Meltdown
Modern Horizons 3 282 • uncommon
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3
- Collector number
- 282
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- X mana red mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Donato Giancola
- Market price
- $0.26
What it does
Destroy each artifact with mana value X or less.
Catastrophes happened so often at the mana rig that the viashino language had a special word to describe them.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Meltdown was originally released in the 1996 expansion Alliances, designed as a highly specialized sorcery intended to punish decks relying heavily on artifacts. The card reflects the aggressive design philosophy of the mid-1990s, where color-pie specific hosers were frequently used to balance powerful mechanics like those seen in the Urza block or early artifact-heavy metas.
The version from Modern Horizons 3, featuring artwork by artist Simon Dominic, serves as a high-fidelity reprint for the modern era. Released in 2024, this iteration updates the aesthetic to align with contemporary visual standards while maintaining the card's original, brutal function. It was introduced to provide modern players with an efficient tool against artifact-centered strategies, receiving attention for its clean, updated border and striking illustration that captures the essence of the card's destructive purpose.
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