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
- $1.98
What it does
X mana, Sacrifice this artifact: Create X 1/1 green Snake creature tokens. Activate only as a sorcery.
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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 originally released in the 1999 Classic Sixth Edition set for Magic: The Gathering. As a core set, Sixth Edition served as a fundamental reintroduction to the game's mechanics and card pool at the time, featuring updated rules and frame designs that aimed to standardize play for a growing international audience. The card itself functions as an artifact that allows players to trade their mana resources for a swarm of snake tokens, embodying the theme of conjuring creatures from a magical vessel.
The illustration was created by artist Christopher Rush, a legendary figure in the early years of Magic: The Gathering who was known for his iconic, painterly style that helped define the game's high-fantasy aesthetic. Rush’s design for Snake Basket emphasizes the dynamic, swirling motion of snakes emerging from a basket, capturing the chaotic energy of the card's effect. Upon its release, the card was received as a flavorful, albeit situational, inclusion that showcased the experimental design space developers explored within the core sets of the late 1990s.
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About Snake Basket
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