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| [[File:UNH Carnivorous Death Parrot.png|thumb|right|Silver-bordered card from ''[[Unhinged]]'']]
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| '''Acorn cards''' (formerly '''silver-bordered cards''') are ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' cards that are not [[tournament]]-legal and are not covered by the [[comprehensive rules]].
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| {{TOCright}} | | * [[Acorn card]]s |
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| ==History==
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| Silver-bordered cards were introduced in [[1998]] for ''[[Unglued]]'', the first ''Magic'' [[supplemental set]] and the first "joke set" and became tradition for the following so-called [[#Un-sets|Un-sets]]. Certain [[promo]]s like the [[Holiday card]]s, the [[HASCON#Hascon promos|2017 HASCON promos]], and ''[[Ponies: The Galloping]]'' also used a silver border.
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| 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>
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| Rosewater later explained that when silver border was originally dubbed "not for tournament play," that meant not for [[Vintage]], [[Legacy]], or [[Standard]], but for every other format, especially the [[casual]] ones.<ref name="And Beyond">{{DailyRef|making-magic/unfinity-and-beyond-2021-11-29|To Unfinity and Beyond|[[Mark Rosewater]]|November 29, 2021}}</ref> Over the years, silver border slowly shifted to end up meaning "not for any official format, casual or not," which contradicted what it was originally intended to do. Rosewater realized that many cards in the set would be perfectly fine to be played in black border [[Eternal (format)|Eternal sets]]. [[R&D]] then looked another way to express "silver border-ness" that didn't require a silver border and turned to [[holofoil stamp|holofoil security stamps]].
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| Starting with the black-bordered ''[[Unfinity]]'' set in [[2022]] an acorn security stamp means exactly what a silver border used to. This is a card not meant for tournament play and should only be used in casual formats where all the players agree to its inclusion. These have been dubbed these '''"acorn" cards'''. All acorn cards, of all rarities, have an acorn holofoil stamp. If a card has an oval security stamp (or no security stamp at lower rarities), it's legal in eternal formats (which includes [[Commander (format)|Commander]], Legacy, and Vintage). These have been dubbed these '''"eternal" cards'''. This security stamp technology allow R&D to let the two different types of cards commingle in the same set.<ref name="And Beyond"/> On common and uncommons the acorn stamp is printed on the card rather than embossed.<ref>{{EzTumblr|https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/669322549920940032/one-thing-to-clarify-about-unfinity-commons-and|title=Commons and uncommons can have the acorn stamp, right?|November 30, 2021}}</ref>
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| With the change to acorn cards, some earlier silver-bordered cards may now be reprinted in black border.<ref>{{EzTumblr|https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/669240602440892416/with-unfinity-creating-legal-black-border-cards|November 29, 2021}}</ref> Most cards referencing "silver-bordered" (with the exception of <c>Border Guardian</c>) get [[errata]].<ref>{{EzTumblr|https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/669223909775785984/will-cards-like-underdome-that-reference-silver|November 29, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{EzTumblr|https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/669240467491274752/for-border-guardian-or-any-other-cards-that-care|November 29, 2021}}</ref>
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| ===Categories===
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| Acorn cards fall into the following categories: | |
| * Cards that don't work within the official rules
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| * An element of "cards matter" that normal rules don't reference (flavor text, as an example)
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| * Cards that require interacting with people [[outside the game]]
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| * Cards that require a [[Dexterity card|physical]] or vocal component
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| * Cards that reference a state external to the game (are they able to see something from their seat, for instance)
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| * Cards with some effects that just don't feel right in normal games
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| ==Un-sets==
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| [[File:Acorn holofoil stamp.png|thumb|right|Acorn-shaped [[holofoil stamp]]]]
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| '''Un-sets''' are light-hearted [[supplemental set]]s intended for fun casual play. These sets seek to break the tradition of other ''Magic'' sets, drawing on successful mechanical strengths and pushing them to the extreme — often using an outrageously humorous angle. They are named after their common naming pattern.
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| ===Silver-bordered===
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| *''[[Unglued]]''
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| *''[[Unhinged]]'' | |
| *''[[Unstable]]''
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| *''[[Unsanctioned]]''
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| ===Acorn-stamped===
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| * ''[[Unfinity]]''
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| ** Uses black borders, a fraction of the set is legal in Eternal formats as the cards are mechanically acceptable but flavorfully more bizarre.
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| ==Mechanics==
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| {{main|List of silver-bordered mechanics}}
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| They feature mechanics that would be impossible to print in a normal expansion.<ref name="SilverLining">{{DailyRef|silver-lining-2009-07-20 |The Silver Lining|[[Mark Rosewater]]|July 20, 2009}}</ref>
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| ==Rules==
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| {{CR|glossary|Silver-Bordered}}
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| ==Tokens==
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| [[Token]]s created by silver-bordered and acorn cards.
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| ==References==
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| {{reflist}}
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| [[Category:Silver-bordered| ]]
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| [[Category:cards]]
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