Magnetic Mountain
Fourth Edition 209 • rare
- Set
- Fourth Edition
- Collector number
- 209
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana red mana red mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Susan Van Camp
- Market price
- $0.41
What it does
Blue creatures don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player may choose any number of tapped blue creatures they control and pay 4 generic mana for each creature chosen this way. If the player does, untap those creatures.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Magnetic Mountain was originally printed in the Alpha set of Magic: The Gathering in 1993, later appearing in the Fourth Edition as card number 209. Designed by Richard Garfield, the game was conceptualized to be a portable, strategic trading card game that merged fantasy art with complex, layered mechanics. This specific card represents the early philosophy of the game, where environmental or elemental interactions were tied to specific color-based mechanics, in this case affecting artifact creatures.
The artwork for Magnetic Mountain was illustrated by Dan Frazier, one of the iconic artists from the game's formative years. His aesthetic contributed to the distinct visual language of early Magic, favoring a gritty, painterly style that helped ground the game's high-fantasy themes. The card was received by the player base as a niche tactical tool intended to disrupt artifact-heavy strategies, maintaining a functional role in the game’s meta-history despite its limited utility in broader competitive formats.
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