Brass's Tunnel-Grinder // Tecutlan, the Searing Rift

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Brass's Tunnel-Grinder // Tecutlan, the Searing Rift: Legendary Artifact, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{R}
Mana value
3
Type
Legendary Artifact
Colour identity
Red (R)
Rarity
Rare
Set
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI)
Released
2023-11-17
Collector number
135
Artist
Cristi Balanescu
Keywords
Transform, Discover

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About Brass's Tunnel-Grinder // Tecutlan, the Searing Rift

Brass's Tunnel-Grinder // Tecutlan, the Searing Rift is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red legendary artifact from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI), an expansion set released in November 2023. It is collector number 135 in that set, with art by Cristi Balanescu. It costs {2}{R} (two generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. The Lost Caverns of Ixalan is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.84 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).

Card text

When Brass's Tunnel-Grinder enters, discard any number of cards, then draw that many cards plus one.

At the beginning of your end step, if you descended this turn, put a bore counter on Brass's Tunnel-Grinder. Then if there are three or more bore counters on it, remove those counters and transform it. (You descended if a permanent card was put into your graveyard from anywhere.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.84 (as of 2026-10-23).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Brass's Tunnel-Grinder // Tecutlan, the Searing Rift by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Brass's Tunnel-Grinder // Tecutlan, the Searing Rift

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) #373Rare2023

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Brass's Tunnel-Grinder // Tecutlan, the Searing Rift, newest first.

  • A spell's mana value is determined only by its mana cost. Ignore any alternative costs, additional costs, cost increases, or cost reductions.
  • If you can't cast the discovered card (perhaps because there are no legal targets for the spell), you'll put it into your hand.
  • A permanent card is an artifact, battle, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker card. Tokens are not cards, and while tokens are put into the graveyard before ceasing to exist, that action doesn't count as a player having descended.
  • If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost", you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast it.
  • In either case, it doesn't matter if those cards are still in that player's graveyard.
  • Some cards refer to a player who has "descended this turn." This means that a permanent card has been put into that player's graveyard from anywhere this turn.
  • When you discover, you must exile cards. The only optional part of the ability is whether you cast the exiled card or put it into your hand.
  • Some cards refer to the number of times a player descended this turn. Those cards care about the number of permanent cards put into that player's graveyard from anywhere this turn.

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