Chaos Orb
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SetCEI
Collector #236
Released1993-12-10
Rarityrare
ArtistMark Tedin
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Chaos Orb

RareReserved listMV 2
Artifact
, : If this artifact is on the battlefield, flip it onto the battlefield from a height of at least one foot. If this artifact turns over completely at least once during the flip, destroy all nontoken permanents it touches. Then destroy this artifact.
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Artifact
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
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Rulings (7)
scryfall27 Jan 2019
If you are playing Chaos Orb in the Old School format, the card's text is “{1}, {T}: Choose a nontoken permanent on the battlefield. If Chaos Orb is on the battlefield, flip Chaos Orb onto the battlefield from a height of at least one foot. If Chaos Orb turns over completely at least once during the flip, and lands resting on the chosen permanent, destroy that permanent. Then destroy Chaos Orb.”
wotc4 Oct 2004
This is a not a targeted ability.
wotc4 Oct 2004
You can't interfere in any physical way with activating this ability.
wotc4 Oct 2004
You can arrange your cards any time before the Orb is put onto the battlefield, but not after. In general, you should not stack cards or put them in places where your opponent can't read the names of all of them or count them. This is recommended good gaming practice.
wotc4 Oct 2004
Chaos Orb can only affect permanents. Cards that are in the game but not on the battlefield, such as those in the Library and Graveyard, can't be affected.
wotc4 Oct 2004
If you have sleeves on cards, they count as the cards.