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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
"Open the gates, and bid them enter." -Lim-Dûl, the Necromancer
Illus. Ruth Thompson
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Creature - Zombie 3/1, 3B (4)
Haste
{B}: Return Ashen Ghoul from your graveyard to play. Play this ability only during your upkeep and only if three or more creature cards are above Ashen Ghoul.1
Illus. Ron Spencer
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Creature - Human Cleric Shaman 1/1, 1B (2)
{T}, Sacrifice a creature: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
{1}{U}{U}, Sacrifice a creature: Counter target creature spell.1
"The Shamans of Marit Lage do her bidding in secret, but they do it gladly." -Halvor Arenson, Kjeldoran Priest
Illus. Cornelius Brudi
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- A creature spell is any card of type Creature or Artifact Creature. [D'Angelo 2000/03/09] Older cards of type Summon also count.
- Note - This card was creature type "Cleric" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Human Cleric Shaman".
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Instant, B (1)
As an additional cost to play Burnt Offering, sacrifice a creature.
Add X mana in any combination of {B} and/or {R} to your mana pool, where X is the sacrificed creature's converted mana cost.1
"My foes serve me twice: in dying, and in death." -Lim-Dûl, the Necromancer
Illus. Daniel Gelon
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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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, 1B (2)
Enchant creature card in a graveyard
When Dance of the 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 Dance of the Dead." Return enchanted creature card to play tapped under your control and attach Dance of the Dead to it. When Dance of the Dead leaves play, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player may pay {1}{B}. If he or she does, untap that creature.1
Illus. Randy Gallegos
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- You can Dance of the Dead a creature which was discarded from a hand and therefore was never in play. [D'Angelo 1997/06/01]
- Dance of the Dead becomes a creature enchantment spell and so it does activate the Rabid Wombat and trigger other cards which use creature enchantments. [Aahz 1997/06/06]
- 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 more than one Dance of the Dead ends up on a creature, each contributes a +1/+1. [D'Angelo 1995/09/25] But you only have to pay the untap cost once. [D'Angelo 2000/03/09] You may pay for each one, however, and untap the card more than once during upkeep. [DeLaney 2000/03/11]
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Dead Creature" until 1997/06/01, and then of type "Enchantment" until Oracle 2005/08/01.
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Instant, 2B (3)
Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.1
"Will not the mountains quake and hills melt at the coming of the darkness? Share this vision with your enemies, Lim-Dûl, and they shall wither." -Leshrac, Walker of Night
Illus. Drew Tucker
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Instant, B (1)
Add {B}{B}{B} to your mana pool.
"Leshrac, my liege, grant me the power I am due." - Lim-Dûl, the Necromancer
Illus. Justin Hampton
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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Instant, B (1)
Name a card. Remove the top six cards of your library from the game, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal the named card. Put that card into your hand and remove all other cards revealed this way from the game.1
Illus. Rob Alexander
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- The spell fails if you do not find the card before your library is empty. You do not lose the game at that point. You lose on the next time you have to draw. [Aahz 1995/06/08]
- You name which card to look for on resolution. [D'Angelo 2000/03/09]
- You must name a card that actually exists in the game of Magic. [Aahz 1995/10/07]
- There is no way to make this card affect your opponent. It affects "you", and "you" means the caster. [Duelist Magazine #7, Page 9] It has no targets and cannot be Deflectioned.
- 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.
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Creature - Zombie 3/4, 3BB (5)
At end of combat, put a paralyzation counter on all creatures blocking or blocked by Dread Wight and tap those creatures. They gain "If this creature has a paralyzation counter on it, it doesn't untap during its controller's untap step" and "{4}: Remove a paralyzation counter from this creature."1
Illus. Daniel Gelon
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Note - This card was creature type "Wight" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Zombie".
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Creature - Wall X/X, 3B (4)
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Drift of the Dead's power and toughness are each equal to the number of snow lands you control.1
"Take their dead, and entomb them in the snow. Risen, they shall serve a new purpose." -Lim-Dûl, the Necromancer
Illus. Brian Snõddy
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Enchantment - Aura, BB (2)
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you play this. This card comes into play attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)1
"Even the bravest of warriors yet knows the dark clutch of fright upon his stalwart heart." -Lim-Dûl, the Necromancer
Illus. Rick Emond
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Creature - Insect 2/2, 2B (3)
Cumulative upkeep {1} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Flow of Maggots can't be blocked by non-Wall creatures.1
"The very earth seemed alive and made a sound like the writhing of the damned." -Lucilde Fiksdotter, Leader of the Order of the White Shield
Illus. Ron Spencer
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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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
"Serve me, and live forever." -Lim-Dûl, the Necromancer
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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Creature - Zombie 2/2, 1BB (3)
{T}, Sacrifice Gangrenous Zombies: Gangrenous Zombies deals 1 damage to each creature and each player. If you control a snow Swamp, Gangrenous Zombies deals 2 damage to each creature and each player instead.1
Illus. Brian Snõddy
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Sorcery, 1B (2)
Until end of turn, whenever a creature you control attacks and isn't blocked, you may choose to have it deal damage equal to its power to a target creature. If you do, it deals no combat damage this turn.1
Remove the guardians to ensure your victory.
Illus. Anson Maddocks
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Instant, B (1)
Target creature can't be regenerated this turn.
Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.1
One foot in the grave, firmly planted.
Illus. Drew Tucker
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Enchantment, 1BB (3)
When Hecatomb comes into play, sacrifice Hecatomb unless you sacrifice four creatures.
Tap an untapped Swamp you control: Hecatomb deals 1 damage to target creature or player.1
Illus. NéNé Thomas
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- The sacrifice is done as a triggered ability just after it enters play. It is not done on announcement. [D'Angelo 1995/10/27]
- If you have less than 4 creatures, you do not partially sacrifice. You pay 4 creatures or none. [WotC Rules Team 1995/06/15]
- You choose whether to sacrifice creatures or not on resolution. If not, then you sacrifice this card. You can choose to not sacrifice creatures if you no longer control this card on resolution. [D'Angelo 1999/06/01]
- Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.
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Creature - Shade 1/2, 3B (4)
{B}: Hoar Shade gets +1/+1 until end of turn.1
"The creature we fought in the western waste was doubly dangerous: mortally wounded, it rebounded and attacked again." -Disa the Restless, journal entry
Illus. Richard Thomas
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Instant, XB (1)
Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.
"From the mouths of my servants, my voice shall emerge to shake the souls of my foes." -Lim-Dûl, the Necromancer
Illus. Mark Poole
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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