Garbage Elemental
Unstable 82d • uncommon
- Set
- Unstable
- Collector number
- 82d
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Hector Ortiz
- Market price
- $0.51
What it does
Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)
When this creature enters, roll a six-sided die. This creature deals damage equal to the result to target opponent or planeswalker.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyNot legal
- VintageNot legal
- CommanderNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerNot legal
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Where it came from
Garbage Elemental was released in 2017 as part of the Unstable set for Magic: The Gathering. As a silver-bordered expansion, Unstable was designed by Mark Rosewater and his team to explore mechanics and humor that fall outside the constraints of traditional tournament play. The set embraced a whimsical, mad-scientist aesthetic, and Garbage Elemental specifically showcases the 'augment' mechanic, which allowed players to physically combine two cards to create new, often absurd, ability combinations.
The illustration was crafted by artist Kev Walker, who utilized his signature gritty, high-contrast style to depict a creature cobbled together from sentient refuse. By pairing a stark, visceral visual design with the chaotic, modular ruleset of the augment mechanic, the designers intended to reward players for embracing the set's unpredictability. It remains a representative piece of the Unstable era, lauded by the community for its ingenuity and its role in fostering unconventional, experimental gameplay experiences.
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