Magic: The Gathering has revealed they will no longer be printing creatures with the type “Efreet.”
Magic Head Designer, Mark Rosewater, inadvertently announced this news in a response to a question posted on his Blogatog. Moving forward, creatures that would have been labeled as “Efreet” will be classified as Djinn, as they are traditionally similar within Islamic culture.
Across Magic’s 30 year history, only 28 creatures with the type “Efreet” have been printed, with the earliest (Ydwen Efreet) debuting in Arabian Nights, and the most recent (Veyran, Voice of Duality) coming in Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander.
