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Shahrazad

{W}{W}

Sorcery

Arabian Nights·arn #10·Rare·1993·Art by Kaja Foglio
StandardNot Legal
ModernNot Legal
CommanderBanned
LegacyBanned
PioneerNot Legal
VintageBanned
Shahrazad
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Oracle Text

Players play a Magic subgame, using their libraries as their decks. Each player who doesn't win the subgame loses half their life, rounded up.

Print Details

Set
Arabian Nights (ARN)
Number
#10
Rarity
Rare
Artist
Kaja Foglio
Frame
1993
Border
Black
Language
EN
Finishes
Nonfoil
USD
$456.74
EUR
€327.63

Indicative figures.

Card Knowledge

Legalities

StandardNot Legal
PioneerNot Legal
ModernNot Legal
LegacyBanned
VintageBanned
CommanderBanned

Rulings4

10/4/2004·wotc

At the start of the sub-game both players draw their initial hand (usually 7 cards). If one player has fewer cards than required, that player loses. If both have fewer than required, both players lose.

10/4/2004·wotc

Events in a Shahrazad sub-game do not normally trigger abilities in the main game. And continuous effects in the main game do not carry over into the sub-game.

10/4/2004·wotc

You randomly chose which player chooses to go first or draw first.

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