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===Unfinity===
===Unfinity===
 
* ''[[Unfinity]]'' is the latest  Un-set. However, it uses black borders. In place of the silver borders, an acorn [[holofoil stamp]] is used instead.
[[Unfinity]] is the next Un-set. However, it uses black borders. In place of the silver borders, an acorn [[holofoil stamp]] is used instead.


==Mechanics==
==Mechanics==
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==Audience reaction==
==Audience reaction==
According to [[Mark Rosewater]], the audience reaction to the silver border is somewhat of a problem for [[R&D]]. It most often doesn’t get treated as “this is a different subset of ''[[Magic]]''”, but rather “this isn’t a real ''Magic'' card”.<ref>{{EzTumblr|https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/644222129547706369/tournaments-for-universes-beyond-could-have-been|title=Why did yall feel it was necessary to pollute the identity of the core game rather than just spin off a "Universes Beyond" format that was Legacy + UB cards?|February 27, 2021}}</ref>
According to [[Mark Rosewater]], the audience reaction to the silver border was somewhat of a problem for [[R&D]]. It most often didn’t get treated as “this is a different subset of ''[[Magic]]''”, but rather as “this isn’t a real ''Magic'' card”.<ref>{{EzTumblr|https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/644222129547706369/tournaments-for-universes-beyond-could-have-been|title=Why did yall feel it was necessary to pollute the identity of the core game rather than just spin off a "Universes Beyond" format that was Legacy + UB cards?|February 27, 2021}}</ref>


==Tokens==
==Tokens==
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[[Category:Silver-bordered| ]]
[[Category:Silver-bordered| ]]
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Revision as of 20:17, 29 November 2021

Acorn cards (formerly silver-bordered cards) are not tournament-legal and are not covered by the comprehensive rules. Usually silver-bordered cards are printed in the so-called Un-sets. Certain promos like the Holiday cards, the 2017 HASCON promos, and Ponies: The Galloping also use a silver border.

Un-sets

Un-sets are named after their common naming pattern:

Unfinity

  • Unfinity is the latest Un-set. However, it uses black borders. In place of the silver borders, an acorn holofoil stamp is used instead.

Mechanics

They feature mechanics that would be impossible to print in a normal expansion.[1]

Rules

From the glossary of the Comprehensive Rules (June 7, 2024—Modern Horizons 3)

Silver-Bordered
Cards in certain sets and certain promotional cards are printed with a silver border. Silver-bordered cards are intended for casual play and may have features and text that aren’t covered by these rules.

Audience reaction

According to Mark Rosewater, the audience reaction to the silver border was somewhat of a problem for R&D. It most often didn’t get treated as “this is a different subset of Magic”, but rather as “this isn’t a real Magic card”.[2]

Tokens

Tokens created by silver-bordered cards.

Token Name Color Type Line P/T Text Box Source Printings
Ape Green Creature — Ape 1/1
Green Creature — Ape 3/3
Beeble Blue Creature — Beeble 1/1
Contortionist Blue Creature — Octopus Performer 4/4 At the beginning of your upkeep, you may fold this token in half. (It becomes 2/2, then 1/1, ½ / ½, and so on.)
Brainiac Red Creature — Brainiac 1/1
Chicken Red Creature — Chicken 4/4
Construct Colorless Artifact Creature — Construct X/X
Die Green Creature — Die X/X
Dragon Gold Creature — Dragon 4/4 Flying
Expansion-Symbol Colorless Creature — Expansion-Symbol 1/1
Faerie Spy Blue Creature — Faerie Spy 1/1 Flying, haste
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Giant Teddy Bear Pink Creature — Giant Teddy Bear 5/5
Teddy Bear Pink Creature — Teddy Bear 2/2
Gnome Colorless Artifact Creature — Gnome 1/1
Goat White Creature — Goat 0/1
Goblin Red Creature — Goblin 1/1
Homunculus Colorless Creature — Homunculus 2/2
Rogue Black Creature — Rogue 2/2 Menace
Sheep Green Creature — Sheep 2/2
Sketch Colorless Creature — Sketch 4/4 This creature has flying if it has wings in its art. The same is true for first strike and a sword, vigilance and a shield, menace and mean eyes, trample and horns, deathtouch and claws, lifelink and fangs, and haste and footwear.
Squirrel Green Creature — Squirrel 1/1
Zombie Employee Black Creature — Zombie Employee 2/2
A Colorless Artifact
E Colorless Artifact
I Colorless Artifact
O Colorless Artifact
U Colorless Artifact

References