Urza's Legacy
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Creature — Angel Spirit Flying, protection from artifacts "Do not treat your people as you treat your artifacts. Let them go, and they will live; seal them here, and they will die." —Urza, to Radiant 1/1 |
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Instant You gain 3 life for each creature attacking you. Even an enemy is a valuable resource. |
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Instant Untap target permanent. "I stand ready to die for our world. Who will stand with me?" —Radiant, archangel |
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Enchantment — Aura Enchant creature Enchanted creature can't attack. When Cessation is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Cessation to its owner's hand. "The face of Light will shine upon them, and they will know war no more." —*Song of All*, canto 918 |
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Creature — Human Knight Flash Protection from red "It is not my place to question Radiant's rule. I exist to enforce her will." 2/1 |
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Creature — Human
The notes themselves are irrelevant. The music's effect, however, is worth ten armies. 1/1 |
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Instant Exile target enchantment. Perception is more pleasing than truth. |
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Creature — Human Soldier
No doubt in their minds, no fear in their hearts. 2/1 |
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Instant Untap two target creatures. Each of them gets +1/+1 until end of turn. "Serra ruled by faith. I cannot afford that luxury." —Radiant, archangel |
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Instant Target creature gets +0/+4 until end of turn.
Cycling |
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Creature — Angel Spirit Flying, protection from black
Echo 2/2 |
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Enchantment Creatures you control have first strike. "He has returned. He who brought the dark ones. He who poisoned our paradise. How shall we greet him? With swift and certain death!" —Radiant, archangel |
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Enchantment Sacrifice a creature: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to any target this turn, prevent that damage. Dying is a soldier's talent. |
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Creature — Human Cleric
"My family protects all families." 1/1 |
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Enchantment When you have 10 or less life, if Opal Avenger is an enchantment, Opal Avenger becomes a 3/5 Soldier creature. As the sun grew cold in the realm, the statue grew warm. |
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Enchantment When an opponent casts a creature spell, if Opal Champion is an enchantment, Opal Champion becomes a 3/3 Knight creature with first strike. |
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Instant Destroy two target enchantments. "In time our realm will shine again. But it will gleam only when we scour away the taint of doubt." —Radiant, archangel |
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Enchantment At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are four or more creatures on the battlefield, sacrifice Planar Collapse and destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated. With heavy heart, Urza doused one world's light to rekindle another's. |
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Sorcery Destroy all artifacts and enchantments. "Our Mother! The sky was Her hair; the sun, Her face. She danced on the grass and in the hills." —*Song of All*, canto 23 |
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Legendary Creature — Angel Flying, vigilance Radiant, Archangel gets +1/+1 for each other creature with flying on the battlefield. 3/3 |
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Creature — Human Soldier Echo 2/5 |
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Instant Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater.
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Creature — Angel Flying Whenever Sustainer of the Realm blocks, it gets +0/+2 until end of turn. "The harder you push, the stronger we become." —Radiant, to Urza 2/3 |
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Creature — Human
"I would weep, but my tears have been stolen; I would shout, but my voice has been taken. Thus, I write." 1/1 |
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Creature — Shapeshifter Anthroplasm enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it.
I never metamorphosis I didn't like. 0/0 |
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Creature — Human Wizard
Some do. Some teach. The rest look it up. 1/1 |
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Enchantment Other enchantments have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this enchantment unless you pay To some, the Tolarian sunrise was a blinding flash; to others, a lingering glow. |
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Creature — Beeble Bouncing Beebles can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an artifact. Beebles are frequently hurled against stone surfaces at high speed but always zing back into the air with a giggle. 2/2 |
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Creature — Faerie Flying
When Cloud of Faeries enters the battlefield, untap up to two lands.
Cycling 1/1 |
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Enchantment When Delusions of Mediocrity enters the battlefield, you gain 10 life. When Delusions of Mediocrity leaves the battlefield, you lose 10 life. When nothing but second best will do. |
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Creature — Illusion Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Horas swore off drinking, but after meeting the creature a second time he decided he'd better start again. 2/1 |
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Instant Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands. Motivation was high in the academy once students realized flunking their exams could kill them. |
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Instant Counter target spell that targets a creature. "At first I simply observed. But I found that without investment in others, life serves no purpose." —Karn, silver golem |
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Creature — Crab
"I'm allergic to shellfish—not only did it kill my entire village, it also gave me this nasty rash." —Olivia, fisher 4/5 |
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Enchantment Creatures you control have flying. Barrin's pride in his apprentice was diminished somewhat when he had to get the others back down. |
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Instant Counter target spell unless its controller pays |
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Instant Target player draws four cards. "He cocooned himself alone in his workshop for months. When he finally emerged, all broad grins and excited chatter, I knew he'd found his answer." —Barrin, master wizard |
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Creature — Illusion Flying
When Palinchron enters the battlefield, untap up to seven lands.
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Creature — Bird Flying
Echo 1/2 |
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Instant Return all artifacts to their owners' hands.
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Enchantment At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have 5 or less life, sacrifice Second Chance and take an extra turn after this one. The greatest gift is the opportunity to right one's wrongs. |
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Enchantment — Aura Enchant creature
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player sacrifices that creature unless they pay |
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Instant Return target creature to its owner's hand. Untap up to two lands. Good riddance. |
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Creature — Faerie Flying
Guarding the ship is the Thornwinds' first concern. Getting along with the locals ranks fourth or fifth at best. 1/1 |
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Sorcery As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact. Search your library for an artifact card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle. "I wonder how it feels to be bored." —Jhoira, artificer |
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Creature — Drake Flying
Awake and awing in the blink of an eye. 3/3 |
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Creature — Sponge
Not only does it catch fish, it cleans them too. 1/1 |
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Creature — Faerie Flying, protection from red Two days after the forge was completed, the faeries were immune to its flames. 2/1 |
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Creature — Phyrexian Minion Flying
Echo 1/1 |
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Enchantment At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have no cards in hand, sacrifice Brink of Madness and target opponent discards their hand. "The fools thought me dead. But I built an empire inside my tomb." —Kerrick, sleeper agent |
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Enchantment As Engineered Plague enters the battlefield, choose a creature type. All creatures of the chosen type get -1/-1. "The admixture of bitterwort in the viral brew has produced most favorable results." —Phyrexian progress notes |
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Creature — Phyrexian Horror Protection from white When Eviscerator enters the battlefield, you lose 5 life. It roamed the time bubble like a captured animal. Kerrick knew he must soon find a way to unleash it on Tolaria or destroy it. 5/5 |
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Creature — Insect Flying
You can swat a thousand gnats, but a thousand more will assail you. 1/1 |
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Creature — Insect If the sun ever hit the swamp, where would these scurry to? 4/2 |
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Enchantment When a creature is put into an opponent's graveyard from the battlefield, if Lurking Skirge is an enchantment, Lurking Skirge becomes a 3/2 Phyrexian Imp creature with flying. They never miss a funeral. |
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Enchantment Whenever a creature deals damage to you, destroy it. "We had years to prepare, while they had mere minutes." —Kerrick, sleeper agent |
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Sorcery Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a creature card from it. That player discards that card. Kerrick was to find that some borders can never be crossed. |
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Creature — Phyrexian Minion
With limited resources and near unlimited time, Kerrick used parts from one beast to build another. 2/2 |
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Creature — Phyrexian Carrier Flying
"The second stage of the illness: high fever and severe infectiousness." —Phyrexian progress notes 2/2 |
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Creature — Phyrexian Carrier
"The third stage of the illness: muscle aches and persistent cough." —Phyrexian progress notes 3/3 |
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Creature — Phyrexian Carrier
"The first stage of the illness: rash and nausea." —Phyrexian progress notes 1/1 |
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Creature — Phyrexian Carrier
"The final stage of the illness: delirium, convulsions, and death." —Phyrexian progress notes 4/4 |
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Enchantment
Death is no excuse to stop working. |
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Creature — Insect Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.) It is the harbinger of disease, not the carrier. 1/1 |
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Creature — Zombie When Rank and File enters the battlefield, green creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn. "Left, right, left, right . . . hmm. Okay—left, left, left, left, . . ." 3/3 |
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Instant Two target creatures each get -1/-1 until end of turn. The Phyrexians' only interest in organic life is discerning its weakness. |
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Enchantment — Aura Enchant creature Enchanted creature has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.) When Sleeper's Guile is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Sleeper's Guile to its owner's hand. |
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Enchantment At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 1 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. Kerrick's corrupt domain swelled like a blister on Tolaria's skin. |
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Instant Destroy target creature with power 2 or less.
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Creature — Phyrexian Imp Flying Whenever Tethered Skirge becomes the target of a spell or ability, you lose 1 life. It bites the hand that leads it. 2/2 |
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Enchantment — Aura Enchant creature All damage that would be dealt to enchanted creature is dealt to its controller instead. "You cannot possibly know the toll your alliances will exact from you." —Barrin, to Urza |
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Sorcery Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
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Instant Switch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn. The overconfident are the most vulnerable. |
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Creature — Human Nomad Haste
Echo 2/2 |
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Creature — Human Knight Flash Protection from white Some knights will not follow orders—only disorder. 2/1 |
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Creature — Human Nomad
"They are called 'Mi'uto,' which means 'one use.'" —Jhoira, artificer 2/2 |
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Creature — Human Nomad Echo If you survive a slinger attack, the slinger wished you to live. 2/2 |
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Enchantment
The war cry is not simply a shout but a sacrament. |
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Creature — Goblin Shaman Whenever Goblin Medics becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to any target. "First, do some harm." —Oath of Goblins 1/1 |
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Creature — Goblin Artificer
"I wrecked your metal guy, boss. But look! I made you an ashtray." 1/1 |
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Enchantment — Aura Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 for each Mountain you control. There's beauty in the desert—but it's best to view it from afar. |
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Enchantment At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are seven or more lands on the battlefield, sacrifice Impending Disaster and destroy all lands. "The goblins are in charge of maintenance? Why not just set it on fire now and call it a day?" —Whip Tongue, viashino technician |
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Instant Sacrifice any number of creatures. Last-Ditch Effort deals that much damage to any target. "If you're gonna lose, at least make sure they don't win as much." —Jula, goblin raider |
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Sorcery Lava Axe deals 5 damage to target player or planeswalker. "Catch!" |
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Creature — Hydra
Keep off the glass. —Hydra warning sign 1/1 |
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Instant Choose one — • Parch deals 2 damage to any target. • Parch deals 4 damage to target blue creature. "Your porous flesh betrays you." —Fire Eye, viashino bey |
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Creature — Lizard Pygmy Pyrosaur can't block.
Do not judge a lizard by its size. —Ghitu proverb 1/1 |
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Enchantment
Who harnesses fire controls the world. —Ghitu proverb |
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Instant Destroy two target artifacts. "My people are bound by masters centuries dead. Each artifact we destroy is another link broken in that chain." —Barb Tail, viashino heretic |
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Enchantment At the beginning of each player's upkeep, if that player controls more lands than each other player, Rivalry deals 2 damage to them. The goblins revered it; the viashino defended it. Only Urza understood it. |
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Creature — Phoenix Flying When Shivan Phoenix dies, return Shivan Phoenix to its owner's hand. To strike down the phoenix is to slash at the flame. 3/4 |
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Enchantment — Aura Enchant creature Enchanted creature can't block. When Sluggishness is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Sluggishness to its owner's hand. Vark decided to lie down and think of a good excuse to quit working. |
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Creature — Viashino If Viashino Bey attacks, all creatures you control attack if able. When the bey runs, match his stride. —Viashino saying 4/3 |
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Creature — Viashino Haste At the beginning of the end step, return Viashino Cutthroat to its owner's hand. "You guys go on ahead. I'll catch up with ya." —Vark, goblin scout, last words 5/3 |
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Creature — Viashino
"The past is buried for good reason." 1/3 |
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Creature — Viashino Scout Haste (This creature can attack and 2/1 |
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Creature — Frog Protection from blue
Cycling 2/2 |
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Instant As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a land. Search your library for a land card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle. "Hmm . . . maybe lotuses this year." |
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Creature — Elf Protection from black
Cycling 2/2 |
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Enchantment At the beginning of your upkeep, if an opponent controls three or more creatures, sacrifice Defense of the Heart, search your library for up to two creature cards, put those cards onto the battlefield, then shuffle. |
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Creature — Elf Echo 1/1 |
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Creature — Elk Beast Whenever Gang of Elk becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn for each creature blocking it. The elk is Gaea's favorite, who wears the forest on its brow. 5/4 |
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Instant Put all enchantments on top of their owners' libraries. When the eternal stars align, can mere mortals resist? |
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Enchantment When an opponent casts an instant spell, if Hidden Gibbons is an enchantment, Hidden Gibbons becomes a 4/4 Ape creature. When these apes want something, it's a matter of gibbon take. |
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Creature — Wolf You may have Lone Wolf assign its combat damage as though it weren't blocked. A wolf without a pack is either a survivor or a brute. 2/2 |
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Instant Target creature gets +7/+7 until end of turn. Suddenly, she couldn't see the acorns for the trees. |
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Legendary Creature — Elemental Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Multani, Maro-Sorcerer's power and toughness are each equal to the total number of cards in all players' hands. "To make peace with the forest, make peace with me." —Multani, to Urza */* |
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Creature — Elf Echo 2/1 |
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Enchantment Whenever a spell you've cast is countered, draw a card. When a tree falls in the forest, Multani hears it. |
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Enchantment — Aura Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+0 and has trample. When Rancor is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Rancor to its owner's hand. Hatred outlives the hateful. |
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Instant Shuffle all creature cards from target player's graveyard into that player's library.
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Instant Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains reach until end of turn. (It can block creatures with flying.) Sometimes it's possible to pull a meal out of thin air. |
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Creature — Ape Flash
Echo These monkeys mean business. 3/4 |
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Creature — Treefolk Whenever Treefolk Mystic blocks or becomes blocked by a creature, destroy all Auras attached to that creature. Urza's wards fell from him like autumn leaves as he entered the dreaming grove. He awoke imprisoned in living wood. 2/4 |
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Creature — Elf
"My grandmother once told me the future of our world was inside the Weatherseed. When I touched it, I knew she was right." 1/1 |
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Creature — Treefolk Trample When Weatherseed Treefolk dies, return it to its owner's hand. 5/3 |
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Sorcery Destroy target creature with flying. "Argoth's doom rained from a clear sky. Yavimaya will not share that fate." —Multani, maro-sorcerer |
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Creature — Elf Echo 2/2 |
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Creature — Treefolk Protection from artifacts Each time the saw blade bit, the tree spat it out. 4/4 |
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Creature — Wurm Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) When the gorilla playfully grabbed the wurm's tail, the wurm doubled back and playfully ate the gorilla's head. 6/4 |
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Artifact All creatures have vigilance. At the beginning of each player's end step, tap all untapped creatures that player controls that didn't attack this turn. Angel's Trumpet deals damage to the player equal to the number of creatures tapped this way. |
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Artifact Creature — Golem Beast of Burden's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures on the battlefield. "If it is meant to be nothing but a machine," Karn finally asked Jhoira, "why did Urza build it to be like me?" */* |
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Artifact No more than two creatures can attack you each combat. The goblins did not understand their attraction to the mana rig. They simply knew it was where they belonged. |
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Artifact A player who controls more permanents than each other player can't play lands or cast artifact, creature, or enchantment spells. That player may sacrifice a permanent for that player to ignore this effect until end of turn. |
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Artifact Each spell costs "We've managed to keep the goblins in their assigned areas, but there's little we can do about the smell." —Whip Tongue, viashino technician |
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Artifact Grim Monolith doesn't untap during your untap step.
Part prison, part home. |
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Artifact At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, Iron Maiden deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4. The maiden is a jealous lover. |
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Artifact Creature — Insect
It entertained Jhoira to craft a kit that could bring her the tools. 1/1 |
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Artifact
"Wonderful! You got a lion on your first try. Now put it back." |
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Artifact Echo Not every cage is made of bars. |
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Artifact Whenever an artifact or enchantment is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you gain 1 life. Junk heaps have rats, but scrapheaps have goblins. |
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Artifact All permanents are colorless. "Every device in the rig is evidence of Thran enlightenment. All mana was the same to them, whether from rock or water, growth or decay. Can you imagine such unity of vision?" —Urza, journal |
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Artifact Creature — Construct Echo 4/5 |
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Artifact Echo |
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Artifact Creature — Gnome Echo 3/3 |
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Artifact Echo From concept to paper to reality. |
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Artifact At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, Wheel of Torture deals X damage to that player, where X is 3 minus the number of cards in their hand. "I'd like to buy a bowel." |
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Land Faerie Conclave enters the battlefield tapped.
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Land Forbidding Watchtower enters the battlefield tapped.
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Land Ghitu Encampment enters the battlefield tapped.
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Land Spawning Pool enters the battlefield tapped.
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Land Treetop Village enters the battlefield tapped.
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