Skeleton Shard
Mirrodin 242 • uncommon
- Set
- Mirrodin
- Collector number
- 242
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Doug Chaffee
- Market price
- $0.24
What it does
3 generic mana, tap or black mana, tap: Return target artifact creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Metal permeates the marrow of every bone in Mephidross—except one.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Skeleton Shard was released in 2003 as part of the Mirrodin set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The set introduced an artifact-centric theme, drawing inspiration from the artificial, metallic world of Mirrodin, where metal is the primary material of life and nature. This card specifically functions as a utility artifact, designed to provide recursion by allowing players to return an artifact creature from their graveyard to their hand, reflecting the set's focus on machinery and salvage.
The card features illustration by Mark Tedin, a longtime contributor to the game known for his surreal and atmospheric aesthetic. Tedin’s depiction of the shard utilizes the high-contrast, industrial visual language established for the Mirrodin plane, emphasizing jagged edges and a cold, mechanical essence. Within the game's competitive history, the card is recognized for its niche role in artifact-themed decks, offering a modest but reliable engine for resource recovery.
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