@database FE_BLACK.guide @author "Tom de Ruyter" @$VER: MTG.guide 1.6 (17.6.96) @node MAIN "Fallen Empires - Black Cards" @{" " link MTG_CARD_LISTS.guide/CL_FE} @{b}Fallen Empires - Black Cards@{ub} @{" Armor Thrull " link ARMOR} @{" Basal Thrull " link BASAL} @{" Breeding Pit " link BREED} @{" Derelor " link DEREL} @{" Ebon Praetor " link EBONP} @{" Hymn to Tourach " link HYMNT} @{" Initiates of the Ebon Hand " link INITI} @{" Mindstab Thrull " link MINDS} @{" Necrite " link NECRI} @{" Order of the Ebon Hand " link ORDER} @{" Soul Exchange " link SOULE} @{" Thrull Champion " link THCHA} @{" Thrull Retainer " link THRET} @{" Thrull Wizard " link THWIZ} @{" Tourach's Chant " link TOUCH} @{" Tourach's Gate " link TOUGA} @endnode @node ARMOR "Armor Thrull" @{b}Armor Thrull@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = FE(C1/C1/C1/C1) Type = Summon Thrull (1/3) Cost = 2B Artist = Jeff A. Menges / Pete Venters / Ron Spencer / Scott Kirschner Print run = FE(2,231,500 each) @{b}NOTE@{ub}: There are FOUR different artworks for this card. Text(FE): : Sacrifice Armor Thrull to put a +1/+2 counter on a target creature. Flavor Text: @{i}"Except for a bare spot at the base of their skulls, Armor Thrulls bear interlocking plates and spikes with the strength of steel. Their design is almost artistic." ---Endrek Sahr, 'Thrulls'@{ui} Flavor Text: @{i}"The worst thing about being a mercenary for the Ebon Hand is having to wear a dead Thrull." ---Ivra Jursdotter@{ui} Flavor Text: @{i}"They gave their lives to strengthen the Order's armies, until they declined this honor in favor of joining the Thrull Rebellion." ---Jherana Rure, Counter-Insurgency Commander@{ui} Flavor Text: @{i}Occasionally, an ally balked at wearing a dead Thrull as armor. The priests' whips, however, were usually enough to encourage a more practical outlook.@{ui} @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub} @endnode @node BASAL "Basal Thrull" @{b}Basal Thrull@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = FE(C1/C1/C1/C1) Type = Summon Thrull (1/2) Cost = BB Artist = Christopher Rush / Kaja Foglio / Phil Foglio / Richard Kane Ferguson Print run = FE(2,231,500 each) @{b}NOTE@{ub}: There are FOUR different artworks for this card. Text(FE): : Sacrifice Basal Thrull to add to your mana pool. Play this ability as an interrupt. Flavor Text: @{i}"Above all, a well crafted Thrull should be hideous - blasted of countenance and twisted of limb - to inspire fear and revulsion." ---Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder@{ui} Flavor Text: @{i}Initially bred for sacrifice, the Thrulls eventually turned on their masters, the Order of the Ebon Hand, with gruesome results. @{ui}---Sarpadian Empires, vol. II Flavor Text: @{i}"Although my later designs were much more sophisticated, Basal Thrulls were no less a success." ---Endrek Sahr, 'Thrulls'@{ui} Flavor Text: @{i}"To create the first Thrulls, I only introduced alchemic elements into the Order's necromancy; Tourach's principles remained unchanged." ---Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder@{ui} @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub} @endnode @node BREED "Breeding Pit" @{b}Breeding Pit@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = FE(U3) Type = Enchantment Cost = 3B Artist = Anson Maddocks Print run = FE(2,231,500) Text(FE): During your upkeep, pay or bury Breeding Pit. At the end of your turn, put a Thrull token into play. Treat this token as a 0/1 black creature. Flavor Text: @{i}The Thrulls bred at a terrifying pace. In the end, they overwhelmed the Order of the Ebon Hand.@{ui} @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_B.guide/BREED} @endnode @node DEREL "Derelor" @{b}Derelor@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = FE(U1) Type = Summon Thrull (4/4) Cost = 3B Artist = Anson Maddocks Print run = FE(744,000) Text(FE): Your black spells cost an additional to cast. Flavor Text: @{i}"Strength it has, but at the cost of a continuous supply of energy. Such failure can bear only one result." ---From the execution order for Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder@{ui} @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub} @endnode @node EBONP "Ebon Praetor" @{b}Ebon Praetor@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = FE(U1) Type = Summon Avatar (5/5) Cost = 4BB Artist = Randy Asplund-Faith Print run = FE(744,000) Text(FE): Trample, first strike During your upkeep, put a -2/-2 counter on Ebon Praetor. You may sacrifice a creature during your upkeep to remove a -2/-2 counter from Ebon Praetor. If the creature sacrificed was a Thrull, also put a +1/+0 counter on Ebon Praetor. Only one creature may be sacrificed in this manner each turn. @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub} @endnode @node HYMNT "Hymn to Tourach" @{b}Hymn to Tourach@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = FE(C1/C1/C1/C1) Type = Sorcery Cost = BB Artist = Liz Danforth / Quinton Hoover / Scott Kirschner / Susan van Camp Print run = FE(2,231,500 each) @{b}NOTE@{ub}: There are FOUR different artworks for this card. Text(FE): Target player discards two cards at random from his or her hand. If target player does not have enough cards, his or her entire hand is discarded. Flavor Text: @{i}"Tourach's power was such that his followers deified him after his death." @{ui}---Sarpadian Empires, vol. II Flavor Text: @{i}Knowing the Hymn's power, the followers of Leitbur carefully guarded their pillaged transcriptions.@{ui} Flavor Text: @{i}Members of the Order often played the Hymn on instruments made from their victims' bones.@{ui} Flavor Text: @{i}"The eerie, wailing Hymn caused insanity even in hardened warriors." @{ui}---Sarpadian Empires, vol. II @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub} @endnode @node INITI "Initiates of the Ebon Hand" @{b}Initiates of the Ebon Hand@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = FE(C1/C1/C1) Type = Summon Clerics (1/1) Cost = B Artist = Heather Hudson / Kaja Foglio / Liz Danforth Print run = FE(2,231,500 each) @{b}NOTE@{ub}: There are THREE different artworks for this card. Text(FE): <1>: Add to your mana pool. Play this ability as an interrupt. If more than <3> is spent in this way during one turn, bury Initiates of the Ebon Hand at end of turn. Flavor Text: @{i}"We are no longer Nature's children, but her masters..." ---Oath of the Ebon Hand@{ui} Flavor Text: @{i}"Many Initiates sacrificed a hand to become full members of the Order." @{ui}---Sarpadian Empires, vol. II Flavor Text: @{i}Ebon leaders soon realized that non-human races often had special talents that could be exploited.@{ui} @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_I.guide/INITI} @endnode @node MINDS "Mindstab Thrull" @{b}Mindstab Thrull@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = FE(C1/C1/C1) Type = Summon Thrull (2/2) Cost = 1BB Artist = Heather Hudson / Mark Tedin / Richard Kane Ferguson Print run = FE(2,231,500 each) @{b}NOTE@{ub}: There are THREE different artworks for this card. Text(FE): If Mindstab Thrull attacks and is not blocked, you may sacrifice it to force the player it attacked to discard three cards. If you do so, it deals no damage during combat this turn. If that player does not have enough cards, his or her entire hand is discarded. @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_M.guide/MINDS} @endnode @node NECRI "Necrite" @{b}Necrite@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = FE(C1/C1/C1) Type = Summon Thrull (2/2) Cost = 1BB Artist = Christopher Rush / Drew Tucker / Ron Spencer Print run = FE(2,231,500 each) @{b}NOTE@{ub}: There are THREE different artworks for this card. Text(FE): If Necrite attacks and is not blocked, you may sacrifice it to bury a target creature controlled by the player Necrite attacked this turn. If you do so, Necrite deals no damage during combat this turn. Flavor Text: @{i}"Ever see a wall drop dead of fright, kid? It ain't pretty." ---Cpl. Dobbs@{ui} Flavor Text: @{i}Was it the sight, smell, or aura of the Necrite that killed so effectively?@{ui} Flavor Text: @{i}Necrites killed Jherana Rure, ending the counter-insurgency.@{ui} @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_N.guide/NECRI} @endnode @node ORDER "Order of the Ebon Hand" @{b}Order of the Ebon Hand@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = FE(C1/C1/C1) Type = Summon Clerics (2/1) Cost = BB Artist = Christopher Rush / Melissa Benson / Ron Spencer Print run = FE(2,231,500 each) @{b}NOTE@{ub}: There are THREE different artworks for this card. Text(FE): Protection from white : +1/+0 until end of turn. : First strike until end of turn. Flavor Text: @{i}"There are intriguing similarities between the Order and Icatia's Leitbur religion, suggesting the two had a common origin." @{ui}---Sarpadian Empires, vol. VI Flavor Text: @{i}A true follower of Tourach took pride in achievement to the exclusion of other concerns.@{ui} Flavor Text: @{i}Dedicated to the principles of Tourach, members of the Order of the Ebon Hand demonstrated their devotion with grisly rituals.@{ui} @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub} @endnode @node SOULE "Soul Exchange" @{b}Soul Exchange@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = FE(U3) Type = Sorcery Cost = BB Artist = Anthony Waters Print run = FE(2,231,500) Text(FE): Sacrifice a creature, but remove it from the game instead of putting it in your graveyard. Take a creature from your graveyard and put it directly into play as though it were just summoned. Put a +2/+2 counter on this creature if the creature sacrificed was a Thrull. @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_S.guide/SOUEX} @endnode @node THCHA "Thrull Champion" @{b}Thrull Champion@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = FE(U1) Type = Summon Thrull (2/2) Cost = 4B Artist = Daniel Gelon Print run = FE(744,000) Text(FE): All Thrulls get +1/+1. : Take control of a target Thrull. You lose control of target Thrull if Thrull Champion leaves play or you lose control of Thrull Champion. Flavor Text: @{i}"Those idiots should never have bred Thrulls for combat!" ---Jherana Rure@{ui} @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_T.guide/THRCH} @endnode @node THRET "Thrull Retainer" @{b}Thrull Retainer@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = FE(U3) Type = Enchant Creature Cost = B Artist = Ron Spencer Print run = FE(2,231,500) Text(FE): Target creature gets +1/+1. Sacrifice Thrull Retainer to regenerate the creature it enchants. Flavor Text: @{i}"Until the Rebellion, Thrulls served their masters faithfully - even at the cost of their own lives." @{ui}---Sarpadian Empires, vol. II @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub} @endnode @node THWIZ "Thrull Wizard" @{b}Thrull Wizard@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = FE(U3) Type = Summon Thrull (1/1) Cost = 2B Artist = Anson Maddocks Print run = FE(2,231,500) Text(FE): <1B>: Counters a target black spell if caster of target spell does not pay an additional or 3. Play this ability as an interrupt. Flavor Text: @{i}"In crafting intelligent Thrulls to assist in sacrifices, Sahr inadvertantly set the stage for the Thrull Rebellion." @{ui}---Sarpadian Empires, vol. II @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_T.guide/THRWI} @endnode @node TOUCH "Tourach's Chant" @{b}Tourach's Chant@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = FE(U3) Type = Enchantment Cost = 1BB Artist = Richard Kane Fergurson Print run = FE(2,231,500) Text(FE): During your upkeep, pay or bury Tourach's Chant. Whenever a player puts a forest into play, Tourach's Chant deals 3 damage to him or her unless that player puts a -1/-1 counter on a target creature he or she controls. @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_T.guide/TOURC} @endnode @node TOUGA "Tourach's Gate" @{b}Tourach's Gate@{ub} Color = Black Rarity = FE(U1) Type = Enchant Land Cost = 1BB Artist = Sandra Everingham Print run = FE(744,000) Text(FE): Can only be played on a target land you control. Sacrifice a Thrull to put 3 time counters in Tourach's Gate. During your upkeep, remove a time counter from Tourach's Gate. If there are no counters on Tourach's Gate, bury it. <0>: Tap land Tourach's Gate enchants. All attacking creatures you control get +2/-1 until end of turn. @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_T.guide/TOURG} @endnode