Animate Artifact
Limited Edition Alpha 48 • uncommon
- Set
- Limited Edition Alpha
- Collector number
- 48
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Douglas Shuler
- Market price
- $65.33
What it does
Enchant artifact
As long as enchanted artifact isn't a creature, it's an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its mana value.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Animate Artifact debuted in 1993 as part of Limited Edition Alpha, the foundational set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game released by Wizards of the Coast. Created by Richard Garfield, the set sought to introduce a new genre of hobby gaming that blended elements of strategic tabletop play with the collectibility of baseball cards. The card itself was designed to represent the flavor of imbuing life into inanimate objects, a core concept within the game's blue color identity which emphasizes manipulation and utility.
The artwork for the card was provided by Quinton Hoover, a prolific early contributor whose distinct, fluid style became a signature of the game's initial aesthetic. Hoover’s illustration depicts the magical transformation of a clockwork mechanism, leaning into the high-fantasy whimsicality that characterized the early nineties card pool. The card is highly regarded by historians of the game for its role in defining the early mechanical framework of the format, though it remains a niche piece of card board history compared to the game's more famous rare artifacts.
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About Animate Artifact
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