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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
Byode, Inverse Sun 2UBLegendary Universewalker — Byode +2: Mill three cards, then return any number of cards from different Universes milled this way from your graveyard to your hand. -X: Choose a Universe you haven't chosen this way this game. You may cast a spell from that Universe with mana value X or less from your hand without paying its mana cost. Byode, Inverse Sun can be your commander. Your deck can include Universes Beyond cards of any color identity.
All-Seeing Arbiter 4UUCreature — Avatar Flying Whenever All-Seeing Arbiter enters the battlefield or attacks, draw two cards, then discard a card. Whenever you discard a card, target creature an opponent controls gets -X/-0 until your next turn, where X is the number of different mana values among cards in your graveyard. 5/4
Polukranos, World Eater 2GGLegendary Creature — Hydra {X}{X}{G}: Monstrosity X. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put X +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.) When Polukranos, World Eater becomes monstrous, it deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures your opponents control. Each of those creatures deals damage equal to its power to Polukranos. 5/5
Cactus Preserve Land — Desert Cactus Preserve enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any type that a land you control could produce. {3}: Until end of turn, Cactus Preserve becomes an X/X green Plant creature with reach, where X is the greatest mana value among your commanders. It's still a land.
The Meep 2BLegendary Creature — Alien Ward—Pay 3 life. Whenever The Meep attacks, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, creatures you control have base power and toughness X/X until end of turn, where X is the sacrificed creature's mana value. 0/4
Teferi Akosa of Zhalfir Legendary Planeswalker — Teferi [+1]: Draw two cards. Then discard two cards unless you discard a creature card. [−2]: You get an emblem with "Knights you control get +1/+0 and have ward {1}." [−3]: Tap any number of untapped creatures you control. When you do, shuffle target nonland permanent an opponent controls with mana value X or less into its owner's library, where X is the number of creatures tapped this way. Loyalty 4
O-Kagachi Made Manifest Enchantment Creature — Dragon Spirit O-Kagachi Made Manifest is all colors. Flying, trample Whenever O-Kagachi Made Manifest attacks, defending player chooses a nonland card in your graveyard. Return that card to your hand. O-Kagachi Made Manifest gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the mana value of that card. 6/6
Ethereal Investigator 3UCreature — Spirit Flying When Ethereal Investigator enters the battlefield, investigate X times, where X is the number of opponents you have. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.") Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying. 2/3
Feed the Swarm 1BSorcery Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.
Discordant Dirge 3BBEnchantment At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a verse counter on Discordant Dirge. {B}, Sacrifice Discordant Dirge: Look at target opponent's hand and choose up to X cards from it, where X is the number of verse counters on Discordant Dirge. That player discards those cards.
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