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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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Kianne, Dean of Substance 2GLegendary Creature — Elf Druid {T}: Exile the top card of your library. If it's a land card, put it into your hand. Otherwise, put a study counter on it. {4}{G}: Create a 0/0 green and blue Fractal creature token. Put a +1/+1 counter on it for each different mana value among nonland cards you own in exile with study counters on them. 2/2
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