Staff of the Ages
Ice Age 340 • rare
- Set
- Ice Age
- Collector number
- 340
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Daniel Gelon
- Market price
- $0.56
What it does
Creatures with landwalk abilities can be blocked as though they didn't have those abilities.
"We found this staff useful on our visit to this very commission. Would Relicbane prefer we had been slain by Lim-Dûl's horrors?"— Arcum Dagsson, Soldevi Machinist
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
The Staff of the Ages was released in 1995 as part of the Magic: The Gathering expansion set Ice Age. This set marked a transition for the game, moving away from the limited print runs of early editions toward a more structured distribution model. The card was designed as a rare artifact, reflecting the set's thematic focus on a harsh, post-apocalyptic glacial world, and it served as a tool for players to manipulate the top of their decks, a mechanic that emphasized the strategic depth typical of the era's game design.
The artwork for the card was provided by illustrator Jesper Myrfors, who was also the original art director for Magic: The Gathering. Myrfors brought a distinct, gritty aesthetic to the early years of the game, and his illustration for the Staff of the Ages captures the archaic, mystical nature of the artifact. Upon its release, the card was viewed primarily as a niche tactical piece, appreciated more for its atmospheric contribution to the set's frozen theme than for widespread competitive dominance.
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