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The Dark Woods
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Est deck cost: $268.79
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Commander

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Meren of Clan Nel Toth

Whenever another creature you control dies, you get an experience counter. At the beginning of your end step, choose target creature card in your graveyard. If that card's mana value is less than or equal to the number of experience counters you have, return it to the battlefield. Otherwise, put it into your hand.

Creature
Meren of Clan Nel Toth (cmm) 346

Commander

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Creature

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Broodspinner

Reach When this creature enters, surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.) {4}{B}{G}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Create a number of 1/1 black and green Insect creature tokens with flying equal to the number of card types among cards in your graveyard.

Creature
Broodspinner (dsk) 211
Flesh Burrower

Deathtouch Whenever this creature attacks, another target creature you control gains deathtouch until end of turn.

Creature
Flesh Burrower (dsk) 178
Hauntwoods Shrieker

Whenever this creature attacks, manifest dread. (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.) {1}{G}: Reveal target face-down permanent. If it's a creature card, you may turn it face up.

Creature
Hauntwoods Shrieker (dsk) 182
Stingblade Assassin

Flash Flying When this creature enters, destroy target creature an opponent controls that was dealt damage this turn.

Creature
Stingblade Assassin (woe) 109

Creature

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Finisher

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Ghoultree

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature card in your graveyard.

Creature
Ghoultree (inr) 198

Finisher

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Mill

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Druidic Ritual

You may mill three cards. Then return up to one creature card and up to one land card from your graveyard to your hand. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)

Sorcery
Druidic Ritual (clb) 227
Grapple with the Past

Mill three cards, then you may return a creature or land card from your graveyard to your hand. (To mill three cards, put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.)

Instant
Grapple with the Past (inr) 199
Hermit Druid

{G}, {T}: Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a basic land card. Put that card into your hand and all other cards revealed this way into your graveyard.

Creature
Hermit Druid (inr) 202

Mill

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Removal

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Abrupt Decay

This spell can't be countered. Destroy target nonland permanent with mana value 3 or less.

Instant
Abrupt Decay (plst) GK1-57
Bamboo Grove Archer

Defender, reach Channel — {4}{G}, Discard this card: Destroy target creature with flying.

Creature Enchantment
Bamboo Grove Archer (neo) 173
Bitter Downfall

This spell costs {3} less to cast if it targets a creature that was dealt damage this turn. Destroy target creature. Its controller loses 2 life.

Instant
Bitter Downfall (ltr) 77
Coordinated Clobbering

Tap one or two target untapped creatures you control. They each deal damage equal to their power to target creature an opponent controls.

Sorcery
Coordinated Clobbering (dsk) 173
Death-Rattle Oni

Flash This spell costs {2} less to cast for each creature that died this turn. When this creature enters, destroy all other creatures that were dealt damage this turn.

Creature
Death-Rattle Oni (mat) 13
Fade into Antiquity

Exile target artifact or enchantment.

Sorcery
Fade into Antiquity (neo) 182
Fang of Shigeki

Deathtouch

Creature Enchantment
Fang of Shigeki (neo) 183
Meathook Massacre II

When Meathook Massacre II enters, each player sacrifices X creatures of their choice. Whenever a creature you control dies, you may pay 3 life. If you do, return that card under your control with a finality counter on it. Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, they may pay 3 life. If they don't, return that card under your control with a finality counter on it.

Enchantment
Meathook Massacre II (dsk) 108
Nowhere to Run

Flash When this enchantment enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -3/-3 until end of turn. Creatures your opponents control can be the targets of spells and abilities as though they didn't have hexproof. Ward abilities of those creatures don't trigger.

Enchantment
Nowhere to Run (dsk) 111
Orcish Bowmasters

Flash When this creature enters and whenever an opponent draws a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, this creature deals 1 damage to any target. Then amass Orcs 1.

Creature
Orcish Bowmasters (ltr) 103
Parasitic Impetus

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.) Whenever enchanted creature attacks, its controller loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Enchantment
Parasitic Impetus (clu) 118
Rise of the Witch-king

Each player sacrifices a creature of their choice. If you sacrificed a creature this way, you may return another permanent card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Sorcery
Rise of the Witch-king (ltr) 221
Season of Loss

Choose up to five {P} worth of modes. You may choose the same mode more than once. {P} — Each player sacrifices a creature of their choice. {P}{P} — Draw a card for each creature that died under your control this turn. {P}{P}{P} — Each opponent loses X life, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard.

Sorcery
Season of Loss (blb) 112
Soul Transfer

Choose one. If you control an artifact and an enchantment as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead. • Exile target creature or planeswalker. • Return target creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand.

Sorcery
Soul Transfer (neo) 122
Sporogenic Infection

Enchant creature When this Aura enters, target player sacrifices a creature of their choice other than enchanted creature. When enchanted creature is dealt damage, destroy it.

Enchantment
Sporogenic Infection (dsk) 117
Tragic Slip

Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Morbid — That creature gets -13/-13 until end of turn instead if a creature died this turn.

Instant
Tragic Slip (cmm) 192

Removal

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Artifact

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Killer's Mask

When this Equipment enters, manifest dread, then attach this Equipment to that creature. (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.) Equipped creature has menace. Equip {2}

Artifact
Killer's Mask (dsk) 104

Artifact

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Discard

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Tinybones Joins Up

When Tinybones Joins Up enters, any number of target players each discard a card. Whenever a legendary creature you control enters, any number of target players each mill a card and lose 1 life.

Enchantment
Tinybones Joins Up (otj) 108

Discard

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Instant

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Slice from the Shadows

This spell can't be countered. (This includes by the ward ability.) Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.

Instant
Slice from the Shadows (mkm) 103

Instant

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Pump

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Favor of Jukai

Enchant artifact or creature As long as enchanted permanent is a creature, it gets +3/+3 and has reach. Channel — {1}{G}, Discard this card: Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains reach until end of turn.

Enchantment
Favor of Jukai (neo) 184
Galadhrim Bow

Flash When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control. Untap that creature. Equipped creature gets +1/+2 and has reach. Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Galadhrim Bow (ltr) 167

Pump

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Sac Outlet

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Demonmail Hauberk

Equipped creature gets +4/+2. Equip—Sacrifice a creature.

Artifact
Demonmail Hauberk (inr) 261

Sac Outlet

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Burn

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Persistent Constrictor

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, they lose 1 life and you put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature they control. Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

Creature
Persistent Constrictor (dsc) 22

Burn

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Drain

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Grievous Wound

Enchant player Enchanted player can't gain life. Whenever enchanted player is dealt damage, they lose half their life, rounded up.

Enchantment
Grievous Wound (dsk) 102
Poison-Tip Archer

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.) Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) Whenever another creature dies, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Poison-Tip Archer (blc) 256

Drain

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Land

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Buried Ruin

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Land
Buried Ruin (pip) 254
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (drc) 60
Conduit Pylons

When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) {T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Conduit Pylons (otj) 254
Evolving Wilds

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Evolving Wilds (drc) 154
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (mh3) 308
Hidden Grotto

When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) {T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Hidden Grotto (blb) 254
Jungle Hollow

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Land
Jungle Hollow (mom) 270
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (mh3) 306
The Grey Havens

When The Grey Havens enters, scry 1. {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color among legendary creature cards in your graveyard.

Land
The Grey Havens (ltr) 706
Valgavoth's Lair

Hexproof This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color. {T}: Add one mana of the chosen color.

Land Enchantment
Valgavoth's Lair (dsk) 271

Land

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Ramp

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Abundant Growth

Enchant land When this Aura enters, draw a card. Enchanted land has "{T}: Add one mana of any color."

Enchantment
Abundant Growth (inr) 184
Crypt Ghast

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.) Whenever you tap a Swamp for mana, add an additional {B}.

Creature
Crypt Ghast (rvr) 70
Delighted Halfling

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a legendary spell, and that spell can't be countered.

Creature
Delighted Halfling (ltr) 609
Entish Restoration

Sacrifice a land. Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, instead search your library for up to three basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Entish Restoration (ltr) 614
Hedge Shredder

Whenever this Vehicle attacks, you may mill two cards. Whenever one or more land cards are put into your graveyard from your library, put them onto the battlefield tapped. Crew 1 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 1 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)

Artifact
Hedge Shredder (dsk) 183
Jet Medallion

Black spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Artifact
Jet Medallion (mh3) 292
Jugan Defends the Temple

Enchantment
Jugan Defends the Temple // Remnant of the Rising Star (neo) 194Jugan Defends the Temple // Remnant of the Rising Star (neo) 194
Kodama's Reach

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Kodama's Reach (lcc) 245
Kona, Rescue Beastie

Survival — At the beginning of your second main phase, if Kona is tapped, you may put a permanent card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Creature
Kona, Rescue Beastie (dsk) 299
Liliana of the Dark Realms

+1: Search your library for a Swamp card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. −3: Target creature gets +X/+X or -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of Swamps you control. −6: You get an emblem with "Swamps you control have '{T}: Add {B}{B}{B}{B}.'"

Planeswalker
Liliana of the Dark Realms (m14) 102
Sakura-Tribe Elder

Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature
Sakura-Tribe Elder (dsc) 194
Shigeki, Jukai Visionary

{1}{G}, {T}, Return Shigeki to its owner's hand: Reveal the top four cards of your library. You may put a land card from among them onto the battlefield tapped. Put the rest into your graveyard. Channel — {X}{X}{G}{G}, Discard this card: Return X target nonlegendary cards from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature Enchantment
Shigeki, Jukai Visionary (neo) 206
Sméagol, Helpful Guide

At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died under your control this turn, the Ring tempts you. Whenever the Ring tempts you, target opponent reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a land card. Put that card onto the battlefield tapped under your control and the rest into their graveyard.

Creature
Sméagol, Helpful Guide (ltr) 231
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (drc) 57
Vraska, the Silencer

Deathtouch Whenever a nontoken creature an opponent controls dies, you may pay {1}. If you do, return that card to the battlefield tapped under your control. It's a Treasure artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color," and it loses all other card types.

Creature
Vraska, the Silencer (otj) 237
Wrenn and Seven

+1: Reveal the top four cards of your library. Put all land cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. 0: Put any number of land cards from your hand onto the battlefield tapped. −3: Create a green Treefolk creature token with reach and "This token's power and toughness are each equal to the number of lands you control." −8: Return all permanent cards from your graveyard to your hand. You get an emblem with "You have no maximum hand size."

Planeswalker
Wrenn and Seven (mid) 208

Ramp

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Sorcery

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Valgavoth's Onslaught

Manifest dread X times, then put X +1/+1 counters on each of those creatures. (To manifest dread, look at the top two cards of your library, then put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

Sorcery
Valgavoth's Onslaught (dsk) 204

Sorcery

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Counters

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Cackling Prowler

Ward {2} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.) Morbid — At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Cackling Prowler (fdn) 101
Ygra, Eater of All

Ward—Sacrifice a Food. Other creatures are Food artifacts in addition to their other types and have "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this permanent: You gain 3 life." Whenever a Food is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put two +1/+1 counters on Ygra.

Creature
Ygra, Eater of All (blb) 241

Counters

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Draw

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Braids, Arisen Nightmare

At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice an artifact, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker. If you do, each opponent may sacrifice a permanent of their choice that shares a card type with it. For each opponent who doesn't, that player loses 2 life and you draw a card.

Creature
Braids, Arisen Nightmare (dsc) 133
Commune with Evil

Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. You gain 3 life.

Sorcery
Commune with Evil (dsk) 87
Daemogoth Woe-Eater

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature. When you sacrifice this creature, each opponent discards a card, you draw a card, and you gain 2 life.

Creature
Daemogoth Woe-Eater (stx) 175
Dockside Chef

{1}{B}, Sacrifice an artifact or creature: Draw a card.

Creature Enchantment
Dockside Chef (neo) 93
Liliana, Dreadhorde General

Whenever a creature you control dies, draw a card. +1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. −4: Each player sacrifices two creatures of their choice. −9: Each opponent chooses a permanent they control of each permanent type and sacrifices the rest.

Planeswalker
Liliana, Dreadhorde General (fdn) 176
Season of Gathering

Choose up to five {P} worth of modes. You may choose the same mode more than once. {P} — Put a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control. It gains vigilance and trample until end of turn. {P}{P} — Choose artifact or enchantment. Destroy all permanents of the chosen type. {P}{P}{P} — Draw cards equal to the greatest power among creatures you control.

Sorcery
Season of Gathering (blb) 192
Stargaze

Look at twice X cards from the top of your library. Put X cards from among them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. You lose X life.

Sorcery
Stargaze (blb) 114
Vraska Joins Up

When Vraska Joins Up enters, put a deathtouch counter on each creature you control. Whenever a legendary creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Enchantment
Vraska Joins Up (otj) 236

Draw

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Lifegain

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Willow Geist

Trample Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. When this creature dies, you gain life equal to its power.

Creature
Willow Geist (mid) 207

Lifegain

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Recursion

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Butcher Ghoul

Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Creature
Butcher Ghoul (inr) 99
Defiled Crypt

Enchantment
Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab (dsk) 91
Down

Sorcery
Down // Dirty (dgm) 126
Dryad's Revival

Return target card from your graveyard to your hand. Flashback {4}{G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Dryad's Revival (mid) 183
Greenwarden of Murasa

When this creature enters, you may return target card from your graveyard to your hand. When this creature dies, you may exile it. If you do, return target card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Greenwarden of Murasa (ncc) 294
Nine-Lives Familiar

This creature enters with eight revival counters on it if you cast it. When this creature dies, if it had a revival counter on it, return it to the battlefield with one fewer revival counter on it at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Nine-Lives Familiar (fdn) 66
Regrowth

Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.

Sorcery
Regrowth (plst) A25-187
Revive the Shire

Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

Sorcery
Revive the Shire (ltr) 636
Season of Renewal

Choose one or both — • Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. • Return target enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand.

Instant
Season of Renewal (neo) 205
Spring-Leaf Avenger

Ninjutsu {3}{G} ({3}{G}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Spring-Leaf Avenger (neo) 208
Sword of Light and Shadow

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from white and from black. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you gain 3 life and you may return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Equip {2}

Artifact
Sword of Light and Shadow (2xm) 298

Recursion

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Tokens

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Spider Spawning

Create a 1/2 green Spider creature token with reach for each creature card in your graveyard. Flashback {6}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Spider Spawning (inr) 216
Tend the Pests

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Create X 1/1 black and green Pest creature tokens with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life," where X is the sacrificed creature's power.

Instant
Tend the Pests (stx) 242

Tokens

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Maybeboard

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Blood Artist

Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Blood Artist (inr) 97
Demonic Tutor

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Demonic Tutor (cmm) 150
Golgari Charm

Choose one — • All creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn. • Destroy target enchantment. • Regenerate each creature you control.

Instant
Golgari Charm (plst) GK1-62
Honest Rutstein

When Honest Rutstein enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature
Honest Rutstein (otj) 207
Moldervine Reclamation

Whenever a creature you control dies, you gain 1 life and draw a card.

Enchantment
Moldervine Reclamation (blc) 255
Peer into the Abyss

Target player draws cards equal to half the number of cards in their library and loses half their life. Round up each time.

Sorcery
Peer into the Abyss (m21) 117

Maybeboard

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