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17 May 2024: Card library updated.

Stinging Study

4B · Instant

You draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the mana value of a commander you own on the battlefield or in the command zone.

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NameManaTypeText
Chancellor of the Forge 4RRRCreature — Phyrexian Giant You may reveal this card from your opening hand. If you do, at the beginning of the first upkeep, create a 1/1 red Phyrexian Goblin creature token with haste. When Chancellor of the Forge enters the battlefield, create X 1/1 red Phyrexian Goblin creature tokens with haste, where X is the number of creatures you control. 5/5
Lammastide Weave 1GInstant Choose a card name, then target player mills a card. If a card with the chosen name was milled this way, you gain life equal to its mana value. Draw a card.
Nahiri's Warcrafting 1RRSorcery Nahiri's Warcrafting deals 5 damage to target creature, planeswalker, or battle. Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the excess damage dealt this way. You may exile one of those cards. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. You may play the exiled card this turn.
Pre-War Formalwear 2WArtifact — Equipment When Pre-War Formalwear enters the battlefield, return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield and attach Pre-War Formalwear to it. Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has vigilance. Equip {3}
Last Caress 2BSorcery Target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. Draw a card.
Extraction Specialist 2WCreature — Human Rogue Lifelink When Extraction Specialist enters the battlefield, return target creature card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature can't attack or block for as long as you control Extraction Specialist. 3/2
Syndicate Infiltrator 2UBCreature — Vampire Wizard Flying As long as there are five or more mana values among cards in your graveyard, Syndicate Infiltrator gets +2/+2. 3/3
Stormfist Crusader BRCreature — Human Knight Menace At the beginning of your upkeep, each player draws a card and loses 1 life. 2/2
Mindswipe XURInstant Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. Mindswipe deals X damage to that spell's controller.
Harrowing Journey 4BSorcery Target player draws three cards and loses 3 life.
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