![]() Nearly every part of this card is problematic, from the name, art, artist, and rules text. More than a few cards have been printed with racist or insensitive connotations in Magic’s 27-year history-but no card has warranted more criticism and controversy than Invoke Prejudice, which was printed in the Legends expansion in 1994. The Commander Rules Committee will follow suit and ban the seven cards in Commander, as well. We look forward to sharing more of our plans with you as our games and organization evolve.” “Know that we work every day to be better and that we hear you. “There’s much more work to be done as we continue to make our games, communities, and company more inclusive,” Wizards acknowledged. Racism in any form is unacceptable and has no place in our games, nor anywhere else.” Those images have been replaced with a statement that reads, “We have removed this card image from our database due to its racist depiction, text, or combination thereof. “To that end, we will also be removing a number of images from our database,” including: “The events of the past weeks and the ongoing conversation about how we can better support people of color have caused us to examine ourselves, our actions, and our inactions,” Wizards said. They also changed the Gatherer ID of Invoke Prejudice. Wizards of the Coast has removed images of seven cards from its online card database, Gatherer, and banned them from sanctioned play for depicting racism in either their art, name, or rules text.
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