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Beacon of Destiny
Color |
White |
Type |
Creature - Cleric |
Cost |
Cost=1W |
Expansion |
LE(R) |
Text(LE):1/3. ; {Tap}: The next time a source of your choice would deal
damage to you this turn, that damage is dealt to ~this~ instead.
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Bear Cub
Color |
Green |
Type |
Creature - Bear |
Cost |
Cost=1G |
Expansion |
P2(C) |
Text(P2):2/2.
All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in
Portal.
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Bearscape
Color |
Green |
Type |
Enchantment |
Cost |
Cost=1GG |
Expansion |
OD(R) |
Text(OD):{1}{G},Remove two cards in your graveyard from the game: Put a 2/2
green Bear creature token into play.
Note -Also see Token Creatures, Rule K.25.
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Beast Attack
Color |
Green |
Type |
Instant |
Cost |
Cost=2GGG |
Expansion |
OD(U) |
Text(OD):Flashback {2}{G}{G}{G}. ; Put a 4/4 green Beast creature token
into play.
Note -Also see Flashback, Rule A.20.
Note -Also see Token Creatures, Rule K.25.
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Beast of Burden
Color |
Artifact |
Type |
Artifact Creature |
Cost |
Cost=6 |
Expansion |
UL(R)/7(R) |
Text(7th):*/* ; ~this~'s power and toughness are each equal to the number
of creatures in play.
Note -Apparently some (but not all) of the UL foil versions of this card
are missing the expansion symbol. [DeLaney 1999/02/14]
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Beasts of Bogardan
Color |
Red |
Type |
Creature - Beast |
Cost |
Cost=4R |
Expansion |
LG(U1)/CH(U3) |
Text(CH+errata):3/3, Protection from Red. ; ~this~ gets +1/+1 as long as
any opponent controls a white permanent. [Oracle 2002/03/01]
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
Note -Also see Protection, Rule A.31.
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Beast Walkers
Color |
White |
Type |
Creature - Hero |
Cost |
Cost=1WW |
Expansion |
HL(U1) |
Text(HL):2/2. ; {G}: ~this~ gains banding until end of turn.
Note -Also see Banding, Rule A.8.
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Bedlam
Color |
Red |
Type |
Enchantment |
Cost |
Cost=2RR |
Expansion |
US(R)/7(R) |
Text(7th):Creatures can't block.
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Bee Sting
Color |
Green |
Type |
Sorcery |
Cost |
Cost=3G |
Expansion |
PT(U)/P2(U) |
Text(PT/P2):~this~ deals 2 damage to any one creature or player.
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 "~this~
deals 2 damage to target creature or player". [D'Angelo 2000/06/05]
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Befoul
Color |
Black |
Type |
Sorcery |
Cost |
Cost=2BB |
Expansion |
US(C)/7(U) |
Text(7th):Destroy target land or nonblack creature. It can't be
regenerated.
This is not modal. You do not have to choose the target type. The target
has to either be a land or non-black creature when announced and on
resolution. [DeLaney 1998/10/05]
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Belbe's Armor
Color |
Artifact |
Type |
Artifact |
Cost |
Cost=3 |
Expansion |
NE(U) |
Text(NE):{X},{Tap}: Target creature gets -X/+X until end of turn.
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Belbe's Percher
Color |
Black |
Type |
Creature - Bird |
Cost |
Cost=2B |
Expansion |
NE(C) |
Text(NE+errata):2/2, Flying. ; ~this~ may block only creatures with flying.
[Oracle 2000/10/24]
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Belbe's Portal
Color |
Artifact |
Type |
Artifact |
Cost |
Cost=5 |
Expansion |
NE(R) |
Text(NE):As ~this~ comes into play, choose a creature type. ;
{3},{Tap}: Put a creature card of the chosen type from your hand into
play.
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Bellowing Fiend
Color |
Black |
Type |
Creature - Spirit |
Cost |
Cost=4B |
Expansion |
TE(R)/7(R) |
Text(7th):3/3, Flying. ; Whenever ~this~ deals damage to a creature, ~this~
deals 3 damage to that creature's controller and 3 damage to you.
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Beloved Chaplain
Color |
White |
Type |
Creature - Cleric |
Cost |
Cost=1W |
Expansion |
OD(U) |
Text(OD):1/1, Protection from Creatures.
Protection from creatures prevents damage from creature sources, cannot
have any creatures assigned to block it, and cannot be targeted by the
abilities of creatures. [Odyssey FAQ 2001/10/04]
Note -Also see Protection, Rule A.31.
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Benalish Emissary
Color |
White |
Type |
Creature - Wizard |
Cost |
Cost=2W |
Expansion |
IN(U) |
Text(IN):1/4. ; Kicker {1}{G} (You may pay an additional {1}{G} as you play
this spell.) ; When ~this~ comes into play, if you paid the kicker cost,
destroy target land.
Note -Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule E.3.
Note -Also see Kicker, Rule A.24.
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Benalish Heralds
Color |
White |
Type |
Creature - Soldier |
Cost |
Cost=3W |
Expansion |
IN(U) |
Text(IN):2/4. ; {3}{U},{Tap}: Draw a card.
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Benalish Hero
Color |
White |
Type |
Creature - Hero |
Cost |
Cost=W |
Expansion |
ABUR45(C) |
Text(4th/5th):1/1, Banding.
Note -Also see Banding, Rule A.8.
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Benalish Infantry
Color |
White |
Type |
Creature - Soldier |
Cost |
Cost=2W |
Expansion |
WL(C) |
Text(WL):1/3, Banding.
Note -Also see Banding, Rule A.8.
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Benalish Knight
Color |
White |
Type |
Creature - Knight |
Cost |
Cost=2W |
Expansion |
WL(C)/AT(F1) |
Text(WL+errata):2/2, First Strike. ; You may play ~this~ any time you could
play an instant. [Oracle 1999/07/01]
Note -Also see First Strike, Rule A.18.
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Benalish Lancer
Color |
White |
Type |
Creature - Knight |
Cost |
Cost=2W |
Expansion |
IN(C) |
Text(IN):2/2. ; Kicker {2}{W} (You may pay an additional {2}{W} as you play
this spell.) ; If you paid the kicker cost, ~this~ comes into play with
two +1/+1 counters on it and has first strike.
If you paid the kicker, it comes into play with first strike and retains
this ability until it leaves play. [D'Angelo 2000/10/14]
Note -Also see First Strike, Rule A.18.
Note -Also see Kicker, Rule A.24.
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Benalish Missionary
Color |
White |
Type |
Creature - Cleric |
Cost |
Cost=W |
Expansion |
WL(C) |
Text(WL+errata):1/1. ; {1}{W},{Tap}: Prevent all combat damage that would
be dealt by target blocked creature this turn. [Oracle 2000/02/01]
Works even if the creature is "blocked" by an effect rather than actual
creatures. [DeLaney 1997/06/12]
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Benalish Trapper
Color |
White |
Type |
Creature - Soldier |
Cost |
Cost=1W |
Expansion |
IN(C) |
Text(IN):1/2. ; {W},{Tap}: Tap target creature.
Note -See Icy Manipulator for related rulings.
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Bend or Break
Color |
Red |
Type |
Sorcery |
Cost |
Cost=3R |
Expansion |
IN(R) |
Text(IN+errata):Each player separates all lands he or she controls into two
piles. For each player, an opponent chooses a pile. Destroy all lands in
the chosen piles. Tap all lands in the other piles.
[WotC Rules Team 2003/02/01]
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Benevolent Bodyguard
Color |
White |
Type |
Creature - Cleric |
Cost |
Cost=W |
Expansion |
JU(C) |
Text(JU):1/1. ; Sacrifice ~this~: Target creature you control gains
protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Note -Also see Protection, Rule A.31.
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Benevolent Unicorn
Color |
White |
Type |
Creature - Unicorn |
Cost |
Cost=1W |
Expansion |
MI(C) |
Text(MI+errata):1/2. ; If a spell would deal damage to a creature or
player, it deals that much damage minus 1 to that creature or player
instead. [Oracle 1999/09/03]
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Benthic Behemoth
Color |
Blue |
Type |
Creature - Serpent |
Cost |
Cost=5UUU |
Expansion |
TE(R)/7(R) |
Text(TE/7th):7/6, Islandwalk.
Note -Also see Landwalk, Rule A.27.
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Benthic Djinn
Color |
Multi |
Type |
Creature - Djinn |
Cost |
Cost=2UB |
Expansion |
MI(R) |
Text(MI+errata):5/3, Islandwalk. ; At the beginning of your upkeep, you
lose 2 life. [Oracle 1999/07/01]
Note -Also see Landwalk, Rule A.27.
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Benthic Explorers
Color |
Blue |
Type |
Creature - Merfolk |
Cost |
Cost=3U |
Expansion |
AL(C1) |
Text(AL+errata):2/4. ; {Tap}: Untap a tapped land an opponent controls. If
you do, add one mana of any type that land could produce to your mana
pool. [Oracle 2001/05/02]
This ability is not targeted any more. [D'Angelo 2001/05/19]
The "if you do" means "if the land was tapped and this effect untapped it".
If you use this effect on an untapped land, or if the land becomes
untapped before this resolves, then you don't get the mana.
[D'Angelo 1999/08/01]
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Bequeathal
Color |
Green |
Type |
Enchant Creature |
Cost |
Cost=G |
Expansion |
EX(C) |
Text(EX+errata):When enchanted creature is put into a graveyard, draw two
cards. [Oracle 1999/05/01]
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Bereavement
Color |
Black |
Type |
Enchantment |
Cost |
Cost=1B |
Expansion |
US(U)/7(U) |
Text(7th+errata):Whenever a green creature is put into a graveyard from
play, its controller discards a card from his or her hand.
[Oracle 2003/02/01]
If the player has no cards in hand, this has no effect. [DeLaney 1998/10/05]
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Berserk
Color |
Green |
Type |
Instant |
Cost |
Cost=G |
Expansion |
ABU(U) |
Text(ABU+errata):Play only before the combat damage step. ; Target creature
gains trample and gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is its power. At
end of turn, destroy that creature if it attacked this turn.
[Oracle 2001/08/24]
It is a one time bonus and not something that recalculates.
[D'Angelo 1998/06/05]
If the permanent stops being a creature before the end of the turn, it is
still destroyed. This happens with Jade Statue, and can happen with
other animated cards. [WotC Rules Team 1995/02/09]
Type 1 tournaments (see Rule D.13) restricted this card from 1994/01/25
until 2003/04/01.
Type 1.5 tournaments (see Rule D.14) banned this card until 2003/04/01.
Extended tournaments (see Rule D.15) have always banned this card.
Standard (Type 2) tournaments (see Rule D.16) have always banned this card.
Note -Also see Trample, Rule A.37.
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Berserk Murlodont
Color |
Green |
Type |
Creature - Beast |
Cost |
Cost=4G |
Expansion |
LE(C) |
Text(LE):3/3. ; Whenever a Beast becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end
of turn for each creature blocking it.
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Bestial Fury
Color |
Red |
Type |
Enchant Creature |
Cost |
Cost=2R |
Expansion |
AL(C2) |
Text(AL+errata):When ~this~ comes into play, draw a card at the beginning
of the next turn's upkeep. ; Whenever enchanted creature becomes blocked,
it gets +4/+0 and gains trample until end of turn. [Oracle 1999/11/01]
Note -Also see Cantrips, Rule E.2.
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Betrayal
Color |
Blue |
Type |
Enchant Creature |
Cost |
Cost=U |
Expansion |
VI(C) |
Text(VI+errata):~this~ can enchant only a creature an opponent controls. ;
Whenever enchanted creature becomes tapped, you draw a card.
[Oracle 1999/07/01]
It is sacrificed if it is ever on one of your creatures. [D'Angelo 1999/07/10]
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Betrothed of Fire
Color |
Red |
Type |
Enchant Creature |
Cost |
Cost=1R |
Expansion |
WL(C) |
Text(WL+errata):Sacrifice an untapped creature: Enchanted creature
gets +2/+0 until end of turn. ; Sacrifice enchanted creature: Creatures
you control get +2/+0 until end of turn. [Oracle 1999/07/01]
If this card is on a creature you do not control, you may not use the
ability to sacrifice the creature. This is because you cannot sacrifice
something you do not control. [WotC Rules Team 1997/07/03]
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