Crystal Shard
Time Spiral Remastered 393
- Set
- Time Spiral Remastered
- Collector number
- 393
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Doug Chaffee
- Market price
- $2.18
What it does
3 generic mana, tap or blue mana, tap: Return target creature to its owner's hand unless its controller pays 1 generic mana.
The vedalken know it is not of this world, so they know that this world is not the only one.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Crystal Shard was originally released in the 2003 Mirrodin expansion, a set defined by its heavy focus on metallic artifacts and the theme of a world crafted from cold, hard steel. As a blue artifact, it introduced a unique tactical element to the game, allowing players to pay mana to return a creature to its owner's hand. This mechanic served as a versatile tool, used either to protect valuable creatures from removal spells or to repeatedly trigger beneficial enter-the-battlefield effects.
This specific iteration, numbered 393, appeared in the 2021 Time Spiral Remastered set. The set was designed to condense the nostalgia of the original Time Spiral block, bringing back fan-favorite mechanics and card designs. Artist Doug Chaffee, whose work has been a staple of the game for many years, provided the original illustrative style for the piece, emphasizing a sharp, translucent aesthetic that captures the essence of a crystalline relic salvaged from a landscape of mechanical decay.
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