Meditate
Tempest 76 • rare
- Set
- Tempest
- Collector number
- 76
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Susan Van Camp
- Market price
- $28.46
What it does
Draw four cards. You skip your next turn.
"Part of me believes that Barrin taught me meditation simply to shut me up."— Ertai, wizard adept
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
Meditate was released in 1997 as part of the Tempest expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As a rare instant in a set known for its mechanical depth and the introduction of the buyback keyword, this card was designed to provide card advantage at the cost of skipping a turn, reflecting the thematic trade-off between mental preparation and immediate tempo. The expansion was developed during a period where Wizards of the Coast was focused on creating more synergistic gameplay environments.
The card features artwork by Susan Van Camp, a prolific illustrator for the game during its early years. Her approach often emphasized ethereal, fantasy-oriented imagery that sought to capture the feeling of the card's function. Upon release, Meditate was regarded as a powerful, albeit risky, tool for control decks, eventually finding its place in various eternal formats where players could leverage its ability to draw cards while mitigating the drawback of the skipped turn.
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