Evergreen

The term "evergreen", as in the context of "an evergreen keyword", refers to keywords that can be used in any set.

Current evergreen keywords

Keyword	Found in	First used in	First keyworded in	First core set	First core set as a keyword	Cards in core sets with this	Cards in all sets with this
Deathtouch	Black, Green	Future Sight	Future Sight	Magic 2010	Magic 2010	15	75
Defender	Walls in all colors	Alpha	Betrayers of Kamigawa	Alpha	Tenth Edition	38	207
Double strike	Red, White	Legions	Legions	Tenth Edition	Tenth Edition	5	62
Enchant	Auras of all colors	Alpha	Alpha	Alpha	Alpha	139	732
Equip	Artifacts	Mirrodin	Mirrodin	Ninth Edition	Ninth Edition	21	174
Fight	Red, Green	Onslaught	Innistrad	Magic 2013	Magic 2013	2	17
First strike	White, Red, Black	Alpha	Alpha	Alpha	Alpha	60	374
Flash	Blue, Green, White	Visions	Time Spiral	Ninth Edition	Tenth Edition	12	158
Flying	Blue, White, Black	Alpha	Alpha	Alpha	Alpha	268	1813
Haste	Red, Black, Green	Alpha	Sixth Edition	Alpha	Sixth Edition	45	433
Hexproof	Green, Blue	Portal Three Kingdoms	Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012	Tenth Edition	Magic 2012	13	54
Indestructible	Artifacts, White, Green, Black	Alpha	Darksteel	Alpha	Magic 2010	9	68
Intimidate	Black, Red	Zendikar	Zendikar	Magic 2010	Magic 2010	6	31
Landwalk	White (Plainswalk) Blue (Islandwalk) Black (Swampwalk) Red (Mountainwalk) Green (Forestwalk)	Alpha	Alpha	Alpha	Alpha	44	186
Lifelink	White, Black	Mirrodin	Future Sight	Ninth Edition	Tenth Edition	17	91
Protection	All colors against their enemy, White	Alpha	Alpha	Alpha	Alpha	25	273
Reach	Green	Alpha	Future Sight	Alpha	Tenth Edition	14	159
Regeneration	Black, Green	Alpha	Alpha	Alpha	Alpha	38	251
Trample	Green, Red	Alpha	Alpha	Alpha	Alpha	56	478
Vigilance	White, Green	Alpha	Champions of Kamigawa	Alpha	Ninth Edition	32	198

Former evergreen keywords

Keyword	Found in	First used in	First keyworded in	First core set	First core set as a keyword	Last used in	Supplanted by	Cards in core sets with this	Cards in all sets with this
Banding	White	Alpha	Alpha	Alpha	Alpha	Weatherlight		12	41
Fear	Black	Alpha	Onslaught	Alpha	Eighth Edition	Alara Reborn	Intimidate	4	77
Shroud	Blue, Green	Legends	Future Sight	Fifth Edition	Tenth Edition	Mirrodin Besieged	Hexproof	8	116

Evergreen keywords by color

• White: Banding, Double Strike, First Strike, Flash, Flying, Lifelink, Plainswalk, Protection, Vigilance
• Blue: Flash, Flying, Hexproof, Islandwalk, Protection, Shroud
• Black: Deathtouch, Fear, First Strike, Flying, Haste Intimidate, Lifelink, Regeneration, Swampwalk
• Red: Double strike, First Strike, Haste, Intimidate, Mountainwalk, Trample
• Green: Deathtouch, Flash, Forestwalk, Haste, Hexproof, Reach, Regeneration, Shroud, Trample, Vigilance