Dingus Staff
Weatherlight 149 • uncommon
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Collector number
- 149
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Richard Kane Ferguson
- Market price
- $1.48
What it does
Whenever a creature dies, this artifact deals 2 damage to that creature's controller.
"A sharp conscience is the weapon of the soul."— Hanna, *Weatherlight* navigator
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
The Dingus Staff was originally released in the 1997 Magic: The Gathering expansion set Weatherlight. Designed as an artifact card, it reflects the game's early mechanical focus on penalizing players for losing creatures, serving as a thematic representation of the game's gritty, high-fantasy aesthetic during the late 1990s. The card was illustrated by Donato Giancola, who utilized his signature painterly style to capture the weathered and imposing nature of the staff.
Within the context of the Weatherlight set, the Dingus Staff served as a functional piece of utility meant to capitalize on battlefield attrition. While it was not a centerpiece of competitive tournament play, the design was well-received by fans for its flavor text and its contribution to the expanded lore of the Magic multiverse. Its inclusion in the set reinforced the ongoing narrative developments of the Weatherlight saga, which remains one of the most significant story arcs in the game's history.
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