Agonizing Syphon
Jumpstart 199 • common
- Set
- Jumpstart
- Collector number
- 199
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Seb McKinnon
- Market price
- $0.12
What it does
Agonizing Syphon deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.
"Your death will take a mere moment, but it will feel like an eternity."— Vilis, Broker of Blood
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Agonizing Syphon was released in 2020 as part of the Jumpstart set for Magic: The Gathering. This set was designed to be played in a unique, pick-up-and-play format where two 20-card themed packs are combined to create a complete deck, intended to lower the barrier to entry for new players while offering interesting synergies for veterans. The card functions as a common-rarity sorcery that focuses on the core black-aligned strategy of life drain, balancing its cost against its ability to provide incremental advantage.
The card features an illustration by Titus Lunter, a frequent contributor to the game's visual identity. Lunter’s design for Agonizing Syphon captures the visceral, dark aesthetic typical of black-mana spells, emphasizing the macabre nature of siphoning life force. The card is grounded in the game's long-standing design philosophy of efficient removal and attrition, and it was received as a functional, staple inclusion within the specific Jumpstart deck themes that utilize it.
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