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Magic: The GatheringTempest#290

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Magic: The Gathering

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TempestTMP · #290

Card type: Artifact
Rarity: Rare
Indicative price: 7.22 € · 13.92 $
Mana value: 1
Colour: Colourless

Card text

, : Target player mills two cards. If two cards that share a color were milled this way, repeat this process.

Format legality

BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
CompetitivebrawlLegal
DuelLegal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PredhLegal
PremodernLegal
TimelessLegal
VintageLegal

Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.

Printing information

Illustrator: Greg Simanson
Card language: English
Release date: 1997-10-14

Flavour text

"Memory is a burden that wears at the soul as weather wears at stone." —Crovax

Rulings

2004-10-04

If the two cards are both colorless, then the effect does not repeat. It only repeats if both cards have at least one color and at least one color is shared between them.

2024-04-12

The process can repeat any number of times, as long as two cards that share a color are milled each time.