Brink of Madness
The List ULG-50 • rare
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- ULG-50
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Donato Giancola
- Market price
- $0.28
What it does
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have no cards in hand, sacrifice this enchantment and target opponent discards their hand.
"The fools thought me dead. But I built an empire inside my tomb."— Kerrick, sleeper agent
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Brink of Madness originally debuted as a rare card in the 1999 Urza's Legacy expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Designed by Wizards of the Coast, it reflects the high-fantasy aesthetic of the Urza block, focusing on the dark, psychological themes associated with the chaotic Phyrexian influence within the game's lore. The card was illustrated by the artist Eric Peterson, who employed a visceral, surreal style to convey the mental instability and desperate sacrifice implied by the card's mechanics.
The card was later reintroduced through 'The List,' a rotating collection of cards curated by Wizards of the Coast to appear in Set Boosters starting in 2020. This inclusion brought the card back into active circulation, allowing modern players to access older, out-of-print mechanics. Within the broader community, Brink of Madness is regarded as a quintessential example of the unique, high-risk, high-reward design philosophy prevalent during the late 1990s era of the game.
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