| Year Banned | Description | Answer | % Correct |
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| 2005 | free artifact that you can sac to add 3 mana of any one color | Black Lotus | 90%
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| 2024 | 0 mana sol ring, but has a 50% chance to bolt you on your upkeep. | Mana Crypt | 90%
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| 2005 | sorcery that lets you take an extra turn for 2 mana | Time Walk | 85%
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| 2005 | draw three cards for 1 mana | Ancestral Recall | 83%
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| 2005 | free artifact that you can tap to add a R to your mana pool | Mox Ruby | 79%
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| 2005 | free artifact that you can tap to add a U to your mana pool | Mox Sapphire | 77%
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| 2024 | bird. get value when you target your stuff. | Nadu, Winged Wisdom | 77%
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| 2005 | for each type of permanent, determine which player has the fewest of that type, then all players who have more have to sacrifice until they have the same number of that permanent type as that player. | Balance | 75%
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| 2010 | this creature can't be countered. if you cast it, you can take an extra turn. protection from colored spells. annihilator 6. if it goes to the graveyard, shuffle your graveyard into your library | Emrakul, the Aeons Torn | 75%
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| 2024 | black lotus but only for commanders. | Jeweled Lotus | 75%
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| 2005 | free artifact that you can tap to add a G to your mana pool | Mox Emerald | 75%
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| 2005 | free artifact that you can tap to add a B to your mana pool | Mox Jet | 73%
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| 2005 | free artifact that you can tap to add a W to your mana pool | Mox Pearl | 73%
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| 2024 | goblin. etb: gain a treasure for every artifact or enchantment your opponents control. | Dockside Extortionist | 71%
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| 2021 | colorless creature. when it etbs, search your deck for a land and put it in play. If you pay 2WUBRG, you exile the top 3 cards of your deck and can play them without paying mana this turn. | Golos, Tireless Pilgrim | 69%
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| 2010 | tap this land to add a U mana for each artifact you control | Tolarian Academy | 69%
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| 2005 | flip this artifact card onto the table and destroy every permanent that it is touching afterward | Chaos Orb | 67%
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| 2020 | instant that lets you put a creature onto the battlefield, but you must pay the creatures mana cost or else you have to sacrifice it. | Flash | 67%
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| 2012 | when this creature etbs or attacks search your deck for 2 lands and put them into play tapped | Primeval Titan | 65%
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| 2009/ 2014 | at the beginning of each players upkeep, that player sacs either a land, creature, or artifact | Braids, Cabal Minion | 63%
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| 2012 | big flying lifelink creature. pay 7 life to draw 7 cards | Griselbrand | 63%
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| 2010 | during this turn you may pay life to add colorless mana to your mana pool | Channel | 60%
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| 2021 | if an opponent would draw extra cards, instead you create a treasure token for each card they would draw. | Hullbreacher | 60%
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| 2008 | tap this land to return a legendary creature to its owner's hand | Karakas | 60%
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| 2020 | companion which requires only 1 copy of each non-land card in your deck. flash. when it etbs, copy an instant or sorcery you control on the stack. | Lutri, the Spellchaser | 60%
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| 2007 | you win if you control a land of each land type and a creature of each color | Coalition Victory | 58%
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| 2009 | search your deck for up to 4 cards then show them to an opponent. that person chooses 2 to put in your graveyard. the rest go to your hand | Gifts Ungiven | 56%
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| 2009 | sac an artifact to search your deck for an artifact and put it on the battlefield | Tinker | 56%
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| 2005 | if you have exactly 7 cards in hand, you can tap this land to draw a card | Library of Alexandria | 54%
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| 2008 | artifact that lets you tap to take an extra turn but doesn't untap normally | Time Vault | 54%
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| 2019 | when you cast a spell, untap all nonland permanents you control | Paradox Engine | 52%
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| 2012 | when this creature enters or leaves the battlefield: destroy one land of each basic land type | Sundering Titan | 52%
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| 2009 | you can play as many lands as you want each turn. for each extra land you play this way, you lose one life | Fastbond | 50%
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| 2019 | when this creature etbs choose a color. Your opponents can't cast spells of that color. | Iona, Shield of Emeria | 48%
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| 2005/2011 | play a game within the game and the loser(s) of that game loses half of their life in the main game | Shahrazad | 48%
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| 2005 | each players life total becomes equal to the number of creatures they control | Biorhythm | 44%
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| 2008 | sac a creature and return this enchantment to hand to return a creature from your graveyard to the battlefield | Recurring Nightmare | 44%
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| 2006 | enchantment that lets you pay a life to draw a card | Yawgmoth's Bargain | 44%
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| 2005 | return all permanents to their owners hands | Upheaval | 40%
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| 2005 | flip this sorcery card onto the table, then deal 3 damage to each creature that it is touching afterward | Falling Star | 38%
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| 2007/ 2010/ 2014 | tap this creature to add a G mana for each forest you control | Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary | 38%
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| 2016 | untap all of your creatures and lands at each players untap step, you my cast spells at instant speed | Prophet of Kruphix | 33%
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| 2005 | you can tap this artifact to exile an instant or sorcery from your hand, then at the beginning of your upkeep you can cast that spell for free | Panoptic Mirror | 27%
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| 2013 | when this creature etbs, destroy a non-creature permanent for each opponent, and then search your deck for a forest for each permanent destroyed this way and put them onto the battlefield. | Sylvan Primordial | 27%
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| 2013 | target opponent draws 2 cards then you may draw up to 4 cards. repeat as many times as that opponent chooses | Trade Secrets | 27%
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| 2011/2014 | if 4 spells are cast in a turn flip this. on the flip side: counter the first spell an opponent casts each turn. | Erayo, Soratami Ascendant | 25%
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| 2017 | your opponents can only draw one card per turn. when a permanent you control becomes targeted, draw a card. | Leovold, Emissary of Trest | 25%
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| 2005 | each player shuffles their hand, graveyard, and permanents they control into their library and then draws 7 and their life total becomes 7 | Sway of the Stars | 23%
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| 2008 | when this enters the battlefield, each player sacs lands until they have 5 or less, then no one can play lands if there are 10 or more lands in play | Limited Resources | 17%
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