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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
Marshland Bloodcaster 4BCreature — Vampire Warlock Flying {1}{B}, {T}: Rather than pay the mana cost of the next spell you cast this turn, you may pay life equal to that spell's mana value. 3/5
Infernal Idol 3Artifact {T}: Add {B}. {1}{B}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice Infernal Idol: You draw two cards and you lose 2 life.
Vastwood Animist 2GCreature — Elf Shaman Ally {T}: Target land you control becomes an X/X Elemental creature until end of turn, where X is the number of Allies you control. It's still a land. 1/1
Crumble GInstant Destroy target artifact. It can't be regenerated. That artifact's controller gains life equal to its mana value.
Netherborn Phalanx 5BCreature — Horror When Netherborn Phalanx enters the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life for each creature they control. Transmute {1}{B}{B} ({1}{B}{B}, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.) 2/4
Oboro Envoy 3UCreature — Moonfolk Wizard Flying {2}, Return a land you control to its owner's hand: Target creature gets -X/-0 until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand. 1/3
Sphere of Safety 4WEnchantment Creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless their controller pays {X} for each of those creatures, where X is the number of enchantments you control.
Blood Lust 1RInstant If target creature has toughness 5 or greater, it gets +4/-4 until end of turn. Otherwise, it gets +4/-X until end of turn, where X is its toughness minus 1.
Cabal Interrogator 1BCreature — Zombie Wizard {X}{B}, {T}: Target player reveals X cards from their hand and you choose one of them. That player discards that card. Activate only as a sorcery. 1/1
Cateran Kidnappers 2BBCreature — Human Mercenary {3}, {T}: Search your library for a Mercenary permanent card with mana value 3 or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. 4/2
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