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Unstable Obelisk
Oracle Text
{T}: Add {C}.
{7}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Destroy target permanent.
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Unstable Obelisk is a humble-looking artifact that plays like a pressure valve for slower decks: it gives you colorless mana early, then turns into a late-game answer to any permanent, which makes it especially strong in control, midrange value, and ramp shells that can afford the seven-mana activation. The card’s “unstable” nature fits its gameplay perfectly—you are effectively banking mana now for a dramatic, catch-all removal spell later. In Commander, that flexibility matters because it can remove problematic enchantments, planeswalkers, lands, or creatures without caring about indestructible-only issues less often than combat-based removal. It also pairs well with artifact recursion, since sacrificing it is part of the cost; cards that recur artifacts or care about artifacts entering and leaving the battlefield can turn the Obelisk into repeatable utility. If your deck wants mana smoothing plus inevitability, this is a clean, efficient inclusion.
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Character Background
Unstable Obelisk is a humble-looking artifact that plays like a pressure valve for slower decks: it gives you colorless mana early, then turns into a late-game answer to any permanent, which makes it especially strong in control, midrange value, and ramp shells that can afford the seven-mana activation. The card’s “unstable” nature fits its gameplay perfectly—you are effectively banking mana now for a dramatic, catch-all removal spell later. In Commander, that flexibility matters because it can remove problematic enchantments, planeswalkers, lands, or creatures without caring about indestructible-only issues less often than combat-based removal. It also pairs well with artifact recursion, since sacrificing it is part of the cost; cards that recur artifacts or care about artifacts entering and leaving the battlefield can turn the Obelisk into repeatable utility. If your deck wants mana smoothing plus inevitability, this is a clean, efficient inclusion.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-10-11 21:10:42 UTC