Circle of Protection: Art
Unhinged 6 • common
- Set
- Unhinged
- Collector number
- 6
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Jim “Stop the Da Vinci Beatdown” Pavelec
- Market price
- $0.16
What it does
As this enchantment enters, choose an artist.
1 generic mana white mana: The next time a source of your choice with art by the chosen artist would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
1 generic mana white mana: Return this enchantment to its owner's hand.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyNot legal
- VintageNot legal
- CommanderNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerNot legal
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Where it came from
Circle of Protection: Art was released in 2004 as part of the Unhinged expansion, a set designed by Wizards of the Coast specifically to explore the humorous and satirical potential of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set was intended to break the conventions of standard play, and this specific card served as a tongue-in-cheek commentary on the game's own aesthetic production.
The card was illustrated by Greg Staples, who leaned into the joke by depicting a standard 'Circle of Protection' enchantment being used to shield an artist from their own work. The design is widely considered a meta-joke, reflecting the frustrations and absurdity sometimes inherent in the creative process within a commercial collectible ecosystem. It remains a notable example of the self-referential humor that defined the Unhinged set.
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