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==Chicago 2024 cards== | |||
A total of TBA new cards were designed for this event by Gavin and the team. TBA cards were designed at the You Make the Card panel on the Friday before the first event. | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" | |||
!width="15.0%"|Card name | |||
!Code | |||
!Card text | |||
!Notes | |||
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|<c>Windmill Slam</c> | |||
|UC07 | |||
|{{7}}<br/> | |||
Sorcery<br/> | |||
Create a 4/4 Windmill artifact creature token with [[defender]]. When you do, it deals damage equal to its power to any target.<br/> | |||
[[Miracle]] {{0}} ''(You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)'' | |||
|Refrences the approximately [[Wikipedia:List of windmills in the Netherlands|1200 historic windmills]] across the Netherlands that give the country its famous association. It also refrences the ''Magic'' player [[List of Magic slang#Windmill slam|term]] for taking a card from a [[booster draft]] pack or the top of the [[library]], raising one's arm high, and slamming it down on the table in excitement.<ref name="AlexanderPool">{{TwitterRef|MTGAlexander|1807111783951262030|title=For folks curious about the unknown event play test cards, here's what I opened!|author=Alexander Smith|date=June 30, 2024}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
|<c>The Kami Knight</c> | |||
|RW02 | |||
|{{2}}{{W}}<br/> | |||
Legendary Creature {{-}} Spirit Warrior<br/> | |||
Other creatures you control gain all bonuses conferred by equipment attached to this creature.<br/> | |||
Creatures you control can't be [[goaded]].<br/> | |||
3/3 | |||
|Refrences TBA.<ref name="AlexanderPool"/> | |||
|- | |||
|<c>The Inspector Inspector</c> | |||
|RW03 | |||
|{{2}}{{W}}<br/> | |||
Legendary Creature {{-}} Human Detective<br/> | |||
Other creatures you control enter the battlefield as a copy of <c>Thraben Inspector</c>. ''(They're 1/2s with "When this creature enters the battlefield, [[investigate]]".)''<br/> | |||
{{2}}, Sacrifice The Inspector Inspector: Draw a card.<br/> | |||
1/2 | |||
|Refrences TBA.<ref name="JacobPool">{{TwitterREf|MerfolkSov|1807172298207633701|title=Posting all the unknown cards I got today.|author=Jacob Gresh|date=June 30, 2024}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
|<c>The Miniaturizer</c> | |||
|RW04 | |||
|{{4}}{{W}}<br/> | |||
Legendary Creature {{-}} Human Artifficer<br/> | |||
When The Miniaturizer enters the battlefield, suspect up to one target creature. ''(It gains first strike and can't block. This is different that [[Suspect|suspecting]].)''.<br/> | |||
{{4}}{{W}}, Exlie a creature card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of the exiled card, except it's an Equipment artifact token instead of a creature. Its equip cost is equal to its mana cost, and it has "Equipped creature gets +X/+X, where X is this card's power."<br/> | |||
5/5 | |||
|Refrences TBA.<ref name="JacobPool"/> | |||
|- | |||
|<c>The Clever Magician</c> | |||
|RU04 | |||
|{{4}}{{U}}<br/> | |||
Legendary Creature {{-}} Human Wizard<br/> | |||
''Rule Zero'' {{-}} Whenever this creature enters the battlefield, and before the game begins if this creature is your commander, you may propose a new rule that is contained to this game of ''Magic''. If all players in the game agree to it, that rule becomes true for this game. If one or more players declined, instead you scry 2. ''(If this is your commander, scry after keeping your hand.)''<br/> | |||
2/7 | |||
|Refrences [[Rule Zero]] and allows players to create a [[Wikipedia:House rule|house rule]]. The power and toughness are a reference to [[Commander (format)|Commander]] players colloquially claiming all decks have a power level of either two (a generally unfocused collection of cards) or seven (a focused deck with a gameplan).<ref name="AlexanderPool"/> | |||
|- | |||
|<c>The Magic Bandit</c> | |||
|RB04 | |||
|{{3}}{{B}}<br/> | |||
Legendary Creature {{-}} Human Rogue<br/> | |||
When The Magic Bandit deals combat damage to an opponent, exile the top card of that player's library. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell.<br/> | |||
Whenever you cast a spell or play a land you don't own, copy it.<br/> | |||
3/2 | |||
|Refrences TBA.<ref name="JacobPool"/> | |||
|- | |||
|<c>The Juzam Master</c> | |||
|RB03 | |||
|{{2}}{{B}}{{B}}<br/> | |||
Legendary Creature {{-}} Human Wizard<br/> | |||
Creatures you control get +1/+0 and have "At the beginning of your upkeep, this creature deals 1 damage to you."<br/> | |||
4/5 | |||
|Refrences TBA.<ref name="VeilPool">{{TwitterRef|deathmagick37|1807176747009384728|title=Today's @GavinVerhey's Unknown event was a blast, ...|author=Death|date=June 30, 2024}}</ref> Turns all your creatures into <c>Juzám Djinn</c>. | |||
|- | |||
|<c>The Zassacre Zirl</c> | |||
|RB06 | |||
|{{5}}{{B}}{{B}}<br/> | |||
Legendary Creature {{-}} Human Assassin<br/> | |||
When The Zassacre Zirl enters the battlefield, if you cast them, destroy target commander an opponent controls. If its owner has two or more commanders, that card stops being a commander.<br/> | |||
When another Commander dies, draw a card.<br/> | |||
4/4 | |||
|Refrences TBA.<ref name="JacobPool"/> The card's type line, power and toughness, and name are all refrences to <c>Massacre Girl</c>. | |||
|- | |||
|<c>The Massive Zatcatl</c> | |||
|RG07 | |||
|{{5}}{{G}}{{G}}<br/> | |||
Legendary Creature {{-}} Elf Cat Wizard<br/> | |||
Whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card.<br/> | |||
Tap three untapped creatures you control: Add {{G}}{{G}}{{G}}.<br/> | |||
6/6 | |||
|Refrences TBA.<ref name="JacobPool"/> | |||
|- | |||
|<c>The Ash Lizard</c> | |||
|RZ05 | |||
|{{4}}{{R}}{{G}}<br/> | |||
Legendary Creature {{-}} Lizard Warrior<br/> | |||
Other Lizards, Treefolk, And Warriors you control get +2/+2.<br/> | |||
Whenever The Ash Lizard attacks, create a token that's a copy of one of the following cards at random: {{card|Ash Zealot||RTR}}; {{card|Bog-Strider Ash||LRW}}; {{card|Grotag Thrasher||WWK|title=Grotag ThrASHer}}; {{card|Seedguide Ash||LRW}}; {{card|Unstoppable Ash||MOR}}; {{card|Viashino Warrior||MIR|title=ViASHino Warrior}}. ''(You're probably going to need to look these cards up.)''<br/> | |||
5/5 | |||
|Refrences TBA.<ref name="JacobPool"/> | |||
|- | |||
|<c>The Egotistical Velociraptor</c> | |||
|RZ03 | |||
|{{2}}{{W}}{{U}}{{B}}<br/> | |||
Legendary Creature {{-}} Dinosaur Boxer<br/> | |||
''Grumpy Co-play'' {{-}} When The Egotistical Velociraptor enters the battlefield, if you cast it, you may choose another ''Magic'' player not currently in a game of ''Magic'' and ask them to take over your game until the end of your next turn. If they agree, shuffle your hand into your library, draw four cards and gain 4 life. ''(You can't give them advice, but witty banter is encouraged.)''<br/> | |||
6/6 | |||
|Refrences TBA.<ref name="JacobPool"/> | |||
|- | |||
|<c>The Great Juggernaut</c> | |||
|RR04 | |||
|{{3}}{{R}}<br/> | |||
Legendary Artifact Creature {{-}} Juggernaut<br/> | |||
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice The Great Juggernaut unless you discard a card.<br/> | |||
Whenever The Great Juggernaut attacks, shuffle your library then exile the top card of your library. You may play that card without paying its mana cost this turn.<br/> | |||
5/3 | |||
|Refrences TBA.<ref name="AlexanderPool"/> | |||
|- | |||
|<c>The Horizon Seeker</c> | |||
|MZ05 | |||
|{{W}}{{U}}{{B}}{{R}}{{G}}<br/> | |||
Legendary Creature {{-}} Human Gamer<br/> | |||
[[Horsemanship]]<br/> | |||
The Horizon Seeker gets +1/+1 for each different named [[keyword]] and [[ability word]] among permanents control and instant or sorcery cards in your graveyard. ''(For eaxmple, [[flying]], [[landfall]], and [[scry]] count. [[Flavor word]]s like "{{card|Oswald Fiddlebender||AFR|title=Magical Tinkering}}", or game terms like "enchant creature" and "mana" do not.)''<br/> | |||
''Prize Card for the Unknown event at MagicCon Amsterdam, June 29-30, 2024.''<br/> | |||
0/0 | |||
|Prize card for both the Saturday and Sunday events.<ref name="JacobPool"/> | |||
|- | |||
|<c>The Joiner of Cats</c> | |||
|RZ04 | |||
|{{2}}{{R}}{{W}}<br/> | |||
Legendary Creature {{-}} Human Warrior<br/> | |||
Whenever this creature attacks, look at the top six cards of your library. You may put a Cat creature card from among them onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. Put the rest of the cards on the bottom of your library in a random order. If you don't put a card onto the battlefield this way, create a token that's a tapped and attacking copy of <c>Lurrus of the Dream-Den</c>.<br/> | |||
3/4 | |||
|Refrences TBA.<ref name="MaxPool">{{TwitterRef|MaxMakesMagic|1807144511207780794|title=And just in case anyone is tracking, here's the cards I got from the Unknown event|author=Max Dymond|date=June 30, 2024}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
|<c>The Keeper of Kaldra</c> | |||
|RZ03 | |||
|{{1}}{{R}}{{W}}<br/> | |||
Legendary Creature {{-}} Human Warrior<br/> | |||
When The Keeper of Kaldra enters the battlefield, if it's the first time this ability has resolved this game, add <c>Helm of Kaldra</c>, <c>Shield of Kaldra</c>, and <c>Sword of Kaldra</c> as your [[companion]]. ''(You can pay {{3}} to put one into your hand from outside the game, once each. Use tokens to represent those cards.)''<br/> | |||
Creatures you control named Kaldra have hexproof.<br/> | |||
3/3 | |||
|Refrences the [[Kaldra]] equipment from [[Mirrodin block]] that form the [[expansion symbol]]s of each of the three sets. The card's second ability provides some protection the Kaldra [[token]] in game and is also a nod to the fate of Kaldra in the original Mirrodin story.<ref name="AlexanderPool"/> | |||
|- | |||
|<c>The Knight of Commentary</c> | |||
|RZ05 | |||
|{{W}}{{U}}{{B}}{{R}}{{G}}<br/> | |||
Legendary Creature {{-}} Human Advisor Knight<br/> | |||
''Eminence'' {{-}} While The Knight of Commentary is in the command zone or on the bettlefield, you are freely allowed to ask people for advice on your game while playing. ''(This includes nearby players, friends around you, and even people you message on your phone, but it all must be done in a timely fashion, coureously, and without causing large interruptions in other games.)''<br/> | |||
7/7 | |||
|Refrences the ''Magic: The Gathering'' [[Pro Tour]] commentary team and [[Wikipedia:Back-seat driver|backseat driving]].<ref name="AlexanderPool"/> | |||
|- | |||
|<c>The Trivia Mastermind</c> | |||
|RZ04 | |||
|{{1}}{{U}}{{B}}{{R}}<br/> | |||
Legendary Creature {{-}} Human Gamer<br/> | |||
{{1}}, {{T}}: Look at the top three cards of your library. Choose one of them that isn't a playtest card and say it's name, then choose a category among power, toughness, or mana value. An opponent guesses in that category about that card, then reveal the card. If they guessed incorrectly, put the card into your hand. Then, put each card not put into your hand this way on the bottom of your library in any order.<br/> | |||
1/4 | |||
|Refrences TBA.<ref>{{TwitterRef|MaxMakesMagic|1807094238615617548|title=Is... Is this me?|author=Max Dymond|date=June 30, 2024}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
|<c>The Wise Sable</c> | |||
|RZ06 | |||
|{{4}}{{W}}{{R}}{{G}}<br/> | |||
Legendary Creature {{-}} Elder Sable Judge<br/> | |||
''Judge Call!'' {{-}} When The Wise Sable enters te battlefield, choose one of the following six cards at random: <c>Blood Moon</c>; <c>Enraging Licid</c>; <c>Humility</c>; <c>Life and Limb</c>; <c>Opalescence</c>; <c>Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth</c>. Create a token that's a copy of the chosen card. ''(One easy way to determine is to roll a D6.)''<br/> | |||
5/5 | |||
|Refrences TBA.<ref name="JacobPool"/> The cards created by its ability all have difficult-to-understand or unintuitive effects that often lead players to call a [[judge]]. | |||
|- | |||
|<c>Leisure Bicycle</c> | |||
|CA02 | |||
|{{2}}<br/> | |||
Artifact {{-}} Vehicle<br/> | |||
Whenever Leisure Bicycle attacks, target creature that crewed it this turn [[explore]]s.<br/> | |||
Crew 1<br/> | |||
Cycling {{2}} | |||
|Cycling is the [[Wikipedia:Cycling in the Netherlands|second-most common]] mode of transport in the Netherlands and frequently associated with the country in pop culture.<ref name="VeilPool"/> | |||
|- | |||
|<c>Famous Museum</c> | |||
|UA03 | |||
|{{3}}<br/> | |||
Artifact<br/> | |||
Whenever a creature you control dies, put an art counter on Famous Museum.<br/> | |||
{{T}}, Add {{C}}, plus an additional {{C}} for each art counter on Famous Museum.<br/> | |||
|Amsterdam has the [[Wikipedia:Museumkwartier|Museumkwartier]] (Museum Quarter), a neighbourhood of the city that houses the [[Wikipedia:Rijksmuseum|Rijksmuseum]], [[Wikipedia:Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam|Stedelijk Museum]] and the [[Wikipedia:Van Gogh Museum|Van Gogh Museum]].<ref name="MaxPool"/> | |||
|- | |||
|<c>The Magic City, New</c> | |||
|RL01 | |||
|Legendary Land<br/> | |||
The Magical City, New enters the battlefield tapped.<br/> | |||
{{T}}: Add {{W}}, {{U}}, or {{R}}. When this mana is spent to cast a legendary spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this land.<br/> | |||
{{4}}: The Magical City, New becomes a 1/1 white, blue, and red Human Artist creature until end of turn.<br/> | |||
The Magical City, New can be your Commander. ''(Commander tax still applies.)'' | |||
|Refrences TBA.<ref name="JacobPool"/> | |||
|} | |} | ||
Revision as of 05:07, 30 June 2024
Description
The event cards feature playtest stickers, looking and functioning like the test cards of the Mystery Booster set. Being playtest stickers, the cards have no art, artist credits, or Collector number, and are marked with internal card codes.[1]
Chicago 2024 cards
A total of 49 new cards were designed for this event by Gavin and the team.[2] Three cards were designed at the You Make the Card panel on the Friday before the first event.
Card name | Code | Card text | Notes |
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Guild Pact | RC01 | Instant |
A play on The Guildpact (spell) and the Pact cycle of spells from Future Sight. |
The Asker of More Mana | RW35 | Legendary Creature — Human Soldier |
Represents TBA. The ability is a reference to the Stax or Prison deck archetype that seek to disrupt opponents by forcing them to pay additional mana, or denying them enough mana, to play their spells. |
The Curve Keeper | RW47 | Legendary Creature — Human Soldier |
Represents Chase Caroll, ManaCurves.[3] Rewards players who "curve out".[4] |
Identify the Culprit | UW02 | Sorcery |
Originally designed by Alexander Smith. |
Illuminating Detective | CW01 | Creature — Insect Detective |
Part of the Detective cycle, utilizing the event's face down commander rule. |
The Keeper of Favorite Cards | RW90 | Legendary Creature — Human Soldier |
Represents Shivam Bhatt.[5] |
The Knight of Weeks | RW06 | Legendary Creature — Human Knight |
Represents Rachel Weeks of The Command Zone and Game Knights.[6][7] |
Windy City Elemental | UW05 | Creature — Elemental |
References Chicago's nickname - the Windy City. |
The Crab Queen | RU38 | Legendary Creature — Crab Human |
Represents streamer Voxy, who has a long-running joke on her channel about crabs.[8][4] The card's name and ability are a refernce to Voxy's appearance on episode 31 of Tolarian Community College's Shuffle Up & Play series, where she played a Charix, the Raging Isle Commander deck against The Professor, Amy the Amazonian and Lexi. |
Disguise Agent | RU02 | Creature — Vedalken Detective |
The event's face down commander rule allows the Murders at Karlov Manor mechanic to have relevance for commanders. It also provides player's a way to cast commanders without paying the commander tax. |
Educated Detective | CU04 | Creature — Weird Detective |
Part of the Detective cycle. |
Elemental, My Dear | UU11 | Sorcery |
References the well known saying associated with Sherlock Holmes — "Elementary, my dear Watson". |
The Fish Brewer | RU42 | Legendary Creature — Human Wizard |
Represents Seth Waterman, SaffronOlive.[9] The tokens created by the card are a reference to MTGGoldfish, the site that SaffronOlive regularly writes for, as multicolored cards are often referred to as "gold" cards. |
Irrefutable Evidence | CU01 | Instant |
Uses the freedom of test cards to play with the Collect evidence mechanic from Murders at Karlov Manor. |
The Rhystic Storyteller | RU72 | Legendary Creature — Human Wizard |
Represents Sam Gaglio, Rhystic Studies.[10][4] The card's first ability is a reference to the Rhystic Studies video Dear Gonti, Love Sophie | The Story of a Priceless Commander Deck, where Sam discusses the intersection of a Magic card's price and it's intangible value as an object of memories and experiences. The second ability uses the Rhystic mechanic, after the channel's namesake — Rhystic Study. |
The Value Knight | RU07 | Legendary Creature — Human Knight |
Represents Josh Lee Kwai of The Command Zone, and their gameplay subset Game Knights; refers to his love of sriracha sauce and blue controlling decks.[11] |
Bloodspatter Vampire | UB01 | Creature — Vampire |
The card transforms Clue tokens into Blood tokens as a nod to both Vampires in ficition and to Murders at Karlov Manor crime fiction theme. The card is also a minor reference to Blood Spatter Analysis from the main set. |
Demon Detective | CB02 | Creature - Demon Detective |
Part of the Detective cycle.[12] |
The Disciple of Vess | RB54 | Legendary Creature — Human Cleric |
Represents Taalia Vess.[4] The card, like her handle, is a combination of Kaalia of the Vast and Liliana Vess. |
Halving Season | UB | Enchantment |
An inverse version of the card Doubling Season.[12] |
Impressive Rat | UB03 | Creature — Rat |
The card is a reference to the Chicago rat hole, while the reminder text is a reference to the widely popular "The land continues to burn..." reminder text on Obsidian Fireheart.[13] |
The Keeper of Dark Pacts | RB05 | Legendary Creature — Human Wizard |
Represents cosplay artist Evan Braun, Dark Pact Cosplay.[14][7] |
Life at Stake | CB11 | Instant |
The card name is a pun based on the card's mechanics; either a player loses life or a creature loses its life. Gavin believes, in retrospect, the card needed to provide players with some additional value to make it worth the slot in a sealed deck. |
Aggressive Detective | CR03 |
Creature — Minotaur Detective |
Part of the Detective cycle. |
The Crafter | RR66 | Legendary Artifact Creature — Human |
Represents Commander Rules Committee member, cosplay artist, and professional jeweller and metalleurgeon Olivia Gobert-Hicks. Her Twitch channel is named "affinityartifacts". |
The Crimson Avenger | RR10 | Legendary Creature — Human Wizard |
Represents Crim Nguyen, The Asian Avenger.[15][4] Also forms a likely unintentional reference to the DC Comics character Crimson Avenger. |
Guess Who it Is! | UR04 | Sorcery |
Initiates a short game of Twenty Questions as a variation on threaten effects.[16] |
The Knight of Land Drops | RR08 | Legendary Creature — Human Knight |
Represents of Jimmy Wong of The Command Zone and their show Game Knights.[17] Somewhat facetiously known to flood out. |
Ate-o'-Clock | UG03 | Instant |
A joke combining all keyword abilities ending in "ate". |
The Bear Force Pilot | RG59 | Legendary Creature — Bear Pilot |
Represents Graham Stark of LoadingReadyRun.[4] As printed, The Bear Force Pilot's ability does not define the Vehicle token's base Power/Toughness, leaving it with none. Gavin's video notes it should be a 0/0 token and that he nicknamed the token "Bear Force One". |
Investi-Gate | CG03 | Sorcery |
A pun using the Murders at Karlov Manor investigate mechanic and the Guildgates of Guilds of Ravnica block. The card also helps find missing mana colors for limited play. |
Growing Detective | CG03 | Creature — Dryad Detective |
Part of the Detective cycle. |
Primetime Suspect | UG02 | Enchantment — Aura |
A reference to the common player nickname for Primeval Titan, "Prime Time", with "prime suspect". |
The Roaring Toeclaws | RG63 | Legendary Creature — Dinosaur |
Represents cosplay artist Sydney Stafl, Tappy Toe Claws.[18][4] The card's ability is a reference to the "Tappy" in Tappy Toe Claws' name. |
The Spike Cactus | RG03 | Legendary Creature — Spike |
Represents The Spike Feeders.[7] The cards itself is a Commander-themed Spike that uses the commander tax to grow in size. |
The Beleaguered Boxer | MZ16 | Legendary Creature — Human Warrior |
Represents Brian David-Marshall who began a commander "Boxing League" during the early part of the Covid-19 pandemic along with other prominent members of the community, such as Sheldon Menery. He has since brought the format to events and popularized it online. This card encapsulates the nature of the format, where players start by building a Commander deck from 36 booster packs, and update cards as they progress through the league by opening additional packs. |
The Collector | MZ99 | Legendary Creature — Human Gamer |
Prize card for both events. When the flavor text of each of the content creator cards are combined, its second ability reads: |
The Dogronmaster | RZ24 | Legendary Creature — Dragon Dog |
Represents former Magic pro player Brian Kibler, known for Dragon decks and his dogs.[19][4] Armadillo Cloak was a famous card in his first Pro Tour Top 8 deck in, appropriately enough, Chicago, 23 years prior. |
The Duke of Midrange | RZ34 | Legendary Creature — Lhurgoyf Wizard |
Represents Magic pro player Reid Duke and his love of playing Jund decks.[4] Notably the card was printed with two errors. It's first ability should read "Cast a copy of the chosen card without paying its mana cost" and its toughness should match with its characteristic-defining ability as */*+1, per its inspiration, Tarmogoyf. |
The Scholar of Seas | RZ11 | Legendary Creature — Merfolk Advisor
A |
First previewed via Tolarian Community College's Shuffle Up & Play series prior to MagicCon Chicago 2024.[20] Designed by Gavin Verhey for The Professor due to his love of Merfolk and desire for a Bant Merfolk commander. |
The Sprinkler of Stardust | RZ04 | Legendary Creature — Human Warrior |
Represents Lua Stardust, cohost of Scrybabies.[21] The card is a callback to Winota, Joiner of Forces but for Instant and Sorcery cards. |
The Water Maro | RZ01 | Legendary Creature — Elemental |
Represents Mark Rosewater (MaRo).[4] |
Deep Dish Pizza | UA02 | Artifact — Food Suspend 2 — (Deep Dish Pizza has no mana cost and must be suspended.) |
References the style of pizza made famous in Chicago.[22] |
Guilded Lotus | UA05 | Artifact |
A Ravnican guild-themed Gilded Lotus. |
Interrogation Robot | UA03 | Artifact Creature — Construct |
Yes, the Un-card from Unhinged. The card's name is a joke reference to people asking a lot of questions feeling like an interrogation. |
Karlov's Crossbow | CA06 | Artifact — Equipment |
A mechanical reference to Chekhov's gun, the writing principal that all elements of a story should have narrative importance or be removed from the story. The famous example used to illustrate this principal is "If a writer features a gun in a story, there must be a reason for it, such as it being fired some time later in the plot." |
The Rebellious Intelligence | RA31 | Legendary Artifact Creature — Rebel |
Represents Rebell Son.[23][4] |
Simic Slaw | CA | Artifact — Food Clue |
A reference to LoadingReadyRun's tale of Simic Slaw, which is itself a spoof reference to the 1973 film Soylent Green.[12] |
Chicago 2024 Black Lotus VIP Lounge Planechase Planes
Location | Plane | Plane text | Notes |
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City Hall | Earth | When you planeswalk here, you become the Monarch. Whenever chaos Ensues, each player may create two tapped Treasure tokens. Each player who does can't attack you on their next turn. |
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Pin Trading | Phenomenon | When you encounter this, draw a card for each pin you are wearing and each Pin token attached to creatures you control. (This includes pins on your backpack.) (Then Planeswalk away from this phenomenon.) | |
Shy town | Earth | When you planeswalk here and Whenever chaos Ensues, for each opponent, put a shy counter on up to one target creature they control. That creature becomes a Coward in addition to its other types. At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 2/2 red Warrior creature token with haste and "Cowards can't block Warriors." |
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Artist Alley | Convention Hall | When you planeswalk here and at the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. Whenever chaos ensues, exile the top six cards of your library. An opponent chooses a nonland card with their favorite art. Then you may cast that spell without paying its mana cost. |
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Sky deck | Earth | When you planeswalk here, at the beginning of your upkeep, or whenever chaos ensues, put a glass counter on up to one target nonland permanent. When you planeswalk away from here, destroy all permanents with glass counters on them. | |
Black Lotus Lounge | Convention Hall | When you planeswalk here and at the beginning of your upkeep, create a Black Lotus artifact token. Whenever chaos ensues, each player draws a card for each artifact token they control. | References the location of the event. |
Pin Collector's Booth | Convention Hall | Whenever you attack, create a Pin token attached to target attacking creature you control. It's an enchantment Pin Aura with "Enchanted creature gets +1/+1." Whenever chaos ensues, each opponent loses X life, where X is the total number of pins attached to you and creatures you control. (This includes pins on your backpack.) | |
The Windy City | Earth | When you planeswalk here, at the beginning of your upkeep, or whenever chaos ensues, put a flying counter on target creature you control without flying. When you planeswalk away, exile all creatures with flying until the beginning of the next end step. | References Chicago's nickname. |
Unknown Event | Phenomenon | When you encounter this, Each player opens a Magic the Gathering booster pack. They may select up to two cards from that pack and exile them face down. For the rest of the game, players may look at and play cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs. (Then Planeswalk away from this phenomenon.) |
Chicago 2024 cards
A total of TBA new cards were designed for this event by Gavin and the team. TBA cards were designed at the You Make the Card panel on the Friday before the first event.
Card name | Code | Card text | Notes |
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Windmill Slam | UC07 | Sorcery |
Refrences the approximately 1200 historic windmills across the Netherlands that give the country its famous association. It also refrences the Magic player term for taking a card from a booster draft pack or the top of the library, raising one's arm high, and slamming it down on the table in excitement.[24] |
The Kami Knight | RW02 | Legendary Creature — Spirit Warrior |
Refrences TBA.[24] |
The Inspector Inspector | RW03 | Legendary Creature — Human Detective |
Refrences TBA.[25] |
The Miniaturizer | RW04 | Legendary Creature — Human Artifficer |
Refrences TBA.[25] |
The Clever Magician | RU04 | Legendary Creature — Human Wizard |
Refrences Rule Zero and allows players to create a house rule. The power and toughness are a reference to Commander players colloquially claiming all decks have a power level of either two (a generally unfocused collection of cards) or seven (a focused deck with a gameplan).[24] |
The Magic Bandit | RB04 | Legendary Creature — Human Rogue |
Refrences TBA.[25] |
The Juzam Master | RB03 | Legendary Creature — Human Wizard |
Refrences TBA.[26] Turns all your creatures into Juzám Djinn. |
The Zassacre Zirl | RB06 | Legendary Creature — Human Assassin |
Refrences TBA.[25] The card's type line, power and toughness, and name are all refrences to Massacre Girl. |
The Massive Zatcatl | RG07 | Legendary Creature — Elf Cat Wizard |
Refrences TBA.[25] |
The Ash Lizard | RZ05 | Legendary Creature — Lizard Warrior |
Refrences TBA.[25] |
The Egotistical Velociraptor | RZ03 | Legendary Creature — Dinosaur Boxer |
Refrences TBA.[25] |
The Great Juggernaut | RR04 | Legendary Artifact Creature — Juggernaut |
Refrences TBA.[24] |
The Horizon Seeker | MZ05 | Legendary Creature — Human Gamer |
Prize card for both the Saturday and Sunday events.[25] |
The Joiner of Cats | RZ04 | Legendary Creature — Human Warrior |
Refrences TBA.[27] |
The Keeper of Kaldra | RZ03 | Legendary Creature — Human Warrior |
Refrences the Kaldra equipment from Mirrodin block that form the expansion symbols of each of the three sets. The card's second ability provides some protection the Kaldra token in game and is also a nod to the fate of Kaldra in the original Mirrodin story.[24] |
The Knight of Commentary | RZ05 | Legendary Creature — Human Advisor Knight |
Refrences the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour commentary team and backseat driving.[24] |
The Trivia Mastermind | RZ04 | Legendary Creature — Human Gamer |
Refrences TBA.[28] |
The Wise Sable | RZ06 | Legendary Creature — Elder Sable Judge |
Refrences TBA.[25] The cards created by its ability all have difficult-to-understand or unintuitive effects that often lead players to call a judge. |
Leisure Bicycle | CA02 | Artifact — Vehicle |
Cycling is the second-most common mode of transport in the Netherlands and frequently associated with the country in pop culture.[26] |
Famous Museum | UA03 | Artifact |
Amsterdam has the Museumkwartier (Museum Quarter), a neighbourhood of the city that houses the Rijksmuseum, Stedelijk Museum and the Van Gogh Museum.[27] |
The Magic City, New | RL01 | Legendary Land The Magical City, New enters the battlefield tapped. |
Refrences TBA.[25] |
You Make the Card list
Cards in this list were created and first issued at their respective MagicCons but will also be re-issued at future Unknown Events.[29]
Card name | Created at | Reissued at | Code | Card text | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trash Panda | Chicago 2024 | TBA | UZ06 | Creature — Raccoon Bear |
Affectionate nickname for Raccoons. The card plays around with the milling cards and the Dredge mechanic in reference to Raccoons frequently targeting garbage bins, and trash, for food. |
That Which Was Compleated | Chicago 2024 | TBA | UA01 | Artifact Creature — Eldrazi Phyrexian Processor |
Based on the popular idea of a compleated Eldrazi.[12] The card's name is a nod to That Which Was Taken (Betrayers of Kamigawa). |
Urza's Hot Dog Stand | Chicago 2024 | TBA | UL01 | Artifact Land — Urza's Vehicle Hexproof from red |
The hexproof from red is a refrence to the general disdain the people of Chicago have for putting ketchup on hotdogs.[30] |
References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 12, 2012). "Nuts & Bolts: Card Codes". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ I Made WHAT as Magic Cards?? The Gavin Unknown Playtest Cards of MagicCon Chicago! (Video). Good Morning Magic. YouTube (February 29, 2024).
- ↑ Chase Carroll (February 25, 2024). "Words cannot even begin to describe my time at #MCChicago this weekend.". Twitter.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k u/Insigneoss (February 24, 2024). "Magic Con Chicago Unknown Event Mystery". Reddit.
- ↑ Shivam Bhatt (February 27, 2024). "So one of the coolest things ever happened in Chicago this weekend.". Twitter.
- ↑ Rachel Weeks (February 25, 2024). "IM SCREAMING.". Twitter.
- ↑ a b c Amy the Amazonian (February 24, 2024). "OH MY GOD". Twitter.
- ↑ Voxy (February 24, 2024). "@GavinVerhey turned different creators into fucking magic cards for the Unknown event.". Twitter.
- ↑ Jordan Gimbal (February 24, 2024). "Seriously, the sub game at that unknown event was "NAME THAT CONTENT CREATOR!". Twitter.
- ↑ Sam Gaglio (February 25, 2024). "i cant believe this". Twitter.
- ↑ Josh Lee Kwai (February 25, 2024). "It makes a food knight token named “Syr Acha” 😆 😂 🤣". Twitter.
- ↑ a b c d Maga Book Club (February 24, 2024). "Cobbled together this BW deck for @GavinVerhey's Unknown Event, ...". Twitter.
- ↑ u/CrownedGoblin (February 24, 2024). "Impressive Rat". Reddit.
- ↑ Dark Pact Cosplay (February 29, 2024). "Soooo major life update... I am officially an #MTG CARD.". Instagram.
- ↑ Crim Nguyen (February 26, 2024). "NO WAY!!!!!!!! I did not expect this whatsoever.". Twitter.
- ↑ Brian Kibler (February 25, 2024). "My opponents face when I asked "does it have creature type Weird?"". Twitter.
- ↑ Jimmy Wong (February 25, 2024). "Someone give @GavinVerhey an award". Twitter.
- ↑ Sydney Stafl (February 25, 2024). "🦖😭🙏 #MCChicago". Twitter.
- ↑ Brian Kibler (February 25, 2024). "Got a custom illustration from @aarondraws thanks to @goberthicks :)". Twitter.
- ↑ Brian Lewis, Gavin Verhey, Rachel Weeks, George (February 5, 2025). "Rachel Weeks' Commander Is The Colossal Dreadmaw - Shuffle Up & Play 44 (Video)". Tolarian Community College. YouTube.
- ↑ Lua Stardust (February 25, 2024). "Oh my god!!!!😭😭😭😭😭 tysm @GavinVerhey & thank you to the sweetie who gifted me a card". Twitter.
- ↑ Gavin Verhey (February 25, 2024). "For now, I think it's time for some food:". Twitter.
- ↑ Rebell Son (February 24, 2024). "OH MY GOD!!!!! @GavinVerhey 😭". Twitter.
- ↑ a b c d e f Alexander Smith (June 30, 2024). "For folks curious about the unknown event play test cards, here's what I opened!". Twitter.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Template:TwitterREf
- ↑ a b Death (June 30, 2024). "Today's @GavinVerhey's Unknown event was a blast, ...". Twitter.
- ↑ a b Max Dymond (June 30, 2024). "And just in case anyone is tracking, here's the cards I got from the Unknown event". Twitter.
- ↑ Max Dymond (June 30, 2024). "Is... Is this me?". Twitter.
- ↑ Gavin Verhey (February 24, 2024). "Today, at 12:30 in room E350 of #MCChicago is the return of something beloved from Vegas: YOU MAKE THE UNKNOWN CARD!". Twitter.
- ↑ BelerenFont (February 35, 2024). "Big thank you to @GavinVerhey for making such a critical flavor text win for Chicago's Mystery Event!!". Twitter.