Names starting with 'Su'


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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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