Trepanation Blade
Innistrad 235 • uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad
- Collector number
- 235
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Daniel Ljunggren
- Market price
- $0.29
What it does
Whenever equipped creature attacks, defending player reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a land card. The creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each card revealed this way. That player puts the revealed cards into their graveyard.
Equip 2 generic mana
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
The Trepanation Blade was introduced in the 2011 Magic: The Gathering set Innistrad, a gothic-horror-themed expansion inspired by classic monster films and Victorian aesthetics. In the game's mechanics, the equipment reflects the brutal nature of 18th-century surgical practices, where surgeons performed trepanation to 'release' evil spirits or cure mental afflictions. The item was designed as an uncommon artifact intended to support the mill-themed strategies prevalent in the set's blue and black color combinations.
The card was illustrated by Dave Kendall, who utilized a dark, visceral style consistent with the grim tone of Innistrad. His depiction of a jagged, surgical instrument emphasizes the setting's fixation on body horror and macabre science. Upon release, the card was received as a flavorful, albeit niche, utility piece that captured the set's thematic commitment to the intersection of ancient medicine and supernatural dread.
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