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1d4chan>Emerald Claw: /* Shahrazad */

2022-05-01T23:51:02Z

Shahrazad

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	[[File:Shaharazad.jpg\|Turbo-Fog? Bitch please.]]		[[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. Matches would take forever and often go to time. Due to weird rulings that are no longer in place, if 1 card got removed from a subgame, it was removed from the games above it. It was even took up to much playing space because the initial game needed left alone while the players played a subgame near by. During this time 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 Shahrazads, trapping your opponent in an infinite fractal nightmare of subgames. If they didn't concede they would usually lose at game number 5^7 from deck attrition. Also, with the old mulligan rule, the deck's opponents couldn't mulligan to lower their starting hand size (simultaneously increasing their library's starting hand size). Lastly, with the old mulligan rule, it worked by revealing all the cards in your hand and if you had all lands or all non-lands you could mulligan (once per game). Shahrazad is probably [[Richard Garfield]]'s favorite card, and he thinks it is a reasonable card... for casual play, but will admit (without being asked) that a card like this has no place in competitive play [https://youtu.be/eSfqLdsMK30?t=3m30s]. Also casting Shahrazad in a subgame is a flavor win. ~~Arabian~~ Nights had stories within stories, going even 6 or 7 layers deep.		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. Matches would take forever and often go to time. Due to weird rulings that are no longer in place, if 1 card got removed from a subgame, it was removed from the games above it. It was even took up to much playing space because the initial game needed left alone while the players played a subgame near by. During this time 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 Shahrazads, trapping your opponent in an infinite fractal nightmare of subgames. If they didn't concede they would usually lose at game number 5^7 from deck attrition. Also, with the old mulligan rule, the deck's opponents couldn't mulligan to lower their starting hand size (simultaneously increasing their library's starting hand size). Lastly, with the old mulligan rule, it worked by revealing all the cards in your hand and if you had all lands or all non-lands you could mulligan (once per game). Shahrazad is probably [[Richard Garfield]]'s favorite card, and he thinks it is a reasonable card... for casual play, but will admit (without being asked) that a card like this has no place in competitive play [https://youtu.be/eSfqLdsMK30?t=3m30s]. Also casting Shahrazad in a subgame is a flavor win. A Thousand and One Nights had stories within stories, going even 6 or 7 layers deep.

	=== Ali from Cairo ===		=== Ali from Cairo ===

1d4chan>Emerald Claw: /* Bazaar of Baghdad */ I consider The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale to be way more bullshit that city of brass, especially because mana confluence is alot like city of brass.

2022-05-01T23:47:50Z

Bazaar of Baghdad: I consider The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale to be way more bullshit that city of brass, especially because mana confluence is alot like city of brass.

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	[[File:Bazaar of Baghdad.jpg\|And you thought Alexandria was bad...]]		[[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 happen to know what vintage [[Rape\|Dredge]] is, you will know the power of this card		Along with Brass and Alexandria, Baghdad forms the trifecta of bullshit land cards printed in this set. if you happen to know what vintage [[Rape\|Dredge]] is, you will know the power of this card

	=== Kird Ape ===		=== Kird Ape ===

1d4chan>Emerald Claw: /* Shahrazad */ nobody ever built this deck as far as I know. Also saying doing this nightmare is flavor win.

2022-05-01T22:59:59Z

Shahrazad: nobody ever built this deck as far as I know. Also saying doing this nightmare is flavor win.

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	[[File:Shaharazad.jpg\|Turbo-Fog? Bitch please.]]		[[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. Matches would take forever and often go to time. Due to weird rulings that are no longer in place, if 1 card got removed from a subgame, it was removed from the games above it. It was even took up to much playing space because the initial game needed left alone while the players played a subgame near by. During this time 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 Shahrazads, 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. Also, with the old mulligan rule, the deck's opponents couldn't mulligan to lower their starting hand size (simultaneously increasing their library's starting hand size). Lastly, with the old mulligan rule, it worked by revealing all the cards in your hand and if you had all lands or all non-lands you could mulligan (once per game). Shahrazad is probably [[Richard Garfield]]'s favorite card, and he thinks it is a reasonable card... for casual play, but will admit (without being asked) that a card like this has no place in competitive play [https://youtu.be/eSfqLdsMK30?t=3m30s].		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. Matches would take forever and often go to time. Due to weird rulings that are no longer in place, if 1 card got removed from a subgame, it was removed from the games above it. It was even took up to much playing space because the initial game needed left alone while the players played a subgame near by. During this time 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 Shahrazads, trapping your opponent in an infinite fractal nightmare of subgames. If they didn't concede they would usually lose at game number 5^7 from deck attrition. Also, with the old mulligan rule, the deck's opponents couldn't mulligan to lower their starting hand size (simultaneously increasing their library's starting hand size). Lastly, with the old mulligan rule, it worked by revealing all the cards in your hand and if you had all lands or all non-lands you could mulligan (once per game). Shahrazad is probably [[Richard Garfield]]'s favorite card, and he thinks it is a reasonable card... for casual play, but will admit (without being asked) that a card like this has no place in competitive play [https://youtu.be/eSfqLdsMK30?t=3m30s]. Also casting Shahrazad in a subgame is a flavor win. Arabian Nights had stories within stories, going even 6 or 7 layers deep.

	=== Ali from Cairo ===		=== Ali from Cairo ===

1d4chan>Unification: /* Juzam Djinn */

2019-03-22T14:45:02Z

Juzam Djinn

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	[[File:Juzam Djinn.jpg\|Shed a tear.]]		[[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.		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 ===		=== Library of Alexandria ===

1d4chan>Agiletek at 08:38, 14 November 2018

2018-11-14T08:38:02Z

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	'''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.		'''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. The ''Magic the Gathering'' video game (commonly known as Shandalar) uses an unusual cube of the original set (with a defacto ban on the [[Power Nine]]), The Dark, this set and some gimmick cards with random effects only possible in a video game.

	== Notable Cards ==		== Notable Cards ==

1d4chan>Emerald Claw: /* What Almost Was */

2018-04-14T15:44:44Z

What Almost Was

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	This was what Magic ''could've'' been like, as the original way to denote what expansion a card was from was to give it an entirely different color scheme on the back. Having a very blatant knowledge of what was coming next in your deck would be grievously unfair, wouldn't it? Cooler heads (plus complaints from players) prevailed, though, and the decision to use an expansion symbol came in practically at the last minute.		This was what Magic ''could've'' been like, as the original way to denote what expansion a card was from was to give it an entirely different color scheme on the back. Having a very blatant knowledge of what was coming next in your deck would be grievously unfair, wouldn't it? Cooler heads (plus complaints from players) prevailed, though, and the decision to use an expansion symbol came in practically at the last minute.

	Of course, new card backs would require new basic lands. When it was apparent those new lands would no longer be needed, they weren't included in the set... except for Mountains. Mountains ~~stand~~ in because WotC forgot about them.		Of course, new card backs would require new basic lands. When it was apparent those new lands would no longer be needed, they weren't included in the set... except for Mountains. Mountains stayed in because WotC forgot about them.



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1d4chan>Emerald Claw: /* What Almost Was */

2017-05-07T09:28:17Z

What Almost Was

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	This was what Magic ''could've'' been like, as the original way to denote what expansion a card was from was to give it an entirely different color scheme on the back. Having a very blatant knowledge of what was coming next in your deck would be grievously unfair, wouldn't it? Cooler heads (plus complaints from players) prevailed, though, and the decision to use an expansion symbol came in practically at the last minute.		This was what Magic ''could've'' been like, as the original way to denote what expansion a card was from was to give it an entirely different color scheme on the back. Having a very blatant knowledge of what was coming next in your deck would be grievously unfair, wouldn't it? Cooler heads (plus complaints from players) prevailed, though, and the decision to use an expansion symbol came in practically at the last minute.

			Of course, new card backs would require new basic lands. When it was apparent those new lands would no longer be needed, they weren't included in the set... except for Mountains. Mountains stand in because WotC forgot about them.



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203.122.213.20: /* Bazaar of Baghdad */

2017-03-28T00:26:56Z

Bazaar of Baghdad

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	[[File:Bazaar of Baghdad.jpg\|And you thought Alexandria was bad...]]		[[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're probably not an experienced magic player.~~		Along with Brass and Alexandria, Baghdad forms the trifecta of bullshit land cards. if you happen to know what vintage [[Rape\|Dredge]] is, you will know the power of this card

	=== Kird Ape ===		=== Kird Ape ===

1d4chan>Emerald Claw: /* Shahrazad */

2017-01-19T21:35:03Z

Shahrazad

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	[[File:Shaharazad.jpg\|Turbo-Fog? Bitch please.]]		[[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. Matches would take forever and often go to time. Due to weird rulings that are no longer in place, if 1 card got removed from a subgame, it was removed from the games above it. It was even took up to much playing space because the initial game needed left alone while the players played a subgame near by. During this time 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 Shahrazads, 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. Also, with the old mulligan rule, the deck's opponents couldn't mulligan to lower their starting hand size (simultaneously increasing their library's starting hand size). Shahrazad is probably [[Richard Garfield]]'s favorite card, and he thinks it is a reasonable card... for casual play, but will admit (without being asked) that a card like this has no place in competitive play [https://youtu.be/eSfqLdsMK30?t=3m30s].		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. Matches would take forever and often go to time. Due to weird rulings that are no longer in place, if 1 card got removed from a subgame, it was removed from the games above it. It was even took up to much playing space because the initial game needed left alone while the players played a subgame near by. During this time 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 Shahrazads, 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. Also, with the old mulligan rule, the deck's opponents couldn't mulligan to lower their starting hand size (simultaneously increasing their library's starting hand size). Lastly, with the old mulligan rule, it worked by revealing all the cards in your hand and if you had all lands or all non-lands you could mulligan (once per game). Shahrazad is probably [[Richard Garfield]]'s favorite card, and he thinks it is a reasonable card... for casual play, but will admit (without being asked) that a card like this has no place in competitive play [https://youtu.be/eSfqLdsMK30?t=3m30s].

	=== Ali from Cairo ===		=== Ali from Cairo ===