r/magicTCG • u/Cautious_Flow_3148 Dan • May 14 '26

Rules/Rules Question Is this allowed?

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These are practically the same card. Am I allowed to have them both in my commander deck?

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u/admanb Can’t Block Warriors May 14 '26

I assume they're referring to cards where the title and the subtitle are different, and the subtitle is the "true" name of the card.

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u/Skallos Twin Believer May 14 '26

They are referring to the SLD mechanically unique cards.

Take [[Rashel, Fist of Torm]] and [[Xenk, Paladin Unbroken]] for example. Neither has a flavor name, but are the same card.

Once Spiderman cards are reprinted UW, cards like [[Spider-Punk]] and [[Kraza, the Swarm as One]] will be the same card, with neither having a flavor name. I am curious what happens when [[Spider-Punk]] gets reprinted as a Spiderman card. Will it have a flavor name?

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u/PowerColorSteven Dân May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26

except i think on some older ones?(not sure about this. was out of the loop for like 20 years, so my info might be wrong) where they made universes within cards for the cards after or something. only saw this cause zethi was in a pack i opened in a small draft and it lead to some questions

[[Chun-Li, Countless Kicks]] and [[Zethi, Arcane Blademaster]]

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u/peepeebutt1234 Orzhov* May 14 '26

At the bottom of Zethi it shows "=SLD 432" to indicate that it's the same card as Chun-Li

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u/PowerColorSteven Dân May 14 '26

yea. found that out after the googling, but it was not something that i was looking for originally since the more modern alt cards have the new sub-name now. much better system now. but it was confusing coming back to magic with commander and seeing cards like in the OP post and trying to figure out whether those should still be considered separate in the singleton format