Falter
Urza's Saga 184 • common
- Set
- Urza's Saga
- Collector number
- 184
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Mike Raabe
- Market price
- $0.22
What it does
Creatures without flying can't block this turn.
Like a sleeping dragon, Shiv stirs and groans at times.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Falter was released in 1998 as part of the Urza's Saga set, the first installment in the Urza block for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed during a period of significant mechanical expansion, the card was designed as a sorcery that provides an aggressive tactical advantage by rendering the opponent's creatures unable to block for a single turn, reflecting the set's thematic emphasis on powerful artifacts and aggressive board states.
The card features artwork by Greg Staples, whose illustrative style during this era helped define the dark, high-fantasy aesthetic of the late nineties for the game. Like many common-rarity cards from the Urza's Saga expansion, it was intended primarily for limited play formats, serving as a functional tool to facilitate late-game pushes rather than a centerpiece for competitive tournament deck lists, and it remains a recognizable specimen of the era's design philosophy.
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