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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
Windbrisk Heights
Hideaway 4 (When this land enters, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
This land enters tapped.
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, : You may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost if you attacked with three or more creatures this turn.
This land enters tapped.
: Add .
, : You may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost if you attacked with three or more creatures this turn.
Land
Land
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Lifegain
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Protection
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Icingdeath, Frost Tyrant
Flying, vigilance
When Icingdeath, Frost Tyrant dies, create Icingdeath, Frost Tongue, a legendary white Equipment artifact token with "Equipped creature gets +2/+0," "Whenever equipped creature attacks, tap target creature defending player controls," and equip .
When Icingdeath, Frost Tyrant dies, create Icingdeath, Frost Tongue, a legendary white Equipment artifact token with "Equipped creature gets +2/+0," "Whenever equipped creature attacks, tap target creature defending player controls," and equip .
Legendary Creature - Dragon
Pump
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Ramp
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Recursion
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Ao, the Dawn Sky
Flying, vigilance
When Ao dies, choose one —
• Look at the top seven cards of your library. Put any number of nonland permanent cards with total mana value 4 or less from among them onto the battlefield. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
• Put two +1/+1 counters on each permanent you control that's a creature or Vehicle.
When Ao dies, choose one —
• Look at the top seven cards of your library. Put any number of nonland permanent cards with total mana value 4 or less from among them onto the battlefield. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
• Put two +1/+1 counters on each permanent you control that's a creature or Vehicle.
Legendary Creature - Dragon Spirit
Blessed Breath
Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Splice onto Arcane (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)
Splice onto Arcane (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)
Instant - Arcane
Faithbound Judge
Defender, flying, vigilance
At the beginning of your upkeep, if this creature has two or fewer judgment counters on it, put a judgment counter on it.
As long as this creature has three or more judgment counters on it, it can attack as though it didn't have defender.
Disturb
At the beginning of your upkeep, if this creature has two or fewer judgment counters on it, put a judgment counter on it.
As long as this creature has three or more judgment counters on it, it can attack as though it didn't have defender.
Disturb
Creature - Soldier Spirit
Hundred-Talon Strike
Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.
Splice onto Arcane—Tap an untapped white creature you control. (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)
Splice onto Arcane—Tap an untapped white creature you control. (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)
Instant - Arcane
Karmic Guide
Flying, protection from black
Echo (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
When this creature enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Echo (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
When this creature enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Creature - Angel Spirit
Myojin of Blooming Dawn
Myojin of Blooming Dawn enters with an indestructible counter on it if you cast it from your hand.
Remove an indestructible counter from Myojin of Blooming Dawn: Create a 1/1 colorless Spirit creature token for each permanent you control.
Remove an indestructible counter from Myojin of Blooming Dawn: Create a 1/1 colorless Spirit creature token for each permanent you control.
Legendary Creature - Spirit
Pure Intentions
Whenever a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard cards this turn, return those cards from your graveyard to your hand.
When a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard this card, return this card from your graveyard to your hand at the beginning of the next end step.
When a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard this card, return this card from your graveyard to your hand at the beginning of the next end step.
Instant - Arcane
Skyclave Apparition
When this creature enters, exile up to one target nonland, nontoken permanent you don't control with mana value 4 or less.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, the exiled card's owner creates an X/X blue Illusion creature token, where X is the mana value of the exiled card.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, the exiled card's owner creates an X/X blue Illusion creature token, where X is the mana value of the exiled card.
Creature - Spirit Kor
Removal
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Basri's Lieutenant
Vigilance, protection from multicolored
When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, if it had a +1/+1 counter on it, create a 2/2 white Knight creature token with vigilance.
When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, if it had a +1/+1 counter on it, create a 2/2 white Knight creature token with vigilance.
Creature - Human Knight
Idol of False Gods
, : Create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token with "Sacrifice this token: Add ."
Whenever another Eldrazi you control dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this artifact.
As long as this artifact has eight or more +1/+1 counters on it, it's a 0/0 creature in addition to its other types and it has annihilator 2.
Whenever another Eldrazi you control dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this artifact.
As long as this artifact has eight or more +1/+1 counters on it, it's a 0/0 creature in addition to its other types and it has annihilator 2.
Artifact Kindred - Eldrazi
Indebted Spirit
Bestow (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)
Afterlife 1 (When this permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying.)
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has afterlife 1.
Afterlife 1 (When this permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying.)
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has afterlife 1.
Creature Enchantment - Spirit
Tokens
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Description
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