Magic: The Gathering/Statistics and trivia

Magic: The Gathering/Statistics and trivia

 

Statistics and trivia

 

This is a list of Magic: The Gathering statistical facts and trivia.

Totals

As of the release of Strixhaven: School of Mages:

	Total
All cards	22,049	3,329	3,267	3,317	3,298	3,267	2,965	2,414
Artifacts	2,196	44	45	32	24	17	1,977	60
Creatures	11,698	1,958	1,710	1,904	1,878	2,033	721	1,538
Enchantments	2,639	581	528	452	397	438	5	237
Instants	2,683	510	646	358	471	384	21	294
Sorceries	2,501	273	379	600	530	414	21	284

• Total lands: 791
  • Basic lands: 12
  • Snow lands: 26
• Total tribal: 56
• Total planeswalkers: 235

Most

• Cards in a set: Mystery Booster (1936)
  • Cards in a core set: Fifth Edition (429)
  • Cards in a supplemental set: Mystery Booster (1936)
  • Cards in an expansion: Time Spiral (422)
• Card types used on a single card: 3
  • Dark Ritual had three card types: Interrupt, Mana Source and Instant.
• Art versions: Evolving Wilds and Stone Rain (14), Counterspell (13)
• Used keyword: Flying (2017) (includes Vintage-legal sets, excludes revisions)
• Used subtype: Human (2585)
• Expensive card: 1996 World Champion was sold by the cards original owner, Tom Chanpheng, to a private collector for $17,500 in 2001. In 2017, it again appeared on eBay for $200,000. Magic Librarities Administrator Dragsamou verified the authenticiy of the post, though the owner did not end up selling it.
  • Expensive "normal" card: Black Lotus (~$1,500-$3,000) (general standard, differs with quality and editions)
  • A graded Alpha Black Lotus (PSA 10), signed by the artist (Christopher Rush), was sold $511,100.

Reprints

Most reprints (as of Commander Legends).

Card	Reprints
Giant Growth	46
Serra Angel	43
Counterspell	41
Disenchant	40
Llanowar Elves	40
Dark Ritual	39
Evolving Wilds	38
Swords to Plowshares	35
Fireball	33
Air Elemental	32

Longest

• Mind Rot is the only card (so far) to have been Standard-legal for 20 years straight. It originally debuted in Portal but eventually was added to the core set with Seventh Edition and had been in every core set since (and Kaladesh). The card left Standard when Core Set 2021 rotated out.
• The longest type line is that of The Reality Chip ("Legendary Artifact Creature — Equipment Jellyfish"). R&D had to break some rules to print it, and learned that they couldn't break them again.

Least

• Cards in a set: Arabian Nights (78)
• Used keyword: Absorb, Gravestorm, & Transfigure (1) each
  • Each of these cards are "Futureshifted" and will possibly make appearances in later sets.
• Used subtype (on the type line): Coward (Craven Hulk), Ferret (Joven's Ferrets), Fractal (Esix, Fractal Bloom), Mouse (Canyon Jerboa), Oyster (Giant Oyster), Reflection (Aurora of Emrakul), Sable (Bronze Sable) & Spawn (Elder Spawn) (1) each

Rarest

• Shichifukujin Dragon and 1996 World Champion, only one copy of each in existence.

Highest

B.F.M. (Big Furry Monster)

• Mana value: Gleemax (1,000,000)
  • Non-silver bordered: Draco (16)
  • Non-creature artifact: The Cauldron of Eternity (12)
    • Equipment: Elbrus, The Binding Blade and Kaldra Compleat (7)
  • Enchantment: Omniscience (10)
    • Aura: Eldrazi Conscription, Overwhelming Splendor, Spawning Grounds and Yavimaya's Embrace (8)
  • Instant: Blinkmoth Infusion (14)
  • Sorcery: Enter the Infinite and Volcanic Salvo (12)
  • Planeswalker: Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker, Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver and Ugin, the Spirit Dragon (8)
• Activation cost: Spawnsire of Ulamog (20)
• Base power: Infinity Elemental (∞)
  • Finite: B.F.M. (Big Furry Monster) (99)
  • Non-silver bordered: Impervious Greatwurm (16)
  • Token: Marit Lage (20)
• Base toughness: B.F.M. (Big Furry Monster) (99)
  • Non-silver bordered: Kharis & The Beholder (20)
    • Regular Set: Charix, the Raging Isle (17)
  • Token: Marit Lage (20)
• Power/toughness difference: Infinity Elemental (∞/5)
  • Non-silver bordered: Force of Savagery (8/0) and Nova Chaser (10/2)
• Toughness/power difference: Kharis & The Beholder (1/20)
  • Regular Set: Charix, the Raging Isle (0/17)
• Base loyalty: Garruk the Slayer (20)
  • Non-silver bordered: There are various Planeswalkers with a base loyalty of 7 (e.g. Arlinn, Voice of the Pack, Sarkhan the Mad)
• Base life gain: Heroes Remembered (20)
• Base damage to ...
  • target creature: Into the Maw of Hell (13)
  • each creature: Star of Extinction (20)
  • target player: Hidetsugu's Second Rite and Sorin's Vengeance (10)
  • any target: Aetherflux Reservoir (50)

Lowest

• Mana value: There are various creature, artifact, instant and sorcery cards with a mana value of 0 (e.g. Crimson Kobolds, Evermind).
  • Enchantment: Urza's Saga (0)
  • Planeswalker: Garruk the Slayer (0)
    • Non-silver bordered: Tibalt, the Fiend-Blooded and Wrenn and Six (2)
• Power: Char-Rumbler & Spinal Parasite (-1) (A creature with 0 or less power deals no damage).
• Toughness: Spinal Parasite (-1)

Sets and cards sharing names

The following sets share their name with cards:

Set	Card (First Release)	Notes
Apocalypse	Apocalypse (Tempest)
Coldsnap	Cold Snap (Ice Age)
Conflux	Conflux (Conflux)	Card in set of the same name
Conspiracy	Conspiracy (Mercadian Masques)
Future Sight	Future Sight (Onslaught)
Hour of Devastation	Hour of Devastation (Hour of Devastation)	Card in set of the same name
March of the Machine	March of the Machines (Mirrodin)	The card is plural, the set is not
Mirrodin Besieged	Mirrodin Besieged (Modern Horizons)	Card released after the set
Morningtide	Morningtide (Torment)
Onslaught	Onslaught (Exodus)
Onslaught	Onslaught (Exodus)
Phyrexia: All Will Be One	All Will Be One	Card in set of the same name
Prophecy	Prophecy (Homelands)
Time Spiral	Time Spiral (Urza's Saga)
Torment	Torment (Stronghold)
Urza's Saga	Urza's Saga (Modern Horizons 2)	Card released after the set
Visions	Visions (Legends)
War of the Spark	War of the Spark (Heroes of the Realm)	Card released after the set
Weatherlight	Weatherlight (Dominaria)	Card released after the set

Identical card names and subtypes

Other than the five basic lands which match their basic land types, there are a few cards where card name and subtypes match.

Creatures

This is a list of creatures whose name and creature type(s) are identical.

• Assembly-Worker
• Atog
• Aurochs
• Brushwagg
• Camel
• Centaur Archer
• Cockatrice
• Dauthi Horror
• Dragon Egg
• Dragon Turtle
• Faerie Noble
• Fungus Elemental
• Fungus Sliver
• Goblin Assassin
• Goblin Berserker
• Goblin Mime
• Goblin Mutant
• Goblin Wizard
• Homarid
• Homarid Shaman
• Homarid Warrior
• Juggernaut
• Kavu Scout
• Leviathan
• Lhurgoyf
• Lizard Warrior
• Manticore
• Masticore
• Merfolk Assassin
• Metathran Soldier
• Metathran Zombie
• Minotaur Warrior
• Ogre Berserker
• Ogre Shaman
• Ogre Warrior
• Orgg
• Phelddagrif
• Phyrexian Dreadnought
• Phyrexian Hydra
• Phyrexian Juggernaut
• Plant Elemental
• Scarecrow
• Shapeshifter
• Skeleton Archer
• Spike Drone
• Spike Soldier
• Thrull Wizard
• Vampire Noble
• Viashino Skeleton
• Viashino Warrior
• Zombie Assassin
• Zombie Ogre

Others

• Desert
• Elminster
• Mordenkainen
• Urza's Mine
• Urza's Saga
• Urza's Tower

Card names that combine other card names

• Dread Wight — Dread and Wight
• Glory Seeker — Glory and Seeker
• Restore Balance — Restore and Balance
• Stasis Cocoon — Stasis and Cocoon
• Void Shatter — Void and Shatter