Insidious DreamsInstantAs an additional cost to cast Insidious Dreams, discard X cards. Chainer dreams of ultimate knowledge. |
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Psychotic HazeInstantPsychotic Haze deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.
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Temporary InsanityInstantUntap target creature with power less than the number of cards in your graveyard and gain control of it until end of turn. That creature gains haste until end of turn.
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Violent EruptionInstantViolent Eruption deals 4 damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures and/or players.
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Sudden StrengthInstantTarget creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. The Mirari's magic transformed the Krosan Forest-and its inhabitants. |
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Defensive ManeuversInstantCreatures of the creature type of your choice get +0/+4 until end of turn. "Only on the battlefield can we repay all the Order has given us." |
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Choking TethersInstantTap up to four target creatures.
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Psychic TranceInstantUntil end of turn, Wizards you control gain ": Counter target spell." The Riptide Project was perhaps the only school devoted to preventing the spread of knowledge. |
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Wheel and DealInstantAny number of target opponents each discards his or her hand and draws seven cards.
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Death PulseInstantTarget creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.
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Solar BlastInstantSolar Blast deals 3 damage to target creature or player.
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RecuperateInstantChoose one - You gain 6 life; or prevent the next 6 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn. "Rise once more, so you may continue to destroy our enemies." |
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Hindering TouchInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays .
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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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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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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 was spent to cast Seed Spark, put two 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens onto the battlefield. "If you ask me, those root-lovers value mindless dogma over progress." |
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Induce ParanoiaInstantCounter target spell. If was spent to cast Induce Paranoia, that spell's controller puts the top X cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard, where X is the spell's converted mana cost.
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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( can be paid with either or .) 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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Spell CounterInstantCounter target spell. Playing Unhinged, . . . |
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When Fluffy Bunnies AttackInstantTarget creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of times the letter of your choice appears in that creature's name. "Get it? Bunnies, letters, -X/-X? Me neither." |
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Deal DamageInstantDeal Damage deals 4 damage to target creature or player. Until he got singed . . . |
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PunctuateInstantPunctuate deals damage to target creature equal to half the number of punctuation marks in that creature's text box. (The punctuation marks are ? , ; : - ( ) / " ' & .) "Ooh-right in the colon." |
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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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Illusionist's GambitInstantCast Illusionist's Gambit only during the declare blockers step on an opponent's turn.Remove all attacking creatures from combat and untap them. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase. Each of those creatures attacks that combat if able. They can't attack you or a planeswalker you control that combat.
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Sudden StormInstantTap up to two target creatures. Those creatures don't untap during their controllers' next untap steps. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.) No matter how big and strong you are, the sea is bigger and stronger. |
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Fated ConflagrationInstantFated Conflagration deals 5 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If it's your turn, 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.)
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Lightning VolleyInstantUntil end of turn, creatures you control gain ": This creature deals 1 damage to target creature or player." "We are the motes of rain that join to make the thundercloud. The power of the storm god surges through us!" |
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CountermandInstantCounter target spell. Its controller puts the top four cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard. The physical pain was nothing compared to the agony in his mind. |
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Ritual of the ReturnedInstantExile target creature card from your graveyard. Put a black Zombie creature token onto the battlefield. Its power is equal to that card's power and its toughness is equal to that card's toughness. A mask forged to avenge a death forgotten. |
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Silence the BelieversInstantStrive - Silence the Believers costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.
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Predator's HowlInstantPut a 2/2 green Wolf creature token onto the battlefield. "And Muzzio says my arguments have no teeth." |
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Statute of DenialInstantCounter target spell. If you control a blue creature, draw a card, then discard a card. "Pyrotechnic activity of any sort is strictly prohibited. It is irrelevant that today is a holiday." |
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Stoke the FlamesInstantConvoke (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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Weave FateInstantDraw two cards. Temur shamans speak of three destinies: the now, the echo of the past, and the unwritten. They find flickering paths among tangled possibilities. |
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Empty the PitsInstantDelve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for .) The Sultai would rebuild the empire on the backs of the dead. |
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Bring LowInstantBring Low deals 3 damage to target creature. If that creature has a +1/+1 counter on it, Bring Low deals 5 damage to it instead. "People are often humbled by the elements. But the elements, too, can be humbled." |
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Swift KickInstantTarget creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn. It fights target creature you don't control. Shintan sensed the malice in his opponent, but he did not strike until the orc's muscles tensed in preparation to throw the first punch. |
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Dragonscale BoonInstantPut two +1/+1 counters on target creature and untap it. "When we were lost and weary, the ainok showed us how to survive. They have earned the right to call themselves Abzan, and to wear the Scale." |
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Utter EndInstantExile target nonland permanent. "I came seeking a challenge. All I found was you." |
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Benevolent OfferingInstantChoose an opponent. You and that player each put three 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying onto the battlefield.
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ComeuppanceInstantPrevent all damage that would be dealt to you and planeswalkers you control this turn by sources you don't control. If damage from a creature source is prevented this way, Comeuppance deals that much damage to that creature. If damage from a noncreature source is prevented this way, Comeuppance deals that much damage to the source's controller.
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Domineering WillInstantTarget player gains control of up to three target nonattacking creatures until end of turn. Untap those creatures. They block this turn if able.
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Friendly FireInstantTarget creature's controller reveals a card at random from his or her hand. Friendly Fire deals damage to that creature and that player equal to the revealed card's converted mana cost. "Never tell goblins to ‘fire at will.'" |
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Return to the EarthInstantDestroy target artifact, enchantment, or creature with flying. "Dragons are feared for their breath and their bite, but it is their wings that make them unconquerable. Bring them to earth, and they die like any other beast." |
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Sudden ReclamationInstantPut the top four cards of your library into your graveyard, then return a creature card and a land card from your graveyard to your hand. "There is no secret buried so deep that we will never find it." |
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War FlareInstantCreatures you control get +2/+1 until end of turn. Untap those creatures. "No sun or fire can warm my blood quite like a war flare." |
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Scale BlessingInstantBolster 1, then put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it. (To bolster 1, choose a creature with the least toughness among creatures you control and put a +1/+1 counter on it.) "Your bravery honors us all." |
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Blessed ReincarnationInstantExile target creature an opponent controls. That player reveals cards from the top of his or her library until a creature card is revealed. The player puts that card onto the battlefield, then shuffles the rest into his or her library.
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Learn from the PastInstantTarget player shuffles his or her graveyard into his or her library. "I've been told my whole life that the great Ojutai holds all knowledge, but I wonder what our forebears knew." |
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