Snake Basket
Classic Sixth Edition 312 • rare
- Set
- Classic Sixth Edition
- Collector number
- 312
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Roger Raupp
- Market price
- $2.04
What it does
X mana, Sacrifice this artifact: Create X 1/1 green Snake creature tokens. Activate only as a sorcery.
"Uh, does anyone have a flute?"— Rana, Suq'Ata market fool
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
Snake Basket was introduced as part of the Sixth Edition core set for Magic: The Gathering, released in April 1999. As a core set release, it served as a compilation of cards spanning the game's history, meant to provide a foundational experience for players. The card functions as an artifact that rewards the player for pouring mana into it, reflecting the game's focus on resource management and long-term board state development.
The artwork for this version was provided by Roger Raupp, a prolific artist in the game's early years known for his distinct, illustrative style. Raupp designed the image to visually manifest the card's function, depicting a basket overflowing with snakes to evoke the creature-token generation mechanic. While the card is often remembered as a classic gimmick for casual play, its design is representative of the high-variance, high-impact artifacts common during the game's formative period.
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About Snake Basket
Snake Basket is a card in the Magic: The Gathering catalog on collecto.rs. Classic Sixth Edition 312 • rare. Catalog data is sourced from Scryfall. 1 collector on collecto.rs publicly track this card.
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