Names starting with 'Ve'


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Vebulid
Color Black
Type Creature - Horror
Cost Cost=B
Expansion US(R)
Text(US+errata):0/0. ; ~this~ comes into play with a +1/+1 counter on it. ; At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a +1/+1 counter on ~this~. ; When ~this~ attacks or blocks, destroy it at end of combat. [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]
Note -Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule E.3.

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Vec Townships
Color Land
Type Land
Cost Cost=None
Expansion TE(U)/BR(F1)
Text(TE+errata):{Tap}: Add one colorless mana to your mana pool. ; {Tap}: Add {G} or {W} to your mana pool. ~this~ doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step. [Oracle 2000/10/24]

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Veiled Apparition
Color Blue
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=1U
Expansion US(U)
Text(US+errata):When an opponent plays a spell, if ~this~ is an enchantment, ~this~ becomes a 3/3 Illusion creature with flying. That creature has "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice ~this~ unless you pay {1}{U}." [Oracle 1999/05/01]
When it turns into a creature, it no longer counts as an enchantment. [Urza's Saga Rule Page]
It changes even if the spell is countered. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
It becomes a creature when the spell is announced, which is before that spell resolves. A Disenchant cannot be used to destroy this card, since it will no longer be an enchantment when the Disenchant resolves. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
You choose whether to pay or not on resolution. If not, then you sacrifice the creature. You can choose to not pay if you do not control the creature on resolution. See Rule E.12.Ruling.3. [D'Angelo 1999/06/01]

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Veiled Crocodile
Color Blue
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=2U
Expansion US(R)
Text(US+errata):When a player has no cards in hand, if ~this~ is an enchantment, ~this~ becomes a 4/4 Crocodile creature. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
When it turns into a creature, it no longer counts as an enchantment. [Urza's Saga Rule Page]
It can trigger even if a player's hand is empty momentarily during the middle of the resolution of a spell or ability. [WotC Rules Team 1998/10/18]

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Veiled Sentry
Color Blue
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=U
Expansion US(U)
Text(US+errata):When an opponent plays a spell, if ~this~ is an enchantment, ~this~ becomes am Illusion creature with power and toughness each equal to the that spell's converted mana cost. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
When it turns into a creature, it no longer counts as an enchantment. [Urza's Saga Rule Page]
It changes even if the spell is countered. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
If the spell is no longer on the stack when the triggered ability resolves, the converted mana cost of the spell is still remembered. [bethmo 1999/09/27]
It becomes a creature when the spell is announced, which is before that spell resolves. A Disenchant cannot be used to destroy this card, since it will no longer be an enchantment when the Disenchant resolves. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
Note -Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule K.8.

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Veiled Serpent
Color Blue
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=2U
Expansion US(C)
Text(US+errata):When an opponent plays a spell, if ~this~ is an enchantment, ~this~ becomes a 4/4 Serpent creature. It can't attack unless defending player controls an island. ; Cycling {2}. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
When it turns into a creature, it no longer counts as an enchantment. [Urza's Saga Rule Page]
It changes even if the spell is countered. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
It becomes a creature when the spell is announced, which is before that spell resolves. A Disenchant cannot be used to destroy this card, since it will no longer be an enchantment when the Disenchant resolves. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
Note -Also see Cycling, Rule A.12.

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Veil of Birds
Color Blue
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=U
Expansion US(C)
Text(US+errata):When an opponent plays a spell, if ~this~ is an enchantment, ~this~ becomes a 1/1 Bird creature with flying. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
When it turns into a creature, it no longer counts as an enchantment. [Urza's Saga Rule Page]
It changes even if the spell is countered. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
It becomes a creature when the spell is announced, which is before that spell resolves. A Disenchant cannot be used to destroy this card, since it will no longer be an enchantment when the Disenchant resolves. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]

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Veldrane of Sengir
Color Black
Type Creature - Legend
Cost Cost=5BB
Expansion HL(U1)
Text(HL+errata):5/5. ; {1}{B}{B}: ~this~ gets -3/-0 and gains forestwalk until end of turn. [Oracle 1999/07/23]
Note -Also see Landwalk, Rule A.27.
Note -Also see Legendary Permanents, Rule K.17.

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

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Venarian Gold
Color Blue
Type Enchant Creature
Cost Cost=XUU
Expansion LG(C1)
Text(LG+errata):~this~ comes into play with X sleep counters on it. ; When ~this~ comes into play, tap enchanted creature. ; Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step as long if ~this~ has a sleep counter on it. ; At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, remove a sleep counter from ~this~. [Oracle 2002/10/01]
Once all the counters are gone, it just sits there as an inert enchantment. [bethmo 1994/06/17]
If the enchantment is moved with Enchantment Alteration, the number of counters on Venarian Gold does not change. [D'Angelo 1998/05/04]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.
Note -Also see X Costs, Rule K.28.

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Vendetta
Color Black
Type Instant
Cost Cost=B
Expansion MM(C)
Text(MM):Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. You lose life equal to that creature's toughness.

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Venerable Monk
Color White
Type Creature - Cleric
Cost Cost=2W
Expansion SH(C)/PT(U)/ST(C)/67(C)
Text(6th/7th):2/2. ; When ~this~ comes into play, you gain 2 life.
Note -Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule E.3.
Note -The Portal version had no creature type.

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Vengeance
Color White
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=3W PT
Expansion PT(U)/P2(U)/P3(U)/ST(U)/7(U)
Text(ST/7th):Destroy target tapped creature.

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Vengeful Dead
Color Black
Type Creature - Zombie
Cost Cost=3B
Expansion SC(C)
Text(SC):3/2. ; Whenever ~this~ or another Zombie is put into a graveyard from play, each opponent loses 1 life.

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Vengeful Dreams
Color White
Type Instant
Cost Cost=WW
Expansion TO(R)
Text(TO):As an additional cost to play ~this~, discard X cards from your hand. ; Remove X target attacking creatures from the game.

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Venom
Color Green
Type Enchant Creature
Cost Cost=1GG
Expansion DK(C3)/45(C)
Text(5th+errata):Whenever enchanted creature blocks or becomes blocked by a non-Wall creature, destroy that creature at end of combat. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
If this enchantment is moved onto a creature after blockers are declared, creatures blocking the newly enchanted creature are not affected. This is because the ability triggers on at the time blocking occurs. [D'Angelo 1996/12/13]

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Venomspout Brackus
Color Green
Type Creature - Beast
Cost Cost=6G
Expansion ON(U)
Text(ON):5/5. ; {1}{G},{Tap}: ~this~ deals 5 damage to target attacking or blocking creature with flying. ; Morph {3}{G}{G}.
Note -Also see Morph, Rule A.29.

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Venomous Breath
Color Green
Type Instant
Cost Cost=3G
Expansion IA(U)/MM(U)
Text(MM):At end of combat, destroy all creatures that blocked or were blocked by target creature this turn.
It affects creatures that had blocked the target when this spell resolves, even if they are no longer blocking the creature. [D'Angelo 1999/12/11]

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Venomous Dragonfly
Color Green
Type Creature - Insect
Cost Cost=3G
Expansion MM(C)
Text(MM):1/1, Flying. ; Whenever ~this~ blocks or becomes blocked by a creature, destroy that creature at end of combat.

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Venomous Fangs
Color Green
Type Enchant Creature
Cost Cost=2G
Expansion US(C)
Text(US+errata):Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to a creature, destroy that creature. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
If the damaged creature takes both lethal damage and is destroyed by this effect, you have to regenerate the creature twice to keep it alive. [D'Angelo 2000/06/03]

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Venomous Vines
Color Green
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=2GG
Expansion JU(C)
Text(JU):Destroy target enchanted permanent.

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Ventifact Bottle
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=3
Expansion MI(R)
Text(MI+errata):{1}{X},{Tap}: Put X charge counters on ~this~. Play this ability only any time you could play a sorcery. ; At the beginning of your precombat main phase, if ~this~ has a charge counter on it, tap it and remove all charge counters from it. Then add to your mana pool an amount of colorless mana equal to the number of charge counters removed this way. [Oracle 2000/02/01]

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Verdant Field
Color Green
Type Enchant Land
Cost Cost=2G
Expansion PY(U)
Text(PY):Enchanted land has "{Tap}: Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn."

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Verdant Force
Color Green
Type Creature - Elemental
Cost Cost=5GGG
Expansion TE(R)
Text(TE+errata):7/7. ; At the beginning of each player's upkeep, put a 1/1 green Saproling creature token into play under your control. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
Verdant Force's controller gets the tokens. [D'Angelo 1999/06/01] That is the controller at the beginning of upkeep. [DeLaney 1999/06/13]
Note -Also see Token Creatures, Rule K.25.

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Verdant Succession
Color Green
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=4G
Expansion OD(R)
Text(OD):Whenever a green nontoken creature is put into a graveyard from play, that creature's controller may search his or her library for a card with the same name as that creature and put it into play. If that player does, he or she then shuffles his or her library.
You can choose not to find the creature card. [D'Angelo 2001/10/10]

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Verdant Touch
Color Green
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=1G
Expansion SH(R)
Text(SH+errata):Buyback {3}. ; Target land becomes a 2/2 creature that's still a land. (This effect doesn't end at end of turn.) [Oracle 2000/10/24]
The land is still a land and retains all its abilities, plus any other characteristics. [Barclay 1998/02/27]
Note -Also see Buyback, Rule A.10.

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Verdigris
Color Green
Type Instant
Cost Cost=2G
Expansion TE(U)
Text(TE):Destroy target artifact.

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Verdeloth the Ancient
Color Green
Type Creature - Treefolk Legend
Cost Cost=4GG
Expansion IN(R)
Text(IN):4/7. ; Kicker {X} (You may pay an additional {X} as you play this spell.) ; All other Treefolk and all Saprolings get +1/+1. ; When ~this~ comes into play, if you paid the kicker cost, put X 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens into play.
Note -Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule E.3.
Note -Also see Kicker, Rule A.24.
Note -Also see Legendary Permanents, Rule K.17.
Note -Also see Token Creatures, Rule K.25.

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Verduran Emissary
Color Green
Type Creature - Wizard
Cost Cost=2G
Expansion IN(U)
Text(IN):2/3. ; Kicker {1}{R} (You may pay an additional {1}{R} as you play this spell.) ; When ~this~ comes into play, if you paid the kicker cost, destroy target artifact. It can't be regenerated.
Note -Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule E.3.
Note -Also see Kicker, Rule A.24.

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Verduran Enchantress
Color Green
Type Creature - Druid
Cost Cost=1GG
Expansion ABUR4567(R)
Text(6th/7th):0/2. ; Whenever you play an enchantment spell, you may draw a card.
The ability is a triggered ability (see Rule A.4). Whenever you announce an enchantment spell, you immediately get the option of drawing a card as part of the triggered ability. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
Does not trigger on the moving of an enchantment from one permanent to another. [D'Angelo 1995/07/25]
Does trigger on enchantments that are cast as instants. [Duelist Magazine #16, Page 28]
Note -In Fifth Edition (and before) this card was of creature type "Enchantress". In Sixth Edition, it was a "Wizard". Now it is "Druid".

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Vernal Bloom
Color Green
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=3G
Expansion US(R)/7(R)
Text(7th):Whenever a forest is tapped for mana, its controller adds {G} to his or her mana pool.
This is a triggered mana ability. It does not go on the stack. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]

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Vernal Equinox
Color Green
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=3G
Expansion MM(R)
Text(MM+errata):Any player may play creature and enchantment cards any time he or she could play an instant. [Oracle 2002/05/20]

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Vertigo
Color Red
Type Instant
Cost Cost=R
Expansion IA(U)/6(U)
Text(6th+errata):~this~ deals 2 damage to target creature with flying. That creature loses flying until end of turn. [Oracle 2000/02/01]

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Vesuvan Doppelganger
Color Blue
Type Creature - Doppelganger
Cost Cost=3UU
Expansion ABUR(R)
Text(RV+errata):*/* ; As ~this~ comes into play, you may choose a creature in play. If you do, ~this~ comes into play as a copy of that creature except for its color and gains "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may have this creature become a copy of target creature except for its color. If you do, this creature gains this ability". [Oracle 2001/08/24]
Note -Also see Copy Cards, Rule E.4. There are enough important rules there that they are worth reading first.
The ability is gained as an initial ability. [D'Angelo 2000/01/16]
The Doppelganger of an artifact creature can be Shattered or Disenchanted. [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]
Can switch to the same creature it is currently a copy of. [WotC Rules Team 1998/03/31]
Damage is not removed when it changes forms. [D'Angelo 1995/09/09]
When the Doppelganger switches creatures, the creature it used to be is not considered to have left play. Such effects will consider the creature to have left play when the Doppelganger leaves play. This means that if it was a Gaea's Liege, converted lands revert to their old form when the Doppelganger leaves play, and that if it was Aladdin, stolen artifacts return to the owner when the Doppelganger leaves play. [WotC Rules Team 1998/03/31] See Rule E.4.10.
When it switches forms, the new form is not considered to be entering play. Effects that trigger off it "entering play" or when it "comes into play", even on the card itself, will not trigger. Thus, switching to a Pyknite will not allow you to draw a card. [D'Angelo 1995/12/21] And Eye of Singularity will not trigger. [Aahz 1997/07/09] See Rule E.4.8.
If it is a Tetravus and changes forms to something else (leaving some Tetravite tokens in play) then changes back to a Tetravus later, the old tokens can still be sacrificed to this Doppelganger/Tetravus. [Jackson 2001/03/29]
Whenever it changes forms, it does not lose any counters or other gains made as the creature it was copying. [WotC Rules Team 1998/03/31]
When changing forms, any text changes from Magical Hack and Sleight of Mind that exist on the Doppelganger are applied to the new text. This does nothing if the suggested change is inappropriate. [D'Angelo 2001/08/31]
When changing forms, it does not get any counters that the creature being copied would have received when played, although it would get those counters when played (see Rule E.4.3). [WotC Rules Team 1994/02/27] Thus, a Doppel of a Clockwork Beast would get counters if it copied the Beast when played, but would not get any if it changes form to a Clockwork Beast.
A Doppelganger of a Clone is just a copy of the creature the Clone copied. [PPG Page 224]
A Doppelganger of a Doppelganger has the form change triggered ability twice and can change twice during upkeep. [D'Angelo 2000/01/11]
The Doppelganger is not a targeted creature spell. [D'Angelo 2001/08/15]
When it switches forms, cumulative upkeep counts on the creature it was copying applies to any new cumulative upkeep for the new form. For example, if it was copying a Firestorm Hellkite (cumulative upkeep {U}{R}), and it stayed in that form through three upkeep payments, it would gain three cumulative upkeep counters. If it then switched to a Soldevi Simulacrum (cumulative upkeep {1}), its next upkeep payment would be {4}. [WotC Rules Team 1998/03/31]
When it takes on the characteristics of the other card, it is no longer of creature type Doppelganger. [WotC Rules Team 1998/03/31]
If it is a copy of a Licid and is in creature enchantment form, it will stop being a creature enchantment when it changes form. [Aahz 1997/11/16]
It does copy the mana symbols in the mana cost for the card it is copying, but it uses its own color definition and not the one from those mana symbols. This is so it maintains its color just like the text says. [bethmo 1998/07/07]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.

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Veteran Bodyguard
Color White
Type Creature - Bodyguard
Cost Cost=3WW
Expansion ABUR(R)
Text(RV+errata):2/5. ; As long as ~this~ is untapped, all damage that would be dealt to you by unblocked creatures is dealt to ~this~ instead. [Oracle 2001/08/24]
If a creature is blocked but Trample damage is still done to a player, this damage cannot be redirected to the Bodyguard because the Bodyguard only takes damage from unblocked creatures. [bethmo 1994/06/01]
Damage goes to the Bodyguard as long as he is untapped. This works even if he is blocking. [Peterson 1994/11/01]
Cannot be used against spell or other non-creature attack damage. [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]
Redirected damage retains its color and any other abilities. [Snark 1994/02/01] See Rule G.12.2.
If you have multiple Veteran Bodyguards, you can decide which one receives the redirected damage each time damage would be dealt to you. [D'Angelo 2001/08/31]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.

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Veteran Brawlers
Color Red
Type Creature - Soldier
Cost Cost=1R
Expansion PY(R)
Text(PY):4/4. ; ~this~ can't attack if defending player controls an untapped land. ; ~this~ can't block if you control an untapped land.

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Veteran Cavalier
Color White
Type Creature - Knight
Cost Cost=WW
Expansion ST(U)
Text(ST):2/2. ; Attacking doesn't cause ~this~ to tap.
All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Starter.

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Veteran Explorer
Color Green
Type Creature - Soldier
Cost Cost=G
Expansion WL(U)
Text(WL+errata):1/1. ; When ~this~ is put into a graveyard from play, each player may search his or her library for up to two basic land cards and put them into play. Then, each player who searched his or her library shuffles it. [Oracle 2000/02/01]

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Veteran's Voice
Color Red
Type Enchant Creature
Cost Cost=R
Expansion AL(C1)
Text(AL+errata):~this~ can enchant only a creature you control. ; Enchanted creature has "{Tap}: Target creature other than this creature gets +2/+1 until end of turn." [Oracle 1999/11/01]
Is sacrificed if you lose control of the creature. [Duelist Magazine #12, Page 32]

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Vexing Arcanix
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=4
Expansion IA(R)
Text(IA+errata):{3},{Tap}: Target player names a card and reveals the top card of his or her library. If it's the named card, the player puts it into his or her hand. Otherwise, the player puts it into his or her graveyard and ~this~ deals 2 damage to him or her. [Oracle 2001/08/24]
The target player names a card on resolution. [D'Angelo 2000/03/09]
If the player has no cards in their library, the effect does nothing. It does not cause any damage. [WotC Rules Team 1996/05/08]

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Vexing Beetle
Color Green
Type Creature - Insect
Cost Cost=4G
Expansion LE(R)
Text(LE):3/3. ; ~this~ can't be countered. ; ~this~ gets +3/+3 as long as no opponent controls a creature.

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