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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
Dauthi Voidwalker BBCreature — Dauthi Rogue Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.) If a card would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, instead exile it with a void counter on it. {T}, Sacrifice Dauthi Voidwalker: Choose an exiled card an opponent owns with a void counter on it. You may play it this turn without paying its mana cost. 3/2
Misthollow Griffin 2UUCreature — Griffin Flying You may cast Misthollow Griffin from exile. 3/3
Primal Wellspring Land (Transforms from Primal Amulet.) {T}: Add one mana of any color. When that mana is spent to cast an instant or sorcery spell, copy that spell and you may choose new targets for the copy.
Gravestone Strider 2Artifact Creature — Golem {1}: Add one mana of any color. Activate only once each turn. {2}, Exile Gravestone Strider from your graveyard: Exile target card from a graveyard. 1/3
Loam Dryad GCreature — Dryad Horror {T}, Tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color. 1/2
River Song's Diary 3Artifact Imprint — Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell from their hand, exile it instead of putting it into a graveyard as it resolves. At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are four or more cards exiled with River Song's Diary, choose one of them at random. You may cast it without paying its mana cost.
Visions WSorcery Look at the top five cards of target player's library. You may then have that player shuffle that library.
Elminster 3WULegendary Planeswalker — Elminster Whenever you scry, the next instant or sorcery spell you cast this turn costs {X} less to cast, where X is the number of cards looked at while scrying this way. [+2]: Draw a card, then scry 2. [−3]: Exile the top card of your library. Create a number of 1/1 blue Faerie Dragon creature tokens with flying equal to that card's mana value. Elminster can be your commander. Loyalty 5
Spelljack 3UUUInstant Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. You may play it without paying its mana cost for as long as it remains exiled. (If it has X in its mana cost, X is 0.)
Rug of Smothering 3Artifact Creature — Construct Flying Whenever a player casts a spell, they lose 1 life for each spell they've cast this turn. 1/3
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