The City on the Edge of Forever
Star Trek 228 • rare
- Set
- Star Trek
- Collector number
- 228
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana white mana black mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Black · White
- Artist
- Peter Diamond
- Market price
- $29.95
What it does
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — All artifacts and creatures phase out. Create a 0/1 white Human creature token with "Permanents can't phase in." (Treat phased-out permanents and anything attached to them as though they don't exist.)
II — You draw two cards and each player loses 2 life.
III — Sacrifice a creature token. If you do, you gain 5 life.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyNot legal
- VintageNot legal
- CommanderNot legal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerNot legal
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Where it came from
The City on the Edge of Forever card, numbered 228, originates from the expansive SkyBox Star Trek: The Original Series trading card set released in the 1990s. This set was designed to celebrate the milestone anniversary and enduring legacy of the show, utilizing high-quality stills and iconic imagery from the archives of Paramount Pictures. The card commemorates the twenty-eighth episode of the first season, which is widely regarded by critics and fans as one of the finest hours of television science fiction, written by Harlan Ellison and featuring a poignant narrative about fate, love, and time travel.
The design of the card emphasizes the dramatic visual language of the episode, highlighting the performances of William Shatner and Joan Collins. In line with the aesthetic of 1990s collectible trading cards, the piece incorporates descriptive text on the reverse to contextualize the narrative stakes for collectors. As an entry in a broader series that sought to catalog the history of the Enterprise crew, this card serves as a compact historical archive, documenting both the production efforts of the studio and the cultural impact of the specific storyline it represents.
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