Reverse threshold

Reverse Threshold is a slang term used used by Magic R&D to describe the black and blue mechanic that gives a card different or additional characteristics if its opponent has a certain amount of cards in their graveyard. It is the reverse of threshold, because that ability word counts the cards in the controller's graveyard.
Reverse threshold was first seen on <c>Jace's Phantasm</c> in Magic 2015 with a threshold of 10 cards. It then appeared in Throne of Eldraine with <c>Into the Story</c> (7 or more cards), while <c>So Tiny</c> and <c>Vantress Gargoyle</c> functionally have 7-card reverse-threshold, though both are not opponent-specific. Core Set 2021 followed with <c>Thieves' Guild Enforcer</c> (8 or more cards), and Zendikar Rising featured seven cards with reverse threshold (again counting 8 or more cards in the opponent's graveyard).
Several years later in March of the Machine, <c>Tenured Oilcaster</c>, <c>Expedition Lookout</c>, <c>Sheoldred</c> and <c>See Double</c> returned with eight-card threshold.
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