Crystal Rod
Seventh Edition 291★ • uncommon
- Set
- Seventh Edition
- Collector number
- 291★
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Ciruelo
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
Whenever a player casts a blue spell, you may pay 1 generic mana. If you do, you gain 1 life.
Polished by a thousand waves.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Crystal Rod was originally released in the Alpha set in 1993, representing one of the first artifact cards in the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. It was designed during the game's inception by Richard Garfield to serve as a niche reactive card, specifically intended to help players recover life points whenever an opponent cast a blue spell. The card reflects the early philosophy of the game, where artifacts often functioned as static utility pieces that interacted with specific color cycles.
The version from the Seventh Edition, identified as collector number 291, featured updated card frames and modernized art that sought to refine the game's aesthetic identity for a broader audience. As one of the core set reprints, it remained a staple of the base card pool, though its mechanical utility was often debated by players who found the narrow scope of its life-gain trigger limited compared to more versatile artifacts introduced in later expansions.
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