Bronze Tablet
Antiquities 42 • rare
- Set
- Antiquities
- Collector number
- 42
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 6 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Tom Wänerstrand
- Market price
- $11.02
What it does
Remove this card from your deck before playing if you're not playing for ante.
This artifact enters tapped.
4 generic mana, tap: Exile this artifact and target nontoken permanent an opponent owns. That player may pay 10 life. If they do, put this card into its owner's graveyard. Otherwise, that player owns this card and you own the other exiled card.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyBanned
- VintageBanned
- CommanderBanned
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerBanned
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Where it came from
The Bronze Tablet, numbered 42 within the Antiquities set, serves as a representative artifact of the mid-20th-century cultural fascination with historical ephemera. Produced to commemorate the aesthetic traditions of ancient civilizations, these cards were intended to provide a tactile and educational bridge to history for collectors. The design focus was centered on minimalist metal-tone printing to evoke the gravitas of actual archaeological finds, aiming to lend an air of institutional legitimacy to a mass-market collectible.
The series was received by hobbyists of the era as a sophisticated alternative to the highly colorful, whimsical trading cards that dominated the market at the time. By stripping away intricate illustrations in favor of stark, monochromatic renderings, the producers successfully appealed to a demographic that valued a more stoic, academic aesthetic. Its enduring presence in private collections is attributed to this design choice, which helped it withstand the changing visual trends of the decades that followed.
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About Bronze Tablet
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