Elkin Bottle
Ice Age 317 • rare
- Set
- Ice Age
- Collector number
- 317
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Quinton Hoover
- Market price
- $0.46
What it does
3 generic mana, tap: Exile the top card of your library. Until the beginning of your next upkeep, you may play that card.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Released in 1995 as part of the Ice Age expansion for Magic: The Gathering, the Elkin Bottle represents the experimental mechanical design prevalent in the mid-nineties. The card was created to provide a specialized draw engine for players, allowing them to exile the top card of their library and cast it during their next turn. This unique mechanic reflected the set's broader theme of icy isolation and long-term planning, positioning it as a strategic utility card for control-oriented decks.
The artwork was provided by the late Quinton Hoover, a foundational illustrator for the game known for his distinctive, often romanticized ink-and-wash style. Hoover’s illustration of the bottle captures a mystical, swirling ethereal quality that complements the card's function as a magical vessel for stored power. Upon its release, the card was received as a niche but intriguing tool, praised more for its evocative aesthetic contribution to the game’s lore than for its raw competitive efficiency.
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