Chaos Orb
Chaos Orb: Artifact, Unlimited Edition. MTG card details, printings, market prices, official rulings, and format legality, all in one place on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Artifact
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Unlimited Edition (2ED)
- Released
- 1993-12-01
- Collector number
- 236
- Artist
- Mark Tedin
- Reserved List
- Yes
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About Chaos Orb
Chaos Orb is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact from Unlimited Edition (2ED), a core set released in December 1993. It is collector number 236 in that set, with art by Mark Tedin. It costs {2} (two generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It has no colour identity. It is banned in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It is restricted in Old School. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Limited Edition Alpha (1993) to Unlimited Edition (1993). It is on the Reserved List. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1371.30 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
{1}, {T}: If this artifact is on the battlefield, flip it onto the battlefield from a height of at least one foot. If this artifact turns over completely at least once during the flip, destroy all nontoken permanents it touches. Then destroy this artifact.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1371.30 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Chaos Orb by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Banned |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Banned |
| Old School | Restricted |
| Commander | Banned |
| Duel Commander | Banned |
| Oathbreaker | Banned |
| PreDH | Banned |
Other printings of Chaos Orb
Chaos Orb has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 30th Anniversary Edition (30A) #231 | Rare | 2022 |
| 30th Anniversary Edition (30A) #528 | Rare | 2022 |
| Oversized 90's Promos (O90P) #1 | Rare | 1996 |
| Collectors' Edition (CED) #236 | Rare | 1993 |
| Intl. Collectors' Edition (CEI) #236 | Rare | 1993 |
| Limited Edition Beta (LEB) #236 | Rare | 1993 |
| Limited Edition Alpha (LEA) #235 | Rare | 1993 |
Official rulings
Seven official rulings apply to Chaos Orb, newest first.
- If you are playing Chaos Orb in the Old School format, the card's text is “{1}, {T}: Choose a nontoken permanent on the battlefield. If Chaos Orb is on the battlefield, flip Chaos Orb onto the battlefield from a height of at least one foot. If Chaos Orb turns over completely at least once during the flip, and lands resting on the chosen permanent, destroy that permanent. Then destroy Chaos Orb.”
- You can arrange your cards any time before the Orb is put onto the battlefield, but not after. In general, you should not stack cards or put them in places where your opponent can't read the names of all of them or count them. This is recommended good gaming practice.
- Chaos Orb can only affect permanents. Cards that are in the game but not on the battlefield, such as those in the Library and Graveyard, can't be affected.
- If you have sleeves on cards, they count as the cards.
- You can't interfere in any physical way with activating this ability.
- This is a not a targeted ability.
- It must flip 360 degrees (that's what "flip" means). And this flip must be in the air and not in your hand.
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