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The Dark   L'Oscurità
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Sorcery, 1BB (3)
Remove two target nonartifact creatures from the game. Ashes to Ashes deals 5 damage to you.1
"All rivers eventually run to the sea. My job is to sort out who goes first." -Maeveen O'Donagh, Memoirs of a Soldier
Illus. Drew Tucker
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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Creature - Spirit 0/1, 2BB (4)
{X}, {T}: Banshee deals X damage divided evenly between you and target creature or player. Round up for you and down for that creature or player.1
Some say Banshees are the hounds of Death, baying to herd their prey into the arms of their master.
Illus. Jesper Myrfors
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - This card was creature type "Banshee" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Spirit".
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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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Enchantment - Aura, 2BB (4)
Enchant artifact
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted artifact's controller, Curse Artifact deals 2 damage to that player unless he or she sacrifices that artifact.1
Voska feared the artifact had come too easily.
Illus. Mark Tedin
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Artifact" until Oracle 2005/08/01.
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Creature - Horror 3/4, 4B (5)
{0}: If Eater of the Dead is tapped, untap it and remove target creature card in a graveyard from the game.1
Even the putrid muscles of the dead can provide strength to those loathsome enough to consume them.
Illus. Jesper Myrfors
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- A "creature card" is a Creature card or Artifact Creature card. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01] Older cards of type Summon are also Creature cards.
- The card in the graveyard is removed from the game during resolution. [D'Angelo 1999/08/01]
- It untaps during the resolution of its ability. [D'Angelo 1999/08/01]
- It is not possible to empty a graveyard of creatures by using this effect repeatedly in one stack of abilities since the ability does nothing if the Eater is not tapped. [D'Angelo 1999/09/20]
- It still untaps as normal during untap unless otherwise prevented. The ability is not inhibited by other effects that prevent normal untapping such as Meekstone, Paralyze, Smoke, etc. [Aahz 1994/08/10]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - This card was of creature type "Eater" until Oracle 2007/09/01 when it became "Horror".
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Creature - Zombie 0/1, XBB (2)
As Frankenstein's Monster comes into play, remove X creature cards in your graveyard from the game. If you can't, put Frankenstein's Monster into its owner's graveyard instead of into play. For each creature card removed this way, Frankenstein's Monster comes into play with a +2/+0, +1/+1, or +0/+2 counter.1
Illus. Anson Maddocks
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- A "creature card" is a Creature card or Artifact Creature card. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01] Older cards of type Summon are also Creature cards.
- X is declared when this spell is announced. You remove the creature cards and choose the types of tokens just before this card comes into play. When it comes into play, it shows up with the tokens you choose. [DeLaney 2002/07/16]
- X can be any number and it does not have to match the total contents of your graveyard. [bethmo 1994/09/09]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - Also see X Costs, Rule G24.1.
- Note - This card was creature type "Monster" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Zombie".
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Creature - Human Rogue 1/1, 1BB (3)
{B}, {T}: Remove target artifact card in a graveyard from the game. You gain 2 life.1
"If you don't have your health, you don't have anything." -Proverb
Illus. Quinton Hoover
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Removes the artifact on resolution, but you choose it as a target when announcing the ability. [D'Angelo 1999/08/01]
- If the target is not there on resolution, you do not gain the life. [D'Angelo 1999/08/01]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - This card was creature type "Robber" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Human Rogue".
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Sorcery, 2B (3)
Target player reveals his or her hand. Inquisition deals damage to that player equal to the number of white cards in his or her hand.1
Many of those entrusted to Primata Delphine's care tended to express themselves with screams.
Illus. Anson Maddocks
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
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Instant, B (1)
All creatures get -2/-0 until end of turn.
"Comes right outta th' ground. If ya can smell it, it's too late." -Keevy Bogsbury
Illus. Douglas Shuler
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
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Creature - Zombie 2/2, 3B (4)
Whenever Murk Dwellers attacks and isn't blocked, it gets +2/+0 until end of combat.1
When Raganorn unsealed the catacombs, he found more than the dead and their treasures.
Illus. Drew Tucker
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Note - This card was creature type "Murk Dwellers" until Oracle 1999/09/01, when it became "Murk-Dwellers". Then with Oracle 2007/10/01 it became "Zombie".
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Creature X/X, 3B (4)
Trample
As Nameless Race comes into play, pay any amount of life. The amount you pay can't be more than the total number of white nontoken permanents your opponents control plus the total number of white cards in their graveyards.
Nameless Race's power and toughness are each equal to the life paid as it came into play.1
Illus. Quinton Hoover
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- The life payment is made just as the card is being put into play. [D'Angelo 1999/09/20]
- If put into play by a spell or ability, you pay life during the resolution of that spell or ability. [D'Angelo 1999/09/03]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - Also see Trample, Rule 502.9.
- Note - This card was creature type "Nameless Race" until Oracle 1999/09/01, when it became "Nameless-Race". Then with Oracle 2007/10/01 it has no creature type.
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Creature - Human Minion 2/1, 2BB (4)
{B}{B}{B}, {T}: Target opponent reveals his or her hand and discards a creature card at random. Play this ability only during your turn.1
"Aw, he's just a silly, dirty little man. What's to be afraid of?"
Illus. Daniel Gelon
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Note - This card was creature type "Rag Man" until Seventh Edition, when it became "Minion". Then with Oracle 2007/10/01, it became "Human Minion".
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Enchantment, BBB (3)
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Season of the Witch unless you pay 2 life.
At end of turn, destroy all untapped creatures that didn't attack this turn, except for creatures that couldn't attack.1
Illus. Jesper Myrfors
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Any creatures which cannot attack for some reason are exempted. [Card Text] Island Sanctuary, Moat, Arboria, and other effects or creature limitations such as the Sea Serpent's "opponent must have islands" may cause creatures to be unable to attack. [Aahz 1994/08/09]
- You do not have to pay to enable a creature like a Leviathan to attack. [Aahz 1996/06/13]
- You are not forced to do everything in your power to make something attack. For example, a Wall of Wonder won't be destroyed if you don't pay to animate it. [Aahz 1994/09/02] But if you do enable something to attack, and then don't, it will die.
- It looks back to see which creatures could have attacked during the "declare attackers" step of the attack even if this card was not in play when the attack was declared. [WotC Rules Team 1995/11/10]
- It checks at the end of every turn. [D'Angelo 1999/09/20]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
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Creature - Zombie 2/3, 1BBB (4)
At the beginning of your upkeep, The Fallen deals 1 damage to each opponent it has dealt damage to this game.1
Magic often masters those who cannot master it.
Illus. Jesper Myrfors
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Will not damage the controller, only opponents of the controller. So, if you managed to take control of someone else's The Fallen after being damaged by it, you will not be damaged. [Aahz 1995/02/08]
- The effect is not cumulative. If a player is hit more than once, they still only take one damage from The Fallen each turn. [D'Angelo 1995/07/01]
- It stops damaging players and forgets which players it damaged when it leaves play. [Duelist Magazine #9, Page 35]
- If phased out it will not forget which players it damaged. [Duelist Magazine #11, Page 57]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - This card was of creature type "Fallen" until Oracle 2007/09/01 when it became "Zombie".
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Creature - Human 1/3, 1BBB (4)
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to Uncle Istvan by creatures.1
Solitude drove the old hermit insane. Now he only keeps company with those he can catch.
Illus. Daniel Gelon
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Works even on damage from activated abilities of creatures such as the Prodigal Sorcerer ability. [Aahz 1994/08/04]
- The creature type is "Uncle-Istvan" which is considered one word. Before errata, it was two words, "Uncle Istvan". [D'Angelo 1999/09/20]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) banned this card from 1999/10/01 until 2006/10/20 when it became part of Time Spiral.
- Note - This card was of creature type "Uncle-Istvan" and not "Human" until Oracle 2006/10/01 and Time Spiral.
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Sorcery, XBB (2)
Tap X target creatures.1
"That was the worst experience of my days: standing there helpless as they killed my whole troop." -Maeveen O'Donagh, Memoirs of a Soldier
Illus. Ron Spencer
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Enchantment, 2BBB (5)
Players can't play lands.
If a land would come into play, instead it doesn't.
At the beginning of each upkeep, any player may sacrifice two lands or pay 5 life. If a player does either, sacrifice Worms of the Earth.1
The ground collapsed, leaving nothing but the great Worms' mucous residues.
Illus. Anson Maddocks
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- A land which somehow phases out will remain phased out since it cannot return to play. It will try again during the next turn. [D'Angelo 2002/01/11]
- A land which is somehow put into a Safe Haven will leave the game forever if it tries to return while Worms of the Earth is in play. [Duelist Magazine #6, Page 132]
- The ability triggers during each player's upkeep, not just your own. [D'Angelo 2006/05/13]
- If you play a spell/ability like Untamed Wilds which lets you put a land into play, the effect fails. With Untamed Wilds you still shuffle the library. [Duelist Magazine #6, Page 132]
- Eureka will not allow a land to enter play. [WotC Rules Team 1995/06/15]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
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Sorcery, 3UUU (6)
Target player reveals his or her hand and discards all nonland cards.1
"When one has witnessed the unspeakable, 'tis sometimes better to forget." -Vervamon the Elder
Illus. Mark Poole
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- If used on yourself, you do have to reveal your hand. [D'Angelo 2001/08/31]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
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Creature - Human Wizard 0/1, 1UU (3)
{U}, {T}: Add {3} to your mana pool.1
Illus. Dan Frazier
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - This card was of creature type "Wizard" and not "Human Wizard" until Oracle 2007/09/01.
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