Card Rulings Summary Updated 2004/01/15

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Rulings are collected from many sources. See credits and disclaimer at the end of the file for details.

This release is under the rules used by EIGHTH EDITION.

Unglued, Portal, Portal: Second Age, Portal: Three Kingdoms, Starter, and Starter 2000 cards do not yet have official Oracle card texts, so rulings on them are based on Oracle texts made by NetReps.

Complete text is included for cards from all expansions.

These rulings have been updated monthly with the most recent version available on the web (WWW) as the following:

http://www.crystalkeep.com/magic/rules/index.html

This is the final update I will be doing to these files. If/when information about future updates is available, it will be posted at the same web address you see above.

A '+' is used to mark changes since the 2003/12/18 release.

Thanx,

Stephen.

Stephen D'Angelo (dangelo@crystalkeep.com)
Official Magic: The Gathering Rules Summary
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Color=Land	Type=Land	Cost=None	OD(C)
Text(OD): ~this~ comes into play tapped. ; {Tap}: Add {W} to your mana pool. ; {Tap},Sacrifice ~this~: Add one mana of any color to your mana pool.

Color=Black	Type=Sorcery	Cost=X1B	TE(U)
Text(TE+errata): As an additional cost to play ~this~, discard X cards from your hand. ; Look at target opponent's hand and choose X cards from it. That player discards those cards. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

• You discard as part of the cost paid when announcing the spell. [D'Angelo 1998/11/02]
• X can be zero to just look at their hand. [D'Angelo 1998/11/02]
• Note - Also see X Costs, Rule G24.1.

Color=White	Type=Creature - Gargoyle	Cost=2WWW	HL(U3)/5(U)
Text(HL/5th): 3/4, Flying, Protection from Red.

• Note - Also see Protection, Rule 502.7.

Color=White	Type=Creature - Cleric	Cost=2W	HL(C4)
Text(HL+errata): 1/3. ; {W},{Tap}: ~this~ gets +0/+3 until end of turn. [Oracle 1999/07/23]

• The ability is typically used in response to a damaging effect such as a Lightning Bolt. It can also be used after declaring this card as a blocker but before damage dealing. This makes it a 1/6 creature and it still deals damage. [D'Angelo 1999/08/01]

Color=Blue	Type=Enchant Creature	Cost=2UU	WL(U)/6(U)
Text(6th): When ~this~ comes into play, untap enchanted creature. ; You control enchanted creature. ; When enchanted creature is put into a graveyard, return that creature to play under its owner's control.

• Can be played on an already untapped creature. [D'Angelo 1997/12/29]
• Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.

Color=White	Type=Instant	Cost=1W	WL(R)
Text(WL+errata): Until end of turn, target player cannot play instants, sorceries, or nonmana activated abilities. ; Draw a card. [Oracle 1999/07/01]

• It only affects player's right to announce things. It does not affect anything which was already announced but has not yet resolved. [D'Angelo 1997/06/30] In other words, Abeyance cannot be used to counter a spell or ability. [Duelist Magazine #19, Page 34]
• The player can respond to the casting of this spell by playing instant spells and abilities other than mana abilities. But after this spell resolves, they cannot announce any more this turn. [D'Angelo 1999/07/10]
• Never prevents mana abilities from being played. [WotC Rules Team 1997/10/06] This means that you can tap lands for mana and play abilities of cards like Llanowar Elves which are played as mana abilities.
• Does not prohibit abilities which are not activated, such as continuous abilities of cards like Crusade, triggered abilities, or declaration of attackers or blockers. [D'Angelo 1999/07/10]
• Abeyance affects spells based on the spell's type and not on whether they are played when some other type would be legal. So, it does not prohibit spells that say "is played as an instant" or "can be played whenever you could play an instant" if the spell's type is not otherwise prevented. For example, an enchantment that could be played when you can play an instant is legal under Abeyance. [WotC Rules Team 1997/10/06] Similarly, a Summon spell played via Winding Canyons is legal. [Aahz 1997/09/09]
• Does prohibit the abilities of cards which are not in play. For example, the Ashen Ghoul's ability can not be played while it is in your graveyard. [WotC Rules Team 1997/12/18] [Duelist Magazine #22, Page 27]

Color=Blue	Type=Instant	Cost=U	WL(C)
Text(WL+errata): As an additional cost to play ~this~, sacrifice a blue permanent. ; Counter target spell. [Oracle 1999/07/01]

• You cannot sacrifice multiple permanents to get a multiple effect. [D'Angelo 1997/06/12]
• Note - Before errata this spell was of type Interrupt.

Color=White	Type=Instant	Cost=1WW	PY(U)
Text(PY+errata): You may discard a Plains card from your hand rather than pay ~this~'s mana cost. ; Destroy target artifact or enchantment. [Oracle 2003/07/01]

• You may discard a non-basic land that "counts as" or "is" a plains. [DeLaney 2000/05/29]

Color=Black	Type=Creature - Abomination	Cost=3BB	LG(U1)/4(U)
Text(4th+errata): 2/6. ; Whenever ~this~ blocks or becomes blocked by a green or white creature, destroy that creature at end of combat. [Oracle 1999/09/03]

• The color of the blocking/blocked creature is checked only at declaration of the block. If the creature is indeed green or white at that time, it will be destroyed at the end of the combat even if it changes color before the combat ends. [WotC Rules Team 1994/07/27]
• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.

Color=Green	Type=Creature - Aboroth	Cost=4GG	WL(R)
Text(WL): 9/9. ; Cumulative Upkeep - Put a -1/-1 counter on ~this~.

• Note - Also see Cumulative Upkeep, Rule 502.13.

Color=Blue	Type=Creature - Cephalid Legend	Cost=4UU	OD(R)
Text(OD): 3/3. ; Tap an untapped Cephalid you control: Tap target permanent. ; {U}{U}{U}: Tap all creatures without flying.

• This card is of creature type Cephalid and of type Legend. [D'Angelo 2001/10/10]
• Note - Also see Legendary Permanents, Rule G12.9.

Color=Blue	Type=Enchant Creature	Cost=U	OD(C)
Text(OD): Enchanted creature has flying. ; Threshold - Enchanted creature can't be the target of spells or abilities. (You have threshold as long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard.)

• Note - Also see Threshold, Rule 502.23.

Color=Red	Type=Instant	Cost=R	UL(C)
Text(UL): Switch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn. Effects that alter the creature's power alter its toughness instead, and vice versa, this turn.

• Note - See Transmutation for additional rulings.

Color=White	Type=Enchantment	Cost=1W	US(U)
Text(US+errata): All creatures have protection from black. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

• This affects all creatures, not just your own. [Urza's FAQ 1998/10/05]
• Note - Also see Protection, Rule 502.7.

Color=White	Type=Enchantment	Cost=1W	US(U)
Text(US+errata): All creatures have protection from red. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

• This affects all creatures, not just your own. [Urza's FAQ 1998/10/05]
• Note - Also see Protection, Rule 502.7.

Color=Multi	Type=Instant	Cost=WUU	IN(R)
Text(IN): Counter target spell. You gain 3 life.

• If played on Urza's Rage, you gain the 3 life but Urza's Rage is not countered. [D'Angelo 2001/04/16]

Color=White	Type=Creature - Leper	Cost=W	AN(U3)/CH(U3)
Text(CH+errata): 0/1. ; When ~this~ is put into a graveyard from play, destroy all creatures blocking or blocked by it. They can't be regenerated. [Oracle 2001/08/24]

• Protection from White will not keep a creature from being destroyed by Abu's power because combat abilities are not considered to be targeted. [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]
• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.

Color=Green	Type=Enchantment	Cost=2GG	US(R)
Text(US+errata): If you would draw a card, you may instead choose land or nonland and reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a card of the chosen kind. Put that card into your hand and put all other cards revealed this way on the bottom of your library in any order. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

• If no card of the chosen type is found before your library empties, the effect does not let you draw a card at all, but you do get to order all the cards in your library any way you choose. [D'Angelo 1998/10/08]
• If you use this on a multi-card draw, each replaced draw is handled separately. In other words, you reveal and then put on the bottom of the library for the first card, then do the same for the second, and so on. [bethmo 1998/10/12] In a multi-card draw you do not have to choose how many of those draws will be replaced before you do any drawing or use of this card. [D'Angelo 1999/12/07]
• This replacement effect (see Rule 419) replaces the draw, so nothing that triggers on a draw will trigger. [Barclay 1998/03/30]

Color=Black	Type=Enchant World	Cost=3B	LG(R)
Text(LG+errata): At the beginning of each player's upkeep, destroy target nonartifact creature that player controls of his or her choice. It can't be regenerated. [Oracle 2001/08/24]

• This is a targeted ability. The Abyss targets one creature each upkeep. It cannot target creatures which are untargetable, such as those with Protection from Black. [Aahz 1994/07/13]
• If the target becomes invalid after being chosen but before resolution, you do not have to choose another target. [Duelist Magazine #16, Page 25]
• The controller of The Abyss controls the ability, but the current player chooses what gets destroyed. [Barclay 2000/12/31]
• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have always banned this card.
• Note - Also see Enchant World, Rule G5.10.

Color=Black	Type=Creature - Gatekeeper	Cost=1B	WL(C)
Text(WL+errata): 1/1. ; When ~this~ is put into a graveyard from play, each player sacrifices a creature. [Oracle 1999/07/01]

• If another creature goes to the graveyard at the same time as this card, you cannot choose that creature as the one to be sacrificed by the Gatekeeper's triggered ability. This is because you finish putting all the dying creatures into the graveyard before dealing with the Gatekeeper's triggered ability, and therefore those other creatures going to the graveyard with it are not legal targets. [Duelist Magazine #19, Page 34]
• The "sacrifice a creature" effect is not targeted. It can affect creatures with protection from black. [D'Angelo 1997/08/27]

Color=Black	Type=Creature - Horror	Cost=4BB	US(R)/ST(R)/7(R)
Text(7th): 2/2, Flying. ; When ~this~ comes into play, target player discards two cards from his or her hand.

• Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.

Color=Black	Type=Creature - Minion	Cost=3B	MI(R)/6(R)
Text(6th+errata): 1/1. ; {B},{Tap}: Tap target creature. ~this~ deals damage equal to ~this~'s power to that creature. [Oracle 2000/02/01]

• The ability can be used on an already tapped creature. [bethmo 1997/10/14]
• Note - Prior to Sixth Edition it was of creature type Hunter.

Color=Black	Type=Creature - Nightstalker	Cost=3B	P2(U)
Text(P2): 2/2. ; If ~this~ attacks and isn't blocked, your opponent chooses and discards a card from his or her hand. (Ignore this effect if your opponent doesn't have any cards.)

• When played under non-Portal rules, the text should be read as "Whenever ~this~ attacks and isn't blocked, you may have the defending player discard a card from his or her hand." [D'Angelo 2000/06/05]
• All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.

Color=Black	Type=Creature - Specter	Cost=2BB	IA(U)/5678(U)/BR(F1)
Text(7th/8th): 2/3, Flying. ; Whenever ~this~ deals damage to a player, that player discards a card from his or her hand.

Color=White	Type=Creature - Cleric	Cost=3W	UD(R)
Text(UD): 1/2. ; When ~this~ is put into a graveyard from play, you may remove ~this~ from the game. If you do, search your library for an enchantment card and put that card into play. Then shuffle your library.

• An enchantment card is any Enchantment or Enchant <-something-> card. [D'Angelo 1999/06/01]
• You do not have to find an enchantment card if you do not want to. See Rule G19.3. [D'Angelo 2001/07/14]

Color=Blue	Type=Creature - Wizard	Cost=1UU	US(U)
Text(US+errata): 2/2. ; When ~this~ comes into play, you may put an enchant creature card from your hand into play enchanting ~this~. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

• Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.

Color=Red	Type=Instant	Cost=1R	TO(C)
Text(TO): Target creature gains haste until end of turn. ; Draw a card.

• Note - Also see Haste, Rule 502.5.

Color=Green	Type=Instant	Cost=3GG	SC(C)
Text(SC): Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the highest converted mana cost among permanents you control.

• Note - Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule G3.25.

Color=Red	Type=Sorcery	Cost=3R	OD(C)
Text(OD): As an additional cost to play ~this~, discard a card at random from your hand. ; ~this~ deals 5 damage to target creature.

Color=Blue	Type=Instant	Cost=1U	NE(C)
Text(NE): Draw a card, then draw cards equal to the number of cards named Accumulated Knowledge in all graveyards. [Oracle 2001/08/24]

• The count does not include the card that is currently resolving. The card does not go to the graveyard until after it is done resolving. [Nemesis FAQ 2000/02/07]

Color=Black	Type=Creature - Zombie Centaur	Cost=B	ON(C)
Text(ON): 2/2. ; When ~this~ comes into play, sacrifice a creature.

• If it is the only creature in play, you must sacrifice it. [Onslaught FAQ 2002/09/24]

Color=Artifact	Type=Artifact	Cost=4	MI(R)
Text(MI+errata): {4},{Tap}: Whenever target creature deals combat damage to a non-Wall creature this turn, destroy that non-Wall creature. When the targeted creature leaves play this turn, sacrifice ~this~. Play this ability only during combat before the declare blockers step. [Oracle 2000/02/01]

• If used on a creature with first strike, the Dagger ability will destroy the blocked/blocking creature at the end of first strike damage resolution, so if the other creature did not have first strike, it may never get to go at all. [bethmo 1996/10/27]
• Does not affect the creature if all damage is prevented or redirected. [D'Angelo 1996/10/15]

Color=Multi	Type=Creature - Sliver	Cost=BR	SH(U)
Text(SH+errata): 2/2. ; All Slivers have "{2},Sacrifice this creature: This creature deals 2 damage to target creature or player." [Oracle 1999/05/01]

Color=Red	Type=Sorcery	Cost=2R	US(U)
Text(US+errata): ~this~ deals to each player damage equal to the number of lands he or she controls. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

• Counts the lands on resolution. [DeLaney 1998/10/05]

Color=Blue	Type=Sorcery	Cost=3U	LG(R)
Text(LG+errata): Destroy all Forests. [Oracle 2003/07/01]

• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have always banned this card.

Color=Green	Type=Sorcery	Cost=3G	TO(C)
Text(TO): Flashback - {1}{G},Pay 3 life. ; Put two 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens into play.

• Note - Also see Flashback, Rule 502.22.
• Note - Also see Token Creatures, Rule 216.

Color=Green	Type=Creature - Insect	Cost=1G	US(C)
Text(US): 2/4. ; Echo.

• Note - Also see Echo, Rule 502.19.

Color=Red	Type=Instant	Cost=R	LG(C2)/CH(C3)
Text(LG/CH+errata): Choose one - Destroy target blue permanent; or return target Island to its owner's hand. [Oracle 2003/07/01]

• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
• Note - Also see Modal Spells and Abilities, Rule G13.13.
• Note - The artist is actually Justin Hampton. [Duelist Magazine #2, Page 7]

Color=Artifact	Type=Artifact Creature	Cost=5	IA(U)
Text(IA+errata): 3/3. ; {1}: ~this~ gets +0/+1 until end of turn. [Oracle 2000/02/01]

Color=White	Type=Creature - Unicorn	Cost=1WW	IA(C)
Text(IA+errata): 2/2. ; {Tap}: Add either {U} or {1}{U} to your mana pool. This mana is usable only to pay for cumulative upkeep. [Oracle 2003/07/01]

Color=Land	Type=Land	Cost=None	IA(R)/567(R)
Text(5th/6th/7th): {Tap}: Add {1} to your mana pool. ; {Tap}: Add {W} or {U} to your mana pool. ~this~ deals 1 damage to you. [Oracle 2003/07/01]

Color=Black	Type=Sorcery	Cost=1B	IN(U)
Text(IN+errata): Choose a color. Target player reveals his or her hand, then you choose a card of that color from it. That player discards that card. [Invasion FAQ 2000/10/03]

• Note - Also see Color, Rule 203.2d, for rules on choosing a color.

Color=Multi	Type=Creature - Legend	Cost=GRB	LG(R)
Text(LG+errata): 1/2. ; {B}{R}{G},{Tap}: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. [Oracle 1999/09/03]

• A "creature card" is a Creature card or Artifact Creature card. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01] Older cards of type Summon are also Creature cards.
• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have always banned this card.
• Note - Also see Legendary Permanents, Rule G12.9.

Color=White	Type=Creature - Soldier	Cost=1W	TE(C)/BR(F1)
Text(TE): 1/1, First Strike ; {W}: Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.

• Note - Also see First Strike, Rule 502.2.

Color=Land	Type=Land	Cost=None	LG(U1)
Text(LG+errata): Green Legends you control have "bands with other Legends". [Oracle 2002/03/01]

• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have always banned this card.
• Note - Also see Bands with Other, Rule 502.11.

Color=White	Type=Enchantment	Cost=W	OD(R)
Text(OD): {1}: The next time an instant or sorcery spell would deal damage to you this turn, that spell deals that damage to its controller instead.

Color=Artifact	Type=Artifact	Cost=3	IA(R)
Text(IA): {1},{Tap}: Target 1/1 creature gets +1/+2 until end of turn.

Color=Artifact	Type=Artifact	Cost=2	FE(U1)
Text(FE+errata): {1},{Tap},Sacrifice ~this~: ~this~ deals 2 damage to target creature or player. [Oracle 1999/07/23]

• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.

Color=Red	Type=Creature - Berserker	Cost=2RRR	LG(U1)
Text(LG): 2/4, Rampage 3.

• There is a typographical error in the title of the card so that the "AE" does not appear. [Duelist Magazine #2, Page 7]
• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have always banned this card.
• Note - Also see Rampage, Rule 502.12.

Color=Blue	Type=Creature - Soldier	Cost=4UU	MM(R)
Text(MM): 4/3, Flying. ; {1}{U}{U}: Remove the top card of your library from the game. Until end of turn, you may play that card as though it were in your hand. (Reveal the card as you remove it from the game.)

• If you do not play the card by end of turn, it stays removed from the game. If you play it, it goes wherever the spell would normally go when played. [MM FAQ 1999/09/22]

Color=Artifact	Type=Artifact Creature	Cost=3	AL(C1)/AT(F1)
Text(AL+errata): 2/1, Flying. ; ~this~ can't block. [Oracle 1999/07/23]

Color=Blue	Type=Enchantment	Cost=2U	NE(R)
Text(NE): Whenever a player plays a creature spell, that player sacrifices a permanent unless he or she pays {1}.

Color=Blue	Type=Instant	Cost=1U	OD(C)
Text(OD): Return up to X target creatures to their owners' hands, where X is one plus the number of AEther Burst cards in all graveyards as you play ~this~.

Color=Red	Type=Enchantment	Cost=4R	ON(U)
Text(ON): Whenever a Beast comes into play under your control, you may have it deal 4 damage to target opponent.

Color=Red	Type=Enchantment	Cost=2RR	WL(U)/67(U)
Text(6th/7th): Whenever a creature comes into play, ~this~ deals 2 damage to it.

• This card has a "comes into play" triggered ability (see Rule 410.10a). Each time a creature comes into play, you first apply any continuous effects of cards in play (such as Humility or whatever), then you put this ability on the stack. When it resolves, the creature takes 2 damage. You can play instants on the stack before letting this resolve. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
• This is not a targeted ability, so it deals damage to Deadly Insect and other creatures that cannot be targeted by spells and abilities. [D'Angelo 1997/09/02]
• Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.

Color=Multi	Type=Sorcery	Cost=3GU	AP(U)
Text(AP): Return target creature to its owner's hand. Put X 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens into play, where X is its converted mana cost.

• You only put the tokens into play if the target creature is still a legal target on resolution. [Apocalypse FAQ 2001/05/24]
• Note - Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule G3.25.
• Note - Also see Token Creatures, Rule 216.

Color=Multi	Type=Enchantment	Cost=1RG	IN(R)
Text(IN+errata): At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal a card at random from your hand. If you reveal a noncreature card this way, discard that card. If you reveal a creature card this way, put that card into play unless any player pays 5 life. If a player pays 5 life, discard that card. [Oracle 2002/05/20]

• Your opponent decides whether or not to pay the 5 life before the card is discarded. [D'Angelo 2002/06/12]
• Note that there is no chance to play spells or abilities between the card being revealed and it being discarded or put into play. [D'Angelo 2002/06/12]

Color=Artifact	Type=Artifact	Cost=1	MR(C)
Text(MR): {U},Sacrifice ~this~: Return target creature to its owner's hand. ; {1},Sacrifice ~this~: Draw a card.

Color=Red	Type=Enchantment	Cost=3R	UD(U)
Text(UD+errata): Whenever an opponent plays a creature spell, ~this~ deals 1 damage to that player. [Oracle 1999/07/01]

• Triggers when the creature spell is announced, and resolves before that creature comes into play. [DeLaney 1999/06/08]

Color=Blue	Type=Enchantment	Cost=3U	HL(U3)/5(U)
Text(5th+errata): Creature cards can't be played. ; Pay 4 life: Destroy ~this~. It can't be regenerated. Any player may play this ability. [Oracle 2002/05/20]

• Affects creature and artifact creature cards, plus the older summon cards. [D'Angelo 1999/08/01]
• Does not prevent a creature card from being put into play by a spell or ability, but it does prevent the playing of creature cards as spells or using effects that allow you to play creature cards directly. [D'Angelo 2002/06/12]

Color=Blue	Type=Sorcery	Cost=XU	EX(C)
Text(EX+errata): As an additional cost to play ~this~, discard X creature cards from your hand ; Return X target creatures to their owners' hands. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

• You discard the cards at the time you announce the spell. [D'Angelo 1998/10/19]
• Note - Also see X Costs, Rule G24.1.

Color=Black	Type=Instant	Cost=2B	OD(C)
Text(OD): Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. ; Draw a card.

Color=Green	Type=Enchantment	Cost=1G	MI(R)
Text(MI+errata): ~this~ comes into play with three +1/+1 counters on it. ; At the beginning of your upkeep, move a +1/+1 counter from ~this~ onto target creature. ; When ~this~ has no +1/+1 counters on it, sacrifice it. [Oracle 1999/09/03]

• If there are any creatures in play, even if they are just your opponent's, you must put a +1/+1 on one of them. If there are no creatures in play, then no counter is removed from this card. [bethmo 1996/12/13]

Color=White	Type=Instant	Cost=2W	MI(U)/MM(U)
Text(MM): Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller puts a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying into play.

• Note - The Mirage version made Essence tokens. Now it makes Spirit tokens.
• Note - Also see Token Creatures, Rule 216.

Color=Red	Type=Sorcery	Cost=2RR	TE(C)
Text(TE): Destroy target artifact, creature, or land. ~this~ deals 3 damage to you.

Color=White	Type=Creature - Wall	Cost=3W	SC(R)
Text(SC): 4/4, Flying. (Walls can't attack.) ; When ~this~ blocks, its creature type becomes Giant Bird. (It's no longer a Wall. This effect doesn't end at end of turn.)

• It becomes both creature type Giant and creature type Bird. [Scourge FAQ 2003/05/30]
• Once it stops being a Wall, it can attack normally. [Scourge FAQ 2003/05/30]
• Note - Also see Walls, Rule G23.1.

Color=Black	Type=Creature - Mercenary	Cost=1B	PY(C)
Text(PY): 1/1. ; {1}{B},Sacrifice a land: Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Color=Red	Type=Creature - Knight	Cost=R	AL(C2)
Text(AL+errata): 1/1. ; {R}: Add {B} to your mana pool. [Oracle 1999/07/23]

Color=Red	Type=Enchantment	Cost=2R	ON(R)
Text(ON): {3}{R}{R}: Untap all creatures you control. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase followed by an additional main phase. Play this ability only any time you could play a sorcery.

• You will normally use this during your post-combat main phase so you can untap any creatures that attacked. [Onslaught FAQ 2002/09/24]
• If you have enough mana, the ability may be played more than once in a turn. [Onslaught FAQ 2002/09/24]

Color=Red	Type=Enchant Creature	Cost=2R	IA(U)
Text(IA+errata): ~this~ can enchant only a non-Wall creature. ; Enchanted creature has first strike and trample. ; At the end of its controller's turn, destroy enchanted creature if it didn't attack this turn. [Oracle 2000/02/01]

• Note - Also see Trample, Rule 502.9.

Color=Green	Type=Instant	Cost=1G	IN(C)
Text(IN): Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. ; Draw a card.

Color=Red	Type=Enchant Creature	Cost=1R	MI(C)
Text(MI+errata): Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has flanking. [Oracle 1999/07/01]

• If played on a creature which already has Flanking, its effect is cumulative. [Duelist Magazine #16, Page 30]
• Note - Also see Flanking, Rule 502.3.

Color=Black	Type=Instant	Cost=3B	IN(C)
Text(IN+errata): Kicker {1}{R} (You may pay an additional {1}{R} as you play this spell.) ; Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. If the kicker cost was paid, ~this~ deals damage equal to that creature's power to the creature's controller. [Oracle 2003/08/01]

• Note - Also see Kicker, Rule 502.21.

Color=Black	Type=Sorcery	Cost=2BB	WL(U)/67(U)
Text(7th): Look at target player's hand and choose two cards from it. Put them on top of that player's library in any order.

Color=Blue	Type=Enchant Creature	Cost=U	NE(C)
Text(NE+errata): Enchanted creature has flying. ; Enchanted creature may block only creatures with flying. [Oracle 2000/10/24]

Color=Blue	Type=Sorcery	Cost=3U	ON(C)
Text(ON): Draw a card for each Bird in play.

Color=Red	Type=Creature - Bird	Cost=4R	ON(U)
Text(ON): 2/2, Flying. ; {1}{R},Sacrifice a Goblin: ~this~ deals damage equal to the sacrificed Goblin's power to target creature or player.

Color=Blue	Type=Creature - Elemental	Cost=3UU	ABUR45678(U)/P2(U)/ST(U)/BR(F1)/BD(F1)
Text(ABU/RV/4th/5th/6th/7th/8th): 4/4, Flying.

Color=Green	Type=Creature - Faerie	Cost=G	LG(C1)
Text(LG+errata): 1/1. ; Whenever ~this~ blocks or becomes blocked by a creature, that creature becomes green. (This effect doesn't end at end of turn.) [Oracle 2001/08/24]

• Creatures change color as a triggered ability (see Rule 404) upon the block being declared (see Rule 309). [D'Angelo 1998/06/05]
• A Leprechaun with Protection from Green can be blocked by a creature (since it is not green at that time) but will not take damage from the creature (since it is green at the time of damage dealing). [Duelist Magazine #2, Page 7]
• The change to green does not wear off even if the Leprechaun leaves play. [Aahz 1994/06/16]
• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have always banned this card.

Color=White	Type=Creature - Angel Legend	Cost=5WWW	LE(R)
Text(LE): 6/6, Flying, First Strike, Trample, Haste, Protection from Black, Protection from Red. ; Attacking doesn't cause ~this~ to tap.

• Note - Also see First Strike, Rule 502.2.
• Note - Also see Haste, Rule 502.5.
• Note - Also see Legendary Permanents, Rule G12.9.
• Note - Also see Protection, Rule 502.7.
• Note - Also see Trample, Rule 502.9.

Color=White	Type=Instant	Cost=2W	ON(U)
Text(ON): Creatures you control gain protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. ; Cycling {W}.

• Note - Also see Cycling, Rule 502.18.
• Note - Also see Protection, Rule 502.7.

Color=White	Type=Creature - Cleric	Cost=3W	LE(U)
Text(LE): 2/4. ; Attacking doesn't cause Clerics to tap.

Color=White	Type=Sorcery	Cost=4WW	ON(R)
Text(ON): Destroy all artifacts, creatures, and enchantments. ; Cycling {3}.

• Note - Also see Cycling, Rule 502.18.

Color=White	Type=Creature - Legionnaire	Cost=6WW	LG(R)/CH(U1)/5(R)
Text(5th+errata): 8/4. ; Except for creatures named Akron Legionnaire and artifact creatures, creatures you control can't attack. [Oracle 1999/11/01]

• If you have two or more Legionnaires, they can all attack. [D'Angelo 1994/08/01]
• Will prevent Evil Eye of Orms-by-Gore from attacking. [Aahz 1994/10/21] Unless they are artifacts for some reason.

Color=Black	Type=Creature - Djinn	Cost=3BB	VI(R)
Text(VI+errata): 5/6, Trample. ; At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you don't control. [Oracle 1999/07/30]

• Note - Also see Trample, Rule 502.9.

Color=Artifact	Type=Artifact	Cost=5	LG(R)
Text(LG+errata): {5},{Tap}: Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn by attacking creatures without flying. [Oracle 2001/08/24]

• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have always banned this card.

Color=White	Type=Creature - Dragon	Cost=4WW	WL(R)/PT(R)
Text(WL+errata): 4/4, Flying. ; If ~this~ would be put into a graveyard from play, shuffle ~this~ into its owner's library instead. [Oracle 1999/07/01]

• Note - The Portal version had no creature type.

Color=White	Type=Creature - Leech	Cost=W	IN(R)
Text(IN): 1/3. ; White spells you play cost {W} more to play.

Color=White	Type=Instant	Cost=XWW	LG(C2)/45(C)
Text(5th+errata): Choose one - Target player gains X life; or prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. [Oracle 1999/09/03]

• Note - Also see Modal Spells and Abilities, Rule G13.13.
• Note - Also see X Costs, Rule G24.1.

Color=White	Type=Creature - Wall	Cost=2W	MM(C)
Text(MM): 0/4. (Walls can't attack.) ; {Tap}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn.

• Note - Also see Walls, Rule G23.1.

Color=White	Type=Creature - Knight	Cost=2WW	P2(U)
Text(P2): 2/2. ; If ~this~ attacks, you may choose to tap any one creature. (Tapped creatures can't block.)

• When played under non-Portal rules, the text should be read as "Whenever ~this~ attacks, you may tap target creature." [D'Angelo 2000/06/05]
• All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.

Color=White	Type=Creature - Soldier	Cost=WW	P2(C)
Text(P2): 2/2. ; Attacking doesn't cause ~this~ to tap.

• All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.

Color=White	Type=Creature - Soldier	Cost=1W	P2(C)
Text(P2): 2/1. ; ~this~ can block creatures with flying.

• When played under non-Portal rules, the text should be read as "~this~ may block as though it had flying." [D'Angelo 2000/06/05]
• All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.

Color=White	Type=Creature - Soldier	Cost=2W	P2(C)
Text(P2): 2/3.

• All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.

Color=White	Type=Creature - Knight	Cost=2W	P2(R)
Text(P2): 2/2. ; On your turn, before you attack, you may tap ~this~ to give any one creature +2/+2 until the end of the turn.

• When played under non-Portal rules, the text should be read as "{Tap}: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Play this ability only on your turn before combat." [D'Angelo 2000/06/05]
• All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.

Color=White	Type=Creature - Soldier	Cost=W	P2(U)
Text(P2): 1/1. ; If ~this~ blocks, destroy both ~this~ and the creature it blocks. (Destroy both creatures before you deal damage.)

• When played under non-Portal rules, the text should be read as "When ~this~ blocks a creature, destroy that creature and destroy ~this~." [D'Angelo 2000/06/05]
• All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.

Color=Red	Type=Creature - Aladdin	Cost=2RR	AN(U2)/CH(U1)
Text(CH+errata): 1/1. ; {1}{R}{R},{Tap}: Gain control of target artifact as long as ~this~ is in play. [Oracle 2001/08/24]

• His ability can take control of more than one artifact, although only one each time the ability is used. [Arab FAQ 1994/01/05]
• Any artifact can be taken. This includes artifact creatures, and token creatures (see Rule 216) that count as artifacts, such as Wasps from The Hive. [D'Angelo 1994/06/01]
• Aladdin's ability does not lose control of a creature if it becomes an invalid target. If the target stops being an artifact, the ability's control effect continues. It only checks the validity of the target on announcement and resolution of his ability. [WotC Rules Team 1995/02/09]
• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.

Color=Artifact	Type=Artifact	Cost=10	AN(U2)/R4(R)
Text(4th+errata): {X},{Tap}: The next time you would draw a card this turn, instead look at the top X cards of your library and draw one of them. Shuffle the rest and put them on the bottom of your library. X can't be 0. [Oracle 2001/08/24]

• This card has a replacement ability (see Rule 419). It is used before the resolution of a spell or ability that would cause you to draw and it replaces one of the draws with a new effect. [D'Angelo 2000/02/25] For example, Sylvan Library, Jayemdae Tome, Howling Mine, and your normal draw during the draw step are also replaceable.
• If you use more than one Lamp effect, the second one will end up replacing the card being drawn with the first one. [D'Angelo 2000/02/25]
• If the ability is countered, you do not have to replace a draw. [D'Angelo 2000/02/25]
• Note - The Arabian Nights version had two mana cost circles with 5 in them to indicate 10, because they did not have a way to get 10 into a single circle. This is not a typo. [Arab FAQ 1994/01/05]

Color=Artifact	Type=Artifact	Cost=8	AN(U2)/R45678(R)
Text(4th/5th/6th/7th/8th): {8},{Tap}: ~this~ deals 4 damage to target creature or player.

Color=White	Type=Instant	Cost=1W	MI(C)
Text(MI+errata): Untap target nonattacking creature. It gets +1/+3 until end of turn. [Oracle 1999/07/01]

Color=Green	Type=Creature - Troll	Cost=1G	US(U)
Text(US): 3/3. ; Echo. ; {1}{G}: Regenerate ~this~.

• Note - Also see Echo, Rule 502.19.

Color=Artifact	Type=Artifact	Cost=4	LG(R)
Text(LG+errata): {2},{Tap}: Target permanent you control becomes the color of your choice. (This effect doesn't end at end of turn.) [Oracle 2001/08/24]

• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have always banned this card.

Color=Red	Type=Instant	Cost=1R	MI(U)
Text(MI+errata): Play ~this~ only during combat after blockers are declared. ; Flip a coin. If you win the flip, target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. ; Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. [Oracle 2002/03/01]

• You pick the target on announcement and flip the coin on resolution. [Duelist Magazine #16, Page 28]

Color=White	Type=Creature - Soldier	Cost=2W	P3(U)
Text(P3): 2/2. ; Attacking doesn't cause ~this~ to tap.

• All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.

Color=Blue	Type=Enchant Creature	Cost=1U	PY(C)
Text(PY): You may play ~this~ any time you could play an instant. ; Enchanted creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.

• Any enchantments already on the creature remain. [DeLaney 2000/05/29]

Color=Blue	Type=Creature - Spellshaper Legend	Cost=3UU	PY(R)
Text(PY): 3/3. ; {X}{U},{Tap},Discard two cards from your hand: Return X target creatures to their owners' hands.

• Note - Also see Legendary Permanents, Rule G12.9.
• Note - Also see X Costs, Rule G24.1.

Color=Red	Type=Creature - Ali-Baba	Cost=R	AN(U3)/4(U)
Text(4th): 1/1. ; {R}: Tap target Wall.

• May be used to tap more than one wall per turn if you have enough mana. [Arab FAQ 1994/01/05]
• May tap walls even when Ali Baba is tapped or just entered play. [Arab FAQ 1994/01/05]
• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.

Color=Red	Type=Instant	Cost=1R	HL(C4)
Text(HL): Target blocking creature gets +3/+1 until end of turn.

Color=Red	Type=Creature - Ali-from-Cairo	Cost=2RR	AN(U2)
Text(AN+errata): 0/1. ; Damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead. [Oracle 2001/08/24]

• This card makes you immune to damage that would take you below 1 life point. [Arab FAQ 1994/01/05]
• Does not prevent effects which reduce your life without doing damage. [Arab FAQ 1994/01/05]
• The replacement happens automatically at the time damage would be dealt. [D'Angelo 2000/02/25]
• The ability works up until Ali enters the graveyard, so if he takes lethal damage or is destroyed at the same time you take damage, the ability does help you. If the damage occurs after it goes to the graveyard (such as with Creature Bond), however, it is not affected by the Ali which is no longer in play. [D'Angelo 2000/02/25]
• Does not prevent damage, it prevents the damage from turning into loss of life. So the full damage is dealt, but the full loss of life is not applied. [D'Angelo 2000/02/25]
• Does not affect damage if you are already at zero or negative life. You still take it all. [WotC Rules Team 1996/06/27]
• Type 1 tournaments (see Rule 801) restricted this card from 1994/01/25 to 1996/04/01.
• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have always banned this card.

Color=White	Type=Instant	Cost=1W	EX(C)
Text(EX): Buyback {3} ; Destroy target enchantment.

• Note - Also see Buyback, Rule 502.16.

Color=Black	Type=Creature - Mercenary	Cost=1BB	MM(C)
Text(MM): 2/2. ; Whenever ~this~ becomes blocked, defending player discards a card from his or her hand.

• It triggers only once even if blocked by more than one creature. [MM FAQ 1999/09/22]

Color=Black	Type=Enchantment	Cost=2BB	LG(R)
Text(LG+errata): ~this~ comes into play with two time counters on it. ; At the beginning of your upkeep, if there is a time counter on ~this~, remove a time counter from it. If there are no more time counters on it, each player returns all creature cards from his or her graveyard to play. [Oracle 2001/08/24]

• A "creature card" is a Creature card or Artifact Creature card. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01] Older cards of type Summon are also Creature cards.
• The creatures are put into play by their respective players, but they enter play simultaneously. For purposes of ordering any effects of the creatures, the current player (not the controller of this card) decides the ordering regardless of which player is putting the creatures into play. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
• Two Legends of the same names that enter play are considered to enter play at the same time and both are destroyed. See Rule G12.9. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
• The card works like this: 1) It comes into play with 2 counters. 2) On the first upkeep, you remove a counter. 3) On the second upkeep you remove a counter, then it returns the creature cards to play. On future turns it does nothing because the ability will no longer trigger. It has the condition "if there is a time counter on ~this~" as part of the trigger condition. [D'Angelo 2003/03/11]
• Once all the counters are gone, it just sits in play as an inert enchantment. [bethmo 1994/06/17]
• Since you can respond to triggered abilities, it is legal to sacrifice creatures using some spell or ability prior to resolving the ability that removes the final counter from All Hallow's Eve. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]
• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have always banned this card.
• Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.
• Note - After errata, the card type is "Enchantment" and not "Sorcery".

Color=Blue	Type=Sorcery	Cost=4U	PS(U)
Text(PS): Target player draws a card for each basic land type among lands he or she controls.

• You draw one card per basic land type, not for each basic land. This makes it a maximum of 5 cards. [Planeshift FAQ 2001/01/26]

Color=Artifact	Type=Artifact Creature - Golem	Cost=6	IN(U)
Text(IN): 4/4. ; As ~this~ comes into play, choose a color. ; ~this~ is the chosen color. (It's still an artifact.)

• The chosen color is considered to be its initial color and not a color added by an effect. [Rules Team 2001/05/01]
• If it phases out, you do not pick a new color when it phases in. [WotC Rules Team 2002/02/01]
• Note - Also see Color, Rule 203.2d, for rules on choosing a color.

Color=Green	Type=Sorcery	Cost=1GG	PT(R)/P2(R)/ST(R)
Text(ST): All creatures able to block target creature this turn do so.

• All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal and Starter.

Color=White	Type=Enchantment	Cost=W	WL(C)
Text(WL+errata): {1},Remove the top card in your graveyard from the game: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn. [Oracle 1999/07/01]

Color=Green	Type=Creature - Kavu	Cost=2G	PS(U)
Text(PS): 2/2. ; {1}{G}: Target Kavu gets -1/+1 until end of turn.

Color=Artifact	Type=Artifact Creature - Myr	Cost=2	MR(C)
Text(MR): 2/1.

Color=Green	Type=Enchant Creature	Cost=2G	SC(U)
Text(SC): Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 for each other creature in play that shares a creature type with it.

• It counts each creature once if that creature shares at least one creature type with the enchanted creature. [Scourge FAQ 2003/05/30]
• Note - Also see Coat of Arms.

Color=Multi	Type=Sorcery	Cost=WG	IA(R)
Text(IA+errata): As an additional cost to play ~this~, sacrifice a creature. ; Search your library for a creature card, reveal that card, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library. [Oracle 2000/02/01]

• A creature card is any card of type Creature or Artifact Creature. [D'Angelo 2000/03/09] Older cards of type Summon also count.
• You do not have to find a creature card if you do not want to. See Rule G19.3. [D'Angelo 2001/07/14]

Color=Artifact	Type=Artifact	Cost=2	TE(R)
Text(TE+errata): Sacrifice a creature: Target player puts a number of cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power from the top of his or her library into his or her graveyard. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

Color=Artifact	Type=Artifact	Cost=7	MR(R)
Text(MR): At the beginning of your precombat main phase, add {B} to your mana pool for each charge counter on ~this~. ; {7},{Tap}: Destroy target creature. Then put a charge counter on ~this~.

• You put a counter on this even if the creature regenerates. [Mirrodin FAQ 2003/10/01]
• The precombat main phase is the first main phase of the turn. All others are postcombat main phases. [Mirrodin FAQ 2003/10/01]

Color=White	Type=Instant	Cost=2WW	MR(U)
Text(MR): Remove target artifact or enchantment from the game.

Color=Blue	Type=Instant	Cost=1U	TO(R)
Text(TO): Flashback {1}{U}. ; Change the text of target permanent or spell by replacing all instances of one color word with another. (This effect doesn't end at end of turn.)

• Note - Also see Text Changing, Rule 418.6.
• Note - Also see Flashback, Rule 502.22.

Color=Green	Type=Enchantment	Cost=2GG	TE(R)
Text(TE+errata): Any player may play creature cards with converted mana cost {3} or less without paying their mana cost any time he or she could play an instant. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

• You are still casting the creature spells. [Duelist Magazine #23, Page 22] So they can be countered. [D'Angelo 1997/11/07]
• Checks the actual printed cost on the creature card, and is not affected by things which allow you to play the spell for less, such as with the Emerald Medallion. [D'Angelo 1997/10/20]
• The mana cost of the creatures being played is still the stated cost on the card for purposes of Spell Blast and such, even though you did not pay the cost. [D'Angelo 1997/11/07]
• For creatures with X in the mana cost, you must choose the value of X to make the converted mana cost be three or less for this ability. [D'Angelo 1999/06/01]
• Any penalty costs such as Gloom still need to be paid. [D'Angelo 1997/12/29]
• You cannot choose to play a creature as an instant via Aluren and still pay the mana cost. You either play the creature normally, or via Aluren without paying the mana cost. [bethmo 1998/02/07]
• You cannot use Aluren when playing a creature using another alternate means, such as the Morph ability. [WotC Rules Team 2002/10/01]

Color=Blue	Type=Creature - Merfolk Legend	Cost=1UU	TO(R)
Text(TO): 1/3. ; {3}: Target player puts the top three cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

• Note - Also see Legendary Permanents, Rule G12.9.

Color=Artifact	Type=Artifact	Cost=4	MI(R)/6(R)
Text(6th+errata): You may choose not to untap ~this~ during your untap step. ; {4},{Tap}: Tap target artifact, creature, or land. As long as ~this~ remains tapped, that permanent doesn't untap during its controller's untap step. [Oracle 2000/02/01]

Color=Black	Type=Sorcery	Cost=3B	P3(R)/8(U)
Text(8th): You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

Color=Red	Type=Instant	Cost=3R	HL(C1)
Text(HL+errata): Blocking creatures gain first strike until end of turn. [Oracle 1999/07/23]

• Note - Also see First Strike, Rule 502.2.

Color=Green	Type=Creature - Elf	Cost=3GG	SC(R)
Text(SC): 2/2. ; Forests you control are 1/1 green Elf creatures that are still lands. ; {1}{G},Sacrifice an Elf: Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

Color=Red	Type=Creature - Ambush-Party	Cost=4R	HL(C4)/5(C)
Text(5th+errata): 3/1, First Strike, Haste. [Oracle 1999/07/23]

• Note - Also see First Strike, Rule 502.2.
• Note - Also see Haste, Rule 502.5.

Color=Blue	Type=Sorcery	Cost=3UUU	DK(U2)
Text(DK+errata): Target player reveals his or her hand and discards all nonland cards from it. [Oracle 2002/03/01]

• If used on yourself, you do have to reveal your hand. [D'Angelo 2001/08/31]
• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.

Color=Red	Type=Enchantment	Cost=1R	SH(R)
Text(SH+errata): {1},Discard a card at random from your hand: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

Color=Green	Type=Creature - Kavu	Cost=2G	PS(C)
Text(PS): 2/2. ; Whenever ~this~ blocks or becomes blocked by one or more blue and/or black creatures, ~this~ gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

• The ability may only trigger once per combat. [Planeshift FAQ 2001/01/26]

Color=White	Type=Creature - Kithkin	Cost=WW	LG(C2)/4(C)
Text(4th+errata): 1/1. ; ~this~ can't be blocked by creatures with power 3 or greater. [Oracle 1999/09/03]

• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.

Color=Blue	Type=Creature - Illusion	Cost=5UU	OD(R)
Text(OD): 6/6, Flying. ; {2}{U},Discard a card from your hand: Return ~this~ to its owner's hand.

Color=Artifact	Type=Artifact	Cost=2	AQ(C4)/45(C)
Text(5th+errata): {2},{Tap}: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature or player this turn. [Oracle 1999/09/03]

Color=Artifact	Type=Artifact	Cost=6	IA(R)
Text(IA+errata): Remove ~this~ from your deck before playing if you're not playing for ante. ; {Tap},Sacrifice ~this~: Target opponent may add the top card of his or her library to the ante. If he or she doesn't, you flip a coin. If you win the flip, that player loses the game. If you lose the flip, you lose the game. Play this ability only during your upkeep. [Oracle 2000/02/01]

• Type 1 tournaments (see Rule 801) have always banned this card.
• Type 1.5 tournaments (see Rule 802) have always banned this card.
• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have always banned this card.
• Standard (Type 2) tournaments (see Rule 804) have always banned this card.
• Ice Age and Ice Age/Homelands/Alliances block format tournaments (see Rule 806.3) have always banned this card.

Color=Artifact	Type=Artifact	Cost=5	MI(R)
Text(MI+errata): {5},{Tap},Remove ~this~ from the game: Remove target artifact, creature, or land from the game. Play this ability only any time you could play a sorcery. [Oracle 2000/02/01]

Color=Red	Type=Creature - Ghost	Cost=1R	HL(U1)
Text(HL): 1/1. ; {Tap}: Target Minotaur gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Color=Red	Type=Creature - Minotaur	Cost=3R	HL(C4)/6(C)
Text(HL/6th): 2/3, First Strike.

• This is a Minotaur, so it can be brought into play with Didgeridoo. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]
• Note - In Homelands, this card was of creature type Bodyguard.
• Note - Also see First Strike, Rule 502.2.

Color=Red	Type=Creature - Minotaur	Cost=3R	HL(C4)/68(C)
Text(HL/6th/8th): 2/2. ; {R},{Tap}: ~this~ deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

Color=Red	Type=Creature - Minotaur	Cost=2RR	HL(U1)
Text(HL): 1/3. ; All Minotaurs get +1/+0.

Color=Green	Type=Creature - Snake	Cost=3G	PT(U)/US(U)/7(U)
Text(US/7th): 3/3, Swampwalk.

• Note - Also see Landwalk, Rule 502.6.
• Note - The Portal version had no creature type.

Color=Green	Type=Creature - Wizard	Cost=G	AP(C)
Text(AP): 1/1. ; {U},{Tap}: Target creature gains flying until end of turn. ; {B},{Tap}: Target creature gets -2/-0 until end of turn.

Color=Red	Type=Creature - Townsfolk	Cost=4R	EX(C)/OD(C)
Text(EX): 2/2. ; When ~this~ comes into play, you may return target sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

• Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.

Color=Red	Type=Sorcery	Cost=2RR	IA(U)
Text(IA): Destroy all white permanents.

Color=Green	Type=Enchantment	Cost=2G	AP(U)
Text(AP): At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control a blue or black permanent, target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. If you control a blue permanent and a black permanent, that creature gets +5/+5 until end of turn instead.

• The creature either gets +1/+1 or +5/+5, never +6/+6. [Apocalypse FAQ 2001/05/24]

Color=Green	Type=Creature - Volver	Cost=3G	AP(R)
Text(AP+errata): 3/3. ; Kicker {1}{U} and/or {B}. ; If the {1}{U} kicker cost was paid, ~this~ comes into play with two +1/+1 counters on it and with flying. ; If the {B} kicker cost was paid, ~this~ comes into play with a +1/+1 counter on it and with "Pay 3 life: Regenerate ~this~." [Oracle 2003/07/01]

• Note - Also see Kicker, Rule 502.21.

Color=White	Type=Creature - Cleric	Cost=5WW	JU(U)
Text(JU): 4/4, First Strike. ; When ~this~ comes into play, you gain 1 life for each card in your graveyard.

• Note - Also see First Strike, Rule 502.2.

Color=White	Type=Creature - Cleric Lord	Cost=4W	ON(R)
Text(ON): 1/5. ; Tap five untapped Clerics you control: You gain 10 life.

• Since the ability does not have the {Tap} symbol, you can use the ability before this creature begins a turn under your control. [Onslaught FAQ 2002/09/24]
• It can tap itself but is not required to do so. [D'Angelo 2002/10/15]

Color=Blue	Type=Enchantment	Cost=1U	WL(R)
Text(WL+errata): Cumulative upkeep - {1} ; When ~this~ comes into play, look at the top ten cards of your library, then remove any number of them from the game and put the rest back on top of your library in any order. ; When ~this~ leaves play, shuffle your library. [Oracle 1999/07/01]

• Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.
• Note - Also see Cumulative Upkeep, Rule 502.13.

Color=Green	Type=Enchant Creature	Cost=2G	MM(C)
Text(MM): Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 for each other enchantment in play.

Color=Blue	Type=Sorcery	Cost=2UUU	MI(R)/PT(R)/67(R)
Text(7th): Look at the top seven cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.

• If there are less than 7 cards in the library, look at all of them. Put two into your hand, and the rest in the graveyard. [D'Angelo 1998/06/16]
• This is not considered a draw or a discard. [D'Angelo 1998/06/16]

Color=Blue	Type=Instant	Cost=U	ABU(R)
Text(ABU+errata): Target player draws three cards. [Oracle 1999/09/03]

• Type 1 tournaments (see Rule 801) have restricted this card since 1994/01/25.
• Type 1.5 tournaments (see Rule 802) have always banned this card.
• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have always banned this card.
• Standard (Type 2) tournaments (see Rule 804) have always banned this card.

Color=White	Type=Sorcery	Cost=5WW	OD(R)
Text(OD): Flashback {9}{W}{W}{W}. ; You gain 2 life for each card in your graveyard.

• Note - Also see Flashback, Rule 502.22.

Color=Black	Type=Sorcery	Cost=3B	P2(R)/ST(R)
Text(ST): Draw three cards. You lose 3 life.

• All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal and Starter.

Color=Land	Type=Artifact Land	Cost=None	MR(C)
Text(MR): {Tap}: Add {W} to your mana pool. (~this~ isn't a spell.)

• Note - Also see Artifact Land, Rule G1.14.

Color=Red	Type=Creature - Hydra	Cost=4R	NE(U)
Text(NE): 5/1, Fading 5. ; {1},Remove a fade counter from ~this~: ~this~ deals 1 damage to target creature or player.

• Note - Also see Fading, Rule 502.20.

Color=Red	Type=Creature - Kavu	Cost=3R	IN(C)
Text(IN): 3/3. ; {2}: ~this~ becomes colorless until end of turn.

• Making a permanent be colorless does not make it into an artifact. [Invasion FAQ 2000/10/03]

Color=Green	Type=Creature - Ooze	Cost=5GG	SC(R)
Text(SC): */*. ; ~this~'s power and toughness are each equal to the total converted mana cost of other creatures you control.

• You add up the converted mana cost of all other creatures you control. Remember that tokens and face-down creatures have a cost of zero. [Scourge FAQ 2003/05/30]
• Note - Also see Converted Mana Cost, Rule G3.25.

Color=Red	Type=Enchantment	Cost=2R	TE(U)
Text(TE+errata): At the beginning of each player's upkeep, ~this~ deals damage to that player equal to the number of artifacts he or she controls. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

Color=Green	Type=Creature - Ape	Cost=4GG	UD(R)/7(R)
Text(UD/7th): 6/5. ; {G}: Regenerate ~this~.

Color=Multi	Type=Creature - Spider	Cost=2GW	PS(R)
Text(PS): 2/5, First Strike. ; ~this~ may block as though it had flying.

• Note - Also see First Strike, Rule 502.2.

Color=Land	Type=Land	Cost=None	IN(C)
Text(IN): ~this~ comes into play tapped. ; {Tap}: Add {U} to your mana pool. ; {Tap},Sacrifice ~this~: Add {W}{B} to your mana pool.

Color=Land	Type=Land	Cost=None	TE(U)
Text(TE+errata): {Tap}: Add {2} to your mana pool. ~this~ deals 2 damage to you. [Oracle 2003/07/01]

• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 2004/01/01.

Color=Black	Type=Creature - Leech	Cost=2B	IN(R)
Text(IN): 2/2. ; Black spells you play cost {B} more to play. ; {B}: ~this~ gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Color=White	Type=Creature - Soldier	Cost=3W	AP(C)
Text(AP): 2/3. ; {R}: ~this~ gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Color=White	Type=Sorcery	Cost=2W	EX(C)/PT(C)/P2(C)/ST(C)/S2(F1)
Text(EX): Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains flying until end of turn.

Color=White	Type=Enchantment	Cost=3WW	US(R)
Text(US+errata): Whenever a creature comes into play under your control, you gain life equal to its toughness. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

• Does not trigger when creatures phase in or change controllers. [DeLaney 1998/10/05]
• Does trigger when a creature is put into play by casting or by a spell or ability that puts one into play. [DeLaney 1998/10/05]
• Does not trigger on a card in play being turned into a creature. That is just a permanent changing type, not something coming into play. [Barclay 1998/02/28]
• Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.

Color=White	Type=Creature - Spirit	Cost=1W	UL(C)
Text(UL): 1/1, Flying, Protection from Artifacts.

• It will not reduce colorless damage to zero which is not from an artifact. [Barclay 1999/02/09]
• Note - Also see Protection, Rule 502.7.

Color=White	Type=Instant	Cost=3W	NE(U)
Text(NE+errata): If you control a Plains, you may tap an untapped creature you control rather than pay ~this~'s mana cost. ; Play ~this~ only during combat. ; Put a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying into play. Remove it from the game at end of turn. [Oracle 2003/07/01]

• Note - Also see Token Creatures, Rule 216.

Color=White	Type=Creature - Spirit	Cost=1W	US(C)/BR(F1)/78(C)
Text(US/7th/8th): 1/1, Flying. ; {Tap}: Target attacking or blocking creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Color=White	Type=Creature - Angel	Cost=3W	TE(U)
Text(TE+errata): 2/2, Flying ; Whenever ~this~ becomes the target of a spell or ability, ~this~ gets +0/+3 until end of turn. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

• The +0/+3 bonus is added as a triggered ability upon the playing/announcing of a spell or ability which targets this card. [D'Angelo 1999/06/01]

Color=White	Type=Enchantment	Cost=1W	WL(C)
Text(WL+errata): Whenever a creature is put into your graveyard from play, you may sacrifice ~this~. If you do, return that creature to play. [Oracle 2003/02/01]

• If an animated land or artifact goes to the graveyard, you can still use this card's ability to pull the land or artifact back into play. [Aahz 1997/06/16]
• This card's ability cannot save token creatures. The tokens are removed from the game before this ability can return them. [Aahz 1997/06/16]
• If multiple creatures go to the graveyard at once, it triggers multiple times, but it can only be sacrificed once and only brings back one creature. [D'Angelo 1999/07/10]
• If this card goes to the graveyard at the same time as a creature or sometime between when the creature left play and when the triggered ability resolves, then you will not be able to sacrifice this card and the creature cannot be returned to play. [D'Angelo 2003/01/19]
• Triggers only on creatures going to the graveyard from play. [D'Angelo 2001/08/31]

Color=Multi	Type=Enchantment	Cost=WU	IN(U)
Text(IN): Creatures you control get +0/+1. ; Sacrifice ~this~: Return target creature to its owner's hand.

• When you use the activated ability, this card goes to the graveyard when you announce the ability, but the targeted creature does not get returned until the ability resolves. All your creatures lose the bonus while the ability is on the stack and this may destroy the targeted creature before the return can take effect. [D'Angelo 2003/05/20]

Color=White	Type=Enchantment	Cost=2WW	LG(R)/CH(U1)
Text(CH+errata): Creatures you control get +1/+1 as long as you control no nonartifact, nonwhite creatures. [Oracle 2001/08/24]

• You get the bonus if all of your creatures are white or artifact even if they also have other colors or qualities. So, if your only creature is a Lord Magnus (a white and green Legend), you would get the bonus. So would a red artifact creature. [Aahz 1994/07/13]
• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.

Color=White	Type=Creature - Wall	Cost=1W	P2(C)/OD(C)
Text(P2/OD): 0/4, Flying. (Walls can't attack.)

• Note - Also see Walls, Rule G23.1.

Color=White	Type=Creature - Angel	Cost=4WW	P2(R)
Text(P2): 3/5, Flying. ; If ~this~ is put into your graveyard from play, you may choose to shuffle ~this~ into your library.

• When played under non-Portal rules, the text should be read as "Flying. ; When ~this~ is put into your graveyard from play, you may choose to shuffle ~this~ into your library." [D'Angelo 2000/06/05]
• All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Portal.

Color=White	Type=Creature - Angel	Cost=4W	ST(U)
Text(ST): 3/3, Flying. ; Attacking doesn't cause ~this~ to tap.

• All tournament formats have banned this card because it only appears in Starter.

Color=White	Type=Creature - Angel	Cost=4W	P2(U)/ST(U)/IN(U)/8(U)
Text(ST/IN/8): 3/3, Flying. ; When ~this~ comes into play, you gain 3 life.

• Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.

Color=White	Type=Creature - Angel	Cost=6W	TO(R)
Text(TO): 5/5, Flying, First Strike.

• Note - Also see First Strike, Rule 502.2.

Color=Artifact	Type=Artifact	Cost=3	UL(U)
Text(UL+errata): Attacking doesn't cause creatures to tap. ; At the end of each player's turn, tap all untapped creatures that player controls that didn't attack this turn. ~this~ deals to the player damage equal to the number of creatures tapped this way. [Oracle 1999/09/03]

• It does affect Walls and other creatures that cannot attack. [Urza's Legacy FAQ 1999/02/03]
• It does not affect creatures which did not attack, but which are tapped before the end of turn. [DeLaney 1999/02/10]
• Creatures which are newly played and have summoning sickness will be tapped and cause damage at end of turn (unless they become tapped before then). [D'Angelo 1999/06/14]

Color=Red	Type=Creature - Incarnation	Cost=3R	JU(U)
Text(JU+errata): 2/2, Haste. ; As long as ~this~ is in your graveyard and you control a Mountain, creatures you control have haste. [Oracle 2003/07/01]

• The "in your graveyard" ability timestamped at the time that this card goes to your graveyard, regardless of whether you control a Mountain at that time. [Judgment FAQ 2002/05/28]
• Note - Also see Haste, Rule 502.5.

Color=White	Type=Creature - Mob	Cost=2WW	DK(U2)/45(U)
Text(5th+errata): 2+*/2+*, Trample. ; During your turn, ~this~'s power and toughness are each equal to 2 plus the number of Swamps all opponents control. During other players' turns, ~this~'s power and toughness are each 2. [Oracle 2003/07/01]

• Counts up Swamps controlled by all of your opponents. [Aahz 1994/12/25]
• Note - Also see Trample, Rule 502.9.

Color=Multi	Type=Creature - Legend	Cost=WUG	LG(R)
Text(LG+errata): 2/2. ; {G}{W}{U},{Tap}: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. [Oracle 1999/09/03]

• Note - Also see Legendary Permanents, Rule G12.9.
• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have always banned this card.

Color=Green	Type=Creature - Constable	Cost=1GG	HL(U1)/5(R)
Text(5th+errata): 2/1+*. ; ~this~'s toughness is equal to 1 plus the number of green creatures in play. [Oracle 1999/07/23]

Color=Green	Type=Sorcery	Cost=1GG	HL(U3)
Text(HL+errata): Gain X+1 life, where X is the number of green creatures in play. [Oracle 1999/07/23]

Color=Land	Type=Land	Cost=None	HL(U3)
Text(HL+errata): {Tap}: Add {1} to your mana pool. ; {1},{Tap}: Add {G} to your mana pool. ; {2},{Tap}: Add {W} or {R} to your mana pool. [Oracle 2003/07/01]

Color=White	Type=Enchant Land	Cost=2W	OD(U)
Text(OD): Enchanted land has "{Tap},Sacrifice a creature: You gain life equal to that creature's toughness."

Color=Green	Type=Sorcery	Cost=4G	ON(R)
Text(ON): Reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent chooses a creature card from among them. Put that card into play and the rest into your graveyard.

Color=Blue	Type=Enchant Artifact	Cost=3U	ABUR4(U)
Text(4th+errata): Enchanted artifact is a creature with power and toughness each equal to its converted mana cost. It's still an artifact. [Oracle 2001/08/24]

• Animated artifacts are subject to the effects of summoning sickness (see Rule G19.27). [Mirage, Page 14] Remember that all permanents get summoning sickness, but that only creatures are affected by it. So whether or not you can use the animated artifact right away depends on whether or not it has summoning sickness. It will not have summoning sickness if it has been in play on your side (creature or not) since the beginning of your most recent turn.
• Extended tournaments (see Rule 803) have banned this card since 1999/10/01.
• Note - Also see Changing a Permanent's Type, Rule 212.1c.

Color=Black	Type=Enchantment	Cost=1B	ABUR45(U)
Text(5th+errata): When ~this~ comes into play, if it's in play, it becomes an enchant creature. Put target creature card from a graveyard into play under your control enchanted by ~this~. ; Enchanted creature gets -1/-0. ; When ~this~ leaves play, destroy enchanted creature. It can't be regenerated. [Oracle 2001/08/24]

• Enters play as a global enchantment and then becomes an Enchant Creature as a triggered ability (see Rule 404) upon entering play. It follows all the rules for Enchant Creature cards from then on. [WotC Rules Team 1997/03/14] For example, it counts for abilities that interact with creature enchantments, such as Rabid Wombat. [Aahz 1997/06/06]
• A "creature card" is a Creature card or Artifact Creature card. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01] Older cards of type Summon are also Creature cards.
• You can Animate a creature which was discarded from a hand and therefore was never in play. [D'Angelo 1994/04/01]
• The creature comes out as if it were just played. Any X in the mana cost is zero (see Rule G24.1). So animating a Rock Hydra gives you a hydra with zero heads. [Mirage, Page 31]
• When putting a card into play that requires a definition for its value, such as with Minion of the Wastes, you do what is needed to define the value. [WotC Rules Team 1998/02/02] In the case of Minion of the Wastes, you pay life to define its values.
• The animated creature comes into play with summoning sickness (see Rule G19.27), so it cannot attack until it begins one of its controller's turns in play. [D'Angelo 1998/02/03]
• This is a targeted ability. Note that cards in the graveyard do not have Protection from Color abilities (see Rule 402.8), but the comes into play ability may be countered if the target creature card is removed from the graveyard before the spell resolves. If the ability is countered, then this card stays an Enchantment and stays in play. [D'Angelo 2002/12/19]
• If the creature phases out (see Rule 502.15) without the Animate Dead because Animate Dead has been affected by Spatial Binding, the Animate Dead is destroyed but the creature is not. The creature will phase in perfectly normal since the Animate Dead ability did not destroy it. [Aahz 1997/02/16]
• Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.
• Note - Also see Put Into Play, Rule G16.25.
• Note - The Limited Edition, Unlimited Edition, Revised Edition, and Fourth Edition versions had this card as an Enchant Dead Creature. [D'Angelo 1997/04/11]

Color=Green	Type=Instant	Cost=G	NE(U)
Text(NE): Until end of turn, target land is a 3/3 creature that's still a land.

• You can attack with the land during your turn if you started the turn with the land in play under your control and have had control of it since then. [D'Angelo 2000/02/15]

Color=White	Type=Enchant Creature	Cost=W	ABUR456(R)
Text(6th+errata): Enchanted creature may attack as though it weren't a Wall. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

• Note - In Fifth Edition (and before) this card could only be played on a Wall.

Color=Artifact	Type=Artifact	Cost=2	ABUR456(R)
Text(5th/6th): Whenever a land comes into play, ~this~ deals 2 damage to that land's controller.

• Triggers on any land coming into play. This includes playing a land or putting a land into play using a spell or ability. [D'Angelo 1997/05/22]
• Lands phasing in will not trigger this card (see Rule 502.15d). [Mirage, Page 2]
• It determines the land's controller at the time the ability resolves. If the land leaves play before the ability resolves, the land's last controller before it left is used. [D'Angelo 1998/10/19]
• Note - Also see Comes Into Play Abilities, Rule 410.10a.

Color=Blue	Type=Enchant Land	Cost=2UU	ON(U)
Text(ON): You control enchanted land.

Color=Black	Type=Instant	Cost=3BB	IN(U)
Text(IN): Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. ; Draw a card.

Color=Blue	Type=Instant	Cost=U	US(C)/MR(C)
Text(US/MR): Counter target artifact or enchantment spell.

• It works on Artifact Creature spells and Enchant <-something-> spells. [DeLaney 1998/10/05]
• Note - The Urza's Saga version was of type Interrupt.

Color=White	Type=Instant	Cost=W	TE(C)
Text(TE+errata): Buyback {3}. ; Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn. [Oracle 1999/05/01]

• Note - Also see Buyback, Rule 502.16.

Color=Red	Type=Enchantment	Cost=3R	US(R)
Text(US+errata): At the end of each player's turn, ~this~ deals 2 damage to that player unless one of his or her opponents was dealt damage that turn. [Oracle 1999/07/21]

• It looks back over the entire turn even if this card was not in play at the time. [DeLaney 1998/10/05]

Color=Blue	Type=Creature - Shapeshifter	Cost=2UU	UL(R)
Text(UL): 0/0. ; ~this~ comes into play with two +1/+1 counters on it. ; {X},{Tap}: Remove all +1/+1 counters from ~this~ and put X +1/+1 counters on it.

• It does not kill itself when the ability is used. It is not 0/0 long enough to be killed. [Urza's Legacy FAQ 1999/02/03]

Color=Blue	Type=Enchant Creature	Cost=2U	LG(C1)/5(U)
Text(5th+errata): Enchanted creature can't be the target of spells and can't be enchanted by enchantments except for ~this~. [Oracle 2000/02/01]

• The creature can be targeted by abilities. [D'Angelo 2000/03/03]

Color=Green	Type=Creature - Beast	Cost=1GG	JU(C)
Text(JU): 2/2. ; Threshold - ~this~ gets +2/+2. (You have threshold as long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard.)

• Note - Also see Threshold, Rule 502.23.

Color=Multi	Type=Creature - Beast	Cost=1GW	JU(R)
Text(JU): 3/4. ; Discard two cards from your hand: Remove ~this~ from the game. Return it to play under its owner's control at end of turn.

• If the ability is played during the End of Turn step, it will not return to play until the End of Turn step in the following turn. [Judgment FAQ 2002/05/28]
• It returns to play as if it were newly cast. All effects and such that were on it ended when it left play. [Judgment FAQ 2002/05/28]

Color=Black	Type=Creature - Zombie Beast	Cost=4BB	ON(C)
Text(ON): 4/3, Swampwalk.

• Note - Also see Landwalk, Rule 502.6.

Color=Green	Type=Creature - Beast	Cost=2G	TO(U)
Text(TO): 3/3, Protection from Black. ; At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice ~this~ unless you put a card from your graveyard on the bottom of your library.

• Note - Also see Protection, Rule 502.7.

Color=Green	Type=Creature - Beast	Cost=2G	JU(U)
Text(JU): 1/4. ; ~this~ may block as though it had flying. ; {1}{G}: ~this~ may block an additional creature this turn.

Color=Artifact	Type=Artifact	Cost=2	VI(R)
Text(VI+errata): Players have no maximum hand size. ; At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws a card, then discards a card from his or her hand. [Oracle 2000/02/01]

• If the draw part of the effect is skipped due to a replacement effect like Island Sanctuary or such, the discard part of the effect is not skipped. [bethmo 1997/09/13]
• The draw and discard during the draw step are controlled by the controller of Anvil of Bogardan. This means the discard is forced and can trigger Sand Golem or Mangara's Blessing. [D'Angelo 1998/05/12]
• If multiple effects modify your hand size limit, apply them in the order they enter play. For example, if both this and Recycle are in play, the most recent in play decides your hand size. [D'Angelo 2001/05/21]