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Glacial Chasm
Color |
Land |
Type |
Land |
Cost |
Cost=None |
Expansion |
IA(U) |
Text(IA+errata):Cumulative Upkeep - Pay 2 life. ; If ~this~ would come into
play, sacrifice a land instead. If you do, put ~this~ into play. If you
don't, put it into its owner's graveyard. ; Skip your combat phase. ;
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you. [Oracle 2000/10/24]
If there are no lands (other than this one) in play when this enters play,
you have to put this card in its owner's graveyard. [D'Angelo 2000/02/16]
It requires a land to be sacrificed just before it enters play. It is not
sacrificed on announcement. [D'Angelo 2000/02/16]
Consecrate Land will not prevent it from being buried due to not paying
the upkeep. [WotC Rules Team 1995/07/24] (See errata to Consecrate Land)
If put into play when an Ankh of Mishra is in play, it will prevent the
damage since the Ankh's ability triggers just after the land enters play.
[D'Angelo 1995/10/12]
Note -Also see Cumulative Upkeep, Rule A.11.
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Glacial Crevasses
Color |
Red |
Type |
Enchantment |
Cost |
Cost=2R |
Expansion |
IA(R) |
Text(IA+errata):Sacrifice a snow-covered mountain: Prevent all combat
damage that would be dealt this turn. [Oracle 2000/02/01]
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Glacial Wall
Color |
Blue |
Type |
Creature - Wall |
Cost |
Cost=2U |
Expansion |
IA(U)/567(U) |
Text(IA/5th/6th/7th):0/7. ; (Walls can't attack.)
Note -Also see Walls, Rule K.27.
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Glaciers
Color |
Multi |
Type |
Enchantment |
Cost |
Cost=2WU |
Expansion |
IA(R) |
Text(IA+errata):At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice ~this~ unless
you pay {W}{U}. ; All mountains are plains. [Oracle 2000/02/01]
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Glade Gnarr
Color |
Green |
Type |
Creature - Beast |
Cost |
Cost=5G |
Expansion |
AP(C) |
Text(AP):4/4. ; Whenever a player plays a blue spell, ~this~ gets +2/+2
until end of turn.
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Glarecaster
Color |
White |
Type |
Creature - Bird Cleric |
Cost |
Cost=4WW |
Expansion |
ON(R) |
Text(ON):3/3, Flying. ; {5}{W}: The next time damage would be dealt
to ~this~ or you this turn, that damage is dealt to target creature or
player instead.
If both you and this card would be dealt damage at the same time, or if
either you or this card would be dealt damage from multiple sources at
the same time, the redirection will apply to both chunks of damage.
[Onslaught FAQ 2002/09/24]
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Glasses of Urza
Color |
Artifact |
Type |
Artifact |
Cost |
Cost=1 |
Expansion |
ABUR456(U) |
Text(5th/6th):{Tap}: Look at target player's hand.
You can use it on yourself. [D'Angelo 1998/06/03]
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Gliding Licid
Color |
Blue |
Type |
Creature - Licid |
Cost |
Cost=2U |
Expansion |
SH(U) |
Text(SH+errata):2/2. ; {U},{Tap}: ~this~ loses all abilities, becomes an
enchant creature enchanting target creature, and gains "Enchanted creature
has flying." and "{U}: End the effect that created this ability."
[Oracle 2001/08/24]
Note -Also see Licids, Rule E.8.
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Glimmering Angel
Color |
White |
Type |
Creature - Angel |
Cost |
Cost=3W |
Expansion |
IN(C) |
Text(IN):2/2, Flying. ; {U}: ~this~ can't be the target of spells or
abilities this turn.
You can play the "can't be the target" ability in response to this card
being targeted by a spell or ability. If you do so, then the spell or
ability will fail to do anything to this card since this card will now
be an illegal target. [Invasion FAQ 2000/10/03]
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Glintwing Invoker
Color |
Blue |
Type |
Creature - Wizard Mutant |
Cost |
Cost=4U |
Expansion |
LE(C) |
Text(LE):3/3. ; {7}{U}: ~this~ gets +3/+3 and gains flying until end of
turn.
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Glittering Lion
Color |
White |
Type |
Creature - Cat |
Cost |
Cost=2W |
Expansion |
PY(U) |
Text(PY):2/2. ; Prevent all damage that would be dealt to ~this~. ;
{3}: Until end of turn, ~this~ loses "Prevent all damage that would be
dealt to ~this~." Any player may play this ability.
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Glittering Lynx
Color |
White |
Type |
Creature - Cat |
Cost |
Cost=W |
Expansion |
PY(C) |
Text(PY):1/1. ; Prevent all damage that would be dealt to ~this~. ;
{2}: Until end of turn, ~this~ loses "Prevent all damage that would be
dealt to ~this~." Any player may play this ability.
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Global Ruin
Color |
White |
Type |
Sorcery |
Cost |
Cost=4W |
Expansion |
IN(R) |
Text(IN):Each player chooses from the lands he or she controls a land of
each basic land type, then sacrifices the rest.
You sacrifice all lands other than the chosen ones. Since you can only
choose basic lands, your non-basic lands are all going to be
sacrificed (unless you have non-basic lands that also count as a basic
land type, in which case you could choose them). [D'Angelo 2001/01/16]
If a land counts as multiple basic land types (for example, Taiga is
both a Forest and a Mountain), you can choose it for either or for both
of those land types. [Jordan 2001/02/12]
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Gloom
Color |
Black |
Type |
Enchantment |
Cost |
Cost=2B |
Expansion |
ABUR45(U) |
Text(5th):White spells cost an additional {3} to play. ; Activated
abilities of white enchantments cost an additional {3} to play.
The additional mana is paid at the same time the spell/ability is announced.
[bethmo 1996/06/20]
The extra mana is not considered part of the mana cost (see Rule K.18).
A Spell Blast would still only require the original mana cost as X
in order to counter the spell. [Aahz 1994/09/02]
The extra mana is not considered part of the activation cost. It is a
separate cost. [Aahz 1994/09/02]
The extra mana is part of the play cost (see Rule K.20), so cost reducers
like Helm of Awakening can be used to pay part of this cost.
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Gloomdrifter
Color |
Black |
Type |
Creature - Minion |
Cost |
Cost=3B |
Expansion |
TO(U) |
Text(TO):2/2, Flying. ; Threshold - When ~this~ comes into play, nonblack
creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn. (You have threshold if seven or
more cards are in your graveyard.)
Note -Also see Threshold, Rule A.36.
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Glorious Anthem
Color |
White |
Type |
Enchantment |
Cost |
Cost=1WW |
Expansion |
US(R)/7(R) |
Text(7th):Creatures you control get +1/+1.
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Glory
Color |
White |
Type |
Creature - Incarnation |
Cost |
Cost=3WW |
Expansion |
JU(R) |
Text(JU):3/3, Flying. ; 2W: Creatures you control gain protection from the
color of your choice until end of turn. Play this ability only if ~this~
is in your graveyard.
Only creatures you control when it resolves gain the protection ability for
the turn. [Judgment FAQ 2002/05/28]
Note -Also see Protection, Rule A.31.
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Glory Seeker
Color |
White |
Type |
Creature - Soldier |
Cost |
Cost=1W |
Expansion |
ON(C) |
Text(ON):2/2.
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Glowering Rogon
Color |
Green |
Type |
Creature - Beast |
Cost |
Cost=5G |
Expansion |
LE(C) |
Text(LE):4/4. ; Amplify 1.
Note -Also see Amplify, Rule A.7.
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Glowing Anemone
Color |
Blue |
Type |
Creature - Beast |
Cost |
Cost=3U |
Expansion |
MM(U) |
Text(MM):1/3. ; When ~this~ comes into play, you may return target land
to its owner's hand.
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Glowrider
Color |
White |
Type |
Creature - Cleric |
Cost |
Cost=2W |
Expansion |
LE(R) |
Text(LE):2/1. ; Noncreature spells cost {1} more to play.
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Gluttonous Zombie
Color |
Black |
Type |
Creature - Zombie |
Cost |
Cost=4B |
Expansion |
ON(U) |
Text(ON):3/3, Fear.
Note -Also see Fear, Rule A.17.
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Glyph of Delusion
Color |
Blue |
Type |
Instant |
Cost |
Cost=U |
Expansion |
LG(C1) |
Text(LG+errata):Put X glyph counters on target creature that target Wall
blocked this turn, where X is the power of that blocked creature. The
creature gains "This creature doesn't untap during your untap if it has a
glyph counter on it" and "At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a glyph
counter from this creature." [Oracle 1999/09/03]
Can be played at any time after the wall blocked a creature and can affect
any creature that the wall was assigned to block or that was blocked by
the wall due to being in a band or by being switched into or out of the
block by an ability like General Jarkeld. [WotC Rules Team 1995/09/22]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.
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Glyph of Destruction
Color |
Red |
Type |
Instant |
Cost |
Cost=R |
Expansion |
LG(C2) |
Text(LG+errata):Target blocking Wall you control gets +10/+0 until end of
combat. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to it this turn. Destroy
it at end of turn. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.
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Glyph of Doom
Color |
Black |
Type |
Instant |
Cost |
Cost=B |
Expansion |
LG(C2) |
Text(LG):At end of combat, destroy all creatures that were blocked by
target Wall this turn. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.
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Glyph of Life
Color |
White |
Type |
Instant |
Cost |
Cost=W |
Expansion |
LG(C2) |
Text(LG+errata):Choose target Wall. Until end of turn, whenever an
attacking creature deals damage to that Wall, you gain that much life.
[Oracle 2001/08/24]
You can play this on your opponent's walls to good effect.
[bethmo 1994/06/14]
This is not redirection of damage. The wall still takes the damage.
[Duelist Magazine #2, Page 8]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.
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Glyph of Reincarnation
Color |
Green |
Type |
Instant |
Cost |
Cost=G |
Expansion |
LG(C1) |
Text(LG+errata):Play only during the end of combat step. ; Destroy all
creatures that were blocked by target Wall this turn. They can't be
regenerated. For each creature put into a graveyard this way, choose a
creature card from the graveyard of that creature's controller and return
that card to play under its owner's control. [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.
First place all the affected creatures in the graveyard, then choose the
appropriate number of creatures from the attacker's graveyard and
put them into play. Some or all of them may be the same creatures
which were just destroyed. [bethmo 1994/06/15]
Yes, you can play this on your opponent's Walls to good effect.
[bethmo 1994/06/14]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.
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