First printed in Antiquities (1994)

All 6 prints

Masters Edition (ME1) #155, 2007 (digital) Richard Thomas
Renaissance (REN) #126, 1995 Richard Thomas
Rinascimento (RIN) #114, 1995 Richard Thomas
Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border (4BB) #312, 1995 Richard Thomas
Fourth Edition (4ED) #312, 1995 Richard Thomas
Antiquities (ATQ) #48, 1994 Richard Thomas

Cursed Rack

Artifact

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent.
The chosen player's maximum hand size is four.

Ashnod invented several torture techniques that could make victims even miles away beg for mercy as if the End had come.

Illustrated by: Richard Thomas

Legality

Legal in: Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Oathbreaker
Not legal in: Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl

Rulings (3)

2004-10-04 The effect of lowering the maximum hand size makes it so the player discards down to 4 cards (instead of the usual 7) during the cleanup step.
2004-10-04 You choose one opposing player just as this card is entering and it only affects that one player. This choice is not changed even if this card changes controllers. It becomes useless but stays on the battlefield if the chosen player leaves the game.
2009-10-01 If multiple effects modify your hand size, apply them in timestamp order. For example, if you put Null Profusion (an enchantment that says your maximum hand size is two) onto the battlefield and then a player puts Cursed Rack onto the battlefield choosing you, your maximum hand size will be four. However, if those permanents entered in the opposite order, your maximum hand size would be two.

Prices

Paper price: €0.15 / $0.35 , the cheapest non-foil print (Cardmarket, and TCGplayer, otherwise Mana Pool or Card Kingdom, through MTGJSON, 5 Nov 2026).

MTGO price: 0.04 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 5 Nov 2026).