Cursed Scroll
World Championship Decks 1999 js281 • rare
- Set
- World Championship Decks 1999
- Collector number
- js281
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- D. Alexander Gregory
- Finish
- Gold
What it does
3 generic mana, tap: Choose a card name, then reveal a card at random from your hand. If that card has the chosen name, this artifact deals 2 damage to any target.
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
The Cursed Scroll card included in the 1999 World Championship Decks was part of a limited release designed to allow players to experience the specific deck lists used by the top competitors at the 1999 Magic: The Gathering World Championship. These decks were produced with non-tournament-legal gold borders and signatures of the players on the cards, serving as a commemorative snapshot of the high-level competitive meta from that year.
Originally appearing in the Tempest expansion, the Cursed Scroll was a defining artifact of late 1990s competitive play, lauded for its ability to provide repeatable direct damage. Its inclusion in the 1999 commemorative set highlights its status as a staple of the era's aggressive deck archetypes, designed by the Wizards of the Coast development team to offer a strategic, skill-testing card that required players to manage their hand size effectively to maximize its impact.
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