The Countdown Is at One
Unstable 80 • rare
- Set
- Unstable
- Collector number
- 80
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana red mana red mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Jesper Ejsing
- Market price
- $0.26
What it does
Players play a Magic subgame, starting at 1 life and using their libraries as their decks. For the rest of the main game, if a source would deal damage to a player who didn't win the subgame, it deals double that damage to that player instead.
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 Countdown Is at One was released in 2017 as part of Unstable, the third silver-bordered joke set designed for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Created by Wizards of the Coast under the guidance of head designer Mark Rosewater, the set was built around themes of mad science and contraptions, intentionally breaking traditional rules to provide a humorous, unconventional play experience. It was met with positive reception for its whimsical art direction and inventive mechanics, which allowed players to engage with the game in a satirical manner.
The card was illustrated by Jesper Ejsing, a long-time contributor to the Magic: The Gathering franchise. Ejsing sought to capture the high-energy, chaotic aesthetic inherent to the Unstable setting, utilizing a dynamic composition that emphasizes the impending resolution of the card's effect. His work on this piece was designed to complement the card's unique gameplay function, which requires players to participate in a final, dramatic countdown to determine the outcome of the spell.
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