Shahrazad
Sorcery
Players play a Magic subgame, using their libraries as their decks. Each player who doesn't win the subgame loses half their life, rounded up.
Legalities
- brawl: banned
- modern: legal
- pauper: legal
- pioneer: banned
- standard: banned
- commander: banned
- legacy: banned
- vintage: banned
Rulings
- 2004-10-04:
At the start of the sub-game both players draw their initial hand (usually 7 cards). If one player has fewer cards than required, that player loses. If both have fewer than required, both players lose.
- 2004-10-04:
Events in a Shahrazad sub-game do not normally trigger abilities in the main game. And continuous effects in the main game do not carry over into the sub-game.
- 2004-10-04:
You randomly chose which player chooses to go first or draw first.
- 2007-07-15:
At the end of a subgame, each player puts all cards they own that are in the subgame into their library in the main game, then shuffles them. This includes cards in the subgame’s Exile zone.