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187 is Magic: The Gathering slang for damaging or destroying a creature or other permanent using an "enters the battlefield" effect, such as when Nekrataal, Uktabi Orangutan, or Flametongue Kavu come into play. The term is derived from the California penal code for murder. Two common misconceptions are that the term originated from Nekrataal's collector number (Visions has only 167 cards), and that it would have come from the section of the comprehensive rules that dealt with 'comes into play' effects.

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-'''187''' refers to destroying a [[creature]] or other permanents using a "comes into play" effect, such as when the card <c>Nekrataal</c> comes into play; by extension, "187 effects" are effects which trigger when creatures come into play. A common yet wrong assumption is that the term originated from Nekrataal's collector's number in the [[Visions|Visions set]] (which has only 167 cards). Another misconception is that this expression comes from the section of the comprehensive rule book that dealt with 'comes into play' effects.
+'''187''' is ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' [[slang]] for [[damage|damaging]] or [[destroy]]ing a [[creature]] or other [[permanent]] using an "[[enters the battlefield]]" [[effect]], such as when <c>Nekrataal</c>, {{Card|Uktabi Orangutan}}, or {{Card|Flametongue Kavu}} come into play.  The term is derived from the [[Wikipedia:187 (slang)|California penal code for murder]].  Two common misconceptions are that the term originated from Nekrataal's [[collector number]] (''[[Visions]]'' has only 167 cards), and that it would have come from the section of the [[comprehensive rules]] that dealt with 'comes into play' effects.
-In reality ''187'' is derived from the California penal code for murder.
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