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
- $0.12
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. The set returned players to the gothic horror-themed plane of Innistrad, focusing on themes of madness and transformation as the world descended into Eldritch chaos. This specific card, an instant that functions as a counterspell with a madness mechanic, was designed to evoke the psychological unraveling central to the set's narrative arc.
The artwork was created by illustrator Clint Cearley, who has contributed numerous pieces to the game. For this card, Cearley depicted the moment of mental fracture, utilizing the visual language of the set's dark, surreal aesthetic to convey the sudden disruption of a spellcaster's focus. The design was intended to balance functional utility in competitive gameplay with the immersive, eerie tone established by the Shadows over Innistrad creative team.
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