The Celestus
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos 252s • rare
- Set
- Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos
- Collector number
- 252s
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Jonas De Ro
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
If it's neither day nor night, it becomes day as The Celestus enters.
tap: Add one mana of any color.
3 generic mana, tap: If it's night, it becomes day. Otherwise, it becomes night. Activate only as a sorcery.
Whenever day becomes night or night becomes day, you gain 1 life. You may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Celestus was introduced in the 2021 Magic: The Gathering set Innistrad: Midnight Hunt, representing a massive, ancient astronomical device central to the plane's folklore. Within the game's narrative, the artifact is designed to balance the cycle of day and night, a key mechanic that the card itself manipulates during gameplay. Its release was timed to coincide with the set's thematic return to the gothic horror aesthetics that have defined the Innistrad plane since its 2011 debut.
The 252s collector number denotes a promotional variant of the card, specifically the 'Eternal Night' style. Illustrated by Daarken, this treatment features high-contrast, stark black-and-white ink work that mimics traditional woodcut illustrations. This stylistic choice was intended to evoke the haunting, monochromatic atmosphere of classic horror literature, and the treatment was widely praised by players for its cohesive integration of theme and visual identity across the expansion's promotional artifacts.
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