Acorn
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.
Silver-bordered
Acorn-stamped
- Unfinity is the latest Un-set. However, it uses black borders. In place of the silver borders, an acorn holofoil stamp is used instead.[1] 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]
Mechanics
They feature mechanics that would be impossible to print in a normal expansion.[3]
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.
Tokens
Tokens created by silver-bordered and acorn 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. |
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| 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
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (November 29, 2021). "To Unfinity and Beyond". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (February 27, 2021). "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?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (July 20, 2009). "The Silver Lining". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.