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Skill Borrower, Shards of Alara 56
Illustrated by Shelly Wan · Card image provided by Scryfall.
ALA 56 · rare

Skill Borrower

Artifact Creature — Human Wizard

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Collector number56
SetShards of Alara (ALA)
Rarityrare
Released2008-10-03
Mana cost{2}{U}
Mana value3
ColoursU
Power / toughness1 / 3
ArtistShelly Wan

Oracle text

Play with the top card of your library revealed. As long as the top card of your library is an artifact or creature card, this creature has all activated abilities of that card. (If any of the abilities use that card's name, use this creature's name instead.)

Format legality

modern: legallegacy: legalvintage: legalpenny: legalcommander: legaloathbreaker: legalduel: legalpredh: legaltlr: legal

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