List of obsolete terminology

Some types of cards, supertypes, subtypes or mechanics have been removed or changed either because of flavor reasons or rules modifications.

Obsolete card types

• Enchant Artifact
• Enchant Creature
• Enchant Dead Creature
• Enchant Land
• Enchant World
• Interrupt
• Mana source
• Summon

Obsolete artifact supertypes

• Mono
• Poly
• Continuous

Obsolete subtypes (creature/tribal)

• Abomination
• Aboroth
• Aesthir
• Aladdin
• Albatross
• Alchemist
• Ali-Baba
• Ali-from-Cairo
• Alligator
• Ambush-Party
• Ancestor
• Anemone
• Ant
• Anteater
• Archaeologist
• Asp
• Autocrat
• Avenger
• Avizoa
• Ball-Lightning
• Bandit
• Banshee
• Barishi
• Bee
• Behemoth
• Being
• Blinking-Spirit
• Bodyguard
• Brother
• Brownie
• Bull
• Bureaucrat
• Butterfly
• Caravan
• Carnivore
• Carriage
• Caterpillar
• Cavalry
• Cave-People
• Cheetah
• Chicken
• Child
• Clamfolk
• Clone
• Cobra
• Constable
• Cow
• Crusader
• Dandân
• Dead
• Dervish
• Designer
• Devouring-Deep
• Dinosaur
• Dog
• Donkey
• Doppelganger
• Dragonfly
• Drill-Sergeant
• Eater
• Eel
• Effigy
• Egg
• El-Hajjâj
• Enchantress
• Entity
• Erne
• Essence
• Evil-Eye
• Exorcist
• Expansion-Symbol
• Falcon
• Fallen
• Farmer
• Fiend
• Flying-Man
• Folk of An-Havva
• Force
• Frostbeast
• Fungusaur
• Gaea's-Avenger
• Gaea's Liege
• Gamer
• Gatekeeper
• General
• Ghost
• Ghoul
• Gorilla
• Gorilla-Pack
• Guardian
• Gus
• Gypsy
• Harlequin
• Hell's Caretaker
• Heretic
• Hero
• Hipparion
• Hippopotamus
• Hornet
• Horseman
• Hunter
• Infernal-Denizen
• Inquisitor
• Island-Fish
• Jackal
• Keeper
• Kelp
• King
• Lady-of-Proper-Etiquette
• Legend
• Legionnaire
• Lemure
• Leper
• Lichenthrope
• Lion
• Lord
• Lord of Atlantis
• Lurker
• Lycanthrope
• Mage
• Maiden
• Mammoth
• Marid
• Master
• Medusa
• Lost-Soul
• Mana-Bird
• Mantis
• Martyr
• Meerkat
• Merchant
• Mime
• Mindsucker
• Minor
• Miracle-Worker
• Mist
• Mob
• Mold-Demon
• Mosquito
• Monster
• Mummy
• Murk-Dweller
• Nameless-Race
• Nature-Spirit
• Narwhal
• Necrosavant
• Nekrataal
• Niall-Silvain
• Night-Stalker
• Noble
• Paladin
• Paratrooper
• Peacekeeper
• Penguin
• People-of-the-Woods
• Phantasm
• Pig
• Pigeon
• Pikemen
• Pixie-Queen
• Poison-Snake
• Poltergeist
• Pony
• Preacher
• Priest
• Pyknite
• Python
• Rag-Man
• Raider
• Ranger
• Rider
• Robber
• Roc
• Rock-Sled
• Rooster
• Rukh
• Sage
• Scavenger
• Scavenger-Folk
• Shadow
• Shark
• Ship
• Shyft
• Sindbad
• Singing-Tree
• Sister
• Smith
• Sorcerer
• Sorceress
• Speaker
• Sprite
• Spuzzem
• Spy
• Squire
• Stangg-Twin
• Strider
• Swarm
• Tactician
• Tarpan
• Taskmaster
• Teddy
• Thief
• The-Biggest-Baddest-Nastiest-Scariest-Creature-You'll-Ever-See
• Thundermare
• Tiger
• Titan
• Toad
• Tombspawn
• Tortoise
• Townsfolk
• Tracker
• Twin
• Uncle-Istvan
• Undead
• Viper
• Villain
• Vulture
• Waiter
• Walking-Dead
• War-Rider
• Warthog
• Wasp
• Whippoorwill
• Wight
• Wiitigo
• Wildcat
• Wildebeest
• Will-O'-The-Wisp
• Witch
• Wirefly
• Wolverine-Pack
• Wolves-of-the-Hunt
• Wood
• Wretched
• Wyvern

Obsolete keywords

• Landhome stopped being a keyword.
• Substance, never printed, replaced by rules improvements

Some keywords still exist but got replaced by better concepts and will therefore probably never be reprinted.

• Fading, replaced by Vanishing
• Fear, replaced by Intimidate, replaced by Menace as black/red evergreen evasion ability.
• Shroud, replaced by Hexproof
• Regenerate, replaced by Indestructible (until end of turn)

Obsolete concepts

• Batches, replaced by the the stack.
• Bury, replaced by destroy and sacrifice
• Damage using the stack
• Mana burn
• Mana cost symbols and , only used in Unglued
• Carrying mana over to an other phase
• Phase abilities. Some older cards used the phrase “during [phase], [action]. Replaced with abilities that trigger at the beginning of a step or phase.
• Phased-out zone, replaced with the phased-out status
• Indestructible (as in "is indestructible"), became a keyword ability with the same name ("has indestructible").

Obsolete terminology

• "Caster", replaced by "controller"
• "Casting cost", replaced by "mana cost"
• "In-play zone", replaced by "battlefield"
  • "Comes into play", replaced by "enters the battlefield"
  • "Leaves play", replaced by "leaves the battlefield"
• "Remove(d) from the game", replaced by "exile(d)".
• "Unblockable", replaced by "can't be blocked".

Obsolete counters

• +0/+1 counter
• +0/+2 counter
• +1/+0 counter
• +1/+2 counter
• +2/+0 counter
• +2/+2 counter
• -0/-1 counter
• -0/-2 counter
• -1/-0 counter
• -2/-1 counter
• -2/-2 counter