![]() ![]() ![]() As we continue our descent into the most expensive cards throughout MTG’s History, let’s take a look back at the beginning of one of the franchise’s most famous and impactful arcs - as well as the five priciest pieces of cardboard that came out of it. ![]() Antiquities served as effectively the first major ‘story arc’ in the Magic’s extended franchise, at least, as far as booster packs were concerned, and has a special place in many players’ hearts for that alone.įor both story and mechanical reasons, Antiquities is one of the most intriguing of the early Magic sets - and much like Arabian Nights, some of the cards from it fetch a tremendous price. It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that this is where MTG truly lept from a collection of unrelated fantasy cards to a game with its’ own lore and extended universe. Many of these events would be chronicled in tie-in novels, and sets of their own further on in the franchise (including a more fleshed-out depiction of the Brothers’ War in 2022) offered more in-depth looks at the time of darkness, the period of unease, and the Ice Age that the world went through as a result of the conflict. This decades-long conflict would later play a major part in the history of the Multiverse, resulting in not only the apparent death of Mishra and awakening of Urza’s Planeswalker powers, but difficulties for Dominaria as a whole that would last for thousands of years - not to mention the unsealing of the Phyrexian Empire’s first iteration. In the case of Antiquities - a set entirely consisting of Artifacts and cards that mention Artifacts - we mean this quite literally.Īfter ancient powerful war machines from the Thran Empire are discovered on the plane of Dominaria, brothers Urza and Mishra utilize them in a tremendous battle for control of both halves of a mystical stone. ( KXNET) - The Arabian Nights are over, and with that, it’s time to look at a different type of ancient artifact from Magic: The Gathering’s long history. ![]()
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