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17 May 2024: Card library updated.

Balancing Act

2WW · Sorcery

Each player chooses a number of permanents they control equal to the number of permanents controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Each player discards cards the same way.

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NameManaTypeText
Clutch of the Undercity 1UUBInstant Return target permanent to its owner's hand. Its controller loses 3 life. Transmute {1}{U}{B} ({1}{U}{B}, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)
Palisade Giant 4WWCreature — Giant Soldier All damage that would be dealt to you and other permanents you control is dealt to Palisade Giant instead. 2/7
Azorius Justiciar 2WWCreature — Human Wizard When Azorius Justiciar enters the battlefield, detain up to two target creatures your opponents control. (Until your next turn, those creatures can't attack or block and their activated abilities can't be activated.) 2/2
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Wall of Tombstones 1BCreature — Wall Defender (This creature can't attack.) At the beginning of your upkeep, change Wall of Tombstones's base toughness to 1 plus the number of creature cards in your graveyard. (This effect lasts indefinitely.) 0/1
Waterfront Bouncer 1UCreature — Merfolk Spellshaper {U}, {T}, Discard a card: Return target creature to its owner's hand. 1/1
Child of Alara WUBRGLegendary Creature — Avatar Trample When Child of Alara dies, destroy all nonland permanents. They can't be regenerated. 6/6
Witch Engine 5BCreature — Horror Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.) {T}: Add {B}{B}{B}{B}. Target opponent gains control of Witch Engine. (Activate only as an instant.) 4/4
Patriarch's Bidding 3BBSorcery Each player chooses a creature type. Each player returns all creature cards of a type chosen this way from their graveyard to the battlefield.
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