Arcbound Fiend
Darksteel 96 • uncommon
- Set
- Darksteel
- Collector number
- 96
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 6 generic mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Ittoku
- Market price
- $0.37
What it does
Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may move a +1/+1 counter from target creature onto this creature.
Modular 3 (This creature enters with three +1/+1 counters on it. When it dies, you may put its +1/+1 counters on target artifact creature.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Arcbound Fiend was released in 2004 as part of the Darksteel set, the second expansion in the Mirrodin block. The set introduced the modular mechanic, which allowed creatures like this to transfer +1/+1 counters upon their destruction, emphasizing the themes of metallic evolution and resource recycling central to the plane of Mirrodin.
The artwork was commissioned from Japanese illustrator Ittoku, whose distinct style captured the eerie, scrap-metal aesthetic of the artifact creatures inhabiting the setting. The card was designed to function as an uncommon pressure piece in limited formats, forcing opponents to make difficult tactical decisions regarding the distribution of counters during combat.
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