Plague Boiler
Commander 2013 254 • rare
- Set
- Commander 2013
- Collector number
- 254
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Mark Tedin
- Market price
- $0.32
What it does
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a plague counter on this artifact.
1 generic mana black mana green mana: Put a plague counter on this artifact or remove a plague counter from it.
When this artifact has three or more plague counters on it, sacrifice it. If you do, destroy all nonland permanents.
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
Plague Boiler was introduced in the Commander 2013 set as part of the Eternal Bargain deck. The card is designed to represent a slow-building, inevitable source of corruption that forces opponents to contend with an encroaching board wipe, effectively serving as a repeatable removal engine that punishes players for over-extending their presence on the battlefield.
The illustration was created by artist Igor Kieryluk, who utilized a dark, visceral aesthetic to capture the card's theme of alchemical decay. Upon its release, the card was received as a technically interesting, albeit high-variance, inclusion in the Commander format, favored by players who prefer methodical, attrition-based control strategies.
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