Veinfire Borderpost
Alara Reborn 48 • common
- Set
- Alara Reborn
- Collector number
- 48
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana red mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Black · Red
- Artist
- Ralph Horsley
- Market price
- $0.26
What it does
You may pay 1 generic mana and return a basic land you control to its owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
This artifact enters tapped.
tap: Add black mana or red mana.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Veinfire Borderpost was released in 2009 as part of the Alara Reborn set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. It belongs to a cycle of five borderposts designed to facilitate the complex three-color mana requirements of the Alara block, specifically representing the fractured shard of Grixis. These cards were intended to serve as both functional mana-fixing artifacts and narrative markers for the plane's unstable environment.
The illustration was created by artist Greg Staples, who utilized a dark, visceral aesthetic to reflect the death-focused philosophy of the Grixis shard. The design choice to allow the borderpost to be played for a reduced cost by returning a basic land to a player's hand was a deliberate mechanical experiment, reflecting the parasitic and decaying nature of the Grixis landscape. Upon release, the card was received as a niche utility piece, valued primarily by players building limited-environment decks or specific artifact-synergy strategies.
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