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FNM promos (also Friday Night Magic promotional cards) are foil promotional cards provided by Wizards of the Coast as additional prizes at Friday Night Magic events.

Program

Since the program started in 2000, there has been a new promotional card each month, except during the first half of 2001. Originally, three cards were provided, to be distributed to "the winner of the tournament, the fairest player, and a random participant who has not been rewarded already". From 2005 through 2014, each Friday Night Magic event was allocated four promo cards. During that period, one card each was assigned to the first- and second-place participants and the remaining two were randomly distributed among the other players who had not already received a prize card. Starting in 2015, distribution is left to the event organizer's discretion, although WotC provides guidelines to ensure every player has a chance to obtain the promotional card.

Beginning in January 2008, all FNM promos feature new, alternate art. Previously, the artwork would be chosen from among previous printings of the card. According to the policy stated in July 2011, prize cards should be selected from cards currently in Standard.

Starting in October 2017, double-sided tokens replaced regular promotional cards as the prize of FNM.[1] While the experiment with these special premium tokens was aimed at fostering a fun, inclusive environment for Friday Night Magic, the real-world results did not match up to Wizards' expectations. That, coupled with the community's negative feedback, led them to reverse their decision in April 2018.[2] These are now chosen later in the process. Combined with many of the Play Design changes, it should lead to more tier 1 cards and fewer misses.[3] Starting with Dominaria, the FNM promos also feature a dark text box with a planeswalker symbol watermark. The collector number lines up with its place in the main set, where it's also being printed.[4]

From Core Set 2020 onward, dedicated FNM cards are replaced by a card from the WPN promo pack, distributed at the discretion of the stores.[5]

2000

2001

2002

2003

Promo with FNM watermark

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Set Cards Notes
Ixalan Ixalan started a new Friday Night Magic promo system with three premium foil double-sided tokens.[75]

2018

FNM card frame, starting with Dominaria
Set Cards Notes
Rivals of Ixalan
  • 1/1 {U} Merfolk token with Hexproof{C} Treasure (River Heralds flavored)
  • City's Blessing marker — 0/1 Red Elemental with "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature and return target card named Rekindling Phoenix from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste until end of turn"
  • 2/2 {U} Illusion token with "When this creature becomes target of a spell, sacrifice it." — 1/1 {G} Saproling token
Second and last set to feature double-sided FNM tokens.[76]
Dominaria Starting with Dominaria in 2018, players were allowed to pick from one of the three FNM promos associated with the set. These have a special card frame featuring a dark text box with a planeswalker symbol watermark. The collector number lines up with its place in the main set, where it's also being printed.[77]
Core Set 2019
Guilds of Ravnica

2019

Set Cards Notes
Ravnica Allegiance
War of the Spark Last set to feature dedicated FNM promos. From Core Set 2020 onward,
these are replaced by a card from the Universal promo pack, distributed at the discretion of the stores.[5]

2023 (Japan)

Special Japanese foil crossover promos with Duel Masters art, available September-December.[82]
The art for these cards was previously used in the DMEX-18 set of Duel Masters, which featured 14 different MTG cards.

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