Hornet StingInstantHornet Sting deals 1 damage to target creature or player. It was only then-to his infinite sorrow-that Gork realized hornets don't make honey. |
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Harm's WayInstantThe next 2 damage that a source of your choice would deal to you and/or permanents you control this turn is dealt to target creature or player instead. Even when fate is already written, there's always time to change the names. |
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RighteousnessInstantTarget blocking creature gets +7/+7 until end of turn. Sometimes the greatest strength is the strength of conviction. |
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Tempest of LightInstantDestroy all enchantments. "Let everything return to its true nature, so that destiny may take its course." |
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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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JumpInstantTarget creature gains flying until end of turn. "Humanity has always envied the power of flight. So we took it." |
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TwincastInstantCopy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. Imitation is the most dangerous form of flattery. |
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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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Ignite DisorderInstantIgnite Disorder deals 3 damage divided as you choose among one, two, or three target white and/or blue creatures. The shaman prowled the academy halls, shaking his head at the pomp and babble of the sages inside. He knew just the spell to liven the place up. |
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Seismic StrikeInstantSeismic Strike deals damage to target creature equal to the number of Mountains you control. "Life up here is simple. Adapt to the ways of the mountains and they will reward you. Fight them and they will end you." |
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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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RegenerateInstantRegenerate target creature. (The next time that creature would be destroyed this turn, it isn't. Instead tap it, remove all damage from it, and remove it from combat.) "This wound shall be like the chills of winter: swiftly forgotten when spring shoots rise." |
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WindstormInstantWindstorm deals X damage to each creature with flying. "We don't like interlopers and thieves cluttering our skies." |
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Gleam of ResistanceInstantCreatures you control get +1/+2 until end of turn. Untap those creatures.
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Lapse of CertaintyInstantCounter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put it on top of its owner's library instead of into that player's graveyard. Without a connection of mind and body, magic is just an idea stuck in the head, a word on the tip of a tongue. |
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Constricting TendrilsInstantTarget creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn. Priests of Bant protect their temples with traps more elaborate than any mosaic floor. |
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Traumatic VisionsInstantCounter target spell.
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View from AboveInstantTarget creature gains flying until end of turn. If you control a white permanent, return View from Above to its owner's hand. "This air feels so heavy and thick. There are no winds to speak of. I fear the knowledge that comes from a place like this." |
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Worldly CounselInstantDomain - Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. Every horizon hides a new possibility. |
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Drag DownInstantDomain - Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each basic land type among lands you control. The barbarians of Jund believe the bottomless tar pits extend forever into other, darker worlds. |
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Dark TemperInstantDark Temper deals 2 damage to target creature. If you control a black permanent, destroy the creature instead. When you've got the temperament of a dragon, every argument is one you'll win. |
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Fiery FallInstantFiery Fall deals 5 damage to target creature. Jund feasts on the unprepared. |
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Molten FrameInstantDestroy target artifact creature. The metal filigree in his body glowed red-hot, and his flesh soon followed. |
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Volcanic FalloutInstantVolcanic Fallout can't be countered. "How can we outrun the sky?" |
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Filigree FractureInstantDestroy target artifact or enchantment. If that permanent was blue or black, draw a card. The sphinx tyrannized Bant until a rhox mage tested the hardiness of her shiny parts. |
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Might of AlaraInstantDomain - Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each basic land type among lands you control. The combined strength of all five planes spawned creations none had seen before. |
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Sylvan BountyInstantTarget player gains 8 life. Some who scouted new lands chose to stay. |
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CountersquallInstantCounter target noncreature spell. Its controller loses 2 life. Each of the twenty-three winds of Esper is named and chronicled, and every possible interaction with the flow of magic is exhaustively detailed. |
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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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Vision SkeinsInstantEach player draws two cards. "I could see in the other mage's eyes that he'd thought of it too. Then it became a race to exploit the knowledge first." |
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Whirlpool WhelmInstantClash with an opponent, then return target creature to its owner's hand. If you win, you may put that creature on top of its owner's library instead. (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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Footbottom FeastInstantPut any number of target creature cards from your graveyard on top of your library. The scent of rot and vinegar fills the marsh, inviting boggarts from every warren to reunite and feast. |
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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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Cleansing BeamInstantRadiance - Cleansing Beam deals 2 damage to target creature and each other creature that shares a color with it. "Justice is toothless without punishment. Righteousness cannot succeed without the suffering of the guilty." |
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Lash OutInstantLash Out deals 3 damage to target creature. Clash with an opponent. If you win, Lash Out deals 3 damage to that creature's controller. (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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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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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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Hunting PackInstantPut a 4/4 green Beast creature token onto the battlefield.
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InvigorateInstantIf you control a Forest, rather than pay Invigorate's mana cost, you may have an opponent gain 3 life.
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Tribute to the WildInstantEach opponent sacrifices an artifact or enchantment. "You may enter, but leave those lifeless things of your world behind." |
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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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Fire (Fire/Ice)InstantFire deals 2 damage divided as you choose among one or two target creatures and/or players.
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Master WarcraftInstantCast Master Warcraft only before attackers are declared.
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MortifyInstantDestroy target creature or enchantment.
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Prophetic BoltInstantProphetic Bolt deals 4 damage to target creature or player. Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
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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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Pit FightInstantTarget creature you control fights another target creature. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.) "All the coins in Ravnica can't save his soul now."
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Gruul CharmInstantChoose one - Creatures without flying can't block this turn; or gain control of all permanents you own; or Gruul Charm deals 3 damage to each creature with flying. "Not Gruul? Then die!"
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GridlockInstantTap X target nonland permanents. "One tiny peg pulled from a single wagon wheel, and an entire district grinds to a halt."
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Executioner's SwingInstantTarget creature that dealt damage this turn gets -5/-5 until end of turn. "The contract specified an appendage for a missed payment. Read the fine print: the head is an appendage." |
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Predator's RapportInstantChoose target creature you control. You gain life equal to that creature's power plus its toughness. "Other guilds say the Gruul are savages, no better than the beasts we live with. I say we've found friends who won't stab us in the back."
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Dimir CharmInstantChoose one - Counter target sorcery spell; or destroy target creature with power 2 or less; or look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put one back and the rest into that player's graveyard. "Dangerous to recognize. Deadly not to."
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Aerial ManeuverInstantTarget creature gets +1/+1 and gains flying and first strike until end of turn. "When you put all of yourself into an attack, without fear or hesitation, in that instant you may attain greatness."
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SkullcrackInstantPlayers can't gain life this turn. Damage can't be prevented this turn. Skullcrack deals 3 damage to target player. The lawmage's argument was clever and well reasoned, but Blunk's response proved irrefutable. |
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Spell RuptureInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays , where X is the greatest power among creatures you control. "Like water, mana will drain from an inferior vessel."
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HydroformInstantTarget land becomes a 3/3 Elemental creature with flying until end of turn. It's still a land. "While the sea may be our home, the sky is our destiny."
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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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Wildwood RebirthInstantReturn target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. In Ravnica, there are maladies far more difficult to treat than death. |
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Massive RaidInstantMassive Raid deals damage to target creature or player equal to the number of creatures you control. "The Boros lack vision. Give them a convenient scapegoat and they'll be blind to the true threats."
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Aurelia's FuryInstantAurelia's Fury deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures and/or players. Tap each creature dealt damage this way. Players dealt damage this way can't cast noncreature spells this turn.
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Rapid HybridizationInstantDestroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. That creature's controller puts a 3/3 green Frog Lizard creature token onto the battlefield. "We've merged your life essence with that of several creatures at once. You're welcome."
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Orzhov CharmInstantChoose one - Return target creature you control and all Auras you control attached to it to their owner's hand; or destroy target creature and you lose life equal to its toughness; or return target creature card with converted mana cost 1 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
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Burst of StrengthInstantPut a +1/+1 counter on target creature and untap it. "Our fight is not about territory or revenge. It is about freedom, plain and simple."
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Mystic GenesisInstantCounter target spell. Put an X/X green Ooze creature token onto the battlefield, where X is that spell's converted mana cost. "The Simic can grow anything out of a puddle of sludge. I just hope they never join forces with the Golgari."
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Killing GlareInstantDestroy target creature with power X or less. A casual glance into a dark corner may be your last. |
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Tower DefenseInstantCreatures you control get +0/+5 and gain reach until end of turn. "The drakes are practice. We may one day need to bring down a sky swallower, or maybe even Rakdos himself."
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Psychic StrikeInstantCounter target spell. Its controller puts the top two cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard. Until more information could be gleaned about Niv-Mizzet's intentions, Lazav took every opportunity to stall his experiments. |
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Shielded PassageInstantPrevent all damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn. Izzet delved into the depths of Ravnica's past, and Selesnya followed without fear. |
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Signal the ClansInstantSearch your library for three creature cards and reveal them. If you reveal three cards with different names, choose one of them at random and put that card into your hand. Shuffle the rest into your library. Gruul clanfolk obey few rules, but all feel bound to answer the call of the horn. |
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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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Totally LostInstantPut target nonland permanent on top of its owner's library. Fblthp had always hated crowds. |
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Devour FleshInstantTarget player sacrifices a creature, then gains life equal to that creature's toughness. His twisted mind concluded that if he was what he ate, and he wanted to stay human, . . . |
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Biomass MutationInstantCreatures you control become X/X until end of turn. "A regression to ancient forms? A glimpse of future evolutions? Or a fleeting alteration of the present?"
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BioshiftInstantMove any number of +1/+1 counters from target creature onto another target creature with the same controller. "It's all right if you change your mind. There's always a chance we can rearrange parts later."
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Shattering BlowInstantExile target artifact. "Aurelia seems too eager to solve her problems by delivering them to oblivion."
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Furious ResistanceInstantTarget blocking creature gets +3/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. "At least the Gateless rebels have ideals. Rakdos just mocks, defiles, and kills all we hold dear."
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Arrows of JusticeInstantArrows of Justice deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. Archers from the Horizon Military Academy hone their skills by targeting pickpockets blocks away. |
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Beckon ApparitionInstantExile target card from a graveyard. Put a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying onto the battlefield. When a graveyard is full, the gwyllions rattle the tombs and unleash the spirits into the sky. |
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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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Martial GloryInstantTarget creature gets +3/+0 until end of turn. "Yes, Boros tactics are unparalleled. But when your comrades are dying around you, inner strength must carry the day."
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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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HindervinesInstantPrevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by creatures with no +1/+1 counters on them. "Woodlands and laws. Both grow faster than the Azorius's ability to manage them."
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Boros CharmInstantChoose one - Boros Charm deals 4 damage to target player; or permanents you control gain indestructible until end of turn; or target creature gains double strike until end of turn. "Practice compassion and mercy. But know when they must end."
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Simic CharmInstantChoose one - Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn; or permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn; or return target creature to its owner's hand. "We measure our progress in heartbeats."
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DesertionInstantCounter target spell. If an artifact or creature spell is countered this way, put that card onto the battlefield under your control instead of into its owner's graveyard. First the insult, then the injury. |
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Renounce the GuildsInstantEach player sacrifices a multicolored permanent. "Scores will die in the name of peace. That is what you call compromise?" |
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Riot ControlInstantYou gain 1 life for each creature your opponents control. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn. "Ravnicans need order. If they don't have it, we shall bring it to them." |
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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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Crypt IncursionInstantExile all creature cards from target player's graveyard. You gain 3 life for each card exiled this way. The Golgari maze-runner Varolz hungers to prove his fortitude in battle, and his trail of victims feeds other hungers. |
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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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Punish the EnemyInstantPunish the Enemy deals 3 damage to target player and 3 damage to target creature. "When justice descends, the servant will burn with the master." |
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Weapon SurgeInstantTarget creature you control gets +1/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.
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Mending TouchInstantRegenerate target creature. "The gift of life must be freely given. Anything less would diminish us all." |
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Mutant's PreyInstantTarget creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it fights target creature an opponent controls. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.) Every street corner is a hunting ground, every citizen potential prey. |
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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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DragonshiftInstantUntil end of turn, target creature you control becomes a 4/4 blue and red Dragon, loses all abilities, and gains flying.
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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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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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Render SilentInstantCounter target spell. Its controller can't cast spells this turn. "We have confiscated your spells as evidence. Once we conclude our investigation, you may petition to have them returned." |
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Restore the PeaceInstantReturn each creature that dealt damage this turn to its owner's hand. "You can always count on the Azorius to ruin a party." |
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