Bone Shredder
Urza's Legacy 49 • uncommon
- Set
- Urza's Legacy
- Collector number
- 49
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Ron Spencer
- Market price
- $0.40
What it does
Flying
Echo 2 generic mana black mana (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
When this creature enters, destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Bone Shredder was released in 1999 as part of the Urza's Legacy expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Designed as part of the Echo mechanic cycle, the card reflects the set's focus on complex, high-value utility creatures. It was created to provide black decks with a repeatable removal effect that bypassed the traditional limitations of sorcery-speed spells, forcing players to pay an 'echo' cost on the following turn to keep the creature on the battlefield.
The card’s illustration was rendered by artist Greg Staples, who captured the grim, mechanical aesthetic central to the Urza block. Staples utilized a dark, visceral style to emphasize the card's function as a combat-oriented assassin. Upon its release, it became a staple in tournament play, particularly in competitive formats like Standard and Extended, where its ability to destroy non-black, non-artifact creatures upon entering the battlefield proved highly efficient for tempo-based strategies.
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