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Al-abara's Carpet
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=5
Expansion LG(R)
Text(LG+errata):{5},{Tap}: Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn by attacking creatures without flying. [Oracle 2001/08/24]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.

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Alabaster Dragon
Color White
Type Creature - Dragon
Cost Cost=4WW
Expansion WL(R)/PT(R)
Text(WL+errata):4/4, Flying. ; If ~this~ would be put into a graveyard from play, shuffle ~this~ into its owner's library instead. [Oracle 1999/07/01]
Note -The Portal version had no creature type.

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Alabaster Leech
Color White
Type Creature - Leech
Cost Cost=W
Expansion IN(R)
Text(IN):1/3. ; White spells you play cost {W} more to play.

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Alabaster Potion
Color White
Type Instant
Cost Cost=XWW
Expansion LG(C2)/45(C)
Text(5th+errata):Choose one - Target player gains X life; or prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
Note -Also see Modal Spells and Abilities, Rule G.24.
Note -Also see X Costs, Rule K.28.

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Alabaster Wall
Color White
Type Creature - Wall
Cost Cost=2W
Expansion MM(C)
Text(MM):0/4. (Walls can't attack.) ; {Tap}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.
Note -Also see Walls, Rule K.27.

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Alaborn Cavalier
Color White
Type Creature - Knight
Cost Cost=2WW
Expansion P2(U)
Text(P2):2/2. ; If ~this~ attacks, you may choose to tap any one creature. (Tapped creatures can't block.)
When played under non-Portal rules, the text should be read as "Whenever ~this~ attacks, you may tap target creature." [D'Angelo 2000/06/05]
All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.

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Alaborn Grenadier
Color White
Type Creature - Soldier
Cost Cost=WW
Expansion P2(C)
Text(P2):2/2. ; Attacking doesn't cause ~this~ to tap.
All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.

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Alaborn Musketeer
Color White
Type Creature - Soldier
Cost Cost=1W
Expansion P2(C)
Text(P2):2/1. ; ~this~ can block creatures with flying.
When played under non-Portal rules, the text should be read as "~this~ may block as though it had flying." [D'Angelo 2000/06/05]
All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.

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Alaborn Trooper
Color White
Type Creature - Soldier
Cost Cost=2W
Expansion P2(C)
Text(P2):2/3.
All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.

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Alaborn Veteran
Color White
Type Creature - Knight
Cost Cost=2W
Expansion P2(R)
Text(P2):2/2. ; On your turn, before you attack, you may tap ~this~ to give any one creature +2/+2 until the end of the turn.
When played under non-Portal rules, the text should be read as "{Tap}: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Play this ability only on your turn before combat." [D'Angelo 2000/06/05]
All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.

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Alaborn Zealot
Color White
Type Creature - Soldier
Cost Cost=W
Expansion P2(U)
Text(P2):1/1. ; If ~this~ blocks, destroy both ~this~ and the creature it blocks. (Destroy both creatures before you deal damage.)
When played under non-Portal rules, the text should be read as "When ~this~ blocks a creature, destroy that creature and destroy ~this~." [D'Angelo 2000/06/05]
All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.

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Aladdin
Color Red
Type Creature - Aladdin
Cost Cost=2RR
Expansion AN(U2)/CH(U1)
Text(CH+errata):1/1. ; {1}{R}{R},{Tap}: Gain control of target artifact as long as ~this~ is in play. [Oracle 2001/08/24]
His ability can take control of more than one artifact, although only one each time the ability is used. [Arab FAQ 1994/01/05]
Any artifact can be taken. This includes artifact creatures, and token creatures (see Rule K.25) that count as artifacts, such as Wasps from The Hive. [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]
Aladdin's ability does not lose control of a creature if it becomes an invalid target. If the target stops being an artifact, the ability's control effect continues. It only checks the validity of the target on announcement and resolution of his ability. [WotC Rules Team 1995/02/09] See Rule T.8.Ruling.3.
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.

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Aladdin's Lamp
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=10
Expansion AN(U2)/R4(R)
Text(4th+errata):{X},{Tap}: The next time you would draw a card this turn, instead look at the top X cards of your library and draw one of them. Shuffle the rest and put them on the bottom of your library. X can't be 0. [Oracle 2001/08/24]
This card has a replacement ability (see Rule T.10). It is used before the resolution of a spell or ability that would cause you to draw and it replaces one of the draws with a new effect. [D'Angelo 2000/02/25] For example, Sylvan Library, Jayemdae Tome, Howling Mine, and your normal draw during the draw step are also replaceable.
If you use more than one Lamp effect, the second one will end up replacing the card being drawn with the first one. [D'Angelo 2000/02/25]
If the ability is countered, you do not have to replace a draw. [D'Angelo 2000/02/25]
Note -The Arabian Nights version had two mana cost circles with 5 in them to indicate 10, because they did not have a way to get 10 into a single circle. This is not a typo. [Arab FAQ 1994/01/05]

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Aladdin's Ring
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=8
Expansion AN(U2)/R4567(R)
Text(4th/5th/6th/7th):{8},{Tap}: ~this~ deals 4 damage to target creature or player.

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Alarum
Color White
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1W
Expansion MI(C)
Text(MI+errata):Untap target nonattacking creature. It gets +1/+3 until end of turn. [Oracle 1999/07/01]

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Albino Troll
Color Green
Type Creature - Troll
Cost Cost=1G
Expansion US(U)
Text(US):3/3. ; Echo. ; {1}{G}: Regenerate ~this~.
Note -Also see Echo, Rule A.14.

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Alchor's Tomb
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=4
Expansion LG(R)
Text(LG+errata):{2},{Tap}: Target permanent you control becomes the color of your choice. (This effect doesn't end at end of turn.) [Oracle 2001/08/24]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.

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Aleatory
Color Red
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1R
Expansion MI(U)
Text(MI+errata):Play ~this~ only during combat after blockers are declared. ; Flip a coin. If you win the flip, target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. ; Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. [Oracle 2002/03/01]
You pick the target on announcement and flip the coin on resolution. [Duelist Magazine #16, Page 28]
Note -Also see Cantrips, Rule E.2.

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Alert Shu Infantry
Color White
Type Creature - Soldier
Cost Cost=2W
Expansion P3(U)
Text(P3):2/2. ; Attacking doesn't cause ~this~ to tap.
All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.

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Alexi's Cloak
Color Blue
Type Enchant Creature
Cost Cost=1U
Expansion PY(C)
Text(PY):You may play ~this~ any time you could play an instant. ; Enchanted creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.
Any enchantments already on the creature remain. [DeLaney 2000/05/29]

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Alexi, Zephyr Mage
Color Blue
Type Creature - Spellshaper Legend
Cost Cost=3UU
Expansion PY(R)
Text(PY):3/3. ; {X}{U},{Tap},Discard two cards from your hand: Return X target creatures to their owners' hands.
Note -Also see Legendary Permanents, Rule K.17.
Note -Also see X Costs, Rule K.28.

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Ali Baba
Color Red
Type Creature - Ali-Baba
Cost Cost=R
Expansion AN(U3)/4(U)
Text(4th):1/1. ; {R}: Tap target Wall.
May be used to tap more than one wall per turn if you have enough mana. [Arab FAQ 1994/01/05]
May tap walls even when Ali Baba is tapped or just entered play. [Arab FAQ 1994/01/05]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.

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Aliban's Tower
Color Red
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1R
Expansion HL(C4)
Text(HL):Target blocking creature gets +3/+1 until end of turn.

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Ali from Cairo
Color Red
Type Creature - Ali-from-Cairo
Cost Cost=2RR
Expansion AN(U2)
Text(AN+errata):0/1. ; Damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead. [Oracle 2001/08/24]
This card makes you immune to damage that would take you below 1 life point. [Arab FAQ 1994/01/05]
Does not prevent effects which reduce your life without doing damage. [Arab FAQ 1994/01/05]
The replacement happens automatically at the time damage would be dealt. [D'Angelo 2000/02/25]
The ability works up until Ali enters the graveyard, so if he takes lethal damage or is destroyed at the same time you take damage, the ability does help you. If the damage occurs after it goes to the graveyard (such as with Creature Bond), however, it is not affected by the Ali which is no longer in play. [D'Angelo 2000/02/25]
Does not prevent damage, it prevents the damage from turning into loss of life. So the full damage is dealt, but the full loss of life is not applied. [D'Angelo 2000/02/25]
Does not affect damage if you are already at zero or negative life. You still take it all. [WotC Rules Team 1996/06/27]
Type 1 tournaments (see Rule D.13) restricted this card from 1994/01/25 to 1996/04/01.
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.

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Allay
Color White
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1W
Expansion EX(C)
Text(EX):Buyback {3} ; Destroy target enchantment.
Note -Also see Buyback, Rule A.10.

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Alley Grifters
Color Black
Type Creature - Mercenary
Cost Cost=1BB
Expansion MM(C)
Text(MM):2/2. ; Whenever ~this~ becomes blocked, defending player discards a card from his or her hand.
It triggers only once even if blocked by more than one creature. [MM FAQ 1999/09/22]

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All Hallow's Eve
Color Black
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=2BB
Expansion LG(R)
Text(LG+errata):~this~ comes into play with two time counters on it. ; At the beginning of your upkeep, if there is a time counter on ~this~, remove a time counter from it. If there are no more time counters on it, each player returns all creature cards from his or her graveyard to play. [Oracle 2001/08/24]
A "creature card" is a Creature card or Artifact Creature card. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01] Older cards of type Summon are also Creature cards.
The creatures are put into play by their respective players, but they enter play simultaneously. For purposes of ordering any effects of the creatures, the current player (not the controller of this card) decides the ordering regardless of which player is putting the creatures into play. See Rule G.34.3. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
Two Legends of the same names that enter play are considered to enter play at the same time and both are destroyed. See Rule K.17.2. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
The card works like this: 1) It comes into play with with 2 counters. 2) On the first upkeep, you remove a counter. 3) On the second upkeep you remove a counter, then it returns the creature cards to play. On future turns it does nothing because the ability will no longer trigger. It has the condition "if there is a time counter on ~this~" as part of the trigger condition. [D'Angelo 2003/03/11]
Once all the counters are gone, it just sits in play as an inert enchantment. [bethmo 1994/06/17]
Since you can respond to triggered abilities, it is legal to sacrifice creatures using some spell or ability prior to resolving the ability that removes the final counter from All Hallow's Eve. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.
Note -Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule E.3.
Note -After errata, the card type is "Enchantment" and not "Sorcery". [Encyclopedia, Page 140]

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Allied Strategies
Color Blue
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=4U
Expansion PS(U)
Text(PS):Target player draws a card for each basic land type among lands he or she controls.
You draw one card per basic land type, not for each basic land. This makes it a maximum of 5 cards. [Planeshift FAQ 2001/01/26]

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Alloy Golem
Color Artifact
Type Artifact Creature - Golem
Cost Cost=6
Expansion IN(U)
Text(IN):4/4. ; As ~this~ comes into play, choose a color. ; ~this~ is the chosen color. (It's still an artifact.)
The chosen color is considered to be its initial color and not a color added by an effect. [Rules Team 2001/05/01]
If it phases out, you do not pick a new color when it phases in. [WotC Rules Team 2002/02/01]
Note -Also see Color, Rule G.3, for rules on choosing a color.

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Alluring Scent
Color Green
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=1GG
Expansion PT(R)/P2(R)/ST(R)
Text(ST):All creatures able to block target creature this turn do so.
All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal and Starter.

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Alms
Color White
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=W
Expansion WL(C)
Text(WL+errata):{1},Remove the top card in your graveyard from the game: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn. [Oracle 1999/07/01]

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Alpha Kavu
Color Green
Type Creature - Kavu
Cost Cost=2G
Expansion PS(U)
Text(PS):2/2. ; {1}{G}: Target Kavu gets -1/+1 until end of turn.

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Alpha Status
Color Green
Type Enchant Creature
Cost Cost=2G
Expansion SC(U)
Text(SC):Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 for each other creature in play that shares a creature type with it.
It counts each creature once if that creature shares at least one creature type with the enchanted creature. [Scourge FAQ 2003/05/30]
Note -Also see Coat of Arms.

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Altar of Bone
Color Multi
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=WG
Expansion IA(R)
Text(IA+errata):As an additional cost to play ~this~, sacrifice a creature. ; Search your library for a creature card, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library. [Oracle 2000/02/01]
A creature card is any card of type Creature or Artifact Creature. [D'Angelo 2000/03/09] Older cards of type Summon also count.
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]

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Altar of Dementia
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=2
Expansion TE(R)
Text(TE+errata):Sacrifice a creature: Target player puts a number of cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power from the top of his or her library into his or her graveyard. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

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Alter Reality
Color Blue
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1U
Expansion TO(R)
Text(TO):Flashback {1}{U}. ; Change the text of target permanent or spell by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (This effect doesn't end at end of turn.)
Note -Also see Text Changing, Rule E.13.
Note -Also see Flashback, Rule A.20.

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Aluren
Color Green
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=2GG
Expansion TE(R)
Text(TE+errata):Any player may play creature cards with converted mana cost {3} or less without paying their mana cost any time he or she could play an instant. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
You are still casting the creature spells. [Duelist Magazine #23, Page 22] So they can be countered. [D'Angelo 1997/11/07]
Checks the actual printed cost on the creature card, and is not affected by things which allow you to play the spell for less, such as with the Emerald Medallion. [D'Angelo 1997/10/20]
The mana cost of the creatures being played is still the stated cost on the card for purposes of Spell Blast and such, even though you did not pay the cost. [D'Angelo 1997/11/07]
For creatures with X in the mana cost, you must choose the value of X to make the converted mana cost be three or less for this ability. [D'Angelo 1999/06/01]
Any penalty costs such as Gloom still need to be paid. [D'Angelo 1997/12/29]
You cannot choose to play a creature as an instant via Aluren and still pay the mana cost. You either play the creature normally, or via Aluren without paying the mana cost. [bethmo 1998/02/07]
You cannot use Aluren when playing a creature using another alternate means, such as the Morph ability. [WotC Rules Team 2002/10/01]

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