Keening Stone
Commander 2016 259 • rare
- Set
- Commander 2016
- Collector number
- 259
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 6 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Jung Park
- Market price
- $0.40
What it does
5 generic mana, tap: Target player mills X cards, where X is the number of cards in that player's graveyard.
As it spins, dead voices shriek in an ever-increasing cacophony, rending the mind asunder.
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
The Keening Stone was originally introduced to the Magic: The Gathering card game in the Rise of the Eldrazi set in 2010, designed as a high-impact rare artifact intended to facilitate mill strategies—a playstyle focused on depleting an opponent's library. The card gained significant popularity for its ability to exponentially increase its effect, often serving as a definitive win condition in multiplayer formats where games tend to last longer.
The Commander 2016 printing, numbered 259, features the striking original illustration by Aleksi Briclot. Briclot, a renowned fantasy artist, crafted the artwork to evoke the unsettling, monolithic nature of the Eldrazi influence, using deep purples and jagged stone textures to visually represent the card's function of grinding away a player's deck. This specific version was released as part of a preconstructed deck, cementing its place as a staple utility piece for casual and Commander players alike.
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