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Altar of Shadows
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
MirrodinMRD · #143
- Card type
- Artifact
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.36 € · ★ 1.80 € · 0.42 $ · ★ 4.46 $
- Mana value
- 7
- Colour
- Colourless
Card text
At the beginning of your first main phase, add for each charge counter on this artifact. , : Destroy target creature. Then put a charge counter on this artifact.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- 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
- Sam Wood
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2003-10-02
Rulings
The precombat main phase is the first main phase of the turn. All others are postcombat main phases, even if they technically occur before combat.
You put the counter on Altar of Shadows even if the creature regenerates.