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Swamp
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)/BD(L)/OD(L)/ON(L)
Text(7th):{Tap}: Add {B} 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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Swamp Mosquito
Color Black
Type Creature - Mosquito
Cost Cost=1B
Expansion AL(C3)
Text(AL+errata):0/1, Flying. ; 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 2003/02/01]
Triggers immediately after blocking is declared if at that time no blockers are assigned to it. [bethmo 1996/06/28]
Note -Also see Poison, Rule E.10.

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Swarm of Rats
Color Black
Type Creature - Rat
Cost Cost=1B
Expansion P2(C)
Text(P2):*/1. ; ~this~ has power equal to the number of Rat cards you have in play. (This includes both tapped and untapped Rat cards.)
When played under non-Portal rules, the text should be read as "~this~'s power is equal to the number of Rat cards you control." [D'Angelo 2000/06/05]
It does not count Rat token creatures. [D'Angelo 2000/06/05]
All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.

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Swat
Color Black
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1BB
Expansion UL(C)/ON(C)
Text(UL/ON):Destroy target creature with power 2 or less. ; Cycling {2}.
Note -Also see Cycling, Rule A.12.

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Sway of Illusion
Color Blue
Type Instant
Cost Cost=1U
Expansion IN(U)
Text(IN):Any number of target creatures become the color of your choice until end of turn. ; Draw a card.
You can play this and choose to target zero creatures and effectively just draw a card. [DeLaney 2000/09/22]

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Swelter
Color Red
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=3R
Expansion JU(U)
Text(JU):~this~ deals 2 damage to each of two target creatures.
You can't play this spell unless you have two different legal targets. [Judgment FAQ 2002/05/28]

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Swirling Sandstorm
Color Red
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=3R
Expansion JU(C)
Text(JU):Threshold - ~this~ deals 5 damage to each creature without flying. (You have threshold if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.)
This card does nothing if you don't have Threshold when it resolves. [Judgment FAQ 2002/05/28]
Note -Also see Threshold, Rule A.36.

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Swooping Talon
Color White
Type Creature - Bird Soldier
Cost Cost=4WW
Expansion LE(U)
Text(LE):2/6, Flying, Provoke. ; {1}: ~this~ loses flying until end of turn.
Note -Also see Provoke, Rule A.32.

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Sword Dancer
Color White
Type Creature - Rebel
Cost Cost=1W
Expansion PY(U)
Text(PY):1/2. ; {W}{W}: Target attacking creature gets -1/-0 until end of turn.

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Sword of the Ages
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=6
Expansion LG(R)
Text(LG+Errata):~this~ comes into play tapped. ; {Tap},Remove ~this~ and any number of creatures you control from the game: ~this~ deals X damage to target creature or player, where X is the total power of the creatures removed from the game this way. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
Type 1 tournaments (see Rule D.13) restricted this card from 1994/08/01 to 1996/04/01.
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.

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Sword of the Chosen
Color Artifact
Type Legendary Artifact
Cost Cost=2
Expansion SH(R)
Text(SH+errata):{Tap}: Target Legend creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. [Oracle 1999/07/21]
Note -Also see Legendary Permanents, Rule K.17.

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Swords to Plowshares
Color White
Type Instant
Cost Cost=W ABU
Expansion ABUR4(U)/IA(U)/AT(F1)
Text(4th+errata):Remove target creature from the game. Its controller gains life equal to its power. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
The controller of the creature may decide to "pump up" the creature before it leaves in order to get more life out of the deal because the total power of the creature (including enchantments and such) is counted on resolution of this spell. [D'Angelo 1994/04/01]
If the creature has a negative power, the player does not lose life. It acts the same as if it had a power of zero. [Aahz 1994/06/01] See Rule G.19.7.

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Sworn Defender
Color White
Type Creature - Knight
Cost Cost=2WW
Expansion AL(R2)
Text(AL+errata):1/3. ; {1}: ~this~'s power becomes the toughness of target creature blocking or being blocked by ~this~ minus 1 until end of turn, and ~this~'s toughness becomes 1 plus the power of that creature until end of turn. [Oracle 1999/07/23]
It changes the current power/toughness. So if a Holy Strength (+1/+2) was on it and it blocks a 3/3 creature, it will become 2/4 by playing the ability because the Holy Strength bonus is overridden. [D'Angelo 1999/08/01]

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