Unglued - Definition and Overview

Unglued is the name of Magic: The Gathering expansion set, the first silver-bordered, not tournament-legal expansion set released. It came out in August 1999. It's symbol is a cracked egg, which shape resembles the letter U. Among the themes of the set were chicken, dice rolling and multiplayer Magic games.

History

Unglued was originally thought up by then-Lead Magic designer Joel Mick and fellow designer Bill Rose. Having helped in the creation of many of the expansion sets of the time, they began talking about cards which were cut from the expansion or were unplayable, based on the rules of the game. Thinking this through, they conceptualized an expansion where all the cards had no place in serious games.

Unglued was not entirely a commercially successful expansion, but the unique basic land cards - the only cards from the set legal in tournaments - were and still are valuable. The set also developed a cult following among casual Magic fans, and it was far later when a sequel to the set, Unhinged, was announced.

Notable Cards

• BFM - A creature so large that it spans 2 cards.
• Blacker Lotus - The classic Black Lotus's big brother.
• Double Cross/Deal/Dip/Play/Take - 5 cards which do an effect in this game, and in your next game with the same opponent.
• Gus - The more you lose to your opponent, the larger Gus gets.
• Mirror Mirror - Opponent beating you down? Take his place, and make him take your place.
• The Ultimate Nightmare of Wizards of the Coast Customer Service - A spell so confusing that even the designers cannot understand it.