Brood Butcher
Battle for Zendikar Promos 199s • rare
- Set
- Battle for Zendikar Promos
- Collector number
- 199s
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Daarken
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
Devoid (This card has no color.)
When this creature enters, create a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add colorless mana."
black mana green mana, Sacrifice a creature: Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Brood Butcher was released as part of the Battle for Zendikar set in 2015, specifically featured as a promotional card for Magic: The Gathering. The card was designed to highlight the set's central conflict between the inhabitants of the plane of Zendikar and the encroaching Eldrazi titans, embodying the theme of sacrifice and transformation that defined the set's Eldrazi mechanical identity.
The card features artwork by Clint Cearley, who was tasked with visualizing the gruesome efficiency of the Eldrazi Drones. His design choice emphasizes a grotesque, alien anatomy that reflects the creature's role as a biological engine of destruction. Within the community, the card was received as a functional tool for Limited play, praised for its ability to convert small creature tokens into board advantage through its sacrifice ability.
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