Smokestack
Secret Lair Countdown 1998 • rare
- Set
- Secret Lair Countdown
- Collector number
- 1998
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Jaime A. Zuverza
- Market price
- $4.92
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.
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
Smokestack is a card originally printed in the Urza's Saga set of Magic: The Gathering in 1998, designed by Mark Rosewater. It is famously recognized as one of the most punishing resource-denial artifacts in the game's history, forcing players to sacrifice permanents each turn. The design was intended to create a slow, inevitable pressure that requires precise management of board resources, a mechanic that defined several competitive archetypes in the late nineties.
The 2024 Secret Lair Countdown version features an updated, highly stylized art treatment meant to reflect the card's grim, industrial theme. As part of the limited-release Countdown series, this iteration focuses on premium aesthetics for collectors who value the history of iconic spells. While its original reception was polarized due to the frustration it caused opponents, it remains a seminal piece of Magic design that continues to see play in Commander and Cube formats.
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