Shahrazad
| Shahrazad | |
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| Species | Human |
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| Birthplace | Rabiah |
| Lifetime | Unknown |
Shahrazad was a famous human storyteller from Rabiah, who used her cunning and vast knowledge of the histories to her advantage.
Description
Such was Shahrazad's renown that the merchants of Bassorah would call the strange items from other planes that often made their way to their stalls "Shahrazad's gifts", due to their uncanny tendency to fall into the hands of those who most need them.[1]
Behind the scenes
In One Thousand and One Nights, the inspiration for the set Arabian Nights, Scheherazade is the narrator and storyteller in the frame story. As a reference to the character telling stories-within-stories, Richard Garfield gave the card the ability to create a game within a game.[2] In the Edge, the homonymous cherazad is an event horizon that creates a distortion bubble of time, referencing Scheherazade's delaying her own death.[3]
In-game references
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References
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast. "BASSORAH". Encyclopedia Dominia. Archived from the original on May 4, 1999. Retrieved on December 30, 1996.
- ↑ Michael G. Ryan (August 09, 2002). "Magic: The Naming - Arabian Nights". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2020-08-12.
- ↑ Edge of Eternities: The Story of Haliya, Ascendant Cadet (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (July 15, 2025).
- ↑ Emrakul & Chatterfang!? Koma & Toski!? 62 Unknown Magic Cards! (Video). Good Morning Magic. YouTube (May 10, 2023).