Ashnod's Altar
Eternal Masters 218 • uncommon
- Set
- Eternal Masters
- Collector number
- 218
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Greg Staples
- Market price
- $15.51
What it does
Sacrifice a creature: Add colorless mana colorless mana.
"If you work at sawing up carcasses, you notice how the joints fit, how the nerves are arrayed, and how the skin peels back."— Ashnod, to Tawnos
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Ashnod's Altar was originally released in the 1994 Antiquities expansion for Magic: The Gathering, designed to represent the dark, artifact-heavy lore of the Brothers' War. The card depicts a mechanism of sacrifice created by the character Ashnod, an artifex serving the warlord Mishra. Its design allows players to sacrifice creatures for colorless mana, a utility that cemented its status as a foundational engine for combo-oriented gameplay throughout the game's history.
The version from the Eternal Masters set, featuring the collector number 218, was released in 2016 as part of a premium set designed to provide players with highly sought-after cards for eternal formats like Legacy and Commander. This printing utilized updated art by Daarken, who leaned into the grim, industrial aesthetic of the original lore while updating the visual clarity to match modern Magic standards. It was well-received by the community for making a staple card more accessible for high-level play.
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