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17 May 2024: Card library updated.

Cryptic Command

1UUU · Instant

Choose two — • Counter target spell. • Return target permanent to its owner's hand. • Tap all creatures your opponents control. • Draw a card.

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NameManaTypeText
Undermine UUBInstant Counter target spell. Its controller loses 3 life.
Stitched Assistant 2UCreature — Zombie Exploit (When this creature enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice a creature.) When Stitched Assistant exploits a creature, scry 1, then draw a card. (To scry 1, look at the top card of your library, then you may put that card on the bottom of your library.) 3/2
Gulf Squid 3UCreature — Squid Beast When Gulf Squid enters the battlefield, tap all lands target player controls. 2/2
Glitterfang RCreature — Spirit Haste At the beginning of the end step, return Glitterfang to its owner's hand. 1/1
Seasons Past 4GGSorcery Return any number of cards with different mana values from your graveyard to your hand. Put Seasons Past on the bottom of its owner's library.
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Wistful Thinking 2USorcery Target player draws two cards, then discards four cards.
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Chthonian Nightmare 1BEnchantment When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, you get {E}{E}{E} (three energy counters). Pay X {E}, Sacrifice a creature, Return Chthonian Nightmare to its owner's hand: Return target creature card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.
Contested Cliffs Land {T}: Add {C}. {R}{G}, {T}: Target Beast creature you control fights target creature an opponent controls. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
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