mtg-db 2.3.11 → 2.4.2.1

data/data/sets/arb.json

@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@
     "converted_mana_cost": 3,
     "oracle_text": [
       "{U}{B}, {T}: Create a 1/1 blue and black Zombie Wizard creature token.",
-      "{U}{U}{B}{B}: Target player loses X life and puts the top X cards of their library into their graveyard, where X is the number of Zombies you control."
+      "{U}{U}{B}{B}: Target player loses X life and mills X cards, where X is the number of Zombies you control."
     ],
     "flavor_text": null,
     "power": "2",
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@
     "mana_cost": "3UB",
     "converted_mana_cost": 5,
     "oracle_text": [
-      "Whenever Nemesis of Reason attacks, defending player puts the top ten cards of their library into their graveyard."
+      "Whenever Nemesis of Reason attacks, defending player mills ten cards."
     ],
     "flavor_text": "Words describing it fail. Pages relating it shrivel. Tales recounting it end.",
     "power": "3",
@@ -3736,7 +3736,7 @@
     "mana_cost": "1GU",
     "converted_mana_cost": 3,
     "oracle_text": [
-      "Whenever you draw a card, you may put a +1/+1 counter on Lorescale Coatl."
+      "Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Lorescale Coatl."
     ],
     "flavor_text": "\"The enlightenment I never found in etherium I have found traced in the coatl's scales.\"\n—Ranalus, vedalken heretic",
     "power": "2",
@@ -3747,12 +3747,8 @@
     "color_indicator": null,
     "rulings": [
       {
-        "date": "3/16/2018",
-        "text": "If a spell or ability causes you to draw multiple cards, Lorescale Coatl’s ability triggers that many times."
-      },
-      {
-        "date": "3/16/2018",
-        "text": "If a spell or ability causes you to put cards in your hand without specifically using the word “draw,” Lorescale Coatl’s ability won’t trigger."
+        "date": "6/23/2020",
+        "text": "If a spell or ability causes you to put a card into your hand without specifically using the word “draw,” it’s not a card drawn."
       }
     ]
   },
@@ -4086,7 +4082,7 @@
     "mana_cost": "2WUB",
     "converted_mana_cost": 5,
     "oracle_text": [
-      "At the beginning of your upkeep, choose target opponent. This turn, that player can't cast spells or activate abilities and plays with their hand revealed. You may play cards from that player's hand this turn."
+      "At the beginning of your upkeep, choose target opponent. This turn, that player can't cast spells or activate abilities and plays with their hand revealed. You may play lands and cast spells from that player's hand this turn."
     ],
     "flavor_text": "They are the masters of your mind.",
     "power": "3",

data/data/sets/arc.json

@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@
     "converted_mana_cost": 6,
     "oracle_text": [
       "Flying",
-      "Whenever another creature leaves the battlefield, you may have target player put the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.",
+      "Whenever another creature leaves the battlefield, you may have target player mill two cards.",
       "Unearth {2}{B} ({2}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)"
     ],
     "flavor_text": null,
@@ -1076,8 +1076,8 @@
     "color_indicator": null,
     "rulings": [
       {
-        "date": "3/16/2018",
-        "text": "If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Chandra’s Outrage resolves, the spell doesn’t resolve. No player is dealt damage."
+        "date": "7/12/2019",
+        "text": "If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Chandra’s Outrage tries to resolve, the spell doesn’t resolve. No player is dealt damage."
       }
     ]
   },
@@ -1826,7 +1826,12 @@
     "multiverse_id": 220475,
     "other_part": null,
     "color_indicator": null,
-    "rulings": []
+    "rulings": [
+      {
+        "date": "6/23/2020",
+        "text": "If a card in a player’s library has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0."
+      }
+    ]
   },
   {
     "name": "Fog",
@@ -2313,38 +2318,6 @@
     "other_part": null,
     "color_indicator": null,
     "rulings": [
-      {
-        "date": "6/15/2010",
-        "text": "Totem armor’s effect is mandatory. If the enchanted permanent would be destroyed, you must remove all damage from it and destroy the Aura that has totem armor instead."
-      },
-      {
-        "date": "6/15/2010",
-        "text": "Totem armor’s effect is applied no matter why the enchanted permanent would be destroyed: because it’s been dealt lethal damage, or because it’s being affected by an effect that says to “destroy” it (such as Doom Blade). In either case, all damage is removed from the permanent and the Aura is destroyed instead."
-      },
-      {
-        "date": "6/15/2010",
-        "text": "If a permanent you control is enchanted with multiple Auras that have totem armor, and the enchanted permanent would be destroyed, one of those Auras is destroyed instead — but only one of them. You choose which one because you control the enchanted permanent."
-      },
-      {
-        "date": "6/15/2010",
-        "text": "If a creature enchanted with an Aura that has totem armor would be destroyed by multiple state-based actions at the same time the totem armor’s effect will replace all of them and save the creature."
-      },
-      {
-        "date": "6/15/2010",
-        "text": "If a spell or ability (such as Planar Cleansing) would destroy both an Aura with totem armor and the permanent it’s enchanting at the same time, totem armor’s effect will save the enchanted permanent from being destroyed. Instead, the spell or ability will destroy the Aura in two different ways at the same time, but the result is the same as destroying it once."
-      },
-      {
-        "date": "6/15/2010",
-        "text": "Totem armor’s effect is not regeneration. Specifically, if totem armor’s effect is applied, the enchanted permanent does not become tapped and is not removed from combat as a result. Effects that say the enchanted permanent can’t be regenerated (as Vendetta does) won’t prevent totem armor’s effect from being applied."
-      },
-      {
-        "date": "6/15/2010",
-        "text": "Say you control a permanent enchanted with an Aura that has totem armor, and the enchanted permanent has gained a regeneration shield. The next time it would be destroyed, you choose whether to apply the regeneration effect or the totem armor effect. The other effect is unused and remains, in case the permanent would be destroyed again."
-      },
-      {
-        "date": "6/15/2010",
-        "text": "If a spell or ability says that it would “destroy” a permanent enchanted with an Aura that has totem armor, that spell or ability causes the Aura to be destroyed instead. (This matters for cards such as Karmic Justice.) Totem armor doesn’t destroy the Aura; rather, it changes the effects of the spell or ability. On the other hand, if a spell or ability deals lethal damage to a creature enchanted with an Aura that has totem armor, the game rules regarding lethal damage cause the Aura to be destroyed, not that spell or ability."
-      },
       {
         "date": "7/13/2018",
         "text": "Totem armor’s effect is mandatory. If the enchanted permanent would be destroyed, you must remove all damage from it (if it has any) and destroy the Aura that has totem armor instead."
@@ -2400,7 +2373,7 @@
     "mana_cost": "3G",
     "converted_mana_cost": 4,
     "oracle_text": [
-      "Saproling creatures get +1/+1.",
+      "All Saprolings get +1/+1.",
       "Morph {3}{G}{G} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)",
       "When Thelonite Hermit is turned face up, create four 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens."
     ],
@@ -2701,7 +2674,7 @@
     "mana_cost": "1{W/B}",
     "converted_mana_cost": 2,
     "oracle_text": [
-      "Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn if {W} was spent to cast Batwing Brume. Each player loses 1 life for each attacking creature they control if {B} was spent to cast Batwing Brume. (Do both if {W}{B} was spent.)"
+      "Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn if {W} was spent to cast this spell. Each player loses 1 life for each attacking creature they control if {B} was spent to cast this spell. (Do both if {W}{B} was spent.)"
     ],
     "flavor_text": null,
     "power": null,
@@ -3260,7 +3233,7 @@
     "mana_cost": "4{B/R}",
     "converted_mana_cost": 5,
     "oracle_text": [
-      "Return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield if {B} was spent to cast Torrent of Souls. Creatures target player controls get +2/+0 and gain haste until end of turn if {R} was spent to cast Torrent of Souls. (Do both if {B}{R} was spent.)"
+      "Return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield if {B} was spent to cast this spell. Creatures target player controls get +2/+0 and gain haste until end of turn if {R} was spent to cast this spell. (Do both if {B}{R} was spent.)"
     ],
     "flavor_text": null,
     "power": null,
@@ -3586,8 +3559,8 @@
         "text": "Duplicant keeps all creature types it had when the card was imprinted, including any types that Duplicant had gained."
       },
       {
-        "date": "7/13/2016",
-        "text": "If a melded permanent is exiled by Duplicant’s triggered ability, that ability’s controller chooses the relative timestamp of the two meld cards. Duplicant looks at the information of the one with the later timestamp."
+        "date": "4/17/2020",
+        "text": "If a melded permanent or a merged permanent is exiled by Duplicant’s triggered ability, that ability’s controller chooses the relative timestamp of the exiled cards. Duplicant looks at the information of the one with the later timestamp."
       }
     ]
   },

data/data/sets/arn.json

@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@
     "mana_cost": "2",
     "converted_mana_cost": 2,
     "oracle_text": [
-      "Whenever another nontoken permanent with a name originally printed in the Arabian Nights expansion is on the battlefield, its controller sacrifices it.",
+      "Whenever one or more other nontoken permanents with a name originally printed in the Arabian Nights expansion are on the battlefield, their controllers sacrifice them.",
       "Players can't cast spells or play lands with a name originally printed in the Arabian Nights expansion."
     ],
     "flavor_text": null,
@@ -1650,7 +1650,8 @@
     ],
     "supertypes": [],
     "subtypes": [
-      "Human"
+      "Human",
+      "Noble"
     ],
     "rarity": "Rare",
     "mana_cost": "1W",

data/data/sets/atq.json

@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@
     "mana_cost": "2",
     "converted_mana_cost": 2,
     "oracle_text": [
-      "{2}, {T}: Target player puts the top two cards of their library into their graveyard."
+      "{2}, {T}: Target player mills two cards."
     ],
     "flavor_text": "More than one mage was driven insane by the sound of the Millstone relentlessly grinding away.",
     "power": null,
@@ -1754,7 +1754,7 @@
     "converted_mana_cost": 2,
     "oracle_text": [
       "Enchant artifact",
-      "Enchanted artifact's activated abilities cost {2} less to activate. This effect can't reduce the amount of mana an ability costs to activate to less than one mana."
+      "Enchanted artifact's activated abilities cost {2} less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana."
     ],
     "flavor_text": null,
     "power": null,

data/data/sets/avr.json

@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@
     "mana_cost": "1W",
     "converted_mana_cost": 2,
     "oracle_text": [
-      "{2}{W}: Moorland Inquisitor gains first strike until end of turn."
+      "{2}{W}: Moorland Inquisitor gains first strike until end of turn. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)"
     ],
     "flavor_text": "Inquisitors are taught scripture, philosophy, and the fine art of sharpening an axe.",
     "power": "2",
@@ -1075,7 +1075,12 @@
     "multiverse_id": 262849,
     "other_part": null,
     "color_indicator": null,
-    "rulings": []
+    "rulings": [
+      {
+        "date": "7/12/2019",
+        "text": "Multiple instances of first strike on the same creature are redundant."
+      }
+    ]
   },
   {
     "name": "Nearheath Pilgrim",
@@ -1736,7 +1741,7 @@
     "mana_cost": "3U",
     "converted_mana_cost": 4,
     "oracle_text": [
-      "Target player puts the top X cards of their library into their graveyard, where X is the number of lands you control."
+      "Target player mills X cards, where X is the number of lands you control."
     ],
     "flavor_text": "Stray into the Morkrut and it may rise to claim you.",
     "power": null,
@@ -2497,7 +2502,7 @@
     "mana_cost": "4U",
     "converted_mana_cost": 5,
     "oracle_text": [
-      "When Rotcrown Ghoul dies, target player puts the top five cards of their library into their graveyard."
+      "When Rotcrown Ghoul dies, target player mills five cards."
     ],
     "flavor_text": "\"Don't look into its eyes. It's thinking things no dead thing should think.\"\n—Captain Eberhart",
     "power": "3",
@@ -2651,7 +2656,7 @@
     "converted_mana_cost": 4,
     "oracle_text": [
       "Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters the battlefield. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.)",
-      "As long as Stern Mentor is paired with another creature, each of those creatures has \"{T}: Target player puts the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.\""
+      "As long as Stern Mentor is paired with another creature, each of those creatures has \"{T}: Target player mills two cards.\""
     ],
     "flavor_text": null,
     "power": "2",
@@ -3041,16 +3046,12 @@
     "color_indicator": null,
     "rulings": [
       {
-        "date": "3/14/2017",
+        "date": "7/12/2019",
         "text": "You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you can’t cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you can’t sacrifice additional creatures."
       },
       {
-        "date": "3/14/2017",
+        "date": "7/12/2019",
         "text": "Once you begin to cast Bone Splinters, no player may take actions until you’re done. Notably, opponents can’t try to remove the creature you wish to sacrifice."
-      },
-      {
-        "date": "3/14/2017",
-        "text": "You can cast Bone Splinters targeting the creature you intend to sacrifice for its cost. This is because targets are chosen before costs are paid. Bone Splinters won’t resolve as it tries to resolve in this case."
       }
     ]
   },
@@ -4761,7 +4762,7 @@
     "supertypes": [],
     "subtypes": [
       "Elemental",
-      "Hound"
+      "Dog"
     ],
     "rarity": "Rare",
     "mana_cost": "2RR",
@@ -5783,7 +5784,7 @@
     "mana_cost": "2G",
     "converted_mana_cost": 3,
     "oracle_text": [
-      "At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card that shares a creature type with a creature you control, you may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Otherwise, put that card on the bottom of your library."
+      "At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library. You may cast it without paying its mana cost if it's a creature spell that shares a creature type with a creature you control. Otherwise, put that card on the bottom of your library."
     ],
     "flavor_text": null,
     "power": null,
@@ -6178,8 +6179,8 @@
     "color_indicator": null,
     "rulings": [
       {
-        "date": "5/1/2012",
-        "text": "If the artifact or enchantment is an illegal target when Natural End tries to resolve, Natural End won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won’t gain 3 life."
+        "date": "7/12/2019",
+        "text": "If the target artifact or enchantment is an illegal target by the time Natural End tries to resolve, the spell doesn’t resolve. You don’t gain life. If the target is legal but not destroyed (most likely because it has indestructible), you do gain life."
       }
     ]
   },

data/data/sets/bbd.json

@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@
     "supertypes": [],
     "subtypes": [
       "Elemental",
-      "Hound"
+      "Dog"
     ],
     "rarity": "Uncommon",
     "mana_cost": "4U",
@@ -3460,7 +3460,7 @@
     "mana_cost": "4R",
     "converted_mana_cost": 5,
     "oracle_text": [
-      "At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of each opponent's library. Until end of turn, you may cast nonland cards from among those exiled cards, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells."
+      "At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of each opponent's library. Until end of turn, you may cast spells from among those exiled cards, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells."
     ],
     "flavor_text": null,
     "power": null,
@@ -4395,8 +4395,8 @@
     "color_indicator": null,
     "rulings": [
       {
-        "date": "8/25/2015",
-        "text": "If the target of an Aura becomes illegal before the spell resolves, the Aura won’t resolve and will be put into its owner’s graveyard. It won’t enter the battlefield and you won’t draw a card."
+        "date": "7/12/2019",
+        "text": "If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Angelic Gift tries to resolve, the spell doesn’t resolve. It won’t enter the battlefield, so you won’t draw a card."
       }
     ]
   },
@@ -4443,7 +4443,7 @@
     ],
     "supertypes": [],
     "subtypes": [
-      "Hound",
+      "Dog",
       "Warrior"
     ],
     "rarity": "Common",
@@ -4708,20 +4708,24 @@
     "color_indicator": null,
     "rulings": [
       {
-        "date": "2/1/2014",
-        "text": "Loyal Pegasus can be declared as an attacker only if another creature is declared as an attacker at the same time. Similarly, Loyal Pegasus can be declared as a blocker only if another creature is declared as a blocker at the same time."
+        "date": "7/12/2019",
+        "text": "If you control more than one Loyal Pegasus, they can attack or block together, even if no other creatures attack or block."
+      },
+      {
+        "date": "7/12/2019",
+        "text": "Although Loyal Pegasus can’t attack alone, other attacking creatures don’t have to attack the same player or planeswalker. For example, Loyal Pegasus could attack an opponent and another creature could attack a planeswalker that opponent controls. Similarly, other blocking creatures don’t have to block the same creature that Loyal Pegasus blocks."
       },
       {
-        "date": "2/1/2014",
-        "text": "If you control more than one Loyal Pegasus, they can both attack or block together, even if no other creatures attack or block."
+        "date": "7/12/2019",
+        "text": "Once Loyal Pegasus has attacked or blocked, it will remain in combat even if you no longer control another attacking or blocking creature."
       },
       {
-        "date": "2/1/2014",
-        "text": "Although Loyal Pegasus can’t attack alone, other attacking creatures don’t have to attack the same player or planeswalker. For example, Loyal Pegasus could attack an opponent and another creature could attack a planeswalker that opponent controls."
+        "date": "7/12/2019",
+        "text": "If an effect says that Loyal Pegasus attacks or blocks “if able,” and you control one or more other creatures that are able to attack or block, you must attack or block with Loyal Pegasus and at least one other creature."
       },
       {
-        "date": "2/1/2014",
-        "text": "In a Two-Headed Giant game (or in another format using the shared team turns option), Loyal Pegasus can attack or block with a creature controlled by your teammate, even if no other creatures you control are attacking or blocking."
+        "date": "7/12/2019",
+        "text": "In a Two-Headed Giant game, Loyal Pegasus can attack or block with a creature controlled by your teammate, even if no other creatures you control are attacking or blocking."
       }
     ]
   },
@@ -5369,8 +5373,8 @@
     "color_indicator": null,
     "rulings": [
       {
-        "date": "11/17/2017",
-        "text": "Frost Lynx’s ability can target a creature that’s already tapped. That creature still won’t untap during its controller’s next untap step."
+        "date": "4/17/2020",
+        "text": "Frost Lynx’s triggered ability can target a creature that’s already tapped. That creature won’t untap during its controller’s next untap step."
       }
     ]
   },
@@ -7624,15 +7628,11 @@
     "color_indicator": null,
     "rulings": [
       {
-        "date": "6/15/2010",
-        "text": "You may target zero, one, two, or three creatures."
+        "date": "1/24/2020",
+        "text": "The “can’t block” effect applies to each of the targeted creatures—and to only those creatures—even if Wrap in Flames deals no damage to one or more of them (due to a prevention effect, for example) or if Wrap in Flames deals damage to a different creature (due to a redirection effect)."
       },
       {
-        "date": "6/15/2010",
-        "text": "The “can’t block” effect applies to each of the targeted creatures — and only those creatures — even if Wrap in Flames deals no damage to one or more of them (due to a prevention effect, for example) or Wrap in Flames deals damage to a different creature (due to a redirection effect)."
-      },
-      {
-        "date": "6/15/2010",
+        "date": "1/24/2020",
         "text": "If any of the targeted creatures is an illegal target by the time Wrap in Flames resolves, it won’t be dealt damage and will be able to block. The other targeted creatures will still be affected."
       }
     ]
@@ -8264,7 +8264,12 @@
     "multiverse_id": 446177,
     "other_part": null,
     "color_indicator": null,
-    "rulings": []
+    "rulings": [
+      {
+        "date": "7/12/2019",
+        "text": "If the target card is an illegal target by the time Pulse of Murasa tries to resolve, the spell doesn’t resolve. You won’t gain 6 life."
+      }
+    ]
   },
   {
     "name": "Return to the Earth",
@@ -9096,10 +9101,6 @@
     "other_part": null,
     "color_indicator": null,
     "rulings": [
-      {
-        "date": "9/20/2016",
-        "text": "As Eager Construct’s triggered ability resolves, first the player whose turn it is scrys 1, then each other player in turn order does the same. Each player will know the choices made by players who chose before them."
-      },
       {
         "date": "6/8/2018",
         "text": "If multiple players are instructed to scry at once, such as while resolving Eager Construct’s triggered ability, those players each look at the top card of their library at the same time, then they choose in turn order whether to put those cards on the top or bottom of their library."

data/data/sets/bfz.json

@@ -729,8 +729,8 @@
     "color_indicator": null,
     "rulings": [
       {
-        "date": "8/25/2015",
-        "text": "If the target of an Aura becomes illegal before the spell resolves, the Aura won’t resolve and will be put into its owner’s graveyard. It won’t enter the battlefield and you won’t draw a card."
+        "date": "7/12/2019",
+        "text": "If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Angelic Gift tries to resolve, the spell doesn’t resolve. It won’t enter the battlefield, so you won’t draw a card."
       }
     ]
   },
@@ -1981,7 +1981,7 @@
     "mana_cost": "3W",
     "converted_mana_cost": 4,
     "oracle_text": [
-      "Converge — Create a 1/1 white Kor Ally creature token for each color of mana spent to cast Unified Front."
+      "Converge — Create a 1/1 white Kor Ally creature token for each color of mana spent to cast this spell."
     ],
     "flavor_text": "The kor's pride in their independence has given way to a strong sense of community that embraces all of Zendikar.",
     "power": null,
@@ -2986,7 +2986,7 @@
     "mana_cost": "3U",
     "converted_mana_cost": 4,
     "oracle_text": [
-      "Converge — Draw X cards, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast Brilliant Spectrum. Then discard two cards."
+      "Converge — Draw X cards, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell. Then discard two cards."
     ],
     "flavor_text": "There are more sights on Zendikar than the eyes can see.",
     "power": null,
@@ -3245,7 +3245,7 @@
     "mana_cost": "4U",
     "converted_mana_cost": 5,
     "oracle_text": [
-      "Converge — Gain control of target creature if its power is less than or equal to the number of colors of mana spent to cast Exert Influence."
+      "Converge — Gain control of target creature if its power is less than or equal to the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell."
     ],
     "flavor_text": "\"I can't control its mind—I'm not even sure it has one. But I can dominate its will.\"",
     "power": null,
@@ -3521,7 +3521,7 @@
     "mana_cost": "3U",
     "converted_mana_cost": 4,
     "oracle_text": [
-      "Converge — Creatures your opponents control get -X/-0 until end of turn, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast Roilmage's Trick.",
+      "Converge — Creatures your opponents control get -X/-0 until end of turn, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell.",
       "Draw a card."
     ],
     "flavor_text": "Weather on Zendikar is unpredictable—unless you're the one telling it what to do.",
@@ -4661,16 +4661,12 @@
     "color_indicator": null,
     "rulings": [
       {
-        "date": "3/14/2017",
+        "date": "7/12/2019",
         "text": "You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you can’t cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you can’t sacrifice additional creatures."
       },
       {
-        "date": "3/14/2017",
+        "date": "7/12/2019",
         "text": "Once you begin to cast Bone Splinters, no player may take actions until you’re done. Notably, opponents can’t try to remove the creature you wish to sacrifice."
-      },
-      {
-        "date": "3/14/2017",
-        "text": "You can cast Bone Splinters targeting the creature you intend to sacrifice for its cost. This is because targets are chosen before costs are paid. Bone Splinters won’t resolve as it tries to resolve in this case."
       }
     ]
   },
@@ -5229,7 +5225,7 @@
     "mana_cost": "2B",
     "converted_mana_cost": 3,
     "oracle_text": [
-      "Converge — You draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast Painful Truths."
+      "Converge — You draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell."
     ],
     "flavor_text": "As the Eldrazi spread, no secret that could give Zendikar's defenders an advantage was considered too dangerous to seek.",
     "power": null,
@@ -6171,7 +6167,7 @@
     "converted_mana_cost": 6,
     "oracle_text": [
       "Flying",
-      "Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, Akoum Hellkite deals 1 damage to any target. If that land is a Mountain, Akoum Hellkite deals 2 damage to that permanent or player instead."
+      "Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, Akoum Hellkite deals 1 damage to any target. If that land is a Mountain, Akoum Hellkite deals 2 damage instead."
     ],
     "flavor_text": null,
     "power": "4",
@@ -6614,7 +6610,7 @@
     "mana_cost": "2R",
     "converted_mana_cost": 3,
     "oracle_text": [
-      "Converge — Radiant Flames deals X damage to each creature, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast Radiant Flames."
+      "Converge — Radiant Flames deals X damage to each creature, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell."
     ],
     "flavor_text": "The fires of Zendikar are always hungry, and there is much on which they can feed.",
     "power": null,
@@ -6754,7 +6750,7 @@
     "rulings": [
       {
         "date": "10/4/2004",
-        "text": "If X is greater than 0, you can’t choose zero targets. You must choose between one and X targets. If X is 0, you can’t choose any targets."
+        "text": "If X is 0, you can’t choose any targets."
       },
       {
         "date": "8/25/2015",
@@ -6843,7 +6839,7 @@
     "mana_cost": "1R",
     "converted_mana_cost": 2,
     "oracle_text": [
-      "Target creature gets +3/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn."
+      "Target creature gets +3/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)"
     ],
     "flavor_text": "To survive imminent doom, it sometimes takes a foolhardy soul who acts first and fears later.",
     "power": null,
@@ -7721,7 +7717,7 @@
     "mana_cost": "3G",
     "converted_mana_cost": 4,
     "oracle_text": [
-      "Converge — Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast Infuse with the Elements. That creature gains trample until end of turn."
+      "Converge — Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell. That creature gains trample until end of turn."
     ],
     "flavor_text": "\"Zendikar has given us the weapons to wage war on the appropriate scale.\"—Najiya, leader of the Tajuru",
     "power": null,
@@ -8643,7 +8639,7 @@
       "Devoid (This card has no color.)",
       "Choose one or both —",
       "• Return target spell or creature to its owner's hand.",
-      "• Brutal Expulsion deals 2 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If that permanent would be put into a graveyard this turn, exile it instead."
+      "• Brutal Expulsion deals 2 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If that creature or planeswalker would die this turn, exile it instead."
     ],
     "flavor_text": null,
     "power": null,
@@ -9169,7 +9165,7 @@
     "mana_cost": "3GU",
     "converted_mana_cost": 5,
     "oracle_text": [
-      "Converge — Search your library for a creature, instant, or sorcery card with converted mana cost less than or equal to the number of colors of mana spent to cast Bring to Light, exile that card, then shuffle your library. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost."
+      "Converge — Search your library for a creature, instant, or sorcery card with converted mana cost less than or equal to the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell, exile that card, then shuffle your library. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost."
     ],
     "flavor_text": null,
     "power": null,