oranmorSM
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Draw
Elrond, Moon-Reader
Whenever you activate an ability of a creature, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
: Exile up to two other target nonland permanents you control. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
: Exile up to two other target nonland permanents you control. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
Legendary Creature - Elf Noble
Draw
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Land
Path of Ancestry
This land enters tapped.
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Land
Land
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Monger Cascade (Multiple)
Monger Cascade (Multiple)
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Protection
Swiftfoot Boots
Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Tamiyo's Safekeeping
Target permanent you control gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. You gain 2 life. (A permanent with hexproof and indestructible can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
Instant
Protection
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Ramp
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
Tempt with Discovery
Tempting offer — Search your library for a land card and put it onto the battlefield. Each opponent may search their library for a land card and put it onto the battlefield. For each opponent who searches a library this way, search your library for a land card and put it onto the battlefield. Then each player who searched a library this way shuffles.
Sorcery
Ramp
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Removal
Removal
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Sac Outlet
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Jarad gets +1/+1 for each creature card in your graveyard.
, Sacrifice another creature: Each opponent loses life equal to the sacrificed creature's power.
Sacrifice a Swamp and a Forest: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
, Sacrifice another creature: Each opponent loses life equal to the sacrificed creature's power.
Sacrifice a Swamp and a Forest: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
Legendary Creature - Elf Zombie
Sac Outlet
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Sailmonger Cascade
The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
Flash
Ward—Waterbend . (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays . They can tap their artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for .)
Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you draw two cards.
Ward—Waterbend . (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays . They can tap their artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for .)
Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you draw two cards.
Legendary Creature - Serpent
Sailmonger Cascade
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Scandalmonger Cascade
High Perfect Morcant
Whenever High Perfect Morcant or another Elf you control enters, each opponent blights 1. (They each put a -1/-1 counter on a creature they control.)
Tap three untapped Elves you control: Proliferate. Activate only as a sorcery. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Tap three untapped Elves you control: Proliferate. Activate only as a sorcery. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Legendary Creature - Elf Noble
Scandalmonger Cascade
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Squallmonger Cascade
Squallmonger Cascade
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Tokens
Lathril, Blade of the Elves
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Whenever Lathril deals combat damage to a player, create that many 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature tokens.
, Tap ten untapped Elves you control: Each opponent loses 10 life and you gain 10 life.
Whenever Lathril deals combat damage to a player, create that many 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature tokens.
, Tap ten untapped Elves you control: Each opponent loses 10 life and you gain 10 life.
Legendary Creature - Elf Noble
Tokens
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Tutor
Eldritch Evolution
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Search your library for a creature card with mana value X or less, where X is 2 plus the sacrificed creature's mana value. Put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Exile Eldritch Evolution.
Search your library for a creature card with mana value X or less, where X is 2 plus the sacrificed creature's mana value. Put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Exile Eldritch Evolution.
Sorcery
Tutor
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Untap
Untap
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Description
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