Meltdown
Secret Lair Drop 2296 • rare
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Collector number
- 2296
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- X mana red mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Airi Yoshihisa
- Market price
- $6.38
What it does
Destroy each artifact with mana value X or less.
"Nooo! Not my cabbages!"
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 is a card originally printed in the Urza's Saga expansion for Magic: The Gathering in 1998, later appearing as a featured piece in the 'Secret Lair' series. These special drops are curated, limited-edition sets designed to offer artistic reinterpretations of classic game mechanics. The card functions as a red sorcery that destroys artifacts, reflecting the aggressive, color-identity themes established by Wizards of the Coast during the late nineties.
The Secret Lair rendition features a distinct visual aesthetic that breaks from the original high-fantasy art style, focusing instead on stylized, conceptual imagery intended to appeal to contemporary collectors. These drops are frequently produced to highlight niche cards that have gained historical significance in competitive play, providing players with an opportunity to acquire unique versions of cards that serve as essential tools for managing artifact-heavy board states.
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