Artifact Ward
Antiquities 3 • common
- Set
- Antiquities
- Collector number
- 3
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- white mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Douglas Shuler
- Market price
- $0.57
What it does
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't be blocked by artifact creatures.
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to enchanted creature by artifact sources.
Enchanted creature can't be the target of abilities from artifact sources.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Artifact Ward was released in 1994 as part of Antiquities, the second expansion set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, the set was designed to explore the lore of the Brothers' War, a cataclysmic conflict between the artificer siblings Urza and Mishra. The card reflects the set's thematic focus on the prevalence of powerful, game-altering artifacts, offering players a defensive enchantment specifically tuned to interact with that mechanical environment.
The card features artwork by Douglas Shuler, one of the original artists commissioned for the game’s debut. Shuler’s illustration style helped define the gritty, high-fantasy aesthetic of early Magic sets, leaning into a traditional illustrative approach that prioritized atmospheric storytelling over the more stylized, digital look that would define later expansions. While the card is a common and mechanically straightforward design, it remains a nostalgic artifact of the game's formative era, capturing the transition from the base set to specialized thematic expansions.
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