First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
When Amped Raptor enters the battlefield, you get
![%E](graph/manas_txt/E.png)
(two energy counters). Then if you cast it from your hand, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card. You may cast that card by paying an amount of
![%E](graph/manas_txt/E.png)
equal to its mana value rather than paying its mana cost.