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17 May 2024: Card library updated.

Once Upon a Time

1G · Instant

If this spell is the first spell you've cast this game, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a creature or land card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

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Salvage Titan 4BBArtifact Creature — Golem You may sacrifice three artifacts rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Exile three artifact cards from your graveyard: Return Salvage Titan from your graveyard to your hand. 6/4
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The Ruinous Powers 2BREnchantment At the beginning of your upkeep, choose an opponent at random. Exile the top card of that player's library. Until end of turn, you may play that card and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it. When you cast a spell this way, its owner loses life equal to its mana value.
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Rulik Mons, Warren Chief 1RGGLegendary Creature — Goblin Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) Whenever Rulik Mons, Warren Chief attacks, look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card, you may put it onto the battlefield tapped. If you didn't put a card onto the battlefield this way, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token. 3/3
Bringer of the Red Dawn 7RRCreature — Bringer You may pay {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Trample At the beginning of your upkeep, you may untap target creature and gain control of it until end of turn. That creature gains haste until end of turn. 5/5
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