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Brilliant Ultimatum

WWUUUBB · Sorcery

Exile the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. You may play lands and cast spells from one of those piles. If you cast a spell this way, you cast it without paying its mana cost.

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Gonti, Canny Acquisitor 2BGULegendary Creature — Aetherborn Rogue Spells you cast but don't own cost {1} less to cast. Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, look at the top card of that player's library, then exile it face down. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell. 5/5
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