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100

This cycle of cards, spanning multiple sets, received the tenth member of its cycle during the release of March of the Machine.

What is the Sword of X and Y cycle?

100

This card, originally printed in the Throne of Eldraine brawl decks, once commanded a price of $36 before seeing reprints in subsequent commander products.

What is Arcane Signet?

100

Field of the Dead saw its second reprint as a special guest in this 2024 standard set.

What is MKM?

100

This name is given to a class of counterspells that make you pay one mana or else your spell is countered.

What is a Force Spike?

100

This creature saw reprints in back to back sets, eventually becoming a meme in the Magic community.

What is Colossal Dreadmaw?

200

This commander set features the most infamous cycle of free spells in commander.

What is Commander 2020?

200

The Talisman cycle, originally printed in Mirrodin, received the last 5 cards of its cycle in this supplementary set.

What is MH1?

200

Demonic Tutor is the most expensive, in terms of price, card in this 2021 set's bonus sheet, seeing a special treatment in English as well as Japanese.

What is Strixhaven?

200

While less powerful than its counterpart, Yawgmoth's Bargain, this three mana enchantment still gives you the best rate on paying life to draw cards.

What is Necropotence?

200

This creature is one of the most popular Overrun effects, seeing play that dwarfs the card its effect is named after.

What is Craterhoof Behemoth?

300

The green member of this Ravnica cycle is the only one to be banned in Commander.

What is the Primordial cycle?

300

This Game Changer is the most popular according to EDHRec, found in 776,863 eligible decks.

What is Rhystic Study?

300

Originally a MOM: Aftermath type set, the sour reception to Aftermath turned this set into Outlaws at Thunder Junction's second bonus sheet.

What is the Big Score?

300

This legendary creature plays into the "vampires becoming bats" motif by letting you pay a mana when your vampires die.

What is Timothar, Baron of Bats?

300

This name is given to a class of cards that let you cheat permanents, mostly creatures, into play by meeting a criteria or paying a cost.

What is an Elvish Piper?

400

One member of this ten card cycle was once banned in all 60 card eternal formats.

What is the Ikoria Companion cycle?

400

Farewell, a card found in 350,430 eligible decks, is a powercrept version of this two color wrath.

What is Merciless Eviction?

400

Despite not being from the plane, this creature sees two reprints in the New Capenna art deco frame, once in a Secret Lair and once on the Multiversal Legends bonus sheet.

What is Atraxa, Praetors' Voice?

400

Once a powerful colorless draw engine, this 5 mana artifact lets you go one for one on your opponents' card draw by paying a mana for each card.

What is Mind's Eye?

400

Drawing cards equal to a creatures power are becoming more commonplace. This version of this type of card has a treefolk theme to it and may be the most powerful version of this effect.

What is Last March of the Ents?

500

Urza's block features a cycle of 5 legendary lands that are all locked to the reserve list except this card which is largely considered the weakest of the cycle.

What is Shivan Gorge?

500

There are many cards that can do only half of Doubling Season's effect if you wish to keep the doubling to yourself, but this card can give you the whole effect with the downside of being symmetrical.

What is Primal Vigor?

500

Universes Within, a way to print mechanically unique Universes Beyond cards, began printing in 2022 in this set with Stranger Things characters cast as Innistrad legends. 

What is Streets of New Capenna (The List)?

500

This legendary creature is a version of Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale that makes players pay one mana to keep their artifacts around instead of creatures.

What is Kataki, War's Wage?

500

Questing Beast is a powerful card full of complicated and sometimes overlooked text. What is the full rules text for Questing Beast?

Vigilance, deathtouch, haste

Questing Beast can’t be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.

Combat damage that would be dealt by creatures you control can’t be prevented.

Whenever Questing Beast deals combat damage to an opponent, it deals that much damage to target planeswalker that player controls.

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