Misprinted MTG Tokens Hide Powerful Reality Fracture Limited Interaction

With Wizards of the Coast’s slew of misprints and product delays, it’s rare for any set release to go without a hitch nowadays. Sadly, the same is true for Reality Fracture, as tons of Play Boosters are expected to be delayed past Prerelease. While that shouldn’t affect the event itself, it will make cards hard to get shortly afterward.

Unfortunately, while Reality Fracture delays shouldn’t impact things too badly, the set has a misprint that affects a very specific Limited interaction. If you open Karn, Gilded GuardianKarn, Gilded GuardianVigilance, trample
When Karn enters, draw a card for each color among other artifacts you control., you’ll want to know about this MTG Reality Fracture token misprint.

MTG Reality Fracture Token Misprint

With how slow Reality Fracture Limited is shaping up to be, greedier cards look far more playable than expected. Even Karn, Gilded GuardianKarn, Gilded GuardianVigilance, trample
When Karn enters, draw a card for each color among other artifacts you control. might be better than expected, since it can easily draw two cards alongside the Gruul Konstrari’s Heartwood Tokens. If you open the right cards, Flickering HoundFlickering HoundWhenever you cast a creature spell, exile up to one other target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. could turn this into an incredible draw engine.

That said, as strong as this synergy is, a surprising token misprint may make it easy to miss. It turns out that the first print batch Heartwood Tokens for Reality Fracture are misprinted as colorless instead of Gruul. This could mislead players into thinking that Karn won’t draw any cards with a Heartwood Token in play.

If these tokens end up seeing play alongside payoffs like Bloom TenderBloom TenderVivid — {T}: For each color among permanents you control, add one mana of that color. in constructed or Commander, this misprint could cause even more confusion soon. Considering that some of the new Konstrari cards, like Aerid KonstrariAerid KonstrariFlying
When Aerid Konstrari enters or dies, create a Heartwood token. (It's a red and green artifact with "{T}: Add {R} or {G}.")
{6}: Create a Heartwood token. Then Aerid Konstrari gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of artifacts you control. and Heartwood CrafterHeartwood CrafterThis creature enters prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
{T}: Add {C}. This mana can't be spent to cast spells from your hand., look like reasonable Commander options, some colored interactions might come up and be missed.

With that in mind, if you’re attending Reality Fracture Prerelease this weekend, be sure to tell the event host about this misprint. While it shouldn’t impact your Prerelease games outside of Karn, Gilded Guardian, knowing about it could be surprisingly important.

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