Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2658 is to be kept in 
Containment Locker 1410 in Site 73. Within the locker, SCP-2658 
will be stored in a standard collectible card sleeve, which will in turn 
be within a standard collectible card toploader. 


Staff members who maintain or have in the past maintained 
collections of Magic: the Gathering cards should not look at or 
interact with SCP-2658. 


Description: SCP-2658 is a ruled index card trimmed to dimensions 
of approximately 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches (63 x 88 mm) with cut 
corners, roughly the size of a standard poker playing card. The 
words “Mox Ruby”, “O”, and "Tap: Red" are written on the reverse 
side of the object in blue ink. These correspond, in part, to the text 
on the card Mox Ruby from Magic: the Gathering (hereafter referred 
to as Magic), a popular trading card game. SCP-2658 otherwise has 
the physical characteristics expected of such a card. 


SCP-2658's anomalous effect is triggered when anyone who 
considers themselves a collector of or investor in Magic cards views 
it.! Those who meet this condition perceive SCP-2658 as a mint 
condition Mox Ruby from Limited Edition Alpha, an extremely rare 
and valuable card. They will also perceive genuine Magic cards with 
a market value under $0.25 USD as other rare and valuable cards, 
while perceiving cards worth over $5.00 USD as worthless cards.2 


These perceptions are consistent amongst affected individuals, each 
seeing a given card as the same incorrect card. Images of cards 
which have themselves been seen by at least one exposed 
individual are also affected, but not images of cards that have not 
been seen. For instance, should one affected individual see a 


genuine Mox Ruby, all images of that copy of Mox Ruby will be seen 
incorrectly by all affected individuals. Images of any other copy of 
Mox Ruby will be seen correctly. It is speculated that this effect is 
present in order to make it more difficult to prove to affected 
individuals that their cards are not what they see them as. 


After approximately one week, those affected by SCP-2658 will give 
away the bulk of their valuable cards which they now perceive as 
worthless, usually to new or young players at local game stores. 
These gifts will continue even if others attempt to inform affected 
individuals about the true nature of the cards involved; these 
attempts are always dismissed as an attempt at a prank. Following 
these gifts, subjects will cease collecting, investing in, and playing 
Magic, stating that it is a "waste of money" and that they "have 
enough cool cards already." 


Those who are not collectors of Magic are entirely unaffected. The 
distinction between a collector of Magic and one who is only a player 
of Magic is dependent on what an individual believes themselves to 
be, as those who have a large number of Magic cards but do not 
consider themselves to be a collector are unaffected. It is unknown 
why this distinction is made. SEE Addendum 11/05/18. 


Former collectors of or investors in Magic will perceive SCP-2658 as 
a Mox Ruby from Limited Edition Alpha, but will not perceive other 
Magic cards differently. However, those who have begun collecting 
something else will in % of cases begin giving away the most 
valuable parts of their collection(s) approximately one week after 
exposure, citing them as a "waste of money" and saying that they 
"have enough cool cards already." The latter phrase is said even 
when the things being collected are in no way card-related. These 
gifts will also typically take place at a local game store, regardless of 
the appropriateness of such a location.3 


+ Addendum 11/05/18 


An automated information security alert led Foundation 
investigators to a thread on the enthusiast Internet forum 
, titled "How can we fix Magic's cost issue?" After 
many unremarkable replies, a user named 
WondertainmentDDS posted the following in response to 


the thread, their only post on the forum (all errors [sic]): 


i got an idea. i'm a product of the public school 
system so i don't have the best grasp of 
economics, but. if all the fukken collectors and 
speculators leave and give away their shit, 
things will get cheaper, right? less demand, 
more supply. just gotta get em to do that. so 
i've been trading these things out up and down 
the west coast 8D 


Attached was Image SCP-2658-003. The words on this 
card correspond to Mox Sapphire, another rare and 
expensive Magic card. 


The user's icon on the website was an image of an 
instance of SCP-248, and the user's forum signature 
claimed allegiance to Gamers Against Weed. 


The thread and WondertainmentDDS' account have 
since been deleted, under cooperation with the 

staff. Amnestics were distributed to users confirmed to 
have seen the thread. 


Given the description contained in the post and the 
similarity in handwriting between the images, this 
individual is almost certainly the creator of SCP-2658, 
and the pictured object likely has similar if not identical 
properties. 


Attempts to trace the location of this user resolved to the 
IP address 4.2.0.69. The owners of the computer using 
this address were interviewed and determined not to be 
WondertainmentDDS, as they had never heard of Magic: 
the Gathering and appeared to possess neither 
anomalous objects nor the ability to create such. This 
spoofed IP address was likely an attempt at humor. 


Efforts to locate this individual, as well as any other 
anomalous objects they may have created, are ongoing. 


sitting in an armchair and embroidering an article of clothing while 
singing to herself. Further investigation showed a startling 
resemblance between the woman and Dr. _ 's late wife, who died 
during [REDACTED], up to and including a birthmark visible on the 
left side of her neck. Experimentation on SCP-300 has been 
temporarily placed on hold pending research into possible telepathic 
or memory-affecting capabilities. 


Addendum 300-3: Inscription Located on Back of SCP-300 


A world in a bottle 
for my beloved Nora 


« SCP-299 | SCP-300 | SCP-301 » 


Footnotes 

1. Images of SCP-2658 do not trigger its anomalous effect. 

2. "Market value" seems to be a combination of various online 
retailers’ prices for the card. Should a card change in value to 
outside of the given price ranges, those affected by SCP-2658 will 
no longer perceive it differently from reality. It is not known how this 
information is obtained, as reversions of card identity following price 
changes are noted even in subjects with no non-anomalous access 
to information from the outside world. 

3. Other collections given away include comic books, coins, 
Japanese swords, and vintage wines. 


« SCP-2657 | SCP-2658 | SCP-2659 » 


SCP-2659: Finback Whale Psychopomp 


Item #: SCP-2659 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: The area surrounding 
SCP-2659 has been designated a marine wildlife protection area. 
Maritime activity within the protected area requires the approval of a 
Foundation front masquerading as a joint French-ltalian 
environmental protection task force. Enforcement of the containment 
procedures is currently the responsibility of the SCPS Lilium (current 
designation: ITS ). 


Embedded agents within regional cetacean conservation 
organisations are to track potentially-affected instances of 
Balaenoptera physalus in the Mediterranean Sea and take all steps 
necessary to conceal the location of SCP-2659 from civilians, up to 
the interception and termination of affected whales. 


Description: SCP-2659 is a biological entity residing at the bottom 
of the Ligurian basin of the Mediterranean Sea (coordinates: N 43° 
42° ",E8°50' "). Itis light gray in colour, cylindrical in shape 
and measures 56.5 m long and 0.9 m in diameter. It has no external 
organs save for a thin, segmented appendage extending from one 
end of its body. Its body is covered in a thick layer of smooth 
mammalian skin and blubber. Enhanced imaging shows no sign of 
internal bone structure or organs. Outside of the manipulation of its 
segmented appendage and twitching in response to tactile stimulus, 
SCP-2659 is incapable of independent movement. 


Instances of Balaenoptera physalus (finback whale) in or near the 
Mediterranean Sea and approximately over the age of 100 years are 
compelled to separate from their groups and swim towards 
SCP-2659. The mechanism by which a whale is able to locate 
SCP-2659 is unknown. Upon reaching within 300 m of SCP-2659, 
the affected whale will swim in an anticlockwise spiral at gradually 


increasing depth, eventually prostrating itself before the segmented 
appendage of SCP-2659 and ceasing all movement. 


At this point, SCP-2659 will insert the entirety of the segmented 
appendage into the blowhole of the whale. This act causes extreme 
physical injury to the whale, passing down its trachea and often 
puncturing its lungs and heart before curving upwards and piercing 
into the spinal column. Despite this, the affected whale does not 
appear to be in any pain. After a period of five to six minutes, the 
appendage will rapidly withdraw, extracting a length of mildly 
luminescent white solid which is quickly absorbed into the tip of the 
appendage. All whales observed to undergo this process have 
expired due to severe internal bleeding. 


SCP-2659 has performed this procedure on an estimated 2,000 
finback whales since its discovery in 2001. 


« SCP-2658 | SCP-2659 | SCP-2660 » 


SCP-2660: An object that removes darkness 


Item #: SCP-2660 
Object Class: Euclid 


Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2660 is currently held ina 
standard containment chamber, with an additional set of doors to 
prevent line-of-sight access to connecting corridors. 


Personnel may not take any physical or digital notes while testing 
SCP-2660, and must instead verbally report all test results to the 
designated test director (currently Dr. Gently). 


All information about SCP-2660 is currently restricted to personnel 
with Level 3 clearance, or personnel approved to work with 
SCP-2660. (Updated: See Addendum 2660-1) 


Description: SCP-2660 is a green ceramic table lamp which 
exhibits a self-clarifying infohazard. Awareness of one of 
SCP-2660's physical properties causes the observer to slowly gain 
awareness of all its physical properties; this process takes between 
three hours and two days to complete. 


For example, persons viewing only a small portion of SCP-2660's 
surface can identify the object as a lamp. Images that have been 
extensively edited or color shifted are also prone to this effect, e.g., 
a color shifted photo still allows the subject to identify SCP-2660 as 
green. All information created involving SCP-2660 is persistent; it 
cannot be expunged, redacted, or lied about in any way. 


Electronic text records regarding SCP-2660 cannot be erased or 
edited as to expunge data, and will instantly revert to unedited form 
if this is attempted. Messages written on paper regarding SCP-2660 
will, if erased, gradually reappear on the paper over the course of 
3-6 hours. Memories regarding SCP-2660 will never be forgotten, 
and cannot be erased by amnestic treatment. 


Persons with a line of sight to SCP-2660! experience the sensation 
of hearing a repeating beat, described as sequence of one long note 
followed by two short notes, accompanied by a constant buzzing. 
Objects or persons with a line of sight to SCP-2660 are affected by 
an additional anomalous effect, designated SCP-2660-1. 
SCP-2660-1 only affects objects with line of sight contact to 
SCP-2660, and only for the duration of that contact. 


SCP-2660-1's effect varies from each object tested, although similar 
objects usually exhibit the same effect. All SCP-2660-1 affected 
items are subject to SCP-2660's self-clarifying effect. 


Show Test Log 2660 


In testing it was found that a human affected by 
SCP-2660-1, when asked to identify an item 
experiencing SCP-2660-1, consistently give identical 
answers.2 These answers as reported by D-10748 are 
found in the "identification" column. 


item(s) tested identification Notes 
D-10748 "A person." D-10748, 
previously 


uncooperative and 
aggressive, shows 
a considerable 
change in 
character, 
becoming 
compliant and 
calm nearly 
instantaneously. 
Male Labrador "A dog." Animal responded 
Retriever to simple 
commands 
(including "sit", 
"stay", and 
"come") despite a 
lack of previous 
training. 
Philips-head "A screwdriver and The screw was 


screwdriver and | ascrew." 
Allen screw 


Padlock and non- "A lock and key." 
matching key 


"Swiss Army" "A tool." 
multitool 


Copy of Emily "A book." 
Bronte's 

"Wuthering 

Heights" 


Copy, in Russian, "A book." 
of Fyodor 

Dostoevsky's 

"Crime and 


able to be 
manipulated by 
the screwdriver, 
despite not 
matching. 

The key was able 
to successfully 
open the lock, 
despite not 
matching 
mechanically. 
The multitool is 
able to be 
operated as a 
knife to cut a 
length of rope, 
despite lacking a 
knife attachment. 
Camera footage 
shows D-10748 
moving the tool in 
a cutting motion, 
and the rope 
behaving as if cut 
by an invisible 
knife. 

D-10748 is able to 
complete the novel 
in 42 minutes. 
D-10748 scores 
perfectly ona 
short test of plot 
knowledge, but is 
unable to describe 
the novel ina 
metaphorical way. 
D-10748 
completes the 
novel in 45 
minutes. Test 


Punishment" results are as 
above. 

Print of Leonardo "An image.” D-10748 is able to 

da Vinci's "Mona describe the 

Lisa" woman depicted in 
the painting in 
detail, but is 
unable to 
comment on the 
colors or 
techniques used. 

Battery-powered)| "A flashlight." D-10748 shone 

flashlight the flashlight on 
himself and noted 
an unpleasant 
buzzing noise. 


"Kant Counter" | "An instrument."| Counter fluctuated 
reality between 57 and 
measurement 104 Humes in the 
device vicinity of 
SCP-2660.5 
Scranton-Eamon_ "A drain." No changes in 
Reality Sink4 local reality 
detected. 


SCP-2660 was recovered following a Foundation raid on a known 
headquarters of the Maxwellist sect of the Church of the Broken 
God. While the raid was otherwise successful, it was suspected by 
memetic analysts that MTF Nu-7 "Hammer Down" may have 
been exposed to cognitohazardous material during the operation. 
Cautionary amnestic treatments were utilized, but subsequent 
treatment evaluations revealed that some memories remained, all 
dealing with a lamp briefly spotted in the center of a "worship" hall. 
The object was secured and designated SCP-2660. 


Show Interview Log 7154 


The following interview log has been attached to this 
document due to relevance to the continued containment 
of SCP-2660. 


Interviewed: POI-7154, former head of the 
raided Maxwellist site. 


Interviewer: Dr. Sandu 


Foreword: Interview was conducted ina 
specially constructed Faraday cage used to 
interview objects or persons that emit 
moderate to severe amounts of 
electromagnetic radiation. Due to the nature of 
modifications on POI-7154's person to allow 
for connectivity and collaboration with fellow 
cultists, use of this chamber was authorized. 
The interview was conducted 14 days after 
initial object recovery. 


<Begin Log> 


Dr. Sandu: Sarah Richards, henceforth 
referred to as POI-7154. You were found at 
the Maxwellist camp in Hyderabad. Our intel 
indicates that you were the head of this 
particular branch. Is this true? 


POI-7154: Yes. 


Dr. Sandu: How many others were working 
under you? 


POI-7154: They're here. 


Dr. Sandu: I've been informed that you've got 
some hardware in your head that lets you talk 
to your friends. That doesn't work here, miss. 


POI-7154: There is no need to use hardware, 
anymore. My people, we have... transcended. 
| can feel them. They're nearby.