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The Ruinous Powers

2BR · Enchantment

At the beginning of your upkeep, choose an opponent at random. Exile the top card of that player's library. Until end of turn, you may play that card and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it. When you cast a spell this way, its owner loses life equal to its mana value.

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NameManaTypeText
Showdown of the Skalds 2RWEnchantment — Saga (As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Exile the top four cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards. II, III — Whenever you cast a spell this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
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Swindler's Scheme 2UEnchantment Whenever an opponent casts a spell from their hand, you may reveal the top card of your library. If it shares a card type with that spell, counter that spell and that opponent may cast the revealed card without paying its mana cost.
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Expensive Taste 2BInstant — Adventure Exile the top two cards of target opponent's library face down. You may look at and play those cards for as long as they remain exiled.
Three Wishes 1UUInstant Exile the top three cards of your library face down. You may look at those cards for as long as they remain exiled. Until your next turn, you may play those cards. At the beginning of your next upkeep, put any of those cards you didn't play into your graveyard.
Great Hall of the Citadel Land {T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add two mana in any combination of colors. Spend this mana only to cast legendary spells.
Undying Flames 4RRSorcery Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card. Undying Flames deals damage to any target equal to that card's mana value. Epic (For the rest of the game, you can't cast spells. At the beginning of each of your upkeeps, copy this spell except for its epic ability. You may choose a new target for the copy.)
Corrupted Crossroads Land {T}: Add {C}. ({C} represents colorless mana.) {T}, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a spell with devoid.
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