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Eaturecray - Igpay 3/3, 5W (6)
Oubleday ikestray
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Isthay iecepay ofay avorflay exttay oesn'tday eallyray aysay anythingay.
Illus. Evkay Alkerway
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- This card is written in pig-latin. It translates to a name of "Latin Pig" with card type "Creature - Pig" and text "Whenever ~this~'s controller speaks a non-Pig-Latin word, sacrifice ~this." [D'Angelo 2006/02/01]
- An honest attempt to speak Pig Latin that doesn't quite get it right still counts. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15]
- The creature type for all purposes is actually "Pig". [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15]
- All tournament formats have banned cards from Unhinged.
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Instant, 2W (3)
Remove target attacking creature from the game. Then remove it from the removed-from-game zone and put it into the absolutely-removed-from-the-freaking-game-forever zone.1
Illus. Stephen Tappin
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- The card cannot be retrieved using Wish. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15]
- All tournament formats have banned cards from Unhinged.
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Creature - Elephant Townsfolk 1/4, 3W (4)
Whenever you play a spell, you may gain 1/2 life for each word in that spell's name.1
"Step 1: I believe in a power and toughness greater than myself... ."
Illus. Dan Scott
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Fractions don't translate well, so this ruling uses decimal notation, such as "0.5" to mean "one half". [D'Angelo 2006/02/01]
- Hyphenated words count as one word. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15]
- All tournament formats have banned cards from Unhinged.
- Note - Also see fractional number rules, Rule 701.Ruling.13.
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Creature - Bird 1.5/1, 1W (2)
Flying
Gotcha - Whenever an opponent touches the table with his or her hand, you may say "Gotcha!" If you do, return Cardpecker from your graveyard to your hand.1
Illus. Richard Sardinha
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Fractions don't translate well, so this ruling uses decimal notation, such as "1.5" to mean "one and one half". [D'Angelo 2006/02/01]
- Touching any part of the table (top or bottom) counts. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15]
- All tournament formats have banned cards from Unhinged.
- Note - Also see fractional number rules, Rule 701.Ruling.13.
- Note - Also see Gotcha, Rule 701.Ruling.14.
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Creature - Donkey Townsfolk 1/3.5, 1W (2)
Spells you play cost {1}/2 less to play.1
And you thought Yawgmoth drove a hard bargain.
Illus. Randy Gallegos
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Fractions don't translate well, so this ruling uses decimal notation, such as "3.5" to mean "3 and one half". [D'Angelo 2006/02/01]
- Making you spells cost 0.5 less may result in you taking some mana burn if you don't have a way to spend the remaining 0.5 mana. [D'Angelo 2006/02/01]
- All tournament formats have banned cards from Unhinged.
- Note - Also see fractional number rules, Rule 701.Ruling.13.
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Enchantment, 1W (2)
As Circle of Protection: Art comes into play, choose an artist.
{1}{W}: The next time a source of your choice by the chosen artist would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
{1}{W}: Return Circle of Protection: Art to its owner's hand.1
Illus. Jim "Stop the Da Vinci Beatdown" Pavelec
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Creature - Human Gamer 2/5, 3WW (5)
{W}, Give an opponent a nonland card you own from outside the game: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to you or Collector Protector this turn.1
"Here-have a Mudhole."
Illus. Christopher Rush
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- You can only give Magic cards. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15]
- You don't get the card back at end of game. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15]
- All tournament formats have banned cards from Unhinged.
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Enchantment, 2WW (4)
As Drawn Together comes into play, choose an artist.
Creatures by the chosen artist get +2/+2.1
"My Pete Venters theme deck is nearly complete. Then I shall be unstoppable! Bwahahahaaa!"
-Pete Venters
Illus. Pete "Fear Me" Venters
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Creature - Human Rogue 0/1, 2W (3)
Whenever another creature comes into play, you may stand up and say in a deep, booming voice "Presenting . . . " and that creature's name. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.1
The ogre appealed the match loss and got it downgraded to a warning.
Illus. Quinton Hoover
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- If you have two of these in play, you have to announce twice if you want both bonuses. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15]
- All tournament formats have banned cards from Unhinged.
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Instant, 2W (3)
If you control two or more white permanents that share an artist, you may play Erase (Not the Urza's Legacy One) without paying its mana cost.
Remove target enchantment from the game.1
Synonyms for "erase" we haven't used: ablate, abrade, chafe, fray, frazzle, scuff, and scrub.
Illus. Pete "Yes the Urza's Legacy One" Venters
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Creature - Human Horror 2/2, 1WW (3)
{W}{W}: Fascist Art Director gains protection from the artist of your choice until end of turn..1
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Cranford,
After careful analysis of Jeremy's vocational testing, I feel that he is best suited for a career in either torture or art direction.
Illus. Edward P. "Feed Me" Beard, Jr.
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Enchantment, 1W (2)
The attacking or blocking creature with the lowest collector number has first strike. If two or more creatures are tied, they all have first strike.1
The Yotian soldiers hoped that one day R&D would make an artifact creature whose name starts with Z. And in their dreams, it's a 4/1.
Illus. Thomas Gianni
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Token creatures do not have collector's numbers. And some cards may be misprinted without a number and thereby have no number as well. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15]
- If neither creature has a number, no creature gets a bonus. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15]
- All tournament formats have banned cards from Unhinged.
- Note - Also see Collector Number, Rule 211.
- Note - Also see First Strike, Rule 502.2.
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Legendary Creature - Elephant Rogue 2/3, 2WW (4)
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may ask target player a yes-or-no question. If you do, that player answers the question truthfully and abides by that answer if able until end of turn.1
Don't cross him or you'll end up sleeping with the merfolk.
Illus. Thomas M. Baxa
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Instant, W (1)
You and target opponent play Seven Questions about the top card of that player's library. (That player looks at the card, then you ask up to six yes-or-no questions about the card that he or she answers truthfully. You guess the card's name-that's question seven-and the player reveals the card.) If you win, prevent all damage that would be dealt this turn by a source of your choice.1
Illus. Thomas Gianni
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- See Rule 701.Ruling.15 for notes on mini-games.
- All tournament formats have banned cards from Unhinged.
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Creature - Human Knight 2/2, 3W (4)
Flying
Spells that players wearing at least one item of women's clothing play cost {1} less to play. (Women's clothing is designed to be worn exclusively by women.)1
"I said 'Put him in a core set, not a corset!'"
-Richard Garfield, Ph.D.
Illus. Ron Spears
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Having on more than one piece of women's clothing has no additional effect. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15]
- Jewelry does not count. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15]
- All tournament formats have banned cards from Unhinged.
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Creature - Human Child .5/.5, W (1)
In the future, she may be a distinguished leader, a great scholar, or a decorated hero. These days all she does is pee the bed.
Illus. Rebecca Guay-Mitchell
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- The mana cost is one half of one white mana. [Card Text]
- Fractions don't translate well, so this ruling uses decimal notation, such as "0.5" to mean "one half". [D'Angelo 2006/02/01]
- All tournament formats have banned cards from Unhinged.
- Note - Also see fractional number rules, Rule 701.Ruling.13.
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Enchantment, 2W (3)
As Look at Me, I'm R&D comes into play, choose a number and a second number one higher or one lower than that number.
All instances of the first chosen number on permanents, spells, and cards in any zone are the second chosen number.1
Illus.
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Affects all numbers, not just some of them. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15]
- You can choose negative numbers or fractions. Note that many times a negative number is treated as zero for rules purposes. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15]
- Affects the whole number, not single digits. So you can change 1993 to 1992 or 1994, but not to 2993. [D'Angelo 2006/09/09]
- Does affect the numbers that appear in generic mana symbols. [D'Angelo 2006/09/09]
- Does not affect numbers that are written out in words. It only affects ones expressed in digits. [D'Angelo 2006/09/09]
- Does affect numbers in pictures, although this rarely matters. [D'Angelo 2006/09/09]
- One half (1/2) is a number, not a one and a two. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15]
- All tournament formats have banned cards from Unhinged.
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Creature - Human Knight 2/2, 1WW (3)
As long as you're shorter than an opponent, Man of Measure has first strike and gets +0/+1.
As long as you're taller than an opponent, Man of Measure gets +1/+0.1
You need to be this tall to play this card.
Illus. Edward P. Beard, Jr.
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Instant, W (1)
Choose one - Target player gains 21/2 life; or prevent the next 21/2 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.
Gotcha - Whenever an opponent says "Save" or "Life," you may say "Gotcha!" If you do, return Save Life from your graveyard to your hand.1
Who consistently managed to win.
Illus. Ray Lago
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Creature - Human Soldier 2/4, 2WW (4)
As long as you're standing, Standing Army has vigilance. (Attacking doesn't cause it to tap.)1
They're the chair-men of the bored.
Illus. Randy Gallegos
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- You only have to stand while declaring attackers to get the benefit. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15]
- All tournament formats have banned cards from Unhinged.
- Note - Also see Vigilance, Rule 502.14.
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