Nature's Lore
Counting up the Damage
Around the Multiverse
Wording is Key
Format Defining
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With the option of playing the five color enchantment on the backside, this God creature is one of the most popular commanders.

Esika, God of the Tree

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Total number of creatures that can be blocked by Hundred-Handed One when monstrous minus the amount of mana made by sacrificing and activating a Black Lotus

100 - 3 = 97

1

Formerly Mirrodin, this is the artificial plane that headquarters Elesh Norn and her empire.

New Phyrexia

1

This keyword allows creatures to only be blocked by black or artifact creatures, and also a translation of the Greek word “phobia.”

Fear

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While you usually want to turn in the final iteration of your essay, teachers usually recommend making one of these first.

Rough Draft

2

Four spirits, each representing a cardinal direction and important trees in the Jukai forest of Kamigawa.

The Kodama spirits

2

The number of New Phyrexia Praetors multiplied by the amount of Praetor cycles printed.

5 * 3 = 15

2

This Dominarian Kingdom, home to the planeswalker Teferi, recently was saved from the void in March of the Multiverse.

Zhalfir

2

In real-world mythology they are often a fairy or elf, but this keyword allows creatures who have it to be all the subtypes of creatures.

Changeling

2

The President’s second title, as head of all the branches of the American military.

Commander-in-chief

3

This tree is one of the oldest on Ravnica, and the headquarters of the Selesnya guild.

Vitu-Ghazi

3

The damage dealt to each creature from Blasphemous Act minus the maximum reduction possible when casting it.

13 - 8 = 5

3

A multi-denominational shrine to all the gods of Theros, the card representation is a land that can utilize devotion of any color.

Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

3

This keyword makes a creature more powerful when they attack the player with the most life, aptly named for the evoked imagery of regicide.

Dethrone

3

Invented in 1974 by a Hungarian sculptor and architecture professor, this puzzle toy is often attempted to be solved as fast as possible.

Rubix Cube

4

This black creature with defender allows you to trade its toughness of 13 with target opponent’s life total.

Tree of Perdition

4

The mana value of Emrakul, the Aeons Torn plus the amount of permanents an opponent must sacrifice when attacked by the creature.

15 + 6 = 21

4

This plane is unique compared to the many others for its extremely small scale, and is the flavorful opposite of the plane Gargantikar.

Segovia

4

An evasion keyword is great for attacking unblocked and also would have been an essential skill for a real warrior such as a knight or cavalryman.

Horsemanship

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Being formally replaced by the Modern format in 2013, this word also often means prolonged or continued.

Extended

5

This sacred grove on Lorwyn, only ever printed on a land with Treefolk Synergy, is a Forest land that can also tap for white or black at the cost of one life.

Murmuring Bosk

5

The number of trees the planeswalker Wrenn has binded with minus the number of life gained from the first cast of Approach of the Second Sun.

8 - 7 = 1

5

The most important district in Ravnica, this district is shown on cards like Transguild Promenade and Tin Street Market, and is home to a particularly strong legionnaire named Mileva.

Tenth District

5

If Lance Armstrong were to have a keyworded ability, it would probably be this.

Cycling

5

The natural curvature on the bottom of the foot + the antonym of ally or friend

Archenemy

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