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Plane
Plane
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A plane is a self-contained world or universe of any size found within the Multiverse of Magic: The Gathering. While planes can be governed by any conceivable set of rules and natural laws, or indeed even inconceivable ones, most planes visited in the storyline are comfortably similar to Earth.[1][2]

Most planes are spheres with an atmosphere and one or more suns and moons; they resemble planets. But there is no law of physics common to all planes of the Multiverse.[3] Planes can be infinite expanses of matter, tiny specks of empty space, or logic-defying inversions of normal reality. A plane can contain an entire, sprawling universe or nothing at all.

Card type[ | ]

Planechase introduced plane cards that represent specific locations on various planes. Each plane card has a subtype corresponding to the plane the location is found on. Plane cards are the size of two regular magic cards side by side.

From the glossary of the Comprehensive Rules (March 8, 2024—Fallout)

Plane
A card type seen only on nontraditional Magic cards in the Planechase casual variant. A plane card is not a permanent. See rule 311, “Planes.”

From the Comprehensive Rules (March 8, 2024—Fallout)

  • 311. Planes
    • 311.1. Plane is a card type seen only on nontraditional Magic cards. Only the Planechase casual variant uses plane cards. See rule 901, “Planechase.”
    • 311.2. Plane cards remain in the command zone throughout the game, both while they’re part of a planar deck and while they’re face up. They’re not permanents. They can’t be cast. If a plane card would leave the command zone, it remains in the command zone.
    • 311.3. Plane subtypes are listed after a long dash, and may be multiple words: “Plane — Serra’s Realm.” All words after the dash are, collectively, a single subtype. Planar subtypes are called planar types. A plane can have only one subtype. See rule 205.3n for the complete list of planar types.
    • 311.4. A plane card may have any number of static, triggered, and/or activated abilities. As long as a plane card is face up in the command zone, its static abilities affect the game, its triggered abilities may trigger, and its activated abilities may be activated.
    • 311.5. The controller of a face-up plane card is the player designated as the planar controller. Normally, the planar controller is whoever the active player is. However, if the current planar controller would leave the game, instead the next player in turn order that wouldn’t leave the game becomes the planar controller, then the old planar controller leaves the game. The new planar controller retains that designation until they leave the game or a different player becomes the active player, whichever comes first.
    • 311.6. A face-up plane card that’s turned face down becomes a new object.
    • 311.7. Each plane card has a triggered ability that triggers “Whenever chaos ensues.” These are called chaos abilities. Each one is indicated by a chaos symbol to the left of the ability, though the symbol itself has no special rules meaning. This ability triggers if the chaos symbol is rolled on the planar die (see rule 901.9b), if a resolving spell or ability says that chaos ensues, or if a resolving spell or ability states that chaos ensues for a particular object. In the last case, the chaos ability can trigger even if that plane card is still in the planar deck but revealed. A chaos ability is controlled by the current planar controller.

Subtypes[ | ]

Planar types are the only subtypes where spaces are considered part of a single name, rather than separators between different subtypes. Therefore, no Plane cards have multiple subtypes. Only five planes have spaces in their names: The Abyss, Bolas's Meditation Realm, The Library, New Phyrexia, and Serra's Realm.

From the Comprehensive Rules (March 8, 2024—Fallout)

  • 205.3n Planes have their own unique set of subtypes; these subtypes are called planar types. The planar types are The Abyss, Alara, Alfava Metraxis, Amonkhet, Androzani Minor, Antausia, Apalapucia, Arcavios, Arkhos, Azgol, Belenon, Bolas’s Meditation Realm, Capenna, Cridhe, The Dalek Asylum, Darillium, Dominaria, Earth, Echoir, Eldraine, Equilor, Ergamon, Fabacin, Fiora, Gallifrey, Gargantikar, Gobakhan, Horsehead Nebula, Ikoria, Innistrad, Iquatana, Ir, Ixalan, Kaladesh, Kaldheim, Kamigawa, Kandoka, Karsus, Kephalai, Kinshala, Kolbahan, Kylem, Kyneth, The Library, Lorwyn, Luvion, Mars, Mercadia, Mirrodin, Moag, Mongseng, Moon, Muraganda, Necros, New Earth, New Phyrexia, Outside Mutter’s Spiral, Phyrexia, Pyrulea, Rabiah, Rath, Ravnica, Regatha, Segovia, Serra’s Realm, Shadowmoor, Shandalar, Shenmeng, Skaro, Spacecraft, Tarkir, Theros, Time, Trenzalore, Ulgrotha, Unknown Planet, Valla, Vryn, Wildfire, Xerex, Zendikar, and Zhalfir.

List of Plane cards[ | ]

Name Plane Card link Available
Bant Alara Card Planechase deck Metallic Dreams
Grixis Alara Card Planechase deck Zombie Empire
Naya Alara Card Planechase deck Elemental Thunder
The Maelstrom Alara Card Planechase deck Metallic Dreams
Lethe Lake Arkhos Card Planechase deck Zombie Empire
Pools of Becoming Bolas's Meditation Realm Card Planechase deck Zombie Empire
Academy at Tolaria West Dominaria Card Planechase deck Strike Force
Isle of Vesuva Dominaria Card Planechase deck Elemental Thunder
Krosa Dominaria Card Planechase deck Metallic Dreams
Llanowar Dominaria Card Planechase deck Elemental Thunder
Otaria Dominaria Card Planechase deck Strike Force
Shiv Dominaria Card Planechase deck Strike Force
The Eon Fog Equilor Card Planechase deck Metallic Dreams
Turri Island Ir Card Planechase deck Elemental Thunder
The Æther Flues Iquatana Card Planechase deck Zombie Empire
Skybreen Kaldheim Card Planechase deck Strike Force
Minamo Kamigawa Card Planechase deck Metallic Dreams
Sokenzan Kamigawa Card Planechase deck Strike Force
Mirrored Depths Karsus Card Worldwake Gateway Season
Tember City Kinshala Card Archenemy Release Event
Goldmeadow Lorwyn Card Planechase deck Metallic Dreams
The Great Forest Lorwyn Card Planechase deck Elemental Thunder
Velis Vel Lorwyn Card Planechase deck Elemental Thunder
Celestine Reef Luvion Card Zendikar Prerelease Event
Cliffside Market Mercadia Card Planechase deck Zombie Empire
Glimmervoid Basin Mirrodin Card Planechase deck Strike Force
Panopticon Mirrodin Card Planechase deck Metallic Dreams
Fields of Summer Moag Card Planechase deck Zombie Empire
Feeding Grounds Muraganda Card Planechase deck Elemental Thunder
The Fourth Sphere Phyrexia Card Planechase deck Zombie Empire
Horizon Boughs Pyrulea Card Zendikar Gateway Season
Sea of Sand Rabiah Card Planechase deck Zombie Empire
Stronghold Furnace Rath Card Planechase deck Strike Force
Agyrem Ravnica Card Planechase deck Strike Force
Izzet Steam Maze Ravnica Card Planechase deck Strike Force
Undercity Reaches Ravnica Card Planechase deck Metallic Dreams
The Hippodrome Segovia Card Planechase deck Metallic Dreams
Sanctum of Serra Serra's Realm Card Planechase deck Metallic Dreams
Eloren Wilds Shandalar Card Planechase deck Elemental Thunder
Raven's Run Shadowmoor Card Planechase deck Zombie Empire
The Dark Barony Ulgrotha Card Planechase deck Zombie Empire
Immersturm Valla Card Planechase deck Elemental Thunder
Naar Isle Wildfire Card Planechase deck Strike Force
Murasa Zendikar Card Planechase deck Elemental Thunder
Tazeem Zendikar Card Planechase Release Event
Jund Alara Card Planechase 2012 deck Primordial Hunger
Lair of the Ashen Idol Azgol Card Planechase 2012 deck Primordial Hunger
Edge of Malacol Belenon Card Planechase 2012 deck Savage Auras
Windriddle Palaces Belenon Card Planechase 2012 deck Chaos Reigns
Talon Gates Dominaria Card Planechase 2012 deck Savage Auras
Bloodhill Bastion Equilor Card Planechase 2012 deck Night of the Ninja
Truga Jungle Ergamon Card Planechase 2012 deck Chaos Reigns
Grove of the Dreampods Fabacin Card Planechase 2012 deck Savage Auras
Gavony Innistrad Card Planechase 2012 deck Night of the Ninja
Kessig Innistrad Card Planechase 2012 deck Savage Auras
Nephalia Innistrad Card Planechase 2012 deck Chaos Reigns
Stensia Innistrad Card Planechase 2012 deck Primordial Hunger
Orochi Colony Kamigawa Card Planechase 2012 deck Primordial Hunger
Takenuma Kamigawa Card Planechase 2012 deck Night of the Ninja
Aretopolis Kephalai Card Planechase 2012 deck Savage Auras
Astral Arena Kolbahan Card Planechase 2012 deck Savage Auras
The Zephyr Maze Kyneth Card Planechase 2012 deck Night of the Ninja
Glen Elendra Lorwyn Card Planechase 2012 deck Night of the Ninja
Quicksilver Sea Mirrodin Card Planechase 2012 deck Night of the Ninja
Kharasha Foothills Mongseng Card Planechase 2012 deck Night of the Ninja
Furnace Layer New Phyrexia Card Planechase 2012 deck Primordial Hunger
Norn's Dominion New Phyrexia Card Planechase 2012 deck Night of the Ninja
Onakke Catacomb Shandalar Card Planechase 2012 deck Savage Auras
Grand Ossuary Ravnica Card Planechase 2012 deck Chaos Reigns
Kilnspire District Ravnica Card Planechase 2012 deck Primordial Hunger
Orzhova Ravnica Card Planechase 2012 deck Chaos Reigns
Prahv Ravnica Card Planechase 2012 deck Primordial Hunger
Selesnya Loft Gardens Ravnica Card Planechase 2012 deck Primordial Hunger
Mount Keralia Regatha Card Planechase 2012 deck Chaos Reigns
Trail of the Mage-Rings Vryn Card Planechase 2012 deck Chaos Reigns
Stairs to Infinity Xerex Card Planechase 2012 Release Event
Akoum Zendikar Card Planechase 2012 deck Savage Auras
Hedron Fields of Agadeem Zendikar Card Planechase 2012 deck Chaos Reigns
The Caldaia Capenna Card March of the Machine Commander deck Call for Backup
Enigma Ridges Echoir Card March of the Machine Commander deck Divine Convocation
Esper Alara Card March of the Machine Commander deck Growing Threat
The Fertile Lands of Saulvinia Antausia Card March of the Machine Commander deck Divine Convocation
Ghirapur Kaladesh Card March of the Machine Commander deck Tinker Time
The Golden City of Orazca Ixalan Card March of the Machine Commander deck Call for Backup
The Great Aerie Tarkir Card March of the Machine Commander deck Call for Backup
Inys Haen Cridhe Card March of the Machine Commander deck Cavalry Charge
Ketria Ikoria Card March of the Machine Commander deck Growing Threat
Littjara Kaldheim Card March of the Machine Commander deck Cavalry Charge
Megaflora Jungle Gargantikar Card March of the Machine Commander deck Call for Backup
Naktamun Amonkhet Card March of the Machine Commander deck Growing Threat
New Argive Dominaria Card March of the Machine Commander deck Tinker Time
Norn's Seedcore New Phyrexia Card March of the Machine Commander deck Divine Convocation
Nyx Theros Card March of the Machine Commander deck Growing Threat
Paliano Fiora Card March of the Machine Commander deck Cavalry Charge
The Pit The Abyss Card March of the Machine Commander deck Growing Threat
Riptide Island Dominaria Card March of the Machine Commander deck Call for Backup
Strixhaven Arcavios Card March of the Machine Commander deck Divine Convocation
Ten Wizards Mountain Shenmeng Card March of the Machine Commander deck Tinker Time
Towashi Kamigawa Card March of the Machine Commander deck Call for Backup
Unyaro Zhalfir Card March of the Machine Commander deck Cavalry Charge
Valor's Reach Kylem Card March of the Machine Commander deck Divine Convocation
The Western Cloud Gobakhan Card March of the Machine Commander deck Tinker Time
The Wilds Eldraine Card March of the Machine Commander deck Tinker Time

Non-canon planes[ | ]

The following non-canon planes are shown on Planechase cards from Universes Beyond sets.[4]

Name Plane Card link Available
Amy's Home Earth Card Doctor Who Commander deck Timey-Wimey
Antarctic Research Base Earth Card Doctor Who Commander deck Blast from the Past
Aplan Mortarium Alfava Metraxis Card Doctor Who Commander deck Masters of Evil
Bad Wolf Bay Earth Card Doctor Who Commander deck Timey-Wimey
Besieged Viking Village Earth Card Doctor Who Commander deck Paradox Power
Bowie Base One Mars Card Doctor Who Commander deck Masters of Evil
City of the Daleks Skaro Card Doctor Who Commander deck Masters of Evil
Coal Hill School Earth Card Doctor Who Commander deck Blast from the Past
Dalek Intensive Care The Dalek Asylum Card Doctor Who Commander deck Masters of Evil
Gardens of Tranquil Repose Necros Card Doctor Who Commander deck Blast from the Past
Hotel of Fears Spacecraft Card Doctor Who Commander deck Masters of Evil
Kerblam! Warehouse Kandoka Card Doctor Who Commander deck Paradox Power
Lake Silencio Earth Card Doctor Who Commander deck Timey-Wimey
Mondassian Colony Ship Spacecraft Card Doctor Who Commander deck Masters of Evil
New New York New Earth Card Doctor Who Commander deck Timey-Wimey
North Pole Research Base Earth Card Doctor Who Commander deck Paradox Power
Ood Sphere Horsehead Nebula Card Doctor Who Commander deck Timey-Wimey
Pompeii Earth Card Doctor Who Commander deck Timey-Wimey
Prime Minister's Cabinet Room Earth Card Doctor Who Commander deck Timey-Wimey
Singing Towers of Darillium Darillium Card Doctor Who Commander deck Paradox Power
Spectrox Mines Androzani Minor Card Doctor Who Commander deck Blast from the Past
Stormcage Containment Facility Unknown Planet Card Doctor Who Commander deck Paradox Power
TARDIS Bay Gallifrey Card Doctor Who Commander deck Blast from the Past
Temple of Atropos Time Card Doctor Who Commander deck Paradox Power
The Cave of Skulls Earth Card Doctor Who Commander deck Blast from the Past
The Cheetah Planet Outside Mutter's Spiral Card Doctor Who Commander deck Blast from the Past
The Dining Car Spacecraft Card Doctor Who Commander deck Paradox Power
The Doctor's Childhood Barn Gallifrey Card Doctor Who Commander deck Paradox Power
The Doctor's Tomb Trenzalore Card Doctor Who Commander deck Masters of Evil
The Drum, Mining Facility Earth Card Doctor Who Commander deck Paradox Power
The Lux Foundation Library The Library Card Doctor Who Commander deck Timey-Wimey
The Matrix of Time Gallifrey Card Doctor Who Commander deck Masters of Evil
The Moonbase Moon Card Doctor Who Commander deck Masters of Evil
The Pyramid of Mars Mars Card Doctor Who Commander deck Blast from the Past
Two Streams Facility Apalapucia Card Doctor Who Commander deck Timey-Wimey
UNIT Headquarters Earth Card Doctor Who Commander deck Blast from the Past

References[ | ]

  1. "Planes of Existence", magicthegathering.com, Wizards of the Coast. (Internet Archive snapshot)
  2. "Explore the Many Planes of Existence", magicthegathering.com, Wizards of the Coast.
  3. Wizards of the Coast (March, 2012). "Ask Wizards - March 2012". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  4. Gavin Sheehan (July 20, 2023). "Magic: The Gathering Showed Off The Doctor Who Cards At SDCC". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on July 21, 2023.
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