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17 May 2024: Card library updated.

Defense Grid

2 · Artifact

Each spell costs {3} more to cast except during its controller's turn.

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NameManaTypeText
Sea Gate Stormcaller 1UCreature — Human Wizard Kicker {4}{U} When Sea Gate Stormcaller enters the battlefield, copy the next instant or sorcery spell with mana value 2 or less you cast this turn when you cast it. If Sea Gate Stormcaller was kicked, copy that spell twice instead. You may choose new targets for the copies. 2/1
Neera, Wild Mage 4URLegendary Creature — Human Elf Shaman Whenever you cast a spell, you may put it on the bottom of its owner's library. If you do, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a nonland card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then put all revealed cards not cast this way on the bottom of your library in a random order. This ability triggers only once each turn. 2/7
Soulblade Djinn 3UUCreature — Djinn Flying Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. 4/3
Devoted Caretaker WCreature — Human Cleric {W}, {T}: Target permanent you control gains protection from instant spells and from sorcery spells until end of turn. 1/2
Arcane Bombardment 4RREnchantment Whenever you cast your first instant or sorcery spell each turn, exile an instant or sorcery card at random from your graveyard. Then copy each card exiled with Arcane Bombardment. You may cast any number of the copies without paying their mana costs.
Treacherous Trapezist 1UUCreature — Porcupine Performer Flying Whenever you cast an alliterative spell, scry 2. (Anything with two or more capitalized words in its name that begin with the same letter is alliterative.) Other alliterative creatures you control have flying. 2/3
Desdemona, Freedom's Edge 2RWLegendary Creature — Human Rogue Vigilance Whenever Desdemona, Freedom's Edge attacks, target creature card in your graveyard that's an artifact or that has mana value 3 or less gains escape until end of turn. The escape cost is equal to its mana cost plus exile two other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast it from your graveyard for its escape cost this turn.) 3/4
Grafdigger's Cage 1Artifact Creature cards in graveyards and libraries can't enter the battlefield. Players can't cast spells from graveyards or libraries.
Sewer Crocodile 5UCreature — Crocodile {3}{U}: Sewer Crocodile can't be blocked this turn. This ability costs {3} less to activate if there are five or more mana values among cards in your graveyard. 4/6
Staff of the Letter Magus 3Artifact As Staff of the Letter Magus enters the battlefield, choose a consonant other than N, R, S, or T. Whenever a player casts a spell, you gain 1 life for each time the chosen letter appears in that spell's name.
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