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| Creature - Horror 2/6 |
3BB (5) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Whenever Abomination blocks or becomes blocked by a green or white creature, destroy that creature at end of combat. |
- The color of the blocking/blocked creature is checked only at declaration of the block. If the creature is indeed green or white at that time, it will be destroyed at the end of the combat even if it changes color before the combat ends. [WotC Rules Team 1994/07/27]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - This card was creature type "Abomination" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Horror".
| Enchantment - Aura |
1B (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Enchant creature card in a graveyard When Animate Dead enters the battlefield, if it's on the battlefield, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with Animate Dead." Return enchanted creature card to the battlefield under your control and attach Animate Dead to it. When Animate Dead leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it. Enchanted creature gets -1/-0. |
- It follows all the rules for Aura (Enchant Creature) cards. [WotC Rules Team 1997/03/14] For example, it counts for abilities that interact with creature enchantments, such as Rabid Wombat. [Aahz 1997/06/06]
- You can Animate a creature which was discarded from a hand and therefore was never in play. [D'Angelo 1994/04/01]
- The creature comes out as if it were just played. Any X in the mana cost is zero (see Rule G24.1). So animating a Rock Hydra gives you a hydra with zero heads. [Mirage, Page 31]
- When putting a card into play that requires a definition for its value, such as with Minion of the Wastes, you do what is needed to define the value. [WotC Rules Team 1998/02/02] In the case of Minion of the Wastes, you pay life to define its values.
- The animated creature comes into play with summoning sickness (see Rule G19.39), so it cannot attack until it begins one of its controller's turns in play. [D'Angelo 1998/02/03]
- 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 the creature card put into play has Protection from Black (or a similar effect that prevents Animate Dead from legally being attached), then it will fail to become attached and it as per Rule 212.4k, which states that an Aura trying to move onto an illegal permanent will stay where it is. Then the Animate Dead will go to the graveyard as an Aura that is not enchanting anything. This will sacrifice the creature as well, as stated by the card text. [D'Angelo 2007/10/20]
- If the creature phases out (see Rule 502.15) without the Animate Dead because Animate Dead has been affected by Spatial Binding, the Animate Dead is put into the graveyard but the creature is not. The creature will phase in perfectly normal since the Animate Dead ability did not destroy it. [Aahz 1997/02/16]
- It cannot move to a different creature using Aura moving effects. [D'Angelo 2007/09/08]
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.
- Note - Also see Put Into Play, Rule G16.34.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchantment" until Oracle 2007/09/01 when it became "Enchantment - Aura".
- Note - The Limited Edition, Unlimited Edition, Revised Edition, and Fourth Edition versions had this card as an Enchant Dead Creature. [D'Angelo 1997/04/11]
| Sorcery |
1BB (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Exile two target nonartifact creatures. Ashes to Ashes deals 5 damage to you. |
- Must have 2 targets at time of casting in order to be declared. [Duelist Magazine #3, Page 6]
- If one target is removed or becomes invalid after declaration, the other target is still affected. [bethmo 1994/09/15] You take the damage if at least one target is removed from the game. [D'Angelo 1995/05/17]
| Enchantment |
1B (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Black creatures get +1/+1. |
| Creature - Human Knight 2/2 |
BB (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.) Protection from white (This creature can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything white.) |
| Enchantment - Aura |
BB (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Enchant land When enchanted land becomes tapped, destroy it. |
- Note - In Fifth Edition (and before) the land was destroyed at end of turn. It is now destroyed as a triggered ability.
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Land" until Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Creature - Imp 1/1 |
1B (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) |
- Note - The Portal version had no creature type.
| Creature - Wraith 3/3 |
3B (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Swampwalk (This creature is unblockable as long as defending player controls a Swamp.) |
| Creature - Insect 0/1 |
2BB (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| {1}: Carrion Ants gets +1/+1 until end of turn. |
- Note - This card was creature type "Ant" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Insect".
| Creature - Horror 7/7 |
3BBB (6) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
First strike At the beginning of your upkeep, destroy Cosmic Horror unless you pay {3}{B}{B}{B}. If Cosmic Horror is destroyed this way, it deals 7 damage to you. |
| Enchantment - Aura |
2BB (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Enchant land At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted land's controller, Cursed Land deals 1 damage to that player. |
| Creature - Zombie 2/1 |
1B (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| When Cyclopean Mummy is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, exile Cyclopean Mummy. |
- The Mummy does go to the graveyard and trigger abilities (such as Soul Net) which watch for something going to the graveyard. It then leaves the game as a triggered ability (see Rule 404). [bethmo 1994/06/22]
- It does not leave the game if it goes to the graveyard from someplace other than "in play". This includes discarding from your hand or if the spell is countered. [bethmo 1994/06/27]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - This card was creature type "Mummy" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Zombie".
| Instant |
B (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Add {B}{B}{B} to your mana pool. |
- 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.
| Enchantment |
BB (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| {B}{B}: Counter target green spell. |
| Instant |
B (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Target spell or permanent becomes black. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.) |
- See Chaoslace for rulings.
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - This card was an Interrupt and now is an Instant. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
| Sorcery |
X1B (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Spend only black mana on X. Drain Life deals X damage to target creature or player. You gain life equal to the damage dealt, but not more life than the player's life total before Drain Life dealt damage or the creature's toughness. |
- You can put as much black mana as you want into this spell's X value, but you cannot gain more life than the creature's toughness. [D'Angelo 1996/07/01]
- You may gain up to the total toughness of the creature even if it was already damaged. [PPG Page 70]
- Cost reducers, such as Helm of Awakening can be used to reduce the X part of the mana cost. [WotC Rules Team 1997/06/01]
- Note - Also see X Costs, Rule G24.1.
- Note - Before errata, the X part of the cost was not part of the mana cost; it was part of the card's text. [Oracle 1999/07/01] This means the X cost is now part of the cost for things like Spell Blast.
- Note - The artist's name, Shuler, was misspelled on the Limited Edition and Unlimited Edition versions of this card.
| Creature - Skeleton 1/1 |
1B (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| {B}: Regenerate Drudge Skeletons. (The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, it isn't. Instead tap it, remove all damage from it, and remove it from combat.) |
| Creature - Human Wizard 1/1 |
1BB (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Whenever El-Hajjâj deals damage, you gain that much life. |
| Creature - Human Warrior 2/3 |
1B (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| At the beginning of your end step, if Erg Raiders didn't attack this turn, Erg Raiders deals 2 damage to you unless it came under your control this turn. |
- If unable to attack because it is tapped or something, it still deals 2 damage to the controller of this card. [bethmo 1994/06/01]
- Note - The Arabian Nights version of this card has two versions, one with a small dark circle behind the "1" in the mana cost (rarity C3) and one with a normal mana circle behind the cost (rarity C2).
- Note - This card was of creature type "Raider" and not "Human Warrior" until Oracle 2007/09/01.
| Enchantment - Aura |
B (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Enchant land Enchanted land is a Swamp. |
- A changed land is considered to be the new land type in all ways. This is not just a change of name. It changes the color of mana produced too. [Mirage, Page 58]
- Will not add or remove Snow-Covered nature from a land. [Duelist Magazine #6, Page 132]
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Land" until Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Enchantment - Aura |
BB (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters the battlefield attached to that creature.) Enchanted creature has fear. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.) |
| Creature - Shade 0/1 |
2B (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| {B}: Frozen Shade gets +1/+1 until end of turn. |
- Note - The artist's name, Shuler, was misspelled on the Limited Edition and Unlimited Edition versions of this card.
| Enchantment |
2B (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
White spells cost {3} more to cast. Activated abilities of white enchantments cost {3} more to activate. |
- The additional mana is paid at the same time the spell/ability is announced. [bethmo 1996/06/20]
- The extra mana is not considered part of the mana cost (see Rule G13.7). A Spell Blast would still only require the original mana cost as X in order to counter the spell. [Aahz 1994/09/02]
- The extra mana is not considered part of the activation cost. It is a separate cost. [Aahz 1994/09/02]
- The extra mana is part of the play cost, so cost reducers like Helm of Awakening can be used to pay part of this cost.
| Enchantment |
3B (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| {B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card. |
- You cannot spend more life on Greed than you have. [Duelist Magazine #3, Page 22]
| Instant |
XB (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn. |
| Creature - Specter 2/2 |
1BB (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Flying Whenever Hypnotic Specter deals damage to an opponent, that player discards a card at random. |
- Must do at least 1 point of damage to cause opponent to discard because the effect only happens if at least 1 damage remains unprevented. [WotC Rules Team 1994/02/07]
- If damage is redirected to opponent by some spell or ability and is not prevented, opponent must discard a card as if they were attacked directly. Equally, if damage is redirected away from the player, no card needs to be discarded. [WotC Rules Team 1994/02/07]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) banned this card from 1997/10/01 until 2005/08/20.
- Note - The artist's name, Shuler, was misspelled on the Limited Edition and Unlimited Edition versions of this card.
| Creature - Efreet 3/3 |
1BB (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Junún Efreet unless you pay {B}{B}. |
| Creature - Demon 7/7 |
4BBB (7) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Flying, trample At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature other than Lord of the Pit. If you can't, Lord of the Pit deals 7 damage to you. |
- If you have a creature, you must sacrifice it. The 7 damage can only be taken if no creature can be sacrificed. [Duelist Magazine #3, Page 15]
- You can sacrifice a Lord of the Pit to a different Lord of the Pit. [Aahz 1994/09/14]
- If you have two Lords of the Pit, you can sacrifice them to each other. [D'Angelo 2001/04/16]
- You can select creatures with Protection from Black to be sacrificed. [Aahz 1994/04/01]
- Circle of Protection: Black can be used to prevent the damage. [bethmo 1994/03/01]
- Note - Also see Trample, Rule 502.9.
| Creature - Spirit Minion 2/1 |
1BB (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Swampwalk |
- Note - Also see Landwalk, Rule 502.6.
- Note - This card was creature type "Lost Soul" until Sixth Edition, when it became "Minion". Then with Oracle 2007/10/01 it became "Spirit Minion".
| Instant |
B (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| All creatures get -2/-0 until end of turn. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
| Sorcery |
XB (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Target player discards X cards at random. |
- Vintage tournaments (see Rule 801) restricted this card from 1994/08/01 to 1996/02/01. It was then banned from 1996/02/01 to 2000/10/01. It was then restricted from 2000/10/01 until 2007/06/20.
- 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 1996/02/01. It was previously restricted from 1994/08/01 to 1996/02/01.
- Note - Also see X Costs, Rule G24.1.
| Creature - Zombie 2/2 |
3B (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Whenever Murk Dwellers attacks and isn't blocked, it gets +2/+0 until end of combat. |
- Note - This card was creature type "Murk Dwellers" until Oracle 1999/09/01, when it became "Murk-Dwellers". Then with Oracle 2007/10/01 it became "Zombie".
| Creature - Spirit 1/1 |
BB (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Haste At the beginning of your upkeep, if Nether Shadow is in your graveyard with three or more creature cards above it, you may put Nether Shadow onto the battlefield. |
- Note that bringing the Shadow back into play from the graveyard is not a spell, it is an ability. It cannot be countered with something that counters spells. [bethmo 1994/05/14]
- Since it comes into play due to triggering at the beginning of upkeep, it is not possible to get an infinite loop with four Nether Shadows. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
- Note - In all printings it was of creature type "Shadow" but it is now of creature type "Spirit".
| Creature - Nightmare Horse X/X |
5B (6) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Flying Nightmare's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Swamps you control. |
- If you run out of Swamps, the Nightmare dies as a state-based effect (see Rule 420) right before the next player gains priority. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
- Note - This card was creature type "Nightmare" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Nightmare Horse".
- Note - The Beta printing version of this card has a blotch over the word Swamp that is not in any of the other printings.
| Enchantment - Aura |
B (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Enchant creature When Paralyze enters the battlefield, tap enchanted creature. Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step. At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player may pay {4}. If he or she does, untap the creature. |
- It can only be untapped using Paralyze once per turn. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
- Two Paralyzes are not cumulative. Paying either one will untap the creature. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
- Paying the cost is optional. [D'Angelo 1994/04/01]
- The enchantment is a permanent. It does not leave once it is paid. This is a common mistake. [D'Angelo 1994/04/01]
- Because Paralyze is paid during upkeep, the creature does avoid restrictions on the untap phase such as Smoke, and can untap when Stasis is in effect, or untap around the Meekstone. [bethmo 1994/04/01]
- The creature becomes tapped just after Paralyze comes into play (see Rule 410.10a), not when it is declared. [Aahz 1994/07/29]
- Paralyze can be played on creatures which are already tapped. [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Enchantment |
2BB (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
At the beginning of the end step, if no creatures are on the battlefield, sacrifice Pestilence. {B}: Pestilence deals 1 damage to each creature and each player. |
- It is not targeted, so it will try to damage creatures with Protection from Black, but note that Protection from Color immediately reduces all damage of that color to zero, so the damage is prevented before it can actually hurt the creature. [D'Angelo 1998/02/03]
- Each activation is considered a new damage effect. An activation can only be 1 point of damage. [Duelist Magazine #12, Page 26]
- It will stay in play if there is a creature which is put into the graveyard at end of turn. This is because this ability will not trigger at all if there is at least one creature in play at that time. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01] Remember that the current player's "at end of turn" effects resolve after the other player's because they are put on the stack first.
- Note that "until end of turn" effects wear off after this, so a Mishra's Factory can keep Pestilence in play. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
- Applies to all players and their creatures in multiplayer games. [Duelist Magazine #4, Page 64]
| Creature - Scorpion 1/1 |
2B (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Whenever Pit Scorpion deals damage to a player, that player gets a poison counter. (A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.) |
| Creature - Rat X/X |
2B (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Plague Rats's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures named Plague Rats on the battlefield. |
- "Plague Rats in play" means Plague Rats in play controlled by any and all players. [D'Angelo 1994/04/01]
- Only counts cards that are "Plague Rats" and not all cards that are "Creature - Rats" (or "Summon Rats" on older cards). [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]
| Creature - Human Minion 2/1 |
2BB (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| {B}{B}{B}, {T}: Target opponent reveals his or her hand and discards a creature card at random. Activate this ability only during your turn. |
- Note - This card was creature type "Rag Man" until Seventh Edition, when it became "Minion". Then with Oracle 2007/10/01, it became "Human Minion".
| Sorcery |
B (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. |
- A "creature card" is a Creature card or Artifact Creature card. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01] Older cards of type Summon are also Creature cards.
- You must show the card you bring out of the graveyard to your opponent. [bethmo 1994/10/01]
- You can Raise Dead a creature which was discarded from your hand and was therefore never in play. [D'Angelo 1994/10/01]
- The creature being brought back is chosen on announcement and not on resolution of the spell because it is targeted. [Duelist Magazine #5, Page 123]
- Although the text isn't totally clear, the targeted creature card must be in your graveyard. [D'Angelo 2007/02/28]
| Creature - Human Assassin 1/1 |
1BB (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| {T}: Destroy target tapped creature. |
- If the creature is no longer tapped (it untaps by Twiddle or other effect) when the Assassin is resolved, then the ability is countered. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
- You can target creatures you control. [bethmo 1994/05/01]
- Cannot target itself because you choose the target at the same time you are tapping him. At that time he is not yet tapped. [D'Angelo 1995/07/18]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) banned this card from 1999/10/01 to 2005/08/20 because it was not in a legal set.
- Note - This card was of creature type "Assassin" and not "Human Assassin" until Ninth Edition and Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Creature - Zombie 2/2 |
2B (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Creature - Zombie 2/2 |
3B (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
At the beginning of the end step, put a corpse counter on Scavenging Ghoul for each creature put into a graveyard from the battlefield this turn. Remove a corpse counter from Scavenging Ghoul: Regenerate Scavenging Ghoul. |
- The Ghoul still gets to claim counters even if it enters play after the creatures died. [bethmo 1994/04/01]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - This card was creature type "Ghoul" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Zombie".
| Creature - Vampire 4/4 |
3BB (5) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) Whenever a creature dealt damage by Sengir Vampire this turn is put into a graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on Sengir Vampire. |
- Gets counters when creatures go to the graveyard. If it dies at the same time as a creature it killed, it does not get the counter. If it regenerates or otherwise lives past the creature going to the graveyard, it gets the counter. [bethmo 1994/06/01]
- Does not get a counter if it damages a creature and that creature's permanent is no longer a creature at the time it is put in the graveyard. [WotC Rules Team 1997/06/01] [Duelist Magazine #19, Page 31]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) banned this card from 1999/10/01 until 2002/03/01, when it was put back into print.
| Instant |
1B (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| You gain life equal to the damage dealt to you this turn. Simulacrum deals damage to target creature you control equal to the damage dealt to you this turn. |
- This is not damage prevention or redirection. It actually is life gain and newly dealt damage. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
- The damage dealt to the creature is black and is from this spell, not the original source. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
- You cannot use Simulacrum on Loss of Life, just damage. [D'Angelo 1995/06/01]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
| Creature - Human Wizard 1/1 |
1BB (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| {T}: Target creature other than Sorceress Queen becomes 0/2 until end of turn. |
- Creatures with power or toughness calculated (such as Nightmare or Keldon Warlord) have their power/toughness overridden to be 0/2 so their normal ability to have their power/toughness recalculated won't do anything useful while the Sorceress effect is upon that creature. Same goes for Angry Mob. [bethmo 1996/01/30]
- Note - This card was creature type "Sorceress" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Human Wizard".
| Enchantment - Aura |
BB (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Enchant creature Whenever enchanted creature becomes tapped, put a -0/-2 counter on it. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Instant |
1B (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. |
- As with all targeted spells, the requirements for targeting are checked when declaring the effect and when resolving it. So, if the creature becomes a black or artifact creature after this spell is declared and before it is resolved, then the spell is countered. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
| Creature - Human 1/3 |
1BBB (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Prevent all damage that would be dealt to Uncle Istvan by creatures. |
- Works even on damage from activated abilities of creatures such as the Prodigal Sorcerer ability. [Aahz 1994/08/04]
- The creature type is "Uncle-Istvan" which is considered one word. Before errata, it was two words, "Uncle Istvan". [D'Angelo 1999/09/20]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) banned this card from 1999/10/01 until 2006/10/20 when it became part of Time Spiral.
- Note - This card was of creature type "Uncle-Istvan" and not "Human" until Oracle 2006/10/01 and Time Spiral.
| Enchantment - Aura |
B (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+1. |
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - The Fourth Edition version of this card has a modified version of the card art used in Limited Edition through Revised Edition. The red flaming pentagram in the background was removed.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Ninth Edition and Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Creature - Bat 0/1 |
B (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) {B}: Vampire Bats gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate this ability no more than twice each turn. |
| Creature - Skeleton Wall 1/4 |
2B (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Defender (This creature can't attack.) {B}: Regenerate Wall of Bone. (The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, it isn't. Instead tap it, remove all damage from it, and remove it from combat.) |
| Enchantment - Aura |
BB (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Enchant artifact At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted artifact's controller, Warp Artifact deals 1 damage to that player. |
| Enchantment - Aura |
B (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets -2/-1. |
| Creature - Spirit 0/1 |
B (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) {B}: Regenerate Will-o'-the-Wisp. (The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, it isn't. Instead tap it, remove all damage from it, and remove it from combat.) |
| Sorcery |
XBB (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Tap X target creatures. |
| Creature - Spirit 1/1 |
1BB (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| {T}: Until your next upkeep, target noncreature artifact becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its converted mana cost. |
| Creature - Zombie 2/3 |
1BB (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Other Zombie creatures have swampwalk. Other Zombies have "{B}: Regenerate this permanent." |
- Does not grant the abilities to itself. [PPG Page 225]
- The regeneration ability is actually added to the card text of all Zombies. The Swampwalk ability is just granted to them. [Aahz 1997/03/18]
- Note - Also see Landwalk, Rule 502.6.
- Note - This card was creature type "Lord" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Zombie".
| Creature - Elemental 4/4 |
3UU (5) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Flying |
| Enchantment - Aura |
3U (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Enchant artifact As long as enchanted artifact isn't a creature, it's an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its converted mana cost. |
- Animated artifacts are subject to the effects of summoning sickness (see Rule G19.39). [Mirage, Page 14] Remember that all permanents get summoning sickness, but that only creatures are affected by it. So whether or not you can use the animated artifact right away depends on whether or not it has summoning sickness. It will not have summoning sickness if it has been in play on your side (creature or not) since the beginning of your most recent turn.
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - Also see Changing a Permanent's Type, Rule 212.1c.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Artifact" until Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Creature - Human Wizard 0/1 |
1UU (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| {U}, {T}: Add {3} to your mana pool. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - This card was of creature type "Wizard" and not "Human Wizard" until Oracle 2007/09/01.
| Enchantment - Aura |
U (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Enchant creature Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to you, Backfire deals that much damage to that creature's controller. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Instant |
U (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Choose one - Counter target red spell; or destroy target red permanent. |
- The decision to counter a spell or destroy a permanent is a decision made on announcement before a target of the proper type is selected. If the spell is redirected, this mode cannot be changed, so only targets of the selected type are valid. [Duelist Magazine #8, Page 50] See Rule G13.13 on Modal spells.
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - Also see Modal Spells and Abilities, Rule G13.13.
- Note - This card was of type Interrupt and is now of type Instant. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
| Enchantment - Aura |
2UU (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Enchant creature You control enchanted creature. |
- Takes control of a creature, but enchantments on the creature do not change controller. [D'Angelo 1998/06/01]
- The controlled creature comes under your control with summoning sickness (see Rule G19.39) so it cannot be tapped or used for an attack until you begin a turn with the creature in play. [Mirage, Page 14]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Instant |
UU (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Counter target spell. |
- Note - In Fifth Edition (and before) this was an Interrupt. All such spells are now Instants.
| Enchantment - Aura |
1U (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Enchant creature When enchanted creature is put into a graveyard, Creature Bond deals damage equal to that creature's toughness to the creature's controller. |
- You do not take damage if Swords to Plowshares is used on the creature. Swords to Plowshares causes the card to leave the game, not to be destroyed. [Snark 1994/02/01]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Sorcery |
UU (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Target player activates a mana ability of each land he or she controls, then empties his or her mana pool. Add mana to your mana pool equal to the type and amount emptied from that player's mana pool this way. |
- Since this is a sorcery, your opponent may use instants and abilities of permanents in response to this spell before you get the mana from their mana pool and lands. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
- If a land can draw more than one color of mana (by choice) then the target player (not the caster of this spell) chooses which colors are drawn at the time they draw it. [bethmo 1994/06/01]
- If a land can draw a variable amount of mana, the target player (not the caster of this spell) chooses how much to draw. [D'Angelo 2002/07/21]
- During the resolution of this spell, the targeted player plays mana abilities of his or her lands one at a time until each land has had a mana ability played once, or the remaining lands have no mana abilities that can be played. [D'Angelo 2008/09/06]
- If a mana ability has a cost to play it, the cost must be paid if it can be paid using available resources (such as mana already in the mana pool, or a creature already in play if it requires a sacrifice). [D'Angelo 2008/09/06]
| Enchantment |
2U (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| All artifacts have "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay {2}." |
| Sorcery |
U (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Tap target untapped creature you control. If you do, add {X} to your mana pool, where X is that creature's converted mana cost. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
| Enchantment - Aura |
UUU (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Enchant land At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted land's controller, destroy that land unless that player pays {1} or 1 life. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Land" until Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Enchantment - Aura |
2U (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Enchant enchantment At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted enchantment's controller, Feedback deals 1 damage to that player. |
| Enchantment - Aura |
U (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters the battlefield attached to that creature.) Enchanted creature has flying. (It can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) |
| Enchantment |
U (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| {U}{U}: Tap target creature without flying. |
- Note - The artist's name, Dennis Detwiller, is spelled incorrectly on The Dark version.
| Enchantment - Aura |
2U (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Enchant creature Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by enchanted creature. |
| Creature - Spirit 2/4 |
2UU (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Flying {U}{U}{U}: Regenerate Ghost Ship. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) banned this card from 1999/10/01 until 2006/10/20 when it became part of Time Spiral.
- Note - This card was of creature type "Ship" and not "Spirit" until Oracle 2006/10/01.
| Creature - Turtle 1/1 |
1U (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Giant Tortoise gets +0/+3 as long as it's untapped. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - The Arabian Nights version of this card has two versions, one with a small dark circle behind the "1" in the mana cost (rarity C3) and one with a normal mana circle behind the cost (rarity C1).
- Note - This card was of creature type "Tortoise" and not "Turtle" until Oracle 2007/09/01.
| Instant |
1U (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Return all artifacts target player owns to his or her hand. |
- Retrieves all artifacts owned by the target player regardless of who controls them. Ignores artifacts owned by other players even if target player has control of them. [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]
- It only returns artifacts which are in play. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
- Vintage tournaments (see Rule 801) restricted this card from 1999/10/01 until 2003/04/01.
- Legacy tournaments (see Rule 802) banned this card from 1999/10/01 until 2003/04/01.
| Creature - Fish 6/8 |
4UUU (7) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Island Fish Jasconius can't attack unless defending player controls an Island. Island Fish Jasconius doesn't untap during your untap step. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {U}{U}{U}. If you do, untap Island Fish Jasconius. When you control no Islands, sacrifice Island Fish Jasconius. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - This card was creature type "Island-Fish" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Fish".
| Instant |
U (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Target creature gains flying until end of turn. |
- If used after a blocker is assigned your creature is still blocked. [D'Angelo 1994/04/01]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
| Creature - Leviathan 10/10 |
5UUUU (9) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Trample Leviathan enters the battlefield tapped and doesn't untap during your untap step. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may sacrifice two Islands. If you do, untap Leviathan. Leviathan can't attack unless you sacrifice two Islands. |
- You don't have to pay the untap cost if it is untapped outside the upkeep phase or is untapped by an effect. [Duelist Magazine #3, Page 7]
- To make it attack, the two Islands are sacrificed at the time it is declared as an attacker. This is an increase to the cost to attack. [D'Angelo 1998/06/05]
- Note - Also see Trample, Rule 502.9.
| Enchantment |
UU (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Whenever a Forest an opponent controls becomes tapped, you gain 1 life. |
- Gives one life for each and every Forest tapped. [bethmo 1994/04/01]
- Since it detects a Forest becoming tapped, it even works if the Forest is tapped with Twiddle or Icy Manipulator. [D'Angelo 1994/04/01]
- It works if the land being tapped is only part Forest or "counts as a Forest" regardless of what mana type it is tapped for. [Aahz 1994/07/28]
- In multi-player games it affects all opponents. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
| Creature - Merfolk 2/2 |
UU (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Other Merfolk creatures get +1/+1 and have islandwalk. |
- Does not grant the abilities to itself. [D'Angelo 2006/10/08]
- Note - Also see Landwalk, Rule 502.6.
- Note - In the Alpha, Beta, and Unlimited Editions this card was of creature type "Lord of Atlantis". Then it was of type "Lord" until Oracle 2006/10/01 and Time Spiral when it became "Merfolk Lord". Then with Oracle 2007/10/01 it became "Merfolk".
| Instant |
U (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one basic land type with another. (For example, you may change "swampwalk" to "plainswalk." This effect lasts indefinitely.) |
- Alters all occurrences of a land word in the text box of the given card. [WotC Rules Team 1994/04/01]
- Can target a card with no land words on it. [Duelist Magazine #5, Page 23]
- Cannot change a land word to the same land word. It must be a different word. [Duelist Magazine #5, Page 23]
- Cannot Hack proper nouns (i.e. card names) such as Island Fish Jasconius. [WotC Rules Team 1994/06/01]
- Cannot change a card's name, such as changing an Island to a Plains. [D'Angelo 1999/03/26]
- Cannot add or remove the words "Snow-Covered". [Duelist Magazine #6, Page 132]
- If played on a spell being cast, and that spell becomes a permanent, the permanent enters play with an effect on it. It does not change the base characteristics of the permanent. This is just like having the permanent enter play, and then playing this spell. [bethmo 1998/05/22]
- You choose the land words on resolution. [D'Angelo 2003/02/16]
- Note - Also see Text Changing, Rule 418.6.
- Note - This card was of type Interrupt and is now of type Instant. [Oracle 2000/02/01]
| Creature - Djinn 5/6 |
4UU (6) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) banned this card from 1999/10/01 to 2001/05/01.
| Instant |
2U (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Tap all lands target player controls and empty his or her mana pool. |
- If you play Mana Short in response to a spell, it will have no effect on that spell since the mana has already been paid. [D'Angelo 1996/11/08]
- Since this is an instant, your opponent may use instants in response to the casting of this spell. Note that such spells and abilities will be resolved before the mana pool is emptied by the Mana Short. [bethmo 1994/06/01] This makes it useless as a countermeasure for spells. To use it effectively, you need to use it during Upkeep and even then it will not prevent the use of instant spells and abilities.
- It even taps lands that do not produce mana. [Oracle 2000/10/24] (REVERSAL)
| Creature - Merfolk 1/1 |
U (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
- Note - The Portal version had no creature type.
| Sorcery |
U (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Each player may discard up to three cards. Mind Bomb deals damage to each player equal to 3 minus the number of cards he or she discarded this way. |
- This is a forced discard. Library of Leng can be used on the discards. [D'Angelo 1999/08/01]
| Creature - Illusion 4/1 |
3U (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Phantasmal Forces unless you pay {U}. |
- Note - This card was creature type "Phantasm" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Illusion".
- Note - The Alpha printing version of this card had a 'U' where the blue mana symbol is on all further printings.
| Enchantment - Aura |
UU (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Enchant land As Phantasmal Terrain enters the battlefield, choose a basic land type. Enchanted land is the chosen type. |
- Basic land types are: Forest, Island, Mountain, Plains, and Swamp. All other land types are not considered basic lands. [CompRules 1999/04/23] See Rule G2.4.
- A changed land is considered to be the new land type in all ways. This is not just a change of name. It changes the color of mana produced and removes any and all special abilities the land may otherwise have had. [CompRules 1999/04/23]
- Will not add or remove Snow-Covered nature from a land. [Duelist Magazine #6, Page 132]
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Land" until Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Creature - Illusion 3/3 |
3U (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Flying |
- Note - This card was creature type "Phantom" until Oracle 2007/09/01 when it became "Illusion".
| Creature - Human Pirate 4/3 |
4U (5) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Pirate Ship can't attack unless defending player controls an Island. {T}: Pirate Ship deals 1 damage to target creature or player. When you control no Islands, sacrifice Pirate Ship. |
| Enchantment - Aura |
1U (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Enchant enchantment At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted enchantment's controller, that player may pay any amount of mana. Power Leak deals 2 damage to that player. Prevent X of that damage, where X is the amount of mana that player paid this way. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Enchantment" until Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Instant |
XU (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If he or she doesn't, that player taps all lands he or she controls and empties his or her mana pool. |
- When this spell resolves, you either pay X mana or let all your lands become tapped. The lands that become tapped are not "tapped for mana". [bethmo 1997/10/09] If you choose to pay, you may pay the X mana using whatever mana abilities you want to use.
- Special lands which do not provide mana are also tapped by this card. [D'Angelo 2000/11/06]
- If the land provides mana only for specific purposes (like Mishra's Workshop), it cannot be used to pay the X mana (unless that purpose is being filled). Mishra's Workshop, like most purposed mana, could not be used to pay for Power Sink. [WotC Rules Team 1994/09/30]
- Does not increase the mana cost of the spell. It just requires a separate expenditure in order for it to succeed. [bethmo 1994/05/05]
- Note - Also see X Costs, Rule G24.1.
| Creature - Human Wizard 1/1 |
2U (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| {T}: Prodigal Sorcerer deals 1 damage to target creature or player. |
- Note - This card was of creature type "Wizard" and not "Human Wizard" until Oracle 2006/10/01 and Time Spiral.
| Creature - Illusion 2/2 |
4U (5) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| {T}: Psionic Entity deals 2 damage to target creature or player and 3 damage to itself. |
- The artist is actually Justin Hampton. [Duelist Magazine #2, Page 7]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - This card was creature type "Entity" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Beast". Then with Oracle 2008/01/01 it became "Illusion".
| Enchantment - Aura |
1U (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Enchant land Whenever enchanted land becomes tapped, Psychic Venom deals 2 damage to that land's controller. |
| Enchantment - Aura |
2U (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Enchant artifact an opponent controls Whenever enchanted artifact becomes tapped, choose one - Relic Bind deals 1 damage to target player; or target player gains 1 life. |
- It is destroyed if it ends up on an artifact you control, because that is a targeting restriction. [Aahz 1995/07/29]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Artifact" until Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Creature - Serpent 5/5 |
5U (6) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Sea Serpent can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.
When you control no Islands, sacrifice Sea Serpent. |
| Creature - Leviathan 3/3 |
4U (5) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Islandwalk |
- Note - Also see Landwalk, Rule 502.6.
- Note - This card was creature type "Leviathan" until Sixth Edition, when it became "Serpent". Then with Oracle 2007/10/01 it became "Leviathan".
| Creature - Human 1/1 |
1U (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| {T}: Draw a card and reveal it. If it isn't a land card, discard it. |
- If the draw is replaced by another effect, none of the rest of the ability applies. This is true even if it is replaced with another draw. [Time Spiral FAQ 2006/08/30]
- To avoid confusion, reveal the card after drawing and before putting it with the rest of the cards in your hand. [Time Spiral FAQ 2006/08/30]
- You can use the Library of Leng ability with this effect. [Aahz 1994/07/25]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) banned this card from 1999/10/01 until 2006/10/20 when it became part of Time Spiral.
- Note - This card was of creature type "Sindbad" and not "Human" until Oracle 2006/10/01 and Time Spiral.
| Instant |
U (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Cast Siren's Call only during an opponent's turn, before attackers are declared. Creatures the active player controls attack this turn if able. At the beginning of the next end step, destroy all non-Wall creatures that player controls that didn't attack this turn. Ignore this effect for each creature the player didn't control continuously since the beginning of the turn. |
- Only creatures in play when the spell is resolved are affected. This means that any creatures which come into play after this spell is resolved are not affected. [bethmo 1994/06/01]
- The creature is destroyed if it does not attack because it simply cannot do so legally. For example, a Sea Serpent will be destroyed if it cannot attack because the opponent has no islands. [Aahz 1994/06/01]
- You can use this effect on a creature you know won't be able to attack. For example, you can use it on a tapped creature. [Aahz 1994/06/01]
- It will require creatures with Haste (see Rule 502.5) to attack since they are able, but it won't destroy them if they don't for some reason. [DeLaney 2000/03/14]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - Also see Must Attack, Rule 500.2.
| Instant |
U (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Change the text of target spell or permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (For example, you may change "target black spell" to "target blue spell." This effect lasts indefinitely.) |
- If played on a spell being cast, and that spell becomes a permanent, the permanent enters play with an effect on it. It does not change the base characteristics of the permanent. This is just like having the permanent enter play, and then playing this spell except it is never in play with its original text. [bethmo 1998/05/22]
- Can target a card with no color words on it. [Duelist Magazine #5, Page 23]
- Cannot change a color word to the same color word. It must be a different word. [Duelist Magazine #5, Page 23]
- You cannot Sleight proper nouns (i.e. card names). This means that you cannot affect Black Vise. [WotC Rules Team 1995/04/26]
- You cannot Sleight explanatory references to a card's own color. This applies to Dark Heart of the Wood, Scarwood Goblins, and Marsh Goblins. [Duelist Magazine #6, Page 132]
- This spell can be used to change the "flavor text" (the italicized text) on the card. This has no game effect but uses up the spell. [bethmo 1994/04/01]
- Note - Also see Text Changing, Rule 418.6.
- Note - This card was of type Interrupt and is now of type Instant. [Oracle 2000/02/01]
| Instant |
XU (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Counter target spell with converted mana cost X. |
| Enchantment |
1U (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Players skip their untap steps.
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Stasis unless you pay {U}. |
- Does not prevent cards from being untapped outside the untap step. [bethmo 1994/04/01]
- Since there is no untap step, Phasing in/out (see Rule 502.15 and Rule 502.15) won't happen. [bethmo 1996/10/03]
| Enchantment - Aura |
2UU (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Enchant artifact You control enchanted artifact. |
- Can be used on artifact creatures. [bethmo 1994/04/01]
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Artifact" until Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Enchantment |
UU (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Sunken City unless you pay {U}{U}. Blue creatures get +1/+1. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
| Instant |
U (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Target spell or permanent becomes blue. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.) |
- See Chaoslace for rulings.
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - This card was of type Interrupt and is now of type Instant. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
| Creature - Elemental 0/2 |
2U (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
When Time Elemental attacks or blocks, at end of combat, sacrifice it and it deals 5 damage to you. {2}{U}{U}, {T}: Return target permanent that isn't enchanted to its owner's hand. |
- You both sacrifice it and deal the 5 damage at end of combat. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
- You still take the 5 damage at end of combat even if it is no longer in play at that time. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
- A "nonenchanted permanent" is a permanent with no Auras on it. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
| Istantaneo |
U (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| TAPpa o STAPpa una terra, un artefatto o una creatura bersaglio. |
- The opponent gets a chance to use the card being Twiddled in response to this spell if they so wish and if the card's ability is legal at the time. [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]
- Any cards which might trigger off a card becoming tapped will trigger. Thus, a Psychic Venom on a land that becomes tapped will cause 2 damage. [D'Angelo 1995/03/12] Similarly, if the card itself triggers on its own tapping, such as City of Brass, the ability will still happen. [D'Angelo 1995/04/12]
- The decision to tap or untap is made on resolution. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03] This is not a modal spell.
- The choice of target gives free range of lands, creatures, and artifacts. You do not lock in on one type as a casting decision. If the spell is Forked or redirected, the type is not fixed. [Duelist Magazine #8, Page 50]
- Twiddle to tap can target a tapped card, and Twiddle to untap can target an untapped card. [Duelist Magazine #5, Page 23]
- This is not a toggle effect. If you use Twiddle to tap a card and before it takes effect your opponent taps it, Twiddle will not untap the card. [bethmo 1994/04/01]
| Enchantment - Aura |
U (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +3/+3. At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, put a -1/-1 counter on that creature. |
- The -1/-1 counters stay even if the enchantment is removed, and the +3/+3 goes away when the enchantment does. [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Instant |
U (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Return target creature to its owner's hand. |
- Unsummon can be used during combat in the steps after attackers or blockers are declared (see Rule 308 and Rule 309) to remove an attacker or blocker so that creature does not deal damage. [D'Angelo 1994/10/01]
- Unsummon can be used during combat after combat damage is assigned but before combat damage resolves. If this happens, the creature does not receive damage, but the damage it assigned will still become dealt. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
- If this causes an opponent to go over 7 cards when it is not their turn they need not discard until the discard phase of their next turn. [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]
- Unsummoning a token creature removes it from the game. [bethmo 1994/10/01] See Rule 216.3.
| Sorcery |
XUUU (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Destroy X target Mountains. Volcanic Eruption deals damage to each creature and each player equal to the number of Mountains destroyed this way. |
- Can be used with X equal to zero. This is useful if no Mountains are in play. [bethmo 1994/06/01]
- Casting Magical Hack on Volcanic Eruption will not allow you to change the targets of the spell because you chose the targets when the spell was declared and before a Hack can interrupt it. The Hack will just cause it to be countered since the targets will be illegal. [WotC Rules Team 1994/02/07] It may not be countered on multilands that are half mountain and half of the new land type specified.
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - Also see X Costs, Rule G24.1.
| Creature - Wall 1/5 |
1UU (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Defender, flying (This creature can't attack, and it can block creatures with flying.) |
| Creature - Wall 0/5 |
1UU (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Defender (This creature can't attack.) {U}: Wall of Water gets +1/+0 until end of turn. |
| Creature - Elemental 5/4 |
3UU (5) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
| Creature - Bird 1/1 |
1U (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Flying, vigilance |
| Enchantment - Aura |
1G (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +X/+Y, where X is half the number of Forests you control, rounded down, and Y is half the number of Forests you control, rounded up. |
- The bonus is recalculated every time the number of Forests you have in play changes. It is not a one-time bonus. [bethmo 1994/04/01] It is a continuous effect.
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Creature - Bird 0/1 |
G (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool. |
- Note - In Fifth Edition (and before) this card was of creature type Mana Birds.
| Creature - Plant Wall 4/5 |
3G (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Defender |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - Also see Defender, Rule 502.41.
- Note - The Anthologies version of the card has a Legends expansion symbol when it should have one from The Dark.
- Note - This card was of creature type "Wall" until Oracle 2007/09/01 when it became "Plant Wall".
| Sorcery |
GG (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Until end of turn, any time you could activate a mana ability, you may pay 1 life. If you do, add {1} to your mana pool. |
- The amount of life converted into mana is not a decision as part of the casting of Channel. [WotC Rules Team 1994/02/01] You first cast Channel then you can convert life to mana for the rest of the turn. You do not convert it during casting.
- You cannot pay life points you don't have. In other words, you cannot Channel yourself below zero life. [D'Angelo 1995/08/10]
- The ability is played as a mana ability. [Barclay 1999/12/01]
- Vintage tournaments (see Rule 801) have restricted this card since 2000/10/01. It was previously banned from 1995/11/01 until 2000/10/01 and it was restricted from 1994/03/23 to 1995/11/01.
- 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 1995/11/01. It was previously restricted until 1995/11/01.
| Creature - Cockatrice 2/4 |
3GG (5) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Flying Whenever Cockatrice blocks or becomes blocked by a non-Wall creature, destroy that creature at end of combat. |
- Protection from Green does not prevent the Cockatrice's power because the ability is not a targeted effect. [WotC Rules Team 1994/02/07]
- The ability destroys the creature at the end of the combat, which is after all first strike and normal damage dealing is done. This means that a creature may have to regenerate twice to survive the combat, once from damage and once again at end of combat. [D'Angelo 1996/12/09]
| Creature - Wurm 6/4 |
4GG (6) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Instant |
G (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Destroy target artifact. It can't be regenerated. That artifact's controller gains life equal to its converted mana cost. |
| Sorcery |
4GG (6) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Destroy target permanent. |
| Creature - Boar 4/4 |
4G (5) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Creature - Elf 3/3 |
3GG (5) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Elven Riders can't be blocked except by Walls and/or creatures with flying. |
- It cannot be blocked by a creature with Reach. [Future Sight FAQ 2007/05/01]
- Note - In Fifth Edition (and before) this card was of creature type Riders.
| Creature - Elf Archer 2/1 |
1G (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| First strike |
- Note - Also see First Strike, Rule 502.2.
- Note - This card was creature type "Elf" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Elf Archer".
- Note - The Alpha printing version of this card was a 1/2 creature.
| Instant |
G (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. |
| Creature - Elemental 8/8 |
2GGGG (6) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Trample (If this creature would deal enough damage to its blockers to destroy them, you may have it deal the rest of its damage to defending player or planeswalker.) At the beginning of your upkeep, Force of Nature deals 8 damage to you unless you pay {G}{G}{G}{G}. |
| Creature - Fungus Lizard 2/2 |
3G (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Whenever Fungusaur is dealt damage, put a +1/+1 counter on it. |
- Gets one counter each time it is damaged. [8E FAQ 2003/07/28] (REVERSAL)
- If more than one creature damages it at one time, it only gets one counter. [8E FAQ 2003/07/28]
- Note - This card was creature type "Fungusaur" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Fungus". Then with Oracle 2008/01/01 it became "Fungus Lizard".
| Creature - Avatar X/X |
3GGG (6) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
As long as Gaea's Liege isn't attacking, its power and toughness are each equal to the number of Forests you control. As long as Gaea's Liege is attacking, its power and toughness are each equal to the number of Forests defending player controls. {T}: Target land becomes a Forest until Gaea's Liege leaves the battlefield. |
- The power/toughness are continuously being calculated and will change whenever your number of forests change. It also changes whenever this card starts and ends an attack. For example, if you have 5 Forests and your opponent has 10 Forests, the Liege is 5/5 normally, and 10/10 when attacking. If it takes 7 damage during an attack, then once the attack is over, it reverts to being 5/5 with 7 damage and will be killed. [bethmo 1994/04/01]
- When being declared as an attacker, use the "not attacking" power and toughness. It only changes after declaration is complete. [DeLaney 2000/03/13]
- A changed land is considered to be the new land type in all ways. This is not just a change of name. It changes the color of mana produced too. [Mirage, Page 58]
- Will not add or remove Snow-Covered nature from a land. [Duelist Magazine #6, Page 132]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card from 1999/10/01 until 2006/10/20 when it became part of Time Spiral.
- Note - It was creature type "Gaea's Liege" (two words) until Oracle 2001/08/24 when it changed to "Gaea's-Liege" (one word), and then it changed to "Avatar" in Oracle 2006/10/01.
| Instant |
G (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. |
| Creature - Spider 2/4 |
3G (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.) |
| Creature - Bear 2/2 |
1G (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
- Note - The Portal version had no creature type.
| Sorcery |
XG (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Hurricane deals X damage to each creature with flying and each player. |
- This is not a targeted spell, and so it may be cast when there are no creatures in play. [bethmo 1994/06/01]
- Whether or not a creature is Flying is only checked on resolution. [D'Angelo 1995/10/05]
- Note - Also see X Costs, Rule G24.1.
| Enchantment - Aura |
G (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Enchant creature Enchanted creature has haste. {0}: Untap enchanted creature. Activate this ability only during your turn and only once each turn. |
- Instill Energy's untap ability will not untap the creature until it resolves. This means other spells and abilities can be used before it actually becomes untapped. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
- Any enchantments (or other effects) which are on the creature that would cause it to not be untapped (or have a cost to be untapped) during untap step do not in any way hinder or imply a cost to use this card's ability to untap once during the turn. [bethmo 1994/04/01]
- If played on an opponent's creature, you can untap their creature during your turn. [bethmo 1994/06/01]
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - Also see Haste, Rule 502.5.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Creature - Treefolk 3/5 |
4G (5) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Creature - Insect 0/1 |
1GG (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Flying {G}: Killer Bees gets +1/+1 until end of turn. |
- Note - This card was creature type "Bee" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Insect".
| Creature - Leech 2/2 |
1GG (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| First strike |
| Creature - Human Druid 1/1 |
2G (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| {T}: Untap target land. |
- The land is untapped as a normal ability that goes on the stack. It is not a mana ability, so it cannot be used at times that only mana abilities can be used. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
- Note - This card was of creature type "Cleric" and not "Human Druid" until Ninth Edition and Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Enchantment |
GG (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| {G}{G}: Counter target black spell. |
| Instant |
G (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Target spell or permanent becomes green. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.) |
- See Chaoslace for rulings.
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - This card was of type Interrupt and is now of type Instant. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
| Enchantment - Aura |
G (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Enchant artifact Whenever you're dealt damage, put that many vitality counters on Living Artifact. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may remove a vitality counter from Living Artifact. If you do, you gain 1 life. |
- Does not trigger on loss of life, just on damage. [D'Angelo 1998/06/05]
- If you have two or more in play, you may trade in one counter from each during each of your upkeeps. [WotC Rules Team 1994/02/07]
- You can play it on your opponent's artifacts. The controller of the enchantment (not the controller of the artifact) uses the Living Artifact ability. [bethmo 1994/04/01]
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Artifact" until Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Enchantment |
3G (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| All Forests are 1/1 creatures that are still lands. |
| Creature - Elf Druid 1/1 |
G (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| {T}: Add {G} to your mana pool. |
- Note - This card was of creature type "Elf" and not "Elf Druid" until Ninth Edition and Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Enchantment - Aura |
1GG (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters the battlefield attached to that creature.) All creatures able to block enchanted creature do so. |
- Lure does not give a creature the ability to block the Lured creature, it just forces those creatures which are already able to block the Lured creature to do so. [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]
- Opponent does not have to power special effects in an attempt to make all creatures block the Lured creature. For example, you do not need to power a Goblin Balloon Brigade to block a flying creature with Lure, but if you do power it, the Brigade must block. [bethmo 1994/08/01] More specifically, even a cost of zero mana is an optional cost you can choose not to pay. [WotC Rules Team 2000/02/16]
- If a Lured creature is in a band, only blockers able to block the Lured creature are affected by the Lure. [bethmo 1994/10/01]
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Creature - Snake 1/2 |
3G (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Whenever Marsh Viper deals damage to an opponent, that player gets two poison counters. (A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.) |
- A player does not get poison counters if all the damage done to them by the Viper is prevented. The poison is added only if damage gets through. [Aahz 1994/08/11]
- Note - Also see Poison, Rule G16.21.
- Note - This card was creature type "Viper" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Snake".
| Creature - Snake 1/1 |
G (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Whenever Nafs Asp deals damage to a player, that player loses 1 life at the beginning of his or her next draw step unless he or she pays {1} before that draw step. |
- The player can pay the {1} mana at any time after damage is done before the draw step of that player's turn. People commonly pay during upkeep. [Aahz 1997/08/22]
- The ability does not cause itself to trigger again. It cause loss of life, and not damage. [D'Angelo 2002/03/16] This is a REVERSAL due to the new text.
- If its damage gets redirected to its controller, it will still trigger the ability. [Duelist Magazine #5, Page 11]
- If it damages a player twice, they get to pay or take damage twice during their next draw step. [D'Angelo 1998/08/11]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - This card was creature type "Asp" until Oracle 2007/10/01, whenit became "Snake".
- Note - The Arabian Nights card comes in two versions. One has a smaller, darker mana circle (C2 rarity), and the other has a normal mana circle (C3 rarity).
| Creature - Human Nomad 1/1 |
2G (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| {1}{G}, {T}: Target creature gets -2/-0 until end of turn. |
- Note - This card was creature type "Gypsy" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Human Nomad".
| Creature - Spirit 3/2 |
3G (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| {T}: Target creature loses flying until end of turn. |
- Can be used on a creature without Flying with no effect. [Duelist Magazine #5, Page 23]
| Sorcery |
3GGG (6) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Remove Rebirth from your deck before playing if you're not playing for ante.
Each player may put the top card of his or her library into the ante. If a player does, his or her life total becomes 20. |
- Vintage tournaments (see Rule 801) have banned this card since 1994/06/01 since it is only used in games for Ante.
- 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 always banned this card, since it is not part of the environment.
| Enchantment - Aura |
1G (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters the battlefield attached to that creature.) {G}: Regenerate enchanted creature. (The next time that creature would be destroyed this turn, it isn't. Instead tap it, remove all damage from it, and remove it from combat.) |
| Instant |
G (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Sandstorm deals 1 damage to each attacking creature. |
- Only affects attacking creatures, which means it only works during the attack phase. If used at other times, it does nothing. [D'Angelo 1994/02/01]
- Creatures receive the damage immediately and may be killed before they can deal damage. [Arab FAQ 1994/01/05]
| Creature - Faerie 1/1 |
G (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Flying |
| Creature - Dryad 1/1 |
G (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Forestwalk |
| Sorcery |
XG (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Target player gains X life. |
| Enchantment |
1G (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| At the beginning of your draw step, you may draw two additional cards. If you do, choose two cards in your hand drawn this turn. For each of those cards, pay 4 life or put the card on top of your library. |
- Spells and abilities are resolved one at a time, so if you use multiple Sylvan Libraries in one stack, each will resolve in sequence. You do not get to draw all the cards at once then put them all back at once. [WotC Rules Team 1994/09/15]
- You always resolve your normal draw before this ability because the normal draw is resolved before anything is placed on the stack. [D'Angelo 2003/12/13]
- You can return zero, one, or two cards. [WotC Rules Team 1994/09/15]
- If you only get one or fewer draws due to this effect (because the other draws were replaced), you still have to put back 2 cards if possible. Any cards drawn this turn are applicable to this. This makes the Aladdin's Lamp replacement ineffective at escaping having to put a card back, since the Lamp does put a drawn card into your hand. [D'Angelo 1997/05/21]
- If you manage not to draw cards or draw less than 2 cards, you do not lose life by not putting the undrawn cards back. Thus, you can use Mangara's Tome to get a card or two instead of drawing and avoid having to put cards back. [Aahz 1996/10/21] Abundance can also be used to avoid draws and cause no loss of life. [D'Angelo 1998/10/15]
- If you have drawn cards prior to your draw step, they can be ones chosen to be put back using this effect. [D'Angelo 1997/03/21] For example, a cantrip (see Rule 410.10a) draw or an instant used during upkeep.
- If you are going to draw cards due to triggered abilities during your draw step, your regular draw resolves first, but you can choose to order the Sylvan Library before or after any other draws (such as from Howling Mine). For example, if you have two Howling Mines, you must do your regular draw first, but then you could do the Library (draw 2 and put 2 back), then your 2 other draws. Or you can do your 2 draws, then the Library (which lets you put back any 2 of the 5 cards you drew, including your regular draw). Or you can do some of the draws before and some after the library. [D'Angelo 2002/04/20]
- This will count as 2 draws for anything that affects "drawn cards". [D'Angelo 1995/07/11]
| Creature - Basilisk 2/4 |
3GG (5) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Whenever Thicket Basilisk blocks or becomes blocked by a non-Wall creature, destroy that creature at end of combat. |
- Creatures can regenerate from the Basilisk's power. [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]
- Protection from Green does not prevent the Basilisk's power because the ability is not a targeted effect. [WotC Rules Team 1994/02/07]
- The ability destroys the creature at the end of the combat, which is after all first strike and normal damage dealing is done. This means that a creature may have to regenerate twice to survive the combat, once from damage and once again at end of combat. [D'Angelo 1995/12/09]
| Creature - Wolf 1/1 |
G (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.) |
| Enchantment |
3G (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Each noncreature artifact loses its abilities and becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its converted mana cost. If Titania's Song leaves the battlefield, this effect continues until end of turn. |
- The "this effect continues until end of turn" applies to the entire continuous ability, so that if a new non-creature artifact entered play after this left play, it would become a creature as per the ability. [D'Angelo 2008/04/19]
- Note - Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule G3.30.
| Sorcery |
2G (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Destroy all enchantments. |
- Destroys all cards that read "Enchant xxx" as well as those reading "Enchantment". [bethmo 1994/06/01]
| Sorcery |
3G (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Destroy all Islands. |
| Sorcery |
2G (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Search your library for a basic land card and put that card onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library. |
- Can get a Snow-Covered land. [Duelist Magazine #6, Page 132]
- You do not have to find a basic land card if you do not want to. See Rule G19.4. [D'Angelo 2001/07/14]
| Enchantment - Aura |
1GG (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Enchant creature Whenever enchanted creature blocks or becomes blocked by a non-Wall creature, destroy the other creature at end of combat. |
- If this enchantment is moved onto a creature after blockers are declared, creatures blocking the newly enchanted creature are not affected. This is because the ability triggers on at the time blocking occurs. [D'Angelo 1996/12/13]
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Creature - Human Druid 0/2 |
1GG (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Whenever you cast an enchantment spell, you may draw a card. |
- The ability is a triggered ability (see Rule 404). Whenever you announce an enchantment spell, you immediately get the option of drawing a card as part of the triggered ability. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01] If the spell is later countered, you still get the card. [D'Angelo 2007/01/03]
- Does not trigger on the moving of an enchantment from one permanent to another. [D'Angelo 1995/07/25]
- Does trigger on enchantments that are cast as instants. [Duelist Magazine #16, Page 28]
- Note - In Fifth Edition (and before) this card was of creature type "Enchantress". In Sixth Edition, it was a "Wizard". In Seventh Edition and Eighth Edition, it was "Druid".
| Creature - Plant Wall 2/3 |
2G (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Defender (This creature can't attack.) {G}: Regenerate Wall of Brambles. |
| Creature - Wall 0/7 |
2G (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Defender (This creature can't attack.) |
| Creature - Wall 0/3 |
G (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Defender (This creature can't attack.) |
| Enchantment - Aura |
2G (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Enchant creature At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, Wanderlust deals 1 damage to that player. |
| Creature - Elephant 3/3 |
3G (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Trample |
| Enchantment - Aura |
G (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters the battlefield attached to that creature.) Enchanted creature gets +0/+2 and has reach. (It can block creatures with flying.) |
| Creature - Human Monk 1/1 |
GG (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Protection from black At the beginning of the end step, if Whirling Dervish dealt damage to an opponent this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on it. |
- If it damages the opponent multiple times in a turn, it gets only one +1/+1 counter at end of turn. [D'Angelo 2001/06/22]
- Note - Also see Protection, Rule 502.7.
- Note - This card was of creature type "Dervish" and not "Human Monk" until Oracle 2006/10/01 and Time Spiral.
| Enchantment - Aura |
G (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Enchant land Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds {G} to his or her mana pool (in addition to the mana the land produces). |
- The additional mana is not an ability of the land and is not something the land can produce for purposes of Fellwar Stone, Reflecting Pool, and similar cards. [DeLaney 1999/07/21]
- The additional {G} is not a valid choice for Mana Flare and similar cards. This mana is produced by a triggered ability. [DeLaney 1999/08/10]
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Land" until Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Sorcery |
XG (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Tap X target creatures. Winter Blast deals 2 damage to each of those creatures with flying. |
- Will succeed on already tapped creatures and do damage to them. [Duelist Magazine #5, Page 22]
- Checks if the creatures are Flying on resolution and not on announcement. [D'Angelo 1995/10/05]
- Cannot target the same thing more than once. [D'Angelo 1998/02/03]
- Note - Also see X Costs, Rule G24.1.
| Basic Land - Forest |
|
Quarta Edizione (Land) |
| [G] |
- Any land of this type is considered to have the above text, even if the text does not appear on the card. [CompRules 1999/04/23]
| Basic Land - Forest |
|
Quarta Edizione (Land) |
| [G] |
- Any land of this type is considered to have the above text, even if the text does not appear on the card. [CompRules 1999/04/23]
| Basic Land - Forest |
|
Quarta Edizione (Land) |
| [G] |
- Any land of this type is considered to have the above text, even if the text does not appear on the card. [CompRules 1999/04/23]
| Basic Land - Island |
|
Quarta Edizione (Land) |
| [U] |
- Any land of this type is considered to have the above text, even if the text does not appear on the card. [CompRules 1999/04/23]
| Basic Land - Island |
|
Quarta Edizione (Land) |
| [U] |
- Any land of this type is considered to have the above text, even if the text does not appear on the card. [CompRules 1999/04/23]
| Basic Land - Island |
|
Quarta Edizione (Land) |
| [U] |
- Any land of this type is considered to have the above text, even if the text does not appear on the card. [CompRules 1999/04/23]
| Land |
|
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
{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. |
- 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.
| Basic Land - Mountain |
|
Quarta Edizione (Land) |
| [R] |
- Any land of this type is considered to have the above text, even if the text does not appear on the card. [CompRules 1999/04/23]
| Basic Land - Mountain |
|
Quarta Edizione (Land) |
| [R] |
- Any land of this type is considered to have the above text, even if the text does not appear on the card. [CompRules 1999/04/23]
| Basic Land - Mountain |
|
Quarta Edizione (Land) |
| [R] |
- Any land of this type is considered to have the above text, even if the text does not appear on the card. [CompRules 1999/04/23]
| Land |
|
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| {T}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
| Basic Land - Plains |
|
Quarta Edizione (Land) |
| [W] |
- Any land of this type is considered to have the above text, even if the text does not appear on the card. [CompRules 1999/04/23]
| Basic Land - Plains |
|
Quarta Edizione (Land) |
| [W] |
- Any land of this type is considered to have the above text, even if the text does not appear on the card. [CompRules 1999/04/23]
| Basic Land - Plains |
|
Quarta Edizione (Land) |
| [W] |
- Any land of this type is considered to have the above text, even if the text does not appear on the card. [CompRules 1999/04/23]
| Land |
|
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
{T}: Add {1} to your mana pool.
{T}, Sacrifice Strip Mine: Destroy target land. |
- Vintage tournaments (see Rule 801) have restricted this card since 1998/01/01.
- Legacy tournaments (see Rule 802) have banned this card since 1996/10/01.
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have always banned this card.
- Standard (Type 2) tournaments (see Rule 804) have banned this card since 1997/01/01. It was previously restricted from 1996/10/01 to 1997/01/01.
- 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.
| Basic Land - Swamp |
|
Quarta Edizione (Land) |
| [B] |
- Any land of this type is considered to have the above text, even if the text does not appear on the card. [CompRules 1999/04/23]
| Basic Land - Swamp |
|
Quarta Edizione (Land) |
| [B] |
- Any land of this type is considered to have the above text, even if the text does not appear on the card. [CompRules 1999/04/23]
| Basic Land - Swamp |
|
Quarta Edizione (Land) |
| [B] |
- Any land of this type is considered to have the above text, even if the text does not appear on the card. [CompRules 1999/04/23]
| Creature - Human Rogue 1/1 |
R (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| {R}: Tap target Wall. |
- May be used to tap more than one wall per turn if you have enough mana. [Arab FAQ 1994/01/05]
- May tap walls even when Ali Baba is tapped or just entered play. [Arab FAQ 1994/01/05]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - This card was creature type "Ali-Baba" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Human". Then with Oracle 2008/01/01 it became "Human Rogue".
| Creature - Elemental 6/1 |
RRR (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Trample (If this creature would deal enough damage to its blockers to destroy them, you may have it deal the rest of its damage to defending player or planeswalker.) Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.) At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice Ball Lightning. |
- The creature is sacrificed at the end of every turn in which it is in play. There is no choice about what turn to sacrifice it. [D'Angelo 1998/06/05]
- Note - Also see Haste, Rule 502.5.
- Note - Also see Trample, Rule 502.9.
- Note - This card was of creature type "Ball Lightning" until Oracle 1999/09/20, when it became "Ball-Lightning" until Oracle 2007/09/01, when it became "Elemental".
| Creature - Human Bird 1/2 |
2R (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Flying |
- Note - The Arabian Nights card has two versions. One with a smaller, darker mana circle than normal. Both versions are C2 rarity.
- Note - This card was creature type "Bird Maiden" until Oracle 1999/09/03, when it became "Maiden". Then with Oracle 2007/10/01 it became "Human". Then with Oracle 2008/01/01 it became "Human Bird".
| Instant |
1R (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| If target creature has toughness 5 or greater, it gets +4/-4 until end of turn. Otherwise, it gets +4/-X until end of turn, where X is its toughness minus 1. |
- The check against toughness to decide if it applies +4/-4 or calculates a value for X is done during resolution. This decision and the value of X (if appropriate) is locked in on resolution and is not recalculated. [D'Angelo 2005/12/01]
| Creature - Human Shaman 2/2 |
1RR (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| {1}{R}{R}: Brothers of Fire deals 1 damage to target creature or player and 1 damage to you. |
- Note - This card was of creature type "Brother" until Oracle 2007/09/01 when it became "Human Shaman".
| Enchantment - Aura |
R (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Enchant creature Enchanted creature has mountainwalk. |
| Creature - Human 1/4 |
1RR (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Whenever Cave People attacks, it gets +1/-2 until end of turn. {1}{R}{R}, {T}: Target creature gains mountainwalk until end of turn. |
- The creature type is "Cave-People" which is considered one word. Before errata, it was two words, "Cave People". [D'Angelo 1999/09/20]
- Note - Also see Landwalk, Rule 502.6.
- Note - This card was creature type "Cave-People" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Human".
| Instant |
R (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Target spell or permanent becomes red. (Its mana symbols remain unchanged.) |
- If played on a spell being cast, it changes the color of the spell. If the spell becomes a permanent, the permanent enters play with an effect on it that changes its color. [WotC Rules Team 1998/05/01]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - This card was of type Interrupt and is now of type Instant. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
| Creature - Manticore 2/2 |
2RR (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Flying {R}, {T}: Crimson Manticore deals 1 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. |
| Sorcery |
XR (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Destroy target artifact with converted mana cost X. It can't be regenerated. Detonate deals X damage to that artifact's controller. |
| Sorcery |
XR (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Disintegrate deals X damage to target creature or player. That creature can't be regenerated this turn. If the creature would be put into a graveyard this turn, exile it instead. |
- The "can't regenerate" is an effect of Disintegrate and not an effect of the damage. So it works even if the damage is prevented or redirected away. If redirected, the damage does not take this effect with it. [WotC Rules Team 1994/02/07]
- Disintegrated creatures do not go to the graveyard at all before leaving the game. They do not trigger abilities which happen due to a creature going to the graveyard. [WotC Rules Team 1994/09/15]
- Note - Also see X Costs, Rule G24.1.
| Creature - Dragon 2/3 |
2RR (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Flying {R}: Dragon Whelp gets +1/+0 until end of turn. If this ability has been activated four or more times this turn, sacrifice Dragon Whelp at the beginning of the next end step. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card from 1999/10/01 until 2006/10/20 when it became part of Time Spiral.
| Creature - Dwarf Warrior 1/1 |
2R (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| {T}: Target creature with power 2 or less is unblockable this turn. |
- Can enhance the creature any way you want after the Dwarves make it unblockable without losing the effect. [bethmo 1994/04/01]
- Can be used after a creature is blocked but has no effect. Once a creature is blocked, it cannot be unblocked. [bethmo 1994/04/01]
- Note - This card was creature type "Dwarf" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Dwarf Warrior".
| Creature - Elemental 4/5 |
3RR (5) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) banned this card from 1999/10/01 until 2007/07/20 when it was reprinted in Tenth Edition.
| Sorcery |
XR (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Earthquake deals X damage to each creature without flying and each player. |
- This is not a targeted spell, so it may be cast when there are no creatures in play. [bethmo 1994/06/01]
- Whether or not a creature is without Flying is only checked on resolution. [D'Angelo 1995/10/05]
- Note - Also see X Costs, Rule G24.1.
| Enchantment - Aura |
R (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Enchant creature Enchanted creature has vigilance. |
| Creature - Elemental 5/4 |
3RR (5) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Sorcery |
XR (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Fireball deals X damage divided evenly, rounded down, among any number of target creatures and/or players. Fireball costs {1} more to cast for each target beyond the first. |
- If split for multiple targets, each target can receive only one of the splits. You may not multiply target something. [bethmo 1994/06/01]
- If the damage to creatures is redirected to the player (via Jade Monolith or other effect), the damage from the Fireball can all be prevented with one use of a Circle of Protection. The trick is that all damage from one use of a spell/ability can be prevented at once. [WotC Rules Team 1996/10/03]
- The mana spent for extra targets is not part of the mana cost. It's an extra cost. [D'Angelo 2005/12/01]
- Note - Also see X Costs, Rule G24.1.
| Enchantment - Aura |
R (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Enchant creature {R}: Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. |
| Instant |
3RR (5) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Destroy target creature or land. It can't be regenerated. |
- Whether the target is a land or creature is not set on announcement, so if the spell were Deflectioned it could target either. [D'Angelo 1995/10/04]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
| Sorcery |
3R (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Destroy all Plains. |
| Enchantment - Aura |
RR (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2. |
| Creature - Goblin Warrior 1/1 |
R (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| {R}: Goblin Balloon Brigade gains flying until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) |
- Can power up the ability repeatedly during a turn. This generally has no additional effect, but can use up a red mana each time. [Aahz 1994/03/01]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) banned this card from 1999/10/01 until 2005/08/20.
- Note - This card was of creature type "Goblin" and not "Goblin Warrior" until Ninth Edition and Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Creature - Goblin 2/2 |
1RR (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Other Goblin creatures get +1/+1 and have mountainwalk. (They're unblockable as long as defending player controls a Mountain.) |
- It does not affect itself because it only affects other goblins. [D'Angelo 2005/11/01]
- Note - Also see Landwalk, Rule 502.6.
- Note - In Limited Edition and Unlimited Edition it was of creature type Goblin King.
- Note - This card was of creature type "Lord" and not "Goblin Lord" until Ninth Edition and Oracle 2005/08/01. Then it became just "Goblin" with Tenth Edition and Oracle 2007/07/13.
| Creature - Goblin 3/1 |
1R (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Trample Goblin Rock Sled doesn't untap during your untap step if it attacked during your last turn. Goblin Rock Sled can't attack unless defending player controls a Mountain. |
- Is not a Goblin so it does not get Goblin bonuses. [Aahz 1994/08/09]
- The creature type is "Rock-Sled" which is considered one word. Before errata, it was two words, "Rock Sled". [D'Angelo 1999/09/20]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - Also see Trample, Rule 502.9.
- Note - This card was creature type "Rock-Sled" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Goblin".
- Note - The artist's name, Dennis Detwiller, is spelled incorrectly on The Dark version.
| Creature - Ogre 2/2 |
2R (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
| Creature - Giant 3/3 |
3R (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
- Note - The Portal version had no creature type.
| Creature - Minotaur 2/3 |
1RR (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Creature - Hound 1/1 |
R (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| {T}: Target creature can't be regenerated this turn. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - This card was creature type "Jackal" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Hound".
| Enchantment - Aura |
R (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/-2. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Instant |
5RR (7) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Inferno deals 6 damage to each creature and each player. |
| Creature - Orc 2/2 |
1R (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Ironclaw Orcs can't block creatures with power 2 or greater. |
| Creature - Human Barbarian X/X |
2RR (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Keldon Warlord's power and toughness are each equal to the number of non-Wall creatures you control. |
- The power/toughness adjusts itself as a continuous effect that is recalculated after each effect resolves or anything happens which might change it. [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]
- Note - This card was creature type "Lord" until Oracle 2007/09/01 when it became "Human Barbarian".
| Instant |
R (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to target creature or player. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
| Enchantment |
1RR (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Blue creatures don't untap during their controllers' untap steps. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player may choose any number of tapped blue creatures he or she controls and pay {4} for each creature chosen this way. If the player does, untap those creatures. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
| Sorcery |
R (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| You and target opponent each flip a coin. Mana Clash deals 1 damage to each player whose coin comes up tails. Repeat this process until both players' coins come up heads on the same flip. |
- Each point of damage is dealt separately, so if you are damaged twice by this spell, each time is considered a separate time this source deals damage. This means you need power a Circle of Protection: Red twice if it damages you twice and you want to avoid all the damage. [8E FAQ 2003/07/28]
- Always affects the caster and targets an opposing player. It cannot be Deflectioned back to affect the caster twice. [WotC Rules Team 1995/02/09]
- This card's coin flip has no winner or loser. [8E FAQ 2003/07/28]
| Enchantment |
2R (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Whenever a player taps a land for mana, that player adds one mana to his or her mana pool of any type that land produced. |
- This is a triggered mana ability. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
- Mana Flare adds one of whatever color the land produces after applying any land type or color changing effects. [Duelist Magazine #6, Page 130]
- When used with lands that produce multiple colors, such as Badlands, Mana Flare produces 2 of one color, not one of each. [bethmo 1994/05/12]
- When used with Urza's lands (and other colorless producing lands) they produce one extra colorless mana each. [bethmo 1994/05/12]
- Only produces extra mana when land is tapped for mana, not when tapped by Twiddle or for some other effect. [bethmo 1994/04/01]
- Applies to all players in multiplayer games. [Duelist Magazine #4, Page 64]
- If the land produces more than one color or type of mana at a single time, such as with Balduvian Trading Post, you choose which kind of mana the Mana Flare actually provides. [Duelist Magazine #12, Page 26]
- Any restrictions on the mana generated by the land are copied along with the color. [bethmo 1996/12/07]
- The mana is provided when the triggered ability (see Rule 404) resolves. [Duelist Magazine #18, Page 29]
| Enchantment |
3R (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Whenever a player taps a land for mana, Manabarbs deals 1 damage to that player. |
- This card has a triggered ability (see Rule 404) that causes a separate effect for 1 point of damage each time a land is tapped for mana. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
| Creature - Goblin 1/1 |
R (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Creature - Orc Warrior 1/3 |
1RR (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| {T}: Orcish Artillery deals 2 damage to target creature or player and 3 damage to you. |
- A Circle of Protection: Red can be used to prevent the damage from this card. Makes it a nice 2 point directed attack. [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]
- You do not take the 3 points of damage if the effect fails because the target is illegal. [Aahz 1994/06/06]
- Note - The Alpha printing version of this card had a mana cost of "{1}{R}". All further printings have had a "{1}{R}{R}" mana cost.
- Note - This card was creature type "Orc" and not "Orc Warrior" until Ninth Edition and Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Enchantment |
3R (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Attacking creatures you control get +1/+0. |
- Vintage tournaments (see Rule 801) restricted this card from 1994/01/25 to 1994/02/23.
- Note - The mana cost on the Alpha printing version of this card was just "{1}{R}", and not "{3}{R}" as appears in all other printings.
| Enchantment |
RR (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| At the beginning of each player's upkeep, Power Surge deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of untapped lands he or she controlled at the beginning of this turn. |
- This card knows how many were untapped even if it was not in play at the beginning of the turn. [Aahz 1997/02/16]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
| Sorcery |
4R (5) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Pyrotechnics deals 4 damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures and/or players. |
- You cannot do fractional points of damage. [Duelist Magazine #2, Page 9]
- You cannot choose to do zero damage to a target. [WotC Rules Team 1995/07/19]
- You cannot choose to have zero targets. You must choose between 1 and 4 targets. [Jordan 2003/05/19]
- You can assign damage to multiple targets and are not forced to assign the same amount of damage to each target (like you are with Fireball). [D'Angelo 1995/03/07]
- No matter how much you assign to a target, it is only targeted once, and so damage is assigned once per target regardless of the amount of damage assigned to that target. [D'Angelo 1995/03/02]
| Instant |
R (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Choose one - Counter target blue spell; or destroy target blue permanent. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - Also see Modal Spells, Rule G13.13.
- Note - This card was of type Interrupt and is now of type Instant. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
- Note - The Alpha printing version said it was of type "Instant".
| Instant |
1R (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Destroy target artifact. |
- Regenerating artifacts can regenerate from this. [D'Angelo 1998/02/03]
| Creature - Dragon 5/5 |
4RR (6) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Flying {R}: Shivan Dragon gets +1/+0 until end of turn. |
| Creature - Human Shaman 2/2 |
1RR (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| {T}: Add {R} to your mana pool. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - This card was creature type "Sister" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Human Shaman".
| Enchantment |
RR (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Players can't untap more than one creature during their untap steps. |
- Lands animated by Living Lands or Kormus Bell are affected by this spell. If in play with a Winter Orb as well, untapping an animated land will count as the one creature and the one land you can untap... thereby limiting you to one thing to be untapped. You can choose to untap a non-creature land and a creature if you want. [bethmo 1996/02/12]
- Does not prevent cards from being untapped outside the untap phase. [bethmo 1994/04/01]
| Creature - Giant 3/4 |
2RR (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| {T}: Target creature you control with toughness less than Stone Giant's power gains flying until end of turn. Destroy that creature at the beginning of the next end step. |
- The Giant can throw itself (if its power is enhanced). [bethmo 1994/06/01]
| Sorcery |
2R (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Destroy target land. |
| Creature - Efreet 3/3 |
1RRR (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Remove Tempest Efreet from your deck before playing if you're not playing for ante. {T}, Sacrifice Tempest Efreet: Target opponent may pay 10 life. If that player doesn't, he or she reveals a card at random from his or her hand. Exchange ownership of the revealed card and Tempest Efreet. Put the revealed card into your hand and Tempest Efreet from anywhere into that player's graveyard. |
- Vintage tournaments (see Rule 801) have banned this card since 1994/08/01 since it is only used in games for Ante.
- 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 always banned this card.
| Enchantment - Aura |
1R (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+0. {R}{R}{R}: Regenerate enchanted creature. |
| Instant |
R (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Destroy target Wall. It can't be regenerated. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
| Creature - Troll 2/2 |
2R (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| {R}: Regenerate Uthden Troll. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) banned this card from 1999/10/01 until 2006/10/20 when it became part of Time Spiral.
| Creature - Wall 1/4 |
2R (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Defender (This creature can't attack.) Whenever Wall of Dust blocks a creature, that creature can't attack during its controller's next turn. |
| Creature - Wall 0/5 |
1RR (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Defender (This creature can't attack.) {R}: Wall of Fire gets +1/+0 until end of turn. |
| Creature - Wall 0/8 |
1RR (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Defender (This creature can't attack.) |
| Sorcery |
R (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Each player shuffles the cards from his or her hand into his or her library, then draws that many cards. |
- The number of cards you originally had is the number of cards in your hand when this spell is resolved, and not when it is played. In other words, if you start with 7 cards, cast Winds of Change, and then cast 5 other instants in the same stack, then you will get 1 new card and not 6 or 7. [Aahz 1994/09/06]
| Instant |
XWW (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Choose one - Target player gains X life; or prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. |
| Creature - Kithkin 1/1 |
WW (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Amrou Kithkin can't be blocked by creatures with power 3 or greater. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
| Creature - Human X+2/X+2 |
2WW (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Trample As long as it's your turn, Angry Mob's power and toughness are each equal to 2 plus the number of Swamps your opponents control. As long as it's not your turn, Angry Mob's power and toughness are each 2. |
- Counts up Swamps controlled by all of your opponents. [Aahz 1994/12/25]
- Note - Also see Trample, Rule 502.9.
- Note - This card was creature type "Mob" and not "Human" until Oracle 2007/09/01.
| Enchantment - Aura |
W (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Enchant Wall Enchanted Wall can attack as though it didn't have defender. |
| Sorcery |
3W (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Destroy all lands. |
- 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]
| Sorcery |
1W (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Each player chooses a number of lands he or she controls equal to the number of lands controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Players discard cards and sacrifice creatures the same way. |
- All cards sacrificed at one time go to the graveyard simultaneously. All cards discarded go to the graveyard simultaneously. As always, you pick the order they end up in the graveyard. [D'Angelo 1998/02/03]
- This spell is not targeted so cards which cannot be targeted, such as a creature with Protection from White, are both counted and valid choices for being sacrificed. [Aahz 1994/12/02]
- Cards are not counted until the appropriate step. So, a land creature sacrificed to the first part of the spell would not count for the last part. [Oracle 1998/07/01]
- Vintage tournaments (see Rule 801) have restricted this card since 1995/04/19.
- Legacy tournaments (see Rule 802) have banned this card since 1995/04/19.
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have always banned this card.
- Standard (Type 2) tournaments (see Rule 804) have banned this card since 1997/01/01. It was previously restricted from 1995/04/19 to 1997/01/01.
| Creature - Human Soldier 1/1 |
W (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.) |
| Enchantment - Aura |
W (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Enchant creature Enchanted creature has protection from black. This effect doesn't remove Black Ward. |
| Enchantment - Aura |
WW (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Enchant creature {W}: Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Enchantment - Aura |
W (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Enchant creature Enchanted creature has protection from blue. This effect doesn't remove Blue Ward. |
| Enchantment - Aura |
W (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Enchant creature Enchanted creature can't attack unless its controller pays {3}. |
- This ability is paid for during the declare attackers step of the combat phase (see Rule 308). [Aahz 1995/01/27]
- Paying Brainwash is not an instant or any other kind of ability, it is a cost increase on the declaration of the attacker. This makes it much like the way Gloom makes a white spell more expensive to cast. [WotC Rules Team 1998/03/01]
- If there are multiple combat phases during the turn, the attack cost must be paid each time if you want to attack with the creature. [D'Angelo 1999/08/01]
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Enchantment |
3W (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Untapped creatures you control get +0/+2. |
- Tapping a creature removes the +2 toughness from the creature and may kill it if it has already taken damage. [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]
- Note - In Fifth Edition (and before) the +0/+2 bonus was not granted if the creature was attacking.
| Enchantment |
1W (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| {2}: The next time an artifact source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. |
| Enchantment |
1W (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| {1}: The next time a black source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. |
- Can be used even when there is no damage to prevent. It prevents the next damage (if any) from the source this turn. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
- A source is a permanent (a land, creature, artifact, or enchantment) or a spell. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
- Can be used multiple times each turn for damage from the same source or for damage from different sources. [D'Angelo 1997/10/10]
- Note - Was not in the Alpha printing of the Limited Edition.
| Enchantment |
1W (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| {1}: The next time a blue source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. |
| Enchantment |
1W (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| {1}: The next time a green source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. |
| Enchantment |
1W (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| {1}: The next time a red source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. |
| Enchantment |
1W (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| {1}: The next time a white source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. |
| Enchantment |
2WW (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Conversion unless you pay {W}{W}. All Mountains are Plains. |
- The mountains becomes plains in all ways. They even produce white mana. [D'Angelo 1998/06/01]
- Will not add or remove Snow-Covered nature from a land. [Duelist Magazine #6, Page 132]
- The Conversion effect is a continuous effect. There is no chance to tap a just-played mountain for red mana before it becomes a plains. [D'Angelo 1996/12/10]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
| Enchantment |
WW (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| White creatures get +1/+1. |
| Instant |
W (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Regenerate target creature. |
| Instant |
1W (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Destroy target artifact or enchantment. |
- Artifact creatures can regenerate from destroy effects like this. [D'Angelo 1998/02/03]
- This spell is not modal. If the target changes from an artifact to an enchantment or vice versa (as with Transmogrifying Licid), this spell still destroys it. [WotC Rules Team 1998/07/01]
| Enchantment - Aura |
2WW (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +3/+3. |
| Creature - Dragon Wurm 5/5 |
4WWW (7) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Defender, trample When Elder Land Wurm blocks, it loses defender. |
- It becomes free to attack once it has been assigned as a blocker once. [WotC Rules Team 1995/09/22]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - Also see Defender, Rule 502.41.
- Note - Also see Trample, Rule 502.9.
- Note - This card was of creature type "Wurm" and not "Dragon Wurm" until Oracle 2007/09/01.
| Instant |
WW (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, instead that source deals that much damage to you and Eye for an Eye deals that much damage to that source's controller. |
- Cannot be used on spells and abilities that cause loss of life. It can only be used on damage. [bethmo 1994/06/01]
- This spell is played after damage is dealt to you, so if you lost due to the original damage, you cannot use this spell to get in a final shot at your opponent. [D'Angelo 2000/02/25]
- If the damage is prevented, it was never dealt and this spell won't let you choose a source that didn't damage you. [D'Angelo 2000/02/25]
- Does white damage to your opponent. [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]
| Enchantment |
1WW (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Wall creatures you control get +1/+0 and have banding. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.) |
| Enchantment - Aura |
W (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Enchant creature Enchanted creature has protection from green. This effect doesn't remove Green Ward. |
| Instant |
W (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Choose one - Target player gains 3 life; or prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. |
| Enchantment - Aura |
W (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +0/+2. {W}: Enchanted creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Enchantment - Aura |
W (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+2. |
| Enchantment |
1W (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| If you would draw a card during your draw step, instead you may skip that draw. If you do, until your next turn, you can't be attacked except by creatures with flying and/or islandwalk. |
- The ability is played as a replacement effect (see Rule 419) right when you would draw a card due to a spell, ability, or the mandatory draw action during the draw step. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
- You only have to skip one draw during your draw step to activate this. If you get multiple draws or you use a spell or ability during the draw step to draw extra cards, you can skip any one of those. [bethmo 1994/05/30]
- Since the draw is replaced, you cannot use the same replaced draw to pay for other spells or abilities. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
- This card does not count as an Island for any spell which expects Islands. [bethmo 1994/04/01]
- Once activated, the effect will continue until your next turn even if this card leaves play. [D'Angelo 1995/10/27]
- You can choose to skip more than one draw during your draw step, but it has no additional effect if you do so. [D'Angelo 2000/04/06]
- Note - Also see Landwalk, Rule 502.6.
| Enchantment |
2WW (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| At the beginning of each player's upkeep, Karma deals damage to that player equal to the number of Swamps he or she controls. |
- Amount of damage is determined in when effect is resolved and not when it is placed on the stack. [D'Angelo 1995/10/05]
| Enchantment |
3W (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Artifacts, creatures, and lands your opponents control enter the battlefield tapped. |
- Cards enter play tapped. They do not come into play untapped and then immediately tap, therefore they do not trigger any effects due to tapping. [D'Angelo 1998/02/03]
- It affects all opponents. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
- It applies to cards and tokens that are put into play by an effect, as well as ones that are played from the player's hand. [D'Angelo 1999/07/03]
- It applies to cards and tokens put into play under your control by an opponent's spell or ability. For example, with Flicker. [D'Angelo 1999/07/26]
- Does not affect cards that phase in. [Duelist Magazine #19, Page 30]
- Note - In Fifth Edition (and before) it affected just one opponent.
| Enchantment |
W (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| At the beginning of your upkeep, if an opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for up to three basic land cards, reveal them, and put them into your hand. If you do, shuffle your library. |
- Can get a Snow-Covered land out. [Duelist Magazine #6, Page 132]
- Counts lands when announced and again before it would resolve. It will not do anything if you do not still have fewer lands when it resolves. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
- Land Tax counts lands at the beginning of upkeep before even a mana ability can be used. [D'Angelo 2000/08/06]
- Legacy tournaments (see Rule 802) banned this card since 2004/09/20. It was previously banned from 1996/07/01 to 1997/04/01.
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) banned this card from 1998/07/01.
- Standard (Type 2) tournaments (see Rule 804) have banned this card since 1997/01/01. It was previously restricted from 1996/07/01 to 1997/01/01
| Creature - Pegasus 1/1 |
1W (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Flying; banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.) |
| Instant |
1WW (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Attacking creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
| Creature - Human Knight 3/3 |
2WW (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| {W}{W}, {T}: Destroy target black permanent. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) banned this card from 1999/10/01 to 2001/05/01.
- Note - This card was creature type "Paladin" until Seventh Edition when it became "Knight". Then with Oracle 2007/10/01 it became "Human Knight".
| Creature - Bird 1/1 |
1W (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Flying At the beginning of the end step, if a creature was put into a graveyard from the battlefield this turn, put a carrion counter on Osai Vultures. Remove two carrion counters from Osai Vultures: Osai Vultures gets +1/+1 until end of turn. |
- Only gets one counter per turn, not one per creature. [Aahz 1994/06/16]
- Does get a counter if creatures died on the turn even if this card enters play after the creatures died. [Aahz 1994/12/21]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - This card was creature type "Vulture" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Bird".
| Creature - Unicorn 2/2 |
2W (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Creature - Avatar Incarnation 6/6 |
3WWW (6) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
{0}: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to Personal Incarnation this turn is dealt to its owner instead. Any player may activate this ability, but only if he or she owns Personal Incarnation. When Personal Incarnation is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, its owner loses half his or her life, rounded up. |
- The loss of life caused when the Incarnation dies cannot be prevented by any spell or ability. It is not damage. [PPG Page 113]
- You do not lose life if this card is removed from the game or sent someplace without going to the graveyard first. [Snark 1994/04/01]
- If the Incarnation has Creature Bond on it when it dies, the Creature Bond and the Incarnation's abilities both trigger. If the same player controls both, they can choose which order they resolve. If different players control them, then the other player's resolves first, then the current player's. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
- If two Incarnations die at once, you lose half of your life, then half of what is left. [WotC Rules Team 1994/04/01] This is because you play out the two triggered abilities (see Rule 404), one after the other.
- The owner of the Incarnation loses life when it is destroyed, not the controller. So if you control your opponent's Incarnation you can let it die to make them lose life. [bethmo 1994/09/09]
- If you have less than zero life when the Incarnation dies, treat it as if you had zero life. You do not gain life. [Aahz 1995/05/30]
- Note - This card was creature type "Avatar" until Oracle 2008/01/01, when it became "Avatar Incarnation".
| Instant |
2W (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Blocking creatures get +0/+3 until end of turn. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - The Arabian Nights card comes in two versions. One has a smaller, darker mana circle (C3 rarity), and the other has a normal mana circle (C1 rarity).
| Creature - Human Soldier 1/1 |
1W (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| First strike; banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.) |
| Instant |
W (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Target spell or permanent becomes white. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.) |
- See Chaoslace for rulings.
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - This card was of type Interrupt and is now of type Instant. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
| Enchantment - Aura |
W (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Enchant creature Enchanted creature has protection from red. This effect doesn't remove Red Ward. |
| Instant |
1WW (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way. |
- This can only affect damage which would be dealt after it resolves. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
- It only affects damage dealt by the source one time. If the source damages you a second time this turn, the damage will not be reversed. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
- It can be used even if you have taken no damage this turn, in order to waste the spell. [Duelist Magazine #6, Page 131]
| Instant |
W (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Target blocking creature gets +7/+7 until end of turn. |
| Creature - Human Cleric 1/1 |
1W (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| {T}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. |
- Note - The Anthologies version of the card has a mana cost of {2}{W} instead of {1}{W}. This is an error.
- Note - This card was of creature type "Cleric" and not "Human Cleric" until Ninth Edition and Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Creature - Cat 2/1 |
W (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) banned this card from 1999/10/01 until 2003/09/01.
- Note - This card was of creature type "Lion" and not "Cat" until Ninth Edition and Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Enchantment - Aura |
2WW (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Enchant creature Enchanted creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or white creatures. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Creature - Angel 4/4 |
3WW (5) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Flying Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.) |
| Enchantment - Aura |
W (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters the battlefield attached to that creature.) Whenever enchanted creature deals damage, you gain that much life. |
- You only gain life for damage which is not prevented regardless of what the creature damages (player or another creature) or the toughness of the blocking creature. If you put Spirit Link on a Shivan Dragon and it is blocked by a Scryb Sprites, you still gain 5 life points. If the Sprite has Protection from Red, you gain zero life since the protection reduces the damage to zero. [bethmo 1994/07/08]
- If a creature has more than one Spirit Link on it, they all work. [Aahz 1994/07/15]
- Works for damage due to combat or due to any special ability of the creature. For example, you would get one life for tapping a Prodigal Sorcerer to do damage. [Duelist Magazine #2, Page 9] Note that this is great for creatures which damage you, such as not paying the Force of Nature's upkeep, since you will get as much life as you take in damage.
- Damage that is redirected is not considered successfully dealt to the original creature or player, but it may be successful in damaging the new creature or player. [D'Angelo 1998/02/03]
- You only gain the life when the triggered ability resolves. If you are reduced to zero life before the ability resolves, you will lose before gaining the life. For example, if the creature with Spirit Link on it attacks you dealing 3 damage when you have just 3 life, you will take 3 damage and lose before the triggered ability can resolve. [D'Angelo 2003/05/16]
- Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
- Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Ninth Edition and Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Instant |
W (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power. |
- The controller of the creature may decide to "pump up" the creature before it leaves in order to get more life out of the deal because the total power of the creature (including enchantments and such) is counted on resolution of this spell. [D'Angelo 1994/04/01]
- If the creature has a negative power, the player does not lose life. It acts the same as if it had a power of zero. [Aahz 1994/06/01] See
| Creature - Wolf 1/1 |
W (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.) |
| Sorcery |
W (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Look at the top five cards of target player's library. You may then have that player shuffle that library. |
- You cannot rearrange the cards. You put them back in the same order or you shuffle the whole library. [bethmo 1994/08/31]
- If there are less than 5 cards in the library, you look at whatever ones remain and you still get the option to shuffle. [Duelist Magazine #6, Page 130]
- This is not a draw and will not cause a player to lose if there are less than 5 cards in the library. [Duelist Magazine #6, Page 130]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
| Creature - Wall 3/5 |
3W (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Defender, flying (This creature can't attack, and it can block creatures with flying.) |
| Creature - Human Knight 2/2 |
WW (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.) Protection from black (This creature can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything black.) |
| Enchantment - Aura |
W (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Enchant creature Enchanted creature has protection from white. This effect doesn't remove White Ward. |
| Sorcery |
2WW (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated. |
- Creatures with Protection from White cannot avoid this spell's effects. Destruction by means of Wrath of God is not targeted. [bethmo 1994/06/01]
| Artifact |
10 (10) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| {X}, {T}: The next time you would draw a card this turn, instead look at the top X cards of your library, shuffle all but one of them, put the shuffled cards on the bottom of your library, then draw a card. X can't be 0. |
- This card has a replacement ability (see Rule 419). It is used before the resolution of a spell or ability that would cause you to draw and it replaces one of the draws with a new effect. [D'Angelo 2000/02/25] For example, Sylvan Library, Jayemdae Tome, Howling Mine, and your normal draw during the draw step are also replaceable.
- If you use more than one Lamp effect, the second one will end up replacing the card being drawn with the first one. [D'Angelo 2000/02/25]
- If the ability is countered, you do not have to replace a draw. [D'Angelo 2000/02/25]
- Note - The Arabian Nights version had two mana cost circles with 5 in them to indicate 10, because they did not have a way to get 10 into a single circle. This is not a typo. [Arab FAQ 1994/01/05]
| Artifact |
8 (8) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| {8}, {T}: Aladdin's Ring deals 4 damage to target creature or player. |
| Artifact |
2 (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| {2}, {T}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. |
| Artifact |
2 (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Whenever a land enters the battlefield, Ankh of Mishra deals 2 damage to that land's controller. |
- Triggers on any land coming into play. This includes playing a land or putting a land into play using a spell or ability. [D'Angelo 1997/05/22]
- Lands phasing in will not trigger this card (see Rule 502.15d). [Mirage, Page 2]
- It determines the land's controller at the time the ability resolves. If the land leaves play before the ability resolves, the land's last controller before it left is used. [D'Angelo 1998/10/19]
- Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.
| Artifact |
6 (6) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a doom counter on Armageddon Clock. At the beginning of your draw step, Armageddon Clock deals damage to each player equal to the number of doom counters on it. {4}: Remove a doom counter from Armageddon Clock. Any player may activate this ability but only during any upkeep step. |
- Players can remove as many counters as they can pay for each turn. [D'Angelo 2000/02/25]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
| Artifact |
2 (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
You may choose not to untap Ashnod's Battle Gear during your untap step. {2}, {T}: Target creature you control gets +2/-2 for as long as Ashnod's Battle Gear remains tapped. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
| Artifact Creature - Construct 1/1 |
2 (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
At the beginning of your combat phase, Battering Ram gains banding until end of combat. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's blocking.) Whenever Battering Ram becomes blocked by a Wall, destroy that Wall at end of combat. |
| Artifact |
4 (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
{2}, {T}: Put a charge counter on Black Mana Battery.
{T}, Remove any number of charge counters from Black Mana Battery: Add {B} to your mana pool, then add an additional {B} to your mana pool for each charge counter removed this way. |
- You can choose to remove zero counters. If you do, it produces one black mana. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
- Can be tapped even if it has no counters. [D'Angelo 1995/05/12]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
| Artifact |
1 (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
As Black Vise enters the battlefield, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, Black Vise deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in his or her hand minus 4. |
- You choose one opposing player as it comes into play and it only affects that one player. This choice is not changed even if this card changes controllers. It becomes useless but stays in play if the that player leaves play. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
- Amount of damage is determined when the effect is resolved and not when it is announced. [D'Angelo 1995/10/05]
- If you take control of a Vise that targets you, you continue to take damage from it. The "chosen opponent" check is only made when it is played and is not checked by the effect again after it is in play. [D'Angelo 1996/01/07]
- If X is less than zero, it does not deal any damage. [D'Angelo 2006/10/08]
- Vintage tournaments (see Rule 801) restricted this card from 1996/02/01 to 1996/04/01, then again from 1997/07/01 to 2007/06/20.
- Legacy tournaments (see Rule 802) have banned this card since 1996/02/01.
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have always banned this card.
- Standard (Type 2) tournaments (see Rule 804) have banned this card since 1997/01/01. It was previously restricted from 1996/02/01 to 1997/01/01.
| Artifact |
4 (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
{2}, {T}: Put a charge counter on Blue Mana Battery.
{T}, Remove any number of charge counters from Blue Mana Battery: Add {U} to your mana pool, then add an additional {U} to your mana pool for each charge counter removed this way. |
- See Black Mana Battery for rulings.
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
| Artifact |
4 (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| {1}, Sacrifice Bottle of Suleiman: Flip a coin. If you lose the flip, Bottle of Suleiman deals 5 damage to you. If you win the flip, put a 5/5 colorless Djinn artifact creature token with flying onto the battlefield. |
- The coin is flipped on resolution and not on declaration of the ability. [Aahz 1994/12/21]
- The Djinn has cannot attack (see Rule G19.39) on the turn it is created, just like any creature which enters play cannot. [D'Angelo 1998/06/01]
- Note - Also see Token Creatures, Rule 216.
| Artifact Creature - Construct 1/3 |
1 (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
Brass Man doesn't untap during your untap step. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {1}. If you do, untap Brass Man. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - This card had no creature type until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Construct".
| Artifact |
6 (6) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Remove Bronze Tablet from your deck before playing if you're not playing for ante. Bronze Tablet enters the battlefield tapped. {4}, {T}: Exile Bronze Tablet and target nontoken permanent an opponent owns. That player may pay 10 life. If he or she does, put Bronze Tablet into its owner's graveyard. Otherwise, that player owns Bronze Tablet and you own the other exiled card. |
- Cannot choose to lose 10 life if you have less than 10 life, but you may choose to give up the game immediately. This has roughly the same effect. [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]
- If the card being targeted by the Bronze Tablet is removed before Tablet takes effect, then the Tablet ability is countered and it remains tapped. [D'Angelo 2001/08/31]
- If the tablet is not still in play when the ability resolves, it is not removed from the game, and the exchange fails to happen. You don't get the other player's card. [D'Angelo 2001/08/31]
- If using a Copy Artifact of the Tablet, you must trade the Copy Artifact card to your opponent just like you would have traded the Tablet. [bethmo 1994/08/01]
- You can take control of your opponent's Tablet and in the trade you only have to give them back their Tablet. [Duelist Magazine #2, Page 15]
- Vintage tournaments (see Rule 801) have banned this card since 1994/05/02.
- 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 always banned this card.
| Artifact |
3 (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| {2}, {T}: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
| Artifact Creature - Golem 3/1 |
4 (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| {2}: Regenerate Clay Statue. |
- Note - This card had no creature type until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Golem".
| Artifact Creature - Bird 0/4 |
5 (5) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Flying Clockwork Avian enters the battlefield with four +1/+0 counters on it. At end of combat, if Clockwork Avian attacked or blocked this combat, remove a +1/+0 counter from it. {X}, {T}: Put up to X +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Avian. This ability can't cause the total number of +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Avian to be greater than four. Activate this ability only during your upkeep. |
- See Clockwork Beast for rulings.
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - This card had no creature type until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Bird".
| Artifact Creature - Beast 0/4 |
6 (6) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Clockwork Beast enters the battlefield with seven +1/+0 counters on it. At end of combat, if Clockwork Beast attacked or blocked this combat, remove a +1/+0 counter from it. {X}, {T}: Put up to X +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Beast. This ability can't cause the total number of +1/+0 counters on Clockwork Beast to be greater than seven. Activate this ability only during your upkeep. |
- Can attack or block even if it has no counters. [Aahz 1995/05/15]
- Loses a counter even if it is affected by Fog or a Fog-like effect which prevents it from dealing damage. [WotC Rules Team 1995/04/26]
- If the effect to add counters is used when there are already 7 counters on it or when the number of counters to be added would cause it to exceed 7 counters, any counters over 7 are simply not added. [D'Angelo 1997/02/09]
- Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.
- Note - This card had no creature type until Oracle 2007/09/01 when it became "Beast".
| Artifact Creature - Golem 9/9 |
9 (9) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Trample (If this creature would deal enough damage to its blockers to destroy them, you may have it deal the rest of its damage to defending player or planeswalker.) Colossus of Sardia doesn't untap during your untap step. {9}: Untap Colossus of Sardia. Activate this ability only during your upkeep. |
| Artifact |
4 (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| {3}, {T}: Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to you this turn. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - See Damage Prevention, Rule 419.7b.
| Artifact |
3 (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| {3}, Discard a card at random: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. |
- The cards are discarded from your hand during announcement and as a cost. [Duelist Magazine #11, Page 56]
| Artifact |
1 (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Whenever a player casts a blue spell, you may pay {1}. If you do, you gain 1 life. |
| Artifact |
4 (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
As Cursed Rack enters the battlefield, choose an opponent. The chosen player's maximum hand size is four. |
- The effect of lowering the maximum hand size makes it so the player discards down to 4 cards (instead of the usual 7) during the cleanup step. [D'Angelo 2000/02/25]
- You choose one opposing player just as this card is coming into play and it only affects that one player. This choice is not changed even if this card changes controllers. It becomes useless but stays in play if the target player leaves play. [D'Angelo 2001/08/31]
- If multiple effects modify your hand size limit, apply them in the order they enter play. For example, if both this and Recycle are in play, the most recent in play decides your hand size. [D'Angelo 2001/05/21]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
| Artifact Creature - Spirit 1/5 |
4 (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) |
- Note - Prior to Ninth Edition and Oracle 2005/08/01, this card had no creature type.
| Artifact Creature - Construct 4/4 |
7 (7) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| {3}: Regenerate Diabolic Machine. |
- Note - This card had no creature type until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Construct".
| Artifact |
4 (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Whenever a land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Dingus Egg deals 2 damage to that land's controller. |
- If multiple lands are destroyed at once, each land causes the Egg to trigger separately and do 2 points of damage. [D'Angelo 1998/02/03]
- Vintage tournaments (see Rule 801) restricted this card from 1994/01/25 to 1994/05/01.
| Artifact |
3 (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| {3}, {T}: Target player discards a card. Activate this ability only during your turn. |
- You can use it on yourself. [Duelist Magazine #4, Page 64]
- Can be used on a player with no cards, but has no effect. [Duelist Magazine #5, Page 23]
| Artifact Creature - Construct 1/3 |
3 (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| {2}: Dragon Engine gets +1/+0 until end of turn. |
- Note - This card had no creature type until Oracle 2007/09/01, when it became "Construct".
| Artifact |
3 (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| {2}, {T}: Untap target attacking creature you control. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this turn. |
- This card only untaps the creature and makes it neither take nor deal damage. It is still attacking, however. [Duelist Magazine #5, Page 10]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
| Artifact |
2 (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| {T}: Add to your mana pool one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce. |
- The ability can be played if the opponent has no lands that produce mana, but the effect will not be able to generate any mana. [Barclay 2003/10/29]
- The generated mana is of the color the land would produce if tapped for mana after applying any effects (such as Phantasmal Terrain or Reality Twist) and any replacement effects (such as Naked Singularity) when determining the type of mana the land can produce. [WotC Rules Team 1999/03/18]
- It only produces one mana even if the land can produce more than one. [D'Angelo 1995/08/02]
- Can generate any of the colors the land can produce, even if the land is one of the Homelands lands which has a cost in addition to tapping in order to generate that mana. [Duelist Magazine #9, Page 37]
- Works even if the opponent's lands are tapped. It only checks what kinds of mana can be produced, not if the abilities that produce them are usable right now. [D'Angelo 1996/10/31]
- Can generate colorless mana if the opponent has a land which does so. [Duelist Magazine #5, Page 10]
- The generated mana has any restrictions that the land's mana would have had. For example, if they have a Mishra's Workshop you could generate one colorless mana only usable for casting artifacts. [Aahz 1995/08/01]
- Note - Also see Rule G13.4d.
| Artifact |
4 (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| {2}, {T}: Target creature gains flying until end of turn. |
- Note - In Fifth Edition (and before) this card was sacrificed if the creature was put into a graveyard this turn.
| Artifact |
1 (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| {T}: Look at target player's hand. |
- You can use it on yourself. [D'Angelo 1998/06/03]
| Artifact Creature - Construct 2/3 |
4 (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| {T}: Grapeshot Catapult deals 1 damage to target creature with flying. |
- Note - This card had no creature type until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Construct".
| Artifact |
4 (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
{2}, {T}: Put a charge counter on Green Mana Battery.
{T}, Remove any number of charge counters from Green Mana Battery: Add {G} to your mana pool, then add an additional {G} to your mana pool for each charge counter removed this way. |
- See Black Mana Battery for rulings.
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
| Artifact |
1 (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| {1}, {T}: Target creature gains banding until end of turn. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding a player controls are blocking or being blocked by a creature, that player divides that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.) |
| Artifact |
2 (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| At the beginning of each player's draw step, if Howling Mine is untapped, that player draws an additional card. |
- The additional draw is separate from any other draw during your draw step. It happens when the triggered ability resolves. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
- It does not trigger at all if this is tapped at the start of the draw step, and it checks this again on resolution. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
- If Howling Mine leaves play before it resolves, then the last known tap or untap state of the card is used for resolution. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
| Artifact |
1 (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Whenever a player casts a red spell, you may pay {1}. If you do, you gain 1 life. |
| Artifact |
1 (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Whenever a player casts a white spell, you may pay {1}. If you do, you gain 1 life. |
| Artifact |
1 (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain X life, where X is the number of cards in your hand minus four. |
- The amount of life is determined when effect is resolved and not when it is announced. [D'Angelo 1995/10/05]
- If the total is less than zero, you neither gain nor lose life. [D'Angelo 2001/08/31]
- Vintage tournaments (see Rule 801) restricted this card from 1994/05/02 until 1999/10/01.
- Legacy tournaments (see Rule 802) banned this card until 1999/10/01.
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have always banned this card.
- Standard (Type 2) tournaments (see Rule 804) have banned this card since 1997/01/01. Previously it was restricted since this format was created.
| Artifact |
4 (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| {1}: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to target creature this turn, that source deals that damage to you instead. |
| Artifact |
2 (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| {3}, {T}: Untap target creature. |
| Artifact |
4 (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| {4}, {T}: Draw a card. |
- Note - In Limited Edition and Unlimited Edition, the term "Mono Artifact" was used to indicate that tapping was part of the use cost.
| Artifact |
4 (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| All Swamps are 1/1 creatures that are still lands. |
- The creatures are not black. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
- It affects Swamps controlled by any and all players. [D'Angelo 1994/03/01]
- The Swamps are both lands and creatures at the same time. [D'Angelo 1994/03/01] They are affected by anything that affects either permanent type. For example, Wrath of God and Armageddon or Smoke and Winter Orb.
- With Balance, consider them both as lands and as creatures. Just remove whatever you have to in order to achieve "balance". And yes, this does mean that they get double-counted :-( [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - Also see Changing a Permanent's Type, Rule 212.1c.
| Artifact |
1 (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
You have no maximum hand size. If an effect causes you to discard a card, discard it, but you may put it on top of your library instead of into your graveyard. |
- The ability replaces the normal discard action with a discard action that puts the card on the library instead of the graveyard. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
- Since the card goes directly to the library, the card is not revealed unless the spell or ability requiring the discard specifically says it is. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
- The discard triggers anything else that triggers on discards, such as Psychic Purge and Megrim. [D'Angelo 1998/07/17]
- The text "you have no maximum hand size" means you don't have to discard down to 7 cards during your cleanup step. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
- If more than one card is discarded due to a single effect, the Library allows you to decide whether or not to use it on each of the cards. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03] You get to decide the order the cards are placed on the library if more than one goes there. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
- You can look at a randomly discarded card before deciding where it goes. [D'Angelo 1997/04/11]
- The ability triggers on any spell or ability that has you discard as part of the effect. It does not matter if you or your opponent control the spell or ability. The discard is forced because it is an effect. [Oracle 1998/07/01]
- The ability does not trigger on any spell or ability that has you discard as part of a cost. For example, Land's Edge. [Oracle 1998/07/01] Also, cards like Forbid, which have you discard as part of the buyback cost. [D'Angelo 1998/06/18]
- If multiple effects modify your hand size limit, apply them in the order they enter play. For example, if both this and Recycle are in play, the most recent in play decides your hand size. [D'Angelo 2001/05/21]
| Artifact |
1 (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Mana Vault doesn't untap during your untap step.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {4}. If you do, untap Mana Vault.
At the beginning of your draw step, if Mana Vault is tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.
{T}: Add {3} to your mana pool. |
- 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 2000/04/01.
| Artifact |
1 (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| Creatures with power 3 or greater don't untap during their controllers' untap steps. |
| Artifact |
2 (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| {2}, {T}: Target player puts the top two cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard. |
- Library of Leng has no effect on the Millstone because cards are moved to the graveyard. They are not "discarded". [bethmo 1994/10/01]
- Can be used on a player with less than 2 cards in their library. It will remove 0 or 1 cards if that is all that is available. [Duelist Magazine #6, Page 130]
- It is not a draw effect so it will not cause a player with less than 2 cards in their library to lose. [Duelist Magazine #6, Page 130]
- Since you are putting more than one card in the graveyard at one time, the affected player can choose the order the 2 cards go in. [Aahz 1997/11/17]
| Artifact Creature - Juggernaut 5/5 |
7 (7) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.) At the beginning of your upkeep, unless you discard a card, tap Mishra's War Machine and it deals 3 damage to you. |
- You may choose to take damage or to discard. You cannot avoid taking damage if you have no cards to discard. [bethmo 1994/06/01]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - Also see Banding, Rule 502.10.
- Note - This card had no creature type until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Juggernaut".
| Artifact |
4 (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Nevinyrral's Disk enters the battlefield tapped. {1}, {T}: Destroy all artifacts, creatures, and enchantments. |
- Creatures can be regenerated although the enchantments on the creatures will still be destroyed by the Disk. Enchantments with regeneration abilities, such as Regeneration can be used before they leave play. [PPG Page 222]
- The destruction of the disk is not a sacrifice. It is destroyed as part of the resolution if it is still in play. And it can regenerate from this if it was animated. [Duelist Magazine #15, Page 28]
- Like all abilities, once activated the effect occurs even if this card is removed from play. [Peterson 1994/11/01] For example, if you Capsize the Disk it won't be in play when it resolves but its effect will still destroy everything else.
- Guardian Beast can prevent this card from destroying itself. [D'Angelo 1996/11/07]
- Note - The Limited Edition and Unlimited Editions were of type "Mono Artifact". This meant they tapped as a cost. See Rule G13.14.
| Artifact Creature - Golem 4/6 |
6 (6) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
- Note - In Fourth Edition (and earlier) this card did not have a creature type.
| Artifact Creature - Construct 2/2 |
3 (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| When Onulet is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you gain 2 life. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - The incorrect artist is listed on the Revised Edition card. It should be Anson Maddocks. [Duelist Magazine #4, Page 138]
- Note - This card had no creature type until Oracle 2007/09/01 when it became "Construct".
| Artifact Creature - Thopter 0/2 |
0 (0) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Flying |
- Note - This card had no creature type until Ninth Edition and Oracle 2005/08/01.
| Artifact Creature - Shapeshifter X/X |
4 (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| As Primal Clay enters the battlefield, it becomes your choice of a 3/3 artifact creature, a 2/2 artifact creature with flying, or a 1/6 Shapeshifter Wall artifact creature with defender. |
- The form is chosen when this card comes into play. [D'Angelo 2000/12/07]
- A Clone or Vesuvan Doppelganger of this card which is entering play may not choose a different form than the original. [WotC Rules Team 1998/03/31]
- If put into play by a means other than casting it, you choose the form right before it comes into play. [WotC Rules Team 1998/02/01]
- Note - Also see Defender, Rule 502.41.
- Note - Also see Walls, Rule G23.1.
- Note - This card had no creature type until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Shapeshifter".
| Artifact |
4 (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
{2}, {T}: Put a charge counter on Red Mana Battery.
{T}, Remove any number of charge counters from Red Mana Battery: Add {R} to your mana pool, then add an additional {R} to your mana pool for each charge counter removed this way. |
- See Black Mana Battery for rulings.
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
| Artifact |
4 (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| {3}, {T}: Rod of Ruin deals 1 damage to target creature or player. |
| Artifact Creature - Shapeshifter X/7-X |
6 (6) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
As Shapeshifter enters the battlefield, choose a number between 0 and 7. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may choose a number between 0 and 7. Shapeshifter's power is equal to the last chosen number and its toughness is equal to 7 minus that number. |
- The power/toughness change is a triggered ability that occurs only once each upkeep. [D'Angelo 2000/02/25]
- The change affects the initial power/toughness, not the current power/toughness. [D'Angelo 1998/06/05]
- If it begins upkeep with power of 2 or less, the Dwarven Warriors may be tapped to make it unblockable before you change the Shapeshifter to be a 6/1 creature. [Aahz 1994/06/01]
- Note - This card had no creature type until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Shapeshifter".
| Artifact |
1 (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Whenever a creature is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay {1}. If you do, you gain 1 life. |
- It cannot be used on creatures which are removed from the game by Disintegrate, Swords to Plowshares, or a similar effect. [D'Angelo 1994/10/01]
- If animated so it is a creature, it can be triggered off its own destruction. [CompRules 1999/04/23]
| Artifact |
3 (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| You may spend white mana as though it were red mana. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
| Artifact |
4 (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| {2}, {T}: Target creature with power 2 or less is unblockable this turn. |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - The Antiquities version of this card made the creature blockable only by artifact creatures. Use the above text instead.
| Artifact |
2 (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
You may choose not to untap Tawnos's Weaponry during your untap step. {2}, {T}: Target creature gets +1/+1 for as long as Tawnos's Weaponry remains tapped. |
- Note - There is a variant of the Antiquities version of this card on which the generic mana circle is missing behind the activation cost.
| Artifact Creature - Construct 1/1 |
6 (6) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Flying Tetravus enters the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may remove any number of +1/+1 counters from Tetravus. If you do, put that many 1/1 colorless Tetravite artifact creature tokens onto the battlefield. They each have flying and "This creature can't be enchanted." At the beginning of your upkeep, you may exile any number of tokens put onto the battlefield with Tetravus. If you do, put that many +1/+1 counters on Tetravus. |
- You choose the order in which the two triggered abilities are put on the stack. So it's possible to order them so you can create Tetravite tokens then immediately convert them back into +1/+1 counters, or vice versa. [D'Angelo 2008/07/12]
- A token creature gets summoning sickness (see Rule G19.39), so it cannot attack on the turn it enters play. [D'Angelo 1998/02/03]
- If the Tetravus is destroyed when the Tetravites are off the card, they are not destroyed, they are just orphaned. [bethmo 1994/06/01]
- Any +1/+1 counter which is on this card can be turned into a Tetravite token. It does not care where the +1/+1 counter came from. [WotC Rules Team 1998/03/01]
- Only Tetravites from this specific Tetravus may be removed for the ability. Ones from a different Tetravus can't. [D'Angelo 2001/08/31]
- A Clone of Tetravus does get the counters since this is done as it comes into play. A Vesuvan Doppelganger only gets tokens if it copies the Tetravus at the time it is played and not as a later doppel effect. [WotC Rules Team 1994/07/27]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
- Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.
- Note - Also see Token Creatures, Rule 216.
- Note - This card had no creature type until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Construct".
| Artifact |
5 (5) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| {5}, {T}: Put a 1/1 colorless Insect artifact creature token with flying named Wasp onto the battlefield. (It can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) |
| Artifact |
1 (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
As The Rack enters the battlefield, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, The Rack deals X damage to that player, where X is 3 minus the number of cards in his or her hand. |
- You choose one opposing player as this card enters play and it only affects that one player. This choice is not changed even if this card changes controllers. It becomes useless but stays in play if the chosen player leaves play. [Jordan 2001/02/13]
- Amount of damage is determined when effect is resolved and not when it is announced. [D'Angelo 1995/10/05]
- No damage is done if X is zero or less. [D'Angelo 2001/08/31]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) banned this card from 1999/10/01 until 2006/10/20 when it became part of Time Spiral.
| Artifact |
1 (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Whenever a player casts a black spell, you may pay {1}. If you do, you gain 1 life. |
| Artifact Creature - Construct 1/1 |
6 (6) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
Triskelion enters the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on it. Remove a +1/+1 counter from Triskelion: Triskelion deals 1 damage to target creature or player. |
- Counters are removed one at a time, so as soon as you remove one that causes its toughness to drop to the amount of damage it has, it is destroyed. [D'Angelo 1996/11/08]
- Counters can be used on the turn it enters play because it does not require tapping. [bethmo 1994/06/01]
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) banned this card from 1999/10/01 until 2003/10/19.
- Note - This card had no creature type until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Construct".
| Artifact Creature - Shapeshifter 4/4 |
6 (6) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| {0}: Urza's Avenger gets -1/-1 and gains your choice of banding, flying, first strike, or trample until end of turn. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.) |
| Artifact Creature - Wall 2/3 |
3 (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
Defender (This creature can't attack.) First strike |
| Artifact |
4 (4) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
{2}, {T}: Put a charge counter on White Mana Battery.
{T}, Remove any number of charge counters from White Mana Battery: Add {W} to your mana pool, then add an additional {W} to your mana pool for each charge counter removed this way. |
- See Black Mana Battery for rulings.
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
| Artifact |
2 (2) |
Quarta Edizione (Rare) |
| As long as Winter Orb is untapped, players can't untap more than one land during their untap steps. |
| Artifact |
1 (1) |
Quarta Edizione (Uncommon) |
| Whenever a player casts a green spell, you may pay {1}. If you do, you gain 1 life. |
| Artifact Creature - Soldier 1/4 |
3 (3) |
Quarta Edizione (Common) |
| Vigilance |
- Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) banned this card from 1999/10/01 until 2003/10/19.
- Note - Also see Vigilance, Rule 502.14.
- Note - The Antiquities and Fourth Edition versions of this card had no creature type. A creature type "Soldier" was added in Mirrodin.
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