Not bad. I like it. Allows for the return of cards with "remove this card from the game". They are often great. Play them again. lol
4/5
superboi
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(3 votes)
According to the new rules it won't get back those cards that were "removed from the game", since they are essentially still in the game in the "Exiled Zone". I feel they need to rework the zones a little bit more if they plan on doing this, and call cards that were never in the game to begin with the "Twilight Zone" or "Out of My Ass Zone" or whatever. This way they could rewrite the text on cards like these to include both zones, and the mechanics would work the same. If every card that ever existed was always in a "Zone" even if you weren't playing then we would know what cards were being referred to because it would state which zone they are in.
ultratog1028
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(3 votes)
a wishing ring. awesome.
ratchet1215
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(19 votes)
I love how they italicize outside the game. They're like, "Yeah, that's right, take a look at what WE put on this card! Is that not the coolest effect you've EVER SEEN? Hell yeah, dawg!"
Mode
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Also note the part of the Arabian Nights wording, which states: "( ... ) This card can be any card you have that you're not using in your deck or that for some reason has left the game" When translating that part into proper Oracle text, it should actually be "( ... ) choose a card you own from outside the game or an exiled card you own" Yet i guess since the Arabian Nights wording also stated "( ... ) select one of your cards from outside the game", they simply ignored the second part since that one was once also true for all Wishes. But i think this card should be able to return exiled cards as well, that's pretty much what the original wording stated, and normally Wizards tries to make the Oracle wording as similar as it can get.
psyklone
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
The Arabian Nights text also lets you stack this ability as many times as you have mana for.
Removing this card from the game only happened on resolution.
Now removing it from the game is part of the cost.
StuartHamilton
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
@Psyklone:
If you look carefully, the original card is a mono artifact. Back in the day, they diddn't put tap symbol onto artifacts, they just gave them different distinctions.
Mono Artifact meant that you could only use it once per turn. (Ex: Glasses of Urza)
Poly Artifact meant that you could use it multiple times in one turn. (Ex: Iron Star)
Continuous Artifact meant that it had an effect that was always working. (Ex:Ankh of Mishra)
The change came during Revised Edition, when the stack was invented, and all Mono Artifacts were reprinted with tap symbols. (Poly and Continuous were simply reprinted without the Distinctions, as they were no longer necessary.)
stevebugge
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(4 votes)
Even scarier, there was once a time where the rules were vague enough that the card you put in your hand from outside the game didn't actually have to be a Magic card, I once played a casual game that simply ground to a halt when a player put the Hoyles Rules for Bridge card in play using this and Eureka. We ultimatley all forfeited and gave him the win for sheer audacity, when we couldn't figure out if that was actually a legal play or not.
achilleselbow
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(11 votes)
@stevebugge: That's retarded. The fact that the rules are vague doesn't override common sense. You're playing a game of Magic, therefore you use Magic cards. By your friend's logic, I could target my cat with a Lightning Bolt, since it is a creature after all. And anyway, that wasn't a legal play regardless, because Eureka only lets you put permanents into play and there was nothing on that card to indicate that it was a permament.
Eternal_Blue
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(6 votes)
By your friend's logic, I could target my cat with a Lightning Bolt, since it is a creature after all.
That was so hilarious I had to comment. Yeah, I don't have anything else to say...
Tiggurix
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
@achilleselbow: You win seven internets.
Tanaka348
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
It's been a while, but I believe I remember reading an article right here on mtg.com, pre-M10, that said you could get a non-Magic card into your hand with Death Wish. It'd be treated as a blank card, and since it didn't have a type you couldn't cast it. This would be the same as Death Wish, I assume.
Enemy_Tricolor
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(6 votes)
It's good to know that I can threaten my pets with a Lightning Bolt if they keep waking me up for food at 3 am.
Magic: Tools for living.
saith17
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(5 votes)
This discussion was increibly hard to follow. My mind is so hazy. Can, or CAN'T I cast Lightning bolt on the dog or not?
Donovann
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Fun fact: Ma'ruf is Arabic for knowledge. So Ring of Ma'ruf means "Ring of knowledge."
@superboi: The Blind Eternities. Or if you insist, the Blind Eternities Zone.
markarmor
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
If used in a tournament setting, you can only retrieve cards from your sideboard.
Back in the day, I used this to get my Magic the Gathering backed Ace of Spades in a casual game as a joke.
Averyck
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Prototype Portal it. Play every card you own eventually.
azure_drake222222
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This goes in my accent deck. And in my italicized deck, along with il-kor.
GrayWizard
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I would totally buy my wife one of these as a wedding finger. The face on that ring...
RAT666
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Does anyone think this card could ever get reprinted or recreated in some variant form?
Comments (22)
4/5
When translating that part into proper Oracle text, it should actually be "( ... ) choose a card you own from outside the game or an exiled card you own"
Yet i guess since the Arabian Nights wording also stated "( ... ) select one of your cards from outside the game", they simply ignored the second part since that one was once also true for all Wishes.
But i think this card should be able to return exiled cards as well, that's pretty much what the original wording stated, and normally Wizards tries to make the Oracle wording as similar as it can get.
Removing this card from the game only happened on resolution.
Now removing it from the game is part of the cost.
If you look carefully, the original card is a mono artifact. Back in the day, they diddn't put tap symbol onto artifacts, they just gave them different distinctions.
Mono Artifact meant that you could only use it once per turn. (Ex: Glasses of Urza)
Poly Artifact meant that you could use it multiple times in one turn. (Ex: Iron Star)
Continuous Artifact meant that it had an effect that was always working. (Ex:Ankh of Mishra)
The change came during Revised Edition, when the stack was invented, and all Mono Artifacts were reprinted with tap symbols. (Poly and Continuous were simply reprinted without the Distinctions, as they were no longer necessary.)
That was so hilarious I had to comment. Yeah, I don't have anything else to say...
Magic: Tools for living.
Back in the day, I used this to get my Magic the Gathering backed Ace of Spades in a casual game as a joke.