Spawning Pit
Jumpstart 2022 136 • uncommon
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Collector number
- 136
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Steve Ellis
- Market price
- $5.48
What it does
Sacrifice a creature: Put a charge counter on this artifact.
1 generic mana, Remove two charge counters from this artifact: Create a 2/2 colorless Spawn artifact creature token.
Nothing is wasted on New Phyrexia.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Spawning Pit is an artifact card first introduced in the Darksteel expansion of Magic: The Gathering in 2004, designed to provide a repeatable sacrifice outlet for creature-based decks. It fits into the lore of the plane of Mirrodin, where the metal-based ecosystem necessitates unique ways to reclaim biological or mechanical resources. This version, appearing in Jumpstart 2022, features updated art that maintains the thematic focus on the grim, utilitarian nature of the artifact as a site for recycling life essence.
The art for this iteration of Spawning Pit was created by Igor Kieryluk, whose work often emphasizes the darker, more industrial aesthetic of fantasy environments. By depicting the device as an essential engine for growth through destruction, the illustration reinforces the card's mechanical utility: allowing players to trade their own creatures for power counters. Within the Jumpstart 2022 release, which was designed to facilitate quick, accessible play, the card serves as a centerpiece for decks centered around sacrificing permanents for strategic advantage.
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