Unglued

Unglued was the first Magic: The Gathering supplemental set to be used outside of normal Magic expansions. It was released on August 11, 1998 as a standalone, fun set. 
==Set details==
The set included 83 silver-bordered cards, five black-bordered cards (basic lands) and six tokens. The lands are special full-art lands which have extended artwork inside an oval frame stretching from the top to bottom of the card. On top of that oval frame is a round gem of the appropriate color with the (at the time current) tap symbol. At the bottom is a slightly larger gem featuring the appropriate mana symbol. The top left corner has the name of the basic land while the bottom left corner simply reads "Land" with Artist and copyright information as well as collector number running along the bottom. Unlike other sets that feature up to four distinct arts per basic land, Unglued only has one art per basic land.
The rest of Unglued are silver-bordered joke cards which are still functional. Names, flavor texts, types and mechanics as well as the art featured on the card parody the game, individual cards, concepts, the history or players of the game. Unglued and its followup Unhinged are also the only sets in which the artwork of non-Planeswalker cards extend outside the art frame. The card <c>B.F.M. (Big Furry Monster)</c> even extends over two cards. Some cards have specialized frames allowing for other jokes. Unglued also makes special mention of Chickens and Clamfolks as creature types. Chickens were a minor theme.
==Mechanics==
While Unglued dabbles in all sorts of mechanics including physical actions by the players, specifically noted should be the usage of six-sided die on cards for random effects.
Many graphic design elements that first appeared in this "joke set" have crossed over into tournament-legal Magic releases. These include full-art basic lands, art extending beyond the frame (as seen later on many planeswalker cards), watermarks in the text box, and sideways printing (first seen in <c>Burning Cinder Fury of Crimson Chaos Fire</c> and later on split cards).
==Cycles==
Cycle name 	 	 	 	 	
Chickens 	<c>Mesa Chicken</c> 	<c>Fowl Play</c> 	<c>Poultrygeist</c> 	<c>Chicken Egg</c> 	<c>Free-Range Chicken</c>
Chickens 	Five common cards that deal with chickens in some sort of fashion by either being chickens, producing chicken Tokens or turning creatures into chickens. These cards are supplemented by the rare chicken Lord, <c>Chicken à la King</c>. 	Five common cards that deal with chickens in some sort of fashion by either being chickens, producing chicken Tokens or turning creatures into chickens. These cards are supplemented by the rare chicken Lord, <c>Chicken à la King</c>. 	Five common cards that deal with chickens in some sort of fashion by either being chickens, producing chicken Tokens or turning creatures into chickens. These cards are supplemented by the rare chicken Lord, <c>Chicken à la King</c>. 	Five common cards that deal with chickens in some sort of fashion by either being chickens, producing chicken Tokens or turning creatures into chickens. These cards are supplemented by the rare chicken Lord, <c>Chicken à la King</c>. 	Five common cards that deal with chickens in some sort of fashion by either being chickens, producing chicken Tokens or turning creatures into chickens. These cards are supplemented by the rare chicken Lord, <c>Chicken à la King</c>.
Double spells	<c>Double Dip</c> 	<c>Double Take</c> 	<c>Double Cross</c> 	<c>Double Deal</c> 	<c>Double Play</c>
Double spells	Five common spells (two instants and three sorceries), each with a converted mana cost of 5. Each spell takes effect twice: once when cast and once at the beginning of the next game played with a given player. The flavor text on those five cards can be rearranged to form a limerick.	Five common spells (two instants and three sorceries), each with a converted mana cost of 5. Each spell takes effect twice: once when cast and once at the beginning of the next game played with a given player. The flavor text on those five cards can be rearranged to form a limerick.	Five common spells (two instants and three sorceries), each with a converted mana cost of 5. Each spell takes effect twice: once when cast and once at the beginning of the next game played with a given player. The flavor text on those five cards can be rearranged to form a limerick.	Five common spells (two instants and three sorceries), each with a converted mana cost of 5. Each spell takes effect twice: once when cast and once at the beginning of the next game played with a given player. The flavor text on those five cards can be rearranged to form a limerick.	Five common spells (two instants and three sorceries), each with a converted mana cost of 5. Each spell takes effect twice: once when cast and once at the beginning of the next game played with a given player. The flavor text on those five cards can be rearranged to form a limerick.
Teammates 	<c>Get a Life</c> 	<c>Checks and Balances</c> 	<c>Organ Harvest</c> 	<c>Ricochet</c> 	<c>Team Spirit</c>
Teammates 	Five cards that acknowledged gameplay with more than two players. 	Five cards that acknowledged gameplay with more than two players. 	Five cards that acknowledged gameplay with more than two players. 	Five cards that acknowledged gameplay with more than two players. 	Five cards that acknowledged gameplay with more than two players.
===Rock-Paper-Scissors===
Rock-Paper-Scissors Cycle 	Rock-Paper-Scissors Cycle 	Rock-Paper-Scissors Cycle
<c>Rock Lobster</c> 	<c>Paper Tiger</c> 	<c>Scissors Lizard</c>
Three 4/3 common artifact creatures costing and illustrated by Heather Hudson, each corresponding to the game Rock, Paper, Scissors; when any was in play, it prevented the other appropriate creature from attacking or blocking. For instance, as long as Rock Lobster is in play, cards named Scissors Lizard cannot attack or block.	Three 4/3 common artifact creatures costing and illustrated by Heather Hudson, each corresponding to the game Rock, Paper, Scissors; when any was in play, it prevented the other appropriate creature from attacking or blocking. For instance, as long as Rock Lobster is in play, cards named Scissors Lizard cannot attack or block.	Three 4/3 common artifact creatures costing and illustrated by Heather Hudson, each corresponding to the game Rock, Paper, Scissors; when any was in play, it prevented the other appropriate creature from attacking or blocking. For instance, as long as Rock Lobster is in play, cards named Scissors Lizard cannot attack or block.
==Creature types==
Unglued creature types were eliminated from the Comprehensive Rules list during the Grand Creature Type Update. They included:
*Chicken (<c>Mesa Chicken</c>) (later errata'd to Bird).
*Clamfolk (<c>Clambassadors</c>)
*Cow (<c>Hungry Hungry Heifer</c>)
*Elemental? (<c>Question Elemental</c>)
*Elves (<c>Elvish Impersonators</c>)
*Gus (<c>Gus</c>)
*Lady of Proper Etiquette (<c>Miss Demeanor</c>)
*Lobster (<c>Rock Lobster</c>) (originally printed without the creature type, but added in Oracle, and later versions of the card).
*The Biggest, Baddest, Nastiest, Scariest Creature You'll Ever See ()
==Trivia==
===Cards===
* is wearing the former two largest creatures in Magic (<c>Phyrexian Dreadnought</c> and <c>Polar Kraken</c>) as jewelry. Its flavor text also references <c>Polar Kraken</c>'s flavor text.
*<c>Bronze Calendar</c> makes fun of early Magic artists who would occasionally misunderstand what they are being asked to illustrate. It depicts a Bronze Colander.
*<c>Spark Fiend</c> encourages you to play craps. Spark is kraps backwards.
*The maze pictured on the desk in <c>Bureaucracy</c> has no solution.. Richard Garfield is referenced in the card text.
*<c>Chaos Confetti</c> was designed by Jeff Donais, Pro Tour head judge. It was based on an urban legend regarding <c>Chaos Orb</c>.
*The creatures on <c>Fowl Play</c> were meant to be clamfolk, but nobody told this to Mark Poole.
*<c>Gerrymandering</c> was based on a spell called Ecoshift that Richard Garfield cut from Alpha.
*<c>Ghazbán Ogress</c> is a misogynistic in-joke about a female player dating multiple pros. Cathy Nicoloff revealed on Reddit that an unflattering nickname given to her by some pro players had inspired the card. Her story was confirmed by Gary Wise.
*<c>Giant Fan</c> is blowing Randy Gallegos' signature off the card.
*The <c>Goblin Bowling Team</c> is sponsored by Pashalik Mons.
*<c>Gus</c> used the unused art for a card called Bogeyman that was considered for Portal.
*<c>I'm Rubber, You're Glue</c> had to be recommissioned. The original art was just an extension of <c>Free-for-All</c>, but the leprechaun was meant to be knocked into a totally new card.
*The art of <c>Infernal Spawn of Evil</c> was created by Ron Spencer as a joke for a card in Tempest block. The revision from Demon to Beast in the type line was done in the hand of the set's editor, Jennifer Clarke Wilkes.
*<c>Jack-in-the-Mox</c> sports all five moxes.
*The model for <c>Jalum Grifter</c> was brand manager Joel L. Mick (J.L.M.).
*<c>Look at Me, I'm the DCI</c> was drawn by Mark Rosewater after a picture of Richard Garfield.Mark Rosewater (October 1998), Drawing Conclusions, The Duelist #30 Rosewater received $1 for his artwork.Ma "Mark Rosewater" Ro (October 1998), Chickens and Cows and Clams, Oh My, The Duelist #30 
*The text box on <c>Prismatic Wardrobe</c> is pieces of all six nonland text boxes stitched together.
*A rejected image for <c>Keeper of the Mind</c>, which was considered to be sexually inappropiate, was used for Unglued 's <c>Censorship</c>Michael G. Ryan (August 1998) Exodus Files Exposed, The Duelist #28
*<c>Krazy Kow</c> was supposed to be "Mad Cow" but this was changed due to the outbreak of mad cow disease in England at the time.
*The model for the wizard in <c>Mine, Mine, Mine!</c> was Daniel Gelon.
*The covered flavor text for <c>Once More With Feeling</c> is something close to: If you could see this it isn't what you expected. 
*<c>Rock Lobster</c> walks on broken metal pieces. <c>Scissors Lizard</c> walks on scraps of paper and <c>Paper Tiger</c> walks on rocks.
*The flavor text on is a sly reference to Chip of Chip and Dale (and yes, the creators knew he’s not a Squirrel) and 254 is Mark Rosewater's favorite number (also used in his Twitter-handle).
*On <c>Volrath's Motion Sensor</c>, Greven il-Vec has Volrath's emblem printed on his pyjama's.
*<c>Temp of the Damned</c> used the unused art for a card called Gypt the Gnarled that was considered for Visions.
*<c>The Ultimate Nightmare of Wizards of the Coast® Customer Service</c> has an interesting mana cost. It is one of the few who used a (before it got removed from the game) and the only card who ever used a . Unhinged would expand on the idea of weird mana symbols.
===Other===
*The full-art lands were thought up by Christopher Rush, several years earlier.
*Mark Rosewater dressed up like a chicken for Unglued's prerelease. 
*Phil Foglio used the pseudonym Claymore J. Flapdoodle.
*Unglued was the first set to contain tokens, randomly inserted in packs replacing an uncommon.
*Unglued was the first set in Magic to to refer to teammates.
*All 94 cards in the Unglued set each had a single word printed on the bottom of the card. When combined in proper numerical order with other cards in the series spell out the following secret message:
===Inspirations===
The following list is every Unglued card that inspired a black-bordered card or mechanic. 
* - split cards (two cards on one instead of one card on two)
*<c>Common Courtesy</c> - the seals from Nemesis (<c>Seal of Cleansing</c>, <c>Seal of Removal</c>, <c>Seal of Doom</c>, <c>Seal of Fire</c>, and <c>Seal of Strength</c>)
* - into 
*<c>Giant Fan</c> - <c>Power Conduit</c>, 
*<c>Goblin Bookie</c> - <c>Krark's Thumb</c>
*<c>Hungry Hungry Heifer</c> - <c>Chisei, Heart of Oceans</c>
*<c>Infernal Spawn of Evil</c> - forecast mechanic
*<c>Look at Me, I'm the DCI</c> - <c>Cranial Extraction</c>
*, - Battlebond's team cards
*<c>Ricochet</c> - <c>Grip of Chaos</c>
*<c>The Cheese Stands Alone</c> - <c>Barren Glory</c>
*<c>The Ultimate Nightmare of Wizards of the Coast® Customer Service</c> - 
*<c>Timmy, Power Gamer</c> - <c>Elvish Piper</c>
==Unglued 2==
A follow up set, tentatively called Wacky II: This Time it's Personal or Unglued 2: The Obligatory Sequel, was announced for Summer 1999 but never got made. This was an entirely different set from Unhinged and featured animated vegetables, punny Djinni, Santawar Elves, and an alternate take on <c>Serra Angel</c>.
==Gatherer update==
After the release of Unstable in December 2017, the other Un-sets received a Gatherer update. 
*"Summon" was replaced with "Creature —" on the type line of each creature. 
*All artifact creatures received a subtype. 
*<c>Denied!</c> became an instant instead of an interrupt. Similarly, <c>Goblin Tutor</c> no longer references interrupts.
*<c>Goblin Bookie</c>'s ability is now activated only any time it makes sense.
*<c>Knight of the Hokey Pokey</c> reminder text was rephrased.
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