Animate Artifact
30th Anniversary Edition 345 • uncommon
- Set
- 30th Anniversary Edition
- Collector number
- 345
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Douglas Shuler
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 was originally released as part of the 1993 Limited Edition Alpha set for Magic: The Gathering, designed by Richard Garfield to capture the flavor of bringing inanimate objects to life. The card represents the early aesthetic of the game, featuring iconic, hand-drawn fantasy art that became synonymous with the burgeoning trading card game genre. It remains a classic example of the game's early mechanical focus on permanent-based enchantments.
The 30th Anniversary Edition version, released in 2022, serves as a premium, non-tournament-legal homage to these foundational cards. By recreating the original layout and art, this set was intended to allow collectors to experience the nostalgic visual language of the game's inception in a high-quality, commemorative format. It reflects the enduring legacy of the original 1993 design while emphasizing its status as a collectible artifact rather than a functional piece of modern competitive play.
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