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Shahrazad

First printed in Arabian Nights (1993)

Shahrazad

Sorcery

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.

Illustrated by
Kaja Foglio

Shahrazad legality

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

Rulings (4)
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • You randomly chose which player chooses to go first or draw first.
  • 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.

Prices

Paper price: €377.46 / $475.00 , the cheapest non-foil print (Cardmarket, and TCGplayer, otherwise Mana Pool or Card Kingdom, through MTGJSON, 8 Nov 2026).

Combos

1 combo: