Smokestack
From the Vault: Annihilation 11 • mythic
- Set
- From the Vault: Annihilation
- Collector number
- 11
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Daniel Ljunggren
- Finish
- Foil
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 originally appeared in the 1998 Urza's Saga expansion for Magic: The Gathering, quickly becoming a defining element of resource-denial strategies. Its design, which forces players to sacrifice permanents each turn, was intended to evoke the suffocating presence of industrial decay. The card became infamous for its ability to dismantle an opponent's board state entirely, securing its place as a staple in competitive formats that utilize stax-style mechanics.
The version from From the Vault: Annihilation, released in 2014, features updated artwork by Daniel Ljunggren. As part of a premium collection themed around board-sweeping effects, this printing utilizes a unique foil treatment designed to make the grim, soot-choked landscape stand out. Ljunggren’s interpretation emphasizes the oppressive nature of the artifact, shifting away from the original card's more abstract aesthetic toward a stark, detailed depiction of environmental collapse.
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