Reach

Reach is a keyword ability that lets a creature block creatures with flying. A creature with reach doesn't have flying itself, but it can still intercept fliers as though it did. That means an attacking creature with flying can be blocked by a reach creature the defending player controls, so the air isn't automatically safe.

In play, reach is a defensive tool. It lets decks without flying — especially green decks, where reach shows up most — answer evasive attackers and shield themselves from damage. Creatures with reach often have reasonable stats for their cost, so they can hold the ground while still contributing to combat.

• This entry covers 437 unique cards with reach, spread across 995 printings in 270 sets.
• Reach cards here are mostly creatures — 433 of them — alongside 29 artifacts, 9 enchantments, and 1 battle.
• Green is the main color among these cards, and the rarities seen run from common and uncommon up through rare and mythic.
• The oldest printing in the catalog is from 1993 (Limited Edition Alpha), and the newest set with one of these cards is Star Trek.
• Among the most-printed are Giant Spider, Arasta of the Endless Web, Canopy Spider, Thornweald Archer, Stonecoil Serpent, Zacama, Primal Calamity, Endurance, Penumbra Spider, Six, Ancient Greenwarden, Deadly Recluse, and Gemrazer.