Smelting Vat
The Brothers' War Commander 65 • rare
- Set
- The Brothers' War Commander
- Collector number
- 65
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Robin Olausson
- Market price
- $0.31
What it does
1 generic mana, tap, Sacrifice another artifact: Reveal the top eight cards of your library. Put up to two noncreature artifact cards with total mana value less than or equal to the sacrificed artifact's mana value from among them onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
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
Smelting Vat was introduced as part of the 2022 The Brothers' War Commander set, a collection designed to celebrate the iconic conflict between Urza and Mishra that serves as a cornerstone of the Magic: The Gathering multiverse. The card fits within the industrial, artifact-heavy theme of the expansion, which sought to capture the aesthetic of the series' mid-90s Antiquities set through a modern design lens.
The card was illustrated by Robin Olausson, whose work often emphasizes mechanical complexity and high-fantasy engineering. The design intent behind Smelting Vat was to provide a tactical tool for artifact-centric decks, focusing on the card-advantage mechanics common to red-aligned artifact strategies. Upon its release, it was noted by players for its synergy within sacrifice-based archetypes and its visual resonance with the grim, war-torn aesthetic of the Brothers' War setting.
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