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17 May 2024: Card library updated.

Altar of Shadows

7 · Artifact

At the beginning of your precombat main phase, add {B} for each charge counter on Altar of Shadows. {7}, {T}: Destroy target creature. Then put a charge counter on Altar of Shadows.

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