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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
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Doomgape 4B/GB/GB/GCreature — Elemental Trample At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature. You gain life equal to that creature's toughness. 10/10
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Guild Artisan 1RLegendary Enchantment — Background Commander creatures you own have "Whenever this creature attacks a player, if no opponent has more life than that player, you create two Treasure tokens." (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")
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Chain of Silence 1WInstant Prevent all damage target creature would deal this turn. That creature's controller may sacrifice a land. If the player does, they may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.
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Whispering Specter 1BBCreature — Phyrexian Specter Flying Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.) Whenever Whispering Specter deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice it. If you do, that player discards a card for each poison counter they have. 1/1
Borrowing 100,000 Arrows 2USorcery Draw a card for each tapped creature target opponent controls.
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