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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
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Intelligence Bobblehead 3Artifact — Bobblehead {T}: Add one mana of any color. {5}, {T}: Draw X cards, where X is the number of Bobbleheads you control.
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Zedruu the Greathearted 1URWLegendary Creature — Minotaur Monk At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain X life and draw X cards, where X is the number of permanents you own that your opponents control. {U}{R}{W}: Target opponent gains control of target permanent you control. 2/4
Graywater's Fixer 2BRCreature — Lizard Mercenary Each outlaw creature card in your graveyard has encore {X}, where X is its mana value. (Exile it and pay its encore cost: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.) 4/4
Thieving Skydiver 1UCreature — Merfolk Rogue Kicker {X}. X can't be 0. (You may pay an additional {X} as you cast this spell.) Flying When Thieving Skydiver enters the battlefield, if it was kicked, gain control of target artifact with mana value X or less. If that artifact is an Equipment, attach it to Thieving Skydiver. 2/1
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