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Subdue
Color |
Green |
Type |
Instant |
Cost |
Cost=G |
Expansion |
LG(C1) |
Text(LG+errata):Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target
creature this turn. That creature gets +0/+X until end of turn, where X
is its converted mana cost. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.
Note -Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule K.8.
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Submerge
Color |
Blue |
Type |
Instant |
Cost |
Cost=4U |
Expansion |
NE(U) |
Text(NE):If an opponent controls a forest and you control an island, you
may play ~this~ without paying its mana cost. ; Put target creature on top
of its owner's library.
Note -Also see Alternate Cost Spells, Rule E.1.
Note -Cycle with Massacre, Mogg Salvage, Refreshing Rain, and
Sivvi's Ruse.
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Subterranean Hangar
Color |
Land |
Type |
Land |
Cost |
Cost=None |
Expansion |
MM(U) |
Text(MM):~this~ comes into play tapped. ; {Tap}: Put a storage counter
on ~this~. ; {Tap},Remove any number of storage counters from ~this~: Add
one black mana to your mana pool for each storage counter removed this
way.
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Subterranean Spirit
Color |
Red |
Type |
Creature - Elemental |
Cost |
Cost=3RR |
Expansion |
MI(R) |
Text(MI):3/3, Protection from Red. ; {Tap}: ~this~ deals 1 damage to each
creature without flying.
Note -Also see Protection, Rule A.31.
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Subversion
Color |
Black |
Type |
Enchantment |
Cost |
Cost=3BB |
Expansion |
UL(R)/BR(F1) |
Text(UL+errata):At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 1
life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
This is loss of life, not damage. It cannot be prevented. See Rule G.21.
[Barclay 1999/02/09]
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Su-Chi
Color |
Artifact |
Type |
Artifact Creature |
Cost |
Cost=4 |
Expansion |
AQ(U3) |
Text(AQ+errata):4/4. ; When ~this~ is put into a graveyard from play, add
four colorless mana to your mana pool. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
It does not do anything if discarded or countered. [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]
You cannot choose not to get the 4 mana when Su-Chi is destroyed.
[D'Angelo 1994/06/01]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.
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Sudden Impact
Color |
Red |
Type |
Instant |
Cost |
Cost=3R |
Expansion |
TE(U)/7(U) |
Text(7th):~this~ deals damage equal to the number of cards in target
player's hand to that player.
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Sudden Strength
Color |
Green |
Type |
Instant |
Cost |
Cost=3G |
Expansion |
JU(C) |
Text(JU):Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. Draw a card.
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Suffering (Pain/Suffering)
Color |
Red |
Type |
Sorcery |
Cost |
Cost=3R |
Expansion |
IN(U) |
Text(IN):Destroy target land.
Note -See Pain (Pain/Suffering) for the second half of this card.
Note -Also see Split Cards, Rule K.24.
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Suffocating Blast
Color |
Multi |
Type |
Instant |
Cost |
Cost=1UUR |
Expansion |
AP(R) |
Text(AP):Counter target spell and ~this~ deals 3 damage to target creature.
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Suffocation
Color |
Blue |
Type |
Instant |
Cost |
Cost=1U |
Expansion |
AL(U2) |
Text(AL+errata):~this~ deals 4 damage to target player who played a red
sorcery or instant that dealt damage to you this turn. ; Draw a card at
the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. [Oracle 1999/07/23]
It means "red sorcery or red instant" not "red sorcery or any instant".
[Aahz 1996/06/24]
Note -Also see Cantrips, Rule E.2.
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Sulam Djinn
Color |
Green |
Type |
Creature - Djinn |
Cost |
Cost=5G |
Expansion |
IN(U) |
Text(IN):6/6, Trample. ; ~this~ gets -2/-2 as long as green is the most
common color among all permanents or is tied for most common.
Note -Also see Trample, Rule A.37.
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Suleiman's Legacy
Color |
Multi |
Type |
Enchantment |
Cost |
Cost=RW |
Expansion |
VI(R) |
Text(VI+errata):When ~this~ comes into play, destroy all Djinns and
Efreets. They can't be regenerated. ; Whenever a Djinn or Efreet comes
into play, destroy it. It can't be regenerated. [Oracle 1999/07/01]
Does nothing to Djinns or Efreets that phase in while it is in play.
[Duelist Magazine #17, Page 30]
Note -Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule E.3.
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Sulfuric Vapors
Color |
Red |
Type |
Enchantment |
Cost |
Cost=3R |
Expansion |
US(R) |
Text(US+errata):If a red spell would deal damage to a creature or player,
it deals that much damage plus 1 instead. [Oracle 1999/07/21]
The ability is a replacement effect (see Rule T.10) which is applied when
damage would become dealt. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
If the red spell damages more than one target, add 1 to each target.
[DeLaney 1998/10/17]
Remember that a "spell" is a non-land card being played from a player's
hand. The combat damage and the abilities of permanents won't trigger
this. And "comes into play" abilities won't trigger this.
[D'Angelo 1998/11/10]
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Sulfuric Vortex
Color |
Red |
Type |
Enchantment |
Cost |
Cost=1RR |
Expansion |
SC(R) |
Text(SC):At the beginning of each player's upkeep, ~this~ deals 2 damage to
that player. ; If a player would gain life, that player gains no life
instead.
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Sulfurous Springs
Color |
Land |
Type |
Land |
Cost |
Cost=None |
Expansion |
IA(R)/567(R) |
Text(5th/6th/7th):{Tap}: Add one colorless mana to your mana pool. ;
{Tap}: Add {B} or {R} to your mana pool. ~this~ deals 1 damage to you.
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Sulfur Vent
Color |
Land |
Type |
Land |
Cost |
Cost=None |
Expansion |
IN(C) |
Text(IN):~this~ comes into play tapped. ; {Tap}: Add {B} to your mana
pool. ; {Tap},Sacrifice ~this~: Add {U}{R} to your mana pool.
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Summer Bloom
Color |
Green |
Type |
Sorcery |
Cost |
Cost=1G V |
Expansion |
VI(U)/PT(R)/ST(R)/6(U) |
Text(6th+errata/VI):You may play up to three additional lands this turn.
This spell increases the number of lands you can play in a turn. The land
cards are played as you would normally play lands. [DeLaney 2002/08/25]
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Sunastian Falconer
Color |
Multi |
Type |
Creature - Legend |
Cost |
Cost=3GR |
Expansion |
LG(U1) |
Text(LG+errata):4/4. ; {Tap}: Add two colorless mana to your mana pool.
[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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Sun Ce, Young Conqueror
Color |
Blue |
Type |
Creature - Legend |
Cost |
Cost=3UU |
Expansion |
P3(R) |
Text(P3):3/3, Horsemanship. ; When ~this~ comes into play, you may return
any one creature from play to its owner's hand.
When played under non-Portal rules, the text should be read
as "Horsemanship. ; When ~this~ comes into play, you may return target
creature to its owner's hand." [D'Angelo 2000/06/05]
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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Sun Clasp
Color |
White |
Type |
Enchant Creature |
Cost |
Cost=1W |
Expansion |
VI(C)/BR(F1) |
Text(VI+errata):Enchanted creature gets +1/+3. ; {W}: Return enchanted
creature to its owner's hand. [Oracle 1999/07/30]
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Sunder
Color |
Blue |
Type |
Instant |
Cost |
Cost=3UU |
Expansion |
US(R) |
Text(US+errata):Return all lands to their owners' hands.
[Oracle 1999/05/01]
Only affects land cards in play. [DeLaney 1998/10/05]
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Sunfire Balm
Color |
White |
Type |
Instant |
Cost |
Cost=2W |
Expansion |
ON(U) |
Text(ON):Prevent the next 4 damage that would be dealt to target creature
or player this turn. ; Cycling {1}{W}. ; When you cycle ~this~, you may
prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player
this turn.
Note -Also see Cycling, Rule A.12.
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Sunglasses of Urza
Color |
Artifact |
Type |
Artifact |
Cost |
Cost=3 |
Expansion |
ABUR4(R) |
Text(4th+errata):{W}: Add {R} to your mana pool. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
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Sungrass Egg
Color |
Artifact |
Type |
Artifact |
Cost |
Cost=1 |
Expansion |
OD(U) |
Text(OD):{2},{Tap},Sacrifice ~this~: Add {G}{W} to your mana pool. Draw a
card.
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Sungrass Prairie
Color |
Land |
Type |
Land |
Cost |
Cost=None |
Expansion |
OD(R) |
Text(OD):{1},{Tap}: Add {G}{W} to your mana pool.
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Sunken City
Color |
Blue |
Type |
Enchantment |
Cost |
Cost=UU |
Expansion |
DK(C3)/4(C) |
Text(4th+errata):Blue creatures get +1/+1. ; At the beginning of your
upkeep, sacrifice ~this~ unless you pay {U}{U}. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
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Sunken Field
Color |
Blue |
Type |
Enchant Land |
Cost |
Cost=1U |
Expansion |
PY(U) |
Text(PY):Enchanted land has "{Tap}: Counter target spell unless its
controller pays {1}."
The spell's controller gets the option to pay when the ability resolves.
[Prophecy FAQ 2000/05/25]
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Sunken Hope
Color |
Blue |
Type |
Enchantment |
Cost |
Cost=3UU |
Expansion |
PS(R) |
Text(PS):At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player returns a
creature he or she controls to its owner's hand.
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Sun Quan, Lord of Wu
Color |
Blue |
Type |
Creature - Legend |
Cost |
Cost=4UU |
Expansion |
P3(R) |
Text(P3):4/4. ; All your creatures gain horsemanship as long as ~this~ is
in play. (This includes ~this~.)
When played under non-Portal rules, the text should be read as "Creatures
you control have horsemanship." [D'Angelo 2000/06/05]
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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Sunscape Apprentice
Color |
White |
Type |
Creature - Wizard |
Cost |
Cost=W |
Expansion |
IN(C) |
Text(IN):1/1. ; {G},{Tap}: Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. ;
{U},{Tap}: Put target creature you control on top of its owner's library.
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Sunscape Battlemage
Color |
White |
Type |
Creature - Wizard |
Cost |
Cost=2W |
Expansion |
PS(U) |
Text(PS):2/2. ; Kicker {1}{G} and/or {2}{U}. ; When ~this~ comes into play,
if you paid the {1}{G} kicker cost, destroy target creature with flying. ;
When ~this~ comes into play, if you paid the {2}{U} kicker cost, draw two
cards.
Note -Also see Kicker, Rule A.24.
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Sunscape Familiar
Color |
White |
Type |
Creature - Wall |
Cost |
Cost=1W |
Expansion |
PS(C) |
Text(PS):0/3. (Walls can't attack.) ; Green spells and blue spells you play
cost {1} less to play.
If a spell is both green and blue, you pay {1} less, not {2} less.
[Planeshift FAQ 2001/01/26]
If this card is sacrificed to pay part of a spell's cost, the cost reduction
still applies. [Jordan 2001/02/12]
See Helm of Awakening for rulings.
Note -Also see Walls, Rule K.27.
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Sunscape Master
Color |
White |
Type |
Creature - Wizard |
Cost |
Cost=2WW |
Expansion |
IN(R) |
Text(IN):2/2. ; {G}{G},{Tap}: Creatures you control get +2/+2 until end of
turn. ; {U}{U},{Tap}: Return target creature to its owner's hand.
The first ability only affects creatures you control at the time the ability
resolves. [Invasion FAQ 2000/10/03]
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Sunstone
Color |
Artifact |
Type |
Artifact |
Cost |
Cost=3 |
Expansion |
IA(U) |
Text(IA+errata):{2},Sacrifice a snow-covered land: Prevent all combat
damage that would be dealt this turn. [Oracle 2000/02/01]
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Sunstrike Legionnaire
Color |
White |
Type |
Creature - Soldier |
Cost |
Cost=1W |
Expansion |
LE(R) |
Text(LE):1/2. ; ~this~ doesn't untap during your untap step. ; Whenever
another creature comes into play, untap ~this~. ; {Tap}: Tap target
creature with converted mana cost {3} or less.
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Suntail Hawk
Color |
White |
Type |
Creature - Bird |
Cost |
Cost=W |
Expansion |
JU(C) |
Text(JU):1/1, Flying.
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Sunweb
Color |
White |
Type |
Creature - Wall |
Cost |
Cost=3W |
Expansion |
MI(R)/67(R) |
Text(6th/7th):5/6, Flying. ; (Walls can't attack.) ; ~this~ can't block
creatures with power 2 or less.
Note -Also see Walls, Rule K.27.
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Superior Numbers
Color |
Green |
Type |
Sorcery |
Cost |
Cost=GG |
Expansion |
MI(U) |
Text(MI):~this~ deals to target creature damage equal to the number of
creatures you control in excess of the number of creatures that creature's
controller controls. [Oracle 1999/07/01]
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Suppress
Color |
Black |
Type |
Sorcery |
Cost |
Cost=2B |
Expansion |
AP(U) |
Text(AP):Target player removes all cards in his or her hand from the game
face down. At the end of that player's next turn, that player returns
those cards to his or her hand.
If played on the current player, it happens at the end of the current turn.
The text is meant to mean "that player's next end-of-turn step".
[D'Angelo 2002/12/19]
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Supreme Inquisitor
Color |
Blue |
Type |
Creature - Wizard Lord |
Cost |
Cost=3UU |
Expansion |
ON(R) |
Text(ON):1/3. ; Tap five untapped Wizards you control: Search target
player's library for up to five cards and remove them from the game. Then
that player shuffles his or her library.
Since the ability does not have the {Tap} symbol, you can use the ability
before this creature begins a turn under your control.
[Onslaught FAQ 2002/09/24]
It can tap itself but is not required to do so. [D'Angelo 2002/10/15]
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Suq'Ata Assassin
Color |
Black |
Type |
Creature - Minion |
Cost |
Cost=1BB |
Expansion |
VI(U) |
Text(VI+errata):1/1, Fear. ; Whenever ~this~ attacks and isn't blocked,
defending player gets a poison counter. (A player with ten or more poison
counters loses the game.) [Oracle 1999/11/01]
Note -Also see Fear, Rule A.17.
Note -Also see Poison, Rule E.10.
Note -Before errata, this card was of creature type Assassin.
[Oracle 1999/07/01]
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Suq'Ata Firewalker
Color |
Blue |
Type |
Creature - Wizard |
Cost |
Cost=1UU |
Expansion |
MI(U) |
Text(MI+errata):0/1. ; ~this~ can't be the target of red spells or
abilities from red sources. ; {Tap}: ~this~ deals 1 damage to target
creature or player. [Oracle 2002/03/01]
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Suq'Ata Lancer
Color |
Red |
Type |
Creature - Knight |
Cost |
Cost=2R |
Expansion |
VI(C) |
Text(VI+errata):2/2, Haste, Flanking. [Oracle 1999/07/01]
Note -Also see Flanking, Rule A.19.
Note -Also see Haste, Rule A.22.
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Surge of Strength
Color |
Multi |
Type |
Instant |
Cost |
Cost=RG |
Expansion |
AL(U2) |
Text(AL+errata):As an additional cost to play ~this~, discard a red or
green card from your hand. ; Target creature gains trample and gets +X/+0
until end of turn, where X is equal to its converted mana cost.
[Oracle 1999/07/23]
Note -Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule K.8.
Note -Also see Trample, Rule A.37.
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Surprise Deployment
Color |
White |
Type |
Instant |
Cost |
Cost=3W |
Expansion |
PS(U) |
Text(PS):Play ~this~ only during combat. ; Put a nonwhite creature card
from your hand into play. At end of turn, return that creature to your
hand. (Return it only if it's in play.)
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Survival of the Fittest
Color |
Green |
Type |
Enchantment |
Cost |
Cost=1G |
Expansion |
EX(R) |
Text(EX+errata):{G},Discard a creature card: Search your library for a
creature card, reveal that card to all players, and put it into your hand.
Shuffle your library afterwards. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
You do not have to find a creature card if you do not want to. See
Rule Z.6.9. [D'Angelo 2001/07/14]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 2001/04/01.
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Sustainer of the Realm
Color |
White |
Type |
Creature - Angel |
Cost |
Cost=2WW |
Expansion |
UL(U)/7(U) |
Text(UL/7th):2/3, Flying ; Whenever ~this~ blocks, it gets +0/+2 until end
of turn.
It gets the bonus only once, not once per creature it blocks.
[Urza's Legacy FAQ 1999/02/03]
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Sustaining Spirit
Color |
White |
Type |
Creature - Guardian |
Cost |
Cost=1W |
Expansion |
AL(R2) |
Text(AL+errata):0/3. ; Cumulative Upkeep - {1}{W}. ; Damage that would
reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead.
[Oracle 1999/07/23]
Does not prevent the damage. The damage was still dealt. It just changes
the effect of the unprevented damage. [D'Angelo 1999/08/01]
Does not affect damage if you are already at zero or negative life. You
still take it all. [Duelist Magazine #12, Page 32]
Note -Also see Cumulative Upkeep, Rule A.11.
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Sustenance
Color |
Green |
Type |
Enchantment |
Cost |
Cost=1G |
Expansion |
MM(U) |
Text(MM):{1},Sacrifice a land: Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of
turn.
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Sutured Ghoul
Color |
Black |
Type |
Creature - Zombie |
Cost |
Cost=4BBB |
Expansion |
JU(R) |
Text(JU):*/*, Trample. ; As ~this~ comes into play, remove any number of
creature cards in your graveyard from the game. ; ~this~'s power is equal
to the total power of the removed cards and its toughness is equal to
their total toughness. (A * on a card not in play is 0.)
The power and toughness are calculated based on the numbers printed on the
cards. [Judgment FAQ 2002/05/28]
Note -Also see Trample, Rule A.37.
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Acknowledgments and Disclaimers