List of Magic slang/Card nicknames

:This non-comprehensive list documents concepts that are subjective and continuously evolving. Entries may be missing or out of date.
The Magic community has given many nicknames to cards, and a number of those nicknames have passed into the mainstream and become part of MTG terminology.
===#===
====5ML====
:Five Moxes and a Black Lotus. Once considered by many players to be essential for a winning Vintage tournament deck.Beth Moursund. (2007). Magic: The Gathering Official Strategy Guide, Wizards of the Coast
===A===
====Academy====
:<c>Tolarian Academy</c>, one of the key components of decks during Combo Winter.
====AK====
:<c>Accumulated Knowledge</c>.
====Ancestral====
:<c>Ancestral Recall</c>.
===B===
====BBE====
:<c>Bloodbraid Elf</c>, a key component of Cascade decks.
====BEB====
:<c>Blue Elemental Blast</c>.
====BFEP====
:"Best Fatty Ever Printed", a nickname for <c>Verdant Force</c> coined by Jamie Wakefield.
====Big Blue====
:<c>Time Walk</c>, <c>Time Twister</c>, and <c>Ancestral Recall</c>, part of the Power Nine.
====Blinky====
:<c>Blinking Spirit</c>, once known as "the most annoying creature in Magic". The card's nickname would go on to become an early name for the category of effects now known as flickering.
====The Blob====
:The collection of cards in the Affinity deck.
====Bob====
:Dark Confidant, which is based on the card submitted for the 2004 Magic Invitational Tournament by the winner, Bob Maher. Other cards which have the same or a similar effect (i.e. to draw the top card of the library at the cost of its mana value in life) to Dark Confidant may also be referred to as "a Bob" (e.g. <c>Ruin Raider</c>), or a singular such effect "to Bob". Stronger cards that cause that life loss to opponents sometimes are considered to "Bob wrong" or is an "anti-Bob" (e.g. <c>Twilight Prophet</c>, <c>Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow</c>).
====Bolt====
:<c>Lightning Bolt</c>. The nickname is sometimes extended to <c>Chain Lightning</c> and other 3-damage burn spells, such as <c>Incinerate</c>.
====Buffy====
:<c>Rashka the Slayer</c>, originally designed to block and kill the <c>Sengir Vampire</c>, provided it hadn't increased in power. The nickname is derived from the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer as the more famous television show first aired in 1997, two years after Homelands was released.
====Butt Stallion====
:<c>Diamond Mare</c>. A reference to the Borderlands video game series, in which the main antagonist, Handsome Jack, has a pony made out of diamonds whose name is Butt Stallion.
===C===
====Cap'n Tickles====
:<c>Giant Solifuge</c>. The origin of this nickname is unclear, but its usage was popularized by Evan Erwin of Star City Games in his web show "The Magic Show."
====Cat Jesus====
:<c>Leonin Arbiter</c>. Named due to its incredible importance in modern Death and Taxes to turn <c>Ghost Quarter</c> into a <c>Strip Mine</c> and <c>Path to Exile</c> into the best removal spell ever made.
====Chimney Pimp====
:<c>Chimney Imp</c>, an incredibly underpowered card from Mirrodin. Often written in a variant of leet speak (such as 7he p1mp, t3h p!mp, etc). In a similar manner as Throat Wolf, it became a common ironic joke in the official Magic forums that the Pimp was an extremely broken card because "it untaps for free", which in fact is a trait shared by almost all permanents.
====CoB====
:<c>City of Brass</c>.
====CoCo====
:<c>Collected Company</c>.
====CoP====
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===D===
====Darcy====
:<c>Dragon's Rage Channeler</c>, from the abbreviation "DRC".
====David Bowie====
:<c>Goblin King</c>. A reference to English musician and actor David Bowie's role as Jareth the Goblin King in the 1986 film Labyrinth.
====Deed====
:<c>Pernicious Deed</c>.
====Deep Anal====
:Crude nickname for <c>Deep Analysis</c>.
====Dexter====
:<c>Dockside Extortionist</c>.
====Dog====
:<c>Isamaru, Hound of Konda</c>.
====Drain====
:<c>Mana Drain</c>, or cards with effects similar to <c>Drain Life</c>.
====DRS====
:<c>Deathrite Shaman</c>.
====Dr. Teeth====
:. Named for the toothy grin given by the creature in its Odyssey illustration. Sometimes this card is announced as "The doctor's in."
====Dude Ranch====
:<c>Kjeldoran Outpost</c>, a land that produces 1/1 soldier tokens (dudes).
===E===
====E-wit====
:<c>Eternal Witness</c>.
====ECD====
:<c>Elspeth Conquers Death</c>.
====Edict====
:<c>Diabolic Edict</c>, <c>Chainer's Edict</c>, <c>Cruel Edict</c>, and other cards that force a player to sacrifice a creature.
====Ernie====
:<c>Erhnam Djinn</c>. 
====ESG====
:<c>Elvish Spirit Guide</c>.
===F===
====Fat Moti====
:<c>Mahamoti Djinn</c>. So called because it is a fat creature.
====Finkel====
:<c>Shadowmage Infiltrator</c>, which is based on the card submitted for the 2000 Magic Invitational Tournament by the winner, Jon Finkel. Occasionally called "Infilmage Finkletrator" as an affectionate play on the name.
====Finkel's Cloak====
:<c>Sleeper's Robe</c>, because it grants Shadowmage Infiltrator's abilities to the creature it enchants, even though the Robe was printed earlier than the Infiltrator itself.
====Finkel Suit====
:<c>Mask of Riddles</c> from Alara Reborn, because, as Equipment, creatures can slip in and out of the suit, becoming Finkel whenever the player has the mana and inclination.
====Force, FoW====
:<c>Force of Will</c>.
====Fishstick====
:<c>Elvish Mystic</c>.
===G===
====Gary====
:<c>Gray Merchant of Asphodel</c>.
====Goyf====
:<c>Tarmogoyf</c>.
===H===
====Hippy====
:<c>Hypnotic Specter</c>. A powerful black creature in early Magic that could be played on turn one using <c>Dark Ritual</c>. Sometimes also alliterated as "Hippy Spook".
====Hymn====
:<c>Hymn to Tourach</c>.
===I===
====I am Superman====
:<c>Pemmin's Aura</c>. The designer who named the card decided to make a tribute to <c>Morphling</c>, which was known as "Superman". Since it was an enchantment that gave the enchanted creature Morphling's abilities, he named it Pemmin's Aura, an anagram for the phrase "I am Superman". When asked "Who's Pemmin?" he simply responded "The guy who made the aura", as there was no background for said character, although it did end up in the flavor text of another card in Scourge: <c>Stifle</c>.
====Ineffable, The====
:Yawgmoth. Used on some Magic: The Gathering forums. For example, 'Will of the Ineffable' refers to <c>Yawgmoth's Will</c>.
===J===
====Jens====
:, which is based on the card submitted for the 2002 Magic Invitational Tournament by the winner, Jens Thoren. Also known as Robo-Jens or Sad Robot due to the pensive facial expression in the artist's portrait of Thoren.
====Jewelry====
:The original five moxes <c>Mox Jet</c>, <c>Mox Ruby</c>, <c>Mox Sapphire</c>, <c>Mox Emerald</c>, and <c>Mox Pearl</c>.Melody Alder. (1998). The Duelist #22, 40-42
====Jigsaw====
:. The sentiment of Plaguecrafter's flavor text is similar to the philosophy of Jigsaw, the recurring villain from the Saw horror movie franchise.
===K===
====Karnstruct====
A 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with “This creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control.” Named for <c>Karn, Scion of Urza</c>, the first card to make such tokens. This nickname persisted because all of the next five cards to make such a token were associated with Urza, Karn's creator.
====Keg====
:<c>Powder Keg</c>.
===L===
====Lab Man====
:<c>Laboratory Maniac</c>.
====Larry Niven's Disk====
:<c>Nevinyrral's Disk</c>. "Nevinyrral" is Larry Niven spelled backward. The disk is evocative of a magical device in his short story series "The Magic Goes Away".
====Looter Scooter====
:<c>Smuggler's Copter</c>. A vehicle (scooter) that "Loots" when it attacks and/or blocks.
====Lucky charms====
Cycles of artifacts that let you gain 1 life when you cast a spell of a certain color (e.g. <c>Ivory Cup</c>).
===M===
====Mana Birds====
:<c>Birds of Paradise</c>.
====Mis-D====
:<c>Misdirection</c>.
====Miss Tickles====
:<c>Falkenrath Aristocrat</c>, due to the card's similarities to <c>Giant Solifuge</c> (both 4/1, both have haste, both are difficult to deal with via spells, both have an evasion ability).
====Misty====
:<c>Stoneforge Mystic</c>.
====Mom====
:<c>Mother of Runes</c>. (See also Steppe-Mom)
====The Monkey====
:<c>Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer</c>. Often called “That Stupid Monkey”, “That *******Monkey”, or simply “Monke”.
====Moti====
:<c>Mahamoti Djinn</c>. 
====Moxes====
:Plural short form for <c>Mox Pearl</c>, <c>Mox Sapphire</c>, <c>Mox Jet</c>, <c>Mox Ruby</c>, and <c>Mox Emerald</c>. Can also refer to <c>Mox Diamond</c> or <c>Chrome Mox</c>.
====Mox Monkey====
:<c>Gorilla Shaman</c>, with the ability to destroy low-mana value artifacts quite inexpensively, is called the "Mox Monkey" because he can destroy (or often "eat") the oft-used Moxes for a minimal cost, netting a great card advantage.
===N===
====Necro====
:<c>Necropotence</c>. Also a verb, for example "I necro for three" means "I pay 3 life to take 3 cards". 
===O===
====Oath====
:<c>Oath of Druids</c>, or a deck featuring the card.
====Ophie the One-Eyed Snake====
:<c>Ophidian</c>, a card that powered many blue control decks to victory with its card-drawing mechanic which could be used every turn. Its art depicts a one-eyed snake, giving him the nickname among control players and their opponents.
====Order of Light Beer====
:<c>Order of Leitbur</c>. A pun on the pronunciation of "Leitbur".
====OwN====
:<c>One with Nothing</c>, a card from Saviors of Kamigawa previously perceived to have no practical purpose, though the results of Pro Tour Honolulu has had some players suggesting it as an answer to the "Owling Mine" deck that had gained prominence during the tournament. It is sometimes, ironically, used as a pun for the term owned.
===P===
====Panharmommycon====
:. Derived from a combination of and Mother of Machines.
====Pat Sajak====
:<c>Magus of the Wheel</c>. The card shares an effect similar to <c>Wheel of Fortune</c>. Named after the host of the American version of the Wheel of Fortune game show.
====Path====
:<c>Path to Exile</c>, a powerful removal spell similar to <c>Swords to Plowshares</c> and shortened in a similar way.
====Powerpuff Girls====
:Three legendary angels from Avacyn Restored <c>Gisela, Blade of Goldnight</c>, <c>Bruna, Light of Alabaster</c> and <c>Sigarda, Host of Herons</c>. Named after the cartoon characters Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup who are three superhero girls who can fly and are dressed in red, blue, and green.
====Primetime====
:<c>Primeval Titan</c>.
====Pump Knights====
:Four functionally equivalent white and black knights from Ice Age and Fallen Empires <c>Order of Leitbur</c>, <c>Order of the White Shield</c>, <c>Order of the Ebon Hand</c>, and <c>Knight of Stromgald</c>. The name refers to their +1/+0 pumping ability.
====PV====
:<c>Elite Spellbinder</c>, the Player Spotlight card for 2019 World Champion Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa (“PVDDR”).
===R===
====REB====
:<c>Red Elemental Blast</c>.
====Ritual====
:<c>Dark Ritual</c>. Alternatively shortened to "Dark Rit" or even further to just "Rit."
===S===
====Sac Elder====
:<c>Sakura-Tribe Elder</c>, which is usually sacrificed (see "sac") for mana acceleration (see "accel"). Other nicknames include Saccy Tribe Elder, Tribe-Elder, Snake Jesus, Steve (S.T.E.-ve), Saccy Chan and sometimes just Elder.
====Sammy====
:<c>Samite Healer</c>.
====Scooze====
:<c>Scavenging Ooze</c>, Often accompanied by the phrase, “You lose to Scooze.”
====Sex Monkey====
:<c>Uktabi Orangutan</c>. Its art depicts monkeys in a position that resembles the sexual act in its background, hence the appellation. The background was noticed during the reign of the "Artifact" block, where it became wildly popular because of its ability to destroy an opponent's artifacts. The flavor text of the card also reinforces this interpretation, as it refers to monkeys in gold coats marrying. In Unhinged, there was a parody of the card, called <c>Uktabi Kong</c>, with a larger version of the original Orangutan in the foreground, and an expectant pair of monkeys in the background, playing on the original art and its implications. The effects of that card are relevant to the act, too, allowing you to tap two Apes to generate another one. The story was continued in Jumpstart 2022, with the new art and flavor text of Uktabi Orangutan entertaining a young <c>Kibo, Uktabi Prince</c> who is implied to be the offspring of the original two monkeysLoadingReadyRun (November 28, 2022) Jumpstart 2022 || TTC 436, TapTapConcede, YouTube
====SFM====
:<c>Stoneforge Mystic</c>.
====Single Pringle, The====
: serialized 001/001 variant. Nicknamed by players for the popular potato snack after a video showing the card's creation seemed to indicate the card had signs of foil warping.
====Snape====
:<c>Thieving Amalgam</c>, named 'Snape' due to its creature types of Ape and Snake.
====Snappie====
:<c>Snapcaster Mage</c>
==== SoFI====
:<c>Sword of Fire and Ice</c>, pronounced like “Sophie”
====SoLoMoxes====
:<c>Sol Ring</c>, <c>Black Lotus</c>, and the five Mox from Alpha.
====Splice Girl==== 
:<c>Blade Splicer</c>
====Steppe-Mom====
:<c>Giver of Runes</c>, derived from a combination of the earlier slang term for <c>Mother of Runes</c> (“Mom”) the Kor from the steppes of Zendikar. The phrase is a pun on Stepmother.
====STEve====
:<c>Sakura-Tribe Elder</c>. See also Sac Elder.
====Stick====
:<c>Isochron Scepter</c>, a powerful card in the Mirrodin set which allows a player to imprint an instant and activate the Scepter to cast a copy of that card. The name is derived from the card's art, which shows a humanoid woman holding the scepter (which obviously looks like a stick).
=====Card on a stick=====
:An <c>Isochron Scepter</c> in play with a particular card imprinted on it.
====="No" stick===== 
:1. <c>Counterspell</c>, when imprinted on the Stick, since it lets the player say "no" to an opponent's spell once per turn.
:2. A popular deck which imprinted <c>Orim's Chant</c> on Stick, preventing the opponent from playing anything except instants and cards with Flash.
;X on a stick
:A creature with some useful ability. For example, <c>Temporal Adept</c> is a "boomerang on a stick", because his ability resembles the card <c>Boomerang</c>, while being a creature.
====Stripwaste====
:A combination of <c>Strip Mine</c> and <c>Wasteland</c>.
====Sunny-T====
:<c>Sun Titan</c>.
====Superman====
:Nickname for <c>Morphling</c>, used because it could fly and was practically invulnerable. The nickname was acknowledged by Wizards of the Coast in <c>Pemmin's Aura</c>, which is an anagram of "I am Superman", and grants Morphling's abilities to the creature it enchants.
====Swords====
:<c>Swords to Plowshares</c>, the best creature-removal spell ever printed. Creatures exiled by a <c>Swords to Plowshares</c> are said to be "Plowed". Sometimes abbreviated STP.
===T===
====T3feri====
:<c>Teferi, Time Raveler</c>. So called because it's the first (and so far only) Teferi card with a mana value of 3. War of the Spark, where the card debuted, was the third set in which a Teferi planeswalker card appeared.
====Tim====
:The classic nickname for the card Prodigal Sorcerer, named after the enchanter from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. <c>Rod of Ruin</c> was sometimes referred to as "Tim on a stick", while <c>Pirate Ship</c> was, of course, "Tim on a ship".
====Thoracle====
:<c>Thassa's Oracle</c>, contraction of the card's name.
===='Tog====
:<c>Psychatog</c>, once the most powerful creature in Magic.
===U===
====Urzatron==== 
:The combination of <c>Urza's Power Plant</c>, <c>Urza's Mine</c>, and <c>Urza's Tower</c> all in play, which provides (seven colorless mana) with three lands. Often shortened to just "Tron".
===V===
====Vic====
:<c>Enthralling Victor</c>.
===W===
====Walk====
:<c>Time Walk</c>.
====Welder==== 
:<c>Goblin Welder</c>.
====WoG====
:<c>Wrath of God</c>, long a staple card due to its ability to destroy many creatures using only one card.
===Y===
====YawgWin, Yawgmoth's Win====
:<c>Yawgmoth's Will</c>, which allows all previously played cards to be played a second time, netting an enormous advantage, and usually wins the game for its caster immediately.
====Yoshi====
:<c>Yotian Soldier</c>
====Young Peezy====
:<c>Young Pyromancer</c>. Has given rise to other -eezy names like Seezy Peezy (<c>Seasoned Pyromancer</c>), DeathReezy (<c>Deathrite Shaman</c>), and Seezy Deezy (<c>Seasoned Dungeoneer</c>).
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