The Court of Cunning card from Magic: The Gathering Commander Legends is a strategic blue enchantment that dominates the monarch mechanic and applies heavy mill pressure to opponents.
2020 • Magic: The Gathering • Commander Legends
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Court of Cunning
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Magic: The Gathering
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Yeong-Hao Han
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English
{1}{U}{U}
Enchantment
U
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When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, any number of target players each mill two cards. If you're the monarch, each of those players mills ten cards instead. (To mill a card, a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
A throne built on wisdom cannot be toppled.
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