Skullclamp
The Zeta Set 113 • rare
- Set
- The Zeta Set
- Collector number
- 113
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- MSCHF
What it does
Equipped creature gets +1/-1.
Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards.
Equip 1 generic mana
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernBanned
- LegacyBanned
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Skullclamp was released in the Darksteel expansion of the Magic: The Gathering card game in 2004. Originally intended by lead developer Erik Lauer to be a niche equipment card that balanced its power-boosting utility with the drawback of killing the equipped creature, the card underwent significant last-minute design changes. During playtesting, its cost and effect were adjusted in a way that inadvertently turned it into one of the most efficient card-drawing engines in the history of the game.
The card’s illustration was created by Doug Chaffee, who rendered the unsettling, visceral imagery of the artifact clamping onto a skull. Upon release, the card quickly dominated the competitive scene, forcing its way into almost every deck capable of playing it. Its ubiquity and transformative impact on competitive balance led to its eventual banning in multiple tournament formats, cementing its reputation as a notorious artifact in the lore of the game.
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