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Chaos Charm

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Red. Instant

one red mana

Chaos Charm

Mirage #163 · Illustrated by Steve Luke

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~$0.17

Non-foil · Mirage #163

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Oracle text

Choose one —

• Destroy target Wall.

• Chaos Charm deals 1 damage to target creature.

• Target creature gains haste until end of turn.

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Card details

First printed
1996
Printings
1
Mana value
1
EDHREC rank
#21,898 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
Artist
Steve Luke

What the codes mean

The small print at the bottom of the Mirage card (#163).

Printed before collector numbers, which started with Exodus in 1998. The bottom shows only the artist credit ("Illus.") and the copyright. Set symbols were all black before Exodus, and core sets before Sixth Edition have none.

How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.

Card breakdown

The parts of Chaos Charm, read from the Mirage printing. How to read any Magic card.

Name
Chaos Charm. Rules use the English name in every language.
Mana cost
one red manaMana value 1: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
Type line
Instant is the card type.
Text box
What the card does.
Illustration
By Steve Luke. The art has no effect on the game.
Set symbol
Mirage. Before Exodus (1998) every set symbol was black, whatever the rarity.
Artist
Steve Luke, after "Illus.".
Copyright
Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.

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