Magic: The Gathering

Smokestack

Mystery Booster 2 232 • rare

Set: Mystery Booster 2
Collector number: 232
Rarity: Rare
Mana cost: 4 generic mana
Type: Artifact
Colors: Colorless
Artist: Scott Kirschner
Market price: $0.98

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Market

What it's worth

$0.98market price via TCGplayer · Aug 19, 2026$0.93 – $1.19 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

As a rare artifact card, Smokestack serves as a powerful utility for players looking to exert pressure by forcing opponents to sacrifice their own resources. Its presence on the table shifts the rhythm of the game, demanding careful management of permanents to survive the escalating attrition.

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Card face

What it does

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a soot counter on this artifact.

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a permanent of their choice for each soot counter on this artifact.

Formats

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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Provenance

Where it came from

Smokestack originally appeared in the 1998 Urza's Saga expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Designed as a powerful resource-denial tool, the card represents the industrial machinery of the setting, forcing players to sacrifice permanents each turn. Its mechanical identity has since become a staple of 'stax' archetypes, which focus on locking down the game board to restrict opponent options.

This version of the card, appearing as number 232 in the Mystery Booster 2 set, features the iconic original artwork by Scott Kirschner. Kirschner’s illustration captures a grim, soot-choked aesthetic that fits the card’s punishing gameplay effects. The reprinting in this set serves to make the card more accessible while maintaining its historical visual legacy within the game's expansive catalog of artifacts.

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About

About Smokestack

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