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17 May 2024: Card library updated.

Counterbalance

UU · Enchantment

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may reveal the top card of your library. If you do, counter that spell if it has the same mana value as the revealed card.

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NameManaTypeText
Calamity of the Titans 4CCSorcery As an additional cost to cast this spell, reveal a colorless creature card from your hand. Exile each creature and planeswalker with mana value less than the revealed card's mana value.
Vesuvan Drifter 2UCreature — Shapeshifter Flying You may look at the top card of your library any time. At the beginning of each combat, you may reveal the top card of your library. If you reveal a creature card this way, Vesuvan Drifter becomes a copy of that card until end of turn, except it has flying. 2/4
Alexander Clamilton 2ULegendary Creature — Clamfolk Advisor Rebel Whenever you cast a wordy spell, scry 2. (A spell is wordy if it has four or more lines of rules text.) {1}{R}, {T}: Choose target creature you don't control. Reveal the top card of your library. Alexander Clamilton gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of lines of rules text of the revealed card. Alexander Clamilton fights that creature. 0/4
Kaboom! 4RSorcery Choose any number of target players or planeswalkers. For each of them, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a nonland card, Kaboom! deals damage equal to that card's mana value to that player or planeswalker, then you put the revealed cards on the bottom of your library in any order.
Living Destiny 3GInstant As an additional cost to cast this spell, reveal a creature card from your hand. You gain life equal to the revealed card's mana value.
Protection Racket 2BEnchantment At the beginning of your upkeep, repeat the following process for each opponent in turn order. Reveal the top card of your library. That player may pay life equal to that card's mana value. If they do, exile that card. Otherwise, put it into your hand.
Mind Funeral 1UBSorcery Target opponent reveals cards from the top of their library until four land cards are revealed. That player puts all cards revealed this way into their graveyard.
Reviving Vapors 2WUInstant Reveal the top three cards of your library and put one of them into your hand. You gain life equal to that card's mana value. Put all other cards revealed this way into your graveyard.
Thunderous Debut 6GGSorcery Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.) Look at the top twenty cards of your library. You may reveal up to two creature cards from among them. If this spell was bargained, put the revealed cards onto the battlefield. Otherwise, put the revealed cards into your hand. Then shuffle.
Explosive Revelation 3RRSorcery Choose any target. Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a nonland card. Explosive Revelation deals damage equal to that card's mana value to that permanent or player. Put the nonland card into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
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