Crusade

Premodern-legal editions of Crusade — old-border printings plus any period-appropriate foil promos (Arena/Judge, through Scourge). Hover to preview an edition on the card; click to select it.

Classic Sixth Edition

1999·6edrare

Selected

Fifth Edition

1997·5edrare

Fourth Edition

1995·4edrare

Junior Super Series

2000·psusrareFoil

Old-border editions + pre-Scourge promo foils (Arena/Judge). Modern-frame reprints (8th Edition onward) exist but are not period-appropriate printings.

Why is This Card Difficult to Purchase?

Premodern-legal, but WotC no longer sells or reprints it.

Crusade is fully Premodern-legal, but you can't buy it from the usual stores: Wizards of the Coast removed it from official sale, reprinting, and its Gatherer database in 2020. It is a {W}{W} Enchantment whose only line of text, "White creatures get +1/+1," made it a foundational anthem effect for White Weenie decks for nearly two decades. Premodern is a community-run format that sets its own rules, and the community explicitly keeps Crusade legal; WotC simply no longer sells or prints it. WotC's removal is a US-facing decision. Major US retailers and MTGO dropped it, but European marketplaces aren't bound by it, so existing copies are still listed in Europe on Cardmarket and trade on eBay's secondary market.

First printed in Limited Edition (Alpha) in 1993 with art by Mark Poole, Crusade was reprinted through Fourth Edition (the floor of the Premodern card pool) and remained a White Weenie staple for years. On June 10, 2020, Wizards of the Coast published "Depictions of Racism in Magic" and banned seven cards from all sanctioned tournament play while removing their images from Gatherer: Invoke Prejudice, Cleanse, Stone-Throwing Devils, Pradesh Gypsies, Jihad, Imprison, and Crusade. Crusade and Jihad were flagged for invoking religious war to grant bonuses to White creatures. WotC has not reprinted or sold Crusade since.

Trivia & Lore

• Crusade is a {W}{W} Enchantment that reads simply "White creatures get +1/+1," a global anthem that pumps every White creature on the battlefield, including your opponents'.
• It was first printed in Limited Edition (Alpha) in 1993 with art by Mark Poole, and was reprinted as recently as Fourth Edition (1995), the earliest set in the Premodern card pool.
• On June 10, 2020, Wizards of the Coast banned Crusade from all sanctioned tournament play and removed its image from the Gatherer database, alongside six other cards, in its "Depictions of Racism in Magic" announcement.
• The seven cards removed together were Invoke Prejudice, Cleanse, Stone-Throwing Devils, Pradesh Gypsies, Jihad, Imprison, and Crusade; Crusade and Jihad were specifically cited for invoking religious wars to give benefits to White creatures.
• Cards that are banned in WotC's official formats for being culturally offensive, Crusade among them, remain legal to play in Premodern, because Premodern is a community-created format that maintains its own ban list independent of Wizards.
• Scryfall flags Crusade with a content warning (content_warning: true), reflecting WotC's removal of the card from its official database.