Meltdown
Urza's Saga 203 • uncommon
- Set
- Urza's Saga
- Collector number
- 203
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- X mana red mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Donato Giancola
- Market price
- $6.42
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 released in 1998 as part of the Urza's Saga expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, the set was centered around the narrative of the artificer Urza and introduced powerful artifact-themed mechanics that significantly altered the game's competitive landscape. The card served as a red-aligned answer to the dominance of artifact-based decks, allowing players to destroy multiple artifacts at once based on the amount of mana invested.
The artwork for Meltdown was commissioned by artist Mike Dringenberg. Known for his work on The Sandman series, Dringenberg brought a gritty, illustrative quality to the card that fit the dark, industrial themes of the Urza's Saga block. His design captures the visceral nature of a catastrophic systemic failure, visually aligning with the destructive, board-clearing effect the spell has on metallic game pieces.
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