Ashnod's Altar
The Zeta Set 216 • rare
- Set
- The Zeta Set
- Collector number
- 216
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- MSCHF
What it does
Sacrifice a creature: Add colorless mana colorless mana.
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 first appeared in the 1994 Antiquities expansion for Magic: The Gathering, designed to depict a gruesome artifact from the lore of the brothers' war between Urza and Mishra. Within the game's narrative, Ashnod was a chief artificer for Mishra, and her altar was a central piece of her dark experimentation, functioning as a machine that sacrificed creatures to fuel other mechanical processes.
The card was originally illustrated by Quinton Hoover, whose distinct, painterly style helped define the aesthetic of early Magic sets. The design was mechanically innovative for its time, introducing a repeatable sacrifice outlet that became a foundational pillar for combo-oriented archetypes in various formats. Its enduring utility and thematic resonance have led to numerous reprints over the decades, though the original Antiquities printing remains a significant piece of trading card history.
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