============================================================================== Card Rulings Summary (CHANGES ONLY) Updated 2008/07/13 ============================================================================== Rulings are collected from many sources. See credits and disclaimer at the end of the file for details. This release is under the rules used by TENTH EDITION. Complete text is included for cards from all expansions. These rulings have been updated monthly with the most recent version available on the web (WWW) as the following: http://www.crystalkeep.com/magic/rules A '+' is used to mark changes since the 2008/06/10 release. Thanx, Stephen. ---- Stephen D'Angelo | Crystal Keep Editor dangelo@crystalkeep.com | Former Wizards of the Coast NetRep ============================================================================== - - * - * - A - * - * - - Acidic Dagger: + Text(MI+errata): {4},{Tap}: Whenever target creature deals combat damage to a non-Wall creature this turn, destroy that non-Wall creature. When the targeted creature leaves play this turn, sacrifice ~this~. Play this ability only during combat before blockers are declared. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Alaborn Veteran: + Text(P2+errata): 2/2. ; {Tap}: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Play this ability only during your turn, before the attackers are declared. [Oracle 2008/07/01] An-Havva Inn: + Text(HL+errata): Gain X plus 1 life, where X is the number of green creatures in play. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Animate Artifact: + Text(4th+errata): 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. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Apprentice Sorcerer: + Text(P2+errata): 1/1. ; {Tap}: ~this~ deals 1 damage to target creature or player. Play this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared. [Oracle 2008/07/01] - - * - * - B - * - * - - Balduvian Conjurer: + Text(IA+errata): 0/2. ; {Tap}: Target snow land becomes a 2/2 creature until end of turn. It's still a land. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Brainstorm: + Text(MM+errata): Draw three cards, then put any two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Broken Visage: + Text(5th+errata): Destroy target nonartifact attacking creature. It can't be regenerated. Put a black Spirit creature token into play with that creature's power and toughness. Sacrifice the token at end of turn. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Burnout: + Text(AL+errata): Counter target instant spell if it's blue. ; Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. [Oracle 2008/07/01] - - * - * - C - * - * - - Cao Cao, Lord of Wei: + Text(P3+errata): 3/3. ; {Tap}: Target opponent discards two cards. Play this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Cloak of Confusion: + Text(5th+errata): Enchant creature you control. ; Whenever enchanted creature attacks and isn't blocked, you may have it deal no combat damage this turn. If you do, defending player discards a card at random. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Clockwork Avian: + Text(4th+errata): 0/4, Flying. ; ~this~ comes into play with four +1/+0 counters on it. ; At end of combat, if ~this~ attacked or blocked this combat, remove a +1/+0 counter from it. ; {X},{Tap}: Put up to X +1/+0 counters on ~this~. This ability can't cause the total number of +1/+0 counters on ~this~ to be greater than four. Play this ability only during your upkeep. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Clockwork Beast: + Text(5th+errata): 0/4. ; ~this~ comes into play with seven +1/+0 counters on it. ; At end of combat, if ~this~ attacked or blocked this combat, remove a +1/+0 counter from it. ; {X},{Tap}: Put up to X +1/+0 counters on ~this~. This ability can't cause the total number of +1/+0 counters on ~this~ to be greater than seven. Play this ability only during your upkeep. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Clockwork Steed: + Text(5th+errata): 0/3. ; ~this~ comes into play with four +1/+0 counters on it. ; ~this~ can't be blocked by artifact creatures. ; At end of combat, if ~this~ attacked or blocked this combat, remove a +1/+0 counter from it. ; {X},{Tap}: Put up to X +1/+0 counters on ~this~. This ability can't cause the total number of +1/+0 counter on ~this~ to be greater than four. Play this ability only during your upkeep. [Oracle 2007/10/01] Coastal Wizard: + Text(P2+errata): 1/1. ; {Tap}: Return ~this~ and another target creature to their owners' hands. Play this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Cunning Advisor: + Text(P3+errata): 1/1. ; {Tap}: Target opponent discards a card. Play this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Cunning Giant: + Text(P2+errata): 4/4. ; If ~this~ is unblocked, you may have it assign its combat damage to a creature defending player controls. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Cyclopean Tomb: + Text(ABU+errata): {2},{Tap}: Put a mire counter on target non-Swamp land. That land is a Swamp as long as it has a mire counter on it. Play this ability only during your upkeep. ; When ~this~ is put into a graveyard from play, at the beginning of your upkeeps until the end of the game, remove a mire counter from a land that a mire counter was put onto with ~this~. [Oracle 2008/07/01] + If this card leaves play to a zone other than the graveyard, the ability that removes counters over time will not trigger and those counters will remain indefinitely. [D'Angelo 2008/07/12] + After leaving play, the ability will only remove counters that this instance of the card created. [D'Angelo 2001/08/31] Each instance of this card will make its own removal ability, so it's possible to remove more than one each turn if there was more than one Tomb in play over time. [D'Angelo 2008/07/12] - - * - * - D - * - * - - Deep Spawn: + Text(FE+errata): 6/6, Trample. ; At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice ~this~ unless you put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard. ; {U}: ~this~ gains shroud until end of turn and doesn't untap during your next untap step. Tap ~this~. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Diabolic Vision: + Text(IA+errata): Look at the top five cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on top of your library in any order. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Diaochan, Artful Beauty: + Text(P3+errata): 1/1. ; {Tap}: Destroy target creature of your choice, then destroy target creature of an opponent's choice. Play this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Disharmony: + Text(LG+errata): Play ~this~ only during combat before blockers are declared. ; Untap target attacking creature. Gain control of that creature until end of turn. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Dream Tides: + Text(VI+errata): 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 nongreen creatures he or she controls and pay {2} for each creature chosen this way. If the player does, untap those creatures. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Drought: + Text(IA+errata): At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice ~this~ unless you pay {W}{W}. ; Spells cost an additional "Sacrifice a Swamp" to play for each black mana symbol in their mana costs. ; Activated abilities cost an additional "Sacrifice a Wamp" to play for each black mana symbol in their activation costs. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Dual Nature: + Text(PY+errata): Whenever a nontoken creature comes into play, its controller puts a token into play that's a copy of that creature. ; Whenever a nontoken creature leaves play, remove all tokens with the same name as that creature from the game. ; When ~this~ leaves play, remove all tokens put into play with ~this~ from the game. [Oracle 2008/07/01] - - * - * - E - * - * - - Ebon Praetor: + Text(FE+errata): 5/5, Trample, First Strike. ; At the beginning of your upkeep, put a -2/-2 counter on ~this~. ; Sacrifice a creature: Remove a -2/-2 counter from ~this~. If the sacrificed creature was a Thrull, put a +1/+0 counter on ~this~. Play this ability only during your upkeep and only once each turn. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Elemental Augury: + Text(IA+errata): {3}: Look at the top three cards of target player's library and put them back in any order. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Elkin Bottle: + Text(5th+errata): {3},{Tap}: Remove the top card of your library from the game. Until the beginning of your next upkeep, you may play that card. [Oracle 2008/07/01] + You may play the card before the beginning of your next upkeep even if the Bottle leaves play. [D'Angelo 2008/07/01] Ertai's Meddling: + If a spell is targeted by more than one Ertai's Meddling, the first one to resolve will remove it. The second one will find the spell isn't there and so it will be countered. [D'Angelo 2008/07/12] + This card interacts a little oddly with a Flashback spell, the Flashback ability will take effect when the Meddling removes it from the stack. It will replace the remove from game with another remove from game. The Meddling will find that it is removed from game and still be able to add counters to it. When the spell goes back on the stack as a copy, it will remember whether or not the Flashback cost was paid on the original spell. [D'Angelo 2008/07/12] + If a copy of a spell (one that has no card representing it, such as from Mirari) is affected by Ertai's Meddling, the spell ceases to exist when removed from the game. It will get the counters, but then cease to exist at the next time state-based effects are checked, so it will never go back to the stack. [D'Angelo 2008/07/12] Essence Filter: + Text(IA+errata): Destroy all enchantments or destroy all nonwhite enchantments. [Oracle 2008/07/01] - - * - * - F - * - * - - Farrel's Mantle: + Text(FE+errata): Enchant creature. ; Whenever enchanted creature attacks and isn't blocked, its controller may have it deal damage equal to its power plus 2 to target creature. If that player does, the attacking creature deals no combat damage this turn. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Feint: + Text(LG+errata): Tap all creatures blocking target attacking creature. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by that creature and each creature blocking it. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Fire Bowman: + Text(P3+errata): 1/1. ; Sacrifice ~this~: ~this~ deals 1 damage to target creature or player. Play this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Forbidden Lore: + Text(IA+errata): Enchant land. ; Enchanted land has "{Tap}: Target creature gets +2/+1 until end of turn." [Oracle 2008/07/01] Forethought Amulet: + Text(LG+errata): At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice ~this~ unless you pay {3}. ; If an instant or sorcery source would deal 3 or more damage to you, it deals 2 damage to you instead. [Oracle 2008/07/01] - - * - * - G - * - * - - Genju of the Fields: + Text(BK+errata): Enchant Plains. ; {2}: Enchanted Plains becomes a 2/5 white Spirit creature with lifelink until end of turn. It's still a land. ; When enchanted Plains is put into a graveyard, you may return ~this~ from your graveyard to your hand. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Glacial Chasm: + Text(IA+errata): Cumulative Upkeep - Pay 2 life. ; When ~this~ comes into play, sacrifice a land. ; Creatures you control can't attack. ; Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Goblin Firestarter: + Text(P2+errata): 1/1. ; Sacrifice ~this~: ~this~ deals 1 damage to target creature or player. Play this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Goblin Ski Patrol: + Text(IA+errata): 1/1. ; {1}{R}: ~this~ gets +2/+0 and gains flying. Its controller sacrifices it at end of turn. Play this ability only once and only if you control a snow Mountain. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Gorilla War Cry: + Text(AL+errata): Play ~this~ only during combat before blockers are declared. ; Attacking creatures can't be blocked this turn except by two or more creatures. ; Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Grimoire Thief: + The controller of this card may look at the face down cards at any time, even if they were removed while a different player controlled this card. [Morningtide FAQ 2008/01/15] Guiding Spirit: + Text(VI+errata): 1/2, Flying. ; {Tap}: If the top card of target player's graveyard is a creature card, put that card on top of that player's library. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Gustha's Scepter: + Text(AL+errata): {Tap}: Remove a card in your hand from the game face down. You may look at it as long as it remains removed from the game. ; {Tap}: Return a card you removed from the game with ~this~ to your hand. ; When you lose control of ~this~, put all cards removed from the game with ~this~ into their owners' graveyards. [Oracle 2008/07/01] - - * - * - H - * - * - - Hatred: + Text(EX+errata): As an additional cost to play ~this~, pay X life. ; Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Honorable Passage: + Text(TS+errata): The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to target creature or player this turn, prevent that damage. If damage from a red source is prevented this way, ~this~ deals that much damage to the source's controller. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Hua Tuo, Honored Physician: + Text(P3+errata): 1/2. ; {Tap}: Put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library. Play this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared. [Oracle 2008/07/01] - - * - * - I - * - * - - Ice Cauldron: + Text(IA+errata): {X},{Tap}: Put a charge counter on ~this~ and remove a nonland card in your hand from the game. As long as that card remains removed from the game, you may play it. Note the type and amount of mana spent to pay this activation cost. Play this ability only if there are no charge counters on ~this~. ; {Tap},Remove a charge counter from ~this~: Add mana of ~this~'s last noted type and amount to your mana pool. Spend this mana only to play the last card removed from the game with ~this~. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Imperial Recruiter: + Text(P3+errata): 1/1. ; When ~this~ comes into play, search your library for a creature card with power 2 or less, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library. [Oracle 2008/07/01] - - * - * - J - * - * - - Jester's Mask: + Text(IA+errata): ~this~ comes into play tapped. ; {1},{Tap},Sacrifice ~this~: Target opponent puts the cards from his or her hand on top of his or her library. Search that library for that many cards. That player puts those cards into his or her hand, then shuffles his or her library. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Jeweled Amulet: + Text(IA+errata): {1},{Tap}: Put a charge counter on ~this~. Note the type of mana spent to pay this activation cost. Play this ability only if there are no charge counters on ~this~. ; {Tap},Remove a charge counter from ~this~: Add one mana of ~this~'s last noted type to your mana pool. [Oracle 2008/07/01] - - * - * - K - * - * - - King's Assassin: + Text(PT+errata): 1/1. ; {Tap}: Destroy target tapped creature. Play this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Kjeldoran Home Guard: + Text(AL+errata): 1/6. ; At end of combat, if ~this~ attacked or blocked this combat, put a -0/-1 counter ~this~ and put a 0/1 white Deserter creature token into play. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Kjeldoran Pride: + Text(AL+errata): Enchant creature. ; Enchanted creature gets +1/+2. ; {2}{U}: Attach ~this~ to target creature other than enchanted creature. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Krovikan Sorcerer: + Text(5th+errata): 1/1. ; {Tap},Discard a nonblack card: Draw a card. ; {Tap},Discard a black card: Draw two cards, then discard one of them. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Krovikan Vampire: + Text(IA+errata): 3/3. ; At end of turn, if a creature dealt damage by ~this~ this turn was put into a graveyard, put that card into play under your control. Sacrifice it when you lose control of ~this~. [Oracle 2008/07/01] - - * - * - L - * - * - - Lady Sun: + Text(P3+errata): 1/1. ; {Tap}: Return ~this~ and another target creature to their owners' hands. Play this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Lava Storm: + Text(WL+errata): ~this~ deals 2 damage to each attacking creature or ~this~ deals 2 damage to each blocking creature. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Liberate: + Text(IN+errata): Remove target creature you control from the game. Return that card to play under its owner's control at end of turn. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Loyal Retainers: + Text(P3+errata): 1/1. ; Sacrifice ~this~: Return target legendary creature card from your graveyard to play. Play this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Lu Su, Wu Advisor: + Text(P3+errata): 1/2. ; {Tap}: Draw a card. Play this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared. [Oracle 2008/07/01] - - * - * - M - * - * - - Magnetic Mountain: + Text(4th+errata): 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. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Magus of the Unseen: + Text(5th+errata): 1/1. ; {1}{U},{Tap}: Untap target artifact an opponent controls and gain control of it until end of turn. It gains haste until end of turn. When you lose control of the artifact, tap it. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Melee: + Text(IA+errata): Play ~this~ only during your combat phase before blockers are declared. ; Instead of defending player, you choose how each creature blocks this turn. ; Whenever a creature attacks and isn't blocked this turn, untap it and remove it from combat. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Meteor Shower: + Text(IA+errata): ~this~ deals X plus 1 damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures and/or players. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Minion of Leshrac: + Text(IA+errata): 5/5, Protection from Black. ; At the beginning of your upkeep, ~this~ deals 5 damage to you unless you sacrifice a creature other than ~this~. If ~this~ deals damage to you this way, tap it. ; {Tap}: Destroy target creature or land. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Mudslide: + Text(IA+errata): Creatures without flying don't untap during their controllers' untap steps. ; At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player may choose any number of tapped creatures without flying he or she controls and pay {2} for each creature chosen this way. If the player does, untap those creatures. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Musician: + Text(IA+errata): 1/3. ; Cumulative Upkeep - {1}. ; {Tap}: Put a music counter on target creature. If it doesn't have "At the beginning of your upkeep, destroy this creature unless you pay {1} for each music counter on it," it gains that ability. [Oracle 2008/07/01] - - * - * - N - * - * - - Nature's Blessing: + Text(AL+errata): {W}{G},Discard a card: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or that creature gains banding, first strike, or trample. (This effect doesn't end at end of turn.) [Oracle 2008/07/01] Necropotence: + Text(5th+errata): Skip your draw step. ; Whenever you discard a card, remove that card in your graveyard from the game. ; Pay 1 life: Remove the top card of your library from the game face down. Put that card into your hand at the end of your turn. [Oracle 2007/02/01] + If the card is not still in the graveyard when the trigger resolves, it does not remove the card form the game. [D'Angelo 2008/07/12] + The discard removal was a replacement ability until 2008/07/01 when it was made into a triggered ability. [D'Angelo 2008/07/12] Norwood Priestess: + Text(P2+errata): 1/1. ; {Tap}: You may put a green creature card from your hand into play. Play this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared. [Oracle 2008/07/01] - - * - * - O - * - * - - - - * - * - P - * - * - - Pang Tong, "Young Phoenix": + Text(P3+errata): 1/2. ; {Tap}: Target creature gets +0/+2 until end of turn. Play this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Panic: + Text(5th+errata): Play ~this~ only during combat before blockers are declared. ; Target creature can't block this turn. ; Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Phosphorescent Feast: + Text(FS+errata): Chroma - Reveal any number of cards in your hand. You gain 2 life for each green mana symbol in those cards' mana costs. [Oracle 2008/07/01] + Note - Also see Chroma, Rule 703.7. Phyrexian Portal: + Text(AL+errata): {3}: Target opponent looks at the top ten cards of your library and separates them into two face-down piles. Remove one of those piles from the game. Search the ohter pile for a card and put it into your hand, then shuffle your library. Play this ability only if your library has ten or more cards in it. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Piracy: + Text(ST+errata): Until end of turn, you may tap lands you don't control for mana. Spend this mana only to play spells. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Planar Void: + Text(US+errata): Whenever another a card is put into a graveyard from anywhere, remove that card from the game. [Oracle 2008/07/01] + It will not trigger on itself going to the graveyard from play. [D'Angelo 2008/07/12] (This is a reversal because the word "another" was added to the card text.) Puca's Mischief: + Remember that tokens have a converted mana cost of zero unless otherwise specified by the effect that created the token. See Rule 203.1d. [D'Angelo 2008/07/12] Purraj of Urborg: + Text(MI+errata): 2/3. ; ~this~ has first strike as long as it's attacking. ; Whenever a player plays a black spell, you may pay {B}. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on ~this~. [Oracle 2008/07/01] - - * - * - Q - * - * - - Quarum Trench Gnomes: + Text(LG+errata): 1/1. ; {Tap}: If target Plains is tapped for mana, it produces colorless mana instead of white mana. (This effect doesn't end at end of turn.) [Oracle 2008/07/01] - - * - * - R - * - * - - Rapid Fire: + Text(LG+errata): Play ~this~ only before blockers are declared. ; Target creature gains first strike until end of turn. If it doesn't have rampage, that creature gains rampage 2 until end of turn. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Ray of Command: + Text(MI/5th+errata): Untap target creature an opponent controls and gain control of it until end of turn. That creature gains haste until end of turn. When you lose control of the creature, tap it. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Rhystic Cave: + Text(PY+errata): {Tap}: Choose a color. Add one mana of that color to your mana pool unless any player pays {1}. Play this ability only any time you could play an instant. [Oracle 2008/07/12] Ritual of Subdual: + Text(IA+errata): Cumulative Upkeep - {2}. ; If a land is tapped for mana, it produces colorless mana instead of any other type. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Rogue Skycaptain: + Text(AL+errata): 3/4, Flying. ; At the beginning of your upkeep, put a wage counter on ~this~. You may pay {2} for each wage counter on it. If you don't, remove all wage counters from ~this~ and an opponent gains control of it. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Rootrunner: + Text(CK+errata): 3/3. ; {G}{G},Sacrifice ~this~: Put target land on top of its owner's library. ; Soulshift 3. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Rootwater Matriarch: + As long as the target is a creature at the time the ability resolves, the control effect does not end if the target stops being a creature after that. The text "as long as that creature is enchanted" means "as long as the thing that was targeted is enchanted" for purposes of the rules. [D'Angelo 2008/07/12] - - * - * - S - * - * - - Samite Ministration: + Text(IN+errata): Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn by a source of your choice. Whenever damage from a black or red source is prevented this way this turn, you gain that much life. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Search for Survivors: + Text(PY+errata): An opponent choose a card at random from your graveyard. If it's a creature card, put it into play. Otherwise, remove it from the game. Then reorder your graveyard at random. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Shadowbane: + Text(MI+errata): The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you or a creature you control this turn, prevent that damage. If damage from a black source is prevented this way, you gain that much life. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Shared Fate: + Text(MR+errata): If a player would draw a card, that player removes the top card of an opponent's library from the game face down instead. ; Each player may look at and play cards he or she removed from the game with ~this~. [Oracle 2008/07/01] + A Shared Fate tracks can see cards removed from the game only by the same copy of Shared Fate. It will not see cards removed by other copies of this card. [D'Angelo 2008/07/12] Shu Farmer: + Text(P3+errata): 1/1. ; {Tap}: You gain 1 life. Play this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Sigil Tracer: + Remember that a "spell" is a card (or copy of another spell) on the stack. This is not slang for "a card". See Rule 213.3. [D'Angelo 2008/07/12] Spirit of the Night: + Text(MI+errata): 6/5, Flying, Trample, Haste, Protection from Black. ; ~this~ has first strike as long as it's attacking. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Spoils of War: + Text(IA+errata): X is the number of artifact and/or creature cards in an opponent's graveyard as you play ~this~. ; Distribute X +1/+1 counters among any number of target creatures. [Oracle 2008/07/01] + Until Oracle 2008/07/01, this card allowed X to be any amount up to the number of artifact and/or creature cards, but now it must be exactly equal to that count. [D'Angelo 2008/07/12] Steam Catapult: + Text(P2+errata): 2/3. ; {Tap}: Destroy target tapped creature. Play this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Stern Marshal: + Text(PT+errata): 2/2. ; {Tap}: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Play this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Stone Catapult: + Text(P3+errata): 1/2. ; {Tap}: Destroy target tapped nonback creature. Play this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Suffocation: + Text(AL+errata): Play ~this~ only if you were dealt damage this turn by a red instant or sorcery spell. ; ~this~ deals 4 damage to the controller of the last red instant or sorcery spell that dealt damage to you this turn. ; Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Superior Numbers: + Text(MI+errata): ~this~ deals damage to target creature equal to the number of creatures you control in excess of the number of creatures target opponent controls. [Oracle 2008/07/01] + You can target a different player than the one that controls the creature. [D'Angelo 2008/07/12] - - * - * - T - * - * - - Talas Researcher: + Text(P2+errata): 1/1. ; {Tap}: Draw a card. Play this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Teleport: + Text(CH+errata): Play ~this~ only after attackers are declared and before blockers are declared. ; Target creature is unblockable this turn. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Temple Elder: + Text(P2+errata): 1/2. ; {Tap}: You gain 1 life. Play this ability only during your turn before attackers are declared. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Tetravus: + Text(4th+errata): 1/1, Flying. ; ~this~ comes into play with three +1/+1 counters on it. ; At the beginning of your upkeep, you may remove any number of +1/+1 counter from ~this~. If you do, put into play that many 1/1 Tetravite artifact creature tokens with flying and "Tetravite can't be enchanted." ; At the beginning of your upkeep, you may remove any number of tokens put into play with ~this~ from the game. If you do, put that may +1/+1 counters on ~this. [Oracle 2008/07/01] + 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] Thelonite Druid: + Text(FE+errata): 1/1. ; {1}{G},{Tap},Sacrifice a creature: Forests you control become 2/3 creatures until end of turn. They'restill lands. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Thelon's Curse: + Text(FE+errata): Blue creatures do not 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 {U} for each creature chosen this way. If the player does, untap those creatures. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Tombstone Stairwell: + Text(MI+errata): Cumulative Upkeep {1}{B}. ; At the beginning of each upkeep, if ~this~ is in play, each player puts into play a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with haste named Tombspawn for each creature card in his or her graveyard. ; At end of turn or when ~this~ leaves play, destroy all tokens put into play with ~this~. They can't be regenerated. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Torrent of Lava: + Text(MI+errata): ~this~ deals X damage to each creature without flying. ; As long as ~this~ is on the stack, each creature has "{Tap}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to this creature by Torrent of Lava this turn." [Oracle 2008/07/01] - - * - * - U - * - * - - Uba Mask: + Text(CK+errata): If a player would draw a card, that player removes that card from the game face up instead. ; Each player may play cards he or she removed from the game with ~this~ this turn. [Oracle 2008/07/01] - - * - * - V - * - * - - Vitalizing Cascade: + Text(MI+errata): You gain X plus 3 life. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Void Maw: + Text(CS+errata): 4/5, Trample. ; If another creature would be put into a graveyard from play, remove it from the game instead. ; Put a card removed from the game with ~this~ into its owner's graveyard: ~this~ gets +2/+2 until end of turn. [Oracle 2008/07/01] + The triggered ability cannot locate cards removed by other Void Maws. [D'Angelo 2008/07/12] - - * - * - W - * - * - - Weakstone: + Text(AQ+errata): Attacking creatures get -1/-0. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Winter's Chill: + Text(IA+errata): Play ~this~ only during combat before blockers are declared. ; X can't be greater than the number of snow lands you control. ; Destroy X target attacking creatures at end of combat. For each attacking creature, its controller may pay {1} or {2} to prevent this effect. If that player pays only {1} for that creature, prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this turn. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Withering Wisps: + Text(IA+errata): At end of turn, if no creatures are in play, sacrifice ~this~. ; {B}: ~this~ deals 1 damage to each creature and each player. Play this ability no more times each turn than the number of snow Swamps you control. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Worms of the Earth: + Text(DK+errata): Players can't play lands. ; If a land would come into play, instead it doesn't. ; At the beginning of each upkeep, any player may sacrifice two lands or pay 5 life. If a player does either, destroy ~this~. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Wu Longbowman: + Text(P3+errata): 1/1. ; {Tap}: ~this~ deals 1 damage to target creature or player. Play this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared. [Oracle 2008/07/01] - - * - * - X - * - * - - Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed: + Text(P3+errata): 3/2, Horsemanship. ; Sacrifice ~this~: Return target black card from your graveyard to your hand. Play this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Xun Yu, Wei Advisor: + Text(P3+errata): 1/1. ; {Tap}: Target creature you control gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Play this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared. [Oracle 2008/07/01] - - * - * - Y - * - * - - - - * - * - Z - * - * - - Zhuge Jin, Wu Strategist: + Text(P3+errata): 1/1. ; {Tap}: Target creature is unblockable this turn. Play this ability only during your turn, before attackers are declared. [Oracle 2008/07/01] Acknowledgments and Disclaimers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ While this work is not officially issued by Wizards of the Coast, it is the official collected rulings from official sanctioned representatives of and publications by Wizards of the Coast. The expansion sets in this file are indicated by the following code letters: A = Limited Edition (Alpha). B = Limited Edition (Beta). U = Unlimited Edition. R = Revised Edition. 4 = Fourth Edition. 5 = Fifth Edition. 6 = Sixth Edition. 7 = Seventh Edition. 8 = Eighth Edition. 9 = Ninth Edition. 10= Tenth Edition. AL= Alliances. AN= Arabian Nights. AP= Apocalypse. AQ= Antiquities. AT= Anthologies. BD= Beatdown. BK= Betrayers of Kamigawa. BR= Battle Royale. CH= Chronicles. CK= Champions of Kamigawa. CS= Cold Snap. DI= Dissension. DK= The Dark. DS= Darksteel. ET= Eventide. EX= Exodus. FD= Fifth Dawn. FE= Fallen Empires. FS= Future Sight. GP= Guildpact. HL= Homelands. IA= Ice Age. IN= Invasion. JU= Judgment. LE= Legions. LG= Legends. LO= Lorwyn. MI= Mirage. MM= Mercadian Masques. MR= Mirrodin. NE= Nemesis. MT= Morningtide. OD= Odyssey. ON= Onslaught. P2= Portal: Second Age. P3= Portal: Three Kingdoms. PR= Promotional (AR=Arena novel, DC=DragonCon and Duelist Magazine, FS=Final Sacrifice novel, SC=Shattered Chains novel, WW=Whispering Woods novel). PC= Planar Chaos. PS= Planeshift. PT= Portal. PY= Prophecy. RA= Ravnica. S2= Starter 2000 (deck and sampler pack). SC= Scourge. SH= Stronghold. SK= Saviors of Kamigawa. SM= Shadowmoor. ST= Starter. TE= Tempest. TO= Torment. TS= Timeshift. UD= Urza's Destiny. UG= Unglued. UH= Unhinged. UL= Urza's Legacy. US= Urza's Saga. VI= Visions. WL= Weatherlight. 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