Lantern of Insight
The List 5DN-135 • uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- 5DN-135
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Greg Hildebrandt
- Market price
- $3.23
What it does
Players play with the top card of their libraries revealed.
tap, Sacrifice this artifact: Target player shuffles.
Each eye sees a different possibility for tomorrow.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Lantern of Insight originated in the Fifth Dawn expansion of Magic: The Gathering, released in 2004 as the conclusion of the Mirrodin block. Designed by the Magic development team to emphasize the block's focus on artifacts, it was created as a low-cost utility card intended to provide players with perfect information regarding the top of their opponent's library. The card gained significant notoriety years later as a cornerstone of the 'Lantern Control' archetype in Modern, where it is used to manipulate the opponent's draws through graveyard and library interaction.
The original illustration was crafted by artist Darrell Riche, who utilized the thematic aesthetic of the Mirrodin plane—a metallic world defined by its intricate, engineered nature. Riche captured the card's function through the imagery of a glowing, mechanical device that suggests an unraveling of secrets. While initially viewed as a niche card during its debut, it became a subject of intense discussion among competitive players as the community realized the power of its restrictive lock-down capabilities.
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