Purify
Urza's Legacy 19 • rare
- Set
- Urza's Legacy
- Collector number
- 19
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana white mana white mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- John Avon
- Market price
- $0.45
What it does
Destroy all artifacts and enchantments.
"Our Mother! The sky was Her hair; the sun, Her face. She danced on the grass and in the hills."— *Song of All*, canto 23
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Purify was released in 1999 as part of the Urza's Legacy expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Designed by Wizards of the Coast during the height of the Urza block's mechanical complexity, the set was intended to further explore the narrative of the artificer Urza and the technological advancements within the game's setting. The card itself was positioned as a board-clearing white sorcery, reflecting the color's thematic role in enforcing order through mass destruction of enchantments and artifacts.
The artwork for Purify was created by illustrator Greg Staples. Known for his moody and textured style, Staples captured the card's essence by depicting a high-fantasy scene of divine or magical cleansing. Upon its release, the card was generally viewed as a situational sideboard option within competitive play, as its high mana cost and symmetric effect—impacting all players equally—made it less versatile than more efficient alternatives available in the broader Magic library.
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