Artist Alley
Black Lotus Unknown Planechase PLA001a • common
- Set
- Black Lotus Unknown Planechase
- Collector number
- PLA001a
- Rarity
- Common
- Colors
- Colorless
- Finish
- Gold
What it does
Whenever you planeswalk here and at the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.
Whenever Chaos ensues, exile the top six cards of your library. An opponent or player outside the game chooses a nonland card with their favorite art. Then you may cast that spell without paying its mana cost.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyNot legal
- VintageNot legal
- CommanderNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerNot legal
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Where it came from
The Artist Alley cards from the Black Lotus Unknown Planechase set were conceived as a limited-edition promotional series for the Magic: The Gathering community. These cards were designed to highlight the illustrative talent behind the game's expansive visual landscape, focusing on the specific aesthetic identity of individual artists rather than the standard mechanical hierarchy of the trading card game.
The visual design draws heavily from the planar chaos themes inherent in the Planechase format, employing stylized, surrealist imagery that departs from traditional fantasy tropes. Upon release, the series was received with interest by dedicated collectors who appreciated the shift toward art-centric framing, though the experimental nature of the print run solidified its position as a niche curiosity within the broader hobby.
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