Battle of Wits
Ninth Edition 65 • rare
- Set
- Ninth Edition
- Collector number
- 65
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Edward P. Beard, Jr.
- Market price
- $1.05
What it does
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have 200 or more cards in your library, you win the game.
The wizard who reads a thousand books is powerful. The wizard who memorizes a thousand books is insane.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Battle of Wits was first released in the Odyssey expansion in 2001, later appearing in the Ninth Edition core set in 2005. It was designed to challenge traditional deck-building constraints by requiring a deck of at least 200 cards to activate its win condition, a significant departure from the standard 60-card minimum. This design push encouraged players to explore the limits of the game's mechanics and deck-size regulations.
The card was illustrated by Greg Staples, who utilized a vivid, illustrative style to capture the chaotic nature of an intellectual struggle. Within the community, the card is frequently regarded as a 'build-around' novelty, praised for its unique challenge and the sheer absurdity of managing such a massive deck, though it rarely achieved status as a tournament-winning staple due to the inherent inconsistency of larger deck sizes.
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