Crumbling Sanctuary - Mercadian Masques (#292) - Illustrated by Randy Gallegos - Magic: The Gathering Card

Crumbling Sanctuary

Card Rules and Details

Card Type: Artifact

Mana Cost: {5}

Oracle Rules Text: If damage would be dealt to a player, that player exiles that many cards from the top of their library instead.

Set: Mercadian Masques (#292), Rarity: Rare, Artist: Randy Gallegos

Artifact Colorless Rare
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Historical Printings & Sets (1)
1 Languages
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1 Printing
Thumbnail Set Name Code Rarity Artist Released
Crumbling Sanctuary - Mercadian Masques MTG card scan Crumbling Sanctuary Mercadian Masques Viewing MMQ Rare Randy Gallegos 1999-10-04

Official Rulings (2)

2004-10-04
If you have no cards in your library, then damage done to you will have no effect since it will get changed into a removal that can’t happen.
2004-10-04
The ability affects all players.

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