Broken Concentration
Shadows over Innistrad 50 • uncommon
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad
- Collector number
- 50
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Clint Cearley
- Market price
- $0.11
What it does
Counter target spell.
Madness 3 generic mana blue mana (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Some minds bend under pressure. Others break.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Broken Concentration was released in April 2016 as part of the Shadows over Innistrad expansion for Magic: The Gathering. This set returned players to the gothic-horror plane of Innistrad, focusing on themes of madness and corruption caused by the encroaching influence of the Eldrazi titan Emrakul. The card was designed to reflect this narrative, depicting a spellcaster losing their focus amidst the chaotic, transformative magic consuming the world.
The card features artwork by Anna Steinbauer, who utilized a stark, surreal aesthetic to convey the psychological toll of the unfolding horror. Mechanically, the card functions as a counterspell with a madness cost, a returning keyword mechanic that allows players to cast spells for a reduced cost when discarded. It was received as a functional, flavorful inclusion that reinforced the set's central tension between control and insanity.
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