Grindstone
World Championship Decks 1998 rb290sb • rare
- Set
- World Championship Decks 1998
- Collector number
- rb290sb
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Greg Simanson
- Finish
- Gold
What it does
3 generic mana, tap: Target player mills two cards. If two cards that share a color were milled this way, repeat this process.
"Memory is a burden that wears at the soul as weather wears at stone."— Crovax
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Grindstone card was originally released as a rare artifact in the 1998 Tempest expansion, designed as part of the core mechanics of the set to mill libraries into graveyards. Its inclusion in the 1998 World Championship Decks was a direct result of its competitive viability, as the card became a cornerstone of the 'Painter's Grindstone' and various control archetypes that utilized its ability to dump cards into the graveyard to exploit synergy or win via deck exhaustion.
The 1998 World Championship Deck iteration features the distinctive gold-bordered design and the signature of the player who utilized it in the tournament, distinguishing it from the standard black-bordered release. Artist Greg Simanson provided the original illustration, capturing the artifact’s mechanical and heavy-industrial aesthetic, which resonated with the thematic focus of the set while providing a clear visual indicator of the card's function.
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