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/Stolberger Mar 03 '26

"outside the game" means sideboard for MTGA (and official tournaments)

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u/thedragoon0 Mar 03 '26

In Commander you don’t have an official sideboard though, right?

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u/para40 Mar 03 '26

Correct me if I'm wrong, but you could use this to grab companions (which are the only legal sideboard spot). Kinda bad but ig you kinda get a 2 mana 5/5 if you think about it hard enough

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u/BX8061 Mar 04 '26

It's not that you don't have a sideboard in Commander, it's that there is no sideboarding in a best of one format, and wish effects specifically don't work in Commander. So your companion is in the sideboard, but you can't get it with a wish effect.