Anathemancer
Alara Reborn 33 • uncommon
- Set
- Alara Reborn
- Collector number
- 33
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · Red
- Artist
- Richard Whitters
- Market price
- $2.42
What it does
When this creature enters, it deals damage to target player equal to the number of nonbasic lands that player controls.
Unearth 5 generic mana black mana red mana (5 generic mana black mana red mana: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Anathemancer was released in May 2009 as part of the Alara Reborn expansion for Magic: The Gathering. This set was unique in the game's history as the first to consist entirely of multicolored cards, representing the final convergence of the three shards of Alara into a single plane. The design intent was to showcase aggressive, multi-colored threats that punished opponents for their land choices, fitting the set's high-variance and combat-focused environment.
The card was illustrated by Dave Kendall, whose dark, textured, and often visceral style was a staple of the era. Kendall’s depiction of the Anathemancer emphasizes the chaotic, decaying aesthetic associated with the Grixis shard, utilizing a muted, sickly color palette to convey the creature's destructive ability to damage opponents based on their non-basic land count. Upon its release, it gained recognition as a formidable sideboard card in competitive formats like Modern and Legacy, where it served as a potent counter-strategy against decks running extensive non-basic land bases.
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