"The World is a Puzzle" (A Trivia Quiz)

Are you a Magic expert? Do you know everything about rules, flavor, cards, and about the not too serious side of things? Try answering these questions without the use of Google or research, and prove your trivia prowess. Leave a comment with your score below and see how you match up!

Question 1

Booster packs have 16 cards these days. This wasn't always the case. How many cards were included in Homelands boosters?

  • A. 11
  • B. 9
  • C. 8
  • D. 7

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Question 2

Which card has a three letter flavor text?

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Question 3

You control six s, , a tapped , , and a that copied a . Your opponent also controls . In your postcombat main phase, you cast , which resolves. In response to the triggered ability, your opponent casts on the Gray Merchant. How much life do you gain this turn and how much life does your opponent lose this turn?

  • A. You gain 10 life and your opponent loses 10 life.
  • B. You gain 8 life and your opponent loses 11 life.
  • C. You gain 10 life and your opponent loses 13 life.
  • D. You gain 8 life and your opponent loses 8 life.

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Question 4


question elemental?

Does my opponent gain control of after this question?

  • A. Yes, I've asked a question.
  • B. No, I haven't pointed something out.
  • C. No, they didn't point something out.
  • D. No, there's no non-question spoken and thus they can't point anything out.
  • E. They could, after letting me read answer D and pointing it out.
  • F. In fact, I could point it out myself first and just keep the creature.
  • G. Let's just continue the quiz, shall we?

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Question 5

How many tournament legal creature cards with the type Jellyfish are there?

  • A. 7
  • B. 8
  • C. 9
  • D. 10

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Question 6

When was the the mythic rarity first introduced?

  • A. 2008, with Shards of Alara
  • B. 2009, with Conflux
  • C. 2009, with Alara Reborn
  • D. 2008, with Zendikar

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Question 7

What's wrong with this image?


phyrexian arena
  • A. The correct text is: "At the end of your turn, you draw a card and lose 1 life."
  • B. The card is not from the set Apocalypse.
  • C. Its mana cost is wrong.
  • D. This art is from another card.

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Question 8

What happened during the development of Darksteel with ?

  • A. Its casting cost was changed last minute from 2 to 1 mana.
  • B. Its effect was +1/+1 at first, instead of +1/−1 .
  • C. Its equip cost was changed from 2 to 1 mana.
  • D. It only drew one card at first.

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Question 9

"It's harvest time." is the flavor text of which card?

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Question 10

Something went wrong with Aboshan! Can you find all mistakes?


Aboshan, cephalid emperor

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Question 11

In the following scenario there is enough mana available for all actions and priority is passed accordingly: You have 9 life and your opponent 3 life. It's your turn. You control naming as well as , enchanted with , a tapped , and a white 0/1 Goat token. Your opponent controls , , and . You cast . In response, your opponent casts , draws a card, and casts . It resolves and targets your . After it's targeted, you cast targeting your own and their . Before that resolves, your opponent sacrifices to pay for 's additional cost, targeting your , and also sacrifices his to gain 4 life. You cast to cancel the life gain ability and activate [Sisay's ingenuity] to change the Inverter into a black creature. Then everything resolves.

Which creatures can you bounce with the enter-the-battlefield ability of the Harpy?

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Question 12

There are a few cards or tokens with the modern layout with typos in their English text box. Can you name them?

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Question 13

The title of this article is part of a flavor text. Which card, from which set is it, and how does it go on?

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Score


wall of runes
  • Zero correct: You're ! Its casting cost represents your score in all its glory …
  • One correct: You're ! You got mostly nothing with one.
  • Two correct: You're ! Well, at least you got more than one right.
  • Three correct: You're ! Too bad it wasn't named Thirteen Dreams!
  • Four correct: You're ! You still have various bridges left to cross.
  • Five correct: You're ! Although it's probably a "low five."
  • Six correct: You're ! When answering six correct just isn't enough.
  • Seven correct: You're ! It also denied your perfect score …
  • Eight correct: You're ! But without the W.
  • Nine correct: You're ! That's the spirit!
  • Ten correct: You're ! Winning a trivia contest seems entirely thinkable.
  • Eleven correct: You're ! You represent the 11 power like it's nothing.
  • Twelve correct: You're ! Your persistence almost got you a perfect score!
  • Thirteen correct: You're ! You win the game of questions. Congratulations!

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