Swords to Plowshares
Collectors' Edition 41 • uncommon
- Set
- Collectors' Edition
- Collector number
- 41
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- white mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Jeff A. Menges
- Market price
- $92.62
What it does
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricBanned
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Swords to Plowshares was originally released in 1993 as part of the Alpha set for the Magic: The Gathering card game, designed by Richard Garfield. The card was created as a quintessential white-aligned removal spell, balancing its significant power by providing the opponent with life as compensation. The artwork for the original version was illustrated by Jeff A. Menges, who sought to capture the thematic shift from conflict to agricultural peace through the imagery of a sword being transformed into a plow.
The Collectors' Edition version was released in 1993 as a non-tournament-legal boxed set intended for collectors rather than competitive play. Unlike standard versions, these cards feature square corners and a gold-ink stamp on the reverse side. This specific print run was designed to allow players to own cards that had become difficult to acquire from the initial Alpha and Beta releases, serving as a high-quality, deluxe celebration of the game's foundational art and mechanics.
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