Battle of Wits
Enchantment
9EDNinth Edition#65rare
The wizard who reads a thousand books is powerful. The wizard who memorizes a thousand books is insane.
- Finishes
- Nonfoil
- Border
- white
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 112
- Illustrator
- Edward P. Beard, Jr.
- Found in
- Ninth Edition MTGO Redemption · Ninth Edition Booster Pack
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
Arena
AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
Other
PremodernLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have 200 or more cards in your library, you win the game.
Plays as:
Alternate Win
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Rulings
2 · latest Jul 1, 2012
- WotCJul 1, 2012
Battle of Wits has an “intervening ‘if’ clause.” This means that if you don’t have 200 or more cards in your library at the beginning of your upkeep, the ability won’t trigger. If the ability does trigger, but you have fewer than 200 cards in your library when the ability resolves, the ability will do nothing.
- WotCJul 1, 2012
In tournaments, you must be able to shuffle your entire deck within a reasonable amount of time.