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'''Darksteel metal''' is a magical [[indestructible]] material found on [[Mirrodin (plane)|Mirrodin]]. It is black and has characteristic golden streaks of energy surrounding it.<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/indestructible-impervium-2004-12-23|Indestructible "Impervium"|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|February 25, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|savor-flavor/everything-dies-2010-12-15|Everything* Dies|[[Doug Beyer]]|December 15, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|savor-flavor/mail-bonding-2011-01-04|Mail Bonding|[[Doug Beyer]]|January 05, 2011}}</ref>
'''Darksteel metal''' is a magical [[indestructible]] material found on [[Mirrodin (plane)|Mirrodin]]. It is jet-black and has characteristic golden streaks of energy surrounding it.<ref>{{DailyRef|arcana/indestructible-impervium-2004-12-23|Indestructible "Impervium"|[[Wizards of the Coast]]|February 25, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|savor-flavor/everything-dies-2010-12-15|Everything* Dies|[[Doug Beyer]]|December 15, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|savor-flavor/mail-bonding-2011-01-04|Mail Bonding|[[Doug Beyer]]|January 05, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Man Parts"/>


==Description==
==Description==
Forging darksteel metal to create tools or constructs is an extremely difficult art, as the same properties which make the material [[indestructible]] make it impossible to forge by traditional means. Although [[Jin-Gitaxias]] claimed that the metal must be shaped immediately upon forging, [[Tezzeret]] knows this is inaccurate: rather the reality around the forming metal is manipulated to grant it its properties.  This methodology was passed through [[Vulshok]] tradition but largely lost in the Phyrexian corruption of Mirrodin.<ref>{{DailyRef|magic-story/a-man-of-parts|A Man of Parts|[[Reinhardt Suarez]]|January 17, 2023}}</ref>
Forging darksteel metal to create tools or constructs is an extremely difficult art, as the same properties which make the material [[indestructible]] make it impossible to forge by traditional means. A mix of [[Vulshok]] tradition and Phyrexian practice performed in the Furnace Layer dictate that the reality around the forming metal must be manipulated to shape it, although the exact source of this knowledge is unclear.<ref name="Man Parts">{{DailyRef|magic-story/a-man-of-parts|A Man of Parts|[[Reinhardt Suarez]]|January 17, 2023}}</ref> [[Jin-Gitaxias]] erroneously believed that the metal must be shaped immediately upon forging.


Exposure to [[glistening oil]] for months at a time would convert it into '''blightsteel'''. These compounded difficulties meant few blightsteel constructs have been made, with only one confirmed (<c>Blightsteel Colossus</c>).
Exposure to [[glistening oil]] for weeks or months eventually convert it into '''blightsteel'''. These compounded difficulties mean few blightsteel constructs have been made, with only one confirmed (<c>Blightsteel Colossus</c>).


==In-game references==
==In-game references==

Revision as of 11:47, 11 March 2023

Darksteel metal is a magical indestructible material found on Mirrodin. It is jet-black and has characteristic golden streaks of energy surrounding it.[1][2][3][4]

Description

Forging darksteel metal to create tools or constructs is an extremely difficult art, as the same properties which make the material indestructible make it impossible to forge by traditional means. A mix of Vulshok tradition and Phyrexian practice performed in the Furnace Layer dictate that the reality around the forming metal must be manipulated to shape it, although the exact source of this knowledge is unclear.[4] Jin-Gitaxias erroneously believed that the metal must be shaped immediately upon forging.

Exposure to glistening oil for weeks or months eventually convert it into blightsteel. These compounded difficulties mean few blightsteel constructs have been made, with only one confirmed (Blightsteel Colossus).

In-game references

Represented in:
Referred to:
Blightsteel:
^† Scryfall does not record flavor text for digital cards. See Alchemy: Phyrexia/Flavor text

References

  1. Wizards of the Coast (February 25, 2004). "Indestructible "Impervium"". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  2. Doug Beyer (December 15, 2010). "Everything* Dies". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. Doug Beyer (January 05, 2011). "Mail Bonding". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  4. a b Reinhardt Suarez (January 17, 2023). "A Man of Parts". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.