Static Orb
World Championship Decks 2001 ab319 • rare
- Set
- World Championship Decks 2001
- Collector number
- ab319
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Terese Nielsen
- Finish
- Gold
What it does
As long as this artifact is untapped, players can't untap more than two permanents during their untap steps.
The warriors fought against the paralyzing waves until even their thoughts froze in place.
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
Static Orb was originally introduced in the 1999 Urza's Destiny expansion, designed as a disruptive artifact to control the flow of the game by limiting how many permanents players could untap. The version released in the 2001 World Championship Decks was part of a specialized product line that meticulously recreated the exact deck lists used by top-performing players during the previous year's world tournament, featuring gold-bordered backs and facsimile signatures to distinguish them from standard tournament-legal cards.
The artwork was created by Terese Nielsen, a prominent illustrator in the Magic: The Gathering community known for her ethereal and detailed aesthetic. For this card, she crafted a surreal, circular object held in a state of suspended motion, which effectively visualized the card's function of stalling game momentum. While the original set release saw the card become a staple in competitive control decks, its inclusion in the 2001 commemorative decks served to highlight the strategic influence it held over the professional meta of that era.
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