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91. Force Spike

• The payment is optional. [Aahz 1994/09/02]
• Note - This card was of type Interrupt and is now of type Instant. [Oracle 1999/09/03]

80. Firebolt

• Note - Also see Flashback, Rule 502.22.

81. Deep Analysis

• Note - Also see Flashback, Rule 502.22.

82. Gerrard's Verdict

83. Basking Rootwalla

• Note - Also see Madness, Rule 502.24.

84. Wonder

• The "in your graveyard" ability is ordered as if it starts at the time that this card goes to your graveyard. [Judgment FAQ 2002/05/28]

85. Goblin Legionnaire

86. Engineered Plague

• The creature type is chosen just before this card comes into play. This is not a "comes into play" triggered ability. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
• Note - See Rule 212.1e for details on picking a creature type.
• Note - Also see Creature Type, Rule 205.3 and Rule 212.3.

87. Goblin Ringleader

• Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.
• Note - Also see Haste, Rule 502.5.

88. Wing Shards

• Note - Also see Storm, Rule 502.30.

89. Cabal Coffers

• This counts as a "land tapped for mana" even if you control no Swamps and it generates zero mana with the ability. [D'Angelo 2007/12/05]

90. Roar of the Wurm

• Note - Also see Flashback, Rule 502.22.
• Note - Also see Token Creatures, Rule 216.

75. Circular Logic

• Note - Also see Madness, Rule 502.24.

74. Chainer's Edict

• Note - Also see Flashback, Rule 502.22.

73. Wild Mongrel

72. Goblin Warchief

71. Lobotomy

• You only get to pick one card from the player's hand. [D'Angelo 1997/11/03]
• If the player has no cards in their hand, you still get to look through their deck, but you do not get to remove any cards. [D'Angelo 1998/01/27]
• It removes the chosen card plus all others in the hand, library, and graveyard. [D'Angelo 1998/02/25] Some people thought the chosen card was not removed due to some vague wording.
• Does not affect cards in play. [Invasion FAQ 2000/10/03]
• You have the choice to not find copies of the card in their library (see Rule G19.4). You would almost certainly want to find them all, however. [D'Angelo 2001/06/15]

70. Terminate

69. Armadillo Cloak

• Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
• Note - Also see Trample, Rule 502.9.
• Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.

68. Elves of Deep Shadow

• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
• Note - This card used to be of creature type "Elf" and not "Elf Druid" until Ravnica and Oracle 2005/10/01.

76. Astral Slide

• If a player cycles a card during the end of turn step, the creature that is removed from the game won't come back into play until the end of the next turn. [Onslaught FAQ 2002/09/24]
• If a face down card is removed from the game, it turns face up and remains face up when it returns to play. [Onslaught FAQ 2002/09/24]

77. Arrogant Wurm

• Note - Also see Madness, Rule 502.24.
• Note - Also see Trample, Rule 502.9.

78. Life (Life/Death)

• Note - Also see Death (Life/Death) for the second half of this card.
• Note - Also see Split Cards, Rule 505.

79. Fire (Fire/Ice)

• You cannot choose zero targets. You must choose between 1 and 2 targets. [DeLaney 2003/05/19]
• Note - Also see Ice (Fire/Ice) for the second half of this card.
• Note - Also see Split Cards, Rule 505.

67. Icy Manipulator

• Tapping a card with an effect like this will never pay the cost of an ability. For example, tapping a land with this card will not put a point of mana into a player's pool. And tapping a Prodigal Sorcerer will not make them have to deal a point of damage to something. [D'Angelo 1998/02/03]
• This card's ability is played on the stack. That means that any instants or abilities announced in response to it will resolve first. Also, any card which is tapped as a cost will be tapped before this resolves. What this means is that the Icy Manipulator cannot be used to stop someone from using an ability of the permanent you plan to tap. [D'Angelo 1998/06/03] It can be used to make a player use the ability now or to not use it. For example, you can use the Icy on your opponent's Prodigal Sorcerer and force them to use it or let it get tapped. Then you can play a 6/1 Ball Lightning, knowing the creature will at least live long enough to damage your opponent.
• If you want to stop someone from attacking with a creature by using this card, you must do so before attackers are declared. You cannot wait until after attackers are declared and then try to use it to make a creature stop attacking. [D'Angelo 1998/06/03] Note that your opponent cannot start declaring attackers without letting you use the Icy.
• Tapping an attacking creature which did not tap to attack does not remove the creature from the attack or cause the creature to stop dealing damage. [D'Angelo 1998/06/03]
• 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]
• Can target a tapped card, but tapping a tapped card does nothing useful. [Duelist Magazine #5, Page 23] And it will not trigger "if the card becomes tapped" effects.
• Vintage tournaments (see Rule 801) restricted this card from 1994/01/25 to 1994/03/23.

66. Counterspell

• Note - In Fifth Edition (and before) this was an Interrupt. All such spells are now Instants.

65. Duress

64. Kird Ape

• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card until 2005/08/20 because it was not in a legal expansion.

63. Circle of Protection: Red

• Note - See Circle of Protection: Black for rulings.

62. Juggernaut

• Invisibility can make the Juggernaut unblockable. The "can only be blocked by walls" of Invisibility does not override the text on the Juggernaut which says it cannot be blocked by walls. [bethmo 1994/04/01]
• There is no penalty if for some reason the Juggernaut cannot attack, but if it can attack you must do so. [bethmo 1994/08/05]
• Legacy tournaments (see Rule 802) banned this card until 1997/10/01. It is currently unrestricted.
• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) banned this card from 1999/10/01 until 2007/07/20 when it was reprinted in Tenth Edition.
• Note - Also see Must Attack, Rule 500.
• Note - This card had no creature type until Tenth Edition and Oracle 2007/07/13 when it became "Juggernaut".

61. Fact or Fiction

• You choose which pile to put into your hand. [D'Angelo 2000/10/14]
• The cards put into your hand are not considered to be "drawn". [D'Angelo 2006/01/29]
• The revealed cards are revealed in order, so that all players know what order they were on the library. [Barclay 2003/07/08]
• Vintage tournaments (see Rule 801) have restricted this card since 2002/01/01.
• Legacy tournaments (see Rule 802) banned this card from 2002/01/01 until 2004/09/20.

60. Cabal Therapy

• You name the card during resolution, then your opponent reveals their hand and discards if appropriate. There is no way for your opponent to do anything between you naming the card and them discarding. [Judgment FAQ 2002/05/28]
• Note - Also see Flashback, Rule 502.22.

59. Blastoderm

• Note - Also see Fading, Rule 502.20.
• Note - Also see Shroud, Rule 502.36.

58. Flametongue Kavu

• If it comes into play as the only targetable creature in play, it must target itself. [Planeshift FAQ 2001/01/26]

57. Seal of Cleansing

• Note - Cycle with Seal of Doom, Seal of Fire, Seal of Removal, and Seal of Strength.

56. Rancor

• Note - Also see Aura, Rule G1.30.
• Note - Also see Trample, Rule 502.9.
• Note - This card was of type "Enchant Creature" until Oracle 2005/08/01.

55. Brainstorm

• This is all one effect. You draw 3 and return 2 cards all in one resolution. Nothing may be used between the two. [D'Angelo 1999/10/12]
• Vintage tournaments (see Rule 801) have restricted this card since 2008/06/20.

54. Mother of Runes

• You can only pick black, blue, green, red, or white. See Rule 203.2d. [DeLaney 1999/02/10]
• Note - Also see Protection, Rule 502.7.
• Note - This card was creature type "Cleric" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Human Cleric".

53. Reanimate

• Note - Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule G3.29.

52. Avalanche Riders

• Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.
• Note - Also see Haste, Rule 502.5.
• Note - Also see Echo, Rule 502.19.
• Note - This card was of creature type "Nomad" and not "Human Nomad" until Oracle 2006/10/01 and Time Spiral.
• Note - This card was designed by Darwin Kastle after winning the 1999 tournament in Barcelona.

51. Accumulated Knowledge

• The count does not include the card that is currently resolving. The card does not go to the graveyard until after it is done resolving. [Nemesis FAQ 2000/02/07]

50. Treetop Village

• The animating ability sets the initial characteristics for the land creature. So, while you can use the ability again, it won't have any additional effect if used more than once. [Urza's Legacy FAQ 1999/02/03]
• The land is subject to summoning sickness if you didn't control its card since the start of your most recent turn. [Urza's Legacy FAQ 1999/02/03] See Rule G19.39.
• It has creature type "Ape" since Tenth Edition and Oracle 2007/07/13. [D'Angelo 2007/07/15]
• Note - Also see Trample, Rule 502.9.

49. Carrion Feeder

48. Lightning Rift

• You choose the target when this ability is put on the stack, but you do not decide whether or not to pay the mana until the ability resolves. [Onslaught FAQ 2002/09/24]

47. Krosan Warchief

46. Silver Knight

• Note - Also see First Strike, Rule 502.2.
• Note - Also see Protection, Rule 502.7.
• Note - This card was creature type "Knight" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Human Knight".

45. Slice and Dice

• Note - Also see Cycling, Rule 502.18.

44. Willbender

• The trigger occurs when you use the Morph ability to turn the card face up, or when an effect turns it face up. It will not trigger on being revealed or on leaving play. [Legions FAQ 2003/01/23]
• Note - Also see Morph, Rule 502.26.
• Note - This card was of creature type "Wizard" and not "Human Wizard" until Oracle 2006/10/01.

43. Withered Wretch

42. Krosan Tusker

• You search your library due to the triggered ability before the Cycling ability resolves. [Onslaught FAQ 2002/09/24]
• Note - Also see Cycling, Rule 502.18.
• Note - This card was creature type "Beast" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Boar Beast".

41. Sparksmith

40. Whipcorder

• Note - Also see Morph, Rule 502.26.
• Note - This card was creature type "Soldier Rebel" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Human Soldier Rebel".

39. Smother

• Note - Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule G3.29.

38. Disenchant

• 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]

37. Scragnoth

• If a counterspell resolves against this card, it fails to counter it. [D'Angelo 1998/02/03]
• Counterspells like Dissipate and Memory Lapse do not have their side effect happen when the countering fails. This is because these spells just are a counter with a "put the card someplace instead of the graveyard after the counter is successful", which cannot happen if the counter is not successful. [Aahz 1997/10/07]
• Desertion will not put the card in play for you. It only does that if the spell is successfully countered. [D'Angelo 1998/01/20]
• Counterspells do have their untargeted parts work since the counter just fails rather than being countered itself. So Dismiss lets you draw a card. [D'Angelo 1998/01/06]
• Power Sink does have its side-effect happen even if the countering fails. [Duelist Magazine #23, Page 23]
• Mana Drain does have its side-effect because it happens even if the counter fails. [Aahz 1997/11/17]
• Spells such as Sleight of Mind can target Scragnoth and affect it while it is being cast. Only countering effects are ignored. [D'Angelo 1997/12/15]
• Note - Also see Protection, Rule 502.7.

36. Goblin Bombardment

35. Priest of Titania

• Since he is an Elf, he counts himself. [D'Angelo 1999/08/03]
• Note - This card was creature type "Elf" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Elf Druid".

34. Capsize

• Note - Also see Buyback, Rule 502.16.

32. Muscle Sliver

• Yes, it does give the +1/+1 bonus to itself. [D'Angelo 1997/11/10]

33. Crystalline Sliver

• This card makes slivers in play untargetable. What this means is that no spell or ability with the word "target" in its text can be announced with a Sliver in play as the target. If the spell or ability does not use the word "target", then Crystalline Sliver does not protect the slivers from it. It is very important to remember that cards can be affected without targeting them! [D'Angelo 1998/06/11] For example, none of the Slivers use the word "target" when granting Sliver abilities.
• The ability only applies while this card is in play. [D'Angelo 1999/06/02]
• Note - Also see Shroud, Rule 502.36.

31. Bottle Gnomes

• Note - The Tempest version of this card did not have a creature type. It is now of creature type Gnome. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

30. White Knight

• Note - Also see First Strike, Rule 502.2.
• Note - Also see Protection, Rule 502.7.
• Note - This card was creature type "Knight" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Human Knight".

29. Mogg Fanatic

• If you block a creature with Mogg Fanatic, you can sacrifice it before combat damage is assigned (in which case the attacker is blocked but neither the attacker nor Mogg Fanatic deal damage). Or you can sacrifice it after combat damage is assigned but before damage resolves (in which case the blocked creature takes 1 damage from the Mogg Fanatic in combat but deals nothing to the now missing Mogg Fanatic... this is in addition to the 1 damage the Mogg Fanatic's ability can do). So it is possible to block a 2/2 creature and kill it with a Mogg Fanatic. [D'Angelo 1999/06/01]

28. Spike Feeder

• It dies as a state based effect just after you remove the last counter when announcing its ability to remove a counter and right before any other spells or abilities can be used. There is no way to sacrifice it or do anything else with it before it dies. [D'Angelo 1999/06/01]

27. Forbid

• You actually have to discard the cards if you want to pay the buyback (see Rule 502.16). [D'Angelo 1998/06/18]
• Note - Also see Buyback, Rule 502.16.
• Note - Before errata, it was of type Interrupt. It is now of type Instant.

26. Aura of Silence

• Affects all opponents in a multiplayer game. [D'Angelo 1999/07/10]

25. Drain Life

• 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.

24. Fireslinger

• Note - This card was creature type "Wizard" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Human Wizard".

23. Wall of Blossoms

• Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.
• Note - Also see Defender, Rule 502.41.
• Note - Also see Walls, Rule G23.1.
• Note - This card was creature type "Wall" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Plant Wall".

22. Black Knight

• Note - Also see First Strike, Rule 502.2.
• Note - Also see Protection, Rule 502.7.
• Note - This card was creature type "Knight" until Oracle 2007/09/01 when it became "Human Knight".

21. Dissipate

• The card does not go to the graveyard before being removed from the game. [DeLaney 1999/01/04]
• If the spell is not countered (because the spell it targets cannot be countered), then it does not get removed from the game. [D'Angelo 2001/04/16]
• Note - Before errata, this card was of type Interrupt. [Oracle 1999/07/01]

20. Albino Troll

• Note - Also see Echo, Rule 502.19.

19. Soltari Priest

• Note - Also see Protection, Rule 502.7.
• Note - Also see Shadow, Rule 502.8.
• Note - This card was of creature type "Cleric" and not "Soltari Cleric" until Oracle 2006/10/01.

18. Fireblast

• Note - Also see Mana Cost, Rule G13.7

17. Impulse

• Due to errata, you no longer shuffle your library. [Oracle 1998/07/01]
• This is not a "draw". [Aahz 1997/01/29]

16. Carnophage

15. Quirion Ranger

• It can target an untapped creature. [D'Angelo 1997/06/04]

14. Jackal Pup

13. Ophidian

12. Swords to Plowshares

• 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

11. Staunch Defenders

• Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.
• Note - This card was creature type "Soldier" until Oracle 2007/10/01, when it became "Human Soldier".

10. Llanowar Elves

• Note - This card was of creature type "Elf" and not "Elf Druid" until Ninth Edition and Oracle 2005/08/01.

9. Stone Rain

8. Prodigal Sorcerer

• Note - This card was of creature type "Wizard" and not "Human Wizard" until Oracle 2006/10/01 and Time Spiral.

7. Giant Growth

6. Shock

5. Mind Warp

• The target player decides what order to put the cards in the graveyard. You decide which cards, but they do the discarding. [Duelist Magazine #14, Page 27]
• Note - Also see X Costs, Rule G24.1.

4. Volcanic Geyser

• Note - Also see X Costs, Rule G24.1.

3. Longbow Archer

• Note - Also see First Strike, Rule 502.2.
• Note - Also see Reach, Rule 502.70.
• Note - In Visions this card was of creature type Archer.
• Note - This card was of creature type "Archer" from Visions until Sixth Edition. It was of creature type "Soldier" until Oracle 2006/01/15.

2. Terror

• 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]

1. River Boa

• Note - Also see Landwalk, Rule 502.6.

92. Remand

93. Tormod's Crypt

• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.