First printed in Bloomburrow (2024)
Sorcery
Playful Shove deals 1 damage to any target.
Draw a card.
The boisterous pat on the back was painful, but not nearly as painful as the joke that inspired it.
- Illustrated by
- Zoltan Boros
Legality
- Legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Pauper, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH
Ruling (1)
- If the target is illegal as Playful Shove tries to resolve, it won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won’t draw a card.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomburrow (BLB), Premier Draft | 53.7% | -0.9 | +0.1 | 23424 |
| Bloomburrow (BLB), Sealed | 53.1% | -2.4 | -1.5 | 1177 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen