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===Modal double-faced cards=== [[File:DFC Modal.png|thumb|right|300px|Modal double-faced card: either face can be played from the hand.]] Modal double-faced cards (MDFCs<ref name="Challenge 2"/>) were introduced in ''[[Zendikar Rising]]''.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/zendikar-rising-release-notes-2020-09-10|''Zendikar Rising'' Release Notes|[[Eli Shiffrin]]|September 10, 2020}}</ref><ref name="More Rising">{{DailyRef|making-magic/more-zendikar-rising-stars-2020-09-21|More ''Zendikar Rising'' Stars|[[Mark Rosewater]]|September 21, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|making-magic/odds-ends-zendikar-rising-2020-10-05|Odds & Ends: ''Zendikar Rising''|[[Mark Rosewater]]|October 5, 2020}}</ref> Like previously released double-faced cards, modal double-faced cards have two card faces, one on each side of the card. But these cards don't [[transform]].<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/zendikar-rising-mechanics-2020-09-01|Zendikar Rising Mechanics|[[Matt Tabak]]|September 1, 2020}}</ref> When you play a modal double-faced card, you choose which face you're playing. The front side of the card has a single triangle {{dfc|front}} in the upper left-hand corner. The backside has two triangles {{dfc|back}} and a different [[card frame]] with white font. Modal double-faced cards fit in the same design space as [[split card]]s, but the latter can only be instants and sorceries. This means MDFCs tend to have at least one side be permanent. Technically, there could be an MDFC with two instants and/or sorceries with text that couldn’t fit on a split card.<ref>{{EzTumblr|https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/628251093200224256/going-forward-when-making-cards-and-deciding|title=Going forward, when making cards and deciding split/double-sided cards?|September 3, 2020}}</ref> Similarly to transform cards, the modal faces of these cards vary depending on the setting. *The MDFCs of ''Zendikar Rising'' all feature [[land]]s on their back face. **Notably, six of them are [[Pathway land]]s, which are lands on both sides that tap for different colors of mana. **There is also a cycle of mythic cards with lands that enter untapped if their controller pays 3 life. *The primary MDFCs of ''[[Kaldheim]]'' all feature legendary [[God]] creatures on their front face, and a legendary non-land permanent on the back face. **While most of the back faces are artifacts, three of the Mythics have other permanent types on the back: ***[[Alrund]]'s back face is [[Hakka]], a blue [[bird]] creature. ***[[Esika]]'s back face is a five-color [[enchantment]]. ***[[Valki]]'s back face is a black and red [[Tibalt]] [[planeswalker]]. **''Kaldheim'' additionally features the remaining four lands of the Pathway cycle that weren't printed in ''Zendikar Rising''. *The MDFCs of ''[[Strixhaven: School of Mages]]'' all feature [[enemy color]] combinations, except for one that is colorless. **Notably, only one of these has two colors on the front face {{nowrap|({{W}}{{B}})}}, while its back face is allied colored {{nowrap|({{B}}{{R}})}}. *''[[Transformers]]'' has a mechanic that merges both transforming and modal DFCs using [[More Than Meets the Eye]].
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