Shahrazad {W}{W}
Sorcery
Players play a Magic subgame, using their libraries as their decks. Each player who doesn't win the subgame loses half their life, rounded up.
Related card:
City in a Bottle
Details
- Artist: Kaja Foglio
- Collector Number: 10
- Available only as nonfoil
- Rarity: rare (U2)
- Shahrazad is on the Reserved List.
- Released: 1993-12-17
- Set: Arabian Nights
Legalities
- banned Commander
- banned Duel Commander
- banned Legacy
- banned MTGO Commander
- banned Vintage
Rulings
- 2004-10-04 At the start of the sub-game both players draw their initial hand (usually 7 cards). If one player has fewer cards than required, that player loses. If both have fewer than required, both players lose.
- 2004-10-04 Events in a Shahrazad sub-game do not normally trigger abilities in the main game. And continuous effects in the main game do not carry over into the sub-game.
- 2004-10-04 You randomly chose which player chooses to go first or draw first.
- 2007-07-15 At the end of a subgame, each player puts all cards they own that are in the subgame into their library in the main game, then shuffles them. This includes cards in the subgame's Exile zone.