None of these comedy cards are permitted in tournament-style play, but it doesn’t mean fans don’t use them. See also: For 'Magic: The Gathering,' Diversity Is The Marketing Strategy Rod of Spanking involves a call and response routine-it deals one damage to an opponent, and then more unless that opponent swallows their dignity and says, "Thank you sir, may I have another?".Magic is played with a 20 life total, so games with Vile Bile end quickly. If any player touches a card called Vile Bile, they immediately lose two life.The resulting Unglued card? Chaos Confetti. A Magic: The Gathering urban legend claims Chaos Orb was banned after a player ripped it up into confetti before dropping it. If the card fell on an opponent's card, that card was removed from the game. A card called Chaos Orb instructed the player to drop the card from a certain height onto the play area.The cards use puns, wordplay, and even Pig Latin to crack jokes. Another set, “Unhinged,” followed in 2004. In 1998, the game designers released an entire comedy card set called Magic: The Gathering Unglued.
Actually, they’ve toned the jokes down over the years.
However, inside jokes like the seasonal holiday cards show that its creators don’t take themselves too seriously. With 20 million estimated players globally and a $250,000 pro tour payout, Magic: The Gathering is undoubtably a serious card game.
You can see a full list of the previous years’ cards here, running the gamut from “Fruitcake Elemental” to “Goblin Sleigh Ride.”