Magic: The Gathering/Statistics and trivia

This is a list of Magic: The Gathering statistical facts and trivia.

Totals
As of the release of Strixhaven: School of Mages:


 * Total lands: 791
 * Basic lands: 12
 * Snow lands: 26
 * Total tribal: 56
 * Total planeswalkers: 235

Most

 * Cards in a set: Mystery Booster (1936)
 * Cards in a core set: Fifth Edition (429)
 * Cards in a supplemental set: Mystery Booster (1936)
 * Cards in an expansion: Time Spiral (422)
 * Card types used on a single card: 3
 * Dark Ritual had three card types: Interrupt, Mana Source and Instant.
 * Used keyword: Flying (2017) (includes Vintage-legal sets, excludes revisions)
 * Used subtype: Human (2585)
 * Expensive card: 1996 World Champion was sold by the cards original owner, Tom Chanpheng, to a private collector for $17,500 in 2001. In 2017, it again appeared on eBay for $200,000. Magic Librarities Administrator Dragsamou verified the authenticiy of the post, though the owner did not end up selling it.
 * Expensive "normal" card: Black Lotus (~$1,500-$3,000)   (general standard, differs with quality and editions)

Reprints
Most reprints (as of Commander Legends).


 * Mind Rot is the only card (so far) to have been Standard-legal for 20 years straight. It originally debuted in Portal but eventually was added to the core set with Seventh Edition and has been in every core set since (and Kaladesh).

Least

 * Cards in a set: Arabian Nights (78)
 * Used keyword: Absorb, Frenzy, Gravestorm, & Transfigure (1) each
 * Each of these cards are "Futureshifted" and will possibly make appearances in later sets.
 * Used subtype (on the type line): Dreadnought (Phyrexian Dreadnought), Ferret (Joven's Ferrets), Oyster (Giant Oyster), Sable (Bronze Sable) (1) each

Rarest

 * Shichifukujin Dragon</c> and 1996 World Champion</c>, only one copy of each in existence.

Highest

 * Mana value: Gleemax</c> (1,000,000)
 * Non-silver bordered: Draco</c> (16)
 * Non-creature artifact: The Cauldron of Eternity</c> (12)
 * Equipment: Elbrus, The Binding Blade</c> (7)
 * Enchantment: Omniscience</c> (10)
 * Aura: Eldrazi Conscription</c>, Overwhelming Splendor</c>, Spawning Grounds</c> and Yavimaya's Embrace</c> (8)
 * Instant: Blinkmoth Infusion</c> (14)
 * Sorcery: Enter the Infinite</c> (12)
 * Activation cost: Spawnsire of Ulamog</c> (20)
 * Base power: Infinity Elemental</c> (∞)
 * Finite: (99)
 * Non-silver bordered: Impervious Greatwurm</c> (16)
 * Token: (20)
 * Base toughness: (99)
 * Non-silver bordered: <c>Kharis & The Beholder</c> (20)
 * Regular Set: <c>Charix, the Raging Isle</c> (17)
 * Token: (20)
 * Power/toughness difference: <c>Infinity Elemental</c> (∞/5)
 * Non-silver bordered: <c>Force of Savagery</c> (8/0)
 * Toughness/power difference: <c>Kharis & The Beholder</c> (1/20)
 * Regular Set: <c>Charix, the Raging Isle</c> (0/17)
 * Base life gain: <c>Heroes Remembered</c> (20)
 * Base damage to ...
 * target creature: <c>Into the Maw of Hell</c> (13)
 * each creature: <c>Star of Extinction</c> (20)
 * target player: <c>Hidetsugu's Second Rite</c> and <c>Sorin's Vengeance</c> (10)
 * any target: <c>Searing Wind</c> (10)

Lowest

 * Converted mana cost: There are various cards with or no mana cost (e.g. <c>Crimson Kobolds</c>, <c>Evermind</c>) making the lowest cost 0.
 * <c>Urza's Saga</c> is the only enchantment with converted mana cost lower than 1.
 * Power: <c>Char-Rumbler</c> & <c>Spinal Parasite</c> (-1) (A creature with 0 or less power deals no damage).
 * Toughness: <c>Spinal Parasite</c> (-1)

Sets named after cards
The following sets share their name with cards:

Identical card names and subtypes
Other then the five basic lands which match their basic land types, there are a few cards where card name and subtypes match.

Creatures
This is a list of creatures whose name and creature type(s) are identical. • <c>Assembly-Worker</c>

• <c>Atog</c>

• <c>Aurochs</c>

• <c>Brushwagg</c>

• <c>Camel</c>

• <c>Centaur Archer</c>

• <c>Cockatrice</c>

• <c>Dauthi Horror</c>

• <c>Dragon Egg</c>

• <c>Faerie Noble</c>

• <c>Fungus Elemental</c>

• <c>Fungus Sliver</c>

• <c>Goblin Assassin</c>

• <c>Goblin Berserker</c>

• <c>Goblin Mime</c>

• <c>Goblin Mutant</c>

• <c>Goblin Wizard</c>

• <c>Homarid</c>

• <c>Homarid Shaman</c>

• <c>Homarid Warrior</c>

• <c>Juggernaut</c>

• <c>Kavu Scout</c>

• <c>Leviathan</c>

• <c>Lhurgoyf</c>

• <c>Lizard Warrior</c>

• <c>Masticore</c>

• <c>Merfolk Assassin</c>

• <c>Metathran Soldier</c>

• <c>Metathran Zombie</c>

• <c>Minotaur Warrior</c>

• <c>Ogre Berserker</c>

• <c>Ogre Shaman</c>

• <c>Ogre Warrior</c>

• <c>Orgg</c>

• <c>Phelddagrif</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Dreadnought</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Hydra</c>

• <c>Phyrexian Juggernaut</c>

• <c>Plant Elemental</c>

• <c>Scarecrow</c>

• <c>Shapeshifter</c>

• <c>Skeleton Archer</c>

• <c>Spike Drone</c>

• <c>Spike Soldier</c>

• <c>Thrull Wizard</c>

• <c>Vampire Noble</c>

• <c>Viashino Skeleton</c>

• <c>Viashino Warrior</c>

• <c>Zombie Assassin</c>

Others

 * <c>Urza's Saga</c>