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Artifact5 generic mana

The two halves are built to feed each other, and the design is the joke that makes the whole thing tick: the tap produces exactly the three artifact-token names you need, one at a time, and the second ability eats three tokens with different names to fetch any artifact from your library onto the battlefield. Blood, Clue, and Food are the three obvious "utility token" types across recent artifact-matters design, and gathering one of each is normally a job that takes three different cards; here it is a single rock producing them on a schedule. The cost is patience. You are tapping across multiple turns to assemble the fuel, and the tutor is locked to sorcery speed, so this is a slow engine that pays off in the late game rather than a fast combo enabler. What it really is, is a repeatable artifact tutor with a built-in payment plan, which is a rare thing to hand out: most unconditional "search for any artifact, put it into play" effects come attached to a one-shot spell or a steep restriction. Splitting the work into a generator and a redeemer lets the payoff stay open-ended (fetch a mana rock, a combo piece, a game-ender) while the token-assembly tax keeps it honest across turns rather than free on the spot.

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BIG · #28mythic
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Normal: $1.95
Foil: $2.38
Oracle Text

Rules text

Tap: Create your choice of a Blood token, a Clue token, or a Food token. 3 generic mana, Tap, Sacrifice three artifact tokens with different names: Search your library for an artifact card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
Legal
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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