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Birthing Pod

3G/P · Artifact

({G/P} can be paid with either {G} or 2 life.) {1}{G/P}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Search your library for a creature card with mana value equal to 1 plus the sacrificed creature's mana value, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.

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