Fretwork Colony
Kaladesh 83 • uncommon
- Set
- Kaladesh
- Collector number
- 83
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Christopher Burdett
- Market price
- $0.15
What it does
This creature can't block.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and you lose 1 life.
The swarm leaves behind a flawless pattern that only occasionally threatens the structural integrity of the wood.
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
Fretwork Colony was released in 2016 as part of the Kaladesh expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Set on the plane of Kaladesh, a world defined by its focus on invention, artistry, and aether-powered technology, the card depicts a construct created by the desperate inhabitants of the slums. The card’s design captures the aesthetic of the setting’s 'renegade' factions, who repurpose scrap metal and aether to build functional machinery outside of the ruling consulate’s regulations.
The card was illustrated by Cliff Childs, who focused on the interplay between the intricate, filigreed metalwork typical of Kaladesh’s design philosophy and the unstable nature of the creature. Mechanically, the card was designed to represent the parasitic relationship between the colony and its creator, requiring the sacrifice of artifacts to sustain its power. It served as a functional piece for players utilizing artifact-heavy strategies in Limited formats, reflecting the set's broader mechanical theme of artifact synergy.
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