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Land - Gate
Azorius Guildgate enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add or to your mana pool.
Enter the Senate, the seat of justice and the foundation of Ravnican society.
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Land - Swamp Mountain
(: Add or to your mana pool.)
As Blood Crypt enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, Blood Crypt enters the battlefield tapped.
Where the dead serve as diversion, decor, and dessert.
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Land - Gate
Golgari Guildgate enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add or to your mana pool.
Enter those who are starving and sick. You are welcome among the Swarm when the rest of Ravnica rejects you.
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Land
: Add to your mana pool.
, , Tap two untapped creatures you control, Sacrifice Grove of the Guardian: Put an 8/8 green and white Elemental creature token with vigilance onto the battlefield.
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Land - Plains Island
(: Add or to your mana pool.)
As Hallowed Fountain enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, Hallowed Fountain enters the battlefield tapped.
A place to relax, if you have the proper permit.
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Land - Gate
Izzet Guildgate enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add or to your mana pool.
Enter those with the vision to create and the daring to release their creations.
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Land - Swamp Forest
(: Add or to your mana pool.)
As Overgrown Tomb enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, Overgrown Tomb enters the battlefield tapped.
The best funeral shroud is the fabric of new life.
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Land - Gate
Rakdos Guildgate enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add or to your mana pool.
Enter and indulge your darkest fantasies, for you may never pass this way again.
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Land
: Add to your mana pool.
, : Target creature is unblockable this turn.
Rumors quickly spread among thieves about a labyrinth without walls and a prize beyond all measures of worth.
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Land - Gate
Selesnya Guildgate enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add or to your mana pool.
Enter and rejoice! The Conclave stands united, open to one and all.
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Land - Island Mountain
(: Add or to your mana pool.)
As Steam Vents enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, Steam Vents enters the battlefield tapped.
Crafted with genius, energized with madness.
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Land - Forest Plains
(: Add or to your mana pool.)
As Temple Garden enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, Temple Garden enters the battlefield tapped.
In the gardens of the Conclave, order and beauty are the roots of power.
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Land
Transguild Promenade enters the battlefield tapped.
When Transguild Promenade enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you pay .
: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.
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Basic Land - Plains
(: Add to your mana pool.)
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Basic Land - Island
(: Add to your mana pool.)
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Basic Land - Swamp
(: Add to your mana pool.)
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Basic Land - Mountain
(: Add to your mana pool.)
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Basic Land - Forest
(: Add to your mana pool.)
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Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each enchantment you control and has first strike.
Metal is scarce, smiths are pricey, and plate mail is heavy.
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Instant
Until end of turn, target creature gets +1/+0 and gains first strike and lifelink.
"Having conviction is more important than being righteous." -Aurelia
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Creature - Cat
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Some Ravnicans consider carrying a sword to be beneath them, preferring instead a tooth-and-claw escort.
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Instant
Tap target creature you don't control.
Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")
Weather is more predictable than the Izzet.
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Instant
Counter target instant spell.
"Civilization will subsume us unless we overwhelm it instead." -Speaker Zegana
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Instant
Target creature you don't control gets -4/-0 until end of turn.
Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")
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Creature - Faerie Rogue
Flying
When Faerie Impostor enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you return another creature you control to its owner's hand.
Many Tin Street shops display a sign on the door: "No cloaks allowed."
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Instant
Target creature you control gets +0/+1 and gains hexproof until end of turn.
Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")
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Instant
Counter target spell unless its controller pays . If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
"Patience, mage. Killing you now would be too easy."
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Instant
Exile target card from a graveyard.
Draw a card.
"Without a body, the soul is helpless to fight the terms of our contracts." -Somhaur, Orzhov pontiff
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Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+1 and has ": This creature gains trample until end of turn."
"You just need the right incentive to fulfill my dreams."
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Creature - Rat
When Drainpipe Vermin dies, you may pay . If you do, target player discards a card.
When times are tough, the poor eat the rats. When times are tougher, the rats eat the poor.
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Enchantment
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if that player has one or fewer cards in hand, he or she loses 3 life.
A gargoyle's voice reaches pitches that will shatter glass and warp bone.
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Creature - Lizard
: Bellows Lizard gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
As the price of wood and coal rose, smiths found creative ways to keep their forges burning.
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Instant
Target creature you control gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")
Nothing evens the odds like a little lightning.
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Instant
Electrickery deals 1 damage to target creature you don't control.
Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")
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Enchantment - Aura
Enchant land
Enchanted land has ": Target creature gains haste until end of turn."
Close finishes are settled by who can dismount and get to weapons first.
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Instant
Street Spasm deals X damage to target creature without flying you don't control.
Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")
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Sorcery
Destroy target artifact you don't control.
Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")
Beauty is in the eye of the exploder.
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Creature - Elf Scout
, Sacrifice Centaur's Herald: Put a 3/3 green Centaur creature token onto the battlefield.
The farther they go from Vitu-Ghazi, the less willing the crowd is to part for them.
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Instant
Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
"The prohibition of unnecessary tossing of the citizenry by giants shall also extend to spontaneous giants." -Isperia's Edict, provision VII.789.2
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Enchantment
Mana Bloom enters the battlefield with X charge counters on it.
Remove a charge counter from Mana Bloom: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool. Activate this ability only once each turn.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if Mana Bloom has no charge counters on it, return it to its owner's hand.
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Sorcery
Put an X/X green Ooze creature token onto the battlefield.
"Give me enough refuse and mana and I will summon an ooze that can engulf all of Ravnica." -Cevraya, Golgari shaman
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Enchantment - Aura
Enchant land
Enchanted land has "Untap this land during each other player's untap step."
The ruins of Old Prahv became a wildspace, although all birdsong was silenced by lingering Azorius magic.
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Creature - Weird
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Blistercoil Weird gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Untap it.
Azorius lawmages would like to outlaw the creation of weirds, but first they'd have to settle their long-standing debate on how to classify them.
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Creature - Elf Shaman
: Exile target land card from a graveyard. Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.
, : Exile target instant or sorcery card from a graveyard. Each opponent loses 2 life.
, : Exile target creature card from a graveyard. You gain 2 life.
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Creature - Dryad Soldier
If an instant or sorcery card would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.
"We will defend the Worldsoul from Izzet ‘progress' at any cost."
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Creature - Bird
Flying
Sacrifice Judge's Familiar: Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays .
"It misses nothing and it has no sense of humor." -Barvisa, courtroom scribe
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Creature - Elemental
Exile an instant or sorcery spell you control: Put two +1/+1 counters on Nivmagus Elemental. (That spell won't resolve.)
When it escaped, the experimenters hesitated. It would cause untold havoc, yet they wished to see it in action.
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Creature - Devil
Unleash (You may have this creature enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. It can't block as long as it has a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Devil-blades and dripping blood make music Rakdos never tires of hearing.
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Creature - Plant Zombie
Scavenge (, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to this card's power on target creature. Scavenge only as a sorcery.)
"It makes better use of Uncle Dragi's head than he ever did." -Pesha, retired blacksmith
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Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creature gets +1/+0 for each of its colors.
Equip
Those without a guild signet often display a different form of protection.
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Artifact
: Target player puts the top card of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
, , Sacrifice Codex Shredder: Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
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Artifact
As Pithing Needle enters the battlefield, name a card.
Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.
The fearful want the procedure before a blood festival. The guilty seek it afterward.
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Creature - Human Soldier
When Azorius Arrester enters the battlefield, detain target creature an opponent controls. (Until your next turn, that creature can't attack or block and its activated abilities can't be activated.)
"You have the right to remain silent. Mostly because I tire of your excuses."
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Creature - Pegasus
Flying
"A kick from its hooves is like a bolt of lightning. I'd know. I've been hit by both." -Rencz, Izzet chemister's aide
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Creature - Human Soldier
Double strike (This creature deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.)
His prowess gives the guildless hope that they can hold out against tyranny.
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Creature - Spirit
Sacrifice Keening Apparition: Destroy target enchantment.
Some souls are too damaged to be of use to the Orzhov.
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Creature - Human Soldier
First strike
Whenever Precinct Captain deals combat damage to a player, put a 1/1 white Soldier creature token onto the battlefield.
"In troubled times, we all need someone to watch our back."
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Enchantment
When Rest in Peace enters the battlefield, exile all cards from all graveyards.
If a card or token would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.
Some corpses the Golgari cannot claim. Some souls the Orzhov cannot shackle.
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Enchantment - Aura
Enchant nonland permanent
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted permanent's controller, that player sacrifices it unless he or she pays , where X is its converted mana cost.
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Enchantment - Aura
Enchant land
Whenever enchanted land becomes tapped, its controller puts the top three cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
With the Izzet occupied elsewhere, many of their public works fell into disrepair.
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Creature - Vedalken
Whenever Crosstown Courier deals combat damage to a player, that player puts that many cards from the top of his or her library into his or her graveyard.
Information travels quickly through Ravnica's network of messengers and thought agents.
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Instant
Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.
Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")
The Izzet specialize in unnatural disaster.
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Creature - Homunculus
Defender
, : Target player puts the top X cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard, where X is the number of creatures with defender you control.
One piercing stare usually convinces thieves to go elsewhere.
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Sorcery
Detain target creature an opponent controls. (Until your next turn, that creature can't attack or block and its activated abilities can't be activated.)
Draw a card.
"To prevent action is to prevent transgression." -Azorius Arrester motto
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Creature - Imp
Flying
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
One of the many reasons why open-air markets close at dusk.
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Creature - Skeleton Warrior
Unleash (You may have this creature enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. It can't block as long as it has a +1/+1 counter on it.)
: Regenerate Grim Roustabout.
He'll point you to your death row seats.
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Creature - Rat
Pack Rat's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Rats you control.
, Discard a card: Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of Pack Rat.
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Creature - Human Rogue
, Pay 3 life: Flip a coin. If you win the flip, you gain 6 life.
Rakdos cultists are her best customers. They never flinch at pain and are seldom good at math.
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Creature - Human Assassin
Deathtouch
Unleash (You may have this creature enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. It can't block as long as it has a +1/+1 counter on it.)
As the bounty on Massacre Girl rose, so did the number of imitators.
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Instant
Destroy target monocolored creature.
"Let him be an example to others who would default on their debts to us." -"The Cozen," Orzhov assassin
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Creature - Human Warrior
First strike, haste
Whenever a player casts a spell from a graveyard, Ash Zealot deals 3 damage to that player.
"Smarter than death? Let's see you outsmart my mace, necromancer!"
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Creature - Human Warrior
Unleash (You may have this creature enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. It can't block as long as it has a +1/+1 counter on it.)
If the pig's blood drips on you, you're next on the chain.
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Sorcery
Mizzium Mortars deals 4 damage to target creature you don't control.
Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")
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Enchantment - Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has ": This creature gains flying until end of turn."
"Watch the voltage. We don't need another charred, crashing viashino." -Bori Andon, Izzet blastseeker
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Creature - Beast
Vigilance
Magistrate Ludy agreed to designate land for the brushstriders only after several broken windows and dozens of missing blini-cakes.
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Creature - Insect
Scavenge (, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to this card's power on target creature. Scavenge only as a sorcery.)
The Street Swarm is the labor class that drives the Golgari's endless cycle of life and death.
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Instant
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to you this turn. Populate. (Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of a creature token you control.)
"So many oppose us, but we are the reed that bends without breaking."
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Creature - Plant
Defender
When Gatecreeper Vine enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a basic land card or a Gate card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.
Every inch of Ravnica is home to something.
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Instant
Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Untap that creature.
Gruul warriors never need to be stirred to battle. They need only to be shown where the battle is.
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Instant
Abrupt Decay can't be countered by spells or abilities.
Destroy target nonland permanent with converted mana cost 3 or less.
The Izzet quickly suspended their policy of lifetime guarantees.
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Instant
Choose one - Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn; or draw a card; or put target attacking or blocking creature on top of its owner's library.
"The rules of logic and order have already made the choice for you." -Isperia
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Sorcery
Put a 3/3 green Centaur creature token onto the battlefield.
Centaurs are sent to evangelize in Gruul territories where words of war speak louder than prayers of peace.
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Instant
Target creature you don't control gets -2/-0 until end of turn and attacks this turn if able.
Overload (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change its text by replacing all instances of "target" with "each.")
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Instant
Return target creature to its owner's hand. You gain 2 life.
"I never thought I'd be so glad to see two tons of beak and claws bearing down on me at the speed of an arrow." -Mirela, Azorius hussar
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Sorcery
Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
In Rakdos-controlled neighborhoods, everyone is part of the show.
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Sorcery
Exile the top X cards of your library. For each instant and sorcery card with converted mana cost X or less among them, you may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then put all cards exiled this way that weren't cast into your graveyard.
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Creature - Goblin Wizard
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost less to cast.
When asked how much power is required, Izzet mages always answer "more."
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Instant
Choose one - All creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn; or destroy target enchantment; or regenerate each creature you control.
"Let the rest of Ravnica sneer. One way or another, they all end up in the undercity." -Jarad
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Instant
Reveal the top five cards of your library. You may put a creature or land card from among them into your hand. Put the rest into your graveyard.
To the Golgari, anything buried is treasure.
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Instant
Target player gains 7 life.
They share no bloodline, but a bond greater than family unites them. Such are the gifts of the Worldsoul.
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Instant
Choose one - Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays ; or Izzet Charm deals 2 damage to target creature; or draw two cards, then discard two cards.
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Creature - Elf Shaman
: Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains intimidate until end of turn.
, Sacrifice a nontoken creature: Put X 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens onto the battlefield, where X is the sacrificed creature's toughness.
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Creature - Zombie Troll
Trample
Discard a creature card: Put a +1/+1 counter on Lotleth Troll.
: Regenerate Lotleth Troll.
He lurks in the undercity, eager for the corpse haulers to unload their rotting cargo.
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Creature - Human Wizard
: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
: Detain target nonland permanent an opponent controls. (Until your next turn, that permanent can't attack or block and its activated abilities can't be activated.)
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Creature - Human Wizard
: Draw a card, then discard a card.
: Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy.
"The only action worth taking is one with an unknown outcome."
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Instant
Choose one - Exile all cards from target player's graveyard; or destroy target artifact; or each creature deals 1 damage to its controller.
"Let all feel joy in pain." -Rakdos
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Sorcery
Rakdos's Return deals X damage to target opponent. That player discards X cards.
When Lord Rakdos stirred from his slumber, everyone else's nightmare began.
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Creature - Human Shaman
: Target blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
: Target player who lost life this turn loses 1 life.
Insatiable, irresistible, and insane.
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Sorcery
Target player reveals his or her hand. You gain life equal to the number of cards in that player's hand.
"And would you care to explain why your satchel is radiating an aura of unstable energy?"
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Instant
Choose one - Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains trample until end of turn; or exile target creature with power 5 or greater; or put a 2/2 white Knight creature token with vigilance onto the battlefield.
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