Executioner's Capsule
Modern Masters 83 • uncommon
- Set
- Modern Masters
- Collector number
- 83
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Warren Mahy
- Market price
- $0.09
What it does
1 generic mana black mana, tap, Sacrifice this artifact: Destroy target nonblack creature.
There is always a moment of trepidation before opening a message capsule, for fear of the judgment that might be contained within.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Executioner's Capsule was originally printed in the Shards of Alara expansion in 2008, designed as part of the set's cycle of colored artifacts that emphasize the themes of the Esper shard. The card features art by Aleksi Briclot, who sought to capture the cold, utilitarian aesthetic of Esper's metal-dominated landscape where organic life is augmented by etherium. Its mechanics, allowing a player to pay mana to destroy a creature, solidified its role as a versatile utility card in limited and constructed formats.
The version from Modern Masters (2013) serves as a reprint that brings the card into a higher-power draft environment. Modern Masters was curated to highlight significant cards from the game's history, and the inclusion of the Capsule was intended to provide control decks with accessible black removal. The design remains a classic example of how artifact-based utility functions within Magic: The Gathering to balance board states through interactive, repeatable effects.
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