Static Orb
Mystery Booster 2 234 • rare
- Set
- Mystery Booster 2
- Collector number
- 234
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Dermot Power
- Market price
- $2.85
What it does
As long as this artifact is untapped, players can't untap more than two permanents during their untap steps.
Time passes, time crawls; Time doesn't move at all.
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 2000 Mercadian Masques expansion for Magic: The Gathering, designed as a disruptive artifact intended to tax players' resources by limiting the number of permanents they could untap. Its mechanical philosophy centers on creating a rigid, resource-scarce board state, reflecting the high-fantasy political tension of the Mercadian setting where control and attrition were core themes.
This version of the card, featuring the distinct illustration by Dermot Power, was released in the Mystery Booster 2 set. Power, a long-time contributor to the game, employed a visceral, textured style to depict the mechanical, imposing nature of the orb. The artwork was well-received by players for its ability to visually communicate the card’s oppressive gameplay function, maintaining a sense of arcane foreboding that has become synonymous with the piece’s reputation in competitive formats.
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