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Statistics and trivia

This is a list of Magic: The Gathering statistical facts and trivia.

Totals

	Total							^[1]
All cards^[2]	19,868	3,031	2,967	3,010	2,994	2,981	2,747	2,138
Artifacts^[3]	2,061	35	42	19	11	8	1,891	55
Creatures^[4]	10,604	1,769	1,551	1,738	1,714	1,861	682	1,289
Enchantments^[5]	2,421	542	488	416	369	404	15	187
Instants^[6]	2,469	477	594	322	434	357	21	264
Sorceries^[7]	2,235	247	341	550	480	371	15	246

Other types

Total lands: 684^[8]
- Basic lands: 11^[9]
- Snow lands: 14^[10]
Total tribal: 56^[11]
Total planeswalkers: 200^[12]

Most

Cards in a set: 5th Edition (429)
Card types used on a single card: 3
- Dark Ritual had three card types: Interrupt, Mana Source and Instant.
Used keyword: Flying (856)^[13] (includes Vintage-legal sets, excludes revisions)
Used subtype: Human (2188) ^[14]
Expensive card: Black Lotus (~$1,500-$3,000)^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18] (general standard, differentiates with quality and editions)

Fewest

Cards in a set: Arabian Nights (78)
Used keyword: Absorb, Frenzy, Gravestorm, & Transfigure (1) each
- Each of these cards are "Futureshifted" and will possibly make appearences in later sets.
Used subtype (on the type line): Brushwagg (Brushwagg), Dreadnought (Phyrexian Dreadnought), Ferret (Joven's Ferrets), Lamia (Thoughtrender Lamia), Mole (Graf Mole), Oyster (Giant Oyster), Wombat (Rabid Wombat), Sable (Bronze Sable) (1) each

Rarest

Shichifukujin Dragon and 1996 World Champion, only one copy of each in existence.^[19]^[20]

Highest

Converted mana cost: Draco (16)
- Non-creature artifact: The Cauldron of Eternity (12)
  - Equipment: Elbrus, The Binding Blade (7)
- Enchantment: Omniscience (10)
  - Aura: Eldrazi Conscription and Yavimaya's Embrace (8)
- Instant: Blinkmoth Infusion (14)
- Sorcery: Enter the Infinite {(12)
Activation cost: Spawnsire of Ulamog (20)
Power: BFM (99)^[21]
- Non-sliver bordered: Impervious Greatwurm (16)
- Token: Marit Lage (20)
Toughness: BFM(99)
- Non-sliver bordered: Impervious Greatwurm (16)
- Token: Marit Lage (20)
Power to toughness ratio: Force of Savagery (8:0)
Toughness to power ratio: Tree of Redemption and Tree of Perdition (0:13)
Base life gain: Heroes Remembered (20)
Base damage to target creature: Shivan Meteor and Into The Maw Of Hell (13)
- Blasphemous Act is capable of dealing 13 damage to each creature.
Base damage to target player: Hidetsugu's Second Rite (10)
- Sorin's Vengeance also deals 10 damage and you gain 10 life.
Base damage to any target: Searing Wind (10)

Lowest

Converted mana cost: There are various cards with or no mana cost (e.g. Crimson Kobolds, Evermind) making the lowest cost 0.
- Noticeably no enchantment has a lower converted mana cost then 1.
Power: Char-Rumbler & Spinal Parasite (-1) (A creature with 0 or less power deals no damage).
Toughness: Spinal Parasite (-1)

Same name

The following cards share their name with a set:

Card	Released in	Comparable set name	Notes
Apocalypse	Tempest	Apocalypse
Cold Snap	Ice Age	Coldsnap
Conflux	Conflux	Conflux	Card in set of the same name.
Conspiracy	Mercadian Masques	Conspiracy
Future Sight	Onslaught	Future Sight
Hour of Devastation	Hour of Devastation	Hour of Devastation	Card in set of the same name.
Mirrodin Besieged	Modern Horizons	Mirrodin Besieged	Card released after the set.
Morningtide	Torment	Morningtide
Onslaught	Exodus	Onslaught
Planar Chaos	Judgment	Planar Chaos
Prophecy	Homelands	Prophecy
Time Spiral	Urza's Saga	Time Spiral
Visions	Legends	Visions
Torment	Stronghold	Torment
Weatherlight	Dominaria	Weatherlight	Card released after the set.

References

↑ {M} = Total - {W} - {U} - {B} - {R} - {G} - {C}
↑ All cards (W U B R G C). Retrieved from Scryfall on 2019-11-09.
↑ All artifacts (W U B R G C). Retrieved from Scryfall on 2019-11-08.
↑ All creatures (W U B R G C). Retrieved from Scryfall on 2019-11-08.
↑ All enchantments (W U B R G C). Retrieved from Scryfall on 2019-11-08.
↑ All instants (W U B R G C). Retrieved from Scryfall on 2019-11-08.
↑ All sorceries (W U B R G C). Retrieved from Scryfall on 2019-11-08.
↑ All lands. Retrieved from Scryfall on 2019-11-08.
↑ All basic lands. Retrieved from Scryfall on 2019-11-08.
↑ All snow lands. Retrieved from Scryfall on 2019-11-08.
↑ All tribal cards. Retrieved from Scryfall on 2019-11-08.
↑ All planeswalkers. Retrieved from Scryfall on 2019-11-08.
↑ MagicCards.Info: Results. Retrieved: 15-02-2007^{[dead link]}
↑ All Human cards. Retrieved from Scryfall on 2018-11-05.
↑ Various. Magic: The Gathering#Second market, Wikipedia.org (last modified 21:03, 14 April 2007)
↑ Seth Quillen (January 19, 2005). "Magic: the Gathering is growing around the world", Utah State University - Hard News Cafe: "...its most expensive card, the coveted Beta Black Lotus card is worth $22,000 alone."
↑ According to various sources: Yahoo! Answers StarCityGames.com Forum
↑ StarCityGames.com - Black Lotus information and rulings.
↑ Monty Ashley (September 14, 2011). "World Records". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
↑ Diego Fumagalli (June 13, 2017). "(Nearly) 25 Years of Magic in Graphics". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
↑ Blake Rasmussen (September 8, 2015). "Size Matters". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.

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 * <c>Shichifukujin Dragon</c> and <c>1996 World Champion</c>, only one copy of each in existence.<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/world-records-2011-09-14|World Records|[[Monty Ashley]]|September 14, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|feature/nearly-25-years-magic-graphics-2017-06-13|(Nearly) 25 Years of Magic in Graphics|Diego Fumagalli|June 13, 2017}}</ref>
+==Highest==
-==By card types==
 [[File:BFM.jpg|right|thumb|B.F.M. (Big Furry Monster)]]
+*'''Converted mana cost''': <c>Draco</c> (16)
-===Overall===
+** Non-creature artifact: <c>The Cauldron of Eternity</c> (12)
-====Highest====
-*'''Converted mana cost''': <c>Draco</c> (16)
+*** Equipment: <c>Elbrus, The Binding Blade</c> (7)
+** Enchantment: <c>Omniscience</c> (10)
+*** Aura: <c>Eldrazi Conscription</c> and <c>Yavimaya's Embrace</c> (8)
+**Instant: <c>Blinkmoth Infusion</c> (14)
+**Sorcery: <c>Enter the Infinite</c> {(12)
 *'''Activation cost''': <c>Spawnsire of Ulamog</c> (20)
+*'''Power''': <c>BFM (99)</c><ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/size-matters-2015-09-08|Size Matters|[[Blake Rasmussen]]|September 8, 2015}}</ref>
-*'''Amount of damage prevented by tapping''' (not X): <c>Master Healer</c> (4) <c>Kitsune Healer</c> (all to legendary)
-*"'Power"':<c>BFM</c> (99)
+**Non-sliver bordered: <c>Impervious Greatwurm</c> (16)
+**Token: {{card|Marit Lage||TCSP}} (20)
+*'''Toughness''': <c>BFM</c>(99)
-====Lowest====
+**Non-sliver bordered: <c>Impervious Greatwurm</c> (16)
-*'''Converted mana cost''': There are 48 cards with 0 mana cost (e.g. <c>Crimson Kobolds</c>)
+**Token: {{card|Marit Lage||TCSP}} (20)
-**<c>Evermind</c> has '''no''' casting cost (and can only be played by [[splice|splicing]] it onto another card). During the [[Time Spiral block]] more cards were printed with no casting cost, but had a [[suspend]] cost.
+*'''Power to toughness ratio''': <c>Force of Savagery</c> (8:0)
+*'''Toughness to power ratio''': <c>Tree of Redemption</c> and <c>Tree of Perdition</c> (0:13)
-===Artifacts===
-====Highest====
-*'''Converted mana cost''' (non creature): <c>The Cauldron of Eternity</c> (12)
-*'''Converted mana cost''' (creature): <c>Draco</c> (16)
-*'''Converted mana cost''' (equipment): <c>Elbrus, The Binding Blade</c> (7)
-====Lowest====
-*'''Converted mana cost''' (non creature): There are 25 non creature non equipment cards with 0 mana cost
-*'''Converted mana cost''' (creature): <c>Ornithopter</c> & <c>Phyrexian Walker</c> & <c>Shield Sphere</c> & <c>Memnite</c> (0)
-*'''Converted mana cost''' (equipment): <c>Accorder's Shield</c>, <c>Bone Saw</c>, <c>Kite Shield</c>, <c>Paradise Mantle</c> & <c>Spidersilk Net</c> (0)
-===Enchantments===
-====Highest====
-*'''Converted mana cost''' (aura): <c>Eldrazi Conscription</c> and <c>Yavimaya's Embrace</c> (8)
-*'''Converted mana cost''' (non aura): <c>Omniscience</c> (10)
-*'''Converted mana cost''' (non aura w/ [[mana|hybrid]]): <c>Debtors' Knell</c> (7)
-====Lowest====
-*'''Converted mana cost''' (non aura): There are 61 enchantments that require 1 mana. (1)
-*'''Converted mana cost''' (non aura w/ hybrid): <c>Rise of the Hobgoblins</c> (2)
-*'''Converted mana cost''' (aura): There are 131 enchantments-aura that require 1 mana. (1)
-*'''Converted mana cost''' (aura w/ hybrid): <c>Riot Spikes</c>, <c>Clout of the Dominus</c> and <c>Edge of the Divinity</c>.. (1)
-===Instants and sorceries===
-====Highest====
-*'''Converted mana cost''' (instant): <c>Blinkmoth Infusion</c> (14)
-*'''Converted mana cost''' (sorcery): <c>Enter the Infinite</c> (12)
 *'''Base life gain''': <c>Heroes Remembered</c> (20)
-**'''Base damage to a single target creature''': <c>Shivan Meteor</c> and <c>Into The Maw Of Hell</c> (13)  :<c>Blasphemous Act</c> is capable of dealing 13 damage to multiple creatures.
+*'''Base damage to target creature''': <c>Shivan Meteor</c> and <c>Into The Maw Of Hell</c> (13)
+**<c>Blasphemous Act</c> is capable of dealing 13 damage to each creature.
-*'''Base damage to a single target creature or player''': <c>Searing Wind</c> (10)
-:<c>Hidetsugu's Second Rite</c> is also capable of dealing 10 damage to a target player.  <c>Sorin's Vengeance</c> also deals 10 damage and you gain 10 life.
+*'''Base damage to target player''': <c>Hidetsugu's Second Rite</c> (10)
+**<c>Sorin's Vengeance</c> also deals 10 damage and you gain 10 life.
+*'''Base damage to any target''': <c>Searing Wind</c> (10)
-====Lowest====
-*'''Converted mana cost''' (instant): There are 6 instants with converted mana cost 0 {{-}} The pact cycle from ''[[Future Sight]]'' (<c>Intervention Pact</c>, <c>Pact of Negation</c>, <c>Pact of the Titan</c>, <c>Slaughter Pact</c> and <c>Summoner's Pact</c>), and <c>Evermind</c>.
-*'''Converted mana cost''' (sorcery): There are 5 sorceries with converted mana cost 0, a cycle from ''[[Time Spiral]]'': <c>Ancestral Vision</c>, <c>Hypergenesis</c>, <c>Living End</c>, <c>Restore Balance</c> and <c>Wheel of Fate</c>.
-===Creatures===
-====Highest====
-*'''Converted mana cost''': <c>Draco</c> (16)
-*'''Power''': <c>BFM (99)</c> <ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/size-matters-2015-09-08|Size Matters|[[Blake Rasmussen]]|September 8, 2015}}</ref> and <c>Impervious Greatwurm</c> (16)   — {{card|Marit Lage||TCSP}} [[Token]] from <c>Dark Depths</c> (20)
-*'''Toughness''': <c>BFM</c>(99) and <c>Impervious Greatwurm</c> (16) — {{card|Marit Lage||TCSP}} Token from <c>Dark Depths</c> (20)
-*'''Power to toughness ratio''': <c>Force of Savagery</c> (8:0)
-*'''Toughness to power ratio''': <c>Tree of Redemption</c> and <c>Tree of Perdition</c>(0:13)
-*'''Colorless activation cost''': <c>Spawnsire of Ulamog</c> (20)
-====Lowest====
+==Lowest==
-*'''Converted mana cost''': There are 8 creatures with 0 mana cost: <c>Memnite</c>, <c>Dryad Arbor</c>, <c>Crimson Kobolds</c>, <c>Crookshank Kobolds</c>, <c>Kobolds of Kher Keep</c>, <c>Ornithopter</c>, <c>Phyrexian Walker</c>, and <c>Shield Sphere</c>.  Of these, Ornithopter has been printed the most times appearing in 8 [[core set]]s and  3 expansion sets.
+*'''Converted mana cost''': There are various cards with {{0}} or no mana cost (e.g. <c>Crimson Kobolds</c>, <c>Evermind</c>) making the lowest cost 0.
+**Noticeably no enchantment has a lower converted mana cost then 1.
 *'''Power''': <c>Char-Rumbler</c> & <c>Spinal Parasite</c> (-1) (A creature with 0 or less power deals no damage).
 *'''Toughness''': <c>Spinal Parasite</c> (-1)

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Totals

Other types

Most

Fewest

Rarest

Highest

Lowest

Same name

References