Phyrexia's Core
Commander Anthology Volume II 261 • uncommon
- Set
- Commander Anthology Volume II
- Collector number
- 261
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Type
- Land
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Franz Vohwinkel
- Market price
- $0.21
What it does
tap: Add colorless mana.
1 generic mana, tap, Sacrifice an artifact: You gain 1 life.
"So even the heart of our world has succumbed."— Koth of the Hammer
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Phyrexia's Core was originally introduced in the 2011 Scars of Mirrodin expansion, reflecting the thematic corruption of the plane of Mirrodin by the mechanical horrors of Phyrexia. The card serves as a utility land that embodies the Phyrexian ethos of sacrificing resources to achieve perfection, allowing players to destroy their own artifacts to gain life. It emerged during a period where Magic: The Gathering was heavily exploring themes of metal, contagion, and the systematic assimilation of living worlds into inorganic landscapes.
This specific printing appears in the Commander Anthology Volume II, a curated collection released in 2018 designed to provide players with iconic decks and cards from the multiplayer Commander format's history. The illustration by Jung Park captures the sterile, industrial horror characteristic of New Phyrexia, utilizing a stark color palette to emphasize the cold, calculated nature of the machine cult. Its inclusion in the anthology was intended to provide wider accessibility to a utility staple that had become essential for artifact-heavy decks within the format.
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