The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts

BRR · 189 cards · Released

Lodestone Golem
Artifact Creature — Golem

Nonartifact spells cost more to cast.

"Progress update: the problem of the slagheap blocking the entrance seems to have solved itself."

—Mine supervisor's report

5/3
Mazemind Tome
Artifact — Book

, Put a page counter on this artifact: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

, , Put a page counter on this artifact: Draw a card.

When there are four or more page counters on this artifact, exile it. If you do, you gain 4 life.

Mazemind Tome
Artifact — Book

, Put a page counter on this artifact: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

, , Put a page counter on this artifact: Draw a card.

When there are four or more page counters on this artifact, exile it. If you do, you gain 4 life.

Mesmeric Orb
Artifact

Whenever a permanent becomes untapped, that permanent's controller mills a card.

"I now believe the strange orb was some kind of Thran security device. Supporting this theory, I can no longer recall where I found it."

—Tocasia, journal entry

Mesmeric Orb
Artifact

Whenever a permanent becomes untapped, that permanent's controller mills a card.

"I now believe the strange orb was some kind of Thran security device. Supporting this theory, I can no longer recall where I found it."

—Tocasia, journal entry

Millstone
Artifact

, : Target player mills two cards.

"In the lean months, communities lived off a bitterwheat berry so tough that its flour contained more millstone than grain."

On the Early History of Keld

Millstone
Artifact

, : Target player mills two cards.

"In the lean months, communities lived off a bitterwheat berry so tough that its flour contained more millstone than grain."

On the Early History of Keld

Mind's Eye
Artifact

Whenever an opponent draws a card, you may pay . If you do, draw a card.

"I sit and I think of Lat-Nam, of the azure waves white with froth, suspended over the shore. I see the energy there and I call it here."

—Hurkyl, meditation notes

Mind's Eye
Artifact

Whenever an opponent draws a card, you may pay . If you do, draw a card.

"I sit and I think of Lat-Nam, of the azure waves white with froth, suspended over the shore. I see the energy there and I call it here."

—Hurkyl, meditation notes

Mishra's Bauble
Artifact

, Sacrifice this artifact: Look at the top card of target player's library. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

"The secrets of my great-uncle's heirloom lie in the world where it was forged: the grease-stained wastes of Phyrexia."

—Jarsyl, diary

Mishra's Bauble
Artifact

, Sacrifice this artifact: Look at the top card of target player's library. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

"The secrets of my great-uncle's heirloom lie in the world where it was forged: the grease-stained wastes of Phyrexia."

—Jarsyl, diary

Mox Amber
Legendary Artifact

: Add one mana of any color among legendary creatures and planeswalkers you control.

"A crystallized moment in time from the Mending Era, first discovered during the Ice Age. A temporal conundrum, even to the great scholar himself."

The Discoveries of Feldon

Mox Amber
Legendary Artifact

: Add one mana of any color among legendary creatures and planeswalkers you control.

"A crystallized moment in time from the Mending Era, first discovered during the Ice Age. A temporal conundrum, even to the great scholar himself."

The Discoveries of Feldon

Mystic Forge
Artifact

You may look at the top card of your library any time.

You may cast artifact spells and colorless spells from the top of your library.

, Pay 1 life: Exile the top card of your library.

Mystic Forge
Artifact

You may look at the top card of your library any time.

You may cast artifact spells and colorless spells from the top of your library.

, Pay 1 life: Exile the top card of your library.

Ornithopter
Artifact Creature — Thopter

Flying

"Without Urza's ingenuity, the wings would never have borne weight. Without Mishra's courage, we would never have known the machine's true potential. I hope this persuades them to work together more."

—Tocasia, journal entry

0/2
Ornithopter
Artifact Creature — Thopter

Flying

"Without Urza's ingenuity, the wings would never have borne weight. Without Mishra's courage, we would never have known the machine's true potential. I hope this persuades them to work together more."

—Tocasia, journal entry

0/2
Perilous Vault
Artifact

, , Exile this artifact: Exile all nonland permanents.

"As the years passed, Urza turned his focus from the Thran to worlds beyond his own, seeking any spell or technology that might break the Phyrexian scourge."

Urza: From Prodigy to Planeswalker

Perilous Vault
Artifact

, , Exile this artifact: Exile all nonland permanents.

"As the years passed, Urza turned his focus from the Thran to worlds beyond his own, seeking any spell or technology that might break the Phyrexian scourge."

Urza: From Prodigy to Planeswalker

Phyrexian Processor
Artifact

As this artifact enters, pay any amount of life.

, : Create an X/X black Phyrexian Minion creature token, where X is the life paid as this artifact entered.

Phyrexian Processor
Artifact

As this artifact enters, pay any amount of life.

, : Create an X/X black Phyrexian Minion creature token, where X is the life paid as this artifact entered.

Phyrexian Revoker
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror

As this creature enters, choose a nonland card name.

Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated.

"These skittering creatures were created to hunt the one true threat to Phyrexia: dissent."

—Venser, journal

2/1
Phyrexian Revoker
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror

As this creature enters, choose a nonland card name.

Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated.

"These skittering creatures were created to hunt the one true threat to Phyrexia: dissent."

—Venser, journal

2/1
Platinum Angel
Artifact Creature — Angel

Flying

You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game.

"Serra built angels from the spirits of fallen warriors, but I believe a more mundane power source might suffice."

—Karn

4/4
Platinum Angel
Artifact Creature — Angel

Flying

You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game.

"Serra built angels from the spirits of fallen warriors, but I believe a more mundane power source might suffice."

—Karn

4/4
Precursor Golem
Artifact Creature — Golem

When this creature enters, create two 3/3 colorless Golem artifact creature tokens.

Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell that targets only a single Golem, that player copies that spell for each other Golem that spell could target. Each copy targets a different one of those Golems.

3/3
Precursor Golem
Artifact Creature — Golem

When this creature enters, create two 3/3 colorless Golem artifact creature tokens.

Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell that targets only a single Golem, that player copies that spell for each other Golem that spell could target. Each copy targets a different one of those Golems.

3/3
Pristine Talisman
Artifact

: Add . You gain 1 life.

"A rakalite core paired with a powerstone matrix has significantly increased the healing effects of my original amulet design."

—Urza, research notes

Pristine Talisman
Artifact

: Add . You gain 1 life.

"A rakalite core paired with a powerstone matrix has significantly increased the healing effects of my original amulet design."

—Urza, research notes

Psychosis Crawler
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror

Psychosis Crawler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.

Whenever you draw a card, each opponent loses 1 life.

"Perhaps drawing the impossible monster will lessen the burden my memory must bear."

—Jarsyl, diary

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Psychosis Crawler
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror

Psychosis Crawler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.

Whenever you draw a card, each opponent loses 1 life.

"Perhaps drawing the impossible monster will lessen the burden my memory must bear."

—Jarsyl, diary

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Quicksilver Amulet
Artifact

, : You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield.

"If powerstones are energy stored in material form, could we store matter as energy in the same way?"

—Rayne, research notes

Quicksilver Amulet
Artifact

, : You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield.

"If powerstones are energy stored in material form, could we store matter as energy in the same way?"

—Rayne, research notes

Quietus Spike
Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature has deathtouch.

Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses half their life, rounded up.

Equip

Quietus Spike
Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature has deathtouch.

Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses half their life, rounded up.

Equip

Ramos, Dragon Engine
Legendary Artifact Creature — Dragon

Flying

Whenever you cast a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Ramos for each of that spell's colors.

Remove five +1/+1 counters from Ramos: Add . Activate only once each turn.

4/4
Ramos, Dragon Engine
Legendary Artifact Creature — Dragon

Flying

Whenever you cast a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Ramos for each of that spell's colors.

Remove five +1/+1 counters from Ramos: Add . Activate only once each turn.

4/4
Runechanter's Pike
Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature has first strike and gets +X/+0, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard.

Equip

"Harmonic resonance infusions amplify the natural abilities of the song mages of Sumifa."

—Drafna, research notes

Runechanter's Pike
Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature has first strike and gets +X/+0, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard.

Equip

"Harmonic resonance infusions amplify the natural abilities of the song mages of Sumifa."

—Drafna, research notes

Scrap Trawler
Artifact Creature — Construct

Whenever this creature dies or another artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return to your hand target artifact card in your graveyard with lesser mana value.

3/2
Scrap Trawler
Artifact Creature — Construct

Whenever this creature dies or another artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return to your hand target artifact card in your graveyard with lesser mana value.

3/2
Sculpting Steel
Artifact

You may have this artifact enter as a copy of any artifact on the battlefield.

"Based on his early work with primal clay, Tawnos refined the rare metals in the earth into self-assembling strands."

After the War

Sculpting Steel
Artifact

You may have this artifact enter as a copy of any artifact on the battlefield.

"Based on his early work with primal clay, Tawnos refined the rare metals in the earth into self-assembling strands."

After the War

Self-Assembler
Artifact Creature — Assembly-Worker

When this creature enters, you may search your library for an Assembly-Worker creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

"Test 37: Sentience module is still too strong. It's adding ears again."

—Development log of Willa, Yotian artificer

4/4
Self-Assembler
Artifact Creature — Assembly-Worker

When this creature enters, you may search your library for an Assembly-Worker creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

"Test 37: Sentience module is still too strong. It's adding ears again."

—Development log of Willa, Yotian artificer

4/4
Semblance Anvil
Artifact

Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile a nonland card from your hand.

Spells you cast that share a card type with the exiled card cost less to cast.

"The forges consumed all and still screamed for more."

The Antiquities War

Semblance Anvil
Artifact

Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile a nonland card from your hand.

Spells you cast that share a card type with the exiled card cost less to cast.

"The forges consumed all and still screamed for more."

The Antiquities War

Sigil of Valor
Artifact — Equipment

Whenever equipped creature attacks alone, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each other creature you control.

Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

"This war will be over quickly, so we can afford to make the medals out of gold."

—Dispatch from the Merchant Council of Korlis

Sigil of Valor
Artifact — Equipment

Whenever equipped creature attacks alone, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each other creature you control.

Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

"This war will be over quickly, so we can afford to make the medals out of gold."

—Dispatch from the Merchant Council of Korlis

Soul-Guide Lantern
Artifact

When this artifact enters, exile target card from a graveyard.

, Sacrifice this artifact: Exile each opponent's graveyard.

, , Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Soul-Guide Lantern
Artifact

When this artifact enters, exile target card from a graveyard.

, Sacrifice this artifact: Exile each opponent's graveyard.

, , Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Springleaf Drum
Artifact

, Tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color.

"It is neither the species of leaf nor the thickness of branch that creates music. Gaea's song is already in the drum."

—Gamelen, Citanul elder

Springleaf Drum
Artifact

, Tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color.

"It is neither the species of leaf nor the thickness of branch that creates music. Gaea's song is already in the drum."

—Gamelen, Citanul elder

Staff of Domination
Artifact

: Untap this artifact.

, : You gain 1 life.

, : Untap target creature.

, : Tap target creature.

, : Draw a card.

Staff of Domination
Artifact

: Untap this artifact.

, : You gain 1 life.

, : Untap target creature.

, : Tap target creature.

, : Draw a card.

Sundering Titan
Artifact Creature — Golem

When this creature enters or leaves the battlefield, choose a land of each basic land type, then destroy those lands.

"Give the schematic to the younger brother. Tell him that it will surely keep Argoth's resources out of Urza's hands."

—Gix, Yawgmoth praetor

7/10
Sundering Titan
Artifact Creature — Golem

When this creature enters or leaves the battlefield, choose a land of each basic land type, then destroy those lands.

"Give the schematic to the younger brother. Tell him that it will surely keep Argoth's resources out of Urza's hands."

—Gix, Yawgmoth praetor

7/10
Swiftfoot Boots
Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and no matter when it came under your control.)

Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

"Test 12: Boots now protect wearer from all hazards except blisters. Need to source better insoles."

—Development log of Willa, Yotian artificer

Swiftfoot Boots
Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and no matter when it came under your control.)

Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

"Test 12: Boots now protect wearer from all hazards except blisters. Need to source better insoles."

—Development log of Willa, Yotian artificer

Sword of the Meek
Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature gets +1/+2.

Equip

Whenever a 1/1 creature you control enters, you may return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield, then attach it to that creature.