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Read the Runes
Color Blue
Type Instant
Cost Cost=XU
Expansion ON(R)
Text(ON):Draw X cards. For each card drawn this way, discard a card from your hand unless you sacrifice a permanent.
You draw the cards, then sacrifice any permanents you want to sacrifice, then discard the required number of card from your hand. [Onslaught FAQ 2002/09/24] There is no chance to play any cards in between these actions. [D'Angelo 2002/10/15]
You are never forced to sacrifice any cards. You can choose to discard your entire hand if your hand is smaller than the number of cards you are required to discard. [Onslaught FAQ 2002/09/24]
Note -Also see X Costs, Rule K.28.

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Reality (Illusion/Reality)
Color Green
Type Instant
Cost Cost=2G
Expansion AP(U)
Text(AP):Destroy target artifact.
Note -Also see Illusion (Illusion/Reality) for the second half of this card.
Note -Also see Split Cards, Rule K.24.

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Reality Anchor
Color Green
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1G
Expansion TE(C)
Text(TE):Target creature loses shadow until end of turn. ; Draw a card.
Note -Also see Shadow, Rule A.34.

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Reality Ripple
Color Blue
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1U
Expansion MI(C)
Text(MI):Target artifact, creature, or land phases out.

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Reality Twist
Color Blue
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=UUU
Expansion IA(R)
Text(IA+errata):Cumulative Upkeep - {1}{U}{U}. ; If tapped for mana, plains produce {R}, swamps produce {G}, mountains produce {W}, and forests produce {B} instead of their normal type. [Oracle 2000/02/01]
If a player uses Magical Hack to make a land type be listed as producing two different colors, the player tapping the land for mana can choose to produce mana of either color. [Duelist Magazine #7, Page 100] But if it produces more than one mana, all mana is of the same color. [D'Angelo 1995/07/21]
Note -Also see Cumulative Upkeep, Rule A.11.

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Reanimate
Color Black
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=B
Expansion TE(U)/BR(F1)
Text(TE+errata):Put target creature card from any graveyard into play under your control. You lose life equal to its converted mana cost. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
Note -Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule K.8.

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Reap
Color Green
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1G
Expansion TE(U)
Text(TE+errata):Return any number of target cards from your graveyard to your hand. You can't choose more cards than the number of black permanents your opponents control. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
The count of the number of black permanents opponents control is done during announcement since it only affects target selection. It does not get recounted later. [Duelist Magazine #23, Page 23]

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Reaping the Graves
Color Black
Type Instant
Cost Cost=2B
Expansion SC(C)
Text(SC):Storm. ; Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Note -Also see Storm, Rule A.35.

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Reaping the Rewards
Color White
Type Instant
Cost Cost=W
Expansion EX(C)
Text(EX+errata):Buyback-Sacrifice a land. ; You gain 2 life. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
Note -Also see Buyback, Rule A.10.

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Rebel Informer
Color Black
Type Creature - Mercenary Rebel
Cost Cost=2B
Expansion PY(R)
Text(PY+errata):1/2. ; ~this~ can't be the target of white spells or abilities from white sources. ; {3}: Put target Rebel on the bottom of its owner's library. [Oracle 2002/03/01]
It can target Rebel cards or tokens in play. [WotC Rules Team 2000/06/06]

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Rebirth
Color Green
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=3GGG
Expansion LG(R)/4(R)
Text(4th+errata):Remove ~this~ 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 his or her ante. If a player does, his or her life total becomes 20. [Oracle 2001/08/20]
Type 1 tournaments (see Rule D.13) have banned this card since 1994/06/01 since it is only used in games for Ante.
Type 1.5 tournaments (see Rule D.14) have always banned this card.
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.
Standard (Type 2) tournaments (see Rule D.16) have always banned this card, since it is not part of the environment.

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Reborn Hero
Color White
Type Creature - Soldier
Cost Cost=2W
Expansion TO(R)
Text(TO):2/2. ; Attacking doesn't cause ~this~ to tap. ; Threshold - When ~this~ is put into a graveyard from play, you may pay {W}{W}. If you do, return ~this~ to play under your control. (You have threshold if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.)
Note -Also see Threshold, Rule A.36.

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Rebound
Color Blue
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1U
Expansion SH(U)
Text(SH+errata):Change the target of target spell with a single target if that target is a player. [Oracle 2001/06/01]
You must pick a new legal target for the spell. [WotC Rules Team 1998/03/01] So if a spell targets "an opponent", you cannot make it target the caster.
You cannot use this on a spell unless the target spell uses the word "target" in its text. If the word "target" is not there, then the spell does not target a player at all. It just affects a player without targeting them. [D'Angelo 1999/06/01]
Note -This card was of type Interrupt. It is now of type Instant. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

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Rebuild
Color Blue
Type Instant
Cost Cost=2U
Expansion UL(U)
Text(UL+errata):Return all artifacts to their owners' hands. ; Cycling {2}. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
Remember that cards only affect things which are in play unless they specifically say otherwise. So this only applies to artifacts in play. [Urza's Legacy FAQ 1999/02/03]
Note -Also see Cycling, Rule A.12.

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Recall
Color Blue
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=XXU L
Expansion LG(R)/CH(U3)/56(R)
Text(6th+errata):Discard X cards from your hand, then return a card from your graveyard to your hand for each card discarded this way. Remove ~this~ from the game. [Oracle 2000/02/01]
The cards are discarded from your hand during resolution. It is a forced discard, so it can be used with Library of Leng. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
Choose which cards in the graveyard are being recalled during resolution. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
The "{X}{X}{U}" mana cost is not a misprint. It means to spend one blue plus two times X generic mana to cast the spell. [Duelist Magazine #2, Page 7] See Rule K.28.2.
Type 1 tournaments (see Rule D.13) restricted this card from 1994/08/01 until 2003/04/01.
Type 1.5 tournaments (see Rule D.14) banned this card until 2003/04/01.
Standard (Type 2) tournaments (see Rule D.16) restricted this card from 1994/08/01 to 1996/04/01.

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Recantation
Color Blue
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=3UU
Expansion US(R)
Text(US+errata):At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a verse counter on ~this~. ; {U},Sacrifice ~this~: Return up to X target permanents to their owner's hand, where X is the number of verse counters on ~this~. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
Adding a counter is optional. If you forget to add one during your upkeep, you cannot back up and add one later. [Urza's Saga Rule Page]

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Reckless Abandon
Color Red
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=R
Expansion UD(C)
Text(UD):As an additional cost to play ~this~, sacrifice a creature. ; ~this~ deals 4 damage to target creature or player.
The sacrifice of a creature is done when announcing this spell. [D'Angelo 1999/06/01]

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Reckless Assault
Color Multi
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=2BR
Expansion IN(R)
Text(IN):{1},Pay 2 life: ~this~ deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

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Reckless Charge
Color Red
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=R
Expansion OD(C)
Text(OD):Flashback {2}{R}. ; Target creature gets +3/+0 and gains haste until end of turn.
Note -Also see Flashback, Rule A.20.
Note -Also see Haste, Rule A.22.

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Reckless Embermage
Color Red
Type Creature - Wizard
Cost Cost=3R
Expansion MI(R)/67(R)
Text(MI/6th/7th):2/2. ; {1}{R}: ~this~ deals 1 damage to target creature or player and 1 damage to itself.

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Reckless Ogre
Color Red
Type Creature - Ogre
Cost Cost=3R
Expansion EX(C)
Text(EX+errata):3/2. ; When ~this~ attacks alone, it gets +3/+0 until end of turn. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

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Reckless One
Color Red
Type Creature - Goblin Avatar
Cost Cost=3R
Expansion ON(U)
Text(ON):*/*, Haste. ; ~this~'s power and toughness are each equal to the number of Goblins in play.
Note -Also see Creature Power and Toughness, Rule K.10.
Note -Also see Haste, Rule A.22.

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Reckless Spite
Color Black
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1BB
Expansion TE(U)/IN(U)
Text(IN):Destroy two target nonblack creatures. You lose 5 life.

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Reclaim
Color Green
Type Instant
Cost Cost=G
Expansion EX(C)/7(C)
Text(EX/7th):Put target card from your graveyard on top of your library.

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Reclamation
Color Multi
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=2WG
Expansion IA(R)
Text(IA+errata):Black creatures have "This creature can't attack unless you sacrifice a land." (This cost is paid as attackers are declared.) [Oracle 2000/10/24]

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Reclusive Wight
Color Black
Type Creature - Minion
Cost Cost=3B
Expansion US(U)
Text(US+errata):4/4. ; At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control another nonland permanent, sacrifice ~this~. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

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Recoil
Color Multi
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1UB
Expansion IN(C)
Text(IN):Return target permanent to its owner's hand. Then that player discards a card from his or her hand.

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Reconnaissance
Color White
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=W
Expansion EX(U)
Text(EX+errata):{0}: Remove target attacking creature you control from combat and untap it. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by the creature this turn. [Oracle 1999/07/21]
Does not undo any effects which triggered on declaration of attackers or blockers. For example, if you remove a Thicket Basilisk from combat after a creature blocks it, that creature is still destroyed at end of combat. [DeLaney 1998/05/24]
If used after damage is assigned, the damage is still prevented. This is a Reversal of a previous ruling under old text. [D'Angelo 1999/08/17]

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Reconstruction
Color Blue
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=U
Expansion AQ(C4)/R(C)
Text(AQ/RV+errata):Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
Note -The Anvil symbol is missing from the Antiquities version of this card.

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Recoup
Color Red
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=1R
Expansion OD(U)
Text(OD):Flashback {3}{R}. ; Target sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. Its flashback cost is equal to its mana cost. (Mana cost includes color.)
The mana cost for the card is determined at the time you would pay the cost. It is not frozen at an earlier time. [D'Angelo 2001/10/22]
For split cards, you pay only the cost for the half of the card you are playing. [Barclay 2001/09/27] This is true because the cost is not looked at until after the card is on the stack, at which time it only has one of the two costs.
For cards with an X (or Y) in the mana cost, you choose these values at the time you play the spell and your choice is used to set the mana cost that Flashback requires. [DeLaney 2001/10/13]
If the card already has a Flashback ability, a second Flashback ability is added. The card can be played using either. [Odyssey FAQ 2001/10/04]
Note -Also see Flashback, Rule A.20.

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Recover
Color Black
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=2B
Expansion IN(C)
Text(IN):Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. ; Draw a card.

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Recuperate
Color White
Type Instant
Cost Cost=3W
Expansion SC(C)
Text(SC):Choose one - You gain 6 life; or prevent the next 6 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn.
Note -Also see Modal Spells and Abilities, Rule G.24.

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Recurring Nightmare
Color Black
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=2B
Expansion EX(R)
Text(EX+errata):Sacrifice a creature, Return ~this~ to its owner's hand: Return target creature card from your graveyard to play. Play this ability only any time you could play a sorcery. [Oracle 2000/02/01]
You cannot return the creature which you are sacrificing. This is because you choose the target creature card at the same time the sacrifice is happening, so the sacrifice is not in the graveyard yet. [DeLaney 1998/06/10]
Because of the way the timing rules work, you can cast Recurring Nightmare and then use it before your opponent can use an instant like Disenchant on it, but only if you do so when the stack is empty just after it enters play. [D'Angelo 1999/06/01]
Standard (Type 2) tournaments (see Rule D.16) have banned this card since 1999/04/01.

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Recycle
Color Green
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=4GG
Expansion TE(R)
Text(TE+errata):Skip your draw step. ; Whenever you play a card, draw a card. ; Your maximum hand size is two. [Rules Team 2001/05/01]
Does not let you draw for cards that are simply "put into play", such as with Eureka. [Aahz 1997/11/04] Or Rampant Growth. [bethmo 1997/12/02]
Countering a spell that has been played will not prevent you from drawing the card. [D'Angelo 1997/11/10]
Works when playing a land card from your hand as normal. Does not work if a land is put into play by an effect. [Duelist Magazine #23, Page 23]
You discard down to your maximum hand size during the Cleanup Step (see Rule P.13). [D'Angelo 2001/05/19]
If multiple effects modify your hand size limit, apply them in the order they enter play. For example, if both this and Spellbook are in play, the most recent in play decides your hand size. [D'Angelo 2001/05/21]

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Red Cliffs Armada
Color Blue
Type Creature - Ship
Cost Cost=4U
Expansion P3(U)
Text(P3):5/4. ; ~this~ can't attack unless the defending player has an island in play.
When played under non-Portal rules, the text should be read as "~this~ can't attack unless the defending player controls an island." [D'Angelo 2000/06/05]
All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.

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Redeem
Color White
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1W
Expansion US(U)
Text(US+errata):The next time damage would be dealt to one or two target creatures this turn, prevent that damage. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

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Red Elemental Blast
Color Red
Type Instant
Cost Cost=R
Expansion ABUR4(C)
Text(4th+errata):Choose one - Counter target blue spell; or destroy target blue permanent. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
Note -Also see Modal Spells, Rule G.24.
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".

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Red Mana Battery
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=4
Expansion LG(U1)/4(R)
Text(4th+errata):{2},{Tap}: Put a charge counter on ~this~. ; {Tap},Remove any number of charge counters from ~this~: Add {R} to your mana pool, then add an additional {R} to your mana pool for each charge counter removed this way. [Oracle 2001/08/24]
See Black Mana Battery for rulings.
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.

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Red Scarab
Color White
Type Enchant Creature
Cost Cost=W
Expansion IA(U)
Text(IA+errata):Enchanted creature can't be blocked by red creatures. ; Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 as long as any opponent controls a red permanent. [Oracle 2000/10/24]

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Red Ward
Color White
Type Enchant Creature
Cost Cost=W
Expansion ABUR4(U)
Text(4th+errata):Enchanted creature gains protection from red. This effect doesn't remove ~this~. [Oracle 2001/08/24]
See Black Ward for rulings.
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
Note -Also see Protection, Rule A.31.

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Redwood Treefolk
Color Green
Type Creature - Treefolk
Cost Cost=4G W
Expansion WL(C)/PT(C)/67(C)
Text(WL/6th/7th):3/6.
Note -The Portal version had no creature type.

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Reef Pirates
Color Blue
Type Creature - Ship
Cost Cost=1UU
Expansion HL(C4)/5(C)
Text(5th+errata):2/2. ; Whenever ~this~ deals damage to an opponent, that player puts the top card from his or her library into his or her graveyard. [Oracle 2001/08/24]

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Reef Shaman
Color Blue
Type Creature - Merfolk
Cost Cost=U
Expansion AP(C)
Text(AP):0/2. ; {Tap}: Target land's type becomes the basic land type of your choice until end of turn.

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Reflect Damage
Color Multi
Type Instant
Cost Cost=3RW
Expansion MI(R)
Text(MI+errata):The next time a source of your choice would deal damage this turn, that damage is dealt to that source's controller instead. [Oracle 1999/09/03]

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Reflecting Mirror
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=4
Expansion DK(U2)
Text(DK+errata):{X},{Tap}: Change the target of target spell with a single target if that target is you. The new target must be a player. X is twice the converted mana cost of that spell. [Oracle 2001/08/24]
This spell only changes the target of a spell, and not the caster. [bethmo 1994/08/10]
Cannot be used on spells which are not targeted, such as Hurricane. [Aahz 1994/08/12]
Cannot be used on spells which affect "you" and which do not say they target you. [D'Angelo 1997/10/13]
Cannot be used on abilities of permanents. Those are abilities and not spells. [Aahz 1994/08/12]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
Note -Also see Targeting--Is Something Targeted, Rule G.40.

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Reflecting Pool
Color Land
Type Land
Cost Cost=None
Expansion TE(R)
Text(TE+errata):{Tap}: Add to your mana pool one mana of any type that a land you control could produce. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
If none of your lands can produce mana, or if all of your lands are Reflecting Pools, then they cannot be tapped for any kind of mana. [Duelist Magazine #23, Page 23] This is a specific rule for this card that does not apply to how any other card should be treated. [bethmo 1998/11/24]
It checks for types the land could produce under all possible conditions. For example, if a land can only produce mana if you pay a cost or if some condition is met, Reflecting Pool can still generate mana of that color. For example, Reflecting Pool can make green mana if Gaea's Cradle is in play with no creatures in play, or black mana if a Bottomless Vault is in play with no counters on it, or red mana if a Mountain is in play and tapped. [WotC Rules Team 1999/03/18] The rule about multiple Reflecting Pools not helping each other out is a special one. That is true since Reflecting Pool does not specify what mana it could produce, so the "perfect conditions" here result in confusion, which results in no mana types at all.
Any change to a land's type or splicing of text into a land can affect the types of mana a land can produce. [D'Angelo 1998/11/12]
Any replacement effects, such as Naked Singularity, are considered by Reflecting Pool when determining the types of mana a land can produce. [WotC Rules Team 1998/03/18]

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Reflexes
Color Red
Type Enchant Creature
Cost Cost=R
Expansion US(C)/7(C)
Text(7th):Enchanted creature has first strike.
Note -Also see First Strike, Rule A.18.

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Refresh
Color Green
Type Instant
Cost Cost=2G
Expansion OD(C)
Text(OD):Regenerate target creature. ; Draw a card.

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Refreshing Rain
Color Green
Type Instant
Cost Cost=3G
Expansion NE(U)
Text(NE):If an opponent controls a swamp and you control a forest, you may play ~this~ without paying its mana cost. ; Target player gains 6 life.
Note -Also see Alternate Cost Spells, Rule E.1.
Note -Cycle with Massacre, Mogg Salvage, Sivvi's Ruse, and Submerge.

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Regal Unicorn
Color White
Type Creature - Unicorn
Cost Cost=2W
Expansion PT(C)/6(C)
Text(6th):2/3.
Note -The Portal version had no creature type.

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Regeneration
Color Green
Type Enchant Creature
Cost Cost=1G
Expansion IA(C)/MI(C)/ABUR4567(C)
Text(MI/5th/6th/7th):{G}: Regenerate enchanted creature.

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Regrowth
Color Green
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=1G
Expansion ABUR(U)
Text(RV+errata):Return target card from your graveyard to your hand. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
You must show the card you bring out of the graveyard to your opponent. [bethmo 1994/03/01]
You can Regrow a card which was discarded from your hand and was therefore never in play. [D'Angelo 1994/04/01]
Can use Deflection to force selection of a different card in the Regrowth caster's graveyard. [bethmo 1996/04/01]
Type 1 tournaments (see Rule D.13) have restricted this card since 1994/03/23.
Type 1.5 tournaments (see Rule D.14) have always banned this card.
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.
Standard (Type 2) tournaments (see Rule D.16) have banned this card since 1995/05/02 It was previously restricted from 1994/03/23 to 1995/05/02.

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Reign of Chaos
Color Red
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=2RR
Expansion MI(U)
Text(MI+errata):Choose one - Destroy target plains and target white creature; or destroy target island and target blue creature. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
Cannot be cast unless there is a valid creature and a valid land to target. [Duelist Magazine #16, Page 30]
Note -Also see Modal Spells and Abilities, Rule G.24.

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Reign of Terror
Color Black
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=3BB
Expansion MI(U)
Text(MI+errata):Destroy all white creatures or all green creatures. They can't be regenerated. You lose 2 life for each creature put into a graveyard this way. [Oracle 1999/07/01]

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Reincarnation
Color Green
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1GG
Expansion LG(U1)
Text(LG+errata):Choose target creature. When that creature is put into a graveyard this turn, return a creature card from that graveyard to play under the control of that creature's owner. [Oracle 2002/06/12]
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.
Can bring back the same creature because you select the creature after sending the current one to the graveyard. [bethmo 1994/06/29]
This sets up a triggered ability (see Rule A.4). When the creature goes to the graveyard, the ability will trigger and normal triggered ability resolution takes place. [Aahz 1996/06/14] If cast on a Firestorm Phoenix, the order that the two triggered abilities resolves in decides if you can choose the Phoenix to be returned by Reincarnation or if it will already be in your hand and cannot be chosen. [Aahz 1996/06/14]
This spell does not do anything if there are no creatures in the graveyard (this is possible if the creature it was cast on was a Firestorm Phoenix, Cyclopean Mummy, or some other creature that leaves the graveyard just after entering it). [bethmo 1994/06/29]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.

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Reinforcements
Color White
Type Instant
Cost Cost=W
Expansion AL(C1)
Text(AL):Put up to three target creature cards from your graveyard on top of your library in any order.
You have to show the creatures you put on top of your library, but not the order you put them there. [D'Angelo 2000/02/18]

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Reins of Power
Color Blue
Type Instant
Cost Cost=2UU
Expansion SH(R)
Text(SH+errata):Untap all creatures. You and target opponent each gain control of all creatures the other controls until end of turn. Those creatures gain haste until end of turn. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
It is perfectly legal for either or both players to have zero creatures. They give control of all their zero creatures as instructed. [Barclay 1998/02/27]
If any of the creatures phase out, the control effect ends for those creatures, and the creatures will phase back during your next untap but under their original controller's control (see Rule G.27.12). [D'Angelo 1998/06/01]
Note -Also see Haste, Rule A.22.

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Rejuvenate
Color Green
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=3G
Expansion US(C)
Text(US+errata):You gain 6 life. ; Cycling {2}.
Note -Also see Cycling, Rule A.12.

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Rejuvenation Chamber
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=3
Expansion NE(U)
Text(NE):Fading 2. ; {Tap}: You gain 2 life.
Note -Also see Fading, Rule A.16.

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Relearn
Color Blue
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=1UU
Expansion WL(U)/ST(U)/6(U)
Text(6th):Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
Note -Older cards of type interrupt have errata to be of type instant.

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Relentless Assault
Color Red
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=2RR V
Expansion VI(R)/67(R)/P2(R)/P3(R)/ST(R)
Text(7th):Untap all creatures that attacked this turn. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase followed by an additional main phase.
A creature that must attack each turn, must only attack once that turn. It is not forced into each attack that turn. [Duelist Magazine #17, Page 48]
If a creature becomes forced to attack by an ability such as the Norritt, it must attack in the next available attack. Once it attacks once, it removes all "you must attack" restrictions of existing effects on it. [WotC Rules Team 1997/03/14]
If a spell or ability can only be played "before combat", it can be played after this spell is played because it is now before another combat phase. [Duelist Magazine #17, Page 48]
If a creature has a cost that must be paid in order to attack or block, it need only pay once to attack in any other combats that turn. [WotC Rules Team 1997/03/14] This is true even if the wording on the card makes it sound otherwise.
Abilities that trigger when a creature attacks, blocks, or is blocked will trigger during each combat that turn. Thus, a creature with Rampage will get the bonus added during each attack. [WotC Rules Team 1997/03/14]
Forking this card during your opponents turn will not allow you to attack during their turn. [WotC Rules Team 1997/03/14]
If you manage to resolve this spell on another player's turn, that player gets the extra combat phase, not you. [bethmo 1999/09/27] Can happen if you Fork another player's casting of this spell.

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Relic Barrier
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=2
Expansion LG(U2)
Text(LG+errata):{Tap}: Tap target artifact. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
Can target a tapped artifact. [Duelist Magazine #5, Page 23]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.

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Relic Bind
Color Blue
Type Enchant Artifact
Cost Cost=2U
Expansion LG(U1)/4(R)
Text(4th+errata):~this~ can enchant only an artifact an opponent controls ; Whenever enchanted artifact becomes tapped, choose one - ~this~ deals 1 damage to target player; or target player gains 1 life. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
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 D.15) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.

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Relic Ward
Color White
Type Enchant Artifact
Cost Cost=1W
Expansion VI(U)
Text(VI+errata):You may play ~this~ any time you could play an instant. If it was played any time a sorcery couldn't have been played, sacrifice it at end of turn. ; Enchanted artifact can't be the target of spells or abilities. [Oracle 2000/10/24]
Does not destroy enchantments which are on the artifact, and it does not prevent enchantments from being moved onto the artifact. [bethmo 1997/10/23]

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Reliquary Monk
Color White
Type Creature - Cleric
Cost Cost=2W
Expansion UD(C)
Text(UD):2/2. ; When ~this~ is put into a graveyard from play, destroy target artifact or enchantment.

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Remedy
Color White
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1W
Expansion VI(C)/6(C)
Text(6th+errata):Prevent the next 5 damage that would be dealt this turn to any number of target creatures and/or players, divided as you choose. [Oracle 2000/10/24]
You choose the targets and you choose how to divide up the 5 damage on announcement. [WotC Rules Team 2000/04/26]
You cannot choose zero targets. You must choose between 1 and 5 targets. [DeLaney 2003/05/19]

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Remembrance
Color White
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=3W
Expansion US(R)
Text(US+errata):Whenever a nontoken creature you control is put into a graveyard from play, you may search your library for a creature card with the same name as that card. If you do, reveal the card and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library. [Oracle 2003/02/01]
If a card which is a creature only due to an effect goes to the graveyard, you cannot search for another copy of that card. The card must be a creature card to have this effect. [Barclay 2002/03/26]
If a copy card, such as Clone, goes to the graveyard under this effect, you get to look for another copy of the card it was copying (not the Clone card). This is because a copy card actually takes on the name and initial characteristics of what it copies. [WotC Rules Team 1999/03/18]
You do not have to find a creature card if you do not want to. See Rule Z.6.9. [D'Angelo 2001/07/14]

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Reminisce
Color Blue
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=2U
Expansion ON(U)
Text(ON):Target player shuffles his or her graveyard into his or her library.

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Remote Farm
Color Land
Type Land
Cost Cost=None
Expansion MM(C)
Text(MM):~this~ comes into play tapped with two depletion counters on it. ; {Tap},Remove a depletion counter from ~this~: Add two white mana to your mana pool. If there are no depletion counters on ~this~, sacrifice it.

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Remote Isle
Color Land
Type Land
Cost Cost=None
Expansion US(C)/BR(F1)/BD(F1)
Text(US):~this~ comes into play tapped. ; {Tap}: Add {U} to your mana pool. ; Cycling {2}.
Note -Also see Cycling, Rule A.12.

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Remove
Color Blue
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=U
Expansion P2(U)
Text(P2):Play ~this~ only after you're attacked, before you declare blockers. ; Return any one attacking creature to its owner's hand.
When played under non-Portal rules, the text should be read as an Instant that reads "Play only during an opponent's turn. ; Return target attacking creature to its owner's hand." [D'Angelo 2000/07/29]
All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.

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Remove Enchantments
Color White
Type Instant
Cost Cost=W
Expansion LG(C1)
Text(LG+errata):Return all enchantments you own and control to your hand. Destroy all other enchantments enchanting permanents you control and/or attacking creatures. [Oracle 2001/08/24]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.

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Remove Soul
Color Blue
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1U LG
Expansion LG(C2)/CH(C3)/567(C)/ST(C)
Text(6th/7th):Counter target creature spell.
Works on Creature and Artifact Creature cards. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
Note -In Fifth Edition (and before) this card was of type Interrupt.
Note -Older cards of type "Summon" have errata to be of type "Creature".

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Renegade Troops
Color Red
Type Creature - Soldier
Cost Cost=4R
Expansion P3(U)
Text(P3):4/2. ; ~this~ is unaffected by summoning sickness.
When played under non-Portal rules, the text should be read as "Haste." [D'Angelo 2000/06/05]
All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.
Note -Also see Haste, Rule A.22.

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Renegade Warlord
Color Red
Type Creature - Soldier
Cost Cost=4R
Expansion TE(U)
Text(TE+errata):3/3, First Strike. ; Whenever ~this~ attacks, each other attacking creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
Note -Also see First Strike, Rule A.18.

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Renewal
Color Green
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=2G
Expansion HL(C1)
Text(HL+errata):As an additional cost to play ~this~, sacrifice a land. ; Search your library for a basic land card and put that card into play. Then shuffle your library. ; Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. [Oracle 1999/07/23]
You do not have to find a basic land card if you do not want to. See Rule Z.6.9. [D'Angelo 2001/07/14]
Note -Also see Cantrips, Rule E.2.

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Renewed Faith
Color White
Type Instant
Cost Cost=2W
Expansion ON(C)
Text(ON):You gain 6 life. ; Cycling {1}{W}. ; When you cycle ~this~, you may gain 2 life.
Note -Also see Cycling, Rule A.12.

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Renewing Dawn
Color White
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=1W
Expansion PT(U)
Text(PT):For each mountain your opponent has in play, you gain 2 life.
All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.
When played under non-Portal rules, the text should be read as "Gain 2 life for each mountain target opponent controls." [D'Angelo 2000/06/05]

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Renewing Touch
Color Green
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=G
Expansion P2(U)/ST(U)
Text(ST):Choose any number of creature cards in your graveyard and shuffle them back into your library.
When played under non-Portal rules, the text should be read as "Shuffle any number of target creature cards in your graveyard into your library." [D'Angelo 2000/06/05]
All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal and Starter.

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Renounce
Color White
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1W
Expansion MM(U)
Text(MM):Sacrifice any number of permanents. You gain 2 life for each one sacrificed this way.
You choose what to sacrifice on resolution. [MM FAQ 1999/09/22]

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Reparations
Color Multi
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=1WU
Expansion MI(R)
Text(MI+errata):Whenever an opponent plays a spell that targets you or a creature you control, you may draw a card. [Oracle 1999/07/01]

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Repel
Color Blue
Type Instant
Cost Cost=3U
Expansion OD(C)
Text(OD):Put target creature on top of its owner's library.

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Repentance
Color White
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=2W
Expansion TE(U)
Text(TE+errata):Target creature deals damage to itself equal to its power. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

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Repentant Blacksmith
Color White
Type Creature - Smith
Cost Cost=1W AN
Expansion AN(U2)/CH(C3)/5(C)
Text(AN/CH/5th):1/2, Protection from Red.
Note -Also see Protection, Rule A.31.

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Repentant Vampire
Color Black
Type Creature - Vampire
Cost Cost=3BB
Expansion OD(R)
Text(OD):3/3, Flying. ; Whenever a creature dealt damage by ~this~ this turn is put into a graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on ~this~. ; Threshold - ~this~ is white and has "{Tap}: Destroy target black creature."
If Threshold is met, this card is white. It is not white and black. [Odyssey FAQ 2001/10/04]
Note -Also see Threshold, Rule A.36.

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Repercussion
Color Red
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=1RR
Expansion UD(R)
Text(UD):Whenever a creature is dealt damage, ~this~ deals that much damage to that creature's controller.

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Replenish
Color White
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=3W
Expansion UD(R)
Text(UD):Return all enchantment cards from your graveyard to play. (Local enchantments with no permanent to enchant remain in your graveyard.)
Local enchantments can only be placed on permanents that were in play before this effect started to resolve. You cannot put an enchantment into play with and put a local enchantment that is also coming into play onto one of those enchantments. [D'Angelo 1999/06/01]
You must return local enchantments if possible, even if this means enchanting an opponent's permanent with a good enchantment. [Urza's Destiny 1999/05/25]
You choose where to place the local enchantments, and must choose a legal permanent for it to enchant. [DeLaney 1999/06/13]
It determines what enchantments to return when its resolution starts. If more enchantments go to the graveyard during the resolution (as with Heightened Awareness being put into play), those additional enchantments are ignored. [Prophecy FAQ 2000/05/25]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 2001/04/01.

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Repopulate
Color Green
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1G
Expansion UL(C)
Text(UL):Shuffle all creature cards from target player's graveyard into that player's library. ; Cycling {2}.
A "creature card" is an Artifact Creature or Creature card. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01] Older cards of type Summon are also Creature cards.
Note -Also see Cycling, Rule A.12.

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Reprisal
Color White
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1W
Expansion AL(U6)/67(U)
Text(6th/7th):Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater. It can't be regenerated.

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Reprocess
Color Black
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=2BB
Expansion US(R)/7(R)
Text(7th):Sacrifice any number of artifacts, creatures, and/or lands. Draw a card for each permanent sacrificed this way.
You can sacrifice zero things if you want to. [DeLaney 1998/10/05]

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Repulse
Color Blue
Type Instant
Cost Cost=2U
Expansion IN(C)
Text(IN):Return target creature to its owner's hand. ; Draw a card.

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Rescind
Color Blue
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1UU
Expansion US(C)
Text(US+errata):Return target permanent to its owner's hand. ; Cycling {2}. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
Note -Also see Cycling, Rule A.12.

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Rescue
Color Blue
Type Instant
Cost Cost=U
Expansion UD(C)
Text(UD):Return target permanent you control to its owner's hand.

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Reset
Color Blue
Type Instant
Cost Cost=UU
Expansion LG(U1)
Text(LG+errata):Play ~this~ only during an opponent's turn after his or her upkeep. ; Untap all lands you control. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.
Note -This card was of type Interrupt, but it is now of type Instant. [Oracle 1999/09/03]

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Resilient Wanderer
Color White
Type Creature - Nomad
Cost Cost=2WW
Expansion OD(U)
Text(OD):2/3, First Strike. ; Discard a card from your hand: ~this~ gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Note -Also see First Strike, Rule A.18.
Note -Also see Protection, Rule A.31.

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Resistance Fighter
Color White
Type Creature - Soldier
Cost Cost=W
Expansion VI(C)/6(C)
Text(6th+errata):1/1. ; Sacrifice ~this~: Prevent all combat damage target creature would deal this turn. [Oracle 2000/02/01]

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Respite
Color Green
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1G
Expansion TE(C)
Text(TE+errata):Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. You gain 1 life for each attacking creature. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

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Restless Dead
Color Black
Type Creature - Skeleton
Cost Cost=1B
Expansion MI(C)
Text(MI+errata):1/1. ; {B}: Regenerate ~this~.

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Restless Dreams
Color Black
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=B
Expansion TO(C)
Text(TO):As an additional cost to play ~this~, discard X cards from your hand. ; Return X target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.

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Restock
Color Green
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=3GG
Expansion IN(R)
Text(IN):Return two target cards from your graveyard to your hand. Remove ~this~ from the game.

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Restrain
Color White
Type Instant
Cost Cost=2W
Expansion IN(C)
Text(IN):Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target attacking creature this turn. ; Draw a card.

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Resurrection
Color White
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=2WW
Expansion ABUR(U)
Text(RV+errata):Return target creature card from your graveyard to play. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
Resurrected creatures are subject to summoning sickness (see Rule G.37). They cannot be tapped to attack or to use an ability on the turn in which they come into play. [Mirage, Page 14]
Treat the creature like it has been played from your hand but with zero applied to any 'X' in the mana cost. So, a Resurrected Clone would get to choose a creature to copy and a Resurrected Rock Hydra would have zero heads. [PPG Page 92]
You can Resurrect a creature which was discarded from your hand and was therefore never in play. [D'Angelo 1994/04/01]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.

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Resuscitate
Color Green
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1G
Expansion EX(U)
Text(EX+errata):Until end of turn, creatures you control gain "{1}: Regenerate this creature." [Oracle 2000/02/01]
Only grants the text to creatures you control when this spell resolves. Ones entering play later in the turn do not get it. [bethmo 1999/06/13]

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Retaliation
Color Green
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=2G
Expansion US(U)
Text(US+errata):Creatures you control have "Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature blocking it."

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Rethink
Color Blue
Type Instant
Cost Cost=2U
Expansion PY(C)
Text(PY):Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}, where X is its converted mana cost.
The spell's controller gets the option to pay when this spell resolves. [Prophecy FAQ 2000/05/25]
Note -Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule K.8.

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Retraced Image
Color Blue
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=U
Expansion TO(R)
Text(TO):Reveal a card in your hand, then put that card into play if it has the same name as a permanent in play.

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Retribution
Color Red
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=2RR
Expansion HL(U3)
Text(HL+errata):Choose two target creatures an opponent controls. That player chooses and sacrifices one of those creatures. Put a -1/-1 counter on the other. [Oracle 2002/03/01]
The opponent chooses which creature gets what during announcement. [DeLaney 2000/09/22]

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Retribution of the Meek
Color White
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=2W
Expansion VI(R)
Text(VI+errata):Destroy all creatures with power 4 or greater. They can't be regenerated. [Oracle 1999/07/01]

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Retromancer
Color Red
Type Creature - Viashino
Cost Cost=2RR
Expansion US(C)
Text(US):3/3. ; Whenever ~this~ is the target of a spell or ability, ~this~ deals 3 damage to that spell or ability's controller.

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Return of the Nightstalkers
Color Black
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=5BB
Expansion P2(R)
Text(P2):Return all the Nightstalker cards from your graveyard to play. Then destroy all your swamps. (Treat these Nightstalkers as though they just came into play from your hand.)
When played under non-Portal rules, the text should be read as "Return all Nightstalker cards from your graveyard to play, then sacrifice all swamps you control." [D'Angelo 2000/06/05]
All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.

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Return to Battle
Color Black
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=B
Expansion P3(C)
Text(P3):Return any one creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
When played under non-Portal rules, the text should be read as "Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand." [D'Angelo 2000/06/05]
All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.

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Reveka, Wizard Savant
Color Blue
Type Creature - Legend
Cost Cost=2UU
Expansion HL(U1)
Text(HL+errata):0/1. ; {Tap}: ~this~ deals 2 damage to target creature or player and doesn't untap during your next untap step. [Oracle 1999/07/23]
Note -Also see Legendary Permanents, Rule K.17.

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Revelation
Color Green
Type Enchant World
Cost Cost=G
Expansion LG(R)/CH(U1)
Text(LG/CH+errata):All players play with their hands revealed. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
Note -Also see Enchant World, Rule K.12.10.

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Revenant
Color Black
Type Creature - Spirit
Cost Cost=4B
Expansion SH(R)/7(R)
Text(7th):*/*, Flying. ; ~this~'s power and toughness are each equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.

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Reverent Silence
Color Green
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=3G
Expansion NE(C)
Text(NE+errata):If you control a forest, you may have each other player gain 6 life rather than pay ~this~'s mana cost. ; Destroy all enchantments. [Oracle 2001/06/01]
Note -Also see Alternate Cost Spells, Rule E.1.

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Reverberation
Color Blue
Type Instant
Cost Cost=2UU
Expansion LG(R)
Text(LG+errata):All damage that would be dealt this turn by target sorcery spell is dealt to that spell's controller instead. [Oracle 2001/08/24]
If used on a sorcery like Hurricane which does X damage to multiple targets, it will cause that player to take damage equal to the sum of all damage inflicted by the spell. Ouch! [Duelist Magazine #2, Page 9]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.

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Revered Elder
Color White
Type Creature - Cleric
Cost Cost=2W
Expansion MM(C)
Text(MM):1/2. ; {1}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to ~this~ this turn.

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Revered Unicorn
Color White
Type Creature - Unicorn
Cost Cost=1W
Expansion WL(U)
Text(WL+errata):2/3. ; Cumulative Upkeep - {1} ; When ~this~ leaves play, its controller gains life equal to ~this~'s last paid cumulative upkeep. [Oracle 1999/07/01]
Note -Also see Cumulative Upkeep, Rule A.11.

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Reverent Mantra
Color White
Type Instant
Cost Cost=3W
Expansion MM(R)
Text(MM+errata):You may remove a white card in your hand from the game rather than pay ~this~'s mana cost. ; All creatures gain protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. [Oracle 2001/06/01]
Note -Also see Protection, Rule A.31.

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Reverse Damage
Color White
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1WW
Expansion ABUR4567(R)
Text(7th+errata):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. [Oracle 2002/03/01]
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]

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Reverse Polarity
Color White
Type Instant
Cost Cost=WW
Expansion AQ(C4)/R(U)
Text(RV+errata):You gain X life, where X is twice the damage dealt to you so far this turn by artifacts. [Oracle 2001/08/24]
You can cast more than one of these in a turn and get the full life gain each time. [D'Angelo 2000/02/25]
It can be used even if you have taken no damage this turn, in order to waste the spell. [WotC Rules Team 1995/05/10]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
Note -Also see Reverse Damage for related rulings.

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Reveille Squad
Color White
Type Creature - Rebel
Cost Cost=2WW
Expansion PY(U)
Text(PY+errata):3/3. ; Whenever one or more creatures attack you, if ~this~ is untapped, you may untap all creatures you control. [Oracle 2002/03/01]

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Revive
Color Green
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=1G
Expansion MM(U)
Text(MM):Return target green card from your graveyard to your hand.

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Reviving Dose
Color White
Type Instant
Cost Cost=2W
Expansion IN(C)
Text(IN):You gain 3 life. ; Draw a card.

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Reviving Vapors
Color Multi
Type Instant
Cost Cost=2WU
Expansion IN(U)
Text(IN):Reveal the top three cards of your library and put one of them to your hand. You gain life equal to that card's converted mana cost. Put the other cards revealed this way into your graveyard.
Note -Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule K.8.

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Rewards of Diversity
Color White
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=2W
Expansion IN(U)
Text(IN):Whenever an opponent plays a multicolored spell, you gain 4 life.

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Reward the Faithful
Color White
Type Instant
Cost Cost=W
Expansion SC(U)
Text(SC):Any number of target players each gains life equal to the highest converted mana cost among permanents you control.
Note -Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule K.8.

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Rewind
Color Blue
Type Instant
Cost Cost=2UU
Expansion US(C)
Text(US+errata):Counter target spell. Untap up to four lands.
You can untap from 0 to 4 lands. [DeLaney 1998/10/05]
Does not target the lands. [DeLaney 1998/10/05]
Can be used on already untapped lands (with no effect). [DeLaney 1998/10/05]
Can be used on another player's lands. [DeLaney 1998/10/05]
Note -This card was of type Interrupt and is now of type Instant. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

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Reya Dawnbringer
Color White
Type Creature - Angel Legend
Cost Cost=6WWW
Expansion IN(R)
Text(IN):4/6, Flying. ; At the beginning of your upkeep, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to play.
Note -Also see Legendary Permanents, Rule K.17.

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