Chromatic Star
The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts 74 • uncommon
- Set
- The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts
- Collector number
- 74
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Yeong-Hao Han
- Market price
- $0.39
What it does
1 generic mana, tap, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.
When this artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Chromatic Star was first introduced in the 2007 set Time Spiral, designed as a functional utility artifact that allows players to filter mana while providing a card draw upon its transition to the graveyard. Its inclusion in The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts sub-set serves as a thematic callback to the mechanical focus of the original 1994 expansion, framing the card within the visual history of the game's most pivotal conflict.
The Retro Artifacts version features artwork by Yeong-Hao Han, who utilized a distinct schematic style meant to evoke the industrial aesthetic of the Urza and Mishra war era. By adopting the iconic 1990s card frame, this specific release was designed to appeal to collectors valuing historical continuity and the tactile nostalgia of early Magic: The Gathering card design.
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