Editing Arabian Nights

Arabian Nights was the first true expansion set to [[Magic the Gathering]] after the unlimited run. It was originally meant to be released as a standalone game and was only converted into an expansion at the last second. This lead to a lot of shonkiness and muddled design, though nothing on the level of [[Homelands|certain other mistakes of the era]]. Despite all the issues it was a success and generated some iconic cards that are still used to this day. It was the last set before Magic's popularity really took off, and as such many of the cards can still be ebayed for incomprehensible amounts of money.

== Notable Cards ==

=== Shaharazad ===
[[File:Shaharazad.jpg|Turbo-Fog? Bitch please.]]

The first of a very short list of cards banned from every tournament format, everywhere, forever. It was grotesquely abusive and lent itself to all manner of awful strategies. The most egregious of these came from the fact that Arabian Nights featured no deck or card limits. It was theoretically possible to construct a deck of nothing but [http://magiccards.info/query?q=!Mox+Pearl Mox Pearls] and Shaharazads, trapping your opponent in an infinite fractal nightmare of subgames. If they didn't concede they usually lost at game number 5^7 from deck attrition.

=== Ali from Cairo ===
[[File:Ali From Cairo.jpg|Trol-li]]

Like a tiny 4 drop [http://magiccards.info/query?q=!Platinum+Angel Platinum Angel], Ali bounced from tournament to tournament causing apocalyptic levels of anal devastation everywhere he went. Eventually creature removal abilities proliferated enough to deal with him in later editions, but by then he'd done his damage.

=== City of Brass ===
[[File:City of Brass.jpg|Taste the rainbow.]]

Aside from any form of lotus of moxen powered bullshit City of Brass was (and is!) one of the best mana generation tools in the game.

=== Juzam Djinn ===
[[File:Juzam Djinn.jpg|Shed a tear.]]

A sad lesson in how [[power creep]] ruins everything good. Juzam used to be the premiere aggro card in the game, but has since fallen by the wayside as strictly better cards were introduced. It's counterparts Erhnam Djinn and Serendib Efreet made strong showings too.

=== Library of Alexandria ===
[[File:Library of Alexandria.jpg|Tenth wonder of the world.]]

Often referred to as the tenth of the [[power nine]], Alexandria is a wildly overpowered card that remains one of the best draw generators in the game. It is banned from legacy and only just manages to squeak in as restricted in vintage.

=== Bazaar of Baghdad ===
[[File:Bazaar of Baghdad.jpg|And you thought Alexandria was bad...]]

Along with Brass and Alexandria Baghdad forms the trifecta of bullshit land cards. If you can't immediately think of at least three separate ways to abuse this card you don't belong in Magic.

=== Kird Ape ===
[[File:Kird Ape.jpg|Damn dirty apes!]]

Kird Apes. [http://magiccards.info/query?q=!taiga Taiga]. Compare to any other one drop. You can cry now.

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