Balthor the Defiled
Judgment 61 • rare
- Set
- Judgment
- Collector number
- 61
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Carl Critchlow
- Market price
- $12.27
What it does
Minion creatures get +1/+1.
black mana black mana black mana, Exile Balthor: Each player returns all black and all red creature cards from their graveyard to the battlefield.
He remembers enough of his life to weep for what he has lost.
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
Balthor the Defiled was released in 2002 as part of the Judgment expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Serving as a pivotal figure in the Odyssey block’s narrative, Balthor is depicted as a dwarven hero corrupted by the influence of the Cabal, reflecting the set's central themes of moral decline and the transition from light to shadow within the game's lore.
The card’s illustration was created by artist Carl Critchlow, whose distinctive style emphasized the grotesque and visceral nature of Balthor's transformation. Within the competitive landscape of the time, the card was received as a powerful engine for graveyard-focused strategies, cementing its status as a quintessential example of the aggressive, high-risk creature designs common to the early 2000s era of the game.
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