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 was originally introduced to the Magic: The Gathering trading card game in the 2010 expansion Rise of the Eldrazi. It was designed as a high-cost artifact capable of milling an opponent's entire library, reflecting the set's theme of overwhelming, eldritch power that consumes resources. The item was subsequently reprinted in The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts series, which reimagined classic artifacts with a stylized, blueprint-inspired aesthetic that honors the mechanical history of the game's lore.
For this specific release, artist Warren Mahy provided the illustration, moving away from the ethereal, tentacled style of the original Eldrazi-aligned art toward a more grounded, technical aesthetic. By utilizing the 'Retro Artifact' frame, Wizards of the Coast sought to evoke nostalgia for the game's earliest eras, placing the card within a visual context that suggests a relic unearthed from the war-torn landscape of Dominaria.
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