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17 May 2024: Card library updated.

Mercurial Pretender

4U · Creature — Shapeshifter

You may have Mercurial Pretender enter the battlefield as a copy of a creature you control, except it has "{2}{U}{U}: Return this creature to its owner's hand." 0/0

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