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Commander
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Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
When Uro enters, sacrifice it unless it escaped.
Whenever Uro enters or attacks, you gain 3 life and draw a card, then you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
Escape—, Exile five other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)
Whenever Uro enters or attacks, you gain 3 life and draw a card, then you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
Escape—, Exile five other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)
Legendary Creature - Elder Giant
Better in Graveyard
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Burning-Rune Demon
Flying
When this creature enters, you may search your library for exactly two cards not named Burning-Rune Demon that have different names. If you do, reveal those cards. An opponent chooses one of them. Put the chosen card into your hand and the other into your graveyard, then shuffle.
When this creature enters, you may search your library for exactly two cards not named Burning-Rune Demon that have different names. If you do, reveal those cards. An opponent chooses one of them. Put the chosen card into your hand and the other into your graveyard, then shuffle.
Creature - Demon Berserker
Hostile Negotiations
Exile the top three cards of your library in a face-down pile, then exile the top three cards of your library in another face-down pile. Look at the cards in each pile, then turn a pile of your choice face up. An opponent chooses one of those piles. Put that pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard. You lose 3 life.
Instant
Overlord of the Floodpits
Impending 4— (If you cast this spell for its impending cost, it enters with four time counters and isn't a creature until the last is removed. At the beginning of your end step, remove a time counter from it.)
Flying
Whenever this permanent enters or attacks, draw two cards, then discard a card.
Flying
Whenever this permanent enters or attacks, draw two cards, then discard a card.
Creature Enchantment - Avatar Horror
Draw and Tutor
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Emrakul, the Promised End
This spell costs less to cast for each card type among cards in your graveyard.
When you cast this spell, you gain control of target opponent during that player's next turn. After that turn, that player takes an extra turn.
Flying, trample, protection from instants
When you cast this spell, you gain control of target opponent during that player's next turn. After that turn, that player takes an extra turn.
Flying, trample, protection from instants
Legendary Creature - Eldrazi
Finisher
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Land
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Barrowgoyf
Deathtouch, lifelink
Barrowgoyf's power is equal to the number of card types among cards in all graveyards and its toughness is equal to that number plus 1.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may mill that many cards. If you do, you may put a creature card from among them into your hand.
Barrowgoyf's power is equal to the number of card types among cards in all graveyards and its toughness is equal to that number plus 1.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may mill that many cards. If you do, you may put a creature card from among them into your hand.
Creature - Lhurgoyf
Grim Flayer
Trample
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, surveil 3. (Look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Delirium — This creature gets +2/+2 as long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, surveil 3. (Look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Delirium — This creature gets +2/+2 as long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard.
Creature - Human Warrior
Mill
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Deathrite Shaman
: Exile target land card from a graveyard. Add one mana of any color. (Activate only as an instant.)
, : Exile target instant or sorcery card from a graveyard. Each opponent loses 2 life.
, : Exile target creature card from a graveyard. You gain 2 life.
, : Exile target instant or sorcery card from a graveyard. Each opponent loses 2 life.
, : Exile target creature card from a graveyard. You gain 2 life.
Creature - Elf Shaman
Ramp
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Geth, Lord of the Vault
Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
: Put target artifact or creature card with mana value X from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield tapped under your control. Then that player mills X cards.
: Put target artifact or creature card with mana value X from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield tapped under your control. Then that player mills X cards.
Legendary Creature - Zombie Phyrexian
Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
Ninjutsu (, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Whenever Ink-Eyes deals combat damage to a player, you may put target creature card from that player's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
: Regenerate Ink-Eyes.
Whenever Ink-Eyes deals combat damage to a player, you may put target creature card from that player's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
: Regenerate Ink-Eyes.
Legendary Creature - Rat Ninja
Liliana, Death's Majesty
+1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Mill two cards.
−3: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.
−7: Destroy all non-Zombie creatures.
−3: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.
−7: Destroy all non-Zombie creatures.
Legendary Planeswalker - Liliana
Sheoldred, Whispering One
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
At the beginning of your upkeep, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Legendary Creature - Praetor Phyrexian
Recursion
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Removal
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