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Chaos Orb

Reserved List

Unlimited Edition (2ED)

{2}

Artifact

{1}, {T}: If this artifact is on the battlefield, flip it onto the battlefield from a height of at least one foot. If this artifact turns over completely at least once during the flip, destroy all nontoken permanents it touches. Then destroy this artifact.
Plays as
Board Wipe
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyBanned
VintageBanned
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderBanned
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderBanned
PreDHBanned
OathbreakerBanned
Tiny LeadersBanned

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolRestricted
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal

Versions

8 printings · from $434.99

30th Anniversary Edition
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Oversized 90's Promos
1996#1
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Collectors' Edition
1993#236CheapestIn products
Intl. Collectors' Edition
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Unlimited Edition
1993#236In products
Limited Edition Beta
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Limited Edition Alpha
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Rulings

7 · latest Jan 27, 2019
  • ScryfallJan 27, 2019

    If you are playing Chaos Orb in the Old School format, the card's text is “{1}, {T}: Choose a nontoken permanent on the battlefield. If Chaos Orb is on the battlefield, flip Chaos Orb onto the battlefield from a height of at least one foot. If Chaos Orb turns over completely at least once during the flip, and lands resting on the chosen permanent, destroy that permanent. Then destroy Chaos Orb.”

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    Chaos Orb can only affect permanents. Cards that are in the game but not on the battlefield, such as those in the Library and Graveyard, can't be affected.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    If you have sleeves on cards, they count as the cards.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    It must flip 360 degrees (that's what "flip" means). And this flip must be in the air and not in your hand.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    This is a not a targeted ability.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    You can arrange your cards any time before the Orb is put onto the battlefield, but not after. In general, you should not stack cards or put them in places where your opponent can't read the names of all of them or count them. This is recommended good gaming practice.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    You can't interfere in any physical way with activating this ability.