Surge Node
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
New PhyrexiaNPH · #160
- Card type
- Artifact
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.20 € · ★ 2.09 € · 0.22 $ · ★ 5.27 $
- Mana value
- 1
- Colour
- Colourless
Card text
This artifact enters with six charge counters on it. , , Remove a charge counter from this artifact: Put a charge counter on target artifact.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- 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
- Lars Grant-West
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2011-05-13
Flavour text
Without a foe to focus on, the machine priests had time to indulge in new sciences.
Rulings
Once Surge Node has run out of charge counters, it remains on the battlefield.
Surge Node can be the target of its own activated ability. Because it doesn't “move” a counter, the ability will remove a counter from Surge Node and then put one onto it.
