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Description
| Set: | Core Set 2019 |
| Type: | Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon |
| Rarity: | Mythic |
| Cost: | {1}{G}{W}{U} |
Flying, vigilance
Whenever a creature with defender enters the battlefield under your control, draw a card.
Each creature you control with defender assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power and can attack as though it didn’t have defender.
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