Acquire
Fifth Dawn 21 • rare
- Set
- Fifth Dawn
- Collector number
- 21
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Daren Bader
- Market price
- $3.03
What it does
Search target opponent's library for an artifact card and put that card onto the battlefield under your control. Then that player shuffles.
Sometimes "innovation" means "stealing another's secret before anyone else can."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Acquire was released in 2004 as part of the Fifth Dawn expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, this set served as the conclusion to the Mirrodin block, a block defined by its focus on artifacts and high-synergy mechanical interactions. The card was designed as a blue sorcery, enabling players to search their opponent's library for an artifact card and place it directly onto the battlefield under their control, a powerful effect intended to punish opponents for playing significant artifacts.
The card features artwork by Christopher Moeller, who provided several illustrations for the Mirrodin block. His depiction of a jagged, crystalline artifact being unearthed or claimed captures the metallic, alien aesthetic of the Mirrodin plane. Upon its release, Acquire was viewed primarily as a sideboard tool in competitive formats, particularly effective in control decks facing artifact-heavy strategies, and it remains a classic example of the 'theft' effects frequently explored within the blue color identity.
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