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Lab Rats
Color Black
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=B
Expansion SH(C)
Text(SH+errata):Buyback {4}. ; Put a 1/1 black Rat creature token into play. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
Note -Also see Buyback, Rule A.10.
Note -Also see Token Creatures, Rule K.25.

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Labyrinth Minotaur
Color Blue
Type Creature - Minotaur
Cost Cost=3U
Expansion HL(C4)/5(C)
Text(5th+errata):1/4. ; Whenever ~this~ blocks a creature, that creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step. [Oracle 1999/07/23]

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Laccolith Grunt
Color Red
Type Creature - Beast
Cost Cost=2R
Expansion NE(C)
Text(NE):2/2. ; Whenever ~this~ becomes blocked, you may have it deal damage equal to its power to target creature. If you do, ~this~ deals no combat damage this turn.
The ability triggers even if it is blocked by a spell such as Fog Patch instead of a creature. [Nemesis FAQ 2000/02/07]
It can target any creature in play, not just one of the ones blocking it. [D'Angelo 2000/02/15]
The ability allows you to deal damage during the declare blockers step of combat, which is well before even first strike creatures deal damage. [Nemesis FAQ 2000/02/15]
The ability is optional. You can decide to allow it to deal combat damage as normal. [Nemesis FAQ 2000/02/15]
Note -Similar to Laccolith Rig, Laccolith Titan, Laccolith Warrior, and Laccolith Whelp.

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Laccolith Rig
Color Red
Type Enchant Creature
Cost Cost=R
Expansion NE(C)
Text(NE):Whenever enchanted creature becomes blocked, you may have it deal damage equal to its power to target creature. If you do, enchanted creature deals no combat damage this turn.
If this is on an opponent's creature, the controller of this card (not the creature's controller) decides whether to use this card's ability or not, and decides what the target will be. [DeLaney 2000/02/21]
If placed on a Laccolith creature, both this card's ability and the Laccolith's ability will trigger and have their effect. [DeLaney 2000/02/21]
Note -See Laccolith Grunt for rulings.
Note -Similar to Laccolith Grunt, Laccolith Titan and Laccolith Warrior.

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Laccolith Titan
Color Red
Type Creature - Beast
Cost Cost=5RR
Expansion NE(R)
Text(NE):6/6. ; Whenever ~this~ becomes blocked, you may have it deal damage equal to its power to target creature. If you do, ~this~ deals no combat damage this turn.
Note -See Laccolith Grunt for rulings.
Note -Similar to Laccolith Grunt, Laccolith Rig, Laccolith Warrior, and Laccolith Whelp.

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Laccolith Warrior
Color Red
Type Creature - Beast
Cost Cost=2RR
Expansion NE(U)
Text(NE):3/3. ; Whenever ~this~ becomes blocked, you may have it deal damage equal to its power to target creature. If you do, ~this~ deals no combat damage this turn.
Note -See Laccolith Grunt for rulings.
Note -Similar to Laccolith Grunt, Laccolith Rig, Laccolith Titan, and Laccolith Whelp.

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Laccolith Whelp
Color Red
Type Creature - Beast
Cost Cost=R
Expansion NE(C)
Text(NE):1/1. ; Whenever ~this~ becomes blocked, you may have it deal damage equal to its power to target creature. If you do, ~this~ deals no combat damage this turn.
Note -See Laccolith Grunt for rulings.
Note -Similar to Laccolith Grunt, Laccolith Rig, Laccolith Titan, and Laccolith Warrior.

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Lady Caleria
Color Multi
Type Creature - Legend
Cost Cost=3WWGG
Expansion LG(R)
Text(LG+errata):3/6. ; {Tap}: ~this~ deals 3 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
May kill the creature before damage dealing in combat. [Aahz 1994/06/17]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.
Note -Also see Legendary Permanents, Rule K.17.

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Lady Evangela
Color Multi
Type Creature - Legend
Cost Cost=BUW
Expansion LG(R)
Text(LG+errata):1/2. ; {W}{B},{Tap}: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target creature this turn. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.
Note -Also see Legendary Permanents, Rule K.17.

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The Lady of the Mountain
Color Multi
Type Creature - Legend
Cost Cost=4GR
Expansion LG(U1)
Text(LG):5/5.
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.
Note -Also see Legendary Permanents, Rule K.17.

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Lady Orca
Color Multi
Type Creature - Legend
Cost Cost=5BR
Expansion LG(U1)/AT(F1)
Text(LG):7/4.
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.
Note -Also see Legendary Permanents, Rule K.17.

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Lady Sun
Color Blue
Type Creature - Legend
Cost Cost=1UU
Expansion P3(R)
Text(P3):1/1. ; On your turn, before you attack, you may tap ~this~ to return it and any one other creature to their owners' hands.
When played under non-Portal rules, the text should be read as "{Tap}: Return ~this~ and target creature to their owners' hands. Play this ability only during your turn before combat." [D'Angelo 2000/06/05]
All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.
Note -Also see Legendary Permanents, Rule K.17.

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Lady Zhurong, Warrior Queen
Color Green
Type Creature - Legend
Cost Cost=4G
Expansion P3(R)
Text(P3):4/3, Horsemanship.
All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.
Note -Also see Horsemanship, Rule A.23.
Note -Also see Legendary Permanents, Rule K.17.

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Lake of the Dead
Color Land
Type Land
Cost Cost=None
Expansion AL(R2)
Text(AL+errata):If ~this~ would come into play, sacrifice a swamp instead. If you do, put ~this~ into play. If you don't put it into its owner's graveyard. ; {Tap}: Add {B} to your mana pool. ; {Tap},Sacrifice a swamp: Add {B}{B}{B}{B} to your mana pool. [Oracle 1999/11/01]
You have to sacrifice a swamp before this card is put into play. And you have to do this no matter how it is put into play. [D'Angelo 1999/11/14]
The tap and sacrifice counts as tapping the land for mana for purposes of Manabarbs. [D'Angelo 1996/07/17]

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Lance
Color White
Type Enchant Creature
Cost Cost=W
Expansion ABUR(U)
Text(ABU/RV+errata):Enchanted creature gains first strike. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
Note -Also see First Strike, Rule A.18.

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Lancers en-Kor
Color White
Type Creature - Soldier
Cost Cost=3WW
Expansion SH(U)
Text(SH+errata):3/3, Trample. ; {0}: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to ~this~ this turn is dealt to target creature you control instead. [Oracle 2000/02/01]
When you redirect damage it is still combat damage. [D'Angelo 1999/06/01]
You can use this ability as much as you want prior to damage being dealt. [D'Angelo 1999/06/01]
It is possible to redirect more damage to a creature than that creature's toughness. [D'Angelo 1998/03/23]
It can redirect damage to itself. [D'Angelo 1998/03/17]
The ability of this card does not do anything to stop Trample damage from being assigned to the defending player (see Rule A.37). [D'Angelo 1998/10/08]
Note -Also see Damage Redirection, Rule G.12.
Note -Also see Trample, Rule A.37.

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Land Cap
Color Land
Type Land
Cost Cost=None
Expansion IA(R)
Text(IA+errata):{Tap}: Add {W} or {U} to your mana pool. ~this~ doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step. [Oracle 2000/02/01]

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Land Equilibrium
Color Blue
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=2UU
Expansion LG(R)
Text(LG+errata):If an opponent who controls at least as many lands as you do would put a land into play, that player instead puts that land into play then sacrifices a land. [Oracle 2001/08/24]
You sacrifice a land after you put one into play and not before. [D'Angelo 1995/01/18]
This is a replacement effect (see Rule T.10), so it is not possible to tap the land that just entered play for mana (as a mana source) before you sacrifice a land. [D'Angelo 2001/08/31]
The effect is cumulative. If you have 2 of them, the other player must sacrifice two lands for each one put into play. [D'Angelo 1994/08/01]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.

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Landfill
Color Red
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=4R
Expansion UG(R)
Text(UG+errata):Choose a land type. Remove from the game all lands of that type that you control. Drop those cards, one at a time, onto the playing area from a height of at least one foot. Destroy each card in play that is completely covered by those cards. Then return to play, tapped, all lands dropped in this way. [D'Angelo 2000/03/09 - unofficial errata]
You can choose a land type which you control zero of. [DeLaney 1998/08/12]
You won't know what cards will be destroyed until this spell resolves, so it can be tricky to play regeneration spells and abilities in the right places. You have to guess what might be destroyed. [D'Angelo 2000/03/09]
Once announced, players may not rearrange their cards until after the resolution is complete. [DeLaney 1998/08/12]
Will not destroy token creatures. [DeLaney 1998/08/12]
Cards which are under another card, which is in turn completely covered, are also completely covered. [DeLaney 1998/08/12]
If a card is only partly visible because it is partly under another card, covering the visible portion is enough to destroy it. [QAS 1998/09/09]
Counters on a card cannot stop a card from being covered. [DeLaney 1998/08/12]
All tournament formats have banned cards from Unglued.
Note -Also see Unglued rulings, Rule U.1.

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Land Grant
Color Green
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=1G
Expansion MM(C)
Text(MM+errata):If you have no land cards in hand, you may reveal your hand rather than pay ~this~'s mana cost. ; Search your library for a forest card, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library. [Oracle 2001/06/01]
You can pay the "reveal your hand" cost even if your hand is already revealed due to another effect. [Barclay 1999/11/07]
You do not have to find a forest card if you do not want to. See Rule Z.6.9. [D'Angelo 2001/07/14]

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Land Leeches
Color Green
Type Creature - Leech
Cost Cost=1GG
Expansion DK(C3)/4(C)
Text(DK/4th):2/2, First Strike.
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
Note -Also see First Strike, Rule A.18.

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Land's Edge
Color Red
Type Enchant World
Cost Cost=1RR
Expansion LG(R)/CH(U1)
Text(CH+errata):Discard a card from your hand: If the discarded card is a land card, ~this~ deals 2 damage to target player. Any player may play this ability. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
The discard is a cost. [Aahz 1996/11/07]
The damage done when you discard a land only applies to lands which are discarded by choice using the Land's Edge ability. It does not work on forced discards of any type. [Duelist Magazine #2, Page 8]
You cannot use the Library of Leng ability to place a discarded card on top of your library when using the Land's Edge ability to discard when you want to because this is a discard by choice. [Aahz 1994/07/25]
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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Landslide
Color Red
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=R
Expansion UD(U)
Text(UD):Sacrifice any number of mountains. ~this~ deals that much damage to target player.
You sacrifice the mountains during resolution. [D'Angelo 1999/06/01]
You can sacrifice zero mountains to deal zero damage. [DeLaney 1999/06/08]

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Land Tax
Color White
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=W LG
Expansion LG(U1)/4(R)/BR(F1)
Text(LG/4th+errata):At the beginning of your upkeep, if an opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for up to three basic land cards, reveal them, and put them into your hand. If you do, shuffle your library. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
Can get a Snow-Covered land out. [Duelist Magazine #6, Page 132]
Counts lands when announced and again before it would resolve. It will not do anything if you do not still have fewer lands when it resolves. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03] See Rule A.4.14.
Land Tax counts lands at the beginning of upkeep before even a mana ability can be used. [D'Angelo 2000/08/06]
Type 1.5 tournaments (see Rule D.14) banned this card from 1996/07/01 to 1997/04/01. It not currently banned.
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) banned this card from 1998/07/01.
Standard (Type 2) tournaments (see Rule D.16) have banned this card since 1997/01/01. It was previously restricted from 1996/07/01 to 1997/01/01

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Lapis Lazuli Talisman
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=2
Expansion IA(U)
Text(IA+errata):Whenever a blue spell is played, you may pay {3}. If you do, untap target permanent. [Oracle 2000/10/24]
See Hematite Talisman for rulings.

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Laquatus's Champion
Color Black
Type Creature - Nightmare Horror
Cost Cost=4BB
Expansion TO(R)
Text(TO):6/3. ; When ~this~ comes into play, target player loses 6 life. ; When ~this~ leaves play, that player gains 6 life. ; {B}: Regenerate ~this~.

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Laquatus's Creativity
Color Blue
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=4U
Expansion OD(U)
Text(OD):Target player draws cards equal to the number of cards in that player's hand, then discards that many cards.

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Laquatus's Disdain
Color Blue
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1U
Expansion JU(U)
Text(JU):Counter target spell played from a graveyard. Draw a card.
Can be used to counter a spell played using the Flashback ability, Yawgmoth's Agenda, and Yawgmoth's Will. [Judgment FAQ 2002/05/28]

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Larceny
Color Black
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=3BB
Expansion MM(U)
Text(MM):Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card from his or her hand.
Triggers once per creature, not once per point of damage. [MM FAQ 1999/09/22]

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Lashknife
Color White
Type Enchant Creature
Cost Cost=1W
Expansion NE(C)
Text(NE+errata):If you control a plains, you may tap an untapped creature you control rather than pay ~this~'s mana cost. ; Enchanted creature has first strike. [Oracle 2001/06/01]
Note -Also see Alternate Cost Spells, Rule E.1.
Note -Also see First Strike, Rule A.18.

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Lashknife Barrier
Color White
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=2W
Expansion PS(U)
Text(PS):When ~this~ comes into play, draw a card. ; If a source would deal damage to a creature you control, it deals that much damage minus 1 to that creature instead.

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Last Breath
Color White
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1W
Expansion MM(U)
Text(MM):Remove target creature with power 2 or less from the game. Its controller gains 4 life.

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Last Caress
Color Black
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=2B
Expansion AP(C)
Text(AP):Target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. Draw a card.

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Last Chance
Color Red
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=RR
Expansion PT(R)/ST(R)
Text(ST):Take another turn after this one. You lose the game at the end of that turn. (You won't lose if you've won before the end of that turn.)
All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal and Starter.

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Last-Ditch Effort
Color Red
Type Instant
Cost Cost=R
Expansion UL(U)
Text(UL+errata):Sacrifice any number of creatures. ~this~ deals X damage to target creature or player, where X is the number of creatures sacrificed this way. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
The creatures are chosen and sacrificed on resolution. [Barclay 1999/02/09]
It deals one damage for each creature sacrificed. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]

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Last Laugh
Color Black
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=2BB
Expansion TO(R)
Text(TO):Whenever a permanent other than ~this~ is put into a graveyard from play, ~this~ deals 1 damage to each creature and each player. ; When no creatures are in play, sacrifice ~this~.

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Last Rites
Color Black
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=2B
Expansion OD(C)
Text(OD):Discard any number of cards from your hand. Target player reveals his or her hand, then you choose a nonland card from it for each card discarded this way. That player discards those cards.

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Last Stand
Color Multi
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=WUBRG
Expansion AP(R)
Text(AP):Target opponent loses 2 life for each swamp you control. ~this~ deals damage equal to the number of mountains you control to target creature. Put a 1/1 green Saproling creature token into play for each forest you control. You gain 2 life for each plains you control. Draw a card for each island you control, then discard that many cards from your hand.
Note -Also see Token Creatures, Rule K.25.

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Lat-Nam's Legacy
Color Blue
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1U
Expansion AL(C2)
Text(AL+errata):Shuffle a card from your hand into your library. If you do, draw two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. [Oracle 2001/08/24]
Note -Also see Cantrips, Rule E.2.

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Latulla, Keldon Overseer
Color Red
Type Creature - Spellshaper Legend
Cost Cost=3RR
Expansion PY(R)
Text(PY):3/3. ; {X}{R},{Tap},Discard two cards from your hand: ~this~ deals X damage to target creature or player.
X can be zero. [D'Angelo 2000/06/19]
Note -Also see Legendary Permanents, Rule K.17.

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Latulla's Orders
Color Red
Type Enchant Creature
Cost Cost=1R
Expansion PY(C)
Text(PY):You may play ~this~ any time you could play an instant. ; Whenever enchanted creature deals combat damage to defending player, you may destroy target artifact that player controls.

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Launch
Color Blue
Type Enchant Creature
Cost Cost=1U
Expansion US(C)
Text(US+errata):Enchanted creature has flying. When ~this~ is put into a graveyard from play, return ~this~ to its owner's hand. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

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Lava Axe
Color Red
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=4R
Expansion UL(C)/PT(C)/P2(C)/ST(C)/S2(F1)/BD(F1)/7(C)
Text(UL/7th):~this~ deals 5 damage to target player.

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Lava Blister
Color Red
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=1R
Expansion OD(U)
Text(OD):Destroy target nonbasic land unless its controller has ~this~ deal 6 damage to him or her.

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Lavaborn Muse
Color Red
Type Creature - Spirit
Cost Cost=3R
Expansion LE(R)
Text(LE):3/3. ; At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if that player has two or fewer cards in hand, ~this~ deals 3 damage to him or her.
The number of cards in hand is checked both at the beginning of upkeep and when the triggered ability resolves. [Legions FAQ 2003/01/23]

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Lava Burst
Color Red
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=XR
Expansion IA(C)
Text(IA+errata):~this~ deals X damage to target creature or player. ; If ~this~ would deal damage to a creature, that damage can't be prevented or dealt instead to another creature or player. [Oracle 2002/03/01]
Lava Burst does not prevent a regeneration spell or ability from removing the damage after it is dealt. [Oracle 1998/07/01]
Note -Also see X Costs, Rule K.28.

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Lava Dart
Color Red
Type Instant
Cost Cost=R
Expansion JU(C)
Text(JU):Flashback - Sacrifice a mountain. ; ~this~ deals 1 damage to target creature or player.
Note -Also see Flashback, Rule A.20.

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Lava Flow
Color Red
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=3RR
Expansion PT(U)
Text(PT):Destroy any one creature or land.
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 "Destroy target creature or land." [D'Angelo 2000/06/05]

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Lava Hounds
Color Red
Type Creature - Hound
Cost Cost=2RR
Expansion WL(U)
Text(WL+errata):4/4, Haste. ; When ~this~ comes into play, it deals 4 damage to you. [Oracle 1999/07/01]
Note -Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule E.3.
Note -Also see Haste, Rule A.22.

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Lavamancer's Skill
Color Red
Type Enchant Creature
Cost Cost=1R
Expansion ON(C)
Text(ON):Enchanted creature has "{Tap}: This creature deals 1 damage to target creature." ; If enchanted creature is a Wizard, it has "{Tap}: This creature deals 2 damage to target creature."
If this card enchants a Wizard, the Wizard has both abilities and its controller can use either one. [Onslaught FAQ 2002/09/24]

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Lava Runner
Color Red
Type Creature - Lizard
Cost Cost=1RR
Expansion MM(R)
Text(MM):2/2, Haste. ; Whenever ~this~ becomes the target of a spell or ability, that spell or ability's controller sacrifices a land.
Note -Also see Haste, Rule A.22.

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Lava Storm
Color Red
Type Instant
Cost Cost=3RR
Expansion WL(C)
Text(WL+errata):Choose one-~this~ deals 2 damage to each attacking creature; or ~this~ deals 2 damage to each blocking creature. [Oracle 1999/07/01]
Note -See Modal Spells and Abilities, Rule G.24.

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Lava Tubes
Color Land
Type Land
Cost Cost=None
Expansion IA(R)
Text(IA+errata):{Tap}: Add {B} or {R} to your mana pool. ~this~ does not untap during your next untap step. [Oracle 2000/02/01]

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Lava Zombie
Color Multi
Type Creature - Zombie
Cost Cost=1BR
Expansion PS(C)
Text(PS):4/3. ; When ~this~ comes into play, return a black or red creature you control to its owner's hand. ; {2}: ~this~ gets 1/+0 until end of turn.
You choose the creature to return on resolution of the triggered ability. This is not targeted. [D'Angelo 2001/04/16]

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Lawbringer
Color White
Type Creature - Rebel
Cost Cost=2W
Expansion NE(C)
Text(NE):2/2. ; {Tap},Sacrifice ~this~: Remove target red creature from the game.
Note -Similar to Lightbringer.

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Lay of the Land
Color Green
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=G
Expansion AP(C)
Text(AP):Search your library for a basic land card, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.
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]

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Lay Waste
Color Red
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=3R
Expansion US(C)/ON(C)
Text(US):Destroy target land. ; Cycling {2}.
Note -Also see Cycling, Rule A.12.

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