MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #85

Artifact Blast

DIGITAL ONLY

me1·#85·common·nonfoil

Illus. Mark Poole

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Sep '07

19 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #17,816 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.04

Nonfoil$0.04

Gameplay

Instant

Counter target artifact spell.

The first line of defense against Urza and Mishra, the artifact blast achieved widespread fame until an unlucky mage discovered it was useless on the devices the brothers had already created.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ME1 — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #85 of *Masters Edition*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2007 Masters Edition release.

Card type: Instant, color identity red, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {R} (1 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.

EDHrec ranks this card #17,816 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Mark Poole. Rarix catalogs 906 other cards credited to this artist.