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==Totals==
  
==Totals==
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As of the release of ''[[Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths]]:''
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As of the release of ''[[Kaldheim|Kaldheim:]]''
 
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|-
 
|style="text-align: left;"| '''All cards'''<ref>{{WUBRGC Scryfall search|%20|display=All cards|date=2019-11-09}}</ref>
  
|style="text-align: left;"| '''All cards'''<ref>{{WUBRGC Scryfall search|%20|display=All cards|date=2019-11-09}}</ref>
−
| 20,311
 +
| 21,265
−
| 3,119
 +
| 4,265
−
| 3,053
 +
| 4,192
−
| 3,010
 +
| 4,252
−
| 3,095
 +
| 4,222
−
| 3,078
 +
| 4,194
−
| 2,782
 +
| 2,904
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| 2,174
 +
| 2,272
 
|-
  
|-
 
|style="text-align: left;"| '''[[Artifact]]s'''<ref>{{WUBRGC Scryfall search|artifact|type|display=All artifacts|date=2019-11-08}}</ref>
  
|style="text-align: left;"| '''[[Artifact]]s'''<ref>{{WUBRGC Scryfall search|artifact|type|display=All artifacts|date=2019-11-08}}</ref>
−
| 2,078
 +
| 2,153
  ⚫
| 76
  ⚫
| 92
  +
| 67
 
| 35
  
| 35
−
| 42
 +
| 21
−
| 19
 +
| 1,948
−
| 12
 +
| 58
⚫
| 8
  
−
| 1,907
  
⚫
| 55
  
 
|-
  
|-
 
|style="text-align: left;"| '''[[Creature]]s'''<ref>{{WUBRGC Scryfall search|creature|type|display=All creatures|date=2019-11-08}}</ref>
  
|style="text-align: left;"| '''[[Creature]]s'''<ref>{{WUBRGC Scryfall search|creature|type|display=All creatures|date=2019-11-08}}</ref>
−
| 10,889
 +
| 11,461
−
| 1,820
 +
| 2,470
 
| 1,590
  
| 1,590
 
| 1,777
  
| 1,777
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| 1,904
  
| 1,904
 
| 684
  
| 684
−
| 1,361
 +
| 1,470
 
|-
  
|-
 
|style="text-align: left;"| '''[[Enchantment]]s'''<ref>{{WUBRGC Scryfall search|enchantment|type|display=All enchantments|date=2019-11-08}}</ref>
  
|style="text-align: left;"| '''[[Enchantment]]s'''<ref>{{WUBRGC Scryfall search|enchantment|type|display=All enchantments|date=2019-11-08}}</ref>
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==Most==
  
==Most==
 
*Cards in a set: ''[[Mystery Booster]]'' (1936)
  
*Cards in a set: ''[[Mystery Booster]]'' (1936)
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**Cards in a [[Core set]]: ''[[Fifth Edition]]'' (429)
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**Cards in a [[core set]]: ''[[Fifth Edition]]'' (429)
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**Cards in a [[Supplemental set]]: ''[[Mystery Booster]]'' (1936)
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**Cards in a [[supplemental set]]: ''[[Mystery Booster]]'' (1936)
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**Cards in an [[Expansion]]: ''[[Time Spiral]]'' (422)
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**Cards in an [[expansion]]: ''[[Time Spiral]]'' (422)
 
*[[Card type]]s used on a single card: 3
  
*[[Card type]]s used on a single card: 3
 
**<c>Dark Ritual</c> had three card types: [[Interrupt]], [[Mana Source]] and [[Instant]].
  
**<c>Dark Ritual</c> had three card types: [[Interrupt]], [[Mana Source]] and [[Instant]].
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*Expensive card: <c>1996 World Champion</c> was sold by the cards original owner, [[Tom Chanpheng]], to a private collector for $17,500 in 2001.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://www.magiclibrarities.net/353-rarities-unique-cards-english-cards-index.html |title=Unique Cards |accessdate=2020-03-26|work=Magic Librarities }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://www.magiclibrarities.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9978 |title=1996 World Champion |accessdate=2020-03-26|work=Magic Librarities Forum }}</ref>
  
*Expensive card: <c>1996 World Champion</c> was sold by the cards original owner, [[Tom Chanpheng]], to a private collector for $17,500 in 2001.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://www.magiclibrarities.net/353-rarities-unique-cards-english-cards-index.html |title=Unique Cards |accessdate=2020-03-26|work=Magic Librarities }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://www.magiclibrarities.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9978 |title=1996 World Champion |accessdate=2020-03-26|work=Magic Librarities Forum }}</ref>
 
**Expensive "normal" card: <c>Black Lotus</c> (~$1,500-$3,000)<ref>Various. [[Wikipedia:Magic: The Gathering#Secondary market|Magic: The Gathering#Second market]], ''Wikipedia.org'' (last modified 21:03, 14 April 2007)</ref><ref>Seth Quillen (January 19, 2005). "[http://newscafe.ansci.usu.edu/archive/jan2005/011905_magic.html Magic: the Gathering is growing around the world]", Utah State University - Hard News Cafe: "...its most expensive card, the coveted Beta Black Lotus card is worth $22,000 alone."</ref><ref>According to various sources: [http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070404153721AABWXHt Yahoo! Answers] [http://www.starcitygames.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=299669&sid=e2ea43e403b3a44ff551901975767ac2 StarCityGames.com Forum]</ref><ref>StarCityGames.com - [http://sales.starcitygames.com/cardsearch.php?singlesearch=Black+Lotus Black Lotus information and rulings].</ref> (general standard, differentiates with quality and editions)
  
**Expensive "normal" card: <c>Black Lotus</c> (~$1,500-$3,000)<ref>Various. [[Wikipedia:Magic: The Gathering#Secondary market|Magic: The Gathering#Second market]], ''Wikipedia.org'' (last modified 21:03, 14 April 2007)</ref><ref>Seth Quillen (January 19, 2005). "[http://newscafe.ansci.usu.edu/archive/jan2005/011905_magic.html Magic: the Gathering is growing around the world]", Utah State University - Hard News Cafe: "...its most expensive card, the coveted Beta Black Lotus card is worth $22,000 alone."</ref><ref>According to various sources: [http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070404153721AABWXHt Yahoo! Answers] [http://www.starcitygames.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=299669&sid=e2ea43e403b3a44ff551901975767ac2 StarCityGames.com Forum]</ref><ref>StarCityGames.com - [http://sales.starcitygames.com/cardsearch.php?singlesearch=Black+Lotus Black Lotus information and rulings].</ref> (general standard, differentiates with quality and editions)
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===Reprints===
  +
Most [[reprint]]s (as of ''[[Commander Legends]]'').<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://natejh.com/Some-Interesting-Tidbits-About-MTG-Cards|title=Some Interesting Tidbits About Mtg Cards|author=Nate Hofmann|date=November 26, 2020|publisher=Natejh.com}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Card
  +
!Reprints
  +
|-
  +
|<c>Giant Growth</c>
  +
|46
  +
|-
  +
|<c>Serra Angel</c>
  +
|43
  +
|-
  +
|<c>Counterspell</c>
  +
|41
  +
|-
  +
|<c>Disenchant</c>
  +
|40
  +
|-
  +
|<c>Llanowar Elves</c>
  +
|40
  +
|-
  +
|<c>Dark Ritual</c>
  +
|39
  +
|-
  +
|<c>Evolving Wilds</c>
  +
|38
  +
|-
  +
|<c>Swords to Plowshares</c>
  +
|35
  +
|-
  +
|<c>Fireball</c>
  +
|33
  +
|-
  +
|<c>Air Elemental</c>
  +
|32
  +
|}
   
 
==Least==
 
==Least==

Revision as of 10:40, 27 January 2021

Magic: The Gathering
 
Statistics and trivia
 

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

Totals

As of the release of Kaldheim:

Total {W} {U} {B} {R} {G} {C} {M}[1]
All cards[2] 21,265 4,265 4,192 4,252 4,222 4,194 2,904 2,272
Artifacts[3] 2,153 76 92 67 35 21 1,948 58
Creatures[4] 11,461 2,470 1,590 1,777 1,753 1,904 684 1,470
Enchantments[5] 2,526 559 510 438 388 420 14 197
Instants[6] 2,519 489 605 333 440 364 21 267
Sorceries[7] 2,265 248 345 556 488 380 15 233

Most

Reprints

Most reprints (as of Commander Legends).[21]

Card Reprints
Giant Growth 46
Serra Angel 43
Counterspell 41
Disenchant 40
Llanowar Elves 40
Dark Ritual 39
Evolving Wilds 38
Swords to Plowshares 35
Fireball 33
Air Elemental 32

Least

Rarest

Highest

BFM

B.F.M. (Big Furry Monster)

Lowest

Sets named after cards

The following sets share their name with cards:

Set Card (First Release) Notes
Apocalypse Apocalypse (Tempest)
Coldsnap Cold Snap (Ice Age)
Conflux Conflux (Conflux) Card in set of the same name
Conspiracy Conspiracy (Mercadian Masques)
Future Sight Future Sight (Onslaught)
Hour of Devastation Hour of Devastation (Hour of Devastation) Card in set of the same name
Mirrodin Besieged Mirrodin Besieged (Modern Horizons) Card released after the set
Morningtide Morningtide (Torment)
Onslaught Onslaught (Exodus)
Planar Chaos Planar Chaos (Judgment)
Prophecy Prophecy (Homelands)
Time Spiral Time Spiral (Urza's Saga)
Visions Visions (Legends)
Torment Torment (Stronghold)
Weatherlight Weatherlight (Dominaria) Card released after the set

Identical card names and creature types

This is a list of creatures whose name and creature type(s) are identical.[25]

References

  1. ↑ {M} = Total - {W} - {U} - {B} - {R} - {G} - {C}
  2. ↑ All cards (WUBRGC). Retrieved from Scryfall on 2019-11-09.
  3. ↑ All artifacts (WUBRGC). Retrieved from Scryfall on 2019-11-08.
  4. ↑ All creatures (WUBRGC). Retrieved from Scryfall on 2019-11-08.
  5. ↑ All enchantments (WUBRGC). Retrieved from Scryfall on 2019-11-08.
  6. ↑ All instants (WUBRGC). Retrieved from Scryfall on 2019-11-08.
  7. ↑ All sorceries (WUBRGC). Retrieved from Scryfall on 2019-11-08.
  8. ↑ All lands. Retrieved from Scryfall on 2019-11-08.
  9. ↑ All basic lands. Retrieved from Scryfall on 2019-11-08.
  10. ↑ All snow lands. Retrieved from Scryfall on 2019-11-08.
  11. ↑ All tribal cards. Retrieved from Scryfall on 2019-11-08.
  12. ↑ All planeswalkers. Retrieved from Scryfall on 2019-11-08.
  13. ↑ Creatures with flying. Retrieved from Scryfall on 2020-06-15.
  14. ↑ All Human cards. Retrieved from Scryfall on 2018-11-05.
  15. ↑ Unique Cards. Magic Librarities. Retrieved on 2020-03-26.
  16. ↑ 1996 World Champion. Magic Librarities Forum. Retrieved on 2020-03-26.
  17. ↑ Various. Magic: The Gathering#Second market, Wikipedia.org (last modified 21:03, 14 April 2007)
  18. ↑ Seth Quillen (January 19, 2005). "Magic: the Gathering is growing around the world", Utah State University - Hard News Cafe: "...its most expensive card, the coveted Beta Black Lotus card is worth $22,000 alone."
  19. ↑ According to various sources: Yahoo! Answers StarCityGames.com Forum
  20. ↑ StarCityGames.com - Black Lotus information and rulings.
  21. ↑ Nate Hofmann (November 26, 2020). "Some Interesting Tidbits About Mtg Cards". Natejh.com.
  22. ↑ Monty Ashley (September 14, 2011). "World Records". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  23. ↑ Diego Fumagalli (June 13, 2017). "(Nearly) 25 Years of Magic in Graphics". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  24. ↑ Blake Rasmussen (September 8, 2015). "Size Matters". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  25. ↑ Wizards of the Coast (October, 2008). "Ask Wizards - October, 2008". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
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