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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <allimages gaicontinue="Animate_Boulder.jpg" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="490" ns="6" title="File:42flux.jpg" />
      <page pageid="660" ns="6" title="File:Abrixian Sparker.jpg" />
      <page pageid="661" ns="6" title="File:Abyssal Bloodhound.jpg" />
      <page pageid="662" ns="6" title="File:Acmar&#039;s Disruptor.jpg" />
      <page pageid="663" ns="6" title="File:Agent of Death.jpg" />
      <page pageid="664" ns="6" title="File:Alabaster Pantheon.jpg" />
      <page pageid="665" ns="6" title="File:Alearwyn Barque.jpg" />
      <page pageid="578" ns="6" title="File:Alpine Spirit.jpg" />
      <page pageid="582" ns="6" title="File:Altar of Ix.jpg" />
      <page pageid="666" ns="6" title="File:Ancient Battlefield.jpg" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>