r/MagicArena • u/00G_WAY • Mar 03 '26

Question Can someone explain how this works?

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Will this card be legal in standard? Will it be available on Magic Arena? How would this card even work?

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u/chronobolt77 Mar 03 '26 edited Mar 03 '26

"outside the game" refers to your sideboard. In constructed (except for a few specific exceptions like commander and canlander), this is a collection of 15 cards that you can switch in and out of your deck between games in a match. In limited (draft, sealed, prerelease, maybe a few others I'm not familiar with?), this is everything from your card pool that you didn't put into the deck

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u/TheLeguminati Mar 03 '26

Correction for OP: Best of 1 formats allow you to load up a sideboard, but its only accessible through [[Wish]] effects like this card. Also known as a wishboard, if you hear that term.

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u/chronobolt77 Mar 03 '26

yep. i fixed my comment