Trash for Treasure
Commander 2016 136 • rare
- Set
- Commander 2016
- Collector number
- 136
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Lars Grant-West
- Market price
- $1.55
What it does
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact.
Return target artifact card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Goblins generally have two possessions: one per hand.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Trash for Treasure was originally printed as a rare card in the Commander 2016 set, a release designed specifically for the multiplayer Commander format. The card centers on a red-mana mechanic that forces a player to sacrifice an artifact in order to return a more powerful artifact from their graveyard to the battlefield, a classic synergy piece for decks built around artifact recursion.
The artwork for this particular printing was created by artist Svetlin Velinov. He leaned into the gritty, industrial aesthetic common to the set's salvage-themed cards, depicting a chaotic scene of scrap metal being transformed into something useful. Upon its release, the card became a staple for deck builders seeking to cheat expensive artifacts into play, maintaining its utility through numerous format shifts.
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