Dragon Engine
Classic Sixth Edition 282 • rare
- Set
- Classic Sixth Edition
- Collector number
- 282
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Anson Maddocks
- Market price
- $0.40
What it does
2 generic mana: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
"How is it the legged engines seem so much more alive than their wheeled counterparts? Simply, they were born, not made."— Mishra
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Dragon Engine was originally introduced in the Antiquities expansion of Magic: The Gathering in 1994, drawing on the set's thematic focus on the artifact-heavy history of the plane of Dominaria. Its inclusion in the Classic Sixth Edition set in 1999 marked a significant moment for the game's presentation, as this core set was the first to introduce the modern card frame and updated rules layout that would define the game for years to come.
The artwork was provided by Anson Maddocks, one of the game's original illustrators known for a distinct, organic style that often leaned into the eerie or mechanical. His depiction of the Dragon Engine emphasizes a jagged, skeletal aesthetic, fitting the lore of a constructed war machine reclaimed from the scrap heaps of the Brothers' War. The card was received as a flavorful, if situational, artifact creature that represented the brutal industrial conflicts central to the game's early narrative.
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