Ornithopter
Ninth Edition 305 • uncommon
- Set
- Ninth Edition
- Collector number
- 305
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 0 generic mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Dana Knutson
- Market price
- $0.97
What it does
Flying
"It has been my honor to improve on the Thran's original design. Perhaps history will remember me in some small part for my work."— Urza, in his apprenticeship
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Ornithopter debuted in the Antiquities expansion in 1994, designed by Christopher Rush to represent a classic mechanical flying machine. It was conceived as a zero-cost artifact creature, a rare utility piece that allowed players to deploy a flying blocker or fuel sacrifice-based strategies without spending mana. Its inclusion in Ninth Edition in 2005 marked a period where the card served as a staple in various combo-oriented decks, leveraging its free casting cost to enable powerful card interactions.
The artwork for the Ninth Edition printing retains the mechanical, avian aesthetic established in the card's history, emphasizing the fragile, clockwork nature of the device. As part of the core set, this iteration was widely accessible, helping it transition from an obscure Antiquities relic to a fundamental component of the competitive Magic: The Gathering landscape. It is regarded by collectors and players alike as a quintessential example of design efficiency in trading card game history.
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