Shahrazad (Arabian Nights) - Gatherer

Shahrazad

Community Rating:

Community Rating: 4.185 / 5 (162 votes)

Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Shahrazad

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Sorcery

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.

Expansion:

Arabian Nights

Rarity:

Rare

Artist:

Kaja Foglio

Rulings

10/4/2004	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.
10/4/2004	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.
10/4/2004	You randomly chose which player chooses to go first or draw first.
7/15/2007	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.