Scattering StrokeInstantCounter target spell. Clash with an opponent. If you win, at the beginning of your next main phase, you may add to your mana pool, where X is that spell's converted mana cost. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of his or her library, then puts that card on the top or bottom. A player wins if his or her card had a higher converted mana cost.)
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AngelsongInstantPrevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Clash of sword and cry of beast fall mute when angels sound the call to prayer. |
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Resounding SilenceInstantExile target attacking creature.
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Soul's GraceInstantYou gain life equal to target creature's power. An avatar he sculpts of fellowship and light. |
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Call to HeelInstantReturn target creature to its owner's hand. Its controller draws a card. On Bant, a sigil is both a prize of honor and a bond of duty. The one who bears it may be called to fulfill that charge at any moment. |
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Gather SpecimensInstantIf a creature would enter the battlefield under an opponent's control this turn, it enters the battlefield under your control instead. "It's free to do whatever it wants. I've merely told it what that is." |
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Resounding WaveInstantReturn target permanent to its owner's hand.
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Spell SnipInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays . "Magic cast through a hand of flesh is just as weak as the flesh itself." |
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Tortoise FormationInstantCreatures you control gain shroud until end of turn. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities.) At sea, the Jhessian fleet strikes swiftly and decisively. On land, facing the elite cavalry of Valeron, its marines must rely on more cautious strategies. |
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Ad NauseamInstantReveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its converted mana cost. You may repeat this process any number of times. When the task spilled over into undeath, he stopped calling it his life's work. |
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ShadowfeedInstantExile target card from a graveyard. You gain 3 life. "The future is a snake, devouring your life backwards through time. And when you die, believe me, it doesn't stop feeding." |
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Magma SprayInstantMagma Spray deals 2 damage to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead. "Jund is a wounded world. Beware its searing blood spilling out onto the surface." |
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Resounding ThunderInstantResounding Thunder deals 3 damage to target creature or player.
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SkeletonizeInstantSkeletonize deals 3 damage to target creature. When a creature dealt damage this way dies this turn, put a 1/1 black Skeleton creature token onto the battlefield with ": Regenerate this creature." Fire burns away both flesh and freedom. |
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Soul's FireInstantTarget creature you control on the battlefield deals damage equal to its power to target creature or player. An avatar he sculpts of anger and flame. |
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Resounding RoarInstantTarget creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
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Agony WarpInstantTarget creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn. Life's circle has become inverted in Grixis. The same energy is endlessly recycled and becomes more stagnant with each pass. |
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Bant CharmInstantChoose one - Destroy target artifact; or put target creature on the bottom of its owner's library; or counter target instant spell. Bant is a world where death and chaos hold no sway. |
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Branching BoltInstantChoose one or both - Branching Bolt deals 3 damage to target creature with flying; and/or Branching Bolt deals 3 damage to target creature without flying. "Lightning lives in everything, in living flesh and growing things. It must be set free." |
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Esper CharmInstantChoose one - Destroy target enchantment; or draw two cards; or target player discards two cards. "Thoughts are commodities. Someone will pay a good price for them. Even ones as simplistic as yours . . ." |
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Grixis CharmInstantChoose one - Return target permanent to its owner's hand; or target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn; or creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn. "So many choices. Shall I choose loathing, hate, or malice today?" |
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Hindering LightInstantCounter target spell that targets you or a permanent you control. Centuries of careful practice have elevated the casting of protective spells to an art form. What little offensive magic remains on Bant stands little chance of breaching them. |
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Jund CharmInstantChoose one - Exile all cards from target player's graveyard; or Jund Charm deals 2 damage to each creature; or put two +1/+1 counters on target creature. Jund pulses with raw energy, waiting for shamans to shape it into useful form. |
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Naya CharmInstantChoose one - Naya Charm deals 3 damage to target creature; or return target card from a graveyard to its owner's hand; or tap all creatures target player controls. Deep in nature's core lies a potential unsullied by greed or civilization. |
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Punish IgnoranceInstantCounter target spell. Its controller loses 3 life and you gain 3 life. "Amateurish. Nearsighted. A waste of my time and everyone else's." |
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Sigil BlessingInstantUntil end of turn, target creature you control gets +3/+3 and other creatures you control get +1/+1. "For unwavering commitment and unflinching strength, the Order of the White Orchid confers its sigil. Rise, knight-captain, and do your duty." |
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SwerveInstantChange the target of target spell with a single target. "We can't beat the necromancers in numbers or raw power. We must beat them with ingenuity and timing." |
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Apostle's BlessingInstant( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
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DispatchInstantTap target creature. Venser wondered if it could still be called a teleportation spell if the destination is oblivion. |
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Due RespectInstantPermanents enter the battlefield tapped this turn. "A display of humility is required of those who still possess such frailties." |
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Marrow ShardsInstant( can be paid with either or 2 life.) "We are a single entity. Dissenters must be sutured into the Orthodoxy." |
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War ReportInstantYou gain life equal to the number of creatures on the battlefield plus the number of artifacts on the battlefield. Underling Ethu's 263rd report read simply "Yes, my lord. Overwhelmingly, my lord." This marked the end of the Mirran-Phyrexian War. |
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Argent MutationInstantTarget permanent becomes an artifact in addition to its other types until end of turn. "My world is corrupted beyond cleansing. I must prevent this from happening to other worlds." |
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Corrupted ResolveInstantCounter target spell if its controller is poisoned. "Flesh is a sickness that infects Phyrexia." |
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Mental MisstepInstant( can be paid with either or 2 life.) "Your first mistake was thinking I would let you live long enough to make a second." |
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Psychic BarrierInstantCounter target creature spell. Its controller loses 1 life. "I tolerate Phyrexians because the dragon requires it. But I have no patience for uninvited guests." |
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Vapor SnagInstantReturn target creature to its owner's hand. Its controller loses 1 life. "This creature is inadequate. Send it to the splicers for innovation." |
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DismemberInstant( can be paid with either or 2 life.) "You serve Phyrexia. Your pieces would better serve Phyrexia elsewhere." |
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Geth's VerdictInstantTarget player sacrifices a creature and loses 1 life. "Everyone should owe you something." |
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Grim AfflictionInstantPut a -1/-1 counter on target creature, then proliferate. (You choose any number of permanents and/or players with counters on them, then give each another counter of a kind already there.) Even the small wounds let hope bleed out. |
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Surgical ExtractionInstant( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
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Act of AggressionInstant( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
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ArtillerizeInstantAs an additional cost to cast Artillerize, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Phyrexian or Mirran, most goblins stick to the job they know best. |
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Gut ShotInstant( can be paid with either or 2 life.) "Down here, we have a more pointed version of the scriptures." |
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Volt ChargeInstantVolt Charge deals 3 damage to target creature or player. Proliferate. (You choose any number of permanents and/or players with counters on them, then give each another counter of a kind already there.)
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Beast WithinInstantDestroy target permanent. Its controller puts a 3/3 green Beast creature token onto the battlefield. "Kill the weak so they can't drag the strong down to their level. This is true compassion." |
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Fresh MeatInstantPut a 3/3 green Beast creature token onto the battlefield for each creature put into your graveyard from the battlefield this turn. A scavenger's favorite appetizer is death. |
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Glissa's ScornInstantDestroy target artifact. Its controller loses 1 life. "If it were fit to survive, it wouldn't have been so easily put down." |
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Leeching BiteInstantTarget creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Another target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. A substantial portion of Vorinclex's forces became fuel for the rest. |
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Mutagenic GrowthInstant( can be paid with either or 2 life.) "Sympathy is for weaklings. Whoever survives, wins." |
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Noxious RevivalInstant( can be paid with either or 2 life.) "Dead or alive, my creations are stronger than Jin-Gitaxias's septic minions." |
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Banishment DecreeInstantPut target artifact, creature, or enchantment on top of its owner's library. "Unworthy of consecration." |
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Choking FumesInstantPut a -1/-1 counter on each attacking creature. "Fall to your knees and welcome our embrace." |
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Divine OfferingInstantDestroy target artifact. You gain life equal to its converted mana cost. "The Phyrexians are vulnerable. Do not despair. We will prevail!" |
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Frantic SalvageInstantPut any number of target artifact cards from your graveyard on top of your library. "We will mourn when there is time. For now, we survive." |
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Master's CallInstantPut two 1/1 colorless Myr artifact creature tokens onto the battlefield. The need to obey was inscribed on every plate in their bodies. |
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White Sun's ZenithInstantPut X 2/2 white Cat creature tokens onto the battlefield. Shuffle White Sun's Zenith into its owner's library. After the Battle of Liet Field, the white sun crested above Taj-Nar, bringing hope to all who survived the carnage. |
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Blue Sun's ZenithInstantTarget player draws X cards. Shuffle Blue Sun's Zenith into its owner's library. "The Origin Query will wait. We must ensure we survive to return to it." |
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Fuel for the CauseInstantCounter target spell, then proliferate. (You choose any number of permanents and/or players with counters on them, then give each another counter of a kind already there.) "Your ideas will be discarded and your will repurposed." |
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Quicksilver GeyserInstantReturn up to two target nonland permanents to their owners' hands. "Phyrexians are tenacious. That's not the same thing as clever." |
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Steel SabotageInstantChoose one - Counter target artifact spell; or return target artifact to its owner's hand. "You are hopelessly obsolete, my brothers. Come and join the Great Work." |
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Turn the TideInstantCreatures your opponents control get -2/-0 until end of turn. "Let their mindless armies come and face the might of genius." |
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Go for the ThroatInstantDestroy target nonartifact creature. Having flesh is increasingly a liability on Mirrodin. |
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Virulent WoundInstantPut a -1/-1 counter on target creature. When that creature dies this turn, its controller gets a poison counter. Sadly, the extent of Gerkk's healing knowledge was "don't pick at it." |
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Burn the ImpureInstantBurn the Impure deals 3 damage to target creature. If that creature has infect, Burn the Impure deals 3 damage to that creature's controller. Flame doesn't kneel to Phyrexia. |
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CrushInstantDestroy target noncreature artifact. A golem's hands know no tenderness. |
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Into the CoreInstantExile two target artifacts. "They believe they're driving us back, but we're leading them to their doom." |
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Rally the ForcesInstantAttacking creatures get +1/+0 and gain first strike until end of turn. "Drive them back! Make their underworld into their grave!" |
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Mirran MettleInstantTarget creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. "Our land will not yield to Phyrexian corruption!" |
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Pistus StrikeInstantDestroy target creature with flying. Its controller gets a poison counter. "Even a nuisance such as the pistus fly has a purpose in our new world." |
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Unnatural PredationInstantTarget creature gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn. "Domination by the strongest-that is all that matters in the Tangle now." |
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Dispense JusticeInstantTarget player sacrifices an attacking creature. The Accorders never strike first, but they always strike back. |
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Fulgent DistractionInstantChoose two target creatures. Tap those creatures, then unattach all Equipment from them. "Channeling the white-hot power of all five suns creates a pretty good diversion." |
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Seize the InitiativeInstantTarget creature gets +1/+1 and gains first strike until end of turn. The time between spotting a leonin shikari and feeling its claws is just time enough to draw your last breath. |
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Soul ParryInstantPrevent all damage one or two target creatures would deal this turn. "I was called to this world of steel, and it will be my steel that answers." |
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Whitesun's PassageInstantYou gain 5 life. All over the Razor Fields, Whitesun is celebrated. Even the followers of the rebel Juryan, far from the Cave of Light, bow their heads in reverence. |
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DisperseInstantReturn target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Most casualties of the power struggle between vedalken and Neurok didn't die on the field of battle; they merely disappeared. |
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Halt OrderInstantCounter target artifact spell. An artificer's least favorite mind-missive may be "I regret to inform you that the funding for your project has been cut." |
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Steady ProgressInstantProliferate. (You choose any number of permanents and/or players with counters on them, then give each another counter of a kind already there.) "More of that strange oil . . . It's probably nothing." |
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Stoic RebuttalInstantMetalcraft - Stoic Rebuttal costs less to cast if you control three or more artifacts. Obsessed with the pursuit of knowledge above all else, vedalken can appear to be cold and emotionless. |
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Turn AsideInstantCounter target spell that targets a permanent you control. "It's not my job to ask our leaders about their experiments at the Knowledge Pool. It's my job to make sure they can continue performing them." |
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Twisted ImageInstantSwitch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn. "True strength is in the mind, for the body is too malleable a form." |
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Vault SkywardInstantTarget creature gains flying until end of turn. Untap it. "The edges of the Quicksilver Sea run dark with the spread of the Mephidross. Two more aerial passes before I can be sure what I'm seeing . . ." |
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Grasp of DarknessInstantTarget creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn. On a world with five suns, night is compelled to become an aggressive force. |
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Instill InfectionInstantPut a -1/-1 counter on target creature. "The results of our ninth inoculation were the same. The specimen was, of course, euthanized before the contagion could spread." |
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Tainted StrikeInstantTarget creature gets +1/+0 and gains infect until end of turn. (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.) "Welcome to perfection." |
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Galvanic BlastInstantGalvanic Blast deals 2 damage to target creature or player. Mirrodin has little weather, but it certainly has lightning. |
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ShatterInstantDestroy target artifact. "I am an artist, a builder, a creator . . . I create the biggest explosions around." |
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Blunt the AssaultInstantYou gain 1 life for each creature on the battlefield. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. "Much can be gained from the appearance of vulnerability." |
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Carrion CallInstantPut two 1/1 green Insect creature tokens with infect onto the battlefield. (They deal damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.) The natural order is out of order. |
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Slice in TwainInstantDestroy target artifact or enchantment. "The hypocrisy of these elves is thicker than steel-destroying ‘unnatural metal' with their own enchanted swords." |
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Tel-Jilad DefianceInstantTarget creature gains protection from artifacts until end of turn. The Viridian elves had purged their culture of the trolls' traitorous influence. In times of strife, however, the ancestral memories returned. |
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Untamed MightInstantTarget creature gets +X/+X until end of turn. "Beasts kill for their very survival. If you would have their strength, you must know their desperation." |
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Wing PunctureInstantTarget creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature with flying. "If I were the air, I wouldn't taunt the ground. It has the weight advantage." |
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Withstand DeathInstantTarget creature is indestructible this turn. (Lethal damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it. If its toughness is 0 or less, it's still put into its owner's graveyard.) On Mirrodin, every conflict ends in either death or darksteel. |
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Emerge UnscathedInstantTarget creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
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Harmless AssaultInstantPrevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by attacking creatures. After encasing it in a paralyzing beam of light, the angel studied the Eldrazi as a child would study a bug, curiously and without fear. |
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Puncturing LightInstantDestroy target attacking or blocking creature with power 3 or less. "The vampires knew what was coming. I know it. And they did nothing. They deserve to feel the same agony they've caused all of us." |
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Repel the DarknessInstantTap up to two target creatures. A boon to those who cannot see in the dark. A bane to those who live in it. |
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SmiteInstantDestroy target blocked creature. "The mighty rely solely on their strength. They are shocked when we do the same." |
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