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Empty City Ruse

Empty City Ruse

{W}
Sorcery
UncommonEDHREC #17703
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Target opponent skips all combat phases of their next turn.

Out of time and options, Kongming was forced to bluff at Xicheng. He tricked an army of 150,000 Wei by leaving the city gates open and calmly playing the zither.

Illustrated by Qu Xin
Not LegalStandard
Not LegalAlchemy
Not LegalPioneer
LegalHistoric
Not LegalModern
LegalBrawl
LegalLegacy
LegalTimeless
LegalVintage
Not LegalPauper
LegalCommander
Not LegalPenny
LegalOathbreaker
LegalDuel

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Low $30.74 · high $46.94 over 6 readings.

▼ now $30.74 is 8.1% below its recent average of $33.44 · volatility 13.8%

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