Casting a Spell

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Choose options:

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	* "Choose two -- ," (e.g. <c>Cryptic Command</c>)		* "Choose two -- ," (e.g. <c>Cryptic Command</c>)
	* "Choose one or both -- ," (e.g. <c>Branching Bolt</c>)		* "Choose one or both -- ," (e.g. <c>Branching Bolt</c>)
		+	* "Choose one or more -- ," (e.g. <c>Rain of Thorns</c>)
	* "[a specified player] chooses one -- ." (e.g. <c>Fatal Lore</c>)		* "[a specified player] chooses one -- ." (e.g. <c>Fatal Lore</c>)
	Each of those options is a mode. {{CR\|700.2}}		Each of those options is a mode. {{CR\|700.2}}

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	## [[Effects\|Effects: what abilities do]] --- UPDATED TO SoM		## [[Effects\|Effects: what abilities do]] --- UPDATED TO SoM
	## [[Layers\|Layers: interaction of continuous effects]] --- UPDATED TO SoM		## [[Layers\|Layers: interaction of continuous effects]] --- UPDATED TO SoM
−	## [[Keywords\|Keywords: a short way to remember common actions and common abilities]] --- UPDATED to ~~Innistrad~~	+	## [[Keywords\|Keywords: a short way to remember common actions and common abilities]] --- UPDATED to Avacyn Restored
	# [[The Game in Slow Motion\|Behind the scenes: the game in slow motion]]		# [[The Game in Slow Motion\|Behind the scenes: the game in slow motion]]
	## [[Priority\|Timing and priority: how the game becomes interactive]] --- UPDATED TO SoM		## [[Priority\|Timing and priority: how the game becomes interactive]] --- UPDATED TO SoM

Keyword Abilities

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Soulbond:

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	You may find below a list of the most common keyword abilities, that are used mainly in cards for the Standard format.		You may find below a list of the most common keyword abilities, that are used mainly in cards for the Standard format.
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	* "Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, if you control both that creature and this one and both are unpaired, you may pair that creature with this creature for as long as both remain creatures on the battlefield under your control." {{CR\|702.92a}}		* "Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, if you control both that creature and this one and both are unpaired, you may pair that creature with this creature for as long as both remain creatures on the battlefield under your control." {{CR\|702.92a}}
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		+	{{
		+	Note
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		+	Text=Please note that, for soulbond to trigger when another creature enters the battlefield, both the creature entering the battlefield and the creature with soulbond must be unpaired. Reminder text is misleading.
		+	}}
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		+	{{
		+	Example
		+	\|
		+	Card=Lightning Mauler
		+	\|
		+	Text=You cast turn two <c>Lightning Mauler</c>, turn three <c>Hanweir Lancer</c>, and you pair the two creatures.
		+	On fourt turn, you cast <c>Hound of Griselbrand</c>; as long as your 2-drop and 3-drop are still paired, you can '''not''' break the pair and pair the Hound with either creature. Soulbond doesn't trigger at all.
		+	}}

	A creature becomes "paired" with another as the result of a soulbond ability. Abilities may refer to a paired creature, the creature another creature is paired with, or whether a creature is paired. An "unpaired" creature is one that is not paired. {{CR\|702.92b}}		A creature becomes "paired" with another as the result of a soulbond ability. Abilities may refer to a paired creature, the creature another creature is paired with, or whether a creature is paired. An "unpaired" creature is one that is not paired. {{CR\|702.92b}}
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	Card=Doom Blade\|		Card=Doom Blade\|
	Text=Normally, if the last creature blocking an attacker is destroyed by <c>Doom Blade</c>, the attacker can’t assign damage. But if that attacker has trample, the damage is assigned to the defending player or planeswalker. Damage in excess of a planeswalker’s loyalty can’t be assigned to the defending player, because creatures attack planeswalkers directly.}}		Text=Normally, if the last creature blocking an attacker is destroyed by <c>Doom Blade</c>, the attacker can’t assign damage. But if that attacker has trample, the damage is assigned to the defending player or planeswalker. Damage in excess of a planeswalker’s loyalty can’t be assigned to the defending player, because creatures attack planeswalkers directly.}}
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		+	= Undying =
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		+	Undying is a triggered ability. "Undying" means "When this permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it." {{CR\|702.91a}}
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		+	{{Example
		+	\|
		+	Card=Geralf's Messenger
		+	\|
		+	Text=When <c>Geralf's Messenger</c> dies without any +1/+1 counters on it, it will return to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter.
		+
		+	Note that the ability "When Geralf's Messenger enters the battlefield, target opponent loses 2 life" will trigger again.
		+
		+
		+	}}

	= Vigilance =		= Vigilance =
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	Multiple instances of vigilance on the same creature are redundant.		Multiple instances of vigilance on the same creature are redundant.
−	~~= Undying =~~
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−	Undying is a triggered ability. "Undying" means "When this permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it." {{CR\|702.91a}}
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−	~~{{Example~~
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−	~~Card=Geralf's Messenger~~
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−	~~Text=When <c>Geralf's Messenger</c> dies without any +1/+1 counters on it, it will return to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter.~~
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−	~~Note that the ability "When Geralf's Messenger enters the battlefield, target opponent loses 2 life" will trigger again.~~
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−	}}



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	## [[Effects\|Effects: what abilities do]] --- UPDATED TO SoM		## [[Effects\|Effects: what abilities do]] --- UPDATED TO SoM
	## [[Layers\|Layers: interaction of continuous effects]] --- UPDATED TO SoM		## [[Layers\|Layers: interaction of continuous effects]] --- UPDATED TO SoM
−	## [[Keywords\|Keywords: a short way to remember common actions and common abilities]] --- UPDATED to ~~Innistrad~~	+	## [[Keywords\|Keywords: a short way to remember common actions and common abilities]] --- UPDATED to Avacyn Restored
	# [[The Game in Slow Motion\|Behind the scenes: the game in slow motion]]		# [[The Game in Slow Motion\|Behind the scenes: the game in slow motion]]
	## [[Priority\|Timing and priority: how the game becomes interactive]] --- UPDATED TO SoM		## [[Priority\|Timing and priority: how the game becomes interactive]] --- UPDATED TO SoM

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