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17 May 2024: Card library updated.

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
Sunken Citadel Land — Cave Sunken Citadel enters the battlefield tapped. As it enters, choose a color. {T}: Add one mana of the chosen color. {T}: Add two mana of the chosen color. Spend this mana only to activate abilities of land sources.
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Beseech the Mirror 1BBBSorcery Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.) Search your library for a card, exile it face down, then shuffle. If this spell was bargained, you may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost if that spell's mana value is 4 or less. Put the exiled card into your hand if it wasn't cast this way.
Outpost Siege 3REnchantment As Outpost Siege enters the battlefield, choose Khans or Dragons. • Khans — At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library. Until end of turn, you may play that card. • Dragons — Whenever a creature you control leaves the battlefield, Outpost Siege deals 1 damage to any target.
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