Crystal Rod
Eighth Edition 295 • uncommon
- Set
- Eighth Edition
- Collector number
- 295
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Donato Giancola
- Market price
- $0.21
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 introduced in the Alpha set of Magic: The Gathering in 1993, representing the game's earliest design philosophies regarding reactive artifacts. As part of a cycle of five 'rods' corresponding to the colors of mana, it was crafted to allow players to gain life whenever a white spell was cast. This early era of the game prioritized simple, incremental mechanical interactions, reflecting the intent of designers like Richard Garfield to provide foundational tools for deck-building in an emerging trading card game market.
For the Eighth Edition release, which marked the game's tenth anniversary and a significant visual overhaul, the Crystal Rod was updated with new artwork by Glen Angus. This iteration replaced the original 1993 illustration with a more polished, contemporary fantasy aesthetic consistent with the set's modernized frame and layout. While the card's function remained unchanged from its debut, its inclusion in Eighth Edition served to maintain the presence of these classic mana-reactive artifacts for a new generation of players, despite the shifting power levels of the game's expanding library.
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