@database DK_ARTIFACT.guide
@author "Tom de Ruyter"
@$VER: MTG.guide 2.4 apr.97
@node MAIN "The Dark - Artifact Cards"
@{" " link MTG_CARD_LISTS.guide/CL_DK}
                          @{b}The Dark - Artifact Cards@{ub}

                 @{" Barl's Cage       " link BARLS}     @{" Bone Flute        " link BONEF}
                 @{" Book of Rass      " link BOOKO}     @{" Coal Golem        " link COALG}
                 @{" Dark Sphere       " link DARKS}     @{" Diabolic Machine  " link DIABO}
                 @{" Fellwar Stone     " link FELLW}     @{" Fountain of Youth " link FOUNT}
                 @{" Living Armor      " link LIVIN}     @{" Necropolis        " link NECRO}
                 @{" Reflecting Mirror " link REFLE}     @{" Runesword         " link RUNES}
                 @{" Scarecrow         " link SCARE}     @{" Skull of Orm      " link SKULL}
                 @{" Standing Stones   " link STAND}     @{" Stone Calendar    " link STONE}
                 @{" Tormod's Crypt    " link TORMO}     @{" Tower of Coireall " link TOWER}
                 @{" Wand of Ith       " link WANDO}     @{" War Barge         " link WARBA}

@endnode
@node BARLS "Barl's Cage"

@{b}Barl's Cage@{ub}

Color   = Colorless
Rarity  = DK(U1) / CR(U1)
Type    = Artifact
Cost    = 4
Artist  = Tom Wanerstrand

Text(CR): <3>: Target creature does not untap during its controller's next
          untap phase.

Text(DK): <3>: Target creature does not untap as normal during its
          controller's next untap phase.

Flavor Text: @{i}For a dozen years the Cage had held Lord Ith, but as the
             Pretender Mairsil's power weakened, so did the bars.@{ui}

 @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_B.guide/BARLS}

@endnode
@node BONEF "Bone Flute"

@{b}Bone Flute@{ub}

Color   = Colorless
Rarity  = DK(U2)
Type    = Artifact
Cost    = 3
Artist  = Christopher Rush

Text(DK): <2T>: All creatures get -1/-0 until end of turn.

Flavor Text: @{i}After the Battle of Pitdown, Lady Ursnell fashioned the
             first such instrument out of Lord Ursnell's left leg.@{ui}

 @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub}

@endnode
@node BOOKO "Book of Rass"

@{b}Book of Rass@{ub}

Color   = Colorless
Rarity  = DK(U2) / CR(U1)
Type    = Artifact
Cost    = 6
Artist  = Sandra Everingham

Text(CR): <2>: Pay 2 life to draw a card.
          Effects that prevent or redirect damage cannot be used to counter
          this lose of life.

Text(DK): <2>: Pay 2 life to draw one card.
          Effects that prevent or redirect damage may not be used to
          counter this loss of life.

 @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_B.guide/BOOTO}

@endnode
@node COALG "Coal Golem"

@{b}Coal Golem@{ub}

Color   = Colorless
Rarity  = DK(U2)
Type    = Artifact Creature (3/3)
Cost    = 5
Artist  = Christopher Rush

Text(DK): <3>: Sacrifice Coal Golem to add <RRR> to your mana pool. This
          ability is played as an interrupt.

Flavor Text: @{i}"Three such creatures stood burning at the crest of
              the hill. Only seconds later, the Fireball struck
              our front line."
              ---Lydia, Countess Brellis@{ui}

 @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_C.guide/COALG}

@endnode
@node DARKS "Dark Sphere"

@{b}Dark Sphere@{ub}

Color   = Colorless
Rarity  = DK(U2)
Type    = Artifact
Cost    = 0
Artist  = Mark Tedin

Text(DK): <T>: Sacrifice Dark Sphere to prevent half of the damage done to
          you by a single source, rounded down.

Flavor Text: @{i}"I was struck senseless for a moment, but revived when
              the strange curiosity I carried fell to the ground,
              screaming like a dying animal."
              ---Barl, Lord Ith@{ui}

 @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_D.guide/DSPHE}

@endnode
@node DIABO "Diabolic Machine"

@{b}Diabolic Machine@{ub}

Color   = Colorless
Rarity  = DK(U2) / 4E(U)
Type    = Artifact Creature (4/4)
Cost    = 7
Artist  = Anson Maddocks

Text(4E): <3>: Regenerate

Text(DK): <3>: Regenerates

Flavor Text: @{i}"The bolts of our ballistae smashed into the monstrous
              thing, but our hopes died in our chests as its gears
              continued turning."
              ---Sevti Mukul, The Fall of Alsoor@{ui}

 @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub}

@endnode
@node FELLW "Fellwar Stone"

@{b}Fellwar Stone@{ub}

Color   = Colorless
Rarity  = DK(U2) / 4E(U)
Type    = Artifact
Cost    = 2
Artist  = Quinton Hoover

Text(4E): <T>: Add one mana to your mana pool. This mana may be of any
          type that any land opponent controls can produce. Play this
          ability as an interrupt.

Text(DK): <T>: Add 1 mana to your mana pool. This mana may be of any
          color that any of opponent's lands can produce. This ability
          is played as an interrupt.

Flavor Text: @{i}"What do you have that I cannot obtain?"
              ---Mairsil, called the Pretender@{ui}

 @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_F.guide/FELLW}

@endnode
@node FOUNT "Fountain of Youth"

@{b}Fountain of Youth@{ub}

Color   = Colorless
Rarity  = DK(U2) / CR(C2)
Type    = Artifact
Cost    = 0
Artist  = Daniel Gelon

Text(CR): <2T>: Gain 1 life.

Text(DK): <2T>: Gain 1 life.

Flavor Text: @{i}The Fountain had stood in the town square for centuries,
             but only the pigeons knew its secret.@{ui}

 @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub}

@endnode
@node LIVIN "Living Armor"

@{b}Living Armor@{ub}

Color   = Colorless
Rarity  = DK(U2) / CR(C2)
Type    = Artifact
Cost    = 4
Artist  = Anson Maddocks

Text(CR): <T>: Sacrifice Living Armor to put a +0/+X counter on target
          creature, where X is equal to that creature's casting cost.

Text(DK): <T>: Sacrifice Living Armor to put a +0/+X counter on target
          creature, where X is the target creature's casting cost.

Flavor Text: @{i}Though it affords excellent protection, few
             don this armor. The process is uncomfortable
             and not easily reversed.@{ui}

 @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub}

@endnode
@node NECRO "Necropolis"

@{b}Necropolis@{ub}

Color   = Colorless
Rarity  = DK(U2)
Type    = Artifact Creature (0/1)
Cost    = 5
Artist  = NeNe Thomas

Text(DK): Counts as a wall.
          <0>: Take a creature in your graveyard and remove it from the
          game. Put X +0/+1 counters on Necropolis, where X is the removed
          creature's casting cost.

 @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_N.guide/NECRO}

@endnode
@node REFLE "Reflecting Mirror"

@{b}Reflecting Mirror@{ub}

Color   = Colorless
Rarity  = DK(U2)
Type    = Artifact
Cost    = 4
Artist  = Mark Poole

Text(DK): <XT>: Target spell, which targets you, targets the player of
          your choice instead. X is twice the casting cost of target
          spell. This ability is played as an interrupt.

 @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_R.guide/REFLE}

@endnode
@node RUNES "Runesword"

@{b}Runesword@{ub}

Color   = Colorless
Rarity  = DK(U2) / CR(C2)
Type    = Artifact
Cost    = 6
Artist  = Christopher Rush

Text(CR): <3T>: Target attacking creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
          Any creature damaged by that creature cannot regenerate this
          turn; if such a creatrue receives lethal damage this turn, remove
          it from the game. If the target leaves play before end of turn,
          bury Runesword.

Text(DK): <3T>: Target attacking creature gains +2/+0 until end of turn.
          Any creature damaged by target creature may not be regenerated
          this turn; if such a creature is placed in the graveyard this
          turn, remove it from the game. If target creature leaves play
          before end of turn, Runesword is buried.

 @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_R.guide/RUNES}

@endnode
@node SCARE "Scarecrow"

@{b}Scarecrow@{ub}

Color   = Colorless
Rarity  = DK(U2)
Type    = Artifact Creature (2/2)
Cost    = 5
Artist  = Anson Maddocks

Text(DK): <6T>: Until end of turn, all damage done to you by flying
          creatures is reduced to 0.

Flavor Text: @{i}There was more malice in its button eyes than should have
             been possible in something that had never known life.@{ui}

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

@endnode
@node SKULL "Skull of Orm"

@{b}Skull of Orm@{ub}

Color   = Colorless
Rarity  = DK(U2)
Type    = Artifact
Cost    = 3
Artist  = Tom Wanerstrand

Text(DK): <5T>: Bring one enchantment card from your graveyard to your
          hand.

Flavor Text: @{i}Though lifeless, the Skull still possessed a strange
             power over the flow of magic.@{ui}

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

@endnode
@node STAND "Standing Stones"

@{b}Standing Stones@{ub}

Color   = Colorless
Rarity  = DK(U2)
Type    = Artifact
Cost    = 3
Artist  = Sandra Everingham

Text(DK): <1T>: Pay 1 life and add 1 mana of any color to your mana pool.
          This ability is played as an interrupt. Effects that prevent or
          redirect damage may not be used to counter this loss of life.

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

@endnode
@node STONE "Stone Calendar"

@{b}Stone Calendar@{ub}

Color   = Colorless
Rarity  = DK(U1)
Type    = Artifact
Cost    = 5
Artist  = Amy Weber

Text(DK): Your spells cost up to <1> less to cast; casting cost of spells
          cannot go below <0>.

Flavor Text: @{i}The Pretender Mairsil ordered a great Calendar drawn up
             to show when the paths to the Dark Lands were strongest.@{ui}

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

@endnode
@node TORMO "Tormod's Crypt"

@{b}Tormod's Crypt@{ub}

Color   = Colorless
Rarity  = DK(U2) / CR(C2)
Type    = Artifact
Cost    = 0
Artist  = Christopher Rush

Text(CR): <T>: Sacrifice Tormod's Crypt to remove all cards in target
          player's graveyard from the game.

Text(DK): <T>: Sacrifice Tormod's Crypt to remove all cards in target
          player's graveyard from the game.

Flavor Text: @{i}The dark opening seemed to breathe the cold damp air
             of the dead earth in a steady rhythm.@{ui}

 @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub}

@endnode
@node TOWER "Tower of Coireall"

@{b}Tower of Coireall@{ub}

Color   = Colorless
Rarity  = DK(U2)
Type    = Artifact
Cost    = 2
Artist  = Dan Frazier

Text(DK): <T>: Target creature cannot be blocked by walls until end of
          turn.

 @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub}

@endnode
@node WANDO "Wand of Ith"

@{b}Wand of Ith@{ub}

Color   = Colorless
Rarity  = DK(U2)
Type    = Artifact
Cost    = 4
Artist  = Quinton Hoover

Text(DK): <3T>: Look at one card at random from target player's hand.
          If the card is not a land, target player must choose either
          to discard it or pay an amount of life equal to its casting
          cost. If the card is a land, target player must choose either
          to discard it or pay 1 life. Effects that prevent or redirect
          damage may not be used to counter this loss of life. Can only
          be used during controller's turn.

 @{" Rulings " link MTG_CARD_W.guide/WANDI}

@endnode
@node WARBA "War Barge"

@{b}War Barge@{ub}

Color   = Colorless
Rarity  = DK(U2)
Type    = Artifact
Cost    = 4
Artist  = Tom Wanerstrand

Text(DK): <3>: Target creature gains islandwalk until end of turn. If War
          Barge leaves play this turn, target creature is buried.

 @{b}NO RULINGS@{ub}

@endnode