Obelisk of Alara
Conflux 140 • rare
- Set
- Conflux
- Collector number
- 140
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 6 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Jeremy Jarvis
- Market price
- $0.53
What it does
1 generic mana white mana, tap: You gain 5 life.
1 generic mana blue mana, tap: Draw a card, then discard a card.
1 generic mana black mana, tap: Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
1 generic mana red mana, tap: This artifact deals 3 damage to target player or planeswalker.
1 generic mana green mana, tap: Target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Obelisk of Alara was released in 2009 as part of the Conflux expansion, the second set in the Shards of Alara block for Magic: The Gathering. The card represents a central plot device in the set's narrative, where the five distinct shards of the plane of Alara were forcefully reunited. Designed to reflect the multi-colored nature of the expansion, the card serves as a mana-sink artifact that rewards players for utilizing all five colors of mana, reinforcing the block's focus on complex, multi-factional deck building.
The artwork was provided by Jeremy Jarvis, who at the time served as a key creative figure within the game's design team. Jarvis chose to depict the Obelisk as a monolithic, imposing structure that visually unified the disparate aesthetic elements of the five shards. Upon release, the card was viewed as a flavorful representation of the set's central conflict, though its high activation cost meant it saw more frequent play in casual and limited environments rather than high-level competitive tournaments.
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