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17 May 2024: Card library updated.

Noetic Scales

4 · Artifact

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, return to its owner's hand each creature that player controls with power greater than the number of cards in their hand.

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NameManaTypeText
Whirlpool Whelm 1UInstant Clash with an opponent, then return target creature to its owner's hand. If you win, you may put that creature on top of its owner's library instead. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of their library, then puts that card on the top or bottom. A player wins if their card had a higher mana value.)
Lavaborn Muse 3RCreature — Spirit At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if that player has two or fewer cards in hand, Lavaborn Muse deals 3 damage to that player. 3/3
Hibernation 2UInstant Return all green permanents to their owners' hands.
Dematerialize 3USorcery Return target permanent to its owner's hand. Flashback {5}{U}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Farewell to Arms 1BBEnchantment As Farewell to Arms enters the battlefield, choose a hand attached to an opponent's arm. When the chosen hand isn't behind its owner's back, sacrifice Farewell to Arms. If you do, that player discards their hand . . . of cards. (The lawyers wouldn't let us do it the other way.)
Seal of Removal UEnchantment Sacrifice Seal of Removal: Return target creature to its owner's hand.
Dream Eater 4UUCreature — Nightmare Sphinx Flash Flying When Dream Eater enters the battlefield, surveil 4. When you do, you may return target nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand. (To surveil 4, look at the top four cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.) 4/3
Surging Aether 3UInstant Ripple 4 (When you cast this spell, you may reveal the top four cards of your library. You may cast spells with the same name as this spell from among those cards without paying their mana costs. Put the rest on the bottom of your library.) Return target permanent to its owner's hand.
Slow Motion 2UEnchantment — Aura Enchant creature At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player sacrifices that creature unless they pay {2}. When Slow Motion is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Slow Motion to its owner's hand.
Sea Gate Restoration 4UUUSorcery Draw cards equal to the number of cards in your hand plus one. You have no maximum hand size for the rest of the game.
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