Darksteel Reactor
Darksteel 114 • rare
- Set
- Darksteel
- Collector number
- 114
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Kev Walker
- Market price
- $8.12
What it does
Indestructible (Effects that say "destroy" don't destroy this artifact.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a charge counter on this artifact.
When this artifact has twenty or more charge counters on it, you win the game.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Darksteel Reactor was released in 2004 as part of the Darksteel expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As a centerpiece of the set's namesake material—an indestructible metal in the game's lore—the card was designed to represent a slow-building, inevitable win condition that players had to actively protect. Its mechanical identity fits squarely within the artifact-heavy theme of the Mirrodin block, which focused on the synergies and dangers of an artificial world.
The artwork for the card was created by artist Carl Critchlow, who utilized a stark, industrial aesthetic to convey the card's function as a countdown device. The design was intended to be visually ominous, emphasizing the accumulation of charge counters that eventually results in an alternate win condition. Upon its release, it was received as a flavorful, albeit niche, technical card that rewarded players for constructing defensive decks capable of surviving long enough for the reactor to reach its critical mass.
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