Dismantle
Darksteel 57 • uncommon
- Set
- Darksteel
- Collector number
- 57
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Brian Snõddy
- Market price
- $0.23
What it does
Destroy target artifact. If that artifact had counters on it, put that many +1/+1 counters or charge counters on an artifact you control.
"If only the living were so easily salvaged."— Memnarch
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Dismantle was released in 2004 as part of the Darksteel expansion, the second set in the Mirrodin block. The set focused heavily on artifact-themed mechanics, and Dismantle was designed as a thematic answer to the omnipresent artifact permanents that defined the Mirrodin meta. Its function—destroying an artifact and placing +1/+1 counters on another—perfectly encapsulated the set's obsession with repurposing metallic materials.
The card features artwork by Brian Snõddy, a long-time contributor to the game whose style often leaned into clean, structured lines. Snõddy’s illustration for Dismantle emphasizes the mechanical deconstruction of a construct, using a cold, industrial palette that mirrors the desolate, metal-heavy environment of the Mirrodin plane. It remains a notable piece from the era, remembered for its specific mechanical utility in limited formats.
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About Dismantle
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