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Creature - Specter 2/3, 2BB (4)
Flying
Whenever Abyssal Specter deals damage to a player, that player discards a card.1
"Mystic shadow, bending near me, / Who art thou? / Whence come ye? -Stephen Crane, "Mystic shadow, bending near me"
Illus. George Pratt
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Enchantment - Aura, 1B (2)
Enchant creature card in a graveyard
When Animate Dead comes into play, if it's in play, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put into play with Animate Dead." Return enchanted creature card to play under your control and attach Animate Dead to it. When Animate Dead leaves play, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
Enchanted creature gets -1/-0.1
Illus. Anson Maddocks
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- It follows all the rules for Aura (Enchant Creature) cards. [WotC Rules Team 1997/03/14] For example, it counts for abilities that interact with creature enchantments, such as Rabid Wombat. [Aahz 1997/06/06]
- You can Animate a creature which was discarded from a hand and therefore was never in play. [D'Angelo 1994/04/01]
- The creature comes out as if it were just played. Any X in the mana cost is zero (see Rule G24.1). So animating a Rock Hydra gives you a hydra with zero heads. [Mirage, Page 31]
- When putting a card into play that requires a definition for its value, such as with Minion of the Wastes, you do what is needed to define the value. [WotC Rules Team 1998/02/02] In the case of Minion of the Wastes, you pay life to define its values.
- The animated creature comes into play with summoning sickness (see Rule G19.39), so it cannot attack until it begins one of its controller's turns in play. [D'Angelo 1998/02/03]
- This is a targeted ability. Note that cards in the graveyard do not have Protection from Color abilities (see Rule 402.8). [D'Angelo 2002/12/19]
- If the creature card put into play has Protection from Black (or a similar effect that prevents Animate Dead from legally being attached), then it will fail to become attached and it as per Rule 212.4k, which states that an Aura trying to move onto an illegal permanent will stay where it is. Then the Animate Dead will go to the graveyard as an Aura that is not enchanting anything. This will sacrifice the creature as well, as stated by the card text. [D'Angelo 2007/10/20]
- If the creature phases out (see Rule 502.15) without the Animate Dead because Animate Dead has been affected by Spatial Binding, the Animate Dead is put into the graveyard but the creature is not. The creature will phase in perfectly normal since the Animate Dead ability did not destroy it. [Aahz 1997/02/16]
- It cannot move to a different creature using Aura moving effects. [D'Angelo 2007/09/08]
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.
- Note - Also see Put Into Play, Rule G16.33.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchantment" until Oracle 2007/09/01 when it became "Enchantment - Aura".
- Note - The Limited Edition, Unlimited Edition, Revised Edition, and Fourth Edition versions had this card as an Enchant Dead Creature. [D'Angelo 1997/04/11]
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Sorcery, 1BB (3)
Remove two target nonartifact creatures from the game. Ashes to Ashes deals 5 damage to you.
"Kings and beggars, they end the same-Surrounded by stench, rot, and blame." -Aline Corralurn, "Legacy"
Illus. Doug Keith
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Must have 2 targets at time of casting in order to be declared. [Duelist Magazine #3, Page 6]
- If one target is removed or becomes invalid after declaration, the other target is still affected. [bethmo 1994/09/15] You take the damage if at least one target is removed from the game. [D'Angelo 1995/05/17]
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Enchantment, 1B (2)
Black creatures get +1/+1.1
Illus. Gary Leach
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Creature - Human Knight 2/2, BB (2)
First strike, protection from white
Battle doesn't need a purpose; the battle is its own purpose. You don't ask why a plague spreads or a field burns. Don't ask why I fight.
Illus. Adrian Smith
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Enchantment - Aura, BB (2)
Enchant land
When enchanted land becomes tapped, destroy it.1
Illus. Ian Miller
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Note - In Fifth Edition (and before) the land was destroyed at end of turn. It is now destroyed as a triggered ability.
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Land" until Oracle 2005/08/01.
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Creature - Imp 1/1, 1B (2)
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying.)1
On guard for larger dangers, we underestimated the power and speed of the Imp's muck-crusted claws.
Illus. Ron Spencer
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Note - The Portal version had no creature type.
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Creature - Rat 1/1, B (1)
Bog Rats can't be blocked by Walls.1
Their stench was vile and strong enough, but not nearly as powerful as their hunger.
Illus. Ron Spencer
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- No, Bog Rats do not affect Plague Rats totals. [Aahz 1994/08/09]
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Creature - Wraith 3/3, 3B (4)
Swampwalk (This creature is unblockable as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)1
Twas in the bogs of Cannelbrae/ My mate did meet an early grave/ 'Twas nothing left for us to save/ In the peat-filled bogs of Cannelbrae.
Illus. Jeff A. Menges
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Enchantment, 3B (4)
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Breeding Pit unless you pay {B}{B}.
At the end of your turn, put a 0/1 black Thrull creature token into play.1
The Thrulls bred at a terrifying pace. In the end, they overwhelmed the Order of the Ebon Hand.
Illus. Adrian Smith
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Must actually be in play at the end of turn in order for you to get a Thrull. The getting of the Thrull is not part of paying the upkeep, it is part of having the card in play. [D'Angelo 1995/04/12]
- Note - Also see Token Creatures, Rule 216.
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Instant, 4B (5)
Destroy target attacking nonartifact creature. It can't be regenerated. Put a black Spirit creature token into play with power and toughness equal to the power and toughness of that creature. Sacrifice the Spirit token at end of turn.1
Illus. Margaret Organ-Kean
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- The Spirit token creature gets a fixed power/toughness equal to the power/toughness of the target creature when Broken Visage resolves. This includes the effects of any enchantments or other effects on the target creature. The Shadow token never gets a variable power/toughness. [D'Angelo 1995/10/29]
- The token creature comes into play under your control regardless of who controlled the target creature. [Duelist Magazine #9, Page 36]
- Note - Errata changed the token creature's type from Shadow to Spirit.
- Note - Also see Token Creatures, Rule 216.
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Creature - Insect 0/1, 2BB (4)
{1}: Carrion Ants gets +1/+1 until end of turn.1
"War is no picnic, " my father liked to say. But the Ants seemed to disagree.
Illus. John Coulthart
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Note - This card was creature type "Ant" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Insect".
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Enchantment - Aura, 1B (2)
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature attacks and isn't blocked, you may have it deal no combat damage this turn. If you do, defending player discards a card at random.1
Illus. Margaret Organ-Kean
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Enchantment - Aura, 2BB (4)
Enchant land
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted land's controller, Cursed Land deals 1 damage to that player.1
Illus. Jesper Myrfors
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Instant, B (1)
Add {B}{B}{B} to your mana pool.
Illus. Clint Langley
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- This card, as with all instants cards, goes to the graveyard when it resolves. It does not stay in play. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 2000/04/01.
- Note - In Mirage, Fifth Edition, Tempest, and Urza's Saga, this spell was of type Mana Source. In Ice Age, Fourth Edition (and before), it was of type Interrupt. It is now of type Instant.
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Enchantment, BB (2)
{B}{B}: Counter target green spell.1
"Every forest is carpeted with the corpses of a thousand trees." -Baron Sengir to Autumn Willow
Illus. Anson Maddocks
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Creature - Thrull 4/4, 3B (4)
Black spells you play cost {B} more to play.1
"The derelor's greatest contribution to the Ebon Hand was the inspirational effect its creator's execution had upon the other thrull breeders." -Sarpadian Empires, vol. II
Illus. Anson Maddocks
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Sorcery, X1B (2)
Spend only black mana on X.
Drain Life deals X damage to target creature or player. You gain life equal to the damage dealt, but not more life than the player's life total before Drain Life dealt damage or the creature's toughness.1
Illus. Andrew Robinson
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- You can put as much black mana as you want into this spell's X value, but you cannot gain more life than the creature's toughness. [D'Angelo 1996/07/01]
- You may gain up to the total toughness of the creature even if it was already damaged. [PPG Page 70]
- Cost reducers, such as Helm of Awakening can be used to reduce the X part of the mana cost. [WotC Rules Team 1997/06/01]
- Note - Also see X Costs, Rule G24.1.
- Note - Before errata, the X part of the cost was not part of the mana cost; it was part of the card's text. [Oracle 1999/07/01] This means the X cost is now part of the cost for things like Spell Blast.
- Note - The artist's name, Shuler, was misspelled on the Limited Edition and Unlimited Edition versions of this card.
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Creature - Skeleton 1/1, 1B (2)
{B}: Regenerate Drudge Skeletons. (The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, it isn't. Instead tap it, remove all damage from it, and remove it from combat.)1
"The dead make good soldiers. They can't disobey orders, they never surrender, and they don't stop fighting when a random body part falls off." -Nevinyrral, Necromancer's Handbook
Illus. Ian Miller
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Creature - Human Warrior 2/3, 1B (2)
At the end of your turn, if Erg Raiders didn't attack this turn, Erg Raiders deals 2 damage to you unless it came under your control this turn.1
Illus. Stuart Griffin
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- If unable to attack because it is tapped or something, it still deals 2 damage to the controller of this card. [bethmo 1994/06/01]
- Note - The Arabian Nights version of this card has two versions, one with a small dark circle behind the "1" in the mana cost (rarity C3) and one with a normal mana circle behind the cost (rarity C2).
- Note - This card was of creature type "Raider" and not "Human Warrior" until Oracle 2007/09/01.
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