Sapphire Medallion
Modern Horizons 3 296 • rare
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3
- Collector number
- 296
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Daniel Ljunggren
- Market price
- $8.92
What it does
Blue spells you cast cost 1 generic mana less to cast.
It is the glimpse of a new horizon beyond the hills, the briny taste of salt spray off a ship's hull, and the whisper of pages turning in a new book. It is discovery.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Sapphire Medallion, as featured in Modern Horizons 3, is a reprint of a card originally introduced in the 1997 Tempest set. Designed during an era when Magic: The Gathering was exploring internal cycles of legendary artifacts that reduced casting costs for specific colors, it was intended to reward players for committing to a single-color deck strategy. The card remains a staple in Commander and other eternal formats for its efficiency in accelerating blue-aligned spells.
The Modern Horizons 3 version features updated art that maintains the iconic aesthetic of the original medallion while refining the visual clarity for the modern frame. As part of a set dedicated to powerful reprints and new designs for non-rotating formats, this release was well-received by players looking to acquire essential utility pieces with refreshed, high-quality illustrations that honor the history of the original tempest-era design.
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