Red Herring
Mystery Booster Playtest Cards 2019 62 • rare
- Set
- Mystery Booster Playtest Cards 2019
- Collector number
- 62
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Chris Mooney
- Market price
- $0.99
What it does
1 generic mana blue mana: Exchange Red Herring from your hand with a permanent you control on the battlefield or a spell you control on the stack. If that permanent or spell was the target of a spell or ability, change that target to Red Herring.
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 Red Herring card originated as part of the 2019 Mystery Booster Playtest series, a collection of cards released by Wizards of the Coast for convention events. These cards were designed as experimental prototypes, intentionally mimicking the aesthetic of early development playtest materials with stark white borders, simplified text, and placeholders for future art to highlight the mechanics rather than the final polish.
The design of the card serves as a tongue-in-cheek nod to the mystery theme of the set, utilizing the idiom of a 'red herring' as a functional game mechanic. While the card is not legal for standard tournament play, it is widely recognized by players for its clever self-referential humor and its meta-commentary on the nature of red herrings within the broader design space of Magic: The Gathering.
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