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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
Illus. George Pratt
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Instant, 3BB (5)
You may pay 1 life and remove a black card in your hand from the game rather than pay Contagion's mana cost.
Distribute two -2/-1 counters among one or two target creatures.1
Illus. Mike Raabe
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Instant, 2B (3)
Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.1
Illus. Drew Tucker
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Instant, B (1)
Add {B}{B}{B} to your mana pool.1
Illus. Sandra Everingham
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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Creature - Spirit 3/1, 2B (3)
Foul Familiar can't block.
{B}, Pay 1 life: Return Foul Familiar to its owner's hand.1
Illus. Anson Maddocks
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Ability can only be used while this card is in play. [Duelist Magazine #7, Page 9]
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Enchantment, BBB (3)
Skip your draw step.
If you would discard a card, discard it, but remove it from the game instead of putting it into your graveyard.
Pay 1 life: Remove the top card of your library from the game face down. Put that card into your hand at the end of your turn.1
Illus. Mark Tedin
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- If the card is not still in the graveyard when the trigger resolves, it does not remove the card form the game. [D'Angelo 2008/07/12]
- Removing Necropotence from play will not stop the cards from the life-payment ability from being put into your hand at the end of turn. [D'Angelo 1998/11/13]
- Only has the effect of making you skip your draw step if it is in play when your draw step would normally start. [WotC Rules Team 1995/10/18]
- The acquired cards are not considered draws. They will not cause damage with Underworld Dreams or have Enduring Renewal detect creatures. [D'Angelo 1995/12/08]
- Can be used with Fasting. The reason is that Necropotence does not force you to skip your draw step unless it is in play at the end of your upkeep phase. Fasting allows you to mark the draw step as "skipped" during upkeep prior to Necropotence kicking in. [Aahz 1996/01/16]
- Necropotence interacts with Madness (see Rule 502.24) so you cannot use the Madness ability. This is because Madness turns "discard to graveyard" into "discard to removed from game" and Necropotence turns any discard into simply "remove from game" with no discard. Madness only works if you remove it from game as part of its ability. [Jordan 2002/03/03]
- The discard removal was a replacement ability until 2008/07/01 when it was made into a triggered ability. [D'Angelo 2008/07/12]
- Vintage tournaments (see Rule 801) have restricted this card since 2000/10/01.
- Legacy tournaments (see Rule 802) have banned this card since 2000/10/01.
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 2001/04/01.
- Note - Also see Skipping a Phase, Rule 419.6e.
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Creature - Illusion 1/5, 3B (4)
{B}: Phantasmal Fiend gets +1/-1 until end of turn.
{1}{U}: Switch Phantasmal Fiend's power and toughness until end of turn.1
Illus. Scott Kirschner
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- As per Rule 418.5a, power and toughness switching is applied after any effects that modify power/toughness. This means that even if new spells and abilities are played to modify power/toughness, they are applied before the switch. [D'Angelo 2006/01/01]
- Note - This card was of creature type "Phantasm" and not "Illusion" until Oracle 2006/07/14.
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Creature - Illusion 1/5, 3B (4)
{B}: Phantasmal Fiend gets +1/-1 until end of turn.
{1}{U}: Switch Phantasmal Fiend's power and toughness until end of turn.1
Illus. Scott Kirschner
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- As per Rule 418.5a, power and toughness switching is applied after any effects that modify power/toughness. This means that even if new spells and abilities are played to modify power/toughness, they are applied before the switch. [D'Angelo 2006/01/01]
- Note - This card was of creature type "Phantasm" and not "Illusion" until Oracle 2006/07/14.
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Sorcery, X2B (3)
Spend only black and/or red mana on X.
Soul Burn deals X damage to target creature or player. You gain life equal to the damage dealt, but not more than the amount of {B} spent on X, the player's life total before Soul Burn dealt damage, or the creature's toughness.1
Illus. Rob Alexander
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Will give 1 life for each black mana used, but not more life than the amount of unprevented damage that is dealt. [D'Angelo 2001/02/18]
- Note - Also see X Costs, Rule G24.1.
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Creature - Human Barbarian 5/5, 2RR (4)
When Balduvian Horde comes into play, sacrifice it unless you discard a card at random.1
Illus. Brian Snõddy
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- The discard is forced. You may use Library of Leng on the discarded card. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
- You choose whether to discard or not on resolution. If not, then you sacrifice this card. You can choose to not discard even if you no longer control this card on resolution. [D'Angelo 1999/06/01]
- Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.
- Note - This card was creature type "Barbarian" until Oracle 2007/09/01 when it became "Human Barbarian".
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Instant, R (1)
Death Spark deals 1 damage to target creature or player.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if Death Spark is in your graveyard with a creature card directly above it, you may pay {1}. If you do, return Death Spark to your hand.1
Illus. Mark Tedin
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Creature - Goblin Mutant 5/3, 2RR (4)
Trample
Goblin Mutant can't attack if defending player controls an untapped creature with power 3 or greater.
Goblin Mutant can't block creatures with power 3 or greater.1
Illus. Daniel Gelon
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Instant, 1R (2)
Guerrilla Tactics deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
When a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard Guerrilla Tactics, Guerrilla Tactics deals 4 damage to target creature or player.1
Illus. Ron Spencer
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- If it is discarded, the damage done by it is done by this card due to an ability and not by a spell. So Suffocation cannot be used on that damage. [D'Angelo 1996/11/11]
- The second ability will trigger even on an optional discard caused by an opponent, as with Chain of Plasma. [D'Angelo 2003/09/08]
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Instant, 1R (2)
Guerrilla Tactics deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
When a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard Guerrilla Tactics, Guerrilla Tactics deals 4 damage to target creature or player.1
Illus. Ron Spencer
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- If it is discarded, the damage done by it is done by this card due to an ability and not by a spell. So Suffocation cannot be used on that damage. [D'Angelo 1996/11/11]
- The second ability will trigger even on an optional discard caused by an opponent, as with Chain of Plasma. [D'Angelo 2003/09/08]
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Instant, 1R (2)
Incinerate deals 3 damage to target creature or player. A creature dealt damage this way can't be regenerated this turn.1
Illus. Scott M. Fischer
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Sorcery, 4RR (6)
Destroy all artifacts, creatures, and lands. They can't be regenerated.1
Illus. Mike Kerr
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Sorcery, XR (1)
Lava Burst deals X damage to target creature or player. If Lava Burst would deal damage to a creature, that damage can't be prevented or dealt instead to another creature or player.1
Illus. Tom Wänerstrand
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Lava Burst does not prevent a regeneration spell or ability from removing the damage after it is dealt. [Oracle 1998/07/01]
- Note - Also see X Costs, Rule G24.1.
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Creature - Orc Warrior 1/3, 1RR (3)
{T}: Orcish Cannoneers deals 2 damage to target creature or player and 3 damage to you.1
Illus. Dan Frazier
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Note - This card was creature type "Orc" until Oracle 2008/01/01, when it became "Orc Warrior".
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