Chance Encounter
Odyssey 182 • rare
- Set
- Odyssey
- Collector number
- 182
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana red mana red mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Mark Brill
- Market price
- $1.89
What it does
Whenever you win a coin flip, put a luck counter on this enchantment.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if this enchantment has ten or more luck counters on it, you win the game.
The more unlikely the victory, the more memorable the success.
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
Chance Encounter was released in 2001 as part of the Odyssey expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, the Odyssey set shifted the game's focus toward a graveyard-centric mechanics theme, where discarded cards and death-triggers played a pivotal role in strategy. The card was designed as a rare enchantment that provides a unique win condition, rewarding players who focus on creature-heavy decks by allowing them to win the game if they control five or more creatures with the same name.
The artwork for the card was created by artist Christopher Rush, one of the most recognizable illustrators in the game's early history. Rush utilized a vibrant, high-fantasy style that characterized the visual identity of the era, focusing on the whimsical and somewhat chaotic nature of a sudden meeting. Upon its release, the card was widely received by casual players as a quintessential build-around-me enchantment, though it saw limited play in competitive tournament formats due to the difficulty of assembling five identical creatures on the battlefield simultaneously.
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