Relic of Progenitus
Shards of Alara 218 • common
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Collector number
- 218
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Jean-Sébastien Rossbach
- Market price
- $7.22
What it does
tap: Target player exiles a card from their graveyard.
1 generic mana, Exile this artifact: Exile all graveyards. Draw a card.
Elves believe the hydra-god Progenitus sleeps beneath Naya, feeding on forgotten magics.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Relic of Progenitus was released in 2008 as part of the Shards of Alara expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Designed to serve as a versatile graveyard-hate artifact, it reflects the set's focus on the fractured nature of the Alara plane and the resurgence of ancient, primordial entities. Mechanically, it was engineered to provide players with a repeatable method to exile cards from graveyards while maintaining card parity through its secondary ability to draw a card.
The illustration was crafted by artist Jean-Sébastien Rossbach, who depicted the relic as a glowing, crystalline entity imbued with the residual essence of the hydra god Progenitus. The visual design emphasizes an otherworldly, ancient aesthetic meant to evoke the gravity of the card's function within the game's competitive ecosystem. Since its inception, it has remained a staple in eternal formats like Modern and Legacy, where its efficiency against graveyard-reliant strategies has solidified its reputation among players.
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