Whirling Catapult
Alliances 136 • uncommon
- Set
- Alliances
- Collector number
- 136
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Dan Frazier
- Market price
- $0.20
What it does
2 generic mana, Exile the top two cards of your library: This artifact deals 1 damage to each creature with flying and each player.
"Direct confrontation never was to the Orcs' taste."— General Varchild
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Whirling Catapult was released in June 1996 as part of the Alliances expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As the second set in the Ice Age block, it was designed to build upon the themes of resource management and strategic combat established in the previous set. The card was created to provide players with a repeatable, albeit situational, form of creature control, reflecting the set’s focus on complex interactions and board state manipulation.
The card’s illustration was provided by artist Susan Van Camp, whose work was a staple of mid-90s Magic sets. Her design for the Whirling Catapult emphasizes the mechanical and medieval aesthetic prevalent in the Ice Age block’s lore. While it did not become a defining card for competitive tournament play, it is recognized by collectors as a piece of the game's formative era, representing the experimental design philosophy that characterized Wizards of the Coast’s efforts to expand the game’s mechanics during its early years.
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