The List

The List is a rotating catalogue of cards introduced in 2020 in the vein of the Timeshifted cards of Time Spiral and the Mystery Booster set. It pays homage to the past of Magic: The Gathering and is similarly curated as the list for the Universal promo pack. The cards could be found in the simultaneously introduced Set Boosters, and later in Play Boosters.
==Description==
"The List" contains commons, uncommons, rares, and mythic rares which will fall at the proper rate to one another. Being on "The List" does not make cards Standard-legal. They are legal in whatever formats the cards are already legal in. The cards can be pulled from anywhere in Magic's history. Groups of the cards in "The List" changed from set to set, but the main core would remain intact. Usually, 50 to 75 cards were swapped out for others that better fit a new set's themes. These cards are normally printed on one print sheet. On occasion, a card that officially had been removed could still show up in a later set.
===Size===
The List started as a catalog of 300 cards. For Streets of New Capenna, it went down to 67 cards to accommodate the in-Magic versions of the Universes Beyond cards. The other cards were all rares and mythic rares. For Baldur's Gate the List returned to being 300 cards.
With the introduction of Play Boosters for Murders at Karlov Manor, the List was scaled back to 50 cards: 10 Special Guests and 40 cards that are reprinted without new art (30 common or uncommon and 10 rare or mythic rare). Going forward, the straight reprints are replaced by other types of cards. 
==History==
Starting with Zendikar Rising, the cards of "The List" could be found 25% of the time in Set Boosters instead of a marketing card. As with Mystery Booster the cards were supposed to be "pick-ups", meaning that they were printed as they previously appeared (including art, card frame, expansion symbol and collector number) with the exception that they'll have a small planeswalker symbol in their lower-left corner. A number of cards in "The List" (15 as of Strixhaven's release) use the same artwork as cards of the same name in "Mystery Booster", making those cards from the two sets nearly indistinguishable from each other.
Until The Lost Caverns of Ixalan, the List was curated by Aaron Forsythe. Thereafter, it was curated by Reggie Valk.
===2024: Change to Play Boosters and importation into Arena===
With the change to Play Boosters becoming the standardized booster in 2024, the List would continue on past Murders at Karlov Manor. R&D would need to consider the fact that The List would be introduced onto MTG Arena, adding an exclusion to the clause that the cards would only be legal in pre-existing formats, as their Eternal-equivalent formats of Historic (format) and Timeless use any card programmed into the Draft format. Some would be pre-emptively banned from Historic, however. Wizards will trim down the large number of reprints whose only change is the additional small Planeswalker symbol. For Murders at Karlov Manor the List was reduced to 40 cards in addition to the 10 Special Guests (30 commons/uncommons and 10 rares).
Starting with Bloomburrow, the de-archived cards, reprints that feature the Planeswalker stamp in the bottom-left corner, will no longer appear in Play Boosters. The cards found on The List in Bloomburrow are solely Special Guests cards.
===Special Guests===
Special Guests are the name for a class of reprints introduced as part of The Lost Caverns of Ixalan. They are marketed as highly desirable reprints that have been flavored to the set they appear in. They are incorporated into "The List" of the respective sets but can also appear in Collector Boosters.
===Universes Within===
In June 2021, it was announced that for upcoming Universes Beyond Secret Lairs, Wizards of the Coast would create and print versions of the mechanically unique Secret Lair Universes Beyond cards that are set in Magic 's Multiverse approximately six months (the exact time may vary) after their release in Secret Lair. The in-Magic versions are made available through The List. They appear on The List more frequently than other cards to make them easier to find. One in eight Set Boosters contains one of these cards, while another one in eight set boosters contains a different card from the List. The non-canon cards and the rebranded cards are considered equivalent game pieces, meaning you can only play four copies (or one copy) of either the Magic version or the Universes Beyond version in your deck. The Information below the text box has the special SLX set code and the SLD card number that it equals to.
===Alternate art===
Among the new cards for the List of Streets of New Capenna was a special non-foil featuring new art and the Streets of New Capenna Golden Age treatment. This card notably lacks the planeswalker symbol in the lower left corner, and adds a new collector number (#250) to the Shards of Alara set.
==Misprints==
For unknown reasons, six white cards of the first List didn't use the correct version of the white mana symbol, but an entirely new version.
==References==
Category:Promotional cards
Category:Magic sets