The Brothers’ War Retro Frame Artifacts: List & Information

The Brothers War set is bring us all sorts of interesting goodies, and one that we’re very excited to see are the Brothers’ War Retro frame artifacts. These are also known as Brothers’ War old border artifacts, or Brother’s War Mystical archive cards. In this article, you’ll find the full list of these cards, plus all the information on how to get them, and more!

There’s quite a lot to talk about, so we better get right to it.

What are the Brothers’ War Retro Frame Artifacts?

These are various artifacts from Magic’s past, which appear in most Brother’s War boosters. They all have the retro frame, hence the name. In total, there are 63 Retro frame artifacts of various rarities (uncommon, rare, and mythic) and they work similar as the Mystical Archive cards did back in Strixhaven. The cards feature a special set symbol:

Here’s a quick recap of which products contain the Retro frame artifacts:

	Product	Retro Frame Artifacts
	Brothers' War Draft Booster Box	1 per booster 36 per box
	Brothers' War Set Booster Box	1 per booster 24 per box
	Brothers' War Collector Booster Box	3-4 per booster 36-48 per box

Different Versions

Retro frame artifacts come in three versions:

• Regular retro frames
• Retro schematics
• Serialized retro schematics

Let’s take a look at each of those groups.

Regular Retro Frame Artifacts

First up we have the regular Retro frame artifacts. These are the most common versions, and as it looks so far, they’ll use their old artwork, albeit in the old frame. Here’s one such example:

Retro Schematics

The special version are the retro schematics, which have a new art. While they obviously imitate the original artwork, they are made as a schematic. To quote Wizards; this artwork echoes a schematic one would use to build their own artifact.

Serialized Retro Schematics

But wait, that’s not all. There are also Retro schematics that come with a serialized number. For each of the 63 cards, there will be 500 numbered ones. These will probably be highly-sought after, some significant numbers perhaps fetching an even higher premium.

You can only open a Serialized Retro Schematic in the Collector boosters. However, that will be a very rare occasion, Wizards stated that the odds of pulling one in a Collector booster are less than 1%.

These versions can appear in a Collector booster of any language, but they’ll always be in English.

Retro Frame Artifacts – Text List

First here’s a text list of all currently previewed Retro frame artifacts. You can find their images in the next section.

No.	Sc. No.	Artifact
1	64	Adaptive Automaton
2	65	Aetherflux Reservoir
3	66	Altar of Dementia
4	67	Ashnod's Altar
5	68	Astral Cornucopia
6	69	Blackblade Reforged
7	70	Bone Saw
8	71	Burnished Hart
9	72	Caged Sun
10	73	Chromatic Lantern
11	74	Chromatic Star
12	75	Cloud Key
13	76	Defense Grid
14	77	Door to Nothingness
15	78	Elsewhere Flask
16	79	Foundry Inspector
17	80	Gilded Lotus
18	81	Goblin Charbelcher
19	82	Helm of the Host
20	83	Howling Mine
21	84	Ichor Wellspring
22	85	Inspiring Statuary
23	86	Ivory Tower
24	87	Jalum Tome
25	88	Journeyer's Kite
26	89	Keening Stone
27	90	Key to the City
28	91	Liquimetal Coating
29	92	Lodestone Golem
30	93	Mazemind Tome
31	94	Mesmeric Orb
32	95	Millstone
33	96	Mind's Eye
34	97	Mishra's Bauble
35	98	Mox Amber
36	99	Mystic Forge
37	100	Ornithopter
38	101	Perilous Vault
39	102	Phyrexian Processor
40	103	Phyrexian Revoker
41	104	Platinum Angel
42	105	Precursor Golem
43	106	Pristine Talisman
44	107	Psychosis Crawler
45	108	Quicksilver Amulet
46	109	Quietus Spike
47	110	Ramos, Dragon Engine
48	111	Runechanter's Pike
49	112	Scrap Trawler
50	113	Sculpting Steel
51	114	Self-Assembler
52	115	Semblance Anvil
53	116	Sigil of Valor
54	117	Soul-Guide Lantern
55	118	Springleaf Drum
56	119	Staff of Domination
57	120	Sundering Titan
58	121	Swiftfoot Boots
59	122	Sword of the Meek
60	123	Thorn of Amethyst
61	124	Unwinding Clock
62	125	Well of Lost Dreams
63	126	Wurmcoil Engine

The Brothers’ War Retro Frame Artifacts – List

Here are the images of the regular versions of Retro Frame artifacts.

Retro Schematics – List

Here’s another list of cards, this time you’ll find the schematics versions:

How to Get the Brothers’ War Retro Frame Artifacts?

You can get Brothers’ War Retro frame card in the three main boosters of Brothers’ War:

• Draft Boosters (1 per booster)
• Set Boosters (1 per booster)
• Collector Boosters (3-4 per booster)

Just as the Mystical Archive cards, these Retro frame artifacts will appear in every Draft or Set booster. Having 100% odds of getting a Retro artifact card is pretty awesome. In the following table, you’ll find how many you can expect in a specific booster box.

	Product	Retro Frame Artifacts
	Brothers' War Draft Booster Box	1 per booster 36 per box
	Brothers' War Set Booster Box	1 per booster 24 per box
	Brothers' War Collector Booster Box	3-4 per booster 36-48 per box

Odds for Retro Artifact Rarity – Draft and Set Boosters

Let’s talk about the rarity odds. Both Draft and Set boosters have the same odds of containing a Retro artifact of a certain rarity. Regardless of the rarity, it can be upgraded to a schematic version in one-sixth of the time (16.7%).

This means that your chances are:

• 66% for an uncommon (55% regular, 11% schematic)
• 27% for a rare (22.5% regular, 4.5% schematic)
• 7% for a mythic rare (5.8% regular, 1.2% schematic)

Odds for Retro Artifact Rarity – Collector Boosters

With Collector boosters the odds work a bit differently. You have at least three Retro Frame artifacts guaranteed:

• 1 foil uncommon Retro Frame artifact (regular or retro schematic)
• 1 non-foil regular Retro Frame artifact
• 1 non-foil Schematic Retro Frame artifact

One of the these last two slots will be rare or mythic, and the other will be uncommon.

Finally, there’s an additional slot in which you might also get a Retro frame artifact. This one will be a foil rare or mythic rare, and can be a Retro Frame artifact of any kind – even serialized.

If you want you can read more about Brother’s War Collector booster contents.

Conclusion

At the beginning of the article, we mentioned that this set is bringing all sorts of interesting goodies. Retro frame artifacts are just one such thing. For the first time ever, Transformer is making a collaboration with Magic. You can find all MTG Transformer cards here.

Anyway, that’s it for today. Until next time, have fun, and may you open your favorite Retro artifact in your Brothers’ War booster.