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Cathartic Operation

3UB · Instant

Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand, then seek two noncreature, nonland cards.

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Putrid Imp BCreature — Zombie Imp Discard a card: Putrid Imp gains flying until end of turn. Threshold — As long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard, Putrid Imp gets +1/+1 and can't block. 1/1
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