Forging the Anchor
The Brothers' War 50 • uncommon
- Set
- The Brothers' War
- Collector number
- 50
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Liiga Smilshkalne
- Market price
- $0.29
What it does
Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal any number of artifact cards from among them and put the revealed cards into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
The metal turned and blossomed with Saheeli's will, each filigreed twist bringing the temporal anchor closer to completion.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Forging the Anchor was released in late 2022 as part of the Magic: The Gathering expansion set The Brothers' War. The set serves as a nostalgic reimagining of the franchise's foundational conflict between brothers Urza and Mishra, drawing heavily on the aesthetic of 1980s mechanical fantasy and industrial warfare. The card depicts a thematic moment of artifact construction, mirroring the set's central mechanic of assembling powerful machines to dominate the board.
The artwork was commissioned from Liiga Smilshkalne, who employed a detailed, painterly style to capture the scale of the creation process. By focusing on the interplay of heat, metal, and intent, the illustration emphasizes the high-stakes engineering that defines the lore of the set. Upon its release, the card was widely noted by players for its efficiency in deck-building archetypes focused on artifact synergy, fitting neatly into the uncommon rarity slot designed for limited-format versatility.
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About Forging the Anchor
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