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>invoke prejudice
>Nearly every part of this card is problematic, from the name, art, artist, and rules text.
The name “Invoke Prejudice” quite obviously calls to mind the idea of racism while the ability, which makes different-colored creatures cost more, creates a version of in-game version racism/colorism.
The art, on the other hand, depicts axe-wielding hooded figures that look strikingly like members of the Klu Klux Klan. Perhaps that the meaning of the imagery could be explained away has happenstance—perhaps the artist didn’t know the name of the card?—except for the fact that the artist, Harold McNeill, is extremely problematic himself. His art frequently includes approving, even reverent, references to swastikas, Hitler, and other Nazi imagery.
As if that wasn’t enough, when you order Magic cards chronologically by set then alphabetically by card name, Invoke Prejudice is the 1488th card and was was therefore assigned the ID of 1488 in Gatherer. This number is significant to neo-Nazis because it references the white supremacist slogans of “14 words” and “Heil Hitler” (H is the eighth letter of the alphabet, so it can be represented by 88).
“Today, we will be changing the multiverse ID and removing the Gatherer card image for the card Invoke Prejudice,” Wizards said. “The card is racist and made even worse by the multiverse ID it was unfortunately codified with years ago. There’s no place for racism in our game, nor anywhere else.”
/pol/'s new favorite card.