Cyclopean Tomb
30th Anniversary Edition 533 • rare
- Set
- 30th Anniversary Edition
- Collector number
- 533
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Anson Maddocks
- Market price
- €150.00
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 originally appeared in the 1994 Alpha expansion for Magic: The Gathering, serving as a distinct artifact that reflected the early game's fascination with Lovecraftian themes. Its function, which involves placing counters on lands to make them produce black mana, was designed to introduce complex board state management during the game's formative period when developers were experimenting with unconventional resource manipulation.
The 30th Anniversary Edition printing of the card preserves the original artwork by Anson Maddocks, who was one of the game's earliest contributors. Maddocks' signature style, characterized by a gritty, surreal approach, perfectly complemented the macabre aesthetic of the card's lore. By reprinting this piece in the modern era, Wizards of the Coast intended to celebrate the game's historical visual identity, allowing players to revisit the stark, moody illustrations that defined early Magic card design.
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