Tempest Spoilers 350/0
Show TextAbandon Hope
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard X cards.
Look at target opponent's hand and choose X cards from it. That player discards those cards.
As Gerrard's form vanished into the maw of trees, Hanna mouthed a silent plea, mourning a crushed dream.
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Advance Scout
First strike
: Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.
"The soldier's path is worn smooth by the tread of many feet—all in one direction, none returning."—Oracle en-Vec
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Aftershock
Destroy target artifact, creature, or land. Aftershock deals 3 damage to you.
"Every act of destruction has a repercussion."—Karn, silver golem
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Aluren
Any player may cast creature spells with converted mana cost 3 or less without paying their mana cost and as though they had flash.
Squee bounced up and down. "I sees a horsey, an' a piggy, an' a—""If you don't shut up," hissed Mirri, "you'll see a kidney and a spleeny."
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Ancient Runes
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, Ancient Runes deals damage to that player equal to the number of artifacts they control.
Ertai volunteered to open the portal. He figured he owed it one.
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Ancient Tomb
: Add . Ancient Tomb deals 2 damage to you.
There is no glory to be gained in the kingdom of the dead.—Vec tomb inscription
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Angelic Protector
Flying
Whenever Angelic Protector becomes the target of a spell or ability, Angelic Protector gets +0/+3 until end of turn.
"My family sheltered in her light, the dark was content to wait."—Crovax
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Anoint
Buyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.
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Apes of Rath
Whenever Apes of Rath attacks, it doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Monkeys three, monkeys through.
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Apocalypse
Exile all permanents. You discard your hand.
"There is a future in which I can see only mist and a single shadow."—Oracle en-Vec
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Armor Sliver
All Sliver creatures have ": This creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn."
Hanna: "We must learn how they protect each other."Mirri: "After they've done trying to kill us, all right?"
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Armored Pegasus
Flying
"I always charge a little extra to take on a pegasus. They fly like eagles, kick like mules, and hide like hermits."—Tahli en-Dal, bounty hunter
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Auratog
Sacrifice an enchantment: Auratog gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
The auratog enjoys eating its wards.
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Avenging Angel
Flying
When Avenging Angel dies, you may put it on top of its owner's library.
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Barbed Sliver
All Sliver creatures have ": This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn."
Spans of spines leapt from one sliver to the next, forming a deadly hedge around the Weatherlight.
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Bayou Dragonfly
Flying; swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
"Like a sugar stick with wings"—Squee, goblin cabin hand
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Bellowing Fiend
Flying
Whenever Bellowing Fiend deals damage to a creature, Bellowing Fiend deals 3 damage to that creature's controller and 3 damage to you.
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Benthic Behemoth
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
"Deep devourer concealed in darkhomeShrouded it seeks all becomes fodderOnce we swam alone and aseaBut no more."—Rootwater Saga
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Blood Frenzy
Cast this spell only before the combat damage step.
Target attacking or blocking creature gets +4/+0 until end of turn. Destroy that creature at the beginning of the next end step.
"When Torahn bellows, none survive—not even the warrior whose horns he rides."—Talruum adage
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Blood Pet
Sacrifice Blood Pet: Add .
"You are wrong," Volrath said. "I do not hate the living. They often prove quite useful to me." And then he laughed.
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Boil
Destroy all Islands.
"The fishers will throw out their nets and draw them back filled with dust."—Oracle en-Vec
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Booby Trap
As Booby Trap enters the battlefield, choose an opponent and a card name other than a basic land card name.
The chosen player reveals each card they draw.
When the chosen player draws a card with the chosen name, sacrifice Booby Trap. If you do, Booby Trap deals 10 damage to that player.
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Bottle Gnomes
Sacrifice Bottle Gnomes: You gain 3 life.
"I am reminded of the fable of the silver egg. Its owner cracks it open to see what jewels it holds, only to discover a simple yellow yolk."—Karn, silver golem
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Bounty Hunter
: Put a bounty counter on target nonblack creature.
: Destroy target creature with a bounty counter on it.
"Once they've marked you," Starke said, "the world is made of glass."
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Broken Fall
Return Broken Fall to its owner's hand: Regenerate target creature.
"I think I used up all my good luck and all my bad luck in the same fall."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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Caldera Lake
Caldera Lake enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
: Add or . Caldera Lake deals 1 damage to you.
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Canopy Spider
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
"We know our place in the cycle of life—and it is not as flies."—Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
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Canyon Drake
Flying
, Discard a card at random: Canyon Drake gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
"These runes are tough enough without the distraction," Ertai muttered, one eye on the drake.
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Canyon Wildcat
Mountainwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)
"Relative of yours?" Ertai teased. Mirri simply sneered.
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Capsize
Buyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Return target permanent to its owner's hand.
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Carrionette
: Exile Carrionette and target creature unless that creature's controller pays . Activate this ability only if Carrionette is in your graveyard.
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Chaotic Goo
Chaotic Goo enters the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may flip a coin. If you win the flip, put a +1/+1 counter on Chaotic Goo. If you lose the flip, remove a +1/+1 counter from Chaotic Goo.
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Charging Rhino
Charging Rhino can't be blocked by more than one creature.
"Is it wrong to go straight for what you want? Sneaking is for cats and goblins."—Tahngarth of the Weatherlight
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Chill
Red spells cost more to cast.
"Temper, temper."—Ertai, wizard adept
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Choke
Islands don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.
"One day we shall walk where once was water."—Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
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Cinder Marsh
: Add .
: Add or . Cinder Marsh doesn't untap during your next untap step.
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Circle of Protection: Black
: The next time a black source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
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Circle of Protection: Blue
: The next time a blue source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
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Circle of Protection: Green
: The next time a green source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
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Circle of Protection: Red
: The next time a red source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
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Circle of Protection: Shadow
: The next time a creature of your choice with shadow would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
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Circle of Protection: White
: The next time a white source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
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Clergy en-Vec
: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
"Faith's shield is hammered out by the blows of unbelievers."—Oracle en-Vec
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Clot Sliver
All Slivers have ": Regenerate this permanent."
"One would think I would be accustomed to unexpected returns."—Hanna, Weatherlight navigator
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Cloudchaser Eagle
Flying
When Cloudchaser Eagle enters the battlefield, destroy target enchantment.
When the eagle catches a cloud, it tears it into strips that fall to earth.—Vec myth of the rains
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Coercion
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a card from it. That player discards that card.
"There's very little that escapes me, Greven. And you will escape very little if you fail."—Volrath
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Coffin Queen
You may choose not to untap Coffin Queen during your untap step.
, : Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. When Coffin Queen becomes untapped or you lose control of Coffin Queen, exile that creature.
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Coiled Tinviper
First strike
The bite of the tinviper feels most like a razor drawn across the tongue.
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Cold Storage
: Exile target creature you control.
Sacrifice Cold Storage: Return each creature card exiled with Cold Storage to the battlefield under your control.
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Commander Greven il-Vec
Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
When Commander Greven il-Vec enters the battlefield, sacrifice a creature.
"Rage is the only freedom left me."—Greven il-Vec
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Corpse Dance
Buyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Return the top creature card of your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature gains haste until end of turn. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.
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Counterspell
Counter target spell.
"It was probably a lousy spell in the first place."—Ertai, wizard adept
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Crazed Armodon
: Crazed Armodon gets +3/+0 and gains trample until end of turn. Destroy Crazed Armodon at the beginning of the next end step. Activate this ability only once each turn.
These are its last days. Mourning is over. Rage remains.
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Crown of Flames
Enchant creature
: Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
: Return Crown of Flames to its owner's hand.
It is the forge of kings.
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Cursed Scroll
, : Choose a card name, then reveal a card at random from your hand. If that card has the chosen name, Cursed Scroll deals 2 damage to any target.
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Dark Banishing
Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.
"It is the way of most wizards to begin by exiling themselves and to end by exiling everyone else."—Hanna, Weatherlight navigator
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Dark Ritual
Add .
"If there is such a thing as too much power, I have not discovered it."—Volrath
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Darkling Stalker
: Regenerate Darkling Stalker.
: Darkling Stalker gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
"In this dark place, yes, I am afraid of my own shadow."—Mirri of the Weatherlight
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Dauthi Embrace
: Target creature gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
"The Dauthi army grows by screams and bounds."—Lyna, Soltari emissary
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Dauthi Ghoul
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Whenever a creature with shadow dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Dauthi Ghoul.
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Dauthi Horror
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Dauthi Horror can't be blocked by white creatures.
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Dauthi Marauder
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
"The Dauthi came from beneath the Ruins one night, and the darkness cast them in the best possible light."—Soltari Tales of Life
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Dauthi Mercenary
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
: Dauthi Mercenary gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
"The Dauthi believe they dignify murder by paying for it."—Lyna, Soltari emissary
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Dauthi Mindripper
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Whenever Dauthi Mindripper attacks and isn't blocked, you may sacrifice it. If you do, defending player discards three cards.
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Dauthi Slayer
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Dauthi Slayer attacks each combat if able.
"They have knives for every soul."—Lyna, Soltari emissary
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Deadshot
Tap target creature. It deals damage equal to its power to another target creature.
"Carrion Keep your distance. My blade will come to you"—Crovax
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Death Pits of Rath
Whenever a creature is dealt damage, destroy it. It can't be regenerated.
As the sludge below began to shift and take shapes, Gerrard turned from the railing to Orim. "I suppose," he said, "it's a little too late for prayer, isn't it?"
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Diabolic Edict
Target player sacrifices a creature.
Greven il-Vec lifted Vhati off his feet. "The fall will give you time to think on your failure."
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Dirtcowl Wurm
Whenever an opponent plays a land, put a +1/+1 counter on Dirtcowl Wurm.
Few of Rath's rivers follow a steady course, so many new channels are carved for them.
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Disenchant
Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
The swarm seemed unmoved by the artificial slivers' destruction. "They clearly were not the leaders," Hanna cursed. "I guess we'll have to do this the hard way."
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Dismiss
Counter target spell.
Draw a card.
"There is nothing you can do that I cannot simply deny."—Ertai, wizard adept
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Disturbed Burial
Buyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
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Dracoplasm
Flying
As Dracoplasm enters the battlefield, sacrifice any number of creatures. Dracoplasm's power becomes the total power of those creatures and its toughness becomes their total toughness.
: Dracoplasm gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
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Dread of Night
White creatures get -1/-1.
"These moonless, foreign skies keep me in thrall. Dark whispers echo in the night, and I cannot resist."—Selenia, dark angel
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Dream Cache
Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand both on top of your library or both on the bottom of your library.
"The sanctity of poverty is an invention of the rich."—Starke
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Dregs of Sorrow
Destroy X target nonblack creatures. Draw X cards.
Crovax gazed on the dead, and for one dark moment he saw a banquet.
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Duplicity
When Duplicity enters the battlefield, exile the top five cards of your library face down.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may exile all cards from your hand face down. If you do, put all other cards you own exiled with Duplicity into your hand.
At the beginning of your end step, discard a card.
When you lose control of Duplicity, put all cards exiled with Duplicity into their owner's graveyard.
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Earthcraft
Tap an untapped creature you control: Untap target basic land.
"The land gives up little, but we are masters of persuasion."—Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
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Echo Chamber
, : An opponent chooses target creature they control. Create a token that's a copy of that creature. That token gains haste until end of turn. Exile the token at the beginning of the next end step. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.
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Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
Other Elf creatures have forestwalk. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)
Other Elves have shroud. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities.)
"We have been patient. We have planned our attack. We are ready . . . now."—Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
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Eladamri's Vineyard
At the beginning of each player's precombat main phase, that player adds .
The mushroom wine made Gerrard's head spin, and his stomach soon followed suit.
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Elite Javelineer
Whenever Elite Javelineer blocks, it deals 1 damage to target attacking creature.
"Precision is frequently more valuable than force."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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Elven Warhounds
Whenever Elven Warhounds becomes blocked by a creature, put that creature on top of its owner's library.
"If a creature is dumb enough to love you for leashing it, why would you want to follow its lead?"—Mirri of the Weatherlight
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Elvish Fury
Buyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
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Emerald Medallion
Green spells you cast cost less to cast.
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Emmessi Tome
, : Draw two cards, then discard a card.
It is like life and destiny: we think we know the story, but we have read only half the tale.
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Endless Scream
Enchant creature
Endless Scream enters the battlefield with X scream counters on it.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 for each scream counter on Endless Scream.
"I have made Crovax weep; now I will make him scream. The pain will not end, but will bind him to me."—Volrath
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Energizer
, : Put a +1/+1 counter on Energizer.
Like a kettle set to boil, it must eventually go off—on someone.
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Enfeeblement
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters the battlefield attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature gets -2/-2.
Crovax had witnessed Selenia lead the Predator to the Weatherlight. As the battle raged on deck, he felt his strength melt in the heat of her betrayal.
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Enraging Licid
, : Enraging Licid loses this ability and becomes an Aura enchantment with enchant creature. Attach it to target creature. You may pay to end this effect.
Enchanted creature has haste.
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Ertai's Meddling
X can't be 0.
Target spell's controller exiles it with X delay counters on it.
At the beginning of each of that player's upkeeps, if that card is exiled, remove a delay counter from it. If the card has no delay counters on it, the player puts it onto the stack as a copy of the original spell.
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Escaped Shapeshifter
As long as an opponent controls a creature with flying not named Escaped Shapeshifter, Escaped Shapeshifter has flying. The same is true for first strike, trample, and protection from any color.
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Essence Bottle
, : Put an elixir counter on Essence Bottle.
, Remove all elixir counters from Essence Bottle: You gain 2 life for each elixir counter removed this way.
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Evincar's Justice
Buyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Evincar's Justice deals 2 damage to each creature and each player.
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Excavator
, Sacrifice a basic land: Target creature gains landwalk of each of the land types of the sacrificed land until end of turn. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a land of any of those types.)
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Extinction
Destroy all creatures of the creature type of your choice.
"I once had an entire race killed just to listen to the rattling of their dried bones as I waded through them."—Volrath
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Fevered Convulsions
: Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
"Tell me again why you failed to capture Gerrard, you worthless pile of spine."—Volrath, to Greven
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Field of Souls
Whenever a nontoken creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
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Fighting Drake
Flying
Two things are needed to survive the harsh skies of Rath: a thick hide and a thicker skull.
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Firefly
Flying
: Firefly gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
"If they don't pinch, they burn. Can't ya eat any of da bugs here?"—Squee, goblin cabin hand
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Fireslinger
: Fireslinger deals 1 damage to any target and 1 damage to you.
"Remember the moral of the fireslinger fable: with power comes isolation."—Karn, silver golem
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Flailing Drake
Flying
Whenever Flailing Drake blocks or becomes blocked by a creature, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Too many choices will always distract a greedy beast.
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Flickering Ward
Enchant creature
As Flickering Ward enters the battlefield, choose a color.
Enchanted creature has protection from the chosen color. This effect doesn't remove Flickering Ward.
: Return Flickering Ward to its owner's hand.
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Flowstone Giant
: Flowstone Giant gets +2/-2 until end of turn.
When the first of these giants woke from the bedrock, he was still sleepy. He yawned and stretched until his legs grew so thin that they snapped like icicles in the sun.—Vec lore
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Flowstone Salamander
: Flowstone Salamander deals 1 damage to target creature blocking it.
The Furnace of Rath is periodically illuminated by their sparkling yawns.
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Flowstone Sculpture
, Discard a card: Put a +1/+1 counter on Flowstone Sculpture or Flowstone Sculpture gains flying, first strike, or trample. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
The sculptor, weary of his work, created art that would finish itself.
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Flowstone Wyvern
Flying
: Flowstone Wyvern gets +2/-2 until end of turn.
"Where I come from, stone stays on the ground."—Tahngarth of the Weatherlight
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Fool's Tome
, : Draw a card. Activate this ability only if you have no cards in hand.
Squee: "What's that?"Ertai: "It's a magical book."Squee: "Am I smart enough ta use it?"Ertai: "You could say that."
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Frog Tongue
Enchant creature
When Frog Tongue enters the battlefield, draw a card.
Enchanted creature has reach. (It can block creatures with flying.)
"But why can't I get one?" sniveled Squee. "All da bugs here got wings."
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Fugitive Druid
Whenever Fugitive Druid becomes the target of an Aura spell, you draw a card.
"If the druids are so devoted to their trees, I will carve them coffins from their precious heartwood."—Volrath
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Furnace of Rath
If a source would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage to that permanent or player instead.
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Fylamarid
Flying
Fylamarid can't be blocked by blue creatures.
: Target creature becomes blue until end of turn.
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Gallantry
Target blocking creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.
Draw a card.
"Forgive me," Mirri whispered. "I thought you a burden, and you saved my life." Hanna quietly accepted the apology.
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Gaseous Form
Enchant creature
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by enchanted creature.
"It's hard to hurt anyone when you're as transparent as your motives."—Ertai, wizard adept
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Gerrard's Battle Cry
: Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
Gerrard grinned and drew his sword. "This won't be a fair fight," he called to his crew. "They should have brought a second ship"
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Ghost Town
: Add .
: Return Ghost Town to its owner's hand. Activate this ability only if it's not your turn.
"The air here smells like a grave."—Crovax
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Giant Crab
: Giant Crab gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
During the giant crabs' mating season, Skyshroud nights are filled with the clatter of their skirmishes.
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Giant Strength
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2.
"Crovax seems filled only with shadows," thought Orim. "Where does his strength come from?"
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Goblin Bombardment
Sacrifice a creature: Goblin Bombardment deals 1 damage to any target.
One mogg to aim the catapult, one mogg to steer the rock.
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Gravedigger
When Gravedigger enters the battlefield, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
A full coffin is like a full coffer—both are attractive to thieves.
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Grindstone
, : Target player puts the top two cards of their library into their graveyard. If both cards share a color, repeat this process.
"Memory is a burden that wears at the soul as weather wears at stone."—Crovax
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Hand to Hand
During combat, players can't cast instant spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.
The match between Tahngarth and Greven was close only in the mind of the minotaur.
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Hanna's Custody
All artifacts have shroud. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities.)
"I protect the Legacy with my life if necessary, for its purpose is far more important than my own."—Hanna, Weatherlight navigator
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Harrow
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a land.
Search your library for up to two basic land cards and put them onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.
Changing Rath's landscape is like tearing the scab from a wound.
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Havoc
Whenever an opponent casts a white spell, they lose 2 life.
As Orim put the lightning rod into place on the bow, she cast a spell of protection to shield herself from the heat. That's when the Furnace got personal.
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Heart Sliver
All Sliver creatures have haste.
Gerrard looked all around for the source of the mysterious pulse, and at that moment the slivers boiled forth from the crevasses.
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Heartwood Dryad
Heartwood Dryad can block creatures with shadow as though Heartwood Dryad had shadow.
To snare what lies between worlds takes the patient reach of trees.
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Heartwood Giant
, Sacrifice a Forest: Heartwood Giant deals 2 damage to target player or planeswalker.
Wind in the trees is soothing, but the same can't be said for trees on the wind.
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Heartwood Treefolk
Forestwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)
"In all my years in Llanowar I never understood where trees fit in. They are revered by elves and watered on by dogs."—Mirri of the Weatherlight
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Helm of Possession
You may choose not to untap Helm of Possession during your untap step.
, , Sacrifice a creature: Gain control of target creature for as long as you control Helm of Possession and Helm of Possession remains tapped.
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Hero's Resolve
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+5.
"Destiny, chance, fate, fortune—they're all just ways of claiming your successes without claiming your failures."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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Horned Sliver
All Sliver creatures have trample.
A bristling wave of slivers broke against the Weatherlight's timbers.
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Horned Turtle
"So like men are they: a hardened shell with fragile flesh beneath."—Selenia, dark angel
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Humility
All creatures lose all abilities and have base power and toughness 1/1.
"One cannot cleanse the wounds of failure."—Karn, silver golem
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Imps' Taunt
Buyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Target creature attacks this turn if able.
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Insight
Whenever an opponent casts a green spell, you draw a card.
"We can fight with you or against you. After my day, I'd prefer the former."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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Interdict
Counter target activated ability from an artifact, creature, enchantment, or land. That permanent's activated abilities can't be activated this turn. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)
Draw a card.
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Intuition
Search your library for three cards and reveal them. Target opponent chooses one. Put that card into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. Then shuffle your library.
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Invulnerability
Buyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
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Jackal Pup
Whenever Jackal Pup is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to you.
The first morning after acquiring her familiar, the wizard awoke with fleabites and mange.
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Jet Medallion
Black spells you cast cost less to cast.
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Jinxed Idol
At the beginning of your upkeep, Jinxed Idol deals 2 damage to you.
Sacrifice a creature: Target opponent gains control of Jinxed Idol.
"Here."
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Kezzerdrix
First strike
At the beginning of your upkeep, if your opponents control no creatures, Kezzerdrix deals 4 damage to you.
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Kindle
Kindle deals X damage to any target, where X is 2 plus the number of cards named Kindle in all graveyards.
Hope of deliverance is scorched by the fire of futility.
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Knight of Dusk
: Destroy target creature blocking Knight of Dusk.
Fall like night upon the foe.—Motto of the Knights of Dusk
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Krakilin
Krakilin enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it.
: Regenerate Krakilin.
"A perfect reflection of its world: brutal, fetal, and lacking truth."—Oracle en-Vec
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Leeching Licid
, : Leeching Licid loses this ability and becomes an Aura enchantment with enchant creature. Attach it to target creature. You may pay to end this effect.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, Leeching Licid deals 1 damage to that player.
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Legacy's Allure
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a treasure counter on Legacy's Allure.
Sacrifice Legacy's Allure: Gain control of target creature with power less than or equal to the number of treasure counters on Legacy's Allure. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
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Legerdemain
Exchange control of target artifact or creature and another target permanent that shares one of those types with it. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
Squee tucked the warm ball in his pocket and slipped a pebble in its place. ‘Glok,' he mumbled, and hid.
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Light of Day
Black creatures can't attack or block.
"I do not miss sunlight. The very memory of it burns my eyes."—Volrath
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Lightning Blast
Lightning Blast deals 4 damage to any target.
"Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do."—Selenia, dark angel
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Lightning Elemental
Haste (This creature can attack and as soon as it comes under your control.)
A lightning elemental once killed an entire tribe of merfolk—simply by going for a swim.
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Living Death
Each player exiles all creature cards from their graveyard, then sacrifices all creatures they control, then puts all cards they exiled this way onto the battlefield.
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Lobotomy
Target player reveals their hand, then you choose a card other than a basic land card from it. Search that player's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as the chosen card and exile them. Then that player shuffles their library.
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Lotus Petal
, Sacrifice Lotus Petal: Add one mana of any color.
"Hard to imagine," mused Hanna, stroking the petal, "such a lovely flower inspiring such greed."
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Lowland Giant
"Faugh" snorted Tahngarth. "Why would it make a meal of something like you?" Squee looked relieved. "No," he continued, "you'd make a much better toothpick."
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Maddening Imp
Flying
: Non-Wall creatures the active player controls attack this turn if able. At the beginning of the next end step, destroy each of those creatures that didn't attack this turn. Activate this ability only during an opponent's turn and only before combat.
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Magmasaur
Magmasaur enters the battlefield with five +1/+1 counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may remove a +1/+1 counter from Magmasaur. If you don't, sacrifice Magmasaur and it deals damage equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on it to each creature without flying and each player.
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Magnetic Web
If a creature with a magnet counter on it attacks, all creatures with magnet counters on them attack if able.
Whenever a creature with a magnet counter on it attacks, all creatures with magnet counters on them block that creature this turn if able.
, : Put a magnet counter on target creature.
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Mana Severance
Search your library for any number of land cards and exile them. Then shuffle your library.
"And when this land is wasted, where will we go?"—Thalakos lament
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Manakin
: Add .
Hanna regarded Squee sternly. "Because it's not a toy, no matter how much it may look like one," she said, taking the manakin from him.
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Manta Riders
: Manta Riders gains flying until end of turn.
"Water is firmament to the finned."—Oracle en-Vec
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Marble Titan
Creatures with power 3 or greater don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.
"Strapping on nine hundred pounds of armor every morning would make any warrior cross."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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Marsh Lurker
Sacrifice a Swamp: Marsh Lurker gains fear until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
From the mists it rises, into the mists it retreats; through the mists it walks, fearless and unseen.
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Master Decoy
, : Tap target creature.
"A skilled decoy can throw your enemies off your trail. A master decoy can survive to do it again."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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Mawcor
Flying
: Mawcor deals 1 damage to any target.
From its maw comes neither word nor whisper—only wind.
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Maze of Shadows
: Add .
: Untap target attacking creature with shadow. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this turn.
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Meditate
Draw four cards. You skip your next turn.
"Part of me believes that Barrin taught me meditation simply to shut me up."—Ertai, wizard adept
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Metallic Sliver
When the clever counterfeit was accepted by the hive, Volrath's influence upon the slivers grew even stronger.
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Mindwhip Sliver
All Slivers have ", Sacrifice this permanent: Target player discards a card at random. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery."
"They share more than their thoughts. We must shatter their link quickly"—Hanna, to Orim
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Minion of the Wastes
Trample
As Minion of the Wastes enters the battlefield, pay any amount of life.
Minion of the Wastes's power and toughness are each equal to the life paid as it entered the battlefield.
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Mirri's Guile
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
Hanna was astounded. Mirri read every leaf and wisp of breeze like a book of ancient lore.
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Mnemonic Sliver
All Slivers have ", Sacrifice this permanent: Draw a card."
"A jigsaw puzzle that lives, breeds, and thinks."—Hanna, Weatherlight navigator
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Mogg Cannon
: Target creature you control gets +1/+0 and gains flying until end of turn. Destroy that creature at the beginning of the next end step.
Moggs never volunteer for anything twice.
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Mogg Conscripts
Mogg Conscripts can't attack unless you've cast a creature spell this turn.
"Torahn's horns They've seen us. Now, statue, you must fight to save yourself"—Tahngarth, aboard the Predator
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Mogg Fanatic
Sacrifice Mogg Fanatic: It deals 1 damage to any target.
"I got it I got it I—"
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Mogg Hollows
: Add .
: Add or . Mogg Hollows doesn't untap during your next untap step.
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Mogg Raider
Sacrifice a Goblin: Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
The evisceration of one mogg always cheers up the rest.
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Mogg Squad
Mogg Squad gets -1/-1 for each other creature on the battlefield.
As they crept into the Weatherlight's hold, the squad leader held up his hand and whispered, "Stop, goblins—what's that sound?"
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Mongrel Pack
When Mongrel Pack dies during combat, create four 1/1 green Hound creature tokens.
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Mounted Archers
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
: Mounted Archers can block an additional creature this turn.
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Muscle Sliver
All Sliver creatures get +1/+1.
The air was filled with the cracks and snaps of flesh hardening as the new sliver joined the battle.
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Natural Spring
Target player gains 8 life.
Mirri listened intently, even as Hanna held the healing water to her lips. Would the sound of the spring drown out the elves' approach?
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Nature's Revolt
All lands are 2/2 creatures that are still lands.
"One day the land will don the semblance of flesh and challenge even the plowshare's blade."—Oracle en-Vec
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Needle Storm
Needle Storm deals 4 damage to each creature with flying.
The rain is driven like nails.
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No Quarter
Whenever a creature becomes blocked by a creature with lesser power, destroy the blocking creature.
Whenever a creature blocks a creature with lesser power, destroy the attacking creature.
As Gerrard and Greven neared each other, the moggs caught between them realized they should flee.
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Nurturing Licid
, : Nurturing Licid loses this ability and becomes an Aura enchantment with enchant creature. Attach it to target creature. You may pay to end this effect.
: Regenerate enchanted creature.
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Opportunist
: Opportunist deals 1 damage to target creature that was dealt damage this turn.
The third time the Oracle glanced suspiciously at him, Starke decided she had glanced twice too often.
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Oracle en-Vec
: Target opponent chooses any number of creatures they control. During that player's next turn, the chosen creatures attack if able, and other creatures can't attack. At the beginning of that turn's end step, destroy each of the chosen creatures that didn't attack this turn. Activate this ability only during your turn.
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Orim, Samite Healer
: Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
"The silkworm spins itself a new existence. So the healer weaves the threads of life."—Orim, Samite healer
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Orim's Prayer
Whenever one or more creatures attack you, you gain 1 life for each attacking creature.
"As usual, there will be time for prayer only after the worst happens."—Orim, Samite healer
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Overrun
Creatures you control get +3/+3 and gain trample until end of turn.
"You want to know your enemy? Look at your feet while you trample him."—Tahngarth of the Weatherlight
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Pacifism
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block.
Frozen by conscience, Karn did not resist as the moggs carried him to the Predator.
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Pallimud
As Pallimud enters the battlefield, choose an opponent.
Pallimud's power is equal to the number of tapped lands the chosen player controls.
The old Vec tell tales of a beast that fed on scraps but turned its nose up at the lavish banquet they set in its honor.
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Patchwork Gnomes
Discard a card: Regenerate Patchwork Gnomes.
"Just when I get them working, they always start fighting and tearing at each other for spare parts."—Hanna, Weatherlight navigator
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Pearl Medallion
White spells you cast cost less to cast.
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Pegasus Refuge
, Discard a card: Create a 1/1 white Pegasus creature token with flying.
The first Rath-born pegasus was so offended by the sky that it hid its eyes in the earth.—Vec lore
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Perish
Destroy all green creatures. They can't be regenerated.
"There will come a time when the voices of soil and seedling will sing only laments."—Oracle en-Vec
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Phyrexian Grimoire
, : Target opponent chooses one of the top two cards of your graveyard. Exile that card and put the other one into your hand.
Every page cost a life; every secret cost a thousand more.
illus. Doug Chaffee # ?/0
Phyrexian Hulk
"They are convenient in having no souls, but less so in having no spirit."—Volrath
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Phyrexian Splicer
, , Choose flying, first strike, trample, or shadow: Until end of turn, target creature with the chosen ability loses it and another target creature gains it.
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Pincher Beetles
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
"No fair Since when does a bug get ta munch on me?"—Squee, goblin cabin hand
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Pine Barrens
Pine Barrens enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
: Add or . Pine Barrens deals 1 damage to you.
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Pit Imp
Flying
: Pit Imp gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate this ability no more than twice each turn.
The moans of the Death Pits were underscored by the chattering of imps, for whom the ship was cause for much discussion.
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Power Sink
Counter target spell unless its controller pays . If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.
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Precognition
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top card of target opponent's library. If you do, you may put that card on the bottom of that player's library.
A gleam like struggling sunlight penetrated Selenia's dark thoughts.
illus. Jeff Miracola # ?/0
Propaganda
Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays for each creature they control that's attacking you.
"You've failed Gerrard. You've failed the Legacy. You've failed yourself. I can do no more."—Volrath, to Karn
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Puppet Strings
, : You may tap or untap target creature.
"Have no illusions," Volrath warned Greven, "about free will."
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Quickening Licid
, : Quickening Licid loses this ability and becomes an Aura enchantment with enchant creature. Attach it to target creature. You may pay to end this effect.
Enchanted creature has first strike.
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Rain of Tears
Destroy target land.
"These rains cannot quench; they carve the land's face like a scalpel on flesh."—Crovax
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Rampant Growth
Search your library for a basic land card and put that card onto the battlefield tapped. Then shuffle your library.
Rath forces plants from its surface as one presses whey from cheese.
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Ranger en-Vec
First strike
: Regenerate Ranger en-Vec.
"The path of least resistance will seldom lead you beyond your doorstep."—Oracle en-Vec
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Rathi Dragon
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
When Rathi Dragon enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you sacrifice two Mountains.
Wrap the flame as twineKingdoms will be thine.
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Rats of Rath
: Destroy target artifact, creature, or land you control.
"These creatures offer new challenges in the scrutiny of entrails."—Oracle en-Vec
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Reality Anchor
Target creature loses shadow until end of turn.
Draw a card.
"See how you like it."—Ertai, wizard adept
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Reanimate
Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to its converted mana cost.
"You will learn to earn death."—Volrath
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Reap
Return up to X target cards from your graveyard to your hand, where X is the number of black permanents target opponent controls as you cast this spell.
"Let Volrath choke on his crop of hatred."—Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
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Reckless Spite
Destroy two target nonblack creatures. You lose 5 life.
"My plan's elegance leads my enemies to believe it is spite that fuels me."—Volrath
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Recycle
Skip your draw step.
Whenever you play a card, draw a card.
Your maximum hand size is two.
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Reflecting Pool
: Add one mana of any type that a land you control could produce.
"The reflection of land interests me far more than its reality."—Volrath
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Renegade Warlord
First strike
Whenever Renegade Warlord attacks, each other attacking creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
"His tongue must be honey, the way he gathers ants to fight with him."—Volrath
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Repentance
Target creature deals damage to itself equal to its power.
"The cannon wasn't aimed at you" pleaded Vhati."I'm not sure which is more pathetic," replied Greven, "your judgment or your aim."
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Respite
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. You gain 1 life for each attacking creature.
"If they board us we're finished," warned Orim. Crovax nodded. "And if they don't . . . what then?"
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Rolling Thunder
Rolling Thunder deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of targets.
"Such rage," thought Vhati, gazing up at the thunderhead from the Predator. "It is Greven's mind manifest."
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Root Maze
Artifacts and lands enter the battlefield tapped.
"We should step up repairs. I think the forest has plans for us."—Crovax
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Rootbreaker Wurm
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
As Gerrard made his escape, the wurm covered his flight by helping itself to three great mouthfuls of merfolk.
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Rootwalla
: Rootwalla gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Activate this ability only once each turn.
If you try to sneak up on a rootwalla, you'll suddenly find yourself dealing with twice the lizard.
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Rootwater Depths
: Add .
: Add or . Rootwater Depths doesn't untap during your next untap step.
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Rootwater Diver
, Sacrifice Rootwater Diver: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.
"Drop a dagger into the murky deep and the merfolk will cut your throat with it."—Skyshroud saying
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Rootwater Hunter
: Rootwater Hunter deals 1 damage to any target.
"Bitter water vicious waveShadow-cold shallows root-made mazeHome's angry embrace."—Rootwater Saga
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Rootwater Matriarch
: Gain control of target creature for as long as that creature is enchanted.
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Rootwater Shaman
You may cast Aura spells with enchant creature as though they had flash.
"Ugh When did orcs and fish start having kids?"—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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Ruby Medallion
Red spells you cast cost less to cast.
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Sacred Guide
, Sacrifice Sacred Guide: Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a white card. Put that card into your hand and exile all other cards revealed this way.
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Sadistic Glee
Enchant creature
Whenever a creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on enchanted creature.
"First blood isn't as important as last blood."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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Safeguard
: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target creature this turn.
"I'm amused by wasted effort when it's not my own."—Hanna, Weatherlight navigator
illus. Thomas M. Baxa # ?/0
Salt Flats
Salt Flats enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
: Add or . Salt Flats deals 1 damage to you.
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Sandstone Warrior
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
: Sandstone Warrior gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
"I used to describe something stable as ‘rock solid.' So much for that expression."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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Sapphire Medallion
Blue spells you cast cost less to cast.
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Sarcomancy
When Sarcomancy enters the battlefield, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are no Zombies on the battlefield, Sarcomancy deals 1 damage to you.
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Scabland
Scabland enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
: Add or . Scabland deals 1 damage to you.
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Scalding Tongs
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have three or fewer cards in hand, Scalding Tongs deals 1 damage to target opponent or planeswalker.
"This has nothing to do with what you know and everything to do with what I wish."—Volrath
illus. Randy Gallegos # ?/0
Scorched Earth
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard X land cards.
Destroy X target lands.
"Fire cleanses as well as destroys; that is the nature of change."—Oracle en-Vec
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Scragnoth
This spell can't be countered.
Protection from blue
It possesses no intelligence, only counter-intelligence.
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Screeching Harpy
Flying
: Regenerate Screeching Harpy.
"They are called ‘fowl' for a reason."—Mirri of the Weatherlight
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Scroll Rack
, : Exile any number of cards from your hand face down. Put that many cards from the top of your library into your hand. Then look at the exiled cards and put them on top of your library in any order.
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Sea Monster
Sea Monster can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.
Water is life. Or perhaps it is just something to wash it down with.
illus. Daniel Gelon # ?/0
Searing Touch
Buyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Searing Touch deals 1 damage to any target.
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Seeker of Skybreak
: Untap target creature.
"We shun them not for their dream but for their refusal to let such a noble dream die a noble death."—Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
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Segmented Wurm
Whenever Segmented Wurm becomes the target of a spell or ability, put a -1/-1 counter on it.
"If only we could so easily leave behind those parts of ourselves that pain us."—Crovax
illus. Jeff Miracola # ?/0
Selenia, Dark Angel
Flying
Pay 2 life: Return Selenia, Dark Angel to its owner's hand.
"I am light. I am dark. I must give my life to serve; not even death can release me."—Selenia, dark angel
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Serene Offering
Destroy target enchantment. You gain life equal to its converted mana cost.
"A sacrifice made in peace is worth a dozen made in panic."—Orim, Samite healer
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Servant of Volrath
When Servant of Volrath leaves the battlefield, sacrifice a creature.
"Volrath is a harsh master. My reflection is a constant reminder of that."—Greven il-Vec
illus. Brian Snoddy # ?/0
Shadow Rift
Target creature gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Draw a card.
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Shadowstorm
Shadowstorm deals 2 damage to each creature with shadow.
"You've not seen a storm until you've seen the kind that roars between worlds."—Lyna, Soltari emissary
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Shatter
Destroy target artifact.
"Such fuss over machines, Gerrard. Remember that you are the prize of the Legacy. Throw away your toys"—Orim, Samite healer
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Shimmering Wings
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters the battlefield attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature has flying. (It can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
: Return Shimmering Wings to its owner's hand.
The brighter the wings, the deeper the impact crater.
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Shocker
Whenever Shocker deals damage to a player, that player discards all the cards in their hand, then draws that many cards.
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Sky Spirit
Flying, first strike
"Like a strain of music: easy to remember but impossible to catch."—Mirri of the Weatherlight
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Skyshroud Condor
Cast this spell only if you've cast another spell this turn.
Flying
Condor's flight augurs sleepless night.—Skyshroud proverb
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Skyshroud Elf
: Add .
: Add or .
"It is our duty to endure."—Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
illus. Jeff Miracola # ?/0
Skyshroud Forest
Skyshroud Forest enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
: Add or . Skyshroud Forest deals 1 damage to you.
illus. Roger Raupp # ?/0
Skyshroud Ranger
: You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.
"Just as you see the grave and remember the friend, I see this forest and remember Llanowar."—Mirri of the Weatherlight
illus. Steve Luke # ?/0
Skyshroud Troll
: Regenerate Skyshroud Troll.
The elves and merfolk have nothing but bitterness for each other. The trolls, however, find them both rather tasty.
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Skyshroud Vampire
Flying
Discard a creature card: Skyshroud Vampire gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
"If it tastes one drop of elvish blood I will cast it from the shroud to see it burn."—Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
illus. Gary Leach # ?/0
Soltari Crusader
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
: Soltari Crusader gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
"Carry war to the Dauthi, no matter the way, no matter the world."—Soltari battle chant
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Soltari Emissary
: Soltari Emissary gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Alone at the portal, Ertai began his meditation. He realized immediately that he was not alone.
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Soltari Foot Soldier
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
"Children of the Ruins, raised to be warriors, know that life begins when another speaks their names."—Soltari Tales of Life
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Soltari Guerrillas
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
: The next time Soltari Guerrillas would deal combat damage to an opponent this turn, it deals that damage to target creature instead.
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Soltari Lancer
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Soltari Lancer has first strike as long as it's attacking.
"In times of war the victors rarely save their best for last."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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Soltari Monk
Protection from black
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
"Prayer rarely explains."—Orim, Samite healer
illus. Janet Aulisio # ?/0
Soltari Priest
Protection from red
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
"In Rath," the priest said, "there is even greater need for prayer."
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Soltari Trooper
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Whenever Soltari Trooper attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
"Dauthi blood is Soltari wine."—Soltari Tales of Life
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Souldrinker
Pay 3 life: Put a +1/+1 counter on Souldrinker.
Don't drink and thrive.
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Spell Blast
Counter target spell with converted mana cost X. (For example, if that spell's mana cost is , X is 5.)
Call it the thinking mage's version of brute force.
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Spike Drone
Spike Drone enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Spike Drone: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
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Spinal Graft
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3.
When enchanted creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, destroy that creature. It can't be regenerated.
"This one has not screamed enough to show effective implantation. Kill it."—Volrath
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Spirit Mirror
At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are no Reflection tokens on the battlefield, create a 2/2 white Reflection creature token.
: Destroy target Reflection.
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Spontaneous Combustion
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Spontaneous Combustion deals 3 damage to each creature.
"Heat of battle" is usually a metaphor.
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Squee's Toy
: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.
As the horrors closed in on Gerrard, Squee trembled and clutched his toy for comfort. He didn't know where it came from or why it was so warm, but he was glad he'd kept it near.
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Stalking Stones
: Add .
: Stalking Stones becomes a 3/3 Elemental artifact creature that's still a land. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
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Starke of Rath
: Destroy target artifact or creature. That permanent's controller gains control of Starke of Rath. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
"I know to whom I owe the most loyalty, and I see him in the mirror every day."—Starke
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Static Orb
As long as Static Orb is untapped, players can't untap more than two permanents during their untap steps.
Time passes, time crawls;Time doesn't move at all.
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Staunch Defenders
When Staunch Defenders enters the battlefield, you gain 4 life.
"Hold your position Leave doubt for the dying"—Tahngarth of the Weatherlight
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Steal Enchantment
Enchant enchantment
You control enchanted enchantment.
"Why should I flatter another with imitation when I can satisfy myself through possession?"—Ertai, wizard adept
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Stinging Licid
, : Stinging Licid loses this ability and becomes an Aura enchantment with enchant creature. Attach it to target creature. You may pay to end this effect.
Whenever enchanted creature becomes tapped, Stinging Licid deals 2 damage to that creature's controller.
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Stone Rain
Destroy target land.
"The land shall beg for drink and curse the rain that follows."—Oracle en-Vec
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Storm Front
: Tap target creature with flying.
The calmest day on Rath would be thought a storm anywhere else.
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Stun
Target creature can't block this turn.
Draw a card.
"I concede it was a cheap shot, but it was the only one I could afford."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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Sudden Impact
Sudden Impact deals damage to target player equal to the number of cards in that player's hand.
The Predator roared like an unruly beast, and the Weatherlight suddenly listed. "No" screamed Hanna.
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Tahngarth's Rage
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+0 as long as it's attacking. Otherwise, it gets -2/-1.
"Taste my horns"—Tahngarth of the Weatherlight
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Talon Sliver
All Sliver creatures have first strike.
"Keep them at sword's length" Gerrard's order fell flat as each sliver's talon suddenly grew longer. "Hold on—break out the polearms"
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Telethopter
Tap an untapped creature you control: Telethopter gains flying until end of turn.
After losing several of the devices to midair collisions, Greven forbade moggs from operating telethopters.
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Thalakos Dreamsower
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
You may choose not to untap Thalakos Dreamsower during your untap step.
Whenever Thalakos Dreamsower deals damage to an opponent, tap target creature. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as Thalakos Dreamsower remains tapped.
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Thalakos Lowlands
: Add .
: Add or . Thalakos Lowlands doesn't untap during your next untap step.
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Thalakos Mistfolk
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
: Put Thalakos Mistfolk on top of its owner's library.
"They are ‘between' in every way."—Lyna, Soltari emissary
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Thalakos Seer
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
When Thalakos Seer leaves the battlefield, draw a card.
"You see our world when you shut your eyes so tightly that tiny shapes float before them."—Lyna, to Ertai
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Thalakos Sentry
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
"Ill luck and poor geography caught the Thalakos between us and the Dauthi."—Lyna, Soltari emissary
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Thumbscrews
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have five or more cards in hand, Thumbscrews deals 1 damage to target opponent or planeswalker.
"We will start small, I think."—Volrath
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Time Ebb
Put target creature on top of its owner's library.
"Gone today, here tomorrow."—Ertai, wizard adept
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Time Warp
Target player takes an extra turn after this one.
"Let's do it again"—Squee, goblin cabin hand
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Tooth and Claw
Sacrifice two creatures: Create a 3/1 red Beast creature token named Carnivore.
"You deify nature as female—kind and gentle—yet you cringe at what is natural."—Mirri of the Weatherlight
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Torture Chamber
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a pain counter on Torture Chamber.
At the beginning of your end step, Torture Chamber deals damage to you equal to the number of pain counters on it.
, , Remove all pain counters from Torture Chamber: Torture Chamber deals damage to target creature equal to the number of pain counters removed this way.
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Tradewind Rider
Flying
, Tap two untapped creatures you control: Return target permanent to its owner's hand.
It is said that the wind will blow the world past if you wait long enough.
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Trained Armodon
These are its last days. Better to grow broad and heavy. Better that the enemy is crushed beneath its carcass.
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Tranquility
Destroy all enchantments.
"Peace will come, but whether born of harmony or entropy I cannot say."—Oracle en-Vec
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Trumpeting Armodon
: Target creature blocks Trumpeting Armodon this turn if able.
These are its last days. But it will not go quietly.
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Twitch
You may tap or untap target artifact, creature, or land.
Draw a card.
Battles are won in nuance.
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Unstable Shapeshifter
Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, Unstable Shapeshifter becomes a copy of that creature and gains this ability.
"In a world of untruths, the living lie rules."—Oracle en-Vec
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Vec Townships
: Add .
: Add or . Vec Townships doesn't untap during your next untap step.
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Verdant Force
At the beginning of each upkeep, create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
Burl, scurf, and bowerBirth fern and flower.
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Verdigris
Destroy target artifact.
"Only the most sophisticated inventions can survive nature's unsophisticated motivations."—Hanna, Weatherlight navigator
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Vhati il-Dal
: Until end of turn, target creature has base power 1 or base toughness 1.
"Sir, I just thought . . . ," explained Vhati."Don't think," interrupted Greven. "It doesn't suit you."
illus. Ron Spencer # ?/0
Volrath's Curse
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated. That creature's controller may sacrifice a permanent for that player to ignore this effect until end of turn.
: Return Volrath's Curse to its owner's hand.
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Wall of Diffusion
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Wall of Diffusion can block creatures with shadow as though Wall of Diffusion had shadow.
"The injury was being caught between this world and our own; the insult was to find walls within."—Lyna, Soltari emissary
illus. DiTerlizzi # ?/0
Warmth
Whenever an opponent casts a red spell, you gain 2 life.
"Flame grows gentle with but a little distance."—Orim, Samite healer
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Wasteland
: Add .
, Sacrifice Wasteland: Destroy target nonbasic land.
"The land promises nothing and keeps its promise."—Oracle en-Vec
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Watchdog
Watchdog blocks each combat if able.
As long as Watchdog is untapped, all creatures attacking you get -1/-0.
Its growl is a long, rumbling grind of gears and clockwork, its bark a blast of hissing steam.
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Whim of Volrath
Buyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Change the text of target permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another or one basic land type with another until end of turn. (For example, you may change "nonred creature" to "nongreen creature" or "plainswalk" to "swampwalk.")
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Whispers of the Muse
Buyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Draw a card.
"I followed her song only to find it was a dirge."—Crovax
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Wild Wurm
When Wild Wurm enters the battlefield, flip a coin. If you lose the flip, return Wild Wurm to its owner's hand.
Wurm heads appearWild wurm nearWurm tails you seeWild wurm flee
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Wind Dancer
Flying
: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
"Flying like a bird does not make you as free as one."—Volrath
illus. Susan Van Camp # ?/0
Wind Drake
Flying
Orim regarded Gerrard coolly. "You are like the drake," she said, her expression unchanging. "It works hard to maintain its position, but to us it seems to glide along effortlessly. You must do the same."
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Winds of Rath
Destroy all creatures that aren't enchanted. They can't be regenerated.
"There shall be a vast shout and then a vaster silence."—Oracle en-Vec
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Winged Sliver
All Sliver creatures have flying.
"Everything around here has cut a deal with gravity."—Gerrard of the Weatherlight
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Winter's Grasp
Destroy target land.
Summer is buried there, centuries deep;A crypt of years where seasons sleep.
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Wood Sage
: Choose a creature card name. Reveal the top four cards of your library and put all of them with that name into your hand. Put the rest into your graveyard.
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Worthy Cause
Buyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness.
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Altar of Dementia
Sacrifice a creature: Target player puts a number of cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power from the top of their library into their graveyard.
"It is not that you will go mad. It is that you will beg for madness."—Volrath
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Knight of Dawn
First strike
: Knight of Dawn gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Flash like daybreak to the fray.—Motto of the Knights of Dawn
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