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Cursed Rack

{4}

Artifact

ATQAntiquities#48uncommon

Ashnod invented several torture techniques that could make victims even miles away beg for mercy as if the End had come.

Finishes
Nonfoil
Border
black
Frame
1993
Pull rate
~1 in 20
Illustrator
Richard Thomas
Found in
Antiquities Booster Pack
Printings6EDHREC rank#22,109
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
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 DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. The chosen player's maximum hand size is four.
Market · per finishspark updated 19h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil+2.4%
$5.19
$1.50 low-$0.50 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.35· across 6 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Rulings

3 · latest Oct 1, 2009
  • WotCOct 1, 2009

    If multiple effects modify your hand size, apply them in timestamp order. For example, if you put Null Profusion (an enchantment that says your maximum hand size is two) onto the battlefield and then a player puts Cursed Rack onto the battlefield choosing you, your maximum hand size will be four. However, if those permanents entered in the opposite order, your maximum hand size would be two.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    The effect of lowering the maximum hand size makes it so the player discards down to 4 cards (instead of the usual 7) during the cleanup step.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    You choose one opposing player just as this card is entering and it only affects that one player. This choice is not changed even if this card changes controllers. It becomes useless but stays on the battlefield if the chosen player leaves the game.