Castle
Limited Edition Alpha 9 • uncommon
- Set
- Limited Edition Alpha
- Collector number
- 9
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Dameon Willich
- Market price
- $61.57
What it does
Untapped creatures you control get +0/+2.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Castle was released in 1993 as part of the Limited Edition Alpha set, the inaugural printing of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Richard Garfield and published by Wizards of the Coast, the game emerged from a desire to create a portable, quick-playing strategy game that utilized the collectible nature of baseball cards to facilitate dynamic gameplay experiences. As an uncommon enchantment, Castle was designed to represent the fortified structures of the game's high-fantasy world, providing a strategic boost to defensive play.
The card features artwork by Dameon Willich, who contributed several illustrations to the early sets of the game. His aesthetic for Castle leaned into a stark, illustrative style that defined the visual language of the Limited Edition Alpha release. The card was received as a functional, if modest, utility piece within the set's early meta, valued by players for its thematic resonance with the castle-and-dungeon tropes common to the fantasy gaming culture of the era.
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