Disrupting Scepter
Limited Edition Beta 243 • rare
- Set
- Limited Edition Beta
- Collector number
- 243
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Dan Frazier
- Market price
- $199.98
What it does
3 generic mana, tap: Target player discards a card. Activate only during your turn.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Disrupting Scepter debuted in Limited Edition Beta, the second printing of Magic: The Gathering released in October 1993. As part of the initial wave of cards designed by Richard Garfield and his team at Wizards of the Coast, this artifact was intended to explore the mechanics of taxing an opponent's resources during the game's formative stages. Its inclusion in Beta followed the limited print run of Alpha, maintaining the game's early identity as a complex strategy card game with a distinct fantasy aesthetic.
The design of the Disrupting Scepter is defined by the illustrative style typical of early Magic sets, where various independent artists were commissioned to define the visual language of the game. The card’s function—requiring a mana investment to force an opponent to discard—reflects the design team's goal of creating interactive board states. While it never became a staple of competitive tournament play, it is widely recognized by long-term collectors as a relic of the game's foundational era and its experimental approach to resource management.
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