Long-Term PlansInstantSearch your library for a card, shuffle your library, then put that card third from the top. "Wait, it'll come to me in a minute." |
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Reaping the GravesInstantReturn target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
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CarbonizeInstantCarbonize deals 3 damage to target creature or player. That creature can't be regenerated this turn. If the creature would die this turn, exile it instead.
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ScattershotInstantScattershot deals 1 damage to target creature.
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Sprouting VinesInstantSearch your library for a basic land card, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
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Blinding BeamInstantChoose one - Tap two target creatures; or creatures don't untap during target player's next untap step.
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Second SunriseInstantEach player returns to the battlefield all artifact, creature, enchantment, and land cards in his or her graveyard that were put there from the battlefield this turn. The bright tunnel sometimes leads back to life. |
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OverrideInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays for each artifact you control. "The Knowledge Pool has all the answers-especially ‘No.'" |
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Thirst for KnowledgeInstantDraw three cards. Then discard two cards unless you discard an artifact card. Lymph, the fluid essence of blinkmoths, is prized by wizards for the rush of intellect it provides. |
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Grim ReminderInstantSearch your library for a nonland card and reveal it. Each opponent who cast a card this turn with the same name as that card loses 6 life. Then shuffle your library.
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Wail of the NimInstantChoose one - Regenerate each creature you control; or Wail of the Nim deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.
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Incite WarInstantChoose one - Creatures target player controls attack this turn if able; or creatures you control gain first strike until end of turn.
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Metal FatigueInstantTap all artifacts. The Auriok have fought the metal hordes for so long now that knowing how to cripple them has become an instinct. |
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Pulse of the FieldsInstantYou gain 4 life. Then if an opponent has more life than you, return Pulse of the Fields to its owner's hand. Before religion or civilization, there was order. |
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MachinateInstantLook at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of artifacts you control. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. As long as there are questions to be asked, the vedalken will ask them. |
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Magnetic FluxInstantArtifact creatures you control gain flying until end of turn. After the researcher's astonishing success, his assistants spent six hours finding a way to return the specimens safely to the ground. |
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Pulse of the GridInstantDraw two cards, then discard a card. Then if an opponent has more cards in hand than you, return Pulse of the Grid to its owner's hand. Before labs or lectures, there was insight. |
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Second SightInstantChoose one - Look at the top five cards of target opponent's library, then put them back in any order; or look at the top five cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
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VexInstantCounter target spell. That spell's controller may draw a card. "The druids would be better off if they spent more time in the lab and less time watching trees grow." |
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Barbed LightningInstantChoose one - Barbed Lightning deals 3 damage to target creature; or Barbed Lightning deals 3 damage to target player. Every creature on Mirrodin is a lightning rod. |
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Pulse of the ForgeInstantPulse of the Forge deals 4 damage to target player. Then if that player has more life than you, return Pulse of the Forge to its owner's hand. Before wars or weapons, there was anger. |
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UnforgeInstantDestroy target Equipment. If that Equipment was attached to a creature, Unforge deals 2 damage to that creature. Compared to the fire of the forge, the strength of steel is nothing. |
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Armed ResponseInstantArmed Response deals damage to target attacking creature equal to the number of Equipment you control. Raksha watched as the goblins continued to pour onto the Razor Fields. "They just don't know when to stop, do they?" |
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VanquishInstantDestroy target blocking creature. "All beings have an inner light. Let me show you yours." |
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Ferocious ChargeInstantTarget creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.
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Hold the LineInstantBlocking creatures get +7/+7 until end of turn. "Forgive me, Master Kami, but in the interest of my people I must halt your advance." |
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HinderInstantCounter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put that card on the top or bottom of its owner's library instead of into that player's graveyard. "Do not react to force in kind. Turn it aside. Direct it to where it can do no harm." |
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Lifted by CloudsInstant - ArcaneTarget creature gains flying until end of turn.
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Sift Through SandsInstant - ArcaneDraw two cards, then discard a card.
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ThoughtbindInstantCounter target spell with converted mana cost 4 or less. "As the rest of the mortal world waged war, Lady Azami and her students invaded tomes of knowledge. Their search yielded spells critical in the fight." |
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Rend FleshInstant - ArcaneDestroy target non-Spirit creature. "The Reito Massacre was a testament to the kami's unstoppable power. The human defenders might as well have been moths battling a forest fire." |
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Rend SpiritInstantDestroy target Spirit. "The battle at Ganzan Pass was a testament to human endurance. The untrained and frightened group escaped three legions of kami, leaving more than their share of slain foes in their wake." |
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Hanabi BlastInstantHanabi Blast deals 2 damage to target creature or player. Return Hanabi Blast to its owner's hand, then discard a card at random. The most powerful of akki fire spells were developed at the cost of blood, toil, tears, sweat, and usually a nose or two. |
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Strange InversionInstant - ArcaneSwitch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn.
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Yamabushi's FlameInstantYamabushi's Flame deals 3 damage to target creature or player. If a creature dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead.
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Toils of Night and DayInstant - ArcaneYou may tap or untap target permanent, then you may tap or untap another target permanent. "The war sent Kamigawa into turmoil. Here it was spring and there winter. For some, time stood still, while for others, moments flashed past like minnows in a pond." |
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Horobi's WhisperInstant - ArcaneIf you control a Swamp, destroy target nonblack creature.
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Aura BarbsInstant - ArcaneEach enchantment deals 2 damage to its controller, then each Aura attached to a creature deals 2 damage to the creature it's attached to.
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Flames of the Blood HandInstantFlames of the Blood Hand deals 4 damage to target player. The damage can't be prevented. If that player would gain life this turn, that player gains no life instead. Many ogres extracted blood oaths from the oni they summoned. Others simply extracted blood. |
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Roar of JukaiInstant - ArcaneIf you control a Forest, each blocked creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
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Unchecked GrowthInstant - ArcaneTarget creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn. If it's a Spirit, it gains trample until end of turn. "That energy was once granted to growing things. Now the kami keep it for themselves, releasing it in sudden floods that overwhelm flesh and foliage alike." |
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Oppressive WillInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays for each card in your hand. When Minamo was abandoned, its younger students found themselves thrust into a war beyond their skill with talents beyond their control. |
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Barrel Down SokenzanInstant - ArcaneSweep - Return any number of Mountains you control to their owner's hand. Barrel Down Sokenzan deals damage to target creature equal to twice the number of Mountains returned this way.
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Path of Anger's FlameInstant - ArcaneCreatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn. "Walking the path of the kami only leaves you with singed feet." |
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Inner Calm, Outer StrengthInstant - ArcaneTarget creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand. The ghostly objects around the kami circled faster and faster, creating a dizzying cyclone of motion. When it opened its eyes, it struck. |
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Rending VinesInstant - ArcaneDestroy target artifact or enchantment if its converted mana cost is less than or equal to the number of cards in your hand.
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Boros Fury-ShieldInstantPrevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target attacking or blocking creature this turn. If was spent to cast Boros Fury-Shield, it deals damage to that creature's controller equal to the creature's power.
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Devouring LightInstantConvoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.) Into the light the good are welcomed, and with the light the evil are banished. |
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ConvoluteInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays . The words came to the sorcerer's lips but refused to budge any further. |
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CharInstantChar deals 4 damage to target creature or player and 2 damage to you. Izzet mages often acquire their magic reagents from dubious sources, so the potency of their spells is never predictable. |
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Chord of CallingInstantConvoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)
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Sundering VitaeInstantConvoke (Each creature you tap while casting this spell reduces its cost by or by one mana of that creature's color.) Centuries of wind, rain, and roots compressed into an instant of destruction: such is the power of Selesnya. |
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Congregation at DawnInstantSearch your library for up to three creature cards and reveal them. Shuffle your library, then put those cards on top of it in any order. "It is fitting that we meet in the first hour of light, for we are called by the Conclave to pierce a threat of darkness." |
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PerplexInstantCounter target spell unless its controller discards his or her hand.
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PutrefyInstantDestroy target artifact or creature. It can't be regenerated. "All matter, animate or not, rots when exposed to time. We merely speed up the process." |
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Rally the RighteousInstantRadiance - Untap target creature and each other creature that shares a color with it. Those creatures get +2/+0 until end of turn. Yuri took up the ragged Boros banner, and his brethren, inspired by the act, followed him back into the fight. |
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GhostwayInstantExile each creature you control. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step. "I watched its blade swing through me, but I was hollow, empty. I saw its face contort in rage but could not hear it snarl." |
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WithstandInstantPrevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. "Defense is as much a part of war as offense, the shield as important a tool as the sword." |
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RuneboggleInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays . "Ever try to count hyperactive schoolchildren while someone shouts random numbers in your ear? It's like that." |
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ThunderheadsInstantReplicate (When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost.) The clouds grew thick, and then they grew teeth. |
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Douse in GloomInstantDouse in Gloom deals 2 damage to target creature and you gain 2 life. Orzhov prisoners are steeped in a blackened brew that robs their souls of strength. Patriarchs drink that brew to extend their own lives. |
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Crash LandingInstantTarget creature with flying loses flying until end of turn. Crash Landing deals damage to that creature equal to the number of Forests you control. "The other guilds think they're untouchable. It's time we brought them back down to earth." |
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WildsizeInstantTarget creature gets +2/+2 and gains trample until end of turn. Two times the size, four times the smell. |
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Cerebral VortexInstantTarget player draws two cards, then Cerebral Vortex deals damage to that player equal to the number of cards he or she has drawn this turn. Izzet brains and Izzet boilers: contents under pressure. |
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ElectrolyzeInstantElectrolyze deals 2 damage divided as you choose among one or two target creatures and/or players. The Izzet learn something from every lesson they teach. |
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MortifyInstantDestroy target creature or enchantment.
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SchismotivateInstantTarget creature gets +4/+0 until end of turn. Another target creature gets -4/-0 until end of turn.
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Steeling StanceInstantCreatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
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Flash FoliageInstantCast Flash Foliage only during combat after blockers are declared. "This undemanding vegetation takes root in a mote of dust but grows incredibly quickly." |
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CytoshapeInstantChoose a nonlegendary creature on the battlefield. Target creature becomes a copy of that creature until end of turn. "Though highly effective at reshaping flesh, these specially bred cytoplasts leave the subject reeking of omnibian mucus." |
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VoidslimeInstantCounter target spell, activated ability, or triggered ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.) "It is technically an ooze, but its lifespan measures only seconds. In that short time, its appetite for magic is extraordinary." |
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Hit (Hit/Run)InstantTarget player sacrifices an artifact or creature. Hit deals damage to that player equal to that permanent's converted mana cost.
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FortifyInstantChoose one - Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn; or creatures you control get +0/+2 until end of turn. "Where metal is tainted and wood is scarce, we are best armed by faith." |
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BewilderInstantTarget creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn. "Teferi snapped his fingers, and the viashino started clucking like a chicken. Silly, yes, but exactly the thing we needed to break the stifling tension." |
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Wipe AwayInstantSplit second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) An eyeblink later, all that remained of the tree-beast was the breeze of its momentum. |
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Strangling SootInstantDestroy target creature with toughness 3 or less. "What good is your blade without your breath?" |
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Sudden DeathInstantSplit second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Some mages tapped into the time rifts, forcing upon others alternate timelines in which unimaginable horrors befall them. |
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Sudden SpoilingInstantSplit second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)
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Orcish CannonadeInstantOrcish Cannonade deals 2 damage to target creature or player and 3 damage to you. "Crispy! Scarback! Load another volcano-ball." |
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ReiterateInstantBuyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.) "Echoes of the Mirari's power yet linger." |
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Krosan GripInstantSplit second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) "Give up these unnatural weapons, these scrolls. Heart and mind and fist are enough." |
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Erratic MutationInstantChoose target creature. Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a nonland card. That creature gets +X/-X until end of turn, where X is that card's converted mana cost. Put all cards revealed this way on the bottom of your library in any order.
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Kor DirgeInstantAll damage that would be dealt this turn to target creature you control by a source of your choice is dealt to another target creature instead. Rath's new evincar eliminated the brutish moggs and took a new slave race, one more reminiscent of her own feline grace. |
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Fatal FrenzyInstantUntil end of turn, target creature you control gains trample and gets +X/+0, where X is its power. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step. "I hope to have such a death-lying in triumph upon the broken bodies of those who slew me." |
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Dust of MomentsInstantChoose one - Remove two time counters from each permanent and each suspended card; or put two time counters on each permanent with a time counter on it and each suspended card.
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Even the OddsInstantCast Even the Odds only if you control fewer creatures than each opponent. "They who fall singing the battle hymn of Benalia go not unavenged." |
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Venser's DiffusionInstantReturn target nonland permanent or suspended card to its owner's hand. "Each reality is but the dream of another, and each sleeper a god unknowing." |
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GhostfireInstantGhostfire is colorless. Only those gifted with the eye of Ugin, the spirit dragon, can see his fiery breath. |
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AWOLInstantRemove target attacking creature from the game. Then remove it from the removed-from-game zone and put it into the absolutely-removed-from-the-freaking-game-forever zone.
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Erase (Not the Urza's Legacy One)InstantIf you control two or more white permanents that share an artist, you may play Erase (Not the Urza's Legacy One) without paying its mana cost. Synonyms for "erase" we haven't used: ablate, abrade, chafe, fray, frazzle, scuff, and scrub. |
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FlaccifyInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays . "Don't worry about it. It happens to every mage sooner or later." |
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Number CrunchInstantReturn target permanent to its owner's hand. Can you digit? |
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Eye to EyeInstantYou and target creature's controller have a staring contest. If you win, destroy that creature. True, Gargox had blinded himself for life, but the glass eyes never lost. |
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Kill DestroyInstantDestroy target nonblack creature. Getting "Gotcha'ed" again and again. |
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Blast from the PastInstantMadness , cycling , kicker , flashback , buyback
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SautéInstantSauté deals 3½ damage to target creature or player. "Selecting the proper beeble is the key to a good sauté. The pinker the fur and the heartier the yelp, the more succulent the beeble will be when you pop it in your mouth." |
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Graphic ViolenceInstantAll creatures by the artist of your choice get +2/+2 and gain trample until end of turn. WARNING: THE DOMINARIAN SURGEON GENERAL HAS FOUND THAT SAVAGE BEATINGS CAN LEAD TO CHUMP BLOCKS, LIFE REDUCTION, AND EVEN GAME LOSS. |
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Team SpiritInstantAll creatures controlled by target player and his or her teammates get +1/+1 until end of turn. Due to some late-night partying, the chicken missed the group photo. |
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Spell CrumpleInstantCounter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put it on the bottom of its owner's library instead of into that player's graveyard. Put Spell Crumple on the bottom of its owner's library.
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Chaos WarpInstantThe owner of target permanent shuffles it into his or her library, then reveals the top card of his or her library. If it's a permanent card, he or she puts it onto the battlefield.
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