Warp Artifact
Fourth Edition 169 • rare
- Set
- Fourth Edition
- Collector number
- 169
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- black mana black mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Amy Weber
- Market price
- $0.32
What it does
Enchant artifact
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted artifact's controller, this Aura deals 1 damage to that player.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Warp Artifact was originally released in the 1993 Alpha set as part of the debut of Magic: The Gathering, created by Richard Garfield and published by Wizards of the Coast. Designed as a high-risk, high-reward enchantment, the card reflects the experimental and often chaotic mechanical design philosophy of the game’s early years, where cards frequently introduced unconventional board states that altered the fundamental rules of play.
The card’s illustration was provided by artist Dan Frazier, whose distinctive style is synonymous with the game's earliest iterations. Frazier’s work on this piece conveys a sense of arcane instability, aligning with the card's theme of distorting the physical reality of artifacts on the battlefield. Upon its inclusion in the Fourth Edition, the card continued to serve as a niche curiosity, valued more for its thematic flavor and the unpredictable nature it injected into casual play than for competitive efficiency.
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