Mishra's Helix
World Championship Decks 1999 kb302sb • rare
- Set
- World Championship Decks 1999
- Collector number
- kb302sb
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 5 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Berry
- Finish
- Gold
What it does
X mana, tap: Tap X target lands.
The helix was the finest example of Mishra's campaign strategy: if he couldn't have Argoth, no one could.
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
Mishra's Helix was originally released in the 1998 Urza's Saga expansion as an artifact card designed for strategic resource control. The version included in the 1999 World Championship Decks specifically features the gold-bordered, non-tournament legal card frame. These decks were produced by Wizards of the Coast to replicate the exact deck lists used by the top players at the 1999 World Championship, allowing fans to play with decks that had competed at the highest level of professional Magic: The Gathering.
The card illustration, rendered by artist Mark Tedin, reflects the aesthetic of the Urza block, which focused heavily on complex machines and artifacts. Tedin’s design captures the mechanical, spiraling nature of the Helix, fitting the card's function of tapping down an opponent's lands. Within the competitive environment of the 1999 championships, cards like this were prized for their utility in controlling the tempo of a game, solidifying its place in the history of artifacts that defined that era of play.
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