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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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Impact ResonanceInstantImpact Resonance deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures, where X is the greatest amount of damage dealt by a source to a permanent or player this turn.
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Immolating GlareInstantDestroy target attacking creature. "The sun can warm your skin or blister it, nurture your crops or wither them, light your path or blind you. She is a fickle friend, but a far worse enemy." |
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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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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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Icy BlastInstantTap X target creatures. "Do not think the sand or the sun will hold back the breath of winter." |
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Hysterical BlindnessInstantCreatures your opponents control get -4/-0 until end of turn. "The panic is amusing, but the real fun comes when the spell passes and the villagers start looking for a scapegoat." |
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HydrosurgeInstantTarget creature gets -5/-0 until end of turn. "Thirsty?" |
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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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Hunting PackInstantPut a 4/4 green Beast creature token onto the battlefield.
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Hunter's InsightInstantChoose target creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker this turn, draw that many cards. "The predator knows the true way of the world. Life is conflict. Only the strong survive." |
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Hunter's AmbushInstantPrevent all combat damage that would be dealt by nongreen creatures this turn. First you lose your enemy's trail. Then you lose all sense of direction. Then you hear the growls . . . |
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Hunger of the HowlpackInstantPut a +1/+1 counter on target creature. "Werewolves are an unholy mix of a predator's instinct and a human's hatred." |
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Human FrailtyInstantDestroy target Human creature. "I have seen a hundred mortal families rise and fall. I shall outlast a thousand more." |
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HubrisInstantReturn target creature and all Auras attached to it to their owners' hands. "You wish to learn of Nyx? Very well." |
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Hour of NeedInstantStrive - Hour of Need costs
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Horribly AwryInstantDevoid (This card has no color.) "We are nothing but dust to them-our bodies, our actions, even our words."-Jori En, expedition leader |
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Horobi's WhisperInstant - ArcaneIf you control a Swamp, destroy target nonblack creature.
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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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Honor's RewardInstantYou gain 4 life. Bolster 2. (Choose a creature with the least toughness among creatures you control and put two +1/+1 counters on it.) It seldom rains in Abzan lands. When it does, the khan marks the occasion by honoring the families of the fallen. |
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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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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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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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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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Hideous EndInstantDestroy target nonblack creature. Its controller loses 2 life. "A little dark magic won't stop me. The worse the curse, the better the prize." |
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Heroes' ReunionInstantTarget player gains 7 life. They share no bloodline, but a bond greater than family unites them. Such are the gifts of the Worldsoul. |
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Hero's DownfallInstantDestroy target creature or planeswalker. Destiny exalts a chosen few, but even heroes break. |
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Heat RayInstantHeat Ray deals X damage to target creature. "There was clearly a scream. I'm not sure if there was a mouth." |
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Harvest PyreInstantAs an additional cost to cast Harvest Pyre, exile X cards from your graveyard. Corpses destroyed by fire form the most destructive geists. |
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Harsh SustenanceInstantHarsh Sustenance deals X damage to target creature or player and you gain X life, where X is the number of creatures you control. The Shifting Wastes provide refuge to those who know where to look for it. |
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HarrowInstantAs an additional cost to cast Harrow, sacrifice a land. The Roil redraws the world as it passes, leaving only the hedrons unchanged. |
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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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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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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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Gut ShotInstant( "Down here, we have a more pointed version of the scriptures." |
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Guardians' PledgeInstantWhite creatures you control get +2/+2 until end of turn. A dozen fighting for each other are worth a thousand fighting for themselves. |
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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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GroundswellInstantTarget creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. "This world will not be tamed." |
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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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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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Grisly SalvageInstantReveal the top five cards of your library. You may put a creature or land card from among them into your hand. Put the rest into your graveyard. To the Golgari, anything buried is treasure. |
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GriptideInstantPut target creature on top of its owner's library. "Beware the seagrafs just off the shore. These waters are filled with hungry geists looking for an easy meal." |
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Grip of the RoilInstantSurge
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Grip of DesolationInstantDevoid (This card has no color.) As the hand closed, there was first terror, then numbness, and finally nothingness. |
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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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Grim ContestInstantChoose target creature you control and target creature an opponent controls. Each of those creatures deals damage equal to its toughness to the other. The invader hoped he could survive the beast's jaws and emerge through its rotting skin. |
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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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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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GravepurgeInstantPut any number of target creature cards from your graveyard on top of your library. "The Blessed Sleep? Ha! Wake up my lovelies, there's work to be done!" |
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Grave BirthingInstantDevoid (This card has no color.)
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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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Golgari CharmInstantChoose one - All creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn; or destroy target enchantment; or regenerate each creature you control. "Let the rest of Ravnica sneer. One way or another, they all end up in the undercity." |
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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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Go for the ThroatInstantDestroy target nonartifact creature. Having flesh is increasingly a liability on Mirrodin. |
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Gnaw to the BoneInstantYou gain 2 life for each creature card in your graveyard.
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Glorious ChargeInstantCreatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. "One's blade is only as sharp as one's conviction." |
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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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GlintInstantTarget creature you control gets +0/+3 and gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) Rakshasa waste no opportunity to display their wealth and power, even in the midst of a sorcerous duel. |
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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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Gleam of ResistanceInstantCreatures you control get +1/+2 until end of turn. Untap those creatures.
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Glacial RayInstant - ArcaneGlacial Ray deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
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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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Gift of TusksInstantUntil end of turn, target creature loses all abilities and becomes a green Elephant with base power and toughness 3/3. It's an experience you'll never forget. |
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Gideon's ReproachInstantGideon's Reproach deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. "Suddenly, Gideon was there with us, clearing the way so that we could escape."-The War Diaries |
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Giant GrowthInstantTarget creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. "The prohibition of unnecessary tossing of the citizenry by giants shall also extend to spontaneous giants." |
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Ghostly FlickerInstantExile two target artifacts, creatures, and/or lands you control, then return those cards to the battlefield under your control. Sometimes it's useful to take a break from existence. |
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Geth's VerdictInstantTarget player sacrifices a creature and loses 1 life. "Everyone should owe you something." |
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GeistflameInstantGeistflame deals 1 damage to target creature or player. Innistrad pyromancers find their best raw materials in the fury of the dead. |
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Geist SnatchInstantCounter target creature spell. Put a 1/1 blue Spirit creature token with flying onto the battlefield. Angels and demons aren't the only ones listening to your prayers. |
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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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Gather CourageInstantConvoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Frost BreathInstantTap up to two target creatures. Those creatures don't untap during their controller's next untap step. If you have to be stuck somewhere for a while, it's better to be stuck there with a friend. |
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Frightful DelusionInstantCounter target spell unless its controller pays Whether he actually exists is in question, but the terror she feels is excruciatingly real. |
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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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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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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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Foul-Tongue ShriekInstantTarget opponent loses 1 life for each attacking creature you control. You gain that much life. Foul-Tongue shamans draw their powers from a dark twisting of the Draconic language. |
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Foul-Tongue InvocationInstantAs an additional cost to cast Foul-Tongue Invocation, you may reveal a Dragon card from your hand.
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Foul RenewalInstantReturn target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the toughness of the card returned this way. The cycle of life and death is rarely pretty. |
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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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Force AwayInstantReturn target creature to its owner's hand. Where an enemy once rode, not even a whisper remains. |
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Forbidden AlchemyInstantLook at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
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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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FogInstantPrevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. "I fear no army or beast, but only the morning fog. Our assault can survive everything else." |
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Flying Crane TechniqueInstantUntap all creatures you control. They gain flying and double strike until end of turn. There are many Jeskai styles: Riverwalk imitates flowing water, Dragonfist the ancient hellkites, and Flying Crane the wild aven of the high peaks. |
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FlusterstormInstantCounter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays
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Flurry of WingsInstantPut X 1/1 white Bird Soldier creature tokens with flying onto the battlefield, where X is the number of attacking creatures. "We are born soldiers. The call to battle is a homecoming." |
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FlingInstantAs an additional cost to cast Fling, sacrifice a creature. About halfway to the target, Snukk vowed that he had been tricked for the last time. |
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Flesh to DustInstantDestroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. "Pain is temporary. So is life." |
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Fleeting DistractionInstantTarget creature gets -1/-0 until end of turn. The first spell taught to young mages, it has spared the lives of many whose hands are too small to hold a sword. |
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FlattenInstantTarget creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn. Like their dragonlord, the Kolaghan take no trophies. They find true fulfillment only in the battle itself, in clash of steel and thunder of hooves. |
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FlashfreezeInstantCounter target red or green spell. "Is cold merely the absence of heat, or a force unto itself? Would a display of its power help you decide?" |
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Flame JavelinInstant( Gyara Spearhurler would have been renowned for her deadly accuracy, if it weren't for her deadly accuracy. |
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Fires of UndeathInstantFires of Undeath deals 2 damage to target creature or player. "I drink of those who are worthy of my palate. The rest I burn." |
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