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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 {W} {U} {B} {R} {G} {C} {M}
All cards[1] 22,049 3,329 3,267 3,317 3,298 3,267 2,965 2,414
Artifacts[2] 2,196 44 45 32 24 17 1,977 60
Creatures[3] 11,698 1,958 1,710 1,904 1,878 2,033 721 1,538
Enchantments[4] 2,639 581 528 452 397 438 5 237
Instants[5] 2,683 510 646 358 471 384 21 294
Sorceries[6] 2,501 273 379 600 530 414 21 284

Most

Reprints

Most reprints (as of Phyrexia: All Will Be One)†.

Card Reprints
Evolving Wilds 45
Sol Ring 40
Swords to Plowshares 38
Serra Angel 36
Counterspell 35
Giant Growth 35
Terramorphic Expanse 34
Command Tower 33
Llanowar Elves 33
Dark Ritual 32
Disenchant 32

Longest

  • The longest type line is that of The Reality Chip ("Legendary Artifact Creature — Equipment Jellyfish") at 49 characters. R&D had to break some rules to print it, and learned that they couldn't break them again.[22][23]
  • The card with the longest period between set printings is Arboria. It was first printed in Legends (released June 10, 1994) and wasn't printed in paper again until Dominaria Remastered (released January 13, 2023) — 10293 days (28 years, 7 months) later.[24]
  • 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).[25] The card left Standard when Core Set 2021 rotated out.

Least

Rarest

Highest

B.F.M. (Big Furry Monster)

Lowest

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.[30]

Others

Card names that combine other card names

Notes

^† A card is counted as a reprint if it was previously printed in another set—either eternal or acorn. Cards printed as gold bordered commemorative sets, oversized promos, digital-only promos, Salvat printings, and/or Foreign Black-Bordered or Foreign White-Bordered sets are not counted as reprints.

To prevent over-counting:

  • A card's first printing is not counted.
  • If a card is reprinted with multiple art versions in a single set, it is only counted as a reprint once.
  • A card printed as part of The List is only counted once.
  • A skinned card is counted as a reprint of the base card.
  • Universes Beyond and Universes Within cards are considered the same card. A reprint of either version is counted as a reprint.
  • Secret Lair printings are counted once per Secret Lair drop.
    • Bonus cards included in a Secret Lair drop are not counted if the drop already includes that card.

References

  1. ↑ Retrieved from Scryfall All Cards
  2. ↑ Retrieved from Scryfall All Artifacts
  3. ↑ Retrieved from Scryfall All Creatures
  4. ↑ Retrieved from Scryfall All Enchantments
  5. ↑ Retrieved from Scryfall All Instants
  6. ↑ Retrieved from Scryfall All Sorceries
  7. ↑ Retrieved from Scryfall All Lands
  8. ↑ Retrieved from Scryfall All Basic Lands
  9. ↑ Retrieved from Scryfall All Snow Lands
  10. ↑ Retrieved from Scryfall All Tribal cards
  11. ↑ Retrieved from Scryfall All Planeswalkers
  12. ↑ Retrieved from Scryfall All cards with flying
  13. ↑ Retrieved from Scryfall All Human cards
  14. ↑ Retrieved from Scryfall All Wizard cards
  15. ↑ Unique Cards. Magic Librarities. Retrieved on 2020-03-26.
  16. ↑ 1996 World Champion. Magic Librarities Forum. Retrieved on 2020-03-26.
  17. ↑ Various. Magic: The Gathering#Second market, Wikipedia.org (last modified 21:03, 14 April 2007)
  18. ↑ Seth Quillen (January 19, 2005). "Magic: the Gathering is growing around the world", Utah State University - Hard News Cafe: "...its most expensive card, the coveted Beta Black Lotus card is worth $22,000 alone."
  19. ↑ According to various sources: Yahoo! Answers StarCityGames.com Forum
  20. ↑ StarCityGames.com - Black Lotus information and rulings.
  21. ↑ Charlie Hall (January 27, 2021). "Magic: The Gathering Black Lotus card sells for $511,100 at auction". polygon.com.
  22. ↑ Mark Rosewater (February 17, 2022). "the most unique type line ever printed to date is in this set". Blogatog. Tumblr.
  23. ↑ Mark Rosewater (February 17, 2022). "What does that mean?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
  24. ↑ u/thesalus (December 4, 2022). "(Article) Longest time between printings?". Reddit.com.
  25. ↑ Daily MTG History (May 19, 2021). "The card MIND ROT hits a record-setting milestone this month". Twitter.
  26. ↑ Monty Ashley (September 14, 2011). "World Records". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  27. ↑ Diego Fumagalli (June 13, 2017). "(Nearly) 25 Years of Magic in Graphics". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  28. ↑ Blake Rasmussen (September 8, 2015). "Size Matters". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  29. ↑ a b Blake Rasmussen (June 23, 2014). "Win the Ultimate Trophy". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  30. ↑ Wizards of the Coast (October, 2008). "Ask Wizards - October, 2008". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  31. ↑ Mark Rosewater (June 14, 2021). "On the Horizons, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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