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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
Theater of Horrors 1BREnchantment At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library. During your turn, if an opponent lost life this turn, you may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled with Theater of Horrors. {3}{R}: Theater of Horrors deals 1 damage to target opponent or planeswalker.
Duskmantle Seer 2UBCreature — Vampire Wizard Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, each player reveals the top card of their library, loses life equal to that card's mana value, then puts it into their hand. 4/4
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Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos 3BLegendary Creature — Ogre Demon {B}, Sacrifice a creature: Scry 2. {2}{R}, {T}: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. When you exile a nonland card this way, Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos deals damage equal to the exiled card's mana value to any target. 4/4
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