Guess the Card

[Thomas David Baker]

Clue #1: The card name is one word.

Clue #2: The art contains an orb.

Clue #3: The flavor text mentions a Legend.

[Mark Walker]

Black Knight


Thomas David Baker said:

B______ K_____

No colorless mana costs.

In M10.

[The Games Club]

Black Knight

[Mark Walker]

Ok, here we go..

1) Printed in 5 different sets
2) Printed at rare in only one of those sets
3) Creature type has only appeared on 3 blue cards, but they are all gold
4) Creature type has never appeared on a monowhite card
4) Power and toughness match
5) Its creature type makes up part of its name.

[Thomas David Baker]

Hypnotic Specter.

Got it from list of nonwhite creature types:

"Anteater", "Ape", "Assassin", "Assembly-Worker", "Aurochs", "Badger", "Barbarian", "Basilisk", "Beeble", "Bolas", "Brushwagg", "Bureaucrat", "Carrier", "Cephalid", "Chandra", "Chimera", "Clamfolk", "Cockatrice", "Cow", "Crocodile", "Cyclops", "Dauthi", "Demon", "Desert", "Designer", "Devil", "Dinosaur", "Dreadnought", "Drone", "Efreet", "Egg", "Elk", "Elves", "Eye", "Ferret", "Fish", "Forest", "Fortification", "Garruk", "Gnome", "Goat", "Goblins", "Gorgon", "Gus", "Harpy", "Hellion", "Hero", "Hippo", "Homarid", "Hyena", "Imp", "Island", "Jace", "Jellyfish", "Juggernaut", "Kobold", "Kraken", "Lair", "Legend", "Leviathan", "Liliana", "Lizard", "Locus", "Lord", "Manticore", "Masticore", "Metathran", "Mime", "Mine", "Minion", "Minotaur", "Mongoose", "Moonfolk", "Mountain", "Mummy", "Myr", "Nautilus", "Nightmare", "Nightstalker", "Ninja", "Noggle", "Octopus", "Ooze", "Orc", "Orgg", "Ox", "Oyster", "Paratrooper", "Phoenix", "Pirate", "Plains", "Power-Plant", "Rabbit", "Rat", "Rigger", "Salamander", "Sarkhan", "Satyr", "Scorpion", "Serpent", "Sheep", "Ship", "Siren", "Skeleton", "Slug", "Snake", "Specter", "Spike", "Sponge", "Squid", "Squirrel", "Starfish", "Swamp", "Tezzeret", "Thalakos", "Thopter", "Tower", "Turtle", "Urza\342\200\231s", "Vampire", "Waiter", "Weird", "Whale", "Wolverine", "Wombat", "Worm", "Wraith", "Yeti"

And gold blue cards with 3 of that type:

3 Kithkin Wizard, 3 Gargoyle, 3 Specter, 3 Zombie, 3 Elder Dragon, 3 Noggle Rogue, 3 Djinn, 3 Equipment, 3 Snake, 3 Human Artificer, 3 Elf Wizard, 3 Faerie, 3 Atog, 3 Human Knight, 3 Human Soldier

Good clues!

[James Mills]

I'm sure Hippie has been printed as a rare more than once.

Thomas David Baker said:

Hypnotic Specter.

[Mark Walker]

Good effort but wrong. Did your non-white creature types check non-white or non-monowhite?

Thomas David Baker said:

Hypnotic Specter.

Got it from list of nonwhite creature types:

"Anteater", "Ape", "Assassin", "Assembly-Worker", "Aurochs", "Badger", "Barbarian", "Basilisk", "Beeble", "Bolas", "Brushwagg", "Bureaucrat", "Carrier", "Cephalid", "Chandra", "Chimera", "Clamfolk", "Cockatrice", "Cow", "Crocodile", "Cyclops", "Dauthi", "Demon", "Desert", "Designer", "Devil", "Dinosaur", "Dreadnought", "Drone", "Efreet", "Egg", "Elk", "Elves", "Eye", "Ferret", "Fish", "Forest", "Fortification", "Garruk", "Gnome", "Goat", "Goblins", "Gorgon", "Gus", "Harpy", "Hellion", "Hero", "Hippo", "Homarid", "Hyena", "Imp", "Island", "Jace", "Jellyfish", "Juggernaut", "Kobold", "Kraken", "Lair", "Legend", "Leviathan", "Liliana", "Lizard", "Locus", "Lord", "Manticore", "Masticore", "Metathran", "Mime", "Mine", "Minion", "Minotaur", "Mongoose", "Moonfolk", "Mountain", "Mummy", "Myr", "Nautilus", "Nightmare", "Nightstalker", "Ninja", "Noggle", "Octopus", "Ooze", "Orc", "Orgg", "Ox", "Oyster", "Paratrooper", "Phoenix", "Pirate", "Plains", "Power-Plant", "Rabbit", "Rat", "Rigger", "Salamander", "Sarkhan", "Satyr", "Scorpion", "Serpent", "Sheep", "Ship", "Siren", "Skeleton", "Slug", "Snake", "Specter", "Spike", "Sponge", "Squid", "Squirrel", "Starfish", "Swamp", "Tezzeret", "Thalakos", "Thopter", "Tower", "Turtle", "Urza\342\200\231s", "Vampire", "Waiter", "Weird", "Whale", "Wolverine", "Wombat", "Worm", "Wraith", "Yeti"

And gold blue cards with 3 of that type:

3 Kithkin Wizard, 3 Gargoyle, 3 Specter, 3 Zombie, 3 Elder Dragon, 3 Noggle Rogue, 3 Djinn, 3 Equipment, 3 Snake, 3 Human Artificer, 3 Elf Wizard, 3 Faerie, 3 Atog, 3 Human Knight, 3 Human Soldier

Good clues!

[Thomas David Baker]

Next one.

#1 At least ten different commonly-named colors appear in the art (Blue, Yellow, Black, etc.)
#2 Printed twice with different art by the same artist.
#3 Same type as Subcard A
#4 Same color as Subcard B
#5 Same cc as Subcard C

All subcards have been illustrated by Chippy:

Subcard A - Tutor with low mana cost.
Subcard B - Does enough damage to kill Jokulmorder.
Subcard C - Useful with a persisted Kitchen Finks.

[Mark Walker]

Hypnotic Specter was incorrect. Your grouping failed as it excludes gold white creatures too.

Thomas David Baker said:

Next one.

#1 At least ten different commonly-named colors appear in the art (Blue, Yellow, Black, etc.)
#2 Printed twice with different art by the same artist.
#3 Same type as Subcard A
#4 Same color as Subcard B
#5 Same cc as Subcard C

All subcards have been illustrated by Chippy:

Subcard A - Tutor with low mana cost.
Subcard B - Does enough damage to kill Jokulmorder.
Subcard C - Useful with a persisted Kitchen Finks.

[Thomas David Baker]

Wow. Well Hypnotic Specter is pretty close to fulfilling those criteria :)

Possible types for this thing are:

Anteater, Ape, Assassin, Assembly-Worker, Aurochs, Badger, Barbarian, Basilisk, Bat, Beeble, Berserker, Bolas, Brushwagg, Bureaucrat, Carrier, Centaur, Cephalid, Chandra, Child, Chimera, Clamfolk, Cockatrice, Construct, Cow, Crab, Crocodile, Cyclops, Dauthi, Demon, Desert, Designer, Devil, Dinosaur, Drake, Dreadnought, Drone, Dryad, Dwarf, Efreet, Egg, Elder, Elk, Elves, Equipment, Eye, Faerie, Ferret, Fish, Forest, Fortification, Frog, Garruk, Gnome, Goat, Goblin, Goblins, Golem, Gorgon, Gus, Hag, Harpy, Hellion, Hero, Hippo, Homarid, Hydra, Hyena, Illusion, Imp, Island, Jace, Jellyfish, Juggernaut, Kavu, Kobold, Kraken, Lair, Legend, Leviathan, Liliana, Lizard, Locus, Lord, Manticore, Masticore, Metathran, Mime, Mine, Minion, Minotaur, Mongoose, Moonfolk, Mountain, Mummy, Myr, Nautilus, Nephilim, Nightmare, Nightstalker, Ninja, Noggle, Octopus, Ooze, Orc, Orgg, Ouphe, Ox, Oyster, Paratrooper, Phelddagrif, Phoenix, Pirate, Plains, Plant, Power-Plant, Rabbit, Rat, Rigger, Salamander, Sarkhan, Satyr, Scarecrow, Scorpion, Serpent, Sheep, Ship, Siren, Skeleton, Slug, Snake, Specter, Spider, Spike, Sponge, Squid, Squirrel, Starfish, Swamp, Tezzeret, Thalakos, Thopter, Tower, Troll, Turtle, Urza’s, Vampire, Vedalken, Viashino, Waiter, Weird, Whale, Wolverine, Wombat, Worm, Wraith, Yeti, Zombie

New shortlist:

Royal Assassin (Rare more than once.)
Lord of the Pit ("of" isn't really a creature type.)
Goblin Hero (Never Rare, only Special.)
Goblin King (Rare more than once.)
Mons's Goblin Raiders (Never Rare, only Special.)
Phantom Warrior (Nine printings, Rare twice.)
Leviathan (Rare more than once.)
Fungusaur (Rare more than once.)
Nightmare (Rare more than once.)
Hypnotic Specter (Not the answer. Rare more than once.)
Sengir Vampire (Rare more than once.)

Stuck!

[Mark Walker]

Nope. Based on the extra clue I gave, which creature types appear in white/x that don't appear in monowhite?

Thomas David Baker said:

Wow. Well Hypnotic Specter is pretty close to fulfilling those criteria :)

New theory is that it is one of these:

Granite Gargoyle
Northern Paladin

[Thomas David Baker]

Bat, Berserker, Centaur, Child, Construct, Crab, Drake, Dryad, Dwarf, Elder, Equipment, Faerie, Frog, Goblin, Golem, Hag, Hydra, Illusion, Kavu, Nephilim, Ouphe, Phelddagrif, Plant, Scarecrow, Spider, Troll, Vedalken, Viashino, Zombie

[Mark Walker]

I'll give it to you, Goblin Hero was accidentally printed as Rare in Starter 1999.

Thomas David Baker said:

Bat, Berserker, Centaur, Child, Construct, Crab, Drake, Dryad, Dwarf, Elder, Equipment, Faerie, Frog, Goblin, Golem, Hag, Hydra, Illusion, Kavu, Nephilim, Ouphe, Phelddagrif, Plant, Scarecrow, Spider, Troll, Vedalken, Viashino, Zombie