“Picking hammers is dangerous, but it's still safer than harvesting saw bushes.”
First Pick - Unstable (#109) - Illustrated by John Thacker - Magic: The Gathering Card
Unstable • Uncommon • #109 • John Thacker
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Card Rules and Details

Card Type: Instant

Mana Cost: {3}{G}

Oracle Rules Text: Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Assemble a Contraption. (Put the top card of your Contraption deck face up onto one of your sprockets.)

Flavor Text: Picking hammers is dangerous, but it's still safer than harvesting saw bushes.

Set: Unstable (#109), Rarity: Uncommon, Artist: John Thacker

Instant Green Uncommon
$0.13
Regular
$0.94
✨ Foil
€0.11
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First Pick - Unstable MTG card scan First Pick Unstable Viewing UST Uncommon John Thacker 2017-12-08

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