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0538 · MB2 · R · ENWhat the codes mean

Two by Four

Mystery Booster 2 #538 · Illustrated by Sam Denmark

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Non-foil · Mystery Booster 2 #538

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Oracle text

Choose one or both —

• Put a base power 4 counter on target creature.

• Put a base toughness 4 counter on target creature.

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Card details

First printed
2024
Printings
1
Mana value
2
Artist
Sam Denmark

What the codes mean

The small print at the bottom of the Mystery Booster 2 card (#538).

0538 · MB2 · R · EN

  • 0538Collector number: this card's place in the set list.
  • MB2Set code for Mystery Booster 2
  • RRare
  • ENPrinted in English

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Card breakdown

The parts of Two by Four, read from the Mystery Booster 2 printing. Tap a label to highlight its line. How to read any Magic card.

  • Top: name and cost
  • Art and type line
  • Text box
  • Bottom: stats and the info line
Two by Four from Mystery Booster 2, with each part labelled

The info line, magnified

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Top: name and cost

Art and type line

Text box

Bottom: stats and the info line

Rulings (4)

  1. 2024-11-08

    For many playtest cards, you’ll need to make a generous assumption that basic game rules would be updated to allow them to work. The Mystery Booster 2 Playtest Card Notes section (reproduced here in individual Gatherer rulings) provides guidance for fitting these cards into the existing rules structure.

  2. 2024-11-08

    Playtest cards use a modified version of game symbols, such as tap this permanent and one white mana. These modified symbols should be treated as the standard symbols during play.

  3. 2024-11-08

    Playtest cards aren’t legal for play in any tournament format other than Mystery Booster Limited formats. On the other hand, we expect they will spice up a wide variety of non-tournament games (as long as everyone’s on the same page about using them!).

  4. 2024-11-08

    The effect of a base power 4 counter or base toughness 4 counter overrides any existing effects that set that creature’s base power or toughness, as appropriate. Any existing effects or counters that raise, lower, or switch a creature’s power and/or toughness continue to apply to the creature’s new base power or toughness. Any base power- or toughness-setting effects that start to apply after the counter is placed on the creature will overwrite the counter’s effect. (For the rules-savvy, yes, this applies in layer 7b.)

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