Amnesia
The Dark 20 • uncommon
- Set
- The Dark
- Collector number
- 20
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Mark Poole
- Market price
- $2.57
What it does
Target player reveals their hand and discards all nonland cards.
"When one has witnessed the unspeakable, 'tis sometimes better to forget." —Vervamon the Elder
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Released in 1994 as part of the Magic: The Gathering expansion set The Dark, Amnesia was designed to capture the gothic, high-fantasy aesthetic that defined the game's early years. The set was intended to move away from the traditional tropes of standard fantasy, leaning instead into darker, more foreboding themes. As a sorcery that forces an opponent to discard their entire hand, the card was a direct product of the experimental, high-variance design philosophy that characterized early Magic development.
The card features artwork by Mark Poole, a foundational illustrator in the game’s history known for his painterly, ethereal style. Poole’s illustration depicts a sense of psychological erasure, utilizing a muted, moody palette that perfectly complements the card's mechanical function of memory loss. Upon its release, the card garnered attention for its aggressive disruption capabilities, serving as a signature example of the powerful, sometimes controversial, control tools present in the game's nascent card pool.
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