Synod Centurion
Fifth Dawn 161 • uncommon
- Set
- Fifth Dawn
- Collector number
- 161
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Kev Walker
- Market price
- $0.16
What it does
When you control no other artifacts, sacrifice this creature.
"We order them to stand, they stand. We order them to wait, they wait. We order them to die, they die."— Pontifex, elder researcher
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Synod Centurion was released in 2004 as part of the Fifth Dawn expansion, the concluding set in the Mirrodin block for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. It was designed to showcase the set's central 'sunburst' mechanic, which rewarded players for using multiple colors of mana to cast artifacts. Set within the metallic, artificial world of Mirrodin, the card reflects the aesthetic of the vedalken civilization, a race of blue-aligned beings obsessed with architecture and artifice.
The card's artwork was illustrated by Dave Dorman, a celebrated fantasy artist known for his distinctive, painterly style. Dorman aimed to convey the formidable and imposing presence of a robotic sentinel constructed by the Synod, the ruling council of the vedalken. Upon its release, the card was viewed as a strategic tool for limited gameplay formats, valued for its ability to grow in power based on the complexity of a player's mana base, cementing its place as a representative example of the mechanical themes prevalent in the early 2000s era of the game.
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