Copy Artifact
Limited Edition Beta 54 • rare
- Set
- Limited Edition Beta
- Collector number
- 54
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Amy Weber
- Market price
- $1,100.00
What it does
You may have this enchantment enter as a copy of any artifact on the battlefield, except it's an enchantment in addition to its other types.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Copy Artifact was introduced in the 1993 Limited Edition Beta set as part of the initial launch of Magic: The Gathering. Designed by Richard Garfield, the card was intended to capture the flavor of a magical mimicry spell, allowing players to create a duplicate of an existing enchantment artifact. Its inclusion in the earliest sets was part of a broader mechanical focus on high-variance, interactive gameplay that defined the infancy of the trading card game genre.
The card's artwork, illustrated by Amy Weber, reflects the minimalist, often surreal aesthetic characteristic of the game's early years. Weber utilized a stark, painterly style that became iconic for players of that era. While the card is not as widely discussed in design retrospectives as the 'Power Nine,' it remains a staple of vintage format history, representing the experimental and unrestrained card design philosophy of Wizards of the Coast during the early 1990s.
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