Earthquake
Limited Edition Alpha 146 • rare
- Set
- Limited Edition Alpha
- Collector number
- 146
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- X mana red mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Dan Frazier
- Market price
- €1,262.95
What it does
Earthquake deals X damage to each creature without flying and each player.
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
Earthquake was released in 1993 as part of Limited Edition Alpha, the inaugural print run of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game designed by Richard Garfield and published by Wizards of the Coast. Conceived as a strategic tabletop hobby that blended traditional fantasy motifs with complex mathematical gameplay, the set was intended to offer a high degree of replayability through its unique collectable format. The game emerged from the mid-nineties gaming culture, quickly transcending its roots to become a global phenomenon.
The artwork for this specific card was illustrated by Quinton Hoover, who contributed several iconic pieces to the early game. His style was characterized by a distinct use of fluid lines and evocative color palettes that helped define the visual language of the game's formative years. The card itself, which depicts a massive terrestrial rupture, was designed to function as a board-clearing sorcery, a mechanic that has remained a staple of red-aligned deck strategies due to its straightforward and impactful influence on the state of play.
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