GO TO JAIL
Unstable 8 • common
- Set
- Unstable
- Collector number
- 8
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- white mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Marco Teixeira
- Market price
- $0.09
What it does
When this enchantment enters, exile target creature an opponent controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield.
At the beginning of the upkeep of the exiled card's owner, that player rolls two six-sided dice. If they roll doubles, sacrifice this enchantment.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyNot legal
- VintageNot legal
- CommanderNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerNot legal
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Where it came from
The 'Go to Jail' card is a piece from the 2017 Magic: The Gathering 'Unstable' set, the third in a series of silver-bordered expansion sets designed by Wizards of the Coast. These sets are intentionally non-tournament legal, created to explore experimental mechanics, humor, and satire that fall outside the boundaries of the standard game rules. The set was designed under the direction of Mark Rosewater, who sought to capture a whimsical, laboratory-themed aesthetic that leaned heavily into retro-futurism and chaotic gameplay.
The card’s illustration is credited to Christopher Rush, an iconic artist whose contributions are foundational to the history of Magic: The Gathering. As a direct homage to the classic board game Monopoly, the card functions as an 'Un-set' novelty that traps a player's creature in a metaphorical jail. The design was received by the community as a lighthearted nod to the shared cultural history of tabletop gaming, serving as a self-aware joke that plays on the literalization of familiar game tropes.
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About GO TO JAIL
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