• Chrome Mox (Original Art)
  • Chrome Mox (Original Art)
  • Chrome Mox (Original Art)

    Chrome Mox (Original Art)

    Artist
    Alan Pollack
    Year
    2009
    Medium
    Oils
    Set/Console Name
    Grand Prix Promo Edition
    Console/Game
    Magic the Gathering
    C.O.A.
    painted
    Substrate Material
    Epson Enhanced Matte Paper Mounted on Masonite
    Substrate Dimensions
    9 9/16"Hx 13 5/8"W
    Image Area Dimensions
    9 1/16""H x 12 15/16"W
    Frame Dimensions
    Unframed
    Handmade Protective Case
    NO, Framed
    Reserved List
    No

    Chrome Mox is a zero-mana cost artifact with imprint originally printed in Mirrodin (2003). When it enters the battlefield, you may exile a non-artifact, non-land card from your hand and it can be tapped to add one mana of any of the exiled card’s colors. Chrome Mox is one of the most iconic pieces of fast mana ever printed. It functions as a zero-mana ramp acceleration card that can fix colors and enable fast openings. In many combo and aggro decks, losing one card is irrelevant if you can manage to win the game before card advantage even matters. During the Mirrodin Block Constructed “Mox summer” era (2003-2004), Chrome Mox helped power out artifact decks so fast that Affinity was considered oppressive; it was restricted in Vintage and banned in Extended at the time. Legacy is Chrome Mox’s main format, this is where the card truly shines. It’s used in decks that value speed and tempo over card advantage (e.g. Storm Combo (ANT/TES), Sneaky Show, Painter decks and Mono-White Initiative). It’s banned in Modern, where it is considered too strong for the format because of unbalanced turn-one starts. In cEDH and high-power EDH decks, Chrome Mox is a staple alongside Mana Crypt and Mox Diamond, to cast early ramp or commanders. Chrome Mox is not on the reserved list and has been reprinted in Eternal Masters, Double Masters, and Secret Lair sets.
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