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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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Roiling Horror 3BBCreature — Horror Roiling Horror's power and toughness are each equal to your life total minus the life total of an opponent with the most life. Suspend X—{X}{B}{B}{B}. X can't be 0. (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {X}{B}{B}{B} and exile it with X time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.) Whenever a time counter is removed from Roiling Horror while it's exiled, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. */*
Go-Shintai of Lost Wisdom 1ULegendary Enchantment Creature — Shrine Flying At the beginning of your end step, you may pay {1}. When you do, target player mills X cards, where X is the number of Shrines you control. (To mill a card, a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.) 0/4
Shifting Wall XArtifact Creature — Wall Defender (This creature can't attack.) Shifting Wall enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it. 0/0
Mass Manipulation XXUUUUSorcery Gain control of X target creatures and/or planeswalkers.
Accomplished Alchemist 3GCreature — Elf Druid {T}: Add one mana of any color. {T}: Add X mana of any one color, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn. 2/5
The Scarab God 3UBLegendary Creature — God At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses X life and you scry X, where X is the number of Zombies you control. {2}{U}{B}: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie. When The Scarab God dies, return it to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step. 5/5
Railway Brawler 3GGCreature — Rhino Warrior Reach, trample Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, put X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is its power. Plot {3}{G} (You may pay {3}{G} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.) 5/5
Blazing Shoal XRRInstant — Arcane You may exile a red card with mana value X from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.
Midlife Upgrade 3WSorcery As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice X Contraptions. Assemble X plus one Contraptions. (To assemble a Contraption, put the top card of your Contraption deck face up onto one of your sprockets.)
Blessing of Frost 3GSnow Sorcery Distribute X +1/+1 counters among any number of creatures you control, where X is the amount of {S} spent to cast this spell. Then draw a card for each creature you control with power 4 or greater.
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