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Chaos Orb

7 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Chaos Orb, 30th Anniversary Edition printing
30th Anniversary Edition 30A · No. 231 2022-11-28

Card text

{2}
Artifact
{1}, {T}: 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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The 7 printings

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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ∅ Not legal
Modern ∅ Not legal
Legacy ✗ Banned
Vintage ✗ Banned
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✗ Banned
Oathbreaker ✗ Banned
Brawl ∅ Not legal
Historic ∅ Not legal
Timeless ∅ Not legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ∅ Not legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✗ Banned

Official rulings

7 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

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.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

If you have sleeves on cards, they count as the cards.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

You can't interfere in any physical way with activating this ability.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

This is a not a targeted ability.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

It must flip 360 degrees (that's what "flip" means). And this flip must be in the air and not in your hand.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

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.”

2019-01-27 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Chaos Orb, 30th Anniversary Edition printing
30th Anniversary Edition
30A · #528
Rare
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Chaos Orb, Collectors' Edition printing
Collectors' Edition
CED · #236
Rare
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Chaos Orb, Intl. Collectors' Edition printing
Intl. Collectors' Edition
CEI · #236
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Chaos Orb, Limited Edition Beta printing
Limited Edition Beta
LEB · #236
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Chaos Orb, Limited Edition Alpha printing
Limited Edition Alpha
LEA · #235
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