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Introduced Magic Player Rewards
Last used Edge of Eternities
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Textless refers to cards without any text and use the whole card frame for the artwork (i.e. missing a text box).[1]

Description

The first series of textless cards was given out by the DCI as part of the Magic Player Rewards program.[2] All of these promotional cards are instants or sorceries.

Additionally the Un-sets and Zendikar feature textless basic lands and Future Sight has a cycle of textless vanilla creatures. These have been officially referred to as "full frame".[3] They shouldn't be confused with full-art cards, which do feature card text. The tokens from Unglued are completely textless as well. Textless cards returned in 2019 as MagicFest promos. Some Secret Lair cards are functionally textless as the change to the frame and art does not fit any rules text.

Textless spells are allowed in DCI-sanctioned Magic tournaments they are legal in.

List of promotional textless cards

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2025

References

  1. Aaron Forsythe (November 12, 2004). "Something Not In Unhinged". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14.
  2. Magic Arcana (September 13, 2004). "New Promo Terror". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2020-12-02.
  3. Mark Rosewater (April 30, 2007). "Timeshift After Timeshift". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  4. Magic: The Gathering (June 20, 2025). "Now a look at the different treatments of Sothera in #MTGEternities.". Twitter.

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