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* Magic the Gathering features multiple nonbinary characters.

**Ashiok is a character of unknown gender, who explicitly resists categorisation.<ref>https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/61002920437/the-german-card-of-ashiok-uses-the-pronoun-der<br /></ref><ref>https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/102494647314/this-got-asked-to-maro-and-someone-pointed-out</ref><ref>https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/102500055934/some-people-want-to-know-about-ashioks-gender</ref> Though some depictions of the character erroneously use “he” as a pronoun, Ashiok uses no pronouns.<ref>[https://wizardsmagic.tumblr.com/post/122805111811/ashioks-style-guide-entry Ashiok's Style Guide Entry—The Official Magic the Gathering Tumblr]</ref>

**Ashiok is a character of unknown gender, who explicitly resists categorisation.<ref>https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/61002920437/the-german-card-of-ashiok-uses-the-pronoun-der<br /></ref><ref>https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/102494647314/this-got-asked-to-maro-and-someone-pointed-out</ref><ref>https://dougbeyermtg.tumblr.com/post/102500055934/some-people-want-to-know-about-ashioks-gender</ref> Though some depictions of the character erroneously use “he” as a pronoun, Ashiok has no confirmed pronouns. It is commonly believed Ashiok uses no pronouns; but the official style guide rules out they/them pronouns on the basis not being "'proper' English", rather than as any reflection on the character.<ref>[https://wizardsmagic.tumblr.com/post/122805111811/ashioks-style-guide-entry Ashiok's Style Guide Entry—The Official Magic the Gathering Tumblr]</ref> This guide has not been updated to reflect Magic's adoption of they/them pronouns for both players and characters, leaving Ashiok's relationship with they/them pronouns ambiguous.

**Karn is an [[agender]]<ref name=":0">https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/146423949568/karn-doesnt-care-use-whatever-you-like</ref> golem from the plane of Dominaria created by the planeswalker Urza as part of his experiments with time travel. Narration and other characters use he/him pronouns for Karn, though he has no pronoun preference.<ref name=":0" /> Although as a golem he has no sex, he was assigned male at creation.

**Hallar the Firefletcher is an nonbinary elf from the Llanowar forest on the plane of Dominaria. They use an unknown elvish pronoun set which is described as "genderless" and reflecting their "ambiguous identity". The narration refers to them with they/them pronouns.<ref>https://wizardsmagic.tumblr.com/post/173041035761/dominaria-prerelease-is-fast-approaching-so-lets</ref>

**Niko Aris, a planeswalker introduced in the ''Kaldheim'' set, is nonbinary and uses [[singular they]] pronouns. Some of ''Kaldheim'''s game designers are real nonbinary people.<ref name="Kaldheim">{{Cite web |title=Meet Niko Aris, New Non-Binary Planeswalker From Magic: The Gathering Kaldheim |author= Weekes, Princess|work=The Mary Sue |date=16 December 2020 |access-date=18 December 2020 |url= https://www.themarysue.com/niko-aris-non-binary-planeswalker-mtg-kaldheim/}}</ref><ref name="TurnerNiko">{{Cite web |title=Creating Niko Aris |last=Turner |first=Gerritt |work=Magic: The Gathering |date=14 December 2020 |access-date=18 December 2020 |url= https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/creating-niko-aris-2020-12-14}}</ref>

** Alharu, Solemn Ritualist is a human monk from an unknown plane printed in ''Commander Legends''. Their character blurb uses they/them pronouns.<ref>https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/card-preview/legendary-characters-commander-legends-part-2-2020-11-06</ref>

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