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Plagiarize
Color Blue
Type Instant
Cost Cost=3U
Expansion TO(R)
Text(TO):Until end of turn, if target player would draw a card, instead that player skips that draw and you draw a card.
If you target yourself, this spell has no useful effect. It will not cause an infinite loop since a replacement effect cannot modify the same event more than once. This effect will not modify the draw that it has you perform. [D'Angelo 2002/11/16]

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Plaguebearer
Color Black
Type Creature - Zombie
Cost Cost=1B
Expansion EX(R)
Text(EX+errata):1/1. ; {X}{X}{B}: Destroy target nonblack creature with converted mana cost equal to X. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
Note -Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule K.8.

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Plague Beetle
Color Black
Type Creature - Insect
Cost Cost=B
Expansion UL(C)/7(C)
Text(UL/7th):1/1, Swampwalk.
Note -Also see Landwalk, Rule A.27.

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Plague Dogs
Color Black
Type Creature - Hound
Cost Cost=4B
Expansion UD(U)
Text(UD):3/3. ; When ~this~ is put into a graveyard from play, all creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn. ; {2},Sacrifice ~this~: Draw a card.

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Plague Fiend
Color Black
Type Creature - Insect
Cost Cost=1B
Expansion PY(C)
Text(PY):1/1. ; Whenever ~this~ deals combat damage to a creature, destroy that creature unless its controller pays {2}.
The creature's controller gets the option to pay when the triggered ability resolves. [Prophecy FAQ 2000/05/25]

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Plague Rats
Color Black
Type Creature - Rat
Cost Cost=2B
Expansion ABUR45(C)
Text(5th+errata):*/*. ; ~this~'s power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures named Plague Rats in play. [Oracle 2000/02/01]
"Plague Rats in play" means Plague Rats in play controlled by any and all players. [D'Angelo 1994/04/01]
Only counts cards that are "Plague Rats" and not all cards that are "Creature - Rats" (or "Summon Rats" on older cards). [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]

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Plague Spitter
Color Black
Type Creature - Horror
Cost Cost=2B
Expansion IN(U)
Text(IN):2/2. ; At the beginning of your upkeep, ~this~ deals 1 damage to each creature and each player. ; When ~this~ is put into a graveyard from play, ~this~ deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.

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Plague Spores
Color Multi
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=4BR
Expansion IN(C)
Text(IN):Destroy target nonblack creature and target land. They can't be regenerated.

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Plague Wind
Color Black
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=7BB
Expansion PY(R)
Text(PY):Destroy all creatures you don't control. They can't be regenerated.

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Plague Witch
Color Black
Type Creature - Spellshaper
Cost Cost=1B
Expansion NE(C)
Text(NE):1/1. ; {B},{Tap},Discard a card from your hand: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Note -Cycle with Arc Mage, Avenger en-Dal, Bola Warrior, Divining Witch, Harvest Mage, Netter en-Dal, Stampede Driver, Stronghold Biologist, Stronghold Machinist, and Trickster Mage.

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Plains
Color Land
Type Land
Cost Cost=None
Expansion ABUR4567(L)/PT(L)/P2(L)/P3(L)/ST(L)/IA(L)/MI(L)/TE(L)/UG(L)/US(L)/MM(L)/IN(L)/AT(L)/BR(L)/OD(L)/ON(L)
Text(7th):{Tap}: Add {W} to your mana pool.
This is a basic land. [CompRules 1999/04/23]
Any land of this type is considered to have the above text, even if the text does not appear on the card. [CompRules 1999/04/23]

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Planar Birth
Color White
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=1W
Expansion US(R)
Text(US+errata):Return all basic lands from all graveyards to play under their owners' control, tapped. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
They come into play tapped. They do not enter play and then tap afterwards. [DeLaney 1998/10/05]

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Planar Chaos
Color Red
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=2R
Expansion JU(U)
Text(JU):At the beginning of your upkeep, flip a coin. If you lose the flip, sacrifice ~this~. ; Whenever a player plays a spell, that player flips a coin. If he or she loses the flip, counter that spell.

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Planar Collapse
Color White
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=1W
Expansion UL(R)
Text(UL+errata):At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are four or more creatures in play, sacrifice ~this~. If you do, destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated. [Oracle 2001/03/07]
This ability does not trigger at all if there are not 4 or more creatures in play. It also checks this at the start of resolution and does nothing if this is not still true. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
The ability is not optional. [Barclay 1999/02/09]
If this card is not in play when the ability resolves, then you cannot sacrifice it and it will not destroy any creatures. The sacrifice is a cost paid during resolution. [WotC Rules Team 1999/03/18]

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Planar Despair
Color Black
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=3BB
Expansion AP(R)
Text(AP):All creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn for each basic land type among lands you control.

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Planar Gate
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=6
Expansion LG(R)
Text(LG+errata):Creature spells you play cost up to {2} less to play. [Oracle 2001/08/24]
Only reduces the generic mana portion of a spell's cost. If the spell does not accept generic mana or accepts less than {2}, you get a reduced or null effect from this card. [bethmo 1994/06/15]
Only works for its controller, not all players. [bethmo 1994/06/15]
Works on Creature and Artifact Creature spells. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
Although the apparent cost is reduced, the "mana cost" of the spell for reasons of Spell Blast or such is still the full amount. [bethmo 1994/06/18] Just think of the Gate as contributing {2} to the cost, not reducing it.
Multiple Gates do add up. Two will contribute up to {4} toward the cost, and so on. [bethmo 1994/06/29]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.

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Planar Guide
Color White
Type Creature - Cleric
Cost Cost=W
Expansion LE(R)
Text(LE):1/1. ; {3}{W},Remove ~this~ from the game: Remove all creatures from the game. At end of turn, return those cards to play under their owners' control.
When the creatures leave play, all enchantments on them go to their owners' graveyards, any counters on them are removed, and effects on them end. Token creatures do not return to play. [Legions FAQ 2003/01/23]
Creatures that were face down return to play face up. [Legions FAQ 2003/01/23]
All "comes into play" abilities trigger as normal. [Legions FAQ 2003/01/23]
If the ability is played during the end of turn step, then the creatures do not return until the end of the following turn. [Legions FAQ 2003/01/23]

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Planar Overlay
Color Blue
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=2U
Expansion PS(R)
Text(PS):Each player chooses a land he or she controls of each basic land type. Return those lands to their owners' hands.
If you have a land which counts as multiple land types, you can choose that land as each of those types. For example, a Tundra could be chosen as your Plains and as your Island land types. [Planeshift 2001/01/26]

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Planar Portal
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=6
Expansion IN(R)
Text(IN):{6},{Tap}: Search your library for a card and put that card into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

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Planar Void
Color Black
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=B
Expansion US(U)
Text(US):Whenever a card is put into a graveyard, remove that card from the game.
The card does go to the graveyard before it is removed from the game, so other triggered abilities like Energy Field will trigger on the card going to the graveyard. [D'Angelo 1999/01/12]
It will trigger on itself going to the graveyard from play and remove itself from the game. [D'Angelo 1999/01/12]
It will trigger on any cards going to the graveyard at the same time it does, and it will remove them from the game. [D'Angelo 1999/03/06]
If Disenchant is used on it, Planar Void goes to the graveyard (and removes itself), then Disenchant goes to the graveyard and stays there. [DeLaney 1999/01/18]

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Planeswalker's Favor
Color Green
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=2G
Expansion PS(R)
Text(PS+errata):{3}{G}: Target opponent reveals a card at random in his or her hand. Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the revealed card's converted mana cost. [Oracle 2001/08/24]
If the opponent has no cards in hand, then X is zero. [Planeshift FAQ 2001/01/26]
Note -Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule K.8.

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Planeswalker's Fury
Color Red
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=2R
Expansion PS(R)
Text(PS+errata):{3}{R}: Target opponent reveals a card at random in his or her hand. ~this~ deals damage equal to that card's converted mana cost to that player. Play this ability only any time you could play a sorcery. [Oracle 2001/08/24]
If the opponent has no cards in hand, then no damage is dealt. [Planeshift FAQ 2001/01/26]

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Planeswalker's Mirth
Color White
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=2W
Expansion PS(R)
Text(PS+errata):{3}{W}: Target opponent reveals a card at random in his or her hand. You gain life equal to that card's converted mana cost. [Oracle 2001/08/24]
If the opponent has no cards in hand, then no life is gained. [Planeshift FAQ 2001/01/26]
Note -Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule K.8.

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Planeswalker's Mischief
Color Blue
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=2U
Expansion PS(R)
Text(PS+errata):{3}{U}: Target opponent reveals a card at random in his or her hand. If it's an instant or sorcery card, remove it from the game. As long as it remains removed from the game, you may play it as though it were in your hand without paying its mana cost. If it has X in its mana cost, X is 0. At end of turn, if you haven't played it, return it to owner's hand. Play this ability only any time you could play a sorcery. [Oracle 2001/08/24]
If the opponent has no cards in hand, then the ability does nothing. [Planeshift FAQ 2001/01/26]
If a card says that X cannot be zero (as with Ertai's Meddling), then you cannot play the card using Planeswalker's Mischief. [Jackson 2001/03/20]
When played, the card goes to its owner's graveyard after it resolves. (See Rule Z.1.5) [D'Angelo 2001/03/12]
If Planeswalker's Mischief leaves play, any cards it removed from the game are still under the effect of the ability and can be played (and if they are not played, they are returned to the owner's hand). [D'Angelo 2001/03/12]

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Planeswalker's Scorn
Color Black
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=2B
Expansion PS(R)
Text(PS+errata):{3}{B}: Target opponent reveals a card at random in his or her hand. Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the revealed card's converted mana cost. Play this ability only any time you could play a sorcery. [Oracle 2001/08/24]
If the opponent has no cards in hand, then X is zero. [Planeshift FAQ 2001/01/26]
Note -Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule K.8.

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Plant Elemental
Color Green
Type Creature - Elemental
Cost Cost=1G
Expansion PT(U)
Text(PT):3/4. ; When ~this~ comes into play from your hand, destroy one of your forests or destroy ~this~.
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 "When ~this~ comes into play, if you played it from your hand, sacrifice ~this~ unless you sacrifice a forest." [D'Angelo 2000/06/05]
Note -This card had no creature type. If played with non-Portal cards, it should be played as creature type Elemental. [D'Angelo 2000/06/05]

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Plateau
Color Land
Type Land
Cost Cost=None
Expansion ABUR(R)
Text(RV+errata):~this~ is a plains and a mountain in addition to its land type. [Oracle 2001/08/24]
The card works as if its text also has "{Tap}: Add {R} to your mana pool. ; {Tap}: Add {W} to your mana pool." [WotC Rules Team 2000/06/06]
See Badlands for rulings.
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 2002/11/01.
Note -The Revised Edition artwork was different from the Limited Edition and Unlimited Edition versions because the original art was lost or damaged.
Note -The Revised Edition artwork is should be credited to Cornelius Brudi, not Drew Tucker.

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Plated Rootwalla
Color Green
Type Creature - Lizard
Cost Cost=4G
Expansion EX(C)/BR(F1)
Text(EX):3/3. ; {2}{G}: ~this~ gets +3/+3 until end of turn. Play this ability only once each turn.

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Plated Sliver
Color White
Type Creature - Sliver
Cost Cost=W
Expansion LE(C)
Text(LE):1/1. ; All Slivers get +0/+1.

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Plated Spider
Color Green
Type Creature - Spider
Cost Cost=4G
Expansion UD(C)/BD(F1)
Text(UD):4/4. ; ~this~ may block as though it had flying.
The player can choose to treat this creature as flying or non-flying when declaring blockers, but only one of the two during a single declare blockers step. For example, it can block a creature that can only be blocked by flyers. [bethmo 1999/06/13]

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Plated Wurm
Color Green
Type Creature - Wurm
Cost Cost=4G
Expansion P2(C)
Text(P2):4/5.
All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.

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Pledge of Loyalty
Color White
Type Enchant Creature
Cost Cost=1W
Expansion IN(U)
Text(IN):Enchanted creature has protection from the colors of permanents you control. This effect doesn't remove ~this~.
Note -Also see Protection, Rule A.31.

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Plow Under
Color Green
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=3GG
Expansion UD(R)
Text(UD):Put two target lands on top of their owner's library.
The owner decides the order the two lands are stacked there. [Urza's Destiny FAQ 1999/05/25]

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