Thran Turbine
Urza's Saga 311 • uncommon
- Set
- Urza's Saga
- Collector number
- 311
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Brian Snõddy
- Market price
- $3.56
What it does
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may add colorless mana colorless mana. This mana can't be spent to cast spells.
When Urza asked the viashino what it did, they answered: "It hums."
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
The Thran Turbine was released in 1998 as part of the Urza's Saga expansion for Magic: The Gathering. This set marked a significant shift in game design, focusing on the high-fantasy artifact-heavy narrative of the artificer Urza. The card represents the ancient, technologically advanced Thran civilization, a cornerstone of the game's long-form lore that details a lost era of catastrophic magical engineering.
The illustration was created by artist Heather Hudson, who was tasked with conveying the relic's mechanical and somewhat ominous nature. The design reflects the visual language of the Urza's Saga set, which leaned heavily into industrial and clockwork motifs to mirror the set's central theme of artifact mastery. It is regarded by players as a niche utility card, valued primarily by collectors interested in the specific aesthetic and historical period of the game's early development.
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