Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
Phyrexia: All Will Be One 421 • mythic
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- Collector number
- 421
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Richard Whitters
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
Vigilance
If a permanent entering causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
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Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines was released in early 2023 as a marquee card in the Magic: The Gathering set Phyrexia: All Will Be One. The card depicts the leader of the Machine Orthodoxy, a faction of biomechanical zealots from the plane of New Phyrexia. Her design reflects her role as the primary antagonist of the set, emphasizing her status as a figurehead of religious horror through a aesthetic that blends porcelain-white elegance with grotesque, industrial anatomy.
The specific collector number 421 corresponds to the 'Step-and-Compleat' foil variant, a specialized print treatment intended to represent the corrupted, glistening oil aesthetic central to the Phyrexian narrative. The artwork was crafted by artist Magali Villeneuve, who has long defined the visual identity of Elesh Norn. Her approach prioritized an uncanny, serene authority, which was met with significant critical acclaim from the player community for capturing the character's unsettling combination of divinity and malice.
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