Carnage Altar
Zendikar 198 • uncommon
- Set
- Zendikar
- Collector number
- 198
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- James Paick
- Market price
- $0.22
What it does
3 generic mana, Sacrifice a creature: Draw a card.
"In these bloodstains I will find the fingerprints of our oppressors."— Anowon, the Ruin Sage
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Carnage Altar was released in 2009 as part of the Zendikar expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Set on the dangerous, expedition-focused plane of Zendikar, the card reflects the set's themes of survival, sacrifice, and the environment's inherent volatility. It was designed as an artifact that allows players to trade creatures for cards, mechanically reinforcing the brutal, high-stakes nature of the world depicted in the set's lore.
The card’s illustration was created by Aleksi Briclot, a prominent concept artist known for his work on the game. Briclot utilized a dark, visceral aesthetic to capture the essence of a place where blood and ruin are traded for power. Upon its release, the card was viewed by players as a niche utility engine, appreciated primarily by those building decks centered on sacrifice mechanics, and it remains a representative example of the darker, thematic design choices of the original Zendikar block.
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