Howling Mine
The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts 83 • rare
- Set
- The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts
- Collector number
- 83
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Mark Poole
- Market price
- $5.29
What it does
At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.
"The Sardian dwarves have let superstition override common sense. There's plenty of ore left in the mountain, and we mustn't let it go to waste."— Last dispatch of Bolgon, Argivian surveyor
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Howling Mine first appeared in the original Limited Edition Alpha set of Magic: The Gathering in 1993, designed by Richard Garfield to introduce a symmetrical card-drawing mechanic. As one of the game's earliest artifacts, it represented a high-risk, high-reward strategy that encouraged players to accelerate the game's pace by increasing resources for everyone at the table.
The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts version, collector number 83, serves as a thematic homage to the card's history, reimagined with an 'artifact schematic' frame style to fit the lore of the set. This specific printing utilizes vintage-inspired technical illustration aesthetics, aiming to evoke the feel of the ancient mechanical relics central to the conflict between Urza and Mishra.
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