Cyclopean Tomb
Limited Edition Alpha 240 • rare
- Set
- Limited Edition Alpha
- Collector number
- 240
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Anson Maddocks
- Market price
- €1,398.83
What it does
2 generic mana, tap: Put a mire counter on target non-Swamp land. That land is a Swamp for as long as it has a mire counter on it. Activate only during your upkeep.
When this artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, at the beginning of each of your upkeeps for the rest of the game, remove all mire counters from a land that a mire counter was put onto with this artifact but that a mire counter has not been removed from with this artifact.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Cyclopean Tomb was released as part of the Limited Edition Alpha set in 1993, representing the debut of Magic: The Gathering. Published by Wizards of the Coast, the set was designed by Richard Garfield to combine the strategic depth of hobby games with the collectibility of trading cards, emerging from a period of intense innovation in the gaming industry. As an artifact card, it reflects the game's early thematic focus on high-fantasy archaeology and ancient, powerful relics that players could deploy to manipulate the battlefield.
The artwork was provided by Anson Maddocks, one of the original illustrators who helped define the game's foundational aesthetic. His contribution to Cyclopean Tomb features a dark, foreboding style that aligns with the game's early emphasis on occult imagery and gothic horror influences. Upon its release, the card was received as a niche technical tool for control-oriented strategies, and while it never reached the legendary status of cards like Black Lotus, it remains a distinct example of the raw, experimental design language present in the game's inception.
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