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Shahrazad
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Shahrazad

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.
CMC
2
Set
ARN
Rarity
rare
Price
$455.33
FORMATS
CommanderBANNED
Brawl (Historic)NOT LEGAL
DraftNOT LEGAL
StandardNOT LEGAL
ModernNOT LEGAL
PioneerNOT LEGAL
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  • WWizards of the Coast2004-10-04
    Official Ruling
    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.
  • WWizards of the Coast2004-10-04
    Official Ruling
    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.
  • WWizards of the Coast2004-10-04
    Official Ruling
    You randomly chose which player chooses to go first or draw first.
  • WWizards of the Coast2007-07-15
    Official Ruling
    At the end of a subgame, each player puts all cards they own that are in the subgame into their library in the main game, then shuffles them. This includes cards in the subgame’s Exile zone.

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COMMENTS · 1
  • WO
    Shahrazad was banned in vintage on August 5, 2013. The four-of card limits and the increase in deck size helped, but it didn't stop the degeneracy, so the next step was to further limit how many of a card players could play with. Banning meant that the card was no longer allowed to be played. Source: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/making-magic/twenty-things-were-going-kill-magic-2013-08-01