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Unburden
Color Black
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=1BB
Expansion SC(C)
Text(SC):Target player discards two cards. ; Cycling {2}.
Note -Also see Cycling, Rule A.12.

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Uncle Istvan
Color Black
Type Creature - Uncle-Istvan
Cost Cost=1BBB
Expansion DK(U2)/4(U)
Text(4th+errata):1/3. ; Prevent all damage that would be dealt to ~this~ by creatures. [Oracle 1999/07/23]
Works even on damage from activated abilities of creatures such as the Prodigal Sorcerer ability. [Aahz 1994/08/04]
The creature type is "Uncle-Istvan" which is considered one word. Before errata, it was two words, "Uncle Istvan". [D'Angelo 1999/09/20]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.

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Uncontrolled Infestation
Color Red
Type Enchant Land
Cost Cost=1R
Expansion SC(C)
Text(SC):~this~ can enchant only a nonbasic land. ; When enchanted land becomes tapped, destroy it.
It only triggers if the land becomes tapped after this enchantment is on it. Playing it onto a tapped land will not destroy the land until the next time the land is untapped and then tapped again. [Scourge FAQ 2003/05/30]

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Undead Gladiator
Color Black
Type Creature - Zombie Barbarian
Cost Cost=1BB
Expansion ON(R)
Text(ON):3/1. ; {1}{B},Discard a card from your hand: Return ~this~ from your graveyard to your hand. Play this ability only during your upkeep. ; Cycling {1}{B}.
The ability to return to your hand can only be played while this card is in your graveyard. [Onslaught FAQ 2002/09/24]
Note -Also see Cycling, Rule A.12.

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Undead Warchief
Color Black
Type Creature - Zombie
Cost Cost=2BB
Expansion SC(U)
Text(SC):1/1. ; Zombie spells you play cost {1} less to play. ; Zombies you control get +2/+1.

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Underground River
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 {U} or {B} to your mana pool. ~this~ deals 1 damage to you.

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Underground Sea
Color Land
Type Land
Cost Cost=None
Expansion ABUR(R)
Text(RV+errata):~this~ is an island and a swamp in addition to its land type. [Oracle 2000/10/24]
The card works as if its text also has "{Tap}: Add {U} to your mana pool. ; {Tap}: Add {B} to your mana pool." [WotC Rules Team 2000/06/06]
See Badlands for rulings.
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 2002/11/01.

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Undergrowth
Color Green
Type Instant
Cost Cost=G
Expansion AL(C1)
Text(AL+errata):As an additional cost to play ~this~, you may pay {2}{R}. ; Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. If you paid its additional cost, ~this~ doesn't affect red creatures. [Oracle 1999/07/23]
It means that red creatures still deal damage if you pay the additional cost. [D'Angelo 1999/08/01]

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Undermine
Color Multi
Type Instant
Cost Cost=UUB
Expansion IN(R)
Text(IN):Counter target spell. Its controller loses 3 life.

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Undertaker
Color Black
Type Creature - Spellshaper
Cost Cost=1B
Expansion MM(C)
Text(MM):1/1. ; {B},{Tap},Discard a card from your hand: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

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Undertow
Color Blue
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=2U
Expansion LG(U1)
Text(LG+errata):Creatures with islandwalk may be blocked as though they didn't have islandwalk. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.

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Underworld Dreams
Color Black
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=BBB
Expansion LG(U1)
Text(LG+errata):Whenever an opponent draws a card, ~this~ deals 1 damage to him or her. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
Only affects the drawing of cards. It does not affect spells like Demonic Tutor, Millstone, or Petra Sphinx which affect the library but do not say "draw" a card. [bethmo 1994/06/22]
Affects all draws even if you have to put the cards back afterwards. This ruling applies to things like Sylvan Library and Brainstorm. [D'Angelo 1995/07/11]
In a multi-player game, it affects all opponents. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
If multiple cards are drawn at once, this card triggers once for each card drawn. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
Type 1 tournaments (see Rule D.13) restricted this card from 1994/08/01 until 1999/10/01.
Type 1.5 tournaments (see Rule D.14) banned this card until 1999/10/01.
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.
Standard (Type 2) tournaments (see Rule D.16) have always banned this card, since it is not part of the environment.

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Undiscovered Paradise
Color Land
Type Land
Cost Cost=None
Expansion VI(R)
Text(VI+errata):{Tap}: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool. During the next untap step of ~this~'s controller, as that player untaps his or her permanents, he or she returns ~this~ to its owner's hand. [Oracle 2000/02/01]
Only returns to owner's hand if it is still in play at the beginning of its controller's next untap. [D'Angelo 2000/01/16]
It will return even if some effect prevents you from untapping it. The ability is not replacing the untapping of the land in any way. [DeLaney 2000/01/16]

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Undo
Color Blue
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=1UU
Expansion VI(C)/P2(U)/ST(U)
Text(VI+errata):Return two target creatures to their owners' hands. [Oracle 1999/07/30]
The two creatures may have different owners and return to their respective owner's hands. [DeLaney 1997/02/12]

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Undying Beast
Color Black
Type Creature - Beast
Cost Cost=3B
Expansion PT(C)
Text(PT):3/2. ; If ~this~ is put into your discard pile from play, put ~this~ on top of your deck.
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~ is put into a graveyard from play, put ~this~ on top of its owner's library." [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 Beast. [D'Angelo 2000/06/05]

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Unearth
Color Black
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=B
Expansion UL(C)
Text(UL+errata):Return target creature card with converted mana cost 3 or less from your graveyard to play. ; Cycling {2}. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
A "creature card" is an Artifact Creature or Creature card. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01] Older cards of type Summon are also Creature cards.
Note -Also see Cycling, Rule A.12.
Note -Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule K.8.

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Unerring Sling
Color Artifact
Type Artifact
Cost Cost=3
Expansion MI(U)
Text(MI+errata):{3},{Tap},Tap an untapped creature you control: ~this~ deals damage equal to the tapped creature's power to target attacking or blocking creature with flying. [Oracle 1999/07/01]

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Unfulfilled Desires
Color Multi
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=1UB
Expansion MI(R)
Text(MI+errata):{1},Pay 1 life: Draw a card, then discard a card from you hand. [Oracle 1999/07/01]

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Unhinge
Color Black
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=2B
Expansion TO(C)
Text(TO):Target player discards a card from his or her hand. Draw a card.

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Unholy Citadel
Color Land
Type Land
Cost Cost=None
Expansion LG(U2)
Text(LG+errata):Black Legends you control have "bands with other Legends". [Oracle 2002/03/01]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.
Note -See Adventurers' Guildhouse for rulings.

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Unholy Grotto
Color Land
Type Land
Cost Cost=None
Expansion ON(R)
Text(ON):{Tap}: Add {1} to your mana pool. ; {B},{Tap}: Put target Zombie card from your graveyard on top of your library.

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Unholy Strength
Color Black
Type Enchant Creature
Cost Cost=B A
Expansion ABUR457(C)/AT(F1)
Text(5th/7th):Enchanted creature gets +2/+1.
Note -The Fourth Edition version of this card has a modified version of the card art used in Limited Edition through Revised Edition. The red flaming pentagram in the background was removed.

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Unified Strike
Color White
Type Instant
Cost Cost=W
Expansion ON(C)
Text(ON):Remove target attacking creature from the game if its power is less than or equal to the number of Soldiers in play.

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Unifying Theory
Color Blue
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=1U
Expansion OD(R)
Text(OD):Whenever a player plays a spell, that player may pay {2}. If the player does, he or she draws a card.

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Unlikely Alliance
Color White
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=1W
Expansion AL(U2)
Text(AL+errata):{1}{W}: Target nonattacking, nonblocking creature gets +0/+2 until end of turn. [Oracle 1999/07/23]
The bonus is not lost if the creature later becomes an attacker or blocker. The limitation is just there to prevent the effect from being used late in an attack. [bethmo 1996/06/20]

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Unmask
Color Black
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=3B
Expansion MM(R)
Text(MM+errata):You may remove a black card in your hand from the game rather than pay ~this~'s mana cost. ; Target player reveals his or her hand. Choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. [Oracle 2002/03/01]

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Unnatural Hunger
Color Black
Type Enchant Creature
Cost Cost=3BB
Expansion MM(R)
Text(MM):At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, ~this~ deals to that player damage equal to enchanted creature's power unless he or she sacrifices another creature.

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Unnatural Selection
Color Blue
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=1U
Expansion AP(R)
Text(AP):{1}: Choose a creature type other than Wall. Target creature's type becomes that type until end of turn.
See Rule K.11.7 for rules on choosing a creature type. [D'Angelo 2001/06/15]

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Unnerve
Color Black
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=3B
Expansion US(C)/BR(F1)
Text(US+errata):Each opponent discards two cards from his or her hand. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
Players with less than 2 cards discard all they have. [DeLaney 1998/10/05]

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Unquestioned Authority
Color White
Type Enchant Creature
Cost Cost=2W
Expansion JU(U)
Text(JU):When ~this~ comes into play, draw a card. ; Enchanted creature has protection from creatures.
Note -Also see Protection, Rule A.31.

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Unseen Walker
Color Green
Type Creature - Dryad
Cost Cost=1G
Expansion MI(U)/6(U)
Text(MI/6th):1/1, Forestwalk. ; {1}{G}{G}: Target creature gains forestwalk until end of turn.
Note -Also see Landwalk, Rule A.27.

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Unspeakable Symbol
Color Black
Type Enchantment
Cost Cost=1BB
Expansion SC(U)
Text(SC):Pay 3 life: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

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Unstable Hulk
Color Red
Type Creature - Goblin Mutant
Cost Cost=1RR
Expansion LE(R)
Text(LE):2/2. ; Morph {3}{R}{R}. ; When ~this~ is turned face up, it gets +6/+6 and gains trample until end of turn. You skip your next turn.
The trigger occurs when you use the Morph ability to turn the card face up, or when an effect turns it face up. It will not trigger on being revealed or on leaving play. [Legions FAQ 2003/01/23]
Note -Also see Morph, Rule A.29.
Note -Also see Trample, Rule A.37.

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Unstable Mutation
Color Blue
Type Enchant Creature
Cost Cost=U
Expansion AN(C5)/R45(C)
Text(5th+errata):Enchanted creature gets +3/+3. ; At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, put a -1/-1 counter on enchanted creature. [Oracle 2003/02/01]
The -1/-1 counters stay even if the enchantment is removed, and the +3/+3 goes away when the enchantment does. [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]

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Unstable Shapeshifter
Color Blue
Type Creature - Shapeshifter
Cost Cost=3U
Expansion TE(R)
Text(TE+errata):0/1. ; Whenever a creature comes into play, ~this~ becomes a copy of that creature and gains this ability. (This effect doesn't copy counters on the creature.) [Oracle 1999/05/01]
Note -Also see Copy Cards, Rule E.4. There are enough important rules there that they are worth reading first.
The gained copy ability is considered an initial ability. [bethmo 1998/04/07]
If an Unstable Shapeshifter is in play when another Unstable Shapeshifter enters play, the first one gets the second one's auto-shift ability and will auto-shift twice each time a creature comes into play. [Aahz 1997/11/17]
The copy effect is not targeted. [D'Angelo 1998/03/25]
If a creature enters play that has some characteristic or ability set when it enters play, such as with Dracoplasm's power/toughness, the copy does not get to make that choice. All values are zero and all checks for choices consider the choice not to have been made. [D'Angelo 2001/08/31]
If the creature has power/toughness that is continuously recalculated, so does this copy of it. [D'Angelo 1999/01/26]
When it changes "shape" to a new creature, any "comes into play" abilities of the creature do not trigger. [D'Angelo 2001/07/22]
Note -Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule E.3.
Note -Also see Copy Cards, Rule E.4.

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Unsummon
Color Blue
Type Instant
Cost Cost=U
Expansion ABUR4567(C)
Text(4th/5th/6th/7th):Return target creature to owner's hand.
Unsummon can be used during combat in the steps after attackers or blockers are declared (see Rule C.3 and Rule C.4) to remove an attacker or blocker so that creature does not deal damage. [D'Angelo 1994/10/01]
Unsummon can be used during combat after combat damage is assigned but before combat damage resolves. If this happens, the creature does not receive damage, but the damage it assigned will still become dealt. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
If this causes an opponent to go over 7 cards when it is not their turn they need not discard until the discard phase of their next turn. [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]
Unsummoning a token creature removes it from the game. [bethmo 1994/10/01] See Rule K.25.6.

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Untamed Wilds
Color Green
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=2G
Expansion LG(U1)/4567(U)/PT(U)/P2(U)/ST(U)
Text(6th/7th):Search your library for a basic land card and put that card into play. Then shuffle your library.
Can get a Snow-Covered land. [Duelist Magazine #6, Page 132]
You do not have to find a basic land card if you do not want to. See Rule Z.6.9. [D'Angelo 2001/07/14]

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Unworthy Dead
Color Black
Type Creature - Skeleton
Cost Cost=1B
Expansion US(C)
Text(US):1/1. ; {B}: Regenerate ~this~.

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Unyaro Bee Sting
Color Green
Type Sorcery
Cost Cost=3G
Expansion MI(U)
Text(MI):~this~ deals 2 damage to target creature or player.

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Unyaro Griffin
Color White
Type Creature - Griffin
Cost Cost=3W
Expansion MI(U)/6(U)
Text(6th):2/2, Flying. ; Sacrifice ~this~: Counter target red instant or sorcery spell.
Note -In Mirage this could only counter a red spell that was going to assign damage to you or a creature you control.

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