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Boa Constrictor
Color Green
Type Creature - Snake
Cost Cost=4G
Expansion MM(U)
Text(MM):3/3. ; {Tap}: ~this~ gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

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Body Snatcher
Color Black
Type Creature - Minion
Cost Cost=2BB
Expansion UD(R)
Text(UD+errata):2/2. ; When ~this~ comes into play, you may discard a creature card from your hand. If you don't, remove ~this~ from the game. ; When ~this~ is put into a graveyard from play, remove ~this~ from the game and return target creature card from your graveyard to play. [Oracle 1999/07/21]
You choose whether or not to discard on resolution. [DeLaney 1999/06/09]
You can choose to target itself to return to play, but the remove from game happens first and so the return to play will fail. [D'Angelo 1999/07/31]

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Bogardan Firefiend
Color Red
Type Creature - Spirit
Cost Cost=2R
Expansion WL(C)
Text(WL+errata):2/1. ; When ~this~ is put into a graveyard from play, it deals 2 damage to target creature. [Oracle 2000/02/01]
You must pick a target creature, even if you are the only player with creatures in play. [D'Angelo 1997/06/12]

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Bogardan Phoenix
Color Red
Type Creature - Phoenix
Cost Cost=2RRR
Expansion VI(R)
Text(VI+errata):3/3, Flying. ; When ~this~ is put into a graveyard from play and has no death counter on it, return ~this~ to play and put a death counter on it. ; If ~this~ would be put into a graveyard from play and has a death counter on it, remove it from the game instead. [Oracle 1999/07/01]
When it dies, it comes back under the control of the player who controlled it when it died. This is because they control the return to play effect. [Aahz 1997/01/29]

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Bog Down
Color Black
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=2B
Expansion PS(C)
Text(PS):Kicker-Sacrifice two lands. ; Target player discards two cards from his or her hand. If you paid the kicker cost, that player discards three cards from his or her hand instead.
The player discards 2 cards or 3 cards, not 5 cards. [Planeshift FAQ 2001/01/26]
Note -Also see Kicker, Rule A.24.

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Bog Elemental
Color Black
Type Creature - Elemental
Cost Cost=3BB
Expansion PY(R)
Text(PY):5/4, Protection from White. ; At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice ~this~ unless you sacrifice a land.
Note -Also see Protection, Rule A.31.

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Bog Glider
Color Black
Type Creature - Mercenary
Cost Cost=2B
Expansion PY(C)
Text(PY):1/1, Flying. ; {Tap},Sacrifice a land: Search your library for a Mercenary card with converted mana cost {2} or less and put that card into play. Then shuffle your library.
You do not have to find a Mercenary card if you do not want to. See Rule Z.6.9. [D'Angelo 2001/07/14]

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Bog Gnarr
Color Green
Type Creature - Beast
Cost Cost=4G
Expansion AP(C)
Text(AP):2/2. ; Whenever a player plays a black spell, ~this~ gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

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Bog Imp
Color Black
Type Creature - Imp
Cost Cost=1B
Expansion DK(C3)/4567(C)/PT(C)/ST(C)
Text(DK/4th/5th/6th/7th):1/1, Flying.
Note -The Portal version had no creature type.

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Bog Initiate
Color Black
Type Creature - Wizard
Cost Cost=1B
Expansion IN(C)
Text(IN):1/1. ; {1}: Add {B} to your mana pool.

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Bog Raiders
Color Black
Type Creature - Zombie
Cost Cost=2B U
Expansion US(C)/PT(C)/ST(C)
Text(US):2/2, Swampwalk.
Note -Also see Landwalk, Rule A.27.
Note -The Portal version had no creature type.

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Bog Rats
Color Black
Type Creature - Rat
Cost Cost=B DK(
Expansion DK(C3)/CH(C3)/56(C)
Text(6th):1/1. ; ~this~ can't be blocked by Walls.
No, Bog Rats do not affect Plague Rats totals. [Aahz 1994/08/09]

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Bog Smugglers
Color Black
Type Creature - Mercenary
Cost Cost=1BB
Expansion MM(C)
Text(MM):2/2, Swampwalk.
Note -Also see Landwalk, Rule A.27.

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Bog Witch
Color Black
Type Creature - Spellshaper
Cost Cost=2B
Expansion MM(C)
Text(MM):1/1. ; {B},{Tap},Discard a card from your hand: Add {B}{B}{B} to your mana pool.
The ability is a mana ability. [MM FAQ 1999/09/22]

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Bog Wraith
Color Black
Type Creature - Wraith
Cost Cost=3B
Expansion ABUR4567(U)/PT(U)/ST(U)
Text(ABU/RV/4th/5th/6th/7th):3/3, Swampwalk.
Note -Also see Landwalk, Rule A.27.
Note -The Portal version had no creature type.

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Bog Wreckage
Color Land
Type Land
Cost Cost=None
Expansion OD(C)
Text(OD):~this~ comes into play tapped. ; {Tap}: Add {B} to your mana pool. ; {Tap},Sacrifice ~this~: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.

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Boil
Color Red
Type Instant
Cost Cost=3R
Expansion TE(U)/67(U)
Text(TE/6th/7th):Destroy all islands.

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Boiling Blood
Color Red
Type Instant
Cost Cost=2R
Expansion WL(C)
Text(WL):Target creature attacks this turn if able. ; Draw a card.
Note -Also see Must Attack or Block, Rule C.7.

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Boiling Seas
Color Red
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=3R
Expansion PT(U)
Text(PT):Destroy all islands. (This includes your islands.)
All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.

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Bola Warrior
Color Red
Type Creature - Spellshaper
Cost Cost=1R
Expansion NE(C)
Text(NE):1/1. ; {R},{Tap},Discard a card from your hand: Target creature can't block this turn.
Note -Cycle with Arc Mage, Avenger en-Dal, Divining Witch, Harvest Mage, Netter en-Dal, Plague Witch, Stampede Driver, Stronghold Biologist, Stronghold Machinist, and Trickster Mage.

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Bomb Squad
Color Red
Type Creature - Dwarf
Cost Cost=3R
Expansion OD(R)
Text(OD):1/1. ; {Tap}: Put a fuse counter on target creature. ; At the beginning of your upkeep, put a fuse counter on each creature that has a fuse counter on it. ; Whenever a creature has four or more fuse counters on it, remove all fuse counters from it and destroy it. That creature deals 4 damage to its controller.
If the creature regenerates, the fuse counters are still removed and the four damage is still dealt. [Odyssey FAQ 2001/10/04]
If there are two Bomb Squads in play when a creature ends up with 4 or more fuse counters, both Bomb Squad abilities will trigger causing 4 damage each even though the first to resolve will destroy the creature. [D'Angelo 2002/10/15]

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Bone Dancer
Color Black
Type Creature - Zombie
Cost Cost=1BB
Expansion WL(R)
Text(WL+errata):2/2. ; Whenever ~this~ attacks and isn't blocked, you may put the top creature card from defending player's graveyard into play under your control. If you do, ~this~ deals no combat damage this turn. [Oracle 2000/02/01]
Note -Also see Is Not Blocked Ability, Rule E.7.

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Bone Flute
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=3
Expansion DK(U2)
Text(DK):{2},{Tap}: All creatures get -1/-0 until end of turn.
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.

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Bone Harvest
Color Black
Type Instant
Cost Cost=2B
Expansion MI(C)/BD(F1)
Text(MI+errata):Put any number of target creature cards from your graveyard on top of your library. ; Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. [Oracle 1999/07/01]
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]
Note -Also see Cantrips, Rule E.2.

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Boneknitter
Color Black
Type Creature - Zombie Cleric
Cost Cost=1B
Expansion ON(U)
Text(ON):1/1. ; {1}{B}: Regenerate target Zombie. ; Morph {2}{B}.
It can regenerate itself. [Onslaught FAQ 2002/09/24]
Note -Also see Morph, Rule A.29.

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Bone Mask
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=4
Expansion MI(R)
Text(MI+errata):{2},{Tap}: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. For each 1 damage prevented this way, remove the top card of your library from the game. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
If you do not have enough cards in your library, the damage is still prevented and all the cards in your library are removed. [D'Angelo 1997/01/22]

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Bone Shaman
Color Red
Type Creature - Giant
Cost Cost=2RR
Expansion IA(C)
Text(IA+errata):3/3. ; {B}: Until end of turn, ~this~ gains "Creatures dealt damage by ~this~ this turn can't be regenerated this turn." [Oracle 2000/02/01]

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Boneshard Slasher
Color Black
Type Creature - Horror
Cost Cost=1B
Expansion TO(U)
Text(TO):1/1, Flying. ; Threshold - ~this~ gets +2/+2 and has "When ~this~ becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it." (You have threshold as long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard.)
Note -Also see Threshold, Rule A.36.

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Bone Shredder
Color Black
Type Creature - Minion
Cost Cost=2B
Expansion UL(U)
Text(UL):1/1, Flying. ; Echo ; When ~this~ comes into play, destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature.
Note -Also see Echo, Rule A.14.
Note -Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule E.3.

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Bonethorn Valesk
Color Red
Type Creature - Beast
Cost Cost=4R
Expansion SC(C)
Text(SC):4/2. ; Whenever a creature is turned face up, ~this~ deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

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Booby Trap
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=6
Expansion TE(R)
Text(TE+errata):As ~this~ comes into play, name a card other than a basic land card and choose an opponent. ; Reveal all cards the chosen player draws as they're drawn. ; When a card drawn by the chosen player is the named card, sacrifice ~this~. If you do, it deals 10 damage to that player. [Oracle 2001/08/24]
The card draw is in the player's hand before the trigger is played. [bethmo 1997/11/03]
The "if you do" part is only done if you successfully sacrifice this card. In other words, it has to be in play when the trigger resolves or it does not deal damage. [D'Angelo 2001/08/31]
Note -Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule E.3.

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Book Burning
Color Red
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=1R
Expansion JU(C)
Text(JU):Unless a player has ~this~ deal 6 damage to him or her, put the top six cards of target player's library into his or her graveyard.
Note -Also see Rule E.12.Ruling.3.

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Book of Rass
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=6
Expansion DK(U2)/CH(U1)
Text(CH+errata):{2},Pay 2 life: Draw a card. [Oracle 1999/07/23]
You cannot spend yourself to below zero life. You cannot spend life you don't have. [Duelist Magazine #9, Page 35]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.

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Boomerang
Color Blue
Type Instant
Cost Cost=UU LG
Expansion LG(C2)/CH(C3)/567(C)/MI(C)
Text(6th/7th):Return target permanent to its owner's hand.

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Border Guard
Color White
Type Creature - Soldier
Cost Cost=2W
Expansion PT(C)/ST(C)
Text(PT/ST):1/4.
All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal and Starter.
Note -The Portal version had no creature type.

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Border Patrol
Color White
Type Creature - Nomad
Cost Cost=4W
Expansion JU(C)
Text(JU):1/6. ; Attacking doesn't cause ~this~ to tap.

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Boris Devilboon
Color Multi
Type Creature - Legend
Cost Cost=3BR
Expansion LG(R)
Text(LG+errata):2/2. ; {2}{B}{R},{Tap}: Put a 1/1 black and red Minor Demon creature token into play. [Oracle 2001/08/24]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.
Note -Also see Legendary Permanents, Rule K.17.
Note -Also see Token Creatures, Rule K.25.

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Borrowing 100,000 Arrows
Color Blue
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=2U
Expansion P3(U)
Text(P3):For each tapped creature your opponent has in play, you draw a card.
When played under non-Portal rules, the text should be read as "You draw a card for each tapped creature your opponent controls." [D'Angelo 2000/06/05]
All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.

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Borrowing the East Wind
Color Green
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=XGG
Expansion P3(R)
Text(P3):~this~ deals X damage to each player and each creature with horsemanship. (This includes you and your creatures with horsemanship.)
All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.
Note -Also see X Costs, Rule K.28.

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Bosium Strip
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=3
Expansion WL(R)
Text(WL+errata):{3},{Tap}: Until end of turn, if the top card in your graveyard is an instant or sorcery card, you may play that card as though it were in your hand. If a card played this way would be put into a graveyard this turn, remove it from the game instead. [Oracle 2001/03/07]
The part of the effect which removes the spell card from the game is a replacement ability which happens when the spell would go to the graveyard during resolution, by being countered, or whatever. [D'Angelo 1998/11/24]
Cards which remove cards from the graveyard as a cost cannot affect themselves when cast using Bosium Strip. This is because they are removed from the graveyard before costs are paid. For example, Spinning Darkness cannot remove itself as a cost. [D'Angelo 1999/07/10]
Once activated, you can cast as many spells as you want from the graveyard during that turn (which meet the criteria). [D'Angelo 1997/10/13]
Because the card is removed from the game as replacement ability, other replacement effects which also change where the card goes if it would go to the graveyard, like Memory Lapse or Buyback (see Rule A.10), will let the spell's controller choose which of those replacements takes place first. The others are ignored. [D'Angelo 2000/03/14]

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Bottle Gnomes
Color Artifact
Type Artifact Creature - Gnome
Cost Cost=3
Expansion TE(U)
Text(TE+errata):1/3. ; Sacrifice ~this~: You gain 3 life.
Note -Before errata this card did not have a creature type. It is now of creature type Gnome. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

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Bottle of Suleiman
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=4
Expansion AN(U2)/R456(R)
Text(6th+errata):{1},Sacrifice ~this~: Flip a coin. If you lose the flip, ~this~ deals 5 damage to you. If you win the flip, put a 5/5 Djinn artifact creature token with flying into play. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
The coin is flipped on resolution and not on declaration of the ability. [Aahz 1994/12/21]
The Djinn has cannot attack (see Rule G.37) on the turn it is created, just like any creature which enters play cannot. [D'Angelo 1998/06/01]
Note -Also see Token Creatures, Rule K.25.

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Bottomless Pit
Color Black
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=1BB
Expansion SH(U)
Text(SH+errata):At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player discards a card at random from his or her hand. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
The ability is controlled by the player who controls Bottomless Pit. This means that Bottomless Pit can trigger Guerrilla Tactics and other abilities which trigger off an opponent forcing you to discard. [WotC Rules Team 1998/05/01]

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Bottomless Vault
Color Land
Type Land
Cost Cost=None
Expansion FE(U1)/5(R)
Text(5th+errata):~this~ comes into play tapped. ; You may choose not to untap ~this~ during your untap step; At the beginning of your upkeep, if ~this~ is tapped, put a storage counter on it. ; {Tap},Remove any number of storage counters from ~this~: Add {B} to your mana pool for each storage counter removed this way. [Oracle 1999/07/23]
Whether or not it is tapped is checked at the beginning of upkeep. If it is not tapped, the ability does not trigger. It also checks during resolution and you only get a counter if it is still tapped then. [D'Angelo 1999/08/01] See Rule A.4.14.
Can be tapped for zero mana. [D'Angelo 1994/12/19]
It is considered "tapped for mana" for purposes of Mana Flare and Wild Growth even if you choose to take zero mana from it. [WotC Rules Team 1994/12/15]
Mana Short will not draw any of the counters out of the land. It just taps the land. [Aahz 1994/12/06]
Drain Power forces the player to draw mana from lands if they are untapped, but you can choose to remove zero counters. [D'Angelo 2002/07/21]
Enters play tapped even if a continuous effect like Blood Moon immediately changes it to something else. [WotC Rules Team 1994/12/15]
Counters are not lost if the land is changed to another land type. They wait around for the land to change back. [Aahz 1995/03/06] See Rule G.8.5.

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Bouncing Beebles
Color Blue
Type Creature - Beeble
Cost Cost=2U
Expansion UL(C)
Text(UL+errata):2/2. ; ~this~ is unblockable as long as defending player controls an artifact. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

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Bounty Hunter
Color Black
Type Creature - Minion
Cost Cost=2BB
Expansion TE(R)
Text(TE+errata):2/2. ; {Tap}: Put a bounty counter on target nonblack creature. ; {Tap}: Destroy target creature with a bounty counter on it. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

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Bounty of the Hunt
Color Green
Type Instant
Cost Cost=3GG
Expansion AL(U2)
Text(AL+errata):You may remove a green card in your hand from the game rather than pay ~this~'s mana cost. ; Choose one - Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn; or target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn and another target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn; or three target creatures each get +1/+1 until end of turn. [Rules Team 2001/05/01]
Note -Also see Alternate Cost Spells, Rule E.1.
Note -Also see Mana Cost, Rule K.18.
Note -Also see Modal Spells and Abilities, Rule G.24.

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