Chromescale Drake
Darksteel 20 • rare
- Set
- Darksteel
- Collector number
- 20
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 6 generic mana blue mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Ben Thompson
- Market price
- $0.38
What it does
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs 1 generic mana less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Flying
When this creature enters, reveal the top three cards of your library. Put all artifact cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Chromescale Drake was released as part of the Darksteel set in February 2004, the second expansion in the Mirrodin block for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, the set was centered around the theme of metallic artificiality, reflecting the lore of a plane made entirely of metal. This card, designed as an uncommon blue creature, captures the setting's aesthetic through its reliance on the artifact-heavy mechanics that defined the block's competitive meta.
The illustration was created by artist Christopher Moeller, who provided numerous iconic works for the game during this era. His design for the Chromescale Drake emphasizes the organic-mechanical synthesis found on the plane of Mirrodin, depicting a sleek, airborne predator. The card was received as a functional middle-tier utility creature, valued by players for its efficiency within the specific artifact-synergy decks that dominated the Darksteel environment.
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