Appetite for Brains
Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed 51 • uncommon
- Set
- Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed
- Collector number
- 51
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Michael C. Hayes
- Market price
- $0.11
What it does
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a card from it with mana value 4 or greater and exile that card.
Just as with a peach, the first bite is always the juiciest.
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
Appetite for Brains was first printed in the 2012 expansion Avacyn Restored, set within the gothic horror-themed plane of Innistrad. It was designed as a targeted discard spell, offering players a way to exile high-cost threats from an opponent's hand before they could be cast. The card’s mechanical identity is tied closely to the set’s focus on graveyard interaction and the tension between the forces of humanity and the undead.
The art for this version was illustrated by Christopher Rush, who utilized his characteristic bold style to depict the macabre nature of a zombie’s hunger. In the Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed release, the card was reprinted to anchor the 'Cursed' deck, serving as a functional tool to balance the gameplay against the 'Blessed' theme. It was generally received by the community as an efficient, low-mana utility card that rewarded players for having knowledge of the current competitive metagame.
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