Broken Visage
Fifth Edition 149 • rare
- Set
- Fifth Edition
- Collector number
- 149
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Margaret Organ-Kean
- Market price
- $0.35
What it does
Destroy target nonartifact attacking creature. It can't be regenerated. Create a black Spirit creature token. Its power is equal to that creature's power and its toughness is equal to that creature's toughness. Sacrifice the token at the beginning of the next end step.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Broken Visage was first introduced in the Fifth Edition of Magic: The Gathering, released by Wizards of the Coast in 1997. As part of a foundational core set designed to consolidate the game's mechanics and card pool following years of rapid expansion, it was intended to offer players a reliable black-aligned removal spell that scaled in effectiveness based on the complexity of the battlefield.
The card’s illustration was created by the artist Scott Kirschner, whose work during this era often leaned into the dark, visceral aesthetic characteristic of early fantasy gaming art. By focusing on the literal destruction of a mask or visage, the design sought to visually represent the concept of a creature’s undoing, receiving modest attention from players as a functional utility card within the era's black-mana control decks.
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