Rocket Launcher
Revised Edition 272 • rare
- Set
- Revised Edition
- Collector number
- 272
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Pete Venters
- Market price
- $1.06
What it does
2 generic mana: This artifact deals 1 damage to any target. Destroy this artifact at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only if you've controlled this artifact continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn.
What these devices lacked in subtlety, they made up in strength.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Rocket Launcher card was originally released in the 1994 Revised Edition, or '3rd Edition,' of Magic: The Gathering. As part of the core set, it served as one of the many artifact cards available to players, reflecting the game's early thematic blend of fantasy archetypes and unconventional, slightly anachronistic technology that defined the initial aesthetic of the multiverse.
The card was illustrated by Quinton Hoover, a prolific artist whose distinctively fluid, emotive line work became a staple of the game's early identity. His design for the Rocket Launcher aimed to depict the chaotic, mechanical nature of early Magic artifacts, and while the card has historically been viewed as mechanically underwhelming by competitive players, it remains a nostalgic artifact of the game's formative years under Wizards of the Coast.
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About Rocket Launcher
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