Damping Field
Antiquities 5 • uncommon
- Set
- Antiquities
- Collector number
- 5
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Justin Hampton
- Market price
- $7.52
What it does
Players can't untap more than one artifact during their untap steps.
Eventually, mages learned to harness the power of natural damping fields and use it for their own ends.
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
Damping Field was released in 1994 as part of Antiquities, the second expansion set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed during the game's formative years, the set was designed to explore the theme of archeology and artifact-based technology within the game's narrative. This specific card was intended to provide players with a technical counter to decks that relied heavily on artifacts, reflecting the high-powered artifact cards that characterized the early competitive meta of the era.
The card’s artwork was created by illustrator Anson Maddocks, one of the original artists whose work defined the dark, gritty, and gothic aesthetic of early Magic sets. Maddocks utilized a distinct, painterly style that emphasized the brooding atmosphere of the Antiquities setting. Upon release, the card was received as a niche utility tool, valued primarily for its role in specific deck-sideboarding strategies rather than as a primary centerpiece of gameplay, though it remains a recognizable relic of the game's foundational design philosophy.
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