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17 May 2024: Card library updated.

Altar of the Wretched

2B · Artifact

When Altar of the Wretched enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice a nontoken creature. If you do, draw X cards, then mill X cards, where X is that creature's power. Craft with one or more creatures {2}{B}{B} {2}{B}: Return Altar of the Wretched from your graveyard to your hand.

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