Mantis Engine
Urza's Destiny 133 • uncommon
- Set
- Urza's Destiny
- Collector number
- 133
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 5 generic mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- John Zeleznik
- Market price
- $0.20
What it does
2 generic mana: This creature gains flying until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
2 generic mana: This creature gains first strike until end of turn. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
Tawnos left a legacy of animal designs in many of Urza's creations.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Mantis Engine was released in 1999 as part of the Urza's Destiny expansion, the third and final set in the Urza block for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. This set was designed by Wizards of the Coast to conclude the narrative of the artificer Urza and introduced mechanics centered around powerful artifacts, reflecting the high-fantasy industrial themes prevalent in the game's lore during that era.
The card features artwork by Arnie Swekel, a prolific illustrator for the game during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Swekel’s design emphasizes the mechanical, insectoid aesthetic of the creature, aligning with the set's focus on complex, mana-intensive engineering. Upon its release, the card was regarded as a niche utility artifact, valued more for its thematic contribution to the Urza block's mechanical motifs than for competitive tournament play.
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