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Unhinged Alternate Foils 
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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 - 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 - 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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Creature - Elemental 3/4, 2UU (4)
Flying
Are you aware that when you say something that isn't a question, the player who first points out this fact gains control of Question Elemental?1
"What the ... ?"
Illus. Edward P. Beard, Jr.
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- There is no time limit on pointing out a question other than the end of the game. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15]
- You can point it out to yourself first. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15]
- All tournament formats have banned cards from Unhinged.
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Legendary Creature - Human Designer 2/2, 3UU (5)
You may play cards as though they were other Magic cards of your choice with the same mana cost. (Mana cost includes color.) You can't choose the same card twice.1
And yea he doth spake: "Let there be Magic."
Illus. Dave Dorman
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- While you're playing (when Richard is in play), whenever you play a spell, you reveal the card to all players and name any other spell that has that card's mana cost. (Note that color very much does matter.) That spell can then be played as the named spell. You aren't allowed to name the same card twice. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15]
- Richard's ability can be used to make any card legal in the format you're playing. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15]
- All tournament formats have banned cards from Unhinged.
- Note - Also see Legendary, G12.9.
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Instant, B (1)
Name an artist. Remove the top six cards of your library from the game, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a card by the named artist. Put that card in your hand, then remove all the other cards revealed this way from the game.1
Illus. David "Help Me" Martin
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
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Creature - Donkey Zombie 3.5/1, 2BB (4)
{1}{B}, Growl: Regenerate Bad Ass.1
He wanders the land in search of Good Ass.
Illus. Thomas M. Baxa
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]
- The card has you make a growling noise. [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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Enchantment, 1BB (3)
As Farewell to Arms comes into play, choose a hand attached to an opponent's arm.
When the chosen hand isn't behind its owner's back, sacrifice Farewell to Arms. If you do, that player discards his or her hand . . . of cards. (The lawyers wouldn't let us do it the other way.)1
Illus. Ron Lemen
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- All tournament formats have banned cards from Unhinged.
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Instant, 3B (4)
Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of times the letter of your choice appears in that creature's name.1
"Get it? Bunnies, letters, -X/-X? Me neither."
-Bucky, flavor text writer
Illus. Ray Lago
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- All tournament formats have banned cards from Unhinged.
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Creature - Human Bureaucrat 2/2, 1R (2)
Protection from wordy (Something is wordy if it has four or more lines of text in its text box.)1
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Illus. Jim Pavelec
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Flavor text does not count for determining the number of lines. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15]
- All tournament formats have banned cards from Unhinged.
- Note - Also see Protection, Rule 502.7.
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Creature - Goblin Mime 2/2, 1R (2)
When you speak, sacrifice Goblin Mime.1
Pretending to be inside an invisible box was easy enough for Brug. It was finding the invisible door that caused him problems.
Illus. Franz Vohwinkel
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- All tournament formats have banned cards from Unhinged.
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Creature - Ape 1/1, 3G (4)
As Monkey Monkey Monkey comes into play, choose a letter.
Monkey Monkey Monkey gets +1/+1 for each nonland permanent whose name begins with the chosen letter.1
Many matches make more madcap monkey mayhem.
Illus. Liz Danforth
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Leading articles (The, A, An) are ignored for deciding what letter the card name starts with. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15]
- All tournament formats have banned cards from Unhinged.
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Creature - Treefolk 3/3, 4G (5)
Shoe Tree comes into play with up to two shoe counters on it. Use your shoes as counters.
Shoe Tree gets +1/+1 for each shoe counter on it.1
It grows several feet a year.
Illus. Francis Tsai
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- You can bring extra shoes, but they have to be your shoes. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15]
- You can use a card shoe, horseshoe, or other shoe as long as it is yours. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15]
- All tournament formats have banned cards from Unhinged.
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Legendary Artifact, 1000000 (1000000)
You choose all targets for all spells and abilities.1
Help us ... R&D under mental domination of alien brain in jar ... only chance ... Gleemax's blatant disregard for flavor text ... send help!
Illus. Richard Thomas
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Yes, the cost really is 1 million mana. [D'Angelo 2006/02/01]
- All tournament formats have banned cards from Unhinged.
- Note - Also see Legendary, G12.9.
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Artifact, 6 (6)
When Letter Bomb comes into play, sign it and shuffle it into target player's library. That player reveals each card he or she draws until Letter Bomb is drawn. When that player draws Letter Bomb, it deals 191/2 damage to him or her.1
"Dear Magic R&D, ..."
Illus. Daniel Gelon
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- Fractions don't translate well, so this ruling uses decimal notation, such as "19.5" to mean "nineteen and one half". [D'Angelo 2006/02/01]
- If the card is already signed by you, you don't need to sign it again. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15]
- The card is returned to you at end of game. [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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Artifact, 1 (1)
{1}: Flip a coin. If you win the flip, add {2} to your mana pool. Play this ability only any time you could play an instant.1
There was no darker or more evil creation in all the multiverse than that of the mana screw.
Illus. Mike Raabe
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- All tournament formats have banned cards from Unhinged.
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Artifact, 15 (15)
{T}: Add {8} to your mana pool.
{100}: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.
You don't lose life due to mana burn.1
Illus. Kevin Dobler
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- This card overrides the normal rule avoiding infinity. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15]
- All tournament formats have banned cards from Unhinged.
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Artifact, 3 (3)
{1}, {T}: Say the flavor text on a card in your hand. Target opponent guesses that card's name. You may reveal that card. If you do and your opponent guessed wrong, draw a card.1
This card is named My First Tome.
Illus. Heather Hudson
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- This doesn't work for a card with no flavor text. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15]
- All tournament formats have banned cards from Unhinged.
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Artifact, 5 (5)
{T}: Remove Time Machine and target nontoken creature you own from the game. Return both cards to play at the beginning of your upkeep on your turn X of the next game you play with the same opponent, where X is the removed creature's converted mana cost.1
Illus. John Avon
Crystal Keep Rulings Summaries
- The next game in a tournament, only counts games in that match. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15]
- If a subgame is played, it counts as the next game played. [Unhinged FAQ 2004/11/15]
- All tournament formats have banned cards from Unhinged.
- Note - Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule G3.29.
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