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
- $39.56
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
Tetravus was released in 1994 as part of Antiquities, the second expansion set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, the set focused on an archeological theme centered on the lore of the Brothers' War, a cataclysmic conflict between the artificer siblings Urza and Mishra. As a colorless artifact creature, Tetravus served as a mechanical representation of the intricate, modular machines that defined the war's technological landscape.
The card’s distinct visual identity is defined by the illustration of Quinton Hoover, a foundational artist for the early game. Hoover employed a stylized, ethereal approach that departed from the more gritty fantasy art common in the genre, emphasizing the creature's ability to split into smaller 'Tetravite' tokens. Upon its release, the card was received as a curious tactical inclusion, lauded by players for its versatile utility in controlling the board through modular expansion, though it remains primarily remembered today as a quintessential example of the aesthetic design of the game's formative years.
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