The Animus
Assassin's Creed 69 • rare
- Set
- Assassin's Creed
- Collector number
- 69
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Néstor Ossandón Leal
- Market price
- $0.35
What it does
At the beginning of your end step, exile up to one target legendary creature card from a graveyard with a memory counter on it.
tap: Until your next turn, target legendary creature you control becomes a copy of target creature card in exile with a memory counter on it. Activate only as a sorcery.
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 Animus card, featured as a rare artifact in the Magic: The Gathering Universes Beyond Assassin's Creed set, serves as a thematic tribute to the series' central piece of technology. Designed to simulate genetic memory exploration, the card mechanically represents the franchise's core premise of reliving the lives of ancestors. It was created to integrate the lore-heavy DNA-sequencing device into the strategic framework of a trading card game, bridging the gap between Ubisoft's historical stealth-action narrative and Wizards of the Coast's established gameplay systems.
The illustration by Néstor Ossandón Leal focuses on the stark, utilitarian aesthetic of the machine as it appeared in the earlier entries of the Assassin's Creed franchise. By emphasizing the glowing interface and the immersive chair design, Leal sought to evoke the clinical yet mysterious atmosphere of Abstergo Industries. The artwork was well-received by fans for its fidelity to the series' visual identity, effectively grounding a complex piece of science fiction within the aesthetic constraints of a tabletop gaming card.
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