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Graceful Antelope
Color White
Type Creature - Antelope
Cost Cost=2WW
Expansion OD(R)
Text(OD):1/4, Plainswalk. ; Whenever ~this~ deals combat damage to a player, you may have target land become a plains until ~this~ leaves play.
Note -Also see Landwalk, Rule A.27.

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Grafted Skullcap
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=4
Expansion US(R)/7(R)
Text(7th):At the beginning of your draw step, draw a card. ; At end of your turn, discard your hand.

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Grand Coliseum
Color Land
Type Land
Cost Cost=None
Expansion ON(R)
Text(ON):~this~ comes into play tapped. ; {Tap}: Add {1} to your mana pool. ; {Tap}: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool. ~this~ deals 1 damage to you.

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Grand Melee
Color Red
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=3R
Expansion ON(R)
Text(ON):All creatures attack each turn if able. ; All creatures block each turn if able.

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Grandmother Sengir
Color Black
Type Creature - Legend
Cost Cost=4B
Expansion HL(U1)
Text(HL):3/3. ; {1}{B},{Tap}: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Note -Also see Legendary Permanents, Rule K.17.

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Granger Guildmage
Color Green
Type Creature - Wizard
Cost Cost=G
Expansion MI(C)
Text(MI+errata):1/1. ; {W},{Tap}: Target creature gains first strike until end of turn. ; {R},{Tap}: ~this~ deals 1 damage to target creature or player and 1 damage to you. [Oracle 1999/07/01]
Note -Also see First Strike, Rule A.18.

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Granite Gargoyle
Color Red
Type Creature - Gargoyle
Cost Cost=2R
Expansion ABUR(R)
Text(RV+errata):2/2, Flying. ; {R}: ~this~ gets +0/+1 until end of turn. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.

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Granite Grip
Color Red
Type Enchant Creature
Cost Cost=2R
Expansion UL(C)/7(C)
Text(UL/7th):Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 for each mountain you control.

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Grapeshot Catapult
Color Artifact
Type Artifact Creature
Cost Cost=4 A
Expansion AQ(C4)/45(C)/7(U)
Text(4th/5th/7th):2/3. ; {Tap}: ~this~ deals 1 damage to target creature with flying.

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Grassland Crusader
Color White
Type Creature - Cleric Soldier
Cost Cost=5W
Expansion ON(C)
Text(ON):2/4. ; {Tap}: Target Elf or Soldier gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

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Grasslands
Color Land
Type Land
Cost Cost=None
Expansion MI(U)
Text(MI+errata):~this~ comes into play tapped. ; {Tap},Sacrifice ~this~: Search your library for a forest or plains card and put it into play. Then shuffle your library. [Oracle 1999/07/01]
You do not have to find a plains or forest card if you do not want to. See Rule Z.6.9. [D'Angelo 2001/07/14]

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Gratuitous Violence
Color Red
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=2RRR
Expansion ON(R)
Text(ON):If a creature you control would deal damage to a creature or player, it deals double that damage to that creature or player instead.

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Gravebane Zombie
Color Black
Type Creature - Zombie
Cost Cost=3B
Expansion MI(C)/6(U)
Text(6th+errata):3/2. ; If ~this~ would be put into a graveyard from play, put ~this~ on top of its owner's library instead. [Oracle 1999/07/21]
This is a replacement effect, so this card never actually goes to the graveyard. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]

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Gravebind
Color Black
Type Instant
Cost Cost=B
Expansion IA(R)
Text(IA+errata):Target creature can't be regenerated this turn. ; Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. [Oracle 2000/02/01]
Note -Also see Cantrips, Rule E.2.

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Graveborn Muse
Color Black
Type Creature - Zombie Spirit
Cost Cost=2BB
Expansion LE(R)
Text(LE):3/3. ; At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the number of Zombies you control.

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Grave Consequences
Color Black
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1B
Expansion JU(U)
Text(JU):Each player may remove any number of cards in his or her graveyard from the game. Then each player loses 1 life for each card in his or her graveyard. Draw a card.

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Grave Defiler
Color Black
Type Creature - Zombie
Cost Cost=3B
Expansion AP(U)
Text(AP):2/1. ; When ~this~ comes into play, reveal the top four cards of your library. Put all Zombie cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library. ; {1}{B}: Regenerate ~this~.
Note -Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule E.3.

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Gravedigger
Color Black
Type Creature - Zombie
Cost Cost=3B
Expansion TE(C)/PT(U)/ST(U)/67(C)/BD(F1)/OD(C)
Text(TE/6th/7th/OD):2/2. ; When ~this~ comes into play, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Note -Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule E.3.
Note -The Portal version had no creature type.

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Gravegouger
Color Black
Type Creature - Nightmare Horror
Cost Cost=2B
Expansion TO(C)
Text(TO):2/2. ; When ~this~ comes into play, remove up to two target cards in a single graveyard from the game. ; When ~this~ leaves play, return the removed cards to their owner's graveyard.

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Gravel Slinger
Color White
Type Creature - Soldier
Cost Cost=3W
Expansion ON(C)
Text(ON):1/3. ; {Tap}: ~this~ deals 1 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. ; Morph {1}{W}.
Note -Also see Morph, Rule A.29.

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Grave Pact
Color Black
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=1BBB
Expansion SH(R)
Text(SH+errata):Whenever a creature you control is put into a graveyard from play, each other player sacrifices a creature. [Oracle 2003/02/01]
Each of your opponents sacrifices a creature for each creature you control that goes to a graveyard. [Duelist Magazine #25, Page 30]

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Grave Robbers
Color Black
Type Creature - Robber
Cost Cost=1BB
Expansion DK(U1)
Text(DK+errata):1/1. ; {B},{Tap}: Remove target artifact card in a graveyard from the game. You gain 2 life. [Oracle 1999/07/23]
Removes the artifact on resolution, but you choose it as a target when announcing the ability. [D'Angelo 1999/08/01]
If the target is not there on resolution, you do not gain the life. [D'Angelo 1999/08/01]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.

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Grave Servitude
Color Black
Type Enchant Creature
Cost Cost=1B
Expansion MI(C)
Text(MI+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 creature gets +3/-1 and is black. [Oracle 2000/10/24]
The color change lasts only while this card is on the creature. [Duelist Magazine #16, Page 30]

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Gravespawn Sovereign
Color Black
Type Creature - Zombie Lord
Cost Cost=4BB
Expansion ON(R)
Text(ON):3/3. ; Tap five untapped Zombies you control: Put target creature card from a graveyard into play under your control.
Since the ability does not have the {Tap} symbol, you can use the ability before this creature begins a turn under your control. [Onslaught FAQ 2002/09/24]
It can tap itself but is not required to do so. [D'Angelo 2002/10/15]

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Gravestorm
Color Black
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=BBB
Expansion OD(R)
Text(OD):At the beginning of your upkeep, target opponent may remove a card in his or her graveyard from the game. If that player doesn't, you may draw a card.

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Gravity Sphere
Color Red
Type Enchant World
Cost Cost=2R
Expansion LG(R)
Text(LG+errata):All creatures lose flying. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
It removes Flying from all creatures in play when it enters play and from each creature as that creature enters play. It does not prevent Flying ability being given to the creature _after_ the Sphere is in play. [Duelist Magazine #2, Page 8]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.
Note -Also see Enchant World, Rule K.12.10.

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Graxiplon
Color Blue
Type Creature - Beast
Cost Cost=5U
Expansion ON(U)
Text(ON):3/4. ; ~this~ is unblockable unless defending player controls three or more creatures that share a creature type.

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Gray Ogre
Color Red
Type Creature - Ogre
Cost Cost=2R
Expansion ABUR4(C)
Text(ABU/RV/4th):2/2.
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.

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Great Defender
Color White
Type Instant
Cost Cost=W
Expansion LG(U1)
Text(LG+errata):Target creature gets +0/+X until end of turn, where X is its converted mana cost. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.
Note -Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule K.8.

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Greater Realm of Preservation
Color White
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=1W
Expansion LG(U1)/5(U)
Text(5th+errata):{1}{W}: The next time a black or red source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. [Oracle 1999/09/03]

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Greater Werewolf
Color Black
Type Creature - Lycanthrope
Cost Cost=4B
Expansion HL(C1)/5(U)
Text(5th+errata):2/4. ; At end of combat, put a -0/-2 counter on all creatures blocking or blocked by ~this~. [Oracle 1999/07/23]
This ability is played at end of combat so it only works if it is still alive at that time. [Aahz 1996/09/11]

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Great Wall
Color White
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=2W
Expansion LG(U1)
Text(LG+errata):Creatures with plainswalk may be blocked as though they didn't have plainswalk. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.

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Great Whale
Color Blue
Type Creature - Whale
Cost Cost=5UU
Expansion US(R)
Text(US+errata):5/5. ; When ~this~ comes into play, if you played it from your hand, untap up to seven lands. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
The errata makes it so you only untap lands if it comes into play by being cast from your hand. It does not untap lands if put into play as the effect of a spell or ability, even if it is played from your hand. [DCI Tournament Update 1999/03/01]
Playing the card using an effect that lets you play something that is not in your hand will not trigger this ability. [bethmo 1999/03/05]
You can untap from 0 to 7 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 -Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule E.3.

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Greater Good
Color Green
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=2GG
Expansion US(R)
Text(US+errata):Sacrifice a creature: Draw cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power, then discard three cards from your hand. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

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Greed
Color Black
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=3B
Expansion LG(R)/467(R)
Text(6th/7th):{B},Pay 2 life: Draw a card.
You cannot spend more life on Greed than you have. See Rule G.19.6. [Duelist Magazine #3, Page 22]

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Greel, Mind Raker
Color Black
Type Creature - Spellshaper Legend
Cost Cost=3BB
Expansion PY(R)
Text(PY):3/3. ; {X}{B},{Tap},Discard two cards from your hand: Target player discards X cards at random from his or her hand.
Note -Also see Legendary Permanents, Rule K.17.

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Greel's Caress
Color Black
Type Enchant Creature
Cost Cost=1B
Expansion PY(C)
Text(PY):You may play ~this~ any time you could play an instant. ; Enchanted creature gets -3/-0.

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Greener Pastures
Color Green
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=2G
Expansion US(R)
Text(US+errata):At the beginning of each player's upkeep, if that player controls more lands than any other, the player puts a 1/1 green Saproling creature token into play. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
The ability does not trigger unless the player has more lands at the beginning of upkeep. This is checked again on resolution, and if the player does not still have more lands, no token is generated. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
Note -Also see Token Creatures, Rule K.25.

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Green 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 {G} to your mana pool, then add an additional {G} 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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Green Scarab
Color White
Type Enchant Creature
Cost Cost=W
Expansion IA(U)
Text(IA+errata):Enchanted creature can't be blocked by green creatures. ; Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 as long as an opponent controls a green permanent. [Oracle 2000/10/24]

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Green Ward
Color White
Type Enchant Creature
Cost Cost=W
Expansion ABUR4(U)
Text(4th+errata):Enchanted creature has protection from green. 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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Griffin Canyon
Color Land
Type Land
Cost Cost=None
Expansion VI(R)
Text(VI+errata):{Tap}: Add one colorless mana to your mana pool. ; {Tap}: Untap target Griffin and it gets +1/+1 until end of turn. [Oracle 1999/07/01]
Can target an already untapped Griffin, and gives the bonus regardless. [DeLaney 1997/02/02]

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Grim Feast
Color Multi
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=1BG
Expansion MI(R)
Text(MI+errata):At the beginning of your upkeep, ~this~ deals 1 damage to you. ; Whenever a creature is put into an opponent's graveyard from play, you gain life equal to its toughness. [Oracle 1999/07/01]
It affects all opposing players in a multiplayer game. [D'Angelo 1999/07/10]

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Grim Lavamancer
Color Red
Type Creature - Wizard
Cost Cost=R
Expansion TO(R)
Text(TO):1/1. ; {R},{Tap},Remove two cards in your graveyard from the game: ~this~ deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

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Grim Monolith
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=2
Expansion UL(R)
Text(UL+errata):~this~ doesn't untap during your untap step. ; {Tap}: Add three colorless mana to your mana pool. ; {4}: Untap ~this~. [Oracle 1999/11/01]
Type 1 tournaments (see Rule D.13) have restricted this card since 1999/10/01.
Type 1.5 tournaments (see Rule D.14) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.

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Grim Tutor
Color Black
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=1BB
Expansion ST(R)
Text(ST):Search your library for a card and put that card into your hand. You lose 3 life.
All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Starter.

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Grindstone
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=1
Expansion TE(R)
Text(TE+errata):{3},{Tap}: Put the top two cards of target player's library into that player's graveyard. If both cards share a color, repeat this process. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
The effect repeats as many times as it takes to meet the end condition. [Duelist Magazine #23, Page 23]
If the two cards are both colorless, then the effect does not repeat. It only repeats if both cards have at least one color and at least one color is shared between them. [D'Angelo 1998/01/06]
Remember that land cards have no color. See Rule K.15.5. [D'Angelo 1998/02/03]

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Grinning Demon
Color Black
Type Creature - Demon
Cost Cost=2BB
Expansion ON(R)
Text(ON):6/6. ; At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 2 life. ; Morph {2}{B}{B}.
Note -Also see Morph, Rule A.29.

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Grinning Totem
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=4
Expansion MI(R)/6(R)
Text(6th+errata):{2},{Tap},Sacrifice ~this~: Search target opponent's library for a card and remove that card from the game. Then that player shuffles his or her library. You may play the card as though it were in your hand. At the beginning of your next upkeep, if you haven't played the card, put it into its owner's graveyard. [Oracle 2000/02/01]
If you don't play it, it is put into its owner's graveyard as a triggered ability. This means that if the spell is an instant, you can cast it during upkeep by placing it on the stack before the triggered ability resolves. [D'Angelo 1999/05/15]

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Grip of Amnesia
Color Blue
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1U
Expansion JU(C)
Text(JU):Counter target spell unless its controller removes his or her graveyard from the game. Draw a card.
You can choose to remove your graveyard even if it has no cards in it. [Judgment FAQ 2002/05/28]

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Grip of Chaos
Color Red
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=4RR
Expansion SC(R)
Text(SC+errata):Whenever a spell or ability is put onto the stack, if it has a single target, reselect its target at random. (Select from among all legal targets.)
The ability triggers when a spell or ability is put on the stack, and this target-changing ability itself goes on the stack. This means that the spell or ability keeps its original target until this ability resolves. You determine the new target when this ability resolves... at which time the set of legal targets may have changed. [D'Angelo 2003/06/07]
If there are no other legal targets, it keeps its target. [Scourge FAQ 2003/05/30]
If there are multiple legal targets, it may still choose the original one. [Scourge FAQ 2003/05/30]
Reselecting a target does not cause abilities that trigger on the "choosing of targets" to trigger. For example, Coalition Honor Guard's ability will not trigger. [Scourge FAQ 2003/05]/30]

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Grizzled Wolverine
Color Red
Type Creature - Wolverine
Cost Cost=1RR
Expansion IA(C)
Text(IA+errata):2/2. ; Whenever ~this~ becomes blocked by one or more creatures, you may pay {R}. If you do, ~this~ gets +2/+0 until end of turn. [Oracle 2001/03/07]
It can only get +2/+0 even if more than one creature blocks it. [D'Angelo 1998/02/03]

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Grizzly Bears
Color Green
Type Creature - Bear
Cost Cost=1G AB
Expansion ABUR4567(C)/PT(C)/ST(C)
Text(ABU/RV/4th/5th/6th/7th):2/2.
Note -The Portal version had no creature type.

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Grizzly Fate
Color Green
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=3GG
Expansion JU(U)
Text(JU):Flashback {5}{G}{G}. ; Put two 2/2 green Bear creature tokens into play. ; Threshold - Instead put four 2/2 green Bear creature tokens into play.
This card will be on the stack when it resolves, so this card is not counted when checking for Threshold in this case. [Judgment FAQ 2002/05/28]
Note -Also see Flashback, Rule A.20.
Note -Also see Threshold, Rule A.36.
Note -Also see Token Creatures, Rule K.25.

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Grollub
Color Black
Type Creature - Beast
Cost Cost=2B
Expansion EX(C)
Text(EX+errata):3/3. ; Whenever ~this~ is dealt damage, each opponent gains that much life. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
Only counts damage which is not prevented. [Barclay 1998/06/10]

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Grotesque Hybrid
Color Black
Type Creature - Zombie
Cost Cost=4B
Expansion TO(U)
Text(TO):3/3. ; Whenever ~this~ deals combat damage to a creature, destroy that creature. It can't be regenerated. ; Discard a card from your hand: ~this~ gains flying and protection from green and from white until end of turn.
Note -Also see Protection, Rule A.31.

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Ground Seal
Color Green
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=1G
Expansion OD(R)
Text(OD):When ~this~ comes into play, draw a card. ; Cards in graveyards can't be the targets of spells or abilities.

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Groundskeeper
Color Green
Type Creature - Druid
Cost Cost=G
Expansion MM(U)
Text(MM):1/1. ; {1}{G}: Return target basic land card from your graveyard to your hand.

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Growth Spurt
Color Green
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1G
Expansion UG(C)
Text(UG):Roll a six-sided die. Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is equal to the die roll.
All tournament formats have banned cards from Unglued.
Note -Also see Unglued rulings, Rule U.1.

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