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Show TextAbduction
Enchant creature
When Abduction enters the battlefield, untap enchanted creature.
You control enchanted creature.
When enchanted creature dies, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.
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Abeyance
Until end of turn, target player can't cast instant or sorcery spells, and that player can't activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.
Draw a card.
"I'm too modest a wizard to reveal the full extent of my abilities."—Ertai, wizard adept
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Abjure
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a blue permanent.
Counter target spell.
Mirri's hackles rose as Ertai continued expounding his virtues. "If that arrogant brat doesn't shut up soon," she growled to herself, "I'm going to have to kill him."
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Aboroth
Cumulative upkeep—Put a -1/-1 counter on Aboroth. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
The Weatherlight banked sharply as the colossal beast rose up to crush the lone rider. "My bet's on the dirt," Gerrard said flatly.
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Abyssal Gatekeeper
When Abyssal Gatekeeper dies, each player sacrifices a creature.
"There are two ways for me to pass this gate. One involves you remaining conscious."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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Æther Flash
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, Aether Flash deals 2 damage to it.
"You can't get there from here. Well, you can—it just won't be fun."—Ertai, wizard adept
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Agonizing Memories
Look at target player's hand and choose two cards from it. Put them on top of that player's library in any order.
"An innocent man died because of my anger. That knowledge will haunt me for all eternity."—Karn, silver golem
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Alabaster Dragon
Flying
When Alabaster Dragon dies, shuffle it into its owner's library.
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Alms
, Exile the top card of your graveyard: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.
"Helping people is mostly a matter of teaching them to help themselves."—Sisay, journal
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Ancestral Knowledge
Cumulative upkeep
(At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)When Ancestral Knowledge enters the battlefield, look at the top ten cards of your library, then exile any number of them and put the rest back on top of your library in any order.
When Ancestral Knowledge leaves the battlefield, shuffle your library.
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Angelic Renewal
Whenever a creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may sacrifice Angelic Renewal. If you do, return that card to the battlefield.
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Apathy
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player may discard a card at random. If the player does, untap that creature.
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Arctic Wolves
Cumulative upkeep
(At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)When Arctic Wolves enters the battlefield, draw a card.
"No matter where we cat warriors go in the world, those stupid slobberers find us."—Mirri of the Weatherlight
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Ardent Militia
Vigilance
"While the rest of us got paid to serve the Benalish army, the militia didn't. I used to say they stood for freedom—free and dumb."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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Argivian Find
Return target artifact or enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand.
"We often bury our pasts, and then someone comes along and digs them up."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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Argivian Restoration
Return target artifact card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
"The Argivian University taught me two things: always look to the past, and never dismiss what appears useless."—Hanna, Weatherlight navigator
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Aura of Silence
Artifact and enchantment spells your opponents cast cost
more to cast.Sacrifice Aura of Silence: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
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Avizoa
Flying
: Avizoa gets +2/+2 until end of turn. You skip your next untap step. Activate this ability only once each turn.
"Maybe we can trap them with bait," thought Tahngarth, eyeing Squee.
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Barishi
When Barishi dies, exile Barishi, then shuffle all creature cards from your graveyard into your library.
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Barrow Ghoul
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Barrow Ghoul unless you exile the top creature card of your graveyard.
"They killed my family to deny me a future. They fed on my ancestors to deny me a past."—Crovax
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Benalish Infantry
Banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)
"My favorite part of getting into the infantry was getting out again."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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Benalish Knight
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
"We called them ‘armored lightning.'"—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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Benalish Missionary
, : Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target blocked creature this turn.
"These horn-haters say no gods but theirs exist. I say let him find out for himself—right now"—Tahngarth of the Weatherlight
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Betrothed of Fire
Enchant creature
Sacrifice an untapped creature: Enchanted creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
Sacrifice enchanted creature: Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn.
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Bloodrock Cyclops
Bloodrock Cyclops attacks each combat if able.
"He's big an' dumb an' ready to fight. A lot like ol' Hornhead here."—Squee, goblin cabin hand,scouting report
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Blossoming Wreath
You gain life equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.
"I place this wreath for you, my kin. Even in death, you give me strength to avenge you."—Mirri of the Weatherlight
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Bogardan Firefiend
When Bogardan Firefiend dies, it deals 2 damage to target creature.
"The next one who tells me to relax and curl up by a fire is dead."—Mirri of the Weatherlight
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Boiling Blood
Target creature attacks this turn if able.
Draw a card.
Your father has no hornsYour mother wears a bellYou drink the milk of goats—Talruum taunts
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Bone Dancer
Whenever Bone Dancer attacks and isn't blocked, you may put the top creature card of defending player's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. If you do, Bone Dancer assigns no combat damage this turn.
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Bösium Strip
, : Until end of turn, if the top card of your graveyard is an instant or sorcery card, you may cast that card. If a card cast this way would be put into a graveyard this turn, exile it instead.
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Briar Shield
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.
Sacrifice Briar Shield: Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
In all its forms, the forest is the elves' best protector.
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Bubble Matrix
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to creatures.
"This device was commisioned by a king who desired peace. Unfortunately, the royal artificer was also the king's jester."—Hanna, Weatherlight navigator
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Buried Alive
Search your library for up to three creature cards and put them into your graveyard. Then shuffle your library.
"Is it worse to walk while dead, or to be buried alive? I have witnessed both."—Crovax
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Call of the Wild
: Reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, put it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, put it into your graveyard.
Thinking of dinner made Squee realize that the forest was probably thinking the same thing.
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Chimeric Sphere
: Until end of turn, Chimeric Sphere becomes a 2/1 Construct artifact creature with flying.
: Until end of turn, Chimeric Sphere becomes a 3/2 Construct artifact creature and loses flying.
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Choking Vines
Cast this spell only during the declare blockers step.
X target attacking creatures become blocked. Choking Vines deals 1 damage to each of those creatures. (This spell works on creatures that can't be blocked.)
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Cinder Giant
At the beginning of your upkeep, Cinder Giant deals 2 damage to each other creature you control.
"The giant wept tears of embers for the deaths of his allies."—Azeworai, "The Lonely Giant"
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Cinder Wall
Defender
When Cinder Wall blocks, destroy it at end of combat.
"Easy. All ya gotta do is push somebody into it."—Squee, goblin cabin hand,scouting report
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Circling Vultures
Flying
You may discard Circling Vultures any time you could cast an instant.
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Circling Vultures unless you exile the top creature card of your graveyard.
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Cloud Djinn
Flying
Cloud Djinn can block only creatures with flying.
As elusive as the footprint of a djinn—Suq'Ata expression
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Coils of the Medusa
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/-1.
Sacrifice Coils of the Medusa: Destroy all non-Wall creatures blocking enchanted creature.
Serpentine locks shape ornate rocks.
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Cone of Flame
Cone of Flame deals 1 damage to any target, 2 damage to another target, and 3 damage to a third target.
"Mine is not the warmth of compassion."—Ertai, wizard adept
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Debt of Loyalty
Regenerate target creature. You gain control of that creature if it regenerates this way.
"I killed him because I had to," Starke lied to Gerrard. "But now I pledge my loyalty to you."
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Dense Foliage
Creatures can't be the targets of spells.
"Big plants not only good for hidin', but full o' tasty bugs, too."—Squee, goblin cabin hand
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Desperate Gambit
Choose a source you control and flip a coin. If you win the flip, the next time that source would deal damage this turn, it deals double that damage instead. If you lose the flip, the next time it would deal damage this turn, prevent that damage.
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Dingus Staff
Whenever a creature dies, Dingus Staff deals 2 damage to that creature's controller.
"A sharp conscience is the weapon of the soul."—Hanna, Weatherlight navigator
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Disrupt
Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays
.Draw a card.
Oh, I'm sorry—did I break your concentration?
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Doomsday
Search your library and graveyard for five cards and exile the rest. Put the chosen cards on top of your library in any order. You lose half your life, rounded up.
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Downdraft
: Target creature loses flying until end of turn.
Sacrifice Downdraft: It deals 2 damage to each creature with flying.
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Duskrider Falcon
Flying, protection from black
"Seaborne ships have their dolphins to dance in their wakes; I have my duskriders."—Sisay, journal
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Dwarven Berserker
Whenever Dwarven Berserker becomes blocked, it gets +3/+0 and gains trample until end of turn.
"I may be small, but I can kick your butt."
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Dwarven Thaumaturgist
: Switch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn.
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Empyrial Armor
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each card in your hand.
"An angel appeared in the smoldering skies above the fray, her clothes as flames, her armor as fire."—"Hymn of Angelfire"
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Ertai's Familiar
Phasing (This phases in or out before you untap during each of your untap steps. While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist.)
When Ertai's Familiar phases out or leaves the battlefield, put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.
: Until your next upkeep, Ertai's Familiar can't phase out.
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Fallow Wurm
When Fallow Wurm enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you discard a land card.
The wurm's wake—Elvish expression meaning"ruined crops"
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Familiar Ground
Each creature you control can't be blocked by more than one creature.
"I'd rather fight on foreign soil. That way, if I lose I can blame it on the terrain."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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Fatal Blow
Destroy target creature that was dealt damage this turn. It can't be regenerated.
"What is crueler? To let a wound of the heart fester, or to simply cut it out?"—Crovax
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Fervor
Creatures you control have haste. (They can attack and
as soon as they come under your control.)"If your blood doesn't run hot, I will make it run in the sands"—Maraxus of Keld
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Festering Evil
At the beginning of your upkeep, Festering Evil deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.
, Sacrifice Festering Evil: It deals 3 damage to each creature and each player.
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Fire Whip
Enchant creature you control
Enchanted creature has "
: This creature deals 1 damage to any target."Sacrifice Fire Whip: Fire Whip deals 1 damage to any target.
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Firestorm
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard X cards.
Firestorm deals X damage to each of X targets.
"Glok loved storms He'd sit an' watch an' laugh through the whole thing. I miss him."—Squee, goblin cabin hand
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Fit of Rage
Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains first strike until end of turn.
"Anger is fleeting; remorse is eternal."—Karn, silver golem
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Fledgling Djinn
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, Fledgling Djinn deals 1 damage to you.
"The young can be quite dangerous. Trust me, I should know."—Ertai, wizard adept
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Flux
Each player discards any number of cards, then draws that many cards.
Draw a card.
"Every spell has the potential to be worthless."—Ertai, wizard adept
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Fog Elemental
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
When Fog Elemental attacks or blocks, sacrifice it at end of combat.
"I've seen fog so thick you could cut it, but none that could cut me."—Tahngarth of the Weatherlight
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Foriysian Brigade
Foriysian Brigade can block an additional creature each combat.
"A double-edged sword lets you cut down your enemies with the backswing as well."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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Fungus Elemental
, Sacrifice a Forest: Put a +2/+2 counter on Fungus Elemental. Activate this ability only if Fungus Elemental entered the battlefield this turn.
I rot growth and grow rot. What am I?—Elvish riddle
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Gaea's Blessing
Target player shuffles up to three target cards from their graveyard into their library.
Draw a card.
When Gaea's Blessing is put into your graveyard from your library, shuffle your graveyard into your library.
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Gallowbraid
Trample
Cumulative upkeep—Pay 1 life. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
"If its skin looks like stone, it is only to match its heart."—Crovax
illus. Carl Critchlow # ?/0
Gemstone Mine
Gemstone Mine enters the battlefield with three mining counters on it.
, Remove a mining counter from Gemstone Mine: Add one mana of any color. If there are no mining counters on Gemstone Mine, sacrifice it.
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Gerrard's Wisdom
You gain 2 life for each card in your hand.
"Fighting without an army is called a duel, and you'll lose a duel if your enemy comes expecting a war."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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Goblin Bomb
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may flip a coin. If you win the flip, put a fuse counter on Goblin Bomb. If you lose the flip, remove a fuse counter from Goblin Bomb.
Remove five fuse counters from Goblin Bomb, Sacrifice Goblin Bomb: Goblin Bomb deals 20 damage to target player or planeswalker.
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Goblin Grenadiers
Whenever Goblin Grenadiers attacks and isn't blocked, you may sacrifice it. If you do, destroy target creature and target land.
For once, Squee realized, he wasn't the dumb one.
illus. Dan Frazier # ?/0
Goblin Vandal
Whenever Goblin Vandal attacks and isn't blocked, you may pay
. If you do, destroy target artifact defending player controls and Goblin Vandal assigns no combat damage this turn.illus. Franz Vohwinkel # ?/0
Guided Strike
Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.
Draw a card.
"If you can kill your enemy with the first stroke, you save yourself the labor of the second."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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Harvest Wurm
When Harvest Wurm enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you return a basic land card from your graveyard to your hand.
The wurm's weave—Elvish expression meaning"plowed fields"
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Haunting Misery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile X creature cards from your graveyard.
Haunting Misery deals X damage to target player or planeswalker.
"I am condemned without end."—Crovax
illus. Gary Leach # ?/0
Heart of Bogardan
Cumulative upkeep
(At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)When a player doesn't pay Heart of Bogardan's cumulative upkeep, Heart of Bogardan deals X damage to target player or planeswalker and each creature that player or that planeswalker's controller controls, where X is twice the number of age counters on Heart of Bogardan minus 2.
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Heat Stroke
At end of combat, destroy each creature that blocked or was blocked this turn.
"Stroke of heat or stroke of blade. Choose your fate, traitor."—Maraxus of Keld, to Starke
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Heavy Ballista
: Heavy Ballista deals 2 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
"Archers, ballistae—you can't even get near the island of Avenant."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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Hidden Horror
When Hidden Horror enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you discard a creature card.
Lifespans are measured by its dreadful length.
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Hurloon Shaman
When Hurloon Shaman dies, each player sacrifices a land.
"I believe it when they say they're connected to the land—looks like somebody plowed her face."—Tahngarth of the Weatherlight
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Infernal Tribute
, Sacrifice a nontoken permanent: Draw a card.
"I would not barter my soul for any of the filth that they called power. So they took it from me and damned me to solitude."—Crovax
illus. Terese Nielsen # ?/0
Inner Sanctum
Cumulative upkeep—Pay 2 life. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to creatures you control.
"Save me from Maraxus," Starke pleaded, "or condemn me to his wrath. Either way, do not ignore me"
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Jabari's Banner
, : Target creature gains flanking until end of turn. (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.)
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Jangling Automaton
Whenever Jangling Automaton attacks, untap all creatures defending player controls.
"We always look upon our first creations as masterpieces, no matter how awful they are."—Hanna, Weatherlight navigator
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Kithkin Armor
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 3 or greater.
Sacrifice Kithkin Armor: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to enchanted creature this turn, prevent that damage.
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Lava Hounds
Haste
When Lava Hounds enters the battlefield, it deals 4 damage to you.
What cats bury, dogs eat.—Urborg aphorism
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Lava Storm
Lava Storm deals 2 damage to each attacking creature or Lava Storm deals 2 damage to each blocking creature.
They say lava conquers all.
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Liege of the Hollows
When Liege of the Hollows dies, each player may pay any amount of mana. Then each player creates a number of 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens equal to the amount of mana they paid this way.
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Llanowar Behemoth
Tap an untapped creature you control: Llanowar Behemoth gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
"Most people can't build decent weapons out of stone or steel. Trust the elves to do it with only mud and vines."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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Llanowar Druid
, Sacrifice Llanowar Druid: Untap all Forests.
"This forest means more to the druids than their own kin. The loss of a tree is like the loss of a child."—Mirri of the Weatherlight
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Llanowar Sentinel
When Llanowar Sentinel enters the battlefield, you may pay
. If you do, search your library for a card named Llanowar Sentinel and put that card onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library."The forest has as many eyes as leaves."—Mirri of the Weatherlight
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Lotus Vale
If Lotus Vale would enter the battlefield, sacrifice two untapped lands instead. If you do, put Lotus Vale onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard.
: Add three mana of any one color.
At what price beauty?
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Mana Chains
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "Cumulative upkeep
." (At the beginning of its controller's upkeep, that player puts an age counter on it, then sacrifices it unless they pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)"The Lord of the Wastes must be destroyed; I am bound to this destiny by the chains of fate. If only Gerrard would see his part."—Sisay, journal
illus. Bryan Talbot # ?/0
Mana Web
Whenever a land an opponent controls is tapped for mana, tap all lands that player controls that could produce any type of mana that land could produce.
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Manta Ray
Manta Ray can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.
Manta Ray can't be blocked except by blue creatures.
When you control no Islands, sacrifice Manta Ray.
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Maraxus of Keld
Maraxus of Keld's power and toughness are each equal to the number of untapped artifacts, creatures, and lands you control.
"I have no master. I am chaos."—Maraxus of Keld
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Master of Arms
First strike
: Tap target creature blocking Master of Arms.
"Being the best usually means proving it to everyone."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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Merfolk Traders
When Merfolk Traders enters the battlefield, draw a card, then discard a card.
"As much as I hate water, I do love fish . . . ."—Mirri of the Weatherlight
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Mind Stone
: Add .
, , Sacrifice Mind Stone: Draw a card.
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Mischievous Poltergeist
Flying
Pay 1 life: Regenerate Mischievous Poltergeist.
"The past is a ghost that haunts you from the moment it exists until the moment you don't."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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Mistmoon Griffin
Flying
When Mistmoon Griffin dies, exile Mistmoon Griffin, then return the top creature card of your graveyard to the battlefield.
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Morinfen
Flying
Cumulative upkeep—Pay 1 life. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
"I looked into its eyes, and its soul was so empty I saw no reflection, no light there."—Crovax
illus. Carl Critchlow # ?/0
Mwonvuli Ooze
Cumulative upkeep
(At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay for each age counter on it.)Mwonvuli Ooze's power and toughness are each equal to 1 plus twice the number of age counters on it.
"Ewww"
illus. Zina Saunders # ?/0
Nature's Kiss
Enchant creature
, Exile the top card of your graveyard: Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
"I cradle my rage even as the earth cradles my dead kin."—Mirri of the Weatherlight
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Nature's Resurgence
Each player draws a card for each creature card in their graveyard.
Spring follows winter—Elvish expression meaning"all things pass"
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Necratog
Exile the top creature card of your graveyard: Necratog gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
The necratog can always dig up a meal.
illus. Bryan Talbot # ?/0
Noble Benefactor
When Noble Benefactor dies, each player may search their library for a card and put that card into their hand. Then each player who searched their library this way shuffles it.
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Null Rod
Activated abilities of artifacts can't be activated.
Gerrard: "But it doesn't do anything!" Hanna: "No—it does nothing."
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Odylic Wraith
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
Whenever Odylic Wraith deals damage to a player, that player discards a card.
By the time you've seen it, you won't remember that you did.
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Ophidian
Whenever Ophidian attacks and isn't blocked, you may draw a card. If you do, Ophidian assigns no combat damage this turn.
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Orcish Settlers
, , Sacrifice Orcish Settlers: Destroy X target lands.
They wouldn't know their house from a charred hole in the ground.
illus. Pete Venters # ?/0
Paradigm Shift
Exile all cards from your library. Then shuffle your graveyard into your library.
"Barrin always said that reality is relative. ‘The world,' he cautioned, ‘is but pieces of one's perception.'"—Ertai, wizard adept
illus. Cliff Nielsen # ?/0
Peacekeeper
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Peacekeeper unless you pay
.Creatures can't attack.
"I have always imagined my mother as such a woman, strong and wise."—Sisay, journal
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Pendrell Mists
All creatures have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay
."As insubstantial—and as insistent—as appetite.
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Phantom Warrior
Phantom Warrior can't be blocked.
"Fishtails infest the water, and mists walk the land. Give me simple solid rock any day."—Tahngarth of the Weatherlight
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Phantom Wings
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has flying.
Sacrifice Phantom Wings: Return enchanted creature to its owner's hand.
"But you said ‘when goats fly'" Squee whined.
illus. Una Fricker # ?/0
Phyrexian Furnace
: Exile the bottom card of target player's graveyard.
, Sacrifice Phyrexian Furnace: Exile target card from a graveyard. Draw a card.
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Psychic Vortex
Cumulative upkeep—Draw a card. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
At the beginning of your end step, sacrifice a land and discard your hand.
"Tolaria floats upon a wheel of fortune."—Ertai, wizard adept
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Razortooth Rats
Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
"Men and rats both hunger: we for our playthings; they, for us."—Crovax
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Redwood Treefolk
"In the heart of Llanowar the magic is so strong that trees cannot stay rooted."—Mirri of the Weatherlight
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Relearn
Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
"Barrin taught me that the hardest lessons to grasp are the ones you've already learned."—Ertai, wizard adept
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Revered Unicorn
Cumulative upkeep
(At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)When Revered Unicorn leaves the battlefield, you gain life equal to the number of age counters on it.
"I felt unworthy even to dream of it."—Hanna, Weatherlight navigator
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Roc Hatchling
Roc Hatchling enters the battlefield with four shell counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a shell counter from Roc Hatchling.
As long as Roc Hatchling has no shell counters on it, it gets +3/+2 and has flying.
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Rogue Elephant
When Rogue Elephant enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you sacrifice a Forest.
"When are trees like grass?"—The One Thousand Questions
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Sage Owl
Flying
When Sage Owl enters the battlefield, look at the top four cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
The owl asks but never answers.
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Sawtooth Ogre
Whenever Sawtooth Ogre blocks or becomes blocked by a creature, Sawtooth Ogre deals 1 damage to that creature at end of combat.
"You will sharpen your teeth on my enemies' bones," Maraxus promised them, and his ogres cheered.
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Scorched Ruins
If Scorched Ruins would enter the battlefield, sacrifice two untapped lands instead. If you do, put Scorched Ruins onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard.
: Add .
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Serenity
At the beginning of your upkeep, destroy all artifacts and enchantments. They can't be regenerated.
"Just think of me as the storm before the calm."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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Serra's Blessing
Creatures you control have vigilance. (Attacking doesn't cause them to tap.)
"I have seen your strength imbued in angels' wings, and I have felt your sorrow rain down on the ruins brought by the Lord of the Wastes."—Hanna, Weatherlight navigator
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Serrated Biskelion
: Put a -1/-1 counter on Serrated Biskelion and a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
"Whereas I was created to protect, the biskelion was created to destroy."—Karn, silver golem
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Shadow Rider
Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.)
In its world of complete darkness, it has no shadows to fear.
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Shattered Crypt
Return X target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand. You lose X life.
"You must be mad to want one such as I aboard the Weatherlight. But I would be mad to remain here with my rotting family. I accept."—Crovax
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Soul Shepherd
, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: You gain 1 life.
"The sidar who raised me had a saying: ‘The first step into death is the hardest.'"—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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Southern Paladin
, : Destroy target red permanent.
"Look to the south; there you will find peace and serenity."—The Book of Tal
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Spinning Darkness
You may exile the top three black cards of your graveyard rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Spinning Darkness deals 3 damage to target nonblack creature. You gain 3 life.
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Steel Golem
You can't cast creature spells.
"Although I would give my life to protect Gerrard, my conscience will not let me take another's. There are many who would not hesitate."—Karn, silver golem
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Strands of Night
, Pay 2 life, Sacrifice a Swamp: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
"I have seen the night torn into thin darkling strips and woven into shapes too bleak for dreams."—Crovax
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Straw Golem
When an opponent casts a creature spell, sacrifice Straw Golem.
"Don't look at me. I didn't build it."—Hanna, Weatherlight navigator
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Striped Bears
When Striped Bears enters the battlefield, draw a card.
"The bear is never cautious—which is why it wasn't born a human."—Mirri of the Weatherlight
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Sylvan Hierophant
When Sylvan Hierophant dies, exile Sylvan Hierophant, then return another target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
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Tariff
Each player sacrifices the creature they control with the highest converted mana cost unless they pay that creature's mana cost. If two or more creatures a player controls are tied for highest cost, that player chooses one.
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Teferi's Veil
Whenever a creature you control attacks, it phases out at end of combat. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before you untap during your next untap step.)
"I don't like to speak ill of 'walkers . . . but just what did Teferi think he was doing?"—Ertai, wizard adept
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Tendrils of Despair
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Target opponent discards two cards.
"Because I am incapable of tears does not mean I have no need to shed them."—Karn, silver golem
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Thran Forge
: Until end of turn, target nonartifact creature gets +1/+0 and becomes an artifact in addition to its other types.
"This will work," Gerrard called to the elves as he used the forge to strengthen the aboroth, "but if it doesn't, we won't survive to care."
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Thran Tome
, : Reveal the top three cards of your library. Target opponent chooses one of those cards. Put that card into your graveyard, then draw two cards.
Every line holds a tale, and between lie a thousand more.
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Thunderbolt
Choose one —
• Thunderbolt deals 3 damage to target player or planeswalker.
• Thunderbolt deals 4 damage to target creature with flying.
"Most wizards consider a thunderbolt to be a proper retort."—Ertai, wizard adept
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Thundermare
Haste (This creature can attack the turn it comes under your control.)
When Thundermare enters the battlefield, tap all other creatures.
Its hooves strike lightning and the thunder follows quickly after.
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Timid Drake
Flying
When another creature enters the battlefield, return Timid Drake to its owner's hand.
"I sneezed, and it bolted."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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Tolarian Drake
Flying
Phasing (This phases in or out before you untap during each of your untap steps. While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist.)
Many have been lost just in staring at its wings. What's seen differs from account to account, but madness is always part of the story.
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Tolarian Entrancer
Whenever Tolarian Entrancer becomes blocked by a creature, gain control of that creature at end of combat.
"Why should I boast? The bards will do it for me—and with music."—Ertai, wizard adept
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Tolarian Serpent
At the beginning of your upkeep, put the top seven cards of your library into your graveyard.
"When the fishtails' threats of magic didn't move me, they set their pet on us."—Tahngarth of the Weatherlight
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Touchstone
: Tap target artifact you don't control.
"One touch to the stone and the sidar's son turned me from stalwart to statue."—Karn, silver golem
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Tranquil Grove
: Destroy all other enchantments.
"Even the fiercest storm has a peaceful eye."—Hanna, Weatherlight navigator
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Uktabi Efreet
Cumulative upkeep
(At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)"The Uktabi efreet and I have something in common: both of our mothers wanted to give us back."—Mirri of the Weatherlight
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Urborg Justice
Target opponent sacrifices a creature for each creature put into your graveyard from the battlefield this turn.
"It is a narrow line between justice and vengeance."—Crovax
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Urborg Stalker
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, if that player controls a nonblack, nonland permanent, Urborg Stalker deals 1 damage to that player.
"May you be a stalker's dream."—Urborg curse
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Veteran Explorer
When Veteran Explorer dies, each player may search their library for up to two basic land cards and put them onto the battlefield. Then each player who searched their library this way shuffles it.
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Vitalize
Untap all creatures you control.
"After waking to the magic of Llanowar, no dreams can compare."—Mirri of the Weatherlight
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Vodalian Illusionist
, : Target creature phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before its controller untaps during their next untap step.)
"Torahn gore these shifty fishtails You can't even get close to one."—Tahngarth of the Weatherlight
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Volunteer Reserves
Banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)
Cumulative upkeep
(At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)"I'm always a little leery of anyone who offers to kill other people for free."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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Wave of Terror
Cumulative upkeep
(At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)At the beginning of your draw step, destroy each creature with converted mana cost equal to the number of age counters on Wave of Terror. They can't be regenerated.
The sea of fear has endless depths.
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Well of Knowledge
: Draw a card. Any player may activate this ability but only during their draw step.
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Winding Canyons
: Add .
, : You may cast creature spells this turn as though they had flash.
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Xanthic Statue
: Until end of turn, Xanthic Statue becomes an 8/8 Golem artifact creature with trample.
"Until you have lived as a statue, do not talk to me of pigeons."—Karn, silver golem
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Zombie Scavengers
Exile the top creature card of your graveyard: Regenerate Zombie Scavengers.
"Pick a shell upon my shore and put it to your ear. That sound isn't the sea, but the whispers of the fallen."—Crovax
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