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Pact of NegationInstantCounter target spell. Those who expect betrayal at every turn are seldom disappointed. |
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Peer Through DepthsInstant - ArcaneLook at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal an instant or sorcery card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
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Reach Through MistsInstant - ArcaneDraw a card. "Know one part of the name, obsession begins. Know two parts, paranoia sets in. Know three parts, madness descends. Know all, and only the kami know what will become of you." |
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Spell SnareInstantCounter target spell with converted mana cost 2. Every culture has its unlucky numbers. In a city where you're either alone, in a crowd, or being stabbed in the back, two is the worst number of all. |
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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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Death DeniedInstant - ArcaneReturn X target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand. Takenuma was filled with a chorus of moans, shrieks, and wails. Some came from the living, some from the dying, and some, most horribly, from the dead. |
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Death RattleInstantDelve (You may exile any number of cards from your graveyard as you cast this spell. It costs
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ExtirpateInstantSplit 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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Horobi's WhisperInstant - ArcaneIf you control a Swamp, destroy target nonblack creature.
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Slaughter PactInstantDestroy target nonblack creature. Death is only the beginning of the end. |
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Brute ForceInstantTarget creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. Blood, bone, and sinew are magnified, as is the rage that drives them. The brain, however, remains unchanged-a little bean, swinging by a strand in a cavernous, raving head. |
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Desperate RitualInstant - ArcaneAdd
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Fury CharmInstantChoose one - Destroy target artifact; or target creature gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn; or remove two time counters from target permanent or suspended card.
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Glacial RayInstant - ArcaneGlacial Ray deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
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Shrapnel BlastInstantAs an additional cost to cast Shrapnel Blast, sacrifice an artifact.
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Sudden ShockInstantSplit second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Arc mages aren't known for their patience. |
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Torrent of StoneInstant - ArcaneTorrent of Stone deals 4 damage to target creature.
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Echoing CourageInstantTarget creature and all other creatures with the same name as that creature get +2/+2 until end of turn. A single seed unleashes a flurry of growth. |
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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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Summoner's PactInstantSearch your library for a green creature card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
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Lightning HelixInstantLightning Helix deals 3 damage to target creature or player and you gain 3 life. Though less well-known than its army of soldiers, the Boros Legion's mage-priests are as respected by the innocent as they are hated by the ghosts of the guilty. |
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ManamorphoseInstantAdd two mana in any combination of colors to your mana pool. For a moment, objects of pure mana glimmered in the wonderstruck boggart's hands. In the next moment, they were in his mouth, as he chewed contentedly. |
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Celestial FlareInstantTarget player sacrifices an attacking or blocking creature. "You were defeated the moment you declared your aggression."-Gideon Jura |
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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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Pay No HeedInstantPrevent all damage a source of your choice would deal this turn. "Inhale life. Exhale pain." |
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OpportunityInstantTarget player draws four cards. Little things like morals shouldn't hinder one's ambition. |
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QuickenInstantThe next sorcery card you cast this turn can be cast as though it had flash. (It can be cast any time you could cast an instant.) A skilled Izzet chronarch can carry out an epic vendetta between the fall of one hourglass grain and the next. |
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Spell BlastInstantCounter target spell with converted mana cost X. (For example, if that spell's mana cost is
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Grim ReturnInstantChoose target creature card in a graveyard that was put there from the battlefield this turn. Put that card onto the battlefield under your control. The necromancer's touch strips away memory and loyalty, and only strength and malice remain. |
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Savage SummoningInstantSavage Summoning can't be countered.
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Dark RitualInstantAdd
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Swords to PlowsharesInstantExile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
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ImpulseInstantLook at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. "Controlling time ensures you need never look impulsive again." |
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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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Battlewise ValorInstantTarget creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.) It's never good to walk into an ambush, but with the right spell you might walk out again. |
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Dauntless OnslaughtInstantUp to two target creatures each get +2/+2 until end of turn. "The people of Akros must learn from our leonin adversaries. If we match their staunch ferocity with our superior faith, we cannot fail." |
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Gods WillingInstantTarget creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.) Honor the gods of Theros, and they will return the favor. |
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Last BreathInstantExile target creature with power 2 or less. Its controller gains 4 life. "Tsk. You'd think those nasty merrows would know how to hold their breath." |
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Ray of DissolutionInstantDestroy target enchantment. You gain 3 life. The works of one god last only as long as the patience of another. |
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AnnulInstantCounter target artifact or enchantment spell. The most effective way to destroy a spell is to ensure it was never cast in the first place. |
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DissolveInstantCounter target spell. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.) "You thought only the gods could stop you?" |
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GainsayInstantCounter target blue spell. "I'd be happy to stop contradicting you, Urza, just as soon as you start being right." |
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Lost in a LabyrinthInstantTarget creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.) Even those who leave the labyrinth never escape it, forever dreaming of their time trapped within. |
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Stymied HopesInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays When a god's will is against you, the day never ends well. |
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Swan SongInstantCounter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller puts a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying onto the battlefield. "The most enlightened mages create beauty from violence." |
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Triton TacticsInstantUp to two target creatures each get +0/+3 until end of turn. Untap those creatures. At this turn's next end of combat, tap each creature that was blocked by one of those creatures this turn and it doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
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Voyage's EndInstantReturn target creature to its owner's hand. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.) Philosophers say those lost at sea ascended to a more perfect realm. Sailors say they drowned. |
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Boon of ErebosInstantTarget creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Regenerate it. You lose 2 life. "Death is not a certainty. Erebos determines when a mortal's time is up." |
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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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Dark BetrayalInstantDestroy target black creature. "You're just like me: ruthless, cunning, and ambitious. Obviously you're a threat." |
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Hero's DownfallInstantDestroy target creature or planeswalker. Destiny exalts a chosen few, but even heroes break. |
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Lash of the WhipInstantTarget creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn. "No matter who their fickle hearts worship, all mortals belong to one god in the end." |
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Pharika's CureInstantPharika's Cure deals 2 damage to target creature and you gain 2 life. "The venom cleanses the sickness from your body, but it will not be pleasant, and you may not survive. Pharika's blessings are fickle." |
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Rescue from the UnderworldInstantAs an additional cost to cast Rescue from the Underworld, sacrifice a creature.
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BoulderfallInstantBoulderfall deals 5 damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures and/or players. "Defeating the Meletians was not so difficult. I needed only to move a mountain." |
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Coordinated AssaultInstantUp to two target creatures each get +1/+0 and gain first strike until end of turn. It's hard to shout "Shields up!" with a javelin in your chest. |
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Lightning StrikeInstantLightning Strike deals 3 damage to target creature or player. "The hand of Keranos can be seen in every rumbling storm cloud. Best not to stand where he points." |
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Magma JetInstantMagma Jet deals 2 damage to target creature or player. 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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Spark JoltInstantSpark Jolt deals 1 damage to target creature or player. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.) Acolytes of Purphoros hammer the world until they see the sparks of change. |
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Titan's StrengthInstantTarget creature gets +3/+1 until end of turn. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)
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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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Defend the HearthInstantPrevent all combat damage that would be dealt to players this turn. The defenders said not a word. Their shields, spears, and stances were warning enough. |
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Shredding WindsInstantShredding Winds deals 7 damage to target creature with flying. "Enemies of the wood! Your presence here is a slap in Nylea's face. Do not be surprised if she slaps back." |
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Warriors' LessonInstantUntil end of turn, up to two target creatures you control each gain "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card." "Let each challenge make you a better warrior." |
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Destructive RevelryInstantDestroy target artifact or enchantment. Destructive Revelry deals 2 damage to that permanent's controller. "Stoke a fire hot enough and you'll never run out of things to burn." |
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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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Unexpectedly AbsentInstantPut target nonland permanent into its owner's library just beneath the top X cards of that library. Once you've been dragged down the currents of time, you'll never quite trust your own permanence again. |
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Arcane DenialInstantCounter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
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DismissInstantCounter target spell. "There is nothing you can do that I cannot simply deny." |
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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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AnnihilateInstantDestroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. "Whatever Yawgmoth marks, dies. There is no escape." |
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Reckless SpiteInstantDestroy two target nonblack creatures. You lose 5 life. "My plan's elegance leads my enemies to believe it is spite that fuels me." |
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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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StarstormInstantStarstorm deals X damage to each creature. Pardic barbarians didn't complain when the Order started blaming every crisis on the Cabal. |
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ReincarnationInstantChoose target creature. When that creature dies this turn, return a creature card from its owner's graveyard to the battlefield under the control of that creature's owner.
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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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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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Crosis's CharmInstantChoose one - Return target permanent to its owner's hand; or destroy target nonblack creature, and it can't be regenerated; or destroy target artifact.
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Dromar's CharmInstantChoose one - You gain 5 life; or counter target spell; or target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
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Lim-Dûl's VaultInstantLook at the top five cards of your library. As many times as you choose, you may pay 1 life, put those cards on the bottom of your library in any order, then look at the top five cards of your library. Then shuffle your library and put the last cards you looked at this way on top of it in any order.
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Spinal EmbraceInstantCast Spinal Embrace only during combat.
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Acolyte's RewardInstantPrevent the next X damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn, where X is your devotion to white. If damage is prevented this way, Acolyte's Reward deals that much damage to target creature or player. (Each
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Fated RetributionInstantDestroy all creatures and planeswalkers. 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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Glimpse the Sun GodInstantTap X target creatures. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.) Better to be beneath Heliod's notice than beneath his heel. |
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Hold at BayInstantPrevent the next 7 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. It was Daeron's bravery that brought him to Odunos. But it was the magic of Meletis that brought him home. |
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Mortal's ArdorInstantTarget creature gets +1/+1 and gains lifelink until end of turn. (Damage dealt by the creature also causes its controller to gain that much life.) "Such deeds should be common fare for such as us." |
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CrypsisInstantTarget creature you control gains protection from creatures your opponents control until end of turn. Untap it. Tritons borrow the camouflage of their oceanic prey to become predators on land. |
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Fated InfatuationInstantPut a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of target creature you control. 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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NullifyInstantCounter target creature or Aura spell. "Those who incur Thassa's anger will be swallowed whole by her waves, or torn asunder by her bident." |
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Retraction HelixInstantUntil end of turn, target creature gains " Where the geometries of the world collapse, a master of the Æther can harvest power beyond comprehending. |
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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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Thassa's RebuffInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays To resist Thassa is to deny the rising tide. |
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Bile BlightInstantTarget creature and all other creatures with the same name as that creature get -3/-3 until end of turn. Not an arrow loosed, javelin thrown, nor sword raised. None were needed. |
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Eye GougeInstantTarget creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. If it's a Cyclops, destroy it. One chance. One throw. One perfect hit. |
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Fated ReturnInstantPut target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It gains indestructible. 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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Fall of the HammerInstantTarget creature you control deals damage equal to its power to another target creature. It is unwise to insult the god of the forge. It is also unwise to stand near anyone else who has insulted him. |
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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 " "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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Rise to the ChallengeInstantTarget creature gets +2/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. Plidius wagered that Arissa couldn't kill a chimera with her javelins alone. She proved him wrong in a way everyone could see for days to come. |
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Searing BloodInstantSearing Blood deals 2 damage to target creature. When that creature dies this turn, Searing Blood deals 3 damage to the creature's controller. Purphoros's blessing: sometimes a boon, sometimes a bane. Always ablaze. |
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