Copper Carapace
The List MM2-205 • common
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- MM2-205
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Franz Vohwinkel
- Market price
- $0.22
What it does
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and can't block.
Equip 3 generic mana (3 generic mana: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
"We will fight as they do: our flesh protected behind metal."— Tae Aquil, Viridian weaponsmith
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Copper Carapace was originally released in the 2003 Mirrodin set for Magic: The Gathering. Designed by Wizards of the Coast, it serves as a piece of Equipment that reflects the set's central theme of artifacts and metal-based technology. The card was illustrated by Matt Cavotta, who utilized a metallic, industrial aesthetic to emphasize the world of Mirrodin, a plane made entirely of artificial matter. The design was intended to provide a functional equipment option that buffed a creature's toughness at a low mana cost, reflecting the utilitarian nature of the plane's inhabitants.
The card was later included in 'The List', a curated selection of reprints integrated into set boosters to introduce players to older, iconic, or thematic cards. Its presence in this collection highlights its status as a quintessential Mirrodin-era common. Over time, it has been recognized for its thematic consistency with the set's lore, where the inhabitants scavenged metal to enhance their own physical forms, blending the game's mechanics of creature enhancement with the established narrative of a synthetic world.
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