Question 1

How many exclusively Black creatures have been printed with non-conditional Vigilance?

Accepted Answer

1 - Ghost Hounds, a 2 mana 1/1 from Homelands, is the only Black creature to be printed with Vigilance. Urborg Scavengers, Cairn Wanderer and Soulflayer can gain Vigilance through their abilities, but without setup won't have it.

Question 2

The Lorwyn Incarnation "Dread" shares an effect with which enchantment?

Accepted Answer

No Mercy - No Mercy is a 4 mana Black enchantment from Urza's Legacy. It has a single static ability: Whenever a creature deals damage to you, destroy it.

Question 3

The following text has been printed on a card: "Creatures your opponents control with three or more counters on them can’t attack or block."

Accepted Answer

false Kulrath Knight, a 5 mana creature from Shadowmoor, has the effect of "Creatures your opponents control with counters on them can’t attack or block.", but no card with a threshold for an effect like that exists. Nils, Discipline Enforcer is a Propaganda effect on a stick that cares about the number of counters, but is a bit different and doesn't prevent blocking.

Question 4

Which card does this artwork belong to?

Accepted Answer

Power of Fire - Shoutouts to this card for making me constantly double take when going through bulk at my LGS...

Question 5

Without turning it into a creature with an effect like Opulence, it is possible to give a noncreature enchantment Infect.

Accepted Answer

true With 3 tickets and a bit of luck, the "Happy Dead Squirrel" sticker page can give any nonland permanent infect.

Question 6

Myojin of Blooming Dawn can gain additional uses of it's activated ability with which of these cards?

Accepted Answer

Eagle of Deliverance - Kindred Boon and That Which Was Taken supply Divinity counters, which the original cycle of Myojin used. The Myojin from Neon Dynasty use Indestructible counters. Unfortunately, they aren't interchangeable!

Question 7

How many colorless eternal legal cards have a WUBRG color identity (for the sake of commander)?

Accepted Answer

17 - Door to Nothingness, Naked Singularity, Fist of Suns, Kaleidostone, Obelisk of Alara, Chamber Sentry, Composite Golem, Etched Monstrosity, The World Tree, Crystal Quarry, Timeless Lotus, Legacy Weapon, Codie, Ramos, Urtet, Golos, Morophon.

Question 8

Vanishing and Fading: Which is true?

Accepted Answer

Vanishing sacrifices the permanent when the last counter is removed. - Fading creates Fade counters, Vanishing creates Time counters. A card named "Vanishing" has existed since the 90's and sees some play in Zur the Enchanter voltron decks. Fading as an effect sacrifices the permanent only when there are no fade counters to remove.

Question 9

Which of these keywords does the un-set card Old Fogey NOT have?

Accepted Answer

Foresthome - Foresthome... technically exists? Gorilla Pack from Ice Age had an ability which was worded identically to Islandhome before Islandhome was an official keyword. Since Islandhome was eventually eratta'd out but folks still refer to it as such, who's to say Foresthome isn't a real thing too?

Question 10

What is the standard rate of an evasive creature that lets you peek at a player's hand when they enter the battlefield?

Accepted Answer

2 mana 1/1 - Ingenious Thief, Wu Scout, Talas Explorer and the more recent Deep-Cavern Bat all have a form of evasion and let you look at an opponent's hand. Ingenious Thief lets you look at your own hand too if you really want to...

Question 11

Which keyword does Sands of Time stop?

Accepted Answer

Phasing - Cards phase in and out during the untap step, meaning a card with Phasing will either remain phased in or out indefinitely so long as the untap step is skipped. Cards phased out by another ability will also remain phased out until the untap step is reinstated.

Question 12

As of December 2023, which of the following is rated the highest on the Storm Scale?

Accepted Answer

Voting - Voting is currently a 10! Phyrexian Mana is a 9, Tribute is an 8, and Split Second is also an 8.

Question 13

Which two cards have highly similar effects?

Accepted Answer

Hex & Aether Gale - Hex & Aether Gale are both sorceries which require a hard 6 targets to work.

Question 14

Prossh, Skyraider of Kher can sacrifice themselves to their own effect.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 15

Shrouded Lore is the Planar Chaos version of which card?

Accepted Answer

Forgotten Lore - Forgotten Lore is a green card originally printed in Ice Age. Shrouded Lore is black and quite unique in the fact that it can also return any type of card back from the grave to the hand.

Question 16

Excluding Changelings, how many cards can Cateran Persuader tutor?

Accepted Answer

3 - Mercenaries are the counterpart to Rebels, but instead of laddering up, they laddered down. They were notoriously not very good cards. The three one mana Mercenaries are: Molting Harpy, Rampart Crawler, and Soldier of Fortune. With the three 1-mana Changeling creatures included, the total becomes a whopping 6 cards!

Question 17

Which keyword ability has received a functional eratta?

Accepted Answer

Echo - Echo used to always be the same as the card's initial casting cost, but was later changed in 2006 with Time Spiral to allow more flexibility.

Question 18

Which of these counters still exists?

Accepted Answer

All of the above - All three are still around and produced by Black cards, weirdly enough; Baron Sengir, Contagion and Ebon Praetor. A few other cards in various colors can also make +2/+2 counters.

Question 19

What is the CMC of a spell that costs {U}{U}{U}{X} while it's on the stack, where X = 10?

Accepted Answer

13

Question 20

When paid for, Buyback, Kicker, Multikicker, Madness, and Replicate change the CMC of the spell on the stack.

Accepted Answer

false Additional costs do not affect a card's CMC while on the stack, or in play.

Assorted Niche Magic Card Trivia (TemQuiz #1)

2) The Lorwyn Incarnation "Dread" shares an effect with which enchantment?

3) The following text has been printed on a card: "Creatures your opponents control with three or more counters on them can’t attack or block."

4) Which card does this artwork belong to?

5) Without turning it into a creature with an effect like Opulence, it is possible to give a noncreature enchantment Infect.

6) Myojin of Blooming Dawn can gain additional uses of it's activated ability with which of these cards?

7) How many colorless eternal legal cards have a WUBRG color identity (for the sake of commander)?

8) Vanishing and Fading: Which is true?

9) Which of these keywords does the un-set card Old Fogey NOT have?

10) What is the standard rate of an evasive creature that lets you peek at a player's hand when they enter the battlefield?

11) Which keyword does Sands of Time stop?

12) As of December 2023, which of the following is rated the highest on the Storm Scale?

13) Which two cards have highly similar effects?

14) Prossh, Skyraider of Kher can sacrifice themselves to their own effect.

15) Shrouded Lore is the Planar Chaos version of which card?

16) Excluding Changelings, how many cards can Cateran Persuader tutor?

17) Which keyword ability has received a functional eratta?

18) Which of these counters still exists?

19) What is the CMC of a spell that costs {U}{U}{U}{X} while it's on the stack, where X = 10?

20) When paid for, Buyback, Kicker, Multikicker, Madness, and Replicate change the CMC of the spell on the stack.