Evergreen

The term "evergreen", as in the context of "an evergreen keyword", refers to keywords that can be used in any set. As the core set has always been the place for new players to start, as of Eighth Edition it was decided to include reminder text with the evergreen creature keywords.

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	Alpha	Alpha	Alpha	Alpha	60	374
Flash	Blue, Green	Visions	Time Spiral	Ninth Edition	Tenth Edition	12	158
Flying	Blue, White	Alpha	Alpha	Alpha	Alpha	268	1813
Haste	Red, Black, rarely 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	Alpha	Darksteel	Alpha	Magic 2010	9	68
Lifelink	White, Black	Mirrodin	Future Sight	Ninth Edition	Tenth Edition	17	91
Menace	Red	Alliances‎	Magic Origins‎	Fifth Edition	Magic Origins‎
Prowess	Blue, White, rarely Red	Khans of Tarkir	Khans of Tarkir‎	Magic Origins	Magic Origins‎		18
Reach	Green	Alpha	Future Sight	Alpha	Tenth Edition	14	159
Regeneration	Black, Green	Alpha	Alpha	Alpha	Alpha	38	251
Scry	Blue, Red	Fifth Dawn	Fifth Dawn	Magic 2011	Magic 2011	5	78
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
Ante	Artifacts, black, red, green	Alpha	Alpha	Alpha	Alpha	Homelands		6	9
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
Intimidate	Black, Red	Zendikar	Zendikar	Magic 2010	Magic 2010	Commander 2014	Menace	6	31
Landwalk	White (Plainswalk) Blue (Islandwalk) Black (Swampwalk) Red (Mountainwalk) Green (Forestwalk)	Alpha	Alpha	Alpha	Alpha	Khans of Tarkir		44	186
Protection	All colors against their enemy, White	Alpha	Alpha	Alpha	Alpha	Modern Masters 2015		25	273

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, Intimidate, Lifelink, Regeneration, Swampwalk
• Red: Haste, Double strike, First Strike, Intimidate, Mountainwalk, Trample
• Green: Deathtouch, Flash, Forestwalk, Haste, Hexproof, Reach, Regeneration, Shroud, Trample, Vigilance