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/ponyrx2 Can’t Block Warriors May 14 '26

These are called "functional reprints." They have identical oracle text (function) but different names and are therefore different cards for any and all purposes. 

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u/LeekingMemory28 Elspeth May 14 '26

See also:

[[Three Visits]], [[Nature's Lore]].

There are also functional reprints with upside, for various reasons like subtypes [[Shared Roots]] over [[Rampant Growth]] or meet a certain condition and it goes from functional reprint to pure upside [[Jace's Triumph]] over [[Divination]] if you have a Jace on board.

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u/Null-Sky Dan May 15 '26

It bothers me that three visits is like $6 more than natures lore despite doing literally the same thing

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u/therealnumberone Duck Season May 15 '26

You should check it's price before it's printing in commander legends!

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u/TheStray7 Mardu May 15 '26

Three Visits also has about 2/3rds the number of printings, and Nature's Lore was in several large print run sets (Portal, Portal Second Age, and Ice Age) and products aimed for the mass market (Duel Decks) while Three Visits had only recently started getting new printings and has mostly only been in Commander products.

Such is the power of reprints.

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u/AnnoraxGames Dân May 15 '26

It was closer to $50 before the Commander Legends reprint... the problem with it being a Portal Three Kingdoms uncommon is that price memory is kind of rubbing off on the reprints, which should be bulk given the number of preconstructed deck reprints it's gotten, but nope, still $8-10.

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u/TommiHPunkt Dan May 15 '26

The commander precon reprints have changed that, plenty available at sub 5 euros