Shahrazad
Shahrazad: Sorcery, Arabian Nights. Players play a Magic subgame, using their libraries as their decks. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {W}{W}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Arabian Nights (ARN)
- Released
- 1993-12-17
- Collector number
- 10
- Artist
- Kaja Foglio
- Reserved List
- Yes
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About Shahrazad
Shahrazad is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white sorcery from Arabian Nights (ARN), an expansion set released in December 1993. It is collector number 10 in that set, with art by Kaja Foglio. It costs {W}{W} (two white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Old School. It is banned in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. Arabian Nights is its only printing so far. It is on the Reserved List. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $439.40 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Players play a Magic subgame, using their libraries as their decks. Each player who doesn't win the subgame loses half their life, rounded up.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $439.40 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Shahrazad by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Banned |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Banned |
| Old School | Legal |
| Commander | Banned |
| Duel Commander | Banned |
| Oathbreaker | Banned |
| PreDH | Banned |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Shahrazad, newest first.
- At the end of a subgame, each player puts all cards they own that are in the subgame into their library in the main game, then shuffles them. This includes cards in the subgame’s Exile zone.
- At the start of the sub-game both players draw their initial hand (usually 7 cards). If one player has fewer cards than required, that player loses. If both have fewer than required, both players lose.
- Events in a Shahrazad sub-game do not normally trigger abilities in the main game. And continuous effects in the main game do not carry over into the sub-game.
- You randomly chose which player chooses to go first or draw first.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a white colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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