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Meddle
Color Blue
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1U
Expansion MI(U)/ON(U)
Text(ON):If target spell has only one target and that target is a creature, change that spell's target to another creature.
Only works on spells with a single target, where that target is a creature. Will not work on spells that target a single creature and a player, for example. [bethmo 1996/12/07]
Does not work on "comes into play" abilities. It only targets spells. [D'Angelo 1997/02/17]
Note -The Mirage version of this card was of type Interrupt.

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Meddling Mage
Color Multi
Type Creature - Wizard
Cost Cost=WU
Expansion PS(R)
Text(PS):2/2. ; As ~this~ comes into play, name a nonland card. ; The named card can't be played.
You name a card during the resolution of this spell, at the same time it is being put into play. Once you name the card, there is no chance for any player to respond to this choice before the "can't be played" effect takes hold. [Planeshift FAQ 2001/01/26]
The named card can be put into play by a spell or ability, it just cannot be played normally. [Planeshift FAQ 2001/01/26]
The effect lasts as long as this card is in play. [DeLaney 2001/02/12]
The effect of this card does not affect cards being played face down. [Onslaught FAQ 2002/09/24]
Note -This card was designed by Chris Pikula after winning the 2000 tournament in Sydney.

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Medicine Bag
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=3
Expansion EX(U)
Text(EX+errata):{1},{Tap},Discard a card from your hand: Regenerate target creature. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

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Meditate
Color Blue
Type Instant
Cost Cost=2U
Expansion TE(R)
Text(TE+errata):Draw four cards. You skip your next turn. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
You skip one turn as part of the effect. [D'Angelo 1999/06/01]

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Meekstone
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=1
Expansion ABUR4567(R)
Text(7th):Creatures with power 3 or greater don't untap during their controller's untap steps.

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Megatherium
Color Green
Type Creature - Beast
Cost Cost=2G
Expansion MM(R)
Text(MM):4/4, Trample. ; When ~this~ comes into play, sacrifice it unless you pay {1} for each card in your hand.
Note -Also see Trample, Rule A.37.

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Megrim
Color Black
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=2B
Expansion SH(U)/7(U)
Text(7th+errata):Whenever an opponent discards a card from his or her hand, ~this~ deals 2 damage to that player. [Oracle 2002/03/01]

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Melee
Color Red
Type Instant
Cost Cost=4R
Expansion IA(U)
Text(IA+errata):Play ~this~ only during your combat phase before the declare blockers step. ; Instead of defending player, you choose how each creature blocks this turn. ; Whenever a creature attacks and isn't blocked this turn, untap it and remove it from combat. [Oracle 2002/10/01]

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Melesse Spirit
Color White
Type Creature - Angel
Cost Cost=3WW
Expansion MI(U)
Text(MI):3/3, Flying, Protection from Black.
Note -Also see Protection, Rule A.31.

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Meltdown
Color Red
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=XR
Expansion US(U)
Text(US+errata):Destroy each artifact with converted mana cost X or less.
X can be zero. [DeLaney 1998/10/05]
Note -Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule K.8.
Note -Also see X Costs, Rule K.28.

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Melting
Color Red
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=3R
Expansion IA(U)
Text(IA+errata):All lands lose snow-covered. [Oracle 2001/08/24]

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Memory Crystal
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=3
Expansion EX(R)
Text(EX+errata):Buyback costs are reduced by {2}. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
The ability is not optional. [Barclay 1998/06/10]
Only affects generic mana portions of Buyback costs. [DeLaney 1998/06/10]
Does not apply to other parts of the play cost (see Rule K.20). [DeLaney 1998/06/10]
Cannot reduce the cost below zero. [DeLaney 1998/06/15]
It applies to all players. [D'Angelo 1998/11/16]
Note -Also see Buyback, Rule A.10.

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Memory Jar
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=5
Expansion UL(R)
Text(UL+errata):{Tap},Sacrifice ~this~: Each player removes his or her hand from the game face down, and draws seven cards. At end of turn, each player discards his or her hand and returns to his or her hand each card he or she removed from the game this way. [Oracle 2000/10/24]
You cannot look at the cards you removed from game until they return to your hand at end of turn. [bethmo 1999/03/13]
Type 1 tournaments (see Rule D.13) have restricted this card since 1999/04/01.
Type 1.5 tournaments (see Rule D.14) have banned this card since 1999/04/01.
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 1999/04/01.
Standard (Type 2) tournaments (see Rule D.16) have banned this card since 1999/04/01.
Urza's Cycle block tournaments (see Rule D.18.6) have banned this card since 1999/04/01.

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Memory Lapse
Color Blue
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1U HL
Expansion HL(C4)/MI(C)/567(C)
Text(6th/7th+errata):Counter target spell. If you do, put it on top of its owner's library instead of into that player's graveyard. [Oracle 2002/03/01]
The card does not go to the graveyard before being put on the library. [bethmo 1997/10/19]
If the spell is not countered (because the spell it targets cannot be countered), then it does not go to its owner's library. [D'Angelo 2001/04/16]
This card has a self replacement (see Rule T.10.13). This means that it replaces going to the graveyard before any other effect can replace that event. [Rules Team 2001/05/01] If Flashback is applied using Recoup, however, Flashback will change the destination. See Rule A.20.Ruling.1. [DeLaney 2001/10/13]
Note -In Fifth Edition (and before) this card was of type Interrupt.

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Menacing Ogre
Color Red
Type Creature - Ogre
Cost Cost=3RR
Expansion ON(R)
Text(ON):3/3, Trample, Haste. ; When ~this~ comes into play, each player secretly chooses a number. Then those numbers are revealed. Each player with the highest number loses that much life. If you are one of those players, put two +1/+1 counters on ~this~.
You have to choose zero or a positive number. [Onslaught FAQ 2002/09/24] It must be an integer number. [D'Angelo 2002/10/15]
Note -Also see Haste, Rule A.22.
Note -Also see Trample, Rule A.37.

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Meng Huo, Barbarian King
Color Green
Type Creature - Legend
Cost Cost=3GG
Expansion P3(R)
Text(P3):4/4. ; All your other green creatures get +1/+1 as long as ~this~ is in play.
When played under non-Portal rules, the text should be read as "Other green creatures you control get +1/+1." [D'Angelo 2000/06/05]
All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.
Note -Also see Legendary Permanents, Rule K.17.

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Meng Huo's Horde
Color Green
Type Creature - Soldier
Cost Cost=4G
Expansion P3(C)
Text(P3):4/5.
All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.

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Mental Discipline
Color Blue
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=1UU
Expansion UD(C)
Text(UD+errata):{1}{U},Discard a card from your hand: Draw a card. [Oracle 1999/07/21]

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Mental Note
Color Blue
Type Instant
Cost Cost=U
Expansion JU(C)
Text(JU):Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard. Draw a card.

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Mercadian Atlas
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=5
Expansion MM(R)
Text(MM):At the end of your turn, if you didn't play a land this turn, you may draw a card.
It only checks if you played a land. Putting a land into play by using an effect of another card does not count as "playing a land". [MM FAQ 1999/09/22]

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Mercadian Bazaar
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 red mana to your mana pool for each storage counter removed this way.

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Mercadian Lift
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=2
Expansion MM(R)
Text(MM):{1},{Tap}: Put a winch counter on ~this~. ; {Tap},Remove X winch counters from ~this~: Put a creature card with converted mana cost X from your hand into play.
Note -Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule K.8.

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Mercadia's Downfall
Color Red
Type Instant
Cost Cost=2R
Expansion MM(U)
Text(MM):Attacking creatures get +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of nonbasic lands defending player controls.
The value of X is determined when this resolves and is not recalculated. [MM FAQ 1999/09/22]
The creatures that are attacking is determined when this resolves and is not changed later, even if you have another combat phase due to Relentless Assault or some similar effect. [MM FAQ 1999/09/22]

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Mercenaries
Color White
Type Creature - Mercenary
Cost Cost=3W
Expansion IA(R)
Text(IA+errata):3/3. ; {3}: Prevent all damage that would be dealt by ~this~ to you this turn. Any player may play this ability. [Oracle 2000/02/01]

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Mercenary Informer
Color White
Type Creature - Rebel Mercenary
Cost Cost=2W
Expansion PY(R)
Text(PY+errata):2/1. ; ~this~ can't be the target of black spells or abilities from black sources. ; {2}{W}: Put target Mercenary on the bottom of its owner's library. [Oracle 2002/03/01]
It can target Mercenary cards or tokens in play. [WotC Rules Team 2000/06/06]

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Mercenary Knight
Color Black
Type Creature - Knight
Cost Cost=2B
Expansion PT(R)
Text(PT):4/4. ; When ~this~ comes into play from your hand, choose and discard a summon creature from your hand 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, destroy ~this~ unless you discard a creature card from your hand." [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 Knight. [D'Angelo 2000/06/05]

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Merchant of Secrets
Color Blue
Type Creature - Wizard
Cost Cost=2U
Expansion LE(C)
Text(LE):1/1. ; When ~this~ comes into play, draw a card.

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Merchant Scroll
Color Blue
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=1U
Expansion HL(C1)
Text(HL+errata):Search your library for a blue instant card, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library. [Oracle 1999/07/23]
You do not have to find a blue instant card if you do not want to. See Rule Z.6.9. [D'Angelo 2001/07/14]
Note -All Interrupts have errata to be Instants. [D'Angelo 1999/08/01]

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Merchant Ship
Color Blue
Type Creature - Ship
Cost Cost=U
Expansion AN(U3)
Text(AN+errata):0/2. ; ~this~ can't attack unless defending player controls an island. ; Whenever ~this~ attacks and isn't blocked, you gain 2 life. ; When you control no islands, sacrifice ~this~. [Oracle 2002/03/01]
The ability triggers (see Rule A.4) when blockers are declared (see Rule C.4) if no creatures were assigned to block it. [WotC Rules Team 1995/09/22]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.

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Mercurial Kite
Color Blue
Type Creature - Bird
Cost Cost=3U
Expansion SC(C)
Text(SC):2/2, Flying. ; Whenever ~this~ deals combat damage to a creature, tap that creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

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Merfolk Assassin
Color Blue
Type Creature - Merfolk
Cost Cost=UU
Expansion DK(U2)
Text(DK+errata):1/2. ; {Tap}: Destroy target creature with islandwalk. [Oracle 1999/07/23]
Can be used on a creature with Snow-Covered Islandwalk. [Duelist Magazine #8, Page 51]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
Note -The artist's name, Dennis Detwiller, is spelled incorrectly.

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Merfolk Looter
Color Blue
Type Creature - Merfolk
Cost Cost=1U
Expansion EX(C)/7(U)
Text(7th):1/1. ; {Tap}: Draw a card, then discard a card from your hand.

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Merfolk of the Pearl Trident
Color Blue
Type Creature - Merfolk
Cost Cost=U
Expansion ABUR4567(C)/PT(C)/ST(S1)
Text(ABU/RV/4th/5th/6th/7th):1/1.
Note -The Portal version had no creature type.

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Merfolk Raiders
Color Blue
Type Creature - Merfolk
Cost Cost=1U
Expansion MI(C)
Text(MI):2/3, Phasing, Islandwalk.
Note -Also see Landwalk, Rule A.27.
Note -Also see Phasing, Rule A.30.

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Merfolk Seer
Color Blue
Type Creature - Merfolk
Cost Cost=2U
Expansion MI(C)
Text(MI+errata):2/2. ; When ~this~ is put into a graveyard from play, you may pay {1}{U}. If you do, draw a card. [Oracle 1999/07/01]

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Merfolk Traders
Color Blue
Type Creature - Merfolk
Cost Cost=1U
Expansion WL(C)
Text(WL+errata):1/2. ; When ~this~ comes into play, draw a card, then discard a card from your hand. [Oracle 1999/07/01]
Note -Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule E.3.

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Merieke Ri Berit
Color Multi
Type Creature - Legend
Cost Cost=WUB
Expansion IA(R)
Text(IA+errata):1/1. ; ~this~ doesn't untap during your untap step. ; {Tap}: Gain control of target creature as long as you control ~this~. When ~this~ leaves play or becomes untapped, destroy that creature. It can't be regenerated. [Oracle 2000/02/01]
If you lose control of a creature controlled by Merieke, the creature can still be destroyed by Merieke's ability. [Aahz 1995/11/06]
Note -Also see Legendary Permanents, Rule K.17.
Note -Also see Tap and Hold Abilities, Rule E.11.

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Merseine
Color Blue
Type Enchant Creature
Cost Cost=2UU
Expansion FE(C4)
Text(FE+errata):~this~ comes into play with three net counters on it. ; Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step as long as ~this~ has a net counter on it. ; Enchanted creature has "Pay this creature's mana cost: Remove a net counter from a Merseine enchanting this creature." [Oracle 2002/03/01]
When the last counter is removed, Merseine stays in play but does nothing. [WotC Rules Team 1994/12/15]
The cost that needs to be paid includes colored mana requirements. [D'Angelo 2001/08/31]
Can remove as many counters per turn as you want to and this can be done at any time instants are legal. [D'Angelo 1995/03/23]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
Note -Also see Mana Cost, Rule K.18.

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Mesa Chicken
Color White
Type Creature - Chicken
Cost Cost=WW
Expansion UG(C)
Text(UG):2/2. ; Stand up,Flap your arms,Cluck like a chicken: ~this~ gains flying until end of turn.
If you're playing whilst stood up, you must sit down before playing the chicken's ability. [Barclay 1998/08/13]
Players who cannot stand up due to disabilities, medical conditions, or drunkenness may say "I am standing up" before flapping their arms. [TomHa 1998/09/15]
All tournament formats have banned cards from Unglued.
Note -Also see Unglued rulings, Rule U.1.

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Mesa Falcon
Color White
Type Creature - Bird
Cost Cost=1W
Expansion HL(C4)/56(C)
Text(6th):1/1, Flying. {1}{W}: ~this~ gets +0/+1 until end of turn.
Note -In Fifth Edition and Homelands this card was of creature type Falcon.

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Mesa Pegasus
Color White
Type Creature - Pegasus
Cost Cost=1W
Expansion ABUR45(C)
Text(4th/5th):1/1, Banding, Flying.
Note -Also see Banding, Rule A.8.

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Mesmeric Fiend
Color Black
Type Creature - Nightmare Horror
Cost Cost=1B
Expansion TO(C)
Text(TO):1/1. ; When ~this~ comes into play, target opponent reveals his or her hand and you choose a nonland card from it. Remove that card from the game. ; When ~this~ leaves play, return the removed card to its owner's hand.

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Mesmeric Trance
Color Blue
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=1UU
Expansion IA(R)
Text(IA+errata):Cumulative Upkeep - {1}. ; {U},Discard a card from your hand: Draw a card. [Oracle 2001/05/02]
This is not a forced discard, so it cannot be used with Library of Leng. [Duelist Magazine #11, Page 56]
Note -Also see Cumulative Upkeep, Rule A.11.

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Metallic Sliver
Color Artifact
Type Artifact Creature - Sliver
Cost Cost=1
Expansion TE(C)
Text(TE+errata):1/1.

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Metalworker
Color Artifact
Type Artifact Creature
Cost Cost=3
Expansion UD(R)
Text(UD):1/2. ; {Tap}: Reveal any number of artifact cards in your hand. Add two colorless mana to your mana pool for each card revealed this way.
You can reveal zero cards to gain zero mana. [DeLaney 1999/06/08]
This is a mana ability. It does not go on the stack and cannot be responded to. [DeLaney 1999/06/08]

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Metamorphic Wurm
Color Green
Type Creature - Elephant Wurm
Cost Cost=3GG
Expansion OD(U)
Text(OD):3/3. ; Threshold - ~this~ gets +4/+4. (You have threshold as long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard.)
This card is of creature type Elephant and of type Wurm. [D'Angelo 2001/10/10]
Note -Also see Threshold, Rule A.36.

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Metamorphose
Color Blue
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1U
Expansion SC(U)
Text(SC):Put target permanent an opponent controls on top of its owner's library. That opponent may put an artifact, creature, enchantment, or land card from his or her hand into play.

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Metamorphosis
Color Green
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=G
Expansion AN(C4)/CH(C3)
Text(CH+errata):As an additional cost to play ~this~, sacrifice a creature. ; Add X mana of any one color to your mana pool, where X is one plus the sacrificed creature's converted mana cost. Spend this mana only to play creature spells. [Oracle 2001/08/24]
The creature is sacrificed at the time this spell is announced. It is part of the cost. You cannot sacrifice more than one creature. [D'Angelo 1999/01/31]
The mana generated by this spell must be used to play creatures or you take mana-burn damage. You can however split it up among multiple creature spells or add to it from other mana sources. [Arab FAQ 1994/01/05]
You can spend the mana to pay alternate costs (like Kicker) and modified costs (like Gloom). [DeLaney 2003/01/14]
You cannot spend any of the mana to pay unrelated costs from effects (like Power Sink and Nether Void). [DeLaney 2003/01/14]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
Note -Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule K.8.

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Metathran Aerostat
Color Blue
Type Creature - Ship
Cost Cost=2UU
Expansion IN(R)
Text(IN):2/2, Flying. ; {X}{U}: You may put a creature card with converted mana cost X from your hand into play. If you do, return ~this~ to its owner's hand.
You can play the ability in response to itself and get more than one creature card into play before this returns to its owner's hand. [Invasion FAQ 2000/10/03]
Note -Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule K.8.

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Metathran Elite
Color Blue
Type Creature - Soldier
Cost Cost=1UU
Expansion UD(U)
Text(UD):2/3. ; ~this~ is unblockable as long as it's enchanted.
Being "enchanted" means there is a local enchantment (such as an Enchant Creature) on it. [DeLaney 1999/06/08]

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Metathran Soldier
Color Blue
Type Creature - Soldier
Cost Cost=1U
Expansion UD(C)
Text(UD):1/1. ; ~this~ is unblockable.

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Metathran Transport
Color Blue
Type Creature - Ship
Cost Cost=1UU
Expansion IN(U)
Text(IN):1/3, Flying. ; ~this~ can't be blocked by blue creatures. ; {U}: Target creature becomes blue until end of turn.

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Metathran Zombie
Color Blue
Type Creature - Zombie
Cost Cost=1U
Expansion IN(C)
Text(IN):1/1. ; {B}: Regenerate ~this~.

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Meteor Crater
Color Land
Type Land
Cost Cost=None
Expansion PS(R)
Text(PS):{Tap}: Choose a color of a permanent you control. Add one mana of that color to your mana pool.
You cannot choose "colorless". You have to choose one of the five colors. [Planeshift FAQ 2001/01/26]

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Meteor Shower
Color Red
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=XXR
Expansion IA(C)
Text(IA+errata):~this~ deals X+1 damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures and/or players. [Oracle 2000/02/01]
The "RXX" mana cost is not a misprint. It means to spend one red plus two times X of any color to cast the spell. Choose X based on how much damage you want to do. [Duelist Magazine #7, Page 8]
Cannot choose to do fractional or zero damage to a target. [WotC Rules Team 1995/07/19]
You cannot choose zero targets. You must choose between 1 and X+1 targets. [DeLaney 2003/05/19]
Note -Also see X Costs, Rule K.28.

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Meteor Storm
Color Multi
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=RG
Expansion IN(R)
Text(IN):{2}{R}{G},Discard two cards at random from your hand: ~this~ deals 4 damage to target creature or player.

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Metrognome
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=4
Expansion US(R)
Text(US+errata):When a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard ~this~ from your hand, put four 1/1 Gnome artifact creature tokens into play. ; {4},{Tap}: Put a 1/1 Gnome artifact creature token into play. [Oracle 2002/03/01]
Note -Also see Token Creatures, Rule K.25.

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