Magic The Gathering | Takara Vanguard | Oversized Character Card

Single oversized playing card, 3.5"x5". This card has not been used in play.

The oversized Vanguard character cards aren't played like regular cards. Instead, each player chooses one of the character cards before the match begins and plays under the conditions set by that card.

A Vanguard card modifies your starting (and maximum) hand size, as well as your starting life total. It also contains one or more abilities. Sometimes they're abilities that you can play; sometimes they're abilities that just change aspects of the game. Any abilities printed on a Vanguard card work exactly like those of an in-play Magic card. Note, however, that Vanguard cards are colorless, aren't permanents, and will remain in the command zone the whole game, so they can't be affected by spells or abilities.

TAKARA
Sacrifice a creature: Takara deals 1 damage to target creature of player.
Rarity: Special
Card Type: Vanguard Character
Starting Hand: +3
Starting Life: -8
Flavor Text: Takara banishes the shadow of her father's ignoble reputation through the dedication, plain speaking, and swift action of a warrior. By refusing Starke's path of self-interest and opportunism, she has learned what he never will know: the value of sacrifice for a worthy cause.

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