Aesthetic Consultation
Unhinged 48 • rare
- Set
- Unhinged
- Collector number
- 48
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- David “Help Me” Martin
- Market price
- $0.51
What it does
Choose an artist. Exile the top six cards of your library, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a card with art by the chosen artist. Put that card in your hand and exile all other cards revealed this way.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyNot legal
- VintageNot legal
- CommanderNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerNot legal
Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC. Card text via Scryfall. Not approved or endorsed by Wizards. As of the last catalogue refresh.
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Where it came from
Aesthetic Consultation was released in 2004 as part of Unhinged, the second silver-bordered joke set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Designed by Wizards of the Coast, the set was intended to break the traditional rules of the game to provide a humorous and experimental play experience. The card was specifically crafted to satirize the game's obsession with card art and visual aesthetics, requiring players to perform subjective evaluations of the artwork on the cards in their hands.
The card was illustrated by Ron Spencer, a veteran artist whose work on Magic: The Gathering has spanned decades. Spencer’s style, often characterized by a gritty, detailed approach, was applied here to lean into the absurdity of the card's effect. Upon its release, the card was received as a quintessential piece of Unhinged design, celebrated by the community for its ability to turn a competitive card game into an impromptu debate about artistic interpretation.
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About Aesthetic Consultation
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