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Join the RanksInstantPut two 1/1 white Soldier Ally creature tokens onto the battlefield. Expeditionary houses are notorious for their rivalries. But when adventurers meet in the wilderness, the instinct for mutual survival outweighs petty grudges. |
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Refraction TrapInstant - TrapIf an opponent cast a red instant or sorcery spell this turn, you may pay
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Permafrost TrapInstant - TrapIf an opponent had a green creature enter the battlefield under his or her control this turn, you may pay
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Ricochet TrapInstant - TrapIf an opponent cast a blue spell this turn, you may pay In his last seconds, Remhas regretted using his most powerful spell. |
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Slingbow TrapInstant - TrapIf a black creature with flying is attacking, you may pay The Tajuru elves devised ways to let the forest defend itself. |
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Lethargy TrapInstant - TrapIf three or more creatures are attacking, you may pay Suddenly, Zurdi didn't care about treasure, glory, food . . . or the drakes circling above. |
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Mindbreak TrapInstant - TrapIf an opponent cast three or more spells this turn, you may pay "Life is a maze. This is one of its dead ends." |
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Summoner's BaneInstantCounter target creature spell. Put a 2/2 blue Illusion creature token onto the battlefield. "I don't need to have the perfect plan. My foe just has to have an imperfect one." |
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Ravenous TrapInstant - TrapIf an opponent had three or more cards put into his or her graveyard from anywhere this turn, you may pay
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Inferno TrapInstant - TrapIf you've been dealt damage by two or more creatures this turn, you may pay "Do you smell something burning?" |
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Offering to AshaInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays "His body belongs to Bant now. His soul? I honestly don't know. I expect it belongs to the angels." |
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Inspired ChargeInstantCreatures you control get +2/+1 until end of turn. "Impossible! How could they overwhelm us? We had barricades, war elephants, . . . and they were barely a tenth of our number!" |
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DisorientInstantTarget creature gets -7/-0 until end of turn. "If it has a brain, even a primitive one, we can most surely scramble it." |
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Tendrils of CorruptionInstantTendrils of Corruption deals X damage to target creature and you gain X life, where X is the number of Swamps you control. Darkness doesn't always send its minions to do its dirty work. |
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Might of OaksInstantTarget creature gets +7/+7 until end of turn. May your weapon be no sword forged. May your armor be no metal wrought. |
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Cankerous ThirstInstantIf Nothing warms the bark on a chilly day like a draught of elf. |
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Invert the SkiesInstantCreatures your opponents control lose flying until end of turn if
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Put AwayInstantCounter target spell. You may shuffle up to one target card from your graveyard into your library. Kithkin spellbottlers spend half their time preserving old memories and the other half punishing the new. |
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Gloomwidow's FeastInstantDestroy target creature with flying. If that creature was blue or black, put a 1/2 green Spider creature token with reach onto the battlefield. (It can block creatures with flying.) Each night, gloomwidows cull fresh prey for their ravenous hatchlings. |
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ÆthertowInstantPut target attacking or blocking creature on top of its owner's library.
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MirrorweaveInstantEach other creature becomes a copy of target nonlegendary creature until end of turn. "Those who are different are untrustworthy, unpredictable. Put your safety in the hands of your own kind." |
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Repel IntrudersInstantPut two 1/1 white Kithkin Soldier creature tokens onto the battlefield if
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Memory PlunderInstantYou may cast target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard without paying its mana cost. "Vengeance is the echo of the victim's own crime." |
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Neck SnapInstantDestroy target attacking or blocking creature. "We merrows need not be disadvantaged when fighting on land. We lack the vulnerability of those who breathe only through their throats." |
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Cryptic CommandInstantChoose two - Counter target spell; or return target permanent to its owner's hand; or tap all creatures your opponents control; or draw a card.
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Makeshift MannequinInstantReturn target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a mannequin counter on it. For as long as that creature has a mannequin counter on it, it has "When this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it." "This vulgar mimicry will end now." |
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Wild RicochetInstantYou may choose new targets for target instant or sorcery spell. Then copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. "I knew that trick long before your great-grandmother's great-grandmother was born." |
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Heal the ScarsInstantRegenerate target creature. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness. Elvish battle-magic has evolved two specialties: inflicting wounds that scar, and healing wounds without scarring. Politics determines the recipients of each. |
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DiscombobulateInstantCounter target spell. Look at the top four cards of your library, then put them back in any order. "I said ‘pick his brain,' not ‘tear off his head.'" |
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PlagiarizeInstantUntil end of turn, if target player would draw a card, instead that player skips that draw and you draw a card. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" |
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Sudden ImpactInstantSudden Impact deals damage to target player equal to the number of cards in that player's hand. "Some say it's better to think before you act. While those people are considering all the options, that's usually when I kill them." |
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ChastiseInstantDestroy target attacking creature. You gain life equal to its power. "Why do we pray to the Ancestor? Because She listens." |
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SolidarityInstantCreatures you control get +0/+5 until end of turn. "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately." |
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DeflectionInstantChange the target of target spell with a single target. Up and down, |
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BoilInstantDestroy all Islands. "The fishers will throw out their nets and draw them back filled with dust." |
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Lightning BlastInstantLightning Blast deals 4 damage to target creature or player. "Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do." |
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ControvertInstantCounter target spell.
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Surging ÆtherInstantRipple 4 (When you cast this spell, you may reveal the top four cards of your library. You may cast any revealed cards with the same name as this spell without paying their mana costs. Put the rest on the bottom of your library.)
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Chill to the BoneInstantDestroy target nonsnow creature. "Thick hides and layered armor won't help when I freeze you from the inside out." |
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Mystic MeltingInstantDestroy target artifact or enchantment. The sun-hot glow radiated from the druids, leaving scattered metal in steaming pools as it passed. |
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Vanish into MemoryInstantExile target creature. You draw cards equal to that creature's power. At the beginning of your next upkeep, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. If you do, discard cards equal to its toughness. Out of sight, into mind. |
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Altar's LightInstantExile target artifact or enchantment. "The altar does nothing; the device is crushed under the weight of its own impurity." |
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IrradiateInstantTarget creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each artifact you control. The blast ignores the cage of metal but devours the flesh inside. |
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Grab the ReinsInstantChoose one - Until end of turn, you gain control of target creature and it gains haste; or sacrifice a creature, then Grab the Reins deals damage equal to that creature's power to target creature or player.
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BloodscentInstantAll creatures able to block target creature this turn do so.
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Last WordInstantLast Word can't be countered by spells or abilities. "Someday, someone will best me. But it won't be today, and it won't be you." |
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Burden of GreedInstantTarget player loses 1 life for each tapped artifact he or she controls. "The one who dies with the most toys is still dead." |
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Shriveling RotInstantChoose one - Until end of turn, whenever a creature is dealt damage, destroy it; or until end of turn, whenever a creature dies, that creature's controller loses life equal to its toughness.
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Tears of RageInstantCast Tears of Rage only during the declare attackers step.
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Abuna's ChantInstantChoose one - You gain 5 life; or prevent the next 5 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.
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RetaliateInstantDestroy all creatures that dealt damage to you this turn. The Auriok learned perseverance from their forebears. They learned justice from the leonin. |
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Fold into ÆtherInstantCounter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, its controller may put a creature card from his or her hand onto the battlefield. Æther portals drift across Mirrodin's surface, dragging creatures across time and space. |
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Gifts UngivenInstantSearch your library for up to four cards with different names and reveal them. Target opponent chooses two of those cards. Put the chosen cards into your graveyard and the rest into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
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Part the VeilInstant - ArcaneReturn all creatures you control to their owner's hand. At the waterfall, the border between the humanoid and the spirit worlds was weakest. The kami moved across it with ease and at will. |
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Hideous LaughterInstant - ArcaneAll creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.
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Blind with AngerInstant - ArcaneUntap target nonlegendary creature and gain control of it until end of turn. That creature gains haste until end of turn. "I can post only the most honorable and strong-willed samurai to defend your stronghold. I have seen what can happen to lesser men." |
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ScourInstantExile target enchantment. Search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as that enchantment and exile them. Then that player shuffles his or her library.
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Minamo's MeddlingInstantCounter target spell. That spell's controller reveals his or her hand, then discards each card with the same name as a card spliced onto that spell. Like storm water through the segments of bamboo, the spell followed the links of magic. Then it destroyed them. |
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QuashInstantCounter target instant or sorcery spell. Search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as that spell and exile them. Then that player shuffles his or her library.
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Ire of KaminariInstant - ArcaneIre of Kaminari deals damage to target creature or player equal to the number of Arcane cards in your graveyard. "Thunder broke the brittle silence over the Araba. A surge of raw energy lifted the soldier's body into the air and briefly, in the heart of the flash, he saw the face of a god." |
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OverblazeInstant - ArcaneEach time target permanent would deal damage to a creature or player this turn, it deals double that damage to that creature or player instead.
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Torrent of StoneInstant - ArcaneTorrent of Stone deals 4 damage to target creature.
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Æther ShockwaveInstantChoose one - Tap all Spirits; or tap all non-Spirit creatures. "The strain upon the veil between worlds began to show near the end of the Kami War. Strange happenings that neither side could control lashed out across Kamigawa." |
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Shifting BordersInstant - ArcaneExchange control of two target lands.
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Gaze of AdamaroInstant - ArcaneGaze of Adamaro deals damage to target player equal to the number of cards in that player's hand. Wherever it looked, it saw destruction-the wake of its own gaze. |
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Hidetsugu's Second RiteInstantIf target player has exactly 10 life, Hidetsugu's Second Rite deals 10 damage to that player. Hidetsugu never relinquished a grudge. He let it burn within him, gathering ever greater intensity until the final moment of vengeance. |
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Seed SparkInstantDestroy target artifact or enchantment. If "If you ask me, those root-lovers value mindless dogma over progress." |
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Induce ParanoiaInstantCounter target spell. If
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Mnemonic NexusInstantEach player shuffles his or her graveyard into his or her library. True enlightenment comes not with a new thought, but with understanding of all the old ones. |
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DogpileInstantDogpile deals damage to target creature or player equal to the number of attacking creatures you control. There is no shelter from this storm, its rain of fists, or the thunderous cackles of bloodlust. |
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Clutch of the UndercityInstantReturn target permanent to its owner's hand. Its controller loses 3 life.
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Gaze of the GorgonInstant( Even the dead give way to the mineral gaze of the gorgon. |
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Master WarcraftInstantCast Master Warcraft only before attackers are declared.
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FrazzleInstantCounter target nonblue spell. The chant was interrupted, the components cooked, and Zok worried that it was his brain he smelled smoking. |
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Seize the SoulInstantDestroy target nonwhite, nonblack creature. Put a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying onto the battlefield.
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Parallectric FeedbackInstantParallectric Feedback deals damage to target spell's controller equal to that spell's converted mana cost. "You can't have so many people living so close together, all practicing so much magic, and not expect some feedback." |
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Cackling FlamesInstantCackling Flames deals 3 damage to target creature or player. "I like a little entertainment with my dinner." |
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Æthermage's TouchInstantReveal the top four cards of your library. You may put a creature card from among them onto the battlefield. It has "At the beginning of your end step, return this creature to its owner's hand." Then put the rest of the cards revealed this way on the bottom of your library in any order.
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Azorius PloyInstantPrevent all combat damage target creature would deal this turn. Azorius military tactics, like their legal tactics, capitalize on delay and nullification. |
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Wrecking BallInstantDestroy target creature or land. Rakdos festivals almost leave enough rubble in their wake to hide the bodies. |
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Careful ConsiderationInstantTarget player draws four cards, then discards three cards. If you cast this spell during your main phase, instead that player draws four cards, then discards two cards. "Sages who take the time to verify their sources are rewarded for their diligence." |
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Mystical TeachingsInstantSearch your library for an instant card or a card with flash, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
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Sulfurous BlastInstantSulfurous Blast deals 2 damage to each creature and each player. If you cast this spell during your main phase, Sulfurous Blast deals 3 damage to each creature and each player instead. The Keldons used the toxic vents in the cracked earth to bolster their home's defenses. |
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Chameleon BlurInstantPrevent all damage that creatures would deal to players this turn. "Sometimes the best plan is neither fighting nor running." |
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Stonewood InvocationInstantSplit second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) "Might of ancient wood and stone, |
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Dismal FailureInstantCounter target spell. Its controller discards a card. "Two magi could trade spells all day and never crown a victor. The real battle is not one of power but of will. If your confidence breaks, so too shall you." |
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SpellshiftInstantCounter target instant or sorcery spell. Its controller reveals cards from the top of his or her library until he or she reveals an instant or sorcery card. That player may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then he or she shuffles his or her library.
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Patrician's ScornInstantIf you've cast another white spell this turn, you may cast Patrician's Scorn without paying its mana cost. Lady Farisa's contempt of tawdry kitsch grew even more infamous after her death. |
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Scatter ArcInstantCounter target noncreature spell. "Should your chosen emissary be able to fluctuate triharmonic pentodes, however unlikely, I shall shunt excess negavolt radicals." |
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ÆtherizeInstantReturn all attacking creatures to their owner's hand. "You can come back once you've learned some manners-and figured out how to reconstitute your physical forms." |
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Grisly SpectacleInstantDestroy target nonartifact creature. Its controller puts a number of cards equal to that creature's power from the top of his or her library into his or her graveyard. "Watch people flock to a murder scene. Then tell me we're not all a little sick in the head."
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Homing LightningInstantHoming Lightning deals 4 damage to target creature and each other creature with the same name as that creature. "I see countless worlds. What makes them think I can't find them in just one?"
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MindstaticInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays "It's always satisfying to stymie the best efforts of a rival, but the reactions of the Gruul are particularly amusing." |
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Fatal FumesInstantTarget creature gets -4/-2 until end of turn. Travelers in the undercity dread the horrors and assassins of the Dimir, but nearly as many die from more mundane hazards. |
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Advent of the WurmInstantPut a 5/5 green Wurm creature token with trample onto the battlefield. The consciousness of Mat'Selesnya does not always spread in peaceful ways. |
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Plasm CaptureInstantCounter target spell. At the beginning of your next precombat main phase, add X mana in any combination of colors to your mana pool, where X is that spell's converted mana cost. "Everything serves a purpose. Even you." |
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Warleader's HelixInstantWarleader's Helix deals 4 damage to target creature or player and you gain 4 life. "There is no time to remedy our enemies' ignorance. Blast it out of them." |
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Cutthroat ManeuverInstantUp to two target creatures each get +1/+1 and gain lifelink until end of turn. "Our ambition drives us forward. Together we will claim what is ours, no matter who holds it." |
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Artisan's SorrowInstantDestroy target artifact or enchantment. Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.) Some seers read bones or entrails. Others just like to break things. |
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Steam AuguryInstantReveal the top five cards of your library and separate them into two piles. An opponent chooses one of those piles. Put that pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard. Keranos is a fickle god, delivering punishment as readily as prophecy. |
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