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Pygmy Allosaurus
Color Green
Type Creature - Dinosaur
Cost Cost=2G
Expansion IA(R)
Text(IA):2/2, Swampwalk.
Note -Also see Landwalk, Rule A.27.

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Pygmy Hippo
Color Multi
Type Creature - Hippo
Cost Cost=GU
Expansion VI(R)
Text(VI+errata):2/2. ; Whenever ~this~ attacks and isn't blocked, you may have defending player play a mana ability of each land he or she controls and empty his or her mana pool. If you do, ~this~ deals no combat damage this turn and at the beginning of your postcombat main phase you add an amount of colorless mana to your mana pool equal to the amount of mana emptied from defending player's mana pool this way. [Oracle 2000/02/01]
Note -Before errata, it was creature type Hippopotamus. [Oracle 1999/07/01]

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Pygmy Kavu
Color Green
Type Creature - Kavu
Cost Cost=3G
Expansion PS(C)
Text(PS):1/2. ; When ~this~ comes into play, draw a card for each black creature your opponents control.

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Pygmy Pyrosaur
Color Red
Type Creature - Lizard
Cost Cost=1R
Expansion UL(C)/7(C)
Text(7th):1/1. ; ~this~ can't block. ; {R}: ~this~ gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

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Pygmy Razorback
Color Green
Type Creature - Boar
Cost Cost=1G
Expansion PY(C)
Text(PY):2/1, Trample.
Note -Also see Trample, Rule A.37.

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Pygmy Troll
Color Green
Type Creature - Troll
Cost Cost=1G
Expansion EX(C)
Text(EX+errata):1/1. ; Whenever ~this~ becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature blocking it. ; {G}: Regenerate ~this~. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

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Pyknite
Color Green
Type Creature - Pyknite
Cost Cost=2G
Expansion IA(C)
Text(IA+errata):1/1. ; When ~this~ comes into play, draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. [Oracle 2000/02/01]
You draw a card next upkeep when playing a Clone or Vesuvan Doppelganger of this card. [Duelist Magazine #6, Page 132] You do not draw one when changing the Doppelganger form to a Pyknite. [Aahz 1995/06/13]
Note -Also see Cantrips, Rule E.2.

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Pyramids
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=6
Expansion AN(U2)
Text(AN+errata):{2}: Destroy target enchant land. ; {2}: Regenerate target land. [Oracle 2002/05/20]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.
Note -After errata, the card is of type "Artifact" and not "Poly Artfiact". [Oracle 1998/07/01]

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Pyre Zombie
Color Multi
Type Creature - Zombie
Cost Cost=1BR
Expansion IN(R)
Text(IN):2/1. ; At the beginning of your upkeep, if ~this~ is in your graveyard, you may pay {1}{B}{B}. If you do, return ~this~ from your graveyard to your hand. ; {1}{R}{R},Sacrifice ~this~: ~this~ deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

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Pyric Salamander
Color Red
Type Creature - Salamander
Cost Cost=1R
Expansion MI(C)
Text(MI+errata):1/1. ; {R}: ~this~ gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Sacrifice ~this~ at end of turn. [Oracle 1999/07/01]

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Pyroblast
Color Red
Type Instant
Cost Cost=R
Expansion IA(C)/5(U)
Text(5th+errata):Choose one - Counter target spell if it's blue; or destroy target permanent if it's blue. [Oracle 2000/02/01]
You can target any spell or permanent, it need not be blue. It just does not do anything unless the color matches. [D'Angelo 1995/06/09]
You can use Sleight of Mind after announcing this spell to change the color word and make it do something on resolution. [D'Angelo 1995/06/09]
The decision to counter a spell or destroy a permanent is a decision made on announcement before a target of the proper type is selected. If the spell is redirected, this mode cannot be changed, so only targets of the selected type are valid. [WotC Rules Team 1995/09/22] See Rule G.24 on Modal spells.
Note -Also see Modal Spells and Abilities, Rule G.24.
Note -This card was of type Interrupt and is now of type Instant. [Oracle 2000/02/01]

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Pyroclasm
Color Red
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=1R
Expansion IA(U)/PT(R)/7(U)
Text(IA.8th):~this~ deals 2 damage to each creature.

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Pyrokinesis
Color Red
Type Instant
Cost Cost=4RR
Expansion AL(U2)/AT(F1)
Text(AL+errata):You may remove a red card in your hand from the game rather than pay ~this~'s mana cost. ; ~this~ deals 4 damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures. [Oracle 2001/06/01]
See Pyrotechnics for other rulings.
Note -Also see Alternate Cost Spells, Rule E.1.
Note -Also see Mana Cost, Rule K.18.

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Pyromancy
Color Red
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=2RR
Expansion UL(R)
Text(UL+errata):{3},Discard a card at random from your hand: ~this~ deals to target creature or player damage equal to the converted mana cost of the discarded card. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
You pick the target before you pick the random card to discard. [bethmo 1999/02/11]
A card with X in the cost is treated as X=0. See Rule K.28.3. [D'Angelo 1999/03/23]
Note -Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule K.8.

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Pyromania
Color Red
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=2R
Expansion TO(U)
Text(TO):{1}{R},Discard a card at random from your hand: ~this~ deals 1 damage to target creature or player. ; {1}{R},Sacrifice ~this~: ~this~ deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

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Pyrostatic Pillar
Color Red
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=1R
Expansion SC(U)
Text(SC):Whenever a player plays a spell with converted mana cost {3} or less, ~this~ deals 2 damage to that player.
Note -Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule K.8.

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Pyrotechnics
Color Red
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=4R LG
Expansion LG(C2)/457(U)/6(C)/AT(F1)
Text(4th/5th/6th/7th):~this~ deals 4 damage divided any way you choose among any number of target creatures and/or players.
You cannot do fractional points of damage. [Duelist Magazine #2, Page 9]
You cannot choose to do zero damage to a target. [WotC Rules Team 1995/07/19]
You cannot choose to have zero targets. You must choose between 1 and 4 targets. [Jordan 2003/05/19]
You can assign damage to multiple targets and are not forced to assign the same amount of damage to each target (like you are with Fireball). [D'Angelo 1995/03/07]
No matter how much you assign to a target, it is only targeted once, and so damage is assigned once per target regardless of the amount of damage assigned to that target. [D'Angelo 1995/03/02]

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Python
Color Black
Type Creature - Snake
Cost Cost=1BB
Expansion VI(C)/6(C)/PT(C)
Text(VI/6th):3/2.
Note -In Visions this card was of creature type Python.
Note -The Portal version had no creature type.

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