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17 May 2024: Card library updated.

Distract the Hydra

· Sorcery

Each player may sacrifice a creature. Each player who sacrificed a creature this way chooses a Head and taps it. Each player who didn't sacrifice a creature loses 3 life.

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NameManaTypeText
Farewell to Arms 1BBEnchantment As Farewell to Arms enters the battlefield, choose a hand attached to an opponent's arm. When the chosen hand isn't behind its owner's back, sacrifice Farewell to Arms. If you do, that player discards their hand . . . of cards. (The lawyers wouldn't let us do it the other way.)
Vampire Aristocrat 2BCreature — Vampire Rogue Noble Sacrifice a creature: Vampire Aristocrat gets +2/+2 until end of turn. 2/2
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Krovikan Whispers 3UEnchantment — Aura Enchant creature Cumulative upkeep {U} or {B} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.) You control enchanted creature. When Krovikan Whispers is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you lose 2 life for each age counter on it.
Dungeoneer's Pack 3Artifact Dungeoneer's Pack enters the battlefield tapped. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice Dungeoneer's Pack: You take the initiative, gain 3 life, draw a card, and create a Treasure token. Activate only as a sorcery. (A Treasure token is an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")
Courageous Resolve 2WInstant Up to one target creature you control gains protection from each of your opponents until end of turn. Draw a card. (It can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything controlled by those players.) Fateful hour — If you have 5 or less life, you can't lose life this turn, you can't lose the game this turn, and your opponents can't win the game this turn.
Tyrant of Discord 4RRRCreature — Elemental When Tyrant of Discord enters the battlefield, target opponent chooses a permanent they control at random and sacrifices it. If a nonland permanent is sacrificed this way, repeat this process. 7/7
Exile into Darkness 4BSorcery Target player sacrifices a creature with mana value 3 or less. At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have more cards in hand than each opponent, you may return Exile into Darkness from your graveyard to your hand.
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