Tetravus
Antiquities 71 • rare
- Set
- Antiquities
- Collector number
- 71
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 6 generic mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Mark Tedin
- Market price
- $38.73
What it does
Flying
This creature enters with three +1/+1 counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may remove any number of +1/+1 counters from this creature. If you do, create that many 1/1 colorless Tetravite artifact creature tokens. They each have flying and "This token can't be enchanted."
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may exile any number of tokens created with this creature. If you do, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature.
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
Released in 1994 as part of the Antiquities expansion for Magic: The Gathering, Tetravus represents the game's early exploration of artifact creatures. The set was designed to focus on the lore of the Brothers' War, a cataclysmic conflict between two artificers that defined the game's setting. Tetravus was crafted as a high-concept rare, utilizing a complex mechanical design that allowed the card to create and sacrifice smaller sub-tokens, capturing the flavor of a modular, mechanical construct that could disassemble and reassemble during play.
The artwork was provided by Mark Tedin, one of the most prolific and iconic illustrators from the game's formative years. Tedin utilized a surreal, mechanical aesthetic that leaned into the 'artifact' theme of the expansion, emphasizing industrial, clockwork imagery that stood out against the standard fantasy tropes of the time. Upon its release, the card was noted for its intricate utility and strategic versatility, earning a lasting reputation among early players as a hallmark of the complex, invention-focused design philosophy that characterized the Antiquities set.
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