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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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NameManaTypeText
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Pursued Whale 5UUCreature — Whale When Pursued Whale enters the battlefield, each opponent creates a 1/1 red Pirate creature token with "This creature can't block" and "Creatures you control attack each combat if able." Spells your opponents cast that target Pursued Whale cost {3} more to cast. 8/8
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Mana Web 3Artifact Whenever a land an opponent controls is tapped for mana, tap all lands that player controls that could produce any type of mana that land could produce.
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