Hard Hat Area
Unstable 187 • mythic
- Set
- Unstable
- Collector number
- 187
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Steve Prescott
- Market price
- $0.38
What it does
Whenever you crank this Contraption, roll two six-sided dice. This Contraption assembles a number of Contraptions equal to the difference between those results. (To assemble a Contraption, put the top card of your Contraption deck face up onto one of your sprockets.)
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
Hard Hat Area was released in 2017 as part of the Unstable set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. This set was the third in a series of silver-bordered expansions designed by Wizards of the Coast specifically for casual play, prioritizing humor, unconventional mechanics, and experimental card interactions that would not be viable in a standard competitive environment.
The card was illustrated by artist Matt Cavotta, who utilized a playful, high-contrast aesthetic typical of the Unstable aesthetic. The design highlights the card's function as a 'contraption' enabler, a central mechanical theme of the set. Upon release, the set was well-received by the player base for its creative risk-taking, with Hard Hat Area specifically recognized for how it effectively integrated the set's unique logistical challenges into a coherent game piece.
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