Keening Stone
The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts 89 • rare
- Set
- The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts
- Collector number
- 89
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 6 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Warren Mahy
- Market price
- $0.38
What it does
5 generic mana, tap: Target player mills X cards, where X is the number of cards in that player's graveyard.
"The new prototype utilizing a rotational axis is marvelously effective: it makes me want to tear my own ears off."— Ashnod, to her assistants
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
Keening Stone originally debuted in the Rise of the Eldrazi set in 2010, representing a powerful, world-eroding artifact capable of milling vast quantities of a library. Its inclusion in The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts series serves as a thematic nod to the ancient, destructive machinery central to the conflict between Urza and Mishra. This reprint features a schematic-style frame intended to evoke the industrial, archaeological aesthetic of the war-torn era of Dominaria.
The card was designed to function as a high-mana win condition, utilizing its ability to double the number of cards put into a graveyard each time it is activated. The Retro Artifacts treatment was curated by Wizards of the Coast to celebrate the history of Magic: The Gathering by reissuing iconic artifacts within a new, unified visual identity. It is widely regarded by players as a staple for deck archetypes that focus on graveyard interaction and resource depletion.
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