Test card exclusive creature type

Several creature types are only used on test cards. Because they do not appear on any eternal-legal cards, they are not listed in the Comprehensive Rules. This includes the now obsolete creature types Gorilla, Mammoth, and Spuzzem.

Armored

Armored

Armored (cards) is a job used to represent those who are covered with a special material that protects against weapons in some form. It appears on the on the card Bolshack Dragon (Mystery Booster 2). The card itself is a reference to a Duel Masters card of the same name and shares the same type line as it. Armored is a race category in Duel Masters.

Various non-test cards are explicitly described as 'Armored' and could theoretically be a fit for the type including Armored Armadillo, Armored Cancrix, Armored Galleon, Armored Griffin, Armored Guardian, Armored Kincaller, Armored Pegasus, Armored Scrapgorger, Armored Skaab, Armored Skyhunter, Armored Transport, Armored Warhorse, Armored Whirl Turtle, and Armored Wolf-Rider. Universes Beyond characters explicitly mentioned as 'Armored' include Anguirus, Armored Killer and Ultra Magnus, Armored Carrier.

Artist

Artist (cards, artwork) is a job used to represent those who create art. It originally debuted in the 2024 Amsterdam Unknown Event on the creature land The Magical City, New as part of an Activated ability that temporarily changes the type of a card.. It later appeared on a test card type line with the release of The Mox Painter at the 2025 Chicago Unknown Event.

Some non-test characters that could theoretically be a fit for the type include Errant, Parnesse, Rootha Squallheart, and Svella. Other non-test cards that depict artists include Aesthetic Consultation, Artist's Talent, Blood Artist, Fascist Art Director, Flawless Forgery, Mana Flair, Master's Guide-Mural, Persecute Artist, and Zuo Ci, the Mocking Sage.

Athlete

Athlete (cards, artwork) is a job used to represent those who compete in athletic sports. It debuted as a test card creature type in 2024 as part of Mystery Booster 2 test cards, where it appeared on three different cards: All-Star Kicker, a soccer player; Jeskai Baller, a basketball player; and Terry Pin, Turboturtle, a racer. It was later reused for Mijo, the Bull at the 2025 Chicago Unknown Event.

Arena Athlete is a non-test card that would be fitting to have the subtype.

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  All-Star Kicker
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  Jeskai Baller
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  Terry Pin, Turboturtle

Boxer

Boxer (cards, artwork) is a job used to represent those who participate in the sport or fighting style of boxing. It appears on the card The Egotistical Velociraptor (2024 Amsterdam Unknown Event), a Dinosaur Boxer whose ability is a reference to Arin Hanson's Let's Play web series Game Grumps.

On non-test cards, boxers have been featured in New Capenna including Jaxis and Perrie along with Pugnacious Pugilist and Tenacious Underdog.

Champion

Champion

Champion (cards) is job used to represent those who fight for a cause or on behalf of someone else. It appears on Runed Terror (Mystery Booster 2). The card is a reference to Legends of Runeterra, where Champions are a type of unit.

On non-test cards the term champion has been used as a title in various soldier, knight, and warrior cards. The Theriad, an epic poem on Theros, is about the Champions of Heliod. Numerious legendary creatures are also referred to as Champions in their epithets.

Chef

See also: Waiter

Chef (cards, artwork) is a job used to represent those who cook professionally. It debuted as a creature creature type at the 2024 Amsterdam Unknown Event on The Master of Cuisine. The card is a reference to the pro player Andrea Mengucci; its mana cost and abilities are all references to Andrea's Italian heritage. In 2025, it was again used on The Brewing Chef in reference to the Magic content creator Brewer's Kitchen. Mark Rosewater stated that its possible but not highly likely for it to be an eternal type, as he's not sure they make enough creatures that would use it, but also said it isn't out of the realm of possibility.

On non-test cards, chefs are seen in Strixhaven on Arcavios and on New Capenna on Capenna. Characters who are chefs include the famous chef Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar who wrote The Underworld Cookbook, Brenard, Bess, Fizz , Gyome, and Rocco.

Fan

Fan is a job used to represent creatures that exhibit strong interest or admiration for something or somebody. Fan debuted as a creature type in 2024 as part of a Planechase Unknown test card at the 2024 Las Vegas event. It debuted on The Sphere which would Amass Fans 5 whenever chaos ensues creating an army of fans.

Gorilla

Gorilla is a formerly eternal, currently test-card-only species first introduced Alliances. During the Grand Creature Type Update, it was incorporated in the Ape type. It reappeared on tokens created by the test card Gorilla Tactics (Mystery Booster).

Half

Half

Half is a creature type representing a creature that has been sawed in half. It appears on the card Smelt // Herd // Saw (Mystery Booster); Saw is a spell that destroys a target creature but causes its controller to additionally create two 1/2 red Half creature tokens representing each half of the destroyed creature that are kept alive.

Hawk

Hawk (cards, artwork) is a creature type for a bird species with hooked beaks and sharp talons that are smaller than most eagles. Hawks in eternal legal cards normally fall under the Bird creature type.

Hawk debuted as a creature type in the 2024 Las Vegas Unknown Event on The Cobra King which is a Snake Hawk Warrior. It is a reference to Hawk, a character played by Jacob Bertrand in the spinoff series Cobra Kai from The Karate Kid franchise. The Cobra Kai karate dojo motto is "Strike first, strike hard, no mercy". Bertrand has joined Game Knights games multiple times, once live, the first time using a Koma, Cosmos Serpent, where the color and upkeep ability come from.

In non-test cards, a notable Hawk is the Dragonhawk, known as the Storm Hawk, while others Hawks include Apex Hawks, Beacon Hawk, Cartographer's Hawk, Courier Hawk, Eddytrail Hawk, Glint Hawk, Glint Hawk Idol, Healer's Hawk, Nesting Dovehawk, Pilfering Hawk, Pyreswipe Hawk, Ranger's Hawk, Scouting Hawk, Screaming Seahawk, Squadron Hawk, Suntail Hawk, and the Welkin Hawk. The Hawkeater Moth is a moth that eats hawks.

Judge

Judge (cards, artwork) is a job used to represent those who hear, determine, and/or preside over legal matters. It appears on the card The Wise Sable (2024 Amsterdam Unknown Event), an Elder Sable judge that references Commander Advisory Group member and Level 3 judge Charlotte Sable. The cards created by its ability all have difficult-to-understand or unintuitive effects that often lead players to calling a judge.

On non-test cards, Judges are seen on Ravnica due to the Azorius Senate having been led by High Judges and/or the Supreme Judge who assist in enforcing law in the plane.

Locus

Locus

Locus (cards) is a species representing a type of insect commonly known as locusts. It appears on the card Swarm of Locus (Mystery Booster). Prior to its introduction, Locus was only a land type; the test card pokes fun at prior confusion around it not being a creature type.

The Gatherer notes that its unlikely the Swarm of Locus pun will survive creative review. They'll assign a new creature type, as Locus can't be both a land type and a creature type. For now, the triggered ability of Swarm of Locus counts both the temporary-creature type Locus and the land type Locus. Other effects that refer to one won't affect the other.

Mammoth

Mammoth is a formerly eternal, currently test-card-only species of elephantine animals with coats of thick brown hair and long, deeply curved tusks. It was one of the first creature types introduced in Alpha with War Mammoth. During the Grand Creature Type Update, it was incorporated into the Elephant type. It reappeared on the test card Domesticated Mammoth (Mystery Booster).

Spuzzem

Spuzzem is a formerly eternal, currently test-card-only species of plant-like elementals on Dominaria. It was originally introduced as a creature type in Legends on Floral Spuzzem. In the Grand Creature Type Update, it was incorporated into the Elemental type. The subtype reappeared on the test card Spuzzem Strategist (Mystery Booster 2), which pokes fun at the original wording of Floral Spuzzem.

Stained and Glass

Stained and Glass (artwork) are two token-only creature types which are used in conjunction to represent stained glass. They appear on tokens created by Sagrada Familiar (2023 Barcelona Unknown Event). The card was inspired by the Sagrada Família basilica in Barcelona and the Familiar cycle in Planeshift.

Tree

Tree (cards, artwork) is a species used to represent non-sentient trees. It appears on the card Maître Tree (2023 Barcelona Unknown Event). Normally, Treefolk is used to represent sentient tree creatures, and regular trees are categorized as Plants (e.g. Tree of Redemption). Singing Tree from Arabian Nights (1993) originally used the creature type Singing Tree, but that was changed to Plant for Masters Edition (2007).

On non-test cards, notable trees include Boseiju, Heart of Yavimaya, Realmbreaker, Tel-Jilad, Three Tree City, Tree of Redemption, Vitu-Ghazi, and the World Tree.

Windmill

Windmill (artwork) is a token-only artifact creature type used to represent windmills. It appears on tokens created by Windmill Slam (2024 Amsterdam Unknown Event). The card references the approximately 1200 historic windmills across the Netherlands that give the country its famous association. It also references the Magic player term for taking a card from a booster draft pack or the top of the library, raising one's arm high, and slamming it down on the table in excitement.

On non-test cards, windmills have been featured in the background art of various cards.

Zonian

Zonian (cards) is a species used to represent a race of powerful warrior women. It appears on The Zonian Brawler (2024 Las Vegas Unknown Event). The card a reference to YouTuber Amy the Amazonian, and therefore presumably a reference to the Amazons, who are sometimes also referred to as Amazonians. It also is a reference to game zones with the ZOnian Brawler getting an advantage when in the command zone.

Tokens

The following are tokens created with test card specific types:

Token name	Color	Type line	P/T	Text box	Source	Printings
Fan Army		Creature — Fan Army	0/0		The Sphere
Half		Creature — Half	1/2		Smelt // Herd // Saw
Stained Glass		Artifact Creature — Stained Glass	1/1		Sagrada Familiar
Windmill		Artifact Creature — Windmill	4/4	Defender	Windmill Slam