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Power Surge

Card Name

Power Surge

Mana Cost

Type

Enchantment

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

At the beginning of a player's turn, before the untap phase, the player must take a counter for each of his or her lands that is not tapped. During the player's upkeep, Power Surge does 1 damage to that player for each counter; the counters are then discarded.

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(10/4/2004)
This card knows how many were untapped even if it was not on the battlefield at the beginning of the turn.