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Rust Elemental
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Magic: The Gathering
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MirrodinMRD · #234
- Card type
- Artifact Creature — Elemental
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.37 € · ★ 2.38 € · 2.13 $ · ★ 4.37 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Power
- 4
- Toughness
- 4
- Colour
- Colourless
Card text
Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice another artifact. If you can't, tap this creature and you lose 4 life.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- 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
- Arnie Swekel
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2003-10-02
Rulings
Sacrificing an artifact isn't optional. If you control an artifact other than Rust Elemental, you must sacrifice it. Otherwise, you must tap Rust Elemental and lose 4 life.