Thunderstaff
Darksteel 153 • uncommon
- Set
- Darksteel
- Collector number
- 153
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Kaja Foglio
- Market price
- $0.30
What it does
As long as this artifact is untapped, if a creature would deal combat damage to you, prevent 1 of that damage.
2 generic mana, tap: Attacking creatures get +1/+0 until end of turn.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Thunderstaff was released in 2004 as part of the Darksteel expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, the Darksteel set focused on the narrative of Mirrodin, a world forged entirely of metal. The card was designed to function as an artifact providing defensive utility, reflecting the industrial and mechanical themes central to the plane of Mirrodin where resource scarcity and metallic artifice defined the gameplay experience.
The card features illustration by Mark Zug, a prominent artist within the Magic: The Gathering catalog during the early 2000s. Zug’s aesthetic for this piece emphasizes the tactile, heavy nature of the staff, utilizing dramatic lighting to highlight its metallic composition. Upon its release, the card was received as a niche defensive option for artifact-centric decks, noted more for its thematic resonance with the set’s lore than for competitive dominance in high-level tournament play.
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