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17 May 2024: Card library updated.

Surprise Deployment

3W · Instant

Cast this spell only during combat. You may put a nonwhite creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. At the beginning of the next end step, return that creature to your hand. (Return it only if it's on the battlefield.)

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