Darksteel Forge
Darksteel Forge: Artifact, Double Masters. Artifacts you control have indestructible. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {9}
- Mana value
- 9
- Type
- Artifact
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Double Masters (2XM)
- Released
- 2020-08-07
- Collector number
- 248
- Artist
- Martina Pilcerova
- Commander rank
- 1,419 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Darksteel Forge
Darksteel Forge is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare colourless artifact from Double Masters (2XM), a Masters set released in August 2020. It is collector number 248 in that set, with art by Martina Pilcerova. It costs {9} (nine generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 9. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Darksteel (2004) to Double Masters (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $39.01 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Artifacts you control have indestructible. (Effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them. Artifact creatures with indestructible can't be destroyed by damage.)
"It is as if this world has been expecting our blessings." -Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $39.01 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Darksteel Forge by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Darksteel Forge
Darksteel Forge has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Magic 2014 (M14) #206 | Mythic | 2013 |
| Planechase (HOP) #111 | Rare | 2009 |
| Darksteel (DST) #110 | Rare | 2004 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Darksteel Forge.
- Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to an artifact creature you control may become lethal if Darksteel Forge leaves the battlefield during that turn.
Similar cards
Other artifact cards with no colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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