Ashnod's Altar
The List EMA-218 • uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- EMA-218
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Greg Staples
- Market price
- $16.57
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, a set centered on the lore of the Brothers' War between Urza and Mishra. The card represents an artifact used by the artificer Ashnod, serving as a pivotal tool for sacrificing creatures to fuel mechanical constructs. Its design reflects the brutal, utilitarian aesthetic of the artifact-heavy period of early Magic: The Gathering history, emphasizing the theme of sacrificing one's own resources for greater power.
The inclusion of this card in The List, specifically utilizing the artwork originally featured in Eternal Masters, marks its transition into a legacy staple of the game. The illustration, rendered with a dark and mechanical focus, captures the cold efficiency of Ashnod's character. While the card was initially a niche inclusion in set lore, it has since become a fundamental engine in commander formats due to its ability to facilitate complex combo interactions through mana generation.
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