Blur of Blades
Hour of Devastation 84 • common
- Set
- Hour of Devastation
- Collector number
- 84
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Anna Steinbauer
- Market price
- $0.04
What it does
Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature. Blur of Blades deals 2 damage to that creature's controller.
Samut battled her way through the hordes, shouting the names of those who'd died in her crop and those she hoped yet to save.
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
Blur of Blades was released in 2017 as part of the Hour of Devastation expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Set on the plane of Amonkhet, the expansion depicts the catastrophic arrival of the dragon planeswalker Nicol Bolas and the subsequent dismantling of the plane's society. The card represents a moment of rapid, violent action amidst the chaos of the set's central conflict.
The card was illustrated by Johannes Voss, a long-time contributor to the game known for his expressive, often painterly style. His design for this card focuses on capturing the kinetic energy and blurred motion of a swift combat strike, aligning with the mechanical intent of the card as a red-aligned damage effect. Within the broader context of the set, the card served as a common-rarity tool intended to provide limited formats with reactive, aggressive combat options.
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