Defense Grid
Urza's Legacy 125 • rare
- Set
- Urza's Legacy
- Collector number
- 125
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Mark Tedin
- Market price
- $15.95
What it does
Each spell costs 3 generic mana more to cast except during its controller's turn.
"We've managed to keep the goblins in their assigned areas, but there's little we can do about the smell."— Whip Tongue, viashino technician
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
Defense Grid was released in 1999 as part of the Urza's Legacy expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, this set followed the high-fantasy narrative of the Urza block, which centered on the artificer Urza and his conflicts within the multiverse. Mechanically, the card was designed to penalize players for casting spells during an opponent's turn, effectively serving as a tactical tool to regulate the pacing and interaction levels of gameplay.
The card's artwork was illustrated by rk post, a prominent contributor to the game during the late 1990s and early 2000s. His design utilizes a stark, industrial aesthetic that emphasizes the defensive, automated nature of the artifact. Upon its release, the card was received as a strong utility piece in competitive formats, particularly for control-heavy decks, and it has remained a perennial inclusion in various deck archetypes due to its unique ability to disrupt tempo-based strategies.
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