Altar of Dementia
The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts 66z • mythic
- Set
- The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts
- Collector number
- 66z
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Isis
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
Sacrifice a creature: Target player mills cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.
"My dreams have brought more visions from our master: an altar, exquisite and perfect. We must build it at once."— Writings of Artonac, priest of Gix
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Altar of Dementia was originally printed in the 1990 Tempest expansion, conceived as a strategic tool for graveyard-focused strategies in the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Its design centers on the mechanic of self-mill, allowing players to sacrifice their own creatures to force an opponent to discard cards from their library, effectively weaponizing the graveyard rather than viewing it as a terminal state.
The version from The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts set features a stylized, schematic-inspired aesthetic designed to evoke the high-fantasy industrial lore of the game's setting. By reprinting this classic artifact in a frame reminiscent of the game's early history, the designers aimed to honor the card's enduring legacy as a cornerstone of combo-based play and graveyard manipulation, garnering a warm reception from long-term players who appreciate both its mechanical versatility and its historical context.
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