.
Artist: Michael Sutfin
Rarity: R
Card #: 25

Card Title: Jhovall Rider
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Rebel
Casting Cost: 4W
Pow/Tgh: 3/3
Card Text: Trample.
Flavor Text: Don't be fooled by the riders' fluid grace-it takes years of
practice to ride these beasts.
Artist: Scott M. Fischer
Rarity: U
Card #: 26

Card Title: Last Breath
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Instant
Casting Cost: 1W
Pow/Tgh: n/a
Card Text: Remove target creature with power 2 or less from the game. Its
controller gains 4 life.
Flavor Text: "The River flows. My soul returns.".
Artist: DiTerlizzi
Rarity: U
Card #: 27

Card Title: Moment of Silence
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Instant
Casting Cost: W
Pow/Tgh: n/a
Card Text: Target player skips his or her combat phase this turn.
Flavor Text: The silence commemorates not those who've died, but those about to.
Artist: Christopher Moeller
Rarity: C
Card #: 28

Card Title: Moonlit Wake
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Enchantment
Casting Cost: 2W
Pow/Tgh: n/a
Card Text: Whenever a creature is put into a graveyard from play, you gain 1
life.
Flavor Text: "As long as Rushwood glows, no life is ever truly lost."
-Ta-Karnst, Cho-Arrim healer.
Artist: Greg & Tim Hildebrandt
Rarity: U
Card #: 29

Card Title: Muzzle
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Enchant Creature
Casting Cost: 1W
Pow/Tgh: n/a
Card Text: Prevent all damage that would be dealt by enchanted creature.
Flavor Text: Clenched teeth do not bite. -Cho-Arrim saying.
Artist: Matt Cavotta
Rarity: C
Card #: 30

Card Title: Nightwind Glider
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Rebel
Casting Cost: 2W
Pow/Tgh: 2/1
Card Text: Flying, protection from black.
Flavor Text: Once you learn to float on the shadows, you'll never fear them
again.
Artist: Randy Gallegos
Rarity: C
Card #: 31

Card Title: Noble Purpose
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Enchantment
Casting Cost: 3WW
Pow/Tgh: n/a
Card Text: Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage, you gain that
much life.
Flavor Text: Fighting for the right reason is itself a source of strength.
Artist: Kev Walker
Rarity: U
Card #: 32

Card Title: Orim's Cure
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Instant
Casting Cost: 1W
Pow/Tgh: n/a
Card Text: If you control a plains, you may tap an untapped creature you
control instead of paying the mana cost of Orim's Cure. Prevent
the next 4 damage that would be dealt to target creature or
player this turn.
Artist: Don Hazeltine
Rarity: C
Card #: 33

Card Title: Pious Warrior
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Rebel
Casting Cost: 3W
Pow/Tgh: 2/3
Card Text: Whenever Pious Warrior is dealt combat damage, you gain that much
life.
Flavor Text: The Cho-Arrim make no distinction between healers and soldiers.
Artist: Jeff Miracola
Rarity: C
Card #: 34

Card Title: Ramosian Captain
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Rebel
Casting Cost: 1WW
Pow/Tgh: 2/2
Card Text: First strike
5, Tap: Search your library for a Rebel card with converted mana
cost 4 or less and put that card into play. Then shuffle your
library.
Flavor Text: The Cho-Arrim believe in leading by example.
Artist: Matthew D. Wilson
Rarity: U
Card #: 35

Card Title: Ramosian Commander
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Rebel
Casting Cost: 2WW
Pow/Tgh: 2/4
Card Text: 6, Tap: Search your library for a Rebel card with converted mana
cost 5 or less and put that card into play. Then shuffle your
library.
Flavor Text: "Cho-Manno guides your spirit. I guide your sword.".
Artist: Scott Hampton
Rarity: U
Card #: 36

Card Title: Ramosian Lieutenant
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Rebel
Casting Cost: 1W
Pow/Tgh: 1/2
Card Text: 4, Tap: Search your library for a Rebel card with converted mana
cost 3 or less and put that card into play. Then shuffle your
library.
Flavor Text: "Give me your hand and I will give you victory.".
Artist: Alan Pollack
Rarity: C
Card #: 37

Card Title: Ramosian Rally
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Instant
Casting Cost: 3W
Pow/Tgh: n/a
Card Text: If you control a plains, you may tap an untapped creature you
control instead of paying Ramosian Rally's mana cost. Creatures
you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
Artist: Christopher Moeller
Rarity: C
Card #: 38

Card Title: Ramosian Sergeant
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Rebel
Casting Cost: W
Pow/Tgh: 1/1
Card Text: 3, Tap: Search your library for a Rebel card with converted mana
cost 2 or less and put that card into play. Then shuffle your
library.
Flavor Text: Her commands are part rallying cry, part sermon, and wholly
undeniable.
Artist: Don Hazeltine
Rarity: C
Card #: 39

Card Title: Ramosian Sky Marshal
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Rebel
Casting Cost: 3WW
Pow/Tgh: 3/3
Card Text: Flying
7, Tap: Search your library for a Rebel card with converted mana
cost 6 or less and put that card into play. Then shuffle your
library.
Flavor Text: The Cho-Arrim fell from the sky onto Mercadia City like a vengeful
rain.
Artist: Matt Cavotta
Rarity: R
Card #: 40

Card Title: Rappelling Scouts
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Rebel
Casting Cost: 2WW
Pow/Tgh: 1/4
Card Text: Flying
2W: Rappelling Scouts gains protection from the color of your
choice until end of turn.
Artist: Nelson DeCastro
Rarity: R
Card #: 41

Card Title: Renounce
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Instant
Casting Cost: 1W
Pow/Tgh: n/a
Card Text: Sacrifice any number of permanents. You gain 2 life for each one
sacrificed this way.
Flavor Text: Gerrard offered no defense to Orim's condemnation; the mission was
under his command, and he was responsible.
Artist: Carl Critchlow
Rarity: U
Card #: 42

Card Title: Revered Elder
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Cleric
Casting Cost: 2W
Pow/Tgh: 1/2
Card Text: 1: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to Revered Elder
this turn.
Flavor Text: The Cho-Arrim worship life and revere those who've experienced it
longest.
Artist: Donato Giancola
Rarity: C
Card #: 43

Card Title: Reverent Mantra
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Instant
Casting Cost: 3W
Pow/Tgh: n/a
Card Text: You may remove a white card in your hand from the game instead of
paying Reverent Mantra's mana cost. All creatures gain protection
from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Artist: Rebecca Guay
Rarity: R
Card #: 44

Card Title: Righteous Aura
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Enchantment
Casting Cost: 1W
Pow/Tgh: n/a
Card Text: W, Pay 2 life: The next time a source of your choice would deal
damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
Flavor Text: "There is a great difference between pain and injury."
-Cho-Manno.
Artist: Paolo Parente
Rarity: U
Card #: 45

Card Title: Righteous Indignation
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Enchantment
Casting Cost: 2W
Pow/Tgh: n/a
Card Text: Whenever a creature blocks a black or red creature, the blocking
creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Flavor Text: "You are the disease that plagues Mercadia. I am the healer's
knife that will cut you out.".
Artist: Val Mayerik
Rarity: U
Card #: 46

Card Title: Security Detail
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Enchantment
Casting Cost: 3W
Pow/Tgh: n/a
Card Text: WW: Put a 1/1 white Soldier creature token into play. Play this
ability only if you control no creatures and only once each turn.
Artist: Val Mayerik
Rarity: R
Card #: 47

Card Title: Soothing Balm
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Instant
Casting Cost: 1W
Pow/Tgh: n/a
Card Text: Target player gains 5 life.
Flavor Text: Orim taught Ta-Karnst and the other Cho-Arrim healers a far less
invasive method of healing.
Artist: Scott M. Fischer
Rarity: C
Card #: 48

Card Title: Spiritual Focus
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Enchantment
Casting Cost: 1W
Pow/Tgh: n/a
Card Text: Whenever a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to
discard a card, you gain 2 life and you may draw a card.
Artist: Andrew Goldhawk
Rarity: R
Card #: 49

Card Title: Steadfast Guard
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Rebel
Casting Cost: WW
Pow/Tgh: 2/2
Card Text: Attacking doesn't cause Steadfast Guard to tap.
Flavor Text: The Mercadians were prepared for the guard, but the guard was
even more prepared for the Mercadians.
Artist: Adam Rex
Rarity: C
Card #: 50

Card Title: Story Circle
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Enchantment
Casting Cost: 1WW
Pow/Tgh: n/a
Card Text: As Story Circle comes into play, choose a color.
W: The next time a source of your choice of the chosen color would
deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
Artist: Bradley Williams
Rarity: U

Card #: 51

Card Title: Task Force
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Rebel
Casting Cost: 2W
Pow/Tgh: 1/3
Card Text: Whenever Task Force becomes the target of a spell or ability, it
gets +0/+3 until end of turn.
Flavor Text: They are the reflection of Rushwood's glow on the edge of a
wooden sword.
Artist: Gary Ruddell
Rarity: C
Card #: 52

Card Title: Thermal Glider
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Rebel
Casting Cost: 2W
Pow/Tgh: 2/1
Card Text: Flying, protection from red.
Flavor Text: "The Mercadians are too busy looking down on us to see us
coming." -Cho-Arrim rebel.
Artist: Mark Zug
Rarity: C
Card #: 53

Card Title: Tonic Peddler
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Spellshaper
Casting Cost 1W
Pow/Tgh: 1/1
Card Text: W, Tap, Discard a card from your hand: Target player gains 3 life.
Flavor Text: "The price is written at the bottom of the cup.".
Artist: Adam Rex
Rarity: U
Card #: 54

Card Title: Trap Runner
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Soldier
Casting Cost: 2WW
Pow/Tgh: 2/3
Card Text: Tap: Target attacking unblocked creature becomes blocked. .(This
ability works on unblockable creatures.).
Flavor Text: "How could I catch her when the trees conspired to stop me?".
Artist: Ron Spencer
Rarity: U
Card #: 55

Card Title: Wave of Reckoning
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Sorcery
Casting Cost: 4W
Pow/Tgh: n/a
Card Text: Each creature deals to itself damage equal to its power.
Flavor Text: Inner conflict can defeat a soldier more quickly than any army.
Artist: Bradley Williams
Rarity: R
Card #: 56

Card Title: Wishmonger
Card Color: White
Type & Class: Creature - Monger
Casting Cost: 3W
Pow/Tgh: 3/3
Card Text: 2: Target creature gains protection from the color of its
controller's choice until end of turn. Any player may play this
ability.
Flavor Text: "It's not what you ask for, but how you ask for it.".
Artist: Heather Hudson
Rarity: U
Card #: 57

Card Title: Aerial Caravan
Card Color: Blue
Type & Class: Creature - Soldier
Casting Cost: 4UU
Pow/Tgh: 4/3
Card Text: Flyin

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