Opalescence
Urza's Destiny 13 • rare
- Set
- Urza's Destiny
- Collector number
- 13
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana white mana white mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- John Avon
- Market price
- $35.43
What it does
Each other non-Aura enchantment is a creature in addition to its other types and has base power and base toughness each equal to its 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
Opalescence was released in 1999 as part of the Urza's Destiny set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. It represents the height of the Urza block, a period characterized by high-complexity mechanics and powerful enchantment synergies that drastically altered the game's competitive landscape. The card was designed to turn all non-Aura enchantments into creatures, a rule-bending effect that highlighted the inventive and sometimes chaotic design philosophy of late-nineties Magic development.
The artwork was created by fantasy illustrator Rebecca Guay, whose distinctive, painterly style brought a soft, ethereal quality to the card that contrasted sharply with the more rigid, technical art found elsewhere in the set. Guay’s illustration, featuring flowing, dreamlike figures emerging from a light-drenched landscape, was well-received by players for its aesthetic departure from traditional high-fantasy combat tropes. It remains a celebrated piece of card art that solidified Guay’s reputation as one of the game's most influential visual contributors.
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