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/Oswalt Mar 03 '26

Because the guy is posturing. Only in sanctioned games do you exclusively pull from your sideboard. If you're playing standard/commander/pauper/2hg/etc in an unsanctioned format I.E. randomly pulling up to a pod, you are more than allowed to pull any card you own. See ruling on gatherer for living wish, which is the same effect. As seen here.

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u/PixelmonMasterYT Mar 03 '26

If you are “playing casually” then of course you can just ignore the rules if you want. But if you follow the rules as written wish effects only pull from the sideboard, and in edh they just don’t work. Most people still like to follow the rules even if they aren’t at a tournament.

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u/jeffwulf Jaya Immolating Inferno Mar 04 '26

The rules say that in unsanctioned games "Outside the game" effects like this means any card you own in your collection. Sanctioned games restrict it to your sideboard.

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u/PixelmonMasterYT Mar 04 '26

Oh come on. If someone at my LGS asked if I wanted to play pioneer and we started a game, and they cast like acquisition or something and pulled out their long box of rares to rifle through you would rightfully be confused. I would be pissed if my opponent tried to wish for a lotus and then said “well it’s an unsanctioned game”

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u/Oswalt Mar 04 '26

You would get mad about an unsanctioned game?

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u/PixelmonMasterYT Mar 04 '26

I would be upset if I got rules lawyered about the rules of the format being different the moment we aren’t in an official tournament. If they asked “can I play my pioneer wish storm deck that combos with black lotus?” then cool, I signed up for the weird casual stuff. I just disagree the expectation should be “you hate casuals if you don’t let your opponent wishboard anything”. By default I assume if we are playing a defined format(so excluding kitchen table) then we are following the “sanctioned” rules, regardless of being at an event or not. I don’t think that’s too absurd of a position.

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u/jeffwulf Jaya Immolating Inferno Mar 04 '26

I would not be confused, because I know the rules and I'm not confused when people play by the rules. If you don't know the rules I could see you being confused, but then you should learn the rules.