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Bazaar of Baghdad
- Arabian Nights
Reviewed
Mar. 30, 2017
Constructed: 4.50
Casual: 3.50
Limited: 3.00
Multiplayer: 3.00
Commander [EDH]: 3.75
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David Fanany
Player since
1995 |
Bazaar of Baghdad
I've never been sure what this card's ability is
supposed to suggest about the bazaar it
represents. Is the cost of shopping there always
higher than you expect? Is the cost of goods
there paid for in more than just money? Either
way, it's one of early Magic's most iconic cards
for a good reason. Nowadays we may consider it
"odd" because it doesn't produce mana, but
Arabian Nights was the first expansion and until
we saw it, it never occurred to anyone that
lands could do anything other than produce mana.
It's probably not the ideal way to draw cards
off-color, but if you need to get cards in your
graveyard quickly, there is basically no better
way to do so in all of Magic, even taking
Wasteland into account.
Constructed: 4/5
Casual: 3/5
Limited: 3/5
Multiplayer: 3/5
EDH/Commander: 3/5 |
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James H. |
Bazaar of Baghdad (3/30)
Going back 23 years, we get
to Bazaar of Baghdad, one of the weirder cards
of Arabian Nights. And considering how weird the
set was, that's an accomplishment. It seems bad
at first (draw 2, then discard 3), but it's a
powerful effect with a ready-made home in
Dredge, which wants to load up the graveyard.
It's an unusual card, but
it's absurd in the one deck it slots into, and
it's banned in Legacy for that reason. It's also
extremely scarce and expensive, so you're
unlikely to encounter one. (I've seen exactly
one.) Its effect showed up years later on Magus
of the Bazaar from
Planar Chaos, if you want to try it
out in fun decks.
Constructed: 5
Casual: 4
Multiplayer: 3
Commander: 4.5
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