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Gather Specimens (Shards of Alara)

Gather Specimens

Shards of Alara — rare

Instant

If a creature would enter the battlefield under an opponent's control this turn, it enters the battlefield under your control instead.

"It's free to do whatever it wants. I've merely told it what that is." —Xorin, Architect of Will

Gather Specimens (Shards of Alara)

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