Ashnod's Altar
The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts 67z • rare
- Set
- The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts
- Collector number
- 67z
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Greg Staples
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
Sacrifice a creature: Add colorless mana colorless mana.
"Blood fluting needs to be deeper. Additional hooks needed for nerve rigging. Surface stippling could be coarser."— Ashnod, design notes
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 introduced in the 1994 Antiquities expansion, serving as a pivotal artifact representing the dark experiments of Ashnod, the chief lieutenant to the artificer Mishra. The card was designed to facilitate sacrifice-based strategies, allowing players to turn their creatures into colorless mana. This function cemented its reputation as a powerful combo piece within Magic: The Gathering, frequently appearing in tournament-level decks due to its efficiency in enabling complex engine loops.
The version from The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts set features an illustration by Greg Staples. This release was part of a special subset of cards designed to pay homage to the game's deep history, utilizing an aesthetic frame reminiscent of the original 1990s card layouts. Staples rendered the altar with a haunting, atmospheric focus on the grim nature of Ashnod's mechanical innovations, a direction that was well-received by collectors who appreciate the lore-rich narrative of the Phyrexian-Mishran conflict.
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