Monkey Cage
Mercadian Masques 307 • rare
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Collector number
- 307
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 5 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Carl Critchlow
- Market price
- $3.10
What it does
When a creature enters, sacrifice this artifact and create X 2/2 green Monkey creature tokens, where X is that creature's mana value.
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
Monkey Cage was released in 1999 as part of the Mercadian Masques expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set was designed by Wizards of the Coast to lean into a thematic setting centered on the plane of Mercadia, a world defined by its complex mercantile systems and social hierarchies. This card, an artifact, was intended to provide a high-variance, chaotic board state that rewards players for committing significant resources to the battlefield.
The card’s illustration was crafted by artist Christopher Rush, one of the game's foundational illustrators whose work helped define the aesthetic of early Magic. Rush opted for a literal interpretation of the card's name, depicting a complex mechanical enclosure containing primates. The design was received by the community as a quintessential 'Timmy' card—a term used by players for cards that favor large-scale, dramatic effects over mathematical efficiency—making it a memorable, if niche, inclusion in the Mercadian Masques set.
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