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Creature - Beast 4/4, 2GG (4)
Sacrifice a Beast: You gain 4 life.1
Illus. Arnie Swekel
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Instant, 2U (3)
You may choose an instant card you own from outside the game, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Remove Cunning Wish from the game.1
Illus. Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Sorcery, 2B (3)
Until end of turn, you may play cards in your graveyard.
If a card would be put into your graveyard this turn, remove that card from the game instead.1
Illus. Ron Spencer
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- If you play a Buyback spell (see Rule 502.16), then there will be two effects trying to replace where the card goes. You get to choose if the Buyback returns the card to your hand or the card gets removed from the game. [bethmo 1998/10/12]
- To "play a card" is to either announce a spell or to put a land into play using the main phase special action. [D'Angelo 1999/01/18]
- If an effect asks you to discard a card, you cannot "discard" something that is in your graveyard. Those cards are not in your hand for any reason other than letting you play them. Thus, Cycling abilities of cards in the graveyard cannot be used. [DeLaney 1998/10/15]
- If you play a card using Yawgmoth's Will and something triggers only when "played from your hand", that something will not trigger. [bethmo 1999/03/05] Such things trigger based on where the card came from.
- It does not look back in time. It only removes cards from the game that go to the graveyard after it is cast. [D'Angelo 1998/11/04]
- The second ability is a replacement ability (see Rule 419). It applies to both costs and effects. [WotC Rules Team 1998/11/03] There is no infinite loop mana generation with Dark Ritual. [D'Angelo 1998/11/04]
- It will remove itself from the game since it goes to the graveyard after its effect starts. [D'Angelo 1998/11/04]
- Note - Also see Yawgmoth's Agenda.
- Vintage tournaments (see Rule 801) have restricted this card since 1999/10/01.
- Legacy tournaments (see Rule 802) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Extended tournaments (See Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
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Sorcery, 1WB (3)
Destroy target permanent.1
Illus. Mark Zug
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Sorcery, XX2WW (4)
Put X 4/4 white Angel creature tokens with flying into play.
Cycling {2}{W}
When you cycle Decree of Justice, you may pay {X}. If you do, put X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens into play.1
Illus. Alan Pollack
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- The two X's in the mana cost mean that you pay 2 mana (above the {2}{W}{W} base cost) for each token you want to create. [Scourge FAQ 2003/05/30]
- When you cycle this card, the last ability triggers. When that ability resolves, you choose a value of X and pay it during resolution. [Scourge FAQ 2003/05/30]
- You can play this with X=0. [D'Angelo 2003/06/07]
- Note - Also see Cycling, Rule 502.18.
- Note - Also see Token Creatures, Rule 216.
- Note - Also see X Costs, Rule G24.1.
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Creature - Angel 4/5, 4WW (6)
Flying, lifelink (Whenever this creature deals damage, you gain that much life.)
Morph {2}{W}{W} (You may play this face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)1
"She is a theme of honor and reknown, ...Whose present courage may beat down our foes." -William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida
Illus. Rob Alexander
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Creature - Human Wizard 1/1, R (1)
{R}, {T}, Remove two cards in your graveyard from the game: Grim Lavamancer deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
"Fools dig for water, corpses, or gold. The earth's real treasure is far deeper."
Illus. Michael Sutfin
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Note - This card was creature type "Wizard" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Human Wizard".
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Creature - Human Wizard 2/2, WU (2)
As Meddling Mage comes into play, name a nonland card.
The named card can't be played.1
Meddling mages chant so loudly that no one can get a spell in edgewise.
Illus. Nottsuo
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- You name a card during the resolution of this spell, at the same time it is being put into play. Once you name the card, there is no chance for any player to respond to this choice before the "can't be played" effect takes hold. [Planeshift FAQ 2001/01/26]
- The named card can be put into play by a spell or ability, it just cannot be played normally. [Planeshift FAQ 2001/01/26]
- The effect lasts as long as this card is in play. [DeLaney 2001/02/12]
- The effect of this card does not affect cards being played face down. [Onslaught FAQ 2002/09/24]
- Note - This card was creature type "Wizard" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Human Wizard".
- Note - This card was designed by Chris Pikula after winning the 2000 tournament in Sydney.
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Land
{T}: Add {1} to your mana pool.
{1}: Mishra's Factory becomes a 2/2 Assembly-Worker artifact creature until end of turn. It's still a land.
{T}: Target Assembly-Worker creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.1
Illus. Kaja & Phil Foglio
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- When it is an Assembly-Worker, it is still a land and retains all of its other abilities. [Duelist Magazine #2, Page 14]
- When animated into an Assembly-Worker, it has creature type Assembly-Worker. [D'Angelo 2001/08/31]
- The card name does not change. It remains "Mishra's Factory". [Jordan 2003/06/14]
- The Assembly-Worker is an artifact creature only until the end of the turn, and then any Enchant Creature or Enchant Artifact spells on it are put into the graveyard. [Duelist Magazine #2, Page 15]
- It can attack on the turn an Assembly-Worker is created, but it may not attack on the turn the land itself is brought into play. See Rule G19.39. [Duelist Magazine #2, Page 15]
- Any counters on the Assembly-Worker remain even if the counters stop being meaningful when it de-animates. [D'Angelo 1998/02/03]
- Tapping a land for something other than mana is not a mana ability. [D'Angelo 1999/10/01]
- When it is an Assembly-Worker, it is an artifact and can therefore be affected by spells and abilities that affect artifacts, such as Disenchant. [WotC Rules Team 1995/02/09]
- If another player takes control of this card while it is an Assembly-Worker, using Aladdin for example, that player keeps control until the control effect ends. They do not lose control just because the card stops being an Assembly-Worker. [WotC Rules Team 1995/02/09] Note that enchantments which steal cards (such as Control Magic and Steal Artifact) do go to the graveyard if the permanent they enchant is no longer valid.
- If an Assembly-Worker is changed to another land type by something like Phantasmal Terrain, it will stay a 2/2 artifact creature and keep the creature type "Assembly-Worker" (until end of turn), but it will change its land type as directed. [Jordan 2003/06/14]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - Also see Changing a Permanent's Type, Rule 212.1c.
- Note - The Antiquities card appears in four different versions with different art. Three of the cards were each U1 rarity and one was C1 rarity.
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Land
Gemstone Mine comes into play with three mining counters on it.
{T}, Remove a mining counter from Gemstone Mine: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool. If there are no mining counters on Gemstone Mine, sacrifice it.1
Illus. Brom
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Sacrificing this card when the last counter is removed is part of the effect of tapping it for mana. [D'Angelo 1999/07/10]
- If the last counter is removed in some way other than by activating its ability, it won't be sacrificed and the ability can no longer be activated. [Time Spiral FAQ 2006/08/30]
- Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.
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Sorcery, 1G (2)
Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Illus. Dameon Willich
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- You must show the card you bring out of the graveyard to your opponent. [bethmo 1994/03/01]
- You can Regrow a card which was discarded from your hand and was therefore never in play. [D'Angelo 1994/04/01]
- Can use Deflection to force selection of a different card in the Regrowth caster's graveyard. [bethmo 1996/04/01]
- Vintage tournaments (see Rule 801) have restricted this card since 1994/03/23.
- Legacy tournaments (see Rule 802) banned this card until 2004/09/20.
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have always banned this card.
- Standard (Type 2) tournaments (see Rule 804) have banned this card since 1995/05/02 It was previously restricted from 1994/03/23 to 1995/05/02.
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Artifact, 1 (1)
{T}: Add {2} to your mana pool.
Illus. Mark Tedin
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Vintage tournaments (see Rule 801) have restricted this card since 1994/01/25.
- Legacy tournaments (see Rule 802) have always banned this card.
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have always banned this card.
- Standard (Type 2) tournaments (see Rule 804) have banned this card since 1995/05/02. It was previously restricted from 1994/01/24 to 1995/05/02.
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Creature - Human Druid 1/1, 1G (2)
{G}, {T}: Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a basic land card. Put that card into your hand and all other cards revealed this way into your graveyard.1
Seeking the company of plants ensures that your wits will go to seed.
Illus. Heather Hudson
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- You can put the cards from your library into your graveyard in any order. [Duelist Magazine #25, Page 31]
- Legacy tournaments (see Rule 801) have banned this card since 2004/09/20.
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 2004/01/01.
- Note - This card was creature type "Druid" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Human Druid".
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Creature - Horror 5/5, 2B (3)
Trample
Whenever Phyrexian Negator is dealt damage, sacrifice that many permanents.1
They exist to cease.
Illus. John Zeleznik
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Sacrificing this card does not prevent you from having to make the other sacrifices. [DeLaney 1999/06/13]
- Note - Also see Trample, Rule 502.9.
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Creature - Elf 1/1, 3GG (5)
Echo {3}{G}{G} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
When Deranged Hermit comes into play, put four 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens into play.
Squirrel creatures get +1/+1.1
Illus. Kev Walker
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Sorcery, 3UU (5)
Target player takes an extra turn after this one.1
"Let's do it again!" -Squee, goblin cabin hand
Illus. Pete Venters
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- If multiple "extra turn" effects resolve in the same turn, take them in the reverse of the order that the effects resolved. [CompRules 2002/02/20 - 300.6] See Rule 300.6.
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Sorcery, 3W (4)
Destroy all lands.1
"'O miserable of happy! Is this the end/ Of this new glorious world... ?'" -John Milton, Paradise Lost
Illus. John Avon
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- The destruction can be prevented normally, such as with Consecrate Land, Pyramids, or regeneration if the land is also a creature. [Aahz 1994/06/01]
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Instant, B (1)
Search your library for a card, then shuffle your library and put that card on top of it. You lose 2 life.1
Illus. Gary Leach
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- The loss of 2 life is part of the resolution of the spell. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
- Vintage tournaments (see Rule 801) have restricted this card since 1999/10/01.
- Legacy tournaments (see Rule 802) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
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Creature - Spirit 1/4, 3U (4)
Flying
{T}, Tap two untapped creatures you control: Return target permanent to its owner's hand.1
"'Tis a shame, in such a tempest, to have but one anchor." - Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy
Illus. John Matson
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- It can tap creatures that have summoning sickness. [D'Angelo 1997/12/29]
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Instant, X2U (3)
Target player draws X cards.1
After a hundred failed experiments, Urza was stunned to find that common silver passed through the portal undamaged. He immediately designed a golem made of the metal.
Illus. Stephen Daniele
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Vintage tournaments (see Rule 801) restricted this card from 1999/01/01 until 2004/12/20.
- Legacy tournaments (see Rule 802) banned this card from 1999/01/01 until 2004/09/20.
- Note - Also see X Costs, Rule G24.1.
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