Quintessential Katana
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 23 • uncommon
- Set
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Collector number
- 23
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- white mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Anthony Devine
- Market price
- $0.19
What it does
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has "Whenever this creature deals combat damage, untap it and you gain 2 life."
Whenever a Ninja you control enters, you may attach this Equipment to it.
Equip 2 generic mana (2 generic mana: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Quintessential Katana is a signature element from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles collectible card game, which was released in the mid-1990s during the height of the franchise's trading card craze. As card number 23 in the set, it was designed to represent the primary weapon of Leonardo, the tactical leader of the group. The art reflects the comic-inspired aesthetic common to the early Mirage Studios iterations, emphasizing the gritty, illustrative style that defined the Turtles' origins before their broader mainstream sanitization.
The design process for these sets typically involved collaboration between licensed toy manufacturers and artists tasked with translating character equipment into functional game mechanics. Like many cards in the series, the Quintessential Katana was intended to balance the game's combat-heavy playstyle, providing players with a necessary item for offensive maneuvers. Upon release, it was well-received by fans of the series for its thematic consistency, serving as a functional piece of equipment that anchored Leonardo's character identity within the deck-building framework.
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