@database AI_ARTIFACT.guide
@author "Tom de Ruyter"
@$VER: MTG.guide 1.11 nov.96
@node MAIN "Alliances - Artifact Cards"
@{" " link MTG_CARD_LISTS.guide/CL_AI}
                         @{b}Alliances - Artifact Cards@{ub}

            @{" Aesthir Glider         " link AESTH}     @{" Ashnod's Cylix         " link ASHNO}
            @{" Astrolabe              " link ASTRO}     @{" Floodwater Dam         " link FLOOD}
            @{" Gustha's Scepter       " link GUSTH}     @{" Helm of Obedience      " link HELMO}
            @{" Lodestone Bauble       " link LODES}     @{" Mishra's Groundbreaker " link MISHR}
            @{" Mystic Compass         " link MYSTI}     @{" Phyrexian Devourer     " link PHDEV}
            @{" Phyrexian Portal       " link PHPOR}     @{" Phyrexian War Beast    " link PHWAR}
            @{" Scarab of the Unseen   " link SCARA}     @{" Shield Sphere          " link SHIEL}
            @{" Sol Grail              " link SOLGR}     @{" Soldevi Digger         " link SODIG}
            @{" Soldevi Sentry         " link SOSEN}     @{" Soldevi Steam Beast    " link SOSTE}
            @{" Storm Cauldron         " link STORM}     @{" Urza's Engine          " link URZAS}
            @{" Whirling Catapult      " link WHIRL}

@endnode
@node AESTH "Aesthir Glider"

@{b}Aesthir Glider@{ub}

Color     = Colorless
Rarity    = AI(C2)
Type      = Artifact Creature (2/1)
Cost      = 3
Artist    = Ruth Thompson / Ruth Thompson

@{b}NOTE@{ub}: There are TWO different artworks for this card.

Text(AI): Flying
          Cannot be assigned to block.

Flavor Text: @{i}"A fine example of the rewards of artifice: a thoroughly
              obedient steed with wings of Soldevi steel."
              ---Arcum Dagsson, Soldevi Machinist@{ui}

Flavor Text: @{i}"Sacrilege ! A noble ally in life, made nothing more
              than a glorified kite in death !"
              ---Arna Kennerud, Skycaptain@{ui}

 @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub}

@endnode
@node ASHNO "Ashnod's Cylix"

@{b}Ashnod's Cylix@{ub}

Color     = Colorless
Rarity    = AI(R2)
Type      = Artifact
Cost      = 2
Artist    = Nicola Leonard

Text(AI): <3T>: Target player looks at the top three cards of his or
          her library and puts one of them on top of that library.
          Remove the remaining two from the game.

Flavor Text: @{i}Few remember that Ashnod's defilement of Terisiare's
             resources outstripped even that of her peers.@{ui}

 @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_A.guide/ACYLI}

@endnode
@node ASTRO "Astrolabe"

@{b}Astrolabe@{ub}

Color     = Colorless
Rarity    = AI(C2)
Type      = Artifact
Cost      = 3
Artist    = Amy Weber / Amy Weber

@{b}NOTE@{ub}: There are TWO different artworks for this card.

Text(AI): <1T>: Sacrifice Astrolabe to add two mana of any one color
          to your mana pool. Play this ability as an interrupt. Draw
          a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

 @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub}

@endnode
@node FLOOD "Floodwater Dam"

@{b}Floodwater Dam@{ub}

Color     = Colorless
Rarity    = AI(R2)
Type      = Artifact
Cost      = 3
Artist    = Randy Gallegos

Text(AI): <XX1T>: Tap X target lands.

Flavor Text: @{i}Vicerid dams may be of living creatures
             as well as bones and mud.@{ui}

 @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub}

@endnode
@node GUSTH "Gustha's Scepter"

@{b}Gustha's Scepter@{ub}

Color     = Colorless
Rarity    = AI(R2)
Type      = Artifact
Cost      = 0
Artist    = Sandra Everingham

Text(AI): If Gustha's Scepter leaves play or you lose control of it,
          put all cards under Gustha's Scepter into your graveyard.
          <T>: Put any card  from your hand face down under Gustha's
          Scepter. You may look at that card at any time.
          <T>: Return any card under Gustha's Scepter to your hand.

 @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub}

@endnode
@node HELMO "Helm of Obedience"

@{b}Helm of Obedience@{ub}

Color     = Colorless
Rarity    = AI(R2)
Type      = Artifact
Cost      = 4
Artist    = Brian Snoddy

Text(AI): <XT>: Put the top card of target opponent's library into his or
          her graveyard. Continue doing this until you have put X cards
          or a creature card into that graveyard, whichever occurs first.
          If the last card put into the graveyard is a creature card, bury
          Helm of Obedience and put that creature into play under your
          control as though it were just cast. X cannot be equal to 0.

 @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_H.guide/HELOB}

@endnode
@node LODES "Lodestone Bauble"

@{b}Lodestone Bauble@{ub}

Color     = Colorless
Rarity    = AI(R2)
Type      = Artifact
Cost      = 0
Artist    = Douglas Shuler

Text(AI): <1T>: Sacrifice Lodestone Bauble to put up to four target basic
          lands from any player's graveyard on top of his or her library
          in any order. That player draws a card at the beginning of the
          next turn's upkeep.

 @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub}

@endnode
@node MISHR "Mishra's Groundbreaker"

@{b}Mishra's Groundbreaker@{ub}

Color     = Colorless
Rarity    = AI(U2)
Type      = Artifact
Cost      = 4
Artist    = Randy Gallegos

Text(AI): <T>: Sacrifice Mishra's Groundbreaker. Target land becomes a
          3/3 artifact creature. That creature still counts as a land.

Flavor Text: @{i}The very ground yielded to Mishra's wishes.@{ui}

 @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub}

@endnode
@node MYSTI "Mystic Compass"

@{b}Mystic Compass@{ub}

Color     = Colorless
Rarity    = AI(U2)
Type      = Artifact
Cost      = 2
Artist    = Amy Weber

Text(AI): <1T>: Target mana-producing land becomes a basic land type of
          your choice until end of turn.

Flavor Text: @{i}"And@{ui} I @{i}say north is where I @{ui}want@{i} it to be !"
              ---Jaya Ballard, Task Mage@{ui}

 @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub}

@endnode
@node PHDEV "Phyrexian Devourer"

@{b}Phyrexian Devourer@{ub}

Color     = Colorless
Rarity    = AI(R2)
Type      = Artifact Creature (1/1)
Cost      = 6
Artist    = Mark Tedin

Text(AI): If Phyrexian Devourer's power is 7 or greater, bury it.
          <0>: Remove the top card of your library from the game
          to put a +X/+X  counter on Phyrexian Devourer, where X
          is equal to that card's casting cost.

 @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_P.guide/PHYDE}

@endnode
@node PHPOR "Phyrexian Portal"

@{b}Phyrexian Portal@{ub}

Color     = Colorless
Rarity    = AI(R2)
Type      = Artifact
Cost      = 3
Artist    = Pete Venters

Text(AI): <3>: Target opponent looks at the top ten cards of your
          library and separates them into two face-down piles.
          Choose one of those piles and remove it from the game.
          Search the remaining pile and put one of those cards
          into your hand. Shuffle the remaining cards into your
          library. Ignore this effect if you have fewer than
          ten cards in your library.

 @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_P.guide/PHYPO}

@endnode
@node PHWAR "Phyrexian War Beast"

@{b}Phyrexian War Beast@{ub}

Color     = Colorless
Rarity    = AI(C2)
Type      = Artifact Creature (3/4)
Cost      = 3
Artist    = Bill Sienkiewicz / Bill Sienkiewicz

@{b}NOTE@{ub}: There are TWO different artworks for this card.

Text(AI): If Phyrexian War Beast leaves play, sacrifice a land,
          and Phyrexian War Beast deals 1 damage to you.

Flavor Text: @{i}"Deal with the spawn of Phyrexia cautiously;
              only with time may we control them."
              ---Arcum Dagsson, Soldevi Machinist@{ui}

Flavor Text: @{i}"Knowing its origins, how could they have
              thought they could control it ?"
              ---Sorine Relicbane, Soldevi Heretic@{ui}

 @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub}

@endnode
@node SCARA "Scarab of the Unseen"

@{b}Scarab of the Unseen@{ub}

Color     = Colorless
Rarity    = AI(U2)
Type      = Artifact
Cost      = 2
Artist    = Sandra Everingham

Text(AI): <T>: Sacrifice Scarab of the Unseen to return all enchantments
          on target permanent you own to their owners' hand. Draw a card
          at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

 @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub}

@endnode
@node SHIEL "Shield Sphere"

@{b}Shield Sphere@{ub}

Color     = Colorless
Rarity    = AI(U2)
Type      = Artifact Creature (0/6)
Cost      = 0
Artist    = Alan Rabinowitz

Text(AI): Counts as a wall.
          If Shield Sphere is assigned as a blocker,
          put a -0/-1 counter on it.

Flavor Text: @{i}"My Soldiers know that they need never
              fear for their protection."
              ---King Darien of Kjeldor@{ui}

 @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_S.guide/SHIEL}

@endnode
@node SOLGR "Sol Grail"

@{b}Sol Grail@{ub}

Color     = Colorless
Rarity    = AI(R6)
Type      = Artifact
Cost      = 3
Artist    = Christopher Rush

Text(AI): When Sol Grail comes into play, choose a color.
          <T>: Add one mana of the chosen color to your mana pool.
          Play this ability as an interrupt.

Flavor Text: @{i}"Look deep into the Grail, and see there what
              you desire most."
              ---Gerda Aagesdotter, Archmage of the Unseen@{ui}

 @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub}

@endnode
@node SODIG "Soldevi Digger"

@{b}Soldevi Digger@{ub}

Color     = Colorless
Rarity    = AI(R2)
Type      = Artifact
Cost      = 2
Artist    = Amy Weber

Text(AI): <2>: Put the top card of your graveyard on the bottom
          of your library.

Flavor Text: @{i}"This ceaseless device has helped uncover
              marvels unreachable by mere flesh."
              ---Arcum Dagsson, Soldevi Machinist@{ui}

 @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub}

@endnode
@node SOSEN "Soldevi Sentry"

@{b}Soldevi Sentry@{ub}

Color     = Colorless
Rarity    = AI(C2)
Type      = Artifact Creature (1/1)
Cost      = 1
Artist    = Alan Rabinowitz / Alan Rabinowitz

@{b}NOTE@{ub}: There are TWO different artworks for this card.

Text(AI): <1>: Regenerate. Target opponent may draw a card.

Flavor Text: @{i}"Our newfound security enables us to turn more of our
              attentions to the wonders that lie deep within the soil".
              ---Arcum Dagsson, Soldevi Machinist@{ui}

Flavor Text: @{i}"A dreadful invention. What ease is there under
              the watchful eye of cold steel ?"
              ---Sorine Relicbane, Soldevi Heretic@{ui}

 @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub}

@endnode
@node SOSTE "Soldevi Steam Beast"

@{b}Soldevi Steam Beast@{ub}

Color     = Colorless
Rarity    = AI(C2)
Type      = Artifact Creature (4/2)
Cost      = 5
Artist    = Bill Sienkiewicz / Bill Sienkiewicz

@{b}NOTE@{ub}: There are TWO different artworks for this card.

Text(AI): Whenever Soldevi Steam Beast becomes tapped,
          target opponent gains 2 life.
          <2>: Regenerate

Flavor Text: @{i}"Nothing has ever broken my heart so much as this -
              the betrayal of Soldev by my beloved machines !"
              ---Arcum Dagsson, Soldevi Machinist@{ui}

Flavor Text: @{i}"Dagsson saw the steam as life-giving - until
              his followers felt its scalding touch."
              ---Sorine Relicbane, Soldevi Heretic@{ui}

 @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub}

@endnode
@node STORM "Storm Cauldron"

@{b}Storm Cauldron@{ub}

Color     = Colorless
Rarity    = AI(R2)
Type      = Artifact
Cost      = 5
Artist    = Dan Frazier

Text(AI): During each player's turn, that player may put one
          additional land into play. Whenever a land is tapped
          for mana, return that land to owner's hand.

 @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_S.guide/STCAU}

@endnode
@node URZAS "Urza's Engine"

@{b}Urza's Engine@{ub}

Color     = Colorless
Rarity    = AI(R6)
Type      = Artifact Creature (1/5)
Cost      = 5
Artist    = Greg Simanson

Text(AI): Trample
          <3>: Banding until end of turn
          <3>: All creatures banded with Urza's Engine
          gain trample until end of turn.

Flavor Text: @{i}"Humans and machines working together
              can be fearsome indeed !"
              ---Arcum Dagsson@{ui}

 @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub}

@endnode
@node WHIRL "Whirling Catapult"

@{b}Whirling Catapult@{ub}

Color     = Colorless
Rarity    = AI(R6)
Type      = Artifact
Cost      = 4
Artist    = Dan Frazier

Text(AI): <2>: Remove the top two cards of your library from the
          game to have Whirling Catapult deal 1 damage to each
          creature with flying and each player.

Flavor Text: @{i}"Direct confrontation never was to the Orcs' taste."
             ---General Varchild@{ui}

 @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub}

@endnode