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4BB · Sorcery
Council's dilemma — Starting with you, each player votes for death or taxes. Each opponent sacrifices a creature for each death vote and discards a card for each taxes vote.
| Name | Mana | Type | Text |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Excavation | 2UB | Instant | Draw cards equal to the number of cards in your hand, then discard a card for each card drawn this way. Basic landcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.) |
| Heart of Bogardan | 2RR | Enchantment | Cumulative upkeep {2} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.) When a player doesn't pay Heart of Bogardan's cumulative upkeep, Heart of Bogardan deals X damage to target player or planeswalker and each creature that player or that planeswalker's controller controls, where X is twice the number of age counters on Heart of Bogardan minus 2. |
| Jester's Sombrero | 2 | Artifact | {2}, {T}, Sacrifice Jester's Sombrero: Look at target player's sideboard, choose three cards from it, and remove those cards from the match. |
| Curator of Mysteries | 2UU | Creature — Sphinx | Flying Whenever you cycle or discard another card, scry 1. Cycling {U} ({U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.) 4/4 |
| Flaming Gambit | XR | Instant | Flaming Gambit deals X damage to target player or planeswalker. That player or that planeswalker's controller may choose a creature they control and have Flaming Gambit deal that damage to it instead. Flashback {X}{R}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.) |
| Gallia of the Endless Dance | RG | Legendary Creature — Satyr | Haste Other Satyrs you control get +1/+1 and have haste. Whenever you attack with three or more creatures, you may discard a card at random. If you do, draw two cards. 2/2 |
| Obelisk of Alara | 6 | Artifact | {1}{W}, {T}: You gain 5 life. {1}{U}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card. {1}{B}, {T}: Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. {1}{R}, {T}: Obelisk of Alara deals 3 damage to target player or planeswalker. {1}{G}, {T}: Target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn. |
| Vhal, Scholar of Tactics | 2WU | Legendary Creature — Human Wizard | When this creature specializes, remove all study counters from it. When you do, distribute that many +1/+1 counters among any number of target creatures. {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card. 4/4 |
| Hellhole Flailer | 1BR | Creature — Ogre Warrior | Unleash (You may have this creature enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. It can't block as long as it has a +1/+1 counter on it.) {2}{B}{R}, Sacrifice Hellhole Flailer: Hellhole Flailer deals damage equal to its power to target player or planeswalker. 3/2 |
| Sauron, the Dark Lord | 3UBR | Legendary Creature — Avatar Horror | Ward—Sacrifice a legendary artifact or legendary creature. Whenever an opponent casts a spell, amass Orcs 1. Whenever an Army you control deals combat damage to a player, the Ring tempts you. Whenever the Ring tempts you, you may discard your hand. If you do, draw four cards. 7/6 |