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Tainted Monkey {1}{B}

Creature — Monkey

{T}: Choose a word. Target player mills a card. If a card with the chosen word in its text box was milled this way, they lose 3 life.

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Unhinged

English · 2004-11-19

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standardNOT LEGALpioneerNOT LEGALmodernNOT LEGALlegacyNOT LEGALvintageNOT LEGALcommanderNOT LEGAL

💡 Not Standard legal because this card is from Unhinged (released 2004-11-19), which has rotated out of Standard.

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Oracle source: Scryfall / Wizards
Oracle updated: July 6, 2026
Legality source: Scryfall
Legality checked: July 6, 2026
Price source: tcgcsv / TCGplayer
Price synced: Aug 23, 2026
Scryfall ID: 91ef1259-c415-46f5-be9f-dfd6cd76d2c3
Oracle ID: c223712b-2aa0-4ed5-9f75-ac33ccd87a2a
TCGplayer ID: 37937

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