Thoughtlace
Limited Edition Beta 83 • rare
- Set
- Limited Edition Beta
- Collector number
- 83
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Mark Poole
- Market price
- $82.19
What it does
Target spell or permanent becomes blue. (Mana symbols on that permanent remain unchanged.)
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
Thoughtlace was released in 1993 as part of the Limited Edition Beta set for Magic: The Gathering, the pioneering trading card game developed by Richard Garfield and published by Wizards of the Coast. Beta served as the first mass-market print run of the game, designed to refine the distribution and card stock issues of the earlier Alpha release. It occupies a foundational place in gaming history as part of the initial set that established the rules and mechanics for the entire collectible card game genre.
The card’s artwork was created by illustrator Anson Maddocks, one of the original artists commissioned during the game's development in the early 1990s. The aesthetic of the Beta set leaned heavily into classic high-fantasy tropes, featuring distinct, hand-painted styles that helped define the visual identity of the game. Thoughtlace, a blue-aligned spell that allows players to change the color of a permanent, reflects the experimental nature of the game’s early design phase, where color manipulation was a central focus of the blue mana identity.
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