Essence Anchor
Tarkir: Dragonstorm 44 • uncommon
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm
- Collector number
- 44
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- David Astruga
- Market price
- $0.21
What it does
At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
tap: Create a 2/2 black Zombie Druid creature token. Activate only during your turn and only if a card left your graveyard this turn.
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Essence Anchor was released in the Tarkir: Dragonstorm set, an expansion that revisits the timeline-fractured plane of Tarkir. Within the game's lore, the card represents the technology and magical artifacts utilized by the Jeskai or related factions to stabilize fading manifestations of past timelines, fitting into the set's central themes of shifting temporal realities and the struggle between dragonlords and those who remember the world before them.
The card was illustrated by David Astruga, whose work captures the ethereal, glowing aesthetic characteristic of magical anchors within the Magic: The Gathering multiverse. The design focuses on the visual representation of kinetic energy harnessed to keep essence from dissipating. Upon its release, the card was received as a functional tool for limited play formats, valued by players for its utility in graveyard-related strategies rather than for high-level competitive impact.
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About Essence Anchor
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