Those Magic Moments

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. City of Brass was one of a few cards whose wording in older sets was the same as its Oracle wording is now. In fact, it was printed with its current wording in all but which one of the following sets? Seventh Edition Chronicles Sixth Edition Fifth Edition

2. Out of the five colors, white has the most creatures with "Attacking doesn't cause ~this~ to tap", from Alpha through Apocalypse and including promotional cards printed during those times. Disregarding multicolored cards, what color has the fewest? Green Blue Black Red

3. Green has the most multi-colored beasts out of any color from Ice Age through Judgment. What color comes in second? White Black Blue Red

4. Which of the following words was the last to appear on a Magic card? dissolve awesome subtlety rearranging

5. Several old cards had abilities that later became a keyword ability or game term. Many of them were retrofitted with the appropriate keyword ability or game term in their Oracle text. Which of the following was NOT? Tawnos's Coffin Undergrowth Cyclone Nether Shadow

6. Two mechanics have appeared on the exact same number of cards of the exact same colors in the exact same order between Alpha and Legions. The first card to have one of these mechanics appeared in: Mirage Legends Antiquities The Dark

7. Which of these early hosers was created to hose a card that did not yet exist? Hydroblast Repentant Blacksmith Camel Gloom

8. Which of these sets contained a creature that can attack for 20 damage on turn 2 with the help of only ONE other card, printed in another one of these sets, besides basic land? Urza's Saga Odyssey Tempest Urza's Legacy

9. The first card that could tap an enchantment without animating it appeared in what set? Odyssey Apocalypse Invasion Urza's Saga

10. One ability appears on exactly four cards between Alpha and Invasion. All are artifacts, and their mana costs are 1, 2, 3, and 4. Due to errata, the ability has a slight variation on the one with mana cost: 1 4 2 3

11. Of the following abilities, which one was the last one to appear on a black creature? Protection from black The "cloud" ability (flying; only blocks fliers) First strike Protection from green

12. The Magic sets from Alpha through Darksteel contain no cards that can regenerate which type of permanent? Artifacts Lands Creatures Enchantments

13. Sulfurous Springs has been printed in one of the first four boxed sets (Beatdown, Battle Royale, Antholigies, and Deckmaster), as have all of the other allied color painlands except for: Brushland Underground River Karplusan Forest Adarkar Wastes

14. Only one noncreature artifact was printed in Alpha with flavor text. What artifact was it? Jade Monolith Jalum Tome Black Vise Jade Statue

15. The flavor text on which of the following Alpha cards is NOT from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"? Phantom Monster Scathe Zombies Will-O'-The-Wisp Wall of Ice

16. The word "counts" has nearly been eliminated from Magic. For example, Metallic Sliver says on the card "Metallic Sliver counts as a Sliver", but in the Oracle text it simply has the creature type Sliver. However, one of the following expansions contains two cards with the word "counts" in their Oracle texts. Which one? Invasion Mirrodin Odyssey Onslaught

17. Which of the following expansions contained creatures of three different colors that tapped for mana? The Dark Weatherlight Homelands Invasion

18. One word appears, on average, more than once per card in one of the first 30 expansions (counting all forms of the word), and not at all in another. What is the word? enchantment artifact target the

19. Here's one for the history buffs out there: Which of these Legends was a real person? Gwendlyn Di Corci Kei Takahashi Jacques le Vert Nebuchadnezzar

20. Which color has no creatures with haste (excluding multicolored cards) from Alpha through Scourge? Green White Blue Black

21. Nearly all of the flavor text in Homelands consists of quotes from Homelands creatures. Every color quotes every other color on a Homelands card except for two colors, neither of which quotes the other. Which colors? Red and green Blue and black Red and white White and blue

22. Disregarding the tournament-illegal Chaos Orb, the Mirage card Amulet of Unmaking was the first artifact card capable of destroying or removing an opponent's land. True False

23. The first 30 Magic expansions contain only eight creatures with this creature type. Out of those 30 expansions, no eight consecutive expansions were printed without a creature of this creature type, and only once were consecutive expansions printed without one. What creature type is it? Answer: (One Word)

24. The proper names of Legends often appear on the flavor text of cards. Of the Legends from Tempest through Darksteel, whose name appeared on a card the longest amount of time BEFORE the Legend was actually printed? (Proper name only, NOT the name of the card. The name need not refer to the same Legend in its original appearance - or even to a Legend at all.) Answer: (One Word)

25. Using Magic cards from Alpha through Mirrodin, including Portal and Unglued but excluding promotional cards, how many possible combinations are there of two different Magic cards? 19,768,237 20,793,292 21,855,966 22,015,649