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Refers to individual letters in a name

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Bloodletter

Bloodletter

UnCommander: Banned View on Gatherer Card Name: Bloodletter Mana Cost: {2}{B} Converted Mana Cost: 3 Types: Creature — Zombie Rules Text: When the names of three or more nonland permanents begin with the same letter, sacrifice Bloodletter. If you do, it deals 2 damage to each creature and each player. Power / Toughness: 2/3 Color: Black Color Identity: {B} Watermark: None Border Type: Silver-bordered This printing Illustrated by Daren Bader Printing: Unhinged

capital offense

capital offense

UnCommander: Banned View on Gatherer Card Name: capital offense Mana Cost: {2}{B}{B} Converted Mana Cost: 4 Types: Instant Rules Text: target creature gets -x/-x until end of turn, where x is the number of times a capital letter appears in its rules text. (ignore reminder text and flavor text.) Color: Black Color Identity: {B} Watermark: League of Dastardly Doom Border Type: Silver-bordered This printing Illustrated by Matt Dixon Printing: Unstable UnCommander Rulings View this card's Gatherer entry for additional rulings

Monkey Monkey Monkey

Monkey Monkey Monkey

UnCommander: Banned View on Gatherer Card Name: Monkey Monkey Monkey Mana Cost: {3}{G} Converted Mana Cost: 4 Types: Creature — Monkey Rules Text: As Monkey Monkey Monkey enters the battlefield, choose a letter. Monkey Monkey Monkey gets +1/+1 for each nonland permanent whose name begins with the chosen letter. Power / Toughness: 1/1 Color: Green Color Identity: {G} Watermark: None Border Type: Silver-bordered This printing Illustrated by Liz Danforth Printing: Unhinged

Now I Know My ABC’s

Now I Know My ABC’s

UnCommander: Banned View on Gatherer Card Name: Now I Know My ABC's Mana Cost: {1}{U}{U} Converted Mana Cost: 3 Types: Enchantment Rules Text: At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control permanents with names that include all twenty-six letters of the English alphabet, you win the game. Color: Blue Color Identity: {U} Watermark: None Border Type: Silver-bordered This printing Illustrated by Tony Szczudlo Printing: Unhinged

Sly Spy (a)

Sly Spy (a)

UnCommander: Banned View on Gatherer Card Name: Sly Spy (a) Mana Cost: {2}{B} Converted Mana Cost: 3 Types: Creature — Human Spy Rules Text: Whenever Sly Spy (a) deals combat damage to a player, that player reveals their hand. You choose a card from it with the longest name. That player discards that card. Power / Toughness: 2/2 Color: Black Color Identity: {B} Watermark: Agents of S.N.E.A.K. Border Type: Silver-bordered This printing Illustrated by Michael Phillippi Printing: Unstable UnCommander Rulings View this card's Gatherer…

Staff of the Letter Magus

Staff of the Letter Magus

UnCommander: Banned View on Gatherer Card Name: Staff of the Letter Magus Mana Cost: {3} Converted Mana Cost: 3 Types: Artifact Rules Text: As Staff of the Letter Magus enters the battlefield, choose a consonant other than N, R, S, or T. Whenever a player casts a spell, you gain 1 life for each time the chosen letter appears in that spell's name. Color: Colorless Color Identity: {C} Watermark: None Border Type: Silver-bordered This printing Illustrated by Daniel Ljunggren Printing: Unstable

Stet, Draconic Proofreader

Stet, Draconic Proofreader

UnCommander: Banned View on Gatherer Card Name: Stet, Draconic Proofreader Mana Cost: {4}{R}{R} Converted Mana Cost: 6 Types: Legendary Creature — Dragon Bureaucrat Rules Text: Flying Whenever Stet, Draconic Proofreader attacks, you may exile a card from your graveyard. When you do, Stet, Draconic Proofreader deals 4 damage to any target whose name begins with the same letter as the exiled card. {W}: Delete the first letter of target permanent or player's name until end of turn. Power / Toughness: 4/4 Color: Red Color…

Stone-Cold Basilisk

Stone-Cold Basilisk

UnCommander: Banned View on Gatherer Card Name: Stone-Cold Basilisk Mana Cost: {4}{G} Converted Mana Cost: 5 Types: Creature — Basilisk Rules Text: Whenever Stone-Cold Basilisk blocks or becomes blocked by a creature with fewer letters in its name, destroy that creature at end of combat. (Punctuation and spaces aren't letters.) Whenever an opponent reads Stone-Cold Basilisk, that player is turned to stone until end of turn. Stoned players can't attack, block, cast spells, or activate abilities. Power / Toughness: 2½/5 Color: Green Color Identity:…

When Fluffy Bunnies Attack

When Fluffy Bunnies Attack

UnCommander: Banned View on Gatherer Card Name: When Fluffy Bunnies Attack Mana Cost: {3}{B} Converted Mana Cost: 4 Types: Instant Rules Text: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of times the letter of your choice appears in that creature's name. Color: Black Color Identity: {B} Watermark: None Border Type: Silver-bordered This printing Illustrated by Ray Lago Printing: Unhinged

Zzzyxas’s Abyss

Zzzyxas’s Abyss

UnCommander: Banned View on Gatherer Card Name: Zzzyxas's Abyss Mana Cost: {1}{B}{B} Converted Mana Cost: 3 Types: Enchantment Rules Text: At the beginning of your upkeep, destroy all nonland permanents with the first name alphabetically among nonland permanents. Color: Black Color Identity: {B} Watermark: None Border Type: Silver-bordered This printing Illustrated by Pete Venters Printing: Unhinged 

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