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Any player not chosen by one of these effects chooses a nonland permanent on the battlefield, and destroys it, then draws a card

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Last updated on May 29, 2026 Command Tower | Illustration by Evan Shipard When I started playing Magic in the Alara-Zendikar meta, I saw lots of decks I wanted to play that were Standard-legal, but there was a slight problem: they were pricey for a newcomer

Black Lotus: The True Grail of MTG No other card in the Power 9 (or really, no other card in MTG history) holds a candle to Black Lotus when talking about popularity, notoriety, and desirability all in one