Keening Stone
The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts 89z • rare
- Set
- The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts
- Collector number
- 89z
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 6 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Warren Mahy
- Finish
- Foil
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 for Magic: The Gathering in 2010. It represents a powerful, ancient relic designed to mill an opponent's entire library, reflecting the themes of cosmic dread and Eldrazi-induced madness that defined that expansion. Its inclusion in The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts sub-set was a deliberate stylistic nod to the game's history, reprinting the card with a classic-style frame to evoke the aesthetic of early 1990s trading cards.
The design of the card emphasizes a sense of monumental, slow-building lethality, featuring artwork that highlights the stone's ominous, monolithic presence. By placing this card within the context of The Brothers' War, Wizards of the Coast allowed players to integrate these 'artifact blueprints' into their decks, framing them as relics unearthed from the deep past of the game's lore. The retro treatment was widely praised by the community for its nostalgia and for providing a clean, vintage look that distinguishes these reprints from their original modern iterations.
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