Arcbound Overseer
Darksteel 99 • rare
- Set
- Darksteel
- Collector number
- 99
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 8 generic mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Carl Critchlow
- Market price
- $1.92
What it does
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control with modular.
Modular 6 (This creature enters with six +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 DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Arcbound Overseer was released in 2004 as part of the Darksteel set, the second expansion in the Mirrodin block for Magic: The Gathering. The set was designed to explore a world made entirely of metal, introducing the modular mechanic which allowed artifact creatures to pass +1/+1 counters to one another upon death, effectively simulating the theme of repurposing mechanical components.
The card was illustrated by Carl Critchlow, a prolific fantasy artist known for his distinctively bold and structured style. In crafting the Overseer, Critchlow aimed to depict a towering, complex automaton that embodied the set's harsh, industrial aesthetic. The design received attention from players for its high mana cost and its synergy within tribal artifact decks, serving as a late-game engine for distributing power across a board of modular creatures.
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