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Creature - Gargoyle 3/3, 3WW (5)
Flying
As Voidstone Gargoyle comes into play, name a nonland card.
The named card can't be played.
Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be played.1
Illus. Terese Nielsen
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Copies of the named card can be played, as with Isochron Scepter. And activiated abilities of those copies can ba played. [Planar Chaos FAQ 2006/12/13]
- The named card can be played face down. [Planar Chaos FAQ 2006/12/13]
- Does stop mana abilities of the named card from being played. [Planar Chaos FAQ 2006/12/13]
- You cannot use the ability after a card has been played to somehow prevent it from being played. Once the card is on the stack as a spell, this card can't affect it. [D'Angelo 2007/06/04]
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Creature - Cat 2/2, 1W (2)
Flash (You may play this spell any time you could play an instant.)
When Whitemane Lion comes into play, return a creature you control to its owner's hand.1
Saltfield nomads call a sudden storm a "whitemane."
Illus. Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- You may return this creature just after it comes into play. In fact, you must do so if you control no other creatures. [Planar Chaos FAQ 2006/12/13]
- The choice is made during resolution and it is not targeted. No player can respond to the choice before it takes effect. [Planar Chaos FAQ 2006/12/13]
- Note - Also see Flash, Rule 502.57.
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Creature - Beast 5/5, 2WW (4)
Shroud (This permanent can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Vanishing 4 (This permanent comes into play with four time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter from it. When the last is removed, sacrifice it.)1
Illus. Dave Kendall
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Creature - Angel 2/4, 2WW (4)
Flying
{W}{W}{W}: Regenerate Malach of the Dawn.1
"The sun rises, but the world still feels dark. Pray for the arrival of the malachim—they'll bring Dawn to the world and to our hearts." —Sister Betje, Miracles of the Saints
Illus. Steve Prescott
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Instant, W (1)
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.
"Those who seek to upset the balance must be taxed for such ambitions." —Verithain, mesa high priest
Illus. Martina Pilcerova
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Creature - Human Druid 0/2, 1WW (3)
Whenever you play an enchantment spell, you may draw a card.
She shepherds mysteries and dust as others would a flock of sheep.
Illus. Randy Gallegos
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Creature - Human Druid 0/2, 1W (2)
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a spore counter on Mycologist.
Remove three spore counters from Mycologist: Put a 1/1 green Saproling creature token into play.
Sacrifice a Saproling: You gain 2 life.1
Illus. Kev Walker
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Enchantment, W (1)
At the beginning of your upkeep, destroy the creature with the least power. It can't be regenerated. If two or more creatures are tied for least power, you choose one of them.
When there are no creatures in play, sacrifice Porphyry Nodes.1
Illus. Alan Pollack
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- The effect is not targeted, so it can choose creatures that say they cannot be targeted. [Planar Chaos FAQ 2006/12/13]
- If there are multiple creatures tied for least power and some but not all of them are indestructible, the indestructible ones cannot be chosen. [Planar Chaos FAQ 2006/12/13]
- If all the creatures with the least power are indestructible, the ability does nothing. [Planar Chaos FAQ 2006/12/13]
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Creature - Spirit Soldier 1/1, 1W (2)
{W}: Regenerate Revered Dead.
"The mists coalesced into silent warriors. We charged them and broke through their lines, only to see them swirl and re-form behind us." —Golas Mahr, black knight
Illus. Ron Spears
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Creature - Sliver 1/1, 1W (2)
All Sliver creatures get +1/+1.1
As the muscle cords of the creature twitched, Hanna saw an unsettling unanimity in the others' rippling flesh. She didn't know what it meant, but she urged Sisay to keep the ship at a safe distance.
Illus. Steven Belledin
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Yes, it does give the bonus to itself. [D'Angelo 2007/05/15]
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Sorcery, W (1)
Sunlance deals 3 damage to target nonwhite creature.
"It's easy for the innocent to speak of justice. They seldom feel its terrible power." —Orim, Samite inquisitor
Illus. Volkan Baga
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Creature - Avatar */*, 3UU (5)
Aeon Chronicler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.
Suspend X-{X}{3}{U}. X can't be 0.
Whenever a time counter is removed from Aeon Chronicler while it's removed from the game, draw a card.1
Illus. Dan Dos Santos
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- When the last time counter is removed, both the Suspend ability and the ability on this card trigger. You can put them on the stack in either order. If Suspend goes on the stack first, you draw a card and then this spell is played. If Suspend goes on the stack last, the spell is played, and then you get to draw a card. This can affect how many cards you have in hand when it enters play. [Planar Chaos FAQ 2006/12/13]
- Note - Also see Suspend, Rule 502.59.
- Note - Also see X Costs, Rule G24.1.
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Creature - Shapeshifter */*, 2UU (4)
As Aquamorph Entity comes into play or is turned face up, it becomes your choice of 5/1 or 1/5.
Morph {2}{U} (You may play this face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)1
Illus. Brian Despain
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- The choice is made right before it comes into play and it enters play as the chosen power/toughness. [Planar Chaos FAQ 2006/12/13]
- A copy entering play will get to make the choice, but a creature that becomes a copy while in play will copy the choice. [Planar Chaos 2006/12/13]
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Enchantment - Aura, 2UU (4)
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 for each Aura attached to it and has vigilance.1
"Consider not what the mask hides, but what it can reveal."
Illus. Greg Staples
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Creature - Shapeshifter 0/0, 4U (5)
As Body Double comes into play, you may choose a creature card in a graveyard. If you do, Body Double comes into play as a copy of that card.
Where the dead outnumbered the living, mimics scavenged faces from the fallen.
Illus. Steve Prescott
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- The choice is made before it enter play, and it enters play as a copy. This means that any other "As ~this~ comes into play", "This card comes into play with", or "When this comes into play" abilities do apply. [Planar Chaos FAQ 2006/12/13]
- You do not have to make a choice, and may actually be unable to if there are no creatures to choose at the appropriate time. [Planar Chaos FAQ 2006/12/13]
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Legendary Creature - Human Wizard 2/2, 2UU (4)
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player may put an artifact, creature, or land card from his or her hand into play.
The rifted multiverse became a sea of conflicting realities, each peopled by possible versions of every living being.
Illus. Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Creature - Illusion 3/3, 3U (4)
Flying
Vanishing 3 (This permanent comes into play with three time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter from it. When the last is removed, sacrifice it.)
When Chronozoa is put into a graveyard from play, if it had no time counters on it, put two tokens into play that are copies of it.1
Illus. James Wong
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- The ability checks if there are any time counters on it when it left play. It does not matter how it left play with no time counters on it. [Planar Chaos FAQ 2006/12/13]
- The copies come into play with 3 time counters each and with Vanishing, so the process can repeat. [Planar Chaos FAQ 2006/12/13]
- Note - Also see Token Creatures, Rule 216.
- Note - Also see Vanishing, Rule 502.60.
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Sorcery, 7UU (9)
For each tapped nonland permanent target opponent controls, search that player's library for a card with the same name as that permanent and put it into play under your control. Then that player shuffles his or her library.
Suspend 3-{1}{U}{U}1
Illus. Steven Belledin
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- The cards come into play simultaneously. If one of the cards is an Aura, it must attach to a permanent already in play and not one of the cards coming into play at the same time, otherwise it remains in the opponent's library. [Planar Chaos FAQ 2006/12/13]
- Note - Also see Suspend, Rule 502.59.
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Instant, 2UU (4)
Counter target spell. Its controller discards a card.
"Two magi could trade spells all day and never crown a victor. The real battle is not one of power but of will. If your confidence breaks, so too shall you." —Venser
Illus. Dan Scott
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Creature - Human Spellshaper 1/1, 1U (2)
{2}{U}, {T}, Discard a card, Sacrifice a land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards and put them into play. Then shuffle your library.
He's mastered the art of sleight of land.
Illus. Jim Murray
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